The stickiness between a stainless steel plate and several kinds of hydrogenated oils and their mixtures for margarine was measured by the use of an improved high sensitive stickiness meter.On the range between 10g/cm2 and 50g/cm2 of compressive stress, the rate of separation of the plate does not affect the stickiness of hydrogenated cotton seed oil, but the stickiness of mixing oil for margarine increases up to 60% at the rate of 5mm/min. It is noticeable that the values of the hesion force of oils and fats are somewhat scattered in the range of separation rate between 0.5 and 50mm/min.The hesion force of hydrogenated oil increases in general with temperature, but margarine oil of soft type decreases remarkably its hesion force with temperature over 15°C. Between the peeling time tb and the hesion force fb, Eley's relation tb ∝ fb-n, is established the n of oils and fats being in the range from 1 to 3.The solid fat content of oils and fats is an important characteristic in connection with the variability of the hesion force.Under the standardized conditions of the two peeling rates, 1mm/min and 5mm/min, the maximum peak of hesion force was found at solid fat content of about 22%. It will be concluded, therefore, that the adhesive force to steel reaches an equilibrium with the cohesive force of oils due to their structural characteristics.


s International 47(12A), AAT 8706625. Malmberg, E. 2000. Retention and attrition of doctoral candidates in higher education. Ed.D. dissertation, University of North Texas. Dissertation Abstracts International 63(02A) (2002); AAT 3041915. Mellon, C. A. 1986. Library anxiety: A grounded theory and its development. College & Research Libraries 47(2):


In this paper, we study scalar multivariate non-stationary subdivision schemes with integer dilation matrix M=mI, m >=2, and present a general approach for checking their convergence and for determining their H\"older regularity. The combination of the concepts of asymptotic similarity and approximate sum rules allows us to link stationary and non-stationary settings and to employ recent advances in methods for exact computation of the joint spectral radius. As an application, we prove a recent conjecture on the H\"older regularity of the generalized Daubechies wavelets. We illustrate our results with several examples.


This study has two purposes. First, it aims to suggest an appropriate approach to English writing education for Korean high school students in a cooperative learning situation. It also aims to suggest what type of learner grouping, either homogeneous or heterogeneous, is appropriate by comparing the...


In this paper, we propose a method to exploit photo response non-uniformity (PRNU) to identify the source camera of heavily JPEG compressed digital photographs of resolution 640 times 480 pixels. Similarly to research reported previously, we extract the PRNU patterns from both reference and questioned images using a two-dimensional high-pass filter and compare these patterns by calculating the correlation coefficient between them. To deal with the low quality compressed image material, we propose a simple and effective way to obtain the PRNU. We did extensive experiments for both the closed and open set source camera identification problem with a set of 38 cameras of four different types. For the closed set problem accuracies as high as 83% for single images and 100% for around 20 simultaneously identified questioned images were obtained. For the open set problem, decision levels were obtained for several numbers of simultaneously identified questioned images. The corresponding false rejection rates were unsatisfactory for single images, but improved substantially for simultaneous identification of multiple questioned images.


It is high of commercial importance to generate the grain refinement in alloys during solidification by means of electromagnetic fields. Two typical patterns of electromagnetic fields, pulsed electric currents (ECP) and traveling magnetic field (TMF), are frequently employed to produce the finer equiaxed grains in solidifying alloys. Various mechanisms were proposed to understand the grain refinement in alloys caused by ECP and TMF. In this paper, a comparative study is carried out in the same solidification regime to investigate the grain refinement of Al-7 wt. %Si alloy driven by ECP and TMF. Experimental results show that the application of ECP or TMF can cause the same grain refinement occurrence period, during which the refinement of primary Al continuously occurs. In addition, the related grain refinement mechanisms are reviewed and discussed, which shows the most likely one caused by ECP and TMF is the promoted dendrite fragmentation as the result of the ECP-induced or TMF-induced forced flow. It suggests that the same grain refinement process in alloys is provoked when ECP and TMF are applied in the same solidification regime, respectively.


acknowledging that these five countries are very different, he nevertheless attempts to characterize in one short paragraph "the educational system." In spite of Ginzberg's emphasis on the critical importance of institutions, his lengthly chapter on Israel merely mentions the Histadruth, despite the fact that this "government within a government" is that country's most significant and unique institution in manpower and in many related areas. Ginzberg develops several themes which have often been neglected in discussions of manpower and economic development, e.g., the important role of the military in training leadership and manpower, the importance of management, the neglect of women as a manpower resource, and the negative as well as the positive aspects of foreign university training and of foreign firms in manpower development and utilization. With few exceptions he finds that the higher educational systems of countries at every level of development are producing more high-level manpower than the countries can effectively employ, and that this increases discontent and political instability. Ginzberg gives scant recognition, however, to the fact that such general overproduction often disguises persistent and critical shortages of many high-level skills, particularly administrative skills for the public and private sectors, which continue to impede development in most countries. Ginzberg correctly advocates the development of on-the-job training by public and private organizations as essential to the development of needed skills. He properly criticizes ineffective vocational education as a general problem. But in his chapter on Venezuela he misses the opportunity to offer as a contrast that country's innovative and generally successful system of vocational education (INCE). Ginzberg's one-paragraph discussion and analysis (p. 267) is not only superficial, but it also misleads the reader about INCE's role and effectiveness. The author repeatedly stresses the importance of rural development as an essential alternative to urban overconcentration. Although many others have discussed this problem, Ginzberg's wide coverage of countries points up the generality of such a problem regardless of countries' vastly different characteristics and levels of development. To this reviewer the main value of the book is its knowledgeable treatment of economic, political, and manpower circumstances, institutions, problems, and prospects as inextricably interrelated. What Ginzberg's treatment lacks in depth it more than makes up for by highlighting those important elements in the development and utilization of manpower which are common to very diverse countries. JOHN C. SHEARER Oklahoma State University


White Flint, Maryland is a 430-acre suburb of Washington, DC. This article describes the transformation of White Flint from an unappealing area marred by strip malls and confusing highways into a model of transit oriented development. In March 2010, the Montgomery County Council adopted the White Flint Sector Plan that calls for significantly increasing the residential density of the area. These residents can support a more urban center that will encourage transit use and reduce the need for automobile travel. Mixed-use high-rise development is being built. The county officials have taken a very deliberate approach to the redevelopment of White Flint, making sure that they have incorporated the input of interest groups and other stakeholders. Revenues from a special tax on existing commercial property are being used to finance many of the infrastructure improvements. Commercial property owners are optimistic that the improvements will have a significant positive impact on their business.


In this study, a subspace detection technique is developed using a hybrid approach which combines both feature extraction and feature selection for the task of hyperspectral image classification. The proposed approach applies Kernel Principal Component Analysis (KPCA) at the first step, then feature selection from the KPCA images is accomplished by combining the KPCA score with a Jeffries-Matusita (JM) distance based ranking score. Experimental analysis is carried out on a hyperspectral image acquired by the AVIRIS sensor and the results show the advantage of the proposed approach in terms of classification accuracy in the tested cases.


New experiments with the ion Bernstein waves (IBW) has been performed on FTU both in Hydrogen (H) and Deuterium (D) majority plasmas, at higher radio‐frequency power level, plasma density, current, lower effective ion charge than in previous campaign of 1999. Also in these conditions, no role is played by non‐linear edge physics, which prevented, instead, the RF penetration in the plasma bulk of DIII‐D. With resonant toroidal magnetic field (≈8T), improved confinement occurs inside a radial region of 1/3 of the minor radius operating in H‐plasma, and 2/3 of the minor radius operating in D‐majority plasma. Such behavior is consistent with the model of turbulence suppression by locally‐induced‐IBW‐sheared flow expected to occur close the resonant layer. The FTU results provide support for active control of the pressure profile by IBW which is of relevance for advanced tokamaks .


In the 1985 Highway Capacity Manual (HCM), percentage time delay (PTD) is used as the main indicator of the level of service for two-lane, two-way highways. HCM defines PTD as the average percentage of time that all vehicles are delayed while traveling in platoons due to the inability to pass. For field measurement purposes, the HCM states that PTD is approximately the same as the percentage of vehicles traveling in platoons at headways less than 5 sec. The relationship between local platoon percentage, measured with a fixed 5-sec headway as the platooning criterion, and the previous estimate of PTD is analyzed. Theoretical considerations indicate that local platoon percentage is a biased estimate of PTD and must be corrected with a factor calculated as the ratio of space mean speed of all traffic and that of the platooned vehicles. If several measurements are made along a road, PTD can be estimated as a weighted average of local values using mean travel times and traffic flows as weights. Analysis of simulation and field data indicate that the local platoon percentage is usually about 3 to 5% lower than the corresponding PTD value. To make local measurements correspond more precisely to the basic definition of PTD, one could exclude from measurements situations in which a slower vehicle is behind a faster one inside the 5-sec headway. The effect of this exclusion, however, is not tested.


The oscillatory temperature amplitude of a low--Prandtl-number fluid in Rayleigh-Benard convection is shown to exhibit critical slowing down near the onset of oscillatory convection. The data are analyzed in the context of a mean-field Landau-Hopf equation. We find the magnitude of the power-law exponent for the dynamic relaxation to be 1.01 +- 0.02 and 1.00 +- 0.02 above and below onset, respectively, in agreement with the theoretical predictions.


