Objective. Mucormycosis is a fungal infection in humans where the causative pathogens belong to the order of Mucorales. The fungal pathogens are also known as black fungi based on morphological characteristics. Mucormycosis is increasingly observed in patients suffering from the COVID-19 virus from different states of India, wherein steroids are being used as standard therapy. The prevalence of coronavirus disease and the infection by the black fungus (Mucormycosis) poses several challenges to its mitigation. The purpose of the study is to analyze the research trends of mucormycosis using bibliometric methods.
Design/Methodology/approach. The study utilizes standard bibliometric methods to analyze bibliographic literature on Mucormycosis retrieved from the SCOPUS database. All keywords (MeSH terms) associated with Mucormycosis were used to frame a search query and retrieve bibliographic data from the database. The bibliometric indicators were used to assess research productivity in mucormycosis for publication growth; subject distribution; productive authors, institutes, and countries; journals, highly cited articles; and hot spots and research progress based on the keyword analysis. VOSviewer network visualization tools have been used for mapping research.
Results/Discussion. The analysis of 25,251 bibliographic records shows exponential growth in literature during seventy years. Though mucormycosis research is spread across the globe, the prevalence of the study is widespread in the South-East Asian region. Author keyword analysis shows that the research focuses on the medical subject and expands into multidisciplinary research areas.
Conclusion. Bibliometrics always provides insight into the research progress in any field or topic of study. This study provides insight into research progress in Mucormycosis. The researcher may use the results to analyze different areas of mucormycosis and utilize the key concepts for further research, especially researching better clinical practices and drug developments.
Originality/Value. Through this paper, it is quite clear that the appearance of research contribution on mucormycosis coupled with COVID-19 has opened a new direction of research that clinical researchers take up in future research.


The FT-NQR spectra of 14N in both pyridine and pyridine-D 5 show four sets of resonance lines at - 196 °C, which disappear reversibly at - 191.5 °C and - 187 °C, respectively. This is interpreted as a phase transition, possibly of the order-disorder type. The NQR results can thus be reconciled with X-ray measurements at - 180 °C which suggested a single site for pyridine. The similarity of the NQR spectra of different samples of both compounds, frozen and cooled with widely different procedures, suggests that the high multiplicity of the NQR spectra is not the result of coexistence of different crystal phases. It is shown that previously available data from IR, Raman and NQR spectroscopies can all be put in a non-contradictory scheme.


Purpose of the study: This study attempts to provide an analysis of the energy sector of Pakistan including generation and quality of electricity, and potential of renewables for climate change mitigation.
Methodology: The study used a quantitative approach for analysis. Primary and secondary data sources are used.
Main Findings: According to the quantitative analysis institutions fail to meet the growing demand due to insignificant or no increase in capacity to produce power. CO2 emissions are rising because of increased reliance on coal and other thermal sources for electricity generation.
Applications of this study: It proposes to increase the reliance on renewable resources and align the policy and regulatory framework for setting a sustainable economic system. The government should also plan for a rigorous electric supply system that would ensure the quality and sustainability of the electricity supply.
Novelty/Originality of this study: It sets a benchmark analysis and sets the direction for the policymakers especially at the stage when the country has settled the shortage issue, but at the cost of increasing fossils share in the fuel mix, whereas the transmission and distribution of electricity supply are ignored.


R B Jackson, M Saunois, P Bousquet, J G Canadell, B Poulter, A R Stavert, P Bergamaschi, Y Niwa, A Segers and A Tsuruta 1 Department of Earth System Science, Woods Institute for the Environment, and Precourt Institute for Energy, , Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2210, United States of America 2 Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, LSCE-IPSL (CEA-CNRS-UVSQ), Universit́e Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France 3 Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia 4 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States of America 5 Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Aspendale, VIC 3195, Australia 6 European Commission Joint Research Centre, 21027 Ispra (Va), Italy 7 Center for Global Environmental Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan 8 Meteorological Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0052, Japan 9 TNO, Dept. of Climate Air & Sustainability, NL-3508-TA Utrecht, The Netherlands 10 Finnish Meteorological Institute, FI-00101 Helsinki, Finland


Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language is the main tool that can integrate streaming media and transmit them in synchronized.First,the paper introduces SMIL in brief.Then analyzes the superiority of SMIL in writing multimedia courseware.Finally,designs a system of multimedia distance learning.


The genus Hylaeothemis Ris,1909 and its one species Hylaeothemis clementia Ris,1909 are reported for the first time from China.The specimens studied are deposited in the Insect Collections of China Agricultural University,Beijing,China.


In a device for transporting freight, in particular freight containers in cargo compartments of aircraft, in particular Power Drive Unit (PDU), with a transport cylinder of {2) placed in a frame and driven by means of a drive mechanism which can be moved out of the frame by means of a lifting drive (10), the drive mechanism (9) for driving the conveying cylinder (2) and the lift control (10) for moving the transport roller (2) out of the frame should be arranged in a common motor housing (6).


The effects of a mammalian growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH), PrebGRF(1–78)OH (bGHRH), on growth and serum growth hormone (GH) levels were investigated in tilapias Oreochromis mossambicus andO. niloticus × O. aureus. Fish were injected intramuscularly or implanted intramuscularly (Silastic or cholesterol implants) with distilled water, 0.1 μg/kg bGHRH, 1.0 μg/kg bGHRH, 10.0 μg/kg bGHRH, or 100.0 μg/kg bGHRH and compared to untreated controls, fish implanted with 60 mg/kg 17α-methyltestosterone (MT), or a combination of bGHRH concentrations plus either MT, 0.01 μg/kg of a thyroid hormone (T3), or 0.01 μg/kg of a glucocorticoid (DEX). The bGHRH increased serum GH levels in tilapia maintained at suboptimal temperatures (18 C). Serum GH levels were highest (5.3–0.45 ng/mL) for fish injected with 10.0 μg/kg bGHRH. Fish implanted with a Silastic implant containing 10.0 μg/kg bGHRH had significantly higher (4.35–0.35 ng/mL) serum GH levels than those with an equivalent dosage in a cholesterol implant. The addition of MT, thyroid hormones, and glucocorticoids did not increase serum GH levels above those obtained for fish receiving bGHRH alone. Tilapia reared at suboptimal temperatures and implanted with 10.0 μg/kg and 100.0 μg/kg bGHRH had significantly greater increases in weight and length than control fish. Fish implanted with bGHRH, MT or bGHRH plus MT had significantly higher moisture and protein content, while fat and ash contents were significantly lower than controls or sham-implanted fish. Fish implanted with bGHRH or bGHRH plus MT had significantly higher gonadosomatic indices than fish implanted with MT alone, shams or non-treated controls. This study demonstrates that a mammalian GHRH stimulates release of GH, promotes somatic and gonadal growth and may affect reproductive performance in tilapia.


In the context of global warming, the role of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GIS) is a key issue. Numerical modeling is a major tool to assess the future behavior of this ice sheet and its contribution to sea level change. In this kind of study one must associate an ice sheet model and a climate model that provides atmospheric fields such as precipitation and temperature. However, no model can perfectly represent reality. Before embarking on next century simulations, sensitivity studies are necessary to evaluate the impact of those uncertainties on the predictions. To do so, we compare here several simulations where an ice sheet model is forced with different climate models.


An application of Feynman-type diagrams in a simple one-particle problem is offered as a pedagogical prop for setting the stage for the diagrammatic representation of serious perturbation calculations. This example is useful to the student, since it brings out several features that will be involved in the applications of diagrams to more sophisticated problems. Important aspects of this application are: (1) It is shown how the rules for combining probability amplitudes can be used; (2) a technique for introducing an external field (which can cause transition among states) is described; and (3) some of the language used in diagrammatic representations is introduced. The concept of dressing a particle is only partially developed.


Abstract To investigate whether effects of Al in the sorghum genotypes SCO283 (Al‐tolerant) and NB9040 (Al‐sensitive) are primary effects of Al toxicity, a short‐term experiment was carried out. After 21 days of pregrowth in an Al‐free nutrient solution, plants were exposed to nutrient solutions without or with 10 mg 1‐1 Al for 96 h. Nitrogen was supplied as NH4NO3. Twenty four h after Al supply, the relative uptake of all nutrient cations and anions, except NH4 +, declined to values varying between 0.8 (K+) and 0.2 (Ca2+, Mg2+). In contrast, the uptake of NH4 + was stimulated by Al in both sorghum lines. Total cation uptake and uptake of total nitrogen were balanced by the stimulation of NH4 + uptake. As a consequence, excess cation uptake and proton efflux were increased by Al, especially in the Al‐sensitive line, NB9040. Time relationships of nutrient uptake (except for NH4 +) and root respiration showed close resemblance, i.e. a decline within 24 h followed by a stable phase. This could indicate that ...


The hot water method conditions of extracting oligosaccharides from asparagus are: extraction temperature: 80°C, extraction time: 90min, solid-liquid ratio: 1:20, ethanol final concentration: 80%, ethanol precipitation time: 8h and extraction times: 2. Different auxiliary treatments were tested to enhance the extraction ratio and it was improved from 3.842% to 9.638% after microwave freeze-thawing. Comparing of oligosaccharides contents between purple asparagus and green asparagus in different parts, the results showed that the oligosaccharides content in purple asparagus is about 3.5 times as that in green asparagus, and the oligosaccharides content of peel is higher than that of pulp in both asparagus. Different purification tests showed that combined action of papain and Sevag obtained a better effect.


