..................................................................................................... 5 Introduction.................................................................................................. 7 Background and Significance............................................................................. 8 Needs Assessment........................................................................................... 11 Problem Statement.......................................................................................... 14 Aims and Objectives....................................................................................... 14 Review of the Literature................................................................................... 15 Evidence Based Practice Model.......................................................................... 18 Methodology................................................................................................. 19 Setting................................................................................................ Study Population..................................................................................... Subject Recruitment................................................................................. Consent Procedure.................................................................................. Risks/Harms.......................................................................................... Subject Costs and Compensation.................................................................. Study Interventions................................................................................. Outcomes to be Measured.......................................................................... Project Timeline..................................................................................... Resources Needed................................................................................... 21 21 22 22


The work presented is a simulation study of the AlGaN/GaN Heterostructure vertical FINFET. The proposed structure has been investigated by adding an AlGaN layer at source channel junction. From, the findings of our study it is clear that the drain current rises after adding the polarization layer at the source channel interface because of the increase in the charge concentration(2DEG) at the interface. We have done a rigorous investigation for various gate oxide material dielectric's, gate metal's work function and at different temperatures. The various DC Figure of merits (FOM) such as SS, Ion/Ioff have shown improvement for the higher dielectric constant value, higher work function, and higher temperature. Apart, various analog/RF parameters such as gm, gd, Intrinsic gain (Av) have been analyzed and the linearity metrics like gm2, gm3, VIP2, VIP3, IIP3, IMD3 and 1-dB compression point are also analyzed and are proved for enhancing the device structure's linearity.


The Cold War, extended from the popularization of its name in 1947 to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, functioned a bipolar order in which the White House and the Kremlin set the pace of events. In accordance with the decentralization of the axis of the shock [1], both superpowers chose to avoid direct confrontation and based their strategy on a kind of tactical movements carried out by third parties. The direct consequence was the creation of a breeding ground in developing countries, victims of the competitiveness of both executives and in the specific case of Latin America, in a succession of political disorders that alternated the birth of revolutionary movements and the imposition of military dictatorships.


VICTORIAN STUDIES his public face to the world, Person brilliantly turns his attention to Osmond's use of Goodwood. Isabel's husband, Person argues, is faced with the dilemma of "how to be a man and not a man at the same time" (95); his answer is to make use of Goodwood as a substitute phallus. All sorts of Jamesian puns rise to the surface, and Person can't resist any of them, but his focus on the relationship between Osmond and Goodwood allows him to read the famously ambiguous ending of the novel in a highly original way. "Employing Goodwood," he suggests, "Osmond can simply wait for Isabel to finish her dutiful errands in England before she returns to Rome—with Goodwood's potent taste, so to speak, still fresh in her mouth" (98). Person's formulation is typical of his own taste for double entendres, but the insight is certainly fresh. Person's readings of other Jamesian texts are less groundbreaking. Henry James and the Suspense of Masculinity ends strongly, however, with a reading of the sadomasochistic nature of the relationships in The Golden Bowl (1904). Person claims that the "tacit cooperation" he identifies between Goodwood and Osmond "anticipates the basis for male homosocial relations and identities" in James's last novel (159), and that Prince Amerigo's relation to Maggie, waiting to see what she will do, restages that of Osmond's manipulation of Isabel. The ends do not, Person insists, justify the means, a judgment which cannot be made of this occasionally blinkered yet consistently illuminating study. Stuart Burrows Brown University


For gas-liquid two-phase flow, two kinds of fundamental equations have been proposed by the methods of hydrodynamics and hydraulics. The hydrodynamic equation, to avoid analytical difficulties, does not deal with two-phase flow itself, but with a hypothetical liquid flow which has actual physical quantities in the region where the liquid phase really exists and has the imaginary physical quantities of liquid in the region where the gas exists, for each instant, and with a hypothetical gas flow similarly. The hydraulic equation differs from the usual form in the treatment of friction term or interaction, and has better physical insight. These equations are analyzed mathematically and some relationship between physical quantities centering void fraction are discussed. Hydrodynamic equation shows the void fraction distribution to have relation to pressure loss and velocity distributions, and, for the case of laminar two-phase flow with axial symmetry, explicit expression is presented. By hydraulic equation, ...


Since the first recorded successful blood transfusion was performed in 1665 and the first Intensive Care Unit (ICU) was founded in 1952, a transfusion has gradually become a common medical procedure in the ICU. However, recent studies have shown an association between transfusion and adverse outcome. This thesis contains both clinical and pre-clinical investigations of the effects of a transfusion in the critically ill. The studies focus on investigations of mechanisms of the association between transfusion and adverse outcome and are clustered in three parts that each focus on one of the different blood components and have its own aims: Red blood cells (I): To investigate the role of storage red blood cells as well as the presence of an inflammatory condition on the association between RBC transfusion and host response. Fresh frozen plasma (II): To assess the effect of a FFP transfusion on host response and hemostatic balance in critically ill patients. Platelets (III): To assess the effect of platelet transfusion on the development of infections in critically ill patients.


Aircraft and later missile radar early warning stations played an important role in the Cold War. They are associated with important technological, social, political, and military themes of the Cold War and are worthy of preservation. The scope and scale of these systems make physical preservation impractical, but the U.S. Air Force program of historical evaluation and documentation of these systems will provide valuable information to future generations studying this historic period.


The present study aimed at investigating the motivational orientations of Jordanian gifted school students in Ajloun governorate. For this purpose, 51 students from King Abdullah II in Ajloun governorate participated in this study. Data was collected through a questionnaire contained 20 items asking about the motivational level and orientation of learners. The questionnaire was adapted from Gardner's (1985) AMTB (Attitude, Motivation Test Battery) questionnaire. The researchers used descriptive statistics for identifying the students' level of motivation towards learning English. Independent samples T-test was used to investigate the differences in the level of motivation according to gender. The findings revealed that the students were highly motivated towards learning English language with higher scores reported for the sake of instrumental motivation. Female students reported higher level of motivation than male students with no statistically significant differences recorded concerning this. Based on the results, some of the implications were presented and discussed.


A hanging implement is attached to a garment bag for facilitating handling the garmet bag during hanging the garment bag upon a support and removal of the garment bag from the support, the hanging implement having a handle with a handgrip portion and a flange portion, the flange portion including a stop shoulder for providing an abutment for a hand when the hand is placed upon the handgrip portion for lifting the garment bag during hanging and removal, the flange portion further providing a display surface for displaying information capable of being viewed readily when the garment bag is hung upon the support.


D-T plasma operation has always been envisaged since the beginning of the JET Project and both the original design and subsequent modifications have been designed to take account of the requirements of D-T operation. A limited tritium experiment was carried out in November 1991 which generated 1.7 MW of fusion power. In addition to the physics objectives, this experiment was intended to provide results which would be important for the technology to be used in full D-T phase, such as tritium accounting and hold-up. Because of the limited usage of tritium it was possible to use a {open_quotes}once-through{close_quotes} system in which around 99% of the tritium was recovered. It is currently planned to have a daily throughput of around l0g of tritium per day in the full D-T phase, introduced through neutral beam and/or gas puffing. As it would be neither environmentally acceptable nor cost-effective to discharge even 1% of this to the atmosphere, a tritium recycling plant, known as the Active Gas Handling System (AGHS) has been constructed and is currently being commissioned. It was necessary to take several issues into consideration in the design of the AGHS to ensure that it and the JET machine would be capablemore » of being licensed for handling tritium. These were ensuring that {open_quotes}Best Practicable Means{close_quotes} were used to limit routine discharges to the environment; ensuring that routine radiation exposure of the JET workforce would be minimised; and ensuring that the risk to the workforce and the public arising from accidents would be acceptably low. The technology involved, waste management and regulatory issues are discussed further in the paper.« less


In this paper, the coupling of the improved interpolating element‐free Galerkin (IIEFG) method and the variable‐order infinite acoustic wave envelope element (WEE) method is studied. A coupled IIEFG‐WEE method for computing sound radiation is proposed to make use of their advantages while evading their disadvantages. The coupling is achieved by constructing the hybrid shape function of continuity and compatibility on the interface between the IIEFG and WEE domains. In the IIEFG domain, the improved interpolating moving least‐squares (IIMLS) method is used to form the shape functions satisfying the Kronecker delta condition while nonsingular weight functions can be used. The impacts of the size of the influence domain and the shape parameter on the performance of this coupled method are investigated. The numerical results show that the coupled IIEFG‐WEE method can take full advantage of both the IIEFG and WEE methods and that it not only can achieve higher accuracy but also has a faster convergence speed than the conventional method of the finite element coupled with the WEE. The experimental results show that the method is very flexible for acoustic radiation prediction in the infinite domain.


The aim of this paper is to deepen the analysis of the asymptotic behavior of the so-called minimal random walk (MRW) using a new martingale approach. The MRW is a discrete-time random walk with infinite memory that has three regimes depending on the location of its two parameters. In the diffusive and critical regimes, we establish new results on the almost sure asymptotic behavior of the MRW, such as the quadratic strong law and the law of the iterated logarithm. In the superdiffusive regime, we prove the almost sure convergence of the MRW, properly normalized, to a nondegenerate random variable. Moreover, we show that the fluctuation of the MRW around its limiting random variable is still Gaussian.


