A remarkable growth of female participation has been observed in the job market of Bangladesh over the past few years. The number of female employees and their contribution is likely to increase further with the pace of the country's development in terms of the literacy rate and employment scope. Among the several thriving sectors of the country, the significance of the education sector especially in the tertiary level is highlighted by the noble contribution they make to the economy. Due the rapid increase in the number of private universities over the past few years in the country, quite a large number of women have chosen to embark on this field with the hopes of establishing themselves as academicians.  However, one of the existing impediments which obstructs several women to reach their zenith professionally is rigid company policies specifically lack of flexibility. The importance of Flexible Work Arrangements (FWA) has recently gained the attention of academicians as well as practitioners to improve employee performance. Since participation of women in a noble sector like education is highly desired; hence, the present study aims to investigate the relationship between Flexible Work Arrangements (FWA), Employee Job satisfaction and Work-life Balance of the female teachers in the higher education sector of the country. Based on the analysis of diverse literature from the secondary data, hypotheses were developed and in order to test those, primary data had been collected, responses from 203 female teachers were analyzed through SPSS. The findings have confirmed that FWA have positive and significant impact both on Employee Job Satisfaction and Work-life Balance as well as Work-life Balance has a positive impact on Job Satisfaction. However, one of the elements of FWA, namely, Compressed Workweek, is found to have values lower than the significance level after performing regression analysis. Keywords: Flexible Work Arrangements (FWA), Work-life Balance, Job Satisfaction, Female employees and Education Sector DOI : 10.7176/EJBM/11-18-11 Publication date :June 30 th 2019


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A pair of consensus primers was designed according to several homologous sequences of F-box genes which specifically expressed in pollen of Solanaceae,Scrophulariaceae and Rosaceae.Three full length genes Jt1,Jt2 and Jt3 were cloned in pollen cDNA of apple cultivar 'Jonathan'.The three genes are the members of the F-box protein family through the alignment of the sequences which showed that they all contain conservative F-box motifs in N-terminus.Analyzing from RT-PCR tissue-specific,haplotype-specific,linkage inheritance indicated that three genes are the novel gene expressed specifically in pollen of Jonathan,Jt1 possesses the haplotype diversity,which genetic linkage with S9-RNase in hybrid progeny of 'Granny Smith'×'Jonathan',so we suggest that Jt1 is the good candidate for pollen S-genes in apple,and was named MdSLFB9(GenBank accession number:FJ610153).Jt2 and Jt3 has high genetic sequence similarity with the S-genes sequences,but without no specifically expression,are apple pollen SLFB-like gene,and were named MdSLFB-like1(GenBank accession number:FJ610154) and MdSLFB-like2(GenBank accession number:FJ610155),respectively.


Carbonitride (C-N) thin films are deposited on Si (100) in a microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition system using CH4, H 2 and N 2 as precursor gases. Effects of deposition parameters such as microwave power, gas pressure, and flow rates of precursor gases on the films produced is studied. Raman spectroscopy, X-Ray diffraction, and scanning electron microscopy are used for characterization of these films. It is shown that the composition of films deposited depends on the starting precursor gas and pressure.


The present review compiles the work done in and around India during 2011-2015 on the terrestrial climate, fauna and vegetation changes during the Neogene. Tectonics that led to the final closure of Tethys, uplift of the Tibetan plateau, land connection between Africa and Eurasia played a major role in the climatic variability and paleobiogeographic history of fauna and flora of the Indian subcontinent. Though the timing of initiation of monsoon is still a debatable issue, establishment of seasonal reversal in wind direction pattern during summer and winter period and development of monsoonal climate in larger parts of the Indian subcontionent is characteristic of Neogene. Fossil records of flora and fauna provide evidence of warm and humid climate of early Neogene, which then shifted to cooler and drier conditions during the late Neogene. This shift in the climatic conditions resulted in a major vegetation change in the Indian subcontinent with Early and Middle Miocene being dominated by C 3 vegetation, and warm and humid tropical flora in low land areas while Late Miocene and Pliocene saw the dominance of C 4 grasslands. Influenced by this major vegetation and ecological shift around Late Miocene, several browsing mammals of the Early and Middle Miocene landscape gave way to mostly grazing mammals of the Late Miocene and Pliocene time.


The effect of administration of Methanolic extract of Achyranthsu asper on biochemical parameter of mice were investigated. This drug induced significant reduction in the cholesterol level and amount of RNA. But significant increase in the amount of glycogen at 25 mg/kg and no significant reduction in the amount of glycogen at 50 mg/kg. This drug also induced increase in the level of alkaline phospatese and decrease in the level of acid phosphatase, protein and DNA, but these changes are statistically not significant. Protein 25 mg shows 4.22 ±0.112 and 50 mg shows 4.05 ±0.085. Cholesterol 25mg shows 0.5 ±0.04 and 50 mg shows 0.39 ±0.038. Glycogen 25mg shows 0.288 ±0.011 and 50mg shows 0.248 ±0.177. DNA 25mg shows 0.109 ±0.039 and 50 mg shows 0.085 ±0.035, RNA 25mg shows 0.38 ±0.036 and 50 mg shows 0.25 ±0.031


The book of Genesis occupies a prominent place in the Qumran collection of the Dead Sea Scrolls. This is true for Genesis as simply a scriptural text, but also as Genesis is reworked, rewritten, and interpreted in other Second Temple Jewish works found at Qumran. The relatively large number of manuscripts of Genesis preserved in the Judean Desert caves speaks to its importance as a scriptural text in the Second Temple period. Both Enoch and Aramaic Levi were composed prior to the foundation of the Qumran community, and appear to be central texts of the wider parent movement of which Qumran was a part. The Qumran collection contains several, small, fragmentary texts that feature characters or events from Genesis in one way or another, further testifying to the importance of Genesis in the thought of the Qumran sect and its parent movement. Keywords:Aramaic Levi; Dead Sea Scrolls; Enoch; Genesis; Second Temple period


Dieulafoy's lesion was first described in the stomach but there has been an increasing frequency of similar lesions been described in the oesophagus, small intestine, rectum and anal canal. In this paper, we report a case of moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma with Dieulafoy's lesion of the colon in a 64 year old lady.


Purpose : To investigate the incidence of translocations induced by iodine-131 therapy in thyrotoxicosis patients 1 year after the administration of the radiolabelled compound. Materials and methods : Tricolour FISH with whole-chromosome-specific probes for chromosomes 2, 4 and 8 was used for scoring translocations. From the genomic translocation frequencies, derived using the Lucas formula, equivalent whole-body doses were calculated, based on the in vitro 60 Co γ-ray dose-response curve. Results : A total of 101 translocations were observed in 4864 metaphases, 63% being of the two-way type. In the control group used for obtaining dose-response data, nine translocations were observed in 5278 metaphases, 55% being two-way translocations. No correlation was found between the observed frequency of translocations and administered radioactivity. Using the in vitro dose-response, an estimated average dose for the group of nine patients of 0.79 ±0.22Gy was obtained. Compared with frequencies following the assumption that the involvement of a particular chromosome in a two-break exchange-type aberration is proportional to its DNA content, chromosome 4 was more frequently involved and chromosomes 2 and 8 less frequently involved in chromosomal rearrangements. Conclusion : This study shows that 131 I therapy for thyrotoxicosis patients induced translocations, especially in chromosome 4, which could be detected 1 year after the administration of the radiolabelled compound.


The purpose of this study is to make a basic planning data for a complex facilities of school buildings by selecting the school located in the center of local community when school buildings are established. The school facilities occupies with a wide space in local community, and it is necessary to expend it's function as a space that many citizens can utilize because of its greater value in cities. Most school buildings are located geographically nearest to the highly populated residential district. This study will drew the following conclusions through investigation and analysis of actual situations related to the complex development of school facilities.


Pregnancy and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are closely related. Most patients with lupus are young women with the possibility of getting pregnant during the course of the disease. Mutual interactions between lupus and pregnancy can occur. Patients with SLE are at a higher risk for obstetric complications, such as miscarriage and hypertensive disorders, and drugs for the treatment of SLE can affect the foetus. As a result, questions regarding pregnancy are usually formulated by women with lupus. We have chosen 10 frequent questions and tried to offer practical answers.


In this paper, we present the analysis of the multicarrier transmission based on peak-to-average power ratio reduction techniques based on Signal distortion technique. Multiplexing a serial data symbol stream into a large number of orthogonal sub-channels makes the multicarrier signals spectral bandwidth efficient. The performance of multicarrier modulation system over frequency selective fading channels is better than that of the single carrier modulation system. Multicarrier modulation system dynamic range is typically two or four times larger than a single carrier system increasing value of the dynamic range will lead to an increased cost, power consumption of transmitter amplifier and also lead to high peak to average power ratio (PAPR). The high PAPR brings on the multicarrier modulation system signal distortion in the nonlinear region and the signal distortion induces the degradation of bit error rate (BER). In this paper, we are using the signal distortion technique for peak-to-average power ratio reduction. Time of computation and the memory required are less for the proposed techniques. Simulation results show the effectiveness of proposed approach with 64-QAM modulation techniques. The simulation results reveals that the proposed technique outperforms the other techniques in terms of CCDF.


The aim of this study was to present an acoustic analysis of Brazilian Portuguese (BP) stressed oral vowels produced by children aged 10 and 11 years old, regarding F1, F2 and relative duration. In order to avoid physiological differences between male and female, data were normalized using Lobanov method. Two analyses were performed. First, normalized data of the seven oral vowels were analyzed as a function of gender. Results showed significant differences for the low vowel regarding to gender, being more centralized for male subjects. Second, due to the sample size, normalized data of the vowels [e, a, o] were analyzed as a function of stress and place of articulation. Significant differences were found regarding to stress and place of articulation for both groups, male and female.


