Progress in Development Studies 10, 4 (2010) pp. 363–86 Instead, both SOEs and private enterprises experience an improvement relative to their previous performance because of greater competition. Vladimir Popov's chapter, 'Shock therapy versus gradualism reconsidered', brings together many of these themes. The reason for the dramatic decline in the standard of living in Eastern Europe post-1989 was that 'reason' itself was not an integral component of the reform package. Instead, reformers overlooked the importance of strong institutions and macro-eonomic stability in favour of fast reforms that would radically change the economic playing fi eld. Further, Popov draws the important connection with Sen's emphasis of democratic decision-making by arguing that one of the main reasons for the absence of a strong institutional foundation for economic change was the reliance of reformers themselves on illiberal democratic structures to implement reforms. The consistent theme running through all the chapters is the need for thorough analysis that questions basic economic assumptions in determining which kinds of reforms will work. Economic reform in developing countries raises signifi cant questions about economic orthodoxies of development. It is an important contribution to development studies in that it provides an example both in its range of subject matter and the rigor of its analysis of the way in which the all-important 'reason' can be brought back to policy making. For this reviewer, the book has two areas that are not greatly explored. The book does not explore suffi ciently the question of political economy – how is it that the approach to economic reforms it suggests can be implemented in developing countries, many of which also suffer from varying degrees of political instability or institutional weakness. Secondly, the book does not examine economic reform in the context of environmental sustainability – something that would be a logical extension of the idea of 'reach', since environmental change disproportionately affects the poorest in developing countries and increasingly undercuts economic performance.


We report on the construction of D = 6 N = 2 supergravity based on the F(4) exceptional supergroup, coupled to an arbitrary number of vector multiplets. The main results are the construction of the scalar potential, both in the massless and the massive case, and the explicit correspondence between the supermultiplets and the conformal field theory operators at the boundary of the six-dimensional AdS space.


Strength properties of reservoir rocks play an important role in oil drilling and production. Meanwhile, uniaxial compressive strength is a decisive parameter in the gas and oil drilling. Considering that the uniaxial compressive strength is affected by many parameters, such as fracture and porosity, it can indicate the mechanical properties of the rock. Hence, uniaxial compressive strength is effective in selecting the bit, the ability to drill, wellbore stability analysis, sand production, and determining the in-situ stress field. There are several ways to estimate these parameters, one of which is the use of petrophysical information. Since uniaxial compressive strength estimation is affected by many different parameters, it is always faced with uncertainty. On the other hand, geostatistics can help a lot to analyze and process the data. In this article, the uniaxial compressive strength data in one of the oil fields of southwestern Iran has been examined and processed by using geostatistical methods. Thus, the spatial structure of the uniaxial compressive strength was determined by the best variogram model. Then by using the Kriging interpolation method, uniaxial compressive strength is estimated along the wall of the well with the lowest error.


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Erasable ion implanted optical couplers are described. In one example a method includes implanting ions into a substrate to form a grating in a waveguide of an optical device coupling optical signals into and out of the waveguide and through the grating, and annealing the substrate to remove the grating after coupling optical signals through the waveguide.


Such measurements have been made before in the same ocean regions, and depth distributions of N2O, NOx , as well as nitrate δ15N have been described and attributed to specific N cycle transformations (e.g., Codispoti et al. Sci. Mar. 2001; Casciotti and McIlvin, Mar. Chem. 2007). This paper does not really provide new insights with regard to the N biogeochemistry of the two OMZs, and I do not really see the added value in


Often considered as the last 'encyclopedist', Henri Poincaré died one hundred years ago. If he was a prominent man in 1900 French Society, his heritage is not so clearly recognised, particularly in France. Among his too often misunderstood works is his contribution to the theory of relativity, mainly because it is almost never presented within Poincaré's general approach to science, including his philosophical writings. Our aim is therefore to provide an historical account of the main steps (experimental as well as theoretical) which led Poincaré to contribute to the theory of relativity. Starting from the optical experiments which led to the inconsistency of the classical (Galilean) composition law for velocities to explain light propagation, we introduce the FitzGerald and Lorentz contraction which was viewed as the 'sole hypothesis' to explain the Michelson and Morley experiment. We then show that Poincaré's contribution starts with a discussion of the principles governing the mechanics and was built step by step up to express in all its generality the principle of relativity. Poincaré thus showed the invariance of the Maxwell equations under the Lorentz transformation. In doing so, he also discovered the right composition law for velocities. Poincaré's approach to philosophy is detailed to help the reader to understand what a theory meant to him.


More than 200,000 people in the world currently need life-saving organ transplants. Transplantation medicine is the one field of medicine that requires a third party, which is why so much effort is put into ensuring that transplanted organs survive as long as possible. The history of organ transplantation is the story of a battle with immunity, and pharmacological agents have done much to help physicians and patients gain the upper hand in this struggle. This paper provides an overview of the contributions pharmacological agents have made in the history of organ transplantation, with a focus on the field's early history


The invention discloses a microorganism fodder production method based on pleurotus eryngii mushroom cultivating residues and belongs to the technical field of fodder production. The microorganism fodder production method comprises the following steps of: firstly, preparing a first-stage fermentation culture medium based on the pleurotus eryngii mushroom cultivating residues; then inoculating saccharomycetes and bacillus in the first-stage fermentation culture medium to carry out first-stage aerobic fermentation; then, adding soya bean meals and rapeseed meals to prepare a second-stage fermentation culture medium; and finally, inoculating lactobacillus and bifidobacterium into the second-stage fermentation culture medium and uniformly mixing; and carrying out anaerobic fermentation to obtain a finished product. When the fodder is used for feeding animals, the fodder conversion rate is low, the investment is less and the output is high; and meanwhile, wastes in the production of pleurotus eryngii are effectively utilized. According to the microorganism fodder obtained by the invention, raw materials do not need to be sterilized and products do not need to be subjected to drying treatment; the obtained biological fodder is enriched with active probiotic bacteria, functional enzymes and auxiliary factors, and the probiotic bacteria and the functional enzymes are remained; and the fodder is low in price and excellent in performance and the adding amount can reach 5-40% in a feeding process; and therefore, economic benefits and social meanings are good.


The need of high density and quality wave "information" and forecasting is continuously increasing for numerous different applications. Sea and shipping safety is of paramount importance since it is affecting a serious number of passengers as well as commercial transportation. In addition, shipping safety is inextricably linked with marine pollution which is an indirect threat to the health, safety and quality of life of world citizens, and thus its minimization is of utmost importance. In this context, the use of satellite wave data measurements is of great importance, especially in areas where other sources of information (buoy platforms, ship meteorological stations, etc.) are rare. At the framework of the EU-funded project ENVIWAVE, a new data assimilation package has been developed in order to utilize the ENVISAT (altimeter and scatterometer) real time data. The system is in operational use focusing in two different wave climate regions: Mediterranean Sea, which is a wind-dominated area, and the swell dominated Indian Ocean. Different assimilation methods have been employed and validated for global and regional scale, in order to study the benefits coming from such a procedure in operational wave forecasting. The need of reliable wave forecasting is nowadays supported by numerical wave models which provide regional or global forecasts. Their results are strongly depended on the initial atmospheric and wave conditions and the quality of the used atmospheric input. However, shortcomings that have been noticed, like systematic underestimations - especially of the extreme conditions, refraction and shading corner effects, have not been resolved in an adequate way yet. The wave analysis may be significantly improved by using assimilation techniques. These methods contribute to the improvement of short and long-term specification of wave conditions in both offshore and coastal waters. The input data in such procedures are obtained by either buoy platforms or satellite observations. The latter may provide either altimeter data, which significantly helped numerical wave forecasting, or scatterometer measurements, which are the most recent tool used by assimilation methods for wave forecasting. This work is an attempt to study the influence and benefits by the use of both sources of satellite data as assimilation input in wave modeling.


The Ising-physical unclonable function (PUF) is a recent PUF structure formed of a network of APUFs inspired by the Ising model. A large challenge–response pair (CRP) space with high resilience against machine learning modeling attacks can be attained due to the unique arrangement. These advantages, however, are achieved at the cost of a large area overhead. In this article, a reconfigurable Ising-PUF is introduced with several new design knobs to generate a much larger CRP space within a smaller area. A 25% increase in the number of challenge bits can be achieved for a design that occupies 30% of the conventional Ising-PUF area. With the proposed lightweight area-efficient design, up to 5.6 times lower area per CRP can be achieved compared to the existing design. Several improvements are proposed that leverage the large design space, enabling dynamic tradeoffs between the area and CRP pool with the proposed flexible customization of Ising-PUFs. A detailed analysis of this improved design space is explored for different parameters. The state-of-the-art machine learning modeling attacks are investigated, and the Ising-PUF structure is shown to be resilient.


The main cause that the philosophy of life,Bergs ons philosophy of life in particular,appeared and spread widely in 20th century,was that people th en were not satisfied with the viewpoints of mechanical determinism in explainin g the intense and turbulent life.In the future just round the corner,all the phy siological structures including human lives will in principle be made possible b y means of the cloning technique.About this important achievement and breakthrou gh in science and technology,it is now too early to make any proper judgement,i .e.in terms of whether it is good or bad,although there have arisen extensively p anic and vehement disputes about it.But in the coming age of cloning technique,w hile we are going on in the direction of philosophy of life that praises creativ eness and richness of the human spirit,it is maybe necessary to discuss the mean ing of life,the value of being a man and mans independence,sublimity,etc..This paper is mainly concerned with this aspect. [


Photosensitizer chemically amplified resist material of the present invention, a two-stage being used for exposure lithography process, and includes (1) a base component and a developable, (2) a component which generates an acid by exposure and photosensitizers. The components, (a) acid-to photosensitizers generating agent, (b) light sensitizer precursor, and (c) 3 of components of, (a) component only contain or, any two components of the photo-acid generator contains all contain, or (a) ~ (c) component.