Introduction: Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is one of the most common opportunistic infection associated with HIV in India.It is estimated that nearly 60 – 70% of HIV positive individuals will develop tubercular infection in their lifetime. It is one of the leading causes of death in HIV infected individuals. Manifestation of tuberculosis infection are extremely variable in HIV infected individuals and depends upon the level of immunosuppression and duration of illness. Around 1.8 million new cases of tuberculosis occur annually in India and similarly the estimated pool of HIV infection is approximately 2.5 million. Therefore there is always increased risk of synergistic interaction between the two diseases. Objective: To study manifestation of Tubercular infection in HIV/AIDS patient and its relationship with CD4 count i.e. level of immunosuppression and relationship with duration of disease. Method: It was a prospective study done in Sarojini Naidu Medical College, Agra over a period of 18 months. All the patient who fulfilled the inclusion criteria and gave consent were included in the study Result: We studied 106 HIV positive patients diagnosed with tuberculosis (pulmonary and extrapulmonary). It was observed that the prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis was much higher than extrapulmonary tuberculosis (59.43% vs 40.57%) in HIV infected patients. The mean CD4count for pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis were 238/cumm and 117/cumm respectively. It was also observed that as the duration of illness increases the risk of getting extrapulmonary tuberculosis increases despite having same CD4 count. In pulmonary tuberculosis smear negative cases (55.56%) were more common than smear positive cases . Fever was the most consistent symptom and in chest x-ray upper lobe infiltration and non-cavitary lesion were more common. Conclusion: Through this study we concluded that the incidence of tubercular infection increases with the decreasing level of immunosuppression and risk of extra pulmonary tuberculosis increases with increasing duration of illness. Introduction Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is one of the most common opportunistic infection associated with HIV in India. It is estimated that nearly 60 – 70% of HIV positive individuals will develop tubercular infection in their lifetime. It is one of the leading cause of death in HIV infected individuals. Manifestation of tuberculosis infection are extremely variable in HIV infected individuals and depends upon the level of http://jmscr.igmpublication.org/home/ ISSN (e)-2347-176x ISSN (p) 2455-0450 DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v8i3.84


The dissemination of information regarding vaccinations carried out by the Tegal City government is very important, because in line with PERMENKES RI number 84 of 2020 regarding the implementation of vaccinations in the context of handling the Covid-19 pandemic which has been well controlled, a Tegal city government communication model is needed to suppress the high spread of hoax information or resistance to vaccine administration. It is hoped that the general public will then be willing to undergo the implementation of the vaccine, which can then suppress the number of patients who are affected or die due to Covid-19. The purpose of this study is to explain how the Communication Model of the Tegal City Government in Disseminating Information Regarding Vaccination. This study uses a qualitative descriptive research method, with data analysis techniques using Nvivo analysis to obtain systematic analysis results. The results of this study indicate that the Tegal City Government communication model used is a linear (one-way) communication model, in disseminating information that is carried out by socializing through websites, radio, and social media in the form of Instagram which is often used


The passage of amino acids into the duodenum and the levels of amino acids in jugular plasma were studied (a) in lambs given a supplement of casein with or without formaldehyde treatment, and (b) in sheep given concentrate diets containing treated or untreated peanut meal at both a low and a high level of dietary protein. When casein in the diet was treated with formaldehyde, losses of individual amino acids due to degradation in the rumen were substantially reduced or prevented so that the amounts reaching the small intestine were substantially increased. This increase in supply of amino acids, which was associated with an increase in the rate of liveweight gain, caused an increase in the plasma levels of most amino acids. However, lysine levels tended to fall, and this resulted in marked reductions in the molar proportion of lysine. When sheep were given formaldehyde-treated peanut meal, the amounts of the individual amino acids reaching the small intestine were greater than when untreated peanut meal was given. When the meal in the higher protein diet was treated, the losses due to degradation were again largely prevented. As amino acid supply to the small intestine increased, the plasma levels of most of the individual amino acids decreased to a minimum and then increased when supply exceeded demand. The molar proportion of lysine decreased when peanut meal in the higher protein diet was treated. An increase in plasma s-N-methyllysine level was characteristic of formaldehyde treatment of dietary protein. Changes in arginine levels tended to be inversely related to changes in total amino acid levels.


Purpose – This paper aims to describe the theoretical study concerning the effect of non‐linear behavior of the lubricant on the performance of symmetric constant flow valve compensated hole‐entry hybrid journal bearing. The bearing performance characteristics have been computed for various values of non‐linearity factor, land width ratio, aspect ratio and external load.Design/methodology/approach – The analysis considers the generalized Reynolds equation governing the flow of lubricant having variable viscosity in the clearance space and equation of flow of lubricant through constant flow valve restrictor. The non‐Newtonian lubricant is assumed to follow the cubic shear stress law.Findings – The study indicates that for generation of accurate bearing characteristics data, the inclusion of non‐linear effects of lubricant in the analysis is essential.Originality/value – The performance characteristics in terms of minimum fluid‐film thickness, fluid‐film stiffness and damping coefficients, critical mass and...


A 3×3 factorial feeding trial was designed to determine the effects of dietary protein and lipid on growth and body composition of Squaliobarbus curriculus.810 S.curriculus(averag 5.49 g in initial body weight) were randomly divided into 9 groups and were fed with test diets containing different protein levels(31%,37% and 43%) and lipid levels(3.5%,5.5% and 7.5%) for 6 weeks.The results showed that the interaction of protein and lipid in feed had significant difference on specified growth rate(SGR) of S.curriculus(P0.05) and feed conversion ratio(FCR) was significantly influenced by the dietary protein level(P0.05).The group containing protein level(37%) and lipid level(3.5%) showed the highest SGR and the lowest FCR.The body condition factor and the muscle protein content of S.curriculus increased with the increase of SGR.Meanwhile,lipid content of the muscle and the liver increased with the increasing of the dietary digestible energy.


The current study presents an investigation of capillary flow by using the two-phase lattice-Boltzmann method. The Shan-Chen single-component multiphase model was applied to simulate capillary rise in straight and sinusoidal capillaries. In order to validate our code, three test cases are considered: (a) The Laplace law is tested for various droplets, (b) the contact angle was verified by comparing the ratio of droplet wet length to droplet height at various adhesion parameters and (c) the verification of the Washburn equation for long times. The density distribution was presented for different geometry configurations and liquid front position was plotted as a function of time. The numerical results showed that the Washburn equation is not valid for short times. The internal structure of the flow inside the capillaries was described, thus the analysis shows the forming of recirculation zones near the inlet region and a decelerating effect of the varying path on the meniscus movement. For sinusoidal capillaries, we notice that the meniscus reaches different equilibrium positions.


The review of physical knowledge, calculation techniques and some other data in the field of dielectric resonators and dielectric waveguides design for the last 30-40 years is presented and the new understanding of analysis, data storage and processing technology is formed in this paper. A sketch variant of complex using principally new knowledge and data organization is described. It is intended for design, research and education. Using this complex, we have found some nonobvious physical and design regularities.


Ever increasing population and industrialization has resulted in sudden increase in pollution. Because of the detrimental effects of pollution on humans, animals and plants, the ever increasing pollution is causing concern all over the world. The microbial biodiversity is important on many grounds ranging from aesthetic considerations to its usefulness, particularly for biotechnology. The fastest growing segments are enzymes for feed and fuel production. Abundant amount of waste materials are produced by vegetables and fruit processing industries, which pose considerable disposal problems and ultimately leads to pollution. Vast varieties of micro-organisms are present in the environment which can be exploited for the utilization of waste material. Our Studies were carried out to Screen protease producing Bacillus spp from spoiled vegetables and fruits from different places around Bangalore and Mysore. Collected samples were processed by using Total Microbial Count, Standard Plate Count and Coli form count. Bacillus spp were dominantly found in both local and super market samples and identified by using Morphological character and Biochemical characters.


The banking intermediate institution is composed of banking facilities and non - banking facilities. Traditionally, banks are important in the banking intermediation in the world. However, recently, the rapid development of the non - banking facilities weakens the traditional banks, which makes the importance of banking facilities become weaker and weaker.


It ' s the inevitably choice for enterprises to low carbon production, which is the important way to cope with the carbon limitation in the future and to gain competitiveness. Based on factor analysis, present paper developde low carbon production behavior questionnaire and investigated 265 enterprises managers in JiangsuProvince. Results of PLS test shows that: government policies, enterprise development, foreign trade have apparent effects on low carbon production behavior; the role of the public pressure to low carbon production behavior is not found. Through the driving factors analysis, present paper proposed some policy suggestions.


We describe the application of a novel eosin Y (EY)-derived polymer photocatalyst for the synthesis of polymeric bioconjugates. The photocatalyst, a copolymer of eosin Y acrylate and N-isopropylacr...


The boosting technology is a promising way to improve the efficiency of internal combustion engine and reduce emissions. As the emission regulations become more stringent and the fuel economy index goes up,higher requirements will be put forward to the boosting systems. The aim of this paper is to provide a brief overview about the vehicle charging technologies which could meet the future emission regulations such as variable geometry turbocharging,two-stage turbocharging,hybrid dual-stage boosting,electric assisted turbocharging and the compressor technology. The several boosting technologies which have been introduced could increase the low-end torque and improve the transient response and reduce emissions to a certain extent,but they will inevitably bring some problems such as expensive cost,complicated structure,complex control,complicated packaging,et al. There is not a standard solution of boosting technology which could solve the above problems very well.Therefore,it's needed to weigh the above advantages and disadvantages when choosing the boosting system suitably to meet the future emission regulations. Combined variable geometry turbocharging,two-stage turbocharging,electrically assisted turbocharging,advanced compressor technologies,etc. will be one of the development directions of future boosting technologies.


