The functional response of Coccinella septempunctata and Chrysopa septempunctata to Hyalopterus amygdali were studied through laboratory experiments. The results showed that they belonged to Holling-Ⅱ model. These two natural enemies had high efficiency to control Hyalopterus amygdali.


Ansys software based on finite element technique and Flac3D software based on finite difference method are used to carry out numerical simulation analysis on construction course of tunnel shield passing through under existing subway station passageway nearby and to obtain heterotaxy law and influences on structural internal force and deformation.After comparative analysis,it is found that the calculated results consist highly with actually measured results.The law obtained can provide basis and support for design and construction of similar projects and application of results calculated by relevant software.


The B.D.C data of a high speed press has been tested and analyzed. The grey correlated degree between test factors and B.D.C has been gained by analyzing the data,which offers help in the control of the B.D.C.


Nowadays, lots of data is being collected for different industrial and commercial purposes, where the aim is to discover useful patterns from data which leads to discovery of valuable domain knowledge. Unsupervised learning is a useful method for these tasks as it requires no target class and it clusters the feature values that occur frequently together. Clustering methods have been successfully used for this task due to the powerful property of creating spatial representations of the features and the abstractions detected from the input space. Self-organising map (SOM) is one of the most popular clustering techniques where abstractions are formed by mapping high dimensional input patterns into a lower dimensional set of output clusters. Most of the current uses of SOM for this task concentrated on clustering categorical features. fn this paper we present a new learning mechanism for self-organizing map which is useful when the aim is to extract patterns from a data set characterized by continuous input features. Furthermore the method used for network pruning and rule optimization is described.


The author of the study outlines the history of the establishment of the National Tax and Customs Administration and then analyses the organisational culture of the office based on an outline of the hierarchy of the National Tax and Customs Administration. In addition, it attempts to provide insight into the specifics of the integration of the two legal predecessors, and finally addresses some of the communication issues of the organisation. The author aims, on the one hand, to give insight into the functioning of a very specific organisation that performs "law enforcement tasks" and, on the other hand, to briefly document the history of the merger of "civilian" and armed law enforcement agencies.


In the economic globalization, increasing competition among enterprises, the market increasingly demanding requirements of enterprises, requiring production of the products it is necessary to have excellent quality but also requires companies to the market needs and quickly respond to quick. At the same time, the business itself is concerned, because the stringent requirements of external markets, internal organization large number of employees increased, which resulted in departments, employees of the management more difficult. The traditional management model can not meet the current needs of business management, so the work of establishing a unified platform through modern computer and network technology will be scattered around the virtual enterprise and its employees combine work in a virtual platform collaborative work, distributed work that contemporary information technology office is an objective requirement. This article describes the networked manufacturing platform for collaborative work under the proposed function of the background and its implementation, thus combining features of various aspects of the project product, the product that the modular division of the project construction work product platform.


While the House is rushing headlong to pass legislation that will slow the pace of federal government regulations—the Senate is proceeding at a more leisurely pace—the chemical community is making sure that its special concerns are heard and understood. The Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association (SOCMA) made its presence known on Capitol Hill this month with its first health, safety, and environmental forum. The Washington, D.C.-based organization, which represents about 260 companies, mostly smaller chemical manufacturers and formulators, says it conveys a necessary point of view to legislators. "We bring a unique perspective," says SOCMA's vice president for public affairs, Mary James Legatski. "When we visit Congress, we wear both chemical industry hats and small business hats. This is a perspective that is different and significant." Legatski notes that the new Republican leadership in Washington is seen as more amenable to industry and that SOCMA members are increasingly interested in r...


A poly(terthiophene) pendant verdazyl radical was prepared via the electrochemical oxidation of either the parent radical or its precursor. Cyclic voltammetry showed a positive shift of the verdazyl radical oxidation potential in the corresponding electroactive poly(verdazyl radical-terthiophene).


This article presents the latest empirical findings on factors critical to the success of multinational companies (MNCs) investing in the People's Republic of China. The study, based on recent face-to-face interviews with managers from MNCs in China, shows that critical success factors for these MNCs include: CEO's long-term commitment to the Chinese market, thorough predeparture training and feasibility studies, patience and persistence, effective use of Chinese intermediaries, bringing a brand name image, establishing wholly owned structures whenever possible, finding qualified local partners in joint ventures, winning trust from Chinese officials and managers, and developing good human resource management. The study has laid a solid foundation for a quantitative survey of these issues in the future. ©1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.


The content of serum total lipid in 30 mandarin fish(Siniperca chuatsi) was determined by the method of vanillin.The result indicates that the mean of the total lipid content in seventeen male mandarin fishes was 728.2±57.2 mg·100mL-1,which in 13 female was 1 047.6±106.9 mg·100mL-1.After t testing(t=2.805 4t0.01(28)=2.763 3),the result showed that the total lipid content in female fish was higher than that in male fish significantly.


The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is one of the largest Arab countries with a moderate annual problem of tuberculosis that is either pulmonary or extra-pulmonary. TB is still one of the most significant health troubles in the KSA, affecting different nationalities (Saudis, non-Saudis), ages, provinces, and genders. The control of TB still faces some challenges in different provinces of the KSA. Data were collected, arranged, analyzed and presented in tables and figures. In this retrospective study, we appraised TB surveillance data for the period between 2013 (1434H) and 2018 (1439H). Data were handled using Microsoft Excel and SPSS version 23. Data were checked for normality using Shapiro-Wilk normality test at 0.05 levels to determine whether they are parametric or nonparametric. Chi-squared, Kruskal Wallis, and analysis of variance tests were used to evaluate trends at a significance level of p< 0.05. Statistical analyses were performed using IBM-SPSS version 23 for Mac OS. We appraised TB surveillance data for the period between 2013 (1434H) and 2018 (1439H). The data included the region of the country (province), age, sex, and nationality (Saudis, non-Saudis). The study evaluated the impact of TB on various nationalities (Saudis and non-Saudis), age groups (0-14, 15-34, 35-55, more than 55 years old), and genders (males and females). Non-Saudis had a higher incidence rate than Saudis in 2013-2018. The number of cases and incidence rates of TB recorded in males between 2013 to 2018 were about two to three times greater than estimates for females. The Makkah, Riyadh, and Jeddah regions attract enormous numbers of non-Saudi migrant workers, who account for ~60% of all TB cases in the KSA. Assessing the main TB risk factors contributing to high TB rates in non-Saudi workers is essential. Furthermore, periodical accurate studies, including evidence-based studies for optimum surveillance, avoidance, spread risk, inspection, control procedures and treatment of TB, should be conducted. These assessments would lead to evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of KSA-NTP's TB action plan.


Relay Interlocking Systems (RIS) are analog electromechanical networks traditionally applied in the safety-critical domain of railway signaling. RIS consist of networks of interconnected components such as power supplies, contacts, resistances, and electrically-controlled contacts (i.e. the relays). Due to cost and flexibility needs, RIS are progressively being replaced by equivalent computer-based systems. Unfortunately, RIS are often legacy systems, hard to understand at an abstract level, hence the valuable information they encoded in them is not available.In this paper, we propose a methodology and a tool chain to analyze and understand legacy RIS. A RIS is reduced to a Switched Multi-Domain Kirchhoff Network (SMDKN), which is in turn compiled into hybrid automata. SMT-based model checking supports various forms of formal analyses for SMDKN. The approach is based on the modeling of the RIS analog signals (i.e. currents and voltages) over continuous time, and their mapping in terms of railways control actions. Starting from the diagram representation, we overcome a key limitation of previous approaches based on purely Boolean models, i.e. the presence of spurious behaviors. The evaluation of the tool chain on a set of industrial-size railway RIS demonstrates practical scalability.


We investigate the problem of determining how many monochromatic trees are necessary to cover the vertices of an edge-coloured random graph. More precisely, we show that for $p\gg n^{-1/6}{(\ln n)}^{1/6}$, in any $3$-edge-colouring of the random graph $G(n,p)$ we can find three monochromatic trees such that their union covers all vertices. This improves, for three colours, a result of Bucic, Korandi and Sudakov.


10 day infestation of two winter wheat cultivars, Regina and Zdar, by grain aphid Macrosiphum avenae (F.) (3 virgines per ear at the anthesis), caused up to 30 per cent loss of seed weight, and accelerated significantly seed germination. The percentage of seed germination was not influenced. First four days after emergence, the sprouts of the seed influenced by aphids were longer than the control, then shorter.

After 8 days, the seedlings from aphid affected seeds had significantly lower dry matter than controls. Cv. Zdar was more sensitive than cv. Regina.


While prior studies provide mixed results on the effects of diversity on firm performance, there is a void of research on the effects of diversity in open innovation setting in which firms internalize the external ideas and findings. Our motivation of this study is also stem from the need for research on the role of diversity in inter-firm collaboration. In this study, we develop and test hypotheses on the direct and moderating effects of social-categorical diversity and task diversity on overall firm performance in the R&D outsourcing situation. By combing national R&D survey (2004 - 2007) and information on firms, we analyze an unbalanced panel dataset of 10,401 Korean firms in manufacturing to test the hypotheses. In addition to the full sample analysis, split sample analyses were also conducted to examine whether results are different depending on the level of technological sophistication. The results show that while direct effects of diversity on firm performance still show mixed results, the moderat...