Objective:Rockwood Ⅲ type hook plate for treatment of dislocation of acromioclavicular joint short-term effect.Methods:From September 2005 to November 2009,Rockwood Ⅲ acromioclavicular joint dislocation type 34 patients,All patients underwent open reduction and internal fixation hook.Evaluation of efficacy of the standard according to Karlsson after shoulder function.Results:3 months after removal of hook plate and postoperative patients were followed up.karlsson efficacy evaluation:excellent in 19 cases,good in 10 cases,the fine rate was 85.3%.Conclusion:Clavicular hook plate fixation Rockwood Ⅲ acromioclavicular joint dislocation type are anatomical reduction,follow-up after removal of hook plate,the recent results were satisfactory.


Industry Revolution 4.0 have revolutionized every industry worldwide where
manufacturing technology became more automated and efficient, and the food industry is
no different from other industries such as textile, machinery, electronics, and chemical. In
the food industry, technology is very important in order to compete with the high demands
for food production. In recent years technology such as genetically modified organisms
(GMO), precision agriculture, unmanned vehicle systems (drones) for agriculture, and the
internet of things have been developed to improve efficiency in manufacturing food.
However, one technology that has the capability to disrupt the food industry is additive
manufacturing or better known as 3D printing technology. The technology has become a
new manufacturing technology for the food industry that provides freedom of customizing
food in terms of structural, ingredients as well as automated cooking for a plethora of
applications that suits the customer needs. Technology creates a new platform in
gastronomy by changing the perspective on making food. This paper focused on the
technological aspect of additive manufacturing technology in terms of the suitable
printer's use, the variety of materials that are used as well as potential materials, the key
challenges faced by additive manufacturing with regard to production, and the future
opportunities that can be discovered. Although additive manufacturing for food is
relatively new compared to other additive manufacturing applications, the potential of
such technology is huge and can be explored


Summary To sum up, the Shwartzman phenomenon of local tissue reactivity was successfully produced in the heart and blood vessels by the use of "agar washings" filtrates of meningococcus. The hemorrhagic and necrotizing feature of the reaction together with altered vascular response at the sites of preparation were consistent findings.


Field experiment was conducted to investigate root distribution of Zizyphus mauritiana under different soil moisture.The amount of root with different diameter,root water holding content,and root density were investigated and analyzed.The results showed that the root system of Zizyphus mauritiana mostly distributed in 0~60 cm depth of soil.Root amount increased as soil moisture reducing.However,water holding content of roots increased as soil moisture increasing.Moreover,root system presents the state: the more the soil water content the less the root amount.Therefore,A soil moisture level(soil water content is 40%~55% of field moisture capacity) is the best one for growth of Zizyphus mauritiana by cortrolling soil moisture to improve its growth and yield.


Sir,

The interesting study by Borah et al1 has inspired me to throw light on paediatric hypertension (HT) in Iraq and compare it with that reported in India.

First, Borah et al1 did well in addressing four study limitations. I presume that there is another important methodological limitation. Borah et al1 mentioned that the overweight and obesity were assessed by body mass index (BMI) percentiles for age based on Centers for Disease Control (CDC) 2000 dataset for both genders. It is noteworthy that obesity prevalence in a given population can be determined using four different diagnostic criteria namely, International Obesity Task Force reference, CDC2000 dataset, World Health Organization reference 2007, and national reference2. Applying different BMI references could result in marked differences in obesity prevalence. To my knowledge, no Indian sex- specific BMI-for-age references are yet constructed to be employed. On the other hand, I presume that the studied Indian population is polygenetic. This is important to be considered as significant differences in BMI among different ethnic groups exist2. If so, this methodological limitation might cast suspicions on the reported HT prevalence, blood pressure (BP) distribution, and HT correlates in this study1.

Second, HT prevalence and the pattern of distribution of systolic BP (SBP) and diastolic BP (DBP) in both genders are quite different1 compared to that reported in Iraq3. Borah et al reported that girl children had significantly higher mean SBP (104.2 ± 12.0 vs. 103.2 ± 11.6 mmHg, P<0.001) than boys. With increase of age, there was a gradual rise in both SBP and DBP in boys and girls1. In Iraq, there were no significant differences noted with respect to SBP and DBP among boys and girls except at the age range of 10-12 yr, where girls manifested higher SBP (P<0.01) and DBP (P<0.05) than boys3. The reported HT prevalence (7.6%) in Borah et al study1 is higher than 1.7 per cent reported in Iraq3. This difference might be attributed to the variations in study design, definition of HT, methods of BP recording, observer effect, age range, sample size, ethnicity, and socio-economic class4 as well as the preponderance of obesity among Iraqi children (7.3%)3 compared to the low obesity prevalence reported by Borah et al (2.9%)1.

Third, I agree with Borah et al1 that strengthening of school health programme is fundamental to prevent future epidemic and complications of HT. Actually, implementing a school-based intervention to teach children on the healthy heart has shown improvement in their knowledge, increasing their awareness on healthy lifestyles, and has the potential to reduce the risk of atherosclerosis in both the individual child and the population at large5. In Iraq, a school-based heart health curriculum has been launched and the results of evaluating its impact on awareness and HT prevalence are to be shortly addressed.


One emulsion past printing is to compound shade with two different colourants.In order to solve the dyeing technique problem of PET filament fabric such as purely use coating to print the feel is rough,the coating/disperse dyes one emulsion past printing method is used.Not only the rough handle property gets to softening but also the cost is reduced by this means.


I read with interest the article by Fok and Tsang (2005) and commend their study attempts to develop and test their Beliefs and Attitudes of Substance Abuse Inventory (BASAI) tool for gauging and measuring adolescent perspectives on drug-abuse. Recently, I had an article published that looks to place in context the risk-taking behaviour (including illicit drug use) of many adolescents as part of a normalising 'health journey' into adulthood (Whitehead 2005). It is against this context that I wish to make further comments that, in the absence of finer detail in Fok and Tsang's article, may either complement or challenge its intention. Fok and Tsang (2005) state in their opening background that the need for their BASAI tool is set against the context of 'drug-abuse', 'anti-drug campaigns' and 'the immediate concern of child and adolescent health professionals'. I agree with their premise that it is essential to develop effective, valid and reliable instruments to measure these issues as they relate to adolescents and to, subsequently, develop more targeted interventions – but, I also have concerns as to exactly what this means in their article and to what extent the language used is contextually appropriate. For instance, I believe that Fok and Tsang set a potentially bias precedence by referring consistently to 'drug-abuse'. It is unknown if they mean 'drug-abuse' to represent all illicit drug-taking practices (against say a criminal context) or, by abuse in terms of extent and effects of such practices (say for heavy users with adverse sideeffects). If it is the former then this has the potential to reinforce negative and unhelpful stereotypes and unearth limiting culturally based factors. Not all societies view drug-taking (especially recreational use) or alleged health effects in the same context – especially if we consider the paradox of 'socially acceptable' drug-abuse, i.e. tobacco and alcohol consumption. If it is the latter context, then we should acknowledge that the drivers and motivators that underpin extreme risk-laden health 'abuse' make it unlikely that preventative programmes will either appeal to or work on those affected. My main argument here, however, is that we must guard against the development of tools that may potentially penalize, criminalize or stereotype adolescent health-related experiences – in an attempt to prevent or deny potentially valid experiences. Judgemental, stereotypical and hierarchical approaches to health-damaging behaviour, that advocate punishment as opposed to remediation, are known to have a negative and disempowering impact (Scriven & Stiddard 2003, Evans-Whipp et al. 2004). There is a need here to establish further the context against the adolescent 'health journey' that I spoke of earlier. There is an emerging body of accepted literature that is establishing the dilemmas of health-educating behavioural change – when viewed alongside the confounding parameters of risk, resistance, reactance, rationality and the 'pleasure principle' (see Whitehead & Russell 2004, Whitehead 2005). In measuring adolescent behaviour we ignore these factors at the cost of alienating the clients that we seek to target and help. Health education programmes, involving young people, are laudable but often have a negligible effect if the understanding of health issues is not explored within them (Brannen & Storey 1998, Lowe 2001). For instance, Fox (2002) suggests that risk-laden health-related behaviour often represents an 'experiment in living', where the individual is merely testing what their body is capable of and trying to make sense of what is physically, emotionally and spiritually possible. Similarly, Scriven and Stevenson (1998, p. 91) state that:


