The classical progesterone receptors (PRs) are expressed in some hypothalamic dopaminergic and brainstem noradrenergic neurones. Progesterone influences prolactin and luteinising hormone release from the anterior pituitary gland, in part by regulating the activity of these catecholaminergic neurones. The present study aimed to determine the effects of PRs on tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) promoter activity. When CAD, SK‐N‐SH and CV‐1 cells were transfected with TH promoter constructs and PR‐A or PR‐B expression vectors, progesterone treatment caused three‐ to six‐fold increases in TH‐9.0 kb promoter activity in PR‐B expressing cells, although only a modest increase or no change in PR‐A expressing cells. Using CAD cells, deletional analysis mapped the site of PR action to the −1403 to −1304 bp region of the TH promoter. Mutational analysis of putative regulatory sequences in this region indicated that multiple DNA elements are required for complete PR‐B transactivation. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays were unable to demonstrate direct PR‐B binding to TH promoter DNA sequences. However, chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis indicated PR‐B was recruited to the TH promoter. Two different PR‐B DNA binding domain mutants had opposing effects on PR‐B‐mediated TH promoter activation. A GS to AA mutation located in the p‐box of the first zinc finger of PR‐B inhibited progesterone transactivation of the TH promoter, whereas a C to A mutation in the zinc finger increased transactivation. PR‐A was able to inhibit PR‐B transactivation in a dose‐dependent manner, although the degree of PR‐A inhibition was dependent on the TH promoter deletion construct. These data indicate that ligand‐bound PR‐B is recruited to DNA elements in the TH promoter and acts as a transcriptional activator of the TH gene, and also that changes in the ratio of PR‐A to PR‐B may affect the ability of progesterone to increase TH expression.


The invention discloses a navigation device and method with voice layout path, the device includes voice receiving module and path layout module. The voice receiving module is used to receive audio input and distinguish, when audio input is cognizable data, corresponding voice indicating data is generated. Thereinto, voice command information possesses newest terminal position information. The path layout module is coupled with voice receiving module, when path layout module receives voice command information, the path managing module can layout path information based on newest terminal position information. So, the navigation device can achieve effect of layout path automatically.


Unethical behaviors (e.g., stealing) are viewed more positively when they benefit someone other than the unethical actor. Scholars argue actors can use this "prosociality" effect to restore their identities after they engage in deviant actions. We investigate whether this interactional resource is more available to some categories of people than others. We use the intersectionality literature to discuss how combinations of race and gender might influence whether a prosocial unethical behavior is defined in negative or positive terms. We use affect control theory to generate hypotheses about when the intersectional identities will lead to more negative or positive evaluations and labeling of the actor and behavior. In an online experiment, we find that the evaluation and labeling of an actor are less affected by prosociality when he is a white male. Women of both races and men of color can restore their identities, but only by behaving in a completely prosocial way.


Root hemiparasitic plants interact with their host plants through parasitism and competition. The interactions can be divided into aboveground and belowground interactions. Because both groups of plants are autotrophic, they compete for light aboveground. Belowground interactions are more complex. The host plants compete for resources in the soil and the hemiparasitic plants prey on the host plants through haustoria, using the hosts as the main source of water and nutrients. In this paper, we modeled the relationship between these two plant types, extending the well-known Rosenzweig-MacArthur predator-prey model to cover both light competition and intra-specific parasitism among hemiparasites. We included a realistic relationship of carrying capacity to environmental productivity and followed model behavior on a productivity gradient. The model shows that, at very low productivities, there are only a few poor hosts and hemiparasites have no chance to persist. As productivity increases, there is a range of productivity where both plant types coexist. A further increase in productivity gets the system out of the coexistence range, and only host plants survive. This final prediction successfully explains patterns observed in empirical data, contrary to the results of an earlier, oversimplified model of the explored interaction. Comparison of various models demonstrates that the model is able to reproduce the decline of hemiparasites with increasing productivity only when competition for light is included.


