Objective To discuss the surgery method of giant cerebral aneurysms.Methods Including 3 of ophthalmic artery aneurysm and 2 of middle cerebral artery aneurysm with diameter 2.0~3.5 cm,five cases demonstrated bleeding before surgery Foley's tube with trochar was inserted into internal carotid artery,and was engorged to obstruct bloodstream temporary when the aneurysm was partly exposed.Results All have good results except contralateral hemiplegia in 1 middle cerebral artery aneurysm,and recovered after training.Conclusions Obstructing bloodstream with Foley's tube and reversed sucking combined with microsurgery technique can decrease intra-aneurysm pressure,and provide an utility method for giant aneurysm management.


In the aftermath of the report following the inquiry, led by Michael Redfern QC, into the removal of children's organs and body parts without parental consent at Alder Hey and other children's hospitals, the whole culture of the NHS is now poised for radical change (Department of Health (DoH), 2001).


Y-Ba-Cu-O thin films were deposited on (001) MgO using pulsed laser deposition. The films are granular with the {ital c} axis normal to the surface and the {ital a}-{ital b} axes locked into several preferred orientations. The grain sizes range from a few hundred to a few thousand nanometers. The misorientation of the Y-Ba-Cu-O grains with respect to the MgO could be predicted by a modified version of the coincident site lattice theory, where near coincidence as opposed to exact coincidence is sought. The resulting boundaries between adjacent Y-Ba-Cu-O grains were found to be dominated by four types of low-energy boundaries, namely, low-angle, special crystallographic, near special crystallographic, and high-angle noncrystallographic boundaries. The critical current observed in this material is as high as 5{times}10{sup 5} A cm{sup {minus}2} at 77 K and is believed to be a result of clean, low-energy boundaries with a high density of connected Cu-O-Cu bonds in adjacent Y-Ba-Cu-O grains.


Three 'new' polymorphic loci in the brown trout (Salmo trutta L.) was detected using starch gel electrophoresis. Evidence for simple Mendelian inheritance at all three loci are presented.


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In order to explore variation characteristics of related parameters of corrosion acoustic emission signalsꎬ experiment was carried out with a common vertical metal storage tank as research object to study characteristics of its acoustic emission source for corrosion. Thenꎬ a safety evaluation model based on BP neural network was establishedꎬ and case study of its application was carried out. The results show that acoustic emission activity and intensity will change along with severity of corrosion reactionꎬ and wave forms of corrosion signals in different periods of corrosion activity will exhibit three typesꎬ continuousꎬ abrupt and hybrid types with its frequencies mainly concentrating between 20-60 kHz. The output of BP neural network model is consistent with actual evaluation resultsꎬ which proves its feasibility and effectiveness.


Despite the great importance of the economic, administrative and political fundamentals of state-building, many countries, including Iraq, suffer from the weakness of the mentioned fundamentals. Hence, the research adopted the scientific methodology to analyze the subject by setting the conceptual and applied frameworks based on several hypothesis, including that the economic and administrative fundamentals have a significant role, even it determines the level of state –building and the levels of these fundamentals mentioned in Iraq are very weak, which made the level of state-building in Iraq very weak.
This research reached several conclusions confirming the validity of the hypothesis among them is that there is a significant relationship between the above-mentioned fundamentals and state-building through international indicators for this field. The level of good governance in Iraq reached (8.9%) in 2017 and it is among the unstable countries and rank (3) globally in terms of instability and lack of peace as well as among the failed countries ranking (11) globally.


George Weber was among the first to recognize that extensive metabolic changes must underlie the unbridled proliferation of cancer cells 1. His molecular correlation hypothesis postulated that a defined set of key "pace-maker" enzymes are stringently linked to neoplastic transformation and progression, and that inhibition of these enzymes would provide an effective strategy for chemotherapy. Weber's subsequent discovery that inosine 5′-monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPDH) is amplified in tumors and rapidly proliferating tissues provided the foundation for drug design targeting this enzyme 2. Though yet to achieve much success in the cancer arena, IMPDH inhibitors are now widely used in immunosuppressive and antiviral chemotherapy, and IMPDH may also be a target for antimicrobial drugs.

Clinical relevance aside, IMPDH is a fascinating enzyme. It traverses several conformations while catalyzing two different chemical transformations, utilizing unusual chemical strategies to promote each reaction. Monovalent cations such as K+ activate IMPDH, possibly by acting as a molecular lubricant to facilitate these conformational changes. The biology of IMPDH also displays some surprising twists. IMPDH binds nucleic acids and is associated with polyribosomes 3-6, though the physiological role of this interaction also has not yet been elucidated. Perhaps most intriguing is the discovery that mutations in IMPDH are associated with hereditary retinal disease 7-9. These mutations cluster to a subdomain that is not required for enzymatic activity, and the function of this subdomain is currently under debate.

This article will review recent work on the biochemistry of IMPDH, integrating structure, function and inhibition. Earlier reviews on this topic include references 10-12. Several more focused reviews have addressed IMPDH as a drug target for immunosuppressive 13, cancer 14,15, antiviral 16 and antimicrobial chemotherapy 17, specific classes of IMPDH inhibitors 18, advances in structure and mechanism 19 and the role of IMPDH in retinal disease 20,21. The reader is also directed to a collection of papers from the 2000 meeting, Inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase: a major therapeutic target 22.


We report the experimental demonstration of deeply subwavelength far-field optical microscopy of unlabeled samples. We beat the ∼λ/2 diffraction limit of conventional optical microscopy several times over by recording the intensity pattern of coherent light scattered from the object into the far-field. We retrieve information about the object with a deep learning neural network trained on scattering events from a large set of known objects. The microscopy retrieves dimensions of the imaged object probabilistically. Widths of the subwavelength components of the dimer are measured with a precision of λ/10 with the probability higher than 95% and with a precision of λ/20 with the probability better than 77%. We argue that the reported microscopy can be extended to objects of random shape and shall be particularly efficient on object of known shapes, such as found in routine tasks of machine vision, smart manufacturing, and particle counting for life sciences applications.


Public and political awareness of emerging infectious diseases is growing, as animal and human health specialists work closer together to avert potential outbreaks.


Many companies, especially those that own critical infrastructure (CI), must prepare processes to cope with serious incidents before they happen. Conventional safety countermeasures already developed a priori to deal with expected problems, such as machinery malfunction, natural disasters and human errors. Field operators also are well trained against such problems. In recent years, however, cyberattacks have emerged as a 'clear and present danger' and have rendered CI uncertain and unsafe through industrial control systems (ICSs). Thus, CI owners should now prepare countermeasures to ensure the safety and security of ICSs. Unfortunately, responding to situations without experience and developing adequate countermeasures is a difficult challenge. A certain resilience must be developed that gives the actors the ability to flexibly cope with a crisis and quickly recover to a safer state. In CI systems, field operators are the most important element for dynamically managing ICS emergency response. In this paper, the authors would like to discuss the following two problems: 1. Simultaneous achievement framework of safety and security in ICSs 2. Personnel training methodology based on the above framework Also, we present an illustrative example of the proposed framework and methods based on exercises in which almost 200 CI personnel and security experts participated.


This study aimed to examine factors that affect to capital structure policy on manufacturing companies in Indonesia Stock Exchange.By concept factors that determine capital structure can be divided into two factors, Macroeconomics and Microeconomics.Macroeconomic factors are factors that Unconrtollable which in this study proxied by Inflation, Interest Rates and Economic Growth.Microeconomic factors are factors that can be controlled, in this study proxied by profitability, company size, Intangible Assets and Retained Earnings. Statistical test results showed that all indicators Macroeconomic factors influence capital structure policy, while indicators Microeconomic factors, not all affecting capital structure. Keywords: Capital Structure, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics.


probcalc calculates the probability mass function for the discrete binomial and Poisson distributions and the probability density function for the continuous normal distribution. Output is written to the display in a format useful for learning probability calculations.


Abstract— White sulfate veins are a very well‐known petrological feature of the chemically primitive CI1 carbonaceous chondrites. Sulfate veins were first described in the Orgueil meteorite in 1961, almost one century after its fall. However, we have observed such veins to form easily during typical sample storage. We suggest that all CI1 sulfate veins formed during the terrestrial residence of these heavily brecciated, porous stones. Reacting with atmospheric water, sulfates originally present in the meteorites dissolved and remobilized, and/or sulfides oxidised, filling the many open spaces offered to them by the very porous rock. Sulfate veins in CI1 chondrites can no longer be used as evidence of a late‐stage oxidation event in the CI1 parent body, or of centimeter‐scale fluid transport on the parent asteroid.


Summary: Talk a blue streak! (American idiom that could be understood as "talking non-stop") whose general objective is to strengthen oral communication skills in English in last-grade students at public schools in Bogota, through the analysis of the film Mr. Nobody. Therefore, to achieve the proposed objective, an interactive website was created where students can establish sub-themes not only academic but scientific such as the various theories of causality, semiotic analysis in cinema and advertising


This study addresses the appropriate d 3 values for constructing range control charts (R-charts) when the distributions of the processes are the uniform, triangular, exponential, and Erlang. Comparisons of the range charts are based on Type I error probabilities obtained using simulations. The results reveal that inappropriate use of the d 3 values strongly affected the performance of the R-charts. Practitioners should be more careful in selecting suitable coefficients when using R-charts methods to process data. The distribution of the processes must be examined before the coefficients are chosen.


The need for a system of high-quality mentoring during students' teaching practice, which takes place on the basis of educational institutions is substantiated. The views of various researchers on the concept of mentoring, as well as on the personality qualities that a teacher-mentor should have, are summarized. The experience of organizing teaching practice for the period 2018–2020 is analyzed. On the example of real situations, negative moments in the work of both teacher-mentor and the staff and administration of educational institutions were identified.