Permanent Innovat!on: The Definitive Guide to the Principles, Strategies, and Methods of Successful Innovators; Langdon Morris, Innovation Labs, Walnut Creek, CA; 2006; 268pp., $24.95 from Amazon.com or downloadable at no charge from www.permanentinnovation.com This book describes the principles and practices of innovation in simple and practical terms to help institutionalize innovation processes permanently in an organization. The topic of innovation has been at the forefront of academic researchers, business consulting firms, senior executives, and governments due to the rise of intense competition and the recent shift to a knowledge economy. Langdon Morris is a wellknown author to the research management community and his new book proposes ten principles of innovation for sustaining an organization's ability to grow. The book is well written and easy to read, with many examples of past and current organizational innovation practices. Morris rightly points out the crucial need for innovation in an organization's growth strategy. In Part 1 of the book, he lays down the foundations of innovation by discussing four types of innovation: incremental innovation, product and technology breakthroughs, business model innovations, and new ventures. In Part 2 he brings methodologies to create, collect, analyze, and target ideas for development. Many organizations employ a variety of disorganized processes for collecting ideas internally without context or linking them together. The author's compilation and collection of methodologies for targeting great ideas is highly informative and brings context to search methods, trend gathering, idea hunting, searching for solutions, etc. by bringing in insights and ideation associated with different styles of thinking. These tools alone, when implemented and used properly, can improve an organization's ability to compete globally. The topic of transforming great ideas into business value is relevant and important and the author provides relevant examples and stories for each type of innovation. In Part 3 of the book, Morris argues the need for an innovation culture and discusses the tools needed to build permanent innovation infrastructure. While he brings in the importance of leadership and strategy, I personally would like to have seen many more examples of leadership successes and failures in this area. This is especially important given that establishing an innovation infrastructure and tools is not the role of a single department or a division but the responsibility of the senior leadership of a company. The business literature is rife with different innovation terms and methodologies, and distilling them into concepts that can be implemented across an organization with a simple vocabulary has been missing. …


A massively parallel, all-digital, stochastic architecture - TIn-MANN - is described which performs competitive and Kohonen types of learning at rates as high as 145,000 training examples per second regardless of network size. While composed of very simple neural processing elements, simulations of TInMANN demonstrate its effectiveness on a number of competitive and Kohonen learning problems.


This paper investigated two-phase flow around a surface-piercing circular cylinder by means of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method. An algebraic VOF model is used to capture the interface of the free-surface flow. The turbulence flow is modeled with the two equation SST k-ω model. Forces, free-surface elevation and cylinder surface pressure are presented and analyzed. To further understanding the turbulent structures, the normalized Liutex definition is used to identify and extract the vortical structures in the wake of cylinder.


In the title molecule, C18H18F2N2O3S, the dihedral angle between the benzene rings is 79.40 (11)°. The 2,4-difluorobenzyl and azetidine fragments adopt a trans arrangement relative to the central benzene ring. In the crystal, weak C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds connect molecules into a two-dimensional network parallel to (001).


An analysis of existing (broadly defined) strategic environmental assessments (SEAs) in the spatial/land-use and transport sectors in England, the Netherlands, and Germany concludes that substantial practice exists and that three assessment types can be distinguished, each associated with distinct methodological tasks. By utilising existing terminology, these can be labelled policy-SEA, plan-SEA, and programme-SEA. It appears from current practice that, in order best to meet performance criteria derived from the SEA literature, these three types of SEA should be applied within a tiered system. Although the recently adopted EC SEA Directive includes provisions for the SEA of plans and programmes, the analysis of current assessment practice indicates that consideration should be given to extending the formal requirements to cover the SEA of policies as certain tasks are probably better dealt with in policy-SEA than in plan-SEA or programme-SEA.


Abstract Single crystals of Cs 2 V 4 O 11 were obtained in the hydrothermal CsVO 3 –VO(OH) 2 system and its structural chracterization was performed. Cs 2 V 4 O 11 crystallizes in the C -centered orthorhombic system: Cmm 2 with a =5.571(2) A, b =9.639(2) A, c =5.222(2) A and Z =1. Structure refinements based on 402 reflections converged to R =0.037 and R w =0.044. The structure has V 4 O 11 layers and interlayer Cs atoms. The V 4 O 11 layer exhibits an unusual V–O network structure consisting of VO 4 tetrahedra and VO 5 trigonal bipyramids in a random distribution. The structure is derived from that of a fictive V 4 O 10 layer made up of vertex-sharing VO 4 tetrahedra. That is, one-fourth of the shared vertices in the V 4 O 10 layer are converted into shared edges by adding extra oxygens leading to the V 4 O 11 layer; actually a vertex-sharing VO 4 dimer changes to an edge-sharing VO 5 dimer. Consequently the V atom in a single crystallographic site shows two different V–O coordinations of VO 4 tetrahedra and VO 5 trigonal bipyramids in a one-to-one ratio.


Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) is an infectious disease caused by dengue virus infection or DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3, or DEN-4 which is transmitted through mosquito bites. DHF is an endemic disease in a tropical climate, because the tropical climate is very supportive for the breeding of these mosquitoes. The cases of DHF in Kartasura District in 2016 increased 75% to 116 cases from the previous year, which was 38 cases. This study will make a spatial model based on cases of dengue disease to find out the center of grouping of disease cases and also the factors that influence it. Using the Hot Spot Analysis technique (Getis-Ord Gi *) and the overlay technique (intercropping) among hot spots with population density and settlement density. The objectives of this study were (1) to know the hotspots of dengue fever with 2016. (2) to analyze the effect of population density and settlement density on cases of dengue in Kartasura Subdistrict, Sukoharjo Regency in 2016. The method used was descriptive qualitative method, which explained the results of processing data in the form of a hot spot map. The results showed that (1) Hot spots with a possible level of 99% in Kartasura Village RW 8 and Ngadirejo Village RW 5, while cold spots with a possible level of 99% were in Makamhaji Village RW 20, Ngemplak Village RW 4, and Pucangan Village RW 6. (2) Population density has an influence on dengue cases but the effect is not large, while settlement density has a large influence on dengue cases in Kartasura District in 2016.


55 year old RH female, PMH of hypothyroidism and gastric bypass who presented with complaints of 1–2 weeks of "feeling foggy in the head", dizziness, and unsteady gait. The patient's husband said she had delayed responses. She denied headache, vision change, or hearing loss. Exam was without focal neurologic deficit, NIHSS of 0.Though CTA head and neck were unremarkable, MRI Brain showed multiple scattered small acute or subacute infarcts involving the corpus callosum. This distribution was thought to suggest a central embolic source. The patient was admitted for stroke workup which was unrevealing including: Normal echocardiogram including bubble study. Her symptoms progressed and she was unable to find outpatient follow up. Two weeks later, she presented again but this time with progressive generalized weakness. At the time of her initial discharge, the patient was ambulatory with her walker, however upon re‐admission the patient required a wheelchair. Exam showed flaccid bilateral lower extremities, brisk reflexes, bilateral Hoffman's and Babinski signs.Repeat MRI Brain was concerning for Susac syndrome with new lesions in the corpus callosum. CSF showed pleocytosis with markedly elevated protein (WBC 8, protein 153, glucose 55). Treatment with Solu‐Medrol 1000 mg q12h IV, then IVIG 0.4 kg/mg/day both for 5 days, Rituximab 1000mg for 2 days, then transition to prednisone 80 mg /day and CellCept 1000mg BID. She returned 14 days after with confusion, regression of prior gait improvement, and repeat MRI Brain showed additional new multifocal strokes. She repeated 3 days of 1000mg IV Solu‐Medrol, then was treated with cyclophosphamide due to clinical progression. Fluorescein angiography showed evidence of branch retinal artery occlusions bilaterally. She was placed on a prednisone taper from 80mg/day to 40mg/day over the course of the 2 months, with the plan to continue Cellcept 1000mg BID for 2 years.

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 Susac syndrome is an autoimmune disorder, affecting microvasculature of the brain, retina and cochlea. A triad of symptoms: encephalopathy, branch retinal artery occlusions, and hearing loss is classic, though only 13% have the complete triad at onset. It is often associated with headaches, psychiatric features (paranoia), bilateral cochlear hearing loss, and vertigo. It typically occurs in women 20–40 years of age. Brain MRI WO shows white‐matter disturbance, frequently mistaken for Multiple Sclerosis, however the main difference is that the corpus callosum is always affected with lesions that resemble "snowballs", or "holes". Treatment for Susac syndrome is immunosuppression, with high‐dose corticosteroids, also with IVIG, Mycophenolate mofetil, and Cyclophosphamide.


This article discusses the mechanisms of the influence of microRNAs on carcinogenesis in breast cancer (breast cancer), their potential role as markers for the early detection, prognosis and effectiveness of breast cancer treatment. Epigenetic mechanisms of regulation of miсroRNA expression and their indirect effect on the pathogenesis of the disease are described.


The embodiment of the invention, which relates to the communication field, provides a method for cloud computing virtual machine migration, equipment and a system. There is no need for a network side to carry out virtual private network (VPN) configuration through a management surface; and a flow to the virtual machine can reach to a new data center directly after the migration. The method comprises the following steps that: a first cloud gateway router (CGR) constructs a message of multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) VPN site migration and sends the message to a first provider edge (PE), wherein the message contains a parameter indicating a position of a data center where a second CGR is located; after the first PE receives the message, a second PE connected with the second CGR is found according to the parameter indicating the position of the data center where the second CGR is located and a control message indicating the MPLS VPN site migration is sent to the second PE; and after the second PE receives the control message, a message indicating the MPLS VPN site migration is sent to the second CGR, so that migration of the MPLS VPN site into the second CGR can be carried out conveniently. The provided method, the equipment and the system provided by the embodiment of the invention can be applied to a communication network.


