Objective To investigate the feasibility of using mammary areola edge incision for breast fibroadenoma far from mammary areola.Methods Totally 220 patients with breast fibroadenoma 3 cm far from mammary areola edge were collected and divided into experiment group(n=120) and control group(n=100).Mammary areola edge incision was applied in experiment group while traditional incision was used in control group.Indexes of scar,lactation,hematoma,disconnect time and operation time were observed.Results All incisions were recovered well,disconnection was conducted within 6~7 days after operation.Twenty cases(20%) and 90 cases(75%) with scar size less than 0.2 cm were observed in control group and experimental group respectively,statistic differences between the two groups were existed(P0.01).Indexes of lactation,hematoma,disconnect time were similar between the two groups.Operation time was longer in experiment group than that in control group.Conclusions It's safe and feasible to use mammary areola edge incision for breast fibroadenoma far from mammary areola.Both therapeutic and cosmetic effects can be achieved.


To earn CME credit you must read the articles and complete the examination below, answering at least 70% of the questions correctly. Mail a photocopy (subscribers and nonsubscribers) or fax (subscribers only) of the completed answer sheet to the Office of Continuing Education, Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute, Inc., 770 Township Line Road, Suite 300, Yardley, PA 19067; fax: (267) 757-0651. Only the first entry will be considered for credit and must be postmarked or faxed by September 26, 2009. Answer sheets will be graded and certificates will be mailed to each participant two times per year: the first certificate will cover CME credit earned for the January through June period; the second certificate will cover CME credit earned for the July through December period. The answers for this examination will appear in the October 2009 issue of Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey.


By telling the story of the "invisible woman"—a character traditionally silenced and effaced in fiction—The Color Purple challenges patriarchal constructions of femininity and female desire and makes representation itself a compelling issue. Initially, the great twentieth-century cultural narratives of sexuality and socialization, Freud's oedipal theory and Lévi-Strauss's theory of kinship systems and the exchange of women, are played out in the drama of Celie's life. But this differently crafted, quilted novel is also differently sexual; it replots the heroine's text within an alternative framework of desire and disrupts the symbolic order with its carnivalesque celebration of polymorphously perverse pleasure.


The purpose of this study is exploring the expressional characteristics of organic fashion design different from the past by analyzing the expressional characteristics of organic fashion design dependent on the digital paradigm and simultaneously suggesting the theoretical data required to understand the changing trend of organic design in relation to the paradigm of the age. The results of the research is as follows; The expressional characteristics of organic fashion design according to the digital age appeared to have same aspects. Pluralism respecting multi-culture, hybrid of multi-meaning image, circulation that can consistently circulated, non-hierarchical post-structure, de-boundarythrough dissolution of genres, digital nomad considering mobility, human centered through significant sensitivity, de-materialization of assimilation between reality and non-reality, conceptualization given the concept of designer, technology combining with digital technology. This study found that organic fashion design in the digital age has the same conceptual context as periodical paradigm freely circulating consistently by organically combining each individual. This can be understood as the trend of design implied in conceptual context that organic fashion design requires periodical paradigm.


The northern hemisphere 700-mbar contour heights from 20° to 70°N for the period 1947–1970 are studied in conjunction with 272 key days, where the daily increase of the Ci index equals or exceeds 1.0. The superposed epoch method is applied from 33 days before to 66 days after the key day for a variety of zonal and meridional indices. It is shown that the 700-mbar height difference between 20° and 55°N increases significantly in winter 4 days following geomagnetic disturbance (in summer a less prominent but statistically significant increase is found 2 days earlier). The effect is most clear in winter in the quadrant 90°–175°W and corresponds to a 7% increase in the mean geostrophic westerly flow. The statistical significance of the results is established by applying Student's t test to the difference of each daily mean from the continuum. Synoptic analyses of the departures of the mean 700-mbar contour heights from seasonal climatology following geomagnetic disturbance reveal that the effect proceeds with the growth and development of large negative centers in the latitude belt 40°–60°N and smaller positive departures at lower latitudes.


OBJECTIVE To study the clinical distribution and the drug resistance of extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli. METHODS The clinical isolates were identified by VITEK-60 of Bio-Merieux of France. K-B agar diffusion method and confirmed test were used to detect the drug resistance of ESBLs-producing K. pneumoniae and E. coli. RESULTS The incidence of ESBLs was 52.8% in E. coli and 63.5% in K. pneumoniae. E. coli was mostly isolated from urine (22.1%). The second was isolated from pus/wound (11.7%). Majority strains were isolated from surgical and pediatric wards. K. pneumoniae was mostly isolated from sputum and throat swab (37.8%), 21.8% from neonate ward and 16% from child ICU. CONCLUSIONS To cure infections caused by ESBLs-producing K. pneumoniae and E. coli, imipenem is the best choice and piperacillin/tazobactam is the second choice.


The basic idea of the discreet penalty and the discreet death penalty in criminal procedure is an important part of our traditional legal culture,and it has a long history.After a long-term development it is not a concept of the past.This thesis explains the developing process of the basic idea of discreet penalty and the discreet death penalty in criminal procedure then analyzes its establishing basis and summarizes its primary manifestation and judicial value,and meanwhile,discloses the revelation for the present criminal justice.


Recently the authors found that vanadium exhibits a marked depressive interference on the chromium absorption when the solution containing vanadium, chromium, and hydroxylamine is nebulized in an air-acetylene flame. This phenomenon was applied to the indirect determination of vanadium.A sample containing 25300 μg of vanadium was taken in a 50 ml volumetric flask, and 5 ml of 250 μg/ ml of chromium, 5 ml of hydroxylamine hydrochloride solution (1.4M), and 2.5 ml of hydrochloric acid (1 M) were added to it, then the mixture was diluted to 50 ml with water. The solution was nebulized in the flame, and the chromium absorption was measured. The following conditions were used : lamp current, 10 mA; air flow, 6.6 l/min; acetylene flow, 1.6 l/min. The height in the flame at which the measurements were made was 8 mm above the burner top. The chromium line used was 3579 A.A small amount (0.56 μg/ml) of vanadium has been successfully determined by this method. The sensitivity of the method was 0.2 μg/ml.


To those scientists and researchers who use microscopes with video or digital cameras for the purpose of capture and display, there has always existed a fundamental problem, namely, imaging large tissue samples at high resolution. For some time, conventional technology has allowed video cameras to be attached to microscopes. The signal generated by these cameras can be captured and saved to a computer's hard drive using a frame grabber. A typical image capture and display resolution is 640 by 480 (307,200) pixels. Although the image produced is 'good', it is by no means considered 'high resolution'. For the sake of discussion, 'high resolution' is defined as greater than 1,000 x 1,000 (1,000,000) pixels. High resolution images are essential for medical applications. Today's modern digital cameras can meet or exceed this value. The human eye, if compared to these examples, has the equivalent resolution of greater than 5,000 x 5,000 (25,000,000) pixels.


In this deliverable we summarize the rationale, motivation, and functionality of the NeOn Toolkit plug-in for visualizing ontologies in the NeOn Toolkit based on the notion of ontology summaries and key concepts that are most likely to describe the topical focus of a given ontology. This approach offers an alternative to the usual top-down browsing of extensive ontological trees, and our preliminary studies show that people are more likely to comprehend the topicality of a given ontology from the key concept than they would be from the top-level classes.


Executing composed Web services in a transactional way requires coordination. WS-Coordination is a specification that can be exploited in developing coordinators for various types of transactions, which are based on Web services. WS-AtomicTransaction and WS-BusinessActivity are protocols that use WS-Coordination to define coordination types for short running atomic transactions and long-duration business transactions. A drawback of these coordination protocols is that they only recover from semantic failures but not from communication and system failures. In order to avoid this disadvantage, we have exploited WS-Coordination in developing a coordinator, which also recovers from communication and system failures. This, however, requires that the coordinator as well as the participants of the protocol have to keep a log in a stable storage. In this paper, we present the protocol and illustrate its functionality by an example.


English Abstract: This paper studies the impact of cognitive abilities and social trust on stock market ownership decisions. We set up a theoretical framework based on the portfolio choice model and find that these two distinct channels not only contribute to lowering the threshold of investment in stocks, but also help to increase the optimal proportion invested in stocks. Exploiting the survey data from China Family Panel Studies in 2012, we find that, all other things equal, cognitive abilities and social trust can significantly add to the possibility of households' participation in stock market, and conditional on participation, the proportion invested in stocks is higher. These results are robust to different models and samples. Our research provides a beneficial perspective to understand the limited stock market participation and deepen the reforms of Chinese capital markets.


The article aims at developing an efficient and stable catalysts for simultaneous hydrogenation of o-chloronitrobenzene to o-chloroaniline and 1,4-butanediol dehydrogenation to γ-butyrolactone. A series of CoO-Cu-MgO catalysts, composed of 10 wt% of copper, various amount of cobalt loadings (1, 5 and 10 wt%) and remaining of MgO were developed by co-precipitation followed by thermal treatment. o-Chloroaniline and γ-butyrolactone were the main products with high yield of 85% and 90%, respectively. The advantage of the coupling process is that the hydrogenation reaction was conducted without external hydrogen, demonstrating minimize the hydrogen consumption known as hydrogen economy route. From N2O characterization results, the high activity of 5CoO-10Cu-MgO was found that it has high amount of Cu species (Cu0/Cu+1) which govern the stable activity and selectivity on time on stream study in presence of cobalt in Cu-MgO.


