The Constitution to be approved by referendum implies significant changes with respect to the 1979 Constitution in the area of economic normativity. This article reviews the principal modifications introduced, and analyzes the degree to which the majority and the opposition in Congress have agreed in this area of the constitutional reform process. The article finishes with an analysis of what these coincidences and differences imply for the stability of the changes adopted.


Polyepichlorohydrin(PECH) was synthesized by the opening-ring polymerization of epichlorohydrin using 1,4-butanediol as initiator,boron-trifluoride etherate as catalyst.Hydroxyl-terminated glycidyl azide polymer(GAP) was synthesized by azidation of PECH,and then acetate-terminated glycidyl azide polymer(ETGAP) was obtained by the reaction of GAP with acetic anhydride using 1-methyl imidazole as catalyst.The structure and performance of ETGAP were studied by FTIR and DSC.The ETGAP glass transition temperature is -65.36℃,thermal temperature is 251.02℃,viscosity is low,and ETGAP can be used as energetic plasticizer.


PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a flame-retarded cellulose material resistant to thermal discoloration by applying a flame-retardant composed of a guanidine salt or an ethylene diamine salt in combination with a specific discoloration preventing agent to a cellulose material. SOLUTION: The thermal discoloration preventing agent to be used in the production of the cellulose material is a 70% aqueous solution of a 2- hydroxypropionic acid of formula (R 1 and R 2 are each H, OH or CH 2 OH), 2,2-dimethylolpropionic acid, etc., preferably 2-hydroxypropionic acid, carbohydrazide or their mixture. A cellulose material such as paper, woven cotton fabric or woven viscose rayon fabric is subjected to flame-retarding treatment with a guanidine salt or an ethylenediamine salt of sulfamic acid, sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid or boric acid, preferably sulfamic acid salt by adding 1-15wt.%, preferably 3-10wt.% (based on the flame-retardant) of the thermal discoloration preventing agent to obtain a flame-retarded material having thermal discoloration resistance. COPYRIGHT: (C)1997,JPO


In this paper, we discuss Bernoulli's principle to the 3-dimensional incompressible Euler equation in a bounded local Lipschitz domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{3}$ with a Lipschitz boundary. Using topological properties of the level set and Morse-Sard theorem, we will prove Bernoulli's principle on Sobolev space.


SYNOPSIS Most of the work of the Department of Forestry for at least the first 30 years since its foundation in 1902 concentrated mainly on indigenous trees such as Widdringtonia nodiflora (Syn. W. whyteii), Pterocarpus angolensis and Khaya nyasica, just to mention a few examples. The emphasis started to change in the early 1930s when it was realised that the faster growing exotic species, mainly pines, could be grown under the local conditions and produce high returns of construction timber in a relatively shorter time than the indigenous species. Gradually the work on the indigenous trees was reduced to almost ad hoc silvicultural trials, mainly on the culturing methods of a few selected species. These were done in the form of unreplicated arboretum plots, although some replicated trials started to be established in the early 1960s. However, by this time, the exotic trees Pinus patula, P. elliottii, P. taeda and the Eucalyptus spp. had by far passed the experimental stage and had become the major planta...


This article uses city-level panel data and difference-in-differences (DID) models to evaluate how China Railway High-speed (CRH) train accessibility impacts regional tourism economies in China. On average, CRH accessibility positively affects regional tourism economies, reflected in a 12% net increase in tourism revenue for a region. By dividing the database into different subsets, this study demonstrates that the significantly positive impacts only occur for regions where the overall level of accessibility is low. Moreover, this study reveals that among regions connected by CRH networks, the regions of which the levels of tourism development are comparatively low will experience a bigger jump in tourism economy than the regions of which the levels of tourism development are already high, and hence the dispersion effect of CRH networks is demonstrated. This study also concludes the lagged effects of CRH accessibility are much greater than its immediate effects. By virtue of these conclusions, this study suggests the ways for governments and tourism organizations to take advantage of the development of high-speed trains in China.


The aim of this paper is to describe a novel method for losses computation in the surface mounted magnets of synchronous machines with non-overlapping concentrated windings. That method can be applied as well as in the case of non-jointed magnets than in the case of edge-to-edge magnets forming a continuous ring.


Natural gas is considered as a promising alternative to petroleum as the next generation of primary transportation fuel owing to relatively smaller carbon footprint and lower SOx/NOx emissions and to fast developments of shale gas in recent years. Since the volumetric energy density of methane amounts to only about 1% of that of gasoline at ambient conditions, natural gas storage represents one of the key challenges for prevalent deployment of natural gas vehicles. In this work, we present a molecular thermodynamic model potentially useful for high-throughput screening of nanoporous materials for natural gas storage. We investigate methane adsorption in a large library of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) using four versions of classical density functional theory (DFT) and calibrate the theoretical predictions with extensive simulation data for total gas uptake and delivery capacity. In combination with an extended excess entropy scaling method, the classical DFT is also used to predict the self-diffusion coefficients of the confined gas in several top-ranked MOFs. The molecular thermodynamic model has been used to identify promising MOF materials and possible variations of operation parameters to meet the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) target set by the U.S. Department of Energy for natural gas storage. © 2015 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 61: 3012–3021, 2015


H. Mohammad Misbach was born in 1876 in Kauman , Surakarta , from batik successful merchant family . As an adult he could wrestle batik trading business , to be successful . Because her character is revolutionary and happy association, Misbach finally abandon their batik and began to cultivate the intellectual . Misbach entry of a West Irian Jaya ( Inlandsche Journalisten Bond ) in 1914 and the merger with Sarekat Islam ( SI ) marked the beginning of his involvement in the world of movement . Moving his religious outlook of Islam , suggests that Misbach want to " move Islam " as the power to transform colonial socio-political order , not just to legitimize and maintain it . DOI:  10.15408/sdi.v4i1.789


and execution of United States foreign policy? Was he too sympathetic to Indonesian demands and aspirations? In analyzing the decline of the Republic under "Guided Democracy," Jones candidly admits that, "I have been optimistic longer than most Americans that even with his 'noisy diplomacy,' Sukarno would finally come around" (p. 358). Admittedly, this reviewer has the benefit of retrospect, but one must question Jones's assumption that "Sukarno's emotionalism and preoccupation with colonial issues . . . often led him to adopt an irrational course of action" (p. 272). Perhaps the Ambassador's optimism was largely predicated on his enduring friendship with Bung Karno. Jones maintains that


The invention relates to the field of woven handicraft material modification treatment, and particularly relates to a soaking liquid for modifying pampas grass and making pampas grass old and a use method thereof. The soaking liquid comprises the raw materials in parts by weight: 2-3 parts of sesame stalks, 5-6 parts of red tea residues, 12-14 parts of rice vinegar, 4-5 parts of sodium hexametaphosphate, 2-4 parts of sodium sulfate, 1-3 parts of alpha-olefin sodium sulfonate, 6-8 parts of sodium alginate, 1-2 parts of palm oil, 2-3 parts of sodium dodecyl sulfate, 250-280 parts of water, and 4-5 parts of an auxiliary agent. The raw materials of the prepared soaking liquid are all environmental-protection components, so the soaking liquid contains no volatile toxic organic matter composition; the soaking liquid has strong penetration ability, can quite well penetrate into pampas grass fibers, improves fibrous mechanical properties, and enhances heat resistant and waterproof abilities of a material; a water decoction liquid obtained from the sesame stalks and the red tea residues contains natural pigments, pampas grass is endowed with simple, unsophisticated and natural color and luster, so as to achieve a making-old effect; and the modified pampas grass is soft in hand feeling and easy to weave, the production efficiency is improved, and a product has high ornamental value, does not easily absorb moisture, is not easily dried, cracked and deformed, is more durable in use, and has more market competitiveness.


Albumin solders from different species have been used for laser tissue welding without a complete understanding of possible differences between them. The breaking strength of four different species of serum albumin (human, bovine, porcine, and canine), both fatty acid containing (FAC) and fatty acid free (FAF), was determined to evaluate the welding ability of each type of albumin.


This review analyzes Philipp Valentini and Mahdi Tourage's Esoteric Lacan, describing the work in detail and the book review author's reflections on it. Esoteric Lacan is a one-of-a-kind dialogue between Lacan and various religio-cultural studies. The study takes an interdisciplinary and interlocutive approach to ideas Lacan conversed with and goes beyond a Eurocentric context. The collection spans the gamut from Gnosticism to Judaism to Kabbalistic musings to Afropessimism to the Lacanian discourses to the Borromean Knot and Sinthome to Ibn 'Arabī and much more.


Abstract In this paper, we propose a new structure based on photonic crystals to realise a demultiplexing operation for dense wavelength division multiplexing transmission systems. In this demultiplexer, the resonant cavities were responsible for selecting the wavelength. By imposing defect rods to these cavities, the modes could resonate at the desired frequencies. As we wanted to see the nonlinear effects, the material that was chosen for defect rods were doped glass. The refractive index of this glass in 1550 nm is 1.41. Increasing the input power causes variation in the refractive index of defect rods and as a result resonant condition of whole cavity alerts so a tenable demultiplexer can be investigated. Based on the results, the average pass bands of channels are near to 1.5 nm and the channel spacing is approximately 3.95 nm. The proposed demultiplexer acts in a near-complete transmission efficiency and the mean value of the crosstalk was −19 dB.