Background- Prolonged past exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS) in never-smokers is associated with occult obstructive lung disease and abnormal lung function, in particular reduced diffusing capacity. Previous studies have shown ongoing SHS exposure to be associated with increased elastin degradation markers (EDM) desmosine and isodesmosine. Research Question- Are EDM levels elevated in persons with remote history of SHS exposure, and are those levels associated with reduced lung function? Study Design and Methods- We measured the plasma levels of EDM from 193 never-smoking flight attendants with history of remote but prolonged SHS exposure in aircraft cabin and 103 nonsmoking flight attendants or sea-level control participants without history of cabin SHS exposure, and examined those levels versus their lung function with adjustment for covariates. The cabin SHS exposure was estimated based on airline employment history and dates of smoking ban enactment. EDM plasma levels were quantified by high-performance liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry. Results- The median [interquartile range; IQR] plasma EDM level for all participants was 0.30 [0.24 to 0.36] ng/mL with a total range of 0.16 to 0.65 ng/mL. Plasma EDM levels were elevated in those with history of exposure to cabin SHS compared to those not exposed (0.33{+/-}0.08 vs. 0.26{+/-}0.06 ng/mL; age- and sex-adjusted P<0.001). In those with history of cabin SHS-exposure, higher EDM levels were associated with lower diffusing capacity (parameter estimate (PE) [95%CI]=4.2 [0.4 to 8.0] %predicted decrease per 0.1 ng/mL increase in EDM; P=0.030). Furthermore, EDM levels were inversely associated with FEV1, FEV1/FVC, and FEF25-75 (PE [95%CI]=5.8 [2.1 to 9.4], 4.0 [2.2 to 5.7], and 12.5 [5.8 to 19.2]% predicted decrease per 0.1 ng/mL increase in EDM, respectively) (P<0.001).


Novel computer architectures and a desire to solve three-dimensional problems have together aroused new interest in iterative methods for computing solutions to elliptic difference equations. Block iterative methods are particularly attractive for vector machines, such as the Cray-1. Schemes that take the basic block to be a plane reduce a three-dimensional elliptic system to two-dimensional systems, to which block methods are again applicable. We analyze the convergence rate of k-Line and $k \times k$ block iterative methods for solving these two-dimensional problems.


Zhang Xin live in a commercial fiction in the great wave of urban career women,their experience is different from rural women,but also different from the wage sister cities,although earnest desire to have a successful career,sweet love and happiness in the family,there the long-term friendship,but often things of man is willing to,only in the family and career,and love and friendship,caught between the ideal and the reality of difficult to bear a statement that the embarrassing and helplessness.


With microwave sintering,the influence of the fluxing agent and absorbing material Fe2O3 on the luminance properties was studied.The results indicated that the luminescent properties of luminescent ceramics was improved by the additives.


The free energy profiles for the chemical reaction of the guanosine triphosphate hydrolysis GTP + H2O → GDP + Pi by Ras‐GAP for the wild‐type and G13V mutated Ras were computed by using molecular dynamics protocols with the QM(ab initio)/MM potentials. The results are consistent with the recent measurements of reaction kinetics in Ras‐GAP showing about two‐order reduction of the rate constant upon G13V mutation in Ras: the computed activation barrier on the free energy profile is increased by 3 kcal/mol upon the G13V replacement. The major reason for a higher energy barrier is a shift of the "arginine finger" (R789 from GAP) from the favorable position in the active site. The results of simulations provide support for the mechanism of the reference reaction according to which the Q61 side chain directly participates in chemical transformations at the proton transfer stage. Proteins 2015; 83:1046–1053. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


The purposes of this article are to describe a program of training a pioneering group of family therapists in a developing country delivered by trainers from abroad, and discuss the benefits of such a project and the difficulties it encounters. The four-year Kosova Systemic Family Therapy Training Program is in the first half of its third year when these lines are being written. It is sponsored by the Kosova Health Foundation and carried out by an International Family Therapy Association-affiliated team of traveling trainers who come to Kosovo from various parts of the world. The trainers vary considerably in personality and theoretical orientations. The training includes five main components: An overview of the field, its history and its diverse theoretical orientations and approaches to practice, a wide scale systematic integration, skills development, personal development, and supervised practice. The training is conducted by short, in loco, direct-contact modules and by distance learning and supervision. Kosovo, formerly an semi-independent region in the south of Serbia and a part of Yugoslavia, populated mainly by Muslim Albanians, declared its independence in 2008, ten years after the culmination of a bitter war. Kosovo is now struggling with the after-effect of the war and with rapid social, demographic, and cultural changes running fast ahead of its political and economical development. The effects of all these changes on the functioning of families are dramatic. The goals of the training program are to train a first generation of family therapists who will hopefully serve the affected community and eventually prepare the next generation. So far, this has proved a rewarding, but by no means easy, task.


Objective: The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the potential of a non-invasive method for fetal sex determination in clinical practice using dual-colour fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) analysis. We evaluated the differences in nucleated red blood cell (NRBC) recovery from the maternal circulation using various slide preparation procedures following high-gradient magnetic cell separation (double MACS). Methods: NRBCs were enriched from peripheral blood mononuclear cells of 63 pregnant women between 12 and 37 weeks of gestation by double MACS involving simultaneous CD14+ and CD45+ maternal cell depletion and CD71+ fetal cell enrichment. Isolated cells were analysed by dual-colour FISH with X- and Y-specific probes. Before applying the FISH technique, cells were treated using three different protocols. Cells were either fixed in methanol:acetic acid (3:1) and dropped immediately onto glass slides (protocol 1) or treated with 75 mM KCl before resuspension in fixative (protocol 2). Alternatively, isolated cells were transferred onto glass slides and then treated using a method described in the literature (protocol 3). Results: Using various slide preparation procedures, fixed cell numbers as well as the quality of slides differed significantly. Using protocol 1, fetal sex was well determined in 30 cases, in 15 out of 17 male fetuses (1–13, mean 3 fetal cells were found among 5–164, mean 50 maternal cells) and in 15 female fetuses (7–178, mean 56 fixed cells). On the other hand, interpretation difficulties occurred in 7 out of 8 studied cases using protocol 2 due to a lack of cells or damage to the isolated cells. The highest recovery of fixed cells was achieved using protocol 3 (27–411, mean 186); fetal cells positive for the Y signal (2–12, mean 6) were detectable in all studied cases (n = 16). In 7 of the samples from women carrying female fetuses, we could only detect cells with two X signals (51–182, mean 103). All of the experiments were interpretable due to the presence of compact cells with well-visible red and green signals. Conclusion: Our study revealed that using protocol 3 as the post-MACS treatment results in improved NRBC recovery and enables a reliable prospective non-invasive fetal sex determination.


Thoughts about "harmony" have existed in China for a long time.They originated from the aboriginal wizard rituals and were interpreted by later philosophers and recorded in the classics such as The Book of History.The Book of Changes epitomized ancient Chinese people's wisdom of harmony.Confucius and Lao-tzu,thinkers in the pre-Qin Dynasty,enhanced the philosophical understanding of harmony and developed it into an ideological system.After Buddhism was introduced into China and developed with Chinese characteristics,quite a few viewpoints were argued about the harmony of body and soul.The rich and colorful traditional Chinese thoughts,culture and traditions are the valuable resources for building the harmonious socialist society.


Rocket combustion chamber walls are exposed to the high-temperature environment caused by the combustion of propellants. Even with the walls actively cooled by the fuel, the hot gases can deteriorate the walls severely and limit any possibility for reusing the combustion chamber. For many years, the NASA Lewis Research Center has performed subscale investigations of potential improved cooling concepts to extend the life and reliability of the combustion chamber. Results from previous subscale tests have shown that, by increasing the coolant channel height-to-width aspect ratio, the rocket combustion chamber hot gas side wall temperature can be reduced by as much as 28 percent, without an increase in the coolant pressure drop. Recently, a series of experiments were completed in Lewis' Rocket Engine Test Facility (RETF) to validate the benefits of high aspect ratio cooling channels with a high-pressure, contoured rocket combustion chamber.


33 The incidence of diabetes, fuelled by the pandemics of obesity, sedentary lifestyle and an increasing elderly population, is reaching epidemic proportions. Conservative statistics from the World Health Organization estimate that currently there are approximately 150 million people with diabetes worldwide, and that by the year 2025, more than 300 million people (5.4% of the projected global population) will be afflicted with this disease. Unfortunately, these numbers may only represent the proverbial 'tip of the iceberg' as many patients remain undiagnosed, due to differing diagnostic criteria and lack of access to healthcare resources. The mere presence of diabetes increases the risk of cardiovascular disease by two to four times and, as such, diabetes is now considered a coronary disease risk equivalent. Cardiovascular disease remains the major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes. The most common cause of mortality in diabetic patients is ischaemic heart disease. Numerous studies have documented that diabetic patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) have significantly worse outcomes in terms of mortality, myocardial infarction and need for revascularisation. All in all, the diabetic patient with CAD represents one of the highest-risk subgroups of patients. The article by Trichon and Roe in this issue of the journal (page 23–32) is a timely and comprehensive review of the current literature dealing with management of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in patients with diabetes. As the authors point out, patients with diabetes and ACS are at an especially high risk of events due to endothelial dysfunction, as well as abnormalities in coagulation and platelet function. Data regarding reperfusion therapies such as thrombolytics and direct angioplasty, and on adjunctive therapies such as glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors and oral antiplatelet agents, have shown benefit in this population of patients. The review documents findings from the major trials used to support the widespread use of these therapeutic modalities in the treatment of diabetic patients with ACS. The most striking feature of this article, however, is that most of the data on treatment of these high-risk patients are derived from post-hoc subgroup analyses. As such, they are fundamentally subject to inherent bias and potential misinterpretation. In evaluating the literature, several considerations about such analyses should be kept in mind. Hypotheses about potentially important differences in subgroup response should be stated a priori in the study protocol. Furthermore, performance of multiple statistical comparisons on the same data increases the probability of type 1 error: thus, as the number of subgroups in a study increases, so does the probability of finding statistical differences by chance. Finally, sample sizes in subgroup analyses are often small, and as such they usually lack sufficient statistical power to be clinically meaningful. Over-interpretation of differential subgroup effects may lead to inappropriate provision or withholding of treatment. Typically, data from such analyses should be viewed as a hypothesis-generating impetus for a well conducted, randomised controlled clinical trial. Currently, there are too few large randomised placebocontrolled trials designed to evaluate the treatment options specifically in diabetics with CAD. An inherent problem with conducting such trials is the ethical dilemma of performing a randomised placebo-controlled trial in such a high-risk subgroup of patients. While non-inferiority trials may offer a solution, the sheer number of patients required to find meaningful differences between treatment groups may preclude their performance. Nevertheless, studies such as the BARI-2D trial are currently enrolling patients and exploring various treatment options in diabetic patients with CAD. The BARI-2D multicentre randomised clinical trial is designed to compare the effects of revascularisation and aggressive medical therapy versus aggressive medical therapy alone in diabetic patients with CAD who are suitable for revascularisation. The study will also examine the effect of an insulin-sensitising regimen versus an insulin-providing regimen to achieve glycaemic control. The primary end point of this study will be allcause mortality at five years. Studies such as this will lend invaluable insight into the proper management of CAD in the diabetic patient. In conclusion, the risks and natural history of CAD in the diabetic patient have been well established by retrospective and observational analyses. Since this subgroup of patients has an extremely high risk of morbidity and mortality, it is critical to begin a rigorous scientific evaluation of therapies to improve patient outcome. To this end, a move toward more well-designed, randomised controlled trials designed to look specifically at all aspects of care for diabetic patients with CAD is desperately warranted.