Objective To observe the long-term results of lamina osteotomy replantation.Methods To follow up 36 patients with lamina osteotomy replantation operation for over five years to observe clinical efficacy,and study clinical effect and healing of replantation in 12 patients by x-film and CT.Results Clinical efficacy: 28 cases as best,6 for better,2 for good: The healing of replantation: 10 cases as healed,2 cases as unhealed.Conclusion Lamina osteotomy replantation as a route to vertebral canal is a good operation mode to treat lumbar diseases in the aspects of clinical efficacy,healing of replantation and restoring of the normal lumbar structure.


Since microarray data acquire tens of thousands of gene expression values simultaneously, they could be very useful in identifying the phenotypes of diseases. However, the results of analyzing several microarray datasets which were independently carried out with the same biological objectives, could turn out to be different. One of the main reasons is attributable to the limited number of samples involved in one microarray experiment. In order to increase the classification accuracy, it is desirable to augment the sample size by integrating and maximizing the use of independently-conducted microarray datasets. In this paper, we propose a two-stage approach which firstly integrates individual microarray datasets to overcome the problem caused by limited number of samples, and identifies informative genes, secondly builds a classifier using only the informative genes. The classifier from large samples by integrating independent microarray datasets achieves high accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity on independent test sample dataset


Bias of magnetometers and target total value is obtained precisely via calibration equipment. Then, real time calibration weight matrix is obtained using LMS adaptive algorithm. It is proved through experiment that bias is obtained with good stability and accuracy compared with parameter estimation; after calibration, diversionary error is reduced from 33nT to 4nT. Furthermore, diversionary error is calibrated well using a proton magnetometer without rotating the magnetometer over one circle. Experiment results show that it not only reduces diversionary error fluctuation but also eliminates system error compared with other methods.


The H.266/versatile video coding (VVC) standard is the most recent ITU/ISO video coding standard finalized in July 2020. VVC includes several new coding tools at different levels of the coding scheme. These coding tools enable a significant bitrate saving of up to 50% for the same subjective video quality than its predecessor H.265/high efficiency video coding (HEVC). Among these tools, we can cite the multiple transform selection (MTS) which selects at the encoder horizontal and vertical transforms among three trigonometrical transforms, including discrete cosine transform (DCT) type II, discrete sine transform (DST) type VII and DCT type VIII. Unlike the DCT-II, the DST-VII does not have efficient fast algorithmic implementation. Moreover, the MTS increases the memory usage required to store the coefficients of the three transforms. Consequently, this paper targets an efficient approximation of the DST-VII kernel based on the DCT-II and adjustment stage. The approximation of the DST-VII is modeled as an integer optimization problem jointly minimizing the error and the orthogonality of the approximate DST-VII under sparsity constraint of the adjustment stage. The sparse nonlinear optimizer (SNOPT) solver with an additional relaxation constraint is used to solve the problem and find the best sparse adjustment band matrices for different transform sizes. The DCT-VIII is then computed from the approximate DST-VII with pre/post processing operations involving only sign changes and input/output reordering. The proposed approximation provides a significant reduction in both arithmetic operations and memory usage. Moreover, it preserves the coding gain brought by the MTS under the VVC reference software. These advantages make our solution suitable for energy-efficient hardware H.266//VVC encoders and decoders deployed on consumer electronic devices.


In the networked business environment it is a challenge to choose partners, contractors and the preliminary structure of the project. Both the contractors and the end customer need a means for formalising, analysing and visualising the early project planning phase. Existing and developing communication methods are not enough in project planning. The early negotiation phase can be made more concrete by a distributed project simulation tool. This tool can be used by the project managers and strategic personnel in participating companies on a practical level. If the project scheme and resource profiles are handily available to each party, project goals, product modules and subcontractor combinations can be matched during the negotiation sessions. The aim of the paper is to find solutions for early project planning phase in modern networked environment. The focus is on consortium as a virtual enterprise, on business practices and various problems in project management. The paper introduces Simo-2 software and explains how it can be used in preliminary project planning. It discusses today's business environment, which drives companies to form more efficient business networks. The overall model of Simo-2 as well as the software architecture used are also described.


Part I、探討薑黃素抑制肺癌細胞端粒酶活性及分子調控機轉 Telomerase maintains chromosomal length and stability thus leading to cellular immortalisation. The hTERT (human telomerase reverse transcriptase) subunit seems to be the rate-limiting determinant of telomerase and knowledge of factors controlling hTERT transcription may be useful in therapeutic strategies. This study was aimed at identifying the molecular mechanisms by which curcumin inhibits telomerase activity in the A549 lung cancer adenocarcinoma cell. Curcumin caused a significant reduction of telomerase activity as detected using the telomeric repeat amplification protocol, and inhibition correlated with decreased hTERT mRNA. Western blot analysis showed that curcumin significantly decreased hTERT protein in a dose-dependent manner. The results were also confirmed by transient transfection of A549 cells with pGL3-Basic plasmid constructs containing the functional hTERT promoter sequences cloned upstream of luciferase reporter gene with curcumin. It indicated that E-box have the ability to regulation hTERT promoter activity. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays demonstrated that binding activity of c-Myc transcription factor to the E-box sequence on the hTERT promoter was inhibited in response to curcumin. Here, hTERT protein was found only in the cytoplasm and not detectably in the nucleus by curcumin. These observations suggest that curcumin enhances telomerase decrease is accompanied by change in hTERT protein location. Part II ALIMTA抑制肺癌細胞機轉之探討 Pemetrexed (ALIMTATM) was approved as a second-line, single-agent treatment of locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In vitro studies have shown that Pemetrexed inhibits thymidylate synthase (TS), dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR), and glycinamide ribonucleotide formyltransferase (GARFT), all folate-dependent enzymes involved in the de novo biosynthesis of thymidine and purine nucleotides. Here we have evaluated the potential anti-cancer action of Pemetrexed. Pemetrexed was able to inhibit the tumor cells growth as compared to the control with significant differences by colony formation (p<0.05). To study the difference of gene expression patterns by Pemetrexed in non-small cell lung cancer, the oligo GEArry system were used to determine the regulation corresponding to 480 genes. Our results showed different expression of p53、p21 and Lipocalin 2 genes associated with cell cycle and angiogenesis. The cell cycle distribution was analyzed in cells exposed to Pemetrexed by flow cytometry. Pemetrexed induced G1 phase arrest, probably p53-independent by p21 expression. We thus demonstrate a novel mechanism by Pemetrexed, leads directly to cell cycle arrest by p21, may be a useful approach to enhance pemetrexed-based chemotherapy.


With the tremendous growth of sensitive records on cloud, cloud security is getting more necessary than even before. The cloud data and offerings reside in hugely scalable statistics centers and can be accessed everywhere. The increase of the cloud customers been accom-panied with a growth in malicious undertaking in the cloud. More and more vulnerabilities are discovered, and nearly every day new security advisories are published .In this regard to protect data from leaking, users need to encrypt the data before outsourcing. The Cloud service provider (CSP) should ensure integrity, availability, privacy and confidentiality of user data. The objective of this paper aims to provide a solution that ensures the storage of data securely in the cloud. A Proposed an algorithm as enhanced-key policy attribute-based encryption scheme (KP-ABE) for data security in cloud storage .Data owners encrypt their secret data for the data receivers using enhanced KP-ABE algorithm. By applying proposed algorithm overall key generation, Encryption and decryption time is minimized.


Argentina is the fourth highest consumer of sweetened drinks, and the first consumer of soda in the world. In this paper we estimate a quadratic almost ideal demand system (QUAIDS) to explore demand for a number of sweetened and unsweetened beverages in Argentina. We use two household surveys: the last one available, performed in 2012-2013, and the previous one, carried over in 2004-2005. We explore expenditure shares and own and cross price elasticities. These results can shed light on a discussion that was held in 2017 in Congress towards the design of a tax reform on sweet beverages that will affect consumers, farmers, and the retail and food industries. Our results support the notion that a tax applied to highly sweetened beverages will affect consumption: for every 1% increase in price there will be a 1.32% drop in quantity purchased. In addition,we find that for every 1% price increase in highly sweetened beverages there will be a 1.12% increase in the amount of dairy beverages purchased. Acknowledgement :


Purpose

China has formally implemented equity incentive for more than 10 years; thus, a considerable number of equity incentive programs has entered the exercise period. This means that it is time to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the incentive effects of equity incentive throughout the whole implementation phase. The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between equity incentive, enterprise's risk taking and risk decisions in China.

Design/methodology/approach

Using sensitivity of executives' wealth and stock price (Delta) to measure the alignment effect and using sensitivity of executives' wealth and stock return volatility (Vega) to measure the risk-taking effect, this paper aims to empirically test the relation of equity incentive and enterprise's risk taking and risk decisions.

Findings

The authors find that Vega is positively related to risk taking; however, this improvement was mainly reflected in the private enterprises rather than state-owned enterprises. In terms of corporate policy choice, the authors find that Vega is positively related to firm focus and leverage. But, they have not found that Vega can promote R&D investment.

Originality/value

Existing studies have mostly concerned about the executives' opportunistic behavior; however, analyses of the positive effect of equity incentive are limited. The authors use a combination of risk-taking incentives and alignment incentives to test the relationship between equity incentive and risk taking.


Since the first commercially viable video codec formats appeared in the early 1990s, we have seen the emergence of a plethora of compressed digital video formats, from MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 to recent codecs such as HEVC and VP9. Each new format offers certain advantages over its predecessors. However, the increasing variety of codec formats poses many questions for anyone involved in collecting, archiving and delivering digital video content, such as:


This article gives a critique of the methodology of OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). It is argued that PISA is invalidated by the fact that the methodology chosen does not constitute an adequate operationalisation of the question of inquiry. Therefore, contrary to the claims of PISA, PISA is not an assessment of the 'knowledge and skills for life' of students, but only of 'knowledge and skills in assessment situations'. Even this latter form of assessment is not fully reliable, however, because of problems at the level of concrete test items and because of an inherent confusion of relative and absolute evaluation.


