Directly measured low-pressure thermal HCO dissociation rate constants and isotope effect are presented for the first time. The temperature range of the measurements is 637-832 K. A theoretical model developed in the preceding paper is found to be highly consistent with these results and with all available H + CO thermal addition rate constant measurements. The calculations are used to extend the measured dissociation rate constant to combustion temperatures. The calculated low-pressure dissociation rate constant k/sub 1/ in various buffer gases is accurately represented from 300 to 3000 K by k/sub 1/(Ar) = 3.09 x 10/sup -7/T/sup -1/e/sup -17.0/RT/, k/sub 1/(He) = 3.80 x 10/sup -7/T/sup -1/e/sup -17.1/RT/, k/sub 1/(N/sub 2/) = 3.07 x 10/sup -7/T/sup -1/e/sup -17.0/RT/, and k/sub 1/(H/sub 2/) = 5.79 x 10/sup -7/T/sup -1/e/sup -17.0/RT/, where k/sub 1/ is in cm/sup 3//(molecule s) and R is in kcal/(mol deg). The calculations suggest that (..delta..E)/sub tot/, the average energy transfer between metastable HCO* and the buffer gas, varies between -40 and -50 cm/sup -1/ for buffer gases N/sub 7/, H/sub 2/, He, and Ar.


is stated for arbitrary C*algebras 91. As an application the classification of countably generated Hilbert W*modimli by their • structure is given.


Secondary compression is important in peat deposits because they exist at high void ratios and exhibit high values of compression index Cc, display the highest values of Cα/Cc among geotechnical materials, and primary consolidation is completed in weeks or months in typical field situations. Secondary compression of Middleton peat was investigated by oedometer tests on undisturbed specimens. The observed secondary compression behavior of this fibrous peat, with or without surcharging, is in accordance with the Cα/Cc concept of compressibility. Near the preconsolidation pressure, the secondary compression index, Cα, increases significantly with time. In the compression range Cα decreases only slightly with time, and for most practical purposes a constant Cα with time can be used to compute secondary settlement. Postsurcharge secondary compression index, Cα′, always increases with time. This is predicted by the Cα/Cc concept of compressibility. A secant postsurcharge secondary compression index, Cα″, is the...


This book, the product of two conferences on mental disorders organised by H. in 2010, begins with a stimulating introduction by the editor and continues thereafter with 21 essays on different aspects of the topic, from modern considerations of diagnosis and classification to ancient tragic, philosophical, medical and legal perspectives. H.'s excellent introduction sets out some of the ambitions of the volume, which attempts to speak to modern practitioners of mental healthcare as well as to historians of medicine and classicists; H. argues that a deep engagement with texts from antiquity will provide insight into the problem of defining, understanding and coping with mental illness both in the past and in the present day. He not only provides an overview of the papers, but also points to the further questions or challenges that arise in many of them. The first two papers, by B. Simon and J. Hughes, address issues of classification and diagnosis in modern psychiatry, further illustrating H.'s points about both the disjunctures and similarities between modern and ancient attempts to grapple with mental disorders: at the heart of much of the work lies the problem of defining what is 'normal', the significance of subjectivity and the idea that to contend with mental illness in humans is always to contend with the value systems of a particular society. These essays provide useful frameworks for the papers that follow, most of which concentrate on Greek literature, with emphasis on the Hippocratic Corpus, Plato, Aristotle and Galen. The second section, 'Greek Classifications', begins with C. Thumiger's paper on the early Greek vocabulary of insanity, which will be essential reading for those interested in the nuances of a host of words found not just in early medical texts but also in contemporary literature. J. Jouanna, V. Nutton, V. Boudon-Millot and B. Holmes deftly address the efforts of various ancient medical writers to classify different mental illnesses and to explain the physiology of madness. Jounna argues for a stable binary understanding of insanity, one depressive and the other hyperactive, that he traces from the Hippocratic medical authors into Galenic times; Nutton discusses Galen's focus on the connections between mental illnesses and other diseases of the body, his 'psychosomatism', underscoring Galen's constant interest in treating his whole patient; Boudon-Millot also looks at Galen, examining his broad approach to mental diseases, which for him encompass not only the extremes of mania but also human passions; Holmes explores how Galen integrates his medical and philosophical ideas of body and soul in her discussion of Galenic sympathy, arguing that Galen departs from his philosophical predecessors by THE CLASSICAL REVIEW 45


Purpose – This study aims to explore how brand personality (BP) traits and the congruence between consumer personality (CP) and BP affect emotional loyalty to two types of brands. Design/Methodology/Approach – The research was conducted using an online questionnaire on a sample of 287 respondents from Lithuania. The questionnaire included Aaker's Brand Personality Scale and the Big Five personality traits to assess the congruence between the matching pairs. Apple and Samsung brands were used as examples of the brands with a prevailing emotional and rational content. The empirical check was based on regression analysis. Findings and Implementations – The findings re- vealed the impact of BP traits and their congruence with . pp . 59 CP on emotional loyalty. Different sets of BP traits were found to impact loyalty to Apple and Samsung brands. The emotional loyalty appeared to be higher for the brand with a prevailing emotional content (Apple). Limitations – The limitations may be linked to the selec-tion of brands since the companies implement different branding strategies. The convenience sampling method and the disproportion in terms of gender in the sample may also be seen as limitations. Originality – The study addresses the research gap of the impact of BP traits and their congruence with consumer personality on emotional loyalty to brands that emphasize emotional versus rational aspects. Differences in the sets of BP traits affecting emotional loyalty were discovered regarding the two types of brands. This constitutes new scientific knowledge within the scope of studies on emotional loyalty to brands.


Within developed countries, territorial economic disparities are highly significant and persistent. In many countries, the spatial disparities have even increased in the last decade, reflecting that some types of regions are evidently better prepared and equipped than others to benefit from changing economic circumstances. In fact, there are signs that globalisation and the shift toward aBstraCt


Betsy Friesen (University of Minnesota - Twin Cities) and Brenda Hazard (SUNY/Albany).

This discussion is open to all members to identify those issues, problems, and concerns that divert and distract from the goals of efficient and effective productivity using the ALEPH GUI. Ideas and problems from this session will be summarized by the Aleph Enhancement Coordinator at the Aleph Product Working Group Business Meeting as a way to help identify the next targeted development enhancement needed in the Aleph system. Please come and bring your ideas, problems, worries, and hopes for making Aleph a better ILS!


International cooperation is a cornerstone of efforts to combat climate change. The achievement of global climate change mitigation goals will require significant investment in emissions reduction in developing countries. International cooperation will be essential in providing the needed finance, capacity building, and technology transfer and development. To help advance international discussions concerning priority sectors, technologies, and policies, this report identifies promising opportunities to support greenhouse gas mitigation efforts in China, India, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, and South Korea. It projects future "business-as-usual" emissions scenarios, assembles existing estimates of emissions reduction potential, and assesses barriers and opportunities concerning reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in each country. The paper focuses particular attention on transportation, buildings, industry, and electricity production and suggests some sectors, technologies, and policies where international efforts could yield significant greenhouse gas emissions in light of each country's domestic priorities and programs. Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in Developing Countries WP-US-0903 Copyright © 2009 by the Stockholm Environment Institute This publication may be reproduced in whole or in part and in any form for educational or non-profit purposes, without special permission from the copyright holder(s), provided acknowledgement of the source is made. No use of this publication may be made for resale or other commercial purpose, without the written permission of the copyright holder(s). For more information about this document, contact Peter Erickson at firstname.lastname@example.com. Stockholm Environment Institute US 11 Curtis Avenue Somerville, MA 02144-1224, USA www.sei-us.org and www.sei.se


The invention discloses a kind of peritoneoscope micro-wound operation robot principal and subordinate's isomorphism main hands of formula remote operating, the cating nipple assembly I that mainly include pedestal, is arranged on pedestal and pass sequentially through cating nipple assembly that articulation part correspondence connects II, III, IV, thumb component and forefinger parts, described cating nipple assembly I, II, III and IV is correspondingly provided with angular transducer S1, angular transducer S2, angular transducer S3, displacement transducer S4, angular transducer S5, angular transducer S6 and angular transducer S7;The freedom of motion one_to_one corresponding of this remote operating master each joint freedom degrees on hand and operation actuating station operating theater instruments, achieve principal and subordinate's isomorphism, can either directly through the control to operation actuating station of the corresponding main hands of (mapping) relational implementation remote operating and adjustment, avoid the motion needed for principal and subordinate's isomery remote operating and resolve the time, reduce system delay;Also the intuitive making remote operating itself is strengthened, and effectively reduces operation easier and operating error.


Environmental evaluation and planning is a hot point of the relative science research nowadays. So the work is carried out in the Dingxi prefecture, a typical loess gully-hilly region of the semi-arid regions. The AHP method is used to evaluate the characteristic, quality, and degree and potential in use of the regional ecological environment. Then some suggestion on the ecological renovating, restoring, and planning were presented. The factors were selected according to our data resources and the factors weight is defined. The results indicate that using AHP model, the environmental evaluation can be performed in the loess gully-hilly region in northwest of China. In the study area, the quality, and degree and potential in use is not so good in the most of the study area. On the bases of quality evaluation, the environmental planning was developed.


