In this study, the characteristic of As and Se contents in paddy soil-rice system in the vicinity of a nonferrous metal smelter was investigated. The total As content in 21.2% of soil samples exceeded the first class of Chinese Soil Environmental Quality Standard, 9.62% above the second class and 7.69% above the third class. Most of soils contained enough Se content or abundant Se. The percentage of soil with rich Se content from 0.45 to 2.00 mg/kg was 88.46%. As and Se contents in crude rice was far higher than national background values, although As and Se contents in edible parts did not exceed the Chinese quality standard for rice grains. The metal smelters had led As and Se pollution in soil- rice system.


This work will investigate the more and more frequently observedphenomenon of boundary transgressions that one can find inthe world of non-literary and literary texts in forms that utilizetypological intertextuality. There will be a discussion of the playwith patterns, the norms and conventions in the area of textualgenres, especially, by means of montage, the mixture and breachingof textual patterns that are employed in a contrastive sensecompared to the normal use, in order to attract the attention ofan audience that is exposed to an abundance of texts and inorder to seduce the receptor into reading the particular text underdiscussion. Forms and types will be shown, as well as abundanceand variety of those breaches of the "canon". Finally, what happensto the signs in that ambivalence between canon and dissolutionof canon during the process of reception will be shown; that is, aspecific kind of semiose will be observed – namely, a semiose ofalienation that is bound to those non-conventional texts.


This paper examines the forms of the za- prefixed verbs in the Old Russian text Povest' vremennych let (11th-12th centuries). The study shows how this prefix, like other prefixes in Old Russian, has both lexical and aspectual functions, and that there is considerable interaction between the semantics of the prefix and the meaning of the unprefixed verb. Some groups of verbal forms can be found in which the prefix fulfils specific meanings. This analysis allows the detection of some "embryonic" forms of the lexical meanings and aspectual functions expressed in the modern Russian by the za- prefixed verbs in one of the oldest East Slavic texts. This is clearly of interest when delineating the semantic evolution of this prefix and its aspectual function in a diachronic perspective.


Background and Aim: Arterial or venous conduits used for Y-graft have different outcomes in terms of risk of restenosis and subsequent graft failure in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). The aim of the study was to investigate how the choice of the graft conduit predicts the risk of graft failure. Methods: We performed a computational fluid dynamics numerical simulation (FSI) analysis to describe the blood flow in the coronary arteries and grafts. Different Y-grafts with radial artery (RA) or saphenous vein (SV) were investigated by changing their mechanical properties (Young's modulus) and geometric characteristics. Coronary artery stenosis degree was also virtually varied, to assess the fluid behaviour in relation to the severity of the stenosis. Relative Residence Time (RRT) and Von Mises (VM) stresses were used as indicators of disturbed fluid-dynamic and for the analysis of the wall mechanics, respectively. Results: A more disturbed fluid-dynamic was observed for lower stenosis degree. Retrograde flow was present in the RA graft for the 50% and 70% stenosis degree. RRT values were higher in lower stenosis degree and both grafts. RRT and VM stresses were higher for the SV graft. Conclusions: Venous Y-graft is characterized by a more disturbed flow at the anastomosis site with a higher vessel's wall shear stress compared to the arterial one. Because of the potentially negative effects of competitive flow in low-grade native coronary artery stenosis, we confirm the better long-term patency in arterial CABG for critical coronary stenosis.


Based on the learning outcomes obtained by students in Class X.IIK.1 MAN 2 Pasaman Barat in Penjasorkes learning it was found that student learning outcomes in Penjasorkes learning are still very low and many are under the KKM. The purpose of this study was to describe and obtain information about efforts to improve student learning outcomes in Penjasorkes subjects through the application of learning methods through the application of the Drill Method in Class X.IIK.1 MAN 2 Pasaman Barat. This research is a classroom action research. Research procedures in this study include planning, action, observation and reflection. This research consisted of two cycles with four meetings. The research subjects consisted of 36 students of Class X.IIK.1 MAN 2 Pasaman Barat. Research data were collected using tests. Data were analyzed using percentages. Based on the results of research and discussion, it can be concluded that the drill method can improve student learning outcomes in learning Penjasorkes at MAN 2 Pasaman Barat. Student learning outcomes from cycle I to cycle II have increased. Student learning outcomes in the first cycle was 67.50 (enough) increased to 87.50 (good) with an increase of 20.00.


Multiple rectifier technology is an effective method to reduce the harmonic current injected from converter to the grid [1], and phase-shifting reactor (PSR) is a kind of magnetic equipment which can be used to realize the function of phase-shifting[2]-[4]. In the multiphase rectifying system, the phase-shifting property of PSR plays an important role in harmonic suppression, meanwhile, as an inductive device, its filtering property cannot be neglected. Therefore, with the purpose of evaluating the phase-shifting and filtering properties of PSR in the harmonic current suppression, three kinds of reactors with approximate harmonic suppression effect in the 6-phase rectifying system are designed, one is without phase-shifting, and the other two are with phase-shifting in different phase-shifting angle. And then, based on the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm and the frequency sweep method, the phase-shifting and filtering properties are respectively revealed by the harmonic current spectrum diagram and the amplitude-frequency characteristic curve. Lastly, the idea to introduce the low-pass filter's design method to the design of PSR to strengthen the harmonic suppression effect is proposed.


According to practical project investigation, the author analyzes leakage reasons of inclined roofs, and introduces pan-tiled inclined roof waterproof technologies from such aspects as architecture design, construction management, and material usage and so on.


Let f be an immersion of the oriented circle in the oriented sphere. Let the image lie in general position and have tangent winding number -r with respect to some point oo in its complement. The extensions off to an orientation preserving immersion of the disc are classified up to topological equivalence by the (0, j(1 --r))-assemblages induced by a star of rays from oo to the complementary components of the curve. Applications to the classification problem of stable maps between closed surfaces are also discussed. Introduction. Let M and W be smooth, connected, oriented surfaces, M compact with boundary AM, and W without boundary. Schoenflies' theorem leads to the natural question of when an immersion f of AM in W determines one or more extensions to an immersion of M in W. The Stoilow-Whyburn theory of light open maps [18] suggests that a more interesting candidate for extending f would be the following. To be admissible, the extension F shall be an orientation preserving immersion at all but a finite set BF of singularities. At these branch points the map has the topological type of the complex wrapping function w=zm, m> 1; The multiplicity of the branch point is /uF(z)=m-I. Moreover, the singular values shall not lie on the image of the boundary of M. Unless the image curves [f] lie in general position, that is,f is a normal immersion of AM [14], [16], bounding properties may be discontinuous under small deformations. For example, the curves w,=cos 0+ i(cos2 0+t)sin 0 bound plane embedded discs for small positive t, but not for t negative. On the other hand, normally immersed circles are combinatorially classifiable by the Titus intersection sequence [15, p. 49]. The Picard-Loewner problem [15, p. 47] asks for a complete combinatorial classification of admissible extension Fto Mof a normal immersion f of aM in terms of the topological invariants of [f], M and W. The problem is greatly simplified iff has a spherical target. Let M have genus y and AM be the union of 6+ 1 circles. Set pu=, /IF(Z), z E BF. Choose a point-at-infinity in the complement of [f] and identify the punctured sphere with the oriented plane. Set ,B= 2 (,UF(Z)+ 1), z E F-(co). Let be Received by the editors October 26, 1972 and, in revised form, January 30, 1973. AMS (MOS) subject classifications (1970). Primary 30A48, 57D40; Secondary 55A10, 55G35, 57A70. (i) American Mathematical Society 1973


Internal waves in a uniformly stratified fluid of sufficiently large amplitude develop tilted layers in which the fluid is statically unstable. To investigate the evolution and subsequent development of this structure, experiments are made in which a horizontal rectangular tube containing a fluid of uniform density gradient is gently rocked at a selected frequency about a horizontal axis normal to the tube length. Large-amplitude standing internal gravity waves of the first mode are generated, and these steepen and overturn, the isopycnal surfaces folding to produce a vertically thin and horizontally extensive layer in which the fluid is statically unstable. In experiments with relatively small forcing, the layer persists for some 6 buoyancy periods, with no detected evidence of secondary instability, and static stability is re-established as the periodic flow reverses. The layer however breaks down, with consequent diapycnal mixing, when greater forcing is applied. The scale and growth rates of instability in the overturning internal gravity waves are estimated using the theory developed in a companion paper by Thorpe (1994a). For the parameters of the laboratory experiments with relatively small forcing, the growth rates are small, consistent with the absence of signs of secondary instability. Larger growth rates and disturbance amplification factors of about 70 are predicted for the conditions in the experiment in which mixing was observed to occur. The experimental observations are consistent with an instability having a longitudinal structure. We conclude that the form and development of breaking in internal gravity waves will vary according to the circumstances in which waves break, but depend on the Prandtl number of the fluid and, in particular, on the Rayleigh and Reynolds numbers of regions of static instability which develop as the waves overturn.


This study aims to determine the self-handicapping levels of sports management department students. Furthermore, the study endeavors analyzing the sports management students' self-handicapping level by gender, grade, grade point average, and exercise status. The study group analyzed with the survey method comprise 158 students enrolled in the Faculty of Sports Science for Sport Management Department at Erciyes University, Kayseri/Turkey during the 2018−2019 academic year. The study utilizes "Self-Handicapping Scale" developed by Jones and Rhodewalt (1982) and adapted to Turkish by Akın, Abacı and Akın (2010) as the data collection tool. The SPSS program was used for data analysis. The results indicate that the sports management students' self-handicapping level in the study group was "moderate". Moreover, the self-handicapping levels of the sports management students in the study group did not differ significantly by gender, grade, age and exercise status (p > 0.05). However, it was discovered that self-handicapping levels significantly differ by grade point average (p < 0.05).