Energy levels of ground- and excited shallow acceptor states in quantum wells (QWs) have been calculated in the presence of an external magnetic field within a four-band effective-mass theory, in which the valence-band mixing as well as the mismatch of the band parameters and the dielectric constants between well and barrier materials have been taken into account. The energy separations between the ground and different excited acceptor states are deduced at various magnetic fields. The g-factors of the acceptor 1S3/2 ground states and the 2P3/2 excited states are obtained for QWs with different well widths. The oscillator strengths of the acceptor infrared transitions in QWs corresponding to the G, D, and C lines of acceptors in bulk GaAs have also been calculated vs magnetic field up to 10 T.


The kinetics of reduction of Ce(IV) by ascorbic acid has been studied in H2SO•• HNOs and HCIO. media with a view to understanding the reaction mechanism and the nature of the reactive Ce(IV) species. The order in [ascorbic acid] is found to be unity in all the media, but in [Ce(IV)j it is one in H,SO, and fractional in HNOa and HCIO.. The mechanism in H2S04 has been explained by a simple bimolecular reaction, but in HNOa and HCIO. through the formation of a Ce(IV)-ascorbic acid complex. The formation constant (K) of the complex and the rate constant (k) have been evaluated. The effect of [H+], ionic strength and solvent (acetic acid) has been studied to establish the reactive Ce(IV) species.


1: Legal decisions In the field of legal informatics research it has also been argued that knowledge based systems, and especially expert systems, could be of considerable assistance to lawyers and, therefore, many experiments have been carried out on automated advisory systems. An expert system is software that simulates the reasoning of one or more human experts (usually the author or authors of the program) and is able to transfer its specialized knowledge to users. These are normally specialized users (such as for instance judges, lawyers or notaries in case the application is oriented to the law). However, a system cannot be called "expert" when it only provides expertise, even if it is that of more than one expert. "The system as De Mulder argues must be able to learn, to communicate in natural languages and to make unexpected replies; that is, it should possess its own creativity" [10]. In order to make it of some practical utility, the system should contain, apart from expert knowledge, general and formal principles that are the bases of interpretation and the practical application of the law, both by the legislator and the courts. In short, it should contain all those elements constituting "empirical knowledge" or "knowledge of reality". Supplying systems with this kind of knowledge would mean studying the construction of models of legal phenomena more closely (for example, it would be valuable to analyse the effects of national legislation in order to evaluate how a law is applied in practice, how words are used in the text, what meaning is to be given to words and phrases). These studies are, however, very complex and up until now experiments of this kind have still not been carried out, with the result that we cannot talk about real knowledge based systems in law. The experiments implemented so far may only be defined as "legal advisory systems", "legal aid systems" and not as "expert systems" or "knowledge based systems" or "Artificial Intelligence systems". We are dealing with programs informing and supporting the user in specific domains, on the basis of wide legal knowledge. They are all the more useful when they are structured to work as "checking" tools, like a kind of memory for the user regarding facts and data that has to be taken into account when deciding on a particular case [17] [25]. When there is no unambiguous interpretation for a particular law and the decisions made for analogous cases are controversial, it is certainly not enough to consult and ask a group of experts to discuss the matter among them, for the purpose of evaluating their answers and then choosing, on the basis of quantitative criteria, the solution to adopt as a reply in the system. Undoubtedly, knowledge of legal authority and legal precedents is useful but cannot lead to a conclusive evaluation [18]. The very concept of analogy is subjective. It is precisely in making these choices that the lawyer's professional ability is manifested. Judges also are not always capable of discussing the theoretical categories they use in decision making. They must worry about defining the concrete case and not about writing a treatise, whereby that which is read in a decision is only a hint about something far wider and completely implicit. All judges have different ideas about how to construct the legal schemata and categories to which to refer. The level of analysis differs from case to case and from one judge to another in the same branch of the law. On the other hand, there is always an important relationship between facts and categories: the retrieval of certain facts instead of others implies the use of certain categories rather than others, like the categories in which it is assumed there is a certain type of factual knowledge that they are called upon to classify [19]. It is, therefore, difficult to think that all this complexity can be adequately dealt with in an automated system.


This study aims to determine whether there is an increase in student learning outcomes by using pair of learning models on the subject of fractions with the material change the fraction of the form of percent and vice versa in class V SD Negeri No.173299 Paniaran in academic Year 2017/2018. This study was conducted using Classroom Action Research. And the subject of this research is all the students of class V SD Negeri No. 173299 Paniaran totaling 36 people while the object in this study is the result of student learning. Before the test is used as a data collecting tool in this study, first test done to students of grade V SD Negeri No. 173299 Paniaran. The test results show that the test is valid because the coefficient is high and sufficient and has a high reliability of 0.794. Similarly, the differentiating power of each test item is very good, good, and sufficient and the degree of difficulty that is so that every test item is considered good to be tested. From the preliminary test results obtained that the results of student learning is lower because there are 27 students from 36 students have not achieved mastery learning with an average of 27.97 and 25% complete classical learning. After giving the action on the first cycle student's learning completeness level is 61% classical or there are 22 students who complete the study individually with an average value of 65.08. After the implementation on the second cycle students' learning completeness level to 88.89% or there are 32 students who complete the study individually with an average score of 70.83. Then it can be concluded that by using pair checks learning model can improve student learning outcomes.


This paper presents an attempt to reduce noise on a coal face and improve working environment.It gives both a mathematical model designed for relation of structure parameters of a drum and relative curves of the noise and diameter as well as width of a spiral drum of a shearer found by means of computer simulation.Results show that noise on a coalface increases along with the drum diameter;the noise tends to be slow when the diameter is larger than 1.4 m;a cutting resistant rises as drum width enlarges and noise on a coalface increases directly.Reasonable designe of two these parameters allows a shearer to complete breaking down and loading of coal and thus permits an effective reduction of the noise on a coalface.


Abstract Our aim was to design and validate a model of CT findings that predict suboptimal cytoreduction in primary surgery (PS) for Stage III–IV epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). We performed a retrospective review of preoperative CT scans of patients undergoing PS for EOC in a cancer centre in London, UK, between November 1995 and October 2003 (n = 91). Radiological features predictive of suboptimal cytoreduction were identified and the model tested in a second cohort undergoing PS in Manchester, June 2005 – March 2007 (n = 35). In the London cohort, liver surface disease and infrarenal para-aortic lymph node involvement predicted suboptimal cytoreduction with 80% accuracy. Accuracy of these predictors dropped to 63% when applied to the Manchester cohort. We concluded that CT prediction of suboptimal cytoreduction is unreliable and may not be reproducible. In the absence of favourable data from larger, prospective trials, it should not be used to guide management.


The South Pole has been an important site for unimaged helioseismology since 1979. With the rapid development of helioseismology, observations have evolved toward international network and space projects. Future observations from the South Pole will have an important role in validating data from low‐latitude networks, obtained certain measurements comparable only to those made in space and for imaged disk data. The utility of the South Pole could be enhanced by combining measurements ufrom the pole and at another Antarctic station such as Dome C.


It was Determined the current persistence components were significant in hydraulic designs of highland zone with sharp slopes. It was defined to examine the consequence of gradient, rapidity, depth and dimension of coarseness on the manning coarseness factor in this superficial river area. This is an investigational education about manning coarseness defined for highland zones protected by elements in three diverse dimensions and three slopes for dissimilar hydraulic situations in a flume of 8.3 m long, 0.8 m width and 0.5 m height under bed gradient of 0.0005. The current variations in contradiction of the Manning coarseness quantity were exposed, which comprises above hydraulic components considered. The herbal management, water balance are significant component drainage slope experimental. It was determined soil superficial roughness and hydraulic roughness factor are significant hydraulic resistance feature components. Exactly approximating the hydraulic roughness factor is significant to considerate instruments of drainage slope.


Purpose: This study intended to determine the maximum tolerated dose, safety, pharmacokinetic variables, clinical response, and pharmacodynamic markers of daily s.c. administration of Angiozyme. Patients and Methods: Patients with refractory solid tumors were enrolled in a dose escalation and expanded cohort design. Dose escalation involved cohorts of patients at doses of 10, 30, 100, or 300 mg/m2/d for 29 days. A second component enrolled 15 additional patients at a daily dose of 100 mg/m2. Patients were eligible to continue on therapy until disease progression. Results: Thirty-one patients were enrolled and 28 were evaluable (range, 29–505 days; median, 89.5 days). A maximum tolerated dose was not defined by toxicity but rather by the maximal deliverable dose of 300 mg/m2/d. Grade 1 to 2 injection site reactions were the most common toxicities. One patient in the 300 mg/m2 group experienced a reversible grade 3 injection site reaction. Angiozyme showed dose-dependent plasma concentrations with good bioavailability. Surrogate markers showed Angiozyme localization in tumor biopsies and a significant increase in serum von Willebrand factor antigen, a marker for endothelial cell dysfunction. Although Angiozyme-reactive antibody production was noted for some patients, no antibody-related adverse events were noted. Seven of 28 (25%) evaluable patients had stable disease for ≥6 months, with the longest treatment duration of ≥16 months. Two patients (nasopharyngeal carcinoma and melanoma) showed minor responses. Conclusion: Angiozyme was well tolerated with satisfactory pharmacokinetic variables for daily s.c. dosing. Results have provided the basis for subsequent clinical trials of this first-of-class biologically targeted therapeutic.