Objectives To analyze situation of purchase and supply of ARV medicine for HIV/AIDS in China,and put forward suggestions for improving access to ARV treatment.Methods As having a review for past and current situation of purchasing and supply of ARV drugs in China and a summary of traits of ARV treatment,we analyze the characteristics and current issues in ARV drug purchasing and supply.Conclusion As HIV/AIDS ARV treatment being a long-term,complicated and difficult-to-expect process,and limited number of categories and supplier of ARV drugs,short-term demand uncertain,we have fewer option to choose drugs and producers in the purchasing list.Both complicated proceedings and long period of purchasing,and lower compliance of treatment caused by change of ARV drug brand can hardly meet the requirement of HIV/AIDS treatment.Suggestions It is necessary to establish an efficient cooperation mechanism of drug supplying to shorten ARV drug purchasing cycle and to improve ways of bidding and extend bidding period of ARV drugs to reflect the government-oriented role and to build drug reserve to meet urgent ARV drug needs.


Abstract. Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) modes, carrying the orbital angular momentum of light, are critical for important applications, such as high-capacity optical communications, superresolution imaging, and multidimensional quantum entanglement. Advanced developments in these applications demand reliable and tunable LG mode laser sources, which, however, do not yet exist. Here, we experimentally demonstrate highly efficient, highly pure, broadly tunable, and topological-charge-controllable LG modes from a Janus optical parametric oscillator (OPO). The Janus OPO featuring a two-faced cavity mode is designed to guarantee an efficient evolution from a Gaussian-shaped fundamental pump mode to a desired LG parametric mode. The output LG mode has a tunable wavelength between 1.5 and 1.6  μm with a conversion efficiency >15  %  , a controllable topological charge up to 4, and a mode purity as high as 97%, which provides a high-performance solid-state light source for high-end demands in multidimensional multiplexing/demultiplexing, control of spin-orbital coupling between light and atoms, and so on.


This thesis aims at phonological study on the sound change of the sino-Korean characters with diachronic view. Generally the sound of Ilmo in the middle age sino-korean characters was [z](ㅿ). But the sound of Ilmo in the ancient age sino-korean characters was [n](ㄴ). So there was discontinuous between ancient and middle age in the historical Ilmo sound. In the middle age the Ilmo was written by [z](ㅿ) and [zero](ㅇ). With lapse time [z] notation was peplaced by [zero]. But in this case there are many exception by the reason of morphological condition or attitude of compilation.


Purpose – This column looks at questions from teaching faculty about the use of copyright protected materials in an online course.Design/methodology/approach – Copyright guidelines are considered. The US TEACH Act and Fair Use statutes are examined, as well as how to make a risk assessment for the institution.Findings – US universities have a reasonable freedom to use protected materials in the virtual equivalent of face‐to‐face teaching, as long as it costs the rights holders no loss of expected income and as long as it takes into account the litigiousness of certain firms and associations.Originality/value – Each copyright use assessment has unique circumstances, but a discussion of the reasoning behind an actual case helps to build a community of good practice that strengthens similar assessments.


The purpose of this work is to present the right Riemann–Liouville fractional integral version of Hermite–Hadamard inequality via a relatively new method through the Green's function approach. In the process, some identities are established. Using these identities, we obtain loads of new results for functions whose second derivative is convex, monotone, and concave in absolute value. We anticipate that the method outlined in this article will stimulate further investigation in this direction.


It seems that in some of the early work the temperature was not measured just where the insects were placed; another source of error was that insects were put in a container and then inserted in a thermostat, the worker not realizinig that it might take some time for the container to reach the temperature of its surroundings. These errors may be avoided -by the simple apparatus shown in Fig. 1. The tube stands in a beaker, which is in the tank of the thermostat, and fluctuations of temperature inside the tube are less


Abstract:This article investigates the narrative construction of space in Livy's account of Quintus Fabius Maximus' military campaigns in Southern Italy in 217 b.c.e. (Livy 22.12–18; 23–30). Through close reading of the narrative, and comparison with the parallel account in Book 3 of Polybius, it shows that the settings of the narrated events, far from merely reproducing actual historical sites, are constructed so as to embody some of the main themes of Livy's account. In particular, one can observe an ongoing semanticisation of the spatial opposition "high vs. low," which is functional to Livy's meditation upon the moral implications of strategy.