The foregoing quote by Haddon Robinson, a preacher and professor of preaching, underscores the necessary relationship between hermeneutics and homiletics. It is a relationship also recognized by others outside the area of sermon preparation and delivery. For instance, David Dockery comments: "Our understanding of hermeneutics, or the task of interpretation, focuses on discovering the historical meaning of the Biblical text. The task of preaching relates the ancient text to the people to whom the preached word is now spoken again as the living word." 2 Expository preaching, in particular, is dependent upon the hermeneutical process to an even greater extent, because of its attention to the message in a specific passage of the Bible as the word delivered to a contemporary audience. Again, Robinson notes, "Since effective expository preaching deals largely with the explanation and application of Scripture, it reflects exegesis and hermeneutics on every hand." 3 It is important for the expository preacher to be well versed in the subject of hermeneutics and its impact on the process of the preparation of expository sermons. This familiarity includes noting and understanding the contributions of individuals within the field of hermeneutics. One such person of notoriety is E. D. Hirsch, Jr., literary scholar and professor of English at the University of Virginia. While Hirsch's focus is on the field of literary


65-68 The 2008 Summit on Vocational Rehabilitation Program Evaluation marked the beginning of a developing community of practice around the larger concept of quality in vocational rehabilitation counseling. The original motivation that brought people together was inconsistency in the new RSA monitoring process. Directives to improve outcomes and accountability in the face of shrinking resources flowed down the hierarchy from federal to state and from state to newly minted program evaluation officers. These officers were pressed into service often with little knowledge of program evaluation and even less of quality assurance (QA). They were new to their jobs, isolated by their tasks, and eager to find security and direction in a peer group.


Biological Fe/S clusters are cofactors common to all living organisms. In fact, they are not only believed to belong to the most ancient biological cofactors but simple inorganic compounds which can be regarded as their predecessors are argued as critical factors of evolution of life on earth itself. Fe/S clusters were first discovered in 1960 by EPR spectroscopy. The earliest examples of enzymes containing Fe/S clusters, identified as non-haem iron-containing proteins and named ferredoxins, were isolated shortly thereafter and their function in electron transport was recognised. Not long after the initial discovery of Fe/S clusters it could be shown that analogues of these complexes could be chemically synthesised and that they do not require the presence of a protein environment. The first synthetic [4Fe 4S]2+ analogue was reported in 1972 followed by a [2Fe 2S]2+ analogue in 1973. Thus, biomimetic analogues have ever been a powerful means to study assembly and conversion reactions and properties of the different Fe/S species. Despite more than three decades of very successful bioinorganic approaches, the biomimetic chemistry of small Fe/S clusters, i.e., [2Fe 2S] and [4Fe 4S] clusters, is far from being settled, and there are still challenging tasks. The recent isolation of a model for Rieske type [2Fe 2S] clusters and the also asymmetrically coordinated intermediate are the only successful examples of [2Fe 2S] clusters with heteroleptic coordination of the two iron atoms so far. The approach relies on the steric bulk of one of the bidentate ligands and on a stepwise synthesis. Minimisation of by-product formation and their separation makes the synthesis of other complexes of this type considerably difficult. Therefore a different approach to asymmetrically coordinated [2Fe 2S] clusters was tested that uses one tetradentate instead of two bidentate ligands. Putative clusters with a tetradentate ligand are expected to have an increased stability compared to clusters bearing bidentate or even monodentate ligands. A variety of ligand precursors and [2Fe 2S] clusters of some ligand building blocks are presented in Chapter 2 along with other possible functionalisations of the ligands and their complexes. While in the design of tetradentate ligands dithiobiphenyls were employed as bidentate ligands mimicking the cysteine coordination of the Rieske type [2Fe 2S] cluster, the two coordinating histidine residues should be represented by monodentate N-heterocyclic compounds. Since examples for clusters with non-chelating N-coordinating ligands are still relatively rare, this type of complexes was extended by one species. In the course of the synthetic efforts to isolate a 2-methylindole coordinated [2Fe 2S] cluster, the respective [4Fe 4S] cluster was isolated as a by-product and subsequently rationally synthesised. Both the [2Fe 2S] and the [4Fe 4S] cluster are discussed in Chapter 3, the latter being the first example of an all-N-coordinated [4Fe 4S]2+ cluster bearing organic ligands. The importance of interactions other than the obvious coordination between the ligands and the cluster core is increasingly appreciated. For this reason the concept of secondary bonding interactions was further extended to genuine five-fold coordination of the iron atoms. A set of suitable ligands and their respective Fe/S clusters was explored and one five-coordinate [2Fe 2S] cluster was thoroughly examined, as is described in Chapter 4. While the role of Fe/S clusters as the sulphur source in various SAM radical enzymes is widely accepted, analogous biomimetic reactions have not been reported by now. In order to open this field of research, explorative reactions of radicals and synthetic Fe/S clusters have been examined. The first issues that have been addressed include the choice of suitable radical precursors, the possible need for special properties of the employed Fe/S cluster and the means to follow the reaction and to identify reaction products. The first results in this intriguing field of Fe/S cluster chemistry are presented in Chapter 5. Finally, a closer look at the active centre of biotin synthase was taken. Like the Rieske type [2Fe 2S] clusters the cluster from biotin synthase has an asymmetric coordination environment. Moreover, the unique arginine residue coordinating one of the iron atoms is a highly unusual ligand in enzymes. Since the available crystal structure does not allow an exact interpretation of the coordination mode of the arginine side chain and of the overall geometry of the cluster, namely the highly exceptional Fe Fe distance, a theoretical approach was employed to tackle this problem. The focus of this investigation was laid on the protonation state of the arginine s guanidine group, its exact coordination mode and the reason for the exceptional Fe Fe distance. These questions and the conclusions that can be drawn from the calculations are described in Chapter 6.


When he meets with local bureaucrats and potential investors, Ricky Chiu, CEO of the Hong Kong start-up Phase Scientific, says the question they most often ask is, "When are you going to be profitable?" In California, where he lived for 18 years, investors typically focused on a start-up's technology and management team. "Here, it's more practical," he says. Before he moved back to Hong Kong last year to head the company he had launched there in 2017, Chiu was well aware that his birthplace was not home to many sophisticated venture capitalists. But he saw something else. The local government's perennial indifference toward biotech had gone. "They want success stories," Chiu says. "A lot of people here will pull together to ensure you are successful." He wagered that Phase, which manufactures diagnostic kits and provides sample preparation services, stood a good chance in a city better known for finance and


This paper presents a set of tools developed to model, visualize and analy ze large 3D datasets built from 2D and 3D sensor data. These tools, grouped under the Atelier3D framework, first include a technique for processing and interactively visualizing datasets made of hundreds of millions 3D samples and tens of gigabytes of texture from digita l photography. It also includes various analysis tools to visualize and transform the data, including non-photorealistic rendering te chniques implemented on the GPU that provide the capabilities to extract information from the datasets not always visible using classic al shading techniques. Atelier3D also contains advanced display and interaction functionalities to support multi-projector and multi-res olution tele-collaborative hardware configurations.


The main aim of this paper is to study the impact o n he birth rate of specific policies of public spending. The analysis is framed in an developed ec onomy in which fertility choices and economic decisions are interconnected. In particula r, the study relies on overlapping generations, habits in consumption and endogenous b irth rate. This last factor is directly explained by the preference for children, the econo mic capacity of young people and the stylized fact of unemployment. The outcome is a ver satile system dynamics model that is calibrated for the Portuguese economy from 2000 to 2011. A counterfactual exercise with different alternatives of public spending is implem ented in the simulation model. The results show two divergent aspects: the births do not vary if the public consumption increases but, they increase when young people receive subsidies for th eir offspring even when the public consumption is high. These results also indicate th at the subsidies are not sufficient to curb the decreasing trend of births. In addition to that a s ustainable economic growth is required.


We conducted a school-wide training for Japanese preschool teachers based on the behavioral and functional approach to children with problem behaviors. Twenty-five Japanese teachers at a kindergarten and nursery school participated in the program, attending six training sessions and four case-study meetings. The training sessions consisted of (a) lectures on behavioral and functional approaches and (b) group work to develop individual support plans. Following training, improvement was seen in both teachers' knowledge of applied behavior analysis as well as children's behaviors targeted in the training plans. In addition, the overall behavior of the children improved, and the postprogram questionnaire showed that participants' satisfaction and acceptance were high. A case-study meeting had been maintained weekly at both schools for 1 year. Although these results are promising, the current investigation has limitations, and the results should be interpreted with caution.


The problem discussed in this paper emerges from work I've
done on the modern ideal of autonomy.1 I found that autonomy is often
seen as a morally neutral term. Put in terms of good and evil, this means
that it is held consistent to say that a person is autonomous and chooses
evil. Autonomy, by itself, so it is argued, is neutral with regard to good or
evil. On this view, whether or not I choose evil, if I make this choice in the
capacity of being my own master, of governing and ruling myself, then
there is nothing in the way of autonomy that I lack. For example, Feinberg
argues that autonomy is consistent with ruthlessness, cruelty, and other
(moral) failings, and that it is therefore at best only a partial ideal
"insufficient for full moral excellence."2
Is this a tenable position? In this paper I discuss whether it makes
sense to say that a person has a (real) choice between good and evil,
regardless of his state in terms of autonomy. First, I clarify the problem by
using aspects from the work of Plato and Augustine. Second, I show how
Kant attempts to deal with this problem by discussing key aspects of his
moral theory, in particular his concept of radical evil.
For the sake of my argument, I assume in this paper that it is
meaningful to speak of 'good' and 'evil'.


e16529Background: A post-hoc analysis of COU-AA-302 trial data showed that brief pain inventory (BPI), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and bone metastases were predictors for overall survival in men with mCRPC treated with AA+P. This study aimed to identify baseline predictors of other clinical outcomes. Methods: COU-AA-302 trial data were used to develop predictive models for prostate-specific antigen (PSA) progression, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (ECOG PS) deterioration, and opiate use. Associations between baseline factors and outcomes were first assessed using multivariable Cox models among AA+P patients (Step 1). In Step 2, interaction testing was conducted between treatment (AA+P vs. placebo) and each potential predictor (P < 0.2) identified in Step 1. Final Cox models included predictors and any significant interactions (p < 0.05). Results: A total of 1,034 men (525 AA+P; 509 placebo) were included in the analysis. Baseline BPI, PSA, LDH, and ALP w...