The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is the world's largest regional security arrangement under Chapter VIII of the UN Charter. Transnational threats, such as terrorism, organized crime, illegal trafficking in narcotic drugs and human beings, cyber-crime, remain among the most significant threats to peace, security and stability worldwide and to the 57 OSCE participating States – current stakeholders of the Organization. Criminal activities undermine sustainable economic and social development, safety and stability, human rights of 1,2 billion people, living in the region, including their right to life, liberty and security of person. What is the OSCE toolbox to address such challenges? What mechanisms are used by the OSCE participating States to prevent transnational threats? What has been achieved over these years? What else still needs to be done? The author, based on his practical experience in the area, offers you together with him to search for answers to the above-mentioned questions and shares his vision regarding some steps on the way forward.


Biochemical characteristics of staphylococci strains isolated from 45 sheep and goat carcasses on sale in a Mysore meat market were studied in order to evaluate the significance of raw meat as a reservoir of staphylococci of potential public health importance. Samples were enriched initially in mannitol salt broth for 24 h at 37 degree C and then streaked onto staphylococci medium No. 110. Pure isolates were tested for production of alpha-haemolysin, lipolysis, and gelatinase and coagulase activities. Results are tabulated. 18 out of 173 isolates were coagulase negative. From an association study of various biochemical characteristics with coagulase activity it was found that lipolytic activity and the combination of mannitol fermentation and lipolytic activity showed highest association with coagulase activity. It was concluded that sheep and goat meat were a potential reservoir for pathogenic staphylococci.


This work proposes a method to minimize the function kAx i bk2, subject to kCx i dk2 • ¢, with A 2 R m£n , C 2 R p£n , b 2 R m , and d 2R p . We use a regularization technique to reformulate the problem, in order to solve a non-linear equation. Preliminary results are encouraging. We present a comparison with traditional approaches.


A new variational functional is introduced for the analysis of curved open and closed waveguides. The method does not set any restrictions to the shape of the waveguide or to the radius of the bend. The dielectric function can be homogenous or nonhomogenous with transverse and/or longitudinal anisotropy. As an example of the method a curved isotropic and anisotropic fiber with two different kinds of anisotropy models are studied.


The curriculum taught in many US medical schools has altered little since 1910. Now, spurred in part by changes in health care delivery, schools are re-evaluating. This text provides a description of the process and outcome of developing a new curriculum at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The book is organized around the subjects and courses taught: basic sciences; physician and society; medical informatics; clinical medicine; and evaluation. The contributors are Johns Hopkins faculty members who participated in developing the components of the curriculum they discuss. Throughout, the material is presented in a way that permits easy generalization and adaptation to other medical schools.


Experimental observations from space missions (including more recently Cluster and Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms data) have clearly revealed the existence of high‐speed jets (HSJs) in the downstream region of the quasi‐parallel terrestrial bow shock. Presently, two‐dimensional hybrid simulations are performed in order to investigate the formation of such HSJs through a rippled quasi‐parallel shock front. The simulation results show that (i) such shock fronts are strongly nonstationary along the shock normal, and (ii) ripples are evidenced along the shock front as the upstream ULF waves (excited by interaction between incident and reflected ions) are convected back to the front by the solar wind and contribute to the rippling formation. Then, these ripples are inherent structures of a quasi‐parallel shock. As a consequence, new incident solar wind ions interact differently at different locations along the shock surface, and the ion bulk velocity strongly differs locally as ions are transmitted downstream. Preliminary results show that (i) local bursty patterns of turbulent magnetic field may form within the rippled front and play the role of local secondary shock; (ii) some incident ion flows penetrate the front, suffer some deflection (instead of being decelerated) at the locations of these secondary shocks, and are at the origin of well‐structured (filamentary) HSJs downstream; and (iii) the spatial scales of HSJs are in a good agreement with experimental observations. Such downstream HSJs are shown to be generated by local curvature effects (front rippling) and the nonstationarity of the shock front itself.


Objective To observe and analyze the ultrasonic image change of the clonorchiasis,so that enhance the understanding of the disease's ultrasonic performance.Methods Review and analyze the ultrasonic image features of 78 patients with clonorchiasis.Results The patients with clonorchiasis whose organs will come into being a series of ultrasonic changes in bile duct,gall bladder,liver and so on,among which the small intrahepatic bile duct's change has a more apparent feature,showing that equals mark style or dendritic small bile duct is expanding,the vessel wall thicken is not clear,and more near around the edge of the liver small bile duct which change is more obvious,especially in the left lobe of liver pathology is serious.The real changes of gallbladder ultrasound and liver ultrasound have no specificity,and had to distinguish with other diseases.Conclusion The ultrasonic image performances of the clonorchiasis have certain characteristics,these features is helpful to distinguish different diagnosis.


Abstract:Descriptive assessments involve recording naturally occurring instances of behavior and corresponding antecedent and consequent events. Authors have argued for the use of two forms of descriptive assessment, structured and narrative Antecedent-Behavior-Consequence recording, because these methods may require little training. However, the extent to which minimal training produces accurate data with these methods is unknown. During Experiment 1, we examined teachers' accuracy when recording descriptive data from videos. Accuracy on problem behavior did not improve over time, regardless of initial exposure to structured or narrative ABC recording. Teachers preferred the structured ABC recording sheet. During Experiment 2, we provided training to participants using an automated procedure that included practice and feedback. Accurate data collection on problem behavior increased for six participants after training. Data-collection accuracy was higher for environmental events involving the presentation of stimuli (demand and attention) than the absence of stimuli (escape and low attention). Participants displayed idiosyncratic preferences for the structured or the narrative ABC recording sheet.


Objective:To explore the effects of persistent occipital posterior position's(POPP) on mother and child.Methods:Three hundred eighteen patients with POPP were analyzed retrospectively,which including labor pattern,birth canal injury,postpartum hemorrhage,amniotic fluid,neonatal Apgar score(5minutes score) and the birth injury,and 350 cases of occipital anterior position(OAP) in control group were investigated correspondently.Results:Higher rate of operational labor,birth canal injury,postpartum hemorrhage,birth injury and abnormal newborn turnover were occurred in POPP group compared with the control group.Significant differences were found between two groups.Conclusion:POPP patients should be diagnosed as early as possible and the best labor pattern should be adopted promptly in order to reduce the concurrent disease in mother and child.


The utility model provides a public bicycle traffic management system of mutual intelligence of interconnection, includes the structure of bicycle intelligent control module to reach the electric control lock, intelligent terminal app and the server that suit with the intelligent control module. The intelligent control module installs the electric control lock on the car additional in arranging the bicycle automobile body in, if break down, the server still can obtain bicycle information at once and carry out the electric control lock change, and the bicycle can too much not rely on easily destroyed tool to lock, the server end can realize that user data, bicycle data and user make an appointment the basic database foundation of the data that need the car and real -time data keeps watch on and the two -way data management of historical data analysis, and the support of data can provide the decision -making foundation for the dispatch and the management of whole public transport, traditional estimation mode has been overturned with the management to the dispatch of bicycle, according to the user's request, and automatic, the intelligent iteration of optimizing.


Title of dissertation: ON SUPERSPACE DIMENSIONAL REDUCTION William Divine Linch, III, Doctor of Philosophy, 2005 Dissertation directed by: Professor S. James Gates, Jr. Center for String and Particle Theory Department of Physics We describe manifestly globally supersymmetric theories in five dimensions and their dimensional reduction in superspace. This proceeds by a reduction from harmonic superspace, the universal superspace for theories in dimension six or fewer with eight supercharges, through projective superspace to simple superspace. That is, all symmetries of the original theory are retained but only a proper subgroup of the original Lorentz supergroup is realized linearly. The latter supergroup is precisely the four-dimensional Lorentz supergroup with four supercharges, making this setting ideal for the study of particle-field theories in five or six dimensions with flat four-dimensional subspaces. ON SUPERSPACE DIMENSIONAL REDUCTION by William Divine Linch, III Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Maryland, College Park in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy 2005 Advisory Committee: Professor S.James Gates, Jr Professor Markus A. Luty Professor Rabindra N. Mohapatra Professor Andrew Baden Professor Jonathan M. Rosenberg c © Copyright by William Divine Linch, III 2005


The process of solid-gas reaction is generally studied. When the single silicon crystal as the solid substrate is oxidized at atmospheric pressure, local reaction occures on the interface. That is, the oxidation proceeds in the growth direction of the SiO2 film, and some parts of the interface region remain as unreacted silicon lumps or localized excess silicon regions, having a small number of silicon dangling bonds. Accordingly,the fixed interface charge density has a relation to the initial film growth rate, B/A, and the shear modulus of a silicon substrate under the existence of the silicon cluster in SiO2. The interface charge density depending on the crystal orientation of a substrate is in direct proportion to the second power of the lateral interface strain, and is in inverse proportion to the second power of the shear modulus of bulk silicon crystal. The relative value of the estimated initial-growth rates for the silicon crystal orientation of (111), (110), (311) and (100) planes are obtained as 1.884, 1.559, 1.374 and 1, respectively.


Ribonucleic acid (RNA) silencing, RNA interference (RNAi) or post-transcriptional gene silencing takes place in a variety of eukaryotes and it was discovered firstly in the plants. The RNA silencing process is activated by a trigger from dsRNA predecessor. A very important step in the silencing pathways the conversion of dsRNA into small duplexes of RNA of the representative length and arrangement. Then these small dsRNA monitor RNA silencing by different mechanisms. Post transcriptional gene silencing mechanisms were initially identified as an anti-viral process that give protection to the organisms from the viruses or which inhibit the unsystematic incorporation of transposable components. The basic aim of this review article is to study the mechanism of gene silencing by dsRNA and the roles of certain proteins in cellular post transcriptional RNA silencing machinery and finally we also discuss the RNA silencing as an anti-viral defense mechanism in the plants.