Aquaculture, is perceived as having the greatest potential to meet the growing demand for aquatic food. Crustaceans form one of the main value added components in aquaculture and among them, shrimp aquaculture is the predominant one. Industrial shrimp fanning, in combination with poor management in shrimp aquaculture, has quickly led to severe pollution in shrimp ponds, thereby creating a suitable environment for development of bacterial and virus diseases. White spot disease is one of the most deadly diseases that are caused heavy loss in all Penaeid shrimps family. In Iran during 2002 to 2004 in the Kuzestan province and in 2005 in Bushehr province, the most ponds and farms infected with white spot and the entire industry was facing threat of closure. Owing to the impact of WSSV infection to shrimp aquaculture, there is an urgent need to develop suitable strategies to protect cultured shrimps and make aquaculture more sustainable. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the possibility of protecting shrimp against white spot syndrome virus using bioencapsulated Anemia with E. coil containing the recombinant protein VP28, designed. Virus genome was extracted from naturally infected Litopenaeus vannamei in the Choebdch farms and VP28 gene by designed primers was amplified, extracted, purified and cloned in E. coli TGI. Protein expression evaluated and inactivated bacteria containing recombinant protein encapsulated in Artemia nauplii. White shrimp post larvae stage 5 were fed for 5 days with recombinant nauplii and twice on days 7 and 25 after feeding with Artemia nauplii were challenged with white spot virus. The results of the first experiment revealed that cumulative mortality percent in the group receiving the bacteria containing recombinant plasmid (pMal + VP28) was %14.44±1.11 and the relative percent survival %80.30±1.51. In this group the mortality rates in the various repetitions varied from the 13.33% to 16.66% and relative percent survival of 77.27% to 81.81%. in the Non-recombinant plasmid group (pMal) Mean percent mortality was% 33.33±3.84 and the Relative Percent Survival %54.54±5.24 and in the group that received bacteria contained no recombinant plasmid the Mean cumulative mortality percent was%48.88 ± 5.87 and Relative Percent Survival%33.33± 8.01.


The aim of this study is to investigating participation levels of hotel employees in the dimensions of strategic human resources management. To achieve this, we present to what extent hotel employees participated in the dimensions of strategic human resources management. The success of hotel business in undertaking the wishes and expectations of its employees will motivate them and will contribute to the managers and companies. The research data was derived from employees working full-time shifts in a five-star hotel. At the end of the research, it's stated that most of the employees participated in the dimensions of strategic human resources management. However, it's determined that most of the employees had a middle level participation according to the statements that produce the dimensions strategic human resources management. As a result, it's deduced that employees in hotels care about the dimensions of strategic human resources management and participate in them. The fact that the data was gathered from only one five-star hotel is an important constraint of this study.


Peter Fitting, Director of the Cinema Studies Program at the University of Toronto
regards this book as "somewhere between a hobby and an obsession," drawing, as it
does, on his interest in literary utopias and science fiction. In it he traces the theme of
a subterranean world through some fifteen novels, from the anonymous Relation d'un
voyage du Pole Arctique au Pole Antarctique (1721) to Edgar Rice Burroughs's At the
Earth's Core (1914). Each chapter offers a brief introduction, including a synopsis of the
narrative, followed by extracts from the novel, chosen to indicate how the adventurer-narrator
arrived there, a description of the subterranean world, how it is illuminated
and, where appropriate, the society that exists there.


Problem setting. The problem of legalization (laundering) of money and other property acquired by criminal means is of great importance for Ukraine, because the criminalization of the economy is the main threat to the economic security of the state. In order to successfully combat this negative phenomenon, it is necessary to constantly develop and improve the processes of identification and analysis of financial transactions that are the objects of financial monitoring. Detection of such transactions requires clear criteria and indicators that allow you to quickly and accurately identify among the range of financial transactions those related to money laundering. The list of criteria and indicators of suspicion of financial transactions is large and sometimes ambiguous in terms of its interpretation and application. This issues is important because it is about the scope of law, the subjective rights of participants in financial transactions, the ownership of such persons in their assets and the level of trust in entities that provide financial and other services.

The purpose of the research is to study the legal norms in the field of establishment and classification of financial monitoring objects – types of financial transactions depending on the criteria and indicators developed by the subjects of state financial monitoring and supplemented by the subjects of primary financial monitoring.

Analysis of resent researches and publications. The solution of problems of legal regulation of the national system of financial monitoring in Ukraine (procedures, methods, risks, criteria, indicators etc.) was devoted to the works of such scientists as A. P. Gavrilishyn, I. M. Patyuta, B. M. Surkalo, O. E. Kostyuchenko, K. A. Kryvulya, Zh. I. Dovgan, I. G. Biryukova, V. M. Berizko and others. However, the issue of classifying financial monitoring objects according to the criteria and indicators of suspicion is important and necessary, because it is on such indicators that all activities in the field of financial monitoring are based and the results of such activities depend on their establishment.

Article's main body. The list of criteria and indicators of suspicion of financial transactions and their classification as objects of financial monitoring is quite wide. Their classification according to the relevant criteria is necessary and enshrined in law, which is important to prevent their unrestricted spread. At the same time, the subjects of state financial monitoring at their own discretion, but taking into account the main requirements of the legislation in the field of financial monitoring, develop and establish the grounds for classifying a financial transaction as an object of financial monitoring. In turn, the subjects of primary financial monitoring at their own discretion, but taking into account the rules and subjects of state financial monitoring, supplement, expand and improve this list in order, on the one hand, to prevent the legalization (laundering) of proceeds from illegal by and their entry into the financial system of the state and, on the other hand, compliance with the subjective rights of customers – participants in financial transactions.

Conclusions. The article examines the legal norms in the field of establishment and classification of financial monitoring objects – types of financial transactions depending on the criteria and indicators developed by the subjects of state financial monitoring and supplemented by the subjects of primary financial monitoring. It is concluded that the identification of transactions that are the objects of financial monitoring requires clear criteria and indicators that allow you to quickly and accurately identify among the range of financial transactions those related to money laundering. Risk criteria by type of client, by geographical basis, by type of service (product), by service supply channel (product) are considered. Differentiated indicators of suspicion of financial transactions into indicators related to the activities or behavior of the client, indicators related to the financial operations of the client and indicators for different types of products (services). It is emphasized that the problem of defining clear and standard types of criteria and indicators of financial transactions is important and relevant in the current relations in the field of financial monitoring between the state and the participants of the respective financial transactions.


By reviewing t residential environment for the aged community at home and abroad,the paper discusses the environment where suits for the aged with following aspects of living model of the aged,auxiliary facilities for the aged,management mechanism for the aged.


This invited paper aims at reviewing the current status of Engineering education in the GCC countries and proposing a few guidelines for reform and improvement. The principles applied to this process have been developed by the author over the years and they arose from experience in several leading universities in France and Australia, as well as more recent experiences in universities in the UAE and Qatar. The author's expertise to make such a review and recommendations is best demonstrated by its achievements as both leading educator and researcher that include a research citation index of about 10,000 (source: Google Scholar) as well as developing new courses attracting the top students in the state of Queensland, and founding successful conferences and research centers. In order to conduct the review, basic rigor and objectivity were maintained even when the findings may not be liked; these are retained because self-criticism is the key to improvement, provided it is objective, constructive and justified. The essence of these findings is that for Engineering Education to be internationally competitive in the GCC/MENA, it needs to be research based and culture-compatible with optimized adaptations. The paper reviews the relevant principles and methods in engineering education based on the author's expertise and experience and makes recommendations with focus on improving the relationship between Teaching/Learning, Research/Scholarship, Community Service on one hand and the local culture on the other hand.


Boulder Nonlinear Systems (BNS) has demonstrated a MWIR step and stare imaging system for AFRL that eliminates the need for turrets and multiple cameras to scale the performance of available thermal imagers. The demonstration system non-mechanically switches between fields-of-regard in a Hex-7 pattern to achieve 0.1 milliradian resolution within a 17.5x17.5 degree field-of-regard. The sub-millisecond shutter switching time and polarization independence maximizes the imaging integration time and sensitivity. The system uses a 1024x1024 (19.5 micron square pixels) InSb camera with a 4.5 to 5 micron passband filter. Larger area detectors could be used to obtain larger fields-of-view, or the system could be scaled to a larger pattern of shutter arrays. The system was developed to provide a cost-effective method of providing night-vision and thermal imaging capabilities for persistent, high-resolution surveillance applications with sufficient resolution to track mounted and un-mounted threats. The demo hardware was engineered to enable near-term field and flight testing.


ABSTRACT Two highly sensitive analytical methods were used for screening of actinomycetes with the aim to select perspective producers of proteinase inhibitors (PI). There was a correlation between the results obtained by means of both methods for the highly active strains (inhibitory activity over 1000 KIU/ml). The proteinase inhibitors produced by the atypical streptomycetes Micromonospora sp. and Streptosporangium longisporum are active towards trypsin and subtilisin BPN'. Some of the strains did not inhibit trypsin but there was such activity towards subtilisin BPN' according to the "plate assay". The inhibition of trypsin by the low active strains is proved quantitatively. The results obtained by the "plate assay" are negative towards both enzymes. There was an interesting phenomenon by the strain S. albogriseolus 444, which was proved by both methods. Its variant, active in the synthesis of antibiotic substances, produces PI against trypsin and subtilisin BPN', whereas the non-active variant produces PI only against subtilisin.


This study aims to provide subsidies for a critical and reflective discussion about the Portuguese language learning processes through re-examining governmental initiatives and academic theoretical production, which sought to restructure the practices and epistemologies concerning this subject matter. Hence, we propose a subversion of some constructs that are present within language learning practices as well as an analysis which goes beyond language itself and conjugates socio-political and cultural aspects in both teachers' and students' classroom experiences.


