Study on the chemical characteristics of oleoresins from Pinus kesiya var. langbianensis in Dehong of Yunnan was carried out by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. Contents of 3-carene in oleoresin are as high as 8.52% -[KG-*6] 20.11% , averaging 19.50% . The content of 3-carene in oleoresin from one pine is as high as  25.33% ,or 10.33% higher than that from P.densata oleoresin; The contents of 3-carene in turpentine are over 11% ; The contents of 3-carene in oleoresin from Luxi and Lianghe of Yunnan are 8.52% and 20.11%  respectively and 3-carene contents in turpentine are 19.47% and 34.88% respectively . The maximum 3-carene contents in oleoresin and turpentine are 27.50% and 44.99% respectively from one tree. However, 3-carene contents are low in oleoresins of P. kesiya var. langbianensis and P. yunnanensis Franch.The resource of oleoresin from P. kesiya var. langbianensis has been exploited on a large scale.Attentions should be paid to the exploitation of P. kesiya var. langbianensis.


Ca2+ extraction is an important step for sequestration of CO2 by indirect carbonation of waste concrete.Studies on the extraction of Ca2+ from waste concrete were done,and effects of extraction solvent,particle size of waste concrete,temperature and solid-liquid ratio upon Ca2+ extraction were investigated.Different extraction solvents were compared,and the extraction rate was highest with HNO3 as solvent,followed by CH2COOH,HCOOH and H2SO4.Ca2+ extraction rate was effectively improved by reducing the particle size.For concrete with particle size less than 0.15mm,Ca2+ extraction rate increased with the increasing temperature,and the optimum solid-liquid ratio was 40 g/L.The optimum solid-liquid ratio was 20 g/L when the particle size was greater than 0.25 mm,while the effect of temperature was significantly weakened.Combining the experimental result and XRD,SEM characterization,it was found that a SiO2 inert layer formed during the extraction process would hinder the further extraction of Ca2+.


ABSTRACT rRNA internal transcribed spacer phylogeny showed that Chesapeake Bay is populated with diverse Synechococcus strains, including members of the poorly studied marine cluster B. Marine cluster B prevailed in the upper bay, while marine cluster A was common in the lower bay. Interestingly, marine cluster B Synechococcus included phycocyanin- and phycoerythrin-rich strains.


Suppose that Jonathan Swift published Gulliver's Travels in the BMJ. Within hours the rapid responses have begun to appear.

The first one anticipates Thackeray, in whose judgment the book was "Filthy in word, filthy in thoughts, furious, raging, and obscene." Moral outrage is followed by the scoffing of seafarers, geographers, and meteorologists pointing out that the tale is mere fantasy.

An engineer submits his calculations, according to which 1500 horses 4 inches high could not have drawn the carriage on to which Gulliver was fastened.

The human rights movement condemns the author for making fun of Lilliputians, people who were disadvantaged in growth. A rapid responder uses the words "dwarf" and "unnatural."

Hell breaks loose. For two days rapid responders are hurling insults at each other. The World Federation of Acromegalics protests, claming that the description of the people of Brobdingnag is insulting to them. The animal welfare people deplore the mention of a cage.

Before long, rapid responders begin to refer to the Bible, some of them misquoting it and most of them interpreting it liberally.

One responder expands upon the subaquatic sexual attack of the young Yahoo female and discusses the positions in which the two would have been joined were it not that upon Gulliver's frightened roaring the nag came galloping and chased her away.

By the fifth day the row about what is and is not natural has been revived, the electronic debate has become global, and there is lively participation of people from the former colonies.

So far there is one lonely voice who suspects that the writer may have had his tongue "deeply in his cheek," but on the fifth day a Dominican is wondering why doctors do not appreciate irony and a New Yorker recognises the style of Swift.

Swift alerts his circle of friends so that they do not miss the comedy. He reiterates his conviction: Aristotle was wrong in assuming that the human is a rational animal; while homo is capable of rationality, it eschews the use of this faculty most of the time.

There is one single syllable rapid response that remains ignored by the respondents but gives the good dean food for thought: this is the word "eh?"


Redgram is the second most important pulse crop in India. India stands first in area (3.63 m ha) and production (2.76 m t). It accounts 20 per cent of total pulse production of the country. As 'dal', pigeonpea is an important constituent of the Indian meal. It contains 21 per cent protein and is rich source of energy in vegetarian's diet. Over 90 % of the global pigeonpea is grown in India. The major pigeonpea growing states are Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. In various agro-climatic regions, different maturity group (long, medium and short duration) of pigeonpea are grown. Long duration (250-280 days) varieties are grown in north eastern plains zone where as medium maturity variety (160-180 days) in central India and south India short duration (130-150 days) are grown in north western region under different cropping system. In the last two decades, the area under long duration pigeonpea has considerably reduced where as there is significant increase in area under medium and short duration varieties. The major constraints to low productivity of pigeonpea are in adequate availability of seeds of improved varieties, biotic and abiotic stresses and poor crop management. seed treatment with Rhizobium + PSB is beneficial to get higher yield, ridge sowing/planting method gives higher grain yield and helps in overcoming the Phytophtora blight during water logging and avoids wilt disease. Sowing before 15th July helps in getting higher yields by avoiding heavy infestation of insect pests, pre-emergence application of pendimethalin @ 1.00 kg a.i. ha-1 + One HW at 50 DAS controls weeds and given higher pigeonpea grain yield. The purpose of this is to examine the literature reports that what are all the ways to fill the yield gap between traditional and modern practices which are very much play an important role in minimizing the constraints in cropping systems and achieved sustainable yield level in Pigeonpea crop.


Foreword Stephen Resnick and Richard Wolff Introduction 1. Rethinking Planning, Globalization, and Development from a Marxian Perspective Planning 2. Essentialism and Socialist Economic Planning: A Methodological Critique of Optimal Planning Theory 3. Planning and Class in Transitional Societies 4. The State and Planning in Nicaragua 5. Nicaragua: The State, Class, and Transition Development 6. Radical Theories of Development: Frank, the Modes of Production School, and Amin 7. The Costs of Austerity in Nicaragua: The Worker-Peasant Alliance, 1979-1987 8. When Failure Becomes Success: Class and the Debate over Stabilization and Adjustment 9. Power and Class: The Contribution of Radical Approaches to Debt and Development 10. Capitalism and Industrialization in the Third World: Recognizing the Costs and Imagining Alternatives 11. 'After' Development: Reimagining Economy and Class 12. Reading Harold: Class Analysis, Capital Accumulation, and the Role of the Intellectual Globalization 13. Fordism on a World Scale: International Dimensions of Regulation 14. Class Beyond the Nation-State 15. Global Fragments: Subjectivity and Class Politics in Discourses of Globalization 16. Globalization and Imperialism


Exfoliated skin was collected from bowriding dolphins with the use of a sterilized nylon scrub pad affixed to a wooden dowel. Initial tests of the effectiveness of the technique and dolphin behavioral responses were conducted on dusky dolphins off Kaikoura, New Zealand. During 14 sampling days, 128 contacts using this procedure were made with bowriding dolphins, of which 114 showed behavioral response. Responses during sampling were mild, with 11% of contacted individuals showing no visible response, and 66% of individuals which could be monitored for 30 sec after contact returning to bowride within 30 sec. Mean return time was 10 sec postcontact and did not vary significantly for groups of different sizes. Behavioral controls suggest that a proportion of responses could be explained by typical dolphin behavior in the presence of boats. Seventy-eight percent of contacts resulted in successful collection of tissue samples. Sample time was three minutes on average. Size of group and behavioral state did not appear to influence sample time. Preliminary genetic analyses revealed that tissue collected by this technique was suitable for amplification and sequencing of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) via PCR. Comparisons of mtDNA control region sequences with those from known L. obscurus and other delphinid samples verified that this technique was robust against contamination from elements in sea water.


Background: The aim of the study was to compare stroboscopic features of laryngeal mucosa before and after the nasal surgery.

Methods: Prospective randomized case control study in which 60 patients divided into two groups each include 30 patients, group I with bilateral nasal obstruction due to deviated nasal septum with hypertrophic inferior turbinate, group II bilateral nasal obstruction due nasal polyposis undergoing septoplasty with turbinectomy group I and FESS in group II with video- stroboscopic examination before and 3 months after the surgery for each patient and 30 normal volunteers as a control group.

Results: Swollen true vocal cord, laryngeal erythema and laryngeal edema were significantly decreased after the nasal surgery, As Swollen true vocal cord changed from 8 to one patient in group I and from 16 to 4 patients in group II, laryngeal erythema changed from 28 to 6 patients in group I and from 29 to 7 patients in group II and laryngeal edema changed from 28 to 5 patients in group I and from 29 to 8 patients in group II.

Conclusions: The nasal surgery would have a significant impact on laryngeal edema, erythema and vocal cord edema.


The intravenous (IV) formulation of esomeprazole, the S-isomer of the proton pump inhibitor (PPI) omeprazole, is currently under FDA review for the short-term treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) as an alternative in patients unable to continue taking oral esomeprazole. Clinical studies have shown esomeprazole to be equivalent to the other currently available PPIs with respect to safety. The intravenous formulation, given either as a 30-minute infusion or 3-minute injection, has been found to be comparable to the oral dosage form based on pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic studies in healthy subjects. Limited studies suggest that IV esomeprazole 40 mg/d may provide a more effective antisecretory profile than either IV lansoprazole 30 mg/d or IV pantoprazole 40 mg/d. Data on clinical efficacy is limited to 1 abstract that reported no significant differences in healing rates in subjects with erosive esophagitis administered esomeprazole either 40 mg orally or IV daily. More clinical studies are needed to define its limited role as an alternative in those patients with acid-related disorders unable to tolerate the oral formulations.