Influenza D virus (IDV) has been detected in bovine respiratory disease (BRD) outbreaks, and experimental studies demonstrated this virus's capacity to cause lesions in the respiratory tract. In addition, IDV-specific antibodies were detected in human sera, which indicated that this virus plays a potential zoonotic role. The present study aimed to extend our knowledge about the epidemiologic situation of IDV in Swedish dairy farms, using bulk tank milk (BTM) samples for the detection of IDV antibodies. A total of 461 and 338 BTM samples collected during 2019 and 2020, respectively, were analyzed with an in-house indirect ELISA. In total, 147 (32%) and 135 (40%) samples were IDV-antibody-positive in 2019 and 2020, respectively. Overall, 2/125 (2%), 11/157 (7%) and 269/517 (52%) of the samples were IDV-antibody-positive in the northern, middle and southern regions of Sweden. The highest proportion of positive samples was repeatedly detected in the south, in the county of Halland, which is one of the counties with the highest cattle density in the country. In order to understand the epidemiology of IDV, further research in different cattle populations and in humans is required.


Pedestrian navigation systems (PNS) are currently not as frequently used as navigation systems for cars. We think, this is due to the PNS's lack of considered context factors. In this paper we argue that actually the social contacts of the users are an important context factor for PNSs. Our argumentation is based on the results of two studies which we have conducted concerning outgoing behavior of humans. The results show that over 60% of all pedestrians in their leisure time go out in groups. Thus, PNSs should incorporate this important factor. We will present a novel PNS for groups (PNS4G), which allows a group of individuals to get assistance in meeting and navigation to a common goal, e.g. for going to the cinema.


We propose a vectorized color modulation (VCM) method for a covert camera-screen communication (CSC) system under the human visual constraint. Instead of using light intensity of each image pixel block for data modulation in the existing work, we explore the color mixing characteristics of different colors while maintaining the chromaticity perception quality. Thus a color vector in the chromatic diagram can carry information in its angle, revealing a new signal dimension and mitigating the flickering issue. The best color vector pair is searched and selected for data modulation to yield the lowest bit error rate (BER). Experimental test based on representative images from an open database shows that the proposed method yields much better communication performance than the existing intensity modulation method.


The recently described decline effect in ocean acidification impacts on fish behaviour should not be equated with negligible effects. Here, existing mechanistic data are used to argue for continued research and cautions against "throwing the baby out with the bathwater."


In this paper, we re-examine the profitability of technical analysis using the Reality Check of White (2000, Econometrica) that corrects the data snooping bias. Comparing to previous studies, we study a more complete "universe" of trading techniques, including not only simple trading rules but also investor's strategies, and we test the profitability of these rules and strategies with four main indices from both relatively mature and young markets. It is found that profitable simple rules and investor's strategies do exist with statistical significance for NASDAQ Composite and Russell 2000 but not for DJIA and S&P 500. Moreover, the best rules for NASDAQ Composite and Russell 2000 outperform the buy-and-hold strategy in most inand out-of-sample periods, even when transaction costs are taken into account. We also find that investor's strategies are able to improve on the profits of simple rules and may even generate significant profits from unprofitable simple rules.


Background : High flow nasal cannula (HFNC) is a relatively newly developed device that can supply heated and humidified gas in constant fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO2, 0.21 to 1.0) and flow rate (up to 60L/min). This device shows some physiologic benefits. We try to find the efficacy in protecti...


The electricity information collection system is an important part of the smart grid construction. The electricity information collection system for power user can control their electricity consumption information in a timely, complete and accurate manner. The electricity consumption information of users collected by the system is used as the basis for charging, which involves the interests of thousands of households. The control function of the system affects the power outage of customers. Therefore, a safe and reliable channel for the system is very necessary. In this paper, while planning the network of the electricity information collection system for users, measures are also taken in physical and logical aspects to ensure network security. The system main station to concentrator and special-purpose acquisition terminal mainly adopts passive optical fiber Ethernet, and the collector to concentrator adopts power line carrier for the network structure and planning of the system.


Since the early 20th century photo based art and effort to creative experiment, to pursue the essence of creation to escape from stereotypes between form and media, expression and technology, has been continued persistently. Photomontage was born as an artistic attempt for the new representation. Basically photomontage is configured to visually emphasize the message as a work to produce new meaning by combining the various images that are intentionally selected. The photomontage as a visual art, dialectic of text and image that is to pursue a new format to be out the concept already existing, have been developed, the concept is similar to the modern multiple art. The value of photo montage is to explore of the photo, not limited to describe or reproduce as a deformation, the new possibilities for creative expression and the experience of the day-to-day operation for the implementation of the scheme.


Secret sharing is widely used in secret image protection since 1979. Image secret sharing schemes are used to encrypt the secret image into several meaningless share images. Later on, the secret image can be reconstructed while collecting the share images. The authentication mechanism is a way to verify whether the reconstructed secret image is authentic. The general authentication might increase the cost of key maintenance. To reduce the cost, this paper proposed a self-authentication mechanism for image secret sharing scheme. In addition, the reconstructed image can be completely reconstructed. The experiments give the positive data to show the feasibility of the proposed scheme.


Bedsore is a common disease for long-term bedridden patients,electronic treatment instruments can effectively prevent the occurrence of bedsore.In this paper,stress sensor and micro-controller are used to sample pressure signal of each part of the body and send the signal to PC by RS232.LabVIEW virtual instrument is designed to analyze the measure pressure data,and estimate the state of every parts of the human body that have been continuously pressed.Then the LabVIEW instrument will send control signals to the corresponding pumps of the mattress.This instrument can prevent human skins being pressed too long in part areas.


Abstract Point-of-care ultrasound is an expanding diagnostic tool in the pediatric emergency department. We describe a case of testicular rupture diagnosed by ultrasound at the bedside, which led to prompt surgical intervention and repair.


Our paper estimates the effects of an environmentally-oriented, time-differentiated road charging system for heavy duty vehicles (HDV) in Berlin. We develop a network based simulation model, which explicitly takes into account the interdependence between HDV and passenger car traffic. The model covers the whole metropolitan area. Our estimations of traffic effects are based on our own estimates of trip demand elasticities, as well as on data taken from other recent studies. Three main effects of the HDV toll are estimated: The potential reductions of air pollution, noise and congestion. The welfare effects of diminished air pollution due to lower traffic levels are computed, taking into account Berlin specific fleet emission data. For the valuation of noise effects we apply the Impact- Pathway-Approach: changes of health risks due to changes in traffic levels are calculated and expressed in monetary terms, using an immission model, dose-response-functions, and monetary values from other studies. In addition, we estimate the welfare effects of reduced congestion due to fewer trips, a changed routing behaviour and subsequent higher average speeds. It is concluded that while there is a social surplus of a Berlin city charge for HDV (about 25 million €), it may be smaller than the installation and operation cost of such a system.


There is a general consensus among accountants that one of the major purposes of external financial accounting data is to provide information to investors. Given this agreed upon objective, there are at least two questions to which empirical research in accounting must address itself. First, do investors act upon information provided in annual reports? Second, should investors use this information when making their investment decisions? Much research has been devoted towards the first question, with the evidence in general being consistent with the hypotheses that investors use annual report data. With respect to the second question, however, the evidence is sparse.' Empirical research into this area has probably been impeded by difficulties of measuring and estimating the usefulness of accounting data. It is the purpose of this study to develop concepts of information evaluation, such that the usefulness of alternative data sets can be defined analytically. These concepts will then be applied to investigate the usefulness of corporate earnings data and past security prices as compared with simpler sets of data. The first part of the paper develops the conceptual and methodological framework of information evaluation. Essentially, the evaluation of information is considered as a special problem in what is generally referred to as information economics (Marschak (1964) and Demski and Feltham (1970)). This approach permits, and requires, a complete specification of


How does copyright law take into account the interests of third parties, especially the general public interest in the greatest possible dissemination of knowledge and culture? Twelve questions have been asked to copyright law experts from more than forty countries about the following matters: categories of works and subject-matter, eligibility conditions, duration, 'users' rights', the three-step test, misuse, differentiations between categories of right holders, TPM, relations of copyright law to other law areas such as fundamental rights, competition law, consumer protection law, media law etc. This article gives an overview of the answers received.


Freeze-thaw action changes soil microstructure and thus has a great influence on physical and mechanical properties of soils, which is closely correlated to pore water pressure (PWP). Herein, the PWPs of sandy soil and silty clay were measured in laboratory during freeze-thaw cycles (FTC). Experimental results showed that PWP was influenced by temperature, freeze-thaw history (i.e., number of freeze-thaw cycle), soil type and others. The PWP experienced a periodical change as temperatures periodically changes during the FTC testing, the PWP decreased during freezing and increased during thawing. Soil type has a slight influence on the variation of PWP, both in character and extent. A theoretical analysis of PWP in frozen soil was given to explain the PWP changes. In addition, the PWP depression during freezing was a major driving force for water migration. The PWP variations are highly relevant to the changes in soil microstructure such as soil particle (grain size composition and mineral composition), pore structure, and particle arrangement, which will be the focus of further research.


The present invention relates to a combination which comprises (a) an inhibitor of a tissue non-specific growth factor receptor and (b) an inhibitor of a tissue specific growth factor receptor for simultaneous, concurrent, separate or sequential use, especially for use in the treatment of hyperproliferative conditions, such as in particular cancer, in a mammal, particularly a human. The inventionalso relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such a combination and to a method of treating hyperproliferative conditions, such as especially cancer, with such a combination. The present invention further also relates to a commercial package or product comprising such a combination.