We present experimental results of an investigation into the performance of a commercial, packaged GaAs high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT) as a detector of terahertz (THz) radiation in the frequency ranges 0.22–0.32 and 0.520–0.650 THz. Enclosed in a standard ceramic housing and without a dedicated antenna for radiation coupling, the transistor is capable of sensitive direct detection (power detection) of THz radiation at room temperature. The device responsivity shows a strong variation with wavelength, indicating that various device features (transistor metallization, contact pads, wires) act as an effective THz antenna. With the THz radiation focused with a parabolic mirror (and without a substrate lens), the maximum responsivity reaches 2.5 and 0.72 V/W with values of the minimum optical noise-equivalent power (NEP) of 1.4 and 2.5 nW/<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\sqrt{\mathrm{Hz}}$</tex-math></inline-formula> at the sensitivity peaks at 0.271 and 0.632 THz, respectively. The performance of the HEMT, in comparison with antenna-coupled FET detectors optimized for THz detection (TeraFETs), can be assessed better if the responsivity and the NEP are referred to the effective antenna cross-section determined experimentally for the device. We arrive at a cross-sectional responsivity of 42 V/W (1.6 V/W) and a cross-sectional NEP of 135 pW/<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\sqrt{\mathrm{Hz}}$</tex-math></inline-formula> (1250  pW/<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\sqrt{\mathrm{Hz}}$</tex-math></inline-formula>) at 0.271 THz (0.632 THz), for measurements through the ceramic cap. The cross-sectional NEP values are about one order of magnitude at 0.271 THz and two orders of magnitude at 0.632 THz higher than those achieved with the best TeraFETs, yet in a range where they enable many practical applications at low cost for the detector.


This column has previously addressed issues relating to the impact of professional liability insurance on nurse anesthesia practice. (See the June, 1987 AANA Journal, "The impact of professional liability insurance on nurse anesthesia practice" and the December, 1986 AANA Journal, "Restrictions on CRNAs imposed by physician-controlled insurance companies.") Nonetheless, physician-controlled insurance companies continue to set restrictions on nurse anesthesia practice. Some of these restrictions have been adopted out of ignorance about the quality of care rendered by nurse anesthetists. In other cases, these restrictions may have been adopted at the urging of anesthesiologists. Frequently, in either event, when an insurance company has been given information concerning the capabilities of nurse anesthetists, and advised that it can be held liable for violating antitrust laws by permitting anesthesiologists to use them to restrict the practice of nurse anesthetists, they have been most willing to reverse their positions. In the past, many of the problems caused by physician-controlled insurance companies related to their tendency to believe unsupported rumors that the laws of liability provided that physicians working with nurse anesthetists would be liable for any negligence of the nurse anesthetist. As readers of this column are aware, whether a surgeon (obstetrician or other physician) will be held liable in the event of negligence by the nurse


The sandstone production in Lyons West Field, Rice Co., Kans., is controlled by a combination of structural and stratigraphic entrapment conditions. The accumulation is on the up-dip pinchout of a sandstone lens in the main portion of the field which lies in T. 19 S. R. 8 W., and in the northern most tier of sections in T. 20 S., R. 8 W. In the main body of the field the thickness of the producing Kinderhookian sandstone ranges from 0-42 ft and, in general, is determined by the thickness of the sand lens except along the eastern down-dip flank where the oil-water contact is encountered. In the SW. extension of the Lyons West Field, lithologic variations are such that thickness measurements are less important than the stratigraphic and lithologic relationships. Throughout the field the producing zone is a gray, fine to coarse grained, angular to rounded, clear to frosted, friable and phosphatic sandstone with varying amounts of dark maroon clay laminations.


Traumatic acute subdural haematoma (SDH) continue to have high mortality & morbidity despite the advent of rapid transportation, CT Scan and Intensive care management. The general surgical procedures for Acute SDH is Craniotomy with removal of haematoma & decompressive craniectomy if necessary. This is a study based in department of surgery. After taking complete history and detailed examination and investigation (CT Scan) was be done. Decision of surgery was be taken by the consultant neurosurgeon of the acute Subdural Haematoma, involvement of aloquent areas and associated other injury of brain.200 patients with head injury who reported at casualty of Gandhi Medical College, and Hamidia Hospital, Bhopal.In our study, Mode of Injury found to be Assault were 20%, Fall were 27% & RTA 53% in Conservative whereas Assault were 06%, Fall were 14% & RTA 80%.The chi-square statistic is 96.3397. The p-value is < 0.00001. The result is significant at p < 0.05. These findings indicate that the thickness/size of acute SDH significantly correlates with the type of management to be done for the patient.Acute subdural haematoma is the major cause of significant morbidity and mortality due to traumatic head injury. Acute subdual haematoma is commonly associated with countercoup injuries and diffuse axonal injury (DAI). The clinical presentation in patients with acute SDH is related to raised ICP and the severity of DAI. C.T. Scan is the investigation of choice in patients with head injury.


The article addresses the current burning issue of spiritual and physical health of modern young people and contributing negative factors, examines the concepts of "health" and "healthy lifestyle". As a mechanism for formation a healthy lifestyle of students the paper offers to use means of dramatic arts based on pedagogical and acting discovery of K.S.Stanislavskiy positively influencing on the process of acquiring knowledge and personal experience of students, which are based on feelings, emotions, thoughts and images created by genuine actions on the stage and ensuring the development of psycho-physiological and spiritual order of a young man promoting physical and intellectual man's performance capability and his full biosocial functioning. The article discusses also the use of S.V.Klubkov's psychophysical training including some elements of K.S.Stanislav-skiy's system and promoting the development of psychophysical elements underlying the psycho-physiological and spiritual state of a man and therefore contributing to the formation of a healthy way living of a young person. The paper offers to use some methods and practice of the theatre pedagogy in different approaches of educational work which will be the insurance of good precondition for future selffulfillment of modern students, development of basic life stereotypes, personality formation and action pattern. The article is intended for teachers, educational work providers at institutions of the vocational training system, leaders of youth organizations.


In this paper, we tackle the problem of finding microorganisms in bright field microscopy images, which is an important step in various tasks. Apart from bacteria or fungi, these images can contain impurities such as sand particles, which increases the difficulty of microbe detection. Following a semantic segmentation approach, where a label is inferred for each pixel, we achieve encouraging classification results on a database containing five different types of microbes.


DNA uptake by N. crassa Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 License. This research note is available in Fungal Genetics Reports: http://newprairiepress.org/fgr/vol20/iss1/26 whereas the 45-60% fraction pcssessed greatest activity with the monoglutamate (see Table). Further studies in which the octivities with the three palyglutomotes were found to be absent from on extract of on me-6 strain demonstrated that they ore the properties of o single enzyme (Ritori et al. 1973 Ne\~rospom Newsl.20, companion note,mediotely following). _-Deportment of Biochemistv,rose Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Clevclond, Ohio 44106. Ritori.5. J., W. Sokami and C.W.Black. ldentificotion The finding that the biosynthesis of folylpolyglutomotes by of two genes specifying folylpolyglutomate synthases. N. crosso involves ot leoat two enzymes (Ritari et 01. 1973 Neurosporo Newsl.20, preceding note) indicate&Kt two (or mote) loci ore concerned with this process, one specifying o diglutomate synthose and the other on enzyme forming higher polyglutomotes. It appeared probable that one lows was me-6, since the folotes of the me-6 (35809) strain hod been analyzed in this laboratory and found to consist of mono,ond diglu~tes rather than the higher p&iutomotes choroctcristic of wild type N. erosso (Selhub 1970 Ph.D. Thesis, Core Western Reserve Univ.) . The identity of the gene coding diglutomote synthose wo~e~ious. though mot had been considered to be on allele of me-6. One possibility was that it was z, even Genetic studies supporting this idcntificotion hod not excluded the possibilFthot mot ond me-6 ore closely linked, but-ollelic, loci (Murray 1969 Genetics 61:67). Table 1. Polmlvtomote svnthose activities of extracts of


Computer security has long been one of the most important research areas in computer science. In recent years, the rapid growth in Internet based industry has raised the importance of computer security to an unprecedented level. However, at the same time, profit driven commercial software development always leaves security concerns behind the quick incorporation of new functionalities. Therefore, the need to improve the security of these products is very urgent now. Microsoft Windows 2000, as one of the most popular operating systems, also needs to be improved. Especially, because of the unavailability of the necessary documentation and source code, few third party research and development have been done for Windows 2000 operating system kernel. In this paper, we introduce WinLomac, a prototype security enhancement software for Windows 2000 operating system that enforces Low Water Mark integrity model based Mandatory Access Control in the kernel.


In this study, both sinusoidal wave loading and rectangular pulse (impact) loading are applied to a sample of rail steel in order to compare the growth rates for a surface fatigue crack. The results show that the rectangular pulse (impact) loading gives a crack growth rate on average 5 times that of the sinusoidal wave loading but can be almost 100 times in some instances. There are distinct differences between the fractograph patterns under the two modes of loading. The fractograph under sinusoidal wave loading clearly exhibits the pearlite structure of the material but under impact loading this microstructure is not revealed; only a quasicleavage pattern is observed. Analysis of the experimental fatigue crack growth data indicated that the surface fatigue crack growth rate behavior could be described by the Paris-type relationship.


Abstract Culturally celebratory programming exceeds cultural relevancy, engaging participants in celebration-making and culture-creating. African Americans aged 55+ in the Sharing History through Active Reminiscence and Photo-imagery (SHARP) study celebrate their heritage in gentrifying neighborhoods through walking-reminiscence sessions; they create culture through discussing ideas, beliefs, norms, values, and shared experiences of the past while considering these aspects within presently changing cultural dynamics. The SHARP study's narrative approach supports cognitively healthy behaviors and community priorities of cultural preservation in response to marginalization. The SHARP smartphone application houses 72 themed walking routes in Portland, Oregon's historically Black neighborhoods. One-mile routes with GPS-triggered historical neighborhood images prompt conversational reminiscence among walking triads. Recorded narratives are organized in a process called storytabling and thematically coded. Selections referencing cognitively healthy behaviors are flagged for pairing with online brain health content tested by 12 African Americans aged 55+. Historical images and narratives anchor educational content to relatable life experiences, framing healthy aging in a culturally celebratory, neighborhood context to improve applicability. The online resource, routes, and recorded narratives are community deliverables. Currently, 254 walking narratives from 2016-2018 walkers (n=40; 8 with mild cognitive impairment) have been transcribed and 60 analyzed. Walkers found image prompts and walking within triads of similar sociocultural backgrounds as highly motivating, healthy ways of addressing change. Content testers found narratives lent depth, meaning, and a sense of cultural resilience to educational content. Narrative approaches situate cognitive health in participant-driven terms and experiences, informing brain health best practices for marginalized and minority populations.


