This cross sectional type of descriptive study was carried out among the patients attending the Skin and Venereal Disease (VD) Out Patient Department (OPD) of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) from August 2006 to November 2006 with a view to explore the current situation of scabies and its predisposing factors. In this regard 213 clinically diagnosed scabies contracted patients were interviewed randomly by using pre-tested questionnaire. Risk factors were assessed considering their dwelling places, types of families, number of family members, persons living in each room, using fomites of infected persons, socioeconomic condition, occupation, level of education, regular bathing and cloth washing habit along with age, sex distribution and clinical presentation of scabies. The mean age of the respondents was 13.16 years with a standard deviation (SD) of ±5.38 years and majority (36.15%) was in the age group of 1-5 years. Male, female ratio was 1.15:1. Major level of education was in the group of class I to V (38%). 50.73% had family members comprised of 4 to 6. Majority (38.50%) belonged to lower middle class (income 3001-6000 taka/month). Among the respondents maximum (54.93%) were infected by family members. 77.94% respondents used fomites of affected persons and 66% respondents shared beds of infected persons. Mean duration of illness was 42 days with standard deviation of ±4.47 days. Among the male, majority (82.63%) had lesion on lower abdomen and buttock. In contrary, 80.28% female had lesion on hand. 58.68% presented with papule. The study recommends that emphasis should be given on personal hygiene and life style of people as well as educating them about scabies. Key words: Scabies, Predisposing factors, Skin and VD outdoor DOI = 10.3329/jom.v9i2.1436    J MEDICINE 2008; 9 : 82-86


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The Muir-Torre syndrome, described since 1967, is a genodermatosis with dominant autosomal inheritance and variable penetrance, characterized by the presence of sebaceous skin neoplasias manifested in seborrheic areas as the face and scalp. Adenomas are the most frequent sebaceous tumors.  Hyperplasia, cystic sebaceous neoformations, epitheliomas or carcinomas have been also described. They could appear in an isolated or multiple way, in all with at least one malignant visceral neoplasia.  The gastrointestinal ones are among those frequently described. They might be associated to other neoplasias, as the renal ones, or the ones of the endometrium, the uterus and the larynx.  The clinical diagnosis is given by the presence and association of one primary visceral tumor and another of sebaceous origin. The treatment of this entity is based on the tumors resection and the specialized follow-up according to the affected system. The case of a man, aged 62 years, is presented; his cutaneous condition showed multiple sebaceous lesions of seven years of evolution. Complementary exams were carried out for identifying associated lesions.


The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the extract of Moringa oleifera leave on Argulus sp infestation in comet fish, and determine an optimal concentration and time. Moringa oleifera leave was extracted using ethanol 96%. In total, 25 comet fishes (Carassius auratus auratus) were used in this research, in which infested by one to five individuals of Argulus sp per fish. This research used pretest and posttest design with four treatments of extract concentration of Moringa oleifera leave, namely, TI 25 mg/l, TII 37.5 mg/l, TIII 50 mg/l, TIV 62.5 mg/l, and T0 without extract as a control. Each treatment was imposed on five comet fishes. The parameter of this study was the amaount of Argulus sp released from the body of the fish. The results showed that the extract of Moringa oleifera leave had an effect on ectoparasite on comet fish. There was an indication that the more concentration of the extract of Moringa oleifera leave, the more Argulus sp released, although statistically, it was not significant (P>0.05). The optimal time of giving the extract of Moringa oleifera leave to Argulus sp infestation was 12-h.


Entanglement serves as the resource to empower quantum computing. Recent progress has highlighted its positive impact on learning quantum dynamics, wherein the integration of entanglement into quantum operations or measurements of quantum machine learning (QML) models leads to substantial reductions in training data size, surpassing a specified prediction error threshold. However, an analytical understanding of how the entanglement degree in data affects model performance remains elusive. In this study, we address this knowledge gap by establishing a quantum no-free-lunch (NFL) theorem for learning quantum dynamics using entangled data. Contrary to previous findings, we prove that the impact of entangled data on prediction error exhibits a dual effect, depending on the number of permitted measurements. With a sufficient number of measurements, increasing the entanglement of training data consistently reduces the prediction error or decreases the required size of the training data to achieve the same prediction error. Conversely, when few measurements are allowed, employing highly entangled data could lead to an increased prediction error. The achieved results provide critical guidance for designing advanced QML protocols, especially for those tailored for execution on early-stage quantum computers with limited access to quantum resources.


This article aims to show how to mitigate or best prevent nonconformity reported by the end user for the damage sustained by materials being transported from origin to final destination provisioning purposes, all is based on an external collaboration of logistics players on handling charges for local transport, international transport, customs procedures, temporary storage, warehousing movements, up-loading and down-loading. The methodology used for scientific research focused on traditional quantitative inductive, there properties of the actors were also specified in the supply chain. Likewise, Specific techniques used for data collection were the observations, documents and records of damaged cargo and transported by the logistics operator. In the field-work, two company officials were investigated in order to consolidate information that was recorded in a table, all to analyze the impact of such cases within the supply. Among them were able to demonstrate and identify one of the transported materials more vulnerable to damage the valves are 6 registered cases. It was found that these materials are not eligible for the operation and production company, which creates a great impact on the financial level and competitiveness within their industry.


Tools for yield prediction are requisite to any successful heterosis breeding program. With this objective present investigation was designed to work out the relationship between genetic diversity, heterosis and specific combining ability (SCA) and yield for predicting the potential F1 combinations in maize. A field experiment consisting of 10 inbreds of diverse origin and their 45 crosses was conducted for 3 years. Highly significant genotypic variance was observed by joint analysis of variance. It confirmed the sufficient amount of genetic diversity present in parental inbred lines. The estimates of genetic distance based on Euclidean distance matrix and canonical vector analysis showed that B1-12 and B1-15 and B1-12 and B1-34 are most diverse parent combinations. The correlation coefficient analysis showed that there is strong positive association between yield and heterosis and SCA. Genetic distance between parents was also positively correlated with yield and heterosis but weakly associated with magnitude of r = 0.1059 and r = 0.1104 respectively. However, association between genetic distance and SCA was significantly positive. The findings of this study revealed that higher SCA genetic diversity is important, whereas heterosis and SCA are effective for predicting the best F1 combinations in maize.


The present invention relates to the field of automobiles, is a low-VOC (volatile organic compounds) and PP composites with high performance special preparation of automotive interior parts, the Compound was prepared from the following components parts by mass from: polypropylene (PP) 60-80%, 10-25%, reinforcing filler, plasticizer 10-15%, 0.2-0.5% antioxidant, a light stabilizer 0.1-0.5%. The resulting polypropylene composite material of the present invention TVOC 10g / 10min, light , good thermal stability, the VOC low, with less components, low cost, good performance, and easy to prepare, can be widely used in the production of automobile interior parts.


This study analysed collaboration and networking in research grant projects of the research fund of the All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (ARF) during 2001–02 to 2015–16 in 2 spans of seven years. The recent span of seven years witnessed higher collaboration with higher productivity. While the number of projects in the domain of speech was the highest, followed by multidisciplinary in span I, the projects in the domain of language was the highest, followed by hearing in span II. The number of local collaborations were the highest. The domestic and international collaborations witnessed an increase in the recent years. Greater networking was seen between junior and senior faculty. This study adds on to the existing literature on social system perspective of science to understand the dynamics of networking pattern which can provide meaningful insights to formulate effective strategies to enhance research productivity in this discipline.


This study investigated the effect of varying levels of illumination, noise and colour combination on blink rate for subjects of different age groups (21–30, 31–40 and 41–50 years) having Internet exposure duration of less than 2 h/day (category 1) and more than 2 h/day (category 2). The pseudo reading task was designed as a software program to investigate the reading task performance. Results showed that the text–background colour combination was significant on the change in spontaneous eye blink rate (SEBR) values on both categories of users for age groups of 21–30 and 41–50 years. The effects of illumination and noise were not significant for subjects of all categories and age levels except for age group of 31–40 years with Internet exposure duration of more than 2 h/day, where illumination was observed to be significant. The results of the study further showed that ambient illumination did not affect significantly the SEBR values for every age group investigated in this research.


A 67-year-old man with a chief complaint of a right abdominal mass was admitted in August, 1989. There was a previous history of several fisutulectomies after appendectomy in 1944. Histopathological examination of the fistula showed benign pseudomyxoma peritonei. On admission, a CT scan showed a low density tumor in the right abdominal region with a high serum CEA level. With diagnosis of possibile recurrence of pseudomyxoma peritonei, surgery for reduction was performed. Microscopic examination showed mucinous adenocarcinoma/pseudomyxoma peritonei. Serum CEA levels remained low for 5 months, but abdominal CT revealed recurrent pseudomyxoma peritonei in January, 1990. A third operation was performed for recurrence during the next three years, the tumor gradually increased, and the patient died in September 13th 1993. He survived for 49 years after initial treatment.


