Confined aquifer identification in Sambirejo District using Geoelectric resistivity methods with Schlumbeger array was conducted. The measurement were performed by using a resistvitymeter OYO McOHM-el model 2119C with a length of current electrode is 350 meters. survey location in Sambirejo Distric with five geolistrik point i.e TS1(Sidoharjo, Musuk), TS2 (Gempol), TS3 (Sambirejo), TS4 (Dagangan, Blimbing) dan TS5 (Sidorejo, Blimbing). The data processing used IP2win software version 3.1.2c. The research is to identify of litology, depth and thick layer with confined aquifer potention at the research area. The result shows that litology of aquifer layers were detected i.e. clayed sands, sands, gravel sands dan breccia. The depth of confined aquifer detect between 23.95 meters to > 168,3 meters and layers thick between 39,6 meters to 98.4 meters. The Confined aquifer have big groundwater source i.e. TS1, TS4 and TS5. KATA KUNCI: confined aquifer, resistivity, schlumberger, geoelectric, Ip2win http://dx.doi.org/10.12962/j24604682.v13i1.2151


Expression of transforming growth factor-beta1, activin A, and their receptors in thyroid follicle cells: negative regulation of thyrocyte growth and function.


ABSTRACT The popular rise in interest in design thinking has generated new opportunities for codesign approaches to be applied to domains outside the traditional province of design disciplines, such as education, social justice, and healthcare services. This creates opportunities to revisit some of the original connections between design research and wicked problems, and to reflect on what is lost, and what stands to be gained, by the sustained application of design-based approaches to intractable, multi-stakeholder problems encountered in other cooperative design arenas. In this paper we discuss a case in which we sought to redesign fundamental aspects of the common law process by which workers seek damages from their employer as a result of injuries sustained at work. We use the case as a basis to critically discuss the promise and challenges of codesigning our way out of genuinely wicked problems.


A gas fractionation unit with 400kt/a production capacity is simulated by ASPEN PLUS simulation software. Through calculating the process of unit and analyzing effect of process parameters on product quality,optimization of process parameters to the existent problems is carried out. With assurance of product quality,reducing energy consumption and raising yield of product can increase economic benefits. The results showthat,after optimizing process parameters,recovery of propylene is increased and energy consumption of each column is reduced along with considerable economic benefits.


Van der Waals (vdW) 2D/3D heterostructures are extensively studied for high‐performance photodetector applications. Until now, the type of 2D materials has been the primary area of interest rather than the design of 3D semiconductors. In this study, high‐speed broadband photodiodes (PDs) based on vdW p‐WSe2/n‐Ge heterojunctions are reported, and the performance compared with different n‐Ge regions formed via the ion‐implantation process. The fabricated PD with a typical long n‐Ge region and low doping concentration responds to a broad spectral range from visible to infrared near 1550 nm with a response time of ≈3 µs and responsivity of 1.3 A W−1. The inferior responsivity of PDs with short n‐Ge regions can be improved as demonstrated by experimental results and process simulation. Density functional theory calculations are performed to estimate the variation of the energy band structures with the doping concentration of n‐Ge. Fast photoresponse and efficient carrier separation across the heterojunction can be expected regardless of the n‐Ge doping concentration. Based on the experimental results together with theoretical band structure and process simulation, it is shown that the heterojunction with an optimized n‐Ge design is a promising high‐speed broadband photodetector that can be implemented with complementary metal‐oxide‐semiconductor design and fabrication processes.


The effects of inbreeding on mortality are studied using data on three castes of different socioeconomic level in Andhra Pradesh India. Consanguineous marriage is common among all three groups. "Total mortality (including pre-natal mortality) is found to be two and a half times higher in the inbred sub-sample than in the non-inbred sub-sample." (EXCERPT)


In 2003, with several electric distribution networks within its service territory approaching capacity, Con Edison was facing large capital expenditures to reinforce its distribution system. With much of this network underground, building new infrastructure represented a difficult and expensive endeavor. Instead, Con Edison embarked on a large-scale Targeted Demand Side Management Program, developing a pilot effort to achieve 47 MW of load reduction over a four-year period, primarily from commercial and industrial customers in several affected daytime peaking networks. The company contracted with ESCOs (who acted as aggregators to recruit customers) to provide guaranteed, long-term savings, with the first tranche to be in place in Spring 2005. To ensure the load reductions were achieved and precisely determine the actual savings, Con Edison instituted substantial liquidated damages for shortfalls and contracted with ICF International to perform stringent measurement and verification, requiring 100% inspection of every site before and after installation of the load reduction measures. The program was subsequently expanded to 149 MW and extended to cover a much larger portion of the company's service territory, including residential customers in certain nighttime peaking networks. To date, over 47,000 customers have participated, generating 89 MW of load reduction (through May 2010). Con Edison estimates that the program will ultimately achieve a benefit/cost ratio of 2.8 and avoid $223 million in capital expenditures. This paper describes the first five years of this innovative and unique program, detailing not only its successes, but the challenges faced and efforts taken to overcome them. "Dig We Must" or "Save We Must?" For those readers of a certain age hailing from the New York metropolitan area, "Dig We Must" should bring back memories of the signage used years ago by Con Edison workers engaged in repair or new construction work. Today, those signs are no longer used, but the digging continues, with all its associated disruptions to traffic flow and city life. In 2003, with a number of its electric distribution networks approaching capacity and an expectation for substantial future load growth, Con Edison was facing large capital expenditures to in New York City and Westchester County. With much of this network underground and entwined with other utility services, building new infrastructure represented (as always) a difficult and expensive endeavor. Recognizing that targeted load reduction achieved via energy efficiency could be more effective and financially attractive than upgrading infrastructure, Con Edison embarked on an innovative, unique, and large-scale program to defer or eliminate the need for capital projects through energy efficiency measures – The Targeted Demand Side Management (DSM) Program.


The paper is a short introduction to the "global turn" in memory studies and to transnational memory in particular. Both culturalist and normative positions are presented. After the conceptual overview, there follows an analysis of two films, Auf der anderen Seite (2007) and Caché (2005), with special focus on the two notions "translocal" and "inclusive distinction", and on the theme of an ethics and morality of memory. This is in order to explicate the usefulness and importance of the notion of transnational memory. Finally, the concluding remark is made that research into transnational memory is significant due to its recognising of small-scale trajectories and memory practices beyond the framework of the nation, and because of the subtle dialectics between an ethics and morality of memory—thus leading to a persistent "transnational monitoring" of the national as well.


Aneuploidy is a frequent event in human embryos, and its incidence is higher in oocytes and embryos from women of advanced maternal age. Aneuploidy may also be a contributing factor in infertile populations, such as couples with recurrent miscarriages, repetitive implantation failure, or male infertility. For these reasons, preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A) has been proposed to prevent miscarriages and increase live birth rates in infertile couples undergoing in vitro fertilisation. Next-generation sequencing is currently being applied for the detection of aneuploidies in human embryos, including whole chromosome aneuploidies, segmental aneuploidies, uniform, and mosaic aneuploidies. More recently, this technology has been incorporated for the analysis of the cell-free DNA secreted by the embryo to the culture media. Chromosome abnormalities mostly originate in female meiosis. Recombination between homologous chromosomes is a critical event that occurs in the foetal ovary. The importance of altered recombination pertains to paternally as well as maternally derived trisomies, but as most aneuploidy arises during oogenesis, the female is at greater risk. For males, sperm concentration is associated with a higher risk of aneuploid sperm and thus aneuploid embryos. Mitosis errors can occur at all stages of early embryo development that result in chromosomally distinct cell populations. The clinical impact of mosaicism depends on the mosaicism type, location, and number of aneuploid cells. Transfer of mosaic embryos has been proposed when no euploid embryos are available in the PGT-A cycle.


Abstract Levothyroxine (LT4) has been the mainstay therapy for hypothyroidism since synthesized in 1949, and it was depicted to be a daily, usually lifelong, therapy. LT4 may have many interactions with other medications, food, and supplements, for which it should also be taken on an empty stomach, at least thirty minutes before consuming any other product, to achieve adequate absorption. These two characteristics of LT4 therapy are two of the main reasons for patient non-compliance, leading to uncontrolled hypothyroid state shown by abnormal thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels, and associated symptoms. LT4 properties, such as seven-day half-life, as well as increased peripheral conversion to metabolically active T3 by local deiodinase enzyme when there are low T4 levels, provide a scenario where it can be used at longer dosing intervals than the traditional daily dosing. This is the case of a 27-year-old female with past medical history of hypothyroidism on daily replacement therapy with 50mcg of branded LT4, presenting to the endocrinologist for continuation of care. Over the course of visits, patient showed uncontrolled thyroid disease with altered levels of TSH, ranging from 5.4 uIU/mL up to 46.8 uIU/mL (N: 0.45-5. 0 uIU/mL), despite appropriate dose adjustments and frequent TSH and free T4 (FT4) monitoring. Due to persistent clinical and biochemical hypothyroidism requiring dosage increases up to 300mcg, patient was referred for a thyroxine absorption test to rule out LT4 malabsorption versus medication non-compliance. A supervised dose of 812mcg of the same branded LT4 was provided, based on body weight, and TSH, free T3, and free T4 levels were measured before administration and sequentially at 30, 45, 60, 90, 120, 240, and 360 minutes after dose, yielding TSH values ranging from 0.11 uIU/mL to 0.18 uIU/mL, consistent with adequate TSH suppression. Patient admitted to erratic medication ingestion for which a dose of 150 mcg LT4 orally daily was started. TSH levels remained above 9. 0 uIU/mL, for which a trial of complete weekly dosage was offered and accepted by patient. Two months after therapeutic adjustment, patient became both clinically and biochemically euthyroid, with TSH level of 1.35 uIU/mL without any adverse effects from excess hormone intake. Medication non-compliance is an issue every physician must battle with. This case serves as an example of the great impact of individualized modification of LT4 administration to establish a therapeutic regimen that adjusts to each patient's lifestyle while allowing them to remain clinically stable, which is a great benefit for both the patient and the clinician. Although studies already exist in proving the benefits of weekly versus daily therapy in such patients without major risks, further investigation should be conducted, as therapeutic guidelines could potentially change altogether in the future to avoid, or at least reduce, non-compliance consequences. Presentation: No date and time listed


We study the impact of small bodies on to a thin disc surrounding a compact object of mass M. For bound orbits a wide range of semi-major axis and eccentricity distributions is considered and analytical expressions given for the maximum expected impact rates. The actual values, lower by a factor β<1, are determined by Monte Carlo simulations. Hyperbolic orbits (velocity at infinity v∞) are characterized by their inclination i to the disc normal and gravitational focusing parameter x e 2 =2GM/v∞ 2 R max , where R max is the disc outer radius. The total cross-section of the disc is calculated by Monte Carlo simulations and expressed as σ(i,x e 2 )=β(i,x e 2 )σ∞, where σ∞=πR max 2 (1+x e 2 ) is the maximum cross-section


We compute the dynamic structure factors S ( q , ω) for large-scale percolating networks with site numbers of the order of 10 5 , by applying a novel numerical method suitable for an array-processing supercomputer. It is confirmed that the dynamic structure factors are scaled by a single characteristic length Λ(ω). The scaling function h ( x ), where x = q Λ(ω), behaves as x 3.2 for x ≫1, and x -2.4 for x ≪1. These results are argued in terms of a scaling theory for S ( q , ω).