Research on emotion is fraught with methodological limitations, as feelings can have non-discrete, ephemeral, and ineffable qualities. Audio diaries offer a method for capturing the sequential and varied experience of emotions as they emerge from everyday life. Following theory and methodological development in the sociology of emotion, we examine how audio diaries might be used to capture (a) candid emotions that emerge spontaneously and may reflect unpopular or negative social views and experiences, (b) the self as unfinished, and (c) processes of emotional reflexivity that exist alongside the diverse emotions that infuse everyday life. We explore how waveform visualization of audio recordings might be meaningfully combined with qualitative analysis of transcribed data to illustrate emotional contours in situ. We draw on audio diaries collected from 48 nurses from two US hospital systems to explore the possibilities and limitations of using audio diaries in emotion research.


Technological processes of additive manufacturing viscoelastic aging axisymmetric material layers on the inner surface of a rotating rigid cylindrical substrate by means of deposition of supplementary material plies are modelled. The added plies may be preliminary tensed or compressed in the circumferential direction. A mathematical model based on general approaches of mathematical theory of accreted solids is proposed for describing the deformation process of the being formed material layer under the action of centrifugal forces in assumption of small plain strain and in quasistatic approximation. The corresponding closed-form expressions containing quadratures are constructed for describing the technological stresses evolution in the manufactured layer during and after the process of its accretion.


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Homology modeling is rapidly becoming the method of choice for obtaining three-dimensional coordinates for proteins because genome projects produce sequences at a much higher rate than NMR and X-ray laboratories can solve the three-dimensional structures. The quality of protein models will not be immediately clear to novices and support with the evaluation seems to be needed. Expert users are sometimes interested in evaluating the quality of modeling programs rather than the quality of the models themselves.

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Three servers have been made available to the scientific community: a homology modeling server, a model quality evaluation server and a server that evaluates models built of proteins for which the structure is already known, thereby implicitly evaluating the quality of the modeling program.

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The modeling-related servers and several structure analysis servers are freely available at http://swift.embl-heidelberg.de/servers/

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Dielectric elastomers can produce a great extent of deformation,when put them into a DC electric field sandwiched between two compliant electrodes and are taken as ideal material of actuators in MEMS.Because they belong to hyperelastic material with large deformations,mechanical property modeling using Mooney-rivlin model and Ogden model are discussed in this paper,in order to provide theoretical basis for the later research and application of dielectric elastomers.


ABSTRACTBackground: Hypertension is one of the most common diseases, because this disease is suffered byboth men and women, as well as adults and young people. Treatment of hypertension does not onlyrely on medications from the doctor or regulate diet alone, but it is also important to make our bodyalways relaxed. Laughter can help to control blood pressure by reducing endocrine stress andcreating a relaxed condition to deal with relaxation.Objective: The general objective of the study was to determine the effect of laughter therapy ondecreasing elderly blood pressure in UPT Panti Wredha Budhi Dharma Yogyakarta.Methods: The design used in this study is a pre-experimental design study with one group pre-posttestresearch design where there is no control group (comparison). The population in this study wereelderly aged over> 60 years at 55 UPT Panti Wredha Budhi Dharma Yogyakarta. The method oftaking in this study uses total sampling. The sample in this study were 55 elderly. Data analysis wasused to determine the difference in blood pressure before and after laughing therapy with a ratio datascale that was using Pairs T-TestResult: There is an effect of laughing therapy on blood pressure in the elderly at UPT Panti WredhaBudhi Dharma Yogyakarta marked with a significant value of 0.000 (P <0.05)


Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the triple helix (TH) of Chinese university‐industry‐government relationships.Design/methodology/approach – Following an evolution path of TH in China, the relations among the actors for innovation have been analyzed and then it is realized that it is not university‐government‐academe relations, but "university‐industry‐government relations".Findings – The paper points out some limitations and flaws of university‐industry‐academy and brings forward the evolutionary path to TH of university‐industry‐government collaboration and development to cope with these practical and theoretical problems.Originality/value – The author asserts that university‐industry‐government should be affirmed, not university‐industry‐academy in China for truth, which can dialogue with international academic circles.


This paper is the sequel to a companion paper on bootstrap resampling that reviews bootstrap methodology for making statistical inferences for atmospheric science applications where the necessary assumptions are often not met for the most commonly used resampling procedures. In particular, this sequel addresses extreme-value analysis applications with discussion on the challenges for finding accurate bootstrap methods in this context. New bootstrap code from the R packages "distillery" and "extRemes" is introduced. It is further found that one approach for accurate confidence intervals in this setting is not well suited to the case when the random sample's distribution is not stationary.


Armyworms have been reported in central Illinois as far north as Peoria by Kevin Black, Growmark agronomist. There have been no reports from Iowa, but farmers and field scouts in southeastern Iowa should be aware of potential problems over the next couple of weeks. These insects rarely cause losses in conventional-tilled fields, but they should be scouted in minimumor no-tilled fields with any kind of living ground cover.


In continuation of work performed with the application of the scanning multichannel technique in combination with a photodiode array and a single monochromator we show in the present paper a similar technique combining a CCD camera with a double monochromator system with additive dispersion. Special emphasis is given to a discussion of the reproduction of spectral features with small bandwidth. Examples of applications of this technique are given in terms of high-resolution Raman spectroscopy of gases. This technique is not restricted to this type of optical spectroscopy, but can be universally applied to all spectroscopic methods where CCD detection is used.


had their time robbed from them or through processes of scale that are slow and steady, a longue durée of captivity. The question of time throughout Scales of Captivity produces an affective mode of reading reminiscent of the Benjaminian angel of history. The violent wreckages of colonial and capitalist histories pile up into a critical mass, propelling us into some urgent sense of an ever-unfolding present, while we cannot turn away but must witness its many tangled elements. Much of the strength of Brady's book lies in its holding together and witnessing of the many texts, histories, and theories she engages from one chapter to the next. Nevertheless, it is these strengths of Brady's text that also leave something to be desired about where this will take us. The conclusion attempts to speak to these loose ends, although it raises the question: what sort of imaginations might be possible if "scale holds a lien on our imagination" (240)? Brady gestures toward the ongoing promise of scalar masquerades and impersonations in Latinx literature that challenge coloniality (244). However, she ultimately posits that possibilities are only revealed through the "reparative witnessing to this violence" (246). This is not a climactic resolution or clean fix, which only ever reinstates scalar logics about a singular world order. Instead, Brady proposes that possibility lies in the recognition that there are many worlds and multiple realities, a "thinking without scale" afforded through Latinx literary figurations of the child.


University students are the hope and the future of our nation and the moral situation of the university students relates to the future of China,so moral education are crucial in universities.After a survey of moral condition of the university students of the western region of Chongqing,this essay discusses the reasons from the aspect of family factors,educational mode,social environment and self factors and put forward suggestion on how to cultivate the sense of morality,including combining the social morality education with the moral education,so as to find proper direction for some lost students.


Most modern theories of behavior involve a hierarchical structure whereby low level behavioral units are controlled or manipulated by higher centers so as to produce characteristic patterns of movement. In the simplest life forms, low level behavioral units may consist of simple reflex arcs with very little higher level control. In intermediate forms, the low level behavioral units may be relatively complex in themselves and subject to sophisticated control from higher centers. In the most advanced nervous systems, higher centers may themselves be arrayed in a hierarchical structure, with each level monitoring activity and exerting control over the levels beneath it.


Based on growing demand of electrical energy, environmental concern and exhaustion of fossil the need of eco-friendly power generation using renewable energy resources got invoked and these are getting utilized in different sectors. In this paper, implementation of electrical assisted bicycle and its display unit is designed which indicates basic parameters of electrical assisted bicycle. The energy to the bicycle is provided by rechargeable battery packs and for charging a solar power is used. This system reduces the efforts of pedaling to the user. In this system a 24 volt, 250 watt motor kit and A display screen made with TFT (thin-film transistor) display is used. Solar panel used is 37watt 17.60 volt dc power supply and for better charging in less time higher rating of solar panel can be used. DC-DC boost converter is used for step up voltage from solar panel.


We report on measured oxygen K-LL Auger spectra induced by 1.5-keV electron impact on O2, CO2, and N2O gaseous targets. An ESA-22-type electron spectrometer was employed which is capable of simultaneous energy and angular analysis covering a polar angular range of 15° to 345°. The measurements were carried out in preparation for future experiments with more complex chiral molecular targets and a spin-polarized electron source. The present experimental data are compared with results from earlier experimental studies.