Objective To explore the synergistic apoptosis-promoting effect of fenretinide(N-[4-hydroxyphenyl] retinamide,4- HPR,a synthetic retinoic acid)with bortezomib in non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC)A549cells. Methods NSCLC A549cells were treated with 4-HPR and bortezomib alone or in combination at different concentrations(2. 5,5,10and 20μmol/L for 4-HPR;0.1,0.2,0.4and 0.8μmol/L for bortezomib)for 24h.MTT assay was performed to detect cell growth inhibition.Propidium iodide(PI)staining and flow cytometry were performed to analyze cell cycle.Annexin Ⅴ-FITC and PI double staining was performed to detect apoptosis.Real-time quantitative PCR and Western blotting analysis were performed to examine the expression of endoplasmic reticulum stress protein CHOP.Results 4-HPR or bortezomib alone inhibited the cell proliferation in a dose-dependent manner,and combined treatment with both 4-HPR and bortezomib showed significantly a stronger anti-proliferative effect.Cell cycle analysis showed that the combination of the two drugs caused cell cycle arrest in the G0 /G1 phase,with S phase cells significantly reduced.Compared with 4-HPR or bortezomib used alone, combination of both significantly enhanced the apoptosis of A549cells,accompanied by enhanced expression of CHOP mRNA and protein,an endoplasmic reticulum stress marker.Conclusion Combination of 4- HPR and bortezomib can promote apoptosis in lung cancer A549cells,which provides an experimental basis for their combination treatment of lung cancer.


A. MONDRY, F. BOURGEOIS, F. CARRIe, B, SWYNGHEDAUW AND J.-M. MOALIC. Decrease in flradrenergic and M2muscarinic Receptor mRNA Levels and Unchanged Accumulation of mRNAs Coding for G..2 and G# Proteins in Rat Cardiac Hypertrophy. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology (1995) 27, 2287-2294. During compensatory cardiac hypertrophy in the rat, hemodynamic overload induces a parallel decrease in the densities of both fir adrenergic (fl~-AR) and M2-muscarinic (M2-MR) receptors in the left ventricle, but the total number of receptors remains unchanged, It is not known whether this reduction is transcriptionally or translationally regulated, or if the functionally closely linked a-subunits of G protein (G=, and G..2) partake in this regulation. In order to resolve these questions, the absolute concentrations of mRNAs for both receptors and for G= and G~.2 were quantified by slot blot analysis of the left ventricles of adult rats 5 weeks after aortic banding. The results showed a significant decrease of both receptor mRNA levels in hypertrophied left ventricle (flrAR: -48%; M2-MR: -42%) that paralleled the reduction in receptor protein densities and was negatively correlated with the left ventricular weight/body weight ratio (LVW/BW). By contrast, the relative levels of G~ and G~.2 mRNAs remained unchanged, and both accumulated proportionally to the increase in LVW/BW. These results show that the fllAR and the M2-MR were pretranslationally regulated. This suggests the hypothesis that the corresponding genes do not follow the general increase in transcriptional activity. By contrast, the genes coding for G= and G..2 may follow the general pattern of activation during hypertrophy. Receptors and coupling proteins belong to two different groups of genes that are controlled by distinct mechanisms of regulation. © 1995 Academic Press Limited


This environment has not only attracted people and increased payrolls, but has also created a broader base for the local economy. The activity of the center was a catalyst to private enterprise and has led to sizeable residential and commercial developments. Adequate treatment of domestic and industrial waste water was maintained. A feasibility study is now being conducted to establish a plan for a coordinated, centerwide plan for advanced treatment of domestic and industrial waste water.


Objective To study the targeted binding peptide CLTTWAPAC to the hepatic vessels of mice with endotoxin shock. Methods The prokaryotic expression plasmids of pET14b-SBP and pET14b-SBP-CLTTWAPAC were constructed respectively and transformed into BL21 (DE3),the protein SBP and SBP-CLTTWAPAC were then expressed and purified respectively. Nine endotoxin shock mice were randomized into 3 groups:① PBS control group:the mice were intravenously injected with inactivated phage,PBS and the phage CLTTWAPAC via tail vein subsequently. The time interval of each injection was 5min; ② SBP control group:the mice were intravenously injected with inactivated phage,the protein SBP and the phage CLTTWAPAC via tail vein subsequently. The time interval of each injection was 5 min; ③ SBP-CLTTWAPAC group:the mice were injected with inactivated phage,the protein SBP-CLTTWAPAC and the phage CLTTWAPAC. The time interval of each injection was 5min. After the procedure mentioned above,all the mice were perfused via left ventricle,and livers were harvested and homogenated. The number of phage plaques was counted and the plaque forming unit was calculated. Results No significant difference of the plaque forming unit was observed in the two control groups (435 185±57 824 vs 468 290±74 106pfu/g,P0.05). In comparison with the two control groups,significant difference of the plaque forming unit was observed in SBP-CLTTWAPAC group (176 059±98 506pfu/g,P0.05). In this group the plaque forming unit was decreased significantly. Conclusions The targeted binding of the phage CLTTWAPAC to the hepatic vessels of mice with endotoxin shock was competitively inhibited by the peptide CLTTWAPAC. This competitive inhibition offers further evidence concerning the targeted binding of the peptide CLTTWAPAC to the hepatic vessels in mice with endotoxin shock.


In this paper an optical technique, based on neural network model is developed for identification of binary patterns. On/off states of Light Emitting Diodes are used to represent data input to the system and photodetectors are used for detection of the processed data. The advantages of optical free-space interconnections by cylindrical lenses are fully exploited for the required matrix-vector multiplications while establishing the proposed technique. The processing is controlled by a microprocessor which is also used for temporary storage of data. The hybrid nature of processing executes only digital operations and computational complexities are reduced by bit partitioning. It has been shown that the system, once trained has "acquired" the capability of recognizing a pattern even if the input information is partial. Some of the restrictions on the maximum number of identifiable binary patterns are removed by the proposed nearest neighbour algorithm.


In the articleComplex approaches to testing water polo technical and special swimming training are presented. 12 and 13 year old athletes perform various topical exercises in the water, which is important for their successful competitive activities. The article presents integrated approaches to testing technical water polo and special swimming training. Athletes 12 and 13 years old perform various thematic exercises in the water, which is important for their successful competitive activity.


Many cities in East and West Africa are characterised by the phenomenon of motorcycles as means of public transport. In East African countries such as Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda, this mode of public transport is called Boda-Boda. In this paper we present the challenges facing Boda-Boda industry. We also present a prototype that will enable Boda-Boda customers to use their mobile phones to request and rate Boda-Bodas services. The goal is to solve some of the problems that tarnish the image of the Boda-Boda industry and thus, as a consequence, self-regulating the business. The prototype features include, among others, a rating component that can be used to determine the level of trust of the Boda-Boda service providers, as well as a Global Position System/Mobile Network-Based tracking feature. We discuss how the proposed prototype will open up the market to new stakeholders that could benefit from the information collected by the system. This can be in collaboration with existing public transportation providers to optimize their services coverage, mobile/cashless payment providers stepping into a new customer base or even governmental institutions interested in the traffic situation.


Minimally-invasive techniques are increasingly used in recent years in the field of thoracic surgery in adults. In children on the other hand, mostly due to limited intrathoracic space, minimally invasive approaches are often only used for minor thoracic procedures such as wedge resections or pleural biopsies. We herein report a case of an 8-year old boy undergoing single-incision thoracoscopic left upper trisegmentectomy for a solitary sarcoma metastasis. The chosen approach not only resulted in minimal access trauma by taking advantage of a uniportal approach, but also a significant amount of lung parenchyma was spared by performing a segmental resection instead of a lobectomy of the left upper lobe.


Restrictive blood transfusion is recommended by major guidelines for perioperative management, but requires objective assessment at 7–10 g/dl haemoglobin (Hb). A scoring system that considers the physiological needs of the heart may simply the practice and reduce transfusion.


The tool is provided with: a main shaft (10), which holds a workpiece (200) (object to be machined) and is rotatable around the shaft center (C1) thereof; a main shaft motor (20) (main shaft-driving unit) that rotates the main shaft (10); a rotary guide bush (30) (eccentric guide bush) that rotatably supports the workpiece (200), which protrudes from the tip of the main shaft (10), so as to be deviated from the shaft center (C1) by a distance (E); a guide bush servo motor (40) (guide bush-driving unit) that rotates the rotary guide bush (30) around the shaft center (C1) synchronized with the main shaft (10); and a control unit (50) that controls the rotational driving of the guide bush servo motor (40) so as to switch selectively between a state in which the rotary guide bush (30) is rotated and a state in which said rotation is stopped.


The objective circumstances of the crime of beging unable to prove the legitimate of property is the key to our understanding of this crime.The objective elements of this crim e is that the state functionary has the obligation to explain the true source of its property when investigated its huge property that obviously exceeds the lawful eramed income by the judicial authority,but refuses to fulfill this explanation,which creates the judicial authority to be unable to verity the true source of the huge property.This crime is a standard omission offense,and its act obligation originates in two aspects,one is the law stipulated,andother is the advance behavior.This crime is a consequential offense,and the criminal consequence that the state functionary's act of omission creates the judicial authority to be unable to verify the true source of the huge property is the essential condition for this crime.The criminal object of this crime is judicial authority's normal activity.Accrding to the above,the basic content of this crime should be affirmed,but someessential revisions need to be carried on ,to cause the establishment and application of this crime to be more scientific and reasonable.


Open source projects are typically organized in a distributed and decentralized manner. These factors strongly determine the processes followed and constrain the types of tools that can be utilized. This paper explores how distribution and decentralization have affected processes and tools in existing open source projects with the goals of summarizing the lessons learned and identifying opportunities for improving both. Issues considered include decisionmaking, accountability, communication, awareness, rationale, managing source code, testing, and release management.