The PR-10c (previously termed as Bet v 1-Sc3) protein of birch belongs to the family of intracellular pathogenesis-related proteins. The high-performance liquid chromatography electrospray ionization ion trap mass spectrometry (HPLC-ESI-MS) analysis of PR-10c-His fusion protein, produced in Escherichia coli, revealed three major peaks and masses. Enzymatic digestions and HPLC-ESI-MS and matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization - time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) analyses of each fraction indicated that PR-10c-His protein is post-translationally modified by carbamylation and S-glutathiolation. Carbamylation was localized into the N-terminal end of PR-10c-His and does not represent a biologically significant modification. The possible nuclease activity of PR-10c was analysed with S-glutathiolated and reduced fractions of PR-10c-His fusion protein. Both forms of PR-10c-His as well as the dimeric form of the protein possess RNase activity which is capable of digesting different RNA substrates. None of the fractions showed activity against single- or double-stranded DNA. The MALDI-TOF-MS analysis of PR-10c polypeptide extracted from zinc-exposed birch roots showed that the protein is post-translationally modified by glutathione (gamma-Glu-Cys-Gly) also in vivo. The S-glutathiolated cysteine residue of PR-10c is not conserved among Bet v 1 homologous proteins and is also unique in the PR-10 family. As far as we know this is the first observation of S-glutathiolation in plants, or any post-translational modification in the PR-10 family of proteins.


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Most real life data are relational by nature. Database mining integration is an essential goal to be achieved. Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL) seems to provide an interesting and promising environment to develop aggregated multi-relational data mining algorithms by using nested tables and the plug-in algorithm approach. However, it is currently unclear how these nested tables can best be used by data mining algorithms. In this paper we look at how the Microsoft Decision Trees (MSDT) handles multi-relational data, and we compare it with the multi-relational decision tree learner TILDE. In the experiments we perform, MSDT has equally good predictive accuracy as TILDE, but the trees it gives either ignore the relational information, or use it in a way that yields non-interpretable trees. As such, one could say that its explanatory power is reduced, when compared to a multi-relational decision tree learner. We conclude that it may be worthwhile to integrate a multi-relational decision tree learner in MSSQL.


The fossils of Australopithecus were so far mainly discovered in Africa. Re-
cently some specimens in Java were also ascribed to it. Is it possible to find the
fossil of Australopithecus in China? This is a very interesting problem.
 Among the four teeth described in the paper, one (PA 507) was collected by a
field team of the Institute from Badong district of Hupei province in 1968 and the
 three others (PA 504, PA 502, PA 503) were found in the "Dragobone cave" of
Jianshi distriet, Hupei province with Gigantopithecus teeth in 1970.
 The specimen PA 507 is the right first lower molar, PA 504, the left second lower
molar, PA 502 and PA 503 are the left and the right second lower molars respectively,
belonging to the same individual. Only parts of crowns are preserved in PA 507 and
PA 504. The characters of these teeth are sunmmarized as follows:
 (1) The length of the crown is clearly larger than the breadth. The trigonid
breadth is close to the talonid breadth.
 (2) The shape of the crown of PA 507 is rectangular. PA 504, elliptical, PA
502 and PA 503, qnadrangular.
 (3) There are five main cusps. The cusps are high and bluntly-pointed. The
sequence of the cusps in size is the metaconid, the protoconid (usually equal to the
former), the entoconid (or the hypoconid), the hypoconid (or the entoconid), the hy-
poconulid.
 (4) There is a ridge-shaped "tubercle six" on the' distal margin of lingual side
of the crown. 1--2 small tubercles exist between the entoconid and the "tubercle six"
in PA 504, PA 502 and PA 503.
 (5) There exists the evidence of "protoconid cingulim" or a developed cingulum
of protoconid.
 (6) The wrinkle system of occlusal surface is "+" pattern, but is "?" pattern
in PA 502 and PA 503.
 (7) The perpendicular grooves on the buccal and the lingual surfaces are short
and shallow.
 (8) There is a single open and V-shaped anterior fovea, the posterior fovea is
deeper and wider than the anterior.
 (9) There is a robust and rounded ridge extending from the apex of the cusp
toward its base, on either side there are 1--2 small marginal ridges. There are secon-
dary grooves between the main and small ridges.
 (10) The roots preserved in PA 502 and PA 503 are divided into twn branches:
an anterior and a posterior. there is no marked constriction at the neck region, but
only combination at the base.
 In general, the specimens described in the paper distinguish distinctly from the
teeth of Gigantopithecus, mordern Gorilla and Orang-Utan. Though they have some
characters similar to the teeth of Homo erectus pekinensis, but there are some impor-
tant differences between them. They are closer to Australopithecus africanus than
Australopithecus robustus. As to the geological age, it is believed to be Late early
pleistocene from the associated mammalian fauna.
 Therefore we consider the four teeth studied in the paper possibly belong to a
new species of Australopithecus in Asia. But owing to the material is very limited,
more discoveries are waited.
 It is worth mentioning that there is a lower molar closelr resemble to PA 504
among the numerous fossil teeth of Primates collected by our Institute from Kwangsi.
This shows that Australopithecus probably has wide distributions as Gigantopithecus
in China.


Through making literature review and interview with some college physical education teachers in Hunan province,this paper analyzes psychological obstacle of college students with poor physical education participating in sport activity,discusses the way of psychological guide for their sport activity.The main purpose is to provide reference for college physical education workers and better remove psychological obstacle and let them enjoy the sport activity.


These days attribute-based encryption has been gotten as a promising strategy to give versatile and secure data to oversee the conveyed storage in the cloud registering environment. In the attribute-based encryption plan, the single property pro should execute the customer legitimacy check and mystery key flow, and thusly, its outcomes. Customers may be stuck in the believing that at a stretch get their mystery keys and choose to get the required data from Cloud. So as to maintain a strategic distance from the single-point execution bottleneck, we are proposing multi-master access control plan which will assess the issue such way that it gives increasingly successful access control on cloud data to the clients.


A strong correlation exists between the average slip rate by short‐term slow slip events (SSEs) and changes in the slab geometry in Cascadia and Nankai. The generation of short‐term SSEs is generally assumed to be related to the presence of fluids and we investigate the hypothesis that fluids released by metamorphic dehydration reactions migrate in 3‐D due to complex slab geometry. The associated along‐arc focusing of fluid flux is likely to cause higher average slip rate in certain patches. To test this hypothesis, we investigate how fluid migration is modified by along‐strike changes in slab geometry. We use a numerical model of two‐phase flow in subduction zones. In this model fluids migrate subparallel to the slab surface due to the anisotropic permeability inside a serpentinite layer just above the slab. In 3‐D, we find that fluids migrate in the maximum‐dip direction of the slab, rather than subparallel to the plate motion. As a result fluid paths concentrate with increasing porosity where the slab has a convex shape (and diverge with decreasing porosity where it has a concave shape). These results suggest that regions with a high average slip rate by short‐term SSEs in Cascadia and Nankai can be explained by 3‐D focusing of fluid migration. We predict a defocusing of fluids below the Kii Channel, Nankai, which may be the reason for the observed small slip by short‐term SSEs in this location.


People who work at palliative care face many ethical dilemmas. Often they are related with the duty to tell the truth to the patient and to respect his autonomy, in opposition to the duty of caring and not harming. The autonomy principle is based upon respect for the patient's values, beliefs and capacity of making decisions as the principal moral consideration and, therefore, it requires communication of the truth. Beneficence, when looking for the patient's sake and for his benefit, can suppose that truth may cause damage.


Mud cap drilling technology would often be an effective solution in drilling through total loss zones otherwise not drillable using conventional methods, even when a formation fluid influx is encountered during operation. In addition to this hazardous situation, however, coincidentally occurred borehole enlargement due to formation instability may cause complex well control issues as well as severe hole cleaning troubles such as pack-off or pipe sticking which sometimes result in an unintended sidetracking.
 The previously developed cuttings transport numerical simulator using a one-dimensional transient two-layer model was modified to enable to reproduce lost circulation situations. The simulator predicts transient behaviors of cuttings transport including the amount of cuttings accumulation and annular pressure. In the simulator, a supposed certain loss rate of drilling fluid can be set at a certain depth of loss zone and the rate of cuttings injected with drilling fluid into the loss zone is set according to the loss rate. The extended model can also deal with borehole enlargement with variable wellbore geometries and subsequent cuttings generation from the enlarged hole area due to formation breakout.
 Simulation studies on cuttings transport or hole cleaning in occurrence of partial and total loss of circulation and borehole enlargement due to shale instability were conducted, and feasibility of mud cap drilling operation under total loss situation coincident with borehole enlargement was examined. By use of modified cuttings transport simulator, transient behaviors of cuttings accumulation and equivalent circulating density (ECD) during drilling extended-reach wells in occurrence of lost circulation and borehole enlargement were successfully simulated. From the simulation results, the mechanism and the degree of cuttings accumulation under these severe situations were well demonstrated.


By definition, Communication ICs are integrated circuits specially designed for and used in communication systems. From hardware designer's point of view, a communication system could be a system with DSP (Digital Signal Processor, including digital ASIC, Application Specific Integrated Circuit and FPGA) + MCU (Micro Controller Unit) surrounded with analog/digital interfaces, including ADC (Analog to Digital Converter), DAC (Digital to Analog Converter) and RFIC (Radio Frequency IC) modules. ICs are core components for communications. IC based on VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) has been the essential technology supporting telecommunications and it is growing rapidly in the last 20 years. It will definitely keep their high growing pace in the next decade. The involved R&D covers mobile communications, highway (core network) and last-mile (access network) broadband communication, and other domain specific communications. Radio communication steps into its new generation in every 10 years, the bandwidth has been 1Gbps and will be 10Gbps of 5G in the next 10 years. The bandwidth of broadband communication will soon reach 400Gbps per port. All of these challenges are drivers of R&D of high-end IC for communications. At the same time, R&D of low cost IC is also driven by volume communication markets including IoT (Internet of Things, including ZegBee, WIA-PA), Bluetooth, NFC (Near Field Communication, such as BAN: Body Area Communication, RFID), and other emerging technologies. Challenges on another side are low cost and low power consumption.