Let ${\mathcal A}$ denote the family of all functions $f$ analytic in the open unit disk $\ID$ with the normalization $f(0)=0= f'(0)-1$ and ${\mathcal S}$ be the class of univalent functions from ${\mathcal A}$. In this paper, we consider radius of univalence of $F$ defined by $F(z)=z^{3}/(f(z)g(z))$, where $f$ and $g$ belong to some subclasses of ${\mathcal A}$ (for which $f(z)/z$ and $g(z)/z$ are non-vanishing in $\ID$) and, in some cases in precise form, belonging to some subclasses of ${\mathcal S}$. All the results are proved to be sharp. Applications of our investigation through Bessel functions are also presented.


The level of wages and conditions and the standard of living that the average Australian enjoys today, not just workers, has been significantly due to our system of industrial arbitration. The federal government, with its new industrial relations laws, has now turned back the clock. Arbitration is back in its box. Contract law is to the forefront once more. Perhaps the present climate and the lessons learned, together with the remnants of a dismantled system will temper any return to the 'bad old days' of glaring social injustice and industrial strife. Well, at least whilst the present economic 'long boom' continues. But after that?


Background: Humans are exposed to combinations of chemicals. In cumulative risk assessment (CRA), regulatory bodies such as the European Food Safety Authority consider dose addition as a default and sufficiently conservative approach. The principle of dose addition was confirmed previously for inducing craniofacial malformations in zebrafish embryos in binary mixtures of chemicals with either similar or dissimilar modes of action (MOAs). Objectives: In this study, we explored a workflow to select and experimentally test multiple compounds as a complex mixture with each of the compounds at or below its no observed adverse effect level (NOAEL), in the same zebrafish embryo model. Methods: Selection of candidate compounds that potentially induce craniofacial malformations was done using in silico methods—structural similarity, molecular docking, and quantitative structure–activity relationships—applied to a database of chemicals relevant for oral exposure in humans via food (EuroMix inventory, n=1,598). A final subselection was made manually to represent different regulatory fields (e.g., food additives, industrial chemicals, plant protection products), different chemical families, and different MOAs. Results: A final selection of eight compounds was examined in the zebrafish embryo model, and craniofacial malformations were observed in embryos exposed to each of the compounds, thus confirming the developmental toxicity as predicted by the in silico methods. When exposed to a mixture of the eight compounds, each at its NOAEL, substantial craniofacial malformations were observed; according to a dose–response analysis, even embryos exposed to a 7-fold dilution of this mixture still exhibited a slight abnormal phenotype. The cumulative effect of the compounds in the mixture was in accordance with dose addition (added doses of the individual compounds after adjustment for relative potencies), despite different MOAs of the compounds involved. Discussion: This case study of a complex mixture inducing craniofacial malformations in zebrafish embryos shows that dose addition can adequately predicted the cumulative effect of a mixture of multiple substances at low doses, irrespective of the (expected) MOA. The applied workflow may be useful as an approach for CRA in general. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP9888


In most democratic countries, inquiries are conducted into major accidents. One of the main functions of inquiries into disasters is to establish the causes and to learn lessons from them so as to prevent a recurrence. However, previous studies showed that the learning aspect is often curtailed because of the inadequate guides to the conduct and procedures of inquiry management. A study was conducted to determine the disaster experts' views and perspectives on management of disaster inquiries. A sample of 80 experts representing various organizations in Malaysia was selected using judgmental sampling method. The data indicated that they were less agreeable with regards to statements about recommendations and learning aspects as compared with function and procedural issues. Suggestions for improvements of inquiry management into disasters were discussed and proposed. Inquiry into disasters is costly to manage and may last from a few months to a few years; thus, these shortcomings ought to be addressed as they will remain as one of the valuable sources of information for society and corporations to learn from past incidents.


In this letter Rich congratulates Sabin on her election to the National Academy of Sciences, and says he is disgusted that
 "the great men of [Johns] Hopkins appear to be so unaware of what everyone else in the world sees so clearly."


Introduction and Aims: Assessment of the metabolic state of articular cartilage (AC) is important in understanding the initiation and progression of osteoarthritis (OA). The purpose of this study was to evaluate changes in gene expression of the major AC extracellular matrix (ECM) components, in addition to a number of molecules involved in OA, including the novel glycoprotein lubricin, following lateral meniscectomy in a sheep model of OA. Method: AC tissue from both medial (MTP) and lateral (LTP) tibial plateaux were collected from six non-operated control (NOC) and six lateral meniscectomised (MEN) pure-bred Merino sheep six months post-surgery for semi-quantitative RT-PCR to assess patterns of mRNA expression (relative to GAPDH). Histological evaluation using a modified Mankin score was undertaken in the same sheep to grade the AC and immunohistochemical localisation of gene products was performed. Results: Cartilage degeneration was evident both macroscopically and histologically in the LTP following MEN, with less marked changes appearing in the MTP. The mean total tissue RNA increased greater than five-fold in the LTP following MEN (p Conclusion: Strong up-regulation in gene expression of the major cartilage ECM components was found, reflecting an anabolic response and attempted tissue repair. Significant changes were also observed for other ECM macromolecules thought to be involved in degenerative joint disease, contributing to alterations in the gene expression profile associated with OA.


Abstract : In this report, the effects of ion implantation on two kinds of electroplated chromium have been studied. Both hard chromium and low contraction chromium were plated onto samples of 4340 grade steel and subsequently implanted with N2(+) or Ar(+) at atom energies of 75 keV. The dose was varied from 9.4 x 10(exp 15) to 3.1 x 10(exp 18) atoms/sq cm and the implantations were conducted at both room temperature and 500 deg C. SIMS and AES analyses, Knoop microhardness, and pin-on-disk wear testing were used to study the effects of ion implantation on the surface properties of the chromium plating. jg p11


Automation in fields like robot harvesting, farming, health and education require object classification using machine learning and computer vision techniques. Among these fruit classification is a challenging task because of its several varieties and similarity in color, shape, size and texture features. In order to recognize multiple fruits more accurately, we proposed a Pure Convolutional Neural Network (PCNN) with minimum number of parameters. The PCNN consists of 7 convolutional layers, some of them followed with stride. Additionally, to reduce overfitting and taking average of whole feature maps we employed recently developed Global Average Pooling (GAP) layer that verified to be very effective. We demonstrate our classification performance using PCNN on recently introduced fruit-360 dataset. The experimental results of the 55244 color fruit images from the 81 categories, show that the PCNN achieve a classification accuracy of 98.88%.


Summary form only given, as follows. We use the 7 /spl times/ 11 Low Speed Wind Tunnel at the NASA Langley Research Center to conduct experiments designed to simultaneously generate a one atmosphere uniform glow discharge plasma (OAUGDP) while effecting peristaltic flow acceleration of atmospheric air over a flat plate. Peristaltic flow acceleration requires a polyphase power supply to excite the OAUGDP at progressive voltage phase angles on successive linear electrode strips. This excitation produces a traveling electrostatic wave analogous to the moving lights on a theatre marquee, which accelerates the ions and neutral gas to velocities of interest for aerodynamic applications. Lorentzian momentum transfer from plasma ions, in principle, can accelerate the embedded neutral gas to velocities of hundreds of meters/second using peristaltic flow acceleration. In preliminary experiments, peristaltic velocities determined with a Pitot probe have reached 6 m/s. In this paper we will present our most recent results, based on a panel in which the gas flow is accelerated to velocities above this value by a combination of paraelectric and peristaltic effects.


This paper expounds the basic view of tacit knowledge in the distinction of subsidiary awareness and fo cal awareness.It interprets the dynamic structure of"from-to"and the theoretical position of"knower",as well as the bodily origin of human knowledge and new dualism based on"indwelling".Furthermore,it identifies the ele ments of tacit knowing in the skill of sport for the purpose of explaining the"doing"process of skill of sport with the dimension of tacit knowing.It also takes"example"as basic concept for explaining how the ideology has changed from shill of sport to art of sport.It can be concluded that the value of epistemology of tacit knowing in the philosophy of sport can realize the inheritance of"practical wisdom"embranced in modern sports,it ancient Greek philoso phy and sports.It can further reveal the epistemological value of"experiment"in sports.


The ever-increasing water pollution caused by an increase in industrial activity in developing countries is a major worldwide problem. Heavy metal contamination is particularly dangerous because of their toxic and carcinogenic nature as well as harmful effects on human and animal health. Over the past decades, considerable efforts have been made to develop effective technologies for removing heavy metals from water. Adsorption seems to be the most promising out of the many methods. Conventional adsorbents used to remove heavy metals include activated carbon or clay minerals. However, due to the need for waste management, waste products have recently become very popular, especially industrial wastes containing iron and/or aluminum oxides. One of the possible sorbent are water treatment residuals (WTRs) which are generated during drinking water treatment process. The aim of this work was to examine the possibility of using residuals from deironing of underground water (G-WTRs) as effective sorbents of Cd (II), Pb(II), Zn(II), Cu(II), Cr(III), Cr(VI) P(V), and As(V) as a function of initial concentration, pH, temperature and time.

The G-WTRs were poorly crystalline and composed predominantly of ferrihydrite with minor calcite and quartz admixture. The main chemical components were iron (32%) and calcium (17%). Specific surface area was 144 m2/g with a total pore volume of 0.181 cm3/g. The proportion of micropores was 29%, mesopores occupied the greatest volume – 54%, while micropores the lowest volume – 17%.