While its effects on human health are still debated, monosodium glutamate (MSG) has been widely used globally for at least five decades. Since there are no reliable biomarkers of MSG consumption in human, the monitoring of harmful effects of MSG intake on human health is not feasible. We aim to investigate the kidney and urinary metabolic profiles of MSG consumption in animals. Adult male Wistar rats were assigned into 4 groups, including receiving water with 1 g% MSG added, 0.34 g% NaCl added, 2.4 g% NaHCO3 and normal drinking water. Urine chemistries were analyzed before and after 2 weeks of MSG‐treatment. Urinary metabolic profile was determined after MSG supplementation using NMR technique. Kidney tissue were also investigated for ion‐exchanger genes expression including its metabolites. The results revealed that the MSG‐ and alkaline‐treated groups had significantly higher levels of urine pH, urine sodium and bicarbonate compared to controls. This corresponds to the lower expression of ion‐exchanger genes (CAII, NBC1, and AE1) involved in bicarbonate reabsorption in kidney of MSG‐ and alkaline‐treated groups compared to controls. The kidney metabolic profile of MSG and control groups were also investigated. We found that trimethylamine had significantly higher level in MSG group, whereas the higher levels of pyridoxine found in controls. In conclusion, MSG‐treated rats are able to induce alkaline urine, reduce bicarbonate reabsorption and generate the urinary metabolic profiles similar to that of alkali supplemented animals. Moreover, the urinary and kidney metabolomics revealed that there is a connection between the uremic toxin and MSG consumption in rats.


Two provenance experiments with Norway spruce in Slovakia were used to reveal trends in the behaviour of provenances after their transfer. Regressions between the average height and survival of provenances and the differences between the geographic and selected climatic characteristics of the place of origin and provenance plots were significant for most of the characteristics tested. Data from the experiment with Polish and Slovak provenances from 1972 indicated that transfer into warmer regions with a longer vegetation period results in improved height growth and survival, with the exception of survival at initial stages. The experiment from 1964 with a broader altitudinal range of provenance plots, but with unadjusted latest measurements at individual plots available, revealed the best height growth of Slovak Norway spruce provenances after their transfer to sites with the mean annual temperature approximately 1°C higher and with the vegetation period 12 days longer than at places of origin. Transfer into lower altitudes, a warmer climate and a longer vegetation period improved survival. In both experiments, transfer to areas with increased rainfall had a negative effect on growth, which is probably associated with the fact that provenances are not able to exploit additional precipitation for the growth in areas with a colder climate and a shorter vegetation period. Additional key words: breeding, global warming, adaptation Address: D. Krajmerová*, D. Gömöry, Technical University in Zvolen, Forestry Faculty, T.G. Masaryka 24, 960 53 Zvolen, Slovakia; R. Longauer, M. Pacalaj, National Forest Centre – Forest Research Institute, T.G. Masaryka 22, 960 92 Zvolen, Slovakia, *e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


Integrated fuzzy logarithm preference programming proposed by the paper can be used to treat AHP and ANP problem effectively and reliably. The method improves FPP defects, such as comparative matrix is treated one by one and weight generated by upper triangular judgment of matrix is different from that by lower triangular judgment. In the five examples, the result shows because of extra constraint, FPP method makes upper triangular judgment and lower triangular judgment obtain priority and ordering discrepancy. Because upper triangular judgment provides the same information as lower triangular judgment, priority will also be the same. The proposed method of using multiplicative constraints can obtain the same priority and ordering; moreover, through multi-objective programming, the proposed method can solve all comparative matrixes at the same time while their complexity is not related to the number of comparative matrixes. Introduction Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) [1] has been widely applied to multi-criteria decision making to measure visible and invisible criteria; AHP aims to decompose decision-making process into hierarchical structure and supposes that different hierarchical criteria are independent from each other. However, when the method is used to judge interval, inconsistent problem will appear, making it difficult to generate weight value [2]. Literature [3] proposes Lexicographic Orderings Goal Programming (LOGP), using deviation variables in AHP interval to solve inconsistent problem. Literature [4] proposes Fuzzy Preference Programming (FPP), obtaining clear priority from intervals or fuzzy comparative matrix by means of introducing tolerance parameter, but because weight is generated by extra constraints in FPP, different priorities and orderings [5] will be obtained from upper and lower triangular judgments. Fuzzy preference programming model FPP is used to treat fuzzy comparative matrix, especially those inconsistent fuzzy matrixes. Assumed that { } ij A a =  represents pairing fuzzy comparative matrix with n criteria.


This paper studied on the basic properties of chemical sludge, recovered the iron ions from acidification, and then discussed the recovery production. The experiment results showed that the recovery of ferric salt and the decrement of the total solid could reach 74.8%, 87.3% respectively, after acidizing 20 minutes . The sludge production and secondary pollution would be reduced by this treatment, in addition, the recovery ferric salt can be used on treating pulping wastewater, and the coagulation result is quite consistent with using industrial polymeric ferric sulfate, thereby reducing water treatment cost, having certain economical significance.


Abstract Examination of testes of 14 species and strains of Heliothis and Helicoverpa , including those from F 1 and backcross males resulting from the hybridization of Heliothis subflexa females × H. virescens males and backcross males from a Helicoverpa assulta × H. zea cross, revealed the presence of virus-like particles (VLPs) in eupyrene spermatocyst cells. A moderate to high correlation (53-98%) between deformed eupyrene sperm and the presence of VLPs existed in some of the groups, while in others, the correlation was much lower (11-44%). A consistent feature among the three groups of F 1 testes and the first backcross generation (BC 1 ) involving the H. viresceus × H. subflexa cross was the multiple-tailed nature of eupyrene sperm. In later generations of backcrossing (BC 126-130 and BC 168-170 ), deformation of the sperm mitochondrial derivative was the predominant form of sperm abnormality. Virus-like particles were found in the nuclei of apyrene spermatocyst cells as well as in several other cell types within the testis. Comparison of Heliothis VLPs with those from a wild-type strain of Drosophila melanogaster showed much similarity. The widespread occurrence of VLPs in testes from various geographical locations, their presence in laboratory strains as well in native moths, their association with chromatin within the nucleus, and their similarity with Drosophila VLPs suggest that the particles are transposable elements similar to the copia -like family of retrotransposons of Drosophila and other organisms.


Practicum is perceived by both student teachers and practising teachers to be vitally important in the process oflearning to teach. However, as student enrolments into early childhood courses rise, there seems to be an almost corresponding fall in the number of early childhood teachers offering to accept student teachers for practicum. In beginning to investigate the reason for this critical situation, I found, besides the many legitimate calls on teachers' time, and the numerous stressors affecting their teaching, that there was also a critical shortage of professional development opportunities for early childhood teachers. The seed was thus sown - could practicum provide an opportunity for host teachers to learn and develop professionally? If this were possible, teachers might accept student teachers more readily.

Two main issues influenced and consequently determined the direction the study assumed. Firstly, that teachers should be worked 'with' rather than 'on' in research projects, and secondly, that professional development should be a personal journey of learning and growth. The study set out to describe and document the learning and growth which occurred for five early childhood teachers working in five diverse settings (child care, community kindergarten, State preschool, State primary school and an alternative setting), as they hosted a final year student teacher for practicum. While constructivist theory guided the study, Weissglass's (1991) model for educational change provided the framework for considering the possibility of practicum being an avenue for host teachers' professional development.

To ensure that the essence of the complex and dynamic interactions of practicum was captured, qualitative methodology was employed, as this allowed for maximum flexibility of data gathering techniques. Insight into host teachers' learning and growth was gained through the use of reflective journals, telephone conversations and focus group meetings. Knowledge and understanding gleaned through these processes were gathered and recorded as case studies.

All five host teachers gained professionally from the practicum experience, particularly from the professional dialogues which occurred, but also from maintaining a reflective journal. All four teachers working with children on a daily basis continued to regularly reflect on their teaching in written form. Furthermore, host teachers gained professionally from the discussions with the researcher and with the other host teachers (Focus Groups).

This study confirmed what the literature has been saying about both the relative isolation of early childhood teachers, and the need for relevant professional development opportunities. Practicum with a final year student teacher has the potential to reduce this isolation, and to stimulate learning and growth, particularly if the practicum experience is combined with an opportunity to meet with other host teachers. The establishment of local educative communities based on practicum will :further enhance host teachers' professional development. These learning communities, known as PINGs (Practicum Integrating Network Groups) will also provide the collegial networks, the need for which was identified in this study.


The alpha-skew-normal distributions is suggested by Elal-Olivero in (4). In this paper, we modified this distribution to a generalized alpha-skew- normal distribution. Some properties of GASN are investigated.