Rosuvastatin calcium is a novel member in the statin class of compounds, which acts as a competitive and selective inhibitor of the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase enzyme decreasing hepatic cholesterol synthesis. Statin therapy substantially lowers total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) concentrations, modestly lowers triglyceride and increases high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels [1]. Rosuvastatin has shown to be extremely efficacious in improving serum lipid profile and in achieving the LDL-C treatment goals with a safety profile comparable with that of other statins. Rosuvastatin also improves triglyceride, LDL-C, and HDL-C levels to produce a more favorable lipid profile [2,3]. ISSN: 2575-551X


After investigating the protection work of intangible cultural heritage in Guizhou,the author explores its substantial and developmental problems from the perspective of active state,so as to find out an effective and dynamic approach for protection and development.In author's opinion,the first step for intangible cultural heritage work is to save it in time so as to maintain its active property.The second step is to perfect and optimize its ecology.The third step is to better inherit and develop it with various kinds of approaches.


Below a depth of around 5 to 8 metres below the surface, the ground displays a temperature which is effectively constant and a degree or two above the weighted mean annual air temperature at that particular location. In Melbourne, the ground temperature at this depth is around 18°C with temperatures at shallower depths varying according the season. Further north, these constant temperatures increase a little; while for more southern latitudes, the temperatures are a few degrees cooler. Shallow source geothermal energy (also referred to as direct geothermal energy, ground energy using ground source heat pumps and geoexchange) uses the ground and its temperatures to depths of a few tens of metres as a heat source in winter and a heat sink in summer for heating and cooling buildings. Fluid (usually water) is circulated through a ground heat exchanger (or GHE, which comprises pipes built into building foundations, or in specifically drilled boreholes or trenches), and back to the surface. In heating mode, heat contained in the circulating fluid is extracted by a ground source heat pump (GSHP) and used to heat the building. The cooled fluid is reinjected into the ground loops to heat up again to complete the cycle. In cooling mode, the system is reversed with heat taken out of the building transferred to the fluid which is injected underground to dump the extra heat to the ground. The cooled fluid then returns to the heat pump to receive more heat from the building.


Use of a compound having a Rho kinase inhibitory activity for the manufacture of a medicament for the prophylaxis and treatment of glucaoma, wherein the compound having a Rho kinase inhibitory activity is an amide compound of the following formula (tj) where Ra? is a group of the formula (See formula) where r, is hydrogen, alkyl, or cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, phenyl or aralkyl, which optionally has a substituent on the ring, R1 is hydrogen, alkyl, or cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, phenyl or aralkyl, which optionally has a substituent on the ring, or R1 and r, in combination form, together with the adjacent nitrogen atom, a group forming a heterocycle optionally having, in the ring, oxygen atom, sulfur atom or optionally substituted nitrogen atom, R2 is hydrogen or alkyl.


We use a mixed methods design to investigate the relationship between scope and performance within nonprofits and under varying conditions of environmental dynamism, munificence, and complexity. Prior strategy research on for-profit organizations suggests that relatively high levels of environmental dynamism and complexity attenuate the negative relationship between scope and performance, while greater munificence reinforces it. Our longitudinal quantitative study of approximately 63,000 Canadian nonprofits suggests the opposite: greater dynamism reinforces the negative relationship, and munificence bears no definitive effect, indicating that certain task environment effects on the scope–performance relationship manifest uniquely for organizations pursuing social over economic value creation. We then conduct qualitative interviews with nonprofit executives to explore in greater detail the probable mechanisms that underpin these relationships, highlighting three—nature of mission, scarcity of human capital, and competitive tension in collaboration. We offer several contributions to theory and practice regarding the relationship between nonprofit scope and performance.


The medical equipment abandonment management ia one of the important content of medical equipment systematic management.Based on the long- term medical equipment service management work experience,this article analysis and troubleshooting for abandonment of medical equipment.


Episodic memory is a major area of research in psychology. Initially viewed as a distinct store of information derived from experienced episodes, episodic memory is understood today as a form of mental "time travel" into the personal past. Recent research has revealed striking similarities between episodic memory - past-oriented mental time travel - and future-oriented mental time travel (FMTT). Seeing the Future: Theoretical Perspectives on Future-Oriented Mental Time Travel brings together leading contributors in both empirical and theoretical disciplines to present the first interdisciplinary look at the human to imagine future scenarios. Chapters focus on the challenging conceptual and theoretical questions raised by FMTT, covering themes such as: varieties of future-oriented cognition; relationships between FMTT and episodic memory; subjective temporality in FMTT; the self in FMTT; and functional, evolutionary and comparative, developmental, and clinical perspectives on FMTT. With its focus on the conceptual issues at the heart of fast-developing research on FMTT, this edited volume will serve graduate students to senior scholars working on or interested in FMTT and related areas as a synthesis of current theoretical thinking and a source of questions for future FMTT research.


ABSTRACT This study analyzes the underpricing in a sample of 41 Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT) that went public in the Spanish market between 2013 and 2019. Results show a significant underpricing on the initial day even though none of the flotations were carried out through an Initial Public Offering but instead through a direct listing. This underpricing is not accounted for by theories on information asymmetry but by certain signaling theories related to capital structure, by investor sentiment and market peculiarities. This research provides additional insights for international investors in one of the largest European REIT markets.


This study aimed to determine the effect of CO2 on flame structure and stability of premixed flames biogas using counterflow flame configuration. In this research, the CO2 fraction in Biogas was varied from 0% to 50%. The total mass flow of gas flowed from both combustion nozzle was varied within 6 L / min and 8 L / min. The burning behavior of biogas counterflow flames were photographed by digital camera. Besides, the stability limit of counterflow diffusion flame was characterized by the minimum oxygen concentration at extinction. The results showed that the CO2 content in the biogas affect the characteristics of premixed flame, especially the change of a blue flame to blue flame with lower luminosity when increasing CO2 concentration. On the other hand, the variation in the oxygen concentration has more significant effect on the dimension of the premixed flame compared to the effects of the CO2 content in the biogas. The flash back phenomena exist in the counterflow premixed flame when the equivalence ratio of reactant closes to 1. It means that the biogas combustion is recommended to be done in the equivalence ratio close to 1 in order to obtain the best combustion performance. The results also showed that the highest concentration of oxygen minimum to keep the biogas premixed flame remained stable occurred in the percentage of CO2 in the biogas is 30%. This result could be explained based on the composition of unburned CH4 and CO2 gas in the combustion process.


A method for providing vehicle information service using a mobile terminal and a vehicle management server are provided to enable a mobile terminal to recognize a current situation of a neighbor vehicle and provide the recognized information to a call center so that the neighbor vehicle can easily and quickly receive the current situation information through a text message or a call and stably drive. A program storage unit(200) stores a vehicle information management program for providing a vehicle information service to a mobile terminal. A controller(220) controls to receive a vehicle information request signal, determine whether a situation information code included in the signal is code information for searching a phone number, extract situation information and phone number data, and transmit the situation information to a destination terminal by using the phone number data. A database server stores phone number database including a vehicle number and the phone number data matched to the vehicle number and a vehicle situation information table including situation information and a situation information code matched with the situation information.


The decline of British unions has barely been arrested (Hicks and Palmer, 2004) in conditions that the TUC recognize as the most favourable for a generation (TUC, 1999). Neither the seemingly more favourable political climate of a Labour government, nor sustained economic growth, has made a notable impact on union growth and density, raising questions about the adequacy of present union strategies and the need for alternative orientations. In this context, increasing attention has been paid to the potential salvation offered by what has become known as the organizing model of trade unionism (Gall, 2003; Heery et al., 2000a). Heery and his colleagues, the most prominent of British writers on contemporary trade unionism, have attempted an evaluation of the effectiveness of organizing in promoting union growth and renewal when compared to servicing models and partnership agreements with employers (Heery et al., 2003). Their conclusion is that the organizing model is successful only in certain contexts. Having noted that 'all three approaches – servicing, partnership and organizing – are present and being applied by considerable proportions of UK unions' (2003: 63), they state that 'there are several ways to restore membership, not a single approach as suggested by advocates of the organizing model' (2003: 75). It has been argued elsewhere that Heery et al.'s position is pragmatic rather than critical, refraining from any rigorous evaluation of strengths and weaknesses of the various approaches (Carter, 2004). The appearance of de Turberville's (2004) critique of the organizing model promises, therefore, a significant advance. There are three underpinnings to his criticisms: the lack of conceptual coherence of the organizing model; organizing is used to buttress existing hierarchies of power within unions; and, echoing Heery et al. (2003), the heterogeneity of union memberships, and the different contexts in which they work, rule out any possibility of one approach being sufficient. Unfortunately, the lack of theoretical coherence in his work, its selective historiography and its failure


Extraction and precipitation conditions were assessed for recovery of protein from dehulled faba bean flour on a laboratory scale. 10 degrees C versus 20 degrees C extraction did not affect solubility of nitrogenous components. However, more were extracted at pH 9 or 10 than at pH 7. Tap water extracted slightly more nitrogenous materials than 0.3M sodium chloride. Study of pH 4.0 to 5.3 for protein precipitation showed a higher yield of protein was obtained at lower pH. However, apparently simultaneous precipitation of nonproteinaceous material caused overall lower protein composition of the isolates from lower pH. Pilot scale processing of dehulled faba bean flour produced an isolate which was 92.5% protein, and represented a yield of 48% of the original protein.