Most studies of organizational power have focused on the power of the superordinate while ignoring the subordinate. Research in school settings has not been any different. To overcome this void, a model of individual teacher power is advanced and tested using data collected in three high schools. The model specifies that the source of a teacher's power resides in hislher access to various persons, information, and material resources. The resulting dependency of administrators on these resources can allow the teacher to alter their behavior. Quantitative and qualitative data verify the relationships outlined in the model, and additional findings indicate that powerful teachers occupy central positions in the school organization (e.g., department chairs, committee memberships). These positions allow teachers to become "tgatekeepers of information" because they are part of the communication network of the school. Suggestions for future lines of research are provided.


Based on a lattice Boltzmann method and general principles of porous flow, a numerical technique is presented for analysing the separation of multi-phase immiscible fluids in porous media. The total body force acting on fluid particles is modified by adding relative permeability in Nithiarasu's expression with an additional surface tension term. As a test of this model, we simulate the phase separation for the case of two immiscible fluids. The numerical results show that the two coupling relative permeability coefficients K12 and K21 have the same magnitude, so the linear flux-forcing relationships satisfy Onsager reciprocity. Phase separation phenomenon is shown with the time evolution of density distribution and bears a strong similarity to the results obtained from other numerical models and the flows in sands. At the same time, the dynamical rules in this model are local, therefore it can be run on massively parallel computers with well computational efficiency.


Synthesis of Organotransition Metals.- Metallocarboranes: Past, Present, and Future.- Novel Rhodium and Palladium Complexes with Benzoyl and Thiobenzoyl Isocyanates as Ligands.- Polycyanovinyl Transition Metal Derivatives.- A New Preparation of Organocopper(I)-Isonitrile Complexes and Their Reactions.- An Unusual Behavior of ?-Vinyl Alcohol Complexes of Transition Metals.- The Mode of Formation of Transition Metal to Carbon Bonds by Oxidative Addition.- Organoactinides: Coordination Patterns and Chemical Reactivity.- Recent Developments in Chemistry of Organolanthanides and Organoactinides.- Catalysis by Organotransition Metals.- Mechanisms of Homogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation and Related Processes.- Homogeneous Catalysis of Nickel Complexes. Oligomerization, Polymerization and Some Related Reactions of Diolefins.- Homogeneous Catalytic Activation of Hydrocarbons.- Metallocycles as Intermediates in Organotransition-Metal Reactions.- Sequential Multistep Reactions Catalyzed by Polymer-Bound Homogeneous Ni, Rh, and Ru Catalysts.- Kinetic and Mechanism of Reactions and Catalysis of Organotransition Metals.- Concerted Reactions of Organic Ligands on Transition Metals.- The Role of the Transition Metal in Catalyzing Pericyclic Reactions.- Reactions of Transition Metal Dihydrides. Mechanism of Reactions of Dihydrido-bis(?-cyclopentadienyl)-molybdenum with Various Unsaturated Compounds.- Kinetics of the Addition of Tetracyanoethylene to Bis(Tertiary Phosphine)Bis(Isocyanide)Rhodium(I) Perchlorates.- Catalytic Applications of Oxidative Addition of Alkyl Halides to Transition Metal Complexes.- Organic Synthesis via Organotransition Metals.- Phosphine-Nickel Complexes as Catalysts for Cross-Coupling Reaction of Grignard Reagents with Vinylic, Aromatic and Heteroaromatic Halides.- Mechanisms of Thermal Decomposition of Transition Metal Organometallic Compounds.- Nickel(O) Catalyzed Reactions Involving Strained a-Bonds.- Some Synthetic Reactions by Means of Nickel Carbonyl and Organic Halides.- Selective and Asymmetric Reductions of Carbonyl Compounds Using Hydrosilylation Catalyzed by Rhodium(I) Complexes.- Carbonylation Reactions of Organic Halides by Tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)nickel(O) and Palladium(O) Carbonyl Complexes under Mild Conditions.- The Palladium Catalyzed Reactions for Synthesis of Amines and Benzofurans.- Chemistry of Alkylnickel Complexes. Preparation and Properties of Alkylnickels with Tertiary Phosphine Ligands.- Studies of Hydrido Transition Metal Cluster Complexes.- A Facile Formation of ?-Allylplatinum(II) Complexes by Decarboxylation of Allyloxycarbonylplatinum(II) Complexes.- Optical Inversion and Substitution of Coordinated Olefins in Optically Active trans(N)-Chloro-L-prolinato-olefin-platinum(II) Complexes in Organic Solvents.- Conformational Equilibria and Stereospecific Synthesis.- Biological and Related Aspects.- Synthetic Models for the Oxygen-Binding Hemoproteins.- Organorhodium and Iridium Porphyrin Complexes a Model for Vitamin B12.- Unusual Metalloporphyrins.- The Catalyzed Reduction of Nitric Oxide by Carbon Monoxide using Soluble Rhodium Complexes.- Mechanisms for the Biosynthesis and Neurotoxicity of Methylmercury.- List of Authors.