The state of the art of polymeric materials in solar thermal applications is reviewed in IEASHC Task 39. The present status with regard to solar thermal collectors is summarized. Examples of favourable solar heating system- and solar collector designs of polymeric materials are illustrated. Overheating protection opens for the application of commodity plastics in glazed collectors. Various absorber types are compared from a polymer-engineering point of


The Peaks of Lyell. By Geoffrey Blainey. Victoria, Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1954; New York, Cambridge University Press, 1955. Pp. x + 310. $5.00. "This," the author states, "is the history of the Mt. Lyell Mining and Railway Company — the first, the last, and the dominant company on a great Australian copperfield," a Tasmanian company which for over 40 of the 56 years from 1898 to 1953 was also the leading Australian copper producer. The above will interest the student of economic and industrial history in general and of mining and Australian history in particular. The business historian will be particularly impressed by the prefatory statement: "To the best of my knowledge Mt. Lyell is the first company in Australia to make available all its records for historical research," and by the acknowledgment both of financial assistance and of freedom of interpretation. "Most of the evidence . . . ," the author further states, "comes from the private records of the Mt. Lyell Company." Since they are "not open to public perusal," footnotes have been dispensed with. The bibliography, however, is carefully divided and subdivided according to periods and types of material and many items are individually described. The omission of specific references to company records can more easily be justified than the failure to footnote public sources. Word-of-mouth information obviously added color and life, but although such informants are listed their specific contributions are not indicated. The Mt. Lyell copper field was, not unusually, a by-product of the quest for another mineral. The goldseekers who discovered Mt. Lyell in 1883 soon lost it to other somewhat more sophisticated prospectors, who in turn were forced in 1891 to sell a controlling interest to a group of mainland pastoralists who had struck it rich at Broken Hill, and whose American metallurgist encouraged their buying into Mt. Lyell for its copper — not its gold — prospects. The Broken Hill group and directors chosen by it have retained control of the successive Mt. Lyell companies ever since, although as early as 1902 the group owned less than 5 per cent of the stock. The other important element in the present-day company was North Lyell, organized by a disgruntled member of the older investor group, which in 1903 participated fifty-fifty in the stock of the New Mt. Lyell Mining & Railway Company. "What," the reader will ask, "were the chief factors in this company's success?" One, where prospecting is concerned, is always Luck. Another is Capital — usually forthcoming when Luck manifests itself. But these indispensable factors are by no means all-sufficient. Luck was obviously with North Lyell when in 1897, after an unscrupulous and successful propaganda campaign for raising capital in Britain, its roadbuilders accidentally discovered the richest mine in Tasmania! And yet North Lyell never paid an operating dividend. Mt. Lyell's ore, on the contrary, was comparatively poor and scanty, yet in 1897 its shares, which in 1892 had cost only 2s each, were selling at £16.10s. The missing factor was Management. North Lyell, largely British-owned, was remotely and ineffectively controlled from London and its Australian man-


A kind of a convolutional coded data having error-correcting Reed-Solomon types of data such as C1 / C2 (such as digital video signal) decoded digital signal and a digital signal decoder comprising the decoder of the reproducing apparatus. The decoder detects the encoded data stored in the first memory of the correctable error, the error detected position is determined in the encoded data, and provides error correction format corresponding to those; error position stored in the second memory and an error correction format; format using the error correction decoding in the second memory corresponding to the error position is read out encoded data from the first memory to produce corrected decoded data.


Open Computer Numerical Control system (Open CNC) based on PC and the Windows operating system has been a major developing direction and a research focus of the current numerical control technology. At present, there have been all kinds of the Open CNC systems with high-speed and precision servo control boards, but they are too expensive. Therefore, developing an economical and practical motion controller is great significant for middle and small numerical control system


As a natural successor of the information criteria AIC and ABIC, information criteria for the Bayes models were developed by evaluating the bias of the log likelihood of the predictive distribution as an estimate of its expected log-likelihood. Considering two specific situations for the true distribution, two information criteria, PIC1 and PIC2 are derived. Linear Gaussian cases are considered in details and the evaluation of the maximum a posteriori estimator is also considered. By a simple example of estimating the signal to noise ratio, it was shown that the PIC2 is a good approximation to the expected log-likelihood in the entire region of the signal to noise ratio. On the other hand, PIC1 performs good only for the smaller values of the variance ratio. For illustration, the problems of trend estimation and seasonal adjustment are considered. Examples show that the hyper-parameters estimated by the new criteria are usually closer to the best ones than those by the ABIC.


Objectives: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of intravenous FCM & ferrous sucrose with oral iron in postpartum anaemic women. Study design: Random, prospective, interventional. Material and Methods: The study was conducted in the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, J.N.Medical College, AMU, Aligarh. A total of 90 postpartum anaemic women with haemoglobin < 10gm were assigned randomly to receive inj Ferric Carboxymaltose, oral iron or inj sucrose. Changes in haemoglobin and ferrritin level were measured and analyzed among the groups using ANOVA and paired t –test. Results: A statistically significant increase in Haemoglobin and ferritin level was observed in all the three groups but maximum increase was observed in inj FCM group followed by inj Sucrose and Oral iron group .Mean increase in Haemoglobin in inj Ferric Carboxymaltose group was 2.157 ±.475 gm/dl followed by inj sucrose 1.221 ±.576 gm/dl and oral iron 0.609±.237 gm/dl at 2 week. At 6 week increase in Haemoglobin were 4.737±.994gm/dl, 3.478 ±.799 gm/dl and 2.881±.752 gm/dl respectively in inj Ferric Carboxymaltose ,inj Sucrose, oral iron. Mean increase in serum ferritin were also significant in all the three groups both at 2 and 6 weeks, but maximum increase was seen in inj FCM. Mean increase in serum ferritin level at 2 weeks were 184.483±51.746 μ/l,93.275±26.972μ/l & 2.231±3.466μ/dl and at 6 week were 150.223±41.927μ/l, 75.489±25.586 μ/l and 31.940±7.177μ/dl respectively for inj Ferric Carboxymaltose, inj sucrose and oral iron. Conclusion: Haemoglobin and serum ferritin level increases fastest with Inj. Ferric Carboxymaltose followed by inj sucrose and oral iron.


© 2004 Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia Published by Blackwell Publishing, 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford, OX4 2DQ, UK and 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148, USA Blackwell Publishing, Ltd. Oxford, UK EPAT ducational Philosophy and Theory 0013-1857 © 2004 Phi osophy of E ucation Society of Australasia September 2004 36 4 riginal Article D te rit ri izat ons Juli Al a Deterritorializations: Putting postmodernism to work on teacher education and inclusion


Ground penetrating radar (GPR) is a suitable tool for detection of landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO).
Hence it is considered as a complementing sensor since nearly two decades. However, most GPRs operate in
very close distance to ground in a rather punctual method of slow scanning an area of interest. In contrast, synthetic
aperture radar (SAR) is a technique allowing fast and laminar stand-off investigation of an area. However,
the use of a ground-based SAR system for buried object detection generates new requirements on the whole system
setup, the radar hardware, the image processing algorithms, and the motion compensation. Facing these
challenges this paper describes relevant requirements of a field-tested vehicle-based SAR system. Representative
measurement results are shown.


Introduction Classroom management is a crucial issue for an effective teaching process. Proper management of a classroom requires much effort, and most of the responsibility lies with the teacher (Marzano, Marzano & Pickering, 2003). In the literature, classroom management appears to be a challenging issue not only for novice teachers but also for experienced teachers (Laut, 1999; Rosas & West, 2009; Sokal, Smith, & Mowat, 2003). Although teachers state that classroom management is an essential factor for successful teaching, they have difficulty in explaining what it means (Bosch, 2006). According to Ming-tok and Wai-shing (2008), classroom management is providing a learning-friendly environment in which students learn with pleasure, and the teacher


This study was aimed at characterizing transportation access by incorporating the Street Smart Walk Score®. This was done by conducting an assessment of common measures of street design, street network design, land use, and Street Smart Walk Score®, and their impact on travel behavior. The overall goal was to better characterize the built environment in order to assess how the built environment might affect mode choice for active transportation and health outcomes.


Objective:To discuss the advantage of Atrial Septal Defect closure in beating heart with normothermic extracorporeal circulation.Methods:To accomplish closure of Atrial Septal Defect using normothermic extracorporeal circulation.Results:5 patients are healed.Conclusions:Intracardiac operations performed in beating heart appears to be simple.The time of extracorporeal circulation is shortened.After operation low cardiac output syndrome is also avoided.This operation is deserved to be used widely. [


Anxiety is one of the most important usual disorders in human communities which cause many other diseases. Considering numerous side effects of tranquilizers and anti-anxiety chemical drugs, people tend to use herbal drugs to treat anxiety disorders increasingly. Current study was carried out to compare the effects of hop's hydro alcoholic extract and diazepam on reducing the anxiety of laboratory mice. Sixty female mice from the weight range of 25-30 gram were divided into six groups (control, anxiety, diazepam and 50, 100 and 200 mg extract doses). Anxiety was enforced using dark box and measured using plus elevated maze. Elapsed time and the number of presence in open arms for five minutes were recorded as anxiety indices. Obtained data were analyzed using variance analysis tests. Results showed that extract in all doses increased average open arm time and movement activity in proportion to anxiety group. According to results, hop extract in all dosed could reduce the anxiety and acted like diazepam. Therefore, it is recommended as a replacement for diazepam.


The nature of consciousness and its place in the world of science has received much attention in scientific and popular literature in the current century. This has stimulated numerous studies in the form of various projects in diverse specialized fields which have turned the study of this elusive phenomenon into an ever-evolving discipline of mainly metaphysical and subjective nature. There is, however, an emerging new school of thought on Consciousness that is founded entirely on a new and paradigm-shifting definition and function of Consciousness which offers objective, recordable empirical observation with measurable and reproducible results.