ABSTRACT Breakout orientations measured in 35 wells in northern Alberta and British Columbia show that the principal horizontal stresses are deflected over the Peace River Arch. Instead of the regional northeast-southwest azimuth for SHmax, the larger horizontal principal stress is directed north-northeast - south-southwest. Two-dimensional finite element modelling of this stress refraction shows that the cause could be lateral variations in the elastic properties of the rock. On the other hand, faults that are acting as free surfaces could also be locally deflecting the stresses. However, the consistency of the data, which comes mainly from Paleozoic sections, points to a regional cause. Micro-frac and mini-frac records from some 30 wells on and around the Peace River Arch give indications of the magnitudes of SHmin, the smaller horizontal principal stress. The magnitudes appear to be laterally variable, with a tendency to be larger toward the Rocky Mountains, but there is insufficient information to recognize trends. End_of_Record - Last_Page 157-------


Professional sports teams derive an advantage from playing at home; this phenomenon is known as home advantage. The aim of this study was to compare the magnitude of home advantage between levels 1 and 2 of women's football leagues. A total of 10 countries were included, each for the most recent 9 seasons, resulting in 31,186 matches analysed. A preliminary analysis of the results was carried out in order to assess the difference in home advantage between level 1 and level 2 for each country separately. A two-sided paired t-test was used and the effect size was reported using Cohen's d statistic. A general linear model was fitted and after adjusting for differences between seasons and between countries, the main finding was that there existed a small, yet significant difference between the home advantage of the two levels, with level 2 (mean of 55.5%) higher than at level1 (mean of 54.6%). The results therefore suggest that in women's football there occurs the same phenomenon that has been shown to exist in women's water polo and handball, and in men's football. Some of the main factors that have been found to explain home advantage in men's football appear to operate in a slightly different way when applied to women's football. These are crowd support, familiarity, referees bias, travel effects and psychological factors.


The objective of the project is to design and control the Delta robot with voice for pick and place operation using ARM7 processor. Till now there is no implementation of voice recognition and control in Delta robot. The maximum payload of the robot is 200grams-300grams. The robot has been made based on the SEQUENTIAL QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING. Various links of the robot are controlled using the servo motor and the gripper is separately controlled by a servo motor.


Background: Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing Instrument (TCCNI) was developed by Rozzano Locsin (2013) to determine the expression of "technological competency" as caring in nursing among practicing nurses. While the TCCNI was translated into other languages, no instrument measuring the 'technological competency as caring in nursing' among Japanese nurses was developed and tested. Considering culture and social background influencing measurement of the phenomena, Kato et al. (2016) re-envisioned the TCCNI to focus on caring behaviors of nurses in acute care settings. The Perceived Inventory of Technological Competency of Caring in Nursing (PITCCN) was developed. Aim: The aim of this study is to perform comparative examination between the PITCCN and the TCCNI. Methods: The authors developed the Japanese version of the TCCNI from its original instrument subjecting this to reverse translation using a professional English-to-Japanese-to-English translator who clearly confirmed the accuracy of the translations. In this study, the contents of the item configurations were analyzed and discussed regarding instruments, and the summary of the similarities and differences among researchers who had been involved in the research of caring. The difference between the item configuration of PITCCN and TCCNI was clearly illustrated by a comparative table, and in the case where there was no corresponding item, it was left blank. Results: The commonality between the TCCNI and PITCCN was the holistic focus on patients using information obtained through technologies. Different question items were included to provide highquality outcomes for the PITCCN. Conclusion: Considered useful in order to perform high quality practice in using technology, and to provide high quality nursing. Measured Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing might be able to utilizing for in-service education of hospitals or formalized education in nursing universities.


The expression of myosin heavy chain (MyHC) isoforms in the myofibers of domestic and wild pig was studied to characterize muscle tissue differences related to species domestication and selection. Muscle samples were obtained from longissimus muscle of five two years old wild and domestic Large White pigs. Four different MyHC isoforms (MyHC-I, MyHC-IIa, MyHC-IIb, MyHC-IIx) were determined in the myofibers of both, domestic and wild pig, and allowed the distinction of I, IIa, IIx/b and IIb myofiber types. Oxidative types I and IIa and type IIx/b myofibers were notably more abundant in longissimus muscle of wild than domestic pig. On the contrary, the number of glycolytic IIb myofibers prevailed in domestic pig. The cross sectional areas (CSA) of different MyHC myofiber types were 2 to 3 times smaller in wild than in domestic pig. In wild pig, CSA was more homogeneous between myofiber types with no difference between CSA of types I, IIx/b and IIb myofibers, whereas IIx/b and IIb myofibers exhibited greater CSA in domestic pigs. Type IIa myofibers were the smallest ones in both, domestic and wild pig. The presence of MyHC-IIb isoform was clearly established in the myfibers of wild pigs denoting that its expression is not just the result of the intensive selection for growth efficiency and muscularity. On the other hand, it is evident that domestication and breeding goals in pigs resulted in the hypertrophy of all myofiber types, in particular of those in which MyHC-IIb isoform is expressed.


Agrarian issue in Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was complex and one of the most important issues in the state. Complexity of agrarian relations and revolutionary mood in villages among the peasants were the reasons which justified taking actions to organize and carry out democratic land reform in Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. The subject of this paper is arising of administration which was responsible for organization and execution of democratic land reform in Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. The author explains the legal regulations which were foundation for accurate functioning of the agrarian administration. The author also points out to the reasons which initiate the changes of agrarian administration.


PURPOSE: An atomic layer etching method is provided to control graphene etching with an atom as a unit, to selectively control the etching depth of graphene, to be processed uncomplicatedly, and to be commercialized. CONSTITUTION: An atomic layer etching method includes the following steps: absorbing a reactive radical on the surface of graphene; irradiating an energy source in graphene absorbed in the reactive radical; the two steps are repeated over two times; the graphene includes the thin film of overlapped multi-layer graphene; a singular layer of the thin film of graphene is etched by performing the atomic layer etching method one time; the reactive radical is generated with plasma.


1. The growth of international business 2. The multinational corporation 3. The environment of international business 4. International business strategy 5. International marketing strategy 6. International technology strategy 7. International financial strategy 8. International operations strategy 9. International personnel strategy 10. International organization and control strategy 11. International subsidiary strategy 12. International acquisitions: strategy and management 13. International business in the future Index


In this research, the numerical analyzing procedure for a two-dimensional (2D) solid-fluid phononic crystal (PnC) demultiplexer is presented. The demultiplexer acts as a selective sensor that could separate three dangerous heavy metals (CuSO4, MgSO4 and MnSO4) with a very low concentration of 1% added in water. The platform consists of a T-model waveguide with three hollow cylinder branches. The PnC demultiplexer is designed with a square arrangement of infinite rods of Stainless steel embedded in the distilled water substrate. To determine the band structure and transmission spectrum, the finite element method has been evaluated. The main waveguides aremade by eliminating one row or one column of scatterers. For each branch, the radius of inclusions is changed to have three different defect branches. Hence, the intended demultiplexer can classify three frequencies in the range of kHz. The demultiplexer showed higher performance parameters for all mixtures. Where, the highest transmission intensity is about 95% for MgSO4-water mixture. The highest sensitivity (66000 Hz.cm3/g) was obtained for theMgSO4-watermixturewhile the highest quality factor (10694) and FOM(2437 cm3/g)were obtained for the CuSO4-water mixture. Themaximum crosstalk (The worst value) among the three channels equals the value of −25.22 dB. The proposed demultiplexer can act as an eco-sensor for detecting water pollutions with higher performance and selectivity.


Two-dimensional (2D) magnetic materials with strong magnetism, long magnetic relaxation times, high temperature ferromagnetism, and large magnetic anisotropy energy (MAE) are promising for applications of nanoscale spintronic devices. Using the spin-orbital coupling density functional theory (DFT) calculations, we investigate the structural stability, electronic structures, and magnetic properties of graphenelike carbon-nitride ($\mathrm{gh}\text{\ensuremath{-}}{\mathrm{C}}_{3}{\mathrm{N}}_{4}$) sheets with the adsorption of whole series of $4f$-block elemental (lanthanide; Ln) atoms. Our results demonstrate that Ln atoms can be stably embedded into/above the center of the cavity of $\mathrm{gh}\text{\ensuremath{-}}{\mathrm{C}}_{3}{\mathrm{N}}_{4}$ monolayer and significantly affect the electronic and magnetic properties. Upon single Ln atom adsorption, all Ln@$\mathrm{gh}\text{\ensuremath{-}}{\mathrm{C}}_{3}{\mathrm{N}}_{4}$ systems show metal character, large spin and orbital magnetic moments, and most of them favor the long-range ferromagnetic ordering. Interestingly, Pr, Nd, Ho adsorbates would possess total magnetic moments of 1.09, 1.47, 6.13 ${\ensuremath{\mu}}_{B}$, high Curie temperatures (${T}_{c}$) of 593, 699, 700 K, large MAEs of 4.89, $\ensuremath{-}17.88$, 21.31 meV/Ln atom, respectively. Based on the electronic structure analyses, we propose that the $4f$ electron hopping between the occupied and unoccupied states around the Fermi level contributes to the large MAE, significant intratomic Ln-$sd$ orbital hybridization with N-$2p$ orbital hybridization gives rise to structural stability, and the coexistence of superexchange and RKKY interactions determines the long-term ferromagnetic coupling between Ln atoms. The present study demonstrates that Ln@$\mathrm{gh}\text{\ensuremath{-}}{\mathrm{C}}_{3}{\mathrm{N}}_{4}$ sheets have significant promise for applications in spintronics such as high density memory devices or for magnetic random access memory.


