Like vendors on street corners, we daily draw open our cloaks to reveal rows of glittering examples that illuminate every concept of organizational behavior that we try to teach. Culling them from memory banks, textbooks and casebooks in our search for that elusive, complex reality that is life in organizations, we offer them up in the hope that they will bring our point home to students. The point is, of course, that life in organizations is not simple: behaviors are neither easily diagnosed nor formulaically managed. Organizations are systems of complex, interacting, interdependent behaviors which are extremely varied and difficult to isolate, understand, and manage. Unfortunately, our textbooks, examples, even cases often simplify that reality, condense and reduce it to something artificial and therefore manageable by eliminating the rich context in which behavior takes place, severing the multiple connections between behaviors and removing the contradictions. Why do we do this? For purposes of pedagogy, to get the theory across quickly and neatly in our rush to cover the waterfront of &dquo;organizational behavior,&dquo; and provide &dquo;scientific&dquo; explications of causality. Although Whitehead cautioned us to &dquo;Seek simplicity, then distrust it,&dquo; we seem to have heeded the former and forgotten the latter. If our teaching tools simplify reality at a time when reality is increasing in complexity, are we guilty of training our students for simplicity when we need to be educating them for complexity (Walck & Harris, 1987)? Training students for simplicity fails to prepare them for responsible action, for if they are not educated to diagnose complex situations, action taken to solve problems may instead compound them. Moreover, by reducing reality to artificially manageable examples and selections for the purposes of pedagogy,


In an introduction extending to considerable length, Mr. Tyrrell summarily states the general pathological and therapeutical views brought forward in the body of his work. The general treatment of ophthalmic diseases, according to Mr. Tyrrell, should have/or its object, the regulation of the most important secretions, the regulation of the general power, and the correction of local morbid action.


A learning enterprise is a new type of organization in the 21st century. This paper studies several enterprises known for their higher degree of learning. Economic indicators in these enterprises are exclusively examined and studied by means of statistical analysis. Based on this study, the present author has designed a five-point indicator system that identifies and assesses learning-type enterprises and meanwhile it can be used to identify, evaluate and audit other enterprises. This study proves that the indicator system is feasible technologically and economically.


An extruded AZ61 magnesium alloy was investigated by different techniques after various heat-treatment conditions.The mechanical properties of the treated alloy were obtained by tensile test and hardness measurement.The quantitative change of solution atoms was studied by electrical resistivity measurement.The experimental results show the annealing at 320 ℃ for 1h after extrusion did not decrease the tensile strength but the exposure to 420 ℃ for 1h decreased apparently,while the aging after annealing increased the yield/tensile strength with sacrifice of the elongation due to a few precipitates appear during the aging process,and the aging at 180 ℃ for 24h after extrusion made no difference to the strength.


term careers in the military. This selection bias might have left out negative assessments of the military from black officers whose careers were shorter. The Black Officer Corps is destined to become the standard work on the topic. Scholars of the military will appreciate Hampton's carefully documented analysis of race relations. While those looking for another perspective on the Civil Rights movement will be disappointed, those interested in the experiences of African Americans in the military, including enlisted men and officers' wives, will be happy. Hampton's clear prose and concern for including the voices of black officers will also appeal to a general reader.


Rabadi MH, Coar PL, Lukin M, Lesser M, Blass JP. Admission C-reactive protein does not predict functional outcomes in patients with strokes in a subacute rehabilitation unit. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2008;87:731–739. Objective:Because serum C-reactive protein (CRP) levels correlate with the extent of inflammatory reactions, including acute strokes, we tested whether serum CRP levels on admission to a stroke rehabilitation unit help to predict functional outcome at discharge. Design:We measured serum CRP level within 72 hrs of admission to an inpatient stroke rehabilitation unit in 102 successive patients transferred to rehabilitation within 4 wks following stroke and who met inclusion criteria. Results:Patients with normal levels of serum CRP (≤9.9 mg/dl) on admission to our rehabilitation service were more likely to be discharged home rather than to an institution (66% vs. 44%, P < 0.03). These patients with normal serum CRP had higher absolute values for total functional independence measures and functional independence measures motor scores on admission, as well as on discharge (i.e., less disability). They also had fewer infections or other medical complications. However, the absolute magnitude of improvement (&Dgr;FIM) and length of stay were similar in the normal and elevated CRP groups. Multivariable logistic regression model did not show serum CRP level on admission to predict rehabilitation functional outcomes. Conclusions:Serum CRP level does not predict functional outcome at discharge on inpatient rehabilitation for stroke.


In this paper, the expressiveness of the simple Scufl data-flow language is studied by showing how it can be used to implement Turing machines. To do that, several non trivial Scufl patterns such as self-looping or sub-workflows are required and we precisely explicit them. The main result of this work is to show how a complex workflow can be implemented using a very simple data-flow language. Beyond that, it shows that Scufl is a Turing complete language, given some restrictions that we discuss.


Level 3 (4 km) monthly and 8-Day SST and CHL data from the MODIS-Aqua and MODIS-terra were fused and reconstructed by DINEOF method and used to detect the relationship between them. SSTs and CHL concentration are highly positive correlated in the coastal areas, with the correlation coefficient reaches 0.3505. The relationship between the CHL and SST is established by the 2-order Gaussian fitting, with the RMSE reaching 0.7776.


Objective
To assess the feasibility of a modified LCD visual acuity chart for practical applications.

Methods
In this prospective controlled study, 33 members of the medical staff from the ophthalmology department in the Second Hospital of Jilin University, aged 27.4±8.5, 8 males and 25 females, were recruited to check their visual acuity by first using a light box visual acuity chart and then a modified LCD visual acuity chart. All measurements were performed by the same examiner. A Wilcoxon signed-rank test and Bland-Altman plot were used to evaluate the agreement between the two visual charts.

Results
Visual acuity measured by the light box visual acuity chart and the modified LCD visual acuity chart was 4.2-5.2(4.9)and 4.2-5.1(4.9), respectively. No significant differences in any measurements were found between the two visual acuity charts(Z=-0.307, P>0.05). A Bland-Altman plot showed good agreement between the two measurements; the 95% limits of agreement was-0.168-0.162.

Conclusion
There is high agreement between visual acuity measurements obtained with the two visual charts. This modified LCD visual acuity chart may have some advantages for certain special patients.

Key words:
Optometry; Vision; Agreement


Death to Dust: What Happens to Dead Bodies? must be the most comprehensive compendium of information on all aspects of death, dying, and the disposition of remains that has ever been published. Well researched, and referenced at the conclusion of each chapter, this book provides instant access to information in a particular area to readers. Iserson, a surgeon and bioethicist at the University of Arizona, wrote this book to help all of us better understand not death, but the activities that go on around death. He also hopes that the book will help the reader to understand that organ donation is the only sensible thing to do with one's own remains or those of loved ones. To achieve these two goals, Iserson covers the activities of death from a historical, physiological, cultural, religious, and political perspective. While expertly weaving all of these threads into an informative, intriguing, and illustrative whole,


LhDP SWINB-, mother of S i r E h d Swinbme of Capheaton. I n Edmund Cossets Gray we read that i n 1753 "it had been propose-d.s that on the return journey he (the poet) Bhould v ia i t Mason at Hul l , but %he i l lness of %hat gentlemanvs father prevented tbis scheme, and the friends met a t York instead. G ~ G travelled sou%harda for two days with 'a Iady Swinbm!ne, a Roman Catholic, not young, Chat has been much abroad, seen a good deal, hew a great many people, very chatty and communicative, so that I passed my time very well8@. Gosse adds: ' 1 regret that the now l iving and i l lus t r ious descendarat of this amusing lady i s unable t o t e l l me anything definite of hsr historg." (2 ed. 1889. p.113. ) The poet Sminburne took l i t t l e interest i n the Catholic history of his family. Gray vs companion on his journey South was probably Lady Swinb&ne (de1761), the mother of Sir Edward Swinburne of Caphaton,


The given paper considers the main methods of find out and identification of industrial enterprise risks. The comparable characteristics and level of effective application of these methods are given. Different types of risks to be identified with the help of the given methods are defined.


The article deals with the reception of February and October revolutions by E. Bagritsky's poetry considered. «October» is included in a chain of permanent revolutionary fights and comprehended through analogies (the nearest predecessor the French Commune). Painted romantically revolutionary activity is realized as theatrical action, but the storyteller of Bagritsky, inclined to role games, self-projections (the Fowler, the smuggler) and stylizations in these verses looks as if does not find a role approaching for. The theme of «February» arises in the early twenties (unfinished poem «Osvobogdenie») in melodramatic opposition of two revolutions leaders. Then there appears a look round, an image of «two ways», a returning to a history divergence, motivation of a choice. Paired relationship of leaders is accompanied already noted paired relationship of characters and corresponding phonetic and lexical game («rg» and «blood»). All oppositions are harmonized by death on which bones «the new youth» can grow. In the poem «February» (in a draught copy the heading is absent) is told the history of youthful love. The subject of passion has no face, it is replaced with the «uniform gown» embodying everything about what «the small Judaic boy» «read at the nights». Aspiration of the hero is interfaced to ideas of the French revolution with the prevalence of the equality. Its realization is interfered by a symbol of the old world the policeman («gorodovoy»). Revolution leads not to equality, but to changing of social roles, overturning of top and a bottom. The hero, becoming «the assistant to the commissioner», takes a place of the policeman and revenges for his former shyness. The literary biography of Bagritsky is built traditionally enough, on the one hand, by analogy with « mobilized and called by revolution» V. Majakovsky, the romanticist, who is up in arms against routine mode of life, on the other, considering the Jewish aspect, with I. Babel. The doubt in rightness of the made choice leads to an inside duality, loss of the feeling of wholeness: «I am not that I am»


Smaller technical training institutes face particular challenges when setting up an applied networking laboratory. Such facilities scale very well, but small institutes do not get the advantage of scale. Typical components of a lab ecosystem include policy documentation and implementation, directory servers, printers, technician training, and management software. Each component requires significant resources to set up, but marginal costs are not as significant as the number of students (and, hence, institute income) rises. Academynetspace (http://www.academynetspace.com) confirms that Whitireia Community Polytechnic (Whitireia) Cisco Network Academy is small in New Zealand terms, and tiny compared to academies in most other parts of the world. Small class sizes have limited the funding available to develop Academy resources. On the positive side, a small number of students also means individuals are well known to staff, and each other. Therefore they do not require the same level of supervision and management necessary in larger institutions. This paper discusses how the skills and equipment necessary to run a Cisco Network Academy can be used to build an effective Faculty-wide network for teaching and research use, at minimal cost. The Whitireia Learning Network has developed over the past ten years, from modest beginnings, to become a resource relied on by all applications development and networking students.