Purpose: To assess the sensitivity and specificity of air bubble test (ABT) for anatomical and functional success after external dacryocystorhinostomy (Ext-DCR). Methods: In a retrospective interventional case series, patients with nasolacrimal duct obstruction who had undergone Ext-DCR procedure were included. Functional success was defined as no symptom or mild excess tear in the cold weather and anatomical success as free irrigation at last follow-up time (at least 6 months). Air bubble test was performed by putting antibiotic drops into the eye and asking the patient to exhale while keeping the nose and mouth closed. Formation of bubbles inside the eye (hissing noise) was considered as positive test. Specificity, sensitivity, and positive and negative predictive values were then calculated for both anatomical and functional success. Results : There were 85 procedures in 77 patients. Anatomical and overall functional success was 98.8% (84/85) and 95.3% (81/85), respectively. Air bubble test showed a sensitivity of 82.1% and specificity of 100% for the anatomical success after Ext-DCR. Sensitivity and specificity were 83.9% and 75% for the functional success. Conclusion: Positive ABT indicated no anatomical failure after Ext-DCR in this series.


Introduction: Today, the ideal treatment of pilonidal sinus disease remains controversial and the high recurrence rate is a serious problem. In our prospective and randomized study, we present the pilonidal sinus patients who were operated with total excision and Karydakis flap. We compare the drainage procedure and local collagen with gentamicin application, and we present the follow-up results. Materials and Methods: Total excision and Karydakis flap were performed in 60 patients, who were divided into three groups as: Group 1, gentamicin was given pre-operatively and no drainage procedure was applied; Group 2, suction drainage was applied to these procedures; and Group 3, gentamicin-collagen sponge (Genta-Coll ® ) was added under the flap and neither systemic antibiotic nor drainage procedure was applied. Hospital stay, wound infection, pain, and recurrence were noted. Results: On the 3 rd day of follow-up, wound infection was determined in 6 (30%), 1 (5%) and 3 (15%) patients in Groups 1, 2 and 3, respectively. These numbers were 3 (15%), 3 (15%) and 2 (10%) after one month. There were no significant differences between groups with respect to hospital stay, pain and recurrence.


A new mixture rule for van der Waals-type three parameter cubic equation of state (PT EOS) was proposed, which based on the assumption that the contribution of the attractive term to pressure can be neglected and the excess Helmholtz free energy at infinite pressure is zero, and was tested with various binary and ternary asymmetric systems, such as C_2H_4-alkane, CO_2-alkane, CH_4-alkane, etc. Meanwhile, the calculated results of this model were compared to those of MHV1, LVCM, which is liner combination of MHV1 and Michelsen mixing rule, and van der Waals (vdW) models. It's shown that the accuracy of this model was improved greatly than MHV1 model and better than LCVM and vdW models.


The present invention relates to an intake manifold integrated with an air cleaner and, more specifically, to an intake manifold integrated with an air cleaner installing an air cleaner in the intake manifold, injection-molding an air cleaner along with the intake manifold at the same time, inserting a filter, and then assembling a cover. According to the present invention, an air cleaner is injection-molded along with an intake manifold at the same time and installed in the intake manifold. Therefore, setting to a straight route can be performed in an engine room, and the space of the engine room can be maximized.


Nancy E. Williamson served as the Population Council Evaluation Advisor to the Bohol Maternal and Child Health/Family Planning Project from 1976 to 1980. In this paper, she describes a number of ways in which evaluation research can assist a family planninglhealth program, citing specific examples from the Philippines. She then identifies general factors that may hinder or facilitate the use of research.


Reactions on catalytically active surfaces often involve complex mechanisms with multiple interactions between adsorbates and various subsequently formed intermediates, and a variable number of excess electrons further complicates the involved mechanisms. Experimental techniques face challenges in precisely tuning or determining the number of excess electrons and in elucidating these complex reactions. In this work, the thermodynamic details and reaction pathways of interactions between the most prevalent and important molecular species, H2O and O2, on a prototypical rutile TiO2 (110) surface are investigated using density functional theory calculations on 10 elementary reaction steps with the intention of gaining further insight into surface catalysis. The results suggest that the final product is independent of the reaction pathway when the number of excess electrons is sufficient. The intrinsic role of excess electrons at the reaction level is thus proposed to extend the understanding of the origin, di...


This study aims at investigating how the context of class leader selection can support the fifth graders' understanding of the percentage concept. The research method is design research which consists of 3 stages, namely preliminary design, teaching experiment and retrospective analysis. The research subjects involved fifth grade students at an elementary school in Palembang in which 6 students were in the pilot experiment and 25 students involved in the teaching experiment. Data were collected through tests, interviews, documentation and field notes. The results shows that the implementation of Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) approach using class leader selection context could create a more enjoyable and meaningful percentage learning. The resulting learning trajectory consists of two learning activities; playing the role of class leader election as well as the second round class leader election proved to be able to support students' understanding of the concept of percent from the informal level to the formal level. Keywords: percentage; PMRI; class leader election


The modified inverse Chebyshev function exhibits progressively diminishing ripples in the stopband. The modified inverse Chebyshev function can be realizable using the doubly-terminated ladder network for the order n even or odd. Besides the doubly-terminated ladder network realizability, lower pole-Q values of the modified inverse Chebyshev function are accountable for improved time delay characteristic, preferable time domain performance, and low pole-Q sensitivity as compared with the classical inverse Chebyshev function.


Based on research in personality and creativity, it was predicted that Ss who preferred more complex polygons and who were high in experience (number of semester hours) in psychology courses would not be as likely to rate clinical psychology as a science, while Ss who preferred simpler polygons and had less experience in psychology courses would more likely rate clinical psychology as a science. Results obtained from 75 Ss supported this prediction and seem consistent with the cognitive-social information processing theory of Schroder, Driver, and Streufert (1967). Analysis of variance indicated that Complexity-Simplicity, Experience, and the Complexity-Simplicity × Experience interaction were statistically significant.


A comprehensive analysis of inter-turn-short fault (ITSF) in a fractional slot concentrated winding (FSCW) interior permanent magnet synchronous motor (IPMSM) is presented in this article. During online fault detection, the fault signatures can be influenced by the controller action in a closed-loop control system. Therefore, this study focused on the comparison of the ITSF characteristics in an IPMSM using open-loop and closed-loop control drives. The variation rate in various parameters, such as flux density, input current, circulating current, torque ripple, and vibration under healthy and ITSF conditions are compared. Conventional six-step square-wave control (SSC) and field-oriented control (FOC) drives are respectively used for open-loop and closed-loop analysis of ITSF. Furthermore, this study also focuses on mitigating the capability of the control drives for achieving extended postfault life of the motor. Based on our analysis a fault mitigating strategy for the benchmark IPMSM is also suggested. A multidomain cosimulation technique is used to integrate the finite element method-based model of IPMSM with the control drives under different severities of ITSF for the simulation. Finally, experiments on a three-phase 400-W IPMSM are performed for verification. The result shows that in the FSCW machine the ITSF can be mitigated and FOC has a better capability of ITSF mitigation than SSC.


This study can be used by Posten Sweden and China Post to understand their situation and the facts regarding service quality and the difference between the two. This study will also provide useful ...


In the second part of this work we try to present the global function of the "schema L" and also to show its application in the psy - choanalytical work. In this sense, it's in social relationships where the ego gets the leading role as the subject remains excluded from them, resul - ting in a lack of communication. The treatment we provide must scape from those parameters trying the imaginary to facilitate the unconscious subject display going through ego's interferences.


A guide line scavenging machine belongs to the road scavenging equipment technology field. This utility model solves a technological problem that is to provide a guide line scavenging machine being capable of scavenging various hot melt guide lines and cold paints safely, rapidly, and high effectively, without damage to the road at the same time. The technological project of this utility model lies in that the guide line scavenging machine comprises a power device, an actuating device, a framework, and a steel wire brush pan, wherein the power device and the actuating device are mounted on the framework, the steel wire brush pan is arranged below the framework, an output shaft of the actuating device is connected with a rotating shaft of the steel wire brush pan, the framework is further equipped with a liquefied gas infrared ray heating device. This guide line scavenging machine first heats up the old guide line for softening when operating, then the old heated and softened guide line will be scavenged by the steel wire brush pan immediately thereafter. This utility model has the advantages of high scavenging efficiency, low environmental noise, low labor intensity, convenient operation, thorough scavenging, and perfect avoidance of the damage to the road.


The disclosed invention relates to a transceiver system with a Umgehungssignalweg that enables low power consumption. The transceiver system includes a plurality of signal paths, each having a filtering element having a stop band and a pass band. An antenna switch module (ASM) has a plurality of RF ports and a plurality of switching elements. Respective RF terminals are connected to a separate one of the plurality of switching elements connecting the RF connector selectively connected to an antenna terminal of the ASM. A control unit generates control signals which operate the plurality of switching elements to connect the plurality of signal paths selectively coupled to the antenna port. Filtering the reaction at the antenna terminal is equal to a combination of filtering reactions of filtering elements within the connected signal paths.