The experiment was conducted in Taggar goats under natural grazing to evaluate the effect of two supplements varying in protein on some reproductive and productive traits. Forty seven mature Taggar goats were used in this experiment. Animals were allocated to three feeding regimes, group 2 (16.7% CP), group 3 (20.4 % CP) and group 1 (un-supplemented) in a complete randomizes design. Results indicated that supplemented does secured higher litter size of 1.5 and 1.33 in group 2 and group 3 respectively, compared with 1.2 in un-supplemented group(1). Where kidding rate was high in supplemented groups (100%) compared with un-supplemented group (93.8%). Body weight was heavier at time of kidding and weaning for supplemented does compared with un-supplemented does. The kidding interval for the supplemented does was shorter (247.81±8.38 and 242.60±7.88 days) for does in group 2 and 3 respectively compared with does in un-supplemented group (288.94±6.84 days). Similarly, the service period had been reduced in supplemented does compared with un-supplemented does, the respective values were 74.32±4.96, 83.46±4.67 and 93.08±4.22 days for group 2, 3 and 1 respectively. The results of milk component indicated that supplemented does recorded higher protein, lactose and total solid content whereby the fat content was higher in un-supplemented does. The supplementation which was given to does had reduced abortion and mortality rates compared with the un-supplemented does.


Waste mycelium of avermectins was used to remove copper ions from wastewater for the study of biosorption mechanism. Results showed that the process of biosorption can divided into two phases such as rapid sorption phase and relatively slow sorption phase. The first phase as passive sorption can approach sorption equilibrium in 5min. The sorption mass of per-material increased slowly in second phase,and time of action was relatively longer. Biosorption kinetics can be well described by second order equation,with relative coefficient of equation 0.9998. Biosorption of Cu2+ can be better described by Langmuir model than Freundlich model,implying monomolecular adsorption mechanism. The relative coefficient of the equation was 0.9771 in pH 5.0,and maximum biosorption capability was 28.82mg/g. Compared FIR scanning spectra of initial biomass with Cu2+ ion exposed cells,it can be known that the biomass contains hydroxyl group,amide group,acyl group and methylene group. It can be presumed that hydroxyl group,amido group and methylene group mostly act with metal ions,while the acyl group acts little.


Author(s): Li, Q; Chen, G; Ma, TP; Zhu, J; N'Diaye, AT; Sun, L; Gu, T; Huo, Y; Liang, JH; Li, RW; Won, C; Ding, HF; Qiu, ZQ; Wu, YZ | Abstract: © 2015 American Physical Society. In contrast to the extensive study of domain reversal in ferromagnetic materials, the domain switching process in antiferromagnets is much less studied due to the difficulty of probing antiferromagnetic spins. Using a combination of hysteresis loop, Kerr microscope, and x-ray magnetic linear dichroism measurements, we investigated the antiferromagnetic (AFM) domain switching process in single crystalline Fe/CoO bilayers on MgO(001). We demonstrate that the CoO AFM switching is a Kolmogorov-Avrami process in which the thermal activation energy creates AFM domain nucleation centers which further expand by domain wall propagation. From the temperature- and thickness-dependent measurements, we are able to retrieve quantitatively the important parameter of the CoO AFM activation energy, which is shown to increase linearly with CoO thickness.


Normalization of sexuality in gender procedures, especially the focus on theoretical frameworks of language and gender, is the main concern in this study. This study argues that gender is understood as a social phenomenon and sex as a social material and the main concentration in the research is the investigation into the use of specific frameworks to confirm the idea that there are explicit systems among normalization the sex and gender procedures for either male or female that are affected by the language and gender theories. Indeed, sexual differences are legitimized by the nature of the two-sex system and according to this system normal gender is the social sex of women and men. This is derived from the biological sex. The result of this paper can partly contribute to the language and gender usage areas as well as other academic fields such as sociolinguistics and gender studies.


The use of statin therapy to reduce levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in patients who are at high risk for vascular events results in a 30 to 40% reduction in the rate of clinical events.1 However, many patients continue to be at risk. This residual risk has resulted in the search for additional therapeutic approaches. One approach is the further reduction of the LDL cholesterol level through treatment with higher doses of statins or through the addition of the cholesterol-absorption inhibitor ezetimibe. However, to date, only high-dose statin therapy has shown a clear clinical benefit beyond a moderate reduction . . .


This research is aimed to study growth and yield of Bambara groundnut Lembang variety which is cultivated in South Kalimantan. A descriptive exploratory research was conducted in field of National Agricultural Training Center Binuang Tapin Regency, South Kalimantan Province on July to November 2017. Observations were made on plant growth component i.e. germination time, number of main branch, flowering age, flower number per branch, harvesting age, pest and disease. Observations were made on yield component i.e. number of pods per plant, wet pods weight per plant,  wet pods weight per plot, 100 seed weight, proportion of wet pods weight, dry pods weight and dry seed weight. The results showed that Bambara groundnut Lembang variety flowering at the age of 43 to 65 days and harvesting at the age of about 115 to 120 days. Average number of pods are 40 pieces with an average weight are 90,76 grams of pods per plant. Bambara groundnut Lembang variety have potential yield of 11,524 tons per hectare of wet pod or 2,881 tons per hectare of dry beans. Thus, Bambara groundnut Lembang variety have the potential to be developed in South Kalimantan.


In order to investigate thermal thresholds of biological effects of humans exposed to millimeter waves (MMW), A novel 60 GHz band exposure set-up has been newly developed. To achieve high duty exposure to the desired spot area on human skin at 60 GHz, the authors proposed a spatial synthetic exposure set-up consists of dielectric lens antennas. We applied orthogonalizing polarized feeding structure to eliminate interference fringes due to the combined two-directional beam radiations. Then, the developed set-up enabled efficient and desired exposure control for the experiment to explore the biological effects of local exposure to MMWs on human volunteers.


Left-of-center criticism has emphasized the ties of the university to the industrial, war-making establishment and the consequent weakening of the university's role as remote, objective critic. But even when the university does function as a liberal ivory tower, it serves the societal elite as importantly as when it offers expertise and personnel to the industrial machine. The traditions of remoteness and scholarship make the university particularly effective in providing legitimation for the ongoing system of status inequalities. It is this service, grounded in the "objective" screening of students, that has brought the university into conflict with minority youth. The 1968 strike at San Francisco State College provides an example of the development of this conflict.


Objective To explore the causes and treatment of the posterior chamber intraocular lens dislocation into the vitreous cavity.Methods Retrospective analysis was used in the causes and treatment of intraocular lens dislocation into the vitreous cavity in 14 cases(14 eyes).The visual acuity before and after operations and the complications were observed.The follow-up period was 4 to 20 months.Results The 14 patients all suffered from dislocation of intraocular lens into the vitreous cavity because of rupture of the posterior capsule or suspensory ligament after cataract surgery.After vitreous cutting through the three-channel and removal of the dislocated intraocular lens,13 patients were given intraocular lens implantation or ciliary sulcus scleral suspension surgery.1 patient with retinal detachment did not have further intraocular lens implantation.After surgery,the visual acuity was 0.1 to 0.2 in 2 patients and 0.3 to 0.5 in 12 patients.No serious complications were found.Conclusion The common causes of intraocular lens dislocation into the vitreous carvity are the rupture of the posterior capsule and suspensory ligament.Implantation of proper intraocular lens by removal of the dislocated intraocular lens after vitreous cutting is an effective way of dealing with intraocular lens vitreous dislocation.


We consider Grenander‐type estimators for a monotone function λ:[0,1]→R+ , obtained as the slope of a concave (convex) estimate of the primitive of λ. Our main result is a central limit theorem for the Hellinger loss, which applies to estimation of a probability density, a regression function or a failure rate. In the case of density estimation, the limiting variance of the Hellinger loss turns out to be independent of λ.


Rate data for alkaline hydrolysis of γ-butyrolactone, γ-valerolactone, phthalide, and 3-phenylphthalide and their open chain analogues, ethyl acetate, isopropyl acetate, methyl benzoate, and benzyl benzoate respectively have been evaluated in the mixed solvents dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO)–water, ethanol–water, and acetone–water. The lactones are hydrolysed faster than the open chain esters in all the solvent systems, and the rate enhancements are higher in aqueous ethanol than in aqueous DMSO or aqueous acetone. This shows the minor importance of the electrostatic repulsion between the OH– ion and the 'lone pair dipole' of oxygen, the absence of which in the case of lactones was considered to cause their higher reactivity over open chain esters in BAC2 reactions.


In England, In March 2013, there were 222 000 people serving a probation order in 35 probation trusts. Prisons hold 85 000 people and retain 75% of the overall budget so probation receives three times less money but works to rehabilitate three times more offenders. Eighty-nine per cent of probationers in England are male and the most common offence for both sexes serving a community order was 'theft and handling'. Those deemed to be high risk constituted 5–7% of both groups. Government reform of the English probation service is imminent. About 70% of the probation population will become managed by the private and voluntary sector over the next 18 months and payment will be linked to reductions in reoffending. Current probation trusts are barred from tendering for business. The government believe that such a new approach will lead to a revolution in rehabilitation.