A cumulative damage model of solid propellant was established based on energy dissipation damage variable defining method and dynamic linear viscoelastic theory.The expression of dissipated energy when destroyed was obtained according to the experimental data of different stretch rates,and the formula of cumulative damage for grain was presented as well.Considering influence of circular stress magnitude and frequency,the rule of cumulative damage varying was researched respectively,and a case of cumulative damage and life prediction for solid rocket motor grain was analyzed finally.The method is beneficial for the storage life prediction of solid rocket motor.


A study undertaken to determine the amount of personal long-distance travel in the Federal Republic of Germany to explain present modal choice and to forecast the likely future development of modal choice is described. To achieve these goals, an individually oriented behavioral model was developed (the situational approach) that first identifies the individual's (perceived) decisionmaking situation as precisely as possible, then determines the maximum potential for change if external conditions are altered, and, finally, tries to forecast the likely responses to planned policies. It can be shown that in personal long-distance travel the potential number of persons who would change mode if travel duration and travel costs were altered is comparatively small. On the other hand, the question of trip generation is much more important. When trips are classified according to trip purpose, it can be shown that most vacation trips would be made if external conditions were less favorable to travel, although the type of vacation trips made might be modified. For "other" personal travel, in which a comparable type of modification is frequently not possible, persons would often respond to restrictive measures by reducing trip frequency.


Upward flows of air-water two-phase mixture formed in 24mm and 64mm dia.,long vertical pipes were observed to obtain further knowledge of development process from a bubbly flow to a slug flow.The vertical pipes had 13m length in height and were made of transparent acrylic resin.Ascending motions of the air bubbles in the pipe were tracked by a CCD camera,which was able to move along the vertical pipe.Flow pattern maps were described on a z-jG plane,here z is a height measured from the bottom of the pipe and jG is a superficial air velocity.Bubbly flows including bubble clusters were observed in both 24mm and 64mm pipes.However,slug formation processes were much different between 24mm and 64mm pipes,even if the air entrance conditions were same.By coalescence of bubbles in the 24mm pipe,large Taylor type bubbles were formed from the bubble clusters.However,the bubble clusters in the 64mm pipe did not grow up directly to the Taylor type bubbles.They grew up to large bubbles when the relatively large cap type bubbles were formed from the air nozzle set at the bottom of the pipe.


The development of cheap and efficient catalytic electrodes is of great importance, to promote the sluggish overall water-splitting systems associated with the large-scale application of clean and renewable energy technologies. In this work, we report the controlled synthesis of pyrite-type bimetallic Ni-doped CoS2 nanoneedle (NN) arrays supported on stainless steel (SS) (designated as NixCo1−xS2 NN/SS, 0 ≤ x ≤ 1) and the related compositional influence on electrocatalytic efficiencies for the oxygen and hydrogen evolution reaction (OER/HER). Impressively, the Ni0.33Co0.67S2 NN/SS displays superior activity and faster kinetics for catalyzing OER (low overpotential of 286 mV at 50 mA cm−2; Tafel value of 55 mV dec−1) and HER (low overpotential of 350 mV at 30 mA cm−2; Tafel value of 76 mV dec−1) than those of counterparts with other Ni/Co ratios and also monometallic Ni- or Co-based sulfides, which is attributed to the optimized balance from the improved electron transfer capability, increased exposure of electrocatalytic active sites, and favorable dissipation of gaseous products over the nanoneedle surface. Furthermore, the conductive, flexible SS support and firmly attached in-situ integrated feature, result in the flexibility and remarkable long-term stability of as-prepared binder-free Ni0.33Co0.67S2 NN/SS electrode. These results demonstrate element-doping could be an efficient route at the atomic level to design new materials and further optimize the surface physicochemical properties for enhancing the overall electrochemical water splitting activity.


Human illness caused by a novel avian-origin influenza A (H7N9) virus has been reported in China since February 2013. Investigators recently studied


The security issues in using USB storage device are becoming increasingly conspicuous. Aiming at the problem, this paper designs the software to manage the USB storage device safely, and carries on detailed analysis on focal points in implemention . The software differs from others. It not only focuses on protection of USB storage devices, but also gives prominence to protection of personal data.


The social history of Iran in general and that of the Qajar era in particular, has been little studied. The subject of this paper, private life in the late Qajar period, has barely been touched upon, probably because it is a subject on which there is not much primary material. There are no comprehensive accounts of people's daily lives of any class or occupation. In this article an attempt is made to give an account of the daily domestic life and activities of the household in the Qajar period. As there were major differences between the daily life and households of urban and rural areas, the discussion is limited to urban areas and Shi'i households. The article discusses the roles of the various members of the household as well as the consumption patterns of the family and those from inside or outside the household who catered to its needs.


Transient characteristics like the RF power slump of AlGaN/GaN FET devices are described, relating them to the surface and the polar nature of the heterostructure. To avoid polarization induced charge instabilities the concept of screening the polarization field by doping is introduced and applied to alternative structures namely the double barrier AlGaN/GaN HFET and InGaN channel FET.


vibration experiment and FEA simulation are applied to Computerized Embroidery Machines beam, and the results of beam's inherent frequency are given. With the modal analysis the structure of beam was modified to increase its inherent frequency and reduce the ratio of breaking thread.


This paper describes the recent experimental researches on the steel plate shear wall (SPSW) at National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering (NCREE). In addition, the design implications learned from the test results are presented. In 2007, the cyclic tests of four full-scale two-story narrow SPSWs confirm that the yielding of the first story column can be confined in the bottom of the column when the proposed capacity design principle is followed. Test results also suggest that, when the column hinging is allowed at a location slightly above the column base, the column size can be cost-effectively reduced without comprising the seismic performance of the SPSW. In 2009, the cyclic test of a reduced scaled coupled SPSW (C-SPSW) substructure was conducted at NCREE. The specimen was the 2/5-scaled substructure of the lowest two-and-half-story of a 6-story C-SPSW prototype building. The C-SPSW specimen consisted of two SPSWs connected together by the coupling beams. In addition to a constant vertical force representing the gravity load effects, cyclic increasing displacements and the associated overturning moments were applied at the boundary of the specimen using the Multi-Axial Testing System (MATS) in NCREE. Test results suggest that the proposed design method, which aims to limit the hinging of the bottom column within the bottom quarter column height, could be a choice of design in the practice. The test results confirm that the effect of the coupling beams in reducing the axial forces in the inner boundary columns. The relationship between the coupling beam rotation and the story drift is explored based on the test data. Test results suggest that the cyclic responses of the C-SPSW specimen can be satisfactorily predicted using the general purposes frame response software incorporating the strip model.


Single crystals of active and phenylmethanesulfonyl-treated γ-chymotrypsin and γ-chymotrypsin were iodinated. The sites of iodination and their degree of occupancy were determined crystallographically. It was found that the pattern of iodination depends upon the form of chymotrypsin being iodinated, the pH, and whether the enzyme has been irreversibly inhibited. The effect upon γ-chymotrypsin catalytic activity of the iodination of specific residues was observed toward acetyl tyrosine ethyl ester.

Chymotrypsinogen was iodinated in solution under slightly varying conditions; it was impossible to iodinate chymotrypsinogen crystals in either native or glutaraldehyde crosslinked form. The iodochymotrypsinogens were activated by trypsin under slow and rapid conditions and the catalytic properties of the resulting chymotrypsins examined. The activity of the iodochymotrypsins toward acetyl tyrosine ethyl ester depends upon both the conditions of iodination and those of activation.

The crystallographic results are compared with those obtained previously for γ- and α-chymotrypsins and possible explanations for observed differences are advanced. We propose from the kinetic data that the slow interconversion of α- and γ-chymotrypsins is controlled by the ionization of the tyrosine-146 sidechain.


Modelling and testing of reactive systems with interruptions are discussed. These systems are commonly found in portable devices, where interruptions to a running application can be demanded at any time, due to concurrent execution of processes sharing a single resource, such as screen, as well as arrival of calls from network distributed services. Since the possible number of combinations of allowed interruptions is large, proper test case selection activities need to be performed. But, in order to systematically investigate and select test cases, it is fundamental to explicitly model interruption behaviour in a compositional way, avoiding the need for explicit enumeration. This work presents a strategy for testing interruptions in reactive systems that covers modelling for testing of systems with interruptions, generation and selection of sound test cases. The strategy is supported by the LTS-BT tool. Moreover, a formal model of an environment devoted to execution of test cases with interruptions is presented. Finally, a case study illustrates its applicability in the mobile phone application domain.


Trichloroethylene(TCE), a suspected carcinogen, is highly resistant to biodegradation in conventional biological treatment systems. The feasibility of cometabolic degradation of TCE by mixed culture obtained from activated sludge plant was investigated in the batch test. Then, three packed-bed reactors filled with GAC, Celite, and Ceramic beads were operated for 285 days in continuous mode. It was observed that the microorganisms utilizing phenol as a carbon and energy source were able to degrade TCE, but phenol degradation was significantly inhibited by increased TCE concentration. Both TCE and phenol were removed most effectively in the GAC packed-bed reactor, degrading over 80 % of 9 mg l -3 TCE. High concentration of phenol inhibited TCE degradation in both the Celite and the Ceramic bead reactors. When influent phenol was reduced to 50 mg l -1 , TCE removal efficiencies increased to about 85 % in both reactors


The issue of people with disabilities in the labor market is relatively new, not just in the society, but also for businesses. In this article, the difficulties are shown and analyzed in a steel company to hire qualified people with disabilities (DP's), willing to occupy the offered places that they can access in the factory that presents high occupational risk without exposing them. The study is based on the 8.213 Law that stablishes the quotas compliance, obligating companies to hire those people. However, it is observed that in most of time, market does not offer qualified professionals able to perform the proposed activities in active age, beyond other factors that cause difficulties in the hiring process. Therefore, the company has created an inclusion program based on organization of sensitization and education of those involved, helping them to break social, educational and structural barriers present in this process. This case study was based on documentary research, which data were provided by the Recruitment and Selection department and in literature, through the some authors thesis and professionals interviews directly related to this challenge.