In the present scenario of COVID-19 pandemic, where employability and job security are at stake, employees are interested to work in an organisation with high brand value so that their future is secured enough to deal with the economic situation of the country. Be it in India or any other country, employee always want to get attached to a brand so that their self-market value increases. It is believed that employee attached to a bigger brand is in more demand when it comes to recruiting candidates for an organisation. Likewise, bigger brands having diversified businesses are less prone to fluctuate economically in adverse situations like COVID-19. Employer branding is an important element when it comes to retaining employees. Employees retain themselves with a brand to increase their market value. So employer branding along with its dimensions is believed to affect employee retention to a greater extent during this pandemic. The authors have found out number of dimensions related to employer branding and tied to link those dimensions with the employee retention to find out if there exists any relation between them. The authors have conducted this study in private organisations especially academic firms in India. The basic objective of the study is to identify the dimensions of Employer Branding during COVID-19. The main objective is to identify the impact of Employer Branding on Employee Retention during this pandemic. A structured questionnaire was designed to collect data on the dimensions related to Employer Branding. The sample size of the study is 450. The convenient sample technique was used for data collection. Correlation, Regression and ANOVA technique is used for hypothesis testing. It is found that there exists positive relationship between various dimensions of Employer Branding and Employee Retention & there is a positive impact of Employer Branding on Employee Retention during COVID-19


Objective To evaluate the influence of the resolution of medical grayscale LCD over the detective efficiency of pulmonary nodule.Methods By reviewing PACS, 93 on-line chest DR images were collected.These radiographs included 23 normal images that had no nodule confirmed by CT, 32 doubtful images that also had no nodule confirmed by CT,and 38 positive images that had nodules confirmed by CT.These nodules didn't show obvious calcification and their diameters were from 0.30 to 1.90 cm. Nine patients had multi-nodules.Three residents or postgraduates, three attending physicians, and three associate professors or professors interpreted the 93 chest images by using three types of displays: Barco Z-2261, Barco Z-3620 and Barco Z-5620.All observers evaluated their confidence of the presence of pulmonary nodule with five-point level rating scale : ( 1 ) definitely positive, ( 2 ) probably positive, ( 3 ) uncertain, (4) probably negative, (5)definitely negative.SPSS 11.5 software was used to analyze the results ,including to draw the ROC curves and to perform Z test.Results The areas under the ROC curves of 2 M display, 3 M display and 5 M display were 0.774,0.784,0.816 for experienced radiologists; for instructors were 0.754,0.764,0.768 ;for teaching assistants were 0.695,0.754,0.774.However, for the detection of pulmonary nodules,there was no significant difference between observers with different ranks using the same modality of display,and no significant difference was found between the different modalities of displays used by observers with the same rank.Conclusion It's equivalent for detection performance with 2,3 and 5 M medical grayscale LCD display in detecting pulmonary nodule; Experienced radiologists can get more information using 5 M display;By reasonably matching displays, we could improve the cost-efficacy.

Key words:
Sarcoidosis,pulmonary; ROC curve; Comparative study


Some of the most challenging times in a headteacher's career can be after a poor inspection outcome. Nick Bannister meets leaders who have helped their schools to bounce back after inspection setbacks


Abstract Platooning is an extension of Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control (CACC) and forward collision avoidance technology; it allows lateral and longitudinal control of vehicles while they move in tight formations. Platooning is ideal for trucks as they usually travel long distances in highways as a group. It is necessary to understand if the existing roadside safety devices are adequate to resist the consecutive impacts at high speed that can occur due to errant truck platoons. It is also important to analyze the associated occupant risks during such impact events. A detailed analysis of the capacity and adequacy of Manitoba Concrete Bridge Rail using computer simulations, under Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH) Test Level 5 (TL5) criteria, is presented in this study. The study briefly discusses the methodology to run multiple impact computer simulations in LS-DYNA. The impact of the leading truck is validated using the known data from a full-scale crash test; then, the impact events involving the following trucks are simulated to understand the additional capacity of the roadside barrier. To assess the occupant risk, the flail space model (FSM) concept is utilised as per MASH criteria. Simulation results imply that catastrophic barrier failure and major injuries to the occupants are unlikely to occur during the truck platoon impact.


An excellent paradigm for design education is the integration of design throughout the under-graduate curriculum. The design skills desired of graduates are introduced in the first course anddeveloped throughout the curriculum via projects each semester. These skills are reinforcedcontinuously, and students receive constant feedback regarding their mastery of these skills. Thetraditional capstone course is used to polish these skills further rather than being the first and/oronly place in the curriculum where these skills are taught. Any design project, particularly thecapstone project, also provides an excellent assessment measure. After a design project presenta-tion, the question and answer period can be a rich source of assessment information. Students getimmediate feedback on their work, and faculty, through questions and follow-up questions, candetermine in great detail the level of each student's understanding of and ability to applyfundamental principles. This paradigm also develops oral and written communication skills,provides students the opportunity to develop these skills with periodic feedback, and providesfaculty with the opportunity to assess the development of these skills


To evaluate the psychometric properties of a 4‐minute assessment designed to identify early autism spectrum disorder (ASD) status through evaluation of early social responsiveness (ESR).


Abstract Survival and development of larvae of Aedes aegypti (L.) and Aedes albopictus (Skuse) were examined under field conditions on the campus of Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan, to explore the possibility of the establishment of Ae. aegypti in Kyusyu, southern Japan. Exposure experiments with hatched larvae were conducted 11 times at about 1-mo intervals from January 1998 to January 1999. In both species, larvae could develop to adults under field conditions from April to November, but not in January, February, and December 1998. In March 1998, only Ae. albopictus could develop to adults. The results suggest that there are differences in the resistance of hatched larvae to low temperatures between Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus and a threshold air temperature of larval development below 10°C for both species. To estimate the threshold temperatures of larval development, the relationships between the average air temperature and the developmental rate observed in March–November 1998 were analyzed by linear regression analysis. The estimated threshold air temperatures for Ae. aegypti were 8.52 and 9.45°C for females and males, respectively, and were higher than those of Ae. albopictus. A clear seasonal change was also observed in the body size of pupae. In both species, body size was largest at the beginning of the breeding season and continuously became gradually smaller until July. The results were compared with those from previous field studies in Nagasaki and the possibility of the establishment of Ae. aegypti in Nagasaki, Japan, is discussed from the viewpoint of adaptive life history to seasonally changing environments.


Telemedicine is potentially a useful conduit for health-care given in resource-constrained environments. Affordable telemedicine services face challenges of slow adoption due partly to a lack of models to support its acceptance and use. In spite of the challenges, interest in telemedicine for health care has elevated the importance of technologies that predict its acceptance and use. This study examined the factors important for predicting healthcare workers intention to use Telemedicine in remote healthcare settings. A field survey of health care workers was undertaken to reveal factors for telemedicine adoption and use in Uganda. The results of this study contribute by showing that besides technology, social-economic factors in telemedicine are vital in influencing its adoption and usage of the services. It is thus essential that organizations using or intending to introduce telemedicine services be mindful of the social-economic factors of staff training and sensitization, supportive government policies laws protecting users, affordability of the services, organizational change management, and the internet.


In this paper, a facile, efficient, and reduplicative modified two-step sequential method for the fabrication of CH 3NH3PbI3 thin film was reported. First, a uniform, homogeneous, and small-sized PbI2 nanocrystal was deposited via vapor evaporation. Then, a hot CH3NH3I solution with a different temperature was spin coated onto the prepared PbI2 thin film to form perovskite thin films in a short time. The results demonstrated that homogeneous, compact, complete surface coverage, high crystallinity, and pinhole-free CH3NH3PbI3 thin film was prepared by CH3NH3I solution with 80°C spin coating on the evaporated PbI2 nanocrystal.


Thirty two samples of different types of Polish honeys were investigated in order to assess their total phenolic content by Folin-Ciocalteau method and their potential antioxidant activity by 1,1 diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and ABTS methods. Results of the study showed that the total phenolic content and antioxidant activity differed widely among different honey types. The highest phenolic content and antioxidant activity had dark honeys, while the lowest antioxidant activity and phenolic content were found in pale honeys. Statistical analysis showed that the total phenolic content of honey was correlated with its antioxidant activity.


Two cell wall associated (β1,3)glucanases in Neurospora crassa, 1,3-glucanase-I and II, were solubilized by autolysis of the cell walls with 2 m sodium chloride, and purified by laminarioligosaccharide AH-sepharose affinity chromatography followed by preparative disc gel electrophoresis. The 1,3-glucanase-I has a strict specificity for (β1,3)glucan and produces D-glucose by an exo-type mode of action. The 1,3-glucanase-II has specificities for β-glucoside in addition to (β1,3)glucan. The 1,3-glucanase-I is more resistant to pH change and metal ions than the 1,3-glucanase-II.


Neural networks were used to minimize the amount of data required to predict the aerodynamic coefficients of an airfoil oscillating in plunging motion. For this purpose, series of experimental tests have been conducted on a section of a 660kw wind turbine blade. Two MLP (multi layer perceptron) and GRNN (general regression neural network) were trained using experimental data of the airfoil at various conditions. Results showed that with using only 50% of the acquired data, the trained neural networks were able to predict accurate results with minimal errors when compared with the corresponding measured values. Moreover, these methods can predict the aerodynamic coefficients of the plunging airfoil at different oscillation frequencies, amplitudes, and incidence angles. Therefore with employing this trained networks, the aerodynamic coefficients are predicted accurately with minimum experimental data; hence reducing the cost of tests while achieving acceptable accuracy. KeywordsNeural Network; MLP; GRNN; Plunging; Wind turbine.