An A1TiN ceramic coating was deposited on the surface of biomedical Ti6AI4V alloy by High Ionic Pulse technology. The properties ofbiofriction and wear of AITiN coating in simulated serum lubrication at 37℃were investigated and compared with that of non-coating Ti6A14V alloy.It shows that under the same conditions,the wear loss of the sample deposited AITiN was 1.2% of the sub- strate,and the friction coefficient was 0.007.A significant approach to the mechanism of the properties is discussed with the aid of SEM, EDS and XRD.


Coculturing of eight rhizobial strains (Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA 110, USDA 3447, RCR 3407, RCR 3442, Rhizobium meliloti TAL 1372, TAL 1373, R. leguminosarum biovar viceae RCR 1001, and RCR 1044) and five rock-phosphate-solubilizing fungi (Aspergillus egyptiacus, A. flavus, A. niger, A. ochraceus, and Penicillium citrinum) was tested on yeast extract-mannitol agar. B. japonicum strains USDA 110, USDA 3447, RCR 3442, R. leguminosarum biovar viceae RCR 1001, and RCR 1044 grew successfully in cocultures with the tested fungal species in yeast extract-mannitol agar without antagonism. Among these fungi, A. niger showed the highest potentialities to solubilize rock- phosphate at all incubation temperatures examined (15, 28, 38, and 42°C), and phosphate dissolution maximized at 28°C. Survival of Rhizobium/Bradyrhizobium strains and the best rock-phosphate-solubilizing fungus (A. niger) was evaluated monthly in four carrier materials (Peat, wheat bran, sugarcane baggase, and wheat straw) at 28 and 38°C. The number of colony-forming units recovered on agar plates for all cocultured microorganisms was the highest with peat as a carrier, followed by bran and sugarcane baggase. On the other hand, survival of cocultured microorganisms strongly reduced in wheat straw. Survival of all microorganisms was the best at 28°C. Cocultures of B. japonicum USDA 3447/A. niger and R. leguminosarum RCR 1044/A. niger were the more tolerant for storage conditions whereas the number of colony-forming units in cocultures of B. japonicum USDA 110/A. niger and R. leguminosarum RCR 1001/A. niger was strongly reduced. Peat or bran inoculants of R. leguminosarum RCR 1044/A. niger and B. japonicum USDA 3447/A. niger significantly increased dry matter yield, nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) contents of faba bean and soybean, respectively, when grown in alkaline soil amended with rock-phosphate.


Objective
To evaluate the effectiveness of comprehensive prevention and control measures on coal-burning-borne endemic fluorosis in Xishui, on residents healthy behavior and situation of the disease.

Methods
In 2013, five towns were selected according to their location of east, south, west, north and centre. Three villages and one elementary school in each town were chosen, and 20 families' related behavior and fluorine prevention knowledge questionnaire in each village were surveyed. All the students from one class aged 8 - 12 of grade 3 - 6 in each school were selected, according to the "Diagnosis of Dental Fluorosis", dental fluorosis was examined and fluorine knowledge questionnaire was surveyed. At the same time, the detection rate of dental fluorosis of children aged 8 - 12, information of the knowledge about prevention and cure of fluorosis and related behavior of target groups in 2007, and the urinary fluoride contents of children aged 8 - 12 in 2000 were collected. Analysis and comparison of the data in 2000, 2007 and 2013 were done.

Results
After the intervention, the witting rates of students and family householders 90.95% (11 773/12 945), 84.27% (3 792/4 500), were significantly higher than those of before the intervention [19.29% (1 039/5 385), 26.27% (394/1 500), χ2 = 9 279.14, 1 794.22, all P < 0.01]. Proper utilization rate of cooking stove was 100.00% (37/37), iron stove utilization rate was 99.64% (279/280), dry chili correct rate was 100.00% (299/299) and before the intervention, these values were 3.20% (43/1 345), 90.28% (1 207/1 337) and 62.14% (855/1 376), respectively, and the differences were statistically significant (χ2 = 601.12, 27.28, 27.28, all P < 0.01). Children's dental fluorosis detection rate was 24.21% (206/851), compared with that of before the intervention, 61.62% (2 150/3 489), the difference was statistically significant (χ2 = 385.93, P < 0.01). Children's urine fluoride was (0.51 ± 0.29) mg/L, and before the intervention [(1.55 ± 1.59) mg/L], the difference was statistically significant (t'= 10.25, P < 0.01).

Conclusions
The effect of comprehensive prevention and control measures against coal-burning-borne endemic fluorosis in Xishui are remarkable. The residents health related behavior has been formed and the condition is reduced markedly.

Key words:
Fluoride poisoning; Coal; Health education; Outcome assessment


One‐ and two‐dimensional magnetization‐transfer 19F NMR methods were applied in a quantitative study of the fluoride exchange for uranyl(2+)‐fluoride complexes in aqueous solution. The applicability of these techniques and the classical lineshape analysis is discussed, and the quality of the results (rate constants and relaxation rates) obtained by the three methods is compared.


In 1938 Davis and Cox1reported the isolation of a filter-passing infectious agent from Dermacentor andersoni collected near Nine Mile Creek in Montana, and Parker and Davis,2its experimental transmission by ticks. Cox3described the rickettsia-like characteristics of the organism associated with the infection, and Dyer4reported the first case in human beings, which was apparently a laboratory infection. More recently Cox5has suggested the name Rickettsia diaporica for the causative agent and American Q fever to designate the disease.6 In 1940 Hornibrook and Nelson7described the epidemiology and clinical characteristics of an outbreak of pneumonitis which occurred among employees of the National Institute of Health at Washington, D. C. Bacteriologic studies carried out by Dyer, Topping and Bengtson8showed this outbreak to be the rickettsial disease American Q fever. These authors stated that the chief characteristic of this illness was "central


This paper replicates prior research and investigates the attitudes and perceptions of Australian moviegoers in respect to the acceptability of product placement and audience attitudes towards the placement of ethically-charged products, such as alcohol, guns and cigarettes. The findings indicate that product, gender and movie frequency viewing have an impact on product -placement acceptability. Australian consumers find ethically-charged products to be less acceptable than neutral products. Gender comparisons revealed that males are more accepting of both ethically-charged and neutral placements. Comparisons to the previous American, Austrian and French findings showed a similar pattern of individual influences on product-placement perceptions.


Developments in the field of timing and time perception have multiplied the number of relevant questions regarding psychological time, and helped to provide answers and open many avenues of thought. This book brings together presentations of many of the main ideas, findings, hypotheses and theories that experimental psychology offers to the field.


Embodiment of the present invention provides a method of processing a touch operation and a terminal device. A method comprising: sensing a user display region starting from a border of the screen and into the operating area of a touch screen, the touch screen display of the first operation of the contact region as a starting point; touch screen display in accordance with operation user interface display area reduction processing, wherein, after a reduction process interface side comprises a starting point. A case where the touch operation processing method and a terminal device provided in the embodiments of the present invention to meet the user with one hand holding a terminal device with a larger screen operation, a single hand of the user interface to trigger the reduction processing of the terminal device while the entire screen display area conduct needs anywhere in the selected operation.


1. The role of Na(+)‐dependent mechanisms in regulating the intracellular pH (pHi) and free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) in acinar cells of the rabbit mandibular salivary gland was examined. The fluorescent dyes BCECF and Fura‐2 were used to measure pHi and [Ca2+]i respectively in suspensions of isolated acini. 2. Replacement of all the extracellular Na+ with N‐methyl‐D‐glucamine (NMDG) decreased resting pHi from a control value of 7.1‐7.2 to 6.8‐6.9. Re‐addition of Na+ or Li+ caused a recovery of pHi towards control values. This recovery was blocked by 10‐50 microM‐ethylisopropylamiloride (EIPA), suggesting that it was mediated by Na(+)‐H+ exchange. The rate of recovery of pHi when Na+ was re‐introduced increased with Na+ concentration with an apparent Km for Na+ of around 30 mM. 3. Replacement of all of the extracellular Na+ with Li+ caused only a small decrease in resting pHi. 4. Stimulation of acini with 1 microM‐acetylcholine (ACh) evoked an intracellular acidosis both under control conditions and when acini were bathed in Na(+)‐free media. Following the acidosis pHi recovered in acini bathed in either control medium or Na(+)‐free (Li+) medium, but not in acini bathed in Na(+)‐free (NMDG) medium or in control medium containing EIPA. 5. Stimulation of acini bathed in Na(+)‐free, HCO(3‐)‐free medium with ACh did not cause any change in pHi. 6. Re‐addition of Na+ to acini bathed in Na(+)‐free, HCO(3‐)‐free medium evoked the same rate of alkalinization whether or not the acini had been stimulated with ACh, suggesting that receptor stimulation per se did not lead to an activation of acid extrusion. 7. Resting [Ca2+]i was elevated in acini bathed in Na(+)‐free (NMDG) medium, but not in acini bathed in Na(+)‐free (Li+) medium. 8. ACh evoked a maintained rise in [Ca2+]i in acini bathed in control medium and in Na(+)‐free media with either NMDG or Li+ as the Na+ substitute. 9. Experiments in which external Ca2+ was reduced to low levels (by the addition of EGTA) just prior to addition of ACh showed that ACh released intracellular Ca2+ stores under both control and Na(+)‐free conditions. 10. In acini bathed in Na(+)‐free (NMDG) solution and stimulated with ACh, re‐addition of either Na+ or Li+ reduced [Ca2+]i. The reduction of [Ca2+]i on Na+ re‐addition was blocked by EIPA. [Ca2+]i could also be reduced under these conditions by alkalinizing the cytosol using the weak base trimethylamine.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)