Please cite this paper as: Gossner J. Subtle Radiographic Findings of Thoracolumbar Fractures in Patients with Ankylosing Spinal Disease. Bull Emerg Trauma. 2021;9(1):48-49. doi: 10.30476/beat.2021.86642. *Corresponding author: Johannes Gossner Address: Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Evangelisches Krankenhaus GöttingenWeende, An der Lutter 24, 37074 Göttingen, Germany. e-mail: email@example.com Received: June 8, 2020 Revised: December 10, 2020 Accepted: December 15, 2020


The contemporary manufacturing organisations recognise sustainability as an important concept for survival in the competitive scenario. Sustainability addresses triple bottom line namely profitability, people and planet. The concept selection in the context of sustainability is a typical multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) problem. The case organisation needs to select the best concept among five concepts which are used to infuse sustainability during early product design and development phases. The decision-makers of the case organisation felt that technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) is the appropriate MCDM technique for sustainable concept selection. The decision-makers' inputs have been gathered and the various steps in TOPSIS have been executed. Based on the distance of each concept from ideal and anti-ideal solutions as well as on the basis of closeness index, the concept Environmental Conscious Quality Function Deployment is found to be the best concept. The selected concept has been subjected to implementation. The results derived from the study indicated that TOPSIS is an effective approach towards sustainable concept selection.


Reference book covering all aspects of museum collection and library pest control. Contains in particular an illustrated identification guide to common insect pests, a survey of museum pest control procedures, references to US key federal and state government offices, literature references and technical reports on pesticides.


The invention relates to an automatic wearing clearance compensation device for an S pipe valve of a concrete pump. The automatic wearing clearance compensation device is composed of an S pipe, a rocker arm, a round nut, a cutting ring, an elastic ring, a glasses plate and a compression spring, wherein the rocker arm is fixed on the S pipe by the round nut, and the S pipe is connected with the glasses plate by the cutting ring and the elastic ring. The automatic wearing clearance compensation device is characterized in that a screw rod part of the S pipe, which is matched with the round nut, is removed, and a threaded hole with the corresponding depth is chiseled at the center of a spline shaft of the S pipe; a screw rod matched with a thread of the S pipe is arranged on the end surface of the round nut; and the compression spring is additionally arranged between the round nut and the rocker arm, and the screw rod of the round nut penetrates through the compression spring, is inserted into the threaded hole of the S pipe and is screwed tightly. According to the automatic wearing clearance compensation device, the round nut is matched with the thread on the end surface of the S pipe so as to compress the compression spring, so that the compression spring can generate elastic force. The round nut is pushed by the elastic force to drive the S pipe to move to the end surface of the cutting ring, so as to compress the cutting ring and the glasses plate, so that the effect of compensating a wearing clearance between the cutting ring and the glasses plate automatically and timely can be achieved.


Abstract In preliminary layout optimisation problems, it is of great importance how to efficiently represent the structure's layout so that it could account for the relevant objectives. A unified automated technique is presented for finding the optimum spanning of rectangular floors to simplify the computer-aided conceptual design of multi-storey buildings. The technique supports two commonly used floor systems: flat plates and beam–slab floors, in which the number and the size of spans are variables. The paper describes how conceptual design optimisation of rectangular floor systems involving architectural, structural and constructional objectives can be modelled as a multi-objective combinatorial optimisation problem. The method first is presented in a general form that is able to accommodate different objective functions and is not confined to optimisation under a certain type of action effects, loading systems and/or geometrical constraints. Then, the optimisation problem is formulated for cost optimisation of floor as a specific application of the methodology.


X rays generated by a linear electron accelerator were used for the radiographic inspection of metallic U fuel elements. Details of experiments carried out with the linear accelerator at the Nagoya Industrial Research Institute are reported. U metal, with a purity of 99.9% and a density of 19.0 g/ cm/sup 3/, was used for the preparation of wedges, containing deliberately introduced defects of various dimensions. These specimens were used to determine the lowest limit of detectability of defects by the technique. Au foils 3-mm thick were used as target material, exposing them to a 10-mm diameter, 40- mu amp electron beam for periods ranging from 5 to 35 seconds. The x-ray dose was varied from 7 to 53 r, depending on the thickness of the specimens. Under these conditions, it was found that the smallest still recognizable defect has a diameter of 2 mm and a depth of 1 mm. (TTT)


Since the privatisation of British Gas, the interest and activity in gas metering has steadily increased for both economic and operational reasons. Remote meter reading (RMR) and automatic meter reading (AMR) are two areas where significant developments are taking place. AMR is the reading of a meter by means such as a doorstep meter reading via a plug-in unit, whereas PMR normally refers to reading meters over a relatively long distance using a communication medium, such as radio, telephone or the mains electricity cable


During the Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, valid information was crucial and electronic health literacy (EHL) plays a significant role in public adherence to health protocols. This study aimed to evaluate the pattern of COVID-19 information-seeking, and the association between EHL, COVID-19 knowledge, and health protocol adherence among patients with COVID-19 during self-quarantine. Data were collected through an online survey sent to self-quarantined COVID-19 patients during March – December 2020 in a sub-district in West Java. Spearman tests were used to evaluate the relationship between EHL with COVID-19 knowledge, and EHL with health protocol adherence. There were 56 respondents with more than half being female (58.9%), university graduates (64.3%) and having good health status level (57.1%). Social media were the commonest online sources. During self-isolation, the frequency of Internet use increased (i.e., every day) with information on vitamins and supplements as the most commonly searched. Respondents had high scores on EHL (mean= 20.0), knowledge (mean = 8.89/10, SD = 1.796), and adherence (mean = 26.98/30, SD = 3.066). This study found significant relationships between EHL and knowledge (p-value = 0.001, r = 0.436), and the adherence (p-value = 0.011, r = 0.339). In conclusion, EHL had a modest influence on COVID-19 knowledge and minor relationship with adherence to health protocols among self-quarantined patients with COVID-19.


High-energy lithium-ion electrochemical couples are being examined at Argonne National Laboratory as part of the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Battery Research (ABR) program. The main objective of this research is to extend current Li-ion battery technology to hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in HEVs, and battery electric vehicles (EVs), wherein the challenge is to achieve extended driving range, high charge/discharge rates, and long calendar life in a safe and cost-efficient manner. Our electrochemical measurements are conducted in various cell configurations that include coin cells, pouch cells, and reference electrode (RE) cells. Our investigations are conducted both on as-prepared singlesided electrodes, and on double-sided electrodes harvested from pouchand 18650cells. Our research includes the following components: (i) Studies in Reference Electrode cells – data from these cells help identify causes of impedance rise and concomitant capacity fade; this knowledge helps us target the development of solutions to increase cell life; (ii) development of electrolyte additives – these form surface films that protect the electrode components from further degradation; (iii) development of electrode coatings – modification of the electrode-electrolyte interfaces by these coatings have been shown to improve cell life. Our typical high-energy cells contain Li1.2Mn0.55Ni0.15Co0.1O2-based positive electrodes, graphite–based negative electrodes, Celgard 2325 separator, and EC:EMC (3:7, by wt.) + 1.2M LiPF6 (Gen2) electrolyte. The performance of as-prepared halfand fullcells are characterized using electrochemical charge-discharge cycling and impedance experiments. The discharge capacity of Li1.2Mn0.55Ni0.15Co0.1O2//Li cells, in the 2-4.1V range, is only ~70 mAh/g. Cycling over a wider voltage window, beyond 4.5V vs. Li , is needed to obtain higher capacities (>270 mAh/g). However, this wider-voltage-window cycling creates conditions that are detrimental to cell performance and life, which include the following: (i) hysteresis in electrochemical cycling curves, (ii) electrolyte oxidation, (iii) impedance rise, (iv) capacity fade, and (v) voltage profile depression. Data from Reference Electrode cells show that performance degradation for the above-mentioned electrochemical couple mainly originates at the positive electrode. By modifying the positive electrode constitution, and by developing electrolyte additives and electrode coatings that protect this electrode, we are able to minimize performance degradation and extend cell life. Details of these modifications will be discussed during the presentation. 0 5 10 15 20


New Guinea is one of the centres of diversity of Benstonea (Pandanaceae), a genus distributed from India to Fiji. Ten species were previously recognised on this island and further field observations, accompanied by the study of available herbarium material have brought new insights into species delimitations within a group of caespitose species with a solitary terminal infructescence. The taxonomical identity of Benstonea odoardoi is elucidated and is considered here as a synonym of Benstonea lauterbachii. Three new combinations and a new name—based on names of Pandanus species previously treated as synonyms of Benstonea odoardoi—are proposed for four distinct species belonging to this group of caespitose species and restricted to Indonesian New Guinea and Papua New Guinea. Finally, Pandanus bintuniensis is here considered as a synonym of Benstonea permicron.


Measurably optimize the quality of dermatology patient care and outcomes. Continuing Professional Development • The Academy provides meaningful continuing professional development activities designed to improve learner knowledge, competence, and/or performance with the ultimate goal of improving patient care outcomes. • The BLOCKINAcademy BLOCKINoffers BLOCKINa BLOCKINrobust BLOCKINportfolio BLOCKINof BLOCKINactivities BLOCKINand BLOCKINtools BLOCKINto BLOCKINassist BLOCKINmembers BLOCKINin BLOCKINmeeting BLOCKINtheir BLOCKINmaintenance BLOCKINof BLOCKINcertification and licensure requirements. • The Academy shares and acquires information globally through international collaboration. Patient Safety Initiatives • Dermatology demonstrates and promotes a culture of patient safety. Evidence-Based Medicine and Quality & Measures in Dermatology • The Academy supports evidence-based dermatology practice by developing clinical practice guidelines, measures and Appropriate Use Criteria (AUCs) as well as by identifying gaps that require further basic and clinical research. • Dermatology has a meaningful and complete suite of performance measures available to support optimal patient care. influential and trusted VoiCe the academy is viewed as tHe credible, constructive and collaborative thought leader and resource for dermatology, positively influencing policy, research and public health behavior. Advocacy Agenda • The Academy is viewed by all critical stakeholders as a credible, effective resource, and thoughtful partner in the policymaking process, effectively representing the interests of dermatologists and their patients within the legislative, regulatory and private payer arenas. • Policymakers in all arenas appreciate and understand the essential role and importance of the dermatologist in providing quality patient care. • Dermatology has an active role in the development of coding, coverage and payment policies/regulations impacting practice. • The Academy serves as a trusted resource to credentialing bodies to ensure reasonable and demonstrably effective mandates, BLOCKINminimizing BLOCKINduplicative BLOCKINrequirements BLOCKINfor BLOCKINcertification BLOCKINand BLOCKINlicensure.