We evaluate the radar performance for chirp pulse (linear FM) trains in which the chirp rate is diverse from pulse to pulse. The evaluation consists of deriving the ambiguity function in generalized form for any number of pulses, pulse repetition rate, time bandwidth product, and diversity spread across the pulse train. Since each pulse has a different chirp rate, convolution and factorization cannot provide closed form expressions for the ambiguity functions of interest. However, numerical integration, programmed in MatLab, reveals the effects of the degree of chirp diversity and time bandwidth product on the waveform's ambiguity diagram. The recurrent lobe structure of the three-dimensional ambiguity diagram is of special interest. We present a simple formula for selecting the different chirp rates for particular diversity spreads. We conclude that a dramatic decrease in the range recurrent lobe level occurs as we increase the time bandwidth product and/or degree of chirp diversity.


Abstract Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) typically have many permanently inflamed joints. The inflammation inside the body can lead to general physical weakness, exhaustion, and drowsiness. This feeling of extreme tiredness is also called "fatigue". Some people find this to be the worst symptom of the disease. However, the clinical significance of fatigue and its pathogenesis have not been recognised. This study aimed to determine the development of fatigue depending on activity and aggressiveness of RA. To achieve the goal, patients were interviewed and indicators of disease activity and aggressiveness were determined: rheumatoid factor (RF), anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies (anti-CCP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C reactive protein (CRP), immunoglobulins IgA RF, IgM RF, IgG RF and anti-carbamylated protein antibodies (anti-CarP). Based on the results of the survey, RA patients were divided into two groups — with and without fatigue. In the group of RA patients with fatigue, statistically more often an increase in IgA RF, IgM RF, and IgG RF levels was observed in those with elevated RF level, higher IgM RF and IgG RF levels were associated with increase in IgA RF level, and increase in the IgG RF and anti-CarP levels with elevation in the IgM RF level. A higher IgG RF level contributed to a higher anti-CarP level increase. Significant differences in the levels of clinical and laboratory inflammatory markers were not observed between the RA patients with and without fatigue. The obtained data suggest that the aggressive course of RA, more than inflammation, may contribute to the development of fatigue in RA patients.


This paper traces the 100-year history of the industry in South Australia where, initially, state and federal governments accepted the challenges offered and sought to maximise the benefits that might accrue. However, uranium became a divisive political issue in the 1970s and the adoption of the Labor Party '3-mine policy for uranium' in 1983 changed the momentum. It brought exploration to a halt and killed off the opportunity for enrichment associated with the potential to add greatly enhanced processed value to product from the world's largest resource. It also led to rejection of a national radioactive waste repository near Woomera.


This paper reports the results of an attempt to measure English as a Second Language (ESL) students'ability to apply reasoning in reading. The elicitation instrument was an experimental test which was developed from a model of reading comprehension based upon cognitive activities which Piaget referred to as concrete operations. The experimental test delineated Piaget's concrete operations in prose text and set them against difficulty criteria. The experimental test which measured the ability to apply reasoning in reading and the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) were administered to a pool of adult ESL subjects. The results indicated that the TOEFL reading comprehension subtest does not measure the ability to apply reasoning in reading; thus, its validity as a measure of reading is in doubt. Significant effects were also shown for the paragraph types and the item types in the experimental test. The items based on the classification paragraphs were significantly more difficult than the items based on the serial paragraphs. In like manner, the items based on the multiplication paragraphs were significantly more difficult than the items based on the addition paragraphs. And finally, the intension questions which concerned the properties of a class were significantly more difficult than the extension questions which dealt with the members of classes.

The results of this study indicate a need for further, increased attention to the measurement of reading to solve problems in ESL reading assessment and to the effects of the different structural organizations of ideas (e.g., addition, classification, multiplication, and series) and the interrelations of ideas on the comprehension process. The motivation for this line of research derives from the pragmatic interest of those researchers concerned with the communicative aspects of a text and the manner in which authors organize their ideas. Current research is beginning to explain the complex interaction between text structure and the reader's processing of such structure which further explicates the comprehension process.


It is a key problem that how to determine the most dangerous sliding circular surface and calculate the minimum safety factor in the stability analysis of soil slope.The traditional limiting equilibrium analysis method will be easily immersed in local minimum,so the real most dangerous sliding circle can not be searched out.For the reason,a new approach which is genetic algorithms integrating the traditional method of slices with vertical interface is put forward to analyze the entire stability of soil slope.The stability analysis model of soil slope which can be called object function is established by the methods of slices with vertical interface;and then the most dangerous sliding circular surface will be searched out by the genetic algorithm.So the minimum safety factor of soil slope will be figured out.The analysis process will be performed by the computer program designed by the Microsoft Visual C++ program language.After the search scope of the most dangerous sliding circular arc is determined and input into the program,all the calculation and analysis work will be done by the program algorithm automatically.Genetic algorithm simulates genetic evolutionary process of organisms and avoids the limit of traditional methods successfully.Compared with the minimum safety factor figured out by the area subdivision method and the most dangerous sliding circular arc searched out by the same means,the conclusion can be made that the stability analysis result of soil slope analyzed by the genetic algorithm is much more reliable.Genetic algorithm can successfully solve the problem that how to search the entire extremum of soil slope.The engineering application case indicates that the genetic algorithm is effective to analyze the stability of soil slope,which has extensive prospect and will be widely used in the slope engineering.


The purpose of this study was to investigate the difference of job satisfaction and turnover intention according to grit cluster type of early childhood teachers. For the study, we surveyed 300 early childhood teachers in early childhood education institutions in Busan and Kyungnam in October, 2017 ...


The operational properties of the pseudo-inverse operators were studied and one kind of the expression of pseudo-inverse operators was obtained.The operator was subjectively bounded in Hilbert space,and then the results were applied to the frame theory.The matrix expression of the pseudo-inverse operator concerning the pre-frame operator was provided,and finally the theory of pseudo-inverse operators to some non-frame sequences was developed.


SYNOPSIS. The development of the polar filament in a microsporidian parasite was studied in the electron microscope. The polar filament is a peculiar and complex organelle with intricate anatomical relationships to other structures in the mature spore. The characteristic ultrastructure of the formative and mature stages of the polar filament made it possible to trace its development and study the interactions among various organelles during its formation. In sporoblasts the polar filament develops sequentially from 3 different regions. The base of the filament appears first and is derived from a dense body. The anterior part of the filament is formed from electron dense material located in the perinuclear cisterna and in agranular endoplasmic reticulum. The base and the anterior part of the filament move toward each other and fuse. Subsequently, the posterior part of the filament develops from the posterior part of the Golgi complex. The polar sac and the polaroplast surrounding the anterior segment of the filament are formed from the anterior region of the Golgi complex.


Aglaonema chermsiriwattanae is a new species in section Chamaecaulon which was collected from peninsular Thailand. The species is distinguished by its repent stem, cataphyll subtending peduncle, spathe ovate and opening towards apex, and peduncle longer than petiole. This species differs from Aglaonema brevispathum, A. costatum in characteristics of the petiole cataphyll, and differs from A. pumilum in characteristics of the spathe, anther dehiscence and stem cataphyll.


This chapter provides a fresh outlook for supply chain optimization by advocating the involvement of boards and top-teams that are uniquely positioned to address a confluence of three strategic responsibilities of a firm: scope and significance; people and culture; and measures and metrics. It provides a holistic corporate context and grapples with tougher issues often deferred or stalled as other initiatives or crises grab corporate attention. This chapter introduces his frameworks and guidelines and selective examples of success and failure in implementation. This chapter assigns primary responsibility for supply chain strategy senior executives. It observes these areas as gradually becoming too operationalized, even commoditized, with local efficiencies emphasized at the cost of gradual overall ineffectiveness. It also dispels six myths that have taken root over time, highlighting their impact and substituting these with today's realities. To make this work more practical, this chapter shares first-hand examples of supply chain practices.


In this paper, attention is focused on estimation of the location parameter in the double exponential case using a weighted linear combination of the sample median and pairs of order statistics, with symmetric distance to both sides from the sample median. Minimizing with respect to weights and distances we get smaller asymptotic variance in the second order. If the number of pairs is taken as infinite and the distances as null we attain the least asymptotic variance in this class of estimators. The Pitman estimator is also noted. Similarly improved estimators are scanned over their probability of concentration to investigate its bound. Numerical comparison of the estimators is shown.


Preface 53 Abbreviations 55 Introduction 58 Structure and Contents 58 Sources, date and purpose 60 Title 65 Authorship 66 Manuscripts and editions 68 Editorial Note 72 De iniusta vexacione 73 Index 103


Abstract NextClosure algorithm is a fast and good algorithm in formal concept analysis. With the assistance of NextClosure algorithm, this article provides a characterization of antimatroids. Additionally, this article introduces a characterization of k- truncated antimatroids. The characterization can be realized by an algorithm which works with polynomial time delay.


Objective To explore the role of MR imaging (MRI) in the differential diagnosis of pleural tumor. Methods Forty five cases of pleural tumor (8 benign and 37 malignant) were examined with both CT and MRI. The morphologic features of pleural lesions and MR signal intensity on T 1 weighted, T 2 weighted, and contrast enhanced T 1 weighted images were evaluated. Results On CT images, it was found that 30 cases were with diffuse pleural thickening (29 malignant and 1 benign), 28 with mediastinal pleural involvement (27 malignant and 1 benign), 23 with circumferential or irregular pleural thickening (22 malignant and 1 benign), and 9 with infiltration of the chest wall or diaphragm (only in malignant patients). On MR images, it was found that 32 cases were with diffuse pleural thickening (31 malignant and 1 benign), 29 with mediastinal pleural involvement (27 malignant and 2 benign), 24 with circumferential or irregular pleural thickening (23 malignant and 1 benign), and 11 with infiltration of the chest wall or diaphragm (only in malignant patients). According to the above mentioned morphologic features, CT had a sensitivity of 83.8% and a specificity of 62.5% in the detection of pleural malignancy, as compared to 86.5% and 62.5% by MRI, respectively. In combination with signal intensity and morphologic features, MRI had a sensitivity of 97.3% and aspecificity of 100% in the detection of pleural malignancy. Conclusion According to the morphological features only, MRI allowed a similar value in the detection and diagnosis of pleural tumor compare with CT. In combination with signal intensity and morphologic features, MRI is more useful and, therefore, superior to CT in differentiation of malignant from benign pleural tumor.