Objective To understand the KAP( Knowledge,attitudes and practices) status of prevention and control of communicable diseases among private schools pupils of floating population in Kunshan city,provide a theoretical basis for the study of emergency prevention and control measures of infectious diseases in school.Methods Adopting cluster stratified random sampling method,an anonymous questionnaire survey on the prevention and control KAP of public health emergencies was conducted in all of the floating population private primary schools in Kunshan city,with the samples of 50 pupils respectively from 4thto 6thgrades. Results The correct rate of the 15 survey questions of infectious diseases prevention and control knowledge was up to81. 2%,the lowest was only 30% among the total 1648 students,the average correct rate was 68%; The result of correct rates comparison between both of grades and genders was : girls are better than boys,higher grades better than lower ones,the differences was statistically significant( χ2= 9. 680,P ﹤ 0. 05,χ2=23. 786,P ﹤ 0. 01). The average correct rate of the 10 attitude questions was 71. 3%,the highest was up to 82. 8% and the lowest was 45. 5%. There were significant differences( χ2= 18. 274,P ﹤ 0. 05,χ2=33. 256,P ﹤ 0. 01) in 4 questions between genders and 8 questions between grades,only 1 of the 10 practice questions with which the correct rate was 70%,while the other questions were 60%,significant differences( χ2= 10. 691,P ﹤ 0. 05,χ2= 24. 385,P ﹤ 0. 01) has been found between both genders and grades. Conclusions The correct rates of KAP survey on the prevention and control of infectious diseases in primary schools were generally low,publicity and education should be carried out in primary schools,enhance the pupils' awareness of infectious diseases prevention and control,so as to promote healthy behavior,improve the prevention and control capacity of infectious disease emergencies.


This study examined the corrosion inhibition of mild steel in 1.5M HCl solution using cocoa leaf extract as an inhibitor. The effect of inhibitor concentrations, kinetics, and time of immersion were undertaken at 30 o C while the thermodynamic parameters were determined with temperature range of 35 o C – 55 o C. FTIR result indicated that the actual adsorption of the inhibitor is as a result of donation of single pair of electrons on oxygen to the vacant d – orbitals of the metal (mild steel) that leads to the formation of complexes on the mild steel surface. The corrosion rate decreased from 1.64 g/cm 2 hr to 0.09gm/cm 2 hr in the presence of inhibitor used. However, increased in temperature showed a decreased in inhibition efficiency this resulted to an increase in rate of corrosion. Half – life of the corrosion kinetics ranges from 49.71 – 53. 15hr which is directly proportional to the inhibitor concentrations. Activation energy Ea, enthalpy (ΔH o ), and entropy (ΔS o ) calculated showed good interactions. The enthalpy of activation ranges from 63.28kJ/mol to 97.55kJ/mol. Rise in activation energy with inhibitor concentration confirmed the physical (physisorption) adsorption mechanism for the corrosion of mild steel surface. Endothermic nature of the corrosion process is ascertained with the positive value of ΔH o obtained. Keywords: Gravimetric, thermodynamic, adsorption, activation energy


In the framework of the Italian R&D project i-Next two pilots plants were realized aiming at demonstrate benefits coming from the adoption of electrochemical energy storages (Lithium ion batteries and hydrogen) integrated with renewable energy sources. In the present study the preliminary results coming from the demo sites operations are reported paying attention to the impacts to the grid.


Colotis agoye Wallengren, 1857 has long been considered an insect of great interest since it has three distinctive subspecies, two of which occur with slight overlap in southern Africa, the third (ssp. zephyrus Marshall, 1897) being found in Somalia, separated from the others by nearly three thousand kilometres. The purpose of this paper is to outline the distribution of the two southern taxa in Botswana and to assess their status.


Coagulation-photocatalytic technology was used to pretreat seawater.The results show that at a temperature of 10—25 ℃,pH 7.0—8.0,2.5 mg/L FeCl3,0.75 mg/L PAM,water turbidity removal rate was as high as 96%.When nano-TiO2 catalyst was uesd for the photocatalytic oxidation of organic compounds in seawater in an amount of 1.8 g/L for a light reaction time of 2.5 h,the degradation rate of COD was up to 99.58%.Synergistic effect between coagulation and photocatalytic oxidation eventually made effluent water meet the requirements of RO.


[Objective]To investigate the causes of an incident of acute occupational poisoning induced by HCFC-255. [Methods]The field occupational hygiene survey was applied to investigate the accident scene. [Results]The investigation confirmed that all of 6 patients had definite occupational exposure history of acute HCFC-255 inhalation induced by leak incident,and the disease was characterized by acute onset and mass poisoning,There was a time sequence that the onset followed by the leakage accidence.Combined with the clinical manifestation,this event can be confirmed as an incident of acute occupational poisoning induced by HCFC-255. [Conclusion]This incident was caused by violation of operating procedures.


TNF‐like weak inducer of apoptosis (TWEAK) is a recently identified member of the TNF superfamily that acts on responsive cells via binding to fibroblast growth factor‐inducible14 (Fn14) receptor. We have investigated the effect and the mechanisms by which TWEAK modulates myogenic differentiation. Treatment of C2C12 myoblasts or mouse primary myoblasts with TWEAK inhibited their differentiation into myotubes. Conversely, the proliferation of C2C12 myoblasts and the expression of a cell cycle regulator cyclin D1 were increased in response to TWEAK treatment. Treatment of C2C12 myoblasts with TWEAK resulted in the activation of nuclear factor‐kappa B (NF‐kappaB), the IkappaB kinase (IKK) complex, and the phosphorylation and degradation of IkappaBα protein. Inhibition of NF‐kappaB activity by overexpression of a dominant negative mutant of IkappaBα significantly increased the myogenic differentiation in TWEAK‐treated C2C12 cultures. Furthermore, overexpression of a dominant negative mutant of IKKβ (IKKβK44A) but not IKKα (IKKαK44M) reversed the inhibitory effect of TWEAK on myogenesis. TWEAK also inhibited the expression of MyoD mRNA and induced the degradation of MyoD protein. Overall, our data suggest that TWEAK inhibits myogenesis through the activation of NF‐kappaB signaling pathway and destabilization of MyoD protein.


We describe a case of an infant with complete congenital absence of the extraocular muscles, noted at surgery and confirmed by multiplane MR, which found no evidence of extraocular muscle tissue. This almost certainly represents an extreme form of bilateral congenital fibrosis syndrome.


Temporal acuity in developmental dyslexia across the life span: Tactile, auditory, visual, and crossmodal estimations Marja Laasonen University of Helsinki, FIN Developmental dyslexia is a specific problem of learning to read, often accompanied by writing and spelling difficulties. Dyslexia presumably results from impaired phonological processing, which is either a primary cause, or reflects a more basic deficit, such as impaired perceptual temporal processing. The prevalence of the temporal impairment in dyslexia is not known. It is also unclear whether or not the impairment can be observed at all ages, from childhood to adulthood, or how the difficulties change with age. Further, the relationships between temporal processing, phonological processing, and reading in different language environments have not been resolved. We assessed cognitive temporal acuity in tactile, auditory, and visual modalities, and their crossmodal combinations (audiotactile, visuotactile, audiovisual) in a series of four studies. Two methods were used. In the Temporal Order Judgment (TOJ) method, the participant estimated the order of two short stimuli. In the phase difference detection (Temporal Processing Acuity, TPA) method, the participant judged whether the same short stimuli, now in two parallel trains, were simultaneous or nonsimultaneous. The participants, 53 dyslexic individuals and 66 fluent readers, were divided into three age groups (8-12, 20-36, and 20-59 years). The results of studies I-IV showed that dyslexic children and adults were impaired as compared to fluent readers when assessed with the unimodal and crossmodal TPA and TOJ (the latter assessed only for adults) methods. The temporal acuity impairment was general: it concerned all modalities, their combinations, and assessment methods. Control analyses showed that nontemporal aspects could not explain the impairment. Furthermore, temporal acuity was related to phonological processing but not directly to reading. In study IV, increasing adult age was found to decrease unimodal temporal acuity in both reading groups. The decline was more noticeable in the case of dyslexic readers, as compared to the fluent readers when assessed with the TPA method. The reading-related tasks did not indicate similar age-related accelerated decline. In summary, temporal impairment in dyslexia was general and occurred at every age investigated. The impairment did not improve with increasing age but, on the contrary, aggravated. Not every dyslexic reader was impaired, and therefore, temporal acuity impairment alone is not a sufficient general cause of developmental dyslexia. List of original publications (I-IV) The thesis is based on the following publications which are referred to in the text by Roman numerals I-IV. I Laasonen M, Tomma-Halme J, Lahti-Nuuttila P, Service E, and Virsu V (2000) Rate of information segregation in developmentally dyslexic children, Brain and Language, 75(1), 66-81. II Laasonen M, Service E, and Virsu V (2001) Temporal order and processing acuity of visual, auditory, and tactile perception in developmentally dyslexic young adults, Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 1(4), 394-410. III Laasonen M, Service E, and Virsu V (2002) Crossmodal temporal order and processing acuity in developmentally dyslexic young adults, Brain and Language, 80(3), 340-354. IV Laasonen M, Lahti-Nuuttila P, and Virsu V (2002) Developmentally impaired processing speed decreases more than normally with age, NeuroReport, 13(9),1111-1113.


Since a period of Hindu-Buddhist influence,Cirebon region has been an important area, although geographically not as a government center. The existence of the Huludayeuh inscription shows that the area was noticed by the rulers of the Sunda Kingdom. When the Sunda Kingdom suffered a setback and Muslim communities on the coast developed to form political power, the southern region of Cirebon flourished. One of the developing settlements is the Gegunung Village on the edge of Ci Pager. This study shows some archaeological objects in the area. The results of this study are expected to be used as input for policy decisions in the management of ancient relics. In Gegunung Village there are several petilasan as an early sign of the emergence of settlements. Based on oral traditions, the emergence and development of these settlements began with a border guard post.