Cation sorption efficiecy was almost 100%, in the case of anions it ranges between 50 – 100%. Sorption capacity increased with an increase in the initial pollutant concentration. Adsorption of the metal cations was higher with and increasing pH of the solution and the best results were obtained for pH 6.0 to 7.0. While anions were preferably sorbed in lower pH. Sorption was the efficient in the temperature range of 20-40 ℃. The greatest differences in the sorption efficiency were observed within the first 2 – 4 h. The possible sorption mechanism was chemisorption.

The results showed that G-WTRs can be effective and cheap sorbents of heavy metals and metalloids. However, further research including desorption process as well as the long-term stability of formed metal-G-WTRs complexes.

Acknowledgments: This work was financed by the National Science Centre, Poland Grant No. 2017/27/N/ST10/00713.


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Reliability consists of both important social and scientific values and methods for evidencing those values, though in practice methods are often conflated with the values. With the two distinctly understood, a reliability argument can be made that articulates the particular reliability values most relevant to the particular measurement situation and then the most appropriate evidence and theory to support an argument for the presence of that value. The steps in making a reliability argument are explained and an extended example is given. The article is intended to provoke discussion, debate, and the development of additional reliability methodologies.


BACKGROUND: The relationship of academic activities before and during neurosurgery residency with fellowship or career outcomes has not been studied completely. OBJECTIVE: To assess possible predictors of fellowship and career outcomes among neurosurgery residents. METHODS: US neurosurgery graduates (2018-2020) were assessed retrospectively for peer-reviewed citations of preresidency vs intraresidency publications, author order, and article type. Additional parameters included medical school, residency program, degree (MD vs DO; PhD), postgraduate fellowship, and academic employment. RESULTS: Of 547 neurosurgeons, 334 (61.1%) entered fellowships. Fellowship training was significantly associated with medical school rank and first-author publications. Individuals from medical schools ranked 1 to 50 were 1.6 times more likely to become postgraduate fellows than individuals from medical schools ranked 51 to 92 (odds ratio [OR], 1.63 [95% CI 1.04-2.56]; P = .03). Residents with ≥2 first-author publications were almost twice as likely to complete a fellowship as individuals with <2 first-author publications (OR, 1.91 [95% CI 1.21-3.03]; P = .006). Among 522 graduates with employment data available, academic employment obtained by 257 (49.2%) was significantly associated with fellowship training and all publication-specific variables. Fellowship-trained graduates were twice as likely to pursue academic careers (OR, 1.99 [95% CI 1.34-2.96]; P < .001) as were individuals with ≥3 first-author publications (P < .001), ≥2 laboratory publications (P = .04), or ≥9 clinical publications (P < .001). CONCLUSION: Research productivity, medical school rank, and fellowships are independently associated with academic career outcomes of neurosurgeons. Academically inclined residents may benefit from early access to mentorship, sponsorship, and publishing opportunities.


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Biodegradable sustained-release microparticles containing thyroxine (T4) were developed to study the influence of hormone manipulation on broodstock reproductive performance and the quality of their eggs. Female tilapia (Oreochrotnis mossumbicus) were injected with either microparticles containing T4 (2.5 μg g-1 body weight) or an equivalent amount of blank microparticles. The administration of sustained-release T4 microparticles generated a large increase in serum T4 levels soon after injection [day 2); this was followed by a gradual decline in serum T4, but the level remained significantly higher than in the controls during the 2-day study period. Significantly higher T4 levels in eggs and newly hatched larvae were also observed in the groups from females injected with sustained-release T4 microparticles compared with those injected with blank microparticles. However, no significant differences were observed in the spawning intervals, egg number per spawn, egg diameter, or percentage fertilizability and hatchability. Morphometric examination of the newly-hatched larvae revealed that in the group of females injected with T4 microparticles, the mean total length and the standard length were significantly increased, whereas no clear effect was observed in other parameters such as yolk area and eye diameter. These data indicate that manipulation of the T4 hormone level in broodstock through sustained release did not affect the reproductive performance significantly, but resulted in an improvement in the quality of their eggs as shown by the significantly larger larvae at hatch.


In this paper we present a detailed theoretical analysis of lateral and angular misalignment effects in RF coils. Radio-frequency (RF) coils are used extensively in the design of implantable devices for transdermal power and data transmission. A design procedure is established to maximize coil coupling for a given configuration to reduce the effects of misalignment on transmission efficiency. Formulas are derived for the mutual inductance between all possible coil configurations including the coils of cross section, thin solenoids, pancakes and filamentary circular coils whose axes are laterally and angularly displaced. Coils are in air. In this approach we used the filament method and the mutual inductance between filamentary circular coils placed in any desired position. We completely describe all mathematical procedures to define coil positions that lead to relatively easy method for calculating the mutual inductance between previously mentioned coils. The practical coils in implantable devices fall into two categories: disk coils (pancakes) and solenoid coils. From the general approach for calculating the mutual inductance between coils of rectangular cross section with lateral and angular misalignments the mutual inductance between misalignment solenoids and disks will be calculated easily and accurately.


A method that can be used in general to improve the isolation of power combiners and dividers is presented in this paper. The presented method can in theory be used with any type of power combiner or divider, and allows the use of terminations for isolation loads in high power applications. Unlike using isolators, this method does not remove the characteristic of reciprocity from the combiner or divider. The method is explained briefly, followed by a design example based on a 4-way microstrip combiner. The full-wave simulation results and measurements demonstrate the effectiveness of the method by exhibiting significant improvements in both input port isolation and reflection coefficient.


This paper analyzes the status quo of the greening of expressway in Chongqing zone,proposes the design principles of the greening of expressway under construction or built in Chongqing zone,layouts and configurates the trees according to the regional culture of Chongqing,and disscusses the design details of greening of expressway in Chongqing zone.


FIELD: electricity. SUBSTANCE: invention is related to separated insulated pipes for layout of cables, electric wiring, etc. The separated insulated pipe consists of an insulation pipe of thermoplastic material and at least one textile material shaped as a strip. The stripped basis may be represented by textile material shaped as a strip or film shaped as a strip and it has the first and the second longitudinal edges, which are fixed or in-built into inner surface of the insulated pipe with formation of at least two flexible longitudinal channels surrounding cables and other elongated structures. EFFECT: invention ensures cable conduit separation system, which can be stored easily in coils and used at an installation site. 15 cl, 5 dwg


In order to study the changes in fatigue performance of long-term serviced asphalt mixture.This paper investigated the fatigue properties of asphalt specimens in different stress ratio conditions by Universal Testing Machine.The specimens were cored in the region of multiple types of diseases from the field which have three types of structures.The study showed that the decay rate of anti-fatigue performance could slow down by reasonable overlays.The anti-fatigue properties of surface layer which connected with environment directly possessed better performance in low level stress loading,and worse in high level stress loading.Due to the long-term exposing to environment and the action of vehicle load,asphalt mixture specimen in upper layer became extremely sensitive to the level of load stress.It is also indicated that the slope of asphalt mixture fatigue curve could be used to forecast the retained fatigue life of asphalt road.


improvements could be made, for example, Chapter 7 could have been more concise and more explicit about the role of the MT use in the FL role-taking and role-making activities; the claim at the end of Chapter 8 that the communicative approach and task-based instruction need overhauling may need a little more elaboration; and in Chapter 13, there could be a more systematic and coherent way to arrange the 'practical suggestions' (230 235). The first two suggestions seem to overlap while the third and fourth suggestions seem to be unrelated topics. In summary, this is a thought-provoking book on the bilingual reform in FLT. It is of great significance to ELT in EFL context (e.g., China) and multilingual societies (e.g., Hong Kong). The paradigm shift, if well implemented, can lead to positive changes and increased effectiveness in FLT methodologies and the entire ELT powerhouse or industry. As the authors rightly put it: 'this book is intended to enrich existing methodologies, and not to impoverish them' (88).


In this paper a novel outreach approach to high school students to familiarize them with engineering functions and methods are explained. In this approach students participated in a seven days research camp and learned many engineering skills and tools such as CAD solid modeling, finite element analysis, rapid prototyping, mechanical tests, team working, and communication skills under a project-based bridge design research project. End of the program survey results showed a good understanding about the engineering skills and functions and a high degree of satisfaction among participants.


Abstract : Air Force planners need to accurately predict officer losses in order to effectively control: the overall force size, promotion rates, augmentation and recruiting needs. Officer losses are influenced by a variety of behavioral and economic factors. This research identified the overall civilian unemployment rate as the major economic factor affecting Air Force officer losses. However, including the unemployment rate with the in system data (the number of separation/retirement applications already accepted) failed to increase the accuracy of the model currently used by Air Force. Recommendations are to further explore the cause of the serial correlation found in the time series data and to model the causal relationships that cause officers to leave the Air Force. Keywords: Military separation, Attrition.


With an increasing speed of network links, it is also necessary to increase the throughput of network security systems. An intrusion detection system (IDS) is one of the key components in the protection of network infrastructure. Unfortunately, the IDS has to match a large set of regular expressions (REs) in network streams, which has a negative impact on its throughput. A fast pre-filtration of network traffic can allow to achieve a higher overall throughput. Therefore, we have designed a new algorithm, which is able to select short strings that represent an RE set utilized in the IDS. Compared to previous methods, strings are selected in less than a second for an RE and can reduce network traffic up to 3.3 times better. As all selected strings have the same length, they can be used in a hash-based pre-filter, which is able to process more 100 Gbps of network traffic.