Simple Summary Increased incidence of obesity in our equine population has clear negative impacts on equine health, such as increasing the risk of equine metabolic syndrome and laminitis. Excessive adipose tissue likely also has negative impacts on exercise performance, due to a combined inflammatory response and the effects of excessive weight carriage on work effort and limb health. This review explores research conducted in these areas. Abstract There is ample research describing the increased risk of health concerns associated with equine obesity, including insulin dysregulation and laminitis. For athletes, the negative effect of weight carriage is well documented in racing thoroughbreds (i.e., handicapping with weight) and rider weight has been shown to impact the workload of ridden horses and to some degree their gait and movement. In many groups of competitive and athletic horses and ponies, obesity is still relatively common. Therefore, these animals not only are at risk of metabolic disease, but also must perform at a higher workload due to the weight of their adipose tissue. Excess body weight has been documented to affect gait quality, cause heat stress and is expected to hasten the incidence of arthritis development. Meanwhile, many equine event judges appear to favor the look of adiposity in competitive animals. This potentially rewards horses and ponies that are at higher risk of disease and reinforces the owner's decisions to keep their animals fat. This is a welfare concern for these animals and is of grave concern for the equine industry.


This paper aims to examine the present facility management core skills in the Canadian context along with the evolution of facility management. There is a misconception of what facility management and what facility management practitioners do. The methodology used within this report is literature review and a survey analysis of Canadian International Facility Management Association Chapter facility management practitioners through a web-based survey. This paper examines current roles in facility management that are practiced in Canada and trends leading into the future of facility management. The results show that Canadian IFMA facility management practitioners are using all the IFMA core competencies and are using them on a daily. The results also show that some of the competencies are used more often than others. The competencies that were used less often by practitioners are emergency preparedness and business continuity, real estate and property management, and technology. There is also a direct relation between how often practitioners use the core competencies and what aspects of the competencies they are developing, implementing, managing and/or overseeing. The paper also includes possible future trends for facility management such as; the developing of accredited college and university programs, promotion of facility management into high schools, and education to young facility management professionals to fill the gap when the facility management baby boomers retire. In conclusion, all IFMA core competencies are used by Canadian IFMA facility management practitioners, but some are used less often than others. The framework of this paper will allow others in the facility management industry a way to evaluate performance and facility management criteria of facility management practitioners. It will also begin to examine where facility management came from, where it is today, and where it is going.


and map as features for the reconstruction of a target region. In this presentation, we show the results of feature reconstruction from the actual observed SELENE Terrain Camera imagery.


'Decision Making' subsystems is a fascinating but challenging endeavour in modern technology involving human brain, previously adapted practices, improved and skilful knowledge of problem statement and integrating all with sophisticated logical synthesis in technological milieu. Numerous attempts in this regards have been reported in reputed scientific publications so far. The concurrent research trend articulates several decision making subsystems in smart phones, different switching systems, remote sensing panels and not but least in sophisticated computer systems. Several dedicated decision making software are in market. The very recent approach to incorporate nanoscaled decision making systems has attracted academics and industries worldwide; especially using Single Electron Device [SED] based decision making systems. One such model is reported here in this present context. Furthermore, the system is empirically tested on Monte-Carlo environment to make the highest exposure of the proposed model. Subsequently another alternative model is demonstrated to calibrate the result with the previous one. Both the models are then compared to achieve the best consequences and subsequently it is revealed that the second model is more


Due to the continuous growth of energy consumption it is required that development in the energy sector is focused on renewable energy sources. Another possibility to reduce the consumption of primary energy resources is also searching for new and non-traditional fuels. Stalk and slightly contaminated biomass are representatives of these non-traditional fuels. Stalk is mostly annual plants grown primarily for subsistence. Waste parts of these plants can be utilized for production of energy. The thermal gasification is one of the possibilities to use biomass efficiently. Gasification can be understood as the thermo-chemical conversion of solid fuel into the gaseous state. The gas with low heating value is on the outlet from gasification process. The main components of produced gas are hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and methane. The final gas contains also a lot of undesirable constituents which handicap this gas for energy usage. These constituents are neutral components, that dilute gas only, and pollutants as dust, tar and compounds of sulphur and chlorine, which complicate further use of the generated gas. The research paper is focused on thermal gasification of stalk and other non-traditional fuels in Biofluid experimental device. The aim is to design methods for cleaning the raw gas from the tar compounds. The research is focused on the secondary gas cleaning methods aiming at high purity of the final gas.


In Cuba, parallel to the increase in life expectancy, there has been an increase in arterial hypertension, as a cause of multiple entities. Considering that it is currently one of the main reasons for consultation in primary health care (Family Medical Office) and that it has shown morbi-mortality with an upward trend in recent years, it is considered that, working in preventive education of citizens is essential to achieve its control, hence the present article narrates the experience in the introduction of a community training program in the family medical office # 1 of the  Consolacion del Sur municipality, during the period of September 2017 to July 2018. The Universe was represented by the 297 patients dispensed as hypertensive and the Sample, by 150 patients who met the inclusion criteria. To statistically specify the variables, the information obtained was computerized, using the percent as a unit of summary; the main results were an increase in knowledge about risk factors and information about pharmacological treatments and the importance of diet for the control of the disease. It was concluded that the preventive education of the community seems to contribute to the reduction of complications associated with arterial hypertension, as a result of the conscious participation of patients and the family in their treatment.


This article presents several aspects on the temporal structure of audiovisual documents, mainly radio and television programs. It first describes the specificities of these documents regarding the notion of time and then examines how these aspects may be exploited for analysis and documentation purposes, and the problems induced.


This report contains a collection of abstracts for all the talks in the 6th International Workshop on the use of AI in Formal Methods (AI4FM 2015). The main goal of the AI4FM workshop series is to bring together researchers from formal methods, automated reasoning and AI; aiming to address the issue of how AI can be used to support the formal software development and verification process, including requirement analysis, modelling and proof. This workshop has been held on the 1st of September, 2015 in Edinburgh, Scotland. AI4FM 2015 is co-located with the 15th International Workshop on Automated Verification of Critical Systems (AVoCS 2015). This is the 6th workshop in this series, with previous events having been held in: Newcastle (2010), Edinburgh (2011), Schloss Dagstuhl (Germany, 2012), Rennes (France, part of ITP 2013), and Singapore (part of FM 2014). © 2015 Newcastle University. Printed and published by Newcastle University, Computing Science, Claremont Tower, Claremont Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, England. Bibliographical details VELYKIS, A., GROV, G., FREITAS, L. Contributions to AI4FM 2015 [By] A. Velykis, G. Grov, L. Freitas (Eds.) Newcastle upon Tyne: Newcastle University: Computing Science, 2015. (Newcastle University, Computing Science, Technical Report Series, No. CS-TR-1480)


Book discussing the history behind the early forts and military camps in Oklahoma, including Fort Towson, Fort Gibson, Fort Washita, etc. Index begins on page 129.


The issue of emotion versus rationality is intertwined with the more traditional issue of passion versus reason. This chapter discusses the impact of emotion on impartial reasoning and then considers how instrumental rationality can be affected by emotion, drawing on ancient and modern moralists as well as on recent work on emotion and decision making. reason and rationality The relation between emotion and rationality is a tangled one. To untangle it, we first need to distinguish between reason and rationality. From antiquity onward, philosophers and moralists have opposed reason and passion. By "passion," they mean more or less what modern writers mean by "emotion." What they mean by "reason" varies across writers and periods. The ancient moralists, of whom I shall take Seneca as my example, had a more restricted idea of reason than what we find, for instance, in James Madison. Both conceptions of reason differ, however, from the modern conception of rationality. The relation between emotion and reason or rationality naturally varies with the way we understand the latter. Given his vast influence on later writers, we may take Seneca as an exponent of the classical opposition between reason and passion. His treatise On Anger, in particular, has a number of instructive observations.1 He was well aware, for instance, of the distinction between occurrent emotions and emotional dispositions: "The difference between [anger] and irascibility is evident; it is like the difference between a drunken man and a drunkard, 1 See Harris (2001) for the broader context of this treatise. I am grateful to Kent Berridge and Olav Gjelsvik for their comments on an earlier draft of this chapter.


A new jointing method using steel cramps with a unique configuration was developed for the field joint of precast deck slabs of highway bridges. In this jointing method, the looped distribution bars are connected by the cramps to the main reinforcements. Therefore, the joint can transfer the bending moment and shearing force through the interlocking effect caused by the cramps, and it is both excellent in installation on-site and economical compared with the loop joint currently in use. In order to confirm the bending and shear capacities and to clarify the failure mechanism of the joint, a series of static loading tests were carried out. From the results of these experimental studies, it was clarified that the cramp joint has enough load carrying capacity being equivalent to the loop joint.


List of Illustrations1. China's Cold War Alliance with Vietnam: Historical and Theoretical Significance2. Breaking the Ring of Encirclement: Sino-Soviet Alliance Termination and the Chinese Communists' Vietnam Policy, 1964-19683. A War on Two Fronts: The Sino-Soviet Conflict During the Vietnam War and the Betrayal Thesis, 1968-19734. The Politics of Victory: Sino-Soviet Relations and the Road to Vietnamese Unification, 1973-19755. The End of an "Indestructible Friendship": Soviet Resurgence and the Termination of the Sino-Vietnamese Alliance, 1975-19796. When Allies Become EnemiesNotes Index


The fundamental knowledge about the reaction mechanism of calcined clays in cement and the mutual interaction is important for their assessment as supplementary cementitious material and the resulting concrete properties. In this study, the hydration of two cements differing in alkali content and with the addition of a highly reactive, aluminum-rich metakaolin and one calcined common clay with low kaolinite content was investigated during the first 48 hours. For this purpose, four established methods that describe the early hydration were used: isothermal calorimetry, thermogravimetry, in-situ X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis of pore solution. This so far unique combination of methods enabled the understanding of the complex binder (cement-calcined clay) hydration behavior. The results showed considerable differences depending on type of calcined clay, its chemical-mineralogical composition, fineness and especially towards its reaction mechanism with aluminate clinker phases controlled by the composition of pore solution. The impact of calcined clay on the early clinker hydration exceeds significantly physical effects only.