In this Paper, the vehicle equipped with electromechanical brakes are taken as research objective, and the simulation and research on the control strategy of Anti-Lock braking system is done. The force acting upon the wheels is analyzed first using quarter vehicle model and simulated in order to understand the vehicle dynamics. Next, the performance characteristics of the hydraulic unit were analyzed. Finally, a closed loop feedback control algorithm is developed to modulate the pressure in accordance with the force acting on the wheels. The result shows that the actual wheel slip and force can be tracked by estimating the angular velocity of the wheels with an allowable pressure error.


that change the way we view National Socialism's destructive dynamism? Bitter rivalries may have permeated the Reich at the top, but might the regime also have exploited a striking degree of consensus; one that converged on the primacy of autarky and rearmament? Do we not then have a more precise way to link the regime's ability to wage war with popular consent than simply the expressions of popular approval for Hitler's foreign policy successes? There are limits, obviously, to generalizations that can be drawn from the evidence presented in discrete local studies. But that should not stop a scholar from using her rich evidence to imagine new interpretations.


Segmenting brain tumors automatically is a challenging task in medical image processing. Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) is difficult to identify precisely and quickly because it lacks a well-defined mass with distinct borders and is occasionally star-shaped. Developing a computational model capable of disease detection, treatment planning, and monitoring would be extremely advantageous to clinicians. U-Net is a frequently used deep learning architecture for medical image segmentation but has limitations in extracting some of the more complicated characteristics. The U-Net is a convolutional neural network (CNN) architecture that is used for image segmentation purposes. In this research, a novel CNN based U-Net architecture with a Self-Attention Module is proposed for highlighting the spatial important features from high level features. Standard metrics such as Dice Score, Jaccard Index, Hausdorff Distance, Hausdorff-95 Distance, Precision, Recall, Sensitivity, and Specificity are used to assess the performance of our proposed model. Except for Hausdorff Distance and Hausdorff-95 Distance, larger values indicate greater performance and lower values indicate worse performance for all of these metrics. A study of the means train and test results for all measures utilized in this paper on the Brats- 2019 dataset, indicates that WT segmentation outperforms TC and ET for GBM segmentation. Our technique is tested on the BRATS 2019 challenge's public benchmark for the task of segmenting malignant brain tumors.


The influence of environmental temperature on crystal oscillation clocking is briefly introduced.An experimental method is designed to compare the computer internal crystal oscillation clocking against the high precision UTC time which is provided by GPS,while at the same time record environmental temperatures and analyze the influence of them upon computer internal crystal oscillation clocking.151 days of data of computer internal crystal oscillation clocking errors and environmental temperatures are recorded.Three models are set up to do fitting analysis on the relation between temperature and clocking speed.Fitting accuracies of different models are compared.The validity of each model to correct the clocking error is checked.After correction by the temperature compensation model,the maximum internal clocking error of the experimental computer for 100 days is shortened from 25 seconds to 1.7 seconds,indicating a 14 time improvement in precision.


Figure 1: We study the reason behind the perceived gloss discrepancy between physical and virtual stimuli. To this end, we enhance an HDR stereoscopic display with an improved signal correction pipeline. Our setup allows for the first time to accurately match the level of perceived gloss between virtual and physical stimuli. We leverage the display to identify the key display properties for faithful gloss reproduction. ABSTRACT A faithful reproduction of gloss is inherently difficult because of the limited dynamic range, peak luminance, and 3D capabilities of display devices. This work investigates how the display capabilities affect gloss appearance with respect to a real-world reference object. To this end, we employ an accurate imaging pipeline to achieve a perceptual gloss match between a virtual and real object presented side-by-side on an augmented-reality high-dynamic-range (HDR) stereoscopic display, which has not been previously attained to this extent. Based on this precise gloss reproduction, we conduct a series of gloss matching experiments to study how gloss perception


The invention discloses a 1050-H14 aluminum alloy plate strip and a production method thereof. The production method comprises the following production processes of: fusion casting, saw cutting, plane milling, heating, hot rolling and cold rolling, wherein an ingot casting subjected to fusion casting comprises the following chemical components in percentage by mass: not more than 0. 2 percent of Si, 0.15-0.40 percent of Fe, not more than 0.05 percent of Cu, not more than 0.05 percent of Mn, not more than 0.05 percent of Mg, not more than 0.05 percent of Zn, 0.01-0.03 percent of Ti, not more than 0.02 percent of each of other impurities, and the balance of Al, wherein the other impurities are not more than 0.10 percent in total; the melting temperature is 730-750 DEG C, the refining temperature is 720-750 DEG C, the casting temperature is 670-700 DEG C, and the casting speed is 55-65mm/min; and in the hot rolling step, blooming forging is carried out at 450-500 DEG C through hot rough rolling, wherein the finish reeling temperature is 300-320 DEG C, and the rolling thickness is 2.5-8mm. The production method disclosed by the invention ensures that the mechanical property of the 1050-H14 aluminum alloy plate strip is stable and qualified and has the advantages of shortening the production flow and improving the production efficiency.


In order to understand the relationship between specific growth factors and matrix synthesis by periodontal cells, we have investigated the effects of platelet‐derived growth factor BB (PDGF‐BB), insulin‐like growth factor‐I (IGF‐1), and growth hormone on DNA and proteoglycan synthesis by cultured human gingival and periodontal ligament fibroblasts in vitro. PDGF‐BB and IGF‐1, but not growth hormone, were mitogenic for both periodontal ligament fibroblasts and gingival fibroblasts, although the periodontal ligament cells responded more strongly. The mitogenic response was accompanied by alterations in expression of matrix proteoglycan mRNA. For both the gingival and periodontal ligament cells, there was a decrease in mRNA for decorin and an increase in mRNA for versican following exposure to IGF‐1 and PDGF‐BB. Although no change was seen in response to PDGF, biglycan mRNA level was increased by IGF‐1 in periodontal ligament fibroblasts. With the gingival fibroblats, biglycan mRNA levels were unaffected by IGF‐1, PDGF‐BB, or growth hormone. These findings suggest variable responses of fibroblasts to growth factors depending upon anatomical site within the periodontium. Moreover, there appears to be a correlation between cell proliferation and the types of proteoglycan synthesised with decorin expression being suppressed, and versican being increased during fibroblast proliferation. J. Cell. Physiol. 174:353–361, 1998. © 1998 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


Here, we report a first case of ampullary cancer with solitary metastasis of the spleen, which was successfully treated with pancreatoduodenectomy and splenectomy and was discharged 7 days after the operation with outpatient chemotherapy. In such cases, physicians should consider splenectomy as an effective treatment option.


1. OVERVIEW OF THE UK MERGER CONTROL REGIME 2. RELEVANT MERGER SITUATIONS: ENTERPRISES CEASING TO BE DISTINCT 3. RELEVANT MERGER SITUATION: THE SHARE OF SUPPLY AND TURNOVER TESTS 4. RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MERGER REGULATION 5. PUBLIC INTEREST MERGERS 6. THE OFFICE OF FAIR TRADING'S ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS 7. THE OFFICE OF FAIR TRADING'S DUTY TO REFER AND EXCEPTIONS TO THE DUTY TO REFER 8. THE COMPETITION COMMISSION'S ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS 9. THE COUNTERFACTUAL 10. MARKET DEFINITION 11. CONCENTRATION MEASURES AND SCREENS 12. UNILATERAL EFFECTS 13. COORDINATED EFFECTS 14. NON-HORIZONTAL MERGERS 15. COUNTERVAILING CONSTRAINTS 16. UNDERTAKINGS IN LIEU OF REFERENCE 17. SECOND-PHASE REMEDIES 18. JUDICIAL REVIEW


Objective The study was conducted to determine the iodine nutrition status of the involved population in the seriously endemic area of iodine deficiency through urine iodine tests for pregnant and breast-feeding women in Wushi and Baicheng County. Methods Ammonium persulfate digestible -arsenic-cerium catalyzed spectrophotometry was used to detect single random urine of the pregnant women and lactating women, and the results were statistically analyzed using SPSS15.0. Results A total of 338 urine samples were tested. As a result, the median urinary iodine was 180.96 μg/L, the inter-quartile range 229.385 μg/L. There were 65 samples with iodine 50 μg/L, accounting for 18.6%; 121 samples with iodine 100 μg/L, accounting for 35.8%; and 150 samples with iodine 150 μg/L, accounting for 44.4%. 18.9% of pregnant and breastfeeding women had the urinary iodine in the range of 150-250 μg/L. Conclusion A proportion of 44.4% of the key population had insufficient iodine nutrition in the iodine deficiency area of Xinjiang. Effective and targeted measures to supplement the iodine should be taken promptly in light of the local conditions to prevent mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency.


The new crricular standard of Chinese clarifies the role of literature teaching. Students are the subjectives of appreciating literature works. In teaching the teacher should emphasize the evaluation of experiencing feeling. To o-bey a principle of wholeness, stressing experience accumulating and language feeling is useful for the literature quality of students.


A thirty-nine year-old man was admitted to Akita City General Hospital complaining of back pain and hematemesis. Gastrofiberscopy showed no particular abnormalities on the esophagus and the stomach, but bleeding from the papilla of Vater was observed. Enhanced Computed tomography (CT) in the early arterial phase showed an intense vascular network in the pancreatic head as well as the portal vein indicating the arterio-venous malformation (AVM) of the pancreas with an arterio-portal (AP) shunt. For repetitive gastrointestinal bleeding, he underwent pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduo-denectomy and his postoperative course was uneventful. The histological examination revealed a dis-ruption of AVM to the pancreatic duct, which was the cause of gastrointestinal bleeding. CT two months after surgery showed neither AVM nor AP shunt and the patient has been doing well for 18 months.