Thin-films of europium doped yttrium oxide, (Y1-xEux)2O3, were deposited on sapphire substrates by metallorganic chemical vapor deposition. The films, -400 nm thick, were weakly luminescent in the as-deposited condition. A KrF laser was pulsed once on the surface of the films at a fluence level between 0.9 - 2.3 J/cm2. One pulse was sufficient to melt the film, which increased the photoluminescent emission intensity. Melting of a rough surface resulted in smoothing of the surface. The highest energy pulse resulted in a decrease in luminous intensity, presumably due to material removal. Computational modeling of the laser melting and ablation process predicted that a significant fraction of the film is removed by ablation at the highest fluence levels.


This paper presents a study of the effects of normal and lateral subsurface water flow on landslide initiation and their interplay with antecedent soil moisture conditions and rainfall intensity and duration. We analyzed a simple, homogeneous, and artificial catchment area. Pore-water pressure redistribution within the slope was simulated using the distributed hydrological model GEOtop. The results of the numerical simulation suggest that dry antecedent moisture conditions and low-intensity, long-duration rainfalls tend to amplify the effect of lateral subsurface water flow on the initiation of instability. In these cases, hydrological models based on one-dimensional flow (normal to the slope) may show limitations.


1 0 8 The guidelines have directed for all people. of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) private and public institutions to provide access The ADA prohibits discrimination in employment, public services, public accommodations, and communications by a public entity on the basis of an individual's disability. Public gardens throughout the United States must evaluate the accessibility to individuals with disabilities of their programs and facilities and determine their compliance level with Title II of the ADA [U.S. Dept. of Justice (USDJ), 1992]. Purdue University Horticulture Gardens (PUHG) qualifies under Title II because it is state-funded. The purpose of this study was to assess PUHG's current level of ADA compliance and make recommendations for improving accessibility and outreach to individuals with disabilities. These results can serve as a model for other public gardens. According to the U.S. Census Bureau (1993), there are nearly 49 million Americans with disabilities. Population estimates suggest that there are 500,000 people in Indiana with disabilities (Indiana Governor's Planning Council, 1990). The American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta (1993 ) estimated that American public gardens received about 50 million visitors in 1992, but it is unknown how many visitors had disabilities or how many potential visitors with disabilities have not visited a public garden due to limited accessibility.


peras are usually premiered in metropolises famous for their the V^y aters; sometimes in a city with a major university or a music con servatory; but almost never in a high school auditorium in a small city possessing none of these cultural amenities. Yet on June 10, 1949, the opera Ouanga, with music by classical violinist and composer Clarence Cameron White and libretto by scholar and writer John Frederick Matheus, was given its first fully staged performance at Central High School au ditorium in South Bend, Indiana.1 The event takes on a greater historical significance because the mu sic and words were written by African Americans, and because the local group who performed the premiere, the Harry Thacker Burleigh Music Association, was made up almost entirely of black Hoosiers. Understand ing the history of this association helps to explain why such a musical event occurred in such an unlikely place.


The insertion of article 121-3 in the 1994 Criminal Code made it possible to put an end to the troubles that visibly reigned in the 1810 Code on one of the essential conditions of criminal liability: guilt. The new text had the advantage of stating for the first time clear-cut rules, opening the way to the construction of a general theory of guilt in French criminal law. Crimes necessarily, and offences in the most cases, need to be intentional; however, offences can, it the law foresees it, be a result of carelessness. The text wasn't clear as the nature of the fault in minor offences, but these too require carelessness. Recognition of recklessness conveyed the will of legislators of the 'new' code to adapt the French conception of the notion of guilt to whole range of criminal conducts, thereby reacting to the need to punish negligence more fairly. Nonetheless, the hurried successive reforms of this text by the laws of 13th May 1996 and 10th July 2000, as a result of media and political pressure form mayors, seemed to have lost sight of initial aim of making clear rationalising criminal legislation in France. Far from clarifying the notion of offences of negligence, these reforms made the issue of carelessness even more fuzzy and confusing. The current version of article 121-3 accumulates all the shortcomings of today's legislation: too unstable, too complex and a source of legal insecurity.


Multimedia applications require from wireless communications service providers to provide service mix traffic (voice, data, and real time audio/video) to the end wireless subscriber .WCDMA has been chosen as a basic radio access technology for UMTS/IMT-2000 [1] to support multimedia services. Throughput and spectral efficiency are fundamental parameters in capacity planning for 3G cellular network deployments. In this paper, we investigate the downlink (DL) aggregate user average throughput and spectral efficiency performance of the standard universal mobile telecommunications system terrestrial radio access WCDMA frequency-division duplex (UTRA WCDMA FDD) system for different scenarios of user population density, coverage area and frequency reuse factor in a cellular environment. A standard 19-basestation cellular architecture is used in our analysis. Our analysis reveals that the aggregate user throughput performance is fluctuating as a result of changes in cell size, channel bandwidth, frequency reuse and subscribers density. Therefore, very careful network capacity planning is needed in order to operate the WCDMA FDD networks in a cost-effective manner.


The village Otok, Bela krajina, which is situated in the beautiful nature along the Kolpa River, there is a location with DC3 Dakota., airplane from world war II


Internationally, more than 120 million people commute by subway every day, and this number will keep increasing in the future as the United Nations predicts that 75% of the world's population will be urban by 2050. On top of being crucial to the mobility of city dwellers, subway systems can also play a pivotal role in reducing outdoor air pollution in large metropolises by helping to reduce motor-vehicle use. However, in response to increasing scientific and public awareness regarding the importance of clean air to human health, several studies have revealed unacceptably high levels of inhalable particulate matter (PM) in some subway systems. This article reviews some of these studies and puts their results in perspective, given World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines concerning safe concentrations of particulate matter in the air. Following on from this, the authors identify some of the key factors influencing subway air pollution and put forward a number of recommendations to help city planners improve air quality in subway systems, as well as commuters protect themselves from the brunt of air pollution in the subway environment.


Parameters of the capacitive mechanical-to-electrical energy MEMS converters are investigated experimentally. A comparison of the theoretical calculations performed using simplified models as well as experimental data is carried out. The analysis shows that existing differences between calculated and experimental data are probably related to the additional factors, e.g. parasitic capacity, which arise during measurements and are not taken into considerations in the simplified models.


Using the fast discrete curvelet transform, an image fusion algorithm based on adaptive pulse coupled neural networks (PCNNs) is proposed. PCNN is built in each high-frequency subband to simulate the biological activity of human visual system. Support vector machine is employed to achieve support values which represent subband features and then will be imported to motivate the neurons. The first firing time of each neuron is presented as the salience measure. Compared with traditional algorithms where the linking strength of each neuron is set as constant or always changed according to features of each pixel, in our algorithm, the linking strength as well as the linking range is determined by the prominence of corresponding low-frequency coefficients, which not only reduces the calculation of parameters but also flexibly makes good use of global features of images. Experimental results indicate superiority of the proposed algorithm in terms of visual effect and objective evaluations.


This paper proposes a priori knowledge-based randomness insertion method to speed-up the K-medoids algorithm. The randomness insertion is conducted by merging the nearest two clusters and splitting the largest cluster into two separate clusters. Experimental results show that our method enhances the convergence speed while maintaining similar clustering performance compared to the existing K-medoids clustering algorithm.


This paper applies the author's previously published model for evaluating weapons' susceptibility to attempts to generate international regulations on autonomous weapons. The paper concludes that while autonomous weapon systems presently demonstrate characteristics of both regulation tolerance and resistance, on balance, considerations of resistance, especially uncertainty as to effectiveness prevail and indicate a low likelihood that States will in the immediate future consent to a meaningfully-ratified specific regulation or a preemptive ban.


PURPOSE: An inputting method using a gesture is provided to practice a various command every various action mode of a mobile terminal by using gesturing. CONSTITUTION: If a gesturing mode is activated, a user inclines a mobile terminal to a clockwise direction at a predetermined angle. A display screen of the mobile terminal is scrolled to the right side of a web page. If the user inclines the mobile terminal to the clockwise direction at the predetermined angle, a motion sensor of the mobile terminal detects an inclination.


The use of trade, firm, or corporation names in this publication is for the information and convenience of the reader. Such use does not constitute an official endorsement or approval by the Government of British Columbia of any product or service to the exclusion of any others that may also be suitable. Contents of this report are presented for discussion purposes only. Funding assistance does not imply endorsement of any statements or information contained herein by the Government of British Columbia. Uniform Resource Locators (urls), addresses, and contact information contained in this document are current at the time of printing unless otherwise noted. Ecosystem and tree attributes affecting the presence of functional Wildlife Tree types / B. ABSTRACT Wildlife Trees play a signi�cant role in maintaining species richness in forest-ed ecosystems by providing critical habitat. This study was completed to develop a better understanding of the relationship between ecosystem and tree attributes and an established functional Wildlife Tree type classi�cation. Data from four studies conducted in different ecosystems in central British Columbia are compared in this paper. The four study areas were: (1) boreal aspen forests, (2) mixed conifer forests in the boreal foothills, (3) mixed conifer forests in the moist interior plateau, and (4) mixed conifer forests in the interior wet belt. In each study area, tree species were evaluated by diameter classes for the percentage of live versus dead stems and functional Wildlife Tree types based on an existing classi�cation system, and results within and among study areas were then compared. The combined tree sample size totalled almost 19 300 stems, comprising 10 different tree species. To provide a link to provincial Wildlife Tree policy, each tree's value was ranked using guidelines established by the provincial Wildlife Tree Committee. We found that both the number of trees displaying at least one functional Wildlife Tree type and the number of functional types per tree showed a positive trend with increasing diameter of dead stems. This trend varied amongst tree species. Our study results show that black cottonwood (Populus bal-samifera L. ssp. trichocarpa), trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.), western redcedar (Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don), and western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg.) provide the greatest diversity of functional Wildlife Tree types. Findings from the four study areas suggest that large-diameter trees of certain species must be maintained within forests in order to avoid the loss of distinct structural attributes, …


In the case of sculptured surface NC machining, NC data are constructed with sequential NC blocks instructing a small movement of less than 1 mm. In order to realize high-speed processing of enormous volumes of NC data, a high-speed data communication interface and a NC adapter which can generate servo data in the binary format have been developed. However, if the curved interpolation function is implemented in the CNC controller, these equipments will be unnecessary. Further-more, if the tool path can be generated in the real-time mode, intermediate processings like NC data storage and format conversion will be shortened. The CNC system described in this paper has two functions : real-time tool path generation and curved interpolation. It can accept geometrical data and generate tool path automatically. All cutter location data are directly input to the servo process. This controller realizes the same machining style as a copy milling machine which are real-time machining in shop floor and also high operationability and high-accuracy machining. These features will improve productivity of molds and dies.