Anarchists are commonly assumed to hold deeply optimistic views about human nature, and to be nostalgic for 'primitive' (as opposed to 'civilised') societies. I shall argue here not only that these assumptions are false but also that it is worthwhile revealing them as such, both as a means of recovering some interesting thought from misrepresentation, and because a more precise account of primitivism is useful in other contexts.


Abstract Rationale: Physical inactivity is associated with worse outcomes in COPD. There remains a critical gap regarding the real-world effectiveness of improving physical activity (PA) in large representative samples of older adults with COPD and its impact on hospitalizations. Methods: A pragmatic randomized trial was conducted to determine the effectiveness of a 12-month home-based physical activity coaching intervention (Walk On!, WO) compared to standard care (SC) in 2,707 patients at high risk for COPD exacerbations. The WO intervention included collaborative monitoring of steps, semi-automated step goal recommendations, individualized reinforcement, and peer/family support. This is a subgroup analysis of 321 patients who were randomized to WO and participated in the program, matched to SC patients based on their propensity scores (PS). Multivariate cox proportional hazards models were used to determine differences in all-cause hospitalizations in the 12-months following randomization. Results: WO patients with low PS (n=160) were matched to 888 low PS SC patients and 161 WO patients with high PS (n=161) were matched to 405 high PS SC patients. Characteristics of the cohort were: age: 72±10; 54% females; 74% Caucasian; FEV1% predicted: 61±23. WO-low PS patients had lower risk of all-cause hospitalizations compared to SC-low PS patients [HR:0.69, (95%CI, 0.50, 0.96), P=.03]. WO-high PS patients did not have significantly lower hospitalization risk compared to SC-high PS patients [HR:0.87, (95%CI, 0.64, 1.20), P=.40]. Conclusions: Patients with COPD who had a lower propensity to participate in the physical activity coaching intervention had lower hospitalization risks compared to those with a higher participation propensity.


The foraging behavior of two serious structural pests, the Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermesformosanus Shiraki and the eastern subterranean termite, Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) was examined. Comparative laboratory studies of the trail following, feeding, tunneling behavior, and interactions with wood decay fungi of Formosan and eastern subterranean termites, and of the interspecific interactions between these two termite species were conducted. By increasing our understanding of the foraging behavior and interactions of Formosan and eastern subterranean termites, this research will have an impact on the development of novel control methods to eliminate termite populations that are threatening structures.


A study was conducted of the requirements for and technologies applicable to power conditioning equipment in residential solar photovoltaic systems. A survey of companies known or thought to manufacture power conditioning equipment was conducted to asses the technology. Technical issues regarding ac and dc interface requirements were studied. A baseline design was selected to be a good example of existing technology which would not need significant development effort for its implementation. Alternative technologies are evaluated to determine which meet the baseline specification, and their costs and losses are evaluated. Areas in which cost improvements can be obtained are studied, and the three best candidate technologies--the current-sourced converter, the HF front end converter, and the programmed wave converter--are compared. It is concluded that the designs investigated will meet, or with slight improvement could meet, short term efficiency goals. Long term efficiency goals could be met if an isolation transformer were not required in the power conditioning equipment. None of the technologies studied can meet cost goals unless further improvements are possible. (LEW)


The complex permittivity of various ceramics has been measured at elevated temperatures. The permittivity measurements were made using the cavity perturbation technique at a fixed frequency of 10.1 GHz. The temperature of the sample was varied from 800 to 1000 °C by independently heating the samples using a CO2 laser (up to 27 W) directed into the cavity. The samples were mounted in quartz micropipettes and illuminated through the quartz. The sample temperature was measured using an optical pyrometer. This method is valuable for measuring the microwave properties of solids that normally are exposed to microwave radiation at elevated temperatures such as high‐power microwave sources, components, and windows.


The results of nonspecific resistance indices, hematological, biochemical research on complex treatment of calves suffering from bronchopneumonia. It is established that the use of antibiotics (intramitsynu, tsefatoksymu and betamoksu LA), drugs that regulate the acid–base status, provide therapeutic efficacy, respectively – 75, 94 and 88% and shorten the duration of their treatment in 7 – 12 days. The treatment had a positive impact on the overall condition of the animals. In the blood have established probable increase in the number of red blood cells, respectively, 23.2% (p ˂ 0.001); 36.6 (p ˂ 0.001); 29.5% (p ˂ 0.05), hemoglobin contents to 8.04 (p ˂ 0.05); 17.3 (p ˂ 0.001) and 17.5% (p ˂ 0.001), reducing the number of leukocytes (p ˂ 0.001) according to 31.8; 34.3; 36.6%. The content of total protein in serum of calves experimental groups increased to 3.75 (p ˂ 0,001); 6.38 (p ˂ 0.05) and 6.93% (p ˂ 0.001), respectively, due to increased albumin fraction in the second experimental group 18.4% (p ˂ 0.001), the third – 14.8% (p ˂ 0,01). The results showed that the applied treatment had a positive impact on the carotene content in blood serum (to 43.5; 34.6; 46.0%; p ˂ 0.05), total calcium (respectively 15.0, 14.7; p ˂ 0.05; 18.3%; p ˂ 0.05) and inorganic phosphorus (6.4; 15.3; 15.8%; p ˂ 0.05). Integrated treatment of calves suffering from bluetongue bronchopneumonia, helped indexes increase non–specific resistance. The data obtained by the use of antibiotics (intramitsynu, tsefatoksymu and betamoksu LA) promoted faster normalization lizotsymnoyi and bactericidal activity of blood. Thus, in the first experimental group LASK increased by 25.6% (p ˂ 0.001); the second – by 26.3% (p ˂ 0.001) and the third at 35.3% (p ˂ 0.001). BASK calves tended to increase according to 11.7; 10.6 and 11.3%.


Reminiscent of Spencer Johnson's Who Moved My Cheese, Our Iceberg Is Melting of John Kotter and Holger Rathgeber impressively sheds light on the theme of change through a fable of a penguin colony in Antarctica. Its simple storyline of penguins living on the iceberg that has potential to break apart subtly unfolds the hard truth of the timeless war between resistance and adaptation to change we humans of all walks of life have, one way or another, been experiencing.


From Abstract: "An electronic technique was used in determinations of transference numbers in aqueous electrolyte solutions by the moving-boundary method. Data for 0.1 N NaCl at temperature from 15 degrees to 125 degrees C are presented in this report. Probable causes of difficulty with the method were identified. and recommendations are made in this report for further research to overcome the difficulties."


The present study explores associations between perceptions of late elementary school students (LESS) about teachers' burn out and their perceptions of the classroom climate, assessed by an adjusted version of the "Maslach Burnout Inventory" (MBI-ED) and "My Class Inventory" respectively. The sample of the study consists of 501 students. The results indicated a bidirectional relationship between students' perceptions of teachers' burnout and their perceptions of classroom climate. Specifically, emotional exhaustion predicts and is predicted by the majority of classroom climate dimensions (difficulty, satisfaction and cohesiveness). Depersonalization and personal accomplishment predict and are predicted by satisfaction. Moreover, the study showed that there were positive associations between the three dimensions of burnout and difficulty, friction and comparativeness. Also, burnout dimensions were negatively related to satisfaction and cohesiveness. Students' perceptions of teachers' burnout are stronger predictors of classroom climate than the opposite. The results are discussed in the context of the recent literature.


The skills of the U.S. Army Chemical Corps are beginning to expand from their long-established focus on Cold War-based nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) risk assessment and mitigation techniques. The expansion is now on the path of formally addressing and including toxic industrial material (TIM)/hazardous materials (HAZMAT) release events as militarily significant operational risks. TIM release hazards are typically much smaller in scope than the Cold War Era hazards posed by the massive NBC weapons attacks that were expected to strike the forces poised along the border of the former Iron Curtain. Unfortunately, individual TIM releases can occur almost anywhere that there is industrialization; hence, though TIM releases are potentially less impacting than traditional NBC attacks, their potential occurrence is widespread. TIM releases pose operational risks that require NBC defense soldiers to be competent in addressing TIM/HAZMAT releases in a military context, primarily by using civil first responder HAZMAT techniques.


The electronic properties of wide‐energy gap zinc‐blende structure GaN, AlN, and their alloys Ga1−xAlxN are investigated using the empirical pseudopotential method. Electron and hole effective mass parameters, hydrostatic and shear deformation potential constants of the valence band at Γ and those of the conduction band at Γ and X are obtained for GaN and AlN, respectively. The energies of Γ, X, L conduction valleys of Ga1−xAlxN alloy versus Al fraction x are also calculated. The information will be useful for the design of lattice mismatched heterostructure optoelectronic devices based on these materials in the blue light range application.


(2) Political stability and a peaceful international order do not require a complete uniformity of political values and of political philosophy. Pluralism and differences in political objectives, values and perceptions are essential features of free political communities. This is true not only between states but also within each state: in fact, some of the most lively divergences and debates take place not between but within states. At the same time, there is a need for common shared political values, for universal values, values that James Huntley summed up under the title of Pax Democratica.


The paper based on the material of the Republic of Uzbekistan deals with the issues of management of education quality. A versatile analysis of formation and introduction of management models for educational institutions of the republic is given. The paper describes the results of development of a model for education quality management in higher school. A systematic approach and integrity principle in the model for education quality management is considered. The author reveals possibilities of learner-centered training in management of education quality. The possibilities of modular training as well as those of design of training content are presented.