We report an experimental observation of a blue shift in the n=1 heavy‐hole exciton line of In0.53Ga0.47As/InP multiple quantum wells resulting from a picosecond photoexcitation in the transparent spectral region. The temporal response of this shift follows the excitation and it is attributed to the optical Stark effect. The shift was measured to be 0.19 meV for an incident light with a photon energy 20 meV below the exciton peak and with a 10‐MW/cm2 intensity.


The creation of a new generation of gas turbine equipment should be provided as one of the most important issues is the provision of high reliability and tightness of sealing gap between stator and rotor. In gas-dynamic installations this is considered to be one of the promising ways to increase their efficiency by reducing losses in the gas path. The presence of a gas leak from areas of high pressure to an area of low pressure is extremely undesirable, reducing the efficiency of the turbine and leading to increase of fuel consumption. To reduce the flow of gas between the body of the gas-dynamic installations and end surfaces of the blades of the turbine radial clearance should be minimal. The experience of recent decades has shown the feasibility of using seals brush type. Almost all promising developments gas turbines for sealing joints are used brush seals. This article presents the results of laboratory research of a new, composite brush seal for gas turbine unit blades. Proposed sealing strips is performed by the method of electrochemical etching directly on the end of the pen blades. This option is the location of the brush seals allowed to extend its functionality and use the brush seals in contact with prerelativity seal. Contact elements brush seal, is pressed their ends to the internal surface of the stator, provide high quality sealing gap. The bristles seals are made integral with the pen blades are strictly regular distribution on the surface of the end face, which remain in operation. Manufacturing technology brush seals on the end of the blades provides for the possibility of using the actual brush seals or brush seals with filler. The last option allows you to combine the positive effects prerelativity and brush seals. The study of tribotechnical characteristics of the seals has shown that the suggested seals have higher operating characteristics compared with the conventional seals. The brush seal was developed and studied at LLC "Turbinepowered" together with the Ufa state aviation technical University.


The electrolysis of secondary β-amino alcohols in the presence of carbon disulfide using an electrogenerated base (EGB) to promote the reaction of the synthesis of thiazolidine-2-thione is reported. The EGB was prepared by probase-free electrolysis of acetonitrile under galvanostatic conditions using a sacrificial magnesium anode. The reaction produces the corresponding heterocyclic thiazolidine-2-thiones in satisfactory yields. The compounds thus obtained were fully characterized by IR, 1H, 13C NMR spectroscopy, HRMS and elementary analysis. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT


The purpose of this research is to analyze the effect of leverage, liquidity, firm size,and firm age oncompanies financial performance in property and real estate companies listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2015 – 2017. The sampling method used purposive sampling with total sample 105 data which was financial statement from www.idx.co.id. The collected data were analyzed by using Eviews 10. The research result that independent variables describe the dependent variable up to 72.54% , while 27.46% is described by other factors. Independent variable leverage, firm size, and firm age do not have a significant effect on firm value, while the liquidity have a significant effect on companies financial performance.


The phase dependence of light reflected from colloidal photonic crystals is measured using a large resonant cavity and self-assembled colloidal photonic crystals. We measure the expected phase shift upon reflection from the photonic crystal, which varies from 0to180deg across the photonic crystal stop band. These measurements are then fed directly into the design of photonic crystal cavities. We obtain a measure for the precision needed in the fabrication of photonic crystal resonant cavities.


Tiefa,Fushun and Shennan mining areas are around Shenyang city, These mining areas store up coal seam gas that have high percentage of gas, and vast reserve and high reliability, it can be cosmically opened out. These mines take out and give out gas and use gas early . We obtained some experiences by drilling well from ground test.Opening up coal seam gas by adopting the way that the take out and give out the gas and the way for drilling wells from ground .It can acquire better economic benefit. Shenyang city have vast demand for gas.


The present research tries to focus on one of the many environmental impacts that is currently experienced: Sound pollution, and is limited to evaluate the most important commercial areas of the city of Trujillo, in turn analyze the noise caused by the density of Vehicular flow, as the main polluting activity generated by man. These results were compared with the Peruvian Standards in force in this case with the Environmental Noise Quality Standards approved by D.S.085-2003-PCM. To carry out this study, and to carry out the appropriate procedures, the National Environmental Noise Monitoring Protocol was taken as a guide. Six commercial areas to be evaluated were selected: Real Plaza, Mall Plaza, and The Viceroy shopping center, Central Market, Zonal Market Palermo and Association of Small Industrialists and Artisans of Trujillo. The monitoring was carried out on several days of the week (Thursday to Sunday) and within what corresponds to the daytime set in the Regulation for noise mentioned above (07:01 – 22:00 hours). In each area to be evaluated the stations were mounted and measured for a period of 15 minutes for each point. Finally, the results obtained were compared with the Standards mentioned above, which should not exceed 70 dB. It was possible to conclude that more than 50% of the results of all the evaluated zones, surpasses the ECAs for noise, being the Zone Market Palermo one of the zones most affected due to the absence of environmental conscience of the conductors


Sonny G. Sundaresan Copeland Corporation Sidney, Ohio, U.S.A. HCFC 22 currently used in Air-Conditioning and Heat Pump applications, is being replaced by R407C and R410A, both HFC 32 based blends. Scroll compressors are being developed to meet the improved efficiency and other system performance requirements in Air-Conditioning and Heat Pump products in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Lubricant selection and optimization for compressor and system performance with new HFC refrigerant blends are still ongoing. Compressor hardware design improvements are being made to meet the higher pressure and different Refrigerant-Lubricant interaction aspects with R410A. Different schools of thoughts are offered by lubricant manufacturers to meet contaminant control aspects faced by HFC users in hermetically sealed systems. This paper discusses the status of three leading candidate lubricant with R41 OA in scroll compressors namely, Mixed Acid POE (MAPOE), Fully Branched Acid POE (FBAPOE) and Polyvinyl Ethers (PVE).


The biochemical investigation has proved the high amylase activity in the zymogen granules of the pancreatic acinar cells. Since these results are based on the measurement of the enzymatic activity in each fraction of the cellular component separated by the ultra-centrifugation, amylase activity was also encountered even in the supernatant as well as in the nuclear fraction (H o k i n, 1955). This may not be the direct proof of the presence of amylase in the free cell sap, but may possibly be due to the release of the enzyme from the cell organelles during the course of the preparation of the cell fractions. While, the morphological evidence demonstrated by the fluorescent antibody method (Y a s u d a and Coon s, 1966) showed the presence of the specific immunofluorescence not only in the zymogen granules but also in the juxta-nuclear cytoplasm. The present study was confined to investigate the localization of amylase in the electron microscopic level, specifically around the Golgi area, by using ferritin-tagged antibody method.


In a period-timestamped, relational temporal database, each tuple is timestamped with a period. The timestamp records when the tuple is "alive" in some temporal dimension. Sequenced semantics is a special semantics for evaluating a query in a temporal database. The semantics stipulates that the query must, in effect, be evaluated simultaneously in each time instant using the tuples alive at that instant. Previous research has proposed changes to the query evaluation engine to support sequenced semantics. In this paper we show how to achieve sequenced semantics without modifying a query evaluation engine. Our technique has two pillars. First we use log-segmented timestamps to record a tuple's lifetime. A log-segmented timestamp divides the time-line into segments of known length. Any temporal period can be represented by a small number of such segments. Second, by taking advantage of the properties of log-segmented timestamps, we translate a sequenced relational algebra query to a non-temporal relational algebra query, using the operations already present in an unmodified, non-temporal query evaluation engine. The primary contribution of this paper is how to implement sequenced semantics using log-segmented timestamped tuples in a generic DBMS, which, to the best of our knowledge, has not been previously shown. 2012 ACM Subject Classification Information systems → Temporal data; Information systems → Relational database query languages


Abstract This article proposes a novel theoretical framework to account for the combined effects of regime type and patterns of executive authority on legislative party unity. We argue that broad presidential legislative powers favour coordination between the president and legislative parties under pure presidentialism, whereas under semi-presidentialism, strong presidents increase the potential for intra-executive conflict, submitting parties to cross-cutting pressures. We expect higher levels of legislative authority to increase party unity under presidentialism but decrease under semi-presidentialism. Moreover, when presidents are endowed with limited legislative authority, semi-presidentialism produces higher levels of party unity than presidentialism, but for sufficiently high levels of legislative authority there should be no difference across regime types. Our analyses of 1,586 pooled observations for 72 democracies from all regions of the world using the V-Dem measure of party cohesion demonstrate that presidential legislative authority, in combination with regime type, is indeed a key predictor of party unity.


This paper examines the existence and stability of a long‐run equilibrium rate of unemployment in a Post‐Keynesian growth model and contrasts it with the NAIRU model. In the latter the equilibrium rate of unemployment determines unanticipated inflation in the short run and actual unemployment and output in the long run. The real balance effect plays the pivotal role in the transition from the short run to the long run. For the Keynesian model we take the Marglin–Bhaduri (1990) model as our starting point and complement it by Okun's Law for the labor market and a wage curve type of relation for distribution. The distinction between wage‐led and profit‐led growth regimes in the Marglin–Bhaduri model turns out to be crucial for the long‐run equilibrium rate of unemployment. In the profit‐led regime, there is a stable equilibrium rate of unemployment that, NAIRU‐like, determines growth. In the wage‐led regime, however, the equilibrium rate of unemployment is not stable. The long run is thus but a succession of short‐run equilibria. Therefore the goods market dominates the labor market even in the long run.