OBJECTIVE To prepare the solid dispersions of TanshinoneⅡA and investigate their dissolution characteristics.METHODSThe solid dispersions were obtained by using the melted and dissolved methods with PVP,PEG 6000 and poloxamer188 as carriers respectively.The dissolution characteristics of the solid dispersions in vitro were analyzed by HPLC method under the chromatographic conditions with Thermo C18(150 mm×4.6 mm,5 μm) as analytical column and methanol/water(80∶20) as mobile phase,using TanshinoneⅡA as testing index.RESULTSWith PVPK30、PEG 6000、poloxamer188 carriers to prepare solid dispersions of Tanshinone ⅡA successfully,and the resolutions were 0.332,0.198,0.216 g·L-1.CONCLUSIONThe melted and dissolved methods could be used to prepare the solid dispersions of Tanshinone ⅡA.The dissolution rates of all solid dispersions are obviously increase.


The article proposes that the dividing line between the new books and the old ones should be drawn according to the semi-decaying periodic time of the books.The author holds the data of books should be handled with the help of mathematical formula,and points out the main causes of the missing rate of books.The scale of numerical value of the missing rate of books has been investigated,by taking the library of Jiangnan University for example.


With the increasing popularity and cost-effectiveness of cloud storage, many companies and organizations have moved or planned to move data out of their own data centers into the cloud. However, solely depending on a particular cloud storage mprovider has a number of potentially serious problems [1]. First, it can cause the so-called vendor lock-in problem for the customers, which results in prohibitively high cost for clients to switch from one provider to another. Second, it can cause service disruptions, which in turn will lead to SLA violation, due to cloud outages, resulting in penalties, monetary or other forms, for the service providers. Third, solely depending on a particular cloud storage provider can also result in possible increased service costs and data security issues, such as the data leakage problem. Thus using multiple independent cloud providers, so called Cloud-of-Clouds, is an effective way to provide better availability for the cloud storage systems.


The research is a quasi experiment research with pretest-posttest control design. The population of the research was 94 students who divided into five classes. Cluster sampling technique was used to determine the sample of 36 students who consisted of the control and the experiment classes; each class consisted of 18 students. The instrument of the research was essay test. The data of the research was analyzed by utilizing descriptive statistic and inferential statistic analysis. The results of the research reveal that (1) the poetry writing ability of class VII students at SMP Negeri 1 Tinambung before utilizing audio visual learning media is categorized as unsatisfactory based on the mean score obtain in pre test at the control class by 2.05 with 44.44%. While the mean score of the experiment class is 2.00 with 61.11% (2) the poetry writing ability of class VII students at SMP Negeri I Tinambung after utilizing audio visual learning media on the experiment class is in good category based on the result of post-test which indicated that the mean score is 2,81 with 38.89% (3) the effectiness of utilizing audio visual learning media in writing poetry ability based on the result of hypothesis test showed that t count (5.445) > t table (2.04), in another words, HI is accepted or utilization of audio visual learning media is effective in learning poetry writing of class VII students at SMP Negeri I Tinambung.


Since publication in 1952 of Friedrich Neumann's article on the subject, it has been well-known among Parzival scholars that Karl Lachmann made his "Wolfram-Reise" equipped primarily with a copy of C. H. Myller's 1784 printing of the St. Gallen manuscript (D) in Sammlung deutscher Gedichte aus dem XII. XIII. und XIV. Jahrhundert.2 Between the lines and in the margins Lachmann entered variant forms from G and corrections from D (Myller had used Friedrich Bodmer's copy of D, never having seen the original himself). A true understanding of Lachmann's critical method as regards Parzival must begin here, where Lachmann set his pen to paper. An enormous amount has been written about textual problems in "WolframForschung," yet, as Joachim Bumke has pointed out, "die Ehrfurcht vor Lachmanns Leistung hat dazu gefiihrt, daB seine Ausgabe pietitvoll konserviert wurde und die Forschung auf dem Stand des Wissens vom Jahre 1833 verblieb," thus leaving scholarship without its most important tool-"einen verlaBlichen Text."3 Careful examination of Lachmann's entries in the "Reise-Parzival" should precede the much-needed attempt at producing a new and dependable text, especially since that Vorlage, which I examined in the Murhardsche Bibliothek at Kassel (4? Ms. philol. 124), dominates the Lachmann edition in ways previously unrecognized or undiscussed. First, Lachmann seems to have conceived his notorious 30-line division4 on the basis of Myller's compact lay-out prior to the trip, leading him to ignore significant textual evidence. Second, Lachmann's errors in transcription of D (most of them corrected in the 1926 revision of Parzival) are almost all directly traceable to errors in Myller's edition. Lachmann sees the initials of D as originating with Wolfram himself; the 30-line division is "offenbar gewollt," at least from the fifth book on.5 The


Indonesia is one of the country is facing serious energy problems caused by a very
large dependence on using fossil energy, while the development of bioenergy as an
alternative is still less attention. Indonesia's dependence on fuel oil (BBM), or fossil energy
in general, has faced the most serious challenge today.energy consumption is dominated by
oil, which is about 52.2%, and 21.5% coal, natural gas 19%, water 3.7%, geothermal 3% and
0.2% of renewable energy (Energy and Mineral Resources, 2004 ).
T his study aims to find out the influence mixed cassava and rice husk pulp thus
gaining energy from the briquettes ampacampuran optimum pulp and cassava and rice husk
for the optimum mix mngetahui between the two raw materials in the manufacture
ofcharcoalbriquettes.
In this study using nine variations of raw materials, namely the second mix (1-3), (3-
1), (2-2), (3-2), (2-3), (1-2), (2 - 1), there are three variations due to the same mixture, then
only seven variations mixture conducted the research process. The result of processing of
raw materials after pyrolysis of finely milled to pass 40 mesh filter with adhesive ratio 1: 10
and water 1: 16. Parameters observed in this study is that the calorific value, the value of
persistence. From this research method, RSM (response surface method) can be concluded
that the optimum mix between the two cassava pulp raw material mixture and rice husk was
48.97% and 51.03%. Physical properties on cassava pulp mixture briquettes and rice husk on
the optimum mix is the heating value of 5153.08 cal / g. while the mechanical properties of
the briquettes mixed cassava and rice husk residue on the optimum mix is the value of press
at13:41kg/cm².


Background and objective:  Despite the widespread use of airway clearance (AC) techniques to clear excessive secretions and improve lung function, little is known about their efficacy following lung transplantation (LTx). This study compared the effects of two AC strategies (proactive vs reactive) on a range of clinical outcomes following LTx.


BS>In order to separate material lifted by the wind from the ground from finely dispersed radioactive dust in the atmosphere, samples were taken during July and August, 1961 at various geographic points, which included a sandbar separated from the mainland by 12-km wide bay, a piling placed in the water and points at the shore. The radioactive fallout was collected on the surface of distilled water placed in containers at a height of 0.8 m from the ground or about 5 m above the sea level. The water was changed every 10 days and the residue from evaporation at 500 deg C was calcined. The activity of the specimens was measured, taking the self-absorption into account, and the Sr/sup 90/ concentration was determined radiochemicaliy. Large amounts of solids were obtained at the sampling station surrounded by sandy areas. The minimum of activity of the fallout was obtained at the piling surrounded by sea water; its distance seems to represent the limit of the coprecipitation of continental dust with the radioactive fallout. The Sr/sup 90/ determinations indicated that about 10% of the total activity is due to the dry fallout.'' Assuming that the over- water deposit contained only negligible amounts ofmore » this secondary dust component, the activity carried by the fallout is estimated at 0.27 microcurie Sr/sup 90//km/ sup 2/ mm. It was concluded that whenever the secondary component exceeds 35%, it must be taken into account when calculating the cumulative activity due to fallout. (TTT)« less


All aspects of manufacturing and delivering products or services, from raw material procurement to end-user delivery, are widely accepted as part of the supply chain. Consumer demand refers to a consumer's desire to purchase a product or service. During the pandemic outbreak, however, it was discovered that Covid-19 has an impact on the overall operation of one of the most critical sectors of the economy, the food supply chain


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Legendarily 2,200 years old and 4,300 miles long, the Great Wall seems to make an overwhelmingly confident physical statement: about China's age-old sense of itself as an advanced civilization anxious to draw a line between itself and the 'barbarians' at its borders. But behind the Wall's intimidating exterior – and the myths that have built up around it – lies a complex history of China's view of the outside world, and itself.

The Great Wall is an epic history which explores the conquests and cataclysms of the Chinese empire over the past 3000 years. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand China's past, present and future.


We consider the estimation of credit scores by means of semiparametric logit models. In credit scoring, the fitted rating score shall not only provide an optimal classification result but serves also as a modular component of a (typically quite complex) rating system. This means in particular that a rating score should be given by a linearly weighted sum of rating factors. That way the rating procedure can be easily interpreted and understood also by non-statisticians. For that reason the logit model or the logistic regression approach is one of the most popular models for estimating credit rating scores. The first step in fitting the rating model is usually a nonlinear transformation of the raw variables in order to obtain a linear predictor (rating score) in the final estimation. As an alternative to this two-step approach, generalized additive models (GAM) would allow for a simultaneous estimation of both the initial transformation and final logit fit. In this study we compare GAM estimating approaches with a focus on the specific structure of credit data: small default rates, mixed discrete and continuous explanatory variables, possibly nonlinear dependencies between the regressors.


This book provides a state of the art overview of borehole seismic methods and acoustic logging methods, for application in geotechnology and civil engineering fields, and also presents examples of data acquisition and analysis from the oil sector that are transposable if required with the necessary realism to near surface studies (in the fields of geotechnology, hydrogeology and seismic hazards).