The purpose of the work. Identify the stylistic principles of V. Kosenko's Piano Concerto fortheir inscription in the paradigm of the Ukrainian musical culture of the twentieth century and asthe national embodiment of its youth component. Methodology. At the heart of the study is anintonational approach, in which the style-comparative, hermeneutical, culturological methods andusage are highlighted, which makes it possible to assess Kosenko's authorial identity as a productof the national cultural thought of the past. Scientific novelty. For the first time in the analysis, V.Kosenko's Piano Concerto is presented in correlation with the works born of the youth expansion(the "new youth" of the Sixties era) of the 1920s, whose rigid atradiationalism gives birth in anational thought a turn from opera and vocal-choral classics of Ukrainian music to demonstrativeinstrumentalism , but in unity with appeasement to the stylistic synthesis of romantic tradition andsymbolist manifestations of modernity. Conclusion. The genre of the piano concerto, especially inhis youthful rebellion in the work of V.Kosenko, proclaims a new stage in the development of theUkrainian musical culture of the 20th century in the direction of its instrumental channel, thetraditionalist inclination of which we find in Kosenka in the form of a demonstration of theaffirmation of the Lisianian concert, but at the same time as the tendencies To overcome Lisstvo'ssame orchestral dramatization and with an appeal to the early bond issue, which is also found inJuvenile Concerts by F. Chopin; The latter's music occupied a great place both in the guideline ofV.Kosenko's personality in person and in the domain of pioneering searches of Ukrainian andRussian (V. Barvinsky, L. Revutsky, O. Skryabin, S. Rachmaninov) artists of the twentieth century asa whole.Key words: genre of concert, style of Ukrainian music of the 20th century, symbolism,romanticism, traditionalism – atraditionalism.


The modes and frequencies of the giant quadrupole resonance of heavy deformed nuclei have been calculated. The quadrupole operator is computed and the absorption cross section is derived. The quadrupole sum rule is discussed, and the relevant oscillator strengths have been evaluated for various orientations of the nucleus. The giant quadrupole resonances have energies between 20 and 25 MeV. The total absorption cross section is about 20% of the giant dipole absorption cross section. Of particular interest is the occurrence of the quadrupole mode which is sensitive to the nuclear radius in a direction of approximately e=i?r from the symmetry axis. This may give information on the details of the nuclear shape.


The invention relates to a crank mechanism, in particular, for a weighing sensor on a balance working on the electromagnetic force compensation principle, comprising at least one crank (23) connected to a fixed base body (3) or an element connected thereto, the at least one crank arm being connected to the base body (3) or the element connected thereto by means of an elastically-deformable joint (28), defining a pivot axis of the at least one crank (23) and a load force (FL) corresponding to the weight force (FG) or a derivative thereof acts on a first crank arm of the at least one crank which generates a reaction force (FR) on a second crank arm of the at least one crank.; According to the invention, the elastically-deformable joint (28) comprises two thin elastically-deformable flexibleregions (29), connecting the crank directly or indirectly to the base body (3) or the element connected thereto, each flexible region (29) being flexible in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinally extending plane defined by the geometry of the flexible region (29) to generate a pivot movement of the at least one crank (23), the longitudinally-extending planes of the flexible regions (29) including an angle (a) which is not zero and a virtual pivot axis (D) for the at least one crank (29) is defined by the two elastically-deformable flexible regions (29).


The scarcity effect is a powerful social-influence principle used by marketers to increase the subjective desirability of products. This study explores cross-national differences in proneness to the scarcity effect and attempts to explain observed differences in terms of boundary conditions. Results of a shopping simulation experiment show a positive effect of scarcity on purchase intent and a greater proneness to such among participants from a lower- (U.S.) versus higher- (France) context culture. Moreover, the scarcity effect is moderated by product familiarity, uncertainty avoidance, and need for cognitive closure. Differential familiarity levels may help explain the observed cross-national differences. Managerial implications concern the conditions under which marketing appeals based on scarcity should be more (versus less) persuasive. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


Background and Aims:  Failed primary anti‐Helicobacter pylori therapy results in a high rate of antimicrobial resistance. This necessitates a search for new regimens to cure H. pylori infection. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of a new levofloxacin‐containing 7‐day triple therapy and to compare it with that of standard French triple therapy in patients with known H. pylori susceptibility to MET (metronidazole) and CLA (clarithromycin).


Abstract : This project examines the current Army Transportation policy and associated strategic deployability challenges. An analysis of the current policy is provided to determine if it is the answer to countering and defeating the likely future asymmetric threats on U.S. soil and abroad in the 21st century. Finally, the project identifies and examines significant deployability challenges affecting Army Transformation that senior leaders must acknowledge as significant, provide firm support and sufficient investment to resolve early in the 21st century.


Over the last 20 years, fibrotic lung diseases have been treated with corticosteroids or cytotoxic immunosuppressants with very little change in morbidity and mortality outcomes (1). In order to find more effective treatment regimens, many laboratories have developed and characterized animal models of fibrotic diseases. Since 1974, bleomycin sulfate has been used in rodents to initiate fibrotic lung lesions which have many of the histologic components of the human disease idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) (2). In rodents, bleomycin administration results in a route, dose, and strain dependent pulmonary inflammatory response characterized by increases in leukocyte accumulation, fibroblast proliferation, and collagen content (2-7). Rodents intratracheally challenged with bleomycin typically exhibit necrosis of type I pneumocytes 0 to 1 day post-challenge, acute alveolitis 2 to 3 days post-challenge, and intense interstitial inflammation 4 to 12 days post-challenge (8-11). Additionally, fibroblast proliferation and extracellular matrix synthesis are initiated 4 to 14 days post-bleomycin challenge with collagen content elevated approximately 2-fold, 3 wk post-challenge (4-6, 9, 11). These pathologic changes in pulmonary architecture create diminished respiratory capacity due to thickening of alveolar septa and loss of lung elasticity, resulting in significant morbidity in the animal. By these criteria, the rodent pulmonary inflammatory response to intratracheal bleomycinchallenge constitutes a representative model of human IPF. Soon after the development of the rodent bleomycin model oflPF, researchers hypothesized that the drug directly stimulated collagen synthesis from fibroblasts. Supporting this contention, direct stimulation of normal or granuloma fibroblasts with bleomycin resulted in increased synthesis of type I pro-collagen and glycosaminoglycans, respectively (12, 13). However, another study demonstrated that only 1% of the total intratracheal dose of bleomycin remained in the lung 24 h post-challenge, while fibroblast proliferation and increased collagen synthesis began approximately 4 days post-challenge (4-6, 11, 14-16). Furthermore, studies of the direct effect of bleomycin on hamster lung slices demonstrated significantly reduced "Csproline uptake and hydroxylation, indicating decreased production of collagen (17).


This study compared EMG activities between quadriceps and hamstrings with taping and without taping during isokinetic exercise. For this experimentation, Eight healthy male and female university students performed knee extension and flexion at 180°/s for experimentation, and isometric action at 90° for MVIC(maximam voluntary isometric contraction). Cybex(Cybex340) was used for isokinetic exercise and its statistical analysis was done by paired t-test. After surface electrodes were attached to rectus femoris, vastus medialis, vastus laterlis, biceps femoris, and serrdtendinosus, averaged EMG and Peak EMG, with taping and without taping, were measured. There were no significant mucsles EMG activities between with taping and without taping except rectus femoris during flexion and biceps femoris during extension The EMG signals of rectus femoris in flexion and biceps femoris in extention were significantly reduced with taping. EMG activities were generally decreased after taping when we examine the whole patterns of data This seems to be due to the fact that by sustaining the vector direction of the muscles, sports taping makes it possible to do an exercise of the same load with just a little activity of muscles. Because the muscles which showed significant statistical differences were all antagonist, we think the taping took the stability supporting role of antagonist, so that EMG activities were reduced. And another possible reason is that it seems to be related to proprioception that manages extension of muscles.


BASED ON COMPARATIVE SECTIONS, GRAVEL AGGREGATE, WITH AND WITHOUT CENTER JOINT, TWO HUNDRED FEET LONG AND 4 YEARS OLD, THE FOLLOWING CONCLUSIONS WERE MADE: (1) COMBINED LONGITUDINAL AND TRANSVERSE CRACK IN FULL WIDTH SECTIONS WAS REDUCED MOST CONSISTENTLY WITH SLAB THICKNESS THAT WAS EITHER ONE SEPARATELY, (2) PLAIN HALF-WIDTH SECTIONS CONTAINED NO MORE TRANSVERSE CRACKS THAN DID FULL WIDTH SECTIONS, (3) MESH REINFORCED SECTIONS CONTAINED CONSIDERABLY LESS CRACKS THAN PLAIN SECTIONS, (4) BONDED LONGITUDINAL REINFORCEMENT OF LESS TENSILE STRENGTH THAN THAT OF CONCRETE WAS MORE OR LESS RUPTURED AT OPEN TRANSVERSE CRACKS, BUT DID NOT CAUSE CORNER BREAKS OR FINE TRANSVERSE CRACKS IN THE SLAB, (5) LARGE AMOUNTS OF LONGITUDINAL STEEL IN BOND CAUSED EXCESSIVE TRANSVERSE CRACKING IN CORNER JOINTS, (6) TRANSVERSE STEEL ACROSS LONGITUDINAL JOINTS HELD THE SLABS TOGETHER AND PREVENTED SPALLING, AND (7) SECTIONS WITH 3/8 INCH TRANSVERSE RODS CONTAINED MORE TRANSVERSE CRACKS THAN SECTIONS REINFORCED ONLY LONGITUDINALLY. IT WAS FOUND THAT SUBGRADE RESISTANCE TO PAVEMENT CONTRACTION AND LONGITUDINALLY REINFORCED PAVEMENTS AFTER BEING CARRIED ACROSS TRANSVERSE CRACKS BY THE STEEL WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE CONCRETE AT A RATE DEPENDING ON BOND AND STRENGTH OF CONCRETE. THIS DISCUSSION OF LONGITUDINAL REINFORCING APPLIES ONLY TO STEEL BONDED FOR DISTANCES.