In Prevolzhsky Federal District winter rye is widespread food crop. The most important reserve of increase and stability of winter rye productivity is a use of new more productive stress tolerant cultivars, which possess better traits and make its growing profitable. Winter rye varieties which consist of great number of heterozygous components, show more stability in productivity and adapt to changing environment better. The article presented a method of breeding of adaptive and highly productive winter rye varieties, based on a combination of inter variety hybridization, assessment of the families on total combinative ability, continuous individual-family or recurrent selection by the method of halves. The use of poly crossing of specially chosen forms gave us an opportunity to increase a share of balanced genotypes with a maximum blend of economic-valuable traits in the population. The economic-biological features of the new winter rye variety 'Tantan' were given. The origin of the population is characterized by a wide genetic background, which allowed accumulating many useful traits. The variety is suitable for bakery. 'Tantan' combines high productivity, adaptability, good quality of grain and some other advantageous traits and it's recommended for growing in three regions of RF.


Background:
People from different generations approach learning in varied ways. The medical students of today belong to Generation Z whereas the medical teachers belong to Generation X and the Baby Boomers generation. This can result in inefficient knowledge sharing. This study aims to delve into one aspect of this i.e. to compare the familiarity and use of Web 2.0 technologies in the aforementioned groups.
Method
Instruments from other similar studies were used to develop a paper-based quantitative questionnaire administered to 128 students and 63 teachers at Foundation University Medical College, Rawalpindi. The data was analyzed via SPSS.
Results
A digital divide was found to exist between medical students and teachers. Both the groups were found reasonably well exposed to Web 2.0 technologies. However, the teachers use these tools for educational purposes more often as compared to the students.
Conclusion
Web 2.0 technologies have the potential to revolutionize medical education. However, this potential will only be achieved if there is increased training of both students and teachers in how to use these technologies to enhance teaching and learning.


Interfaces are an important aspect of a wide variety of flows, including natural phenomena such as two-phase interfaces of wave breaking, tsunami generation, and geysirs, or technical applications like fuel preparation and premixed flame propagation. Different approaches exist to track these interfaces. These can be classified in two main categories: a) Lagrangian approaches (Brackbill et al. The level set approach is the method of choice here, since it allows for an easy and straightforward calculation of the geometrical properties of the interfaces, and it handles topology changes of the interface automatically. However, the one drawback of the level set method is that is does not inherently preserve the volume of the fluids on either side of the interface. To overcome this shortcoming, the level set method can be corrected by a secondary interface tracking scheme that preserves the volume of both fluids better, for example the Volume-of-Fluid method (Bourlioux 1995; Sussman & Fatemi 1999; van der Pijl et al. 2005) or the Lagrangian particle method (Enright et al. 2002). However, all these correction methods are local and thus tend to introduce artificial fluctuations in the curvature of the interface. De-localization methods of the above correction methods have yielded improved, but still insufficient results (Coyajee et al. 2004). In Herrmann (2004), an alternative approach in the context of a level set vortex sheet method was introduced: the Refined Level Set Grid (RLSG) method. Since the volume errors associated with the level set method are proportional to the employed grid spacing, the aim of the RLSG method is to solve the level set equation on a separate, refined grid, thereby controlling the volume error. Besides ensuring volume conservation, a key requirement for verification purposes of any numerical simulation involving interfaces is the ability to demonstrate grid convergence of the interface geometry. Especially in cases that involve breakup phenomena like splashing, it must be ensured that the resulting interface geometry is not an artifact of the employed numerical grid (Johnson & Delplanque 2005). To this end, the RLSG method provides a framework that allows for the independent refinement of the interface representing grid, thus enabling grid converged solutions with respect to the interface geometry. One area of application of the RLSG method is the simulation of the primary breakup process of turbulent liquid jets and sheets. In typical LES of technical applications, the injection nozzle hole is resolved by several grid points. Thus …


family of schemes has been devised for organizing the output of an algorithm for predictive data compression of hyperspectral imagery so as to allow efficient parallelization in both the compressor and decompressor. In these schemes, the compressor performs a number of iterations, during each of which a portion of the data is compressed via parallel threads operating on independent portions of the data. The general idea is that for each iteration it is predetermined how much compressed data will be produced from each thread.


We extend a result of McMullen to show that the area of the Fatou set of the sine function in a vertical strip of width 2π is finite. This confirms a conjecture by Milnor.


Objective:To observe the effect of Huang-qi injection and TEC chemo-therapy on sVEGF in treatment of breast cancer.Methods: Total of 59 patients with breast cancer were divided into 2 groups:Group I(TEC chemotherapy group,29),Group II(Huang-qi+TEC chemotherapy group,30).Serum vascular endothelial growth factor(sVEGF)level was detected by sandwich ABC enzyme linked immunosorbant assay before and after treatment.Results: There was no significant difference between GroupⅠ and GroupⅡ(P0.05) before treatment in sVEGF levels.After treatment the sVEGF level was significant lower than pre-treatment in groupⅡ(P=0.046).The level of sVEGF was slightly lower than pretreatment but no statistic difference(P0.05).Furthermore,the level of sVEGF in groupⅡ was significantly lower than that of groupⅠ(P=0.034).The effective rates of leucopenia suppression in Group I was 100%and in Group II was 93.3%.the effective rates of III+IV leucopenia suppression in group I and group II were 62.1%and 36.6%,P0.05,the effective rates of Ⅲ+Ⅳ gastrointestinal reaction in Group I and Group II were 51.7%and 16.7%,P0.05.Conclusion: The sVEGF level in patients with breast cancer was decreased by Huang-qi injection.TEC chemotherapy combined with Huang-qi injection can reduce the adverse reactions of chemotherapy in patients with breast cancer.


Flying Ad-hoc Networks (FANET) allow for an ad-hoc networking among Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), have recently gained popularity in a variety of military and non-militant applications. The existing work used the Glowworm Swarm Optimization (GSO) algorithm to create a self-organization depending on clustering technique for FANET. Owing to UAV increased mobility, network topology might vary over time, providing route discovery and maintenance is one of the most difficult tasks. And also, the network throughput is still more worsened by the network congestion. To solve this problem, the proposed work designed an energy efficient clustering and fuzzy-based path selection for FANET. In this work, initially, the clustering is performed using the UAV distance. For efficient communication and energy consumption, optimal selection of Cluster Head (CH) is performed by using Adaptive Mutation with Teaching-Learning-Based Optimization (AMTLBO) algorithm. To improve the optimal selection of CH nodes, the best fitness values are calculated. The fitness function depends on Link capacity, remaining energy and neighbor UAV distance. Next to that, nodes begin communications as well as transmit their information to their CH. Improved Fuzzy-based Routing (IFR) is introduced for improving the route discovery process. The goal is to find routes that have a high level of flying autonomy, minimal mobility, and a higher Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI). As a result, the energy usage of network is decreased, as well as the cluster's lifespan is extended. Finally, an adaptive and reliable congestion detection mechanism is introduced to transmit the packets with congestion free path. The experimental result shows that the proposed AMTLBO system attains higher performance compared to the existing system in terms of energy usage, throughput, delay, overhead and packet delivery ratio.


According to the relationship between market development and information technical advance,and to new trend about demand for business talent in commercial practice in our country,our university has been doing the reforms to the specialty of Trade Economics(four year's schooling) for many years,which are made by three aspects,create ideas about education and teach way,revise course plan,and reform the textbooks and full educational environment.Now,the ideology system and educational process about that have been renewed, such as innovations to model of training,structure of knowledge and way of teaching,which cause to further creation in commercial educational research and the specialty educational system.These achievements of the reforms have raised training quality,student's creative capability and employment rate.The influence of these reforms has been enlarged in our country because of its meaning to draw on the experience for the talent training in same or relative specialty in other universities.


Providing an imaging apparatus capable of dynamically allocate the dynamic range of an output image according to the subject. The image pickup apparatus comprising: an imaging means (131), an image pickup subject; signal processing section (133), having a long exposure for a relatively long exposure time by the image pickup image combination by the image pickup means pickup member and the short-time exposure image having a relatively short exposure time to produce a combined image having at least a short-time exposure image or the long-exposure image wider dynamic range than a dynamic range; and a control section (137) for compressing the the combined image, and dynamically modify the distribution ratio to a high luminance dynamic range to the low-middle luminance dynamic range and the luminance dynamic range of an output image output from the video signal.


6590 Background: Adjuvant chemotherapy in Non Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) has become a new standard of care. However, referral and utilization patterns for adjuvant chemotherapy outside of clini...


Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Managing Change in Public Service Organizations Part 3: Managing Innovation in Public Service Organizations Part 4: Conclusions


Medical device obtainable by one a. arranging a polymeric surface of a medical device in a radio frequency plasma discharge environment, wherein the polymer surface comprises a partially enclosed interior surface; b. within the radio frequency plasma discharge environment creates a reduced pressure of about 33.33 N / m c. only about 40 to about 100 vol .-% water vapor and about 0 to about 60 vol .-% of oxygen introduced, based on the total volume of the plasma medium in the radio frequency plasma discharge environment; d. exposing the plasma medium a radio frequency field to form a modified polymer surface; e. the so modified polymer surface treated with a spacer component which contains amine groups to form covalent links; and f. contacts the spacer component-treated modified polymeric surface with an anti-thrombogenic, hibrinolytischen or thrombolytic agent with acid functionality and biologically active properties.