This article studies about the entire process of temperature examination by using the DS18B20,and operate the serial number,and studies about the date storage and the read-in operation.Realization the temperature examination of the granary finally.


This paper analyzes on the limitation of traditional accounting information system,discusses on the aims of the reconstruction of accounting information system,studies on the bases of the reconstruction of accounting information system,and probes into the integrated network financial system.


At sufficiently high electrolyte concentrations (at suppressed electrostatic repulsion), the free foam films thin gradually, until reaching a certain critical thickness, and then they break. The value of this critical thickness is sensitive to the magnitude of the attractive surface forces acting in the film. We experimentally investigated the rupture of the films formed from aqueous solutions of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) in the presence of 0.3 M NaCl added. The theoretical fits of the data indicate that the van der Waals interaction, alone, is insufficient to explain the measured critical thickness, especially for the lower SDS concentrations. If the difference is attributed to the hydrophobic attraction, then a very good agreement between the theory and experiment is achieved. From the best fit, we determine that the decay length of the hydrophobic force is about 15.8 nm, which coincides with the value obtained by other authors for hydrophobized mica surfaces. The strength of the hydrophobic interact...


2505Background: CC-115 is a potent inhibitor of DNA-PK and TOR kinase (DNA-PKi/TORKi) with broad pre-clinical anti-tumor activity. Methods: Subjects with relapsed/refractory advanced solid and hematologic cancers enrolled in a first-in-human Phase 1a/b study of CC-115 given orally once or twice daily until disease progression in dose escalation and expansion cohorts. Results: 44 subjects evaluated across 10 dose escalation cohorts (0.5 – 40 mg) established 10 mg twice-daily (BID) as the recommended dose for cohort expansion in 62 additional subjects with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM: 14), head and neck squamous carcinoma (HNSCC: 18), chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL: 8), and ETS-overexpressing tumors (castration-resistant prostate cancer [CRPC: 12] and Ewing's sarcoma [ES: 10]). The most common (> 20%) expansion phase related adverse events were fatigue (37%), nausea (31%), decreased appetite (29%), and hyperglycemia (24%). Linear, dose proportional exposure was observed with a terminal half life of 4 to...


This project discuss about inverters that transfers power from a DC source to an AC load.
Inverters are widely used in motor drives, uninterruptible power supplies (ups),
appliances run from an automobile battery and photovoltaic utility grid interface. This
project presents a comparative study of performance between Sinusoidal Pulse Width
Modulation (SPWM) and SIX STEP technique for voltage source inverter. The circuit of
these techniques has been designed and analyzed using simulations software packages
such as MATLAB 6.5 and ORCAD 9.1. The performance comparison of both techniques
presented in terms of the appropriate Total Harmonic Distortion (THD), Fast Fourier
Transformed (FFT) and Spectrum Analysis of the output waveforms. Basically, Total
Harmonic Distortion describes the quality of the output waveform. Fast Fourier
Transformed shows the selected signal wave and the analysis of voltage or current
relative to fundamental or DC. While, Spectrum analysis explains a filter requirement in
eliminating higher harmonic and unwanted noise. This project is divided into three
importance stages of study. Firstly, to study on how to generate the switching SPWM
signals to drive the power switches ( i.e MOSFETs , IGBTs) and to construct the
topologies using Simulink-MATLAB 6.5 for SPWM and SIX-STEP inverters. Secondly,
involves the discussion and performance comparison in terms of THD, FFT and
Harmonic Spectrum for SIX-STEP and SPWM. Finally, this project presents the
construction of schematics of the SIX-STEP and SPWM inverters using ORCAD 9.1
where the schematics can be represented as real practical experimental set-up. Simulation
results using ORCAD 9.1 are in close agreement with simulation results using Simulink.


EURoma Network, Fresno J., M., Garcia M., Toth G., Launch Event and Steering Group Network "Reinforcing Policy Learning for Roma Inclusion". Presentations and Minutes, Bruxelles, 28 maggio 2013. ISFOL OA:


Stroke has now become the leading cause of severe disability. Rehabilitation robots are gradually becoming popular for stroke rehabilitation to improve motor recovery, as robotic technology can assist, enhance, and further quantify rehabilitation training for stroke patients. However, most of the available rehabilitation robots are complex and involve multiple degrees-of-freedom (DOFs) causing it to be very expensive and huge in size. Rehabilitation robots should be useful but also need to be affordable and portable enabling more patients to afford and train independently at home. This paper presents a development of an affordable, portable and compact rehabilitation robot that implements different rehabilitation strategies for stroke patient to train forearm and wrist movement in an enhanced virtual reality environment with haptic feedback.


: Dams and water reservoirs represent key assets for water supply to people and electric power generation, worldwide more than 16% of electric energy is produced via hydropower and this percentage is going to raise in the next years. However, dams are vulnerable to degradation in capacity and safety due to the deposition of solid material inside the reservoir; this process, called siltation, is well known but often not enough considered in new projects design. Siltation affects both the functionality of dams, reducing the reservoir volume for water storage, both their safety increasing pressure on the dam body, limiting the lamination capability and the possibility to maneuver the deep drains. Thus, study and assessment of siltation arise as a crucial aspect of a dam system management and should not only be focused on quantifying sediments reaching the reservoir but mainly in understanding the causes and the processes feeding the river with solid material. Landslides hitting the watersheds provide huge amount of sediments to the drainage networks, this contribution adds to the slopes erosion due to rainfalls and build up, together with other minor processes, the total amount of solid material moving in the basin. Authors present a study about an Alpine dam, in Italy, whose basin have been analyzed to simulate the prevalent processes producing sediments. Slope erosion, active faults and diffuse landslides have been separately modeled to assess their contribution to dam siltation; results are critically discussed thanks to the exceptional availability of real data on annual sediment volume accumulated in the reservoir. This key information allowed to test models ability to predict silting ratio of the dam as a function of annual climate and thus to develop a tool for silting ratio estimate in reservoirs.


This research is intended to reveal three important things: (1) whether Total Physical Response is more effective than Audio lingual Method in teaching listening for the first grade of SMKN 2 Sragen in the Academic Year of 2010/2011; (2) whether the students who have high interest have better listening ability than those who have low interest; and (3) whether there is an interaction between teaching methods and students' interest in teaching listening.
The research method is an experimental study. There are two kinds of teaching methods used in this research: Total Physical Response and Audio Lingual Method. The interest as an attributive variable is divided into high and low. This research was conducted in SMKN 2 Sragen. The population of this research was the first grade students of SMKN 2 Sragen in the academic year of 2010/2011. The samples are X TKR1 students for an experimental group and X TKR3 students for a control group. The writer used cluster random sampling to get the sample. There were 64 students equally distributed into four groups. The techniques of collecting the data were non test (a questionnaire) and a test (a listening test). The questionnaire consisted of 40 items and a multiple choice test of listening test. The data were the result of listening test and analyzed by multifactor analysis of variance 2 x 2. Ho is rejected if Fo is higher than Ft. Then, it was analyzed by using Tukey test.
Based on the result of data analysis, there are some research findings: (1) Total Physical Response is more effective than Audio lingual Method to teach listening to the first grade students of SMKN 2 Sragen in the academic year of 2010/2011; (2) The students who have high interest have better listening ability than the students who have low interest of the first grade students of SMKN 2 Sragen in the academic year of 2010/2011; and (3) There is an interaction between teaching methods and students' interest in teaching listening to the first grade students of SMKN 2 Sragen in the academic year of 2010/2011.
The research shows that the effect of teaching method depends on the degree of interest. Total Physical Response is more effective than Audio lingual Method to teach listening to the students who have high interest. Audio lingual Method is more effective than Total Physical Response to teach listening to the students who have low interest. Hopefully, the result of this research is useful and recommended for teachers in order to choose and determine the teaching method used in their class.

Key Words: Total Physical Response, Audio Lingual Method, listening ability, interest and experimental study.


This article presents the content, method and process of auto engine starting system test. This paper introduces many means and circuits of no-load test, overall braking test and solenoid switch test. It analyses the common faults and causes based on results of test. Through the test we can find the position and cause of faults happened fast and accurately.


Contents Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations List of Contributors Introduction Amy-Jill Levine Human and Divine: The Marys in Early Christian Tradition Valerie Abrahamsen, Boston, MA, USA The Mandaean Appropriation of Jesus' Mother, Miriai Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, USA Virgin Mother or Bastard Child? John Dominic Crossan, DePaul University (emeritus), Chicago, IL, USA Virginity as Purity in the Protevangelium of James Mary F. Foskett, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA 'All Generations Will Call Me Blessed': Mary in Biblical and Ecumenical Perspective Beverly Roberts Gaventa, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ, USA What Does It Mean to Call Mary Miriam? Dierdre Good, General Theological Seminary, New York, NY, USA 'The Historical Mary' and Dea Creatrix: A Historical-Critical Contribution to Feminist Theological Reflection Jorunn Okland, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK Feminist Interpretations of the Infancy Narrative of Matthew Jane Schaberg, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI, USA The Genesis of Mariology George H. Tavard,, Methodist Seminary (emeritus), Columbus, OH, USA Miriam of Nazareth: Between Symbol and History John van den Hengel, University of Saint Paul, Ottawa, ON, Canada Sex, Birth, Purity and Asceticism in the Protevangelium Jacobi Pieter W. Van Der Horst, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands Christmas with Salome George T. Zervos, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, USA Bibliography Index of References Index of Authors


A new design of embedded measurement and control system based on STM32 was developed to meet the requirement of experiments in water dynamic research.This system chooses STM32F103 as core control chip and uses the embedded system uC/OS-II,which are characteristics of multi-task and real-time.The graphic support software uC/GUI was applied too.The software of system can accomplish the data acquisition,data process and real-time display.Its interface is user-friendly and clear.The system has great value in application and strong ability to extend.