In this manuscript Al-Wathiqi, F. et al have investigated the in vitro susceptibility of 92 clinical (collected over a period of 18 years) and 7 environmental A. flavus isolates to 3 different classes of antifungal drugs commonly used for treating fungal infections, including those caused by members of the genus Aspergillus. These investigators initially characterized the isolates using morphological characteristics and subsequently confirmed their identity by molecular biologic techniques such as characterization of the ITS1-5.8S rRNA gene-ITS2 region as well as by partial sequencing of the #-tubulin and calmodulin genes. The combined morphological and molecular biologic techniques confirmed that all the isolates these investigators used belonged to A. flavus taxon. Their in vitro susceptibility studies using E-test and disk inhibition assay revealed that both clinical and environmental isolates were highly susceptible to all the antifungal drugs they used except amphotericin B. A low but significant percentage of the clinical isolates were resistant to amphotericin B.


Hypertension is one of the number one killer diseases in the world today. Age is one of the risk factors of hypertension The normal value of a person's blood pressure with a height measure, weight, Normal activity level and general health is 120/80 mmHg. WHO (World Health Organization) in 2012 the number of cases of hypertension there are 839 million cases. Where this case is estimated to be higher in 2025 with the number of 1.15 billion cases or about 29.2% of the total world population with a target of cases of hypertension in adulthood. This study aims to determine incidence of hypertension in Patients.The type of research used is quantitative analytic observasional. The research design used was cross sectional study. Data analysis was done univariat and bivariate using Chi-Square test. The population in this study were adult patients who visited Harapan Raya Community Health Center. The sample is 91 people.The results showed the value for the incidence of hypertension ie gender variables (p-value = 0.008), History p-value (p-value = 0,013) and physical activity (p-value = 0,000), meaning there is a significant relationship while obesity variable does not show significant relationship (p-value = 0,249).


The number of Indonesians who already know about family planning programs was 95%, but only 61% of family planning awareness programs were reliable because of unacceptable methods with honesty of family planning, individual health, and sexuality. women or the cost of obtaining contraception. The purpose of this study was to determine the description of knowledge and husbands support about selection of contraceptive type used in mothers who work in kelekahan jeketro Grobogan. The design of this research was descriptive study. Respondents of this research are active family planning acceptors in RW 02 Jeketro urban village, gubug regency hub. Grobogan. The sampling technique used is purposive sampling. Result of research got that knowledge of respondent in category enough 57,3%, husband support in category support 57,3%, contraception chosen by respondent is natural as much 61,0%. Based on these results, especially Puskesmas is expected to always provide motivation to the community through the promotion of health, continuous counseling and the provision of facilities that can facilitate information about effective contraception that helps direct the mother to change her behavior to choose effective contraception or even contraception steady.
Keywords: Knowledge, Husband Support, Contraception


Comrade story in the Taiwan's movies is often placed in a closed field such as school,expressing the sex consciousness of minors already waken;On the other hand,the tradition force remains so strong to refuse to excess erotic indulgence and the "queer" of the social edge,which determined the "comrades" sex carnival to cater for the audience usual lack of "micro-political" significance.From a gender setting,"T" should be the most low-level of the group,not only suffered from gender discrimination around themselves,desperately faced no turning back in life,but also their own emotional space there is the danger of collapse.Taiwan's movies appear a character group that male have been "castrated" and "T" difficult to figure out the tragic fate in order to divide into a bottom of society's "common people".This "gender colonial" reaffirms the logic of the West colonialism to produce of popular identity in the globalization era.


This project was conceived in response to the rapid decline in banana (Musa) production experienced in Kenya over the last two decades. The decline was brought about by: infestation with Panama disease or Fusarium wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Cubense (FOC); Black and Yellow sigatoka leaf spot caused by Mycosphaerella fijiensis (Morelet) and Mycosphaerella musicola (Leach) respectively; weevils (Cosmopolites sordidus) / nematode (Radopholus similis) complexes; and, environmental degradation. The common farmer practice of using untreated sword suckers aggravated the problem further. The situation threatened food security, employment and income in banana producing areas. Thus the broad goal of the project was to make available to small-scale resource-poor farmers clean and improved banana seedlings to alleviate the increasing poverty and hunger in Kenya. These farmers make up to nearly 80% of the Kenyan population and their agricultural production, which is mainly subsistence, contributes over 90% of food production in the country. The application of tissue culture (TC) technology to address these constraints, was therefore an appropriate option to ensure availability of clean planting material. The specific objectives of the project were to build and upgrade banana TC capacity in Kenya by (i) systematically introducing the technology to farmers and supporting them with the necessary extension, (ii) establishing public/private sector links to ensure timely availability of the TC materials, (iii) carrying out a technology diffusion study to understand and appropriately respond to any issues that may limit adoption of the technology and (iv) developing a sustainable production-distribution-utilisation system as a means of ensuring food security and creating jobs. To a large extent, the feasibility and appropriateness of the technology within the farming system of smallholder farmers was established. However, several issues relating to the eventual large-scale commercialisation of the technology emerged. The first one was the need to include an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) package in order to prolong the orchards' longevity. Secondly, for farmers to reap maximum benefits, it was found necessary that field management packages to safeguard the health of the plantlets and the environment be included in the technology transfer package. Thirdly, the cost of plantlets was found to be an important limiting factor to technology diffusion. As a result, access to credit for orchard establishment was found to be essential. The project now sees a need to establish a sustainable system of wider evaluation and horizontal technology transfer through involvement of a broad network of partners with comparative advantage to mobilise large-scale impact.


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316L stainless steel is a well-established engineering material and lots of components are fabricated by either ingot metallurgy or powder metallurgy. From the viewpoints of material properties and process versatility, powder metallurgy has been widely applied in industries. Generally, stainless steel powders are prepared by atomization processes and powder characteristics, compaction ability, and sinterability are quite different according to the powder preparation process. In the present study, a nanoparticle dispersed micro-sphere powder is synthesized by pulse wire explosion of 316L stainless steel wire in order to facilitate compaction ability and sintering ability. Nanoparticles which are deposited on the surface of micro-powder are advantageous for a rigid die compaction while spherical micro-powder is not to be compacted. Additionally, double step sintering behavior is observed for the powder in the dilatometry of cylindrical compact body. Earlier shrinkage peak comes from the sintering of nanoparticle and later one results from the micro-powder sintering. Microstructure as well as phase composition of the sintered body is investigated.


The aim of the study is to build an experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis (EAMG) animal model by DNA im- munization for further study. AChR α205, encoding the main immunogenic region of N-terminal 205 residues of human nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha 1 subunit, and rat interleukin-6 cDNA sequence were respectively subcloned into pcDNA3.1(+), for constructing pcDNA3.1(+)/AChR α205 and pcDNA3.1(+)/IL-6 recombinant plasmids. Female Lewis rats in control group were inoculated by pcDNA3.1(+); rats in two experimental groups were inoculated by pcDNA3.1(+)/AChR α205 and pcDNA3.1(+)/AChR α205 with pcDNA3.1 (+)/IL-6, respectively. For all these mice, we investigated the clinical manifestation, electromyogram, anti-AChR antibody, histopathology and ultramicrostructure, gene integration, and RNA transcription. And we found that clinical muscle was weakened, repetitive nerve stimulation was attenuated, serum anti-AChR antibody was increased, and retrogression was appeared in histological examination as well as ultramicrostructure in a few rats of experimental groups. These changes were more obvious in rats inoculated by both of the two recombinant plasmids. Target gene was all integrated into genomes and RNA also transcribed in the two experimental groups. In our study, EAMG animal models were built by inoculated the two recombinant plasmids pcDNA3.1 (+) /AChR α205 and pcDNA3.1(+)/IL-6 to Lewis rats, which will be a convenient and practical way for building animal model.


Objective To determine whether lymph node-targeted chemotherapy with carbon nanoparticles absorbing 5-FU affects expressions of bcl-2,bax and caspase-3 in gastric cancer tissues,metastatic lymph nodes and normal gastric mucosa.Methods Twenty-eight patients with gastric cancer in our department were divided into lymph node-targeted chemotherapy(LNTC) group and control group from October 2005 to August 2006.The patients were treated with carbon nanoparticles absorbing 5-FU before operation in LNTC group and those were operated directly in control group.The gastric cancer tissues,metastatic lymph nodes and normal gastric mucosa were collected after operation.The expressions of bcl-2,bax and caspase-3 in those tissues were determined by immunohistochemical technique.Results In LNTC group,the positive expression rate of bcl-2 in gastric cancer tissues and metastatic lymph nodes was significantly lower than those in control group(28.6% vs.78.6%,25.0% vs.70.0%,P0.05),the positive expression rate of bax(85.7% vs.28.6%,80.0% vs.30.0%) and caspase-3(57.1% vs.14.3%,55.0% vs.15.0%) in gastric cancer tissues and metastatic lymph nodes was significantly higher than those in control group(P0.05).The positive expression rate of bcl-2,bax and caspase-3 in normal gastric mucosa was not significantly different between two groups(P0.05).Conclusion The lymph node-targeted chemotherapy with carbon nanoparticles absorbing 5-FU can down-regulate the expression of bcl-2 and up-regulate the expression of bax and caspase-3 in gastric cancer tissues and metastatic lymph nodes,and therefore by affecting the expression levels of these apoptosis molecules may be one of the ways to induce tumor cell apoptosis.