In order to study the temporal and spatial evolution process of precipitation in Guizhou Province, according to the precipitation data of 84weather stations from 1961to 2017,we analyzed time series trends, periodicity,mutation and spatial distribution of the precipitation of the Guizhou Province in the recent 57 years,by using the methods of EOF,REOF,Mann-Kendal,Cramer,YAMAMOTO,t checking and Morlet analysis.The results show the EOF method is capable for revealing the spatial and temporal distributions of precipitation field.The accumulated contribution of the first two EOF can reach to 50.08%,and reflect two typical vector distribution fields,which is the whole region pattern and east-west reverse pattern. Analysis of the eigenvector of the corresponding time factor coefficient demonstrates that the precipitation fields of the Guizhou Province mainly exhibite four types,abundant rain in whole province,less rain in whole province,abundant rain in east and less rain in west,less rain in east and abundant rain in west.On the basis of the REOF of rainfal,the Guizhou Province could be divided into two regions,east part and west part. Mutation is found in rainfal trend by Mann-Kendal test.Verification by the methods of Cramer, YAMAMOTO and t checking,indicates that the abrupt change of precipitation in zoneIIis more obvious than zone t.Morlet wavelet analysis suggests that there is a strong 28-year period of the precipitation in Guizhou Province. DOI:10.13869/j.cnki.rswc.2019.06.022


Aims and Background The aim of this study was to determine the expression of cadherins and integrins in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and their relationship with tumor morphology and TNM status. Methods Cadherin and integrin expression was investigated using an indirect immunoperoxidase technique, applying antibodies to E-, N-, P- and VE-cadherin and to α1, α2, α3, α4, α5, α6 and αv integrin subunits. Correlation of semiquantitatively scored adhesion molecule levels with histopathological parameters (cytology, growth pattern, nuclear grade) and TNM status was performed for 24 RCCs (17 clear cell, 3 granular, 3 spindle cell and 1 chromophobe cell type according to the WHO classification). Results E-cadherin and N-cadherin were present in most cases (88% and 67%, respectively) and were usually coex-pressed. T3 RCCs displayed higher E-cadherin and N-cadherin levels than T1/T2 tumors regardless of tumor grade, suggesting that impairment of their function might exist without actual loss from tumor cells. P-cadherin was found focally in two RCCs only, while VE-cadherin was present on stromal vessel endothelium in five tumors, showing no differences with regard to cell type, growth pattern, tumor grade or TNM status. All integrins were present in the studied RCCs (ranging from 12% for α5 to 79% for α3), including those that are normally absent from adult kidney tissue (α4 and α5). Tumors of higher grade showed increased αv and decreased α6 levels, while RCCs with metastases less often showed diffuse α3 presence and never expressed α5 integrin. Conclusions Our results suggest that the level of expression of N-cadherin and some integrins (most notably α3, α6, and α5) is associated with the capacity of RCC for local and distant spread, regardless of tumor grade.


With the widely application of capillary tube radiant heating terminal device in our county,the thermal performance should be studied.In this paper,took the foreign test method standards for thermal performance of radiant heating appliances for reference,the representative capillary tube gypsum radiant board was selected as the test sample,and the thermal performance parameters of heat loss,radiant surface temperature,air temperature gradient and globe temperature were tested in steady-state environment created by wall-cooling closed booth.Furthermore,the parameters under ceiling mounted and wall mounted conditions were compared.The research results of this paper could provide reference for related product development and project design.


This article has described the main production methods and the advantages and disadvantages of aluminum fluoride in the present industry,the industrial production of aluminum fluoride at home and abroad,present distribution status and the developing orientation in the future,the guidance policy of aluminum fluoride industry development in China.


CLBlood is a cell-based light interaction model for human blood previously developed by the Natural Phenomena Simulation Group (NPSG) at the University of Waterloo. In this report, we revisit several elements of its formulation and describe appropriate enhancements. Furthermore, we compare our current and previous results to demonstrate that the predictive capabilities of our model have been fully preserved in its revised version. We also showcase the online deployment of CLBlood.


Compact photonic devices based on micro-resonators are at the forefront of much of the state-of-the-art research for a wide range of optoelectronic applications. Exploiting and optimising practical devices requires careful consideration of the effects of realistic geometries and material properties. In this paper the development of simulation tools for micro-resonator structures that will significantly aid future scientific progress and the design of practical commercial products exploiting the new technologies are described.


today, cities become centers of entrepreneurial activity and innovation development, the main driving force. Business chooses the territory where there are the best conditions for the development and further successful functioning, as well as guarantees of profit. It can be achieved by the human resource management based on the supply chain strategies. That is why large cities nowadays are becoming competitors for the most successful entrepreneurs. Attracting business directly depends on the effective use of the full potential of the city territory, as well as on designing the effective municipal policy for attracting business, taking into account city's strengths and weaknesses. In order to evaluate city attractiveness for business in Russia the authors collected a database consisting of a set of indicators over a period of five years (2013-2017). A comprehensive and detailed evaluation of each of the indicators made it possible to identify the strengths and weaknesses of each selected city and compare the data obtained by translating the values into indices. It allows us not to focus on the study of each city in isolation, but to compare them with each other, to reveal competitive advantages. Based on the integral index of business attractiveness, the following groups of Russian cities are distinguished: cities leading for business attractiveness (Yekaterinburg, Krasnoyarsk, Kazan), cities middling for business attractiveness (Ufa, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Perm, Novosibirsk, Samara, Chelyabinsk), cities-outsiders for business attractiveness (Voronezh, Volgograd, Omsk).


Ferroelectric PZT(PbZr0.52Ti0.48O3)–5 mol%SiO2–1 mol%B2O3 glass-ceramic thin films were fabricated by sol-gel and rapid thermal annealing (RTA) techniques on Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si(100) substrates at a relatively low annealing temperature of 650°C. The perovskite-phase PZT crystallites grew in the films and were preferentially oriented in the (111) direction. The PZT crystallization temperature was lower in the PZT–SiO2–B2O3 system, compared to that in PZT–SiO2 and pure PZT. The dielectric constant and loss, remnant polarization, and leakage current of the films annealed at temperatures ranging from 650 to 700°C were lower than those of pure PZT.


This paper is little more than a rehash of well-known results, mostly from the paper of Bartee and Schneider (Information and Control, vol. 6, pp. 79-98, 1963) and from Elspas (IRE Trans. Circuit Theory, vol. CT-6, pp. 45-60, 1959). The former is not even referenced. Standard algebraic theorems, notably the Cayley-Hamilton theorem, and well-known results on companion matrices are (unnecessarily) demonstrated when a reference to, e. g., Birkhoff-Mac-Lane would have sufficed. Fig. 2 of this paper is identical to a figure on page 117 of W. W. Peterson, Error Correcting Codes (Cambridge, Mass.: M.I.T. Press, and New York: Wiley, 1961). One wonders why this paper was written at all, and what kind of review procedure it did (or did not) receive.


—For ground- and burrow-nesting birds, heavy rain events can lead to reproductive failure when nests flood. This paper describes the exposure of Florida Burrowing Owls ( Athene cunicularia floridana ) to breeding season flooding, its relationship to annual reproductive success rates, and effect on nest failure across 5 cattle ranches in southwestern Florida, USA. In May 2016, a heavy rain event following an unusually wet dry season led to extensive burrow flooding and widespread reproductive failure in 1 of the breeding sites under study. In 2017 and 2018, burrows flooded frequently but the occurrence of flooding later in the breeding season was not associated with a lower overall annual reproductive success rate. Brood age at the time of flooding had a significant relationship with the probability that a particular nest failed, with the chance of event survival increasing from 12 % in week 3 to 58 % in week 4. All but 1 brood that experienced flooding in week 5 or later survived at least partially. Our findings indicate that flooding is a common occurrence that Florida Burrowing Owls breeding on cattle ranches can tolerate, but extreme precipitation, especially early in the breeding season or when broods are young, can cause widespread nest failure. Annual productivity could be affected if these events increase in frequency with climate change, but the inclusion or maintenance of elevated ground within the ranch landscape could provide refugia. Received 13 August 2019. Accepted 26 February 2022 .


Voltage sag is one of the most considerable problems in power distribution system. In this work the performance study of the FACTS family; i.e. the distributed compensator (DSTATCOM), dynamic voltage restorer (DVR), and pulse width modulation (PWM) switched auto-transformer, is carried out, with regard to the number of switching devices and the valid compensating capability in comparison to the generally known compensators. Each of the aforementioned FACTS devices is investigated and analyzed. The proposed control schemes used to control these devices are simulated by using MATLAB/Simulink software. Comparative analysis based on the implementation of these devices in compensating voltage sag is presented in this study. The main contribution of this work is the study and analysis of the behavior of FACTS family in reducing the voltage imbalance, the selection of the device most suitable to the application and also the control of the device such that desired performance can be achieved such that the power quality of the distribution networks is effectively improved.