Sade village woven fabric is one of Lombok's superior woven fabrics. The process of producing this woven fabric is traditional by using yarn spun from cotton. The purpose of this study is to obtain the optimal strength of cotton yarn using natural dyes. Mordan stage and fixation using alum solution. The coloring stage uses teak leaves, ketapang leaves, and banten skin. All three ingredients are dissolved in water with concentrations 1:10, 1:8, and 1:5. In the mordan stage, 8 grams of alum is dissolved in 1 liter of water. While at the fixation stage, 50 grams of alum is dissolved in 1 liter of water. Teak leaves produce a dark brown color, ketapang leaves produce turmeric yellow color, and banten skin produces a brick red color. After going through the coloring process, the yarn is tested using Tensilon RTG. The result show that the yarn strength increase during the coloring process. In addition, differences in the concentration of the solution also affect the strength of the yarn produced. Solution with a concentration ratio of 1: 8 produces optimal tensile strength of 0.3450 cN/dtex on teak leaves, 0.3369 cN/dtex on ketapang leaves, and 0.2450 cN/dtex on banten skin.


A. Consideration of minutes for the Regular Meeting of December 15, 2017 (approval recommended) B. Consideration of approving Financial Reports and disbursements for DDA, TIF 2, TIF 97, and Old Town TIF dated December 31, 2017, and Financial Reports for Traverse City Parking Services dated October 31, 2017, November 30, 2017, and December 31, 2017 (approval recommended) C. Acceptance of the audited financial statements for fiscal year 2016-2017 (approval recommended)


A new high-lift airfoil design philosophy has been developed and experimentally validated through wind-tunnel tests. A key element of the high-lift design philosophy was to make use of a concave pressure recovery with aft loading. Three codes for airfoil design and analysis (PROFOIL, the Eppler code, and ISES) were used to design the example S1223 high-lift airfoil for a Reynolds number of 2 3 10 5 . In windtunnel tests, the new airfoil yielded a maximum lift coefe cient of 2.2. With vortex generators and a 1% chord Gurney eap (used separately), the Cl,max increased to 2.3. The airfoil demonstrates the rather dramatic gains in Cl,max over those airfoils previously used for high-lift low Reynolds number applications.


In the information epoch, E-government becomes the new government working model, and internet becomes the necessary tendency. Carrying out E-government is of great significance to our modernization. It is our necessary and powerful tool to establish a modernized government with information which is suitable to our practical situation, to promote our society to develop, and to ensure our national security.


Abstract Occupational sociologists are classified into four broad categories, viz academic sociologists, research sociologists administrative sociologists and planning sociologists. The latter three categories of sociologists are regarded as persons who are involved in the practical situation. In an attempt to ascertain the demands imposed by the practical situation, interviews were held with occupational iociologists representative of each ofthese three categories. Sociologists attached to the following bodies were inl'olved: The Institute for Sociological. Demographic and Criminological Research of the Human Sciences Research Council. the National Institute for Personnel Reseerch ofthe Councilfor Scientific and Industrial Research, the Department of Planning. the South African Defence Force and the South African Iron and Steel Industrial Corporation. The demands which the practical situation imposes on these occupational sociologists can be summarised as follows: (1)|A thorough theoretical grounding (2)...


BACKGROUND
Extracellular cold-inducible RNA-binding protein (eCIRP) is a damage-associated molecular pattern (DAMP), which is released into the circulation after hemorrhagic shock (HS). Recently, we discovered that triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (TREM-1) serves as a new receptor of eCIRP to exaggerate inflammation. Here, we hypothesize that by inhibiting the interaction between eCIRP and TREM-1 with the use of a novel short peptide derived from human eCIRP known as M3, we can inhibit the inflammatory response and acute lung injury (ALI) in HS.

METHODS
HS was induced using C57BL/6 mice by cannulating both femoral arteries. One femoral artery was used for removal of blood while the other was used for continuous monitoring of mean arterial blood pressure (MAP). The MAP of 25-30 mmHg was maintained for 90 min, followed by a resuscitation phase of 30 min with 1 mL of normal saline. The treatment group was given 10 mg/kg of M3 during the resuscitation phase. Four hours after resuscitation, serum and lungs were collected and analyzed for various injury and inflammatory markers by using colorimetry, real-time PCR, and ELISA.

RESULTS
There was an increase in the serum levels of tissue injury markers (ALT, AST, and LDH) as well as cytokines (TNF-α and IL-6) when comparing the vehicle group versus the sham group. This increase was significantly inhibited in the M3 treated group. The mRNA expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines TNF-α, IL-6, and IL-1β and the chemokines MIP-2 and KC in lungs was significantly increased in the vehicle-treated HS mice, while their expression was significantly decreased in M3-treated HS mice. Finally, M3 treatment significantly decreased the lung injury score compared to vehicle treated HS mice.

CONCLUSION
The novel eCIRP-derived TREM-1 antagonist (M3) can be a potential therapeutic adjunct in the management of hemorrhagic shock.

STUDY TYPE
Translational animal model.


In the traditional way of designing the electromagnetic resonant wireless power transfer system,the parameters are often manually set,but in practical application it is hard to attain the optimal transmission efficiency. This paper adopted the quantum genetic algorithm to optimize the parameters of the wireless power transfer model. Based on the quantum theory and quantum calculation,this algorithm realized individual encoding by introducing the quantum bit,then searched the optimal solution by using the quantum rotating gate,and finally simulation analyses were made of the resonant wireless power transfer system to verify the effectiveness of the algorithm. It was proved that this algorithm could get the local optimal solution very quickly. The effectiveness of the quantum genetic algorithm in optimizing the parameters was validated,which laid a solid foundation for the optimization of the wireless power transfer model.


Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) have become the new standard for semantic segmentation of very high resolution images. But as for other methods, the map accuracy depends on the quantity and quality of ground truth used to train them. Having densely annotated data, i.e. a detailed, pixel-level ground truth (GT), allows obtaining effective models, but requires high efforts in annotation. For this reason, it is more common and efficient to work with point or scribbled annotations rather than with dense ones. A CNN model trained with such incomplete ground truths tends to mischaracterize the shapes of the objects and to be inaccurate near their boundaries. We propose to use an approximation of a fully connected Conditional Random Field (CRF) to solve these issues, in which long range connections are accounted for through auxiliary nodes based on clustering of CNN activation features. Experiments on the ISPRS Vaihingen benchmark, where a CNN is trained only with a non-dense, scribbled ground truth, show that the proposed method can fill part of the performance gap with respect to models trained on the densely annotated, but unrealistic, ground truth.


Central bank independence will only endure as long as politicians and the public are convinced of its benefits. To this end, central banks must fulfil their mandate to the best of their knowledge and ability, while retaining a sense of proportion and a long-term perspective when implementing measures. Not every short-term deviation from an objective requires an activist response. Moreover, central banks must be conscious of their limits and avoid an accumulation of tasks.


A method for preparing a resin composition for toner is provided to enable easy control of the structure and shape of toner particles and to realize high gloss and excellent durability, low-temperature fixability and shelf stability. A method for preparing a resin composition for toner comprises the steps of: reacting polyester with a compound containing double bonds to provide a compound formed of polyester into which double bonds are introduced; and adding a first vinyl monomer to the polyester into which double bonds are introduced and carrying out polymerization. The polyester preferably comprises a hydroxy group at the terminal of the chain and has a molecular weight of 1,000-100,000.


A low number of Brachiaria ruziziensis (Syn. Urochloa) cultivars available on the market and a lack of information about its forage potential have made it difficult to expand its cultivated area, and have therefore made it necessary to implement a breeding program for this species. Thus, the objective of this work was to evaluate the nutritional value of ten improved populations of Brachiaria ruziziensis (Syn. Urochloa) and two controls (B. ruziziensis cv. Kennedy and B. brizantha cv. Marandu). The experimental design was a randomized block design with three replications in five sections. The data were submitted to analysis of variance in the subdivided plot in which the primary factors were the populations and the secondary cuts. The Tukey test was used at 5% of significance for the comparison of means. The genotypes used came from the third recurrent selection cycle of Embrapa dairy cattle, originating from the interbreeding of clones which had been identified as superior. The height of the cuts was 10 cm in relation to the ground. The material was cut and weighed in the field to obtain the sample weights to determine the nutritional forage value. After drying, the samples were ground in 1 mm sieves for chemical analyzes and in vitro digestibility. The best CP, ADF and NDF levels observed in IV populations (lower levels of ADF and NDF at 93 days of cut interval and lower NDF contents at 35 and 41 days of cut interval), population VI (higher CP content in the interval of 93 days, lower DM content at 64 and 93 days of cut interval, and lower NDF content at 35 and 64 days of cut interval) showed that these populations can be evaluated under grazing even at an advanced maturation stage. The objective of these selections was to evaluate the nutritional value of improved populations of Brachiaria ruziziensis (Syn. Urochloa) in order to obtain more homogeneous populations for implantation of grazing experiments.