An image compression method based on wavelet transforms and the human visual system (HVS) is presented in this paper. In the proposed method, we emphasize on the issue of designing a quantizer for wavelet transform coefficients, which takes into account the relative importance of different coefficients in human visual perception and minimizes noise introduced in quantization. Since inmost of image processing systems, the final observer of the processed images is human beings, a distortion measurement combining human visual characteristics rather than the usually adopted mean square error to judge the quality of compressed image is presented. The images compressed with out method have less annoying effects under a higher compression ratio than that without incorporating HVS properties.


Semiconductor lasers, which can be surely characterize by many of their advantages, have been used for measurements of concentration of gases for many years. Doing measurements in industrial conditions, because of its several difficulties, needs using special technology of measurements. In this article using modified, correlated absorption spectroscopy, in order to measure CO concentration, has been shown.


In order to simulate the oxygen transfer between gas bubbles and the melt in gas-injection-refining process, experiments and mathematical modeling have been carried out on oxygen mass transfer during the period of bubble formation and rising as well as that in pure iron, with Ar+O_2 mixture blown through an alumina nozzle into the iron melt at 1580℃


This study aims to examine the behavior of consumers, the factors influencing the selection of microfinance institutions sources of funding for SMEs. The study was conducted because of the difficulty SMEs to access financial institutions, especially the Bank, because a lot of procedures to go through as requirements. What factors are underlying the selection of financial institutions for SME capital sources. This study will determine what factors are the basis for SMEs in choosing a source of financing for their business. The result is expected to be useful for the government and relevant agencies in reviewing procedures and filing system of credit for SMEs. It is very necessary especially for SMEs is the foundation of Indonesia's economy and should be supported to be more sturdy. SME growth will help the government, one of them in terms of employment. Research is associative, because it intends to examine the relationship between the independent variables on the dependent variable. The results showed that simultaneous personal factors, psychological, social and cultural significant effect on the selection of financial institutions. However partially show different things. Partially personal factors influence the consumer's decision, but the factor of psychological, social and cultural decision does not affect the consumer in choosing a financial institution.


Minutiae extraction for automatic fingerprint identification system is one of the most important steps. However, the performance of minutiae extraction relies heavily on an enhancement algorithm. The presence of noise in poor-quality images causes a large number of extraction errors, including the dropping of minutiae identification error. A study on these errors reveals that postprocessing is an effective tool to advantageously recognize true minutiae. In this paper, we present a novel fingerprint image post-processing algorithm. This algorithm is designed and developed to beneficially implemented in fingerprint recognition system. The developed algorithm employ several rules, which are generalized through a study on the errors that commonly occur in minutiae extraction and their effects on the overall verification performance. Thorough experimental tests were conducted and results demonstrate that the proposed post-processing algorithm is both effective and efficient, hence, open the way for its implementation in wider applications.


This work is an attempt at digging into the origin and source of America's hegemonic influence on the international system from the post-world wars era till date. The research uncovered that the quest for globalization and development of science and technology to actualize it, are not unconnected with America's overwhelming influence on the sociopolitical and economic structures of Nations of the world. Also, the impacts of the first and second world wars necessitated the need for countries to improve on their military weaponry techno-scientific wise in order to remain relevant in the wake of global industrialization in all spheres of life. The paper concluded that, though, America's Hegemonic Power and influence is seriously threatened by various attacks on her sociopolitical, economic and geographical structures. However, America's hegemonic influence within the globe via structuralism, soft power and hard power in the 21st century, cannot be overemphasized.


The by-products generated from milling industries are iron powders which are harmful resources to human health since they are in the air and can be straightforwardly breathe in. To prevail over this setback we have to dispose the iron powder safely without any environmental hazards. As a result, consumption on iron powder in the concrete has been developed. This study made an attempt to make utilize iron powder waste as a part substitution of Portland cement in M25 grade concrete mix by the volume of fraction in the range of 0%, 1%, 2%, 3% and 4%. The compressive strength test was conducted for the various mix proportions and the achieved strength properties were compared with those of conventional concrete after 28 days. However, the effect of iron powder with 2% partial replacement of cement exhibit an maximum improvement in compressive strength of about 29.80% when compared to that of conventional concrete.


Abstract Background: ASCO published the goals of individualized care including advance care planning (ACP) for advanced cancer patients in 2011, but there are no data on the ACP implementation status. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the electronic medical records and informed consent forms of consecutive stage IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients treated with chemotherapy between January 2010 and December 2012 at our institution. Two outcomes were defined to investigate the ACP implementation status: C-D, the duration from the last day of chemotherapy to death, and D-D, that from the day of confirming DNAR to death. We used the Kaplan-Meier method to estimate the endpoints and Cox regression models to analyze explanatory factors associated with those. Results: In total, 136 patients were eligible (median age, 67 years; 89 men; 105 current/ever smokers). Of 103 patients with adenocarcinoma, 30 had EGFR mutations, and 110 patients had PS 0 or 1. Of the 136 patients, 71 received 1 regimen, 39 received 2 regimens. The main status of implementation of ACP was followed: information provided 'incurable disease before first-line chemotherapy' was 96 cases (70%), 'supportive care' was 69 cases (50%) and 'prognosis to patient' was 43 cases (32%). DNAR reflected patient' will were 29 cases (21%). The median C-D was 64 days. Received ≤2 chemotherapy regimens and provision of prognosis information to patients were significantly associated with C-D in multivariate analysis. The median D-D was 25 days. Provision of information regarding supportive care before first-line chemotherapy and provision of prognosis information to the patient were significantly associated with D-D in multivariate analysis. Conclusions: Investigation of the ACP implementation status in NSCLC patients at our institution showed that providing information on supportive care before first-line chemotherapy and informing the patient about prognosis is beneficial in prolonging supportive care.


Purpose – Plasma spray coating technologies are capable of depositing a wide range of compositions without significantly heating the substrate. The objective is to characterise plasma sprayed metallic coatings on a Fe‐based superalloy.Design/methodology/approach – NiCrAlY, Ni‐20Cr, Ni3Al and Stellite‐6 metallic coatings were deposited on a Fe‐based superalloy (32Ni‐21Cr‐0.3Al‐0.3Ti‐1.5Mn‐1.0Si‐0.1C‐Bal Fe) by the shrouded plasma spray process. The coatings were characterised in relation to coating thickness, porosity, microhardness and microstructure. The high temperature oxidation behaviour of the coatings was investigated in brief. The techniques used in the present investigation include metallography, XRD and SEM/EDAX.Findings – All the coatings exhibited a lamellar structure with distinctive boundaries along with the presence of some porosity and oxide inclusions. The microhardness of the coatings was observed to vary with the distance from the coating‐substrate interface. The St‐6 coating had the max...


In this closing post in the series I will try capture some of the main emerging interest groups, issues and cleavages. This is based on my reading and the work of my colleagues, not on a systematic coding of the submissions, so the points I make should be treated as hypotheses about the submissions rather than proven claims.


The differences in general chemical components,muscle protein components,amino acid components and nutritional evaluation between muscles of Qing Yuan Partridge chickens and San Huang chickens were investigated.The results showed that protein content in Qing Yuan Partridge muscle was lower than that in San Huang chickens muscle,while the contents of water,lipid and ash in the former were higher than those in the latter.Besides,the contents of sarcoplasmic protein and stroma protein in Qing Yuan Partridge chickens muscle were higher than those in San Huang chickens.Then,the amino acids contents in Qing Yuan Partridge chickens muscle were higher than those in San Huang chickens except Asp,Glu,Gly and Trp.According to amino acid score,the first limiting amino acids in the two kinds of muscles were Met and Cys,while the second limiting amino acids in the two kinds of muscles were in the two kinds of muscles Val,respectively.


While Rawls himself put contractualism to work at the national level, his more cosmopolitan followers have argued that the full requirements of international justice can be reached only by way of a global contractualist argument. Both positions neglect a resource from within the contractualist tradition, The need for iteration of the nation-level contract gives rise to strong and reasonably definite moral requirements. A good-faith adoption of the contractual argument entails, first, a duty to assist those whose potential recourse to just arrangements is blocked by tyranny or political collapse. Second, understood as a net risk-reducing project, a nation-level contract entails a duty not to impede the iterated risk-reduction projects of other national soceties. Envisaging the duty in this contractualist way avoids problems that beset both "natural duty" and "interactionist" approaches to international justice. The non-impedance requirement bears especially on international economic arrangements. The institutional representation of those affected by such arrangements would connect this abstract requirement with practical conclusions.


Summary This paper is about if race has an impression on how people feel on politically issues. Using different magazines and newspaper such as but not limited to Chicago Tribune, also my research through a survey conducted on the Quad of the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign will show the reason behind the critics on Obama's comment. After conducting my surveys and collecting data I have come up with a few opinions to my question. In the beginning my question came from a situation from MTV's video music awards that took place two months ago. The situation consisted of Kanye West coming up on stage while Tyler Swift was receiving her award for Best Video of the Year. While Swift was on stage West comes up on stage in the middle of her acceptance speech and states that he does not agree with Swift winning the award and that he feels that Beyonce had the best video of the year and then walks off. Swift was left standing on stage speechless not only in front of the audience but on national television as well. After the statement was said President Obama stated off the record during an interview that West was an "asshole" for his actions. After this statement was made media attacked Obama immediately and many felt was blown out of proportion. This made me think if President Bush was to make the same statement would the outcome be the same. Was it because the President is African American that his every word and action criticized. Do people feel certain ways about politics because of their ethnicity? I then decided to conduct my research by using surveys. After collecting and filing the data I found out some answers but also new questions as well. Most people thought that many people can effect one's political beliefs sometimes. These results tell me that if you are with a lot of people that feel one way about a subject instead of standing up about what they feel are right they will conform in fear of being different. But this also beings up the question that if someone else feels the same way will you fight for what you feel is right and voice your opinion even if you are outnumbered.