In the process of exploring and understanding the influence of crystal structure on the system of compounds with the composition Gd{sub 5}(Si{sub x}Ge{sub 1-x}){sub 4} several new compounds were synthesized with different crystal structures, but similar structural features. In Gd{sub 5}(Si{sub x}Ge{sub 1-x}){sub 4}, the main feature of interest is the magnetocaloric effect (MCE), which allows the material to be useful in magnetic refrigeration applications. The MCE is based on the magnetic interactions of the Gd atoms in the crystal structure, which varies with x (the amount of Si in the compound). The crystal structure of Gd{sub 5}(Si{sub x}Ge{sub 1-x}){sub 4} can be thought of as being formed from two 3{sup 2}434 nets of Gd atoms, with additional Gd atoms in the cubic voids and Si/Ge atoms in the trigonal prismatic voids. Attempts were made to substitute nonmagnetic atoms for magnetic Gd using In, Mg and Al. Gd{sub 2}MgGe{sub 2} and Gd{sub 2}InGe{sub 2} both possess the same 3{sup 2}434 nets of Gd atoms as Gd{sub 5}(Si{sub x}Ge{sub 1-x}){sub 4}, but these nets are connected differently, forming the Mo{sub 2}FeB{sub 2} crystal structure. A search of the literature revealed that compounds with the composition R{sub 2}XM{sub 2} (R=Sc, Y, Ti, more » Zr, Hf, rare earth; X=main group element; M=transition metal, Si, Ge) crystallize in one of four crystal structures: the Mo{sub 2}FeB{sub 2}, Zr{sub 3}Al{sub 2}, Mn{sub 2}AlB{sub 2} and W{sub 2}CoB{sub 2} crystal structures. These crystal structures are described, and the relationships between them are highlighted. Gd{sub 2}AlGe{sub 2} forms an entirely new crystal structure, and the details of its synthesis and characterization are given. Electronic structure calculations are performed to understand the nature of bonding in this compound and how electrons can be accounted for. A series of electronic structure calculations were performed on models with the U{sub 3}Si{sub 2} and Zr{sub 3}Al{sub 2} structures, using Zr and A1 as the building blocks. The starting point for these models was the U{sub 3}Si{sub 2} structure, and models were created to simulate the transition from the idealized U{sub 3}Si{sub 2} structure to the distorted Zr{sub 3}Al{sub 2} structure. Analysis of the band structures of the models has shown that the transition from the U{sub 3}Si{sub 2} structure to the Zr{sub 3}Al{sub 2} structure lifts degeneracies along the {Lambda} {yields} Z direction, indicating a Peierls-type mechanism for the displacement occurring in the positions of the Zr atoms. « less


Teaching caring in nursing is critical to nursing practice. Nineteen RN-BSN students completed the Caring Behaviors Inventory in a pre-testlpost-test research design. The technological competency as caring in nursing theory supported the simulation intervention. The findings of the study revealed nurse caring behaviors increased post-intervention. The caring behavior "attentively listening to the patient" received highest starting and ending means. The caring dimensions of positive connectedness and professional knowledge and skill corresponded to the highest and lowest weighted means. The study provides quantitative support for teaching caring nursing and influencing nurse caring behaviors using simulation technology. Nursing implications are discussed.


ZnO/TiO2 nanohybrid structures have been synthesized by the simple method of the site-specific deposition of titanium oxide on ZnO nanorods. The polarity of the ZnO (0001) surface plays an important role in the formation of the nanohybrid structures. Using high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, we observed that the amorphous TiO2 particles that are connected to ZnO nanorods are transformed to nanocrystals of the anatase and rutile phases, which have a particular relationship with the orientation of ZnO nanorods and good interface structures. This work provides a rational approach to the assembly of complex nanohybrids using the intrinsic properties of ZnO nanocrystals. In addition, the size, aspect ratio, and TiO2 structures can be fully controlled in the fabrication process and subsequent annealing treatments.


The study consisted of determining the effect of E. crassipescompost on the quality of T. cacaonursery plants, knowing the appropriate compost percentages for its addition as sustrateand determining levels of lead (Pb), arsenic(As) and mercury (Hg) in E. crassipesplants, compost and T. cacaoplants. A completely randomized design was used, with 5 treatments, 5 repetitions with 48 plants each, in an experimentation period of 4.5 months.Compost of E. crassipeswas used in percentages of 10%, 20% and 40% mixed with soil in 90%, 80% and 60%. The treatments were identified as: T1(T10: 90), T2(T20: 80), T3(T40: 60), a relative treatment T4(TR, 100% soil and chemical fertilization) and a control treatment T5(TT, 100 % land). Theresults of the ANOVA show that there is a statistically significant difference of the treatments in the quality of T. cacaoplants for the diameter, Dickson's Quality Index (ICD) and total dry weight. The T1, T2, T3and T4were statistically superior to the control treatment T5 (TT). Plant height, slenderness index, and aerial dry weight-root dry weight ratio did not present statistically significant differences. The translocation of Pb to T. cacaoplants was non-existent. The plants of T3(T40: 60), showed chlorotic yellowing and symptoms of diseases in the 45 to 90 days of germination. It is recommended to use percentages of compost of E. crassipesnot greater than 20%, for T. cacaoplants in the nursery.


In this paper we examine a variety of topics dealing with synchronization and orbital circularization in detached close binaries. First, we calculate the unsteady tidally induced currents in a nonsynchronous binary component that has a large density gradient in its interior. Boundary-layer theory is used to confirm the order of magnitude of the spin-down time t sd that was obtained in our previous investigations. It is thus found that the hydrodynamical spin-down is a very efficient mechanism because the time t sd is proportional to the factor (d/R) 4.125 , where d/R is the distance ratio


Surface geophysical surveys provide regional and site-specific subsurface information for hazardous waste investigations. The surveys can be used: (1) during the reconnaissance phase of an investigation, (2) for obtainingdetailed site-specific information, and (3) for monitoring purposes after detailed investigations have been completed. The choice of the geophysical method used in a survey depends on: (1) a knowledge of the geologic and hydrologic conditions and (2) the type of contaminant and its suspected depth. The different methods measure different physical properties which can be interpreted as geologic features or, if the target is man-made, as cultural features. The ambiguity inherent in geophysical methods can be reduced by conducting two or more surveys that measure different physical properties.


In this thesis I will argue that popularized science books should adhere to normative criteria regarding the presentation, interpretation, and understanding of the natural sciences. The increasing popularity of popular science texts (PSTs)—based on sales, critical notice, and scholarly attention—indicates that they can function to interest and partially educate the lay public in scientific principals and practices. I will identify and analyze the narrative, rhetorical features of two popular science texts: Douglas Adams' Last Chance to See and Alan Lightman's Einstein's Dreams. These texts are selected based on a series of normative criteria, criteria constructed for the purpose of enhancing the public understanding of science. Additionally, these criteria are needed to help the lay public develop a proper appreciation of science. A proper appreciation of science, I argue, enables people to make better informed decisions regarding their own personal welfare and also that of the natural world. Finally, a proper appreciation of science, stimulated by PSTs, may help both scientists and the lay public reconceive the possibilities of narrative, public writing, and civic discourse.


It is not necessary here to consider the part played by sea-going craft, for this, as a factor in spreading disease, is practically eliminated. The ancient method of detention for a definite period has been superseded by inspection and exclusion of infected persons and things at the port of departure and repeated inspection, with disinfection if needed, at the port of arrival. Neither is it necessary to speak of the modern methods of inland quarantine, in which inspection with cleansing and disinfection have obviated all serious interruption of traffic. In both the measures used are reasonably efficient for the protection of the public, and at the same time generally satisfactory to carriers. There is, however, a source of danger which so far, has attracted little attention, and no measures have been put in operation to counteract it. This is the disposal of the excretions of travelers on inland waters and


The superiority of Rh as antiferromagnetic (AF) coupler in the magnetic rigid Co/Rh/Co subsystem (AAF) of GMR sensors compared to Cu is experimentally demonstrated. It originates in themore than ten times higher coupling strength (J,,,=-S mJ/m2) of sputtered Co/Rh/Co sand- wiches.OnRh/Cu buffers, therelativeRh-thicknesswindowwithcomplete AF coupling is three times larger than of Cu, thus relieving the deposition tolerances. The stability window of the rotating field in angle detectors in- creases by a factor oftwo for the Rh-AAF's. The angular resolution of 0.2O of Rh-sensors is a factor of four better than for their Cu pendants.


In your article "The pill: Still Hard To Swallow" (Medical World News August 24) you stated that the risk of death from thromboembolic events was 1.5-4/100000 (number increasing with age) with oral contraceptive users .4/100000 with nonusers and 21/100000 with pregnancy. At the risk of overworking these statistics I find that the risk of using other methods of birth control is 3.49/100000 if the method is 85% effective (15% x 21/100000 plus 85% x .4/100000). Similarly I find the death rate is 2.46/100000 for the 90% effective and 1.43/100000 with the 95% effective methods of birth control. It would seem that even without the screening of patients by doctors the pill is still the safest and best means of birth controlW Every time 1 of these medical statistics articles is picked up by the press I must spend time explaining the situation to my patients. Some have stopped the pill and had unwanted pregnancy. Some have switched to intrauterine devices. 1 just recently had a very fine boy whom I suggested should be named (for the device). Her husband is using the IUD for a fishing lure. I have tried other means of birth control without success. I devised 1 whereby a plumbers friend was glued to the womans abdomen but the stick made it hard to find clothes that fit and to do housework. 1 lady advised me that she avoided pregnancy by eating 8 garlic cloves every evening. This also failed. Her husband was sneaking home during the noon hour and later he also began to eat garlic. My last try also failed. I developed an essence of skunk that was inserted in the womans navel once each month. Most of these patients have been lost to follow-up but apparently they were losing too many friends and had some trouble shopping in stores. To me this is another issue where religion or politics clouds a doctors judgment. If some doctor cannot prescribe birth control pills for religious reasons he ethically should tell this to his patient.