HIV/AIDS has emerged as a global public health concern requiring a multidimensional response. It is estimated that approximately 36.7 million people are HIV-positive worldwide with more than 70% of them in subSaharan Africa. Adherence, follow -ups and counselling by extension are key components of prevention. People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) require lifelong treatment and it is essential that health care services are organized in such a way that it promotes healthy living, long life and also minimize the spread of the disease. The aim of the study was to explore the challenges faced when accessing healthcare and the coping strategies used by people living with HIV/AIDS at Manhyia District Hospital. The study was a qualitative study and it used in-depth interview with semi-structured questions. Purposive sampling was used to select 10 people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) accessing healthcare at Manhyia hospital. Data collected was analyzed using thematic analysis. The common challenges were financial constraints, emotional disturbance, fear of stigmatization and the side effects of drugs. Most PLWHA used coping strategies such as attending prayer camps, counseling usually from faith healers and diversional activities such as watching TV and attending social gatherings. The study recommends that health facilities should offer periodic education to patients on how to cope with side effects of the anti-retroviral drugs and also work with faith healers to promote adherence.


A Fahrerunterstutzungs- or collision avoidance system is suitable for use in a subsequent and a preceding vehicle host vehicle and includes in a preferred embodiment, a speed sensor for the preceding vehicle to determine the instantaneous speed of the preceding vehicle at a point a vehicle-to-vehicle communications subsystem, a normal speed determination subsystem that is used to determine the normal expected speed of the preceding vehicle at the point, with comprises an outer sensor of a remote vehicle, or a database of digital maps instructions, and a controller that is adapted to the instantaneous and therebetween to compare the normal expected speed and the discrepancy with a threshold value and only to cause an alarm is generated when the discrepancy exceeds the threshold or otherwise blocked condition we determined d.


Abstract This article represents written extracts from the second keynote speech given at the 'Diversity in a Performance Culture Conference' at the University of Bradford on June 6th 2008. The address, a personal view, was given in my capacity as Professor of Social Work at Bradford University. The focus of my talk was on the growth and implications of the performance culture identified within my personal experience and research, which, broadly speaking focused on social work. However, the points I make could equally be applied to the probation service and other agencies with responsibility for providing services across the public sector. 'Diversity' has become a concept that has acquired almost hallowed status in the language and discourse of social care generally and social work in particular. But what does it actually mean? Are those of us who use it regularly, those of us who practise according to its precepts, and those of us who write and proclaim upon it fully aware of its meaning and its implications? Like many similar concepts - empowerment for example - diversity is now so universally embraced that it is relatively rare for it to be questioned, defined or interpreted afresh. Language is a powerful tool; it can open up and at the same time close down discussion about specific words and their use. Understanding is taken for granted, and somehow we are all meant to know what we are all talking about. I think this is what has happened to the concept of 'diversity'. Social work - in common with other public sector agencies - has specific policies and value statements that assert its recognition of and respect for diversity. For instance, enter any prison in the country and you will see a laminated declaration of adherence to principles of anti-discrimination and equal rights regardless of race, colour, religion, creed etc. Yet step into a busy magistrates' court and take a look at who is arrested and processed through the criminal justice system and who ends up in the prison system; you might be led to question the equality of treatment and rights meted out to certain sections of our society. How is respect for diversity understood in the criminal justice system if this is happening? If we are truly to understand the concept and its implications for practice, whether we are prison officers, police officers, probation officers or social workers, we must stop to think about what might be referred to as "the differences that make a difference". For 'diversity' to mean anything, it must take account of those distinctions - social, physical, conceptual or situational - that have a bearing upon how we are perceived and dealt with in the world. Some differences - for instance, hair colour, height (within 'normal limits'), or musical taste - are not particularly significant in these terms; others such as class, poverty/wealth, (dis)ability, ethnic or racial background can be highly significant and can lead to critical differences in the ways in which people are treated. It is incumbent upon us to recognise this and to reflect carefully on the impact of such differential treatment - and then to work to reduce or eliminate the damage caused to those in poverty, from the lower socio-economic classes, from particular ethnic backgrounds. These are the differences that make a difference. The Performance Culture It is important to bear in mind that the performance culture is not specific to any one agency or sector; nor is it a new phenomenon. Its most recent manifestation can perhaps be traced to the 1980s/90s and to the strength of successive Conservative governments' political dominance and adherence to the principles of the market and competition. Ideas derived from the world of business extended beyond business confines and came to enter public sector discourses so that, early on, managers and practitioners in public services were introduced to concepts such as 'cost effectiveness', 'efficiency', 'value for money' and the like. …