ABSTRACT Micromeria brownei var. ludens Shinners is recognized at the rank of species and transferred to Clinopodium L. Shinners distinguished variety ludens from other M. brownei (Swartz) Bentham based on its "hispid-ciliate" calyx teeth. While this character seems to be variable over the entire geographic range of C. brownei (Swartz) Kuntze, C. ludens (Shinners) A. Pool is unique in possessing narrowly ellipsoid nutlets, which are apically rostrate, supporting its recognition at the species level. The generic transfer from Micromeria Bentham to Clinopodium follows the molecular and morphological studies of Cantino and Wagstaff. Clinopodium ludens is currently known from Pinar del Río Province of Cuba, the Yucatán and Quintana Roo states of Mexico, and the Atlántida Department of Honduras.


A new fast search technique based on search-space smoothing is proposed for the tolerance design of electronic circuits. By smoothing and enlarging the sampling region of Monte Carlo analysis so that focus is placed on the global features of the acceptance region, the authors looked at the solution space from a larger perspective and reduced the number of local optimal points to be investigated. After the target area is identified the algorithm zooms in to focus on the detailed features of the target area. The yields on spaces with different degree of smoothing are computed and finally the most probable global solution is obtained. The algorithm is simple and efficient. The proposed method is applied to different electronic circuits. Results show that the computational efficiency and the resultant yield achieved are significantly better than the popular centres-of-gravity method.


The invention discloses a saline-alkali soil improving method by engineering-chemistry-biology-desalination and water conservation-information technology. The saline-alkali soil improving method includes steps of S1, lowering salt content in the saline-alkali soil to be treated gradually by engineering measures and isolating and discharging soluble salt in the soil; S2, reasonably utilizing water resource of the saline-alkali soil to be treated by brackish water desalination technology; S3, reasonably irrigating the saline-alkali soil to be treated by water-saving irrigation technology; S4, online detecting the saline-alkali soil to be treated by information technology; S5, improving chemical components of the saline-alkali soil to be treated by chemical measures; S6, finally improving the saline-alkali soil to be treated by biotechnology measures. The saline-alkali soil improving method provides a feasible, economic and efficient scheme for improving the saline-alkali soil in coastal regions, improvement time is short, effect is good and no backflow is caused after improvement.


This paper investigates the role of governance, in particular tax related bribes, in shaping business tax compliance behavior. The empirical results show that business noncompliance rises with corruption. More specifically, the findings from 27 transition economies suggest that tax evasion thrives when bribes to tax officials are commonplace. These findings are robust to a number of specifications that control for firm and country attributes. They also highlight the potential endogeneity of bribes.


tion, Professor Lilford and Dr Dalton took no account of the fact that microsurgery, compared with macrosurgery, doubles or quadruples live birth rates depending on the selection of patients. Some of our patients have had three live births after surgery. A recent national survey (D Mathieson, unpublished findings) showed that current facilities vary considerably among health districts. Most infertile couples have inadequate access to the full range of infertility services. Within regions, in spite ofthe gregarious nature ofgynaecologists, we still suffer from an inadequate exchange of ideas and skill. Thewide and complex range ofsuccessful forms of treatment for infertility now available makes it impossible for either university departments or peripheral units on their own to provide an entirely comprehensive regional service. What isneededwithin the regionsismorecommunication and exchange of ideas and patients. For each infertile couple this may well improve the effectiveness of treatment. MICHAEL BuRKE


Developing countries at present have diatribe against hegemonic policies of the West. Among them BRICS countries are the strongest group challenging economic policies which are biased towards developed countries. This led to greater export/import momentum among these countries. The present paper examines the impact of formation of BRICS and ongoing rift between Russia and EU on Indo-Russian bilateral trade.


Based on a large number of test results obtained from 747 specimens, an attempt is made to find out simple mathematical expressions that explain the resistances of tube‐to‐tube joints with circular hollow sections under axial brace loading. Multiple regression analysis is performed on a carefully established data base to obtain the best predictive equations. The proposed yield and ultimate strength equations are shown to be in good agreement with the test results, provided that the joints are not controlled by brittle failure. These equations are applicable for wide range of basic variables, which include the geometry and size of the joints, the yield stress and yield ratio of material and the axial stress in the chord. The resistance factors for the design for an ultimate limit state are calculated. It is shown that the standards of tolerance control and material selection and the dimensions of structures must be considered to determine the resistance factor appropriate to the design situations.


A two-year field study was conducted to investigate the performance of a lightweight trash-board moldboard plow (with and without a trash-board), as influenced by stubble height and water content. Both fields were measured for the performance of a trash-board moldboard plow when used during the optimization of the plowing depth, the water content, and the reaction forces. The results showed that in the first year, when a trash-board was required, the results were significantly different. The fields had lower draft and reaction force in the soil with only stubble height, which was greater than that in the soil with dense straw for all water content levels. This was also observed in the second year for the whole depth. This study shows that the moldboard plow with a trash-board provided minimum draft and reaction forces with only straw and heavy straw. The results indicate that straw nearby shear significantly increased displacement for all treatments, with variance of straw nearby moldboard. Hence, the results verify that a trash-board continuously created large soil fragmentation with different water content. Straw labels create a position of straw which also allows for better results. It is important to install trash-boards with the moldboard plow for heavy straw incorporation.


Let X Ă P be a smooth projective variety over C of dimension 2n ́ 1. Let f : X Ñ O be the universal family of smooth hyperplane sections of X, where O is the Zariski open subset of the dual projective space corresponding to smooth hyperplane sections. Denote T to be the total space of the vector bundle H2n ́2 van whose fiber is the (middle dimensional) vanishing cohomology H2n ́2 van pXt,Zq on a smooth hyperplane section Xt. Topologically, T is an infinite sheeted covering space of the base O, with countably many connected components (the classes with different self-intersection number cannot be connected via monodromy). Among all of the connected components, there is a distinguished one T 1 containing a vanishing cycle, i.e., consider a disk ∆ transversal to the discriminant locus OzO with ∆ ̊ Ď O, then the restricted family f |∆ has local analytic equation x1` ̈ ̈ ̈`x2n ́2 " t around the node, which is diffeomorphic to the tangent bundle of sphere S2n ́2 and a vanishing cycle αt P H2n ́2 van pXt,Zq is the fundamental class of the sphere as the zero section (i.e., Impxiq " 0 when t ą 0). The component T 1 is well-defined since vanishing cycle is conjugate to each other via monodromy in the universal family of hyperplane sections, see [9], Proposition 3.23. Our goal is to understand the topology of the covering space π : T 1 Ñ O. In other words, we would like to understand the global monodromy of vanishing cycle on the universal family of hyperplane sections. Classically, only local monodromy around a nodal degeneration is known, which is the Picard-Lefschetz formula. However, no global result is known yet. We will show that the monodromy of π is "complicated enough" to generate H2n ́1 prim pX,Qq which we will decribe in the following. Let J " F nH2n ́1 prim pX,Cq{H2n ́1pX,Zqprim be the middle dimensional primitive intermediate Jacobian of X. There is a real anlytic map called Topological Abel-Jacobi map [11]


Abstract The complete mitochondrial genome of Japanese sponge crab Lauridromia dehaani was first determined and characterized from South China Sea. The L. dehaani mitogenome is 15,754 bp in length, and consists of 22 tRNA genes, two rRNA genes, 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), and one control region. The nucleotide composition of L. dehaani mitogenome is significantly biased (A, G, T, and C was 36.23%, 9.71%, 35.12%, and 18.94%, respectively) with A + T contents of 71.35%. Two PCGs used an unusual initiation codon, and eleven PCGs were terminated with an abnormal stop codon. Three microsatellites were identified in L. dehaani mitogenome sequences. Phylogenetic tree showed that L. dehaani was first clustered with Dynomene pilumnoides.


In recent years, we have witnessed a paradigm shift in mobile operator deployment from Long Term Evolution Advanced (LTE-A) to fifth generation (5G) networks. With the completion of the 3GPP Release 15 standards supporting "Non-Standalone 5G" in late 2018, attention has shifted to Standalone 5G, whilst operators across the globe continue to accelerate deployment of 5G based on the latest specifications. This paper addresses the global trends and challenges for early 5G rollout with focus on the Nigeria market. It also provides solutions to guide Nigerian mobile operator on pitfalls and barriers to entry, to allow smooth transitioning from 4G to 5G technology in Nigeria. Finally, the paper provides empirical evidence suggesting UE connected to the small cells use lower transmit power, hence improving uplink performance.


We present a model to describe the mechanism of laser induced electronic damage in optical coatings. Different from the classical laser damage models, the electron tunneling effect is taken into account in our model. The diffusion of free electron in the conduction band is enhanced if free electron tunnel effect happens in the optical coatings. Under some specific circumstance, the electron tunneling effect will make a great impact on the laser induced damage properties of the optical coatings. Under radiation of different duration and different power intensity lasers, the influence of free electron tunnel to the laser induced damage threshold is also different. Based on the calculation results, the tunnel effect can influence the laser induced damage properties of optical coating system at nanosecond and picosecond regime. In the femtosecond regime, the influence of the tunnel effect can be neglected.


Video segmentation is a major role in digital image processing. This paper provides methodology for detecting moving object presented in the given input video. First step is converting input video into frames. Second step is feature calculation by using edge histogram descriptor method. Third step is classification using online support vector machine classifier. Finally, convex hull algorithm is used to grouping the moving pixel.