The objective of this panel is to open a dialog about how to effectively run student chapters of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. The panel will start by Grace Waldfogle briefly giving an overview of the discussion panel and providing her insight into the University of Central Florida's student chapter. Katie Lucaites will discuss the benefits of applied projects and how the Clemson student chapter succeeds. Emily Brunsen will share how the North Carolina State University student chapter makes their presence known on campus. Finally, Jessyca Derby will discuss the do's and don'ts of chapter success from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. The specific theme of this discussion panel is to express student chapter successes and failures in an open discussion format. Each panelist brings a different viewpoint from varying chapter sizes around the country. Grace will foster discussion among the panelists and questions from the general audience. Discussion time: 90 minutes


To propagate this bamboo, dig out a first-year underground shoot with a 40 cm to 50 cm in long stem attached, just before the appearance of bamboo shoots, and transplant it. Alternatively, cut a first or second year bamboo into sections (every 3 to 4 joints), insert only 1 to 2 joints into the ground or bury it horizontally about 20 cm deep. After planting, protect the plant from the sun and give it water. After new shoots appear, apply fertilizer, and cut off the stem after 4 to 5 years, leaving the young stems.


Abstract Calculations of finite-width correction factors, Y, for mode I SEN tension testing of orthotropic materials have been made using a J integral implemented on results from finite element analyses. Y depends on the ratio of principal normal compliances S11/S22 and another dimensionless quantity involving the material compliances. Aspect ratio is fixed at 1 and normalized crack depth varies between 0.3 and 0.6. S11/S22 is fixed at four values; 20, 10, 1/10, and 1/20. Ranges of the other dimensionless material parameter relevant to existing materials are chosen. The use of linear interpolation for Y at intermediate values of S11/S22, and the relevance of the results to specimens with aspect ratios in excess of 1, are discussed. Y is presented at each value of S11/S22 in the form of a Chebyshev series in two variables. The results show that, if Y factors already established for isotropic materials are used to calculate stress intensity values for orthotropic specimens, errors in the stress intensity factor can be as high as 50 per cent.


IN THE YEARS just prior to and following the Meiji Restoration, practically the entire sweep of modern European political and social thought came to Japan. Both eighteenth and nineteenth century writings were introduced (often simultaneously, but frequently in reverse chronological order) as the first-generation enlighteners' worked to advance the cause of bummei kaika2 (civilization and enlightenment) by educating their countrymen to new concepts of progress, science, rationality, independence, and liberty. The mainstream of reformist thought in the 1870s was inspired by British liberalism, and the dominant social theory was natural rights. By the second decade of Meiji, however, the most advanced thinkers had abandoned these doctrines. Under the influence of more contemporary philosophies of materialism, positivism, utilitarianism, and Social Darwinism, the leading intellectuals of the period began to adopt new social theories that seemed more scientifically and historically plausible. Evolutionism in particular was the 'progressive' theory of the 1880s, and Herbert Spencer was probably the most popular Western thinker of the decade.3 Spencer's influence extended across the political spectrum. His writings were studied and used by individuals and groups of varied ideological persuasions. His praise of representative government, his advocacy of free competition, and


TPS1126 Background: Hormone receptor-positive (HR+) metastatic breast cancer (MBC) in patients (pts) with germline or somatic BRCA1 or BRCA2 (g/s BRCA1/2) mutations has dual drivers: hormone receptor signaling and homologous recombination deficiency. The PALOMA-3 trial showed superiority of fulvestrant (F) with palbociclib (P) compared to F alone. The OlympiAD trial showed the poly-ADP ribose polymerase inhibitor (PARPi) olaparib (O) to be superior to chemotherapy in BRCA1/2-associated MBC. However, treatment resistance inevitably develops; targeting dual therapeutic drivers concurrently may delay or circumvent resistance. O and P have overlapping hematologic toxicity and the safety of combined O, P and F is unknown. The tolerability of O + P is particularly relevant given the emergence of potentially less myelosuppressive PARPi. Methods: HOPE (NCT03685331) is a phase I/II trial to evaluate safety and efficacy of O, P and F in pts with g/s BRCA1/2-associated, HR+ MBC. Eligible pts have an ECOG performance status 0-1, measurable/evaluable breast cancer, any/no prior endocrine therapy, and 0-2 lines of chemotherapy for MBC. Prior platinum is allowed for curative intent if completed at least 12 months prior to MBC diagnosis, or for MBC if no progression during therapy. Prior PARPi and CDK4/6i are permitted on phase I, and are permitted during phase II if there was no progression on them. Treatment (28-day cycles) consists of: O orally twice daily continuously; F 500mg intramuscularly on day 1 of each cycle plus load; and P orally once daily on days 1-21. Phase I begins with a 28-day safety run-in of O and F alone. O and P doses are based on dose level (DL): DL 0 (starting level), O 300mg, P 75mg; DL 1, O 300mg, P 100mg; DL 2, O 300mg, P 125mg; DL-1, O 250mg, P 75mg and DL-2, O 200mg, P 75mg. For phase II, O and P will be dosed at MTD. Pts have tissue collection at baseline and peripheral blood cfDNA analysis at baseline, at progression, and at all scan timepoints (every 3 cycles). Phase I primary endpoint is MTD. A 3+3 dose escalation design is used with a 30% rate of dose limiting toxicity (DLT) deemed acceptable, and 6 patients treated at a dose for it to be declared MTD. A minimum of 2 and a maximum of 18 patients will be enrolled on the phase I. Phase II primary endpoint is PFS using Kaplan-Meier methods and secondary efficacy endpoints are objective response rate and 24-week clinical benefit rate. Phase II will evaluate 54 subjects to provide 80% power to detect an increase in PFS from 7 months with O monotherapy to 10 months. Exploratory objectives include examination of baseline tissue for PARPi predictive biomarkers and measures of tumor immunogenicity as well as serial serum evaluation for reversion mutations. Enrollment is ongoing. Clinical trial information: NCT03685331 .


The PanSTARRS project has undertaken an ambitious effort to develop a completely new array controller architecture that is fundamentally driven by the large 1gigapixel, low noise, high speed OTCCD mosaic requirements as well as the size, power and weight restrictions of the PanSTARRS telescope. The result is a very small form factor next generation controller scalar building block with 1 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces that will be assembled into a system that will readout 512 outputs at ~1 Megapixel sample rates on each output. The paper will also discuss critical technology and fabrication techniques such as greater than 1MHz analog to digital converters (ADCs), multiple fast sampling and digital calculation of multiple correlated samples (DMCS), ball grid array (BGA) packaged circuits, LINUX running on embedded field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) with hard core microprocessors for the prototype currently being developed.


Preface 1. A Political Analytic of Finitude: The Infinity of Finite Government and Rule 2. Biopolitics of Security in the 21st Century 3. Biopolitics, Government and Economy 4. Underwriting Security 5. Pious Economies 6. Biopolitics of Security, Race and War 7. Governing Terror: The State of Emergency of Biopolitical Emergence Conclusion: Acceleration: Advent of the Baroque Katechon


A method has been described whereby a closed-end catheter or other special-tipped catheter can be passed into an artery or vein percutaneously using a thin sheath of mylar. To date, the method has been used almost exclusively in children with No. 5 and No. 6 French catheters. Thirty arterial catheterizations and 16 venous catheterizations have been performed with no serious complications. In our laboratory, this method has added considerably, to the flexibility and use of the conventional percutaneous method of catheterization.


New data on the occurrence of a rare species (Lobaria scrobiculata) in the north-west of the Vologda Region, near the Atleka landscape reserve, are reported. The species is suggested to be included into the second edition of the Red Data Book of the Vologda Region.


This proposed toilet facility has a straightforward design. It has few moving parts and is easily maintained. Air and water flow provide sanitary movement of the waste. The toilet's chambers are coated with Teflon which, along with the water flow, makes it self-cleaning. An added disinfectant called Betadiene kills any bacteria that may form on the chamber walls. The chair is contoured to take into account the neutral body position and the necessary strain position for defecation. Restraints at the ankles, knees, and midsection hold the body in the chair. The waste is stored in discs of Gortex material which are inside a replaceable storage chamber. This chamber can be removed, capped and stored until eventual return to earth.


The Godzilla Megamullion is the largest known oceanic core complex (OCC) on the Earth, located in the Parece Vela Basin in the Philippine Sea. In this article, the history of Godzilla Megamullion study is reviewed for the first time, dividing it into three major phases: (i) the early studies done before Japan's extended continental shelf survey program; (ii) the studies during Japan's extended continental shelf survey program that discovered the OCC; and (iii) the studies by the post‐discovery cruises. The early studies included an interpretation of US nautical chart of the southwestern Pacific and the site surveys for Deep Sea Drilling Project cruises (DSDP Legs 6, 31 and 59). The early studies recognized the presence of the Parece Vela Rift, the extinct spreading axis of the Parece Vela Basin, and established the currently accepted model that the Philippine Sea evolved with eastward progression of backarc spreading and arc migration. The modern understanding of the Parece Vela Basin comes from Japan's extended continental shelf survey program. The program revealed the ultramafic petrology as well as a two‐stage evolution model of the basin. Following these results, the discovery of the Godzilla Megamullion was made in 2001. The studies by the post‐discovery cruises further revealed important characteristics of the OCC, such as the presence of abundant plagioclase‐bearing peridotite and the systematic temporal changes in both deformation microstructures and composition of plagioclase and amphibole in gabbroic mylonites and ultramylonites. Zircon U–Pb ages of gabboric and leucocratic rocks indicate that the terminal phase of Parece Vela Basin spreading was with a significant decline in spreading rate and asymmetry accompanying formation of the Godzilla Megamullion. The estimated denudation rate of the OCC was approximately 2.5 cm/yr; significantly slower than the previous estimate based on poorly constrained magnetic data.