The philosophy of information, as a proposal for an ethical foundation for librarianship (both axiological and deontological), also influences, in various ways, on use practices of the informacion. The Chapter 1 includes a presentation of the fundamental problems and relevance of ethical reflection, but this does not remain in the pure ethical speculation. It is recognized that there is a plethora of views regarding the act of man and, therefore, ethical positions, which essentially have a correlation with reality. In this capitulation it arises from ethics axiological and ethical dimensions, and explain what approaches are proposed in each, without resorting to radical distinction between facts and values, which is an improper contextualization of ethical conceptual analysis. What will be done is to reconcile and articulate an axiological proposal with a consequent ethical vision of Rawlsian court. Here you attempt to ease tension between the two partners and entering into them.
Chapter 2 deals with the ethics of information from the perspective of the philosophy of information, as a proposal for an ethical foundation for librarianship, both axiological and deontological, and how that influences use practices information. The first thing presented here is a summary of what constitutes philosophy of information as a concept and its appearance on the philosophical scene introito. This is accompanied by a quick presentation of its main ethical and epistemological principles and their relationship to the library. It is assumed in which ethical knowledge is not only prescriptive and normative, but thoughtful. To do this, the ontological values of the research community in librarianship are analyzed, that is, the reasons and operating structure within the internal dynamics epistemic, but not as rules but as values. In this chapter it ruminates on the advantage of the values of the library and its mission, in light of Ortega's theory. After this, the question of how a macroethics contributes to the self-understanding (development, reasoning, values) of librarianship and how your reflection and argumentation is built will be developed. Librarianship requires an innovative approach to raise macroethical notions speech thus substantiate the nature of the information reality. The philosophy of information is established as a turgid speech, which raises axiological and ethical notions novel, and can assist the library in the task of understanding their own ethical dilemmas and to reevaluate issues related to informational phenomena, ethical dilemmas paper derived technology, librarian values and using the information. new information environments through the perspective of information ecology are analyzed, and a vital sense oriented training an existential improvement in these environments, which can be called information ethics individual.
Chapter 3 includes an analysis and interrelation of moral formulations stipulated in the codes of ethics of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions and the National Association of Librarians of Mexico. Here or issues that might be logical, epistemological semantic be resolved, involved in the formulation and justification of the various proposals and moral theories that support them.


The uniform boundary condition (UBC) in a normed chain complex asks for a uniform linear bound on fillings of null-homologous cycles. For the [Formula: see text]-norm on the singular chain complex, Matsumoto and Morita established a characterization of the UBC in terms of bounded cohomology. In particular, spaces with amenable fundamental group satisfy the UBC in every degree. We will give an alternative proof of statements of this type, using geometric Følner arguments on the chain level instead of passing to the dual cochain complex. These geometric methods have the advantage that they also lead to integral refinements. In particular, we obtain applications in the context of integral foliated simplicial volume.


Change detection is used to find whether the changes happened or not between two different time periods using remote sensing images. We can use various machine learning techniques and deep learning techniques for the change detection analysis using remote sensing images. This paper mainly focused on computational and performance analysis of both techniques in the application of change detection .For each approach, we considered ten different kinds of algorithms and evaluated the performance. Moreover, in this research work, we have analyzed merits and demerits of each method which have used to change detection.


R404A/CO2 cascade refrigeration system and CO2 low temperature secondary refrigerant system are simply summarized,and the EER is calculated and compared.The results show that the EER of cascade refrigeration system is higher than that of CO2 low temperature secondary refrigerant system at the evaporation temperature from-30 ℃ to-50 ℃.


Objective To observe the effects of health promotion programs to control schistosomiasis in highly endemic areas. Methods An experimental study was performed. After a baseline survey,intervention in the form of "disseminating information + increasing participation + encouraging behavior" was used with a test group for 3 years running,and the effect of this intervention was evaluated Results Differences between the test group and control group in terms of the level of knowledge of schistosomiasis control,the accuracy of attitudes about schistosomiasis control,the level of contact with infected water,and the rate of schistosomiasis infection were not statistically significant (P0.05). In the test group,the level of knowledge of schistosomiasis control and the accuracy of attitudes about schistosomiasis control increased from 12.30% and 11.51% before intervention to 97.89% and 99.16% one year after intervention,and the level of contact with infected water and the rate of schistosomiasis infection both decreased from 16.84% and 9.52% before intervention to 0 one year after intervention; the difference was statistically significant (P0.05). In the control group,there were no statistically significant differences in these indices before and one year after intervention (P0.05). Two to three years after intervention,none of the students in the test group had come in contact with infected water or been infected with schistosomes. Conclusion Intervention in the form of health promotion,i.e. "disseminating information + increasing participation + encouraging behavior," can effectively control and prevent schistosomiasis from infecting students in areas where schistosoma japonica is highly endemic.


Adolescence is a period of developing knowledge and skills, learning to manage emotions, and acquiring qualities and abilities that will be important for enjoying adolescence and assuming adult roles. Boys have been found to be more aggressive than girls. A quantitative research approach and a non-experimental research design were used to correlate aggression and parental behaviour


Electric vehicle (EV) owners in India are facing dissatisfaction due to the limited availability and reliability of charging infrastructure. One of the main concerns is the inadequate range of EVs, which creates difficulties for long-distance travel. For instance, if a user needs to travel inter-statefor 1000 km but their EV's range is limited to 350 km, they need to stop multiple times at charging stations to complete the trip. Unlike traditional petrol or gasoline-based cars, EVs require a considerable amount of recharge, meaning users must manuallyplan their charging stops and search for available charging stations. This problem statement highlights the challenge of ensuring that EVs are viable and convenient for long-distance travel in India, where the availability and accessibility of charging infrastructure remain a significant concern. These issues can be resolved by eliminating human intervention in the route planning process of any trip. To minimize human interference an algorithm is required that can generate a route plan for long-distance travel based on the real-time stats of the electric vehicle. Various parameters need to be considered to optimize the travel route, and to minimize the overall travel time by reducing the total charging time in between.


The construction industry is an indispensable and important support in the national economic industry. The characteristics of the construction industry, such as long production cycle, large number of participants and various types, determine that the development of the construction industry is undoubtedly very difficult. In order to realize the rapid development of the construction industry, transformation is the inevitable development direction of the construction industry in the future, which requires the help of science and technology. With the development of science and technology, information technology and big data have been applied to all walks of life, and these are also important means to support the transformation of the construction industry. In order to achieve green development, reducing energy consumption is an inevitable measure. Energy consumption analysis and reduction can be realized by establishing energy consumption monitoring platform based on big data. The application of BIM system is an information-based energy consumption analysis method. This technology can realize the analysis and prediction of energy consumption, so as to determine the appropriate way to save energy, and even estimate the corresponding cost. It is of great significance to establish a suitable energy-saving scheme.


The development of tourism in protected areas is a particular challenge for the tourism business and the activity of nature conservation. The leading criteria for sustainable tourism in protected areas emphasize the importance of the adoption of certain principles of care, long-term planning and management that integrates nature protection and tourism. In this respect, the paper analyzes their importance in the case of Special Nature Reserve »Gornje Podunavlje« in Vojvodina. After acquiring the status of a special nature reserve, talk about the importance of this area to the tourism of Sombor and Apatin, where it is located, has increased. This trend follows the design of educational and tourist tracks, starting and running events as well as starting tourism businesses in rural households. There could be multiple benefits of this for the local communities.


Outcome Mapping (OM) is an approach to planning, monitoring, and evaluating social change initiatives developed by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in Canada (Earl et al., 2001). At a practical level, OM is a set of tools and guidelines that steer project or programme teams through an iterative process to identify their desired change and to work collaboratively to bring it about. Results are measured by the changes in behaviour, actions and relationships of those individuals, groups or organisations with whom the initiative is working directly and seeking to influence (Smutylo, 2005). Despite the dominance of the logical framework approach (LFA) in international development for structuring the planning, monitoring and evaluation (PME) of projects and programmes, it has significant limitations (Bakewell and Garbutt, 2005). There are a growing number of alternatives, with 24 tools and methods summarised in a recent report by ACT Development alone, and more listed by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and the Barefoot Guide to working with organisations and social change. Many could be more appropriate than LFA approaches in many development and social change situations. This paper reviews OM principles to guide donors considering support for projects using OM, and other decision-makers seeking methods to improve the effectiveness of aid policies and practice. It asks: 1. What makes OM unique and of value? 2. For which programmes, projects, contexts and change processes is it most useful? 3. How can donors facilitate its use, and what are the potential barriers?


This case study presents and interprets two data sets – interviews and line drawings – about barriers to learning in the HE context, as seen from the student perspective. Eleven undergraduate students participated in this exploratory study, which took place at a United Kingdom higher education (HE) institution. The findings help reveal to the reader the lived experiences of students and present opportunities to consider intervention practices that can be used to support student transition from further education (FE) into HE. This case study also discusses how to collect and use this mixed data set and highlights how employing this method promotes student voice. Researchers may find that the approach may be applicable to their own project design.