At a busy intersection in the bustling city of Indianapolis, Indi ana, stands the imposing four-story brick structure known as the Walker Building. Buff-colored terra cotta is used for deco rative details, and each doorway is embellished with brightly colored African masks. Completed in 1927, this magnificent building marks the climax of the career of Madam C. J. Walker, one of America's most successful African American businesswomen of the early twentieth century. Much of the building served as the headquarters of the Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company, a business that employed some 3,000 African American women and men to manufacture and sell hair products and cosmetics. The Walker Building, planned by Madam Walker herself but constructed after her death, was designed to serve not only as the headquarters for her business, but as a social and cul tural center for African Americans in Indianapolis. Today, it houses the Madam Walker Theatre Center and various commercial businesses. A thousand miles to the west, in the small town of Kemmerer in western Wyoming, the Golden Rule Store represents the early days of James Cash Penne/s successful career. This small building housed the dry goods business that grew into the J. C. Penney Company, the first nationwide chain of department stores in the country. Built about 1897, the two-story stone structure features a cast iron storefront decorated with rosettes and scrollwork and an elaborate metal cornice. When Penney moved his dry goods business here in 1904, the building also housed a saloon, offices, and apartments. In a 25^-140 foot section of the first floor, Penney developed and refined the merchandising ideas that led to the growth of his successful chain of stores. These two historic buildings?one large and imposing, the other modest?provide insight into the characters of two of America's most famous businesspeople. Both Walker and Penney overcame great odds, and both combined a desire to serve others with great financial success. This lesson is based on the National Historic Landmark files, "Mad am C. J. Walker Building" and "J. C. Penney Historic District," as well as other sources related to Madam Walker and J. C. Penney. National Standards


Objective:to observa the value of pulmonary angiography dianosis pulmonary embolish and recanalization of therapy.Methods:put pigtail into the trunk of pulmonalis by piecing V femoralis and angiography in many positions,to observa the defect of lung,the blood of lung,and the delay condition.Result:to see the defect of large artery and delay.Conclusion:Pulmonary angiography is the best diagnosis of pulmonary embolism.


The classification of discontinuous deformations and conditions of their arising due to underground mining in the Upper Silesian Basin has been presented in this paper. The exemplary deformations in the shape of ground steps and sink holes have been shown in this paper too. On the basis of analyses of local mining-geological conditions that influenced the behaviour of rock mass, conclusions have been drawn concerning conditions of these deformations arising.


Aiming at the current computer jacquard knitting circular weft machine, there is a problem that the pattern data transmission is slow and the accuracy is low. When there is repeated call of the same pattern data, there will be a problem that the fabric structure is different. And the system cannot be woven continuously after power-off. A pattern data research scheme of the computer jacquard knitting circular weft machine is proposed. The solution adopts dual-port RAM technology, FSMC technology and GPMC technology to realize high-speed and accurate transmission of pattern data. In this paper, the power-off technology of the circular weft machine is discussed in depth, and the key hardware circuits and software algorithms are designed. The article deeply studies the knitting process and pattern data information, and customizes the special pattern. The results show that the pattern data processing technology realizes the fast and accurate data transmission, and when the system is powered off, the current knitting information is not lost. This technology improves the stability of the computer jacquard knitting circular weft control system


Dose response inhibition curves for serial dilutions of sera obtained from the bagrids Mystus macropterus (Bleeker) and Leiocassis longirostris Gunther and pituitary homogenates from M. macropterus paralell that for the African catfish ( Clarias gariepinus ) gonadotropin (cfGTH), so the radioimmunoassay for cfGTH was used to assay the blood and pituitary samples of the bagrid catfishes. No significant difference was found when comparing the results measured by cfGTH RIA and those by common carp GTH β subunit RIA for the same samples. The gonadotropin release inhibitory activity of dopamine (DA) and responsiveness to gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) were investigated by determining the effects of injection of domperidone (DOM), a dopamine receptor antagonist, des Gly 10 [D Ala 6] LHRH ethylamide (LHRH A), or a combination of DOM and LHRH A on serum GTH level of the feral catfish, M. macropterus. DOM greatly potentiated the GTH release response to LHRH A although it had no effect on GTH release when given alone. These results indicate that GTH secretion in M. macropterus is under a dual control of gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) and DA released from the hypothalamus. Furthermore, DA does not affect the GTH release directly, but indirectly by blocking the effect of GnRH on GTH secretion, which is different from the neuroendocrine regulation mechanism of goldfish and common carp, but similar to that of the African catfish. The combination of LHRH A and DOM can be used to induce ovulation in M. macropterus.


Introduction - Jiro Okamoto Part One: Setting the Research Agenda 1. Characteristics of APEC Trade Liberalization: A Comparative Analysis with the WTO - Akiko Yanai 2. The Development of EVSL Consultations and Setting the Research Questions - Jiro Okamoto 3. Analytical Framework - Jiro Okamoto and Michael Wesley Part Two: The Case Studies 4. Japan: The Structure of Complete Objection - Tatsushi Ogita 5. The United States: Linkage between Domestic Agreement and Foreign Disagreement - Satoshi Oyane 6. Australia: The Loss of Regional Vision Michael Wesley 7. Korea: Trade Policy to Draw Political Support - Yutaka Onishi 8. Thailand: Cautious Involvement as an ASEAN State - Fumio Nagai 9. Indonesia: A Small Fish in a Big Pond - Hanafi Sofyan Part Three: Conclusion 10. Conclusion - Jiro Okamoto


Delaware and England both attract other state and other country' s corporate.The reasons of this phenomenon lies in the system itself not only attractive and outside related operation system lies in the system of cooperation.So,in order to maintain the competitiveness of the legal system of our country company,we not only need to maintain the advanced nature of the system,but also need to focus on the system operation environment.


We demonstrate the possiblity to cool nanoelectronic systems in nonequilibrium situations by increasing the temperature of the environment. Such cooling by heating is possible for a variety of experimental conditions where the relevant transport-induced excitation processes become quenched and deexcitation processes are enhanced upon an increase of temperature. The phenomenon turns out to be robust with respect to all relevant parameters. It is especially pronounced for higher bias voltages and weak to moderate coupling. Our findings have implications for open quantum systems in general, where electron transport is coupled to mechanical (phononic) or photonic degrees of freedom. In particular, molecular junctions with rigid tunneling pathways or quantum dot circuit QED systems meet the required conditions.


We prove polarization theorems for arbitrary classical-quantum (cq) channels. The input alphabet is endowed with an arbitrary Abelian group operation, and an Arıkan-style transformation is applied using this operation. It is shown that as the number of polarization steps becomes large, the synthetic cq-channels polarize to deterministic homomorphism channels that project their input to a quotient group of the input alphabet. This result is used to construct polar codes for arbitrary cq-channels and arbitrary cq multiple access channels. The encoder can be implemented in <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$O(N\log N)$ </tex-math></inline-formula> operations, where <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$N$ </tex-math></inline-formula> is the blocklength of the code. A quantum successive cancellation decoder for the constructed codes is proposed. It is shown that the probability of error of this decoder decays faster than <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$2^{-N^{\beta }}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> for any <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\beta < ({1}/{2})$ </tex-math></inline-formula>.


Fifty strains of poliovirus, predo-minantly Type Ⅰ, and 19 strains of non-polioviruses, including Types A9, B3, B4and B5 of Coxsackie virus, Types 6 and16 of ECHO virus, and Type 3 ofadenovirus, were isolated from 100children with flaccid paralysis vaccinatedwith Chinese made orally administeredSabin's live attenuated poliovirus vaccinein 1963--1964. 149 and 89 strains ofpoliovirus, also predominantly Type Ⅰ,and 25 and 23 strains of nonpoliovi-ruses, including Types A9 and B4 ofCoxsackie virus, Types 6, 8 and 16 ofECHO virus, and Type 3 of adenovirus,were recovered from 368 and 188 unvac-cinated children with flaccid paralysis in1963--1964 and 1959--1962 respectively.Based on the increase in titer of neutra-lizing antibodies in paired sera, the ma-jority of the virus strains isolated wereconsidered to be the etiologic agents inthese cases. Of the 50 vaccinated children withflaccid paralysis from whom polioviruswas isolated, 21 developed paralyticillness 4--30 days (corresponding to theincubation period of poliovirus infection)following vaccination. In 17 of these 21cases the virus isolated was of the sametype as the vaccine virus. In the remaining 29 of the 50vaccinated children with paralysis, theillness occurred in less than 4 days in 7cases and over 30 days in 22 cases aftervaccination. All the 50 strains of poliovirusrecovered from the vaccinated childrenwith flaccid paralysis were subjected tothe T marker test. The results showedthat the T coefficient of all the strainswas less than 0.29, indicating that theywere virulent but not attenuated strains.These cases were thus considered to becoincidental cases, possibly due to infec-tion with wild strains of poliovirusexisting in nature.


One of the big questions which agitated the minds of theologians and laymen alike in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was whether or not the doctrine of the Trinity was scriptural. The controversy raged throughout the United Kingdom and extended to the shores of America where the eminent preacher William Ellery Channing embraced the Unitarian cause.


This volume explores two topics of contemporary critical interest, agency and materiality, in the context of their intersection with the divine. Specific case studies, emphasizing the ancient Near East but including treatments also of the European Middle Ages and ancient Greece, draw on a broad range of written and pictorial sources to elucidate the nature and implications of this intersection.


An antiferromagnetic Hund coupling in multiorbital Hubbard systems induces orbital freezing and an associated superconducting instability, as well as unique composite orders in the case of an odd number of orbitals. While the rich phase diagram of the half-filled three-orbital model has recently been explored in detail, the properties of the doped system remain to be clarified. Here, we complement the previous studies by computing the entropy of the half-filled model, which exhibits an increase in the orbital-frozen region and a suppression in the composite ordered phase. The doping-dependent phase diagram shows that the composite ordered state can be stabilized in the doped Mott regime, if conventional electronic orders are suppressed by frustration. While antiferro-orbital order dominates the filling range $2\ensuremath{\lesssim}n\ensuremath{\le}3$ and ferro-orbital order dominates the strongly interacting region for $1\ensuremath{\lesssim}nl2$, we find superconductivity with a remarkably high ${T}_{c}$ around $n=1.5$ (quarter filling). Also in the doped system, there is a close connection between the orbital-freezing crossover and superconductivity.