Background: Acinetobacter infections have become more difficult to treat owing to the emergence of isolates resistant to all commonly prescribed antimicrobial drugs, particularly pan-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. Aim of Study: to investigate the incidence of pan-drug resistance in a sample of A. baumannii clinical isolates obtained from Al-Ramadi Teaching Hospital Materials and Methods: Twenty-six A. baumannii were isolated from 130 wound and burn patients obtained from operative theatres and burn centre, in Al-Ramadi Teaching Hospital from October 2012 to May, 2011. Identifications were performed by standard microbiological techniques and by means of a commercial identification gallery (API 20E) and further confirmed by (API 20NE). The susceptibility of the isolates to selected major classes of anti-A. Baumannii agents were determined by the standard disk diffusion method as described in the guidelines of the Clinical Laboratory Standard Institute (CLSI). Appropriate tests were performed for detecting carbapenemase and metallo-β-lactamase production. Result: Out of 26 isolates of A. baumannii, 6/26 (23%) were imipenem-resistant pandrug resistant (IR-PDR) A. baumannii, i.e. resistant to all representative drugs of available anti-A. baumannii in Iraq. One out of 26 (4%) was imipenem-resistant multidrug resistant (IR-MDR). All the (7) imipenem-resistant A. baumannii isolates were obtained from the Burn Centre, six were isolated from patients have taken meropenem in their treatment and only one patient who had not taken meropenem but admitted to the centre at the same time with other two patients suffering from Steven-Johnson syndrome have been given meropenem, all showed positive results in the metalloβ-lactamase production screening tests. Conclusion: It is concluded that the presence of carbapenem, multidrug and pandrug resistance is evident in our sample of A. baumannii isolates and may be associated with the use of meropenem and inadequate infection control measures particularly in burn patients.


Graphene, the last representative of sp2 carbon materials, has been an ideal material platform for constructing flexible electronic devices. Exploring a new method to fabricate high-quality graphene films with a more porous structure is a key for flexible electronic devices to achieve higher performance. A flexible solid-state supercapacitor based on a 3-dimentional graphene film electrode is fabricated via filtration and laser irradiation method. The fabricated films with excellent mechanical properties display high electrical conductivity (8.53 Ω) and improved electrochemical performance (185 F g−1). This 3-dimensional film is freestanding, which can thus be used directly as supercapacitor electrodes without external current collectors or binders that are often used in commercial supercapacitors. Moreover, the films maintain excellent electrochemical properties under high stress and thus hold promise for being widely used in various energy storage devices.


Background:BRAF mutation mostly was observed in lung adenocarcinoma, accounting for about 4.9%. It mainly including V600E mutation and other rare mutations, among which non-V600E positive accounted for about 43.3%.Case presentation:We report a case that postoperative recurrence NSCLC with brain metastasis and multiple lymph nodes metastasis, who had been developed hemiplegia. The gene mutation was positive for BRAF non-V600E and a partial response was observed despite brain and multiple lymph nodes lesions after trimetinib monotherapy.Conclusion:Our case shows that trimetinib could potentially be a promising therapeutic agent for chemotherapy-refractory BRAF non-V600E mutant NSCLC patients.


Currently the implementation of spatial plans set out in Regulation No. 6 of 2006 in
the integrated high education area Makassar city is ineffective. In these locations over
a period of years 2005-2013 were influenced by the expansion of commercial space
function. The prospect of space utilization development is feared to cause deviations
implementation of the spatial plan. Therefore, it is important to assess the tendency of
space utilization of commercial functions which is significant in the integrated high
education area. The objectives of this research were to


During 1970, while a student at Sydney University in Australia and a member of the Optronic Kinetics Group there, I constructed my 'Kinetic Kaleidoscope' (cf. Fig. 1) [1]. The on-off or flashing lights in the array making up the picture are operated by an electronic circuit called a shift register. I will describe this circuit before giving details of the construction of the picture and my reflections on the application of modern technology to art. The shift register circuit can be made easily by one who has some experience with digital switching electronics [2]. Basically, it consists of a circuit made up of any number of identical devices, called 'JK' flip-flops, connected in series as shown in the diagram in Fig. 2. A view of the circuit as it appears from the rear of the picture is shown in Fig. 3. The variable voltage output of each flip-flop controls a transistor switch that allows or disallows the current to flow through a 12 V, 2 W light bulb. The transistor conducts when the voltage output at its base is a predetermined value. The properties of an individual flip-flop are the following: It has two voltage outputs, indicated by Q and Q in Fig. 2, each of which can have either a high or a low voltage level. The two outputs are always complementary, that is, when Q is low then Q is high and vice versa. For a change in output to occur, a trigger or initiating pulse, generated by a clock circuit, must be applied. The type of change in output is also determined by the input voltage levels on terminals J and K of each flip-flop. Each of the terminals Q and Q are connected to the input terminals J and K of the adjacent flip-flop, as indicated in Fig. 2. If the input levels at J and K are changed and a trigger pulse is applied after each change, the following corresponding changes in output occur: When J is high and K is low, Q becomes or remains high; when J is low and K is high, Q becomes or remains low; when both J and K are high, Q remains unchanged after triggering and, finally, when both J and K are low, Q becomes the opposite of what it was before triggering.


This paper studies the effect of the direct incorporation of ZrO2 in TiO2 and TiO2–CeO2 aerogel supports prepared by sol–gel route on the physico–chemical and catalytic properties of supported vanadia catalysts in the total oxidation of chlorobenzene. The obtained catalysts have been characterized by means of ICP-AES, N2 adsorption–desorption at 77 K, XRD, XPS, H2-TPR and NH3-TPD. The results revealed that Zr-doped V2O5 based catalyst is beneficial for the improvement of catalytic properties in chlorobenzene total oxidation. In particular, in the absence of cerium groups, this beneficial effect is correlated with the better acidic properties or/and the stabilization of the V2O5 active phase in a higher oxidation state. However, in the case of cerium rich catalyst, this positive effect is much stronger thanks to the enhanced redox properties of V2O5/TiO2–CeO2–ZrO2.


Clouds have a huge impact on the energy balance, climate and weather of the earth. Cloud types have different cloud radiation effects, which is an important indicator of cloud radiation effects. Therefore, determining the type of cloud is of great significance in meteorology. In this paper, the Convolutional neural network with Squeeze & Excitation Networks (SENet) are mainly used to solve this probelm. CNN can automatically learn the filters that need to be manually set before, and can learn complex edge, spatial and texture information in the image which are difficult for traditional methods to learn and extract. Moerover, a website and a deep learning framework are established to showcase the results of this article and to further develop our models and methods through open source methods.


Dry seeds of Longtepu B line were treated with γ-ray of ~(60)Co at the dosage of 0.35 kGy, waxy mutants of Longtepu B were obtained from M_2 population, and Longtepu wxA CMS line was developed through Longtepu A crossed and backcrossed with Longtepu wxB. All good comprehensive characteristics and compatibility of Longtepu A were maintained by Longtepu wxA. It was highly evaluated by Fujian Science and Technology Committee in August 2000. With it as parent, the waxy hybrid variety Teyou 63 Nuo was developed. Compared with original Teyou 63, it had the same growth duration, similar characteristics and yield potential.


The author has explored the dynamic encounters which happen in Spiritual Direction, as a place of Mystery. In the narratives, autoethnography helped explore the encounters between the director and the directee, within themselves and the presence of the Divine. Research literature was engaged in order to enlighten and challenge these data and thus help clarify the author's conclusions.


A theoretical study on structural, electronic and magnetic properties of 3d transition metal mononitrides TMNs (TM= Fe, Co, Ni), which crystallize in NaCl(Bl) structure, has been performed using DFT based VASP code at ambient as well as at high pressure. Both non-spin and spin polarized calculations have been performed to check the magnetic stability. We observe that these nitrides are stable in the Bl (ferromagnetic) structure at ambient pressure. The calculated ground state properties such as lattice constants and bulk modulus are compared with the available results.


Summary.

The formation of haemiglobin azide by adding NaN3 to haemolyzed blood has been studied under varying conditions.

The rate of formation is approximately linear until about half of the haemoglobin has been transformed, after which it decreases exponentially.

The rate at which haemiglobin azide is formed depends on the O2 tension as well as on the concentration of reduced haemoglobin as is the case with the auto-oxidization of haemoglobin in an acid reaction. CO can not replace O2 in the formation of Hb+Az.

The formation of haemiglobin azide increases linearly with the CO2 tension. It also increases with a change of pH in an acid direction. It increases with the temperature, and there is a linear relation between the logarithm for the rate of formation and the logarithm for absolute temperature.

Haemiglobin azide formation is accelerated in the presence of ascorbic acid.

There is a direct linear correlation between the rate of haemiglobin azide formation and the dissociation of 0, haemoglobin at a given pO2 and varying pH and temperature.

In order to give an explanation for the formation of haernigl,. bin azide it is presumed that H2O2 is formed in connection With the O2 binding to haemoglobin.

It would seem that these observations can explain the in vivo decomposition of the haemoglobin molecule as well as the formation of CO in connection therewith.

The investigation has been supported by a grant from the Therese and Johan Andersson Memorial Foundation.


Complement activation is involved in the ischemia‐reperfusion injury of various organs, but the mechanisms leading to activation of the complement system are incompletely understood. In this study we show that EA. hy 926 human endothelial cells cultured under anoxic conditions (24 or 48 h) become activators of the homologous complement system. Flow cytometric analysis indicated that C1q, C3c, C3d, C4, C5, C9 components of complement are deposited on anoxic but not on normoxic cells after incubation with normal human serum. Cell membrane‐associated regulators of complement, membrane cofactor protein (CD46), decay‐accelerating factor (CD55) and protectin (CD59) were expressed on EA. hy 926 cells grown under normal oxygen tension. Under anoxic conditions the expression of protectin was clearly decreased, whereas the expression of CD46 and CD55 diminished only slightly. Our results suggest that anoxia can convert human endothelial cells to activators of the complement system. The diminished expression of protectin, CD46 and CD55 can sensitize the cells to complement‐mediated damage. Activation of the complement system due to the anoxic injury of human endothelial cells might be an important triggering mechanism in the pathogenesis of ischemia‐reperfusion injury of human heart.


A fractal and multifractal study on a sample of superficial interplate and intraplate earthquakes in the central zone of Chile is presented. Epicenter and hypocenter data are considered. We find that the fractal dimension and the multifractal spectrum exhibit dependence on location, which suggests that these measures of complexity are able to distinguish interplate and intraplate seismicity.