Plastics have been an essential part of life. Each year, over 300 million tons of plastics are being processed each year into other products. However, only a small portion of the plastic gets recycled while up to 79% is discarded into landfills or directly into the natural environment. Microplastics refer to small pieces of plastic less than five millimeters long. Because of their small sizes, microplastics are able to pass through filtration systems and remain in the environment for a longer period of time, harming microorganisms, marine life, animal life, and human life. Microorganisms have the ability to transform microplastics, and there have been numerous studies on the biodegradation of bio-based and fossil based plastics. This paper approaches the interactions of microplastics and microorganisms from three main angles— biodegradation, production, and impacts— by synthesizing and analyzing known information. In particular, biodegradability is linked to physical and chemical structures, while plastic polymers can be broken down into smaller compounds which can be potentially processed through bacterial metabolism to be ultimately mineralized as CO2 . Compared to regular plastic, microplastics are more harmful and impactful to organisms (including humans), especially at the cellular level. The analysis of this paper is a good starting point for the investigation of microplastics and how microbial communities interact with them, however, it brings up further questions and gaps. Regardless, this paper highlights the significance that we devote effort and resources to better enhance the implications on ecological processes and human health.


A scale of Carlson type inequalities are proved and the best constants are found. Some multidimensional versions of these inequalities are also proved and it is pointed out that also a well-known i ...


Dinitrophenol is preventing cells from making energy for growth and it has been suggested that pH may be important in mitigating effects of uncouplers. The effect of pH on toxicity of dinitrophenol at high concentration was investigated, over a pH range of 5.7 to 8.7. DNP inhibition was found to be strongly dependent on mixed liquor pH. The DNP degradation rate was highest in the pH range of 7.0 to 7.8; at pH 6.0 degradation of 0.41 mM dinitrophenol was significantly inhibited; at pH


A bromine capped star-shaped poly(methyl methacrylate) (S-PMMA-Br) was synthesized with CuBr/sparteine/PT-Br as a catalyst and initiator to polymerize methyl methacrylate (MMA) according to atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). Then, with S-PMMA-Br as a macroinitiator, a series of new liquid crystal rod-coil star block copolymers with different molecular weights and low polydispersity were obtained by this method. The block architecture {coil-conformation of the MMA segment and rigid-rod conformation of 2,5-bis[(4-methoxyphenyl)oxycarbonyl] styrene segment of the four-armed rod-coil star block copolymers were characterized by 1 H NMR. The liquid-crystalline behavior of these copolymers was studied by differential scanning calorimetry and polarized optical microscopy. We found that the liquid-crystalline behavior depends on the molecular weight of the rigid segment; only the four-armed rod-coil star block copolymers with each arm's M n,GPC of the rigid block beyond 0.91 x 10 4 g/mol could form liquid-crystalline phases above the glass-transition temperature of the rigid block.


Licorice extract has been used effectively to treat various diseases, but research on its anti-aging potential, particularly in the gustatory lingual papilla, is limited. Consequently, this study aimed to assess the potential of licorice extract to ameliorate age-related changes in the circumvallate taste papilla of rats. Thirty adult male Albino rats (6 months old) were randomly divided into three groups; Group I (adult control group) was sacrificed immediately, while Group II (aged control group) and Group III (aged licorice-treated group) were sacrificed at the age of 12 months. The circumvallate papillae in each experimental group from the tongue were analyzed histologically and histomorphometrically. The expressions of Ki-67 and neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) were examined using reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. The superoxide dismutase levels (SOD) were determined using a colorimetric SOD activity assay. The circumvallate papillae of group II revealed various structural alterations, and its taste buds appeared shrunken and exhibited an atypical structure. While in group III, the papillae demonstrated better histological features, taste buds displayed cells with distinct boundaries; however, cytoplasmic degradation with irregular nuclei arrangement was evident in a few taste buds. Ki-67, NCAM, and SOD levels were significantly decreased in groups II & III compared to group I. However, group III exhibited a statistically significant increase compared to group II. Thus, it could be concluded that licorice extract might offer great potential as an anti-aging therapeutic compound to preserve function in the gustatory lingual papilla.


for an Invited Paper for the MAR11 Meeting of The American Physical Society Graphene synthesis, characterization, and processing: an atomic-scale investigation NATHAN GUISINGER, Argonne National Laboratory Graphene is nature's ideal two-dimensional conductor that is comprised of a single sheet of hexagonally packed carbon atoms. Since the first electrical measurements made on graphene, researchers have been trying to exploit the unique properties of this material for a variety of applications that span numerous scientific and engineering disciplines. In order fully realize the potential of graphene, large scale synthesis of high quality graphene and the ability to control the electronic properties of this material on a nanometer length-scale remain key challenges. This talk will focus on atomic-scale characterization of graphene synthesis on various materials (SiC, Cu(111), Cu foil, etc) via scanning tunneling microscopy. These fundamental studies explore growth dynamics, film quality, and the role of defects. The chemical modification of graphene following exposure to atomic hydrogen will be discussed, while additional emphasis will be made on graphene's unique structural (not electronic) properties.


The toxicity of the aqueous extracts of unripe Carica papaya fruit in experimental rats was investigated. Thirty (30) mice were used for the determination of lethal dose (LD50). The mice were divided into five groups and were orally administered with 5000, 2500, 1250, 625 and 312.5 mg/kg body weight of the unripe C. papaya extract for group 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively. Thirty (30) albino rats were also randomly divided into five groups (Group 1-5) of six rats each. Group one contained rats not treated (control), group two pawpaw extract (500mg/kg), group three (250 mg/kg), group four (125 mg/kg), group five (62.5 mg/kg). Serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity were determined. For LD50 administration of doses for the mice in all groups caused no death or any observable signs of toxicity even after 48 hours of administration. There was slight increase in AST activity in the serum of rats given extracts of 500mg/kg and 250mg/kg. Also, there was little or no significant increase in ALT activity in 500mg/kg, 125mg/kg and 62.5mg/kg when compared to the control group. Increase in ALP activity in the serum of the rats in the groups was not significant when compared with the control. The overall results suggest non toxicity and suitability of aqueous extracts of C. papaya fruits for treatment of diseases. * Corresponding author: Olutosin S. Ilesanmi (Ph. D), E-mail ID: email@example.com 98 Oyegoke David .A., Adedugbe O.F., Ibiyemi D.I.A., Ilesanmi Olutosin S.


The main objective of the research is to formalize an abstract architecture for the alternative data source that is meant to be used during system availability under intrusion threat. For this purpose, three possible designed semantics have been identify and considered. The security and performance parameters that are required to be exhibited by the alternative data source have been identified. Qualitative analysis is carried out in terms of the identified security and performance parameters, among the considered design semantics to select the potentially secure and suitable design semantic. The selected design semantic becomes the basis of formalizing an abstract architecture for the alternative data source during system availability under intrusion threat scenario. (6 pages)


The reactions between [Rh2(OAc)2(CH3CN)4][BF4]2 and each of the tertiary phosphines PMe3, PCy3 (Cy = cyclohexyl), Me2PCH2CH2PMe2 (dmpe), Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2 (dppe), Me2PCH2PMe2 (dmpm) and Ph2PCH2PPh2 (dppm) have been studied by 1H and 31P{1H} NMR spectroscopy in CD3CN. The chelating phosphines dppe and dppm catalyze the exchange of coordinated CH3CN for solvent CD3CN exchange prior to any other observable substitution chemistry. The monodentate phosphines initially form kinetically labile biaxially ligated complexes, [Rh2(OAc)2(CH3CN)4(PR3)2][BF4]2 prior to substitution of the equatorial CH3CN by PR3. Over time, the biaxial complex rearranges to form the monoaxial, monoequatorial complex, involving displacement of a single equatorial CH3CN ligand. For PCy3 the complex [Rh2(OAc)2(CH3CN)3(PCy3)2][BF4]2 has been characterized by 1H and 31P{1H} NMR spectroscopy. With time, a further reaction occurs leading to the cleavage of the Rh–Rh bond and the monomeric complex [Rh(CH3CN)2(PCy3)2][BF4] has been identified. Crystal data at +25 °C: space group P21nm, a = 9.879(1) A, b = 13.275(1) A, c = 16.705(1) A and Z = 4. A similar reaction sequence is observed with PMe3 but more isomers of formula [Rh2(OAc)2(CH3CN)3(PMe3)2][BF4]2 are observed by 31P{1H} NMR spectroscopy. Reactions involving dppe lead to axial and equatorial Rh–P bonded complexes. Based on 31P{1H} NMR data, the bisequatorial complex formulated as [Rh2(OAc)2(CH3CN)2(dppe)][BF4]2 is formed. The formation of the latter, which has been followed from 35 to 80 °C, is evidently reversible since all attempts to crystallize the complex yielded only the acetonitrile salt [Rh2(OAc)2(CH3CN)4][BF4]2 and free dppe. With dppm, only axial ligation is observed while for dmpm and dmpe the substitutional behavior is more complex and has not been evaluated in detail. The activation parameters for the conversion of the biaxial [Rh2(OAc)2(S)4(L)2][BF4]2 to the monoaxial, monoequatorial [Rh2(OAc)2(S)3(L)2][BF4]2 complex (S = CH3CN and L = phosphine) have been determined. For L = PMe3, ΔH‡ = 16(1) kcal mol−1 and ΔS‡ = −9(3) cal K−1 mol−1 and for L = PCy3, ΔH‡ = 21(1) kcal mol−1 and ΔS‡ = +2(3) cal K−1 mol−1. For dppe, the 1∶1 adduct shows only one type of 31P signal for the initial axial complex indicative of rapid exchange of free and bound PPh2 groups. The rearrangement to the equatorial–axial isomer [Rh2(OAc)2(S)3(dppe)][BF4]2 occurs with ΔH‡ = 26(1) kcal mol−1 and ΔS‡ = +12(1) cal K−1 mol−1. Collectively these data show that substitution at the Rh24+-center proceeds via an initial reversible associative process followed by an interchange of labile axial for inert equatorial sites. These results are compared with earlier studies of the substitution of M24+-containing complexes, where M = Mo, Ru and Rh.