Objective To evaluate the plasma camitine level and the effect of camitine supplementation on hemodial-ysis patients.Methods SO stable hemodialyaig patients were selected and divided into two groups,25 patients received intravenous L - camitine after each dialysis session in a dosage of Ig for two months,the other 25 patients received placebo .Plasma camitine level,pre- albumin ,albumin,transferrin,blood lipid ,hemoglobin and clinical symptoms were studied .Results Hie plasma camitine level were lower than normal in hemodialysis patients.After L- camitine supplementation,plasma camitine,pre-albumin,albumin,transferrin,HDL were significantly elevated (P 0.05),Physical and mental status,appetite,arrhythmia,dialysis tolerance were improved in the treated groups.Hie parameters were not significantly changed in placebo groups.Conctuskm L - camitine supplementation can treat the camitine deficiency in hemodialysis patients effectively.


In this paper, a brief review of the syntheses, characterization and anion-binding properties of core-modified octaphyrins is presented. It has been shown that the core-modified octaphyrins exhibit aromaticity both in solution and in solid state, confirming the validity of the (4n + 2) Huckel rule for larger π-electron systems. Solid-state binding characteristics of TFA anions of two core-modified octaphyrins are also described.


. Abstract The modern active electronically scanned array (AESA) airborne radar features an interleaved mode, whereby situational awareness can be maximized via incorporation of the radar's electronic beam pointing capability. This interleaved mode can enable simultaneous operation of two or more modes, such as the air-to-air and sea surface-search modes, via the technique of time-sharing. One of the key requirements for successful realization of the interleaved mode is a beam scheduler design that facilitates effective control of the allocated resources for each mode. Thus, in this paper, we propose an effective beam scheduler that can control the allocated resources for each mode through the mode-switching option based on the radar's frames, bars, and beams. Furthermore, the proposed beam scheduler involves the mode-switching decision logic and calculates the processing ratio for each


BACKGROUND
 Traditional in-person psychotherapies are incapable of addressing mental health needs globally. Computer-based interventions are one promising solution to closing the large gap between the amount of global mental health treatment needed and received. Although many meta-analyses have provided evidence to support the efficacy of self-guided, computer-based interventions, most report low rates of treatment engagement (eg, high attrition, low adherence).

 OBJECTIVE
 The present study investigates the efficacy of an adjunctive treatment component that uses task-shifting, wherein mental healthcare is provided by non-specialist peer counselors (eg, nurses, clergy, community members) to enhance engagement in an online, self-directed, evidence-based mindfulness intervention among Chinese undergraduate and graduate students.

 METHODS
 Fifty-four students from 36 universities across China reporting at least mild stress, anxiety, and/or depression were randomly assigned to a brief, 4-week online mindfulness intervention (MIND) or to the intervention plus peer counselor support (MIND+). The "Be Mindful Online" course delivers all the elements of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) in an online course that can be completed in 4 weeks. Participants completed daily monitoring of mindfulness practice and mood, as well as baseline and post-treatment self-reported levels of depression, anxiety, stress, and trait mindfulness. Fifty-six volunteer peer counselor candidates without any former training in the delivery of mental health services were screened, 10 were invited to participate in a 1-day training, and 4 were selected. Peer counselors were instructed to provide 6 brief (15-20 minute) "sessions" each week, with the intention of encouraging participants to complete the online intervention. Peer counselors received weekly group supervision online.

 RESULTS
 For both conditions, participation in the online intervention was associated with significant improvements in mindfulness and mental health outcomes. Pre-post effect sizes (d) for mindfulness, depression, anxiety, and stress, were 0.55, 0.95, 0.89 and 1.13, respectively. Participants assigned to the MIND+ (vs. MIND) condition demonstrated significantly less attrition and more adherence, as indicated by a greater likelihood of completing post-treatment assessments (16/27, 59% vs. 7/27, 26%; χ21=6.1, P=.013) and a greater percentage of course completion (73% vs 51%; t52=2.10, P=.040), respectively. There were no significant between-group differences in daily self-reports of frequency and duration of mindfulness practice across the trial. Multilevel logistic growth models showed that, compared to participants in the MIND condition, those in the MIND+ condition reported significantly greater pre-post improvements in daily ratings of stress (interaction estimate .39, SE .18; t317=2.29, P=.022) and depression (interaction estimate .38, SE .16; t330=2.37, P=.018).

 CONCLUSIONS
 This study provides new insights into effective ways of leveraging technology and task-shifting to implement large-scale mental health initiatives that are financially feasible, easily transportable, and quickly scalable in low-resource settings. Findings suggest that volunteer peer counselors receiving low-cost and low-intensity training and supervision may significantly improve participants' indices of treatment engagement and mental health outcomes in an online mindfulness intervention among college and graduate students in China.


Unidirectional carbon fibres/epoxy resin composites gamma rays irradiated to doses from 4.8 to 27.2 MGy. Before and after irradiations and annealing at 180 and 250°C, the coupons are tested in the nanoindentation and delamination toughness tests. By nano indentation testing, the hardness and modulus of composite's phases have obtained. The priority aim was to establish and explain irradiation and annealing effects on hardness and modulus of composites phases; as well to emphasize the suitability of the obtained properties for studying irradiation and annealing effects on fracture mechanics parameters of tested composite, and to get the insight into the mechanisms inducing observed changes. Decrease of all properties of composite phases with increasing radiation dose has been observed. The critical strain energy release rate of delamination at the fracture initiation point, G IC, INIT , has been adopted as main fracture mechanics parameter characterizing the interlaminar fracture resistance to delamination. Using matrix hardness to Young modulus ratio, calculated matrix plasticity, has been assessed according to Mil'man's approach, for the tested composites before and after irradiation and annealing. By analysis and mutual correlation of irradiation and annealing effects, obtained in nanoindentation and fracture mechanics tests, the established results have been explained and some insight to mechanisms of properties changes has obtained.


We investigate the rheological properties of copolymer-nanoparticle aqueous solutions and their connection to the thermodynamic and structural behavior. The samples are formed of poly(ethylene oxide)-poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide) triblock copolymer micellar solutions with embedded anisotropic colloidal laponite nanoparticles. The concentrated micellar solutions exhibit a temperature induced phase transition from fluid to crystal. Addition of laponite nanoparticles is found to promote the formation of polycrystallized micellar micrograins, above the transition temperature, instead of a cubic monocrystal. This polycrystallization is associated with the confinement of the nanoparticles, which play the role of impurities, in interstices between the micrograins. The analysis and comparison of the experimental data show that the presence of nanoparticles above the transition temperature has the effect to gradually reduce storage modulus and the enthalpy needed to gel the same amount of copolymer co...


The basic structure and hardware architecture of FIR digital filter are analyzed,following briefly introduction to the advantages and disadvantages of different kinds of methods to implement FIR DF.Combined with the FPGA product characteristics of Altera ' s Stratix series,the process and methods of digital logic design using Verilog HDL are presented in a 8-order FIR DF design based on MAC.The HDL code is written and synthesized in QuartusⅡ and the design is verified and simulated by the QuartusⅡ' s integrated simulator.


Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) means to estimate the positions and orientations of the mobile robot and to construct the model of the environment, essential and critical for autonomous navigation and widely used in a large range of application fields, the research goal is to design, implement and validate graph-based robust SLAM algorithm in indoor office-like dynamic scenarios. On the local level, scan matching is executed to estimate the local-relative-roto-translation value: first, pre-processing is performed to filter out the parts corresponding to the moving objects in the raw LIDAR data; second, conditioned-hough-transform-and-linear-regression-based line-segment detection is accomplished to detect the line features from the rest of LIDAR data; third, matching by fitting point to line is applied to estimate the roto-translation value. On the global level, the topological graph is constructed with the previously estimated motion constraints and batch optimization is achieved by a linear solution to estimate the global robot trajectory. Meanwhile, for the local line-feature maps which includes information about the static environment, they are transformed to the global frame based on the robot-pose information and integrated to construct the global-line-feature map. The experiments have verified the effectiveness of this hierarchical algorithm: locally, even when there is much rotation error in the input odometry data, the two sets of laser scan data can still be well matched; globally, the linear solution method can lead to much accurate and efficient results; and the line-feature-based mapping is effective to preserve the key geometrical characteristics of the environment.


This study aims to analyze the influence of Life Style, Celebrity Endorser and Brand Image on Purchase Decisions for Adidas Brand Sports Products in Gading Cempaka District, Bengkulu City, both partially and simultaneously. The object of this research is consumers or users of Adidas brand sports products in Gading Cempaka District, Bengkulu City, with incidental sampling method. The number of respondents in this study were 130 people. The data collection method was using a questionnaire and then the data was processed using SPSS version 24..
This research used the multiple linear regression data analysis technique, the results of this research can be concluded that the life style variable has a positive and significant effect on purchasing decisions, celebrity endorsers have a positive and significant effect on purchasing decisions, brand image has a positive and significant effect on purchasing decisions


Automatic modulation classifier that reports the modulation type of a received signal blindly has found many applications in adaptive communications, software defined radio and non-cooperative communications. However, the majority of existing techniques does not include the classification of QAM signals that have been widely used in modem standards and high capacity radio systems. This paper developed a low-complexity Haar wavelet transform based QAM classifier by taking into account the ease of computation of the Haar wavelet transform. The number of multiple steps in the Haar wavelet transform magnitude was first detected through finding the numbers of peaks in the histogram of the Haar wavelet transform magnitude. It is then used for recognizing the size of the constellation. Simulations proved that the developed QAM classifier has high identification accuracy. It achieves more than 94% correct classification when SNR is 8dB and is practically inerrable when SNR is greater than 12dB.