The chemical events that took place about 4.5 to 3.5 billion years ago on the primitive era of our planet leading to the origin of first speck of life from fundamental abiogenically formed biomultimolecular compounds have always attracted the attention of scientists since time immemorial. Synthesis of amino acids from reaction system of acetonitrile water vapor have been carried out under prebiotic wetting and drying conditions of primitive earth in presence and absence of metal oxides and significant results have been obtained. The resulting products have been identified by paper chromatography, high performance liquid chromatography as well as by ultraviolet spectroscopy. Formation of lysine, aspartic acid, serine, glycine, glutamic acid, valine, leucine and α-alanine have been reported from aqueous solution of acetonitrile heated with silica and alumina as sensitizers under wetting and drying conditions of primitive earth.


The traditional microeconomic view of the work mode choice decision making process has the traveller maximising utility over available modes for each trip. However, this is an unrealistic perspective, as it is more likely that the traveller designs a 'Commuting Plan' (CP) that entails defining two major behavioural components: the habitual mode (which is arguably be the most preferred mode), and the backup mode in case the habitual mode is unavailable (e.g. car broken down, intra-household competition for car, transit strike). Thus, the need for redundancy (or backup) in the mode choice profile over time leads to the development of the CP. Travellers are assumed to pursue the following two goals for the work commute: (i) identifying the best possible option, and (ii) ensuring redundancy of mode availability. The commuting plan simultaneously optimises a balance between these two goals. Actual mode choice behaviour over a time period is the result of merging the two individual goal solutions, depending on the weight attached to each goal by the individual. As recently shown by Swait and Marley (2012), depending on these weights, three cases can occur. First, if one emphasises exclusively choosing the single best mode, this habitual mode will always be chosen. Secondly, if an individual is solely interested in optimising redundancy, he/she is ultimately indifferent between the modes. However, if both goals are taken into account, the CP that results is described by the well-known conditional logit model, with a scale parameter that is proportional to w/(1-w), where w is the relative weight given to the objective function of choosing the best mode. This enables us to explain the actual choice behaviour in terms of the best option goal and/or the redundancy goal, which can be interpreted as an individual's flexibility as a determinant of the heterogeneity in the population. In the paper we develop a new conceptual framework for commuter mode choice based on the idea of the Commuting Plan and present a corresponding econometric model. We further describe systematic factors that could affect w, which can be relevant for policy makers. Then, we discuss how stated choice and revealed choice data could be used to estimate the model and weight w. Finally, we show that time-dependent behavioural strategies such as the Commuting Plan can be applied in many other choices in the transportation domain, such as route choice (where certain routes offer more redundancy to avoid possible congestion), and location choice (where certain locations offer more redundancy to visit other destinations, which is related to accessibility), but also to choices in other disciplines, e.g. food choice where a consumer can choose the product he/she mostly chooses, or a different product when he/she wants to be variety seeking.


New research suggests that characterizing low-grade gliomas according to molecular markers may be a more useful approach in order to guide treatment decisions.


Chlamydophila (Chlamydia) pneumoniae is considered an important pathogen causing respiratory tract infections, such as pharyngitis, sinusitis, bronchitis and pneumonia. Chlamydia trachomatis causes human genitourinary tract infections and is associated with neonatal conjunctivitis and pneumonitis. Chlamydophila (Chlamydia) psittaci is related to human respiratory tract infections acquired from infected animals. Recently, quinolones have come into use for the treatment of chlamydial infectious diseases in addition to macrolides and tetracyclines. Garenoxacin (T-3811ME) is a des-fluoro (6) quinolone with a broad spectrum of in vitro activity against both Gram-positive and -negative bacteria, including drug-resistant strains such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae 1. In particular, garenoxacin shows efficient activity against pathogens associated with community-acquired respiratory tract infections, such as Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, and also atypical pathogens, such as Chlamydia spp., Legionella spp. and Mycoplasma pneumoniae. It was reported that garenoxacin showed excellent activity against Chlamydia spp. in vitro using different cell lines of LLC-MK2 cells 2 and HEp-2 cells 3-5. Although the standardization of inspection methods of C. pneumoniae is the aim of organizations such as the CDC in multiple facilities 6, susceptibility testing methods for antimicrobials of Chlamydia spp. are not yet standardized and the cells used for the measurement vary by facility. In Japan, HeLa229 cells or HL cells have been used for antimicrobial susceptibility testing against Chlamydia spp 7,8. We hope that our study can help standardize susceptibility method testing of Chlamydia spp. In this study, we investigated the antichlamydial activity of garenoxacin using HL cells for C. pneumoniae and HeLa 229 cells for C. trachomatis and C. psittaci, (commonly used cell lines), in comparison with that of levofloxacin, gatifloxacin, clarithromycin and minocycline. For minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) determinations, the following strains of C. pneumoniae were tested against two reference strains: TW-183 and AR39 (obtained from the Washington Research Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA), and eight clinical isolates: KKpn-1, KKpn-24, KKpn-27, TFC-62, YK-41, AC14, AC-51, AC-121. All clinical isolates of C. pneumoniae were isolated in Japan from 1989 to 2000. AC-14, AC-51 and AC-121 strains were from children and the other five strains were from adults. We tested three reference strains of C. trachomatis, D/UW3/Cx, E/UW-5/Cx, L2/434/Bu (obtained from the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan) and one reference strain of C. psittaci, Budgerigar-1 (obtained from the National Institute of Infectious Diseases). The two cell lines used were obtained from the National Institute of Infectious Diseases: HL cells for C. pneumoniae and HeLa 229 cells for C. trachomatis and C. psittaci. Eagle's minimum essential medium (EMEM; Sigma, St. Louis, MO, USA) supplemented with 10% heat-inactivated fetal bovine serum (FBS; Tissue Culture Biologicals, Tulare, CA) was used for cell growth of C. pneumoniae and C. trachomatis, and EMEM (Nissui Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan) supplemented with 10% heat-inactivated FBS (JRH Biosciences, Lenexa, KS, USA) for C. psittaci. The antimicrobial agents tested were garenoxacin (synthesized in Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan), levofloxacin (LKT Laboratories, Inc., Saint Paul, MN, USA), gatifloxacin (extracted by Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd. from available tablets; Kyorin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan), clarithromycin (LKT Laboratories, Inc.) and minocycline (Wyeth K. K., Tokyo, Japan). Susceptibility testing of Chlamydia spp. was performed by modified standard methods of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy 7, 8. Each cell line was cultured in 24-well plates and cell monolayers were used for the test. Each well was inoculated with 1 x 103 to 104 inclusion-forming units (IFU) of each Chlamydia strain per well, and centrifuged at 900 x g for 1 h. The plates were then incubated for 1 h at 35°C for C. pneumoniae, at 37°C for C. trachomatis and C. psittaci. Inocula were aspirated and replaced with 1 mL of the culture medium with serial two-fold dilutions of the test REPRINT


3. Initial evaluationresults fromthe TeenHealthWebSite Survey indicated we were able to collectdemographic statistics and usage patterns. From thecomments we could analyze how information wasutilized (e.g., decisionmaking, schoolreports).4. The online Information Requests Bulletin Boardwas developed and pilot tested. We received veryspecific and explicit information requests and thussuspended the service to address the unanticipatedissues ofprovidingthis typeofinformation.Conclusions. Based on electronic mail, web pageaccesses, and early online evaluation results weconclude the web site is a useful source of healthinformation for teens. Further accolades from othermedia sources, including radio, newspapers, andmagazinessupportthis conclusion.Informationfoundonthewebremovesthe barriers forteens. No longer are geographical distances,embarrassment, race, sex, physical appearance orsocioeconomicstatus abarrierforteens wantinghealthinformation.Futuredirections, pendingfunding, include expansionofcontentareasanddevelopmentofacadreofmedicalstudents and clinical faculty willing to respond toinformation requests. Wealready have a networkedphysician community and the delivery of healthservicesvianetworksis aprinciple activity ofHalifax-based TelecomApplications Research Alliance. Weneed to develop a general funding model to supportnewwaysofdelivering health information, includinginternet and telephone. Wealso need to explore ourresponsibility in the legal/medical/cultural contextforproviding individualized information online. Futureresearchneedsto address the followingquestions:


The article presents tests related to mechanisms accompanying the formation of friction welds made using variously shaped probes for aluminium sheets. In addition, the article discusses the effect of applied FSW technology parameters on the quality, form and repeatability joints. The tests included the microscopic analysis of structures formed when making aluminium joints using a rotating probe.


Due to the increased emphasis on the energy issues and problems, concentration has been focused upon developing autonomous electric power supplies to be operated in remote and rural areas where electric services is unavailable from existing or nearby grids. These types of power sources can be used even in regions supplied by network grids in the event of power interruptions. Among such types that have received a notable attention and importance is the three-phase self-excited induction generator due to its numerous advantages such as simple design, robustness, and low installation and maintenance costs [1-4]. Experimental works and computer simulations have been extensively performed in order to model and analyze both steady state and transient performance of the SEIG under balanced operating conditions. However, the unbalanced operation of the SEIG has been given little attention despite its practical needs. There are two main methods to predict the steady state performance of the SEIG under balanced operating conditions. The first method is based on the generalized machine theory [5]. The second method is based on the analysis of the generalized per-phase equivalent circuit of the induction machine by applying either the loop impedance or the nodal admittance concept [6,7]. Furthermore, other studies have concentrated only on the singlephase self-excited induction generator and its voltage regulation improvement [8,9]. The influence of the terminal capacitance has been investigated in [10,12]. The previous studies have centralized mainly on modeling and analyzing the performance of SEIG under only balanced operating conditions. The major contribution of this chapter is to model the SEIG together with its excitation and load. In our steady state study, the performance of the SEIG was determined for No-load, balanced and unbalanced load and/or excitation for different SEIG and load connections. The operating conditions were found by solving the proposed


In this study, the hourly air temperature differences between City hall (urban) and Okoafo (rural) in Lagos, Nigeria, were calculated using one year of meteorological observations, from June 2014 to May 2015. The two sites considered for this work were carefully selected to represent their climate zones. The city core, City hall, is within the Local Climate Zone (LCZ 2) (Compact midrise) while the rural location, Okoafo, falls within LCZ B (Scattered Trees) in the south-western part on the outskirt of the city. This study is one of very few to investigate urban temperature conditions in Lagos, the largest city in Africa and one of the most rapidly urbanizing megacities in the world; findings show that maximum nocturnal UHI magnitudes in Lagos can exceed 7 °C during the dry season, and during the rainy season, wet soils in the rural environment supersede regional wind speed as the dominant control over UHI magnitude.