SIR, In the literature dealing with the date of the Last Supper, to which our attention was recalled by Dr Vincent Taylor in the February number of THEOLOGY, I do not remember having seen the: one argument which seems to me decisive in favour of Mark's date. The Passover Meal had to be eaten inside the city of Jerusalem after 6 p.m. (cp. Vincent Taylor on Mark 14. 13). Now from Mark II. II and 19, we should suppose that during the week immediately before the Passover, Jesus was not lodging in the city at night. Indeed we are told, and 14. 3-g confirms this, that he was lodging at Bethany. The reasons for his lodging outside the city are doubtless the difficulty of getting lodgings in the city at this time, the fact that he had friends in Bethany, and also the obvious danger of being in the city with its narrow streets at night. Jesus had no intention of being assassinated by some unknown hand. If he was to die he must die as the rejected Messiah. Now, if Jesus was spending his nights outside the city, there could be nothing to bring him inside the city walls after dark, except the Passover meal itself. The story of Mark 14. 12-16 shows the precautions Jesus took to avoid his presence in the city being known before he had accomplished the whole of his purpose. Indeed, if the Last Supper was not the Passover, it can only be said that this story is a complete invention. Any meal other than the Passover, Jesus could have eaten at Bethany or elsewhere without endangering his life in the city at night. No answer is given here to the numerous difficulties in Mark's dating, but I submit I can see no way of getting round this particular point.


Here we present investigations on utilizing two kinds of plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs) to enhance the efficiency of dye sensitized solar cells (DSCs). The Au@PVP NPs is proposed and present the specialty of adhesiveness to dye molecules, which could help to localize additional dye molecules near the plasmonic NPs, hence increasing the optical absorption consequently the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of the DSCs by 30% from 3.3% to 4.3%. Meanwhile, an irregular Au-Ag alloy popcorn-shaped NPs (popcorn NPs) with plenty of fine structures is also proposed and realized to enhance the light absorption of DSC. A pronounced absorption enhancement in a broadband wavelength range is observed due to the excitation of localized surface plasmon at different wavelengths. The PCE is enhanced by 32% from 5.94% to 7.85%.


This paper describes efforts at Gulf Science and Technology Company (GS and TC) to estimate the economics of underground coal gasification (UCG) to manufacture synthetic fuels. The procedure used by process economist generally involves: (1) preparing a conceptual flowsheet based on laboratory or pilot plant data; (2) calculating material and energy balances; (3) sizing major pieces of equipment; (4) estimating the investment, and (5) developing the economics including cost of raw materials, utilities and other operating costs as well as capital related items. The cost engineers come up with the following suggestions to the experimenters for guiding their research: (1) first of all, and most importantly, the economics look very promising compared to aboveground coal gasification; (2) oxygen derived products of UCG appear to be the most economical; experimentation should ultimately be oriented toward oxygen injection; the economics are very sensitive to the rate of oxygen consumption; (3) the economics look most promising for thick seamed coals; (4) the economics are sensitive to gas leakage so that research should be conducted to either minimize or, preferably, to eliminate leakage.


One of the very useful techniques in Image Processing is the 2D Gaussian Filter, especially when smoothing images. However, the implementation of a 2D Gaussian Filter requires heavy computational resources, and when it comes down to real-time applications, efficiency in the implementation is vital. Floating-point math represents an obstacle for this, as its implementation requires a large amount of computational power in order to achieve real-time image processing. On the other hand, a fixed-point approach is much more suitable; implementation of a 2D Gaussian Filter in FPGA using fixed-point arithmetic provides efficiency in the processing and reduction in computational costs. The purpose of this study is to present the FPGA resource usage for different sizes of Gaussian Kernel; to provide a comparison between fixed-point and floating point implementations; and to define the amount of bits are necessary to use in order to have a Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) below 5%.


Broadcast application of pyrazosulfuron-ethyl at 15 g ha−1 mixed with sand at 150 kg ha−1 was effective to control weeds in rice nursery and resulted in significantly lower weed density, weed dry weight and higher rice seedlings biomass without any phytotoxic effect on rice seedlings.


Publications dealing with the physical and chemical characteristics of the urine in the new-born period date from 1864. They are most common in the German literature of last century. In some instances the observations are incomplete while in others they are obviously inaccurate. In general, these shortcomings arise from the difficulty of collecting the specimens of urine. Many ingenious methods of collecting urine from infants and young children are on record and a close search of the literature reveals over forty references to the subject. The apparatus in use in the present investigation consists of two parts, the one a urinal and the other an electrical signalling device.


A firearm with a fire control system is provided to improve the convenience of the user and to input the information even though the user does not lift the shooting posture. A firearm comprises a fire control system(20), and an information input unit(10). The specification which the fire control system requests is inputted through the information input unit. The information input unit is arranged at the gripping position of the hand where the information input unit does not catch a trigger. It is smaller than the sum of the trigger(L3) and the contact eye bandage distance(L2) that the distance between an arms(30) and a gunstock(33). The contact eye bandage distance is distance to a contact eye unit(25) of the fire control system from the gunstock. The trigger distance is the distance between the trigger from the gunstock. The information input unit is arranged in the tip end part of a fire body side lower end of a gunbarrel cover(32).


Mechanical properties of wood are important indicators to reflect its comprehensive utilization value.How to predict these indicators fast and use wood better,is always troubled with related workers.Based on the common material of wooden structures-Korean pine and larch,the article tested mechanical properties of them respectively with micro-drilling resistance meter and stress wave tester,and compared the results with those tested by the traditional mechanical tester.It was found that both the two methods are suitable for quick evaluation of mechanical properties of wooden component.The micro-drilling resistance method is more suitable for measurement of mechanical properties of larch materials such as bending modulus,compressive strength and bending strength,while the stress wave is more suitable for the estimation of the bending modulus and bending strength of the Korean pine materials.


There appears to be exponential growth in the number of micro-satellites being built, but because of the high cost of launch services, few of these micro-satellites are being launched. The only practical avenue open to get these smaller payloads launched is as secondary payloads. As is often the case with hitchhikers, they have a desired destination, but are usually dropped off short of that destination. SpaceDev is developing a family of small and inexpensive micro-kick motors, with a varying degree of capabilities, to help facilitate these small payloads getting to a satisfactory destination. The technology used is safe, simple and scalable.


Subduction earthquakes along the Nankai Trough can generate significant long-period ground motions in the Osaka, Nobi, and Kanto basins. Accretionary prisms along the Nankai Trough play an important role to excite and prolong long-period ground motions. Yamada and Iwata (2005), Yoshimura e t a l . (2008), and Watanabe e t a l . (2014) reported that accretionary prisms can reduce amplitudes of direct waves and prolong durations of later phases. Goto and Nagano (2013) and Watanabe and Kato (2013) implied that the source location can control accretionary prism effects. Three-dimensional velocity structure models have been constructed for ground motion simulations in Japan. However, these models contain a larger uncertainty at the ocean region rather than the land region. There are only a few studies to validate S-wave velocity structure models, which affect seismic waves significantly. To evaluate precisely accretionary prism effects on long-period ground motions, we should take into account not only the uncertainty of velocity structure models but also the source diversity of subduction earthquakes. Furthermore, it is important to discuss accretionary prism effects in different frequency ranges, since long-period ground motions with different dominant periods are excited in the Osaka, Nobi, and Kanto basins. We here performed three-dimensional simulations of long-period ground motions for the event ( M w 7.2) that occurred off the Kii peninsula at 10:07 on 5 September 2004 (UT), to clarify the variation of accretionary prism effects resulting from different accretionary prism models. Our simulations used three kinds of velocity structure models that are composed of a different accretionary prism model: (A) the Japan Integrated Velocity Structure Model (Koketsu e t a l . , 2008. 2012); (B) the model where the accretionary prism layer in the Model A is replaced with accretionary prism layers presented by the previous studies as Takahashi e t a l . (2002), Fujiwara e t a l . (2009, 2012), and Tsuji e t a l . (2011, 2014); (C) the model without accretionary prisms by replacing the S-wave velocity with 3.2 km/s. Long-period ground motions simulated for these models were compared in several frequency ranges. A finite element method with voxel meshes (Ikegami e t a l . , 2008) was used for simulations, and topography, ocean water as well as an attenuation with constant Q-value were implemented into the code. The valid frequency range was 0.05-0.3 Hz. We assumed the point source of Yamada and Iwata (2005) and used the source time function of Yagi (2004). We then focused on the dependence of accretionary prism effects on seismic source as pointed out by previous studies, and investigated the performance of accretionary prism effects in terms of source location and rupture propagation effect using the above method and velocity structure models. We assumed several finite source models estimated by the Cabinet Office of Japan (2012). Our simulations suggested that amplitudes of direct waves are not always smaller than those for the model without accretionary prisms, which is not consistent with the previous studies. In the Osaka and Nobi basins, the amplitude of peak ground motions at sites where sedimentary layers are thick is sensitive to the change of accretionary prism models. On the other hand, in the Kanto basin, such sensitivity is not significant and peak ground motions are attenuated because the main arrivals to the Kanto basin propagate through the accretionary prisms. We confirmed a difference in propagation characteristics at the eastern edge of the accretionary prisms between the Models A and B: for the Model B, later phases with periods of 9-12 sec at the Izu peninsula and the Kanto basin have a potential to be developed. We also indicated that the amplification effect of accretionary prisms on later phases is enhanced in the forward direction of rupture propagation for shallow sources located near the trough axis.


User to efficiently store browsing session or a portion thereof, is characterized for it to be shared with other users or the general public are disclosed. Browsing session request and other activities may be transmitted to the intermediate system, which retrieves the requested content, it is possible to store data relating to representation or requested content of the requested content. Stored data, access the browsing session the user is shared at a later point in time, as can be seen substantially browsing session in its entirety, it may be organized as a stored reading sessions. The user is able to access data relating to searching browsing session covalently, made during the browsing session request. In addition, as can data about the client device that is used during viewing sessions that are shared are tracked, to find the browsing session subsequent users are shared based in part on such device characteristics, It may be associated with the shared reading sessions.