Codium fragile is commercially farmed in Korea by natural blooming zygote attachment. Experiments found optimum conditions for artificial seed production and nursery culture of C. fragile by asexual reproduction. Isolated utricles and medullary filaments were regenerated to erect thalli using both indoor and outdoor culture experiments. Under the indoor culture conditions, irradiance was an important factor to control the development of erect thalli. Formation of erect thallus from the isolated medullary filaments in the indoor culture was induced after 30 days under and . The detachment of isolated utricles and medullary filaments from the substrates of seed strings was reduced by exposure to the air during 2 hrs before the indoor culture of seed strings. The maximum growth and development of erect thalli in the nursery culture was induced at a water depth of 0.5 m. Depending on the substrates of the seed strings the growth of erect thalli was not significantly different (p>0.05).


There is increasing evidence that conditional cash transfer programs can have large impacts on school enrollment, including in very poor countries. However, little is known about which features of program design -- including the amount of the cash that is transferred, how frequently conditions are monitored, whether non-complying households are penalized, and the identity or gender of the cash recipients -- account for the observed outcomes. This paper analyzes the impact of one feature of program design -- namely, the magnitude of the transfer. The analysis uses data from a program in Cambodia that deliberately altered the transfer amounts received by otherwise comparable households. The findings show clear evidence of diminishing marginal returns to transfer size despite the fact that even the larger transfers represented on average only 3 percent of the consumption of the median recipient households. If applicable to other settings, these results have important implications for other programs that transfer cash with the explicit aim of increasing school enrollment levels in developing countries.


Research evidence points to abnormal brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) signaling being a common and vital participant in the etiology and pathophysiology of many psychiatric disorders, including depression, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. To increase BDNF levels in patients is therefore a necessary goal of any treatment. This review explores the various therapeutic strategies that can increase BDNF brain expression and recover mental health disturbances. From environmental enrichment and exercise to dietary intake, it is apparent that a healthy lifestyle significantly influences BDNF signaling and mental health. We conclude that in order to combat the inefficiency of current treatment methods, more attention should be focused on holistic approaches to achieve this goal, as BDNF is proven to have dynamic responses to environmental influences.


Natural killer T (NKT) cells and CD5+B cells were searched for in various immune organs of autoimmune prone (NZB×NZW)F1 (NZB/W F1) mice. The number of lymphocytes increased in the liver, spleen, and peritoneal cavity after the onset of disease (at the age of 30 weeks) while the number of thymocytes decreased at that time. Prominent changes of lymphocyte subsets were seen in the liver and peritoneal cavity, namely, expansion of IL‐2Rβ+TCRα βint cells in the liver and of CD5+B220+ cells in the peritoneal cavity. The majority of TCRα βint cells in the liver were NK1.1+, and CD5+B cells in the peritoneal cavity were CD1d+. Proteinuria became prominent in NZB/W F1 mice with the progression of disease. In parallel with this progression, the proportion of NKT cells decreased slightly in the liver, but their absolute number remained at a high level in this organ. These NKT cells were CD4+ and used an invariant chain of Vα14Jα281 for TCRα. Reflecting the elevation of CD5+B cells, autoantibodies against hepatocyte cytoplasmand denatured DNA were detected in sera. Although NKT cells are known to be immunoregulatory cells in some autoimmune mice, the present results raise the possibility that NKT cells as well as CD5+B cells might be associated with the onset of autoimmune diseases in NZB/W F1 mice. Indeed, NKT cells in F1 mice had a high potential to induce autoimmune‐like inflammationwhen α–galactosylceramide was administered or when active NKT cells were transferred into young F1 mice.


The invention relates to novel isolated Lactobacillus cells which are capable of aggregating Helicobacter pylori under culture conditions of the human digestive tract, in particular the stomach, and to the use of such cells.


I mproving platelet (PLT) transfusion practices will likely facilitate improved outcomes of ill neonates. Low PLT counts are found in the majority of extremely-low-birth-weight neonates, neonates on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), and severely ill neonates, and repeated PLT transfusions are often administered to such patients. The number of PLT transfusions administered in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) population has been found to predict the mortality rate. The overwhelming majority of these NICU PLT transfusions, up to 98 percent in some reports, are not given as a treatment for bleeding, oozing, or bruising, but prophylactically to nonbleeding patients whose PLT count has fallen below a somewhat arbitrary trigger limit. The benefits and risks of prophylactic PLT transfusions in neonatal medicine have not been fully defined. There is increasing awareness of the risks, but the benefits remain largely speculative.


Background: Premature Rupture of Membrane (PROM) may cause maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to investigate the risk factors related to PROM in pregnant women below 34 pg (OR= 0.10; 95% CI= 0.01 to 0.86; p= 0.036) decreased the risk of premature of rupture membrane in women of reproductive age. Conclusion: Multigravida and MCH >34 pg decrease the risk of premature of rupture membrane in women of reproductive age. Keywords: premature rupture membrane Correspondence:  Putri Chairani Eyanoer. Department Community and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com. Mobile: +62-813 7023-2513 Journal of Maternal and Child Health (2020), 5(4): 576-586 https://doi.org/10.26911/thejmch.2020.05.04.04


A number of Western assumptions about Japanese crime control are based on notions of a specific Japanese "shame culture" and/or a causal relationship between the policing system and low crime rates in Japan. According to these views, subcultures ought to be of minimal significance in Japan. In contrast to such beliefs, this article describes the size and the characteristics of subcultural formations, such as groupings of street youths, bosozoku (hot-rodder) groups, and yakuza (networks of male adult criminal organizations), as numerically significant and culturally visible phenomena. In a comparative perspective, features of Japanese subcultural groupings are interpreted in their relation to masculinity and to culture-specific problems of contemporary Japanese society.


Background Adult onset valvular heart disease is the most common form of heart disease in dogs and may account for up to 75-80% of canine heart disease. Mitral valve disease (MVD) is an adult onset abnormality of the mitral valve and is the most common type of valvular disease in dogs. MVD usually involves progressive, degenerative changes of the valve leaflets and the string-like structures that hold the valve in place (chordae tendineae). These changes, which often include thickening and varying degrees of mitral valve bending or ballooning ("prolapse"), are associated with abnormal valve closure. Incomplete valve closure during cardiac contraction leads to "backflow" of blood (mitral regurgitation, MR). In some dogs, chronic MVD with MR may be severe enough to progress to congestive heart failure (resulting in fluid retention in the lungs, among other clinical signs). Other complications of MVD include pulmonary hypertension and abnormal heart rhythms.


Nerve injury induces up-regulation of the chaperone protein clusterin in affected neurons and adjacent astrocytes but the functional significance of this response is unclear. We find that motor neu ...


Bsaed non single nutrient limited models on relations of biomass,grain yield,nutrient uptakes by crops,nutrient contents in crop plants to initial soil nutrient and fertilizer application doses,the models on the relationship between nutrient uptake and nutrient supply were constructed under multi nutrient limited conditions.The fertilizer effectivebess index was defined to unify the effects of fertilization and soil nutrients on nutrient supplies.The comprehensive uptake efficiency of nitrogen,phosphorus and potassium was calculated as a main criterion of balance fertilization.


Communication-based train control (CBTC) systems are widely applied in the world. The primary functions are carried out by wireless communications, which implement the communication between train and ground. However, this kind of solution involves too many subsystems and interfaces, which makes the group equipment complex and expensive to maintain. What is more, once the ground control center or the communication channel is out of service, the train must operate in degraded modes, and more human factors will be involved. As a result, the efficiency and safety of the train operation will be affected. In order to significantly increase efficiency and safety, train-to-train (T2T) communication is proposed as a new solution for railway signaling. Hence, the availability and performance analysis of the direct T2T data communication system is essential. In this paper, the system structure is described, and different parameters that can affect the performance of the communication system are discussed. In order to evaluate the system availability and performance, the stochastic Petri nets (SPNs) are applied to formalize the communication system. The numerical analysis is carried out with different parameters, which consider both bit error and transmission rates. The results show that the method applied in this paper can be used to evaluate the performance and availability of the T2T data communication system.


Thin films (≊2 μm) of boron nitride, titanium boron nitride, and titanium aluminum boron nitride have been grown on molybdenum, niobium, and cemented carbide substrates employing nonreactive as well as reactive rf magnetron sputter deposition from either a BN, a TiN‐BN, or a TiN–AlN–BN target. Substrates have been rf biased, with dc potentials up to −200 V. By means of nonreactive sputtering mixed‐phase structures with dominant phases B48B2N2 (using a BN target), or B48B2N2 and hexagonal Ti–B–N (using a TiN–BN or a TiN–AlN–BN target) are formed. Reactive deposition leads to the existence of hexagonal BN in all deposition modes. In the cases of Ti–B–N and Ti–Al–B–N films this phase is accompanied by fcc Ti–B–N. SEM cross sections revealed very fine grained to fracture‐amorphous film structures. Hardness measurements gave the following maximum HV 0.02 values: B–N films 2800, Ti–B–N films 2750, and Ti–Al–B–N films 1650.


The postural shift from lying to standing may provide a challenge for maintaining adequate blood flow to the brain. Cerebral perfusion in response to the shift to upright posture is affected by a variety of factors including the health of the cardiovascular system and a slight increase in orthostatic systolic blood pressure (SBP). In this study, cognitive functioning was examined in Hispanic American preschoolers in relation to systolic orthostatic blood pressure regulation (OBPR). The extent to which SBP increases in response to standing provides an index for predicting cognitive functioning. Developmental cognitive screening tests (Speed-DIAL-III) were administered individually. At a separate time, blood pressure regulation was assessed in response to an orthostatic challenge. After controlling for age and gender, adequate effective SBP regulation was found to predict performance on measures of concept skills and language competency. Findings support previous research and suggest an association between effective blood pressure regulation and cognitive performance among 3–5-year-old children.