Group III nitride-based heterostructures have been widely studied for powerand optoelectronics applications. The structure and composition are the crucial characteristics for various designs of nanostructures. The precise characterization of these properties is of crucial importance for explaining the structure-properties relationship. The high-resolution X-ray diffraction (HRXRD) is one of the main tool to determine the parameters of III-nitride nanostructures.


Peristomal skin complications (PSCs) are reported by 77% of people with a stoma, with a serious impact on their quality of life, as well as on healthcare resources. PSCs are usually caused by irritant contact dermatitis from stoma effluent or skin stripping from mechanical trauma to the stratum corneum caused by removal of the ostomy appliance. The risk of mechanical trauma is higher in neonates, young infants and older adults, who have more fragile, friable skin. The incidence and impact of PSCs can be reduced with an appropriate appliance change routine. Mechanical trauma is reduced by minimising the frequency of appliance changes and using an adhesive remover wipe or spray. In adults with a stoma, silicone-based solvents are considered the first choice, as they are skin-friendly and sting-free, and they release the adhesive from the skin quickly and evaporate within seconds, without leaving a residue. However, for neonates, wipes and specialist paediatric oil-based adhesive removers are advised instead. The efficacy of adhesive removers, and silicone-based solvents in particular, at maintaining skin integrity and reducing discomfort has been reported by both stoma care nurses and people with a stoma.


Mike Davis argues that the climate stability of the Halocene Age has reached a tipping point that will lead to radical changes in global weather patterns. He discusses various models for estimating CO2 in the atmosphere and some of the consequences of climate change which will affect the poor and less developed nation much more dramatically than the wealthier and developed nations.The accompanying audio file provides the complete recording of the talk.


ABSTRACT African presence in the western Indian states of Gujarat and Kerala is remembered and revived by different subaltern communities through the palimpsestic spatial layering of sacred landscapes and geographies of death. In the city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat, there are several small mazars (shrines) dedicated to deceased African martyrs and saints. In addition to these small shrines, there are also a few mausoleums from the sixteenth century dedicated to African martyrs. On the other hand, in coastal Kochi in southern India, African memoryscapes survive through shrines dedicated to Kappiris (Africans) in Hindu sacred groves where benevolent African spirits continue to intercede in the lives of their devotees. While African cultural memories in the states of Gujarat and Kerala are fragmented, these dispersed and far-flung sacred edifices constructed to commemorate the lives of deceased Africans serve as active sites of memory. Employing ethnographic methodologies, I demonstrate how multiple narratives of African pasts are constructed by invested stakeholders through ritual transactions and memory-making practices at these spirited topographies in Kerala and Gujarat.


There is a crucial need for valid and reliable screening instruments in occupational therapy practice in order to identify children with or at risk for learning disorders (LD) early and to provide them with opportunities for timely interventions. The Quick Neurological Screening Test (QNST) contains aspects of neurological, neuropsychological and developmental examinations. This test represents an early screening tool that focuses on behavioral parameters associated with learning disorders and neurological dysfunction. This article reviews the research relevant to the psychometric properties of the QNST in order to assist occupational therapists in deciding whether and how this test might meet his or her needs in clinical practice. The review reveals that the QNST has possessed satisfactory interrater and test-retest reliability and successfully discriminated American children with and without LD. Recommendations for instrument validation in relation to the QNST are discussed.


Inhalational Therapy has a wide range of products which are frequently being used for the treatment of Obstructive Lung Disease which generally includes COPD & Asthma. The prevalence of death due to the disease is being found as 3 million each year which is being increasing and at present it is third leading cause of death worldwide. This pharmacovigilance study is a prospective cohort study carried out at SAIMS hospital, Indore. The study is designed to monitor factual clinical trends in the treatment of OLD and to evaluate the correlation between different therapy of inhaled bronchodilator and their outcome. A total of 100 out patients were enrolled in the study after an informed consent, out of which 58 were males and 42 females. Causality assessment was done using the Naranjo's Scale & severity was analysed using Hatwing & Siegel Scale severity scale. 32 % of ADR were attributed in the study cohort of 100 patients. Common ADRs observed with drug treatment were diarrhoea, altered bowel habits, gastritis, tachycardia, headache & muscle cramps. The prevalence of ADR was more in GIT, CVS and other organs. CNS ADRs were less reported. The present study resulted in 60 % of ADR which were observed as mild & 40 % reported to be moderate. No severe ADRs were reported. Out of all ADRs, 37.14 % belongs to Doubtful ≤ 0 category, 25.71 % belongs to possible 1-4 category, 28.57 % belongs to probable 5-8 category and 8.57 % belongs to highly probable ≥ 9 categories. Thus, this study compliance the use of inhaled bronchodilator with no severe ADR at each category (children, adult & elderly) and urges for the use of inhalational therapy.


The paper extends the work of Sarguta who derived recursive relations for univariate distributions by considering the ZIP continuous mixtures. The paper gives a recursive formular which can be used to evaluate the mixed distributions which can be used when the probability distribution functions cannot be evaluated explicitly. Integration by parts is often employed when deriving the recursive formulas. From section two up to section seven, we derived the recursive formulas for ZIP mixture distributions using Rectangular, Exponential, Gamma with two parameters, PoissonBeta and Inverted Beta as mixing distributions.


A theoretically and experimentally substantiated method is proposed for the engineering design of a shield in an isothermal fluidized bed (the shield is intended for heating and firing up fluidized bed furnaces and for feeding crushed fuel and entrapped carryover into the fluidized bed during furnace operation). A formula is derived for calculating gas discharge through a shield of standard design.


Researching on the multi - dimensional queries technology is likely to be of considerable practical importance due to recent developments of modern industry and enterprise. A good multi - dimensional query technology can be used to explore the information in the data warehouse with high performance,high guality and high efficiency. In this paper, three optimal plans for optimizing multiple dimensionalqueries are presented on the basis of the shared - scan idea and an analysis and comparison are made ofthe three algorithms for the three optimal plans.


Summary Further study has been made of the direct hemolytic factor present in hamster tumors. Hemolytic activity was generally present in viable tumor tissue and generally absent from necrotic tumor and normal tissue. The evidence so far implicates protein or protein-bound material as the causative agent.


The evidence for and against Lang's hypothesis that some male homosexuals are genetically female has been reviewed.

Studies of the sibling sex ratio of homosexuals have generally supported the hypothesis but provide only indirect evidence.

Investigation of the intersexes, Klinefelter's and Turner's syndromes, has been shown to be irrelevant to this problem, but evidence from studies of other developmental sex anomalies does not support the hypothesis.

The nuclear sex of homosexuals has always proved to be consistent with the phenotypic sex and this is convincing evidence against Lang's hypothesis.

An investigation of the somatic chromosomes in a small group of sixmale homosexuals is described. The results confirmed the sex chromosome constitution as male in each case, providing further direct evidence in line with the findings of nuclear sex.

It is therefore concluded that Lang's hypothesis can no longer be regarded as tenable.


Education in primary schools plays a role in efforts to produce responsible youth. Many parties pay great attention to that basic education is a bridge for efforts to increase the development of the nation's human resources. There are several methods that can be applied in learning to support the improvement of human resources. One method that is considered effective and efficient is applied in science learning, namely songs. Songs make learning fun, and make it easier for students to accept the material presented by the teacher. This study will observe the use of song media in improving student learning outcomes. The methods used are (1) planning, (2) action, 3) observation, (4) reflection or evaluation of fifth grade students in science subjects. The results of the observation before the action was taken. As many as 10 students (41.67%) had reached the KKM, while 14 students (58.33%) had not yet reached the KKM. After observing meetings 1 and 2 there are students whose learning activities get very good criteria at meetings 1 and 2 are 1 child with a percentage of 4% each, while children who get good criteria are 6 students (25%) and have increased to 7 students (29%). The criteria is sufficient there are 10 students (42%) and decreased to 9 students (38%). The criteria for less did not change the data at meetings 1 and 2 with a total of 7 students (29%). Evaluation of students in meeting 1 who got a minimum score of 70 there were only 11 students with a percentage of 45.83%, while at meeting 2 there were 13 students who achieved the minimum completeness criteria with a percentage of 54.17%, resulting in an increase in the passing rate.


This article offers a threefold engagement with Dietrich Bonhoeffer's ecumenically oriented ecclesiology. First, it proposes a new avenue of understanding Bonhoeffer's ecclesiology in relation to the Reformed tradition by comparing him with John Calvin instead of with Karl Barth, which is the common route of Bonhoeffer scholarship. Second, it identifies points of convergence between Bonhoeffer and Calvin that have been neglected in the literature, notably in the areas of ecclesial participation and sanctification. Third, it calls for a return to Bonhoeffer's primary goal in ecumenism—to discern God's concrete commandment to the churches in history—in the Trump era.


document serves as an extended proof H 1 and H t +1 of Lemma 5, part (b).(i) from Capacity-achieving Sparse Superposition Codes via Approximate Message Passing Decoding [1]. References to [1] and the proof of Lemma 5 within, will be made throughout this document.