The energy transport inside a phase change material (PCM) based thermal energy storage system using metal foam as an enhancement technique is investigated numerically. The paraffin is used as the PCM and water as the heat transfer fluid (HTF). The transient heat transfer during the charging and discharging processes is solved, based on the volume averaged conservation equations. The flow in PCM/foam and HTF/foam composites is modelled by the Forchheimer-extended Darcy equation, while the two-temperature model is employed to account for the local thermal non-equilibrium effect between the foam matrix and fluid phase. The results show that the overall performance is greatly improved by inserting metal foam in both HTF and PCM sides. A nearly 84.9% decrease in the time needed for the total process is found compared with the case of pure PCM, and 40% compared with the case of metal foam insert only in the PCM side. Foam porosity and HTF inlet temperature greatly affect the dynamic heat storage/release process.


In this article, we examine graffiti abatement policies and programs in three West Coast U.S. cities: Portland, San Francisco, and Seattle. Through this analysis, several similarities in the graffiti abatement efforts of each city emerged. Since the 1990s, graffiti abatement efforts in these cities have become increasingly formalized and coordinated. By the early 2000s, the cities of Portland, San Francisco, and Seattle adopted zero-tolerance approaches toward handling graffiti and those caught making graffiti. City governments have placed increasing responsibility for cleaning up graffiti on private property onto property owners. Despite the increased coordination and effort, annual abatement estimates are hard to obtain because tracking spending on graffiti abatement across agencies and bureaus is difficult and often the cities do not comprehensively compile these data.


The obesogenic environment we live in is characterized by an abundance of available foods and food cues that tempt us to eat. Throughout our lives we learn to associate these food cues (odours, pictures) with physiological consequences of food consumption. The sense of smell is suggested to be very important for determining food quality, guiding us away from spoilt food and towards rewarding foods. Increased sensitivity to environmental cues of rewarding food, decreased sensitivity to physiological cues of hunger and a decreased ability to control impulses are thought to contribute to overeating and obesity. With the research in this thesis we aimed to elucidate the role of odours in (over)eating, to better understand how sensory food cues and hunger feelings are involved in determining our eating pattern. We assessed the appetizing effects of exposure to odours signalling food with a certain taste (sweet/savoury) and energy density (high/low). Our findings show that smelling a food odour increases appetite for foods that are similar to the odour, both in terms of taste and energy density. These appetizing effects were present when participants were hungry but also when they had just eaten, indicating a possible role in overeating. Further, consumption of a high-energy food with a certain taste (sweet/savoury) led to a decrease in liking and wanting of foods with a similar taste and energy density. Next to this, we observed more pronounced changes in early neural processing of pictures of high-energy/sweet food after consumption of a high-energy/sweet meal. Food preferences and -intake after ambient exposure to odours signalling high-energy food, low-energy food and non-food were not different. Odours did not affect these measures of eating behaviour differently in a hungry or satiated state and in normal-weight or overweight participants. In a group of patients who underwent Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass weight-loss surgery, we found a shift in food preferences away from high-fat/high-sugar and towards low-fat/low-sugar foods and altered activation in the frontoparietal neural network during (food) cue processing. After compared to before surgery we also found altered prefrontal neural responses when patients inhibited their responses to pictures of high-energy food. These results suggest that RYGB leads to changes in cognitive control of attention and increased neural inhibitory control over behavioural responses. In conclusion, odours have a specific appetizing function in the anticipatory phase of eating. They are important in determining the taste quality and energy-density and may be involved in the selection of foods for macronutrient regulation. Orthonasal odours should be used to guide food selection towards a healthier eating pattern.


We revisit the I GrandIHC-BR challenge "HCI Education and Industry", articulating it with the other proposed challenges. Based on a critical analysis of the I GrandIHC-BR report, we reframe the challenges and raise questions to drive future discussions and possible actions to address the challenges of "teaching for facing the HCI challenges".


In recent years research in the development of InP-based HEMTs for millimeter wave and submillimeter wave power applications has increased dramatically. This has led to the development of InP-based power HEMTs with state-of-the-art performance. A review of the development of InP-based HEMTs for millimeter wave and submillimeter wave power applications is presented in this work.


AbstractAlkali-activated materials (AAMs) have recently been used as a suitable replacement for conventional ordinary portland cement (OPC) mixtures. This study evaluates rheological, injectability...


The multi-copy routing paradigm in Delay Tolerant Networks (DTNs) implies that increasing contact bandwidth leads to a decrease in data delivery delay and an improvement in throughput. With Hybrid Radio Frequency/Free Space Optical (RF/FSO) PHY layers, the high data rate FSO links can be used to increase the contact bandwidth. However, due to the highly directional nature of FSO links, broadcasting is difficult. A naive broadcast strategy where the beam divergence angle is increased to include many nodes in the broadcast set results in low data rate, and does not always result in the minimum achievable delay. In this work we develop an optimal multicast algorithm for hybrid RF/FSO networks. We show that the problem is an abstraction of the minimum weight set cover problem which is known to be NP- hard. A computationally cheap greedy local optimum heuristic is proposed. A comprehensive evaluation using delay, throughput and computation time as metrics is performed using various solutions. These extensive evaluations show that our solution outperforms both naive broadcast and multiple unicast, taking 95% less time as compared to the exact algorithm, while providing comparable performance.


By the closing decades of the nineteenth century the continued and rapid growth of cities had given rise to acute problems of municipal policy on both sides of the Atlantic. America had come to its urban experience relatively late – the population of Chicago at the time the Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened was 50 people – but between 1880 and 1910 the critical shift had taken place in the United States to a population which was over 50 per cent urban. The fifty million town dwellers in America not merely outnumbered the whole population of the UK, but included a large number of recent immigrants from the poorer, non-English speaking countries.


This paper examines the ways in which the players, parents and managers of the Banāt Sakhnin soccer team understand and make palatable their participation in a sport that has been historically ascribed to men. By conceptualizing their participation in soccer as a hobby, the players, coaches and parents create space for imaginative reshaping of Palestinian-ness, while maintaining limits on how far that creativity can go. Building on scholarship that analyses sport as 'play', or an activity that stands outside 'ordinary life' and a recreational space where alternate or inverted social roles are performed, I examine how conceptualizing women's soccer as a 'hobby' or 'leisure activity' creates a space where Palestinian women can safely act outside the prescribed norms of Palestinian womanhood inside Israel. The story presented is based on interviews collected during two years of fieldwork in Israel. It is a story of a team's enduring passion for soccer in light of ongoing struggle, social expectations and setbacks.


In Italy, the unaccompanied foreign minors are a growing and heterogeneous group with ever changing origins, trajectories, and features. In November 2015, they were 10,952. This research focuses on their foster care and examines the point of view of social workers that have theoretical competences and fieldwork. The main objective of this paper is to present operational recommendations concerning the definition and organization of this instrument, starting from social workers' direct experiences. Main results: A friendly familiar setting is useful to overcome loneliness and social isolation coming from a new and unknown reality during adolescence and permit a better social, school, and professional integration for the minor compared with residential care. For a successful outcome, the strengths consist in: The young migrant must not have behavioral nor psychiatric disorders and must be willing to integrate himself into a new family, recognize adult authority and share his life plan with family's adults; training all foster families included omo‐cultural ones; the birth family involvement in the foster care's project. The ascertained criticalities concern on the low number of available families, the lack of standard operating procedures, guidelines, research, and literature on the topic.


On the basis of expounding the relationship between rural land tenure property rights and its market, through inspecting the common model of the development of the market and rural land tenure system,in light of the positive analyses of the relationships between the development of the market and the evolution of rural land tenure system during China's industrialization and urbanization process,under neoclassical economics frameworks, this paper puts forward a new thought that China should realize the system arrangement through proper relationship between the optimized rural land tenure structure and its property rights.


A case is reported of a phaeochromocytoma revealed during a general anaesthesia by a sudden hypertensive crisis associated with acute pulmonary oedema and signs of extreme sympathetic stimulation (bilateral mydriasis, piloerection, peripheral vasoconstriction). Aortic angiography revealed the tumour lying in an ectopic retroperitoneal situation and spasm in the superior mesenteric arterial territory. The patient died at the thirtieth hour from septic shock due to necrotizing colitis.


These are the proceedings of a meeting held at the Assemblee Nationale in Paris France September 22-23 1997 on issues concerning population policies and international assistance. The 26 contributions are organized into five sections. The first section is general in nature and has papers on the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo family planning in francophone Africa and Asia European population problems the demographic situation in Africa the demographic transition in Viet Nam and population policies in the Maghreb countries. The second section examines the relationship between population and development with papers on reproductive health fertility declines African migrations polygamy demography and poverty in Haiti population and conflict in Rwanda and Africas future. The third section looks at the demand in the developing countries for family and population policies. The fourth section examines how the needs of developing countries can be harmonized with the resources available from the developed countries. A final section provides additional papers on the demographic situation in Africa and in Madagascar the situation in Algeria the need for legislation on reproductive health and family planning in Africa and the implications of the Cairo commitment to support the reproductive health approach. The text of an appeal for action agreed upon at the conference is included.