We study permanence properties of the classes of stable and so-called D-stable C*-algebras, respectively. More precisely, we show that a C_0(X)-algebra A is stable if all its fibres are, provided that the underlying compact metrizable space X has finite covering dimension or that the Cuntz semigroup of A is almost unperforated (a condition which is automatically satisfied for C*-algebras absorbing the Jiang--Su algebra Z tensorially). Furthermore, we prove that if D is a K_1-injective strongly self-absorbing C*-algebra, then A absorbs D tensorially if and only if all its fibres do, again provided that X is finite-dimensional. This latter statement generalizes results of Blanchard and Kirchberg. We also show that the condition on the dimension of X cannot be dropped. Along the way, we obtain a useful characterization of when a C*-algebra with weakly unperforated Cuntz semigroup is stable, which allows us to show that stability passes to extensions of Z-absorbing C*-algebras.


Graphical procedures have been used within control system design for over two decades. In classical linear systems theory, frequency domain representations such as Bode and root locus techniques, using 2-D graphics terminals, allow the engineer to assess very rapidly the behaviour of the system and picture, in a broad sense, the effect of compensation on it. Various powerful, new control design techniques are now available or are emerging. However they are characterised by a necessary mathematical abstraction which renders them difficult to understand for the majority of industrial engineers. Two-dimensional systems is one such area. The displays required to visualise these systems are essentially three-dimensional in nature. Modern graphical visualisation techniques used in the creation of virtual environments offer a new approach to computer aided control system design and appear to be ideal for the analysis of two-dimensional systems. Silicon Graphics hardware and software have been used to create initial virtual environments that aid the analysis and design of two-dimensional systems. These initial environments allow the user to interact with 3-D frequency response plots and 3-D output response plots. Current work also includes the generation of a graphical 2-D system compensation tool.


Objective To Probe into the probably biological affects of drinking natural mineral water for about 2 months on growth and breeding of ICR mice.Methods Sixteen couples of ICR mice were randomly divided into the test group and control group and the mice in the test group were watered with natural mineral water and the mice with city running-water.The differences in breeding,growth,organ coefficient and structures of main organs between the two F1 generation groups were compared statistically.Results There were no significant differences in the previous targets between the two F1 generation groups(P 0.05).Conclusion The natural mineral water has no adverse effect on growth and breeding in ICR mice.But the acceleration effects in growth and breeding hasn't been discovered yet.


This study assessed different degrees of distress felt by Japanese people during conflict resolution. Participants with high regard for social harmony were predicted to be distressed by conflicts that involve assertive strategies. By contrast, those with low regard for the value of social harmony would be distressed by conflict both by taking assertive strategies and by taking avoidance. After assigning 57 Japanese people (25 men, 32 women) to one of two conflict conditions (assertion condition and avoidance condition), the extent to which they were distressed by resolutions of nine conflict situations (scenarios) was measured. Results supported the prediction only for people with low regard for the value of social harmony. Results suggest that people with a different stance from the cultural value avoid showing their opinions which might engender their maladaptation in society. Conversely, people conforming to cultural values might readily share their ideas with others. management styles and the value of harmony on the distress for taking conflict strategy were qualified by relationships and conflict types, ANOVA was conducted for this study using conflict management style, the value of harmony, relationships, and conflict types. However, no significant interaction included relationships or conflict


Polymeric dielectrics having different ratios of hydroxyl groups were intentionally synthesized to investigate the effect of hydroxyl groups on the electrical properties of pentacene-based organic thin film transistors (OTFTs). Large hysteresis usually observed in OTFT devices was confirmed to be strongly related to the hydroxyl bonds existing inside of polymeric dielectrics and could be reduced by substituting with cinnamoyl groups. Although the hydroxyl groups deteriorate the capacitance-voltage characteristics and gate leakage current densities, exceptionally high hole mobility (5.5cm2V−1s−1) could be obtained by increasing the number of hydroxyl groups, which was not caused by the improvement of pentacene crystallinity but related to the interface characteristics.


From the perspective of health care professional socialization, the reconstruction of Non-English-Major English Teach-ing System in Health Colleges should be to enhance the potential employability, emphasize the quality education of the medical in-dustry, and center on the social service ability. Therefore, the teaching goals can be located, teaching system innovated, practiceteaching highlighted, and teaching content, teaching methods and teaching evaluating system reformed.


Correlation and electric brake apparatus having an electric brake motor, a method of locating a fault in the service brake or the parking brake comprises a hydraulic brake device, the order to generate a clamping force (F


The city of Morgantown and its West Virginia University campus have a unique form of transportation - their very own personal rapid transit (PRT) system. This people mover consists of 71 self-propelled cars that service five stations along an 8.7 mile track and is the only PRT in the world where riders can travel directly from point to point without stopping at other stations along the way. The University says that their PRT had a direct impact on student enrollment by alleviating traffic and thus allowing more time for more classes to be scheduled. The Morgantown PRT illustrates one of the ways in which cities can cope with traffic, pollution and environmental demands.


The soil-gas method is based on the principle that faults and/or fractures are highly permeable pathways in rock formation where gases can migrate upward from the deep crust and/or mantle and retain their deep-source signatures in the soil cover. This method is adopted because it can give results in short time and at low costs. In this work, soil-gas compositions are measured and synthesized in conjunction with the geological, geophysical and geomorphological information along the Chaochou Fault, which is considered as an active fault in southern Taiwan. More than 500 soil-gas samples were collected along 18 traverses crossing the observed structures and analyzed for He, CO 2 , CH 4 , O 2 + Ar and N 2 . The results show that both helium and carbon dioxide concentrations in the soil gas have anomalous values at the specific positions in each of the traverses. The trace of these positions coincides with the N-S trending faults and/or fractures, that is, the postulated trend and pattern of the faults in southern Taiwan. Hence, helium and carbon dioxide are useful index gases in this area. Based on the helium and carbon dioxide concentrations of the soil gases, at least three components are required to explain the observed variations. In addition to the atmospheric air component, two gas sources can be recognized. One is the deep crust component, exhibiting high He and CO 2 concentrations, and considered as best indicator for the surface location of fault/fracture zones in the region. The other component could be a shallower gas source with high CO2 concentration, and low He concentration. Moreover, helium isotopic compositions of representative samples vary from 0.52 to 1.05 Ra (the 3 He/ 4 He ratio of air), illustrating that most samples have soil air component and may be mixed with some crustal component but no significant input of mantle component. Carbon isotopic composition (δ 13 C) of carbon dioxide in the soil samples vary from ‐11.8 to ‐23.4‰, which could be the result of mixing of organic and limestone components. Both helium and carbon isotopic results support the multiple gas sources in studied area. Meanwhile, continuous monitoring indicates that soil gas variations at fault zone may be closely related to the local crustal stress and hence, is suitable for further monitoring on fault activities.


This paper reviews the existing literature on paid informal provision of home care of the elderly by first generation migrants (informal migrant care work, IMCW). The aim is to formulate hypotheses that will subsequently be tested through fieldwork in Brussels and Warsaw. Based on Degavre & Nyssens' (2008, 2009) pioneering application of Polanyi's socio-economic principles (reciprocity, redistribution, market exchange and householding) to the analysis of elderly care provision, this paper demonstrates that IMCW is characterised not only by market exchange, but also by Polanyian reciprocity and by non-instituted householding (as defined by Gregory 2011). The paper also illustrates how migrant care workers (MCWs) and their employers use reciprocity and non-instituted householding to their advantage, showing that for migrant workers employed in the informal economy, the reciprocity component of a job is of greater importance than it is for employers.


A method is outlined for the computer simulation of the cooperative kinetics required to construct the distribution function for time intervals between fluctuations in conformational states in macromolecules. Using the helix‐coil transition in polyamino acids as an example, we develop a Monte Carlo cellular automata approximation of the kinetics of this system in discrete time. This approximation is tested against a number of exact solutions for homopolymers and is then used to calculate moments of the distribution function for the time intervals between switches in conformational state at a given site (e.g., given a switch from coil to helix at zero time, how long will it take before the state switches back). The maximum‐entropy method is used to construct the very broad distribution function from the moments. In heteropolymers the diffusion of helix‐coil boundaries is reduced, helix being more localized on strong helix‐forming residues. We investigate the effect of a specific sequence of amino acid resi...


This paper presents the analysis and design of an integrated interface for grounded capacitive sensors. To reduce the effects of parasitic cable capacitances, a feedforward technique has been applied. In combination with the use of a special front-end amplifier this yields high immunity for a parasitic cable capacitance. The major nonidealities of the interface circuit have been analyzed. The complete interface has been designed and implemented as an integrated circuit, using standard 0.7 µm CMOS technology. Experimental results, which are in good agreement with theoretical analysis and simulation, show that for sensor capacitance down to 10 pF, shielded connection cables up to 30 m can be handled with an absolute error of less than 0.3 pF. The measured nonlinearity of the interface amounts to about 3 × 10−4 for 30 m of the cable. For 40 ms measurement time, the resolution amounts to about 16 bits.


The electron energy dependence of the multiply-charged ion currents of cesium and barium (up to Cs10+ and Ba10+) has been measured in a trapped-ion source mass spectrometer. Approximate values of t...