Objective To investigate the value of conventional MR imaging in the differentiation of benign vertebral compression fracture and spine metastasis.Methods One hundred and forty-four vertebral compressive fractures of 58 patients were retrospectively analyzed.There were 92 benign vertebral fractures in 36 patients,including 14 traumatic fractures of 10 patients,78 nontraumatic fractures of 26 patients;52 vertebal metastasis fractures of 22 patients.The following MRI features were observed:changes of vertebral shape and signal,vertebral posterior edge,the pedicle's shape and signal,intervertebral space,paravertebral soft tissue and enhancement pattern.Results The benign compression fractures showed hypointense signals in 40.21%(52/92)on T1WI and hyperintense signals in 92.31%(48/52)on T2WI.The vertebal metastasis fractures showed hypointense signals in 27.17%(25/92)on T1WI and hyperintense signals on T2WI in 96.15%(50/52)and strong enhancement after injection of Gd-DTPA.In addition,the benign fractures showed the wedge-shaped vertebral body in 41.30%(38/92),depressed vertebral body in 57.61%(52/92),angulation of posterior edge of the vertebra in 41.30%(38/92),ring shaped paravertebral soft tissue mass in 13 vertebral fractures;the malignant fractures showed the wedge-rear vertebral body in 42.31%(22/52),bulging of posterior edge of the vertebra in 73.08%(38/52),pedicle expansion and high signal intensity in T2WI in 59.62%(31/52)and anomal-nodosity paravertebral soft tissue mass in 25(48.08%)vertebral fractures.Conclusion The conventional MRI findings of vertebral fractures are helpful to differentiation of benign and spine metastasis compression fractures.


The deep foundation pit at the Central Park Station on Shanghai Subway Route 2 is taken as the engineering background of this article. The application of time space effect method in foundation pit construction with protection of the surrounding buildings is discussed in details. When surrounded by other buildings, foundation pits should be excavated quickly, supported in time without delay. Meanwhile construction parameters should be related to surroundings. In planning, earthwork excavated from each building should be arranged in one section and the ultimate excavation spot should be away from the nearby building.


The therapy of removing beat and toxic,strengthening the body to cultivate the fundamental is the mainstream of treating cancer in traditional Chinese medicine up to now,and the therapy of warming yang has been rarely involved.While the pathogenesis of tumor is spleen and kidney yang deficiency in root,and phlegm,stasis,and poison entangled with each other at the secondary position; the main therapeutical principle of tumor is simultaneous application of purging-tonifying therapy while focusing on protecting yang.The author believes that the treatment of cancer should pay attention to the whole concept,especially warming yang for patients with advanced tumors.The therapy of warming yang is an effective way to get rid of phlegm and blood stasis.Patients after radiotherapy and chemotherapy should be paid more attention to warming yang.

Key words:
Tumor;  Therapy;  Warming yang


Background:Th17 is a subset of T-helper lymphocytes that produce proinflammatory cytokines, mainly IL-17. Serum IL-17 is increased in allergic patients and relates to clinical severity. Recently, it has been reported that CD161 is a highly upregulated gene in Th17 clones and all IL-17-producing cells are contained in CD161+ T cells. This study aimed at comparing the frequency of peripheral CD161+ T cells in patients with allergic rhinitis (AR) and in healthy controls and at relating CD161 expression with symptom severity. Methods: Forty-four patients with AR and 29 healthy non-allergic subjects were evaluated. CD161 expression was evaluated on CD3+, CD4+ and CD8+ cells by double immunofluorescence staining and fluorescence activated cell sorter analysis. Symptom severity was assessed by the Visual Analogue Scale. Results: Allergic patients showed a significantly higher frequency of CD3+CD161+, CD4+CD161+ and CD8+CD161+ cells than healthy non-allergic subjects (p < 0.0001). Moreover, the expression of CD161 cells was significantly related to clinical severity. Conclusions: This study provides evidence that a higher frequency of CD161+ T cells is present in the peripheral blood of AR patients.


Fluent software and the method of numerical simulation of liquid-solid two-phase flow were used to analyze the flow of fluid in classification chamber of ultrafine powder wet centrifugal classifier. Under the condition of steady state, renormalization group(RNG) k-e model,Eulerian multiphase flow model and multiple reference frame method were used to analyze the velocity distribution of the fluid in classification chamber of different shape classification wheel blades, in order to study the influence of different shape classification wheel blades on classification performance. Under the condition of unsteady state, the discrete phase model was used to analyze the rule of particle track in classification chamber, in order to study the influence of different rotate speed of classification wheel on cut size. The results indicate that comparing with straight blades and oblique blades, the classification performance of curved blades is the best. Using curved blades, the cut size is greater than 1 μm when the grading wheel speed is 1 000 r/min, the cut size is close to 1 μm when classification wheel speed is 2 000 r/min,and the cut size is smaller than 1 μm when the classification wheel speed is3 000 r/min. Improving the classification wheel rotary speed is helpful to reduce the cut size.


Combustion flows with different fuels as heptane and pyrolysis gas in a dual-fuel-combustor of gas turbine were simulated by a CFD(computational fluid dynamics) method.The RNG(renormalization group) k-e turbulence model,single chemistry reaction system,infinite-rate reaction velocity,discrete phase modeling for liquid fuel,upwind discretization scheme and the SIMPLE algorithm were applied.Some performances of combustor such as: combustion efficiency,temperature uniformity at outlet,temperature distribution of walls,distribution of air mass flow and the first air excess coefficient,were also analyzed.Some results show that: 1) the distribution of mass flow rate is consistent with different fuels,2) there is a 1% higher combustion efficiency and lower temperature uniformity at outlet with pyrolysis gas than that of oil fuel,3) the average temperature at outlet with pyrolysis gas is 20~40K lower than that of oil fuel with the same chemical enthalpy injected in the combustor,and 4) the first air excess coefficient α of pyrolysis gas is higher than that of oil fuel.


According to new World Bank's estimation (2005 data) India has 456 million people about 41.6 percent which is below the new International poverty line of $1.25 (ppp) per day. According to census, 2011 Indian population was 1.21 billion which has been enhance to about 1,270,272,105 (1.27 billion) till March, 2014 and it is the country where majority of people resides in the rural sector. In order to increase the growth of agriculture, the Government has planned several programs (SGSY, RLEGP and MGNREGA etc.) pertaining to rural development in India. The MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) provides guarantee employment to the rural households and ensures the livelihood security of the poor by creating durable assets. Through this research paper an attempt has been done to evaluate the development of Scheduled tribes through MGNREGA.


A simple, sensitive and practical method for the halogenated organic compound analysis of tap water is reported. A pentane extraction procedure using a ten fold increase in concentration by volume (without further concentration) followed by mass fragmentography of GC-MS was used. As little as 0.05 ppb concentration of each compound was detectable. Five simple halogenated organic compounds, including CCl4 and CHBr3 whose concentrations are relatively small, were determined for tap water in Japan.


Background Adipose derived stem cell (ADSC) is one of the stem cells produced by adipose tissue which can be collected easily and in large quantities. It has been reported the anti-inflammatory effect of ADSC in some disease models.1 However, the effect of ADSC for synovitis such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is unknown. Objectives The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of ADSC for joint synovitis and cartilage degeneration in SKG/Jcl mice in vivo and the effects of ADSC for synovial fibroblast in vitro. Methods SKG/Jcl mice which developed auto-immune arthritis by adjuvant stimulation were used as RA animal model.2 In vivo, the intra-articular injections of ADSC (ADSC group; n=10) or PBS (PBS group, n=10) were performed to the bilateral knee of SKG mice with arthritis. The knee joint was histologically assessed with synovitis score and Mankin score at 2 weeks after ADSC injection. In vitro, the anti-inflammatory effect of ADSC for stimulated human synovial fibroblast was analysed by real-time RT-PCR. Results In vivo, the synovitis score and Mankin score were statistically lower in ADSC group (synovitis score 2.0±0.7 vs 6.0±1.6, p<0.01 and Mankin score 2.2±0.8 vs 4.9±0.8, p<0.01) (figure 1). In vitro, the expression of tumour necrosis factor-stimulated gene-6 (TSG-6), the anti-inflammatory cytokine, was significantly higher in ADSC than in synovial cell (p<0.01). The inflammatory cytokine levels in stimulated synovial cell were significantly decreased by ADSC treatment (p<0.01) (table 1).Abstract AB0116 – Table 1 Gene expressions in each cell by real-time RT-PCR Relative gene expressions referenced GAPDH as 1 (mean±SD) IL-6 TNF-α TSG-6 ADSC 0.39±0.03 0.37±0.1 0.77±0.06* Synovial fibroblast 0.21±0.07 0.35±0.1 0.08±0.03 Stimulated synovial fibroblast (non-treatment, 24 hour) 77.8±1.5 38.9±0.1 5.2±0.7 Stimulated synovial fibroblast (non- treatment, 48 hour) 34.9±0.5 39.9±0.1 4.2±0.3 Stimulated synovial fibroblast (ADSC treatment, 48 hour) 5.2±0.06** 9.8±0.1** 1.9±0.1 ADSC; adipose derived stem cell, IL; interleukin, TNF; tumour necrosis factor, TSG; tumour necrosis factor-stimulated gene. *p<0.01 (the comparison to synovial cell by Mann-Whitney U test) **p<0.01 (the comparison to non-treatment group by Mann-Whitney U test)Abstract AB0116 – Figure 1 The anti-inflammatory effects of intra-articular ADSC injection. The H-E stain of knee joint in SKG/Jcl mice (a) and PBS treated SKG/Jcl mice after induction of synovitis (b). The synovial proliferation was suppressed in ADSC treated SKG/Jcl mice after induction of synovitis (c). The Safranin-O stain in SKG/Jcl mice without synovitis (d), PBS treated SKG/Jcl mice (e) and ADSC treated SKG/Jcl mice (f) after induction of synovitis. The cartilage staining was reduced in SKG/Jcl mice with inflammatory synovitis (yellow arrows). Conclusions This is the first report to show the anti-inflammatory effect of ADSC for synovitis in RA animal model. ADSC can be collected with a minimally invasive technique more easily than other mesenchymal stem cells. ADSC might have potential to be one of the RA treatment. References [1] Pers YM, et al. Adipose derived stem cells for regenerative therapy in osteoarticular diseases. Horm Mol Biol Clin Investig2016Dec 1;28(3):113–120. [2] Sakaguchi N, et al. Altered thymic T-cell selection due to a mutation of the ZAP-70 gene causes autoimmune arthritis in mice. Nature2003;426:454–60. Disclosure of Interest None declared


Yanji Depression was formed on the base of Upper Paleozoic strata. Distribution area of Carboniferous-Permian strata is about 1550km 2 , and the strata are preserved intact. By researching on the thermal evolution analysis of hydrocarbon source rock and the source-reservoir-cap combination, the hydrocarbon generation and exploration prospect was studied. The results show that the thickness and the depth of Carboniferous-Permian strata are great, and organic matter maturity is on the stage of high mature-past mature, and it has two stages of hydrocarbon generation process, and the residual hydrocarbon generation potential is low. Upper Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic have extensive sandstone reservoir, and have favorable territorial cap rock. It forms two types of source- reservoir- cap assemblage, and has great Hydrocarbon Resource Potential. After analysis the unconventional oil and gas, it shows that Yanji depression has the formation condition of tight sandstone gas and shale gas.