The objective of this study is to examine and assess the Fraud Pentagon model's ability to detect false financial statements in firms that have consistently been included in the IDX30 index from 2015 to 2019. All of the information utilized is secondary and pertains to the company's yearly data. The population is made up of firms that were listed on the IDX30 index between 2015 and 2019, with a sample size of 65 entities. The study variables that have been determined are analyzed using logistic regression in data analysis. From 2015 to 2019, ACHANGE, LEVERAGE, BDOUT, RECEIVABLE, AUDCHANGE, DCHANGE, TATA and CEOPICT all had a simultaneous influence on financial statement fraud in businesses in the IDX30 index. In addition, partial financial stability (ACHANGE) and total accruals have an impact on financial statement fraud (TATA). LEVERAGE, BDOUT, RECEIVABLE, AUDCHANGE, DCHANGE, and CEOPICT had no influence on the false financial statements of firms in the IDX30 index from 2015 to 2019.


A neural network based noise identification which takes different feature values as input and classification of noise as output. Noise identification is performed using GLCM properties. On the basis of noise, appropriate filter is selected to get better results. The results of experiments using proposed method shows better identification of noise than those suggested in recent works.


Hedges are broadly used by the groups of individuals in order to achieve some communicative intentions.College English teachers will make their students actively participate in classroom interaction if they can use some hedges properly.By analyzing the significance of pragmatic hedges,this paper aims to arouse college English teachers'awareness in applying classroom language,and benefit teachers from using some hedges in their classroom English to improve their teaching.


The antistatic epoxy resin(Ⅲ) was prepared by the following way: dihydroethyldibezylaminium chloride(Ⅰ) reacting with epichlorohhydrin to form antistatic oligomer(Ⅱ) and then the compound(Ⅱ) introduced into epoxy resin through chemical reaction to form the objective compound(Ⅲ). The optimal conditions, i.e. A 2B 3C 2, for synthesis of the compound(Ⅲ) were determined by the orthogonal design method. The antistatic property of the compound(Ⅲ) was in restigated by more than two years. It is showed the antistatic epoxy resin have better antistatic property than common epoxy resin.


This paper presents the design and development of the electronic voting system that allows the voter to verify the correctness of storage and counting of votes from the machine to determine which software is used in programming and interfaces, then proceeded to develop the database, then programmed in PHP language to determine the source code with the data, the challenge that arises is that the check does not compromise the secrecy of the vote, the speed in obtaining results the process, these features allow students to trust the electronic voting and not afraid to undergo a large-scale fraud, the system must ensure that not even a board member or officer can track a vote, as a result is sought obtain a simple, safe and reliable by the general student population of the Polytechnic School of Manabi Agricultural Felix Manuel Lopez.


In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, governments have implemented a variety of extraordinary legal and policy measures to protect lives, mitigate the spread of the virus, and prevent health systems from breaking down. These measures have often included curbing some human rights, restricting travel, shuttering up classrooms, suspending government services, ordering the temporary closure of businesses, controlling or curtailing news reporting, and sometimes delaying elections. To do this, many governments have activated emergency legal frameworks that provide for the assumption of emergency powers by the executive and, in some cases the weakening or setting aside of ordinary democratic checks and balances. It is helpful to understand the different types of laws relied upon (or not) by governments to justify their assumption of emergency powers and their imposition of emergency measures. This paper examines and compares different types of legal bases for emergency powers, built-in safeguards and constraints specific to each type of emergency regime, the factors that may influence choices about which emergency legal response to apply, and the associated advantages and risks


Present data suggest that acute hypoxia has, indeed, a [See Table in the PDF File] direct effect on the isolated pulmonary vascular smooth muscle preparation. Substrate dependency of pulmonary artery during acute hypoxia reveals an important link between the production of energy and smooth muscle tone. The maintenance of anaerobic glycolysis appears to be necessary for the preservation of resting tone of pulmonary artery. In spite of tissue calcium accumulation during acute anoxia, pulmonary artery in substraterich medium does not increase its tone. The initial tension appears to be the important factor affecting the hypoxic response of isolated pulmonary artery.


Ab stract: Ac cord ing to H. F. Osborn, one of the three au thors of 'Baldwin ef fect', adap tive evo lu tion may not re quire nei ther nat u ral se lec tion nor the in her i tance of ac quired char ac ter is tics. An adap tive evo lu tion ary change in pop u la tion with out nat u ral se lec tion means that an iden ti cal adap tive change in ge net i cally dif fer ent or gan isms of a pop u la tion can take place with out a sys tem atic dif fer ence in the re pro duc tive value be tween them, and these changes can also be come ir re vers ible on the level of ge nome with out the dif fer ence in the re pro duc tive value in volved. The mech a nisms, which al low this are known and sketched in this pa per. Their de scrip tion re quires an ap proach on the level of whole ge nome and a look to the or gan ism as a self-organising and com mu ni cat ing sys tem. Con se quently, it is pos si ble to have a the ory of adap tive evo lu tion, for which the evo lu tion with nat u ral se lec tion is a spe cial case.


In this paper, a novel path loss (PL) prediction model is proposed for the obstructed-line-of-sight (OLoS) and non-line-of-sight (NLoS) paths in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communication over vegetation areas. The proposed PL prediction model is designed based on a deep neural network (DNN) with a pre-training module (PTM). We pre-train the DNN by ray tracing (RT) simulation data and then optimize the network by sparse measurement data, which can significantly reduce the demand for measurement data. Moreover, PL measurements over vegetation areas are carried out at 2 GHz on the campus to validate the proposed model. It is shown that the prediction results of the proposed model are in good agreement with the measurement data and the ones of the fitted International Telecommunication Union recommendation (FITU-R) model under the OLoS case. Moreover, the proposed model is more general and suitable for air-to-ground (A2G) communications by considering the impact of the wide range of reflection angle (RA) variations on the PL.


A theory applied specifically to the problem of the vibrational polarization of liquids is presented, and a detailed discussion is given of the vibrational polarization terms in isotropic condensed states.


Over the last few years, a number of authors have introduced ways of measuring and assessing the state of civil society or some of its main facets or dimensions (see Howard, 2003; Anheier, 2004; Salamon & Sokolowski, 2004; Thindwa et al., 2003;). Behind these attempts is the concern that we have not yet found the conceptual and methodological repertoire adequate for measuring civil society in ways similar to how one would measure the state of the economy or the performance of government. Whereas most social scientists and policy analysts would have an intuitive understanding of such abstract concepts as 'market' and 'state', and would indeed be able to attach meaning to respective indicators thereof, little such understanding and capacity exists around the term civil society. Of course, at some basic level, the very underdevelopment of the social sciences in providing adequate conceptual and methodological foundations to the concept civil society and related phenomena constitutes a major reason for the existence of the Journal of Civil Society itself. Therefore, as Editor, I welcomed Heinrich's comparative assessment of the various attempts that have been made at measuring civil society. It fits well with the overall objectives and charge of the Journal. Indeed, Heinrich deserves praise for this very fact of taking on the challenging task of an initial assessment of the four approaches he discusses in his paper. All four approaches discussed by Heinrich, including the Civil Society Index, have conceptual as well as methodological strengths and weaknesses, to be sure; however, here is neither the space to repeat them, nor the place to add others. At the same time, we should recall the methodological premise that indicators are ultimately to be judged both by their Journal of Civil Society Vol. 1, No. 3, 241–246, December 2005


In the title compound, K+·C6H8NO4 −, the K+ cations have a coordination number of seven and are surrounded by four bidentate azinate anions. The methylene groups of the anions are always directed towards the coordinated potassium cations. The N—C—C—C torsion angle is 101.2 (2)°. The orthogonal non-conjugated nature of the salt confirms the supposed geometry and reactivity of this compound.


This timely training book is unique in offering readers a valuable and practical approach to spiritual care in long-term care environments. With the current spotlight focusing more on holistic care than the traditional biomedical model, Vital Connections in LongTerm Care recognizes the importance of spirituality in well-being as people age. A direct literary approach makes this book easily understandable and increases its applicability to a broad audience of readers. Interesting case studies introduced throughout the book, show the existence and importance of ongoing human development and lifelong learning processes that occur in both care givers and residents of long-term care facilities. Figures, such as the Spiritual Self-Assessment Form, which are included in book chapters compliment the text and offer staff help in developing empathy for residents as well as resourceful ways to enable them to meet resident needs while giving long-term care recipients ongoing opportunities to grow spiritually. The book is organized in fourteen chapters and includes wide-ranging areas of interest such as: Insights, Support, and Healing for Spiritual Well-Being; Creating a Caring Community for Residents, Staff, and Families; Examining Attitudes and Values About Intimacy; Managing Life Transitions; Fostering Healthy Food Experiences; Educational Gerontology, 30: 73–76, 2004 Copyright # Taylor & Francis Inc. ISSN: 0360-1277 print/1521-0472 online DOI: 10.1080=03601270490260514


The Purpose of this study is to examine the effects of various sources of service provider's psychological support on the long-term relationship, with...


Recently DuPuy suggested that RV Tauri variables show evidence for approx.1.5 mag of nearly neutral extinction in the visual region. The suggestion is based upon an apparent discrepancy between photometric absolute magnitudes and spectroscopic luminosity classes. We have reexamined the evidence and conclude that no discrepancy exists if the surface gravities of RV Tauri variables are as given by the current calibration of MK luminosity classes. In this case, the photometrically determined period-luminosity relation given by DuPuy correctly represents the luminosities of the variables, and no neutral extinction in the circumstellar envelopes is required. (AIP)