Microfinance offers poor people access to basic financial services such as loans, savings, money transfer services and micro insurance. People living in poverty, like everyone else, need a diverse range of financial services to run their businesses, build assets, smooth consumption, and manage risks. Poor people usually address their need for financial services through a variety of financial relationships, mostly informal. Credit is available from informal moneylenders, but usually at a very high cost to borrowers. Savings services are available through a variety of informal relationships like savings clubs, rotating savings and credit associations, and other mutual savings societies. But these tend to be erratic and somewhat insecure. Traditionally, banks have not considered poor people to be a viable market. Different types of financial services providers for poor people have emerged - non-government organizations (NGOs); cooperatives; community-based development institutions like self-help groups and credit unions; commercial and state banks; insurance and credit card companies; telecommunications and wire services; post offices; and other points of sale - offering new possibilities


Traditionally, High Dynamic Range (HDR) images are created by combining photographs taken at different exposure times. This technique has the overhead to capture more than single image of the scene while changing the exposure value. The proposed approach, InternetHDR, aims at creating an HDR image without the need of explicitly taking differently exposed images. This novel approach uses a single Low Dynamic Range (LDR) image as input to create an HDR image by combining information from visually similar images mined from the internet sites using Google image search. The results show that visually pleasing HDR images can be created using a single LDR image and additional information from the visually similar images mined from the internet.


Soil organic matter (SOM) is the earth's largest terrestrial reservoir of carbon which contributes to a variety of biological, chemical and physical properties of soil and is essential for good soil health. The amount (stock) of organic matter in a given soil can increase or decrease depending on numerous factors. But even when stocks are at equilibrium, SOM is in a continual state of flux; new inputs cycle - via the process of decomposition - into and through organic matter pools of various qualities and replace materials that are either transferred to other pools or mineralized. For the functioning of a soil ecosystem, this "dynamics" of SOM is probably more significant than the sizes of SOM stocks. The different carbon isotopic techniques used to study SOM dynamics are: use of organic matter labeled with 14C or 13C, use of natural variation in 13C in organic matter, use of 14C (radiocarbon dating), bomb 14C technique. 14C pulse labeling can be used to trace 14C allocation to shoot and roots, root and rhizomicrobial respiration in grassland communities under drought stress. Based on δ13C signature of C pools, it is possible to disentangle the contribution of 13C fractionation and preferential substrate utilization of recent (C4) versus old carbon (C3) to microbial turnover. 13C isotopic analysis after application of straw is a convenient approach for quantifying carbon-flux partitioning during methanogenic degradation of straw and SOM. The 13C method is generally used in medium-term observations or experiments (5--50 yr); hence, this method gives an estimate of turnover dominated by relatively recent inputs and C pools that cycle within the time frame of the experiment. In contrast, the oldest and most recalcitrant C pools dominate estimates by radiocarbon dating because of the long-term time frame (200-40,000 yr) that this method measures. In future the focus should be on resolving molecular characteristics of organic matter in organo-mineral associations with the knowledge of isotopic signatures of specific molecules. Also the potential of combining isotopic analyses of soil respiration rates with other methods (nutrient uptake in plants) is to be explored.


We report on the smallest silicon FinFETs functioning as biosensors with 13 nm wide fins and 50 nm gate lengths. These electrolytically gated finFETs exhibit a near-ideal subthreshold swing (~65 mV/dec) and a median voltage referred 1/f noise of only ~470 μV2μm2/Hz (at 1Hz, at threshold). Binding biomolecules to the chemically modified gate dielectric surface changes the threshold voltage VT. DNA-PNA hybridization shows a statistically significant signal across all device geometries (50 nm – 10 µm gate length) with a median VT shift of 36 mV for a hybridized 15 base DNA surface density of ~8×1012 cm-2. We obtain a clear signal of 17 mV for a 20 base DNA surface density of ~8×1011 cm-2, which amounts to tens of molecules for a 13 nm wide and 90 nm long device. This is a major improvement compared to our previously reported 250 nm long FETs which picked up ~800 molecules and a significant step forward towards the realization of single molecule sensing with fully integrated silicon FETs. Finally, based on experiment and simulation, we predict single-molecule detection with SNR > 5 to be possible with sub-70 nm finFETs.


The method and code of electron gun calculation in time domain are presented. The Poisson equation in 2D axial region is solved by integral equation method. For modeling in time domain algorithm «step by step» is used. Three meshes — one spherical and two rectangular — are used for potential calculation and equation of motion solving. The consistent scheme of distribution between mesh points of particle charges and calculation of electric field acting on particle is used. This scheme eliminates effect «self-action» of particles. The cathode current is calculated as space charge limited flow. The initial thermal velocities are taken into account.


"EC Merger Regulation contributes to more efficient merger control in EU"* According to a recent Commission report Regulation 139/2004 (the 'EC Merger Regulation') has contributed to more…


Introdution: Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder, which may be accompanied by reduction in quality of life.The purpose of this study was to study the effect of education during discharge on the quality of life in the patients with schizophrenia.
Methods: The present study was an experimental study and research community is of the patients at the Comprehensive Psychiatric Center of Yazd Province, Iran. In this study, the patients (two experimental and control groups, n= 32 in each group) with schizophrenia were admitted to the Comprehensive Psychiatric Center of Yazd Province. For the experimental group, in addition to routine programs, the discharge program was performed for 6 hours in the hospital and a routine program was performed for the control group. Quality of life was measured with the quality of life inventory in both groups before the intervention and one month after discharge. Statistical analysis was performed by paired T test and independed T test(version 16)
Results: The groups were matched for demographic variables and quality of life score. At the end of the study, the quality of life and social skills (P <0.001) were significantly improved in the experimental group, but there was no significant change in the control group (P>0.05).
Conclusion: Increasing the quality of life is the benefits of training during discharge, which is important due to the chronic course of schizophrenia


Through investigation of the students graduated from Jiannan University from 1996 to 2001, the existing problems in teaching plan and cultivation mode of packaging engineering specialty were better understood, the employment state, and the industry requirement were also learnt. Some issues were discussed such as the cultivating levels, the teaching plan, the teaching standard, and the teaching methods for packaging engineering specialty. The investigation results had been used in the revision of 2004 undergraduate teaching plan, and serve as important gist for the revision.


When the stress applied to ferromagnetic materials after demagnetization is changed, the magnetic susceptibilities of their initial magnetization curves increase more than those without any stress change after demagnetization. This phenomenon is called the demagnetization-stress effect The demagnetization-stress effects on grain-oriented Si−Fe sheets cut parallel (L-sample) and perpendicular (T-sample) to the specimen's rolling direction were investigated. Observation of the stress effect in the L-sample showed that its magnetization increment ratio was up to 130%. Hardly any demagnetization-stress effects was observed in the T-sample. However, when a biasing tensile stress of 10 MPa was applied to the sample, the demagnetization-stress effect was observed in the T-sample. The differences between the properties of the sample in these conditions can be explained by taking account of their domain structures during their magnetization process.


Abstract We investigate the crystallography of CuInS2 single crystals on a nanoscopic scale in space by transmission electron microscopy. We combine several convergent-beam electron diffraction techniques (CBED). Microdiffraction, a variant of CBED with a moderate convergent beam, is used for a space-group analysis. The arrangements of so-called defect and excess lines as visible in (000) and high-order Laue zone CBED discs are utilized for the determination of the lattice parameters and for the exact atom positions within the crystallographic unit cell respectively. Therefore the experimental CBED patterns are compared with simulations based on the dynamical diffraction theory. These investigations reveal the analysed CulnS2 material to be a reliable model substance for chalcopyrites (contrary to CuInSe2). We utilize this model substance to determine reflections that occur owing to 'Umweganregungen'. The unambiguous identification of such reflections is indispensable for the differentiation between chalc...


Dr. Vijayapal Pathloth, a doctorate in Dance is an internationally acclaimed and leading exponent of Dance from South Bhaarat (India). A versatile performer and scholar, he is perhaps the only artist from the tribal background who is expertise in both Academics and Dance performances. He is recognized for his scholarly, yet enthralling portrayal of the arts. An exceptional artiste of today's generation, Dr Vijayapal is an accomplished, prolific and promising professional and scholar, who aspire to reach the higher standards of perfection in the field of Dance, both academically and professionally. With Masters, MPhil and PhD in Dance, he pursued MBA and MPhil Tourism Management too. Besides being an Academician, he is a Dance performer, Art educator, Author, Scholar, Choreographer and a Dance Therapist who endeavors to make an impact on the social and cultural lives by sharing his expertise in the field of art. He has authored two books and published various research papers in National and International Journals and books and has also conducted seminars and workshops on dance and allied disciplines at various places furthering his academic pursuit. He is a recipient of various awards and titles besides a JRF and a gold medal for his research work. HASTA MUDRA THERAPY An Effective Aspect of Dance Therapy


Trowulan is one of the tourist areas of history that have excellent potential in Mojokerto regency. As relics of the kingdom Mojopahit area, potentially Tourism Trowulan visited by domestic tourists and international tourists. People living in tourist areas generally work as traders in both the small-scale micro-scale mauun engaged in the provision of a small meal as food supplement for the tourists also partly used as souvenirs. among small food businesses in this area are small businesses owned Sofuan father and Mr. Fahturozy in the village Trowulan, Trowuln districts in Mojokerto. Small enterprises salted peanuts belong to Mr. Sofyan established since 2000, and until now only able to produce as much as 15 kg of salted peanuts per day to be done by 3 people. An average ability in the epidermis peeling beans in a day not more than 5 kg. The same was experienced by small businesses owned by Mr. Muhammad Fahturozy established since 2002 and is only able to produce about 9 kg of salted peanuts per day worked 2 workers. Information from both these business owners, the actual demand for salted peanuts very much but can not meet because of limited manpower and costs for peeling the the cuticle nuts.Based on that information we try to provide a way out by trying to use a peeler peanut the cuticle so that the amount of production can be increased. IbM 2015 through this program can be realized both small businesses desire the salted peanuts. Peeler the cuticle beans that have been tested turned out to show a significant result is a tool that are received by the father and the father of Muhammad Fahturozy Sofuan can produce 19-20 kg/ h with the percentage of broken nuts ± 5%. New problems that occurred with increasing the ability of the cuticle peeling is the lack of means of frying beans so the beans peeled produced can not immediately fried. It was found to affect the quality of the peanuts produced. With the desire and high spirits of both small businessmen salted peanuts on the quality of their products, they are willing to pay to add frying pan so that the quality of salted peanuts produced is maintained. Increasing the number of salted peanut production is certainly an impact on the marketing of the bean. The solution we provide to overcome the problems of marketing is to provide guidance and assistance in an effort to increase the number and expand the marketing area. Guidance we have done is to give a tutorial on how to market the salted peanuts and how to get new customers. The results of the guidance is the addition of marketing area that was originally only in the area of Mojokerto, now began to be marketed in Jombang, Sidoarjo and Gresik. The second desire of small entrepreneurs salted peanuts to be able to market their products in the mini market and super market while it is still constrained in handling brand and IRT permits are still sought. Besides problems IRT licenses and brands that are still in the maintenance effort, there is still another problem that needs to be thought of looking for a way out is the speed of packaging and packaging quality to make it look more attractive in addition to maintaining a stable taste quality. Keywords : Small enterprises Salted peanuts, IbM Partners, Parer the porters epidermis beans