Introduction: The objective of our study was to investigate by cross sectional survey and procure the anthropometric measurements of body waist circumference, in school going adolescent boys and girls who are 9 to 12 years of age and belonging to diverse socioeconomic groups. Waist circumference could be useful as an easy evaluator of physical and metabolic health illness and also as a method for assessing the visceral fat. Materials and Methods: The cross-sectional analysis of body waist circumference was investigated on a total of 511 School children in Pune, India. Result: We noticed that the values of waist circumference of higher income group (HIG) were much more than lower income group (LIG) values in all the age groups. The values of waist circumference were higher in females as compared to males of same age groups in HIG. Conclusion: The evaluation could be used to depict the growth pattern of the 9 to 12 years males and females, which could be transformed by social and economic change in a society. This evaluation method could also efficiently be useful in field for the study of large population samples for prevalence of malnutrition, which includes obesity as well as to provide an additional parameter of undernutrition. © 2019 Published by Innovative Publication.


Objective:To report a high performance liquid chromatography method with Determination of hydrochloric acid berberine in Kangfuyan Capsules.Method:Analaysis was performed on Kromosil ODS C_(18) (5μm,200×4.6mm) and the mobile phase consisting of a mixture of phosphorus acid (0.1%)-acetonitrile (50:50).The detection wave- length was set at 265 nmo Result:The recovery was 97.95%,RSD1.19%.


1 In sensitized guinea‐pigs, the effects of γ‐aminobutyric acid (GABA) and GABAmimetic drugs have been investigated on tracheal segments contracted by cumulative application of an allergen (ovoalbumin, OA) and on serosal mast cells. The same drugs have also been tested on activation of alveolar macrophages isolated from unsensitized guinea‐pigs. 2 Superfusion with GABA (1–1000 μM) reduced the contraction intensity of tracheal strips. The effect of GABA (100 μM) was not affected by the carrier blockers, nipecotic acid and β‐alanine (300 μM each). It was mimicked by the GABAB agonist (−)−baclofen (100 μM) but not 3‐aminopropanephosphinic acid (100 μM, 3‐APA). The GABAA agonist, isoguvacine (100 μM) did not exert any effect. GABA (10 μM)‐induced inhibition of tracheal contractions was reduced by the GABAB antagonist, 2‐hydroxysaclofen (100 μM, 2‐HS), but not by the GABAA antagonist, bicuculline (30 μM). 3 The reduction in contraction intensity induced by GABA (100 μM) was prevented by a 40 min preincubation of tracheal strips with capsaicin (10 μM), but not tetrodotoxin (TTX, 0.3 μM). The effect of GABA (1000 μM) was absent after preincubation with indomethacin (2.8 μM) but unmodified when nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA, 3.3 μM) was used. Finally, removal of the epithelium prevented the GABA effect. 4 Anaphylactic histamine release from serosal mast cells isolated from sensitized animals was not affected either by GABA (10–1000 μM) or the selective receptor agonists (−)−baclofen (0.1–1000 μM) and isoguvacine (10–1000 μM). The release of platelet‐activating factor (PAF) from alveolar macrophages stimulated by formyl‐Met‐Leu‐Phe (FMLP; 1 μM) was modified neither by GABA (100 μM) nor by (−)−baclofen (100 μM). 5 In conclusion, these data show that GABA can inhibit allergic phenomena in the guinea‐pig airways through activation of GABAB receptors. An involvement of neuropeptidergic sensory structures is suggested but a role for epithelial cells and arachidonate metabolites is not definitely proved.


In the aerospace sector there is a growing demand for new aircraft configurations and new materials. Nowadays, only minor improvements can be made to the most used aircraft configuration. Moreover, composite materials are increasingly sought after as substitutes for aluminium and, therefore, their implementation in this sector is growing. Consequently, the development of novel configurations is a necessary reality, as well as costs estimate at a preliminary design stage, so that decisions can be made on the financial viability of the investment. When developing a conventional aircraft, the parameters used in its cost estimate come from historical data. However, in the case of novel configurations, these parameters do not exist, requiring a new method for estimating costs. Thus, a process based cost model of automated tape laying (ATL) manufacturing is developed for different aircraft configurations considering relevant data of aircraft parts (geometry). In this way, the estimate of the production costs is possible. The model can also be adapted to different annual production volumes or to the capacity of the existing machines in a plant. In this thesis, a conventional aircraft and a joined wing are also analysed in relation to their production and aquisition phases. The production costs of both aircraft are obtained by the above mentioned model and then compared to each other. These data are still used in a sensitivity analysis with respect to the amount of material used, and in an investment appraisal.


Background: Twin-twin transfusion syndrome is an important complication of monochorionic placentation in twin pregnancy. The management of this condition in Nigeria and many other developing countries has always been "watchful expectancy" with attendant high perinatal morbidity and mortality. Amnioreduction is a less demanding treatment option compared with fetoscopic laser coagulation management option in terms of cost and expertise, but has not been reported from any unit in Nigeria. Case Presentation: A 28-year-old gravid 2 para 1+0, 1 alive, carrying twin pregnancy was referred at 22 weeks gestation with complaint of mild discomfort due to sudden rapid enlargement of the abdomen. Physical examination and ultrasound scan assessment confirm Quintero stage II Twin-twin transfusion syndrome and she underwent serial amnioreduction at 24, 28 and 31 weeks of gestation with satisfactory outcomes. She had caesarean section at 33 weeks due to an acute episode of severe maternal discomfort and was delivered of 2 live female babies. There were no adverse perinatal events. Conclusion: This case presented demonstrates the role of amnioreduction in the management of carefully selected cases of twin-twin transfusion syndrome and further encouraged its utilization. in resource-constrained units instead of 'watchful expectancy' and in the absence of fetoscopic laser photocoagulation


What has come to be known as the "Miami Drug Court model" has two principal components-a nontraditional role for officials in the courtroom and a specially adapted program of "outpatient" drug abuse treatment.' Other diversion approachesrefer drug defendants to treatment programs, but the courtroom-basedteam approach-and particularly the centraljudicial role---distinguishes Dade County's initiative. Research questions


books on ancient art stand between the reader and the object, and do no more than reveal the author's emotional states. Here the carefully and ingeniously selected pieces are in the main left to speak for themselves. In the first chapter the author is perhaps less at ease with his material than elsewhere, and in this field of Upper Palaeolithic art there have in fact been significant developments in thinking even since Mr. Powell wrote his book. Elsewhere, and particularly in the realm of early Celtic art where he is a warrior-hero of high standing, we have the material firmly and lucidly handled in the setting of current European prehistory. The selection of objects illustrated is excellent, and while the well-known masterpieces are naturally there, there are many less familiar but remarkable works brought to the notice of the general reader: the Moldavian painted pots, the Clear Island stone (in colour), the great gold pin from Trassem, the Mezek and La Courte chariot furniture, and the iron eagle's head and bullhead firedog from Kappel are among these. But unfortunately the publishers have too often not done justice to the original photographs. Many of the black-and-white half-tones are inexcusably shrouded in inky gloom, and all detail is lost; the colour plates too are very uneven in quality. It may be questioned whether the gravure process employed has any advantage other than cheapness.


A sort of arithmetic for wavelet embedded block coding based on low memory and block bit-length search is brought forward in this article. The memory occupancy can be reduced through four measures which adopted in the arithmetic in the process of coding and coding efficiency can be increasingly improved, respectively. The four measures mentioned above are: (1)LLn sub-band separate coding; (2)Establish block bit-length chart, the bit-length is defined by the author; (3)Save the space of memory by employing bit-length chart instead of using lists; (4)Swift search key blocks according to the construction of bit-length chart to overcome repeat scan and increase the coding speed. According to the experimental results, the arithmetic can reduce memory occupancy in the process of coding and increase the coding speed effectively, meanwhile, it can keep the high quality of PSNR. It has great availability in hardware design for wavelet coding.


Abstract In a large population of Lestes viridis inhabiting a complex, extended system of channels in the floodplain of the Upper Rhine River near Weisweil (Baden-Württemberg, Germany) detailed samples of exuviae were collected from several subpopulations. For each sample the sex ratio was determined. For statistical reasons only samples with at least 700 exuviae were considered. These samples sometimes differed highly significant in the sex ratio at emergence. The sex ratio was site-specific, but differed significantly for different subpopulations with variation in water temperature. Thus, damselfly larvae showed sex-dependent habitat preferences. The frequency of males ranged from 49.4% to 57.5%. Statistically significant small-scale differences in sex ratio, which have not previously been described, could not be attributed to different preferences of the sexes with respect to larval habitat and emergence site. No coherent explanation for this phenomenon could be advanced. Females on average emerged earlier than males; in one of the samples the median emergence date differed by four days.


Aims—To determine the sensitivity and specificity of each ICD9 code for a diagnosis of definite or possible myocardial infarction (MI) from the perspective of the Myocardial Infarction Causality Study (MICA) and to use these data to estimate the likely number of MICA cases in Scotland that would be undetected were these codes omitted from the study.


A series of nine CoII, CuII, and CdII mixed-ligand coordination complexes with a 3,3′-dipyridyl connector 4-amino-3,5-bis(3-pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazole (3-bpt) have been achieved, by changing the incorporated benzenedicarboxylic co-ligands from isophthalic acid (H2ip) to its 5-substituted derivatives 5-nitroisophthalic acid (–NO2, H2nip) and trimesic acid (–COOH, H3tma). All compounds have been structurally determined by the X-ray diffraction technique. It is indicated that most of them are coordination polymers, with the ligands of benzenecarboxylic acids being doubly deprotonated to compensate the charge and bridge the metal ions, except for a monomeric ion-pair product [Co(3-bpt)2(H2O)4]·(H2tma)2·(H2O)2 (1c). These polymers display a variety of coordination frameworks, such as 1-D double-strand chain, 2-D layer with (4,4) topology, 2-D double layer, 2-D layer with (6,3) topology and 1-D molecular ladder etc. The results evidently reveal the profound substituent effect of the R-isophthalate building blocks on engineering such coordination arrays, in virtue of the versatility of 3-bpt with diversiform configurations and binding fashions. Nevertheless, the choice of metal ion is also significant in the structural assembly, and the low-dimensional coordination networks are further extended to diverse 3-D supramolecular crystalline lattices via noncovalent interactions especially hydrogen bonding. Solid-state properties such as thermal stability and fluorescence have also been investigated.