Among the most important metabolic compounds there are some which are not synthesized by human and animal organisms and have to be supplied in appropriate quantities in due time. Vitamin E and the essential unsaturated fatty acids have crucial physiological significance, and their greatest quantities occur in plant oils. During refining, apart from unnecessary substances, nutritionally advantageous compounds are also being eliminated. In the present paper changes of tocochromanols taking place during refining of rapeseed oil obtained from seeds of two subsequent crops were investigated. It was observed that losses of tocopherols exceeded 30%, two thirds of which resulted from distilling off during deodorization. The ratio of vitamin E to essential unsaturated fatty acids expressed as the Harris coefficient decreased in the refined oil obtained from seeds of two subsequent crops by about 28%.


This article discusses Bureaucratic Reform from the Perspective of Human Rights in improving the quality of public services. Bureaucratic Reform is a process of change that is carried out in stages, systematically, and continuously. It aims to create clean governance, improving public services, capacity, and accountability of bureaucratic performance and professionalism of Human Resource Apparatus. This process can be seen as a change from the current condition to the targeted condition within the scope of Bureaucratic Reform. There are several problems faced in improving maximum public services, including 1) transactions leadership, 2) adaptive organizational structure, 3) weak policy implementation, 4) inefficient organizational structure and management, 5) unclear service systems and strategies, 6) corrupt organizational behavior; 7) lack of transparency. In order to solve problems in the government bureaucracy, it is necessary to reform its structure and work culture. If bureaucratic reform in services is successfully implemented, public service bureaucratic reformation will achieve the expected goals, including: an increase in public respect for government performance as a service provider, a decrease or even elimination of public authority abuse by officials in the agencies concerned; realization of a country that has the most-improved bureaucracy and improves the quality of each service sector to the public.


I deeply believe in the wisdom of the scientific marketplace, and hence in the necessity of replication. And I think I am ready to accept criticism when it is justified. But I regret to say that this contribution by Liebow is so full of egregious errors of various kinds as to render it undeserving of publication, in my opinion. So I am obliged to describe Liebow's errors in some detail, much as I would have preferred not to do so in print. The main but not the only reason Liebow does not get a significant result in his Table 2 is that he has moved three of my cases (Lepcha, Pekangekum, and Havasupai) from the non-polygynous to the polygynous column. He does not seem to realize that I classified a case as polygynous only if the Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock 1967) codes it as generally


When used as an alternative source of drugs to treat inflammation‐associated diseases, phytochemicals with anti‐inflammatory properties provide beneficial impacts. Galangin is one of the most naturally occurring flavonoids. Galangin has many biological activities, such as anti‐inflammatory, antioxidant, antiproliferative, antimicrobial, anti‐obesity, antidiabetic, and anti‐genotoxic activities. We observed that galangin was well tolerated and positively impacted disease underlying inflammation for the renal, hepatic, central nervous system, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal system, skin, and respiratory disorders, as well as ulcerative colitis, acute pancreatitis, retinopathy, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, and rheumatoid arthritis. Galangin anti‐inflammatory effects are mediated mainly by suppressing p38 mitogen‐activated protein kinases, nuclear factor‐kappa B, and nod‐like receptor protein 3 signals. These effects are confirmed and supported by molecular docking. Clinical translational research is required to accelerate the bench‐to‐bedside transfer and determine whether galangin can be utilised as a safe, natural source of pharmaceutical anti‐inflammatory medication for humans.


The paper comments on school shootings from a socio-critical perspective and offers provocative conclusions on the reasons for young people to go on killing sprees. In order to achieve this, the author applies the psychological theory of the "abstract free will" and analyzes how a modern individual's consciousness must be shaped to commit lethal violence at school. It transpires that individuals, who deal psychologically with the requirements of the capitalistic society, apply the criterion of successful decency to their material and social efforts. Even though this is common among modern individuals and accompanied by adequate psychological and moral "techniques," some radicalize the ideal they have constructed of themselves and the society they live in. How many times have we heard the words "senseless shooting," "senseless violence," or "senseless killing" in reference to the various school shootings that have taken place in recent years? Quite the contrary is argued in this text and that the actions in Columbine, Erfurt, or at Virginia Tech make sense in the light of a critical analysis of how a private individual's consciousness is shaped in a society based on competition and the rule of law as its major organizational principles. The present analysis therefore exceeds the limitations of the existing literature on school shootings, which merely describes the phenomenon and is thus not able to provide a thorough explanation (for a literature review see Bondu & Scheithauer 2011). There, the unspecified listing of factors that are thought to contribute to the occurrence of such rampages defies the formation of a convincing theory. In recent years the frequency of school shootings has increased. A fact that forces us to consider the rationale of these terrible events that leave behind dead people and a stunned public. Even though killing rampages don't make sense to us immediately, after digging a little deeper and putting the puzzle pieces together, it appers that school shootings not only follow their own rationale but also offer grounds for severe social criticism.


Based on the constructivist learning theory,the use of literature,expert advice,field observation,induction and other research methods to the existing university teaching Taijiquan bottlenecks encountered conducted in-depth research:( 1) Taijiquan specific traditional culture is the crux of their teaching hard for one;( 2) with modern sport very different movement pattern is less than ideal teaching Taijiquan another reason;( 3) reform project with modern sport in sport,rhythm,rhythm and other differences are difficult to obtain their teaching ordinary sports teaching one of the main factors.( 4) Overall,today's university teaching Taijiquan Taijiquan Shangqie difficult to build a teaching appropriate specific university teaching situation which is the main reason for ineffective teaching Taijiquan.


A short while ago, the IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS) led by Tariq Samad and Anu Annaswamy, put together a large report "Impact of Control: Overview, Success Stories, and Research Challenges" (IOCT report, see http://www.ieeecss.org/main/about-the-society/ioctreport). Of course, this is not the first or the only effort in looking at future directions for control, but it does represent a substantial piece of work with input from many different people. These activities are important both for our own research community and for society more generally.


Probabilities and cross sections for simultaneous rotational transitions in collision between HCl molecules have been calculated for a relative kinetic energy of 0.025 eV. The calculations have been made for two sets of initial states, j10=0, j20=1 and j10=0, j20=0. All energetically accessible rotational channels were included in the semiclassical strong-coupling formalism. The special features of the resonant transition have been shown. The oscillatory behaviour of various transition probabilities with impact parameters have been physically interpreted as the consequence of interference between different intermediate transitions leading to the same final state, as well as between different terms of the coupling potential.


Every international construction project is exposed to various uncertainties, but the actual effect of these exogenous risks differs considerably according to not only the severity of the risks but also the organizational capability of contractor. This study begins by investigating the performance of more than 820 international projects performed by Korean contractors during the last decade. Each project is partitioned into corresponding political, economic, sociological and resource risks. The relevant data were comprehensively compiled by the use of secondary data from the various authorized institutions. This study then estimates the organizational capability of each contractor based on the experience within a given host country, the experience of the corresponding project type, accrued experience of whole international projects, total revenue, total number of employees, and growth rate of revenue. Based on these capability backgrounds, each contractor was classified into four groups. A two-step cluster analysis was performed to classify the international contractors according to the quality of organizational capability and the level of risks during the same period of data analysis. This study also investigates the relations between performance level and organizational capability of each group. The results showed that the highly internationalized and large contractor group is likely to enter the high risk market to gain more sound profitability, whereas the lowly internationalized and small contractor group has a tendency to enter low risk market to yield instead unstable profitability. This study is expected to aid international contractors in designing internationalization strategies by revealing the strategic preference of firms in association with the level of risk and degree of organizational capability.


Background: The Huntington disease (HD) CAG repeat exhibits dramatic instability when transmitted to subsequent generations. The instability of the HD disease allele in male intergenerational transmissions is reflected in the variability of the CAG repeat in DNA from the sperm of male carriers of the HD gene. Results: In this study, we used a collection of 112 sperm DNAs from male HD gene-positive members of a large Venezuelan cohort to investigate the factors associated with repeat instability. We confirm previous observations that CAG repeat length is the strongest predictor of repeat-length variability in sperm, but we did not find any correlation between CAG repeat instability and either age at the time of sperm donation or affectedness status. We also investigated transmission instability for 184 father–offspring and 311 mother–offspring pairs in this Venezuelan pedigree. Repeat-length changes were dependent upon the sex of the transmitting parent and parental CAG repeat length but not parental age or birth order. Unexpectedly, in maternal transmissions, repeat-length changes were also dependent upon the sex of the offspring, with a tendency for expansion in male offspring and contraction in female offspring. Conclusion: Significant sibling–sibling correlation for repeat instability suggests that genetic factors play a role in intergenerational CAG repeat instability.


Objective: The aim of this study was to determine and quantify how personality traits modulate the well-known relation between neuromuscular impairment and perception of physical and social disability in patients with facial palsy. Methods: Sixty-one patients with facial palsy were evaluated through the Sunnybrook Facial Grading System (SFGS), the Facial Disability Index (FDI), the Beck depression Inventory (BDI) and the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI). To estimate the effect of the personality traits on physical and social disability as regards neuromuscular impairment, two polynomial models were fitted and validated using specific personality variants and the SFGS composite score as explanatory variables. Results: A role of personality traits in modulating perception of both functional and social/well-being disability was enlightened. A linear effect of the Self-Directedness and the Cooperativeness traits on the perception of functional disability as regards facial impairment was estimated, equal respectively to -0.21 points [CI 95 (-0.35; -0.07)] and +0.23 points [CI 95 (0.06; 0.39)] in FDI score for any level of deviation from the average of each personality trait. As regards social/well-being disability, a linear effect of Novelty Seeking and Persistence traits was estimated, equal respectively to +3.88 points [CI 95 (1.25; 6.49)] and +6.58 points [CI 95 (0.21; 13.17)] for any level of deviation from the average. Conclusion: Personality traits differently influence the relation between disability perception and neuromuscular impairment in facial palsy. This issue might be useful to improve the relationship between physician and patient and to allow personalized therapeutic interventions.