A search for evidence that fundamental particles are made of smaller subconstituents is performed. The existence of excited states of fundamental p articles would be an unambiguous indication of their composite nature. Experimenta l signatures compatible with the production of excited states of charged leptons in electron -p sitron collisions are studied. The data analysed were collected by the OPAL detector at the L EP collider. No evidence for the existence of excited states of charged leptons was fo und. Upper limits on the product of the cross-section and the electromagnetic branching fraction are inferred. Using results from the search for singly produced excited leptons , upper limits on the ratio of the excited lepton coupling constant to the compositeness s cale are calculated. From pair production searches, 95% confidence level lower limits on th e masses of excited electrons, muons and taus are determined to be 103.2 GeV.


In this new volume Marris suggests that a sensitivity to the dynamics of loss might influence what we do and how we manage social change. It is 'the conflict between contradictory impulses to return to the past, and to forget it altogether' (p 121 ) each of which alone would be self-destructive that creates the need for a 're-integration'; 'the length and intensity of the crisis, the risk that its resolution will be abortme, can be reduced by the way the conflict is articulated and


The study attempted to fill a gap in the research on international business by providing fresh evidence of the effect of the degree of internationalization on firm performance and the influence of organizational slack on this relationship. By applying a fixed-effects model to data from 569,767 Vietnamese enterprises from 2007 to 2015, a significant W-shaped linkage between internationalization and firm performance was revealed. Importantly, the results also emphasized the importance of three types of slack in the first stage of the internationalization process: absorbed slack human resources, other absorbed slack resources, and unabsorbed slack resources.


Seven derivatives of 2,6-diamidinoanthraquinone were synthesized.Ⅱ_1 and Ⅱ_5 were found to be active against Entamoeba. histolytica at concentrationof 5 μg/ml in vitro.


of the oleic acid, the chemical composition of the manganese mineral tested, and the pH of its isoelectric point. Thus, Cu (II) and Mn (II) which are basic and hydrolyze at pHs above those of the isoelectric points of the manganese minerals investigated could, within certain specific limits of medium pH, act as activators for pyrolusite and manganite. On the other hand, Fe (H2O)6+++ which is acidic, ionizes at pH2.2 and is precipitated at pH3.7, which is below than both the isoelectric point of


Purpose To build a three dimensional structure activity relationship model of the title compounds and gain further insights into requirements for potential nonsteroidal progesterone receptor agonists. Methods A 3D-QSAR model of thirty-one nonsteroidal progesterone receptor agonists 5-benzylidene-l, 2-dihydro-5H-chromeno[3,4-f] quinolines was established by comparative molecular field analysis (CoMFA) method. Results The result of cross-validated q2= 0. 780,non-cross-validated R2 =0.983,SE (standard error)=0.092, and F=157.531. The activities of the three progesterone receptor agonists were predicted by this model and the results were compatible to actual values. Conclusions The model possesses a high predictability and offers an approach to design the new progesterone receptor agonists.


Roger Bullock is Commissioning Editor of Adoption & Fostering and a Fellow, Centre for Social Policy, Warren House Group at Dartington The death of Baby Peter, the infant who died from appalling abuse despite having his name on the child protection register and being seen by numerous professionals, has caused an outcry in Britain. But the responses have been equally worrying and, as they have implications for adoption and fostering, merit attention. I have no special knowledge of what happened but I found the ill-considered and contradictory nature of the accompanying discussion alarming: a grotesque mixture of the probable, possible and improbable, and an indictment of the inadequate appreciation of the complexity of social problems. Initially, the Government seemed taken by surprise, despite knowledge of the impending scandal, but acted swiftly both locally and nationally. This uncertainty was manifest in the varied estimates of the number of similar cases occurring annually. The first figures were based on the 100 or so serious case reviews conducted each year, although a quarter of these reports concern serious injury and not death. OFSTED then came up with a higher figure, nearer 150, with the NSPCC trumping that with something even higher. Eventually, Lord Laming, in presenting his report, reduced it to 55. If it did not have such a deleterious effect on children's wellbeing, not least by chasing able practitioners into more respected and comfortable lines of work, one could marvel at the irony of this situation. We had one group of professionals – mostly employed by central government – with wildly varying judgements criticising the lack of perspicacity of another group – mostly employed by local government. Others were quick to join in, many using the tragedy to bolster their particular cause. 'It reflects our broken society', said one politician. 'Nay, but broken families perhaps', retorted another. 'Baby Peter would have become an offender', foretold one charity manager. 'Policies are too pro-family', opined another. 'More children should be in care', concluded a Parliamentary Committee, unexpectedly supporting the use of more residential care. 'Nonsense', said a broadsheet newspaper, 'Care is a fate worse than death.' Meanwhile, the popular press demanded the blood of the professionals involved, despite having been recently duped itself by someone seeking financial gain from a fabricated abduction. The problem is that the evidence does not fit with the easy answers that discussants were seeking. The three major studies of serious case reviews in England show that the situations surrounding dangerous harm to children are much more varied than those affecting Baby Peter. Altogether, they scrutinised 246 cases and found many quite different circumstances: for instance, 52% of children were over the age of one, 52% were not violently killed and 86% were not registered at the time of the incident. In fact, a recommendation in one of the reports was to pay more attention to vulnerable adolescents. Lord Laming subsequently recommended practical reforms, all of which the Government says it will implement. But while these will undoubtedly help, the problem is also a clinical one – trying to predict which children at risk of harm will be abused, and which of those will be murdered. This is immensely difficult because of the weak predictive power of the risk factors Disquieting responses


Based on the specialty of building decoration of Xinyang Vocational and Technical College,according to the current situation of architectural decoration industry,this paper carries out the educational reform pattern,giving full play to the characteristics of resources,exploring the teaching mode of combing working and studying in teaching practice.


Abstract : In this paper, we used correlative matrix as a feature criterion in K-L transformation for feature compression, and then the synthetic matched filter (SMF) was prepared by means of the synthetic discriminant function (SDF). This method can effectively reduce the size of feature image. By this fiber, the shift, scale and rotation in variant optical pattern recognition was realized with a high signal noise ratio of correlation output. (AN)


Abstract In this manuscript, a class of fractional delay differential equation is considered under multi-point boundary conditions. Two important aspects including existence theory and stability results are developed. For the concerned results prior estimate method and some results of nonlinear analysis are used. By giving a pertinent example the main results are justified.


The Qianshanyang Culture, characterized by the presence of tri-pod vessels with large fishfin-shaped feet, was recently found at Taihu Lake and has confirmed to belong to the Longshan Culture. The analysis on the cultural sources shows that the local cultural elements and their new development played a dominant role in Qianshanyang Culture, while the elements from the north contributed subordinately. Qianshanyang is argued to be a new archaeological cultural form that was staged in early Taihu Culture and had originated mainly from local traditions while including some foreign cultural factors.


During the more than two decades since its inception, the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA) has not provided a major focus for scholarly studies of Eastern Europe and international communism conducted in the West.' Usually it has been treated primarily as an instrument employed by the Soviet Union in its attempts to consolidate and maintain control over the other countries of Eastern Europe. Both Englishand German-language studies of CMEA have tended to emphasize historical analysis, institutional and legal arrangements, and policy "outputs." They have focused far more on the obstacles to further economic and political unification within Eastern Europe than on factors conducive to further integration. What is perhaps most clear concerning studies of CMEA is the virtual lack of theoretical concern on the part of the authors and their failure to take into account the findings and


Type I interferons (IFN-Is) are a group of molecules with pleiotropic effects on the immune system forming a crucial link between innate and adaptive immune responses. The type I interferon pathway has been implicated in the pathogenesis of a number of rheumatic diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis. IFN activity is usually quantified using expression of interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs) referred to as an IFN signature. Acellbia (BIOCAD) is the first Russian rituximab (RTX) biosimilar which was approved for medical use in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients in Russia and some CIS countries.To evaluate the changes in expression of ISGs in patients (pts) with RA during RTX biosimilar therapy20 RA pts (18 woman, Me;IQR age 61.5(54-66.5) years, disease duration 39.5(20-84) months, mean DAS 28 5.6(4.9-6.8)) received two intravenous RTX biosimilar infusions (600 mg №2) in combination with DMARDs and glucocorticoids. Laboratory biomarkers were assessed at baseline and 24 weeks after the first infusion of RTX. 5 genes (IFI44L, MX1, IFIT 1, RSAD2, EPSTI1) were selected for evaluation of the "interferon signature" (Type I IFN gene signature – IFNGS). IFI44L and IFIT1 expression was undetectable, therefore the remaining three genes (MSX1, EPSTI1, RSAD2) were included into further analysis. IFNGS was calculated as the average expression values of the three selected genes. The control group included 20 age and gender matching healthy donors.The baseline expression levels of MX1-11.48 (5.45-19.38), EPSTI1-12.83 (5.62-19.64), RSAD2-5.16 (2.73-10.4), and IFNGS-10.3 (5.18-17.12) in RA patients were significantly higher compared to healthy donors– 1,26 (0,73-1,6); 1,06 (0,81-1,48); 0,93 (0,72-1,19); 1,09 (0,92-1,42), (p<0.05, respectively). IFNGS was detected in 15 (75%) patients, and was not found in 5 (15%) patients. RTX induced reduction in disease activity, and the level of acute phase reactants (ESR, CRP) after 12 and 24 weeks of therapy, p<0.05 (fig.1). Increased RSAD 2 expression (p<0.05) and a trend to increasing IFNGS levels (p=0.06) were documented in the whole group, and also in patients with moderate treatment effects by week 24. Among patients with a good EULAR response to therapy, changes in expression were not significant (p> 0.05) (fig.1)Figure 1.Expression of IFN-stimulated genes was increased in RA patients compared to healthy donors. Increased RSAD2 and IFNGS expression was documented in patients with moderate effect of RTX therapy, therefore, these findings have important clinical relevance as predictors of RA clinical course which necessitates personified approach to treatment.None declared


This research is based on the concept of computer-aided acquisition and logistics support (CALS) information management methods, to establish the information interactive sharing relationship between aerospace industry, customers and sub-contractors, total logistics support (TLS) system is developed to provide the information platform for a variety of military aircraft maintenance management. As for the maintenance data record collection is used mainly to establish a database of advanced materials acquisition and other related information that can be inputted into maintenance data collection analysis system (MDCAS) and TLS for further utilising. This paper provides the overall applied benefits of TLS and the major applications are to access required information promptly, via data collection, storage, statistics, and analysis, and required information transfer so as to improve the integrated logistic ability of aerospace industry and enhance overall competence in logistics of military aircraft maintenance management.