Using a pointwise inequality for Sobolev functionsin terms of maximum function to construct a global Lipschitz continuous testing function and using Hardy's inequality,the author obtains global estimates for very weak solutions to quasi-linear elliptic equation div A(x,Du)+B(x,u)=-div(|F|~(p-2)F) satisfying certain conditions listing in the following.


Behavior of individuals and culture of organizations seem to explain their management models and their performance. This research investigated the interplay between the elements of organizational culture and the behavior of leaders in the area of controllership of large companies in Brazil. The population was composed of the 500 largest companies in Brazil as listed in the "Maiores & Melhores" specialized magazine, which had professional respondents in management positions in the controllership area. Data collection was performed through a questionnaire validated by six experts in the field. The final sample registered 53 of valid returns, collected in the period between August and October of 2019. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson's correlation (SPSS software). The findings revealed that there is a significant relationship between elements of organizational culture and those linked to the behavior of leaders in the controllership area, mainly: i) among manager motivation, planning, execution and organizational control; ii) manager stress and planning, execution, control, technology and information systems, performance evaluation process and characteristics and skills of the company's managers; iii) conscientiousness (manager), technology and information, communication and control systems.


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Firstly, the influence of building design factors on building carbon emissions was analysed, and the influence of building form factor, building orientation and building envelope on building carbon emissions was simulated and studied, which shows that the south-facing direction has the lowest building carbon emissions, the external window shading factor is negatively related to building carbon emissions, and all other factors are positively related to building carbon emissions. The existing low carbon evaluation systems were then analysed, most of which suffer from a lack of carbon emission calculation methods and a lack of comprehensive scoring methods. This paper establishes an evaluation index system based on the principles of evaluation system construction, determines the benchmarks for index evaluation based on energy saving standards and research data, delineates the range of evaluation index parameters and the percentage of scores, and establishes an evaluation index system. The weights of the evaluation indicators were calculated using hierarchical analysis and combined with expert questionnaires, and a comprehensive scoring method was established based on the weights to build a building carbon emission evaluation system.


Mrs. B.—aged 27 at time pregnancy occurred; menstruated first at 17 years of age; never regular; always severe pains at flows, chills, at times delirious. Married at 22, first confinement 18 months afterward, severe labor, forceps used, child born dead, sick three months. Second confinement two years after first, not so severe, child born dead, placenta adherent. Third and present pregnancy eighteen months after the second; first felt movements December 25th, 1885, continuing until night of January 18th, 1886, when she complained of severe pain and active movements after which she felt no further movements. Was called, arriving the morning of the 19th; found her resting comparatively well, no special evidence of severe shock, bowels somewhat tender, and enlarged by a tumor corresponding to a five months' pregnancy; no foetal movements and no beat of foetal heart. Gave treatment for what I sup posed to be enteritis, complicated by malaria. Patient living seven miles in the country did not see her until 21st; and Febru ary 3d, not being satisfied with her condition, she believing herself pregnant, Dr C. H. Fullinwider was called in counsel February 5th, 1886, at which time she was having some hemorrhage from the bowels. After careful examination we decided the probabilities were that she was not pregnant. The fever and inflammatory symptoms gradually subsided. June 12th, 1886, four months after ward, she came to my office, and Drs. Adams and Fullinwider and myself examined her; found a tumor attached to and seemingly imbedded in right side and front wall of uterus, reaching one inch above umbilicus; measuring transversely one inch below umbilicus, was eight inches; longitudinally, it was five inches;


The principle and the devising technology for sensing head of a fiber optical vibration sensors are described in this paper. A cantilever is used to block the light reflected into optical fiber, and the vibration signal can be measured through the intensity modulation. The sensor head needs only one optical fiber, and it is compact and easily built. The measuring sensitivity is analyzed, the designing and manufacturing methods are also introduced.


A Dissertation submitted to Mzumbe University Dar es Salaam Campus College in
Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Award of Masters Degree of Business
Administration Corporate Management (MBA-CM) of Mzumbe University


A brief analysis of the theories and applications of focused ultrasound in stereotaxic surgery is presented. A comparative analysis is made regarding the advantages of the use of focused ultrasound in relation to other stereotaxic techniques. Equipment and its utilization is also considered. The possibilities for the use of this type of irradiation in the treatment of hyperkinesias, commissurotomies, neuromas, lobotomies, tic douloureux, Meniere's syndrome and in laboratory experiments are also mentioned.


Results are reported for the density and temperature dependencies of the annihilation rates of o‐Ps in ethane gas. The pickoff quenching rate of o‐Ps in ethane is observed to vary with temperature at low densities of the gas. The observed o‐Ps annihilation behavior with density and temperature of ethane is interpreted in terms of density fluctuations in the gas.


The invention relates to a novel method for preparing amphipathy nano-silver particles. The method is characterized by including the following preparation steps: firstly, using amphipathy segmented copolymer polyethylene oxide segmented polyoxetane PEO-b-PBO-SH with end group containing sulfydryl as a stabilizer, wherein the degree of polymerization of the PEO segmer is 25 or 45, and the degree of polymerization of the PBO segmer is between 7 and 11; secondly, using water or N,N-dimethylformamide DMF as a solvent; thirdly, using sodium borohydride as a reducing agent, the dosage of the sodium borohydride is 1.1 times to 2 times of that of silver nitrate; fourthly, stirring at a speed from 720 revolutions per minute to 1000 revolutions per minute, and keeping reaction temperature to be ice-bath and reaction time to be 3 hours. By the novel method for preparing the amphipathy nano-silver particles, the target objects obtained are good in stability, small in particle size and even in distribution and the solid can be dissolved in various solvents after drying.


BACKGROUND
Systemic resistance stimulated by rhizosphere bacteria is an important strategy for the management of plant viruses. The efficacy of Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis was assessed for protection of cucumber and Arabidopsis against Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV). Moreover, transcriptomic analysis was carried out for A. thaliana colonized with Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis and infected with CMV.

RESULTS
Treatment with a cell suspension of Bacillus revealed a significant reduction of CMV severity in comparison to their control. All Arabidopsis mutants treated with B. subtilis showed a clear reduction in CMV accumulation. Disease severity data and virus concentration titer measurements correlated with gene upregulation in microarray and RT-qPCR experiments. Bacillus treatment increased Arabidopsis growth characteristics (fresh and dry weights and number of leaflets) under pot conditions. The molecular mechanisms by which Bacillus activated resistance to CMV were investigated. Using the microarray hybridization technique, we were able to determine the mechanism of resistance elicited by B. subtilis against CMV. The transcriptomic analysis confirmed the upregulation of more than 250 defence-related genes in Arabidopsis expressing ISR. RT-qPCR results validated the overexpression of defence genes (YLS9 and PR1 in Arabidopsis and PR1 and LOX in cucumber), implying their important roles in the stimulated defense response.

CONCLUSION
Through the study of microarray and RT-qPCR analyses, it can be concluded that the overexpression of pathogenesis-related genes was necessary to stimulate CMV defense in cucumber and Arabidopsis by Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.


This chapter reviews the field of Shared Value () to develop insights into how  research is developing, offer a critique of the research to date, and outline future research opportunities. The authors find that most published  research presents normative arguments for  and there is little research examining  in practice. Thus, the authors call for more research that critiques 's rhetoric and practice. Thus, this chapter offers an insightful critique into an emerging management issue and widespread business practice. The research findings provide insights into future research needs on Shared Value.


Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to comment upon the relatively straightforward but often misunderstood role of gearing (or leverage) on the potential equity return of a property investment.

Design/methodology/approach
This education briefing is an explanation of the upside and downside risk of borrowing (at different levels) to successful investment.

Findings
The use of gearing can greatly enhance equity returns but at an increased risk.

Practical implications
The process of borrowing at a bank rate below the return rate on an investment project can increase the equity return of the project as long as all incomes and discount rate remain at appropriate levels.

Originality/value
This is a review of existing models.


The Congolese geopolics outline put some provinces or autonomes territories decentralized in the situations of remaining either in the central leadership or between the center and outskirts or puch them over customs which separate them from neighbours states. Then we are under obligation to talk about


Part I. Rusticity, 1300-49: 1 Urban economy 2. Urban liberty 3. Food supplies Survey, 1300-49 Part II. Growth, 1350-1414: 4. Colchester cloth and its markets 5. Industry 6. Population 7. Credit and wealth 8. Government 9. Economic regulation 10. Town and country Survey, 1350-1414 Part III. Change and Decay, 1415-1525: 11. Colchester cloth and its markets 12. Industry 13. Population 14. Credit and wealth 15. Government 16. Economic regulation 17. Town and country Survey, 1415-1525.