Since April 2013 the NHS has also been reformed and health care is now commissioned by two bodies: NHS England and 211 clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), which are led by local GPs and serve local communities. However, as far as health care for offenders is concerned there has been a fundamental split since the implementation of the reforms. NHS England commissions health care for offenders who are detained (prison, police custody, and secure children's homes). CCGs, which are responsible for commissioning health care for local communities, have also received explicit guidance that they should purchase health care for those on probation.

Pertinent aspects of current public sector reform has been briefly described …


Introduction: Rhinoplasty is a surgery to re-shape the nose. The goal of the surgery is to fashion a natural nose that is in harmony with its surrounding facial features. Objective: Because by the end of the 20th century it became apparent that the pendulum had swung too far in favor of the external approach, the role of endonasal approach is verified in this study. Patients and Methods: It is a retrospective study in which 165 patients who underwent closed septorhinoplasty or rhinoplasty alone in the period from 2007 up to 2011 were studied and their charts were reviewed. They were mainly reduction surgeries which consisted of: Intercartilagenous incision, dorsal hump removal, separation of the upper lateral cartilage from the nasal septum, medial and lateral osteotomies. The only tip procedures were cephalic excision of the lower lateral cartilage for tip bulbosity, and alar base reduction for excessive flaring. Results: Patients' ages ranged from 17-45 with a mean of (23.26) years. The majority of patients (156) had septorhinoplasty, only (9) had rhinoplasty alone, and all surgeries were performed by the author. The paper discusses the patients' functional and cosmetic complaints, the operative technique with discussion on the steps and their controversies. The outcome of the patients is reviewed. The author's own experience is stated with a review of literature. Conclusion: The author puts a number of tips and recommendations based on his own experience in closed rhinoplasty with a conclusion that quite good results could be achieved with this approach.


Objective To explore the prevalence and awareness proportion of hypertension in adults aged 35 years old or above in rural adults of China. Methods A cross-sectional study was carried out as a baseline study of Rural Yuhuan Health Population Cohort study in all rural communities in Yuhuan County,Zhejiang Province,China.A total of 125 479 subjects with age of 35 years old or above participated in this study.SPSS 16.0 was used for statistical analysis.The standard population was from data of China national census in 2000. Results Among 125 479 eligible subjects,the averages of systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure were(130.7±19.4)mmHg and(76.0±10.4)mmHg,respectively,and there were higher average levels of systolic and diastolic blood pressure in male than in female significantly(t=14.51,P0.001;t=51.44,P0.001).The prevalence of hypertension was 29.1%(the age-standardized one was 25.9%).There was a statistical gender difference in the prevalence(χ2=9.48,P=0.002):before age of 50,men had higher prevalences than women significantly and after that,it was reversed in gender differences.The prevalence statistically increased with age.The awareness proportion of hypertension was 85.4%,which was significantly related to age,gender,education levels,nationality and occupation of hypertensive adults. Conclusions Hypertension was prevalent in adults aged 35 years old or above living in rural Yuhuan County,and there was a better awareness proportion of hypertension in the population.


The feasibility of applying expert system methodologies to power engineering control design problems is addressed. First, the general concept of artificial intelligence (AI) implementation of design problem-solving techniques and the particular requirements for application to power engineering are discussed. Next, two expert systems, developed by the authors, are described: an expert system for the design of power plant auxiliary electrical systems, ASDEP, and an expert system for the design of secure power systems with respect to voltage control, VOCES. The purpose of ASDEP and VOCES is to show that knowledge-based systems, assisted by traditional algorithmic programs, are feasible for design problems in power engineering.<<ETX>>


OBJECTIVE To analyze the epidemiological characteristics of type 2 diabetes chronic complications among community residents of Huangpu District. METHODS 516 cases with type 2 diabetes in the diabtic management system of communities in Huangpu District were obtained by simple stochasic sampling. Self -designed questionnaires were employed to collect information concerning patients'chronic complications. RESULTS The prevalence rate of the type 2 diabetic complications was 64.92% for cardiovascular diseases, 29.26% for sensory neuropathy, 28.10% for eye diseases, 20.15% for cerebrovascular diseases. The prevalence rate of whole complications was 77.71%. The prevalence rate of cardiovascular diseases, sensory neuropathy and eye diseases in female was higher than in male. The prevalence of type 2 diabetes complications rose along with the growth of the age and the course of disease.The prevalence of cardiovascular diseases were highest in different ages and courses. CONCLUSIONS The prevalence of type 2 diabetes chronic complications among community residents showed an increasing trend.To improve the efficacy of screening program and treatment in diabetic complications can prevent or delay the complications , and improve the quality of life in patients with diabetes.


Introduction We have found that bovine β-lactoglobulin (BLG) and equine β-lactoglobulin (ELG) form α-helix rich intermediates at high concentration of ethylene glycol (EGOH) [1,2]. In the present study, solution structures of these proteins were investigated by x-ray solution scattering in the presence of various concentrations of EGOH. Structures of BLG were also investigated in the presence of trifluoroethanol (TFE). TFE is known to induce α-helix on proteins. The interest is to compare αhelix-rich intermediates induced by EGOH and TFE.


A pneumatic tire and wheel assembly comprises a wheel provided with a circumferentially extending lip which projects radially outwardly from the tire bead seat into a circumferentially extending groove on the tire bead to prevent axial movement of the tire across the wheel rim.


In order to deploy multiparty applications using SSM, we not only need routers running SSM and hosts running MLDv2, but we must also consider some issues: We show that an architecture such as sas allows to keep a global session announcement a la SAP using SSM in the inter-domain. We evaluate ssmsdp and show that it is a viable architecture for discovering dynamic sources in a multiparty session using SSM. We also evaluate some mechanisms for congestion control in unidirectional multicast application. Finally we discuss some tools such as ssmping and dbeacon that can help users and administrators when running SSM applications. This document is an update and complement of D5.9. The previous document focused on running SSM on hosts and routers, and porting applications to SSM. In the present document we will focus on some problems that have to be solved if we want users to actually use multicast applications over SSM, especially if SSM becomes the sole inter-domain architecture deployed. We address three main issues, and discuss some tools. The first issue concerns session announcement. Currently sessions are announced either by offline means (web, mail, news,) or by multicasting so-called session description files using for example the sdr utility. However sdr uses an ASM group in order to allow anyone to announce its sessions without relying on a centralized server. With SSM this cannot work. Several solutions have been proposed to achieve this functionality using SSM channels. In this document we describe the sas architecture developed at UoS and some experiments on the 6net network. The second issue concerns source discovery inside an SSM-only session. In D5.9 we described the SSMSDP architecture and implementation. In the present document we give the results of some local and inter-domain experiments between several 6NET partners, showing that this solution is scalable to applications with hundreds of sources and sessions using the same controller. Applications (the dbeacon and vic) have been used with SSMSDP without any modification thanks to ssmsdpifier. The third issue concerns the possible lack of feedback for applications using SSM. In point to point applications, communications are usually bidirectional. Data flows one way, while feedback flows in the opposite direction. Feedback is mainly used for reliability (acknowledgments) and flow control. In multi point applications using ASM, receivers can still send feedback to the group hence to the source, at least with small to medium groups. SSM is well suited …


Aimed at the existing problems in network intrusion detection, this paper proposes an improved LSTM combined with spatiotemporal structure for intrusion detection. The unsupervised spatiotemporal encoder is used to intelligently extract the spatial characteristics of network traffic data samples. It can not only retain the overall/nonlocal characteristics of the data samples but also extract the most essential deep features of the data samples. Finally, the extracted features are used as input of the LSTM model to realize classification and identification for intrusion samples. Experimental verification shows that the accuracy and false alarm rate of the intrusion detection model based on the neural network are significantly better than those of other traditional models.


We propose a new technique for evaluating empirical site effects in time domain, extending the concept of Birgoren and Irikura (2005). They developed a method for estimating coherent site effects by averaging wavelet coefficients of the Meyer-Yamada wavelet for many seismic records. In general, site effects consist of coherent and incoherent signals. If only coherent site effects are evaluated, it is underestimated compared with true site effects. We propose a new averaging approach to accurately evaluate both the coherent and incoherent signals.


This paper presents the results of an experiment to investigate the impact of helicopter rotor blades on GPS signal reception. An offshore transport helicopter was equipped with a measurement system including a TSO-C129 compliant receiver and a custom research receiver. GPS signals passing through rotor discs of this aircraft were found to suffer a reduction in received signal strength, leading to potential navigation and RAIM availability concerns. The phenomenon will vary between installations and receiver types. Test procedures to identify the occurrence of the phenomenon in operational GPS installations are presented, together with possible in-service monitoring program to assess the impact on the navigation function.


The improvement of company management quality to achieve competitive advantage must be appropriate in the term of applying the concept or strategy of improvement, because it can affect the company's success in competition with its competitors. Total Quality Management (TQM) is one of the concepts which is in regard with improving the quality of company management by considering almost all company aspects. It is proven through the claim of most academics and practitioners who say that TQM can improve company's business performance. This research aims to find out the implications of TQM practices on the business performance of PT. XYZ which is engaged in cement business. There are 10 TQM indicators and 3 company's business performance indicators used, as well as 250 respondents who involved in this research. The approach of Structural Equations Modeling (SEM) is used in data processing and analysis. The software used are SPSS version 22 and SPSS-AMOS version 21. The results show that the practices of TQM have a positive effect on company's business performance significantly. Moreover, each constructs of TQM variables and company's business performance show the adequate level of validity and is declared as capable in representing each variable. After all, this research is adequate to prove that TQM practices can significantly bring positive impact towards the business performance of XYZ Ltd.
Keywords: business performance, competitive advantage, management quality, structural equations modeling (SEM), total quality management (TQM)


Proposed is the use of the contourlet as a sparse transform which is combined with the fast iterative shrinkage/threshold algorithm (FISTA) for compressed sensing magnetic resonance imaging reconstruction. The proposed method not only inherits the simplicity and effectiveness of the original FISTA but also has the sparse curve representation ability of the contourlet. Simulation results validate the superior performance of the proposed method in terms of reconstruction accuracy and computation time.