Surprisingly, there is no simplicity to the subject of tongue-tie. People have widely differing views about the frenulum's ability to interfere with feeding and speech, whether it should be divided, and if so, how best to divide it. Literature on tongue-tie is often long on opinion but short on fact. Some medical texts barely mention tongue-tie as a concern; for example, Jones1: "[Tongue tie] never interferes with the infant's sucking or swallowing, and only rarely interferes with speech." Other sources have devoted entire issues to the topic.2 Data are accumulating to support what some have always thought, and to challenge the long-held views of others. Ankyloglossia is not as rare as many may think, with a reported incidence of between 1.7% and 4.8%.3–6 The larger series tend to place the incidence between 4% and 5%. This consensus is all the more remarkable given that there is no universal tool for assessing tongue-tie, and no clear diagnostic criteria.6 In general, a diagnosis of tongue-tie is made on the basis of the anatomical appearance of the tongue, or on the functional disturbance it may cause the individual. About both these aspects there has been much discussion, debate and disagreement. Functionally, tongue-tie has been implicated as a cause of difficulties with breast-feeding, speech acquisition, oral toilet and dentition. Tongue-tied adults have reported problems with speaking, playing wind instruments, eating ice cream and kissing. In infants, most attention has focused on breast-feeding. This issue of the Journal of Pediatrics and Child Health contains two articles investigating the association between tongue-tie and difficulties with breast-feeding, identifying improvements in ease of feeding following division of the tongue-tie.7,8 However, many who have tongue-tie can breast-feed successfully, and only a minority of children with breast-feeding problems can be expected to have a tongue-tie.4–6 According to Ricke,6 80% of tongue-tied infants can breast-feed successfully at 1 week. There is also no consensus among clinicians about the indications for intervention, the method chosen and how the child should be followed up.9 Wholesale division of asymptomatic tongue-ties remains unsupported by data, but it may be reasonable to consider division where a tongue-tied infant is not able to breast-feed because of difficulty in latching on. Tongue-tie can be treated by a number of methods; from a 'quick snip' with blunt-ended scissors, to more complex plastic surgical procedures, with or without anaesthesia. There is no evidence that more complex procedures confer any advantage over simple division of the frenulum. In older children the procedure is generally performed using general or local anaesthesia, but in neonates and infants it is often performed without any form of anaesthesia or analgesia. The reasons for this seem to be related to the perception that this is not a particularly painful procedure in the early months of life. Both articles in this issue claim that division without an anaesthetic causes the infant little discomfort and is safe. Yet we remember it was only a generation ago that it was believed circumcision in neonates was not a particularly painful procedure, but became more painful as one grew older and therefore required an anaesthetic only beyond the neonatal period. There are few who would subscribe to this view of circumcision today, and one can conjecture whether our approach to tongue-tie may be similarly modified in the next few decades.


The figure of Justice is instantly recognisable by her sword and scales. This article takes the complexity of this image as the starting point for an exploration of different approaches to the administration of justice and their consequences. It contrasts the often divisive Western adversarial tradition with increasingly influential restorative approaches that seek the re-establishment of individual and social harmony, and shows how differently issues of power are understood and resolved by each. It asks what makes restorative justice so successful, and suggests that by actively seeking to restore 'right order', it is drawing on archetypal energy encoded in the image of Justice itself.


Petroleum is the largest energy in the world.To preserve its security of supply has become an important problem of all the nations.The financial crisis has not only had a serious impact,but also given opportunities to China's strategic Petroleum Reserves.China has not set up a complete system of Petroleum Reserves,and to set up the perfectly system as soon as possible to protect China's energy security is an important step.Currently,setting up the system of China's Petroleum Reserves has faced a number of questions.We request the protection of the domestic policy regime,but also based on the effective operation of the petroleum market and to take an export-oriented,multi-level strategic Petroleum Reserves.


RZ and NRZ recorded pulse characteristics are determined theoretically and verified experimentally. Quantitative expressions are derived for the pulse location, width, shape and amplitude as a function of input current, head-tape spacing and gap width. The analysis is based upon the arctangent approximation for the head longitudinal field component and an empirical (also arctangent) expression for the tape magnetization curve. From the analysis, not only the effect, but the separate effects of field shape and magnetization curve on the pulse characteristics can be evaluated. It is shown that as the current increases, the pulse moves from the gap edge region towards the gap center line and then out again. The amount of pulse displacement, as a function of current, increases rapidly with larger head-to-tape spacing. The record drop-out sensitivity is directly related to the location of the pulse for NRZ peak sensing systems. At an optimum current level for different spacings, the location of the recorded pulse is found to be almost fixed; that is to say, the recorded dropout does not appear as a shift in pulse location but only as a drop in pulse amplitude. Since for small current and thus for small fields the remanent magnetization on the tape is approximately proportional to the applied field, the shape of the recorded magnetization, hence the recorded pulse, is given by the shape of the record head field.


While pre-trained language models (LM) for code have achieved great success in code completion, they generate code conditioned only on the contents within the file, i.e., in-file context, but ignore the rich semantics in other files within the same project, i.e., cross-file context, a critical source of information that is especially useful in modern modular software development. Such overlooking constrains code language models' capacity in code completion, leading to unexpected behaviors such as generating hallucinated class member functions or function calls with unexpected arguments. In this work, we develop a cross-file context finder tool, CCFINDER, that effectively locates and retrieves the most relevant cross-file context. We propose CoCoMIC, a framework that incorporates cross-file context to learn the in-file and cross-file context jointly on top of pretrained code LMs. CoCoMIC successfully improves the existing code LM with a 33.94% relative increase in exact match and a 28.69% relative increase in identifier matching for code completion when the cross-file context is provided.


The Product Design and Technology (PDT) teaching team at the University of Limerick have developed an immersive, novel learning experience. This offers final year design students a unique opportunity to develop real world professional design skills while demonstrating to collaborating companies (those that design is not a core feature of) the value design can add to their business. Collaborating company types, of which half were design led, included: medical device, product experience, design consultancy, design for manufacture, safety products, refrigeration, and new product development.


Abstract Using a hybrid binary population synthesis approach, we modelled the formation and evolution of populations of accreting white dwarfs (WDs) for differing star formation histories. We found that the delay time distribution of SNe Ia in the single degenerate scenario is inconsistent with observations. Additionally, we found that our predicted X-ray and UV emission of populations of accreting WDs are consistent with the X-ray luminosities of early-type galaxies observed by Chandra and the HeII 4686 Å/Hβ line ratio measured in stacked SDSS spectra of passively evolving galaxies. Moreover, we found that the majority of current novae in elliptical-like galaxies have low-mass WDs, long decay times, long recurrence periods and are relatively faint. In contrast, the majority of current novae in spiral-like galaxies have massive WDs, short decay times, short recurrence periods and are relatively bright. Our predicted distribution of mass-loss timescales in an M31-like galaxy is consistent with observations for Andromeda.


The nutritional status of children is an important thing that must be known by every parent. Poor nutrition fulfillment in children can cause stunted growth and development both physical and psychomotor and mental. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of nutritional fulfillment with nutritional status in children under five years old at the Panti Health Center in Jember Regency. This research is a correlation study (correlation study). The population in this study were children under five who were treated in the Panti Puskesmas Area of Jember Regency totaling 76 people. The number of samples was 64 people, the sampling used was simple random sampling. Data were analyzed with chi square. The results showed that most of the nutritional status of toddlers with good nutritional status as many as 57 (89.1%) of respondents, the majority of respondents in fulfilling nutritional needs including those in toddlers were in the good category of 54 (84.4%) respondents. Based on Fisher's Exact Test, the p value is 0.009 <0.05, Ha is accepted. The conclusion of this study is that there is a relationship between nutritional fulfillment and the nutritional status of children under five years of age being treated in the Panti District Health Center in Jember Regency


Professor Robert E. Lucas, Jr., winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1995, was a keynote speaker at the Southern Workshop in Macroeconomics, organized by the Department of Economics, University of Auckland Business School, between March 28 and 30, 2008. Ian P. King, a member of the journal's editorial board took this opportunity to engage the Nobel laureate in a wideranging conversation. The journal would like to express its sincere gratitude to the organizers and sponsors of the conference who made Lucas's visit, and this interview, possible.


Synthesis of optically active ibuprofen is attempted using two methodologies: (1) via yeast-catalyzed reduction of phenyl acrylic acid or ester 1 and derivatives 2 wherein no reduction products were detected in the biotransformation culture medium; and (2) via lipase-catalyzed resolution of racemic phenyl propanol and ibuprofen alcohol. The latter method afforded optically active ibuprofen alcohol as the (-)-S-enantiomer.


I very much enjoyed the article "AIDS and Capitalist Medicine" in the January issue. However, two issues came together in that article which have nagged at me for quite a while. I hasten to add that neither of my observations should be taken by Charles Hunt as personal criticisms.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.