Studies were carried out on the effects of the different concentration of nanometer-sized titanium dioxide on the brains,lungs and livers of mice.The nanometer-sized titanium dioxide of different concentration was injected into the abdominal cavity of mice.The activities of superoxide dismutase(SOD),glutathione peroxidase(GPX),catalase(CAT) and the contents of maleic dialdehyde(MDA) in the brains and lungs of mice were determined after 14 days.At the same time glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase(GOP) and glutamic-pyruvic transaminase(GPT) were examined in the livers of mice.The activities of SOD,GPX,CAT and the contents of MDA in the brains and lungs of mice all displayed certain changes.The activities of GOP and GTP increased obviously.The livers of mice were impaired after the nanometer-sized titanium dioxide was administered and the system of antioxidant defenses became imbalance.The activities and the proportions of antioxidases were disregulated and caused certain oxidation damages to the brains and lungs of mice.But such damages vary from organs.


We show that psychological well-being in adulthood varies with circumstance in early life. Combining a time series of real producer prices of cocoa with a nationally representative household survey in Ghana, we find that a one standard deviation rise in the cocoa price in early life decreases the likelihood of severe mental distress in adulthood by 3 percentage points (half the mean prevalence) for cohorts born in cocoa-producing regions relative to those born in other regions. Impacts on related personality traits are consistent with this result. Maternal nutrition, reinforcing childhood investments, and adult circumstance are likely operative channels of impact.


Ziquejie Terrance proves to be a history of both the south rice cultivate and the Miao and Yao's mountain fishing and shouting.Its irrigation system is a miracle of the human history of water conservancy engineering.Emphasizing eco-tourism is of necessity and importance,just as Ziquejie terrace perspective is applying for cultural inheritance of world.Through the writer researching in person on the present conditions,this paper objectively analyzed the problems in building eco-tourism in the area,and discussed some measures for reasonably exploitation as followings: keeping the landscape sustainable develop;fixing on the scale of exploration according to the best capability of landscape district;establishing ethical culture tourist village taking terraced natural landscape as background;building ecological environment monitoring system etc.


Cognitive impairment is a common but under-diagnosed symptom in people with multiple sclerosis (MS). Cognitive impairment is important to consider as it can have a big impact on quality of life (QoL) for people with MS and, although easily identified in clinic with simple cognitive tests, these are not routinely done. From a nursing perspective, it is important to be aware of how to manage cognitive impairment in MS. Jennifer Slough and Wallace Brownlee explain.


The first term 2×330 MW units in Maliantai Power Plant uses STOCK EG2490 coal feeder with weighing system,each boiler matched five coal feeders,No.3 coal feeder in Unit 2 often appear the faults of coal quantity signal abnormality,through test and statistics methods solves the problems.


"Umbrella" has the very close relationship with Mafia-style Criminal Syndicate,and even that "one is prosperous,so the other is prosperous too;one is shattered,so the other is shattered too."Mafia-style Criminal Syndicate to be survival and rapid growth in long-term,it is not unrelated with the harbor and abet of its back "umbrella".To root out and destroy the "umbrella",first of all,we should in-depth study it and identify it accurately,and grasp the intension and extension of"umbrella".And we also must clearly define the boundaries betweenthe boundaries and the members of Mafia-style Criminal Syndicate.


In the present paper a globular cast iron surface treated by laser beam has been investigated. In evaluation of the results of experiments with cast iron components, it was found that a structure other than the conventional cast iron structure could be obtained as a result of heat treatment with high power density. Methods like light microscopy, scanning electromicroscopy, X-ray diffraction and DTA were used as test methods in the experiments.


This chapter looks at Jane's deep spiritual beliefs which she had been raised on and carried into adulthood. The construction of a Chapel on Geraldine Jacobi's property is also discussed along with various religious projects Jane's brothers were involved in. Also explored is how the deliberately crafted screen image devised by Howard Hughes contradicted Jane's real life personality.


Summary Organic phosphate insecticides. OMPA, EPN, malathion, chlorothion and phostex, which are rapidly metabolized in liver, markedly increased hexobarbital sleeping time in mice, while BFP and TEPP did not. Malathion and chlorothion did not alter toxicity of hexobarbital. TEPP hastened onset of action of barbital while chlorothion did not. Certain anticholinesterases which are rapidly metabolized by liver may compete for enzymes which are responsible for destruction of hexobarbital.


In marketing theory and practice, the effectiveness of a company's activities is often considered in relation to its resultant indicators. Moreover, depending on the goal of strategic planning, it is customary to distinguish different types of efficiency. Therefore, it is advisable to consider approaches to evaluating the effectiveness of marketing decisions and their application in the field of branding, which will form a set of relevant economic and financial indicators. For a comprehensive assessment of brand performance, it is recommended to divide the group of economic indicators into the following three levels: 1. Indicators of brand development and formation activities; 2. Indicators of measures to perceive or influence the behavior of the target audience, as the degree to which the desired brand image is created in the minds of the target audience; 3. Вranding performance Indicators as the degree of achievement of the planned results of the entire organization, including market and financial results (strategic effectiveness of branding). The proposed method for evaluating performance in the field of branding is tested on the example of the confectionery market. The proposed combined approach to evaluating the effectiveness of branding develops theoretical positions and concepts of brand capital. Brand capital is defined as a set of consumer perceptions and associations caused by the brand, which are the main evaluation indicators. 2357-1330 © 2021 Published by European Publisher.


Deng Xiaoping has been one of the late-twentieth century's preeminent statesmen. His impact will be felt well into the next century as China's economic reforms begin to have impressive effects, and China's international power grows. The life of Deng Xiaoping mirrors the history of China in the twentieth century - beginning with a rural upbringing, then militant revolutionary activities until the CCP seized power in 1949. By 1954 Deng was one of the inner circle of CCP leaders and although he endured six years of internal exile during the Cultural Revolution, by 1977 he had contended for ultimate political power in China. His actions since then have been devoted to deconstructing the Maoist state, introducing economic reforms while keeping a firm hold on the party-state political system, and building China's international and military stature. This volume analyses the effects of Deng Xiaoping's leadership on China, dealing with his role generally in foreign policy, in politics, in the economic system, in social reforms and in his relations with the military. It will be invaluable to students and readers requiring an evaluation of Deng that is both comprehensive and authoritative.


The data on the radiation balance of an underlying surface, its components, and main factors defining their variations were systematized and generalized for a period of over 50 years (1958–2011) from continuous observations acquired at the Meteorological Observatory of the Moscow State University (MO MSU). The climatic norms of radiation balance were obtained and its variability (diurnal, annual, and interannual) limits were estimated. The tendency to increase in the absorbed, effective, and atmospheric back radiation and terrestrial radiation balance is mostly pronounced in the nighttime in winter months.


The correlation of two-layer construction elasticity operation factors with characteristics of bowl-bending curve for definition of pavement condition has been considered.


Gypseous soils are problematic soils that cause large deformations in the constructions
that are built on it. Therefore, many binders have been used to reduce this impact.
Traditional soil binders like lime or cement have environmental problems in terms of
sustainability. Thus, sustainable substances have attracted appreciable interest in
recently soil enhancement. Biomaterials are being developed to enhance geotechnical
engineering properties like hydraulic conductivity, strength, and slope stability of varied
soil types. This study aims at evaluating the engineering characteristics of gypseous soil
treated with xanthan gum biopolymer. The tests performed on three types of gypseous
soil with various gypsum contents and different properties. Gypseous soils were mixed
with various contents of xanthan gum with a percentage of 2, 4, and 6. The compaction
results indicated that xanthan gum decreases the maximum dry density and increases the optimum moisture content. The treated gypseous soils exhibited a low collapse potential by more than 30% - 45% with xanthan gum. The direct shear results of biopolymer treated soils showed significant shear strength gains. The results of the current study imply xanthan gum biopolymer improvement as an environmentally friendly method to improve the engineering properties of gypseous soil.


This article analyses the film Mean girls (2004) as a window on popular notions of the moral life of American high schools, which straddles Kohlberg's Stage 2 and 3. The film presents loyalty to peer group cliques as a key value, even as it offers an individualist, relativist critique of that loyalty. Gossip is the main transgression in this tale of mundane moral life, and the school's failure to create a sense of community allows violence to erupt among the eleventh grade girls when the gossip gets out of hand. The sex education classes are a biting critique of 'values education' as adult hypocrisy and indoctrination. Gender‐related issues of caring (beginning with the film's title) are discussed, as is the anomalous portrayal of immanent justice. Strategies for improving the moral climate of this fictional school are discussed from both liberal and communitarian points of view.


Synthetic studies of bimetallic uranium nitride complexes with the N(SiMe3)2 ligand have generated a new nitride complex of U(III), which is highly reactive toward C-H bonds and H2. Treatment of the previously reported U(IV)/U(IV) nitride complex [Na(DME)3][((Me3Si)2N)2U(µ-N)(µ-2-C,N-CH2SiMe2NSiMe3)U(N(SiMe3)2)2], 1, with 2 equivalents of HNEt3BPh3 yielded the cationic U(IV)/U(IV) nitride complex, [{((Me3Si)2N)2U(THF)}2(µ-N)][BPh4], 3, by successive protonolysis of one N(SiMe3)2 ligand and the uranium-methylene bond. Reduction of 3 with KC8 afford-ed a rare example of a U(III) nitride, namely, the U(III)/U(IV) complex, [{((Me3Si)2N)2U(THF)}2(µ-N)], 4. Complex 4 is highly reactive and undergoes 1,2-addition of the C-H bond of the N(SiMe3)2 ligand across the uranium-nitride moiety to give the U(III)/U(IV) imide cyclometalate complex, [((Me3Si)2N)2(THF)U(µ-NH)(µ-2-C,N-CH2SiMe2NSiMe3)U(N(SiMe3)2))(THF)], 5. Complex 4 also reacts with toluene at -80 °C to yield an inverse sandwich imide complex arising from C-H bond activation of toluene, [{((Me3Si)2N)2U(THF)2(µ-N)][{((Me3Si)2N)3U(µ-NH)U(N(SiMe3)2}2(C7H8)], 6. Complex 4 effects the heterolytic cleavage of the C-H of phenylacetylene to yield the im-ide acetylide [{((Me3Si)2N)2U(THF)}2(µ-N)][((Me3Si)2N)2U(1-CCPh)(µ2-NH)(µ2-η2:η1-CCPh)U(N(SiMe3)2)2], 7. Com-plex 4 also reacts with H2 to produce an imide hydride U(III)/U(IV) complex, [{((Me3Si)2N)2U(THF)}2(µ-NH)(µ-H)], 9. These data demonstrate that nitride complexes of U(III) are accessible with amide ligands and show the high reactivi-ty of molecular U(III) nitrides in C-H bond activation.