The process of pyrite oxidation at the surface of mine waste may produce acidic water that is gradually neutralized as it drains away from the waste, depositing different Fe-bearing secondary minerals in roughly concentric zones that emanate from mine-waste piles. These Fe-bearing minerals are indicators of the geochemical conditions under which they form. Airborne and orbital imaging spectrometers can be used to map these mineral zones because each of these Fe-bearing secondary minerals is spectrally unique. In this way, imaging spectroscopy can be used to rapidly screen entire mining districts for potential sources of surface acid drainage and to detect acid producing minerals in mine waste or unmined rock outcrops. Spectral data from the AVIRIS instrument were used to evaluate mine waste at the California Gulch Superfund Site near Leadville, CO. Laboratory leach tests of surface samples show that leachate pH is most acidic and metals most mobile in samples from the inner jarosite zone and that leachate pH is near-neutral and metals least mobile in samples from the outer goethite zone.


Gina W.L. Chan & Esther C.L. Goh , Journal of Social Work Practice (2013):'My parents told us that they will always treat my brother differently because he is autistic' – Aresiblings of autistic children the forgotten ones?, Journal of Social Work Practice: PsychotherapeuticApproaches in Health, Welfare and the Community, DOI: 10.1080/02650533.2013.844114


Power semiconductor module is one of the critical components affecting the overall performance of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles (HEV/EV). The design of high quality automotive power module is required by customers in the aspects of performance, temperature, reliability, weight, volume and cost etc. Thermal design is generally believed to address these issues by optimizing the thermal resistance (Rth), material combination and cooling solution. In this paper, thermal design of a Dual Sided Cooled (DSC) power module for HEV/EV is investigated. It is proposed that the DSC structure has substantial advantages in performance and volume/weight, but comprehensive design is essential to develop a qualified product. The concept and Rth optimization of the DSC module are investigated, and the thermal measurement on the module prototypes is reported.


Opioid Induced Sleep Disordered Breathing in Sickle Cell Patient
Chronic opioid use is a risk factor for sleep disordered breathing (SDB) like obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), Biot's or ataxic breathing, central sleep apnea and sleep related hypoventilation. Withdrawal of opioids may be the optimal management but it is not always feasible. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy, which is effective treatment for OSA, may not resolve central events. Opioid induced sleep disordered breathing has been described mostly in patients with chronic back pain on narcotics. We present a case of sickle cell disease who is a 37 year old male on short and long acting Morphine presenting with excessive daytime sleepiness, fatigue and memory loss. Baseline nocturnal polysomnography (NPSG) showed central sleep apnea (Biot's breathing) with AHI of 27. After initial failure of CPAP, ASV at IPAPmax/ EPAPmin (inspiratory and expiratory positive airway pressures) of 25/7 cm of H2O with a pressure support setting of 0-15 and auto back-up rate was applied with complete resolution of Biot's breathing and symptoms. This case highlights the increased risk of central sleep apnea induced by opioids in a population with improving life expectancy and chronic use of narcotics. It also adds to the small but growing body of evidence suggesting the beneficial role of ASV in opioid induced sleep disordered breathing where narcotics /opioids cannot be discontinued.


An on-line minicomputer information system which has achieved diverse applicability in the medical environment is presented. The motivations for "total medical information systems" are enumerated. The controversy over large-scale computers versus minicomputers is addressed. The design goals and present capabilities of GEMISCH are discussed, and a survey of present applications is included to attest to the versatility of the system.


This research applies a calibration-free method to estimate the significant wave height $(H_{s})$ using the amplitude of the electromagnetic signal acquired by a coherent on receive X-Band radar that operates in horizontal polarization. The ex-periments were conducted from 8th to 11 th November 2015 at the research platform FINO-3 located in the German Bight of the southern North Sea. Unlike the traditional wave disper-sion based procedure, the proposed method uses other filtering and signal processing techniques to invert the sea surface elevation from the sea clutter radar images. The compari-son of radar-derived $H_{s}$ to in-situ measurements collected by a waver rider buoy resulted in a root mean square error of 0.33 m with a bias of 0.09 m and a correlation coefficient of $r=0.92$. Validation of $H_{s}$ estimates considering the AWAC measurements shows a RMSE of 0.24 m with a bias of 0.18 m and $r=0.96$. Therefore, this calibration free methodol-ogy is very well suited to be applied to X-Band marine radars operated from offshore platforms as well as ships.


Field experience at the Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd) is viewed as a central aspect to our programmes. The proposed chapter will discuss a project that aimed to enhance student teachers' professional development in FE by adopting mobile technology and cloud services. Also, the use of digital forms of FE documents such as TP supervision forms, FE portfolios, and reflective journals enables student teachers and Institute supervisors to build their own e-portfolio for further sharing of their professional practices within and outside the Institute.


The existing hypotheses that describe the nature of ball lightning are analyzed by an approach based on the elementary processes that occur in this lightning. It is shown that the internal energy stored in the ball lightning can be retained in it during the observed time only if this energy is chemical in nature. The chemical reactions and radiation processes that occur in excited air are investigated. It is shown that at reasonable values of the internal energy none of the hypotheses concerning ball lightning can explain the appearance of the surface forces that bring about the spherical shape of the ball lightning.


Association with delinquent peer groups is one of the most salient predictors of delinquent behavior. Despite the widespread documentation of these effects, little is known about whether the delinquent peer effect is conditioned by individual‐level characteristics. Using data from a multi‐wave survey of Mexican‐American adolescents, this study explored the interactive effect of susceptibility to peer influence and differential association with delinquent peers on delinquent outcomes. Results suggested that the delinquent peer effect on self‐reported delinquency is amplified when an adolescent is highly susceptible to peer influence. Analyses also indicated that this moderating effect varies according to offense seriousness. Specifically, the conditioning effect is most important when considering acts of serious delinquency.


The localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) properties are numerically analyzed using finite-difference time domain (FDTD) method, which is a reliable technique in solving Maxwell's equations in dispersive medium. Optical properties and LSPR characteristics were analyzed with Titanium Nitride (TiN) as an adhesion layer at gold(Au)/silver(Ag) interface. The reflection spectra of bimetallic layer nano-holes was compared with various metallic layer thicknesses of Au and Ag, hole radii and lattice period. When compared between single and bimetallic Ag/TiN/Au nano-hole layers, it showed that the layer with 70nm-thick Ag/5nm-thick TiN/50nm-thick Au (Ag70/TiN5/Au50) gave greater LSPR-based sensor performance with narrower plasmonic line width and better full width at half maximum (FWHM). Change in geometrical parameters such as lattice period and hole radii was affected the sensitivity and detection accuracy of Ag70/TiN5/Au50 nano-hole layer, which maximum of 90.9% reflection intensity and minimum of 18nm FWHM were obtained.


An elderly person's admission into a nursing home requires their express consent. If the elderly person has lost his or her capacity, admission requires judicial authorization. The aim of this paper is to analyze the requirements for involuntary placement, taking into account the three judgments of the Constitutional Court of 2016. The constitutional criterion is that the authorization must be prior to entry and, if it has already taken place, it may not be subsequently ratified for failure to comply with the 24-hour deadline and for lack of urgency; authorization must be requested through a capacity modification process. This is contrary to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The paper ends with some thoughts on the role advance directives have on the voluntary admission that becomes involuntary, as the person loses decision-making capacity, and on the subsequent judicial control.


In this paper, data of the particle E received at Wulumuqi, Lanzhou, Beijing, Changchun, Manzhouli, Chongqing, Hainan, Kokubunji, Akita and Yamagawa and the simultaneously observed data of ionosphere, geomagnetism, cosmic rays and TEC are used, to discuss a general picture and character of the event of the particle E during the main phase of the great magnetic storm of sudden commencement only at night on February 7-8, 1986 in the Far East. It is supposed that the particle precipitation may have been the main cause for this event of the particle E and its maximum occurrence is located above 30 degrees of the geomagnetic latitude.


Flexibility in Business Processes is still a challenging issue in research and practice. Performing tasks outside a predefined control flow gains importance in times of dynamic environments, higher employer autonomy, and value-oriented process management. We believe that data science and machine learning can support flexible processes' execution and design by providing assistance. This article sketches an architecture that supports this approach based on a short review of current and past approaches to process modeling and execution.


This paper introduced progress of research into electron donor of diester and diether in the 4th and 5th generations Zeigler-Natta acrylic polymerization catalyst system,simply categorized those electron donors,and analyzed the feature of catalyst regarded as the internal electron donors


0000 Many of us must feel we've been doing 'artistic research' for years— without quite calling it that. Like Moliere's Monsieur Jourdain stumbling over the fact he was indeed speaking prose all along, we too are taken by surprise. Fuss over the subject's 'legitimacy' rumbles on. But it has not stopped doctoral programmes in visual art practice being steadily constituted all over. Whatever we feel about this, we cannot wriggle out of unpacking what we mean by research in contemporary visual art practices and art education.


The paper describes a method of prognosis for the possible development of mixed tick-borne encephalitis and borreliosis based on a comparison of clinical manifestations of the disease and results of laboratory tests.


Taking China and the Republic of Korea(ROK) as the research object,this paper makes an empirical research on the trade barriers of the two countries' economic cooperation with panel data analysis based on the gravity model.


From time to time the Russian Social Science Review devotes an issue to comparative studies (for example, vol. 54, nos. 2 and 3; vol. 55, no. 4) and we do so again in the current issue. Our first selection is an interview with comparative economist Michael Alexeev. One of the topics covered— namely the Russian economy's dependence on raw materials exports and the underdevelopment of other sectors—is of particular interest today given the sustained decline of commodity prices. Alexeev makes clear his view that the best course for Russian economic development would be to create a favorable investment climate: "the government should supply public goods such as observance of the law, infrastructure, and basic education. The rest, I am sure, will take care of itself." The centerpiece of this issue is Ol'ga Karaeva's interesting analysis of data from the International Social Survey Program on people's satisfaction with health-care systems. The systems compared, in addition to Russia's, are grouped as Scandinavian, Western European, liberal (including the United States), post-socialist, and developing. We close the issue with a comparative study of the Faust theme in Mikhail Bulgakov's Master and Margarita, Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus, and an earlier work, Mephisto, by Klaus Mann (Thomas Mann's son). —P.A.K.