The notion of dumping is established on the idea that exports are sold at prices less than what is normally sold in the domestic market of the exporter. Based on this notion, the existence and the degree of dumping are measured by the difference between the export price and the domestic price of the product. Notwithstanding the simplicity of the basic notion of dumping, the deficiency in the method of measuring a dumping margin resulted in the finding of "spurious" dumping margins by many investigating authorities.
The imposition of dumping duty on the finding of fictitious appearance of dumping margins is clearly unfair to exporters that are subject to the duties and results in significant barriers to trade. The importance of margin calculation in the administration of dumping laws, therefore, calls for an international rule on dumping, which unambiguously ensures fairness in price comparison. The GATT rule on dumping administration as established in the Tokyo Round Anti-dumping Code was far from adequate in providing unambiguous rules for measuring a dumping margin. Although the World Trade Organization Anti-dumping Agreement that resulted from the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations provided much more detailed provisions for calculating a dumping margin, each country's practice is still sharply diverged. As a result, the usual practices that were taken for granted as being consistent with the WTO Anti-dumping Agreement have become subject to disputes.
A particularly contentious issue involving price comparison was the treatment of dumping margins that were found to be negative. In particular, the method of assigning zero values to negative dumping margins was challenged under both the GATT and the WTO. However, only in recent WTO disputes, the challenges against the "zeroing method" became successful. The panel in European Communities — Anti-dumping Duties on Imports of Cotton-type Bed Linen From India ("Bed Linen") found that the European Communities' zeroing method was inconsistent with the WTO Anti-dumping Agreement.
Also, in a similar line of ruling, the panel in United States — Imposition of Anti-dumping Measures on Stainless Steel Plate in Coils and Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip from Korea ("Stainless Steel") ruled that the United States' use of multiple averaging periods in the "Plate" and "Sheet" investigation was inconsistent with Article 2.4.2 of the WTO Anti-dumping Agreement. In both the cases, the WTO panel favoured the method of comparing a single average normal value with a single average export price based on entire export and domestic transactions during the period of investigation ("POI"). The panel's decision, as argued in this article, was consistent with the statistical notion that the larger the number of data points, the more likely that the estimate would be close to the unknown parameter.
This article begins by interpreting the dumping margin calculation provisions of the WTO Anti-dumping Agreement by first studying the amendment of the GATT Anti-dumping Code through the Uruguay Round negotiations. In the following section, it discusses the GATT disputes involving margin calculation issues and compares them with the analogous WTO disputes. Then, the article goes on to provide a statistical interpretation of the price comparison provisions of the WTO Anti-dumping Agreement in the context of the recent rulings in the WTO disputes. Finally, the article concludes with suggestions for future amendment to the WTO Anti-dumping Agreement with a view to providing a better foundation for fair price comparison.


Anodic current-supplying pins (ACP) made of low-carbon steel corrode intensively due to the sulfur contamination of the carbon-based Soderberg anode and iron sulfides formation in the present aluminium production technology. The aluminide coatings produced by the liquid-phase method followed by the fluoride flux treatment of the steel samples were applied for the ACP protection. The protective layer based on α-Al2O3 and FeAl2O4 was formed on the steel surface in the course of the test run in the industrial Soderberg anode during the aluminium electrolysis. The aluminized ACP wear rates calculated by the linear extrapolation of data obtained during 150 days workout were 4.0 and 5.4 cm/year for the ACP with the aluminide coating and without it, respectively. The current load on the ACP remained almost the same for the aluminized and original uncoated samples with the exception of the initial "heating" period (400-600°C).


The purpose of this study was to study the effect of the percentage of the addition of conductivity material in phosphorylation starch to modify GCE (glassy carbon electrode) for detection of Cr(VI). In this study, the technique used is DPV (Differential Pulse Voltammetry). The conductivity material used in this study is activated carbon and Fe3O4 nanoparticles. The method used is an optimization of conductivity material in phosphorylation starch and determination of the performance of the obtained sensor. The optimum percentage of conductivity materials, both activated carbon and Fe3O4 nanoparticles, in the phosphorylation starch matrix is 5%. The form of amorphous activated carbon and the structure trigonal of Fe3O4 nanoparticles affects the current of Cr(VI). The addition of conductive material increases the current of Cr(VI) and shifts the peak potential to the left. The performance of PSC1 sensor is a detection limit of 5,09 ppm and sensitivity of 0,2098 ppm/µA in the linear concentration range of 2,6 – 15,6 ppm. However,  the performance of PSN1 sensor is the detection limit of 3,48 ppm and sensitivity of 0,2120 ppm/µA in the linear concentration range of 2,6 – 18,2 ppm.


We estimate the contribution of the nucleon weak magnetism on the neutrino absorption mean free path inside high density nuclear matter. In the mean field approach, three different ingredients are taken into account: (a) a relativistic generalization of the approach developed by Sanjay et al.; (b) the inclusion of the nucleon weak‐magnetism (c) and the pseudo‐scalar interaction involving the nucleons. Our main result shows that the neutrino absorption mean free path is three times the corresponding result obtained by those authors.


Presentation for the Texas Digital Library (TDL) Data Management Workgroup. This presentation discusses data management in the University of North Texas (UNT) Digital Library.


Spatial distribution of δD and δ18O values of surface water and shallow groundwaters from Japan, south Korea and east China was mapped with contours of 10 and 1‰ intervals for δD and δ18O, respectively, on the basis of the data base including more than 600 analyses made in the present and previous studies. The δD and δ18O values generally decrease with increasing the latitude. There is a systematic decrease in δD and δ18O values with contours of close intervals from the coast toward inland of southwestern Japan along the stream of the Kuroshio, a warm current in the Pacific Ocean. The δD and δ18O lows are observed in mountainous inland of central and northern Japan and east China. The trends are comparable with those observed previously for the North American continent. The map will provide fundamental information for the studies of geochemical processes such as hydrology, water-rock interaction, and precipitation of authigenic minerals in which meteoric water is involved.


Six adult patients with growth hormone receptor deficiency (GHRD) (2 men, 4 women) with an identical defect in the growth hormone receptor (GHR) gene, were treated with recombinant human insulin‐like growth factor I (IGF‐I), 40 μgikg S.C. twice daily, for 7 days. Serum concentrations of IGF peptide and IGF binding protein‐3 (IGFBP‐3) were measured by specific radioimmunoassays; serum IGFBPs were also measured by Western ligand blotting. The size distribution of both IGF‐I and IGF‐II was measured in serum following size‐exclusion fast‐performance liquid chromatography. IGF‐I treatment resulted in a normalization of serum IGF‐I levels on days 1–7 of treatment and a decrease in serum IGF‐II levels. The fall in IGF‐II levels and the simultaneous rise in IGF‐I levels, however, resulted in an unchanged total serum IGF level. The low IGFBP‐3 values did not significantly change during treatment, whereas there was a slight increase in IGFBP‐2 levels. Preliminary analysis of size‐fractionated sera suggested an increase in IGF‐I levels in the 40 and 150 kDa regions at the expense of IGF‐II levels. The results suggest that despite the failure of IGF‐I treatment to increase IGFBPs significantly, serum IGFBP concentrations were sufficient to maintain normal levels of IGF‐I. 0 Laron syndrome, growth hormone receptor deficiency, insulin‐like growth factors, insulin‐like growth factor binding protein


Oily sewage has the characteristics of multi-component, abundant with oil content, widely range of water quality and difficult to separate, etc. This paper offered an experimental method of combination of flocculating, absorbing and filtering to recover the oily sewage effectively. The adequate parameters of treatment process are determined by early laboratory experiment. The locale test result shows that the discharged water can meet the demands of recycling water. As an effective and inexpensive technological process, the combinational treatment method of waste water showed bright prospect in future.


United States currently has a national policy in place relating to the issues of malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies, and whether there are further targets in place. The United States does not currently have national policies on mandatory legislation for salt iodisation of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax. Furthemore, there are no targets included in the national (nutrition or other) plan related to stunting or wasting. As food insecure children have proven to have less favorable health outcomes and the prevalence of protein energy malnutrition increases susceptibility to influenza infection, mitigating these problems is crucial to lowering the dual burden of malnutrition while simultaneously combating the spread of infectious diseases due to improved overall health and well-being of children.


Abstract The optical properties of equatorial cirrus were studied during a three-week period of the ARM Pilot Radiation and Observation Experiment at Kavieng, Papua New Guinea, in January and February 1993. The experiment consisted of vertical lidar (532 nm) and passive infrared filter radiometer (10.84 μm) observations of cirrus clouds. The observations gave values of cloud height, depth, structure, infrared emittance, infrared absorption, and visible optical depth and linear depolarization ratio. A standard lidar–radiometer analysis, with some improvements, was used to calculate these quantities. The cirrus was found to vary in altitude from a maximum cloud top of 17.6 km to a minimum cloud base of 6 km with equivalent temperatures of −82°C to −7°C respectively. The cirrus also varied widely in depth (0.7 to 7.5 km). The mean emittance (for each temperature interval) of the cooler clouds was found to be higher than that observed previously at tropical and midlatitude sites and at equivalent temperatures...


A web sites are the virtual front of an organization .The aim to form a website is to reach to the access more number of people. The key indicator to evaluate the reachability of web site, is the number of persons visiting that particular website. There are two types of user's ethno and pheno users. Both user shave different expectations. In this paper we have calculated the difference expectation of these users by conducting a survey and applying pc analyses on the results of the survey.