Introducing a small scratch (10 - 25 (mu) depth) on the surface of a part containing residual stresses produces a small change in displacements around of the scratch on the surface. When the displacements are measured as a function of the depth of a scratch, a very small depth releases displacements of about (lambda) /10. The present paper shows that introduction of an additional faze shift permits determination of very small displacements and also presents the portable interferometer and the technique for measurement of residual stress in field conditions.


ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to investigate potential associations between the Acute Low Back Pain Screening Questionnaire (ALBPSQ), a biopsychosocial screening instrument for identifying patients at risk of chronicity, and relevant variables at 1-year follow-up in a cohort of patients with low back pain. Study DesignA 1-year prospective study was conducted in which patients who had previously received treatment in the Northern Ireland National Health Service (n = 118) were requested to complete a follow-up questionnaire package of pain and functional disability measures and a patient-centered questionnaire of seven variables considered relevant from the patient's perspective. PatientsNinety patients (76% response rate) returned the completed questionnaire package. ResultsThe ALBPSQ total score and cutoff score of 112 were significantly positively associated with the pain and functional disability questionnaire scores at follow-up but did not significantly discriminate for difference scores on these measures. Although six of the seven patient-centered variables were significantly associated with the screening questionnaire total score, the cutoff score was strongly predictive of only one variable (work loss) and failed to demonstrate high levels of sensitivity for other variables (i.e., medication use, additional treatment, poor exercise participation). ConclusionsThe findings of this study demonstrate that scores on the ALBPSQ were positively correlated with patients' levels of pain and functional disability at 1-year follow-up and correctly classified all patients reporting some degree of work loss but had minimal predictive strength for the other patient-centered variables evaluated.


The aim of the study is to assess the effectiveness of automated systems related to organizational and technical systems based on the implementation of a systematic approach to information technology. To achieve the goal it is necessary to solve the following tasks: to determine the main parameters of the systems functioning quality and choose the corresponding indicators of effectiveness. Theoretical foundations of a description of the process of evaluating the effectiveness of automated control systems are considered. The most commonly used criterion (term) is profit referred to costs, i. e., costs are taken as a criterion of cost-effectiveness. The fallacy of this criterion (this fraction) can be seen from the graph of the typical dependence of the system efficiency indicator on the total cost for solving the problem using this system. A rationale for the method of evaluating the effectiveness of complex systems, which include automated control systems, is given in the paper. It is shown that the modern system of providing automated control systems must be effective without disturbing the existing mode of operation. Thus, the automated system that solves the problem with a given efficiency at the lowest total cost is selected. Despite the fairly widespread use of the efficiency indicator in the form of a fraction (profit/cost), it is not appropriate to apply it, because these estimates do not include a comparison of different ways to achieve the goal. If it is necessary to choose from a number of competing enterprises it is necessary to compare all variants at decision-making on total efficiency, and then to compare these variants on effect. That is, the system that solves the problem with a given efficiency at the lowest total cost for the development of the system, its construction and operation is chosen. Comparative economic-effective assessment of competing automated systems allows you to get the best (rational) solution (the best structure, parameters and functional characteristics of the system) designed to implement a given task in certain external conditions.


We do not have, today, the peace yearned for by millions all over the world. In Korea we see a full-scale modem war waged relentlessly against an entire nation whose one wish, for centuries, has been unity, with independence from foreign aggression. In Malaya and Indo-China two decaying imperialist powers struggle desperately to maintain the privileges of an outworn colonial system over the opposition of people who will no longer be denied freedom. Military operations in Greece, Indonesia, Kashmir, Palestine, have shown us for five years other facets of the same malignant activity.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.


CdTe/CdS quantum dots were synthesized in aqueous solution with thioglycolic acid as the stabilizer.A method for the determination of antimony has been developed based on quenching of the fluorescence of CdTe/CdS QDs by antimony in aqueous solutions.The optimum reaction conditions were at pH 4.80 in citric acid-sodium citrate buffer solution and the reacting time was 10 minutes.The quenched fluorescence intensity of CdTe/CdS QDs was linearly proportional to the concentration of antimony from 0.03-2.50μg/mL with a correlation coefficient of 0.9969,and the detection limit for antimony was 2.60×10-3μg/mL.


A Student Project submitted for Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Award of the Degree of Master of Business Administration (Finance Option) of Technical University of Mombasa


All this time, fiduciary guarantee has created problems. The Common people, for example, have no idea about the position of a fiduciary guarantee, whether or not it binds as a guarantee. In banking practice where fiduciary guarantees, are used a lot, there is no protection for creditors. There are many delinquent credits among others because of the difficulty in or impossibility of fiduciary guarantee execution as the consequence of the variety of problems that fiduciary guarantee carries. However, the recent monetary crisis is a blessing in disguise. It brings the realization of claims for legal reform. In relation to fiduciary guarantee, a bill of Fiduciary Guarantee and Registration thereof has been prepared. It plainly the characteristic of fiduciary guarantee and by the existence of the provision on registration, the fiduciary guarantee obtains the character as a "right of goods" and no longer as an agreement. As right of goods, the fiduciary guarantee carries the principles among others "the guarantee right follows the goods ", has a "major position" in relation to the other creditors, and the collateral does not include in bankrupt assets if the debtor is adjudicated bankrupt. This law also expressly stipulates that fiduciary guarantee is a guarantee of goods which can be known by the people. They, who want to know the position of a movable asset, shall be entitled to seek and obtain information from fiduciary registration office.


One way to finance government expenditures is to collect taxes. Regarding to this financial source compared with other sources positive tax knowledge sharing amongst people or tax payers lead to effective investment. Unlike developing countries in developed countries-that taxes have little effects-almost all government expenditures is financed by taxes. One of the main challenges in the tax system is how to collect taxes due to tax evasion. The main reason is the uncertainty surrounding how government uses the taxes paid by the people. A major factor in the outbreak of the sense of failure to pay taxes, is the discussion and sharing the viewpoint of each other. If there is any positive tax effect prevalence of speech among people motivate them to pay more and if not, paying taxes is impaired. Therefore in order to avoid disorderliness in paying taxes that lead to a reduction in the development growth rate of investing taxes in industry and services sectors procedures should be designed so that taxes spread in speech with more quality. In this article five categories that people share their knowledge about them with each other, have been proposed. Defining risk structure and using data from surveying form the risk values of tax payment the results indicate that sharing tax knowledge amongst people have positive effects on tax payments.


An experimental apparatus was designed and built in order to study the combustion of free, isolated fuel droplets at low Reynolds number conditions. Studies were conducted into the disruptive combustion behavior of n-paraffin/water emulsions and binary solutions of n-paraffins. A lower limiting paraffin boiling point was determined so that nucleation of water in emulsions was achieved. Solutions exhibited a limited range of composition for which disruption of the droplets was observed. A minimum difference in boiling points of the components was necessary to achieve disruption. Analysis of vapor bubble growth indicated fundamental differences between the behavior of emulsions and solutions. The work on binary paraffin solutions was extended to alcohol/paraffin solutions which also exhibited disruptive activity within a range of composition. Studies of emulsified No. 2 oil and ethanol/No. 2 oil solutions indicated the existence of microexplosions wih the combustion of these fuel blends. Finally, a full scale boiler test was conducted to determine the impact of heavy oil/water emulsification on boiler operating characteristics. The most significant effect was the reduction of large carbon particulate emissions.


With the emergence of knowledge-based production model, knowledge as the most important factor of production, has been of particular importance. Paying attention to the science characteristics of due to its increasing ability to create value added and economic growth, makes it necessary to provide the appropriate contexts for the learning and applying knowledge and the realization of the knowledge-based economy. One of the most important contexts is to equip a society with high social capital. Among the main pillars of social capital are social networks. A review of social networks helps to more detailed observe economic phenomena. Actually, the personal communications network helps people select their economic activities, get a jobs, buy products and vote in elections. One of the aspects of communication models in societies is those networks that affect the economic components. Generally, this study examines social networks and explains how they affect economic performance.


(1) The spectral sensitivity of the α-wave of human electroretinogram elicited by stimulation with a 52° field in Maxwellian view was studied in 4 subjects with normal colour vision. According to our previous analysis, the main part of the α-wave thus elicited (α_p), in distinction from a small and more light-adaptable scotopic part (α_s), is regarded as being "photopic". Furthermore, α_s inevitably appears only after the peak of α_p and therefore does not interfere with the measurement of the latter's maximum. Experiments were done both under a constant light adaptation(1mL) and in complete darkness. In the former case a peripheral field of 132° with a luminance also of 1mL was used. In the latter condition, the presence or absence of the peripheral field made little difference to the result of determination. (2) The S_λ of the α_p-wave under 1mL adaptation has been compared with Weale's S_λ curve of 10° retinal periphery under a light adaptation of 0.95 e. f. c. and Wald's curve of 8° peripheral cone. All determinations at 632 mμ are made to coincide in order to facilitate the comparison. Regarding the general trend, the present determination resembles Weale's much more closely than Wald's. Both our and Weale's determinations show a gradual increase in S_λ up to nearly 1 log_(10) unit from 632 mμ to 458 mμ with reference to Wald's curve. In spite of the resemblance of our determination with Weale's, it is considered that the α_p-wave still contains some responses of the rods under 1 mL light adaptation. (3) Under dark adaptation, the S_λ of α_p shows an incomplete reverse Purkinjs shift corresponding to a relative increase of sensitivity of nearly 1 log_(10) unit at the blue end of the spectrum. (4) In α_p not exceeding 30μV, an earlier (15—20 msec peak latency) and a later (20—28 msec peak latency)portion can be shown to be more sensitive to the long and to the short wavelength spectral lights respectively.