Laparoscopic skill evaluation of surgical residents is usually a subjective process, carried out by senior surgeons using fuzzy criteria. The aim of this study was to develop and assess an objective laparoscopic surgical skill scale using Hidden Markov Models (HMM) based on haptic information, tool/tissue interactions and visual task decomposition. Eight subjects (six residents: R1, R3, R5 at different training levels, and two experts ES)performed laparoscopic cholecystectomy on pigs using an instrumented grasper equipped with force-torque (F/T) sensors at the hand/tool inferace and synchronized video of the operative maneuvers. Fourteen types of tool/tissue interactions, each associated with unique F/T signatures, were defined from frame-by-frame video analysis. The statistical distances between HMMs representing expert surgeons and residents were significantly different. Major differences were: (i) F/T magnitudes, (ii) tool/tissue interactions used and transitions between them, (iii) time intervals in each tool/tissue interaction and overall completion time. The greatest difference in performance was between R1 (junior trainee) and R3 (mid-level trainee). Smaller changes were seen as expertise increased beyond the R3 level. This objective learning curvey suggests that the laparoscopic surgical residents acquire a major portion of their skill between the first and the third eyars of their 5 years of training. (formerly M143)


[Extract] The conceptual framework for the evolution of social life and colony organization is provided by kin selection theory, with predictions often tested through direct estimates of colony and population genetic structure (Pamilo et al. 1997). All termite species are eusocial yet, despite their significance as potential falsifiers to this theory, have received comparatively little attention in this respect (Reilly 1987; Husseneder et al. 1999). Colonies of the subterranean, mound-building species Coptotermes lacteus (Rhinotermitidae) are normally founded by a single reproductive pair which remain the sole progenitors for as long as 20 years (Gay & Calaby 1970). Upon failure of one or more of these primary reproductives, however, colonies will recruit secondary reproductives of either sex through differentiation of nymphal instars. This in turn promotes the formation of polygamous reproductive associations, a shift in alate production from seasonal to perennial, and extremely male-biased alate sex ratios (Lenz & Runko 1993). Thus, in addition to the application of variable markers for inferring colony structure of normal C. lacteus populations, they will make it possible to monitor how shifts in genetic heterogeneity affect reproductive decisions of orphaned colonies. In this note we characterize six polymorphic
microsatellite markers from C. lacteus; member of the family Rhinotermitidae (~200 sp.). Four microsatellite markers have recently been characterized for the Termitidae (Kaib et al. 2000).


Rockburst is a hazardous phenomenon in deep tunnels influenced by geological structural planes like faults, joints, and shear planes. Small-scale shear-plane-like structures have damaging impact on the boundaries of the tunnel, which act as barrier and accumulate high stresses. A shear plane combined with high stress conditions is very dangerous in deep excavations. Such a shear plane exposed in the side wall of the right headrace tunnel in the Neelum-Jehlum Hydropower Project. This project is constructed in the tectonically active Himalayas under high stress conditions. The influence of a shear zone on rockburst occurrence near the tunnel is studied. The FLAC3D explicit code simulated the shear zone in the right tunnel, revealing that the stresses are concentrated near the shear zone, while no such stress concentration is present in the left tunnel. The Rock mass got displaced near this shear zone. Modeling results confirm that the presence of shear zone in side wall of the right tunnel has a major influence on rockburst occurrence. A shear slip along this plane released huge amounts of accumulated energy, causing human fatalities and property damage. A comparison of numerical simulation with empirical rockburst criteria validates the actual conditions and help us to understand the phenomenon of stress concentration near the shear zone and its impact during deep tunneling.


This article analyzed the email communication patterns of users reflected in a national(university's) email network.It is shown that the two existed models,priority-based queuing model and the cascading non-homogeneous Poisson process model,both fail to describe properly the dynamic mechanism in the email network.The hypothesis in the priority-based queuing model that users share a universal behavior pattern is unreasonable;besides the cascading non-homogeneous Poisson process cannot embody the unexpected cessation or dynamic evolution in individual activities.Therefore,the clustering-analysis-based segmented cascading non-homogeneous Poisson process model is promoted which can produce better predictions.


Abstract : The results of studies to determine the feasibility of inducing stress in metal samples with low frequency excitation have indicated that the effective use of this technique is limited to excitation in the cyclic frequency range of 1000 Hz and below. Best results were obtained with solid coupling of low frequency exciters to test material. Attempts to induce stress with excitation at 20 kHz were not very successful with the techniques and equipment used in these studies.


The study involved 52 women with rheumatoid arthritis, aged 18 to 29, including 19 pregnant women. The comparison of the clinical features of the process activity with the content of cortisol in the blood, anti-lymphocytic antibodies and rheumatoid factor was carried out. In women with rheumatoid arthritis, a decrease in the content of cortisol with a tendency to an increase in the titer of anti-lymphocyte antibodies and a significant increase in these indicators during pregnancy was found. Low cortisol levels were observed in the exacerbation phase of the rheumatoid process. The data obtained indicate the effect of the concentration of cortisol in the blood and the titer of anti-lymphocyte antibodies on the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis, as well as the need to develop a tactic for treating women with this pathology.


In 2019, the European Commission (EC) under the Marie Sktodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Horizon 2020 projects granted funding to ETOPIA, for advancing research in Electromagnetic Compatibility, and to train twelve Early Stage Researchers (ESR) in investigating the interactions between the electrical power system and power electronics. ETOPIA, acronym for European Training network Of Ph.D. researchers on Innovative EMI analysis and power Applications, is a consortium, involving six universities across Europe (i.e., University of Twente, University of Craiova, Politecnico de Milano, Leibniz University, University of Zielo-na Gora. and the University of Nottingham) and 18 partner organizations, including the IEEE EMC Society Technical Committee 7 (TC-7) on Low Frequency EMC.


This study reviews the learning management integrated school in Makassar with research sites in an integrated school Al Biruni Makassar. The focus in this research is the learning management in an integrated school which consists of lesson plans, learning implementation, and evaluation. The approach used in this study is a qualitative descriptive approach. The unit of analysis in this research is the principal, teachers, and students. Data collection techniques were interviews, observation, and documentation. The results showed that the learning management consisting of lesson plans, learning implementation, and evaluation of learning has been implemented in accordance with the existing procedures as other schools in general. This integrated concept in this school that is located in its curriculum, which integrates religious values on each of the subjects taught to students. Keywords: Learning Management, Integrated School


MPLS recovery mechanisms are increasing in popularity because they can guarantee fast restoration and high QoS assurance. Their main advantage is that their backup paths are established in advance, before a failure event takes place. Most research on the establishment of primary and backup paths has focused on minimizing the added capacity required by the backup paths in the network. However, this so-called Spare Capacity Allocation (SCA) metric is less practical for network operators who have a fixed capacitated network and want to maximize their revenues. In this paper, we present a comprehensive study on restorable throughput maximization in MPLS networks. We present the first polynomial-time algorithms for the splittable version of the problem. For the unsplittable version, we provide a lower bound for the approximation ratio and propose an approximation algorithm with an almost identical bound. We present an efficient heuristic which is shown to have excellent performance. One of our most important conclusions is that when one seeks to maximize revenue, local recovery should be the recovery scheme of choice.


Chickpea planting is usually delayed in north-western parts of India due to popularization of rice-wheat cropping system. In the present study, efforts were made to study the impact of different planting dates on the physiological traits, viz. relative water content (RWC), percent membrane injury, chlorophyll content, dry matter production and seed yield on six chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) genotypes. The results indicated that medium planting (30 t h Nov.) resulted in decreased membrane injury and increased chlorophyll content, relative water content, biological yield and seed yield of the genotypes as compared to early (15 t h Nov.) and late (15 t h Dec.) plantings. Further significant and clear-cut differences were noted among advance lines and released genotypes. Genotype DG36 showed superiority over other genotypes. It is emphasized that such traits may play an important role in selection of plants for temperature tolerance in breeding programme.


This introduction situates the three essays of this section in terms of current developments in the criticism of Romantic poetry. What, the introduction asks, has happened to critical theory of late? It answers that question by thinking through the trends one could see at this year's NASSR/NAVSA conference at Purdue University. In light of that overview, it introduces essays by Noel Jackson, Jane Moody, and Laura George.


A method of modeling the mechanism of swelling and the mechanism of shrinking in porous elastic materials is described. The method involves the introduction of fields of spherically self‐equilibrated force systems. Force systems of this type are called centers of compression or centers of dilation in classical elasticity theory. The mechanisms of swelling and of shrinking are illustrated in the case of homogeneous deformations of a body subjected to no surface tractions and no gravitational force. It is argued that further development of theories of this type must be material specific and mechanism (i.e., swelling or shrinking) specific.