For a substitution satisfying the Pisot, irreducible, unimodular condition, a tiling substi‐ tution plays a key role in the construction of Rauzy fractals (see [15, 3 To try extending techniques developed for substitutions to automorphisms, [6] gives the way to construct Rauzy fractals by using tiling substitutions for automorphisms related to hyperbolic companion matri‐ ces of quadratic polynomials. This paper shows application to another class of automorphisms related to continued fraction expansions. §0. Introduction After Rauzy introduced fractal, called Rauzy fractal, as a geometric representation of substitutive dynamical system for a special Pisot, irreducible unimodular substitution in [15], it has been extensively studied (e.g., [3, 11, 14]). In especial, Arnoux and Ito [3] gave a method to construct Rauzy fractals by using tiling substitutions. After that, Arnoux, Berthé, Hilion and Siegel [2] initiated the investigation into automorphisms on free groups. They actually forcused on automorphisms whose iterations, applied to letters, do not give rise to any cancellations of letters. An incidence matrix A_{ $\sigma$} is a linear map associated to an automorphism $\sigma$ by abelianization (for details, see the next section). [6] is devoted to construct stepped surfaces and Rauzy fractals induced from automorphisms on the free group F_{2} of rank 2 whose incidence matrices are the companion matrices of quadratic polynomials x^{2}-ax\mp 1 such that (0.1) A_{\pm}=\left(\begin{array}{l} 0\pm 1\\ 1a \end{array}\right), Received May 31, 2011. Revised November 30, 2011. Revised January 9, 2012. Accepted January 30, 2012. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification(s): 28\mathrm{A}80, 37\mathrm{E}05.


This article discusses teaching in the Bible, and concentrates on what is termed holistic education, marked by the biblical tradition and expressed in an educational practice that focusing on promoting citizenship and an integrity of the person based on life experience.


In view of problems of bearing superheating and freguent bearing damage for fluidized blower,a cooling unit is set up inside the bearing of blower After that,working condition of blower is significantly improved,and service life of bearing is prolongcd greatly Furthermore,running condition of blower is monitored As a result,faillt frequency is greatly decreased


The preparation of secondary and tertiary phosphine, tertiary arsine, and tertiary stibine complexes of the type Hg[Co(CO)3L]2 is reported. Their i.r. spectra have been measured over the range 225–4000 cm.–1 and, where possible, assigned.


Associated with the condition that the low efficient,low reliability and low rate of yield of product of the traditional manufacture equipments for herbal medicine,a type of medicine slicer with rectilinear yeciprocating motion was researched and designed.The applying result indicated that it achieved the design results.


In Part 1 of this two-part series, we show that the processing of compressed data generally yields decreased computational cost, due to the requirement of fewer operations in the presence of fewer data. We described several compressive transformations in terms of image algebra, a rigorous, concise notation that unifies linear and nonlinear mathematics in the image domain. In this paper, we continue our development of compressive automated target recognition algorithms to include compressive stereo matching. In particular, we elucidate techniques for mapping a cepstrum-based stereo matching algorithm to stereoscopic images represented by the aforementioned compressive formats. Analyses emphasize computational cost, stereo disparity error, and applicability to ATR over various classes of surveillance imagery. Since the study notation, image algebra, has been implemented on numerous sequential and parallel computers, our algorithms are feasible and widely portable.


The textile industry of clothing causes professional diseases in particular the musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). The
application of the culture of technical ergonomics and the methods of ergonomic analysis is to reduce the risk of the
diseases. The main objective of this study is to elaborate a rest index which allows giving a recovery period for the
sewing post to reduce the risk of MSDs. The method of experimental designs is used to find a model which contains the
parameters: the force multiplier, the frequency of technical actions per minute, the posture multiplier and the recovery
period multiplier. Then the analysis of results was done by MINITAB Software. The method of General Sewing Data is
used to analyze the gesture of the technical actions. The standard ISO 11228-3 is used to determine the posture
analysis and the recovery period multiplier. Then, the force analysis is realized by the Borg Score. The model proposed
is statistically significant (p value = 0), representative (R2 = 96.5%) and validated according to the predictor Fisher test.
The practical study was made in two companies of clothing to validate the rest index which varies between 1.14 and
1.22.


This paper is concerned with asymptotic stability of linear multistep methods when applied to delay integro-differential equations,in which the integral part is computed by the repeated trapezoidal formula.It is proven that any A-stable linear multistep methods can preserve the asymptotic stability of the underlying systems.


The world philosophy day is celebrated annually on the 16 th of November. On such a day, it is worth reflecting on the major contributions of philosophy to the world. In as far as these contributions are concerned; other presenters will deal with in this conference. On the other hand, though philosophy has contributed significantly to the world and its development, it has also met several challenges. Among the challenges we can identify are those in the area of ethics.


Objective:To detect the expressions of Bid in different endometrial tissues and explore the relationship between Bid and the development of endometrial carcinoma.Methods:The expressions of Bid in 42 cases of endometrial carcinoma and 30 cases of normal endometrial tissues were examined by RT-PCR and SP.Results:Compared with the normal endometrial tissues,there were significant differences in the expression of Bid mRNA and protein in endometrial carcinoma tissues(P 0.05),and the expression in endometrial cancer tissues was significantly different associated with the pathological grading and staging.Conclusion:Bid protein may be involved in the process of endometrial lesions.


Methionine is an essential amino acid involved in many physiological and pathological processes. Methionine starvation caused by methionine decarboxylase ( MetDC) degradation becomes a promising strategy for cancer treatment. Multistep colorimetric method, the present approach to monitor the MetDC activity, possesses drawbacks of the complicated process, low accuracy, and poor anti-interference due to indirect detecting. Herein, we report a facile and easy-to-use supramolecular tandem assay (STA) with cucurbit[7]uril and acridine orange reporter pair for the direct and real-time monitoring of MetDC activity. The applicability of this strategy for measuring enzyme-kinetic parameters and screening of inhibitors are also demonstrated. The STA for MetDC activity detection not only provides a feasible method for methionine-related disease diagnosing but also opens a perspective for cancer therapy.


Mercury-type transcriptional regulators (MerR-transcriptional regulator) and major facilitator superfamily (MFS) transporters usually form an important sensor-response transport system in many microorganisms. This system has been shown to be involved in the regulation and transport (efflux) of a wide and diverse array of secondary metabolites including antimicrobial agents, dyes, chemicals, metals and evem harmful oxygen radicals. Inhibition or inactivation of this transport system is considered a promising approach for controlling microbial resistance, and thus may become a promising target of therapeutics particularly for the clinically relevant pathogens. However, the genetic and proteomics of this system have not been fully studied. In this work, a DNA segment (1.926 kb) from Bacillus circulans ATCC 21588 harboring the two genes, bciR and bciT arranged in an operon was amplified using PCR, analyzed and submitted into the GenBank database (accession code, KR049081). A two open reading frames (ORFs), namely BciR and BciT were found to encode a putative MerR-transcriptional regulator (BciR; 153 aa) and a putative MFS transporter (BciT; 392 aa), respectively. Analysis of the conserved domains and modeled tertiary structures revealed that, BciR possesses an N-terminal H-T-H motive (HTH type) region with possible transcriptional related activity and a conserved metal binding site at the C-terminal end. BciT was likely an MFS protein with nine transmembrane helices. This is the first report about detection of a bciR/bciT operon that putatively encode a sensor-response transport system in Bacillus circulans ATCC 12588.

 Key words: MerR-type transcription regulator, multidrug efflux protein, major facilitator superfamily MFS, Bacillus circulans ATCC 21588.


This study was conducted in order to determine whether commitment to organizations and work engagement are distinguishable constructs among volunteers from 18 nonprofit organizations. The strategy used addresses their distinctiveness, demonstrating that they relate differently to outcomes of interest. It is expected that organizational commitment will predict intention to remain and work engagement will predict psychological well-being. Results indicate that the pattern of relationships is clearly different: the relationship between engagement and intention to remain is entirely mediated by commitment, and the relationship between commitment and psychological well-being is fully mediated by engagement. Regression analyses confirm that commitment, and not engagement, predicts intention to remain, and that engagement, and not commitment, predicts psychological well-being in the sample of 232 active volunteers. These results are useful to differentiate between both concepts, and to develop specific nonprofit organization management strategies. C � 2012 Wiley


In response to environmental stress, there is an increase in the expression of heat shock proteins. Heat shock proteins are molecular chaperones that maintain cell homeostasis through various cellular mechanisms. Heat shock protein 70 is a specific family of heat shock proteins that uses an ATP‐driven mechanism to bind its client proteins. The overexpression of Hsp70 has been shown to prevent apoptosis and lead to tumorigenesis, but the inhibition of Hsp70 has been linked to an increase in apoptosis and tumor cell death. These anti‐apoptotic functions of Hsp‐70 prompted many groups of researchers toward development of sensitive assays for monitoring the ATP‐ase activity of this chaperone which can further be used for discovery of new potential competitive inhibitors of its enzymatic activity. This paper presents the development of resorufin fluorescence based assays for monitoring the ATP‐ase activity of Hsp‐70 by measuring the inorganic phosphate (Pi) or the adenosine diphosphate (ADP) production during the multi turn‐over enzymatic reactions. Enzyme‐coupled reactions were developed to convert the Pi or ADP in hydrogen peroxide which in turn was used to oxidize the reagent amplex red into resorufin which emits fluorescence at 590 nm upon excitation at 530 nm. The non‐hydrolysable ATP analog AMP‐PNP showed inhibition of human Hsp‐70 ATP‐ase activity in the low mM range.