The discussion in this article concerns the identification of the culture-based development potential of cities, and the aim of the study, is to classify urban communes (boroughs) in Poland in terms of their culture-based development potential. A multidimensional comparative analysis was used to build a measurement tool and to create rankings of cities. The proposed measure includes five groups of diagnostic variables referring to the cultural infrastructure, cultural events, creative sector, tourist base and public finances. Data from 306 urban communes in Poland from 2013-2016 were collected for the study. The article presents selected research results, such as rankings of cities with the highest City Culture Potential index. This is due to the visibly differentiated strategies for building a competitive advantage, which result in different intensities and the importance of factors assumed as explanatory variables in measuring the potential of culture.


The goal of this study is to emphasize the use of business simulation as a learning tool in educational institutions. Generally, self-study, class lectures and case studies are used as the main pedagogy tools in the classroom. This research is focused towards exploring the perceptions of students who took a business simulation at Umea Business School, Sweden. Empirical findings show that there is a strong positive correlation between the variables of perceiving simulation as exciting and variable of perceiving it as a fun way of learning. Positive correlation exists among variables of being excited to know about simulation in a course and variable of considering simulation being a learning experience. This means that compared to other tools there is more likeness of simulation amongst students and they perceive it as most learning tools compared to class lectures, guest lectures, self-study and group discussions. The study concluded by providing a basic model of an effective simulation which was developed in line with literature review and empirical findings from this research.


For quantum dots (QDs) synthesized in solvents that are immiscible in water, dietary, rather than aqueous, exposure is expected to be the primary route of uptake. The estuarine snail Peringia ulvae was presented with mats of simulated detritus spiked with oleic acid capped cadmium sulfide (CdS; 3.1 ± 0.4 nm) or cadmium selenide (CdSe; 4.2 ± 0.8 nm) nanoparticles, synthesized using a microfluidics method, or Cd2+ (added as Cd[NO3]2) as a control. A biodynamic modeling approach was used to quantify parameters that describe the dietary accumulation of the Cd forms. Ingestion rates decreased across treatments at higher exposure concentrations, indicating a metal‐induced stress response related to Cd dose rather than form. Although Cd was bioavailable from both CdS and CdSe QDs, uptake rate constants from diet were significantly lower than that of Cd2+ (p < 0.05). After 72 h depuration, however, no loss of Cd was observed from snails that had accumulated Cd from either type of QD. In comparison, snails ingesting Cd2+‐spiked detritus eliminated 39% of their accumulated body burden per day. The almost identical uptake and efflux rates for Cd in both QDs suggest no effect of the chalcogenide conjugates (S or Se). The findings of the present study indicate that the availability of Cd in the form of nanoparticles and its apparent in vivo persistence will lead to bioaccumulation. The implications of this are discussed. Environ Toxicol Chem 2013;32:2621–2629. ©2013 SETAC


In this article, the authors described the role of mycoplasmas or ureaplasmas on acute epididymitis. Pathogenicities of mycoplasmas or ureaplasmas have not been confirmed for epididymitis. If we confirm the pathogenicity of some microorganisms for acute epididymitis, we have to take the specimens of epididymal fluid or tissue by aspiration or other methods, and have to detect these pathogens by nucleic acid amplification tests (NAAT) or culturing in these specimens. However, it is difficult for clinicians to take specimens from the epididymis of patients with high fever or scrotal swelling. When we diagnose chlamydial epididymitis, the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis from the urine specimens from patients with acute epididymitis is important. I have previously reported a case of a patient with acute epididymitis, which was thought to be caused by Mycoplasma genitalium (reference number 16). The patient was 30-year-old man who attended a clinic with high fever and scrotal swelling. He had sexual relations with a female commercial sex worker without a condom 20 days before the first visit. The right scrotum had painful swelling and the scrotum contents were palpable as a lump. The prostate was also swollen and tender. An increased number of white blood cells was shown in the urinary sediment of the first voided urine, but he had no symptoms of urethritis. A culture of urine was negative. From the urine specimen, Mycoplasma genitalium was detected by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for adhesion and PCR for 16S rRNA. Other pathogens including Neisseria gonorrhoeae, C. trachomatis, Ureaplasma urealyticum, Ureaplasma parvum or Mycoplasma hominis were not detected by NAAT. The patient was treated by minocycline orally for 6 days and with i.v. injection of cepharosporins for 3 days, but the scrotal swelling did not improve. Levofloxacin was added for 7 days and symptoms improved. M. genitalium was not detected from a urine specimen on the 14th day after the first visit. In our case, M. genitalium was the only microorganism detected from the urine specimen from the patients with symptoms and clinical courses of acute epididymitis. Of course, there was no clear evidence as describe above, but it was one of data which M. genitalium can be a pathogen for epididymitis. In this article, M. genitalium was detected from 5 patients (8.9%) with epididymitis and its prevalence was not so high. However, M. genitalium can rarely be detected from general population of men. To confirm pathogenicity of mycoplasmas or ureaplasmas for epididymitis, it is important to accumulate the prevalence data of these pathogens. For this reason, the data of this article are available.


Digital imaging is replacing conventional photography in many applications. As the quality of digital images improves, more applications for this technology will be found. This talk will examine the importance of gamma correction in digital imaging. Although many researchers believe that digital imaging will soon replace photography, it is probably more correct to think of digital imaging as an enhancement to photography. The most critical problem with translating our knowledge of photography to digital imaging is that photography operates exclusively via logarithmic functions. The exposure versus density curves common to photography have an x axis that is logarithmic. The development curves for film and paper are also logarithmic. The slope of the log-linear portion of this curve is designated gamma. All operations normally performed in the darkroom whether processing film or prints manipulate the gamma functions to achieve the best recorded image. The first rule that should be obvious is that every image has a different optimal gamma and every different image medium (whether graded photographic paper or the density of print on a digital image printer) will change that optimal gamma.


This scientific research was carried out in order to make known to the Ecuadorian citizens the different tax reforms used in the last decades in Ecuador. In order to start the work, it is explained how the taxation has been developed and how the collection of income obtained from the taxes in the country has been used, it is also clearly stated how the Tax Reforms are involved in the fiscal policy of Ecuador. In the development of the work is demonstrated with foundation to the evolution of the taxes that manage the country and its classification; that the requirements must be made so that the tax organization has excellent results, the general costs of the State and the tax composition of the same. Fiscal policy is used in Ecuador to achieve the macroeconomic stability of the nation, analyzing what fiscal policy have been applied by the last governments that have generated the favorable results for the welfare of the people with economic and social progress for Ecuador. In addition, it is understood that several tax reforms have been carried out in Ecuador that prevail in indirect, progressive taxes and the system of taxation with this type of tax, has led the nation to have a more impartial government on the subject of evasion of taxes. In itself, it is concluded that the tax reforms in general are formed by modifications to the tariff structure of a country, on which depends the economic performance or the governmental policies; These changes constitute or abolish taxes, change rates, impose new activities or transform Ecuador's tax base to increase or decrease State resources through taxes, including examining the creation of equity among similar activities, formalizing and boosting the economy, Collecting and generating the collective well-being of the Ecuadorian people. For this, the tax on the internal revenue service (SRI) within the tax system is the most important collection instrument in the Ecuadorian government. The IVA constitutes a large percentage of this collection so it is significant to know its impact within the economic system. In carrying out the work, it is understood that through revisions of the reforms, they are based on the incidence of tax collection in relation to the income tax and the admission of the new rules; And, the inclination of the new regulations to the Political Constitution of Ecuador. It contributes to the economy of the country paying the taxes, being a moral and legal duty allowing the State to carry out its responsibilities for the benefit of the people, although on several occasions the payment of taxes manages to produce great discomfort and it is the duty of all the taxpayers to form us In tax culture, in order to ensure and maintain economic stability. Finally, taxpayers are expected to familiarize themselves with the text of the reforms in order to avoid the risks of ignorance and non-compliance with their tax responsibilities.


Facile synthesis of 3,17-disubstituted Ag(III) tritolylcorroles (2-5), R2[TTC]Ag where R = methyl (2), phenyl (3), methyl acrylate (MA) (4) and phenylethynyl (PE) (5) using Pd-catalyzed reactions in good to excellent yields are reported. All synthesized corroles were characterized by various spectroscopic techniques and mass spectrometry. MA2[TTC]Ag (4) and PE2[TTC]Ag (5) exhibited highly red-shifted electronic spectral bands with considerable broadening due to extended [Formula: see text]-conjugation and electron withdrawing effect of [Formula: see text]-substituents. Geometry optimization of these corroles was performed using density functional theory (DFT). Among all, MA2[TTC]Ag (4) exhibited very high dipole moment (10.31 D) which could be the potential candidate for nonlinear optical (NLO) applications. The redox tunability was achieved by substituting electron donating and withdrawing substituents at the [Formula: see text]-positions. Particularly, corroles 4 and 5 exhibited lower HOMO–LUMO gap due to extended [Formula: see text]-conjugation and electron withdrawing [Formula: see text]-substituents.


Contrary to popular myth, modern prison environments are often workplaces that embrace change and reform. When an innovative model for offender rehabilitation at a corrections centre requires staff to work differently as an inter-professional care team, new ways of learning to work in the overlaps emerge. Using a qualitative case study approach to investigate daily work and crucial incidents that act as change triggers, we discuss how this group experience has challenged individual and group work roles and changed organizational work practices. Our findings suggest a useful nexus of theories of workplace learning with theories of organizational change and development. The emergent quality of human interactions supports the concept of collective competence (Boreham 2004, 2007) rather than the comfort of individual competence. Enhanced understandings of collective learning as relationally-constructed and actively improvised with others argue for a new vocabulary of competence in which more interdisciplinary research can add further insights.