Robotic process automation (RPA) technology currently gains importance in business practice as it enables the automation of business processes and thus a significant increase in business efficiency. This paper aims to investigate the impact of RPA on the specific business process of investment costing using a software robot for the projects of an energy supply company. For this purpose, an automated calculation tool was developed with Microsoft Power Apps and Microsoft Power Automate. The application of the proposed tool shows potential by significantly reducing the working time of employees for recalculating project investments based on different parameters. The developed RPA tool can be extended to calculate other types of standard investments. The results are aimed at managers pursuing the potential for business process automation.


Background: This study aimed to determine the frequency of refractory hypertension (RH) and investigate the factors affecting RH in Turkish hypertensive patients. Materials and methods: Totally 400 hypertensive patients (114 males and 286 females) were enrolled. Blood pressure (BP) was measured by patients at home two times a day. The patients were called for controlling in every four weeks, and those who had BP 140/90 mmHg drug doses were increased or another antihypertensive drug was added and the patients were continued to be followed-up. The total follow-up period was 36 weeks. Patients with persisting BP >140/90 mmHg despite triple medication administration including a diuretic form at least for 3 months at adequate doses were considered to have RH. Results: A total of 63 patients (15.8%), including 14 males and 49 females, were considered to have RH. Body Mass Index (BMI) values of patients with and without RH were 32.16±3.56 and 29.71±3.42, respectively (t=2.92; p=0.005). The rate of obese and morbidly obese patients was higher in the RH group (p<0.005). Duration of hypertension was longer in the RH group (9.7±5.6 vs 7.0±5.7 years, p<0.001). Conclusion: We found the frequency of RH as 15.8%. There's a significant correlation between BMI and RH. Duration of hypertension increases the prevalence of RH, and should be considered one of the risks for RH.


This article discusses a technique based on combination of multimode resonators (MMR) and complementary split ring resonators (CSRR) to design multi notch‐bands ultra wide‐band (UWB) band‐pass filters (BPF). The proposed structure consists of two parallel multimode resonators, resulting in a dual notch‐band UWB BPF, integrated with a single cell of CSRR to realize the third notch‐band. The mechanism of realizing the notch‐bands is mathematically presented and a triple notch‐bands UWB BPF is designed, simulated and fabricated. The overall size of the proposed filter is reported to be around 36 × 7.7 mm2 where a size reduction of around 35% is demonstrated in comparison to the conventional filter. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J RF and Microwave CAE 24:375–381, 2014.


may have persistent lesions after resolution has occurred in other areas. Approximately 80% of patients with extensive c-GVHD present some type of oral involvement, including xerostomia. oral pain and lesions. Dental and oral care can be challenging for these patients. This paper discusses the manifestations and treatment of oral c-GVHD and presents the case history of a 15month-old girl who developed severe oral GVHD with an unusual periodontal presentation and early loss of primary teeth.


Abstract : This paper reports acoustic emission characteristics during electro-plating of chromium and copper as well as those during electroless nickel plating. Acoustic emission pulses are produced by the generation of cracks in the deposit layer and can be used in monitoring the plating quality. (Modified author abstract)


Abstract : The rise of radical Islamic converts in the Philippines is one of the major security concerns in the Philippines today. The Rajah Solaiman Islamic Movement (RSIM) emerged from various "Balik-Islam" (revert to Islam) organizations that advocate for the conversion of the country to Islam on the belief that the Philippines was an Islamic land prior to western colonization. RSIM, which established links with the various terrorist organizations both in the Philippines and in the Middle East, has been responsible for several major terrorist attacks in the country in recent years. Despite the arrests of several key leaders of RSIM and Philippine counterterrorism successes against the movement's objectives, RSIM remains a major security concern in the Philippines due to the continued existence of social, political, and economic factors that enable the possibility of RSIM or RSIM-like groups to re-emerge. The Philippine government must address the root causes of the problem to reduce the grievances of the people, weaken radical organizational strength, and control the political opportunities that have led to the growth of social movements in the Philippines, including the RSIM radical Islamic converts.


Ram lambs, cryptorchids, and wether lambs achieved approximately the same weight at weaning. The daily gain of ram lambs and cryptorchids in the feedlot averaged 0.04 kg per day more than that of wether lambs but this difference was not significant. The greater total gain of ram lambs and cryptorchids in feedlot resulted in heavier shipping weights (45.0 and 46.1 kg vs. 43.5 kg). No differences were found in carcass grades among the sex types. Fatty acid composition of fat from ram lambs, cryptorchids, and wethers did not differ significantly. There was no significant difference in growth rate or fatty acid content of fat between animals on a ration containing barley and one containing screenings.


With the advent of sophisticated, state-of-the-art transit systems, there appears to have arisen an attendant trade-off between reliability and performance. Typically, forced to prioritize, most operating properties will opt for reliability. Specification requirements for the new No. 4 and No. 12 MBTA rapid transit cars dictated the use of propulsion and braking systems whose reliability had been demonstrated throughout the years. The specification also required, however, the integration of these systems into a cohesive unit that exhibited modern day ride performance. This paper provides a brief description of each of the subject vehicles, and then traces the technical history of the endeavor to blend the electrical and pneumatic braking systems' tractive effort outputs into a uniform deceleration rate without the use of complex system feedback and interface networks.


In terms of causal forces, the recent downturn also differs from earlier contractions. All previous recessions in the past twenty-five years were preceded by periods of pronounced monetary restraint. The current downturn, by contrast, was preceded, and accompanied for a time, by stimulative policy actions. As the downturn progressed, however, the growth of the money stock did slow markedly. In addition, developments which have hampered production such as the higher price of oil, unfavorable weather conditions, and the effects of price controls — have played a much greater role in the current downturn than in earlier recessions.


Recently, Venter et al. (2003) used molecular genetic techniques to cleave the ATP-hydrolysing domain from the integral membrane transporter domain of LmrA and demonstrated that the latter could catalyse drug transport driven by the transmembrane proton electrochemical gradient. Substrate : proton symport or antiport is a general characteristic of simple carriers also called secondary active transporters. Their observations suggested that the primary active transporter, LmrA, was derived from a secondary carrier by superimposition of the ATP-hydrolysing subunit onto the carrier during evolution as suggested previously (Saier, 2000a).


Objective: To compare the use of Fresh Frozen Amniotic Membrane (FFAM) and Buccal Pad of Fat (BPF) for reconstruction of oral mucosal defect after surgical excision of leukoplakia.  Material and Methods: Twenty patients were randomly selected and divided into two groups. Group 1 use amniotic membrane graft and Group 2 BPF. Both groups were evaluated preoperatively and postoperatively. Incisal opening, epithelialization and fibrosis were evaluated after one month of surgery. Chi square and Student t tests were used.  Results: According to the presence of smoking habits, the highest frequencies were for smoking (30%) and betel leaf areca nut with tobacco (30%). Regarding the diameter of oral leukoplakia, in 40% of the participants it was 2x3 cm 2 . In Group1, after one month of surgery preoperative and postoperative inter-incisal opening values were 44.20 ± 3.37 and 42.05 ± 3.47 (p 0.05). When FFAM was used complete epithelialization in 70% and incomplete epithelialization in 30% patients. When BPF was used the results were almost similar. Fibrosis occurred in 30% in Group 1. There were no complications like flap necrosis, infectiona and hematoma formation.  Conclusion: Incisal opening was significantly better in Fresh Frozen Amniotic MembraneGroup, epithelialization and fibrosis were almost same in both groups after surgical excision of oral leukoplakia.


1. Some introductory remarks First, I must express my heart-felt gratitude to Maarten Lemmens for writing a collegial, thought-provoking, and informative reply to my position paper. I learned a great deal from it and can honestly say that if I pursue the issues that I brought up in my piece I will have much recourse to Lemmens's reply. That said, I found this an extremely difficult rejoinder to write. The reason for my difficulty derives from the great disconnect between the content and claim...


Gyroscope is playing a key role in helping estimate camera rotation during mobile video capture. The fusion of gyroscope and visual measurements needs the knowledge of camera projection parameters, the gyroscope bias and the relative orientation between gyroscope and camera. Moreover, the timestamps of gyroscope and video frames are usually not well synchronized. In this paper, we propose an online method that estimates all the necessary parameters while capturing videos. Our contributions are (1) simultaneous online camera self-calibration and camera-gyroscope calibration based on an implicit extended Kalman filter, and (2) generalization of coplanarity constraint of camera rotation in a rolling shutter camera model for cellphones. The proposed method is able to accurately estimate the needed parameters online with all kinds of camera motion, and can be embedded in gyro-aided applications such as video stabilization and feature tracking.


This study critically examines contemporary issues and lending activities to small scale farmers for agricultural production. The Agriculture sector is the mainstay of Ghana's economy and small scale farmers play a dominant role in the sector which explains why this study concentrates on this sector. A survey research was conducted using both structured and unstructured questionnaires. A total of 127 farmers, 18 key informants and 10 rural banks were interviewed. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the effectiveness of rural banks. Allocations of the various loans (agriculture, cottage industry, trade and transport and others ¾ social credit) in the rural banks' credit portfolio were significantly different among the four loans categories (ANOVA p = 9.6E-29). From the tukey-kramer procedure, there was a difference in average amount of loan disbursed between agriculture and trade, and between agriculture and social credit with Q-Statistics of 3.84. The means for trade and social credit were larger than that of agriculture and by implication agriculture is treated less favourably in rural banks credit schemes and portfolio. These findings lend credence to the claim that rural banks are not sticking to their core mandate of prioritising credit provision to rural agriculture and have strayed into other endeavours.