It is proposed that a laser diode used as a transmitter in the transmission mode be used as a low bias current preamplifier in the receiving mode for time compression multiplexing transmission. By adopting the low bias current approach, the preamplifier is wavelength and polarization independent. The maximum bias current is determined to be about 0.5 I/sub th/ (I/sub th/=threshold current) by experiments. A transmission experiment at 3.5 Mb/s reveals that about 4 dB of improvement in receiver sensitivity can be obtained by using a laser preamplifier at I=0.54 I/sub th/ when compared to an unbiased laser. The receiver sensitivity of the proposed configuration (laser amplifier at low bias current and photodiode) is estimated by considering the laser preamplifier noise and circuit noise. The laser preamplifier noise is calculated by treating the laser as a traveling wave amplifier with highly reflecting facets. >


Over the last decade, the mobile communications industry has broken through some remarkable barriers, pushing further and transforming the way people communicate and access information. As the volume of traffic carried by mobile networks maintains an insatiable growth, mobile network operators are required to ensure that networks can scale accordingly. In addition to upgrading existing networks, a number of operators have already started to rollout a further radio access technology layer, Long Term Evolution, or LTE. In addition to enhancing network capacity, operators are also required to adhere to public commitments for reducing their energy and carbon footprint. In 2008 Vodafone stated that by the year 2020, efforts for reducing emissions are expected to halve emissions registered in the year 2006/7. In addition to presenting a more environmentally conscious brand, this is also hoped to reduce costs, which, based on increasing energy prices and necessary network upgrades are likely to increase. Since base station sites make up for about 75% of the power consumption in mobile networks, studies are focused on this specific network element. A number of factors believed to play a role in the power consumption of mobile networks are separately investigated and later combined, providing a realistic indication of how the consumption is expected to evolve. This is also used as an indication to determine how likely it is for operators to achieve power consumption and emission targets. In order for mobile network operators to upgrade existing infrastructure different options are available. Irrespective of the selected option, capacity upgrades are bound to increase the power consumption of the network. Carried through case studies, a first analysis compares a number of network evolution strategies, determining which provides the necessary performance while limiting the increase in power consumption. Overall, it is noted that a hybrid solution involving the upgrade of existing macro base station sites together with the deployment of outdoor or indoor small cells (heterogeneous network) provide the best compromise between performance and power consumption. Focusing on one of the case studies, it is noted that the upgrade of both HSPA and LTE network layers results in the power consumption of the network increasing by a factor of 4. When coupled with the growth in capacity introduced by the various upgrades (x50), the efficiency of the network is still greatly improved. Over the evolution period, the stated increase in power consumption does not consider improvement in base station equipment. By considering a number of different equipment versions, the evolution study is further extended to also include the


Temporally continuous to at least two partial injections is compensated by the pressure wave compensation, in the control method and control apparatus of the injection system of an internal combustion engine, at least two test injection in one cylinder of the internal combustion engine, together predetermined time performed with a gap, the difference between the total injection amount and the expected total injection amount calculated, assuming errors of the pressure wave compensation, to determine a correction for the pressure wave compensation therefrom.


On 1 July 2010, the Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic ("Office") released Guidelines on pre-notification contact within the process of concentrations review ("Guidelines"). The Guidelines…


This paper introduces some main points of the monitoring of the cantilever cast-in-place construction of pre-stressed concrete continuous rigid frame box-beams,including monitoring the line shape and monitoring the internal force. It summaries some methods for monitoring the influential factors and offers a guide for cantilever-building continuous rigid frame bridges.


Background: Vitamin D has an immuomodulatory role in vaccine response and this may
be mediated via its action on antigen presenting cells with the most potent
effects on dendritic cells. Aim of work: was to determine if there is an
association between circulating 25(OH)D concentrations and BCG vaccine cytokine
response (interferon gamma) level. Methods: A cross sectional study
included 80 infants aged 4 - 9 months from the pediatric outpatient clinic of
Al-Zahraa university hospital (40 with normal weight and 40 with underweight). Participants were subjected to
history taking, clinical examination, and laboratory investigations,
particularly 25 hydroxy vitamin D [25(OH)D] and BCG vaccine-induced
interferon gamma (IFN-γ). Results:
The study showed that the underweight group had a lower socioeconomic level and
higher percentage of breastfeeding compared with the normal weight group. Most
infants in our study received vitamin D supplementation (80% and 62.5% in
normal and underweight groups, respectively). The average serum level of
25(OH)D was relatively high (>100 ng/ml) in both normal and underweight groups. The mean levels of IFN-γ in response to BCG vaccine were not significantly different
between the normal and underweight groups of infants in our study. Also, there
was a statistically-significant moderate correlation between serum levels of
25(OH)D and BCG vaccine-induced IFN-γ in both normal (r = 0.58) and underweight (r = 0.64) groups. Conclusion:
A good vitamin D status was observed in all studied infants irrespective of
their nutritional status and significant correlation with BCG vaccine induced
IFN-γ.


At Swedish universities future process engineers and process developers are educated in master programs targeting specific branches of the industry, e.g. pulp and paper. Learning the fundamental dynamics of both unit processes and larger process sections encounter in the industry are of high importance for the students. In an effort to further improve this aspect of the education and also highlight the important role of industrial process automation and control, simulations are a suitable tool. In this paper cloud based simulations inspired by the consumer game industry have been tested and evaluated in a master-level course in pulp and paper technology at Luleå University of Technology (LTU). The approach was well received by students and teachers, clearly encouraging students interest and understanding of process dynamics and automatic control. INTRODUCTION The application of process and control system simulations in educations are by no means a new approach. In some programs students build their own simulators from scratch and in others ready-to-use simulators are made available for the students. In this paper the target is set to improve user friendliness and user experience of ready-to-use simulators, i.e. the focus is on using simulations as a tool and complement in education rather than simulator designing. Traditionally these kind of simulators are installed on a set of dedicated student computers to which students are given access at specific time slots. Students are guided through the exercise (simulation) by instructions and questions normally documented on paper, very much like traditional laboratory exercises that many of us are familiar with. The motivation of our work is to improve the pedagogical aspects of using simulators to gain knowledge of process and control system dynamics and how process design is affected by controller design/tuning and vice-versa. Simulations has the potential to further amplify curiosity and learning rate and we believe that gamification is one key enabler for that. Our solution is based on Modelica® models and a cloud based simulation platform called Everysim®. APPROACH In this section fundamental platform requirements are described and our view of gamification is explained. Requirements A number of top-level user requirements where established at the beginning of the project: · Clear definition and presentation of task/exercise and mission. The student should be able to start and run the game without much manual instructions. · Possibility to start, pause and stop the game and vary simulation speed in order to manage real processes with very long time constants · Possibility to run on many different devices, e.g. smart phones, PADs and PCs. · Operating system independent. · 24-7 access to simulations In addition to these user requirements another important requirement in education is that the platform must facilitate interaction between the student and teacher where the minimum requirement is to provide means for the teacher to check student progress and understanding in order to give feed-back. From a teacher perspective, administration must be minimized. Software updates like modifications of the simulation model and management of users may not take much time. For example, adding new students and checking on student progress must be very simple. Gamification In [1] gamification is defined as the application of game design elements in non-game contexts and the authors conclude that gamification is related to adding elements from game industry rather than developing full-fledged games. In the context of our work we have strived to enhance the normal user experience when working with simulators in education by adding gamification, key ingredients that where prioritized in this project are: · Achieve short and long term user feedback in order to encourage strategical thinking ("think around the corner") and keeping up the interest for the game. · Define a story for the game. The story includes "what to learn" and "stages of learning". · Possibility to advance to new level when current task is completed to evoke curiosity. · Simple graphics to support understanding, e.g. levels and alarms. · Simple questioner that is integrated in the game and further increases student-teacher interaction.


For high-frequency (HF) interference in an HVDC converter station, the modeling of the noise source which causes interference with the power line carrier (PLC) remains a problem. Based on the profound analysis of the basic principles on which HF noise in PLC band is produced during the commutation process, the equivalent model of the HVDC valve with a snubber circuit is applied to the simulation of the GUI-GUANG HVDC project in PSCAD/EMTDC. Then spectrum plots of the noise source in the frequency domain are obtained by FFT analysis of the voltage waveforms gained from the simulation. Through analyzing the spectrum characteristics of the noise source in various operating modes, the main factors influencing the level of HF noise are found. Furthermore, a modified empirical model used to calculate the level of the noise source is introduced, with particular explanation of the physical quantities used in the model. The spectra of the noise source gained from the modified empirical model and from the simulation are compared with an actual spectrum based on the GUI-GUANG HVDC project. The results show that the modified empirical model can meet the requirement of HF interference calculation.


The invention relates to the production of agents for dentifrice. The sanitary composition for oral. according to the invention comprises as a main component an effective amount of a derivative of general formula diangidrogeksitola O R OCH-tjH CH CH2 / O cis SPOC 11 wherein R and R are selected from the group consisting of -SNz, -C2H5, SzNu. S4Ne or H, wherein one of the R substituents or R1 is alkyl having 1-4 carbon atoms, and at least two other components selected from the group consisting of water, solvents, stabilizers, dyes, flavorings, drugs, astringent agents, detergents, polishing additives, sweeteners, gelling agents, thickeners, pigments and antibacterial agents. Table 1. J


Novel disulfide-derivatized stable π-radical was prepared and it was found to form a dense self-assembled monolayer of π-radical thiols on a gold surface through a reductive cleavage of the S-S bond.


Linear unmixing of hyperspectral images has rapidly become one of the most widely utilized tools for analyzing the content of hyperspectral images captured by state-of-the-art remote hyperspectral sensors. The aforementioned unmixing process consists of the following three sequential steps: dimensionality estimation, endmember extraction and abundances computation. Within this procedure, the first two steps are by far the most demanding from a computational point of view, since they involve a large amount of matrix operations. Moreover, the complex nature of these operations seriously difficult the hardware implementation of these two unmixing steps, leading to non-optimized implementations which are not able to satisfy the strict delay requirements imposed by those applications under real-time or near real-time requirements. This paper uncovers a new algorithm which is capable of estimating the number of endmembers and extracting them from a given hyperspectral image with at least the same accuracy than state-of-the-art approaches while demanding a much lower computational effort, with independence of the characteristics of the image under analysis. In particular, the proposed algorithm is based on the concept of orthogonal projections and allows performing the estimation of the number of end- members and their extraction simultaneously, using simple operations, which can be also easily parallelized. In this sense, it is worth to mention that our algorithm does not perform complex matrix operations, such as the inverse of a matrix or the extraction of eigenvalues and eigenvectors, which makes easier its ulterior hardware. The experimental results obtained with synthetic and real hyperspectral images demonstrate that the accuracy obtained with the proposed algorithm when estimating the number of endmembers and extracting them is similar or better than the one provided by well-known state-of-the-art algorithms, while the complexity of the overall process is significantly reduced.