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Protamine is a small, arginine-rich, nuclear protein found in the sperm and is purified from the mature testes of salmon fish, with MW ~ 4000–6000 Da. Protamine sulfate have been shown to be a safer and more appropriate alternative to poly-L-lysine for condensation, as well as the delivery of plasmid DNA to the nucleus. Also, protamine salts have been often used in combination with liposomal preparations to deliver plasmid DNA into cells. These ternary complexes were designed to mimic viral vectors containing condensed DNA, which is surrounded by a lipid bilayer and termed as LPDs. Further, to design novel anionic ternary nanoparticles for gene delivery, protamine/DNA complexes (150–200 nm) were coated with anionic solid lipid nanoparticles (~ 20 nm). The present chapter evidences the studies done towards development of protamine as gene delivery vector.


Without a decoding device, satellite signals splash vibrating patterns across screens. In this chapter I wish to unscramble the coloured splodges, pulling them sharply into focused, crisp images of understanding. I firstly offer a synopsis of the study and then examine the data in the context of the theoretical framework. I base the discussion on the key constructs of the TeleTuks Schools project that were consolidated in the previous chapter. I also sketch the implications for research, policy and practice and suggest new channels of inquiry which relate to the "give and take" of the communication process, specifically in the domain of instructional television but applicable to a range of teachinglearning environments. The chapter concludes with a contemplative appraisal of the TeleTuks Schools project and the way forward for instructional television.


Introduction: Consensus on the best method for correction of the QT interval in atrial fibrillation (AF) does not exist. Accurate measurements of QT intervals during AF are needed to guide antiarrh...


The complexity that we observe in nature can often be explained in terms of cooperative behavior. For example, the major transitions of evolution required the emergence of cooperation among the lower-level units of selection, which led to specialization through division-of-labor ultimately resulting in spontaneous order. There are two aspects to address explaining how such cooperation is sustained: how free-riders are prevented from free-riding on the benefits of cooperative tasks and, just as importantly, how those social benefits arise. We review these problems from an economic perspective, and highlight how ideas from economics can help us to better understand how the benefits of social interactions arise, how they are sustained, and how they affect the underlying social dilemmas.


Chinese cabbage seedlings with different heat tolerances were treated for 10 days respectively under 36℃/29℃and 40℃/29℃(day/night) in diurnal growth incubator and regularly determined in terms of antioxidant enzymes,soluble protein and heat-stable protein.The results showed that under 36℃or 40℃heat stress,the activities of superoxide dismutase(SOD) and peroxidase (POD)in the seedlings presented a upward trend;the catalase(CAT) activity firstly rose and then decreased under 36℃but presented a downward trend under 40℃;the soluble protein content firstly decreased and then rose;the heat-stable protein content presented a downward trend and there was not an obvious difference in content among different cultivars.Generally,the SOD,POD and CAT activities and soluble protein content of the heat-tolerant cultivars were higher than those of the heat-sensitive cultivars.


The article is devoted to the theoretical and legal analysis of legal personality, the identification of elements of legal personality of a pet, the need to remove a pet from the status of an object of law and endow it with the features of a guarded subject of law.


Photo of laundry building showing sign: Clifton Steam Laundry, George Harris, Owner. Big group of people standing in front - women, men and children. Image number 2 is exact duplicate.


Degradation of Methylene Blue (MB) on MIn2O4 (M = Ca, Sr, Ba) semiconductors was observed and the analysis of the products confirmed that MB was decomposed other than simply bleached on these photocatalysts under visible light irradiation. The activity order under visible light irradiation was CaIn2O4 > SrIn2O4 > BaIn2O4. The reaction kinetics of MB degradation on MIn2O4 was investigated, suggesting that these reactions followed approximately first-order kinetics. Furthermore, the effects of pH value of the solution on the photocatalytic properties of these materials were observed in detail, which indicated that the decomposition efficiency of MB was the highest in the alkaline solution and the lowest in the acidic solution on all of the photocatalysts.


This study aims to describe 1) the planning of the Counseling Guidance program in character value formation learning activities 2) the implementation of Counseling Guidance in character value formation learning activities, 3) the obstacles in the implementation of Counseling Guidance to build character values. This research was conducted at SD Negeri 16 Toboali, South Bangka. This research was conducted in October 2021. The data sources in this study were principals, teachers, and students. Data collection techniques using observation techniques, interviews, and documentation. The data analysis technique in this study uses Miles and Huberman analysis which consists of data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and concluding. The results of the study, 1) Planning for counseling guidance is very important to be carried out to build character values in learning activities carried out by teachers by adjusting students' needs so that the purpose of planting character values can be carried out properly. 2) Class teachers as supervising teachers have implemented character values through counseling programs both classically and individually in learning activities. 3) Obstacles faced by teachers in implementing character values through counseling are some students who still commit violations even though they have been given guidance, lack of openness of students to teachers, and lack of time for teachers to implement them. In addition, the teacher also cooperates with related parties and utilizes the time as much as possible to minimize violations committed by students.


The purpose of this research is to analyze the influence of the modernization of thetax administration system and cost of compliance with individual taxpayer compliance at SukabumiTax Office. The method used in this study is the Explanatory method with a survey approach. Thepopulation in this study are individual taxpayers at Sukabumi Primary Tax Office.To taking thesample used by simple random method. The number of samples is determined as many as 100people. Primary data collection method used in this research by using a questionnaire. Dataanalysis techniques used in this research is multiple linear regression analysis technique. Based onresearch, the modernization of tax administration and compliance costs simultaneously affect thecompliance of Individual Taxpayers.


Summary We studied elastic moduli for oil-bearing chalk by interpreting logging data from three wells in the South Arne field, Danish North Sea. We assumed a water-wet chalk and that water saturation is irreducible because the water saturation does not increase with depth, so that water saturation reflects the size of particle-pore interface and amount of particle contacts. Water saturation may thus be regarded as a measure of clay content and particle sorting. Over a vertical interval of 150 m, compaction causes porosity to decrease with depth and concurrent stiffening causes elastic moduli to increase. Chalk of good sorting compacts and gradually stiffens at high porosities, whereas chalk of poor sorting compacts and stiffens at relatively low


The growth of world .wide interest in official documents issued by national goveftiments and their agencies goes band in band with the growth of the social sciences; it seems to accompany also a broad understanding of the implications of participatory democracy. Lest so idealistic an assertion should be misunderstood it must be stressed that almost every word of substance in that assertion requires careful definition. It will not be difficult to imagine that there may well be äs many different interpretations of the more important parts of the ideological infrastructure äs there are thinking people. It will be useful, therefore, if I begin with some brief notes of explanation on the use of terms before I proceed to details. First of all, there is a need for the definition of "official documents" or "government publications" and I shall use both terms äs referring to the same material. Documents or publications of any kind whatever are identified by librarians äs being the visible evidence of some author's intellectual activities, and the body of the traditional theory of descriptive cataloguing whatever its latest Interpretation and application to practical issues of library record management has been based on the Cardinal assumption that a book must have an author, i.e. somebody must be personally responsible for every piece öf writing. Quite logically, it has been claimed that a corporate body can be äs much an author äs an individual. We acknowledge, then, that a government may, can, and does print documents for the contents of which it is wholly responsible. A government may therefore be considered the acknowledged author of books, serials, Pamphlets, tables, maps, films, magnetic tape etc., which it causes to be compiled arid printed on its behalf. If we turn this proposition around, we note that "government publications" may include all forms of publication both in the book and the non-book categories. Any publication for which the government of a country is responsible be it through one of its agencies such äs a ministry, a department, a bureau, through its cabinet, or through the office of the head of state, or by


I. INTRODUCTION It is often said that confidentiality is one of the benefits of international commercial arbitration and one of the principal reasons why business people have made arbitration the forum of choice for the resolution of international commercial disputes. Others have gone further and suggested that parties "place the highest value upon confidentiality as a fundamental characteristic of international commercial arbitration."'1 No authority is generally cited for such a proposition but it is seen as implicit or a corollary to an agreement to resolve a dispute by way of arbitration! Claimants in the North American Free Trade Agreement ("NAFTA") Chapter 11 arbitrations have generally relied on this notion that the private nature of arbitrations gives rise to a duty of confidentiality, with some success, to support their contention that materials generated and produced in Chapter 11 proceedings cannot be made publicly available. This has led to criticisms from nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs") and others that the NAFTA Chapter 11 dispute settlement mechanism is secretive and not open to public scrutiny. This paper argues that the existence of a general principle of confidentiality applicable to commercial arbitrations is far from a settled issue, and more importantly, if it does exist, it should have no application in the context of NAFTA Chapter 11 arbitral proceedings. II. THE CONFLICTING STATE OF THE LAW ON CONFIDENTIALITY The question of whether the private nature of commercial arbitrations gives rise to a general principle of confidentiality that applies to arbitrations and the materials generated and produced therein has been the subject of much debate and discussion over the last few years. This lack of consensus is amply demonstrated by case law and commentaries on this subject. As L. Yves Fortier, President of the London Court of International Arbitration, notes in his recent article on confidentiality in arbitrations: These questions [of privacy and its corollary confidentiality] have, in fact been the subject of much heated debate recently, in various jurisdictions and institutions. The conclusions reached in those instances demonstrate what might be called a definite lack of consensus. A brief analysis of some of the more well-known decisions is appropriate for purposes of this discussion. The recent decision of the Swedish Supreme Court in Bulgarian Foreign Trade Bank Ltd v AI Trade Finance Inc is of particular note.4 The parties in this case were involved in an arbitration in which the defendant had an award affirming the tribunal's jurisdiction published in an arbitration journal. Upon learning of the publication, the Bulgarian Foreign Trade Bank applied to the arbitral panel to have the arbitration agreement declared null and void for alleged breach of the confidentiality obligation. The panel refused to do so and ultimately issued a final award. The issue was appealed to the domestic courts and made its way to the Swedish Supreme Court. The court found that the existence of a privacy rule in an arbitration agreement does not give rise under Swedish law to a separate duty of confidentiality. More specifically, the court found that the private nature of commercial arbitrations and the existence of an in camera rule in an agreement to arbitrate simply means that the public does not have a right to attend hearings. There is no contradiction, the court notes, with parties to the dispute being simultaneously entitled to disclose information to outsiders concerning the arbitration proceedings. The court concludes by holding the Supreme Court considers that a party in arbitration proceedings cannot be deemed to be bound by a duty of confidentiality, unless the parties have concluded an agreement concerning this. A similar approach was taken by the High Court of Australia in the case of Esso/BHP v Plowman,6 one of the more noted cases on the issue of confidentiality of arbitral proceedings. …