Background: Clostridium difficile (CD) infection is widespread throughout the world, showing an increased incidence over the recent years and may cause severe forms of disease. This infection most commonly affects patients whom were administered antibiotics. An increased resistance to commonly used antibiotics is associated with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). CD has a generally recognized infectious potential on a clinical ground. CDI is unpleasant and may sometimes cause serious bowel disorders that are usually treated with another course of antibiotics. The evolution of CD infection depends on the individual characteristics of the patient along with risk factors, associated diseases as well as the particularities of the recommended treatment. However, even under the conditions of a correct and complete treatment the risk of the disease relapse is estimated to occur depending on risk factors. Many clinical instruments that are designated for the purposes to treat non-infectious diseases can be useful in estimating the severity of an infection. This review is important for understanding the abusive and irrational prescription of various groups of antibiotics, often unjustified, including the ones used in the treatment of an infection with SARS-CoV-2. Conclusions: These infections mostly occur in people aged 65 and older that receive medical care, including antibiotics administration, people with a long-term hospital stay, people with a weakened immune system or with a previous CD infection. The following measures, in order to reduce the risk of CDI in patients, should be considered: hand hygiene, avoidance of unnecessary administration of antibiotics – the antibiotic treatment is recommended only if it is prescribed by an experienced specialist, avoidance of unnecessary administration of drugs that reduce gastric acidity, because it favors the invasion of the gastrointestinal tract with CD.


In the article the author describes the preconditions of the formation and development of the care system over children in Chuvashia in the second half of the XIX the beginning of the XX century. Special role was given to the guardianship. Basically, the Chuvashes would not place the children of their community into the orphanages, but would bring illegitimate children, minors, and children of their relatives into their families to provide them with support and care.


The article is resulted from a round table discussion. The first part of it contains an overview on some important recent developments in the field of analysis and partial different equations. It is a slightly expanded version of a presentation given by the author at the round table and a briefly summary of speeches by several others. The second part is a supplement of various details written by some researchers in China working on related topics. AMS subject classifications: 35Q30


Facing the problem of massive Hoax in the Internet realm, Indonesian Communion of Churches published a Christian Handbook for Social Media using. This is an interesting participative action on Digital Literacy. Christianity as a Religion in Indonesia embraces the internet as a phenomenon which needs a special attention. Using the perspective of Critical Literacy Theory, this article analyzes the the effort of Christianity on Digital Literacy in the Internet Era. The result of this analysis is to show how Religious Institution such as Church can contribute to the problem of society by the approach of Digital Literacy Keywords— Religion and Digital Literacy, Indonesian Churches, Hoax Problems


A new method for detection of Salmonella in foods in a minimum of 24 h was adopted as an AOAC Official First Action Method for selected foods (2001.09) using both the VIDAS Immuno-Concentration Salmonella (ICS) and VIDAS Salmonella (SLM) methods.


Lipophilicity of the 1, 2-dithiole-3-thione nucleus was studied by stepwise calculation of log P values of some dithiolethiones from fragmental lipophilic constants of suitable fragments composing the nucleus, and the results were compared with experimental values. Fragmental constants necessary for these calculations were determined from log P values of suitable molecules. The influence of conjugation between the different parts was investigated.Fragmental lipophilic constants of unusual thio-fragments were assessed.


Since the Nazi atrocities toward the Jews were discovered at the end of the World War II, people have wondered how so many could have engaged in such obviously unconscionable behaviors. The death camps in which Jews were systematically tortured and killed were efficiently organized and managed by well-trained administrative personnel. These administrators were not extraordinarily vicious savages running amuck. On the contrary, the Germans who ran the death camps seemed to be ordinary "decent" citizens, with consciences no different from those of any of us. How could they have blinded themselves to the clear injustice of what they were doing? More generally, what motivates the unethical acts of ordinarily decent people?


The recent decline in gross domestic product (GDP) growth in India raised a debate about whether it is a trend or a business cycle slowdown. We observe a cyclical downturn post-global financial crisis due to external and domestic conditions. With global recovery strengthening and appropriate demand management policies, the business cycle downturn can be reversed. At the same time, the economy witnessed negative shocks to trend growth caused by policy uncertainty. In this paper, we argue that these shocks are temporary. A stable policy environment can give positive shocks to growth. Policy action eliminating frictions that hamper efficient allocation of resources in factor markets can be seen as a positive shock that will pull up trend growth of output. Given that the supply of factors, namely labor, human capital, infrastructure, and non-infrastructure capital appears robust and productivity growth potentially strong, timely reforms that eliminate structural bottlenecks will enable trend growth to pick up.


Quantitative HBsAg assay is an alternative marker of potential viremia and monitoring response to antiviral treatment. Various methods have been developed to assess HBsAg quantification. This cross-sectional observational research aims to understand the performance of quantitative HBsAg assay with CLEIA (Chemiluminescence Enzyme Immunoassay) and CLIA (Chemiluminescence Immunoassay) methods and their compliance with qPCR. Serum samples were obtained from 69 Hepatitis B patients at the Outpatient Clinic. Quantitative HBsAg assay was performed with Sysmex HISCL-5000 and Mindray CL-900i, HBV DNA by using GeneXpert® HBV Viral Load. The results showed that the HBsAg value of the CLEIA method ranged from 9.77 to >2,500 IU/mL, while the CLIA method ranged from 19.97 to >50,000 IU/mL. Analysis of the CLEIA and CLIA methods showed agreement ((LoA: -5014.01 – 1815.33) with the relationship between the two methods showed a positive correlation (p <0.05). There is a positive correlation between HBsAg results using CLEIA method and HBV DNA (p <0.05) and also between the HBsAg CLIA method and HBV DNA (p <0.05).


Serum folate concentrations were measured in 149 patients receiving treatment with anticonvulsants. Eighty‐seven had concentrations below the lower limit of the normal range (54 of 79 females and 33 of 70 males). The incidence of low serum folate levels was determined for each age group and each sex. This was highest in females between the ages of 10 and 49 years.


The paper introduces the situation and practice of APP forestry-pulp-paper integration in Sinar Mas Group and expounds the signifi- cance of the recycling economy model.


Smart Grid Networks present a modern solution for network automation and digital communication in order to improve the efficiency, sustainability and reliability of electricity distribution. The development of Smart Grid networks is not a simple matter. Electronic grids consist of a large number of systems, intelligent and regular electronic devices, substations, switching stations, dispatching centers and many other elements. This paper analyse the technological requirements of intelligent Smart Grid network with a focus on networking aspects, standards and protocols.


Purpose: Examine to what extent present-day strategic decision-makers are aware of and
apply Porter's theory of structural barriers to entry during entry on new markets. Another
purpose is to present whether there are any other structural barriers to entry that strategic
decision-makers consider in practice.

Methodology: The study is a qualitative cross-sectional study in which we have conducted
semi-structured interviews. The data we have collected has been analyzed using pattern
matching.

Theoretical perspectives: Michael Porter's five forces framework, in which he presented
barriers to entry as a factor that affects the competition on a market, is used as a foundation
for the study. Barriers to entry can be anything that hinders or deters new actors from entering
a market.

Empirical foundation: Interviews have been conducted with seven individuals, the majority
being strategy consultants, who have experiences regarding how strategic decision-makers
reason during entries into new markets.

Conclusions: Our research indicates that strategic decision-makers are aware of four, and
apply two of Porter's six structural barriers to entry during entries onto new markets to a
fairly large extent. However, the data we have collected suggests that it is rarely because they
are aware of Porter's theory of barriers to entry but rather that they understand that there may
be obstacles. They understand that they need to overcome these when entering new markets.

There are other structural barriers to entry that strategic decision-makers also take into
consideration during entries. These are cultural differences and access to labor


Influenza is a major cause of sickness and death around the world and is one of the most important infectious diseases confronting the world today. Influenza A virus is the leading cause of seasonal epidemic and pandemic flu globally. Both epidemic and pandemic flu are found to be associated with the high morbidity and mortality rates worldwide, but that pandemic is thought to have accounted for about 50 million or more deaths and is obviously a matter of great concern, can cause a severe, easily transmissible disease among the community and everyone at risk of infection. The purpose of this study is to describe the mechanisms by which the influenza A viruses can cause epidemic and pandemic flu worldwide. In conclusion the extensive infection is mainly because the influenza A virus, like other RNA viruses, has capability to undergo a continuous antigenic variation either via a point mutation causing gradual change in the shape of the HA surface antigens known as ''Antigenic drift'' and it is found to be responsible for seasonal epidemics or through a genetic reassortment that leads to a major change in the surface antigens known as ''Antigenic shift'' and generation of entirely novel strains among the population with no pre-existing immunity as a result sporadic pandemics will occur.


For effective treatment of recurrent vertigo, it is necessary to examine the patient not only physically but also psychologically and to interview him about his social situation. If generally treatments accepted fail, or if the patient improves during hospitalization without treatment, then he should be suspected of having psychosomatic problems. It may be useful to correlate symptoms with development, family environment or occupational history.We describe here a patient with bilateral Meniere's disease with fluctuating hearing loss for whom we found interviews to be important.


To assess work productivity (WP) loss during the first 3 years of disease in a cohort of patients with early arthritis (EA) diagnosed between 2002 and 2005.


Introduction: Non communicable diseases contributes to morbidity and mortality affecting the productivity of the country. Objectives: 1. To assess the prevalence of selected NCDs like diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases with behavioural risk factors among adults in Gadag. 2. To determine the association between selected NCDs like diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases with behavioural risk factors among adults in Gadag. Methodology: A community based cross sectional study was conducted among 494 adults aged above 18 years for 6 months. After taking informed consent in local Kannada language the study subjects were interviewed using predesigned and pretested questionnaire. The data was analyzed by frequency, proportions and chi-square test. Results: Out of 494 the study subjects 286 (57.8%) had diabetes, 325 (65.8%) had hypertension and 6 (1.2%) had cardiovascular diseases. Conclusion: The study found the association between selected NCDs and behavioural risk factors an attempt to focus on preventive health measures.


This paper discusses the meaning and influencing factors of sustainable foreign trade development.Twenty two indicators are designed to evaluate sustainable foreign trade development.Taking Zhejiang as an example,we make a comprehensive evaluation on local trade development by applying the PCA.Results show that the overall development of Zhejiang foreign trade appears good,but hi-tech and services export,and FDI are not so good.