Since Professor Holding and I have aired our disagreements about iconic memory rather thoroughly elsewhere (Holding, 1975 ; Coltheart, 1975), my comments will be confined to issues specifically related to the paper by Coltheart, Lea and Thompson (1974). First, I do not see why Holding suggests that the partial-report (PR) superiority "does not appear to be reliably reproducible". Amongst those who have been able to reproduce it, apart from Coltheart, Lea and Thompson, are Turvey and Kravetz (1970), von Wright (I972), Glucksberg (cited in Neisser, 1967), Clark (1969), Treisman, Russell and Green (1974) and Merluzzi and Johnson (1974). Of the two failures to find the effect cited by Holding, one (Holding, 1972) found a very small PR superiority in each of the four conditions of the experiment (no test for the significance of these effects was reported) and the other (Holding, Foulke and Heise, 1973) was an experiment on echoic, rather than iconic, memory. Nor do I see why the question of anticipative guessing is raised, since it is subsequently conceded that our data from successive trial blocks rule out this interpretation of our results, and in any case if the PR superiority of our Row and Colour conditions were due to anticipative guessing, a PR superiority should also have occurred in our Phoneme condition. Our contention that items from iconic memory must pass through STM in order to be reported is not refuted by the fact that one can draw a shape from visual imagery, since no one, certainly not us, claims that iconic memory is the sole form of visual memory; it is clear that there is post-ionic non-maskable visual storage too (Coltheart, 1972). The quotation from Sperling (1960) agrees with our view; we proposed that the subset of items in iconic memory which are to be reported, and not the entire visual stimulus, are transformed into STM representations. Since it is conceded that cue anticipation cannot have produced our results, Holding suggests that it is output interference which is responsible. We argued that if this were so, the phonemic condition should be similar to the Row and Colour conditions. It was not, but Holding replies that "reclassifying stimulus items for partial report on the basis of their phonetic characteristics constitutes an additional information processing load which, on any theory, is bound to reduce the overall level of performance". Now, the subjects in our Row and Colour conditions also had to reclassify items for partial report, according to Holding's view that post-cueing does not control transfer from iconic memory to STM. Thus he is claiming that classification of items in STM according to their colour or location is much easier than classifying them according to their phonetic characteristics. As we pointed out in the "Procedure" section of our paper, in anticipation of this objection, phonetic reclassification ought to be easier than reclassification by colour or location when being carried out on the contents of STM, since STM is phonetically encoded. A further reason why output interference cannot explain PR superiority is that experiments on cue delay show that there is no PR superiority with long cue delays (e.g. Merluzzi and Johnson, 1974; Sperling, 1960; Treisman et al., 1974; Turvey and Kravetz, 1970). Since output interference would favour partial report over whole report at any cue delay, the absence


Spasticity is a commoncomplication of dyskinesia in many patients with spinal and/or cerebral lesions. The most widely used procedures for management of spasticity are represented by pharmcaological treatment aimed at inhibiting reflex hyperexcitability. In recent years, non pharmcaological procedures for treating spasticity have been put forward, such as muscle stretching, muscle reinforcement and physical agents. This review mainly be concerned the effect of physical agents in the treatment of spasticity .

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Physical agents; Spasticity; Rehabilitation; Advance


A reliable Three Dimensional Network-on-Chip (3D NoC) is required for future many-core systems. Through-silicon Via (TSV) is the prominent component of 3D NoC to support better performance and lower power consumption. Inductive TSV coupling has large disruptive effects on Signal Integrity (SI) and transmission delay. In this paper, TSV inductive coupling is analyzed based on technology process, TSV length, and TSV radius for a range of frequencies. A classification of inductive coupling voltage is presented for different TSV configurations. A novel coding technique is devised to mitigate the inductive coupling effects by adjusting the current flow pattern. Simulations for a 4×8 TSV matrix show 23% coupled voltage mitigation, imposing 12.5% information redundancy.


Many imaging systems utilize detector arrays that are not sufficiently dense to sample the scene according to the Nyquist criterion. As a result of this undersampling, some of the higher spatial frequencies admitted by the optics are aliased to lower frequency representations in the sampled image. This creates undesirable artifacts that decrease the utility of the imagery. Furthermore, the blurring effects of the optics and the finite detector size also degrade the image quality. Several approaches for obtaining a higher sampling rate have been suggested in the literature such as controlled and uncontrolled microscanning or from natural camera platform motion in order to up-sample the scene. Here we extend this work to include the possibility of non-global rigid body motion. In particular, we show that the motion of rigid objects within the scene is in many cases sufficient to allow the up-sampling of the object. We present a method that makes use of optical-flow-based motion segmentation techniques to isolate moving objects from the background in a sequence of digital images. These segmented objects from each frame provide a unique 'look' or set of samples of the object, allowing us to perform a reconstruction of the object. This allows for high resolution image reconstruction of each segmented object independently. The experimental results presented illustrate the breakdown of global reconstruction algorithms in the presence of non-global rigid motion. We also present results using the proposed method that treats individual moving objects and background separately. The results include data from a visible CCD camera.


The Coalition has said that exempting small business from unfair dismissal provisions in the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (WRA) will create 53 000 new jobs in the small business sector. The purpose of this research note is to evaluate small business access to and use of unfair dismissal provision in the WRA. In doing so, the small business job-generating potential is examined, as is the evidence that the unfair dismissal provisions inhibit small business employment growth. In conclusion, suggestions for further research on the link between unfair dismissal and small business are made in order to ensure policy is grounded in evidence rather than ideology.


Abstract In the wake of highly volatile world prices of staple commodities, we examine the impacts of increases in maize prices on various categories of households in Malawi. Using household-level data, changes in household income are calculated taking into account the net maize production status of the household and food price elasticities estimated from a censored demand system. While maize price increases have unequivocal deleterious effects on the incomes of urban households, rural households experience differential impacts. Net producing households in rural areas benefit from price increases with households above the poverty line obtaining proportionally higher incomes.


The sexual violence against women in armed conflict has been admitted as the intentionally and systematic violence, and even tended to be part of the war strategy by combatants.  Afterwards, legal protection on such violence became very important to be given not only in peacetime but also in war time. Under some international legal instruments related to the humanitarian legal protection i.e. the Geneva Convention of 1949, additional Protocol of 1977, and other supplementary legal instrument including human rights legal instruments, sexual violence carried out in armed conflict was categorized as war crime and crime against humanity.


LIKE PARTICLES INDUCED IMMUNE RESPONSE IN CHICKENS by JAMES THOMAS EARNEST Under the Direction of Egbert Mundt ABSTRACT Influenza A virus (IAV) vaccination of animals and humans is a powerful tool for prevention and control of disease. Currently licensed vaccines are egg-based and delivered by injection. Baculovirus grown in insect cells cultures can produce high yields of virus-like particles (VLP). VLP vaccines have been shown to be highly immunogenic after parenteral application in mice, ferrets, and humans. The aim of this study was to assess influenza VLPs, as an aerosolized vaccine, as a vaccination strategy in chickens. One-day-old SPF chickens were vaccinated twice with 100 g, 20 g, or 5 g of VLPs. As control, chickens were also vaccinated via intranasal instillation and intramuscular injection. The VLPs induced seroconversion after intramuscular application at any dosage. In contrast, aerolized VLPs induced a specific antibody response after aerosolization but only when 100 g were given. These data show that influenza VLPs might be used for mass aerosol vaccination in chickens.


Congealing is a flexible nonparametric data-driven framework for the joint alignment of data. It has been successfully applied to the joint alignment of binary images of digits, binary images of object silhouettes, grayscale MRI images, color images of cars and faces, and 3D brain volumes. This research enhances congealing to practically and effectively apply it to curve data. We develop a parameterized set of nonlinear transformations that allow us to apply congealing to this type of data. We present positive results on aligning synthetic and real curve data sets and conclude with a discussion on extending this work to simultaneous alignment and clustering.


Simultaneous interpreting (SI) is a cognitively demanding task. This is why there are typically two interpreters working in a booth and taking turns every 30 minutes or so. Interpreters work in pairs not only to be able to overcome fatigue, but also to cooperate and help each other. This article is an attempt to shed some light on the process of booth teamwork. Cooperation in the booth is examined in the professional context, which leads to conclusions regarding the incorporation of this skill in conference interpreter training.A survey was conducted among 200 free-lance interpreters associated in AIIC and working on various markets to find out more about their expectations and needs as regards assistance from their booth partners. The respondents were asked about their mode of operation, activities in the booth when off-mike and their perception of the need to teach cooperation to interpretation trainees. It turns out that there are some factors that may impede teamwork in the simultaneous interpreting b...


Evaluation of information content of complex ultrasound in the diagnosis of renal pathology in type 2 diabetes mellitus with normoalbuminuria has been camed out. It has been found that a signifi cant increase in the average size of the kidneys in patients with type 2 diabetes. More over, elevated intrarenal hemodynamic fl ow and high intrarenal vascular resistance in patients with type 2 diabetes, has been revealed. The direct dependence of the quantitative characteristics of intrarenal blood fl ow in patients with type 2 diabetes by anthropometric indices and glucose metabolism.