This research reveals how a fundamental and pervasive psychological state, feeling powerful, asymmetrically impacts consumers' construction of and response to communications. For senders, power reduces consumers' need-for-justification and lowers the degree of support they seek and use to construct their communications. This lowered degree of support is evidenced by reduced information search, the use of fewer rational-based arguments, and a greater reliance on more concise language. In contrast, for receivers, power increases consumers' expectations for others to justify their positions. As a result, high-power receivers require a greater degree of support in communications from others. Based on a need-for-justification mechanism, the current work derives and demonstrates theoretically driven boundary conditions (e.g., attenuation when a heightened need-for-justification or support already exists) of this relationship. Together, these results provide new insights into how power influences consumers' need-for-justification and how this need affects the ways that consumers construct and respond to communications.


Hybrid nanofluid boundary layer flow past a stretching surface with zero mass flux boundary condition is explored in this article. The main aim of this article is to analyze the electromagnetohydrodynamic role in a hybrid nanofluid containing silver and molybdenum disulfide nanoparticles. The self‐similar solution is embedded to reduce the governing partial differential equation into algebraic equations and a shooting algorithm is applied to obtain the solution of the resultant boundary value problem. Variation in momentum, energy, and nanoparticle concentration is explained through graphical profiles. Nusselt number and drag force coefficients are computed for various flow parameters and their impact on the nanofluid and hybrid nanofluid is computed and presented and explained in a comparative fashion. It is observed that the velocity profile shows the opposite nature with respect to the electric field and magnetic field. For electric field parameter velocity accelerates whereas for magnetic parameter velocity diminishes. Nusselt number increases with electric field parameter and nanoparticle volume fraction.


This article presents a historical and logical analysis research of modern scientists and teachers of the classics on the origin and justification of the problem of forming emotional culture teacher. To understand the essence of the phenomenon of «emotional culture teacher» was chosen axiological approach helped to reveal the structure of a teacher and discover the main professional and pedagogical characteristics. Future study of the problem requires the solution in the scientific and practical aspects


A fundamental difficulty in developing effective production planning models has been accurately reflecting the nonlinear dependency between workload and lead times. We develop a mathematical programming model for production planning in multiproduct, single stage systems that captures the nonlinear dependency between workload and lead times. We then use outer linearization of this nonlinear model to obtain a linear programming formulation and extend it to multistage systems. Extensive computational experiments validate the approach and compare its results to conventional models that assume workload‐independent planning lead times. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2009


Information today is a strategic resource of great value to companies and organizations, by analyzing it you can make the right decisions in time to impact business development. Management information systems for decision making are today a very important business priority. In this paper, a management system model was analyzed to ensure that the information and strategic business objectives of a Contact Center are correctly aligned, integrating all available information sources so that they interact with each other and serve as support in making important decisions. Several statistical and technological tools were used, gathering information on the processes that currently exist in the area, on those operational and information management systems, evaluating their indicators based always on the management perspective and using research instruments such as interviews, surveys, analysis and observation, obtaining as a result a system as a management model. Needs, sources and resources were identified to establish an information management framework to be used as a tool for business planning and strategy. As future work, the use of these and other new business strategies is proposed hand in hand with new information systems and technologies that can provide the necessary support and services to improve business operations and management.


To address the challenges associated with measuring the ultrasonic power from high intensity focused ultrasound transducers via radiation force, a protocol based on pulsed measurements was analyzed. Two focused ultrasound transducers were characterized in terms of an effective duty factor, which was then used to calculate the power during the pulse at high drive levels. Two absorbing target designs were used, and both gave accurate, reproducible results and displayed no damage and minimal temperature rise if placed near the transducer and away from the focus. The protocol was accurate up to the maximum power generated of approximately 180 W.


Abstract This paper reports an exploratory study of requirements or guidelines for teaching listening in K-12 schools in the United States, as reflected in goals, objectives, and supporting materials contained in curriculum guides and/or English language arts frameworks. It is based on a survey of an 80 percent sample of the states.


This cohort study compares rates of 1-year adherence to glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist or sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor therapies by co-payment level among US adults with type 2 diabetes and/or heart failure.


In trans 1,3-disubstituted 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-β-carbolines the chemical shift of C-1 in the 13C n.m.r. spectrum is upfield of that for the corresponding peak of the cis-isomer, even for Nb-benzylated analogues; however, the chemical shift of the C-3 carbon is dependent on the Nb-substituent.


Mother facing a period of menopause will experience problems physiologically psychological and like sweating nocturnal, dryness of vagina resulting pain in bone when correlating sexual, worries and less self confidence. Sigh is not balmy when correlating deductible sexual by giving intervention of treatment appropriate causing can increase quality of life at menopause mother. Intention of this study is to know massage effectivity with aromatherapy frangipani to comfort of the relation of sexual at menopause mother. 40 responders involved in this research consisted of 20 responders at group of intervention and 20 responders at group of control. This research applies method quasi experiment of type pre and post test with group control. Result is showing existence of difference having a meaning balmy taste when correlating sexual at group of intervention at before and after intervention (p < 0,0005). From result of research is recommended by massage with aromatherapy frangipani to health officer in public and clinic climaterium as part of treatment upbringing as a mean to increases comfort of the relation of sexual at menopause mother.


In work advantage of structural approach to the description of organizational communications is proved. The tendency to joint consideration of internal and external relations of a communication network that is caused by need of strategic management of changes and innovations for the organization is allocated. Influence of organizational communications on efficiency of firm is opened. The special attention is paid to introduction of the new information technologies showing a tendency to the integrated creation of communications in the organization. Key problems of organizational communications are described. Functions of organizational communications are systematized. Streamlining of functions is executed on the basis of resource approach that creates the best basis for management of communications in the organization. Services responsible for appropriate resources of organizational communications are allocated. Functions which have no services responsible for their realization are identified. The functions demanding an integrated approach to their realization are defined.


[I]n this solemn arena where life and death dance side by side,. . . crucifixion and resurrection is all played out on this landscape of dry lake beds and barren rock" (78, 81). And in explicating Protestant revivalism, Lane recalls his own experiences as a thirteen-year-old accordion player at revival meetings for Caribbean migrant workers in Orlando. "Each week the acrid smells of lard, stale cigarette smoke, and urine clung to my clothes all the way home... . Tears flowed freely as we all passed a jelly-jar of Welch's grape juice [and] I never remember being encountered so much by the real presence of Christ" (159). The most problematic aspects of the book revolve around Lane's attempt to subsume history within this emotional investment in place. His quest for emotional intensity prevents him from discriminating, in any politically meaningful way, among the figures of Dorothy Day, Ann Lee, Cotton Mather, and Isaac Jogues. In representing American religious history as a landscape of emotional intensity and self-discovery, Lane avoids the problem of imperialism that dominates liberal and Marxist historiography. In a profoundly reactionary interpretation, Lane applies to American religious history the amoral hospitality to feeling that Annie Dillard learned to cultivate toward nature. As one of the, most eloquent and literary examples of neo-conservative Christian piety today, this volume belongs in every college library with a collection in American religion.


An enzyme liquid concentrate obtained from an Aspergillus niger culture added at 0.5% to the pulp of ripe guava fruit allowed an 85% yield of juice to be obtained by pressing, after incubation for 18 h at 40 degree C. The fall in pectin and tannin content was recorded.


Cloud computing is seen as an emerging technology highly utilized by different industries and businesses to optimize their processes conservation resources. Its popularity opens various loopholes and barriers, which are useful, especially when improving its overall performance. This study is conducted cloud computing further technological improvements suggested. This technology has been attractive developers and end-users because it provides both parties with an increased revenue opportunity. Entailed for and maintenance of physical hosting has been drastically eliminated from them for the end-user. Also true for the service providers since the increasing number integrating cloud computing to their systems increased revenue. However, the technology is facing challenges with security and privacy, workflow optimization, provisioning, cloud interoperability, data management, need or architecture modifications. These barriers inhibit cloud computing from achieving their maximum potential in terms of Service (QoS) and cost-effectiveness. Nevertheless, metrics monitored and measurements be done cloud computing's overall performance for of both the operation and economic aspects future studies is good & interesting.


The purpose of this assessment is to help identify promising inspection technologies best suited for further development as part of an integrated teaming effort between the robotic platform and sensor developers. This document is not intended to provide a detailed analysis of each technology's performance or to rate their performance relative to one another. Technologies discussed include:

Shear Horizontal Electromagnetic Acoustic Transducer (EMAT)

Remote Field Eddy Current (RFEC)

Collapsible Remote Field Eddy Current (CRFEC)

Nondestructive Ultrasonic Measurement

Permanent Magnet Eddy Current

Multi-purpose Deformation Sensor

Dual Magnetization MFL

Guided Wave Ultrasonics


We study the impact of a kind of non‐archimedean stratifications (t‐stratifications) on tangent cones of definable sets in real closed fields. We prove that such stratifications induce stratifications of the same nature on the tangent cone of a definable set at a fixed point. As a consequence, the archimedean counterpart of a t‐stratification is shown to induce Whitney stratifications on the tangent cones of a semi‐algebraic set. Extensions of these results are proposed for real closed fields with further structure.