Lymphograms performed on 131 patients with malignant reticuloses have been analysed and the results assessed by correlation with other radiological, clinical and histological findings and subsequent course. Lymphography is shown to be of value in diagnosing abnormality of retroperitoneal nodes and thus in planning therapy and assessing response to it in patients with an established histological diagnosis of a malignent reticulosis. Where histology has not yet been obtained it may be of value in showing a suitable site for biopsy, but the appearances are not specific enough to allow therapy without histological diagnosis. The value of inferior venacavography and pyelography as complementary procedures is described and the present policy of investigation of reticuloses and P.U.O. is outlined.


The purpose of this study was to explore the use of predictable stories for teaching English to EFL young children. In other words, the current paper is an attempt to shed light on this point that using pleasurable activities and realia including stories help children to make predictions or guesses about words, phrases, sentences, events and characters that could come next in the story (Simpson, 1986). Although these stories are written for native English speaking children, it is also useful to use them in classroom for foreign language children. The structure of these stories can be employed to help young EFL children develop both oral and written skills as well as other basic skills such number skills, color skills, days of the week, etc. The article concludes with a list of picture stories which author have used in her own teaching. Finally, it needs to be pointed out that studies like the present one can contribute significantly in improving the English teaching process to children especially in EFL contexts.


As buildings have become higher, it is likely to find the wind loads that is equal to or even greater than the design seismic loads. Therefore, it is important to estimate responses of high-rise buildings under fluctuating wind force. This paper presents contribution rate of higher mode wind response of multi-mass system for high-rise buildings by using a modal analysis in elasto range. Then, it shows that the wind responses are usually separated into the low and high frequency components, and the wind responses can be expressed as sum of them. The agreement between the predicted value based on coupling of two components and results of time-history analysis was finally confirmed.


Introduction Great Expectations Empires of Steam Singapore Malacca and Borneo Testing the Waters Crossing the Line In Search of Paradise Struggle and Spice The Longest Day Darwin's Delay Crossing Back Counting Up.


One potential processing industry business developed in the area of Jembrana Regency of Bali is weaving industry. Weaving industry business is one of the creative industries based on local wisdom of Bali, need to be developed with the concept of modern entrepreneurship (orange economy). Based on empirical theory and facts, this study aims to examine how the direct influence of the role of government and social capital on business performance in the weaving industry in Jembrana Regency of Bali. Based on surveys and structured interviews on 70 business actors through data analysis techniques using SEM-PLS with Smart PLS 3.0 software support, it was found that: (1) the role of the government and social capital directly influenced positive and significant impact on business performance; and (2) the most dominant component of social capital is the network, then the norm and the last sense of trust. Strengthening of the government's role in all aspects and the capacity of social capital based on local wisdom are quite successful in improving the business performance of the weaving industry in Jembrana Regency of Bali.


There are two main messages to take away from this stimulating and thought-provoking paper by Beshears et al. The first, which is also supported by other research reported at this Conference, is that regulating unhealthy consumption can be justified as a case of market failure. One reason why this has not been widely recognized long ago (at least among economists) is that traditionally, most economic models have assumed that consumers have perfect willpower: an unlimited ability —and willingness—to stick to one's own plans. In the present paper, however, it is assumed that consumers always care more about the present than the future (in addition to the usual discounting). This leads to a conflict of interests between the consumer's "selves" at different points in time, which bears some resemblance to the conflict between consumers in traditional cases of externalities such as pollution. If this is acknowledged by consumers themselves, a demand for self-regulation arrangements will arise; but, as pointed out by Köszegi (2006, this volume), an unregulated market will not always be able to supply such self-regulation arrangements. Hence, government intervention in markets for unhealthy food, drugs, or other temptation goods such as gambling, is not necessarily paternalistic, since it might satisfy a consumer demand for goods not provided by the market. The second main message of the paper is that "Early Decisions" regulation—for example, limited opening hours—is superior to taxation when consumer preferences are heterogeneous. This is a much more specific and more novel conclusion. It is also somewhat surprising, since economists usually recommend taxes as a more efficient policy tool than direct regulations. This result does hinge on some important simplifying assumptions. First, the time structure of the model is particularly simple: In period 0, no costs or benefits are realized; in period 1, all benefits occur; and finally, in period 2, all costs occur. Second, this timing is implicitly


The immediate corporate response to concerns is typically to ignore the whistleblower. Matters are rarely investigated, and, when they are, tackling systemic deficiencies has a lower priority than finding a scapegoat.

Shipman, Stafford, and Gosport are examples of the "three wise monkeys" management technique. Concerns were raised and ignored about Shipman earlier in his criminal career (hear no evil). Managers at Stafford failed …


Abstract To predict the zenith, hydrostatic, wet or total atmospheric delay, we normally use only surface meteorological parameters. If we wish to scale the zenith delay to directions other than zenith we use known mapping functions, which use one or more basic parameters and the elevation of the radio source over the horizon. In this report we show that if, in any mapping function, the true elevation of the radio source is used then the resulting delay for the certain radio source is incorrect. The resulting delay is underestimated and the value of the error depends on the radio source elevation angle and height over the earth's surface. It is shown that this height and a modified elevation angle have to be considered and perhaps be modelled or included in the delay estimation procedure either in developing any mapping function or later in predicting the delay.


It is obvious that the role of entrepreneurship education of a university in preparing their students to be entrepreneurs is significant. This paper's aim is to find out how entrepreneurship education especially participatory action learning system is able to maximize entrepreneurship capacity. Hopefully this paper can contribute to be best practice for the university to build students' capacity on entrepreneurship.
The paper utilizes qualitative analysis and a case study approach. Students who are analyzed and eligible to
start their business are twenty students. The writer used PALS method which students would be empowered
to be actively participated in awareness, capacity, and institutionalization phases.
The result shows only seven students who are ready to start their business. Indeed, the innovation on their
product/service seems to be too far to be discussed since most students only focus on short term development.


The well known X-ray binary system Cyg X-3 has exhibited several strong radio outbursts since its discovery in 1972. Their main features were initially interpreted in terms of the model of van der Laan (1966, Nat., 211), which considers synchrotron radiation from an adiabatically expanding cloud of relativistic electrons and magnetic fields. However, some discrepancies were found, particularly the maximum flux density at the higher frequencies, which was much lower than predicted


This paper presents a new geometrical feature based on iris geometry for automatic children detection in digital images. The proposed feature is based on simple geometrical measures of face elements and especially iris. Iris outer boundary is approximated as a circle and the proposed feature is defined using the iris area and the distance of iris from mouth line. This approach is compared with two similar geometrical features. Experimental results show the superiority of the proposed feature over the existing ones. The proposed feature is more robust compared to the existing features that use geometrical information from human faces and gives better classification results, useful to digital forensics applications.


This index presents the list of author names and terms that occur in this book titled Incubation as a Type-Scene in the ʾAqhatu, Kirta, and Hannah Stories. In the historical study of religion, the term 'incubation' generally refers to the practice of sleeping, or at least passing the night, in a holy place with the object of receiving a divine revelation or divine aid in a dream. The purpose of the Greek incubation was primarily therapeutic and the most popular healing god was Asclepius, who had more than two hundred sanctuaries by the beginning of the Christian era.Keywords:Christian era; incubation


A series of organo-soluble spherical gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) were prepared through the reduction of HAuCl 4 by NaBH 4 in the presence of amphiphilic hyperbranched polymers that had a hydrophilic hyperbranched polyethylenimine core and a hydrophobic shell formed by many palmitamide (C16) chains. For comparison, the corresponding linear polymeric analog derived from linear polyethylenimine was also used to prepare the organo-soluble AuNPs. The obtained AuNPs were characterized by transmission electron microscopy. It was found that higher feed ratio of polymer to HAuCl 4 and utilization of polymers with higher C16 density usually resulted in smaller AuNPs with relatively lower polydispersity. Except of the polymer having the pronounced low molecular weight, the molecular weight and the morphology of the amphiphilic polymers had almost no obvious effect on the size of the formed AuNPs. These organo-soluble AuNPs could be used as efficient catalysts for the biphasic catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol by NaBH 4 . Their apparent rate coefficients had correlation with the molecular weight of the used amphiphilic polymers, but were less relevant to the morphology of these polymers. These organo-soluble AuNPs could be conveniently recovered and reused many times. The morphology of the capping polymers had obvious effect on the lifetime of the AuNPs catalysts in the catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol. Except of the pronounced low molecular weight hyperbranched polymer, the other hyperbranched ones with relatively high molecular weight rendered the AuNPs to have bigger turnover number values than their linear analog.


This report deals with the question, how the mean energy and the energy spread of the CERN Linac4 160 MeV H - -beam can be measured close to the end of the transfer line between Linac4 and PS Booster in the so-called LBS line. The central element of this diagnostics line is a vertical spectrometer magnet, which sorts the particles according to their individual energy along a vertical position axis. From the central value of this distribution the mean energy can be derived, while the width of the distribution is proportional to the beam energy spread. At first, the method and the simulation tools are briefly introduced. Then, the simulation procedure is explained in detail, which finally leads to a proposal, how the measurement line should look like to determine the energy distribution of the Linac4 beam. Systematic error studies are included as well. The proposed layout is similar to the present one operating with the CERN Linac2 50 MeV protonbeam. An alternative approach is presented as well. Both are compared and it is suggested to stick to the present layout for the Linac4 line. Finally, the necessary modifications and specifications for the upgrade of the LBS line are summarized.