IN A WELL-KNOWN BUT RELATIVELY UNEXAMINED moment in Hamlet, Claudius, having confessed his guilt for his brother's murder, struggles to pray. Hamlet, who secretly observes Claudius in what appears to be a convincing act of devotion, refuses the opportunity to strike his revenge for fear of sending his uncle straight to his salvation: "Now might I do it pat, now a is a praying / And now I'll do't-And so a goes to heaven. . . / And am I then revenged / To take him in the purging of his soul / When he is fit and seasoned for his passage?"2 Upon Hamlet's exit of the stage, however, Claudius announces to the audience the failure of his prayer. Despite efforts to align his internal state with his external gestures of piety-"Bow, stubborn knees;" he commands, "and heart with strings of steel/ Be soft as sinews of the new-born babe" (3.3.70-71)-Claudius remains unrepentant.3 The scene concludes with Claudius's announcement of the irreconcilable discrepancy between his heart and tongue: "My words fly up, my thoughts remain below/ Words without thoughts never to heaven go" (3.3.97-98). For centuries, literary critics have considered this scene to be little more than another example of Hamlet's procrastination and delay. In the most generous accounts, its importance lies in the murder that it fails to produce. Thus A. C. Bradley observed: "This incident is, again, the turning point of the tragedy. So far, Hamlet's delay, though it is endangering his freedom and his life, has done no irreparable harm; but his failure here is the cause of all the disasters that follow."4 In less favorable readings of Hamlet's behavior, the scene exposes a side of his character that we would be well served to ignore; as Samuel Johnson famously noted, Hamlet's decision to spare Claudius in order to assure that "his soul may be as damned and black / As hell whereto it goes" represents a sentiment "too horrible to be read or to be uttered."5 And yet, what critics of all persuasions have largely ignored is the actual content of this scene-its detailed exploration of the devotional process that fails to produce a sincere state of contrition. Indeed, far from simply occupying a pivotal location in the narrative's unfolding, this


Factor analysis is commonly used in accounting research to combine scale items. This practice is highly dubious and may be creating variable measures that do not accurately reflect the hypothesized constructs. This problem can explain why studies often get inconsistent results or lead hypothesized relationships to be non-significant. Our paper can act as an instructive guide for the reasons why factor analysis and the proceeding factor score is often inappropriate for combining scale items and makes a case for the use of summated scores. As evidence, this paper uses data from a paper using summated scores (Bailey, 2015) to explore how factor analysis and factor scores could have disrupted the integrity of the focal construct. This empirical testing exercise helps reveal the issues of an over dependence on empirical results and why summated scores can serve as an alternative to ensure confidence for researchers using well established multi-item measures.


A kind of real-time auto-calibration method of Pt Resistance temperature measurement based on multi-sensor information presented. The limitations of traditional Pt resistance temperature measurement based on bridge are overcome by dealing with the information from multi-sensor benchmark resources. (1) The intrinsic non-linear of bridge measurement is eliminated and the measurement range is broadened. (2) The temperature drift of voltage or current that provides bridge benchmark resource is resolved. (3) The additional error caused by wire resistance is eliminated. (4) The zero and sensitivity drift problems of signal measuring circuit and A/D converting circuit are resolved. Consequently high precision and long stability of Pt resistance measurement can be realized.


Both chelated and nonchelated N-allyl-N-methylaminocarbene complexes of iron unsubstituted at the 1- and 3-positions of an allyl substituent afforded by thermolysis new η3-iron tricarbonyl complexes of 2,3-dihydropyrrole. The proposed mechanism of these reactions involves bicyclo[2.1.1]-2-aza-5-ferrahexane as an intermediate formed by [2+2] cycloaddition. Formation of this intermediate requires antiparallel arrangement of FeC and CC double bonds in the cycloaddition step. This mechanism was supported by reaction of deuterium-labeled complexes and by the density functional calculations of B3LYP quality. The structure of tricarbonyl[(η3-N-methyl-2-(biphenyl-4-yl)-4,5-dihydropyrrole]iron(0) (4f) has been determined by X-ray diffraction.


In this paper, a registration method based on ultrasound images clustering with Gaussian mixture model (UGMM) is proposed to suppress the interference for the wall pulsation displacement estimation. Firstly, the Gaussian mixture model is used to cluster the carotid ultrasound images to obtain the clustering image sequence. Secondly, the offsets of distant tissues representing the external interferences are extracted from the clustering image sequence. Then, the external interferences is eliminated to generate the registered clustering image sequence with the speckle tracking method. Finally, the pulsation displacement of the arterial wall is estimated from the registered cluster image sequence. In order to verify the effectiveness of UGMM, the carotid wall pulsation with external interferences in X, Y, and rotational directions are simulated with the Field-II. The results show that, compared with the traditional registered algorithm based on the original ultrasound images (the position weighted principal axis and centroid method combined with mutual information, PCMI), the mean of the UGMM-based normalized root mean square errors (NRMSEs) of the external interferences in X, Y, and rotational directions are reduced at 20%, 22%, and 19%, respectively, and the mean of NRMSEs of the estimated wall displacements are decreased by 21%. In summary, the UGMM method can effectively suppress the external interferences and improve the measurement accuracy of the wall displacement.


The phenology of flowering was studied in an experimental garden, on diploid and tetraploid populations of Anthoxanthum alpinum A. & D. Love and of A. odoratum L. of central and southern Europe and also in situ in a contact zone between diploid A. alpinum and tetraploid A. odoratum. In the experimental garden, the phenological parameters were studied at the individual level (onset of flowering) and at the population level (dates on which each population showed opened anthers for the first time on 40, 50, 60, 70, or 80% of the plants). Anthoxanthum alpinum flowered earlier than A. odoratum, regardless of the respective ploidy level of the two taxa. The average time lag between the appearance of the stigma and that of the stamens was about 2 days for the two A. alpinum taxa and 6 days for those of A. odoratum. Flowering was spread over the longest period for the tetraploid A. odoratum, which shows the great phenological variability of this taxon. The in situ study confirms the precocity of A. alpinum. The p...


An object of the present invention to prevent adhesion of the longer life and the molten metal of the thermal spray coating sprayed resistance to molten metal member. The invention relates to a resistant molten metal member covering the contact portion in contact with molten metal containing Zn and / or Al in the thermal spray coating, the spray coating, the average particle diameter of 10μm or less of the oxide-based median diameter using ceramic spray particles, in the thermal spray particles flying surface only inside a semi-molten state is formed by spraying a high-speed flight particle velocity or leave 1000 m / sec in the solid state, corrosion resistance against molten metal, insulation, wherein the enhanced adhesion prevention of corrosion resistance and molten metal to pickling.


Past studies in dogs have suggested that marrow graft rejection was mediated by major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II antigen–positive non-T cells that survived standard doses of total-body irradiation (TBI). We have now raised 4 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against marrow cells harvested 6 days after TBI. The mAbs are highly reactive (>70%) with marrow cells surviving radiation and also bind strongly (>50%) to normal marrow cells, lymphocytes, monocytes, and granulocytes. One of the mAbs (34-S3) reacted strongly with NK-like cells. In vitro treatment of marrow with mAb and rabbit complement (C') did not affect erythroid colony-forming unit (CFU-E) growth, whereas 2 of the 4 mAbs inhibited granulocyte-macrophage colony-forming unit (CFU-GM) growth, and all 3 mAbs tested suppressed autologous marrow engraftment. One of the mAbs, 69-S5 (IgG1), bound to a 95,000 dalton antigen. It crossreacted with human cells, but not with cells from Rhesus monkeys, baboons, and cats. We administered this mAb intravenously at 0.2 mg/kg/day on days −5 to 0 to dogs given 9.2 Gy TBI on day 0 followed by marrow grafts (≤4 × 108 cells/kg) from DLA-nonidentical unrelated donors. Three of five dogs had sustained grafts. Increasing the dose of mAb ten-fold (2 mg/kg/day) resulted in graft failure (2 of 2 dogs). Treatment with a dose of 0.2 mg/kg/day from day −7 to −2 showed sustained engraftment in 7 of 10 dogs. This result is in contrast to sustained grafts in 3 of 36 dogs not given mAb, and in 1 of 7 dogs treated with an irrelevant mAb (P=0.0002 and 0.04, respectively). We conclude that treatment of recipients with a mAb raised against marrow cells surviving radiation and not directed at major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II antigens and …


This paper utilizes the theories of metaphor of George Lakoff, Mark Johnson and Julian Jaynes to extend Jaynes' metaphor theory of consciousness by treating consciousness as an operator that works with 'covert behavior' so that humans can integrate temporally discontinuous percepts with concepts based on metaphoric extensions of the embodied schemas of direct and immediate perception and thereby transcend the limitations of direct perception. A theory of first-person expressions and covert behavior to account for self-conscious awareness as language-based is advanced. Subjectivity and objectivity are metaphors based on schemas of perception.