A local corn sheller was evaluated at different rotational speeds of (40, 60, 80, 100 and 120 rpm) and moisture contents of (12, 16 and 20%). The performance was evaluated in terms of sheller productivity, shelling efficiency, unshelled grains, grain damage, loose grains at kernel outlet, specific energy consumption and operational cost. Sheller productivity, shelling efficiency, and the percentage of unshelled grains ranged from 0.43 to 1.46 ton/h, from 94.25 to 99.43%, and from 0.57 to 5.75%, respectively. The percentage of grain damage and loose grains at kernel outlet ranged from 0.21 to 2.13%, from 1.57 to 25.15%, respectively. Meanwhile, specific energy consumption and operational cost ranged from 0.74 to 6.87 kW.h/ton and from 18.19 to 64.42 LE/ton, respectively. It was found that increasing the speed caused an increase in performance of shelling and the percentage of broken grains. It is concluded that corn having 12 % moisture content that fed to the sheller at rotational speed of 120 rpm gave the best performance of shelling.


The mesocotyl elongation, having much effect on emergence and stand establishment in the direct sowing culture of rice, was investingated and summarized as follows: As to origin of cultivars, the average lengths of mesocotyl were 9.6 mm in the Indica-Japonica hybrid cultivars, 4.4 mm in the native cultivars and 3.2mm in the Japonica type, respectively. The mesocotyl lengths were tjereh, aman, aus, boro and bulu in order, with the mesocotyl lengths of 29.3mm and 5.4 mm in tjereh and bulu, respectively. The mesocotyl lengths were great in Baekkyungjo, Dadajo & Hejo among the native cultivars, in Sangpungbyeo, Paltal & Gokyangdo of the Japonica type and in Weonpungbyeo, Gayabyeo, Milyang 30 & Sujeongbyeo in Indica- Japonica hybrid cultivars, respectively. The mesocotyl length was the greatest at the seeds sampled I week after flowering (39. 3mm in length), and became decreased with the longer grain-filling. The mesocotyl elongated worse with the longer duration of seed storage regardless of seed maturity, and became longer at the 5~circC storage plot than at the 15 and 25~circC plots.


Current crowdsourcing workflows comprise of discrete tasks that guide the crowd towards predetermined goals. However, this approach is ill-suited towards supporting massively collaborative open-ended creative work, which often involves an exploration of possible end results and revision of creative goals. My dissertation explores how existing expert creative practice can inform new crowdsourcing techniques that allow the crowd to collaborate on complex creative tasks such as writing short stories.


Start from the survey analysis,grasp students' ideological and political level and cognitive level of "six why",and then combined with the ideological and political theory teaching,innovative teaching organization form,to enable students to participate fully in it,feel and experience from teaching in the bilateral activities.To make college students study,understand,and believe.


Associated grass-legume pastures have advantages over grass monoculture; in order to evaluate them the association of black oat (Avena strigosa Schreb) with winter vetch (Vicia villosa Roth) was analysed. The objective of the study was to evaluate forage yield, the botanical, morphological, and chemical composition of black oat in monoculture and in association with winter vetch, at different crop heights and residual stubble heights. Eighteen treatments were evaluated in randomized complete blocks with divided plots. In large plots, the culture type (monoculture or association); and in small plots, nine harvest management options (combinations) of three crop heights (Ch: 40, 50 and 60 cm) and three residual stubble heights (Rsh: 8, 14 and 20 cm). Forage yield was higher (p ≤ 0.05) in Ch50-Rsh8, Ch60-Rsh8 and Ch60-Rsh14 during the second crop cycle, with an average 8555 kg DM ha-1. In monoculture and in association, more cuts were made (three to four) with Ch40-Rsh14 and Ch40-Rsh20 and fewer cuts (one to two) with Ch60-Rsh8, Ch60-Rsh14 and Ch60-Rsh20. Crude protein concentration was 19 % higher (p ≤ 0.05) in monoculture than in association (19.2 and 16.2 %); the highest concentrations (p ≤ 0.05) of crude protein were obtained in Ch40-Rsh8, Ch40-Rsh14 and Ch40-Rsh20 (average 20.5 %), and the lowest was recorded in Ch60-Rsh8 (13.2 %). The forage with the least neutral detergent fibre (p ≤ 0.05) was harvested in Ch40-Rsh8, Ch40-Rsh14 and Ch50-Rsh14 (average 43.4 %), and the highest (49.3 %) was obtained in Ch60-Rsh20. In monoculture and in association, a greater amount of forage was harvested, distributed in at least two harvests, with Ch of 50 and 60 cm in combination with 8 and 14 cm of Rsh. However, the forage did not have the best composition, due to higher concentrations of neutral detergent fibre and lower crude protein concentration.


The wind farm location optimization (WFLO) problem is an active area of research. This paper is investigating the suitability of the no speeds and coefficients particle swarm optimization (NSC-PSO) method for solving the WFLO problem. In order to prove the competitiveness of the NSC-PSO method, a simplified wake model is implemented, which is similar to the model used in the pioneering work of Grady et al. 2005, with the optimization objective to minimize the farm's installation cost while maximizing the energy output. The results obtained using NSC-PSO are superior and more intuitive when compared with the results reported by Grady et al. using Genetic Algorithms.


The reaction product from vitamin B1 and cupric ion was found to give a red fluorescence and this relatively sensitive and selective reaction was applied to the detection of vitamin B1. A few milligrams of sample containing vitamin B1 were dissolved in about 1 ml of water and added one drop of 0.1% thymolphthalein solution. To the sample solution, 0.1 N sodium hydroxide solution was added drop by drop until the solution turned blue and two more drops were added. The thiolized solution was prepared by heating the sample solution in a water bath at 50-90° for 30 seconds. One drop of 0.5% cupric sulfate solution was put on a filter paper and after drying the paper, one drop of the thiolized solution was added on the spot. After 1-2 minutes, the red fluorescence was observed. The limit of identification was 3 μg (60μg/ml). This reaction is interfered by mercury, iron, sulfur-bearing compounds and vitamin B2.


In offshore industry activities, the suitable onboard provision of assets location and geospatial marine information during operations is essential. Currently, most companies use its own data structures, resulting in incompatibility between processes. In order to promote the data exchange, oil and gas industry associations have pursued initiatives to standardize spatial information. In turn, the IMO - International Maritime Organization - started the implementation of e-Navigation policy, which is the standardization of technologies and protocols applied to maritime information and navigation. This paper shows relationship and integration points between maritime activities of oil and gas industry and e-Navigation technologies and processes, highlighting geospatial information. This paper also preludes out an initiative for a suitable product specification for the offshore oil and gas industry, compliant with e-Navigation and IHO S-100 international standards.


Fifty-one orphans from five primary schools in the Maseru District, whose parents died of HIV- and AIDS-related illnesses, were interviewed for their experiences of HIV and AIDS. They were interviewed with regard to their psychosocial problems, their attendance at school, stigma and discrimination, nutrition and career aspirations. The interview schedule comprised of 37 items developed and validated by the researcher. Sixty-four per cent of the orphans lived with maternal grandmothers, 8% with maternal aunts, 8% with the elder sisters, 12% with elder brothers and 8% lived on their own, including looking after younger siblings. The orphans do not only have unmet basic or material needs but also have markedly increased psychosocial problems, exacerbated by their inability to access essential services such as healthcare due to poverty. Thus, their long-term psychological health, resilience, self-worth and self-esteem are in jeopardy. There is an urgent need to enhance and expand all current community and school intervention programmes not only to meet the basic needs of orphans but also to include psychosocial support (PSS), improved counselling services and training of caregivers and teachers in critical areas of care and support for the orphans.


This paper presents the economic assessment of a crude oil hydrotreating process with a crude distillation unit. The hydrotreating of crude oil is a novel process that has great economic potential but has not been implemented widely in practice, where all the conventional hydrotreating processes are carried on each oil product separately. This new hydrotreating process of crude oil seeks to save costs and energy in crude oil refineries. The economics of this new process are compared with those of the conventional crude distillation unit where hydrotreating is conducted on each oil fraction individually. The results show that this new process of hydrotreating of the crude oil has an overall annual cost much less than that of the conventional process.


paper consists of brief notes recording ten carved human figures from Yirrkalla in north-eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory of Australia, obtained during recent anthropological field-work (1946-47) in that region. They are part of a unique series of 51 human figures carved by aboriginal men,1 all of indigenous inspiration and execution. Like sacred and secular ritual objects of a conventionalized type in other parts of aboriginal Australia, they have a very definite place in the social life of the natives.


Abstract : For microwave dosimetry an accurate mathematical model of interior scattering in 3-D is needed. Human body is highly inhomogeneous. A formulation of the scattering problem based on a volume integral equation and which addressed inhomogeneity in detail is derived. As a by-product, this work provides credence to a certain heuristically derived formulation.


It is over 10 years since the first ACPGBI Position Statement on the management of anal fistula was published in 2007. This second edition is the result of scrutiny of the literature published during this time; it updates the original Position Statement and reviews the published evidence surrounding treatments for anal fistula that have been developed since the original publication.


Introduction. While interscalene brachial plexus block remains the gold standard of any shoulder procedure, including shoulder manipulation in patients with adhesive capsulitis, anesthesiologists are reluctant to face the risk of phrenic nerve paresis, especially in patients with preexisting pulmonary conditions. Hence, many studies have targeted specific regional anesthesia of the shoulder low enough by the blockade level, leaving phrenic nerve function intact but still providing satisfying anesthesia for shoulder procedures. Until recently, no comparison between these regional anesthesia techniques focusing on shoulder manipulation for adhesive capsulitis has been published. Case Report. We compared the profiles between suprascapular nerve block, shoulder interfascial plane block, and superior trunk block as the sole anesthesia technique in patients with adhesive capsulitis undergoing awake shoulder manipulation. Conclusion. This report descriptively signifies superior trunk block excellence among other regional anesthesia techniques in achieving complete anesthesia for awake shoulder manipulation in patients with adhesive capsulitis while sparing the phrenic-nerve function.


The paper discusses a shopping center that was built in Gaziantep in the center of the city without giving any consideration the the traffic problem. After the shopping center was built, traffic flow increased to 166%. Even though additional parking facility was constructed, it is difficult to find parking in the area; this has forced some people who work in the area to stop driving to work. The analysis of the situation clearly indicates the essential need for public policies on parking to objective approaches in long range planning and community development.