Abstract In patients with eating disorders (ED) body awareness is of interest and the connection between body awareness and self-esteem has been discussed. The aim was to study the concordance of physiotherapist's (PT) observation and patient's own report of bodily expression in patients with ED. Characteristics of ED patients' specific bodily expression and implications of the findings for clinical practice were also of interest. Two assessment scales were used, the Body Awareness Scale – Health (BAS-H), based on observations and the Interview Scale Body Ego (ISBE). Total scales and subscales were compared. Altogether 87 ED patients (Total Group, TG) were assessed. Twenty-six patients had anorexia nervosa (AN), 20 bulimia nervosa (BN) and 41 patients ED not otherwise specified (EDNOS). Significant correlations between total BAS-H and total ISBE (r = 0.48–0.57) were found for AN, EDNOS and TG groups. In the subscale centring, correlations were found for all groups (r = 0.42–0.60). In the subscale relations , correlations were found for AN, EDNOS and TG groups (r = 0.43–0.60). The ED patients were characterized by withheld breathing and restrictive expressions of body movements and emotions. Body awareness and self-awareness seemed to be reduced. Body Awareness Therapy might well be offered as a therapeutic tool in establishing a realistic body image.


As electronic technology and computer technology,power system automation has also been progress,this paper reviews the status of China's electric power system,a more systematic expositon of the future development trand of power system automation and new technologyies in the power system automation process applications.


R v Cahill; R v Pugh 14 October 2014, Crown Court at Cardiff, T20141094 and T20141061  before HHJ Crowther QC England & Wales; digital evidence; glucose testing; handheld device; Electronic Patient Record; efficacy of evidence


This study examined the effects of participation in a basketball sport club for 12 weeks on blood lipid, leptin, and ghrelin in obese elementary school students. The subject was one elementary school located in N-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City. 20 4th-6th grade boys who were decided as obesity(BMI ≥25 kg/m2) in physical examination were selected. An informed consent were received from selected students`` parents. The basketball group(n=10) and the control group(n=10) were randomly assigned. The basketball group did exercise three times per week(Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) for 12 weeks and the control group participated in normal life and physical activity. Two participants of the basketball group were withdrawn because of private reasons. Finally, 8 participants of the basketball group and 8 participants of the control group were analyzed. First, for body composition changes, the basketball group had a significant decrease in weight and percent body fat. It suggested that participation in a basketball sport club had a positive exercise effect. Second, for blood lipid changes, the basketball group had a significant decrease or increase in TC, TG, and HDL-C. It suggested a positive exercise effect. Third, leptin was significantly decreased in the basketball group and ghrelin was significantly increased in the basketball group. It suggested that participation in a basketball sport club had a positive exercise effect in obese elementary school students. Based on the results, participation in a basketball sport club decreased weight and percent body fat and prevent metabolic diseases. It also decreased total cholesterol and triglycerides, increased HDL cholesterol, and had a positive effect on the prevention against cardiovascular diseases. It also increased leptin and ghrelin and suggested a positive result in obesity solution and management. Therefore, programs to improve sports and physical activity after school should bee developed to contribute to health improvement in obese elementary school students.


Maps can be a valuable addition to the Web analytics toolbox for Extension programs that use the Web to disseminate information. Extension professionals use Web analytics tools to evaluate program impacts. Maps add a unique perspective through visualization and analysis of geographic patterns and their relationships to other variables. Maps can help assess whether program goals are being met and lead to better understanding of the roadblocks to effective online information delivery. This article shows how maps can be generated using free Geographic Information System software, using the website of the Wisconsin State Cartographer's Office as a case study.


The study presented in this paper is part of a digitization project developed for the University of Padua. It aims at demonstrating how IFC (Internet Foundation Classes) ISO Standard can be used as a reliable data model to support Performance Analysis (PA) and code checking for construction disciplines. Fire Safety Engineering (FSE) is analyzed as a challenging test field because it highly affects different building aspects and highlights interoperability issues. The methodology proposed in the study consists in checking a digital approach to PA based on information classes that can express both users' requirements and performance specification of technical elements to develop computational code checking. This method is developed by creating virtual classes representing built systems and using relation classes and performance attributes to check if technical elements fulfil users' requirements. By forcing the model to be based on standardized information classes, the study verifies if IFC, as an ISO standard, can be used as a universal and scalable reference model for performance analysis and code checking. More specifically, the study focuses on the availability of IFC's information classes and attributes that define a PA model. This research verifies the achievement of the proposed goals for FSE (Section 2) and then highlights the interoperability limits that affect an IFC-based approach to computational FSE code checking (Section 3). Finally, the technical feasibility of the methodology's market implementation is presented (Section 4). The study's innovative approach is related to the fact that IFC is often analyzed as an information exchange format, not as a data model, where standardized relations between building ontologies can be simulated. Digital ontologies of relational aspects are experimented with by following this approach. These reports support code conformance analyses of the technical element performance specification. The study then indicates how the information modelling discipline could be shaped to encourage standardized code checking better.


The carbonylation of aryl halides catalysed by CO2 soluble Pd complexes with trialkyl or triaryl phosphite ligands proceeds rapidly in scCO2, in which the rate of the reaction is higher than those attained in solution phase reactions.


Myocardial Computed Tomography Perfusion: One More Piece on The Board Gabriel Blacher Grossman1,2 Serviço de Medicina Nuclear do Hospital Moinhos de Vento,1 Porto Alegre, RS – Brazil Clínica Cardionuclear Instituto de Cardiologia,2 Porto Alegre, RS – Brazil Short Editorial related to the article: Myocardial Perfusion by Coronary Computed Tomography in the Evaluation of Myocardial Ischemia Simultaneous Stress Protocol with SPECT


The Rockall Trough is an elongate bathymetric depression trending NNE-SSW. It is approximately 1200 km long and up to 300 km wide, extending over the UK and Irish continental margins. The trough is underlain by the Rockall Basin, which forms part of a chain of late Paleozoic-Cenozoic sedimentary basins. The Irish Rockall Basin is vastly unexplored as compared to the UK sector, where extensive flood basalt lava flows, sill complexes and volcanic centers of Late Cretaceous-to-Early Eocene age have been described, which belong to the North Atlantic Igneous Province (NAIP) (Archer et al., 2005). An integrated study of seismic, gravity and magnetic methods elucidates the deeper stratigraphy of the Irish Rockall Basin. More than 10 km of sediments is present in the central part of the basin. We perform first arrival travel time tomography on a downward continued data set of three seismic profiles to model the velocity of the sedimentary structures down to 6 km depth. To better understand the deep structure of the basin we need to estimate the Moho depth from constrained gravity modelling. The modelling results indicate that the Moho depth varies from 12 km to 20 km depth beneath ~10 km thick sediments in the basin. This allows us to measure the crustal stretching factor β. The minimum stretching factor in the basin varies between ~7 in the north to ~6.5 in the south. These values are within the range needed for mantle serpentinisation (O'Reilly et al., 1996; Perez-Gussinye and Reston, 2001). Furthermore, we observe four volcanic ridges in the south part of the basin, which are ~20 km wide and ~ 3 km thick, possibly comprising the Barra Volcanic Ridge System (BVRS) (Scrutton and Bentley, 1988). Results indicate several failed rifting attempts times in late Mesozoic/early Cenozoic times, generating significant basic volcanism, associated with the NAIP. We resolve new volcanic ridges (of late Mesozoic/early Cenozoic age) in the southern part of the Rockall Basin, like many other volcanic ridges/centres observed in other parts of the basin, with correlatable magnetic and gravity anomalies. These may be of late Cretaceous age similar to those found on the conjugate Canadian margin.


In this thesis, the interaction of art education between school and museum under the combined construction is investigated and we expect that it will lead to more possibility of diversification in recent education environment. We take Jan-Cheng Junior High School and Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, the first combined construction in Taiwan, as a subject to investigate. We start with the survey of literatures in order to understand the progress of this combined construction and find out the drives that lead to the educational cooperation between school and museum in these years. On the other hand, we go into the fields and use participant observation assisted by interview and content analysis to construct related information. During investigation, four points are illustrated as follows: 1.What is the "driving force" leading to the cooperation between school and museum? 2.Which "platform" does the reaction be occurred on between school and museum? 3.What the "difficulties" is during the cooperation between school and museum? 4.How to build up long-term "education partners" relation of school and museum? In our investigation, we find that the basis of the crucial drive is the physical environment from the combined construction is essential for school and museum to go into the conversation platform with uninterrupted courses and meetings, and then solve problems of interaction with ways of conflict, negotiation and integration. Furthermore, the relationship of education partners is formed by teachers and museum educators by "upward communication" with continued dialogue, .knowledge transformation and cooperated group of specialized dialogue. So in this thesis, we suggest that if school and museum try to interact by this mode, first they will construct well interaction relationship in environment, and then think about methods of resource integration by interaction experiences in society. Finally, the "knowledge management" is used to deal with this distinctive interaction experiences in cultural environment, and we hope that the mode of the combined construction will be reserved and popularized.


Drilling activity in Kansas during 1963 suffered a further decline, to continue the trend evident in 1962. 3,834 wells were drilled for oil or gas during the past year, resulting in a 7% decline from 1962. Total wells exclusive of the 707 tests drilled in the shallow stripper area of southeastern Kansas numbered 3,127. This compares with 3,210 tests in 1962. 951 exploratory tests were drilled in Kansas in 1963 and resulted in 173 oil discoveries, 40 gas discoveries, and 738 dry holes. Available information indicates that 9 exploratory tests were drilled in Nebraska east of the 98th Meridian, 6 in Iowa, and 10 in Missouri. All were dry.