In order to increase the efficiency of NH3 generation, the present invention is equipped with: an NH3 generation catalyst that generates NH3 from NOx and H2 when the air-fuel ratio is rich; an in-cylinder injection valve that injects fuel into an air cylinder; and a control device that sets the period for fuel injection from the in-cylinder injection valve to the second half of the compression stroke when the air-fuel ratio is to be enriched and the temperature of the NH3 generation catalyst is within a first prescribed range, and sets the period for fuel injection from the in-cylinder injection valve to the first half of the intake stroke when the air-fuel ratio is to be enriched and the temperature of the NH3 generation catalyst is within a second prescribed range which is higher than the first prescribed range.


Data with a relatively small number of study individuals and a very large number of potential explanatory features arise particularly but by no means only in genomics. A powerful method of analysis, the lasso (Tibshirani, R. (1996), Regression shrinkage and selection via the lasso. J. R . Statist. Soc B. 58, 267–288), takes account of an assumed sparsity of effects, that is that most of the features are nugatory. Standard criteria for model fitting, such as the method of least squares, are modified by imposing a penalty for each explanatory variable used. There results a single model, leaving open the possibility that other sparse choices of explanatory features fit virtually equally well. The method suggested in the present paper aims to specify simple models that are essentially equally effective, leaving detailed interpretation to the specifics of the particular study. The method hinges on the ability to make initially a very large number of separate analyses allowing each explanatory feature to be assessed in combination with many other such features. Further stages allow the assessment of more complex patterns such as nonlinear and interactive dependences. The method has formal similarities with socalled partially balanced incomplete block designs introduced eighty years ago (Yates, F. (1936), A new method of arranging variety trials involving a large number of varieties. J. Agric. Sci. 26, 424–455) for the study of large-scale plant breeding trials. The emphasis in the present note is strongly on exploratory analysis; the more formal statistical properties obtained under idealized assumptions will be reported separately.


In the present study, we investigated activity change of sphingomyelin anabolic enzymes such as sphingomyelin synthase and ceramide synthase. Sprague-Dawley male rats treated with 10 mg/kg of DMN intraperitoneally were used as a hepatic fibrosis model. Sphingomyelin synthase and ceramide synthase activ- ities were measured in 1-week, 2-week, 3-week and 4-week DMN-treated rats along with respective control group rats. We found the increased sphingomyelin synthase activity in 4-week DMN-treated liver but not in kid- ney. Ceramide synthase activity was significantly increased in DMN-treated kidney after 2-week treatment and in DMN-treated liver after 3-week treatment. Although further investigation is necessary to elucidate meanings of sphingolipid metabolites during the liver fibrosis, activity change of sphingolipid anabolic enzymes may imply that sphingolipid metabolism and sphingolipid metabolites could be involved in liver fibrosis especially under oxi- dative stress.


The research results of maize hybrids of different maturity groups (FAO 199–399) during 2018–2020 in the conditions of the South-Western part of the Forest- Steppe of Ukraine are presented. 54 domestic registered and perspective hybrids of selection of various research institutions of Ukraine (SE Institute of Grain Crops NAAS, Plant Production Institute named after V. Ya. Yuriev of NAAS, Selection and Genetics Institu-te – National Center for Seed Production and Variety Studying, National Research Center Institute of Agriculture of NAAS, Bukovynian State Agricultural Research Station of the Institute of Agriculture of the Carpathian Region of NAAS) were studied. The planting density of early ripening hybrids was 70, mid-early ripening – 60, mid-ripening – 50 thousand plants/ha. Plants were evaluated for uniformity, resistance to stem breakage below the productive ear, the damage degree by boil smut, resistance to root lodging and general condition were determined. All maize hybrids were characterized by high rating (8–9 points) on these traits. Over the years of research, the mid-early hybrids were more productive in the conditions of Bukovyna (9.06 t/ha), the mid-ripening hybrids - the least adapted to these conditions – (8.62 t/ha). The best samples with high grain yield and low grain moisture content at harvest were identified. On average for three years, DB Lada (9.64 t/ha) and DN Synevyr (9.43 t/ha) had the highest grain yield among the early-ripening hybrids, and DB Varta (10.81 t/ha), DB Khotyn (9.96 t/ha), and Kitsmanskyi 215 SV (9.61 t/ha) – among the middle-early one. It was found that DN Synevyr and DB Lada early-ripening hybrids and Kitsmanskyi 215 SV, DB Kho-tyn, DB Varta mid-early hybrids significantly exceeded the standards each year. In view of this, the hybrids of these maturity groups merit attention in the conditions of the South-Western Forest-Steppe of Ukraine. Key words: hybrids, maize, selection, yield, harvesting moisture content, maturity group, lodging resistance.


A human type‐C retrovirus, designated HTLV (human T‐cell leukemia virus), was isolated from the HTLV producer cell line MT‐2. Agarose gel electrophoresis analysis 32P‐labeled HTLVMT‐2 virion RNA revealed that HTLVMT‐2 virion RNA consists mainly of 24S and small amounts of 35S and 32S RNAs. The 24S HTLVMT‐2 virion RNA and unfractionated HTLVMT‐2 virion RNA were translated in a rabbit reticulocyte lysate system in vitro. The predominant polypeptide synthesized from 24S RNA had an apparent mol. wt. of 28 000 (28 K); unfractionated HTLVMT‐2 virion RNA directed the synthesis of 53 000 (53 K), 33 000 (33 K) and 28 000 (28 K) polypeptides as main components. Most of the polypeptides synthesised in vitro by translation of HTLVMT‐2 virion RNAs possess the same sizes as the proteins formerly designated as ATLA (ATL‐associated antigen) in SDS‐polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and immunologically precipitated with sera of ATL patients. Therefore, the antigens termed ATLA, found by the serological study of ATL, are HTLVMT‐2 encoded polypeptides.


Cell Physiology. Ca2+-permeable Channels. Na+-permeable Channels. K+-permeable channels. Cl--permeable Channels. O2-sensitive Ion Channels. Water Channels (Aquaporins). Functional roles of Cytoplasmic Ions and Ion Channels. Role of Ion Channels In Pulmonary Vascular Diseases. Methodological Approaches


AbstractFour-dimensional (4D) building information modeling (BIM) (3D BIM plus time) is a powerful tool to visualize and communicate construction plans and milestones. A potential use of 4D BIM is ...


We live in a sunburnt country where hot days and heatwaves can stress our bodies. Here's how to stay cool and hydrated.


The upgraded version of the GEM side-on thermal neutron detector was successfully tested in a neutron diffraction experiment on a reference sample using the INES diffractometer at the ISIS spallation neutron source, UK. The performance of the new 10B4C-based detector is compared to that of a standard 3He tube, operating at the instrument as a part of the detectors assembly. The results show that the upgraded detector has a better resolution and an efficiency of the same order of magnitude of a 3He-based detector.


BACKGROUND: Patients with congenital heart disease who are discharged following planned surgery or an acute illness are at high risk for re-admission within 14 days after discharge, especially if they have other medical devices such as gastric tubes and tracheostomy. METHODLOGY: Our goal was to decrease the 14 day re-admission rate in patients with congenital heart disease through home visits and close follow up conducted by a physician provider. Pediatric cardiology patients who had multiple admissions, defined to be at least two over a two month span, were selected for …


After the observation for students on the pedagogical practice at school and for their activity at practical lessons at the university was detected, that, in the introspection and self-concept, there's no accurate criteria, which pedagogical activity on the lesson was analyzed by. After analyzing of the observation was made conclusion about necessity teaching students the introspection and self-concept on the lessons at the university. There was created and realized a staged organizational-pedagogical forming model of the student's introception of the preparedness to pedagogical activity, reflecting the intention, methodological ways, principles, stages and pedagogical conditions. In the model is represented the interconnection of the external conditions (definition of the purpose of professional training; accentuation of nodal units of the pedagogical activity and their problems; modeling, realization in practice and concept of the results of the student's practice professional-pedagogical activity) and internal, personal (activity, motivation, abilities, internal attitude to external influences, reflexion, self-concept). The research lets make the conclusion, that during the realization of the organizational-pedagogical model, namely a purposeful forming of the self-concept of the preparedness for professional activity among students, which is realized stepwise (projecting stage, practical-active stage), students can perceive themselves like competent in future professional activity of the physical culture teacher, what furthers their personal and professional development.


Abstract This paper presents the influence of four relevant factors on the flocculation behavior in the activated sludge process: organic loading rate (COD), solid retention time (SRT), dissolved oxygen (DO), and calcium ion concentration, and links them to a selected set of process responses: sludge volume index (SVI), turbidity, organic removal rate (COD), and suspended solids (SS) removal. The "Design of Experiments" (DOE) and the "Response Surface Methods" (RSM) approaches are used to establish the operating conditions corresponding to optimal final properties of the activated sludge. Using these techniques, the results show that it is indeed feasible to locate the operating conditions which optimize the flocculation process and the sludge settling properties. The study represents a first attempt to evaluate the flocculation process in activated sludge using the DOE/RSM approach.