Hypochlorite (HOCl), the product of the activated myeloperoxidase/H2O2/chloride (MPO/H2O2/Cl− ) system is favored as a trigger of LDL modifications, which may play a pivotal role in early atherogenesis. As HOCl has been shown to react with thiol-containing compounds like glutathione and N-acetylcysteine protecting LDL from HOCl modification, we have tested the ability of hydrogen sulfide (H2S)—which has recently been identified as an endogenous vasorelaxant—to counteract the action of HOCl on LDL. The results show that H2S could inhibit the atherogenic modification of LDL induced by HOCl, as measured by apolipoprotein alterations. Beside its HOCl scavenging potential, H2S was found to inhibit MPO (one may speculate that this occurs via H2S/heme interaction) and destroy H2O2. Thus, H2S may interfere with the reactants and reaction products of the activated MPO/H2O2/Cl− system. Our data add to the evidence of an anti-atherosclerotic action of this gasotransmitter taking the role of HOCl in the atherogenic modification of LDL into account.


Due to the advancement of technology, there's a trend among young generations who are favour to digital contemporary games instead of playing their own traditional or cultural games. It becomes a major worry if this trend continues, the interest of playing cultural games will die and cultural games will be totally forgotten. Realizing this, there are lots of intentions and efforts are made to attract young generations with cultural games by promoting, preserving and cultivating cultural games using myriad mediums such as books, ebooks, blogs, social media and portals. In Malaysia, The Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage has established Jabatan Warisan Negara (JWN) to cultivate, conserve, preserve and protect national heritage for younger generations through their portal. Digitizing Malaysian cultural games can be seen as one of the efforts in preserving our national heritage. This paper discusses the digitization of Congkak, a traditional Malay cultural game. eCongkak was developed based on Mancala game using Artificial Intelligence technique, which is Neural Networks. Methods, findings and evaluation of the digitized Congkak are presented and discussed.


The Eary Croatian cemetery at Ždrijac in Nin is rightfully considered one of the most important archaeological sites in Croatia. The systematic archaeological excavations of the cemetery began in 1969, under the direction of Prof. Dr. Janko Belosevic, and continued to 1977. The cemetery is dated to the 8th and first half of the 9th century, and in terms of the archaeological finds and funerary architecture, it can be classified as a settlement cemetery organized in rows. Through study of the horizontal stratigraphy of the cemetery, it is possible to perceive individual groups of graves formed most probably on the basis of family relationships or clan membership. The most obvious example of such grouping can be found in the eastern part of the cemetery, where a certain number of graves was concentrated around grave 332, in which an Early Croatian high ranking family was buried. We received verbal confirmation from Prof. Dr. Janko Belosevic that on the basis of the grave goods and the horizontal stratigraphy it is quite logical and justifiable to hypothesize that the individual from grave 312 (a well preserved skeleton of a man aged between 40 and 45) belonged to the same upper social class presumed for the family buried in grave 322. In this text we have compared the presence of various osteological (age, height, indicators of subadult stress, indicators of hard physical labor, and trauma analysis) and dental stress indicators (dental diseases that would indicate the type and quality of food) for the deceased individual from grave 312 with a sample composed of 22 individuals considered on the basis of the archaeological finds to belong to a lower social class. The aim was to establish whether the presence of the analyzed stress indicators correlated to a socially inferior status of the deceased. The results show that in the analyzed sample the above stress indicator were not correlated with social status, which suggests that the living conditions were relatively similar for all men at this Early Croatian site.


A number of bus priority measures were introduced in Shepherd's Bush in 1993 by Hammersmith and Fulham Council as part of the London Bus Priority Initiative's South & West London Bus Priority Demonstration Project. These measures comprised: a 24 hour bus lane along some sections of carriageway on Shepherd's Bush Green; a pre-signal, on the main carriageway just before the end of the bus lane, controlling non-priority traffic and allowing buses free passage into a "bus advance area" where they can position themselves correctly at the main stop line; and a "bus gate", in place of a former cut-through at the Eastern end of Shepherd's Bush Common, connecting Uxbridge Road and Shepherd's Bush Green. Surveys were conducted before and after the scheme was implemented. Measurements were made of journey times of buses and other traffc between various pairs of points in the system, and passenger loads on buses. The results of these surveys demonstrate substantial benefits, in the form of time savings, to bus passengers, which can be attributed to the combination of the changes. There are also nett benefits to other road users, despite the fact that North-South travellers now have longer journeys through the area. While benefits cannot be determined with precision, the total annual benefit appears comparable with the capital costs of implementing the scheme. It is not possible at this stage to quantify the contribution of the pre-signal to the overall benefits of the scheme, but further monitoring and assessment of other pre-signal installations should provide guidance on the general applicability of this device in "typical" locations. (A)


Objective: to analyze the institutionalization of preceptorship in health in a general hospital of the Duque de Caxias city. Method: socio-institutional clinical study with qualitative approach. Data will be collected in a public health facility, located in the city of Duque de Caxias/RJ. The subject will be health professionals, that are or were preceptors in the unit. The project was approved by the Research Ethics Committee, on 06/06/2014 opinion 679,754. Expected results: to develop guidelines for a training protocol for health professionals who act as preceptors. Conclusion: the collective reflection of the higher education institution preceptorship in a hospital unit can motivate personal and professional transformation of those involved in vocational training and thus improving the quality of care to our population. Descriptors: Preceptorship; Health Educators; Hospital Service Education. RESUMO Objetivo: analisar a institucionalização da preceptoria em saúde em uma unidade hospitalar geral do Município de Duque de Caxias. Método: estudo sócio-clínico institucional, com abordagem metodológica qualitativa. Os dados serão coletados em um estabelecimento público de saúde, localizado no município de Duque de Caxias/RJ. Os sujeitos serão os profissionais de saúde, que exercem ou exerceram função de preceptor na unidade. O projeto foi aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa em 06/06/2014, com Parecer 679.754. Resultados esperados: elaborar diretrizes para um protocolo de capacitação para profissionais da saúde que atuem como preceptores. Conclusão: a reflexão coletiva da instituição preceptoria de ensino superior em uma unidade hospitalar poderá motivar a transformação pessoal e profissional dos sujeitos envolvidos na formação profissional e, consequentemente, na melhoria da qualidade da assistência prestada à nossa população. Descritores: Preceptoria; Educadores em Saúde; Serviço Hospitalar de Educação. RESUMEN Objetivo: analizar la institucionalización de la preceptoría en salud en una unidad hospitalaria general del Municipio de Duque de Caxias. Método: estudio socio-clínico institucional con enfoque metodológico cualitativo. Los datos serán recogidos en un establecimiento público de salud, localizado en la ciudad de Duque de Caxias/RJ. Los sujetos serán los profesionales de salud, que ejercen o ejercieron función de preceptor en la unidad. El proyecto fue aprobado por el Comité de Ética en Investigación, en 06/06/2014 con parecer 679.754. Resultados esperados: elaborar directrices para un protocolo de capacitación para profesionales de la salud que actúen como preceptores. Conclusión: la reflexión colectiva de la institución preceptoría de enseñanza superior en una unidad hospitalaria se puede motivar la transformación personal y profesional de los sujetos envueltos en la formación profesional y consecuentemente en la mejoría de la calidad de la asistencia prestada a nuestra población. Descriptores: Preceptoría; Educadores en Salud; Servicio Hospitalario de Educación. 1 Nurse, Study Center of the Municipal Hospital Dr. Moacyr Rodrigues do Carmo/HMMRC, Master degree student, Graduate Program – Master degree in Health Training, Fluminense Federal University /UFF. E-mail: email@example.com; 2 Enfermeira. Nurse, Ph.d. Professor in Collective Health, Collective Health Institute, Fluminense Federal University/UFF. E-mail: email@example.com NOTE PREVIEW ARTICLE Sanches MMM, Mourão LC. Hospital preceptorship: health professional... English/Portuguese J Nurs UFPE on line., Recife, 9(8):8928-31, Aug., 2015 8929 ISSN: 1981-8963 DOI: 10.5205/reuol.7696-67533-1-SP-1.0908201522 The training of health professionals from undergraduate to graduate is located at the confluence of the remarkable transformations in the health area as those resulting from the restructuring of higher education. This context refers to the problems experienced by these workers in relation to inadequate personnel policies. There is little opportunity for teacher training and continuing education, which would translate into an everyday exercise to discuss their practices in collective work. Health professionals working as preceptors of undergraduate students have a special role, since they are expected to promote the articulation of theoretical knowledge with practice in their acting area. The preceptor has the function to help graduates and newly graduates in building solutions to the problems that they face in their health practice, and articulate the knowledge and values of the school and work. The preceptors are often references/models for the students, and their actions should help in forming an ethical position by students. The main function of the preceptor is to teach medical practice, through formal instruction and with certain objectives and goals. Thus, among their salient features, there must be knowledge and ability to perform clinical procedures. In this sense, the preceptor is concerned primarily with the clinical competence or the teaching-learning aspects of professional development, favoring the acquisition of skills and competencies for new graduates in real clinical situations in the work environment. It is important to remember also that formal evaluations are also part of the duties of preceptorship. In the city of Duque de Caxias, the fellow academic program was created in 2011 in partnership with the federal government and is offered in the areas of nursing, medicine, social work, nutrition and pharmacy, in the hospital unit of the city and in units of PSF. The program is governed by Ordinance number 025/SMS/2009 of 23 July 2009, for higher, technical and medium educational students internships, within the units of the Municipal Health Network, but there is no specific paragraph addressing the preceptorship during the internship. From the above, our object of study is the practice of health professionals in developing preceptorship actions in health education, in a hospital unit. To interrogate the institutionalization of this practice we developed the following research questions: What is the role of health professionals who develop preceptorship activities in a public health establishment? How do health professionals, crowded in a general hospital, carry out activities preceptorship? What effects the practice of preceptorship exerted by health professionals from a general hospital produce in health education? It starts from the assumption that from the collective reflection of the higher education institution preceptorship in a hospital can motivate personal and professional transformation of those involved in vocational training in health and consequently to improve the quality of care provided to our population. This study aims to analyze the institutionalization of preceptorship in health in a general hospital of the Duque de Caxias city. Socio-institutional clinical study with qualitative approach that considers the analysis of the implications of the subjects in the production of knowledge. Data will be collected in a public health institution, located in Duque de Caxias City in the state of Rio de Janeiro, in a mid-size municipal hospital, providing services to various health specialties. Opened in 2008, the hospital has emergency 24h, and general surgeon, vascular surgeon, medical clinic, adult ICU, referenced dressings, maternity, medical rescuer, orthopedics, minor surgery, psychiatry, urology and neonatal ICU. The number of patients is voluntary, which means that there is a high number of daily visits to the residents of the city and vicinity. The hospital is a reference in outpatient vascular surgery, urology, plastic surgery and orthopedic postoperative, assisting also the population of Belford Roxo and São João de Meriti. For its sectors ́ diversity, it offers great opportunity to education and has as remarkable feature the presence of academics from various higher and mid-level professional categories. Academics are accompanied by sector professionals who act as preceptors, accompanying students in the developed activities, but there is no specific training for these professionals related to preceptorship. The subjects of the research will be health professionals, contractors or servants, who are or were preceptors in the unit. It is noteworthy that the guidelines and regulatory standards for research involving human beings will be met, determined in METHOD INTRODUCTION Sanches MMM, Mourão LC. Hospital preceptorship: health professional... English/Portuguese J Nurs UFPE on line., Recife, 9(8):8928-31, Aug., 2015 8930 ISSN: 1981-8963 DOI: 10.5205/reuol.7696-67533-1-SP-1.0908201522 Resolution number 466/2012 which deals with research and testing in humans, the National Health Council, and requested institutional authorization for referral to the Ethics Committee in Research. The project was approved by the Ethics Committee in Research of the Faculty of Medicine of the Fluminense Federal University UUF, under number 679,754. After approval, data collection will start with presentation of the objectives and the Consent Form (TCLE) to be signed by the subjects. Data will be collected through semistructured interview technique with key informants previously selected, in which the investigator has a previous list of questions or topics to be filled or answered as well as other questions may be included in its accomplishment. A workshop between the preceptors and researchers which through the interaction of its participants, promoting the reflection on the practices of professionals and structured recommendations for the improvement of the exercise of preceptorship in vocational training in health services will be held. The findings of this study will be analyzed based on the introduction of concepts, in their moments instituting, instituted and institutionalization; of involvement and analyzer designed for Institutional French Analysis. The registration of all the steps of the research will be don