A series of 4-[5-(4,6-disubstituted-2-thiomethyl pyrimidyl)-4′-amino-1,2-4-triazol-3′-yl]thioacetyl-3-arylsydnones 7a–i were synthesized by the reaction of 5-(4,6-disubstituted-2-thiomethylpyrimidyl)-4-amino-3-mercapto-1,2-4-triazoles 3 with 3-aryl-4-bromoacetyl sydnones 6 in an ethanol medium. The newly synthesized compounds 7a–i were screened for their antibacterial activity against E. coli and Serratia marcesens and for antibacterial activity against Aspergillus niger and Pencillium. Most of the tested compounds showed significant antifungal activity particularly against Pencillium at 10-μg/mL concentration comparable with that of the standard drug Flukanazole.


We propose the Cloudy Image Arithmetic + (CIA +) for training dataset construction of thin cloud removal, which addresses the deficiency of Cloud Image Arithmetic (CIA) that cloud shadows cannot be simulated. CIA + is able to synthesize cloudy images with cloud shadows, and as in nature, the angle and intensity of the cloud shadows vary depending on the irradiation angle and cloud thickness, which achieves state-of-the-art cloudy image synthesis. The first thin cloud removal dataset on GF satellite (TCR-GF) constructed with CIA + is released to supplement public data for cloud removal. Meanwhile, we propose the Dual-attention MSGAN to remove thin clouds. The network is capable to focus on thin cloud covered regions for the coordinate attention module encodes both channel relationship and long-range dependencies with precise position information. Several qualitative and quantitative experiments validate that the Dual-attention performs excellently on our TCR-GF dataset.


For Henry Kissinger, a stable international order is not only based on a balance of power, but also on a balance of identities, of "visions of itself ". How do our observational theories of international relations come to understand this practical maxim? This article shows that rationalist theories, methodological underpinnings fall short of satisfactorily addressing the issue, while constructivism's and post-structuralism's social ontology and relational understanding of identity provide a better starting point. And yet, when we return from the level of explanatory theory back to foreign policy practice, constructivist theorizing, precisely for its focus on identity, risks of being abused for the purpose of nationalist apologies of the very kind that makes a balance of identities impossible.


A study was made about the blackening of precooked vacuum packaged tripes. It revealed itself by superficial blackening and it was due to the formation of iron sulfide in consequence of the production of H 2 S by S. liquefaciens strains, which were present in the water.


The invention relates to a method for controlling the charging and discharging of a smoothing capacitor (C) of a data carrier, wherein the backup capacitor is discharged (C) prior to charging only to a defined voltage level. The discharge is performed with a constant current (i¶D¶). This ensures that, upon recharging the backup capacitor (C) is not recognizable as the state of charge of the capacitor (C) prior to discharge was. Characterized conclusions on the safety-relevant during arithmetic operations in a data processing unit (1) flowed currents are no longer possible. In an advantageous circuit arrangement of a constant current source (3) is formed by a current mirror circuit and a comparator (2), the voltage at Stutzkondesator (C) is compared with a bandgap reference.


Mechanical analysis about the jointed model of bolting grouting was done.Comparison between the jointed model and grouting jointed mechanical model was made.The results show that grouting can increase the resisting shear strength and shear stiffness of bolted weak plane of high slope.The intensity of jointed grouting body is related to serum proportioning grouting pressure,components of cranny medium,stress field and percolation field of rock masses.The interaction of anchor and grouting body can develop their respective mechanical characteristic,which can improve the reinforcing effect of high slope.


The combined efforts of workers using family studies, in situ hybridization of mRNA or cDNA to metaphase chromosomes, and somatic cell hybridization systems have resulted in the assignment of a large number of genes to particular human chromosomes. The assignment of at least 15 genes to chromosome 1 and the establishment of several intergene map distances, as well as preliminary correlation of map distance with physical localization, have emphasized the importance of integrating results from various approaches to genetic analysis. Evidence from a similar array of approaches now indicates the possible assignment of a number of genes to chromosome 2. This paper presents evidence supporting the earlier report of Shows [1 ] of the synteny (location on the same chromosome) of the genes for cytoplasmic isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH 1; EC 22.214.171.124) and cytoplasmic malate dehydrogenase (MDH 1; 126.96.36.199). Further, evidence is presented for the assignment of these two genes to chromosome 2. Our data as well as supporting data from Gee et al. [2] have been reported in preliminary form elsewhere [3-5]. There are three forms of isocitrate dehydrogenase [6]: NAD-dependent and NADP-dependent mitochondrial forms and the NADP-dependent cytoplasmic form for which the gene assignment is reported here. While all three forms catalyze the conversion of isocitrate to a-ketoglutarate, it is the NAD-dependent form that is the normal catalyst for isocitrate oxidation in the tricarboxylic acid cycle; the NADP-dependent forms are primarily involved with auxiliary biosynthetic reactions of the cycle [7]. The electrophoretic pattern of the cytoplasmic form suggests that it is a dimer composed of presumably identical subunits [1, 6]. Human electrophoretic variants have been reported [8, 9].


The mouse has generally been regarded as a member of the guinea-pig group of animals whose tissues contain the Forssman heterophile antigen (1, 2, 4, 5, 12, 14). An analysis of the evidence on which this assumption is based reveals the fact that there are only two general characteristics of mouse-tissue that are in complete agreement with the definition of Forssman's antigen. The first of these is the fact that suspensions of either fresh or boiled mouse-tissue when injected into the rabbit incite an hemolysin for the red cells of the sheep. The second characteristic is that this hemolysin is completely absorbed from its serum with either fresh or boiled sheep-cells or guinea-pig kidney, both of which are considered as true representatives of Forssman's antigen.
 At this point, however, the resemblance ceases and discrepancies in this theory appear. The mouse is refractory to inverse anaphylaxis or the typical shock produced by injecting heterophile antibodies into animals whose tissues contain this antigen.


The present invention discloses a heat exchanger assembly having a thermoelectric heat diffusion lid, said lid thermal diffusion optimized embodiment interfacial thermal resistance between the cover and the plurality of heat diffusion thermoelectric device, and a manufacturing method thereof. In one embodiment, the thermoelectric heat exchanger assembly includes a circuit board and a plurality of thermoelectric device attached to the circuit board. For example, due to the tolerances in the production process of a thermoelectric device, the thermoelectric means height of at least two are different. The thermoelectric heat exchanger further comprising a thermal interface material between the cover cap on the thermal diffusion of the thermoelectric device and the thermoelectric device and the heat diffusion. The thermal diffusion cover orientation (i.e., tilt) so that the thickness, and the interfacial thermal resistance and thus the thermal interface material, for optimizing the thermoelectric device.


Prevalence of hypertension is increasing exponentially in India. Hence hypertension has become a crucial public health problem in India. High blood pressure (BP) could be a major risk factor for cardio vascular disease and better control can result in prevention of 300,000 of the 1.5 million annual deaths from cardiovascular diseases in India.
Various studies among Indian patients evident that not adherence to their antihypertensive regimen and this might end in poor blood pressure control. Adherence to medication among the hypertensive people from the current studies is poor. A comprehensive strategy to enhance adherence to antihypertensive medications is the need of the hour. In this article an attempt has been made to compile all the research evidence on prevalence of Medication Adherence among hypertensive patients in India.

Keywords: Medication, Adherence, Prevalence, Hypertension, India.


To characterize active cells during microspore culture of Angelica gigas, flow cytometric and epifluorescent techniques were applied. The knowledge obtained from these types of studies will give us insight into early stage in plant development and may lead to the application of microspore-derived from haploid plants for breeding in recalcitrant species. Viability of cultured microspore differed depending on the developmental stages. Frequencies of active cells from tetrad, uni-nucleate, bi-nucleate and matured pollen were 12.8, 49.3, 42.3 and 31.7%, respectively. Alive microspores have luminescent the green fluorescence stained with FDA and blue fluorescence stained with DAPI.


In this study, a "Revised Empathy Scale" was constructed by using an empathy scale from the previous study (Hashimoto & Shiomi, 2000). A questionnaire consisting of 30 items on empathy and the Shimoda Personality Inventory (SPI) were administered to a total of 870 subjects (466 university and 404 high school students). Through factor analyses, four factors were extracted for the empathy scale. The four factors were named the "Cannot feel others' positive feelings", the "Can feel others' positive feelings", the "Can feel others' negative feelings", and the "Cannot feel others' negative feelings," respectively. Their reliability and validity were confirmed. The characteristics of empathy in adolescents were clarified by the scale's relationship with the characteristics of the SPI.


Introduction. Vegetative tone is traditionally evaluated with Kerdo index (KI). Recently, the method of determining the tone correlation of various parts of the autonomic nervous system with the indicators of heart rate variability (HRV) has been widely used. However, there are no comparative studies of these approaches. Purpose. The purpose of the study was to investigate the links of Kerdo index with HRV indicators among athletes and non-sportsmen. Methods. The measurements were carried out on 27 powerlifters (group I), 28 athletes of endurance events (group II) and 60 non-sportsmen (group III) at the age of 18-24 in conditions close to the basic circulation. The blood pressure and the registration of chest rheogram signals were measured in prone position at rest and tilt test for 5 minutes. The KI was evaluated based on HRV. The correlation analysis was conducted determining non-parametric Spearman coefficient. Results. In prone position at rest in all groups, vagotonia was found and was expressed most in sportsmen training endurance. The athletes with strength training focus had higher level of the links of Kerdo index and HRV indicators. At tilt test, the correlation of HRV and KI increased in group II sportsmen at rest, remained high in group I sportsmen and increased slightly in non-sportsmen. Conclusion. In the groups of sportsmen,the most stableand high links were found between Kerdo index and rMSSD and pNN50, which might be recommended for evaluating vegetative tone in training process.