Customer satisfaction studies are having considerable impact in business, industry and higher education. Approaches to customer satisfaction used in these settings are applicable, in adapted form, to a variety of organizations, including those which provide job-related continuing education. This article presents (a) a summary of the main findings from a review of relevant literature about customer satisfaction studies, (b) a description of a system, developed by the authors, for use in assessing customer satisfaction relative to job-related continuing education, and (c) sample questions for both graduates of job-related continuing education and for their supervisors.


As a brand new means of communication and social contact, computer network is altering people's way of living, and exerting more and nore important influence on the study, work,everyday life and psychological health of people. This paper elaborates on the dual effect from network and the corresponding strategy in view of the psychological health of the network users. The positive effect primarily lies in the development of good inter-personal relationship, giving vent to people's personal feelings, spreading knowledge of psychological health, offering aid on psychological health, stimulating the potential of individuals and giving full play to their creativity. While the negative effect is demonstrated by psychological obstacle, emotional crisis, security worries and psychological misleading resulted from network, etc.


This volume is the Proceedings of the Sixth International Workshop on Information Retrieval with Asian Languages (IRAL 2003) which is held on July 7, 2003, in Sappro, Japan. This workshop is the sixth event of the series after about two years absence. The first workshop was held in Korea, 1996, and then we had 4 more workshops in Japan, Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong, respectively.


Collaborations between universities and firms are of growing interest to scholars and practitioners alike, many of whom see these relationships as key to knowledge diffusion. While the literature on university-firm collaborations has made a number of contributions, however, it has not engaged in a deep exploration of the actual processes by which knowledge may "diffuse" through collaboration. In this study, I explore the diffusion of recombinant DNA and polymerase chain reaction – two key techniques in biotechnology – and I employ the frames of "public" and "private" science to investigate how different incentives shape perceived collaboration costs and, therefore, behaviors. My analysis demonstrates the important role of collaborations not merely in "diffusing" know-how around techniques but also in mutually extending techniques. In contrast to most studies of university-firm relationships, I also point to firms as important partners in diffusion to universities. Finally, I demonstrate how public and private science frame collaboration issues differently for university- versus firm-based researchers, resulting in different patterns and network structures whose overall functioning depends, at least in part, on the conflicts between incentives.


This paper reports the dynamic characterizations of a ZnAl 2 O 4 -TiO 2 (50/50) membrane deposited on a macroporous support prepared from Moroccan clay coated with a zirconia microfiltration interlayer. The water permeability of the membrane is 10.4 L/h.m 2 .bar, its thickness is less than 700 nm with an average pore diameter of 5 nm, and a cut-off about 4500 Da. The mechanism of the rejection with salts solutions of Na 2 HPO 4 , NaCH 3 COO and NaF by low ultrafiltration membrane depends at on the pH, on ionic strength of the solution; their interpretation needs to precise the exact speciation of the filtered species.


This presentation will deal with the transformations that have occurred in news journalism worldwide in the early 21st century. I will argue that they have been the most significant changes to the profession for 100 years, and the challenges facing the news media industry in responding to them are substantial, as are those facing journalism education. It will develop this argument in relation to the crisis of the newspaper business model, and why social media, blogging and citizen journalism have not filled the gap left by the withdrawal of resources from traditional journalism. It will also draw upon Wikileaks as a case study in debates about computational and data-driven journalism, and whether large-scale "leaks" of electronic documents may be the future of investigative journalism.


Abstract This article traces the reading development of five young people over a period of 13 years, from the ages of 4 to 17. It discusses how their attitudes, knowledge and skills have been shaped by their home environment, their school curriculum, their gendered experience and, increasingly, by their use of new computer technologies. The article uses this evidence to explore features of children's reading that are easily overlooked in the classroom and makes a series of recommendations for a curriculum that is responsive to pupils' individual reading patterns.


"My thoughts at this time were greatly occupied in fixing upon some English school for my boys, the advantages of which I see more clearly every day," wrote Captain Otho Travers, the East India Company's recruiting agent in Cork, in 1834. At pains to confide to his diary that "I wish not to speak against my country," he felt that English schools taught better manners and had more éclat. Nearly half a century later, two founders of Cork Grammar School—Mervyn Archdall, the Church of Ireland archdeacon of Cork, and Thomas M. Usborne, a prominent merchant— articulated a very different vision for Irish Protestant secondary education. According to Usborne, the school "was simply set on foot for the purpose of supplying a great want in Cork—namely, a good public school, and with the object of inducing persons who had been sending their children to England, to educate them at home." The archdeacon suggested that


Micropodarke Okuda, 1938 (Psamathini, Hesionidae, Polychaeta) is revised based on examination of all available types, other museum specimens, and a large number of newly collected specimens from Japan, Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Caledonia, California, the west coast of Canada, and the Red Sea. The previous synonymy of Micropodarke amemiyai Okuda, 1938 with M. dubia (Hessle, 1925) is substantiated, and M. trilobata Hartmann‐Schröder, 1983 is newly synonymized with M. dubia, leaving Micropodarke monotypic. A lectotype is selected for M. dubia. Micropodarke dubia is identified by the apomorphies of a proboscis diaphragm, segmental ventral adhesive papillae, distally nobbed and slightly curved neuroaciculae, and median neurochaetae with few, basally situated prolonged teeth ("spurs"), with abrupt transition to the following, much shorter teeth. Micropodarke dubia has a main distribution in the tropical and warm temperate Indo‐Pacific region, and appears to be absent from the Atlantic Ocean.


The synthesis of the nanopowders of magnesium oxide and magnesium fluoride during the operation of a repetitive diffuse nanosecond discharge in argon at various pressures was performed. Nanosecond voltage pulses with an amplitude of −70 kV, a rise time of 0.7 ns, and a duration of 0.7 ns were applied across a point-to-plane gap of 2 mm in length. The pulse repetition rate was 60 Hz. The high-voltage pointed electrode was made of magnesium. A diffuse discharge cold plasma was formed under these conditions. Nanoparticles were produced as a result of an explosion of microprotrusions on the surface of the magnesium electrode duo to a high current density. Lines of magnesium atoms and ions were observed in the emission optical spectrum. Under the actions of the gas dynamics processes caused by the plasma channel expansion during the interpulse period, nanoparticles were deposited onto the surface of the grounded plane electrode and the side wall of the gas discharge chamber. The morphology, elemental, and phase composition of the powders were studied using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS).


Before describing the state of knowledge on headache and epilepsy at the Salerno Medical School (SMS), we will briefly summarize in the first part its history through the centuries until the "golden period" of the 12th century when it reached its peak by outshining all others in teaching, studies and research. In the second part we will refer to Saint Donato, healer of epileptics in the south of Italy, whose worship is still alive today. The finding of common symbols in conceptions of headache and epilepsy, both in the scientific tradition of the School and in popular medicine, represents a link which is explicable by the wide dissemination of the school's doctrines.


A general scheme for automatic detection of redundant location dimensions and tolerances of a part is presented. A dimensional tree is derived from the database of the feature based design system whenever the user specifies location dimension and tolerance information of a part. A depth first search algorithm is applied to see if the specified dimension and tolerance is redundant. The scheme informs the user of the redundancy and prevents the redundant information from being stored in the system. Several examples of various complexities of parts have been tested with success.


African Americans have historically turned to the Black Church in times of trouble and/or need, including when experiencing mental health problems as they often seen as having spiritual causes.  The purpose of this study was to better understand what church members believe to be the Black church's role in addressing mental health issues.  Surveys were administered online to members of a Midwestern church and included questions about respondents' mental health and service use histories and thoughts about church-based mental health services. A thematic analysis was performed on qualitative responses from 393 participants explaining why they supported a church-based counseling center. Findings suggest Black churches are positioned to address the unmet mental health needs of Black Americans, reduce mental health stigma in Black and/or Christian communities, and deliver culturally-appropriate, community-based mental health services to these groups.


Salient features of contemporary world are outlined: global, rapidly changing, interdependent and characterized by uncertainties that we currently do not understand. It is shown that the present paradigm is not sustainable and that it keeps the world constantly at the edge of a catastrophe: destruction of our civilization. The necessity of a new global paradigm is emphasized. It is stressed that guiding principles of the new paradigm should be humancentered and humanity-centered.