AIM
We examined and evaluated the clinical characteristics of patients who had come to the Allergological and Occupational Dermatology unit in Florence with severe CHE refractory to potent topical corticosteroids. We evaluated the efficacy and safety of alitretinoin and we analyzed the response in the three months of follow-up in the group of patients who completed the cycle of therapy. Improvement in clinical signs and symptoms was assessed using mTLSS and PGA.

METHODS
All patients were treated daily with single 30-mg doses of oral alitretinoin for 3 to 5 months. The study examined 15 patients with a clinical diagnosis of severe CHE. We found the treatment to be efficient in nine of 13 patients (69%) who were assessed as having "clear" or "almost clear" hands according to PGA.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSION
Even if the number of patients we analyzed was limited and lacked a control group the study allowed us to confirm the efficacy of alitretinoin used in a "real life" clinical experience. In addition, thanks to the adoption of proper emollient therapy and avoidance of any relevant allergens or irritants, no recurrence of the condition was observed among the patients who completed therapy with a PGA value of "mild", "almost clear", or "clear" during three months after treatment.


Citrated platelet-rich plasma from nine individuals was tested at the threshold concentration of ADP (mean value, 2.44+ 0.85 pM) where two phases of aggregation were evident. Samples were withdrawn at intervals and mixed in 0.15 M NaCl containing 0.01 Vo glutaraldehyde to fix the state of aggregation. Single, unaggregated platelets were then estimated in a resistive-particle counter. For purposes of comparison, the maximum increase in transmission in each experiment was set at 1007o and changes expressed relative to this value. Aggregation is given as the per cent loss in single platelets relative to the preaggregation number. The temperature was 37" and values are presented as means plus and minus one standard deviation.


Remotely sensed ground cover maps are routinely validated using field data collected by observers who classify ground cover into defined categories such as photosynthetic vegetation (PV), non-photosynthetic vegetation (NPV), bare soil (BS), and rock. There is an element of subjectivity to the classification of PV and NPV, and classifications may differ between observers. An alternative is to estimate ground cover based on in situ hyperspectral reflectance measurements (HRM). This study examines observer consistency when classifying vegetation samples of wheat (Triticum aestivum var. Gladius) covering the full range of photosynthetic activity, from completely senesced (0% PV) to completely green (100% PV), as photosynthetic or non-photosynthetic. We also examine how the classification of spectra of the same vegetation samples compares to the observer results. We collected HRM and photographs, over two months, to capture the transition of wheat leaves from 100% PV to 100% NPV. To simulate typical field methodology, observers viewed the photographs and classified each leaf as either PV or NPV, while spectral unmixing was used to decompose the HRM of the leaves into proportions of PV and NPV. The results showed that when a leaf was ≤25% or ≥75% PV observers tended to agree, and assign the leaf to the expected category. However, as leaves transitioned from PV to NPV (i.e., PV ≥ 25% but ≤ 75%) observers' decisions differed more widely and their classifications showed little agreement with the spectral proportions of PV and NPV. This has significant implications for the reliability of data collected using binary methods in areas containing a significant proportion of vegetation in this intermediate range such as the over/underestimation of PV and NPV vegetation and how reliably this data can then be used to validate remotely sensed products.


We have developed a new technique for detecting the concentration of Cl in aqueous solution. The concentration of CF is determined by measuring the absorbance of C12 which is formed by ArF laser irradiation. The absorption maximum of C12 is located at 340 nm. A linear relationship between the absorbance and the concentration on a log-log scale was confirmed. The detection limit of 1x10-5 M has been achieved. This method is applicable to real-time and in-line measurement, and to other halogen ions.


This volume brings together contributions from scholars who have made a close study of a number of professional and quasi-professional occupations in England from about 1500 to 1750.


We demonstrate that magnetic crystal anisotropy ( Ku ) and spectroscopic g-factor can be modulated simultaneously by gate voltage in a Pt/Co/MgO ultrathin film with our ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) measurement based on the rectification effect. The g-factor reflects on orbital magnetic moment, indicating that the electric field induced-modulations of magnetic anisotropy in cobalt originate from the change of the anisotropy of orbital moments ( ∆mL ). The quantitative estimation reveals that ∆mL to Ku correlation when the electric field is applied significantly differs from the one inherent at the Pt/Co/MgO interfaces. This means that the correlation itself is also modulated by the electric field. Our results show that the FMR technique is very useful for probing the electric field effect on Ku.


The invention discloses a water-based glass grinding fluid which comprises a brominated alkyl quaternary ammonium salt surfactant, organic alcohol, a corrosion inhibitor and water. The water-based glass grinding fluid has excellent properties of cooling, lubricating, washing, corrosion preventing and the like, and has a better chemical dressing function on a diamond grinding tool; and according to the water-based glass grinding fluid, the grinding precision can be remarkably improved, the service life of the grinding tool is prolonged, and the greasy blockage of the grinding tool is effectively prevented. The water-based glass grinding fluid has good glass grinding efficiency, excellent chemical stability and low cost, has no harm to the health, does not pollute the environment, is convenient for use, and can be widely applied to the grinding and cleaning processes of various kinds of glass.


The article considers communicative conventions in an Internet forum. In the course of analysis the author of the article defines common and particular communicative rules in this genre of the Internet discourse and reveals the degree of observation of communicative conventions in Russian and foreign web forums.


Objective: To investigate the influence and themechanism of erythropoietin to the renal function in chronic renal failure(CRF) rats. Methods:The 5/6 nephrectomized rats were randomly divided to three group. Group I : Shame operation group. Group II : CRT group. Group III: CKF group receiving erythropoietin. At the 8th week after second operation, blood pressure, urinary protein, serum creatinine, BUN and Hb were measured and renal pathological changes were observed. The activity of heme oxygenase-1(HO-1) in serum and renal tissue was also measured: the expression of HO-1 in kidney was examined by immunohistochemistry. Results : Compared with CRF group, the urinary protein, blood pressure, Scr and BUN of erythropoietin group were reduced significantly, and the glomerular mesangial proliferation and interstitial fibrosis were ameliorated significantly. The activity of HO-1 in the serum showed that group III was higher than group II ( P 0.05). Immunohistochemistry showed that the expression of HO-1 in the kidney in group III was higher than group II ( P 0.05) . Conclusion: EPO can ameliorate the renal function of CRF rats and can increase the expression and activity of HO-1 in serum and kidney of CRF rats.


Objective To investigate the role of interleukin-10 (IL-10) and transforming growth factor bata (TGF-β) in the pathogenesis of food allergy in infants. Methods The serum food specific immunoglobulin E (SIgE) were detected in all infants with food allergy (food allergy group, n=40) and the normal control group (n=40) by Pharmacia UniCAP100E system. The serum levels of IL-10 and TGF-β in food allergy group and normal control group were detected with enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Results Forty infants with food allergy had signs in the skin, the respiratory and (or) the digestive tract, and they had one or several food SIgE positive in their serum food SIgE detection, including eggs allergy in 27 cases, milk allergy in 34 cases, and quantitative analysis of SIgE in them was all above grade Ⅱ. The serum food SIgE was negative in the controls, and they had no clinical manifestations of food allergy. There was significant diffe-rence between serum level of IL-10 in the infants with food allergy [(10.28±2.38) ng•L^(-1)] and in the normal control group [(4.75±0.92) ng•L^(-1)] (P=0.035). The serum level of TGF-β in the infants with food allergy [(1041.93±75.64) ng•L^(-1)] was higher significantly than that in normal control group [(734.29±39.67) ng•L^(-1)] (P=0.001).Conclusions Food allergy is disturbance of the immune system, IL-10 and TGF-β may play a key role in the pathogenesis of food allergy in infants.


Post-vaccinal encephalomyelitis'is one of thosf; diseases with a widely varying incidence in different countries.l During' a recent, large-scale vaccination. campaign in Cape Town 2 cases came under our care.. Since the condition has not previously. Qeen reported as .having occurred in Soudi Mrica, ano since the treatment with ACTH and cortisone is still in the early stages of clinical trial, we report these cases and discuss their treatment. The clinical diagnosis of post-vaccinal encephalomyelitis is as yet a presumptive one,· and it is with this reservation that the cases are reported under that title.


The piezoelectric response of pure Nylon 11 and conducting Polyaniline (PANI) filled Nylon 11 is presented. Nylon 11 samples were filled with PANI fillers of two different concentrations (1% and 5% w/w) each. The samples were poled using Corona discharge technique with poling field of 200 kV/cm and 350 kV/cm. The piezoelectric strain constant d31, stress constant e31 and electromechanical coupling coefficient k31 of pure and PANI filled samples were measured up to 100°C. The study suggests that the piezoelectric coefficient (d31) of the PANI filled Nylon 11 shows considerable decline with respect to its individual component. The thermal stability of the PANI filled samples improved and is almost stable at comparatively low temperature than pure Nylon 11.


The reasons for radiologic evaluation of patients with cerebrovascular accidents, or strokes, and transient ischemic attacks are (1) to demonstrate surgically correctable vascular lesions and intracerebral masses due to hematomas and (2) when necessary, to confirm a diagnosis of atherosclerotic brain disease and rule out the presence of such conditions as subdural hematoma, aneurysm, arteriovenous malformation, or tumor. The radiologic techniques available include plain skull radiography, ultrasound, radionuclide scanning, computerized transaxial tomography (CTT), and cerebral angiography.


1. Crowley S,
2. Trivedi P,
3. Risteli L,
4. Risteli J,
5. Hindmarsh PC,
6. Brook CG

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#### Purpose of the Study

To investigate growth and markers of collagen and bone metabolism in prepubertal children with asthma who were treated with inhaled or oral corticosteroids.