Absrtact This paper attempts an interpretation of African existential situation in the light of Emmanuel Levinas' theory of the Other. The paper presents that the bid to find measures towards the advancement of humanity forms a very vital concern of philosophy. Thus, several efforts have been made by philosophers over the ages to multiply viable options which are considered by various world societies as veritable tools for their socio-political advancement. When compared with the technologically driven Western society, Africa still struggles to measure up with global defined development with all negativities attendant of such situation. Notably, the works of many philosophers are not only the products of their intellectual curiosity but sometimes informed by their experiences in life. Thus, informed by his life experiences, Levinas delved into a phenomenology of Otherness in which he postulates an ethico-political theory aimed at the need for the of universal care of humanity, a theory which the paper considers a veritable hermeneutic tool for rethinking African existential situation. Africa's rise in the global developmental scene, the paper finds, requires basically the eschew of viewing the other(Africa) by another(West) as an object of capitalist exploits, but a communalist cotraveler in the project of African upliftment cum global development.


More than five thousand workers lost their lives in 2018 due to occupational incidents. Research suggests that increased job control and safety citizenship can help mitigate occupational incidents. This study aims to answer the following research question: Does a relationship exist between the behavior of reporting occupational injuries and both job control and safety citizenship? This exploratory cross-sectional study used an employee perception questionnaire to examine the behavior of reporting occupational injuries, employee job control, and six safety citizenship sub-dimensions of action (i.e. stewardship, civic virtue, whistleblowing, initiating safety-related change, voice, and helping) at two companies in the Midwestern region of the United States. The survey consisted of 34 items and used a 5-point Likert Scale to quantify the data gathered along with other demographic variables. An ordinal logistic regression analysis to investigate the relationship between the behavior of reporting occupational injuries, job control, and the six sub-dimensions of safety citizenship was conducted. Results indicate that job control ( X2 = 8.512, df = 1, p < 0.05) and whistleblowing (X2 = 4.836, df = 1, p < 0.05) predict the behavior of occupational injury reporting.


Titanium(III) hydrazide gels designed for Kubas-type hydrogen storage were synthesized from the reaction between tris(bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl) titanium and anhydrous hydrazine. The materials demonstrate a fully reversible H2 adsorption capacity of 2.63 wt% and 36.7 kg m−3 at 298 K and 143 bar without saturation. Interaction between the adsorption center and H2 gas was probed by electron paramagnetic resonance.


Three rabbit antibodies (R521, R505, R524) were produced, and raised to synthetic peptides corresponding to residues 94–105, 100–111, and 223–234, respectively, of the sheep prion protein (PrP). Epitope mapping analysis revealed the monospecific character of antisera R505 and R524. In addition to the amino acid sequence against which it was raised, R521 also recognized other small epitopes. ELISA and radio‐immunoprecipitation were used to assess the relative immunoreactivities of the antisera to the normal sheep prion protein (PrPc). Highest reactivity was found for R521, followed by R505 and R524. According to Western blot analysis, all three sera specifically reacted with the prion proteins PrPSc and PrP27‐30, extracted from the brain stem of a scrapie‐affected sheep. Yet, with R505 not all of the lower molecular weight deglycosylated forms could be detected. Contrary to the immunoreactivities found with the PrPSc and PrP27‐30 isoforms, only R521 recognised PrPc from a healthy sheep. The usefulness of all three anti‐peptide sera in the immunohistochemical detection of PrPSc in brain stem and tonsils of scrapie‐affected sheep was demonstrated and compared with an established rabbit anti‐PrP serum. Microsc. Res. Tech. 50:32–39, 2000. © 2000 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


In this research, we conducted a ring-restraint heating test to evaluate the spalling properties of specimens representing concrete that was assumed to have been repaired with polymer cement mortar (PCM). The restraint ring is made of steel with an outer diameter, height, and thickness of 300, 100, and 8 mm, respectively. The RABT30 rapid heating curve was used for the heating tests. To evaluate the effect of PCM repair thickness on the fire spalling damage, fire tests were performed using four types of specimens: two specimens with different thicknesses repaired with PCM (repair thickness: 50 and 20 mm), normal concrete specimen, and PCM specimen. The results showed that the concrete specimen repaired with PCM had a larger spalling scale than the normal concrete specimen. In addition, the specimen with a thicker PCM repair had a larger spalling scale than the specimen with a thinner repair.


In order to provide some appropriate references and recommendations for the foundation treatment of Chaoshan airport in Jieyang,the original foundation settlement,the settlement in layers of the embankment earth and the pore water pressure in earth mass are monitored,and the monitored results are analyzed.The monitoring methods are introduced here,the processes of foundation treatment are discussed,and the corresponding measures are put forward,so as to ensure the security and stability in the foundation construction of Chaoshan airport.


The newly developed method is applied to the equivalent profile with a symmetrical convex curve, with which most modified tooth surfaces for practical use can be expressed approximately. An analytic equation for the amplitude of the dynamic increment of tooth load is derived, which is written by (1) Dimensions (moment of inertia, base-circle radius and number of teeth), (2) Amount of modification and (3) Operationg conditions (rev./m. and torque). It can explain the experienced facts over gear noise and give indexes on how to design and produce gear pairs in order to reduce noise and vibration.


Canada's Health Informatics Association has been hosting annual conferences since the 1970's as a way of bringing information systems professionals, health practitioners, policy makers, researchers, and industry together to share their ideas and experiences in the use of information systems in the health sector. This paper describes our findings on the outcome of information systems implementation projects reported at these conferences in the 1990's. Fifty implementation projects published in the conference proceedings were reviewed, and the authors or designates of 24 of these projects were interviewed. The overall experiences, which are consistent with existing implementation literature, suggest the need for organizational commitment; resource support and training; managing project, change process, and communication; organizational/user involvement and teams approach; system capability; information quality; and demonstrable positive consequences from computerization.


This paper introduces the research model of user intention to continue sharing knowledge in virtual communities. The model is built upon Batson's framework of the act for the public good. Since the focus of this study is on the continued use of virtual communities, the model also takes user evaluation process into account and includes some important constructs (disconfirmation, satisfaction, and knowledge self-efficacy) to explain the continuance behavior. An online survey was conducted and a total of 315 completed questionnaires were collected. Among the 315 respondents, 60 respondents have participated and shared knowledge in a virtual community. The research model explains 62% of the variance. The results also provide strong support for the existing theoretical links, as well as for those newly hypothesized in this study. Implications for current investigation for both research and practice are provided.


The radiologist may be the first to suggest the diagnosis of leukemia on the basis of erosion of the medial cortex of the proximal metaphysis of the humerus. The upper ends of the humeri are almost always included on a chest radiograph, and frequently this erosion may be the only radiographic sign of the disease.


The tracer method using the tracer mixed oil paint in the volatile solvent was applied for the visualization of externally pressurized circular thrust gas bearing. The volatile solvent component evaporated within the tracer adhered in the bearing surface, and only the solute component remained in the bearing surface. The thickness shape of the tracer remained in the bearing surface was measured by laser focus displacement gage, and the adhesion position of the tracer was required based on the result. As the result, it was shown to be useful for this method measuring the tracer adhesion position with a high accuracy.


Abstract This paper provides details on a classroom experiment that focuses on returns to foreign assets given uncertain future exchange rates. Students are assigned the role of foreign analysts and decide how much to invest abroad given their expectations about future exchange rates. The experiment allows students to practice calculating the returns to foreign investments, understand the benefits to skill in predicting future exchange rates, and observe the limitations to that skill. The experiment is ideal for undergraduate students in macroeconomics or international economics courses in a classroom that would allow students to separate into distinct groups.


In the second half of the nineteenth century, when Paris became a modern urban center, the problem of working-class housing emerged as a major issue. In this study Ann-Louise Shapiro examines the reform activites of philanthropists, economist, municipal authorities, politicians, and public hygienists as they, together and separately, responded to the quesitons of the worker's foyer. Shapiro shows that the hgousing cmapign touched all aspects of the "the social question." providing a rare perspective on the political, social, and institutional readjustments required by a changing urbgan environment in nineteenth century France. Shapiro's work will prove important reading for students and scholars of French history, urban society and government, and public health issues.


Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic impacted across the globe disrupting all sectors including the higher education universities. Nursing institutions faced various challenges due to the pandemic restrictions, of which the abrupt shift of implementing the curriculum to online mode posed a major challenge to both the teachers and the students. To assess nursing students' perception of pandemic pedagogy and the challenges faced in remote teaching-learning, this cross-sectional survey was conducted among 982 undergraduate nursing students from three Deemed to be University nursing institutions of Southern India. Institutional


Warts, or verrucae, are benign epithelial profilerations of skin and mucosa caused by infection with HPV and poses a challenge to treat.


The present invention relates to a parking assist device, a parking assist method, and a parking assist system using the same, wherein the parking assist device can precisely recognize a parking area and obstacles using a three-dimensional flash lidar. The parking assist device according to an embodiment of the present invention may include an information unit which obtains collected information using the three-dimensional flash lidar and a grasping unit which grasps at least one of a parking area and obstacles using the information collected by the information unit. [Reference numerals] (100) Parking assist system; (110) Lidar; (120) Parking assist device; (122) Information unit; (124) Generating unit; (126) Grasping unit


In response to the need for interactive Computer-Aided Instruction (CAI) tools for higher education, we developed a prototype VLSI tutorial using the NeXT Workstation. The NeXT workstation was used as the CAI platform due to its ease in integrating text, graphics, images and sound to provide an interactive environment. The resulting system is a Hypercard-like video/audio system which teaches the fundamentals of VLSI design. A generic tutorial system has been created requiring the developer to produce only images and lectures.