Abstract. Introduction. The development of digitalization processes causes the appearance of new participants in the financial market, changes the structure of competition in the banking sector, reduces the profitability of traditional banking activities, and therefore forces banks to look for new sources of income. Transformations are also dictated by new challenges that stimulate the active growth of digital operations and create demand for digital products and services in the financial sphere. The article proves that digital and market transformation processes affect the future development of the banking system of Ukraine, requiring constant monitoring and adaptation to today's requirements. Purpose. The purpose of the research is to reveal the imperatives of the development of the banking system of Ukraine in view of the rapid processes of digitalization and systematic market transformations. Results. Based on the study of scientific sources and the current state of the banking system, the key imperatives of its development in the conditions of digitalization and market transformations are determined: improvement of the financial ecosystem; promotion of neobanks; open banking; artificial intelligence and machine learning; cryptocurrency. The classification of types of banking innovations (product innovations, process innovations, innovations in business models) is shown indicating the specifics of their implementation. The stages of the process of development and introduction of new banking products are considered, as well as the evolution of the financial ecosystem and the NBU ecosystem in the context of the global financial ecosystem are presented. Conclusions. . It is proven that there will be a transition to a new world of adaptive banking services, and technology will allow banks to satisfy the unique set of changing preferences of each client with the help of services or programs created according to the principle of modularity or the designer, according to which each user will choose only the modules he needs. Implementation of the above-mentioned trends in banking activity requires banks to develop clear strategy based on the types of innovations in partnership with external business structures, thanks to the development of new competencies and the transformation of corporate culture.


Fiber clustering is a very important step towards tract-based, quantitative analysis of white matter via diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). This work proposes a new computational framework for white matter fiber clustering based on symbolic sequence analysis method. We first perform brain tissue segmentation on the DTI image using a multi-channel fusion method and parcellate the whole brain into anatomically labeled regions via a hybrid volumetric and surface warping algorithm. Then, we perform standard fiber tractography on the DTI image and encode each tracked fiber by a sequence of labeled brain regions. Afterwards, the similarity between any pair of anatomically encoded fibers is defined as the similarity of symbolic sequences, which is a well-studied problem in the bioinformatics domain such as is used for gene and protein symbolic sequences comparisons. Finally, the normalized graph cut algorithm is applied to cluster the fibers into bundles based on the above defined similarities between any pair of fibers. Our experiments show promising results of the proposed fiber clustering framework.


In order to investigate the influence of bush growth on the forest soil, the anthors analyzed the organic carbon pool and compared it with that of broad-leaved forests with the same environmental foctors. Soils at 0~20 cm depth were collected as profile sample. The results show that soil microbial biomass carbon(MBC) and water-soluble organic carbon(WSOC) were much higher (P0.01) in bush forest(0.623 and 0.189 g/kg) compared with the same values in broad-leaved forests(0.338 and 0.148 g/kg).Higher percentages of MBC and WSOC to total organic carbon (TOC) were observed in bush forest(P0.05). However, there were no differences in TOC and easily-oxidized organic carbon(EOC), soil enzymatic activities and soil nutrients to be found between the two types of forest. Both soil MBC and EOC were closely related (P0.01) to TOC in the two forest stands. However, a close relationship between WSOC and TOC was observed only in bush forest stand. It was found that soil total nitrogen(TN) in both forests were closely related to TOC(P0.01). The activities of sucrase, protease, urease and phosphatase were significantly(P0.01) related to TOC, MBC and EOC in the broad-leaved forest. The sucrase was the only enzyme which was well correlated to various fractions of organic carbon in bush forests.


The present invention relates to a semiconductor device. Especially, the present invention relates to a light emitting device package which can be used in a lighting device. The present invention includes a package body which comprises a mounting part; a light emitting device which is mounted on the mounting part; a transparent substrate which is located on the light emitting device; a wavelength conversion layer which is located on the transparent substrate; and a color compensation layer which corrects the color of the wavelength conversion layer.


In this paper, three methods of judging point of inflection are given. They are more convenient and valid in operation.


In order to solve the hypoxia problem of the people living in plateau, this article took plants oxygen generating to supply oxygen-enrich air for them based on the research of the main oxygen generator method, and designed plant oxygen generating system and the oxygen concentration detection system. Practice has proved that the plant oxygen generating system can provide the oxygen-enriched air and the oxygen concentration detecting system can get the real-time acquisition of oxygen concentration data quickly and high accuracy.


46 patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) of both sexes under 40 years of age in the state of compensation were found to have significantly greater figures (1, 3) for the parameter characterizing the subendocardial bloodflow, obtained by calculating technique, versus 33 DM patients beyond 40 in the state of compensation, which fact suggests the presence of diabetes macroangiopathies (IAD) in the latter. In 6 patients the diagnosis of IHD has been verified postmortem.


The Cenozoic tectonic dynamic process controlled by the Pacific subduction and Tethyan subduction/collision in South China are still controversial and lacks geological evidence of intracontinental deformation to define. Here, we focused on the Huangshadong‐Shiba area (HSA) in the south‐eastern coastal area of China. This study aims to obtain multi‐stage geological events by an integrated multidisciplinary investigation to decipher the multiple tectonic deformation in Cenozoic South China. We found that the Jurassic and Cretaceous granite not only dominates in surface magmatic rocks but also integrates into a whole with buried depth more than 2 km. This plate‐like granite (it means the occurrence of granite is like a tremendous plate) with thickness more than 3 km is sliced by Heyuan Fault, Renzishi Fault, and Zijin‐Boluo Fault. The basalts in the Shiba Basin have an Ocean Island Basalt‐like property, and the Heyuan Fault controlled the distribution of basalt. Our results, merged with a review of the Cenozoic tectonic evolution in South China, emphasise the decisive role of the India–Eurasia collision on the tectonics of South China in the Palaeogene and suggest the continuous northward drift of the Philippine Sea Plate and Australian Plate had a substantial effect on South China in the Neogene. This study also proposes a two‐stage tectonic activity model to visualise the Cenozoic tectonic activity acting on the HSA or South China.


Achieving success in public construction projects is difficult because it requires economy, efficiency, quality, fairness and transparency. Such projects are taken up on the requisition of owners/clients and almost always involve multiple entities and are also accountable to external financial audit and vigilance agencies. Identification of the success factors is considered the key to achieving success in these projects. Through an extensive literature review, 36 success attributes were identified and a questionnaire-based survey was undertaken to elicit views of professionals on these success attributes. The responses from 105 professionals with an average of 22 years of experience in public construction projects in India were collected and analysed. The factor analysis yielded four success factors: awareness of and compliance with rules and regulations; pre-project planning and clarity in scope; effective partnering among project participants; and external monitoring and control. These four success factors were also used in multivariate linear regression in order to explore their relative significance for overall performance, and compliance with anti-corruption and financial norms. The most significant factor for overall performance is awareness of and compliance with rules and regulations. The results would be helpful to public construction project professionals in taking proactive measures for successful completion of public projects.


This note is an overview of the Booster and AGS for the 2015 Polarized Proton RHIC run from an operations perspective. There are some notable differences between this and previous runs. In particular, the polarized source intensity was expected to be, and was, higher this year than in previous RHIC runs. The hope was to make use of this higher input intensity by allowing the beam to be scraped down more in the Booster to provide a brighter and smaller beam for the AGS and RHIC. The RHIC intensity requirements were also higher this run than in previous runs, which caused additional challenges because the AGS polarization and emittance are normally intensity dependent.


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SUMMARY A patient presented with myocarditis shortly after contracting chicken-pox and particles with characteristics of the herpes group were found in the myocardial biopsy; subsequently, he progressed clinically and histologically to a cardiomyopathy of the dilated type. A production machinist presented in August 1978 at the age of 25 with a two week history of malaise and lethargy, breathlessness (NYHA 2B), and upper abdominal pain; he had a dry cough, nausea, and vomiting. Ten weeks previously he had been unwell with chicken-pox contracted from his children. At the age of 16 he had chorea, and a heart murmur had been noted earlier in childhood. There was no history of alcohol abuse. Examination showed congestive cardiac failure and moderate mitral regurgitation. The electro-cardiogram showed increased left ventricular voltages (S1 V6=3 9 mV), and the chest x-ray film confirmed cardiomegaly (cardiothoracic ratio 52%). Viral titres including Varicella zoster were negative; Cocksackie titres were not measured. Paul-Bunnell was negative, erythrocyte sedimentation rate was only 1 mm/h, and the full blood count was normal. In order to determine if the patient had an acute myocardial disease such as myocarditis a right ventricular biopsy was obtained.