This article deals with the design of saturated controls in the context of partial
differential equations. It focuses on a Korteweg–de Vries equation, which is a nonlinear mathematical
model of waves on shallow water surfaces. Two different types of saturated controls are considered.
The well-posedness is proven applying a Banach fixed-point theorem, using some estimates of this
equation and some properties of the saturation function. The proof of the asymptotic stability of the
closed-loop system is separated in two cases: (i) when the control acts on all the domain, a Lyapunov
function together with a sector condition describing the saturating input is used to conclude on the
stability; (ii) when the control is localized, we argue by contradiction. Some numerical simulations
illustrate the stability of the closed-loop nonlinear partial differential equation.


This work involves the development of a system for minicomputer control of a light radar 9 lidar, apparatus used in making remote atmos pheric measurements• Details of the design of a hardware interface are presented. The interface device allows communication between the minicomputer and the components of the lidar system. Communication paths through the interface are used to provide the minicomputer with information con cerning the status of system components as well as the backscattered energy data for the atmospheric measurements. The interface also directs control signals from the minicomputer to appropriate points within the lidar system. A computer program is described which measures the density of atmospheric constituents as a function of range from the lidar appara tus. Density is determined by means of a differential absorption relation.


Through the static load test on a actual bridge,this article introduces the application of static load test in the inspection of old bridges.And the primary coverage of static load test,including testing item,the analysis of internal force,the layout of measuring point,the testing load,the loading modes,data collection and analysis have been chiefly discussed.The result has proved the reliability of the test,and also provides a reliable basis for the inspection and safety assessments of similar bridges.


PurposeThe authors' goal in this paper is to study if there are long-run effects on the wages of those workers who entered the labour market overeducated but who have, over time, been able to overcome this situation by obtaining a job for which they are correctly matched.Design/methodology/approachThis study universe is constituted by workers entering the labour market with a university degree between 2004 and 2012. The age range of these individuals is between 22 and 35 years old. With the data of the 8,359 selected individuals, the authors have constructed a balanced panel covering the period 2013–2017. This methodology is developed in two steps. First, the authors estimate a wage equation with the traditional variables and, second, the authors use the estimated coefficients of these variables to predict the wage paths of a representative individual in each group.FindingsThe main result the authors obtain indicates that the wages of those who manage to overcome an initial situation of overeducation do converge but very slowly to the respective wages of those others that entered the labour market correctly matched from the beginning. The authors consider this result to point towards the existence of scarring effects in wages induced by an initial situation of overeducation. The authors also present evidence, beyond education, about the influence that the occupational characteristics that a worker has on wages.Research limitations/implicationsThe factors that can influence the catching-up of wages are multiple, and it is not feasible to test all of them empirically. Therefore, the wage convergence process the authors present may also be influenced by other variables for which the authors do not have information.Practical implicationsThis paper contributes to different branches of the labour market. First, the authors present new evidence within the literature dealing with the so-called scarring effects on wages related to the conditions entering the labour market. Secondly, this study's results provide a new argument that complements those developed so far that explain a reduction in the wage skill premium detected among young graduates in Spain. Finally, this paper contributes to advancing research about the effects that overeducation has on wages.Originality/valueThe question the authors are attempting to answer in this paper can be formulated in the following terms: when a worker manages to overcome an initial situation of overeducation, what happens to his/her wage? Will it adjust quickly to the new working situation, or will we observe a slow convergence to the wages of workers with an employment history without overeducation situations? To the best of the authors' knowledge, this topic has not yet been studied. Researchers have mostly focused their attention on comparing the wages of overeducated workers with the wages of those who are correctly matched. In this case, the authors compare the wages of correctly matched workers, but with the difference that some were initially overeducated and others were not.


According to the interaction approximate model of the CO-Pt system between CO and a Pt surface,the Rose-like potential is used,and parameters of adsorption energy,vibrational property and equilibrium distance are changed reasonably.By using the finite difference method for solving the Schrdinger equation of CO-Pt system,the numerical solution of the wave function of CO-Pt system is obtained.Additionally,through the discrete Fourier transform(DFT),the eigenvibrational energies are obtained from the frequency spectra of the wave function and the anharmonic spectrum expressions are given.The calculation result shows thatdoes not influence the vibrational frequencies of CO-Pt system obviously,but the vibrational frequencies become more lower with the spectra red-shift whenis reduced and is increased.In addition,the vibrational state of the CO-Pt system is near to harmonic oscillation.


@btopro yeah why I want to learn web components for all my reusable snippets, and agree nobody will hand roll and need UI, just like


. This study examined the impact of trade liberalization and performance tax revenue in the context of macroeconomic variables in 22 sub-Saharan African countries. The study covered the period from 2005 to 2014. The research conducted a unit root test in examining the stationarity of the variables. The panel co-Integration and the Vector Error Correction model were deployed to determine possible long or short run connection among the series. This was in addition to the Granger causality test. The Serial correlation, and Breusch-Godfrey Lm, and the Breusch-Pagan-Godfrey techniques were also employed to validate the robustness of the estimated model. The result showed short run nexus between inflation, interest rate and trade openness on the one hand and tax revenue on the other. In the long run, inflation rate, interest rate and unemployment rate were positively affiliated to the performance of tax revenue. The post-estimation tests confirmed the absence of heteroskedasticity and serial correlation. The study recommended efficient and transparent tax collection in order to bring more payers into the tax net and promote voluntary payment. Stable macroeconomic fiscal, monetary and trade policies should be deployed boost the standard of living and disposable income of its citizens. Trade liberalization and commercial policies should be intensified in order to harness the tax benefits derivable from international trade.


This article, written by JPT Technology Editor Chris Carpenter, contains highlights of paper SPE 204185, "Practical Design Considerations for Stage Length, Perforation Clusters, and Limited-Entry Pressure Intensities," by Paul Huckabee, SPE, Chris Ledet, SPE, and Gustavo Ugueto, SPE, Shell, et al. The paper has not been peer reviewed.

 This paper presents design considerations for determining practical dimensions and limits for interdependencies associated with stage length, perforation clusters, and limited-entry pressures. Aggressive limited entry has been an enabler for successful extended-stage-length applications. The authors challenge the need for extreme limited entry in resource development across multiple North American basins. This synopsis does not focus on field trial applications, which are provided in the complete paper.

 Before any discussion of recommendations and trial results for stage length, perforation clusters, and limited-entry pressure intensities, it is important to consider the threats and risks to effective stimulation distribution. The authors detail the following risks in the complete paper:
 - Effective design and execution of limited-entry practices
 - Proppant transport in horizontal wellbores
 - Plug or ball leakage
 - Cement channeling
 - Casing erosion
 - Equipment reliability (pumps and injection lines or manifold leaks)

 Effective limited-entry design and application must consider the differentials of the following interdependent geomechanical variables with the risks mentioned previously:
 - Fracture initiation pressure
 - Minimum in-situ stress
 - Fracture extension net pressure (process-zone stress)
 - Near-wellbore complexity pressure drop and changes with slurry erosion
 - Stress shadow effects (interstage, intrastage, and interwell)
 A diagnostic that the authors have used to enable quantification of some of these critical variabilities is coiled-tubing-actuated cemented-sleeve-stimulation systems. In these systems, sleeves are actuated by setting the bridge plug and shifting the sleeve to the treatment, or open, position. The bridge plug isolates treatment pressures in the wellbore of the active treatment sleeve from other downhole sleeves. The treatment proppant slurry is pumped down the coiled tubing by casing annulus. Pressure communication exists to the coiled tubing, which enables pseudomeasurements of bottomhole-treatment pressures and trends through a dead-leg pressure measurement at surface. Operational practices include pumping a very low rate down the coiled tubing to ensure that solids are not allowed to enter the coiled tubing side of the bottomhole assembly, so the authors recognize that these are pseudo-dead-leg measurements. The frictional pressure drop in the coiled tubing is assumed to be negligible for their calculations.
 If the downhole sleeves are left in the open position, an assessment of treatment isolation can be made. For sequential sleeve treatments, where good isolation exists between successive sleeves, some of the critical pressure differentials for different length dimensions in the lateral can be assessed. These length dimensions are limited to increments of the sleeve-spacing dimensions.


The light trigger and light quench static induction thyristor (LTLQ-SIThy) is described on the optical triggering and quenching mechanism. The static induction gate structure provides the high turn-on gain. Static induction photo transistor (SIPT) is used for the quenching device. The SIPT gives the high gain of the LTLQ-SIThy at turn-off. This functionally integrated power device propose the high efficiency to switch the large energy. The new LTLQ-SIThy which utilizes the LQ-SIThy for the quenching device is reported. This LTLQ-SIThy is improved the switching ability in the large current, the dependency of temperature and the controllability by the trigger/quench light.


The work is focused on the evaluation of the services provided by users of Home for the Elderly Uherske Hradiste. In general, the theoretical part introduces the concept of aging and changes in age, explains the concept of social services and its various types of reference standards and quality of social services. The practical part is based on the results of quantitative research to assess user satisfaction with the service provided in homes for the elderly and suggests options for improvement.