In this report we deal with the possibilities to improve the performance of robust PCA algorithms by replacing uniform subsampling of images by an irregular image pyramid. The image pyramid is built based on knowledge gained from the training set of images. It represents different regions of the image with different level of detail, depending on their importance for the reconstruction process. As this is a technical report, not only the final and optimal results will be presented, but also some of the previous steps will be explained, even if they were abandoned later. The main reason is to support future work on the topic. 1This research has been supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) under grants P14445MAT and P14662-INF.


This research aims to obtain information about the needs of learners in Englih learning especially non English department students surroundings of Tarbiyah and teacher training Faculty of IAIN Sultan Amai Gorontalo, the results of the analysis of data obtained via the questionaire form as the main instrument. Based on the data analysis, it was obtained information that the English material should be submitted by using the strategies varied, English has four skills with more emphasized on a competency-based vocabulary , this is because learners expected through vocabulary they can understand a textbook material on other subjects which is very useful for them in job field.


PURPOSE: A display device and an operation method thereof are provided to simultaneously perform display and scan functions through first, second, and third display pixels having organic light emitting materials and multiple unit cells having light sensing pixels. CONSTITUTION: A display device comprises a display panel(200) having unit cells(210). Each unit cell comprises first, second, and third display pixels(C1,C2,C3) and a light sensing pixel(PS). The first display pixel comprises an organic light emitting material having a first color. The second display pixel comprises an organic light emitting material having a second color. The third display pixel comprises an organic light emitting material having a third color. The light sensing pixel is adjacent to the first, second, and third display pixels.


Color theory and the web browser-safe palettes and what they are browser-safe palette swatches browser-safe palette subset swatches creating custom-safe palettes colour bit-depth changes interlaced colour creation template use for tiles, patterns, rules, and buttons working with colour in Illustrator 7, the first version of Illustrator to ship with RGB support working with colour Photoshop 4.0.


COMMUNALISM, a twisted offshoot of religion, breeds in a fertile manmade atmosphere of strife. But it also thrives in natural calamities such as earthquakes, floods and cyclones. The current…


Sedentary living habits contribute to a significant decrease in levels of cardiorespiratory fitness, which is associated with increased mortality for all causes and cardiovascular diseases, such as hypertension. Aerobic training leads to changes in maximal oxygen consumption and physiological patterns and determinants. Metabolomics, an emerging technology in the field of the omic sciences has shown to be an important methodology of analysis that gives a more individual perspective,since the responses to training have a wide variation. The present study aims to identify changes in metabolic profile and metabolic pathways associated with responses of cardiorespiratory fitness through aerobic training in hypertensive women.


In his perceptive review of M.M. Mahood's Shakespeare's Wordplay G.K. Hunter makes the provocative suggestion that there is a book to be written, 'a Romantic and moving tale of love and hate between the Bard and the Word — Shakespeare's verbal vision of evil, when words cease to mean what they say.' Although such a publication is still to emerge, when it does a notable chapter will surely be devoted to Othello, the play which perhaps more than any other 'words' us. In Othello language itself is made a Janus. Words are inverted, perverted, and ultimately even rendered meaningless, and with the corruption of the real worth of language comes that of the honour and honesty in the nature of the men who hear and speak it.


The vibration of the helical gear system is generated by three kinds of excitation. The first cause is a displacement excitation due to the tooth surface error. The second is a parametric excitation by the periodical change of the tooth mesh stiffness. The third is a moving load on the tooth surface during the progress of mesh of the teeth. In mesh of a pair of helical gears, the composite load of the distributed load along a contact line moves its operating location from one end of face width to the other end during the process of mesh progress. This moving load causes fluctuation of bearing load that excites the housing. Therefore, it is important to treat gear mesh excitation as a moving load problem. For this purpose, two kinds of mesh models, in which the three different types of excitations above are incorporated, are proposed. In the first model, a pair of gear tooth is represented by the multiple springs and the moving load can be taken into account by the multiple mesh excitation forces that have the phase differences from each other. The second one incorporates the excitation moment into the single tooth spring model. Then, response analysis is done for a simple gear-shaft model. As the result, the moving load causes vibration with non-coupled or independent modes between the drive and driven shaft. Thus, the effectiveness of the proposed method is established.Copyright © 2007 by ASME


To analyze the learning outcome contents and characteristics at home and abroad in clinical medicine. Thematic framework analysis was conducted with the computer software MAXQDA 2007 via coding, grouping and analyzing the domestic and international education requirements for medicine student and competency for doctor, to build clinical medicine learning outcome framework. Based on competency analysis, the learning outcome framework for clinical medicine students covers skill, academic and career development areas, which containing ten dimensions including clinical skills, practice, communication and so on. Medical education should be consistent with the needs of health systems and taking the factor of development into account, making health personnel training and supporting balanced.

Key words:
Clinical medicine major; Learning outcome; Thematic framework; Analysis


A foreign body in the airway can be a potentially life-threatening event. The diagnosis and treatment of foreign bodies in the airway are a challenge for otolaryngologists. Despite the improvements in medical care and public awareness, approximately 3,000 deaths occur each year from foreign body aspiration. A high degree of vigilance is required to ensure prompt treatment and avoid the complications of foreign body aspiration. The author encountered a case of a 77-year-old female patient who had aspirated an unknown foreign body that was fixed in her main bronchus. An initial attempt was made to remove it with a flexible bronchoscope but failed due to the patient's hypoxemic state during the procedure. Under general anesthesia, a rigid bronchoscopic examination was performed, but it was difficult to approach the object due to the bronchus curvature. Instead, a cryotherapy instrument of bronchoscopy was applied. The foreign body was frozen and removed to the carina, where a laryngoscope and laryngeal forceps were used to remove it.


This essay will outline present U.S. policy on Taiwan's future and argue that, despite official statements to the contrary, America's vague and ambiguous two-point policy enables it to play a significant role in the resolution of the Taiwan issue. It also enables the United States to adjust easily and meet changes in the present situation on Taiwan. In conclusion, the article will suggest why continuing the present policy is in the best interests of the United States.


The main objective of this work is to analyze the context of interpersonal communication in the healthcare professional-sick professional relationship from the field of Psychological Intervention. It seems essential to incorporate into the clinical-care areas the necessary training in Techniques and Protocols on how to inform and communicate with patients in everyday clinical situations, and in particular in the transmission of bad news in general health issues, and specifically in Hospital Services such as the Emergency and Oncology. The training in Counseling techniques is vital for these professionals who will have to alleviate and strengthen the psychological and interpersonal reactions that take place in the health-sick relationship, hence the need for training in university contexts so that future professionals have the ability to enhance communication skills that produce greater personal and social well-being, increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the Health System.