The behavior of the steady convective heat transfer of an electrically conducting fluid flow over a porous wedge with uniform suction or injection was investigated. The wall of the wedge is embedded in a uniform porous medium in order to allow for possible fluid wall suction or injection. The governing boundary layer equations are written into a dimensionless form by similarity transformations. Because of the effect of suction/injection on the wall of the wedge with buoyancy force and variable wall temperature, the flow field is locally nonsimilar. The nonsimilar ordinary differential equations were obtained by means of a local nonsimilarity method. The resulting ordinary differential equations are solved by Runge-Kutta-Gill with a shooting method for finding a skin friction and a rate of heat transfer. The effects of suction/injection, nonuniform wall temperature and buoyancy force parameters on the dimensionless velocity and temperature profiles are shown graphically. Comparisons to previously published works are performed, and excellent agreement between the results is obtained. The conclusion is drawn that the flow field and temperature profiles are significantly influenced by these parameters. Copyright © 2010 Begell House, Inc.


Abstract : This paper explores workplace challenges that women face and recommends strategies to address them through 1) research, and 2) policy at organizational and governmental levels. Discrimination against women manifests itself in various forms, including: job segregation; wage gap; sexual harassment; denial of career development opportunities, including mentoring; poor performance evaluations; and lack of promotion opportunities. This paper focuses on women in business and reviews the literature on gender disparities in employment, compensation, and promotion. Theoretically, women dominated industries should have improved pay equity, lesser gender discrimination and contain a relatively higher number of executive women than male dominated industries. The paper follows up on findings of the Federal Glass Ceiling Commission (1) and seeks to further understand the continuing impact of gender on compensation. Compensation data from the American Dietetic Association, a female dominated healthcare organization, is analyzed to determine if women dominated industries (WDI) have improved pay equity. If women are to achieve salary equity and experience career satisfaction, if corporations are to benefit fully from the capabilities of qualified managers, certain workplace attitudes and behaviors must change or the workplace must be protected from expressions of partiality and gender/sex bias. The paper makes recommendations to business, researchers and policy makers. Introduction Research that explains the emergence of gender-related behaviors in organizations generally fall into three categories: biological, socialization, and structural/cultural models (2) (Bartol, 2003; Cleveland, 2000; Powell, 2003). Researchers conclude that the study of gender and management has resulted in a sameness/difference debate with research on women in management becoming either polarized or marginalized. Thus, they argue for attention to the "biological, social and thereby often domestic fact of being female, and how this intersects with the conditions in the workplace" (Rees, 2003). Women face greater barriers and rely on strategies for advancement that are different from those of their male counterparts (Lyness and Thompson, 2000). Discrimination against women manifests itself in various forms, including: job segregation, wage gaps, sexual harassment, the denial of career development opportunities (including mentoring and poor performance evaluations), and a lack of promotion opportunities. Being a woman and working outside of the home calls for additional education about sex and gender biases and alertness to the reality of workplace inequity. Additionally, working mothers are stereotyped as not being serious or reliable enough to take positions as managers because their priorities lean more towards raising a family; this is often presented as an either/or argument, effectively advancing the myth that successful executives are unable to manage multiple priorities. Therefore, women are not taken seriously at work. If women are to earn an unbiased salary and experience career satisfaction, if corporations are to benefit fully from the capabilities of qualified managers, certain workplace attitudes and behaviors must change or the workplace must be protected from expressions of partiality and gender/sex bias. Workplace Challenges and Gender Disparities in Employment and Promotion Ninety-five percent of senior managers of Fortune 500 service and Fortune 1000 industrial companies are men. In the Fortune 2000 companies, only 5 percent of senior managers are women (Federal Glass Ceiling Commission, 1995a). These numbers present a troubling statistical profile when we consider that the percentage of bachelor's degrees earned by women rose from 35 percent in 1960 to 50 percent in 1980 and to 57 percent in 2000. Similar growth exists at the master's degree level: from 32 percent in 1960 to 50 percent in 1980 and 58 percent in 2000. …


The need to measure, control, and communicate with machinery and equipment has existed since the earliest days of the Industrial Revolution, with instrumentation systems employing sensors and actuators becoming the backbone of the modern manufacturing plant. Communication employing 4-mA-to-20-mA analog current signals to carry data and settings over wires has long been in widespread use. But instrumentation has matured from those purely analog systems to the "smart" systems used today, augmenting communications capability by the likes of the HART® (highway addressable remote transducer) protocol. Simply put, dc and low-frequency current signals are modulated by independent, higher-frequency signals that switch between a pair of frequencies (Figure 1)—a technique known as frequency-shift keying (FSK).


Sample of soil was digested with a mixture of HNO3,HF and H2O2,and the contents of lead and cadmium in sample solution was determined by GFAAS.Ammonium phosphate was used as matrix modifier.The ashing and the atomization temperature for Pb were 400 ℃ and 2 100 ℃,and for Cd were 250 ℃ and 1 800 ℃ respectively.Linear relationships between values of absorbance and mass concentration of Pb and Cd were obtained in the ranges of 0.50-50.0 and 0.10-2.5 μg·L-1,with detection limits of 6.5 and 0.4 pg,respectively.Four CRM′s of soil were analyzed by the proposed method,giving results in consistency with the certified values and values of RSD′s(n=6) in the ranges of 1.5%-6.3% for Pb and 2.3%-5.1% for Cd.Values of recovery obtained by standard addition method were found in the range of 85.4%-103.2% for Pb and 91.5%-102.3% for Cd.


The single layer of Zirconium pentatelluride (ZrTe5) has been predicted to be a large-gap two-dimensional (2D) topological insulator, which has attracted particular attention in the topological phase transitions and potential device application. Here we investigated the transport properties in ZrTe5 films with the dependence of thickness from a few nm to several hundred nm. We find that the temperature of the resistivity anomaly's peak (Tp) is inclining to increase as the thickness decreases, and around a critical thickness of ~40 nm, the dominating carriers in the films change from n-type to p-type. With comprehensive studying of the Shubnikov-de Hass (SdH) oscillations and Hall resistance at variable temperatures, we demonstrate the multi-carrier transport instinct in the thin films. We extract the carrier densities and mobilities of two majority carriers using the simplified two-carrier model. The electron carriers can be attributed to the Dirac band with a non-trivial Berry's phase {\pi}, while the hole carriers may originate from the surface chemical reaction or unintentional doping during the microfabrication process. It is necessary to encapsulate ZrTe5 film in the inert or vacuum environment to make a substantial improvement in the device quality.


This article describes the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia in older patients with good performance status, and then discusses briefly some future therapeutic perspectives.


An analytical system is developed for the on--line determination of helium in deuterium matrix, in-cluding a gas sampling system, a Zr-Al pump system for deuterium and helium separation, and aquadrupole mass spectrometer. The system established demonstrates a satisfactory detection limits of Heat 4×10~8 He atoms for 0.133 Pa·l single sample injection.


operated by Sandia Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation, for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL85000. SAND2015-7880C J. C. Neely, R. H. Byrne, D. J. Trudnowski, D. A. Schoenwald, R. T. Elliott, M. K. Donnelly 1Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185 USA 2Montana Tech, Butte, Montana 59701 USA


Abstract This is a review of the extant literature and recent work on the scaling relation(s) that link the gas content of galaxies to the measured star formation rates. A diverse array of observing techniques and underlying physical assumptions characterize the determination of these relations at different scales, that range from the tens of parsec sizes of molecular clouds to the tens of kpc sizes of whole galaxies. Different techniques and measurements, and a variety of strategies, have been used by many authors to compare the scaling relations, both within and across galaxies. Although the picture is far from final, the past decade has seen tremendous progress in this field, and more progress is expected over the next several years.


OBJECTIVE
Describe patient and physician characteristics, and physician recommendations for ambulatory care visits for dizziness in the US.

STUDY DESIGN
Cross-sectional analysis of visits for dizziness from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (2013-2015).

SETTING
Ambulatory care clinics in the US.

PATIENTS
20.6 million weighted adult visits [mean age 58.7 (1.0)] for dizziness, identified using ICD-9-CM codes (386.00-386.90, 780.40).

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES
Patient, clinical, and physician characteristics and physician diagnostic and treatment recommendations. Prevalence rates for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), unspecified dizziness, and other vestibular disorders were estimated, and descriptive statistics were used to characterize patients, physicians, and physicians' recommendations.

RESULTS
The prevalence rate for dizziness visits was 8.8 per 1,000 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 7.5, 10.3). Most visits were for unspecified dizziness (75%), made by women (65%), whites (79%), and were insured by private insurance (50%). Visits for dizziness were to primary care physicians (51.9%), otolaryngologists (13.3%), and neurologists (9.6%). Imaging was ordered and medication prescription was provided in 5.5% and 20.1% of visits. Physical therapy (PT) was used for a higher percentage of BPPV visits (12.9%), than for other diagnoses (<1.0%). Physician treatment recommendations for vestibular diagnoses varied by physician specialty.

CONCLUSIONS
A large percentage of visits had an unspecified diagnosis. A low number of visits for vestibular disorders were referred to PT. There are opportunities to improve care by using specific diagnoses and increasing the utilization of effective interventions for vestibular disorders.


GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS "Fuchsin (rubin) is obtained by the oxidation of a mixture of anilin, ortho- and paratoluidin, by means of arsenious acid or nitrobenzol in the presence of iron chlorid, which acts as the means of carrying over the acid.... It is soluble in water, alcohol and amyl alcohol. Rubin is basic dyestuff and serves for the staining of cell-nuclei, fuchsinophil granulations and bacteria." 1 A convenient classification of the anilin dyes, that of Krieger, 2 places the three salts of fuchsin in the rosanilin The members of this group, as given by Krieger, are: Methyl violet 6 B. C 25 H 30 N 3 Cl. Malachite green C 23 H 25 N , Cl. Rosanilin acetate C 20 H 20 N 3 C 2 H 3 O 2 Rosanilin hydrochlorid C 20 H 20 N 3 Cl Rosanilin sulphate (C 20 H 20 N 3 ) 2 SO 4 It is


An expert system is computer-based and knowledge-based systems that utilize expert knowledge experience of a qualified person in a restricted area. In this work, the ES_Buider 3.0 tool was used to incorporate expert knowledge and expert system technologies. This expert system tool allows the creation of Internet accessible expert systems to address many problematic domains. The developed expert system is able to assist (a) orthopedic doctors, nurses, and students in dealing with diseases associated with symptoms, and (b) orthopedic patients in the form of first-aid diagnosis and provide a repository of information vis-à-vis multiple diseases.