In this paper we present design and experimental results of the 550 650 GHz channel for the Terahertz Limb Sounder (TELLS), a three-channel balloon-borne heterodyne spectrometer for atmospheric research. This frequency channel is based on a phase-locked Superconducting Integrated Receiver (SIR). SIR is an on-chip combination of a low-noise SIS mixer with quasioptical antenna, a superconducting Flux Flow Oscillator (FFO) acting as Local Oscillator (LO) and SIS harmonic mixer (HM) for FFO phase locking. The microcircuit is designed as a quasioptical mixer. We report first results of the SIR mixer sub-assembly noise temperature and beam pattern measurements. We have also tested flight configuration of the 550-650 GHz receiver, which includes cold optics, flight electronics and digital backend spectrometer, to measure emission line of the OCS gas in the laboratory gas cell. Index Terms — Josephson mixers, integrated receiver, superconducting devices


The incompleteness of damaged airport runway areas is a significant challenge to the existing airport runway extraction methods. In this paper, we propose a damaged airport runway extraction method that combines line with corner constraints. In the proposed method, we first extract lines and corners from the continuous edges of the region of interest. Then, based on line and corner constraints, we identify the rough location of each runway by calculating its central axis parameters and generate candidate runway areas by calculating and connecting the runway vertex coordinates. Further, the candidate runway areas are selected as final results that satisfy the runway length constraint. In 6 typical airport satellite images and 3 post-damage images, the average integrity of runway extraction is more than 95%, and the average quality of runway extraction is nearly 93%. The experimental results show that the proposed method performs well both on damaged and undamaged airport runway areas. Compared with the state-of-the-art method, the proposed method is more effective and efficient.


A bacterium with high alkaline cellulase was isolated from soil samples by using CMC plate and shaking flask culture.The strain,named H9,was Gram-positive Bacillus with spore-forming.16S rDNA gene had been cloned and had been accepted by GeneBank with accession number EF501974.Based on the polyphasic studies,including its phenotypic,physio-biochemical characteristics,16S rDNA sequence similarity and phylogenetic analysis by using 16S rDNA sequence,H9 was identified as Bacillus pumilus.The characteristics of the enzyme were also studied.The results showed that the optimum pH value of the strain was 8 and the optimum temperature was 55℃.It had both good alkaline endurance and stable enzymatic activity at pH value 5~9 and had remarkable heat stability under 55℃.


The motivation for studying high speed and space efficient algorithms for modular multiplications comes from their applications in public - key cryptography. The Montgomery multiplication algorithm speeds up the modular multiplications and squaring required for the exponentiation. This paper presents new architectures for the computation of modular multiplication and exponentiation using Montgomery multiplication (MM) algorithm. Montgomery modular multiplication (MMM) is one of the fundamental operations used in cryptographic algorithms such as RSA, Diffie-Hellman key distribution and Elliptic Curve cryptosystems. In this paper we compare the new hardware architectures that are able to perform Montgomery multiplication.


In his provocative review article of E.C. Godee Molsbergen's book on the Geschiedenis van Nederlandsch Indie, covering the eighteenth century, the young Indonesianist and colonial civil servant Job van Leur went much further just than just criticizing Godee Molsbergen's argument. He transformed the review into a lengthy article in which he expanded the problem of the congruence between European and Asian history and the impact of the Europeans on Asian societies. In his zeal to rid historiography of its Eurocentricity, Van Leur provided an image of an unchanging East, hardly touched by the European presence: a broad Asian weft intersected by a fragile European warp. Although Van Leur's ideas did not remain totally unnoticed especially amongst the people he criticized so disdainfullyneither did he establish a real school. Only after his writings had been translated and published in English (in 1955) did his views make headway, or as David Wyatt wrote in his contribution to the conference: 'The passion with which Van Leur argued for an Asia<entric perspective on Asian history struck a responsive chord in a generation now grown impatient and dissatisfied with a colonial historiography that seemed much more interested in the actions of Europeans than with the actions of Asians.' Fifty years ago, in February 1942, Van Leur went down with the cruiser 'Houston' in the waters of the Java Sea during the sea battle between the Dutch-Allied and Japanese fleets. This anniversary gave the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in Wassenaar the occasion to invite a group of international scholars to work on Asia's eighteenth century for one year. During the year frequent seminars were held in cooperation with the Institute for the History of European Expansion in order to discuss the basic assumptions and to report on the research. The year concluded with a conference, organized by Om Prakash and Femme Gaastra, and attended by a select group of international historians. Far from being just a commemoration, the underlying motive of the conference was first to chart the main problems and gaps in the history of Asia's eighteenth century; and secondly, to assess the developments and the causes of change in eighteenth-century Asia. The participants discussed the problems rising from their respective regional and thematic specializations, as well as submitting their recent research to the general discussion on an 'Asian century'. The organizers had invited one paper on maritime trade and one on the internal developments from every region. The conference first dealt with die general problems and Van Leur's ideas, after which three geographic areas were subsequently dealt with: Southeast Asia, the Far East (China and Japan), and the Indian Subcontinent.


The detachment of the superior labrum from anterior to posterior has previously been reported. This lesion has been classified into four types. It was our impression that not all superior labrum abnormalities fit into such a classification system and that the mechanism of injury was distinctly different. During a 5-year period, 84 of 712 (11.8%) patients had significant labral abnormalities; 52 of 84 patients (6.2%) had lesions that fit within the clas sification system (Type II, 55%; III 4%; IV, 4%), but 32 of 84 patients (38%) had significant findings that could not be classified. These unclassifiable lesions fit into three distinct categories. Two of three patients de scribed a traction injury to the shoulder. Only 8% sus tained a fall on an outstretched arm; 75% had a pre operative diagnosis of impingement based on consistent history and provocative testing; however, when examined under anesthesia, 43% of the shoul ders were considered to have increased humeral head translation when compared with the other shoulder. Recognition of superior labrum-biceps tendon detach ment should prompt the surgeon to investigate gleno humeral instability as the source of a patient's com plaints.


Abstract Increasingly, parents of students with complex communication needs have high expectations for life after school. To respond to these high expectations, professionals must ensure that, among other skills, these students have three key supports: (a) access to needed socially-valued adult vocabulary, (b) rich social networks, and (c) strategies to increase personal safety and to reduce the risk of becoming a victim of a crime. This paper provides both first-person accounts, as well as descriptions of the results of innovative strategies for the acquisition of skills needed for living full, active, and socially valued adult lives.


Molecular rapid diagnostic tests (mRDT) may help expedite the time to optimal antimicrobial therapy (TTOT) for extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)- and carbapenemase-producing bacteria in bloodstream infections (BSI). The greatest impact of mRDT appears to occur when combined with antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) intervention. The purpose of this study was to evaluate if mRDT + ASP influences the TTOT for patients with ESBL- and carbapenemase-producing E. coli and K. pneumoniae in BSI compared to conventional microbiological methods with ASP (CONV + ASP).

 Multicenter, retrospective, cohort study evaluating five years of patients that had a positive E. coli or K. pneumoniae blood culture determined to be ESBL- or carbapenemase-producing by mRDT and/or CONV. Patients were excluded if they had polymicrobial BSI, transferred–in with previously identified positive blood cultures, were immunosuppressed, or died before culture results.
 Primary outcome was TTOT defined as time from blood culture draw to start of carbapenem therapy for ESBL-producing BSI and ceftazidime-avibactam, meropenem-vaborbactam, or at least one drug active in-vitro with the most-narrow spectrum for carbapenemase-producing BSI. Secondary outcomes were time to microbial clearance (TTMC) defined as the time from index blood culture draw to the time of first negative blood culture or hospital discharge, all-cause hospital mortality, 30-, 60- and 90-day readmission rates, and Clostridioides difficile rates.

 A total of 378 patients were included for analysis. Baseline characteristics were balanced between mRDT + ASP (n=164) and CONV + ASP (n=214). Infectious diseases consults were significantly greater for CONV + ASP compared to mRDT + ASP (82.2% vs 34.8%; p< 0.001). The mRDT + ASP demonstrated a statistically significant decrease in TTOT (20.5 hrs [(IQR 17.0–42.2 hrs)] vs 50.1 hrs [(IQR 27.6–77.9 hrs)]; p< 0.001) and TTMC (71.9 hrs [(IQR 54.1–108.5 hrs)] vs 91.2 hrs [(IQR 64.6–134.3 hrs)]; p=0.007). Other secondary endpoints were similar between groups.
 Table 1. Comparison of baseline characteristics for the mRDT+ASP and CONV+ASP groups

 Graph 1. Kaplan Meier time to optimal antimicrobial therapy

 Graph 2. Kaplan Meier time to microbial clearance

 Our study supports the additional benefit of mRDT to ASP on shortening the TTOT and TTMC in patients with ESBL- or carbapenemase-producing E. coli and K. pneumoniae in BSI compared to CONV + ASP.

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Author(s): Tauxe, Lisa | Abstract: Can we really have it all? A scientist reflects on the gut-wrenching choices of juggling marriage, kids, and careers.


In order to control the lunar probe more precisely on real-time, it should have the ability of autonomous orbit determination. This paper presents the states propagation function by f-g series in a certain short-time interval. The autonomous navigation is implemented by extend Kalman filter (EKF) using the selenocentric direction and the selenocentric distance, which are measured by the ultraviolet moon sensor and the altimeter respectively. And the digital simulation shows that the position error is 1.184 km, and the velocity error is 0.515 m/s. And improving the altimeter's measurement is the more effective method to improve the precision of the autonomous navigation.