Objective To summarize the clinical features of Gilbert syndrome(GS) and to improve the diagnosis and treatment level.Methods The family history,clinical manifestations,laboratory examinations and pathological changes of hepatic tissues in 96 patients with GS diagnosed by liver biopsy were analyzed.Results The ratio of male to female is 85∶ 11;6.1% of GS patients have definite family history and 70% of them fall ill between 10-30 years old.The main symptoms of GS are skin and sclera yellow or dark urine and fatigue.Liver function test shows that total bilirubin is(50.5±18.24)μmol/L and the unconjugated bilirubin is(36.19±16.86)μmol/L.Total bilirubin of 97% patients are less than 85.5μmol/L and alanine aminotransferase(ALT)levels of 90% patients are normal.Liver pathological changes are mild with hepatocytes dropsy and denaturation,bile pigments depositing in the hepatocytes and inflammatory cells invading into the liver.Ultrasound visualize that the resonance of livers are coarse and poorly-distributed in 37 paients,splenomegaly and chronic hepatic lesion are shown in 30 and 23 patients respectively.The phenobarbital treatment is more effective than genera treatment.Conclusion GS attacks mainly adolescents,most of them are male.The levels of total bilirubin in GS patients increase less than 5 times upper limit of normal and unconjugated bilirubin rise mainly.Liver pathological changes of GS patients are mild.Phenobarbital is effective.


68-year-old patient with a history of arterial hypertension and heart failure, with established diagnosis of the severe aortic stenosis was referred for evaluation before cardiac surgery on the aortic valve. Electrocardiogram revealed left bundle brunch block. The transthoracic echocardiogram showed severe aortic stenosis and gave an impression of hyperechogenic oval intramural mass placed in the …


The diagnosis of innovative milieu is the initial step in the creation or modification of the milieu, aimed at providing sufficient information for making management decisions. This paper contributes to theoretical and practical aspects of innovative milieu diagnosis. Innovative milieu is regarded as the subsystem of a territory or industry, composed of the specified actors' properties. In contrast to those commonly applied, the diagnosis method proposed firstly enables the capacity of the milieu to create required and suitable whole system innovations to be evaluated, and secondly, it allows diagnosis of innovative milieu in the initial stage of its formation or even in the preconditions. The designed method is applied to the diagnosis of innovative milieu in the healthcare system of Saint Petersburg. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n4p20


Summary form only given. In our system, we utilize an optically triggered, electrical sample and hold scheme with low temperature (LT) grown GaAs MSM switches. The switch is attached to a transmission line and samples the input electrical signal onto a hold capacitor when optically activated by a short-pulse laser. An electrical A/D converter then digitizes the held signal. By time-interleaving a number of these channels, the aggregate sampling rate of the system is increased, with the larger bandwidth requirements being placed on the input sample and hold. In this work, we demonstrate LT GaAs MSM switches integrated with a front-end CMOS buffer amplifier stage with linear sampling capability from dc to 20 GHz input frequency. To our knowledge, this represents the highest bandwidth of any integrated system with CMOS technology.


In "Long ties, disruptive life events, and economic prosperity," Jahani et al. use Facebook public comments to study the structural and economic correlates of network diversity at the individual and community level (1). The results support decades of research that "identified long ties, which connect people who lack mutual contacts, as a correlate of individuals' success within firms and places' economic prosperity." The authors also travel upstream to reveal the formative impact of disruptive events during adolescence: changing high schools, interstate migration, and attending college out of state. These experiences "expose individuals to diverse communities, require them to form new ties with others who are different than their old network, and potentially cause development of the social skills to do so." The paper's contributions are fourfold. First, unlike previous studies comparing individuals within a relatively small community or organization (2) or comparing communities at population scale (3), the authors use Facebook public comments to analyze individuallevel differences at the population scale. Second, rather than assuming "the strength of weak ties" (4), the authors weight the fraction of long ties by taking into account the intensity of communication between network neighbors. Third, the authors use school closures as an instrument in a quasiexperimental test of the formative impact of adolescent network mobility. Finally, the paper is a refreshing antidote to the overemphasis in social science on publishing surprising results. Instead, the authors demonstrate the importance of contributing to cumulative knowledge by confirming hypotheses derived from foundational theory while at the same time elaborating on what was previously known by digging deeper into the underlying causal mechanisms. In short, the paper is must reading not only for area specialists but for social scientists across the disciplines. The term "long ties" has been conceptually defined in the networks literature as "social ties that bridge different communities" (5), a usage that goes back to Simmel, whom the authors cite as suggesting that "individuals with long ties are mediators who can resolve potential conflicts between disconnected communities." The network distance spanned by bridge ties is often measured as a range, where the range of an edge ij is the length of the geodesic from i to j if the ij tie were removed (see Fig. 1, reprinted from ref. 6). Range has no theoretical upper bound, but the lower limit is two, as in a closed triad ikj with a twostep indirect path from i to j via k. Compared to range, the authors' measure of long ties is much easier to calculate since it does not require tracing the geodesic. Instead, they operationalize long ties as an edge between nodes that have no common neighbors. Ties between nodes with one or more common neighbors have the shortest possible range, but not all ties without a common neighbor are long range. For example, an edge between adjacent nodes ij in a closed tetrad (with edges ij jk kl and li) would be classified as "long", even though the range is only three—one more than would obtain if i and j shared a neighbor. Among ties with no common neighbors, the distribution of range is heavy tailed, with most having range three (see Fig. 2, reprinted from ref. 6). This suggests the possibility that the economic consequences of long ties may be conservatively understated by the authors since most ties with no common neighbors are very short range. There is a second reason the economic benefits of long ties may be even stronger than what the authors report: a binary distinction between ties with and without overlap pools together the economic consequences of a tie with one shared neighbor and a tie with many shared neighbors. The latter can be measured as "overlap," where the overlap of an edge ij measures the proportion of all nodes adjacent to


It was once suggested to Swami Abhishiktananda by his friend (and later, translator and biographer), the Rev. James D.M. Stuart of the Brotherhood of the Ascended Christ (where he stayed many times when he was visiting Delhi), to write down his reflections on contemplative prayer in order to assist Christians with their inner spiritual renewal. By the end of 1965 Swami Abhishiktananda had completed an essay in English, which turned out to be his only published work to be written directly in English. Later on, between 1966 and 1967, he spent a lot of time in Delhi revising this manuscript, trying to improve the style and language with the help of Rev. Stuart and other friends. It was a taxing task but eventually this wondrous small book, which was eventually to be titled 'Prayer', was published in 1967 by ISPCK (Delhi).


This literature aims to analyze the impact of the Dollar Index and Gold Price returns and volatility on stock market volatility of India and China, viz., Shanghai Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange Sensex, during the period of Covid-19. This study employs daily time-series data from January up to August for 2019, 2020, and a merged data of 2019-2020, i.e., Pre-Pandemic, Mid-Pandemic and Pre through Mid-Pandemic periods, respectively; to avoid possible abnormalities and heteroscedasticity, the GARCH (1,1) model is utilized to scrutinize the data depending on which distribution is more acceptable, GED or Gaussian, which is decided based on the Unit-Root and normality test results. The findings of this study prove that Gold Price mostly does have a significant effect on both markets, especially during times of financial crisis like the Covid-19 epidemic. Whereas Dollar Index has a significant impact on emerging markets such as India and China though significant effects persist in some cases, it is not valid in most cases.DOI: 10.26905/jkdp.v25i3.5142


"The report summarizes the results of a project aimed at the completion of household income in the first wave of the 'Panel Arbeitsmarkt und Soziale Sicherung' (PASS) by using multiple imputation routines. The imputation approach chosen is an iterative procedure combining individual information on respondents and non-respondents with household level information. The report discusses the various steps of the imputation procedure and demonstrates some quality aspects of the imputed data." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en)) Additional Information further information about PASS


An 80-year-old man was complaining of pain in the left shoulder and arm for the last 2 months. He did not report any recent traumatism or repeated mechanical strain of the shoulder joint, while he did not have any similar complaints in the past. His past medical history included mild arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus treated with insulin, coronary artery disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, both of them adequately controlled with medication. He was a former smoker, with 50 pack/years. He did not have any fever or arthralgias in any other


In order to meet the requirements of medical teaching contents and teaching methods reform, we made CAI discs for Surgery Pandect teaching by Powerpoint software to the teaching reality for 3 grades since 2003, and we investigated the effect of the multimedia courseware teaching compared with traditional teaching method by questionnaire. The results showed that multimedia courseware teaching is superior in that: (1) demonstrating the content of books vividly and increasing the students` impression; (2) strengthening the students` learning enthusiasm and gumption; (3) improving the students` ability of handling clinical problem. We also analyses the shortcoming of multimedia courseware teaching and discuss how to apply it reasonable. We believe that multimedia courseware teaching will became a new mode and concept in Surgery Pandect teaching.


Steven Weinberg's article discussing Einstein's mistakes in the December 2005 Physics Today was characteristically measured and respectful. But to anyone interested in the zig-zag progress of science - its unceasing and methodical course corrections - a more revealing article had already appeared in the same journal that September. This was an account of Einstein's first experience of anonymous peer review. According to Daniel Kennefick it was an ordeal he had never been exposed to in Europe, and when he encountered it in America the great man didn't like it one bit.


Research results in analytical ultrasonics for characterizing structural materials from metals and ceramics to composites are presented. General topics covered by the conference included: status and advances in analytical ultrasonics for characterizing material microstructures and mechanical properties; status and prospects for ultrasonic measurements of microdamage, degradation, and underlying morphological factors; status and problems in precision measurements of frequency-dependent velocity and attenuation for materials analysis; procedures and requirements for automated, digital signal acquisition, processing, analysis, and interpretation; incentives for analytical ultrasonics in materials research and materials processing, testing, and inspection; and examples of progress in ultrasonics for interrelating microstructure, mechanical properties, and dynamic response.