A large majority of the parties in the Danish Parliament are conjointly forming the Danish Transport policy. In Autumn 2009 they requested a strategy for the ITS area that shall form the basis for future investments in ITS and ensure efficient operation of ITS systems and exploit opportunities for synergies. The strategy should be developed by an advisory board of public and private organisations. The Danish Road Directorate was asked to hold the secretariat. As part of the process towards the strategy, ITS trends was analysed, a workshop was arranged, and a study of market potential and possibilities for business development was undertaken. The strategy, that was finalised in summer 2011, consists of a status of ITS in Denmark, a scenario for 2020, nine focus areas that are needed in order to realise the strategy, and 5 recommendations. Based on the strategy an action plan will be developed in the fall 2011. This will form the basis for investing € 40 million in the ITS sector in 2012-2014.


The rotating speed of classification disc n and the volume of air flow Q are the most important factors which can greatly influence the classification efficiency of air classifier.The influence is studied by a great deal of experimental data. Proper operation parameters are proposed an follows Q = 664.8 m3/h and n = 1 042.5 r/min. After operation of air classifier under proper conditions, the content of fine powder smaller than 20 nm in the raw catalysts was reduced from 5 % ?9 % to below 2.5% . Content of separated fine powder would not exceed 10,8% . Newton classifying efficiency got to 88 % , so that catalyst size distribution would meet the international standard of FCC catalyst.


Background: The femur is the primary weight demeanor bone of the lower limb and fracture of the femur leads to substantial morbidity and
mortality in all age groups. Femoral shaft fracture occurs due to high-energy trauma which may be related to considerable soft tissue injury. Due to
osteoporosis in the Geriatrics age group, they are more prone to fractures of the shaft even with low-energy trauma. So, the present study aimed to
investigate the difference between both the groups- Greater trochanter (GT) versus Piriformis fossa (PF) entry portal group with respect to the
operative and uoroscopic time required for intramedullary nail xation in femoral diaphysis fractures, complications and functional outcome
(BASED ON HARRIS HIP SCORE). A Retrospective Hospital based study was conduc Methodology: ted in duration from AUGUST 2020
–AUGUST 2022 among total 42 patients of femoral diaphyseal fractures admitted at OPD or emergency department of orthopedics at R.L.
JALAPPA HOSPITAL, TAMAKA, KOLAR and treated with piriformis fossa entry portal and greater trochanter fossa entry portal are selected for
ante grade nailing. Mean age of study participants were 44.19 + 11.15 years in Group 1 a Results: nd 46.14 + 11.24 years in Group 2. Females were
more affected. No association was found between Class of fracture and Type of nailing entry portals. There was statistically signicant difference
was found between Harris Hip score and Type of nail entrance in follow up visit at 3, 6 and 12 months. There was signicant Conclusion:
improvement were seen at 12 month follow up visit in patients who had given greater trochanteric nail entry. As we considered outcome measures,
which is better in Greater trochanteric nailing entry as compared to pisiform fossa nailing entrance.


security of monopoly; it has substantially nothing to do with their efficiency or their costs&dquo; (p. xiv). &dquo;The prevailing system of production control prohibits flush flows, but otherwise violates all the geologists' rules of conservation practice&dquo; (p. 35). Prorationing, by providing additional outlets for the limited gas energy of oil pools, reduces their ultimate oil potential. The cost of such unnecessary wells, &dquo;surely redundant except in terms of prorationing procedures,&dquo; is &dquo;almost certainly understated&dquo; at $100,000,000 a year, or &dquo;10 cents a barrel for every barrel produced&dquo; (p. 41). &dquo;The major companies own the pipe lines not only as a productive piece of capital equipment but as a necessary element for the preservation of the special conditions of market structure on which


RNA‐binding proteins (RBPs) associate with primary, precursor, and mature microRNAs (miRNAs), which in turn control mature miRNA levels, and post‐transcriptional gene regulation (PTR). However, the mechanistic basis of miRNA interaction and stability by RBP remains largely elusive. To understand how RBPs contribute to miRNA stability and PTR, we analyzed miRNAs that are controlled and stabilized by RBP Fragile X Mental Retardation protein‐ 1 (FXR1) in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). We find that FXR1controls the expression of a subset of mature miRNAs, including a highly expressed oncogenic miR301a‐3p in HNSCC cells. We also observed that FXR1 controls the stability of miR301a‐3p by blocking 3′ to 5′ exoribonuclease activity of Polyribonucleotide Nucleotidyltransferase 1 (PNPT1). The miR301a‐3p is degraded by PNPT1 in the absence of FXR1 in oral cancer cells, and the degradation is rescued in co‐knockdown of FXR1 and PNPT1. Also, our in vitro findings show that FXR1 bound miRNA complex protects miR301a‐3p from PNPT1‐mediated miRNA degradation. This work also reveals that FXR1 knockdown destabilizes miR301a‐3p that degrades p21 mRNA, which leads to an increase in p21 accumulation, which explaining why overexpressed FXR1 and miR301a‐3p in HNSCC display p21 downregulation. Thus, our work illustrates the unique role of FXR1 that is critical for the stability of a subset of mature miRNAs or at least miR301a‐3p to target p21, thereby promoting the growth and proliferation of HNSCC.


In this paper, we will make a comparative study between the novels "The Three-Arched Bridge" (1978) authored by the Albanian writer Ismail Kadare (1936-) and "The Bridge on the Drina" (1945), authored by Bosnian writer Ivo Andric (1892-1974) by elaborating on how myth and history, two key components of these two literary works are two different starting points to them; Kadare begins with the Myth and views History through it, for Andric, history is the starting point whereas myth of sacrifice in the bridge, and the bridge itself is just a structural knot which makes in one the story of four centuries of Bosnia's history. Myth, it is greatest meeting point of these two authors, while history (power, money, etc.), will be pointed out as the issue these two authors have different perspectives, in accordance with their cultural and literary background, and what is more important, in accordance with their artistic genius. DOI: 10.5901/ajis.2016.v5n3s1p193


In the distributed mass storage test,some test nodes may be the situation of depletion of resources even crash,which seriously affects the results of accuracy and credibility.Meanwhile,since there are a large number of database operations on the test platform,MySQL database's performance nust be assessed exactly.To solve the above problems,this paper designs and implements a distributed monitoring management system,it can real-time monitor test nodes and MySQL's performance,provide alarm system as well.The distributed monitoring management system is tested,result shows that the system can reasonably adjust test tasks,allocate system resources and improve overall system's performance.


This paper explores links and gaps between the popular debate over sustainability, neoclassical and endogenous growth theory, and the "natural capitalism" argument. For more information, contact Daphne Greenwood at firstname.lastname@example.com 719-262-4031 In this paper, I explore the links between growth theory, the sustainability debate, and the "natural capitalism" argument. I also point out areas where they are in contradiction with each other. Section I summarizes the modern arguments of traditional neoclassical and the new endogenous growth theories, section II the sustainability debate which has arisen primarily from environmental and social concerns, and section III the "natural capitalism" arguments. In section IV I look at unresolved questions which arise from comparing these three.


This paper is mainly on the analysis of current situation of conservation and exploitation of ancient cultural sites in Hubu Hill of Xuzhou.The major problems are the building density and the loopholes in city management,which reflect that the historical block conservation is by no means a simple sense of protection,it also needs to be brought into the modern life through the improvement of public service facilities,environmental landscape and single building's internal space facilities conditions.The emphasis is put not only on the protection of historical elements and information,but also on the role that it plays in the economic growth.


Objective
To better characterize the clinical and histopathological manifestations, diagnosis and differential diagnosis of epithelioid sarcoma (ES) .

Methods
Clinical data were collected from nine patients with ES diagnosed and treated at the Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College from 2000 to 2014. The clinical and histopathological manifestations, immunophenotype, treatment and prognosis of ES were reviewed retrospectively.

Results
The median age at onset of ES was 34.5 years in these patients, and the average disease duration was 8.3 years. Lesions began on the extremities in 8 patients, and manifested as nodules, ulceration and lymphedema. Histopathological examination showed that tumor cells mainly consisted of spindle cells and epithelioid cells, some of which were in a palisade arrangement with central necrosis. Cytokeratin, epithelial membrane antigen (EMA) and vimentin were coexpressed by tumor cells. Recurrence was observed at the original site in 6 patients after lesion resection, and pulmonary metastasis occurred in 4 patients. Five patients were followed up and two of them died of pulmonary metastasis.

Conclusions
Local recurrence is frequent in patients with ES after lesion removal. Lymph node and pulmonary metastases of ES are common, and pulmonary metastasis is usually associated with a poor prognosis.

Key words:
Sarcoma; Pathologic processes; Skin manifestations


Simulation software is one of the crucial parts in digital signal processing education. Most of the subject relies on mathematics of digital signals that is absolutely abstract. Simulation software helps to predict and visualize the result. However most of the software available today is focused on the scientific result and usually is large and expensive that makes them hard to be integrated with lecture slides, websites or other course materials. This problem can be solved by a lightweight interactive simulation software that is much more compact but provides more convenient way of simulating fundamental concepts. This work proposes the design of block diagram style interactive simulation for digital signal processing. The work covers the algorithm and the object-oriented design of the simulation core that can be used as a backend system for any block diagram simulation software. The design can be implemented in any object-oriented programming language and provides high flexibility in applying to a frontend software. Although this work mainly focused on the algorithm idea and object-oriented designs, the prototype software has been written in c sharp programming language as a proof-of-concept with the result that, the prototyping software can work correctly according to the design.


Ab initio molecular orbital calculations have been performed for the assignment of vacuum ultraviolet photoabsorption spectra of SiH4 and Si2H6. Strong peaks in the absorption spectra are primarily due to Rydberg transitions of the Si–H and Si–Si bonding electrons to the 4s, 4p, and 4d orbitals. Substantial contributions of the valence excitations are revealed.