(ACFEM) developed recently, it is possible to localize cholesteryl ester in lipid droplets (LD) directly. Using the ACFEM, cathodoluminescence (CL) from the adrenocortical cells have been investigated (2, 3, 5). Nakano et al. (5) have reported that 14 days after hypophysectomy the CL of 320 nm wavelength was significantly increased and that of 430 nm wavelength diminished. In this study we have examined by the ACFEM the time course of changes of the CL from adrenocortical cells of hypophysectomized animals from 2 days to 23 days after operation especially focusing on the diminishing of the CL of 430 nm wavelength. Male Wistar rats from Imamichi Institute of Animal Reproduction (Saitama, Japan) and Japan SLC Inc., were divided into the following groups: 1. Untreated control rats, 2. Hypophysectomised rats, decapitated at 2, 5, 7, 14 and 23 days after operation. The completeness of hypophysectomy was determined at sacrifice by inspection of sella turcica under a dissecting microscope. Both adrenal glands were removed, rinsed in ice-cold phosphate buffered saline and fat was trimmed from them. Adrenal cortex was sectioned into small pieces, and then put on small metal cryotips, rapidly frozen in precooled liquid propane and cut by a cryo-ultramicrotome (Ultracut E, FCi4; Reichert) to make the surface of the specimen flat for observation in the ACFEM. After obtaining the color CL images and the CL spectra, thin coating with gold was performed inside the specimen chamber of the electron microscope to observe secondary electron images. In adrenocortical cells of control rats the CL ap-


The consultant anaesthetist and co-author of the Association of Anaesthetists guidelines on suicide discusses how to better support doctors who are struggling


In this paper, a 2D axisymmetric model of thermoelectric Finite Element Method (FEM) is developed to analyze the transient thermal behavior of Resistance Spot Welding (RSW) process using commercial software, called ANSYS. The determination of the contact resistance at the faying surface is moderately simplified to reduce the calculating time, while the temperature dependent material properties, phase change and convectional boundary conditions are taken account for the improvement of the calculated accuracy. The thermal history of the whole process (including cooling) and temperature distributions for any position in the weldment is obtained through the analysis.


Establishing of hormonal disturbances is one of the most important steps in infertility studies. The aim of the study was to evaluate the importance frequency and treatment efficiency of hyperprolactinaemia in infertile patients. Eighty-seven infertile patients have been examined in this study. Matched samples of peripheral blood were taken for hormonal analyses in the early follicular, periovulatory and midluteal phases of the cycle. Between the 4th and 7th day of the cycle ultrasonographic and haemodynamic examinations have been carried out at the ovarian and uterine levels. Hyperprolactinaemia was detected in 25 women, in which prolactin levels ranged 628.4-8000 mIU/L. We started dopamine agonists (bromocriptine/cabergoline) treatment individually dosaged. Menstrual cycle as well as prolactin levels restored in all patients 3 months after treatment initiation. Hyperprolactinaemia can derange fertility potential so its early and precise detection and adequate therapy are essential for restoration of regular menstrual cycle and successful infertility treatment.


Review(s) of: Shane Homan, The Mayor's a Square: Live Music and Law and Order in Sydney, Local Consumption Publications, 2003, pp 210, ISBN 0949793302.


The basic characteristics of cotton stalk were reported.The critical fluidization velocity of the mixture of cotton stalk and bed material was obtained by experiment.The thermogravimetric experiments of cotton stalk pyrolysis and combustion were also conducted.The thermogravimetric analyzer can provide the key data,which provide a powerful way to obtain the combustion char- acteristics correctly.Cotton stalk can be ignited easily at the lower temperature,and its devolatilization is prompt.The composition of ash is finally analyzed using ICP(inductively coupled plasma) in this paper,which shows that the high content of alkali metals in cotton stalk is potentially harmful with regard to corrosion.


Objective. To analyze the features of the sagittal spino-pelvic balance formation in patients with congenital hip dislocation and its changes after total hip replacement with restoration of the rotation center. Material and Methods. A retrospective analysis of medical documentation of 47 patients with congenital hip dislocation was performed, a total of 62 total hip replacements were performed. Patients were divided into two groups: Group I with unilateral congenital hip dislocation (n = 26) and Group II – with bilateral hip dislocation (n = 21). The processing and study of statistical correlation were carried out using the Spearman method at p ≤ 0.05. Results. Patients with congenital hip dislocation had average preoperative value of the global lumbar lordosis of 64.1°, and the excess value of the sacral slope angle of 46.4°, which led to hyperlordosis. After surgery, the average value of the global lumbar lordosis was 57.2°, the sacral slope – 41.5°. There was a close relationship between these parameters (r = 0.787). Conclusions. Restoration of the hip rotation center in patients with congenital hip dislocation contributes to a decrease in the sacrum incidence, pelvic anteversion, and lordosis.


After having been implemented for about ten years,Law of Bill is in badly need of modification. The reconstruction of rules and systems of the negotiability of bill is the key to improve our Law of Bill. First,the defects of existing legislation technology should be remedied,and the principle of abstractness should be improved. Second,the endorsement and negotiation by delivery should be definite,and the force of the blank bill should be recognized completely. Third,we should improve the regulations in such aspects in the qualification of endorsement,the restriction of re-endorment,and the efecct of endorment on overdue bills,and support an effencient circulation of bills.


Objective: To assess the prevalence and predictors of anxiety and depression among a heterogeneous sample of long‐term adult cancer survivors.


The effects of iron powder as a synergistic agent on the flame retardancy of intumescent flame retardant polypropylene composites (IFR-PP) were studied. The thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and cone calorimeter (CONE) were used to evaluate the synergistic effects of iron powder (Fe). The TGA data showed that Fe could enhance the thermal stability of the IFR-PP systems at high temperature and effectively increase the char residue formation. The CONE results revealed that Fe and IFR could clearly change the decomposition behavior of PP and form a char layer on the surface of the composites, consequently resulting in efficient reduction of the flammability parameters, such as heat release rate (HRR), mass loss (ML), Mass loss rate (MLR), total heat release (THR), carbon monoxide and so on. Thus, a suitable amount of Fe plays a synergistic effect in the flame retardancy of IFR composites.


Hellenistic Babylonian figurines with separately made and attached limbs are not a uniform corpus in terms of their iconography or subject matter, but all leave similar visual traces of fragmentation on an otherwise complete miniature body. Rather than interpreting these visual "breaks" as simply an unfortunate side effect of these figurines' manufacture, the chapter argues that the appearance of broken places actually enriched these objects' affect by fixating and intensifying user interest on otherwise overlooked body parts. Strikingly, the artificial poses and hyper-real actions of fragmented figurine limbs all operated in the liminal zones of cultural contestation between Greeks and Babylonians: banqueting, childhood, male and female nudity, and sexual attraction. By depicting some of these most difficult points of cross-cultural contention in the miniature scale (where they were less threatening) and in fragmented form (where they were visually interesting), such figurines offered avenues into cross-cultural dialogue and communication.


Abstract Objectives Azithromycin is commonly used to treat Neisseria gonorrhoeae. We compared its gastrointestinal side effects using 1 g single, 2 g single or 2 g split (i.e. 1 g plus 1 g 6–12 h later) dosing, representing our clinic's changing guidelines over the study period. Methods We recruited consecutive sexual health clinic patients who received azithromycin (and 500 mg ceftriaxone) for uncomplicated gonorrhoea. Each patient received a text message 48 h after their attendance to complete a questionnaire. Results Patients received 1 g single (n = 271), 2 g single (218) or 2 g split (105) doses. Vomiting was less common for 1 g versus 2 g single dose [1.1% versus 3.7%; risk difference (RD): −2.6%; 95% CI: −0.2 to −5.4] and 2 g split versus 2 g single dose (0.9% versus 3.7%; RD: −2.8%; 95% CI: −0.3 to −5.8). Nausea was less common for 1 g versus 2 g single dose (13.7% versus 43.1%; RD: −29.5%; 95% CI: −21.7 to −37.2) and 2 g split versus 2 g single dose (16.4% versus 43.1%; RD: −26.8; 95% CI: −17.2 to −36.3). Diarrhoea was less common for 1 g versus 2 g single dose (25.5% versus 50.9%; RD: −25.5%; 95% CI: −17.0 to −33.9) and 2 g split versus 2 g single dose (30.9% versus 50.9%; RD: −20.0; 95% CI: −9.1 to −30.9). Almost all were willing to retake the same dosing for gonorrhoea in the future: 97% for 1 g single; 94% for 2 g single; and 97% for 2 g split dose. Conclusions Azithromycin 2 g split dose for gonorrhoea resulted in significantly less vomiting, nausea and diarrhoea than a 2 g single dose.


Abstract : A practical procedure is derived for calculating the tactical diameter and related ship maneuverability characteristics, on the basis of the method of least squares, from data obtained at full-scale ship trials. The calculating procedure was programmed for solution on the UNIVAC facility at the Applied Mathematics Laboratory. (Author)


The paper analyses the current situation in geological prospecting units,these include: decentralization management,major industry shrink,capital from various sources,and the units gets smaller.According to "Rules for the Implementation of Overall Performance Evaluation in Central Enterprises",the paper focuses on the establishment of target system for overall performance evaluation in geological prospecting units.


We study the one-dimensional nonreciprocal lattices with real nearest neighboring hopping and find that the energy spectra under open boundary conditions can be entirely real or imaginary. We further investigate the spectral properties and the non-Hermitian skin effect in the one-dimensional mosaic lattices with real nonreciprocal hopping introduced at equally spaced sites. The eigenenergies of such lattices undergo a real-complex-imaginary or real-complex transition as the nonreciprocity varies. Moreover, the skin effect exhibits phase transitions depending on the period of the mosaic nonreciprocity. The bulk states are abruptly shifted from one end of the lattice to the opposite one by crossing the critical points, accompanied by the closing and reopening of point gaps in the spectra under periodic boundary conditions. The phase diagrams of the transition are presented and the critical boundaries are analytically determined. Our work unveils the intriguing properties of the energy spectrum and skin effect in non-Hermitian systems.


The surface diameter of the forms after treatment will have processing errors when CNC lathe tools with turning point ranging from rotary center high.It is concluded through theoretical analysis that the greater the tools-tip height error and the machining diameter and the difference of knife diameter,the greater the processing errors.The detail methods for reducing influence of tools-tip height error on processing the formation of a surface error was put forward.


This study investigated the combustion characteristics and kinetics of three kinds of antibiotics fermentation residues(penicillin residue, streptomycin residue and cephalosporin residue) blended with a kind of Chinese coal according to...


Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the common cancer type and a leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Liver metastasis of gastric cancer (LMGC) is often found in GC patients and a fatal condition that is hard to be cured. HER2 overexpression is detected in a subset of about 10-20% of GC. HER2-targeting antibody trastuzumab has been used clinically for the treatment against advanced GC positive for HER2. Recently, targeted alpha-particle therapy has emerged as a new therapeutic option of cancer. Radionuclide astatine-211 is produced by cyclotron and emits alpha-particle at its decay with about 7 hours-half-life. Alpha-particle beam induces irreparable DNA damages to kill the cells. Here we investigated the therapeutic efficacy and toxicities of At-211-armed trastuzumab in a mouse model of LMGC positive for HER2. Trastuzumab was conjugated with At-211 to produce alpha-emitting antibodies targeting HER2 ([At-211]-trastuzumab). To generate a mouse LMGC model, we injected luciferase-labelled HER2-positive human metastatic NCI-N87 GC cells into splenic vein of severe combined immunodeficiency mice. Bio-distribution data showed that the maximum uptake of [At-211]trastuzumab in the liver metastatic GC tumors was approximately 12% of injected dose per tissue gram at 24 hours after injection. [At-211]trastuzumab was excreted mostly in the urine. For experimental therapeutics, a single dose of systemic injection of [At-211]trastuzumab (1 MBq) significantly reduced a tumor burden in the liver to extend the survival of model mice significantly compared to controls. Transient leukocytopenia was observed in mice received 1 MBq of [At-211]trastuzumab at 5-7 days after injection. No body weight loss was so far found in the mice treated with [At-211]trastuzumab. No Biochemical abnormalities for Liver and kidney function were found. These data suggest that targeted alpha-particle therapy using [At-211]trastuzumab is effective for LMGC. Citation Format: Sumitaka Hasegawa, Huizi Keiko Li. Experimental targeted alpha-particle therapy against liver metastasis of HER2-positive gastric cancer in mice [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research 2020; 2020 Apr 27-28 and Jun 22-24. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2020;80(16 Suppl):Abstract nr 5343.


The experiments were carried out at the farm of Bangladesh Sugarcane Research Institute Ishurdi, Pabna, Bangladesh during 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 cropping seasons for the production of somaclones in vitro to select salinity tolerant lines of sugarcane. Sugarcane varieties Isd 28, Isd 35, Isd 36, Isd 37 and Isd 38 were used for selection of salinity tolerant lines. Different levels of salt were used with MS medium for in vitro plantlet regeneration. The in vitro selected somaclones were evaluated in the field for two sequential years. Somaclones SC4, SC7, SC8 of Isd 28, SC1, SC7, SC9 of Isd 35, SC4, SC6 of Isd 36, SC3, SC9 ,SC10 of Isd 37 and SC3, SC7, SC8 of Isd 38 performed better in morpho-physiological performance at field condition in two sequential years. So those lines should be considered as salinity tolerant lines for further study.


Organization of the Commission.—Nearly all readers of Stain Technology are familiar with the organization of the Biological Stain Commission. It has been explained more than once in statements published in these pages. Nevertheless, it seems well to repeat a little to recall its history to the reader's mind, and to explain again the present form of the organization.


was conducted using biotic indica-tiors such as diatom (primary producer) and mactobenthos (final consumer). By diatoms, the rivers were assessed as α -os ~β -ms from the viewpoint of DAIpo and RPId. The diatoms observed indicated seasonal succession, and the dominant species were Nitzschia , Navicula , Cymbella , Frustulia , Amphipleura , Gyrosigma and Amphora . By macrobenthos, they were assessed as substantially under good condition with the exception of summer season. The macrobenthos also indicated seasonal succession, and the do-moinant species were Grandidierella japonica, Hydroides elegans, Lycastopsis augeneri, Ruditapes philippinarum, Amphitoe valida, Petricolla and Batillaria cuminagi.


This research is aimed towards more in-depth understanding of field emission properties of tungsten single tip field emitters (STFEs) coated with tens of nanometer thin barrier of selected refractory oxides such as Al2O3. Introducing the additional barrier into metal-vacuum interface system of the emitter can be beneficial for an improvement of its performance. The pristine tungsten emitters were prepared using a two-step electrochemical drop-off etching technique. Thin oxide barriers were prepared by using low-temperature atomic layer deposition (ALD). Field emission was studied in field emission microscope (FEM) working in UHV vacuum (< 1×10−7 Pa), experimental field emission data were analyzed by the so-called Murphy-Good plots, revealing the non-orthodox behavior of the prepared emitters.


The objective of this study was to examine the mechanism of the reduction by hydrogen of ceria−zirconia (CZ) mixed oxides having a high BET surface area (100 m2 g-1). Three methods were used in parallel to assess the Ce3+ content, the surface and bulk oxygen vacancy concentrations, and the resulting oxygen storage capacity (OSC):  temperature programmed reduction, Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) measurements of methanol adsorbed on the reduced surfaces, and a Faraday microbalance to determine the magnetic susceptibility of the reduced oxides. The three methods conclude that the introduction of zirconium into the ceria lattice has a positive influence on the OSC. Compared to pure ceria, the CZ mixed oxides exhibit better redox properties, with a lower temperature of initial reduction and a higher reduction percentage for all compositions. The reducibility increases with the zirconium content, however the OSC per gram of solid is practically the same for Zr contents between 20% and 50%. The reduction pro...


The article is devoted to asceticism problem, particularly, to considering mystic-ascetic practice in Hinduism and Orthodoxy. This theme interests both scientists researching different directions of religious philosophy from the point of view of metaphysics, ethics and cognition theory and people striving for studying and deep understanding of different religious traditions.


The novel modified acrylate colloid was synthesized by semi-continuous seeded emulsion polymerization which was initiated with potassium persulfate (KPS), and octylphenol polyoxyethylene ether (OP-10) and sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate (SDBS) were used as surfactants. Butyl acrylate (BA) and methyl methacrylate (MMA) were used as the main monomers and hexafluorobutyl methacrylate (HFMA, C8H8F6O2), and benzyl methacrylate (BZMA, C11H12O2) were used as functional monomers. Factors such as the amount of initiator, mass ratio of SDBD to OP-10 and monomers, which have an influence on particle size and morphology of the resultant colloid, are studied. Chemical composition of the modified acrylate colloid was evaluated by Fourier transform infrared spectrometry (FTIR). The thermal performances were characterized by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetry (TG). Furthermore, surface hydrophobicity of the latex film was examined by measurement of water absorption and water contact angle. Results indicate that the modified acrylate colloid has highest monomer conversion rate and lowest coagulation percentage when the mass fraction of emulsifier was 4% and mass ratio of SDBS to OP-10 was 1:2, mass fraction of initiator was 0.3%, mass percent of HFMA was 6%, and the amount of BZMA was 2%. Benzene ring-containing monomer is effectively participated in the reaction and has improved the thermal performance and surface properties of copolymer colloid. The resultant colloid has excellent hydrophobicity and low surface energy. Solid content of the resultant colloid was about 30% (wt %).


This research is meant to comprehend and to analyze how the implementation of the internal control system in the goods inventory procedures and to analyze whether the internal control of goods inventory can decrease fraud on the inventory recording. This research applies qualitative data analysis in which the data analysis has been carried out by conducting observation, interviews and documentation The result of discussion and analysis is the existence of excess of functions which has been performed by the receiving department and warehouse department. Then there is a fraud that has been committed by the warehouse department in the product packaging process which is done by using Styrofoam, carton and plastic, and the last problem is there is no accurate information about the availability of goods in the warehouse. The conclusion of these problems which are faced by PT. Agung Aquatic Marine is the process of inventory recording that is the organizational structure of the company is incomplete so that the excess of functions occur, then lack of supervisory about the warehouse department or the activity of the company Keywords: Fraud, Inventory, Internal Control.


Improving university teachers'abilities to teach is an essential element for the implementation of the reform of undergraduate teaching quality.An investigation conducted among English teachers in five universities shows that the level of general ability to teach among university teachers is not satisfied enough and their practical teaching strategies need to be improved.As we all know,the development of teaching ability is a process that runs through the whole career of a teacher,which ideally needs various training programs offering for teachers to exchange their teaching conversations among themselves or with experts.Thus,there are several approaches to make improvement for university teachers'abilities to teach including the establishment of a routine evaluation system and explicit incentive mechanism,development of a comprehensive training system and feasible training programs,enhancement of university teachers'learning community,storage of the portfolio of teachers'abilities to teach,promotion of research-informed teaching practice and teaching-practice-informed research.


arguments against this hypothesis, given long ago by F. Hauser in Furtwaingler-Reichhold, may be repeated briefly: the picture of Mikon cannot have looked like the krater, for Pausanias mentions as its specific attraction Akastos with his horses (1.18. I). The ship Argo is not shown nor is there any indication of the sea such as oars or dolphins; the unmistakable Argonauts do not appear, nor the winged Boreads, children of an Athenian princess. It is clear that no one would have thought of Argonauts if there did not exist close, and I think undeniable, connections between the composition of the vase and the style of Polygnotos as it is known from literature. Any interpretation of the krater must take this fact into account. It is tempting, naturally, to connect this gathering of heroes with one of the great early classical paintings still preserved in Athens at the time of Pausanias. But it is a question whether any literary information about the model of the Niobid painter has been handed down to us. Certainly there is no literary tradition about the other picture on the krater, the Niobids PLATES 7-12


In this paper, the author discusses the opportunity provided by prescribing the measure of ban on leaving the home and by whose assistance the defendant can so to say serve the prison sentence in home environment for a time period exceeding one year. Namely, by Criminal Code it is envisaged that the prison sentence can be served in home environment solely if the stated prison sentence is up to a year. Court can adopt the measure of ban on leaving the home for the defendant, with condition that the measure is to last as long as required and until the time the sentence is enforced, that is until the time of sending the defendant to serve the given sentence, consisting of deprivation of freedom. The time the defendant spends in house arrest has to be included into the sentence as the ban on leaving the home in accord with Law on Criminal Procedure (from herein after the Law) is regarded as a form of deprivation of freedom. Quite often, the criminal proceedings last for a few years, depending on complexity and other factors ad in this way, while waiting for other regulations and in cases of crimes where the lower limit of the recommended sentence is high, insistence on applying the measure as an alternative to custody, enabling the defendant to avoid facing any penalty institution or shorten the stay in it, and hence the risks of consequences emerging on personalities of defendants, such as prisonism and other do decrease.