The invention provides a method and a device for controlling screen movement and a terminal. The method comprises the steps of: acquiring user screen movement instructions, adjusting display coordinate information of a terminal application on a display screen to move a corresponding display position of the display coordinate information into a contactable region according to the screen movement instructions, making the terminal application be displayed at a corresponding display position of the display coordinate information after adjustment, and adjusting touch induction coordinate information of a corresponding contactable region of the display coordinate information based on the screen mobile instructions to make the contactable region after movement and a display coordinate have a same position, wherein the display coordinate locates on the one hand held display screen in a finger contactable region. According to the invention, one hand operation convenience of the terminal touch screen is improved greatly after terminal touch screen size increases.


The effect of thin uniform bubble screens on sound propagation in water has been investigated over a frequency range of 15-100 kc/s for bubbles with diameters between 0.016 and 0.050 cm. The density of the bubble screen was varied from 1 bubble in 10 cm2 to 4 bubbles per cm2. The results obtained confirm to a considerable accuracy the theory originally proposed by Foldy and also provide values of the damping constants of gas bubbles which are consistent with those obtained from measurements on isolated bubbles.


This paper presents an improved computational model for the analysis of masonry structures based on continuum mechanics finite element approaches. The proposed numerical technique uses a cracktracking
algorithm to model the formation of strain localization bands within the discretization domain. This strategy results in two major benefits. First, the representation of the discrete cracks experienced by masonry structural elements is more accurate and consistent with limit analysis, which in turn leads to the realistic prediction of the collapse mechanisms. Second, the numerical solution is mesh-bias independent ensuring the objectivity of the simulation to the direction of the utilized mesh. The efficiency of the proposed algorithm is illustrated through the numerical simulation of a selected experimental test on a masonry pier-spandrel system.


Knowledge-based systems have often been criticised for the limited theoretical base upon which they are constructed. This view asserts that systems are often developed in an ad hoc, individual way ...


The ultrasonic transducer is one important parts of the ultrasonic bonding equipment, the chip bonding quality and the ultrasonic transducer response have the extremely close relationship. The modelling is carried through finite element analysis software ANSYS, and obtained the system harmony response, and used Doppler velometer measurement validates the result of finite element analysis.


A preparation method for a charcoal heat supply body for heating non-combustion-type tobacco products is characterized in that biomass or biomass/metal ions are hydrothermally carbonized to obtain hydrothermal charcoal or hydrothermal charcoal with the metal ions evenly distributed; a developed pore-channel structure is obtained through low-temperature carbonization, the specific area reaches 400-800 m /g, and the ignition temperature of the charcoal material is low (300-450 DEG C). The preparation method has the following advantages that after being hydrothermally carbonized, the biomass contains a great number of oxygen-containing functional groups and still contains 20% of oxygen after being carbonized at low temperature, so that the ignition temperature is low; the metal ions serve as a catalyst in the hydrothermal carbonization process and prompt the biomass to be fast converted into the hydrothermal charcoal at the low temperature, when combusted, the prepared charcoal heat supply body material catalyzes oxidation of CO, micromolecule hydrocarbons and macromolecule aromatic hydrocarbons to reduce harm, to the human body, of the substances; a great number of micro pores are formed through low-temperature carbonization, so that the gas diffusion performance is improved when the prepared charcoal heat supply body material is combusted.


The present invention relates to a magnesium secondary battery including the electrode and this for the magnesium secondary battery. Magnesium secondary battery electrode of the present invention includes a current collector and said collector magnesium plated layer formed on the surface of the. Magnesium secondary battery electrode of the present invention, the manufacturing process is easy and inexpensive, since it can be produced as a thin film, which is useful in the production of high magnesium secondary battery energy density.


Studies on canine detection of human cancers have been impressive for lung, breast, melanoma, ovarian, prostate, and colon cancers. It is thought that


Abstract The pollen distribution in mineral soil in woodland containing Tilia × europaea L. was studied in an attempt to explain abnormally high percentages of Tilia pollen found in some podzol profiles. It was shown that a greater concentration of pollen containing greater proportions of Tilia pollen occurred in a narrow zone (c. 30 cm) around the trunk of Tilia trees than in the soil further from the trunk. This is attributed to the effect of stemflow concentrating pollen and possibly increasing the preservation of pollen at the trunk base. The percentages of Tilia pollen found were similar to the abnormally high values from the podzol profiles. It is suggested that these profiles mark the precise locations of trees in an earlier woodland. The implications of this to the interpretation of soil pollen diagrams are discussed.


# Least Action in Classical Mechanics: # The Concept of Functional # The Principle of Least Action # Conservation of Energy. Constants of the Motion # Particles Interacting Through an Intermediate Oscillator # Least Action in Quantum Mechanics: # The Lagrangian in Quantum Mechanics # The Calculation of Matrix Elements in the Language of a Lagrangian # The Equations of Motion in Lagrangian Form # Translation to the Ordinary Notation of Quantum Mechanics # The Generalization to Any Action Function # Conservation of Energy. Constants of the Motion # The Role of the Wave Function # Transition Probabilities # Expectation Values for Observables # Application to the Forced Harmonic Oscillator # Particles Interacting Through an Intermediate Oscillator # Space-Time Approach to Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics # The Lagrangian in Quantum Mechanics


Through experiments and simulations, the piezoresistance coefficients of AlGaN / GaN HEMT under different gate voltages in the structure of micro-accelerometer are studied. The results show that piezoresistance coefficient at room temperature (RT) is equivalent to (2.47±0.04)×10–9 Pa−1, which is higher than that of silicon. The Current-Voltage characteristics of HEMT at different gate voltages were measured and the piezoresisitance coefficients under different temperatures were calculated. The conclusion is drawn that the drain saturation current and piezoresistance coefficient of HEMT decreases with the increase of the temperature. It has relation with the concentration of 2DEG and polarization effect.


During deep penetration laser welding, a keyhole is formed in the molten pool. The characteristics of keyhole are related to the welding quality and stability. Analyzing the characteristic parameters of a keyhole during high power fiber laser welding is one of effective measures to control the welding quality and improve the welding stability. This paper studies a fiber laser butt-joint welding of Type 304 austenitic stainless steel plate with a high power 10 kW continuous wave fiber laser, and an infrared sensitive high-speed video camera was used to capture the dynamic images of the molten pools. A combination filtering system with a filter length of 960-990nm in front of the vision sensor was used to obtain the near infrared image and eliminate other light disturbances. The width, the area, the leftmost point, the rightmost point, the upmost point and the bottommost point of a keyhole were defined as the keyhole characteristic parameters. By using the image preprocessing method, such as median filtering, Wiener filtering, threshold segmentation and Canny edge detection methods, the characteristic parameters of a keyhole were obtained. By analyzing the change of the keyhole characteristic parameters during welding process, it was found that these parameters could reflect the quality and stability of laser welding effectively.


This book covers much ground, to wit the history, ancient and recent theories, a critique, and illustrations of comedy. It is industrious and instructive, but dull. Mr. Feibleman has, in anticipation, defended himself from this charge. "The analysis of comedy," he writes, "can no more be funny than the analysis of water can be wet" (p. 168). Its dullness is in part due to a thesis-like re-hashing of other people's work, and for the rest to a heavy, clotted style of which the following is an example taken more or less at random. "Philosophers both large and small," Mr. Feibleman writes, "thinkers profound and superficial, adherents of every stripe and interest, from theology to the theatre and from psychology to metaphysics, betray a very enormous measure of agreement about the nature of comedy" (p. 118, my italics). The lesson to be drawn from this horrific sentence—or rather from the substantial agreement of otherwise divergent minds—is that comedy is itself of a substance so simple and clear that difference of opinion can scarcely touch its essence. Even the subjectivists who would turn the comic into the laughter provoking are driven in one way or another to concede its objectivity and its rational quality. Comedy, the author repeats, is "primarily an affair of logic." "There is only one kind of comedy, namely, that which we have said consists in the indirect affirmation of the ideal logical order by means of the derogation of the limited orders of actuality" (p. 203). Mr. Feibleman's logic, however, is of a comprehensive kind, for "Comedy is in the fullest sense a moral principle, an ethical force" (p. 214). The author's view of comedy is embedded in an aesthetic, and this in a metaphysic which is dealt with all too briefly (pp. 172-7) for the reviewer to be quite sure what it is, or what it implies. What emerges concerning comedy, namely, that it is—in a general way—a criticism of the actual, seems difficult to dispute; yet some of us may wonder how far some of the larger claims are justified. The concluding illustrations, ranging from Gertrude Stein and the surrealists (who do not realize that they are comic) to the Marx Brothers (who do), and the author's comments upon them constitute, naturally enough, the best reading in the book. There is an adequate index. RALPH E. STEDMAN.