We present fully three-dimensional numerical simulation results of shock-induced bubble collapse near a water-gelatin interface. We study how the incoming pulse form and its amplitude affect the dynamics of bubble collapse and the subsequent gelatin penetration. Three immiscible fluids (water, air, and gelatin) are considered, separated by a sharp interface (level set). A conservative interface-interaction model determines the exchange of momentum and energy. A block-structured multiresolution scheme is used to adapt the mesh to the evolving flow field. Validation simulations (free-field bubble collapse, bubble collapse near a rigid wall) show that our numerical setup accurately predicts bubble collapse dynamics and post-collapse wave dynamics. Two-dimensional simulations assuming cylindrical symmetry reveal a quasi self-similar collapse behavior of the bubble for each wave form. The gelatin-penetration dynamics are self-similar, too, and occur in three stages. The onset of the gelatin penetration is governed by the post-shock momentum after the bubble collapse. This is followed by a fast penetration upon the impact of the water hammer. The penetration rate slows down once interfacial instabilities grow at the water-gelatin interface. Our three dimensional simulation results confirm the two-dimensional cylindrically-symmetric results of a single-bubble collapse. The collapse of two equi-sized bubbles results in a change of direction of the emitted water hammers. For our setup, the water hammers are deflected in the direction of the second bubble, and therefore impinge on the gelatin interface obliquely. The actual direction depends on the initial bubble separation distance and the stand-off distance from the interface, and will be further investigated in future work. © 2019 International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, TSFP. All rights reserved.


3572 Background: Gefitinib (Iressa, ZD1839) is an orally active epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor that potentiates the effects of irinotecan in preclinical models. This study aims to establish the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of administering gefitinib in combination with irinotecan and to assess safety and efficacy.

METHODS
Patients with advanced CRC progressing on or within 12 weeks of fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy were recruited. In cohort 1, patients were treated with irinotecan 250mg/m2 once every 3 weeks and gefitinib 250mg daily starting on day 1. Two dose limiting toxicities (DLTs), prolonged grade 4 neutropenia and grade 3 diarrhoea with neutropenic sepsis, were seen at this starting level. Thus two lower dose levels were explored in cohort 2 (irinotecan 200mg/m2 day 1) and cohort 3 (irinotecan 225mg/m2 day 1) both given with gefitinib 250mg daily starting on day 3. Pharmacokinetic (PK) studies were instigated in cohorts 2 and 3.

RESULTS
Eighteen patients were treated with ≥1 cycle in total. Baseline demographics and maximum grade toxicity in any cycle are shown in the table. One patient in cohort 2 developed grade 4 vomiting before starting gefitinib and was not considered a DLT. Another patient in cohort 3 developed febrile neutropenia in cycle 2. So far, 4 patients had disease stabilization of ≥12 weeks, all of whom developed a skin rash during treatment, with 1 patient having stable disease for 17 months.

CONCLUSIONS
Dose limiting toxicities, especially neutropenia, occurred at an unexpectedly low dose of irinotecan in combination with gefitinib and on-going PK analysis may provide further insight. Irinotecan 225mg/m2 and gefitinib 250mg daily is recommended as the MTD and this dose level is being expanded in a phase II study. 'Iressa' is a trademark of the AstraZeneca group of companies [Figure: see text] [Table: see text].


The preparation of nanoscale rare earth—micronscale inorganic mineral particle composite material by sol-precipitation method has been studied in this paper. The product can be used as sunlight conversion agent in agricultural film.The composite process not only can reduce the aggregation of nanoscale rare earth material and the price of the products, but also make the products have multifunctional properties. The factors,which have effects on the properties of samples in the preparing process,are also discussed.The results show that the addition of Y~(3+) ion can enhance the luminescent intensity of the system; the finer the core particle, the higher the luminescent intensity of the sample; the reaction temperature has little influence on the intensity of the product, and this can be very useful in practical application.


Synthesis 2001, No. 9, 29 06 2001. Article Identifier: 1437-210X,E;2001,0,09,1331,1336,ftx,en;Z02001SS.pdf. © Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York ISSN 0039-7881 Abstract: The bisphenol 1 was obtained by reacting the amine hydrochloride 11 with cyanoacetic acid in aqueous sodium hydroxide solution. Thermal rearrangement of 1,5-bis(allyloxyphenyl)formazan (7) failed to give 1. Alkylation of the bis phenol 1 with 1,3-dibromopropane in basic solution under high dilution conditions gave the corresponding allyl-substituted macrocyclic formazan 2a in a very low yield. On the other hand, diazotization of the new bis amine hydrochloride 3a,b with NaNO2 in hydrochloric acid followed by coupling with the appropriate active methylene compounds furnished the corresponding macrocyclic formazans 2a-d. Compounds 3a,b were obtained by first reacting the K-salt of 12 with the appropriate dihalides to give the corresponding bis acetamides 13 and 14, respectively. Subsequent acid hydrolysis of the latter afforded 3a,b in good yield.


Solar still is one of the oldest and simplest techniques for desalination of saline water from the renewable energy i.e. solar energy. The main associated problem with the solar still is the low productivity of fresh water in comparison with the energy input from sun. Different design and operational parameters as well as heat losses are the causes of low performance ratio of this system. This report presents the synopsis of the effect of all design and operational parameters that greatly influence the productivity of still. In doing so, a mathematical model of conventional solar still on engineering equation solver has been developed which predicts the trends of all variables affecting the productivity. The model is solved for the Dhahran KSA on all inputs that are requiring for model.The study of all these effects leads to modification in design of solar still to enhance its productivity. A simple reflector is proposed on top cover of conventional solar still. The effect of all same parameters is then analyzed with this modification. A useful comparison of both cases reveals that the maximum productivity of solar still increased from 0.44 to 0.65 due to reflector. For a given day, the productivity of modified solar still increase by 90 g/h and reaches to maximum value of 230 g/h. Similarly, the presence of reflector enables to conserve energy i.e. the energy loss has been found to reduce by 16%.Other parameters that exhibit the same nature of trend for both cases are glass thickness, its temperature and slope. The model predicts that for a given inputs condition the optimum thickness of glass covering wide range of productivity here is 6 mm. Among three brine pool heights including 1 cm, 2 cm and 3 cm, maximum productivity is obtained at brine pool height of 1 cm. Seasonal effect for both conventional and modified design are widely discussed. It is found that water temperature is higher than glass temperature irrespective of the season of the year. Productivity is found to be higher in summer season than in winter season.


WCDMA test applications using an arbitrary waveform generator (AWG) are described in this paper. A test signal generation method for the receiver section of a WCDMA handset is described with a center frequency of 161.28 MHz containing a 5 MHz spread spectrum signal. The arbitrary waveform consumes 2.6 M AWG memory locations running at 3.9 Gs/s. The 1.5 kHz primitive frequency is sufficient for generating WCDMA test chips described by the 3/sup rd/ generation partnership project (3GPP) by using modulation techniques. Other data processing for creation of the test signal include the application of a channelization code to provide orthogonal data, a scrambling code, and a root Nyquist filter for reducing the frequency content around the 161.28 MHz center. An enhancement for bit error rate tests using controllable Gaussian noise for testing receiver tolerance and acceleration of bit error rate measurements is also discussed.


Phosphorylation of G protein-coupled receptors is an essential regulatory mechanism, which leads to arrestin binding and controls key processes such as desensitization and internalization. Even though the human beta1-adrenoceptor (ADRB1) is of tremendous importance in many diseases, its phosphorylation remains poorly understood. We elucidated the phosphorylation pattern of the ADRB1 and identified 6 previously unknown phosphorylation sites in the 3rd intracellular loop and the receptor's C-terminus. Furthermore, we discovered the receptor's arrestin recognition site in the C-terminus.


PURPOSE: A manufacturing method of flake-shaped porous sintered material used nuclear fuel and flake-shaped porous sintered material manufactured accordingly are provided to enhance density of the flake-shaped porous sintered material at relatively low temperature. CONSTITUTION: A manufacturing method of flake-shaped porous sintered material comprises the following steps: forming uranium oxide by heat treating the used nuclear fuel in the volatility oxidation device; and manufacturing uranium oxide into the flake-shaped porous sintered material under pressure in a plate shaped mold. In the first step, the uranium oxide includes U3O8 and UO2. The heat treating of the first step is processed at 350-800 deg. Celsius. The heat treating of the first step is processed under oxidizing condition. The manufacturing of the flake-shaped porous sintered material in the second step is processed by sintering the uranium oxide at 800-1300 deg. Celsius. The manufacturing of the flake-shaped porous sintered material in the second step is processed by pressing the uranium oxide at the pressure of 0.1-50MPa.


The Yao graph for k=4, Y4, is naturally partitioned into four subgraphs, one per quadrant. We show that the subgraphs for one quadrant differ from the subgraphs for two adjacent quadrants in three properties: planarity, connectedness, and whether the directed graphs are spanners.


We present a laser system based on difference frequency generation (DFG) to produce tunable, narrow-linewidth (<30 pm), and high-energy mid-IR radiation in the 6785 nm region. The system exploits nonlinear crystals (such as LiInS2, LiInSe2 and BaGa4Se7) and nanosecond pulses generated by single-frequency Nd:YAG and Cr:forsterite lasers at 1064 and 1262 nm, respectively. Various experimental configurations are used: single-pass and double-pass through the nonlinear crystal. Additional increments of the output energy can be obtained by performing two stage double-pass geometry.


The historic and chronicle article describes about creation and development of the oldest Department of Faculty the Department of Chemistry and Technology of Inorganic substances.