SUMMARY A hospital series of 432 patients with glaucoma was studied to quantify the ease of assessment of.the cup/disc ratio and the visual fields. 19-9% of the discs were not easily visible to monitor accurately ophthalmoscopically and a further 27*9% were grossly cupped. 63% of the patients studied had general features or ocular pathology which might contribute to unreliable analysis of the visual field.


P. M. Pepper (Mapping and Charting Research Laboratory, Ohio State University, Columbus 10, Ohio)—Equations (1) and (2) of Ewing's paper give formulas for the chords c1 and c2. The observation that these two quantities are used only in (7) and in combination as the product c1c2, leads to the following relation c1c2 = 4 sin2 (Δλ/2) Rp1Rp2 = 2[1 − cos Δλ]Rp1Rp2 = 4Rp1Rp2 hav Δλ with the consequential simplification in computation.


In this paper we extend the PUCH and PULL control strategies defined in Van der Laan et al. (1995) to evaluate empirically the effect of lead-time duration and lead-time variability on total expected costs in production/inventory systems with remanufacturing.


Distyrylbenzene(DSB) derivatives, trimer of phenylenevinylene, with cyano and alkoxy groups grew epitaxially on the friction-transferred poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (PTFE) layer. DSBs/PTFE double layers indicated the remarkable anisotropic feature in absorption and emission properties.


The free accomodation system for dairy cows, without the constraints imposed by the tie system, offer the moving possibility for each animal in the proper space limits in order to assuring the rest, the circulation, the foraging and the watering. The technics development lead to the mechanization and to the automation of some production processes intended to facilitate the farmers work. So, it is imposed the interfere also in the accomodation system when we design the new investments. The milking centralization is one of the tools that can make more efficient the milk production, concuring to the increasing of the work productivity, to the decreasing of the concentrates consumption, to a good hygiene, and to the udder health.


A comparative experiment of prevention of piglet colibacillosis was conducted in piglets of same pig farm by means of the vaccine prepared with the local epidemic strain and the vaccine purchased from Gansu province. The results were as follows:The immune effect of the vaccine prepared with local epidemic strain was more excellent than that of the vaccine purchased from Gansu Province. There was a very significant diffence between both vaccine in the immne protect rate. The morbidity and the mortality of colibacillus diarrhea were decreased 14.97% and 13.20% in the swine herd immunized with the former than those in the swine herd immunized with the latter, resp.


gratulated on the result of the action for libel brought Against it by the editor of the T 'erulam Review. ?Although we entirely fail to see how any one who had Written such letters as were shown in the trial to have been written by the plaintiff could ever have persuaded himself that he had any proper cause of complaint Against the British Medical Journal, for the very Moderate comment on his proceedings which had appeared in that journal, juries are proverbially skittish Jn libel cases, and there always was the chance that 9?me prejudice might be imported into the case by its connection with the vivisection question in regard to 'which the dispute arose. It is very satisfactory, then, to find >}ja? yie yerdict was for the defendant, with costs, It is not, however, in its relation either to the plaintiff or the defendant that the interest of this trial


The dehydration of a series of 2-aryl-3-methyl-2-butanols and the subsequent isomerization of the 2-aryl-3-methyl-l-butenes primarily formed to the corresponding 2-butenes have been studied in sulfuric acid-acetic acid and in dimethyl sulfoxide.

The selective formation of the 2-aryl-3-methyl-l-butenes during the dehydration is explained in terms of steric repulsion in the transition state.

For the isomerization of 2-aryl-3-methyl-l-butenes Hammett rho values of - 3.8 and - 2.0 apply in sulfuric acid-acetic acid and in dimethyl sulfoxide, respectively. The kinetic isotope effects support a mechanism in which the rate determining step is the loss of the methine proton to give the 2-aryl-3-methyl-2-butene.


A variable-gain electronic circuit is described that can be used as a divider or, more specifically, to provide swept gain. A signal V1 is divided by a control potential V2: the quotient V0 and the signal V1 are isolated from other potentials by an optical link between a light emitting diode and a photoconductive cell. The circuit has been used to provide exponentially increasing gain to compensate for the attenuation of echoes in an acoustic ranging system.


Let H be a topological group contained in a group G. A topology which makes G a topological group inducing the given topology on H is called an extending topology. The set of all extending topologies forms a complete semilattice in the lattice of group topologies on G. The structure of this semilattice is studied by considering normal subgroups which intersect H in the identity. Let G be a group and ? the collection of continuous topologies on G. If { T }a E r is any collection of topologies in ?, we can create a new topological group C=H Iler(G, T.). The embedding of G into C along the diagonal is an algebraic embedding. The relative topology on G in C is the supremum topology on G relative to {T,}a er. Since G is a topological group we see that the subgroup G is also a topological group when given this topology. Hence ? is closed under the operation Ta V T where T. V T,B denotes the supremum topology Ta and T,B Now suppose T. and T,B are in ? and 2 c ? is the collection of all topologies Ty in Y that satisfy Ty c T1 and Ty c T. a # 0 since the indiscrete topology on G is in ?Y. We define Ta A T = (Vy TY). Certainly Y is closed under A and hence (Y, V, A) forms a complete lattice. It should be noted that this lattice is different from the usual lattice of topologies on a set X since the intersection of two group topologies may not be a group topology. Let H be a topological group contained in a group G. A topology which makes G a topological group inducing the given topology on H is called an extending topology. The set of all extending topologies from H to G, o, is a complete subsemilattice of the complete lattice of group topologies on G. The purpose of this paper is to further study 46. DEFINITION. A group topology for H is said to be translatable if and only if for every neighborhood U of e in H and every g E G, the set gUg-' contains a neighborhood of e in H. If t is a translatable topology on H we define the translation topology TH* to be that topology on G which has { gUIg E U and U E t } as a basis. One way to create a topology on G is to find a homomorphism from G to a topological group G'. The weak topology on G relative to this homomorphism will make G into a topological group also. Occasionally this topology will be an extending topology. Let H be a subgroup of G endowed with the translatable Received by the editors May 16, 1985 and, in revised form, June 18, 1985. 1980 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 22A99. Kev words and phrases. Lattice, group topologies. ?1986 American Mathematical Society 0002-9939/86 $1.00 + $.25 per page


Abstract Chloromethyldimethylsilyl (CMDMS) ethers are useful derivatives for combined gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. They have characteristically longer retention times than the corresponding trimethylsilyl (TMS) derivatives, and this permits effective fractionation of mono-, di-, and trihydroxy steroids. CMDMS ethers provide mass spectra comparable with those of TMS ethers, but ions containing the CMDMS group are readily recognisable in the former by virtue of the two abundant natural isotopes of chlorine. This facilitates interpretation of spectra and may be expected to aid the location of drug metabolites by selective ion monitoring.


Thirteen experiments on spring cereals were carried out from 1952 to 1954 to compare broadcasting with combine-drilling for nitrophosphate and for mixtures of superphosphate plus equivalent nitrogen. Broadcast nitrophosphate was of little value; drilled dressings were much more effective. Superphosphate drilled with the seed produced consistently higher yields than broadcast superphosphate. Superphosphate plus equivalent nitrogen gave higher average yields than nitrophosphate both when broadcast and when drilled. When the dressings were broadcast, superphosphate was markedly superior to nitrophosphate, but when the fertilizers were drilled with the seed, average yields with superphosphate were only a little higher than with nitrophosphate. Nitrophosphates may be substituted for mixtures containing water-soluble phosphorus for cereals providing that they are drilled with the seed. Since nitrophosphates do not make cereals grow as rapidly as does superphosphate, even when drilled with the seed, such materials may give poor crops in conditions where the plants need a rapid start. The nitrophosphate tested contained rather more than one-quarter of its phosphorus in water-soluble form; the improved early growth observed where nitrophosphate was combine-drilled may have been largely due to this fraction of the fertilizer.


The contribute describes the ECJ decision Miljoen which treats the compliance with the European fundamental freedoms of the outbound taxation of the dividends distributed by Dutch Funds to non-resident companies and individuals.


In article for research of dynamic characteristics of the created Converter with mobile electromagnetic screens and with the distributed parameters, the parametric block diagram is made. Based on the parametric block diagram, the analytical equation of the output voltage in the operator form is compiled for the dynamic mode. In order to study the dynamic properties of the transducer with moving electromagnetic screens and distributed parameters, the influence of input values on the reaction of the transducer is considered. On the basis of the revealed expressions the nonlinearities of the transient process are considered.


It is difficult for human operator to control complex and large system by hand, because the delay of system response could be long. Although some previous studies characterized the progress in the manual control, the relation between the operator's progress and mental activity was not clear. In this study, we tried to make the relation clear and conducted a simulation experiment to compare the subject's performances and background electroencephalograms (EEGs). The EEGs were measured based on international 10–20 method while the subject controlled a target on the simulator. The subjects were 12 male students ranging from 19 to 23 years old. As the results, we found that the amplitude of theta waves at frontal region was getting higher when the subjects were under the unexpected condition.


Ionizing radiations affect installed electronics, limit equipment lifetimes and eventually alter materials both in space applications as well as high energy accelerators and physics experiments. In order to monitor radiation levels and predict equipment and material lifetimes, an accurate radiation dosimetry is highly important and very challenging often due to two main reasons: (i) large areas and (ii) extended dose range of interest.


The invention discloses a ceramic composite material. The ceramic composite material contains the following materials in parts by weight: 100 parts of polyolefine, 0-100 parts of silicon rubber, 1-100 parts of silica, 0-30 parts of silicone oil, 0.00001-10 parts of platinum in platinum complex or platinum compound, 0-10 parts of coupling agent, 1-250 parts of ceramic powder, 0-10 parts of antioxidant and 0.01-10 parts of vulcanizing agent. A preparation method of the ceramic composite material comprises the steps of milling the materials in a kneader, vacuumizing, adding into the kneader, milling uniformly to form lumpish ceramic rubber, cooling, adding the vulcanizing agent, and carrying out open milling, thereby obtaining the ceramic composite material. The ceramic composite material is easy to process and low in production cost and can be ablated into a ceramic-like shell, so as to protect an ablated object from being damaged. According to the ceramic composite material disclosed by the invention, due to the addition of the platinum complex or platinum compound, the sintering temperature for the ceramic composite material can be lowered, and the reaction rate of preparation can be increased, so that the production efficiency is increased, and the production cost is reduced.