A simplified blind equalization algorithm, which can substantially reduce the complexity of hardware implementation of neighborhood-assisted symbol-based decision (N-SBD) algorithm, is proposed for 4096-QAM systems. Two main strategies are adopted in order to achieve our goals. On the one hand, the step function is used to approximate the weighting factor in the conventional N-SBD algorithm for avoiding the complicated exponential calculations. On the other hand, by utilizing the equidistant characteristics for the adjacent symbol coordinates, we derive the formula of the error function again, thus significantly reducing the number of multipliers in implementation. The analysis further shows that, for 4096-QAM signals, the proposed algorithm greatly reduces the implementation complexity at the cost of reducing the convergence speed slightly, whereas it can maintain the mean square error (MSE) performance of the steady-state residual error when compared with the conventional N-SBD algorithm. Simulation results also indicate that both the convergence speed and the steady-state residual error of the proposed algorithm are superior to other blind equalization algorithms, such as the multi-modulus algorithm (MMA) and constellation matched error-based MMA (CME-MMA).


The article considers the possibility of applying Western methods of assessing organizational culture for the analysis of Russian companies. The question is raised about the different perception of organizational culture by management and performers. The authors show the need to simplify the methods for the initial assessment by the company's management. The article proposes questionnaires for assessing the elements of organizational culture in two formats, for managers and for performers. The methodology was tested on the example of a construction company, which has a wide gap in communications and geographical location between administrative employees and construction workers.


The Pakistan - Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement (PSFTA) was signed in August 2002 between the two governments and it came into effect in July 2005. Sri Lanka was given immediate duty-free market access to 206 products whereas Pakistan received duty-free access to 102 products. The terms of the PSFTA granted 100 percent immediate concession to Pakistan and Sri Lanka on major exports items. Pakistan's exports to Sri Lanka grew from US$ 97 million in 2004 to US$ 355 million in 2018, almost 3.6 times higher over the period of 14 years ostensibly due to the positive impact of PSFTA on trade. Similarly, Sri Lanka's exports to Pakistan grew from USD 47 million in 2004 to US$ 105 million in 2018, almost double over the same period.

The study, examining the trade between Pakistan and Sri Lanka under their free trade agreement (FTA), finds that the PSFTA has provided significant market share to both Sri Lanka and Pakistan. The Study reveals that emerging Pakistan - Sri Lanka trade relations possess numerous opportunities and potential to increase the current bilateral trade to over US$ 2.7 billion. Currently, the trade volumes stand at just US$ 460 Million.

The second part of the study covers the terms of Pakistan - Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement structure and briefly discusses the mutual prospects and benefits under the PSFTA. The third part of the study covers a detailed comparative analysis of the benefits of PSFTA and compares it with the trade under bilateral agreements. The study uses the trade complementarity index tool in order to see whether Sri Lankan exports meet the import demand of Pakistan and establish an extent to sectoral match or mismatch between Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

Furthermore, the study examines that a trade expansion has occurred significantly for both countries, but Sri Lanka trade deficits remained high with Pakistan. Under the PSFTA, tariff restrictions and non-tariff barriers have overshadowed the impacts of tariff rationalization and thereby this situation has been the major impediment to export performance for both countries.

The study highlights the potential goods that can meet their market demand. Due to the lack of awareness, exporters of both countries do not make full use of the market potential and benefits under the free trade agreement. The study also draws attention of entrepreneurs and exporters of the two countries to explore new markets and avenues in their economies.

In order to increase the current bilateral trade, the study suggests that both countries need to diversify their products through research, innovation, and value addition adjusting according to the demands of each other's market. Since the opportunities have been documented, a channel for the exchange of ideas and proposals must be developed to translate the available opportunities into a real trade volume. Therefore, the study recommends that trade bodies in both countries should facilitate trade delegations, unrestricted communication between the business communities of the two countries to increase and strengthen the bilateral trade and trade relationships between Pakistan and Sri Lanka.


In our increasingly globalized world, civilians feel most acutely the impact of conflicts and failures of interstate regulation. Modern conflict has been characterized by states and nonstate actors targeting civilians. One need only look to the offenses committed in Syria and South Sudan to understand the immense toll those conflicts have taken on civilian lives. In addition, failures in interstate regulation, particularly around business practices and climate change, disproportionately affect the world's most poor and vulnerable, as political and economic interests take precedence over the rights of civilians.


The purpose of this article is to provide an in-depth approach to the theoretical issues stated about brands and branding from a cultural perspective. Following contemporary debates in defining the concept of brand and branding in relation to various marketing and organizational communication definitions, branding models that can be used in relation to places, in general, have been highlighted over time: the consumer branding model inspired by the functional tradition of the theoretical and practical marketing approaches, used and applied on products or services and the organizational or corporate communication model, from an identity approach. That is why, a different tendency is highlighted in analyzing branding models and their applicability on places, through a new proposed approach, of neo-Marxist nature, as a moderate response to the paradigm of postmodern brand management, defined by the iconic brand and cultural branding theories presented in this article -, on the one hand, and the anti-capitalist, anti-corporate and anti-branding movement,


Hemoglobin, a multi-subunit protein used for oxygen transport to peripheral tissues in animals, has a rich evolutionary history that spans over 500 million years. Repeated use of pre-existing genes has generated novel functions, usually by means of gene duplication events that are followed by co-option. Consequently, the evolution of hemoglobin is a valuable model in understanding the conservative use of extant genetic resources to gradually build metabolic complexity.


Beticolins are yellow toxins produced by the fungus Cercospora beticola. The effect of one of them, beticolin-1, has been investigated on corn root plasma membrane H + -ATPase (EC 22.214.171.124) at different purification levels (plasma membrane fraction. partially, or highly purified enzyme). The results obtained demonstrated that (1) the purified proton pump was inhibited directly by low amounts of the toxin (I 50 =1.62 ± 0.18 μM), (2) the biological effects of beticolin-1 were similar to those of CBT (Cercospora beticola toxin). Furthermore, it was established that the efficiency of the different beticolins was clearly related to their ability to interact with the lipid bilayers, determined by fluorometric studies : the toxins that exhibited the lower I 50 (50% inhibitory concentrations) values were the molecules that had the lowest partition coefficient to liposomes.


Aiming at the actual demands of mine-used equipment detection and inspection center,the paper gave the business process of detection management information system of mine-used equipment,and introduced function model of the system as well as expounded architecture of the system and structure design of the database form.At last,it discussed some key techniques in the process of implementation of the system.


Disincentives to employment participation arising from the tax-benefit system have been a major concern for welfare reform. Data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey are used to generate and test the robustness of three commonly used disincentive measures for non-working Australians: effective marginal tax rates, replacement rates and participation tax rates. The results of transition models suggest financial disincentives as measured in the current period have a large effect on employment outcomes one year later, and the replacement rate is the preferred measure for modelling disincentives facing the unemployed. While attracting most attention in the welfare-to-work debate, effective marginal tax rates are found to be an inappropriate measure of work disincentives facing the non-employed.


The perspectives of native English-speaking teachers are considered with respect to teaching relatively large groups of engineering and computer science students in General English courses at a Korean university. As problems related to class size are examined from the teachers' point of view through semi-structured interviews, it affords a rare occasion to hear what they really have to say about one issue which is continually identified as a major obstacle to teaching English as a foreign language. Considering that it may not be feasible to substantially reduce class size at most two-year colleges and four-year universities in Korea owing to financial constraints, remedies for minimizing the effect of large class size on English education are probed through the lens of the teachers. These remedies can certainly help address the problems encountered in big classes at the university in question and could possibly alleviate problems associated with large class size at other institutions in Korea and elsewhere with similar educational contexts.


In this paper we deal with a utility maximization problem at finite horizon on a continuous-time market with conical (and time varying) constraints (particularly suited to modeling a currency market with proportional transaction costs). In particular, we extend the results in [L. Campi and M. Owen, Finance Stoch., 15 (2011), pp. 461--499] to the situation where the agent is initially endowed with a random and possibly unbounded quantity of assets. We start by studying some basic properties of the value function (which is now defined on a space of random variables), and then we dualize the problem following some convex analysis techniques which have proven very useful in this field of research. We finally prove the existence of a solution to the dual and (under an additional boundedness assumption on the endowment) to the primal problem. The last section of the paper is devoted to an application of our results to utility indifference pricing.


This document analyzes how state companies should be focused on customer satisfaction, as well as explains how the service culture is a fundamental element in the realization of an effective service program that responds to the needs and expectations of users. of the entities. For this the state entities through top management understanding as managers, area managers and office managers, must implement new strategies that generate a change in the culture of the service and thus create a general approach to ensure compliance of the important and essential elements of the direction and strategic plan of the entity, the human talent and the standards of citizen attention established. In Colombia there are service programs that have been successful in the implementation of strategies that have allowed citizens to attend to a second level, in the case of state companies and private companies, the document will review best practices and their scope in all areas of the company to be sustainable over time. These elements will allow us to conclude that an implementation of strategies from senior management that allows them to be involved in the operating process of the entity that leads to identify the shortcomings and good practices of service to the citizen and based on this information generate changes that improve the culture of service and that transform the organization into the implementation of programs that involve the moment of truth in the attention to the citize


Living alone is increasingly on the public radar. One in four Australian households is a loneperson household, and rates have increased sharply since the 1970s. Throughout the Western world lone-person households have become increasingly common, and this trend is spreading to non-Western countries. In some quarters these developments have been interpreted as signifying a decline of commitment to family living, increasing social fragmentation and a rise in loneliness. For others, the growth in living alone has been celebrated as reflecting the greater choice that people have in their living arrangements and lifestyle.