【Objective】 To investigate the drug-resistance and emm gene genotypes of group A streptococcus(GAS) in children in Guangzhou. 【Method】 Antimicrobial susceptibility was tested using the Kirby-Bauer(K-B)trial and genotyping was performed by sequencing the PCR product of the emm gene fragment that encodes the N terminal of the M protein of GAS. 【Results】 The K-B trial showed all GAS strains were sensitive to mecillinam,cefditoren,ofloxacin and vancomycin while highly resistant to macrolide,tetracycline,chloramphenicol and sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim.As to their genotype,the emm1 was the major genotype(37.9%) in all the 87 strains.The followed was emm18(13.8%),emm12(11.5%),emm69(9.2%). 【Conclusions】 There is a high resistance to macrolies,therapy for GAS should choose penicillins at first.The study show the predominating emm gene genotype of GAS in Guangzhou is emm1,the result provides an useful guideline to develop the M-type specific vaccine.


Old carpets, as informative material objects, are therefore the proper stuff of archaeology. Aspects of the carpet world offer food for thought as to how entities we recognize among the debris of antiquity come to be recognized and valued. Here James Mellaaart's recorded paintings from Çatal Hüyük, which 'surfaced' a generation after the dig was completed, have now come to have an unexpected role.


A mixed paste of aluminum (Al) and germanium (Ge) (7:3) was prepared and screen-printed on silicon (Si) substrates, followed by annealing at a peak temperature of 1000 °C in an IR rapid thermal annealing furnace to investigate the liquid-phase growth of silicon–germanium (SiGe) epitaxial layers. The gas ambient during annealing was changed to investigate the effect on SiGe layer quality and physical properties. The SiGe formed samples were observed by scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. Oxygen-containing atmosphere suppressed the SiGe layer formation by oxidizing the Al particle surface, limiting the reaction of the particle to the Si surface. On the other hand, annealing in an argon atmosphere without oxygen resulted in the formation of SiGe layers with a thickness of over 30 μm.


* The author is Professor of Chinese Studies at the School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield. The research for this article, which was supported by the Australian Research Council, was conducted when she was a member of the School of Asian Studies at the University of Western Australia. She would like to thank Chen Chuqing and Rheinny Wiraatmadja for their research assistance and the benefit of their expertise on Chinese law. In December 1996 the Director of International Crisis Management for Edelman Public Relations, the world's fifth largest public relations company, issued


A new era of modern computing ushered in early forties. This new concept demanded more and more computing power as the day past. It was assistance to solve large complex problems. Supercomputing has witnessed a paradigm shift from massively parallel supercomputers to network computers. Though dedicated high end supercomputers still have their place in the market yet combined unused CPU cycles of desktop PCs available in the campus network can form comparable virtual supercomputers. Consequently, distributed computing attracted a boost of attention and becoming one of the most promising areas of large scale scientific computing. Local Area Network (LAN) consists of different clusters of high end desktop PCs. These clusters are geographically distributed over the campus wide network and called local grid of clusters. In this paper, we are presenting Grid-enabled PC Cluster (GPCC), exhibiting low latency and high bandwidth subcommunication system. The design of the GPCC is such that it keeps in view the TCP windows buffer size of local1 and non-local2 nodes in the network environment.


Green synthesis methods using plants have many advantages such as time-saving, chemical-free, and negative effects on the environment. So, extracted Citrus aurantium juice was used to synthesize green CuO/TiO2 and(G- CuO/TiO2) nanocatalyst which was characterized by XRD, SEM, EDX, FTIR, BET, and ZP and utilized in the degradation of methylene blue (MB) under UV lamps and dark environments. The ANOVA program was used to maximize the photodegradation efficiency (%) of (G-CuO/TiO2) on the MB dye. The four independent variables: Initial dye concentration (10-50 mg/L), pH (3-9), adsorbent dose (200-1000 mg/L), and contact time (30-90 min) served to the model of the photodegradation efficiency (%). The ANOVA results confirmed the high significance of the regression model while the predicted values of the photodegradation efficiency (%) of MB were in good agreement with the corresponding experimental ones. Optimized conditions for the maximum photodegradation efficiency (98.6%) by (G- CuO/TiO2) NPs were the initial dye concentration (10.93 mg/L), pH (8.87), adsorbent mass (986.43 mg/L), and contact time (89.08 min). The validity of the quadratic model was examined, and found in good agreement with the experimental values. Results demonstrated that (G-CuO/TiO2) could be a promising photocatalyst in the degradation of MB dye. Copyright © 2023 by Authors, Published by BCREC Group. This is an open access article under the CC BY-SA License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).


This paper proposes a tentative approach to critical policy evaluation. It does so through a central focus on values. It suggests that emerging psychosocial approaches to welfare provide a useful way of considering values associated with the subjective dimension of welfare. Evaluation is presented as discursively constructed within political, scientific and popular discourses. It is a socially situated practice, whose meaning and methodology are contested by politicians, policy-makers, evaluation commissioners, welfare practitioners, professional evaluators and users of services. Contestation is approached as a methodological issue and a question of power. In this respect, evaluation is seen as part of a governance strategy but the argument seeks to avoid the tendency towards functionalism of some recent accounts of evaluation as governance. Instead, the question is approached by considering the role of values in evaluation. The article seeks to relate what are referred to as the internal valuesthat guide evaluation practice with the external values of political critique.


All forms of message production are inseparable from the interests of the owners of capital and political power around them. Information conveyed to audiences is a reality that has been selected and arranged according to the ideological considerations of media institutions through editorial decisions. Media have different visions and missions as well as interests and policies of the owner, because of that the angle of news coverage will be different. In this research, researchers analyze the pattern of news coverage media online due to peaceful movement committed by a group of Muslims on 4th November, 2016, the biggest movement throughout the year 2016 by engaging millions of people from several Islamic organizations in Indonesia. This research uses a qualitative research method, with a case study approach. The purpose of this research is to analyze the pattern of framing coverage of government portal as well as the private-owned portal in reporting on the peaceful movement on 4th November, 2016, based on Robert Entman framing model. The research results showed that government portal put forward news updates and show facts to the public that to be addressed. Meanwhile, the portal of the private-owned more emphasis the news based on the interests of the owners of capital.


The Michillinda peat seam is exposed along the shores of Lake Michigan, near Muskegon and thus lies about 60 miles north of the South Haven seam studied by Zumberge and Potzger (1955). It consists of about 50 in. of peat lying on gravel and sand over silt and is overlain by dune. The basal layer has been dated at 5250 B.P. (M-473) and the top at 4100±250 B.P. (M-472). It thus represents about 1000 yr of accumulation and approximates, perhaps accidentally, the rate of peat accumulation calculated by Sears and Jensen (1933) for the Erie basin. We are indebted to Professor James Zumberge for the opportunity to study this material, and to the National Science Foundation for financial assistance. Results of our analysis are shown in detail in table 1. As indicated by the column of total counts, pollen was very scarce in some layers, the peat at certain depths being heavily diluted by sand as shown in figure 3. Carbonized plant remains are also abundant, particularly in the sandy layers, but whether they are due to fire or decomposition (muck formation) we cannot say. Our main conclusions have been drawn from those spectra representing a count of more than 100, although in general the lower counts confirm the higher ones.


Ethanol impairs many subsystems of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, including the cell cycle. Cyclins and damage checkpoints drive the cell cycle. Two ethanol-responsive lncRNAs in yeast interact with cell cycle proteins, and here we investigated the role of these RNAs on the ethanol-stressed cell cycle. Our network dynamic modeling showed that the higher and lower ethanol tolerant strains undergo a cell cycle arrest during the ethanol stress. However, lower tolerant phenotype arrest in a later phase leading to its faster population rebound after the stress relief. Two lncRNAs can skip the arrests mentioned. The in silico overexpression of lnc9136 of SEY6210 (a lower tolerant strain), and CRISPR-Cas9 partial deletions of this lncRNA, evidenced that the one induces a regular cell cycle even under ethanol stress; this lncRNA binds to Gin4 and Hsl1, driving the Swe1p, Clb1/2, and cell cycle. Moreover, the lnc10883 of BY4742 (a higher tolerant strain) interacts to the Mec1p and represses Bub1p, circumventing the DNA and spindle damage checkpoints keeping a normal cell cycle even under DNA damage. Overall, we present the first evidence of the direct roles of lncRNAs on cell cycle proteins, the dynamics of this system in different ethanol tolerant phenotypes, and a new cell cycle model.


Altered serum proteins in mental illness have been reported by workers in various parts of the world, and a review of these studies has led to the consideration of an autoimmune mechanism in the pathogenesis of some functional psychoses (Fessel, 1962a). Several reports have appeared in recent years which suggest the presence of antibodies in the serum of certain psychiatric patients to central nervous system tissue. Many of these have been reviewed by Vartanyan (1963). Fessel (1962b, 1963) demonstrated agglutination of latex particles coated with monkey brain extract and agglutination of tanned sheep red blood cells coated with human brain extract, but no precipitins in double diffusion in agar of the sera against monkey brain extract. As an alternative to antibrain antibodies he suggested a less specific physicochemical abnormality of the serum which caused the agglutination. Yokoyama, Trams, and Brady (1962), using a sheep red blood cell haemagglutination technique, showed the presence of anti-asialoganglioside antibodies in the sera of 3 of 14 schizophrenic patients and anti-ganglioside antibody in the serum of another. Kuznetzova and Semenov (1961), by complement fixation, demonstrated antibodies in the sera of 22 of 84 schizophrenics, mainly to human brain and not to other organs. The antibodies appeared more frequently in the later stages of the illness (Semenov, Morozov, and Kuznetzova, 1961). Skalickova and Jezkova (1961), also with a complement fixation technique, demonstrated blood and cerebrospinal fluid antibodies to grey and white matter during the "infectious" onset of schizophrenia, but not in the chronic, demented phase.