Major reason of paraplegia after trauma is injury of spinal cord. Transplantation of spinal stem cell in the earlier period not only lessen secondary injury but also promote regeneration. In order to recover the motor function of lower limbs, the patient in our hospital was implanted self-stem-cell for four times through the spinal puncture. At the same time, drug treatment and entirely nursing care were undertaken.


The purpose of this research was to investigate whether or not there is a correlation between scholastic achievement, level of involvement, and level of satisfaction with Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) among undergraduate students. The participants (N = 200) filled out self-report questionnaires regarding their scholastic achievement, involvement, level of contentment with virtual learning environments (VLEs), and punctuality. According to the findings, a student's level of contentment with their virtual learning environments was substantially associated with both their scholastic achievement (r =.53, p .001) and their level of involvement (r =.47, p .001). On the other hand, there was only a moderately strong association between punctuality and scholastic achievement (r =.25, p .01). These findings indicate that virtual learning environments (VLEs) can have a beneficial influence on the learning outcomes of students when they are successfully developed and implemented. The findings shed light on how critical it is to effectively create and implement VLEs in order to foster student involvement, inspiration, and scholastic achievement. These findings have significant repercussions for instructors and instructional programmers who work toward the goal of improving the learning outcomes of students by utilizing various forms of technology.


Grassland-based agriculture in Ireland contributes over one third of national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and the LULUCF sector is a net GHG source primarily due to the ongoing drainage of peat soils. Rewetting of peat-based organic soils is now recognised as an attractive climate mitigation strategy, but reducing emissions and restoring the carbon sequestration potential is challenging, and is not always feasible notably due to agricultural demands. Nonetheless, reducing carbon losses from drained organic soils has been identified as a key action for Ireland to reach its climate targets, and carbon storage associated with improved grassland management practices can provide a suitable strategy to offset GHG emissions without compromising productivity. However, research is still needed to assess the best practices and management options for optimum environmental and production outcomes. While grasslands have been widely studied internationally, data on organic soils under this land use are still scarce. In Ireland, despite their spatial extent and relevance to the national emission inventories and mitigation strategies, only two studies on GHG emissions from grasslands on peat soils have been published.


We measured the grain size, total organic carbon (TOC), total nitrogen (TN), and heavy metals (As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Pb, and Zn) in order to understand the spatial distribution and pollution level of organic matter and metals in surface sediment around Goseong Bay, a shellfish farming area, Korea. The surface sediments were composed of finer sediments such as mud and clay. The concentration of TOC, TN, and heavy metals were much higher in the innermost bay than in the mouth and outside of bay. The spatial distribution of organic matter and heavy metals and C/N ratio (5-10) in sediment showed that the organic matter and heavy metals in sediment of the study region were significantly influenced by oceanic origin organic matter and anthropogenic sources, respectively. Based on the results of four assessment techniques (sediment quality guideline, geoaccumulation index, pollution load index, ecological risk index), the sediments around the Goseong Bay were a little polluted for heavy metals and the high metal concentrations in the northern region of bay could adverse impact on benthic organisms in sediment. Thus, the systematic management plan for the improvement of water and sediment environment and the concentrated monitoring of pollutants for sustainable aquaculture and seafood safety around Goseong Bay are necessary in the future.


Objective: To study the craniofacial structures in the vertical and sagittal directions of adults with normal occlusion in northeastern China,and to establish the diagnostic standards of different kinds of skeletal patterns. Methods: One hundred adults (50 men and 50 women) with normal occlusion were chosen. The lateral cephalometric radiographs were traced on acetate sheets,identified landmarks,measured indexes of Downs and Bjork analysis with tracing protractor template. Descriptive statistics and multifactor cluster analysis were performed. Results: The diagnostic standards of 3 kinds of skeletl patterns has been established. Conclusion: It is necessary to establish the diagnostic standards of different kinds of skeletal patterns.


Several studies related to stock market return volatility have been performed by
researchers, from linear model which assume constant variance to nonlinear model with
structural breaks such as Markov-switching. This study aims to analyse daily stock market
return volatility in Indonesia period April 4
th
1983 � July 15
th
2013 using Autoregressive
Conditional Heteroscedasticity (ARCH), Generalized Autoregressive Conditional
Heteroscedasticity (GARCH), and its leverage. Estimation results found linear model, which
assume constant variance, no longer accurate to predict stock market return volatility
movement in Indonesia. Good news and bad news also give different impact to volatility.


We know of no documented observations of wolves (Canis sp.) detecting and then attacking a White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) during spring, summer, or fall. We describe an observation of a wolf attacking a life-like, two-dimensional deer decoy in November 2017 near Killarney Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada. The wolf appeared to locate the decoy by sight rather than sound or scent, suggesting that the profile of a deer is sufficient to trigger an attack by a wolf.


Measurements of the Hall and Shubnikov-de Haas effects of a 2-dimensional electron gas in an AlxGa1-xAs/GaAs heterojunction interface have been performed. The electron density and mobility decayed together when the gate voltage was applied. The data of the Hall voltage and the source-drain current as functions of the gate voltage are transformed to magnetoconductances σxx and σxy, using Wick's theory to clarify the quantization of the conductance at the Landau level tails.


This provides high reliability for the light emitting device. It increases the yield of the manufacturing process of the light emitting device. Provides a light emitting device including the thin part than the non-light emitting portion a light emitting portion having a frame-like shape of light emitting portion outside thereof. To form a light emitting element and the adhesive layer on the substrate. A light emitting element is sealed by superimposing a pair of substrates to cure the adhesive layer. Then, while heating the cured adhesive layer using a member having convex part applies pressure to at least a portion of the non-light emitting portion.


We survey rigorous, formal and numerical results on the formation of point-like singularities (or blow-up) for a wide range of evolution equations. We use a similarity transformation of the original equation with respect to the blow-up point, such that self-similar behaviour is mapped to the fixed point of a dynamical system. We point out that analysing the dynamics close to the fixed point is a useful way of characterizing the singularity, in that the dynamics frequently reduces to very few dimensions. As far as we are aware, examples from the literature either correspond to stable fixed points, low-dimensional centre-manifold dynamics, limit cycles or travelling waves. For each 'class' of singularity, we give detailed examples.


Expense Tracker A company expense tracker is developed using the React JavaScript library. The app allows employees to log and track their business expenses, including the cost, date, and details of each expense. The app's user interface was designed to be user-friendly, with clear input fields and an organized layout for displaying expenses entries. To build the app, the we use a variety of tools and technology including React components, the fetch function, and a backend service for storing and retrieving data. we also have to implement form validation and error handling to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the expense data. In addition to the core expense tracking functionality, we added several additional features, such as the ability to filter and sort expense entries and the option to generate reports of total expenses by category or date range. Overall, the expense tracker app is a useful tool for employees to manage their business expenses


BACKGROUND: A fixed-dose combination (FDC) of levocetirizine and montelukast is expected to provide complementary effects, which improve the rhinitis symptoms and allergic rhinitis. The objective of the study was to compare the pharmacokinetics and safety of HCP1102(montelukast 5 mg and levocetirizine 5 mg FDC) to co-administration of individual tablets in healthy male volunteers. METHODS: This study was designed as a randomized, open-label, single dose, crossover study in healthy male subjects. A total of 24 subjects were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 sequences and received either the test drug HCP1102 (montelukast 5 mg/levocetirizine 5 mg FDC) or reference drug (montelukast 5 mg and levocetirizine 5 mg) in each period. Serial blood samples were collected pre-dose and up to 48 hours post-dose. Safety assessments were performed. RESULTS: Twenty-two subjects were included in the pharmacokinetic analysis. The 90% confidence intervals for geometric mean ratios (test/reference) of AUClast and Cmax of montelukast and levocetirizine were all between 0.80 and 1.25. There was no serious adverse event and all reported adverse events were mild. CONCLUSIONS: HCP1102 (montelukast 5 mg/levocetirizine 5 mg FDC) was bioequivalent to co-administration of individual tablets. Both formulations were safe and no significant difference was observed in the safety assessments of the treatments.


Raking view of Italianate brownstones with cast iron stair rails; Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, long known as a major African-American cultural and business center. After being associated for much of the twentieth century with black culture, but also crime and poverty, it is now experiencing a social and economic renaissance. A long lack of development also preserved buildings from the 1870-1910 building boom, and Harlem as a result has many of the finest original townhouses in New York. This includes work by many significant architects of the day, including McKim, Mead, and White; James Renwick; William Tuthill; Charles Buek; and Francis Kimball. After years of false starts, Harlem began to see rapid gentrification in the late 1990s, particularly along W 122nd Street which runs into the Mount Morris Historical District, and the Dorrance Brooks Square area. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 5/9/2011)