##### Study Population

Fifty-six prepubertal children (mean age: 8.32 years; SD: 2.06 years) with stable asthma were divided into four groups for the investigation: inhaled budesonide ( n = 19), inhaled beclomethasone dipropionate ( n = 20), inhaled steroid and prednisolone ( n = 4), and nonsteroid treatment ( n = 13).

##### Methods

The investigators measured growth velocity over the 12-month study period and, on a single occasion, determined markers of collagen types …

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The objective of this study is to determine the effectiveness of Mind, Brain and Education science in reducing levels of test anxiety of students at "Pedro Echeverria Teran" high school in Quito. The instrument used was The Cognitive Test Anxiety Scale which collected socio-demographic information (age, sex, and socio-economic level) as well as information about aptitude (using scales like Likert) after and before of the intervention in 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students. The results of the t test paired analysis indicate a significant decrease in test anxiety levels.


As an important II-VI semiconductor material, zinc oxide (ZnO) and its nanostructures have attracted great attention in the last decade because of its potential applications in various fields, such as sensing, photocatalysis, field emission, and disease diagnostics and treatment [1]. Due to non-symmetric wurtzite structure, ZnO nanostructures possess various morphologies such as nanowires, nanobelts, nanoring, nanohelixes, nanotetrapods, etc., which have been synthesized by using various physical or chemical methods [1]. Most macroscopic morphologies of ZnO nanomaterials, synthesized by physical vapor deposition method, however, look like white-wool morphology or the variations of it. We report here the synthesis of gel-like ZnO films. The ZnO nanostructures were synthesized in a high temperature tube furnace by a standard thermal evaporation-condensation process. The experimental setup was similar to those reported in literature [2]. We used a mixture of oxygen and argon as the carrier gas. The morphology of as-grown nanostructures was examined in a high-resolution field emission SEM (JEOL JEM-6320F).


Temperature dependence of amorphization processes in ion-implanted Si has been investigated using Raman spectroscopy together with cross-sectional transmission microscopy. The crystal Si Raman peak decreased and the amorphous Si (a-Si) peak became predominant as the substrate temperture was decreased from 23°C to -200°C during 200 keV Si+ ion implantation with a dose of 5×1014 cm-2. Based on the analysis of bond angle deviations derived from the a-Si peaks, we have proposed a model in which an accumulation of small defects induces amorphization at low temperatures, while at higher temperatures larger defect complexes are formed and an accumulation of them gives rise to defected amorphous Si.


In this paper, the degassing process in a swirling chamber as a function of the pressure drop, the diameter and length of the nozzle, and the mass flow velocity was considered. On the basis of the equations of the velocity of the pressure drop in the nozzle and the Rayleigh-Lamb equation describing the gas bubble growth, the dependence of the pressure change in the nozzle on time was obtained and the critical area was determined in which the formation of gas bubble nuclei occur. The condition of avalanche increase in gas emission in certain intervals of the nozzle length is obtained and its optimum value is determined. This condition makes it possible to realize the mechanism of heterogeneous and barrier-free gas evolution in a swirling chamber.


Schistosomiasis is one of the most harmful diseases to human and animal.It distributes abrodly.Recent years the outbreak of schistosomiasis japonicum at part area in China has caused of severely economic loss.Though many reseach works had been done,but the classical diagnosis of this disease is pathoge examination.This article described the principle,preparation and labelled proteins of the colloidal gold,and mainly summarized the advance of colloidal gold for diagnosing schistosomiasis japonicum.


The development of tourism industrial agglomeration region is a kind of new exploration and new fusion development model of tourism industry and its relevant industries. It is a great significance to cultivate the tourism industrial agglomeration region for the transformation and upgrade of the tourism industry structure. Based on the analysis of the development status and characteristics of the 10 tourism industrial agglomeration regions during the"Twelfth Five-Year"plan in Henan province, the four cluster development modes are focused, which are types depended on city, on scenic, on both city and scenic these two factors, on specialized industry. Different development model has different core driving force, development ideas, and development goals. The development path is not the same. Different tourism industrial agglomeration region have its own development model suitable for its own.


ABSTRACT In order to improve the prediction ability for the monthly wind speed of RVR, the hybrid model of empirical wavelet transform and relevance vector regression (EWT-RVR) is proposed for monthly wind speed prediction in this study. Compared with empirical mode decomposition (EMD), empirical wavelet transform (EWT) can obtain a more consistent decomposition and have a mathematical theory. In order to testify the superiority of EWT-RVR, several traditional RVR models are used to compare with the proposed EWT-RVR method under the situation of the same embedding dimensions. The experimental results show that the proposed EWT-RVR method has a better prediction ability for monthly wind speed than RVR. It can be concluded that the proposed EWT-RVR method for monthly wind speed is effective.


This study proposes an approach for the fast and accurate identification of the vulnerable areas of the power system to geomagnetic disturbance (GMD). The proposed method can be used for real-time situational awareness and preparedness in power system control rooms and proactive mitigation of the GMD threats. In addition, it can be employed as an off-line GMD vulnerability assessment tool for power system planning analysis. In this study, a generalised mathematical basis is presented to find the maximum geomagnetically induced current (GIC) flow in the multi-zone earth structure based on the orthogonal GIC components. Furthermore, a real-time frequency estimation method is developed based on wavelet transform to estimate the frequency of the geomagnetic waveform for the maximum GIC calculation. The proposed approach is applied to the Ontario 500 and 230 kV transmission systems to identify the vulnerable equipment. The results are also compared with the angle sweep results. The numerical results reveal that not only the proposed method is more accurate but also significantly faster than the angle sweep method. Such prominent features introduce the proposed approach as a preferable method for real-time applications and optimisation of power system operation during GMDs.


one would have desired either considerably more or considerably less detail and original investigation. The third chapter-a mere sixteen pages-is devoted to the Mystical Body in the Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas. So brief a treatment is hardly adequate at a time when serious theologians have questioned the possibility of harmonizing St. Thomas with St. Paul and Afystici Corporis. Equally unsatisfactory is Father Harmer's failure to show the precise relevance of Illa, Q. 8 to the problem. St. Thomas's immediate concern in this Question is the &dquo;gratia Christi secundum quod est caput ecclcsiae&dquo;. But did he, in point of fact, write rather of Christ as the Head of all creation? Did he so extend the boundaries of the Church as to admit to membership many who remain outside when the term is applied in its strict sense? I do no more here than ask the questions without implying what answers should be given. But asked they must be and answered if we are to be in a position to apply St. Thomas's teaching fruitfully to the problems raised by recent advances in biblical and ecclesiological studies. Father Hamer's theme, communion in and through the Spirit, in and through Christ our Head, is an inspiring one. It is good to have had it brought to our notice. One lays his book aside with gratitudc for light on


The Technical Cooperation Program (TTCP) Contested Urban Environment (CUE) 2017 Experiment was con- ducted to explore and evaluate technologies that can enhance close combat capabilities in contested urban environments through the exploitation of airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities and ground sensors. This paper focuses on case studies and an evaluation of the interoperability standard between all coalition systems chosen for this event, OSUS. The Open Standard for Unattended Sensors (OSUS) is an interoperability architecture for unattended ground sensor (UGS) controllers. The U.S. Army Research Laboratory continues to develop and improve the OSUS standard, and as part of research on interoperability, participates in a variety of experiments, demonstrations and exercises. The United States provided ground sensors and a Command and Control (C2) station, Australia provided airborne sensors and a C2 station, and Canada provided C2 workstations along with a suite of ground sensors. Partner nations attended an OSUS workshop early in 2017 at the ARL, Adelphi. MD. USA campus. This provided a chance for hands-on instruction in OSUS fundamentals and the programming of OSUS controllers and interfaces. The difficulty of adding an OSUS interface into a sensor or C2 system, the challenges and benefits of using OSUS during a coalition event, and the overall effectiveness of the implementation for this specific experiment were examined. The average amount of time to implement an OSUS interface for a sensor or a C2 station was two weeks. The integration phase was fast and seamless after a single day of integration and testing, five of six tested systems were fully operational and the sixth was missing only one function. Several shortcomings of the data model were uncovered, which was to be expected as the data model was developed for Unattended Ground Sensors (UGS) and not airborne platforms. Overall, OSUS provided a robust and reliable means of communication between each of the systems. TTCP/CUE is an ongoing study and a similar event is planned for Montreal, Canada in 2018.


Research objects that are civil servants are selected,the influence of pay fairness,personality trait on deviant behavior is discussed.Then,using empirical study methods,regression analysis for data collecting from 737 samples are made,the findings are three kinds of pay fairness have significant negative impacts on the work inaction,beggar-thy-neighbour,malfeasance and power-abuse.embezzlement and purpresture,cooperation destructive behavior.Finally,another conclusion is got that is agreeableness has the significant moderate effect on the relationship between distributive justice and four kinds of deviant behavior,conscientiousness has the significant moderate effect on the relationship between distributive justice and each dimension of deviant behavior,neuroticism only mediates the relationship between distributive justice and cooperation destructive behavior.


These three books examine very different aspects of the history of health and medicine in Britain, France and Germany since the mid-seventeenth century. They also illustrate differing views of the relationship between the past and the present. John Frangos, From Housing the Poor to Healing the Sick: the Changing Institution of Paris Hospitals under the Old Regime and Revolution, London, Associated University Presses, 1997; ISBN 0–838–63705–1; 247pp Manfred Berg and Geoffrey Cocks (eds) Medicine and Modernity: Public Health and Medical Care in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Germany, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1997; ISBN 0–521–56411–5; vii + 242pp Mary J. Dobson, Contours of Death and Disease in Early-modern England, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1997; ISBN 0–521–40464–9; xix + 647 pp