The main aim of this paper is to present three cases of persistent (patent) primitive trigeminal artery, presence was incidentally revealed during various radiological examinations. The presence and function of these vessels in extrauterine life is sometimes associated with other vascular abnormalities e.g. aneurysms, hemangiomas, moyamoya disease but frequently found incidentally without any negative signs or symptoms. The presented cases of patients with primitive trigeminal artery clearly show that the reported ailments, which had made the diagnostic imagining necessary, were not associated with the patency of this artery.


This paper examines hedging strategy in Chinese stock index futures market. Focus on task of forming a portfolio which holds long position of limited numbers of stock that outperforms the underlying index, and meanwhile holds short position of related index future. In order to select proper stocks, the particle swarm optimization is implemented, with minimizing the downside risk of return. The empirical study, hedging IF1012 on Hushen 300 index, reveals that based on this strategy, the portfolio could achieve relatively positive return.


The utility model relates to a moveable integral construction platform which comprises a travel vehicle frame, the lower part of which is fixedly connected with a travel hanging frame, wherein, the upper end surface of a main framework of the travel hanging frame is fixedly connected with a crossbeam of the travel vehicle frame, the lower end surface of the main framework is fixedly connected with the travel hanging frame, the front part and the back part of which are respectively provided with a hanging frame platform, both ends of which are respectively hinged with a pier past platform. When the moveable integral construction platform is used, a travel track of the utility model can be moved vertically to be in the right position along the positive bridge direction, and then the pier past platform can be spread. After the construction is finished, the pier past platform can be put down, and the utility model can be moved vertically to the next work surface in the integral way. The construction work of the wet joints of an integral box girder can be finished without repeatedly building and removing the construction platform, the hanging frame platform of a hanging frame system can bear the weight of moulds, temporary foot supports, etc. in the wet joints construction, thus, the utility model has the advantages of great reduction of the workload of construction, labor efficiency improvement and great reduction of cost, and simultaneously provides reliable safeguard for construction safety.


Abstract. Accelerating and more comprehensive legislation and litigation indicate a
new significance of law in recent years within climate change politics.
However, this development has been scarcely reflected upon in German-language geographical research on climate change adaptation, which
primarily focuses on climate adaptation politics and policies. In order to
illuminate these issues, this article engages with the political and legal
scientific debates on juridification; reflects these in the context of
climate adaptation; and traces the processes of juridification of climate
policies in the German context from a historical perspective. Intersecting
with insights from legal geography, this contribution introduces the concept of "Legal Ecologies of Climate Change Adaptation" as a novel and legally nuanced perspective. Within human geographic climate adaptation research, this perspective opens up new theoretical and conceptual interests, empirical domains, and possibilities for interdisciplinary collaboration.


The text takes apply and characteristic analyzed for coal ash in asphalt concrete,it show coal ash replace mineral fines so that it can be reduce produce cost of asphalt concrete and gain economic benefit.


We study the influence of the mass randomness of astronomical objects on the distribution function of their gravitational fields. Based on purely theoretical arguments and on a comparison with extensive data collected from observations and numerical simulations, we show that while mass randomness does not alter the non-Gaussian character of the gravitational field distribution, it does changes the dependencies of mean angular momenta of galaxies and clusters on their richness. The specific form of such dependencies is determined by the interplay of the character of the mass distributions and different assumptions about cluster morphology. We trace the influence of the mass distribution on the time evolution of the angular momenta of stellar objects in CDM and ΛCDM models. Our theoretical predictions are in very good agreement with the statistical results derived both from observational data and numerical simulations.


Heritage organisations wishing to participate in open and public aggregators such as Europeana, need to review and revise their own digital curation workflow processes in order to tackle both the technical integration as well as the organizational and operational issues. This framework of challenges is addressed by Europeana Inside, a new project cofunded by the European Union under the CIP-ICT-PSP Programme. In this paper, the major results that were produced during the functional specification activities are summarised and the MSP-VSE model that was deployed for the harmonisation of requirements is presented. MSP-VSE is currently being used to drive the cascading ECK Prototype Iterations and the related software evaluations performed by participating content providers.


Abstract : Supply organizations that directly support personnel who maintain operational weapon systems rely on Intermediate Level (I-Level) maintenance as the major source of resupply for both line replaceable and shop replaceable (LRU and SRU) reparable assemblies. The time that it takes to repair these items once they are removed from the weapon system (or next higher assembly) is called the I-Level repair cycle time (RCT). The length of the RCT has the greatest influence on the inventory investment at the retail level. The longer the RCT, the more serviceable assets the services must stock locally so that, when an unserviceable is removed from a weapon system, a serviceable can be immediately issued. This procedure reduces weapon system downtime. We estimate that the retail inventory investment to support the I-Level RCT pipeline exceeds $1.2 billion. Based upon our observations, we believe that I-Level RCT is longer than it should be. DoD policy forbids including awaiting parts (AWP) time when measuring RCT because the probability of a similar delay occurring each time is low. When AWP is included, inventory requirements increase. Then, when the parts problem is solved and RCT returns to normal, excess inventory exists. Only the Air Force currently excludes AWP time when measuring and using I-Level RCT. Also, any wasted time that exists from the time an item fails to the time it is restored to working condition and placed back on supply shelves adds to RCT and, therefore, needlessly increases inventory requirements. The Military Services can significantly improve I-Level maintenance RCTs through a series of policy and procedural changes.


Assembly of a fiber optic gyros (FOG) is currently a very labor intensive process and requires extreme accuracy in assembling the components. Efforts on this Air Force program to establish the manufacturing processes and supplier base required for affordable production the tactical grade interferometric FOGs will be presented. Specific objectives of the program are three fold: demonstrate a unit production cost of $1000/axis, with a goal of $500/axis, process capability as measured by process control indices (Cp and Cpk) which must be 1.33 or higher for key processes, and a robust interferometric FOG industrial base achieved through teaming arrangements with material, component and equipment suppliers. There are eight task areas addressed in this program: optical source, couplers, integrated optic chips (IOC), optical fiber, sensing coil, electronics, assembly and test.


There is a tacit assumption that any object in direct contact with crushed ice must rapidly equilibrate near 0°C. Yet target temperature and well-to-well temperature consistency are difficult to obtain by placing microtiter plates directly on crushed ice. In addition, arranging plates directly on ice presents a number of physical drawbacks including plate instability, variation in the distribution of the plate contact, potential for ice contamination of the well contents, degradation of support integrity with time, and difficulty in leveling the plate. This study examines the thermal shift profile and equilibrium temperature properties of a room-temperature 96-well microtiter plate placed directly on ice or on a precision-machined thermoconductive interface. We demonstrate that the desired temperature management can easily be achieved through use of the BioCision CoolSink plate adaptor. Plates equilibrate more reproducibly, and at a temperature closer to that of the thermal sink. Performance can be further improved through the use of a gap-filling aqueous thermoconductive medium.


(a) Jurisdiction ratione personae — Intention expressed by Yugoslavia to remain bound by the treaties to which the former Yugoslavia was party — It has not been contested that Yugoslavia was party to the Genocide Convention — Notice of Succession addressed by Bosnia-Herzegovina to the Secretary-General of the United Nations — Accession to independence of Bosnia-Herzegovina and admission to the United Nations — Article XI of the Genocide Convention opens it to "any Member of the United Nations" — Bosnia-Herzegovina could become a party to the Genocide Convention through the mechanism of State succession — Lack of mutual recognition of the Parties at the time of filing of the Application — Article X of the Dayton-Paris Agreement — Principle whereby the Court should not penalize a defect in a procedural act which the applicant could easily remedy.


An incremental formulation of the basic equations of the finite element method is described in this paper. These basic equations are used in stress and strain analysis in structures in which plastic strains have occurred. The derivation of a general expression for an elasto-plastic matrix [D]_ep is given in a concise form. On the basis of this expression the matrix [D]_ep was formed for the case of plane stress. The dependence between incremental stress vector and incremental elastic-plastic strain vector is established through matrix [D]_ep. The elements of the matrix [D]_ep will not be constant in the case of elastic-plastic state in a structure. They will depend on instantaneous state of stress and strain in a structure. Several numerical examples are also given. A thin rectangular plate with an elliptical hole is modeled in order to illustrate a numerical procedure for determination of stresses, strains and displacements. The discretization of a plate quarter has been carried out by the finite elements. The plastic zones spreading around discontinuity with increasing intensity of external loads are also represented.


A method for creating static (e.g., stationary) error covariance of reduced rank for potential use in hybrid variational‐ensemble data assimilation is presented. The choice of reduced rank versus full rank static error covariance is made in order to allow the use of an improved Hessian preconditioning in high‐dimensional applications. In particular, this method relies on using block circulant matrices to create a high‐dimensional global covariance matrix from a low‐dimensional local sub‐matrix. Although any covariance used in variational data assimilation would be an acceptable choice for the pre‐defined full‐rank static error covariance, for convenience and simplicity, we use a symmetric Topelitz matrix as a prototype of static error covariance. The methodology creates a square root covariance, which has a practical advantage for Hessian preconditioning in reduced rank, ensemble‐based data assimilation. The experiments conducted examine multivariate covariance that includes the impact of cross‐variable correlations, in order to have a more realistic assessment of the value of the constructed static error covariance approximation. The results show that it may be possible to reduce the rank of matrix to O(10) and still obtain an acceptable approximation of the full‐rank static covariance matrix. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.