A task group on colorimetry was set up under the JCIC Ad Hoc Committee on Color Television to investigate and report on the possibility of standardizing the color rendition characteristics of color television cameras, both live and film. We have defined good color reproduction as: "The reproduced color shall have the same tristimulus values as the original illuminated by Illuminant D6500." An aim television system which meets this standard for good color has been developed. It is represented by a mathematical model and serves as a standard for the evaluation of real systems. Data for real systems can be put into this model for comparison. Calculations have shown that a camera matrix can compensate for a number of colorimetric errors of television cameras. This computational approach has also been useful in pointing out other problem areas in the colorimetry of television systems.


Delirium is a transient syn? drome consisting of an altered level of conscious? ness and memory impairment, perceptual disturbance, or both that develops over a short time and fluctuates in severity during the course of the day. According to die Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition, "The essential feature of a delirium is a distur? bance of consciousness that is accompanied by a change in cognition that cannot be better accounted for by ? preexisting or evolving dementia [emphasis added]."1 Delkium?formerly known as acute confusion?can


The ionization potentials of trans‐diazene, cis‐diazene and 1,1‐dihydrodiazine (in its singlet state) have been computed by a many‐body Green's function method. For trans‐diazene all calculated ionization potentials are within 0.3 eV of the measured values. Koopmans' theorem supplies the correct ordering only for trans‐diazene, but fails for the other two molecules. The electronic structures of the three molecules differ considerably. The ordering of the ionization potentials is for trans‐diazene: n+, π, n−, σ+(NH), σ−(NH), and σ (NN); for cis‐diazene: n−, n+, π, σ+(NH), σ−(NH), and σ (NN); and for H2NN: n−, n+, π, σ−(NH), σ+(NH), and σ (NN). The n+/n− splitting is calculated to be 5.3, 3.6, and 5.7 eV, respectively. The vibrational structure in the photoelectron spectrum of trans‐diazene and trans‐diazene‐d2 is computed and compared to the experimental one. Similarly looking bands in the spectra of N2H2 and N2D2 may arise from quite different couplings.


Customer churn prediction is one of the biggest challenges for companies nowadays. Since the loss of customers directly affects the organization's reputation, financial and growth plans. Customer behaviours may change due to any uncontrollable factors or unexpected circumstances, resulting in changing patterns of data. This may aggravate the prediction performance of the classifiers generated from supervised learning technique considered as Passive learning. This paper has thus proposed applying the technique of reinforcement learning for customer churn prediction. The model of Deep Q Network (DQN) is implemented and adapted for learning on the selected customer churn dataset used for classification tasks. We simulate a different distribution dataset with shuffle sampling to embrace pattern changes. The performance of the selected classifiers, compared to DQN, has been evaluated with four measures: accuracy, precision, recall, and F1. The results showed that as Active learner, DQN outperformed the selected classifiers, XGBoost, Random forest, and kNN, when data have been enlarged and evolving with emerging new patterns.


Background: We tried to understand whether or not there is a long term effect of smoking on the body weight. Method: Consecutive daily smokers at least with a history of one pack-year and age and sex-matched non-smokers were studied. Results: The study included 247 smokers (173 males) and 167 non-smokers (112 males). The mean age of smokers was 46.2 years, and 70.0% of them were males. Plasma triglycerides (163.1 versus 151.3 mg/dL, p < 0.05), low density lipoproteins (LDL) (123.8 versus 117.5 mg/dL, p < 0.05), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) (10.6 versus 9.3 mm/h, p < 0.05), and C-reactive protein (CRP) (2.3 versus 2.0 mg/L, p < 0.05) were higher in the smokers. Whereas high density lipoproteins (HDL) (40.9 versus 44.0 mg/dL, p < 0.05) and fasting plasma glucose (FPG) (102.3 versus 111.6 mg/dL, p = 0.007) values and prevalence of diabetes mellitus (8.9% versus 14.3%, p < 0.05) were lower in the smokers. Interestingly, the body weight (76.1 versus 74.7 kg) and body mass index (BMI) (26.6 versus 26.5 kg/ m 2 ) were higher in the smokers, nonsignificantly ( p > 0.05 for both). Smokers had a mean history of 20.5 ± 15.0 (1-100) pack years. Conclusion: Smoking may cause a low-grade systemic inflammation on vascular endothelium terminating with an accelerated atherosclerosis-induced end-organ insufficiencies all over the body. Plasma triglycerides, LDL, ESR, and CRP may be positive whereas HDL and FPG negative acute phase reactants indicating such inflammatory effects in the body. Probably due to the low-grade nature of inflammation caused by smoking, the body weight and BMI were not suppressed in the smokers in long term.


This article explains how and why to involve teachers and students as playwrights "commissioned" to write, revise, read, rehearse, and perform Readers Theatre scripts that fulfill a dual purpose: They must inform (about curriculum topics) and entertain. Curriculum-Based Readers Theatre (CBRT) differs from traditional Readers Theatre in that its script topics come directly from classroom curriculum content, not from published scripts or stories. CBRT scripts can be created specifically to address a wide variety of local, state, and national standards of learning. They can also be created to accommodate large casts (i.e., an entire class), with many possibilities for all students to read and speak. CBRT challenges students to create an accurate script that will evoke audience interest. This motivates students to infuse their writing with humor, contemporary references and expressions, sarcasm, and other uses of language. Repeatedly reading and rehearsing scripts based on curriculum content increase the likelihood that students will practice fluent reading, retain information, and perform better on assessments. Theatrical skills such as vocal volume, expression, and effective use of gestures are also among CBRT goals. CBRT classroom activities merge drama, theater, writing, reading, speaking, listening, and content learning.


It is an object of the invention to provide a fuel / oil filling port of a fuel tank in which a lid which is biased to one side on which an opening formed in a fuel tank of the fuel / oil-filling opening is closed, on the inside of the fuel tank is housed in such a way that the cover on one side is operated, at which the fuel / oil filler port is opened, according to an insertion operation of a fuel / oil supply means comprising a fuel / oil filler neck, the fuel / oil filling port may prevent the opening of the fuel / oil filler opening by an object other than the fuel / oil supply means. To the solution, a to a fuel tank (11) proposed mounted lid locking mechanism (50) provided with a lid (25) is in a closed position in engagement when no insertion operation of a fuel / oil supply means (28) is carried out in order to keep the closed position of the lid (25), and according to insertion operation of the fuel / oil supply means (28) an actuation of the lid (25) to the side of an open position allowed.


Objective To observe the impacts of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells(MSCs) combined with vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF) gene transplantation on cardiomyocyte apoptosis and expressions of apoptosis-association protein Bcl-2,Bax and Caspase-3 and explore the potential mechanisms in a porcine acute myocardial infarction(AMI) model.Methods The bone marrow MSCs were isolated and cultured in vitro and transferred with adenovirus-mediated VEGF(Ad.VEGF) gene.The porcine AMI model was established by balloon closure method.The minipigs were randomly divided into four groups(n = 4 each) for different aim after one week:groupⅠ(intracoronary infusion of 100 μl auto-MSCs transferred with Ad.VEGF gene),groupⅡ(intracoronary infusion of 100 μl auto-MSCs non-transferred with Ad.VEGF gene),group Ⅲ(intracoronary infusion of 50 μl auto-VEGF plasmid) and group Ⅳ(intracoronary infusion of 100 μl phosphate buffer solution as a control).Four weeks later,the heart function was determined by echocardiography in vivo,then the minipigs were killed and the hearts were dissected for measuring cardiomyocyte apoptosis and the expressions of apoptosis-association protein in vitro.The cardiomyocyte apoptosios was measured by TdT-mediated dUTP nick end labeling(TUNEL) method,and the cardiomyocyte apoptosis index(AI) was calculated.The expression levels of Bcl-2,Bax and Caspase-3 protein in cardiomyocyte were measured by immunohistochemical method.Results(1) Echocardiogram showed that ejection fraction(EF) and left ventricular fractional shortening rate(FS) were significantly improved compared with before intervention in groups Ⅰ,Ⅱ and Ⅲ(P 0.01 or P 0.05),and the improvement of heart function in group Ⅰwas the most obvious(P 0.01).The heart function remained unchanged before and after intervention in group Ⅳ(P 0.05).(2) The results of TUNEL showed that the AI value and the expression levels of Bax and Caspase-3 proteins in cardiomyocytes were all the lowest(P 0.01 or P 0.05),and the expression level of Bcl-2 protein was the highest(P 0.05) in group Ⅰcompared with the other groups.Conclusions Bone marrow MSCs combined with VEGF gene transplantation to porcine AMI region has the effects of promoting angiogenesis,decreasing cardiomyocyte apoptosis,inhibiting expressions of Bax and Caspase-3,enhancing the expressions of Bcl-2 and thus improving heart function.


The Constitution of the United States of America grants a set of rights and responsibilities to each separate branch of government, including the U.S.Congress, the U.S.President, and the U.S.Supreme Court.The U.S.Constit ution induces that the formation and execution of the U.S.trade lawis also a complex process of interaction between the Congressand thePresident.Although theU.S.Constitution grantspower totheCongresstoregulatecommercewith foreign nations, it has to delegate power and authority to the President and the Administrative Department to deal with the trade affairs, because the power-decentralization and operation-complexityofthe Congress make it hard tocope with inconstant occurrences.