In-band packet and / or frame inspection apparatus for a serial input data stream comprising a plurality of packets and / or frames, the apparatus comprising: an input module (220) that is configured to receive the input data stream and to produce two identical data streams from the input data stream; an elastic buffer (230) is configured to control the first data stream to buffers; an inspection module (240) that is configured to receive the second data stream, to inspect a packet and / or frame in the second data stream and to provide at least one control signal to said elastic buffer (230), according to the inspection of the received packet and / or frame; and to transmit an output module (250) is configured to either data received by said elastic buffer (230), or data which are received from the inspection module (240), wherein the control signal indicates that an action on the data in the elastic buffer (230) is required, and ...


A specific purposes to development of learning management models for enhancing system approach thinking ability and calculus achievement of 12 great students. The instruments employed were learning management model, lesson plans, achievement test, system approach thinking ability test, calculus achievement test, and satisfaction questionnaire. Learning management models to consisted of four components as; a) syntax which includes six phases of (1) presentation of problems, (2) development of thinking, (3) select strategies for problem, (4) exchange of thought, (5) group to learning, (6) summary, b) social system, c) principles of reaction, d) support system. The efficiency of learning management models on calculus contents to efficient combining process and outcome aspects at all the scoring of 84.07/ 86.36. System approach thinking ability of the students on after learning management, and calculus achievement to higher than before were statistically significant difference at .05. level. Students' satisfaction of high levels, that to discussion and implementation


Photovoltaics has reached grid parity in many residential locations in the US. However, this levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) is calculated using net metering, which allows all the electricity generated by the photovoltaic system to be used. As the amount of PV on the grid has increased, utilizes are modifying or moving away from net metering. We analyze LCOE of residential PV systems in high solar radiation locations (Phoenix, AZ) and show that the LCOE including battery systems can still achieve residential grid parity.


Tin mining activities in Bangka Island have caused ecosystem damages including deforestation which has an impact on the loss of local flora and fauna, ecological imbalances, decreases in land and water quality, and heavy metal contamination such as Pb, Sn, Zn, Mn, Fe, Cr , Cu, Ni, Cd, and As. The post-mining ecosystem must be restored to restore its function as a life supporting system for the organisms in the ecosystem. This paper aimed to elaborate information related to the condition of post-mining land related to ecological damage and heavy metal contamination and the potential for the conservation efforts of bioaccumulator plants which can reduce heavy metal contamination and improve the quality of land functions. This paper was expected to be one of the references for making decisions on sustainable post-mining environmental management so that the land is habitable for the flora and fauna of the ecosystem. Some plants which have heavy metal accumulation potential are Calophyllum pulcherrimum, Cratoxylum formosum, Gluta velutina Blume, Gordonia excelsa Blume, Ilex cymosa Blume, Ixonanthes petiolaris Blume, Lithocarpus sp, Lophopetalum javanicum, Schima wallichii, Tristaniopsis whiteana, Acacia mangium, Enterolobium cyclocarpum, Gliricidia sepium, Delonix regia, dan Cassia siamea Lamk. The accumulator plants develop their mechanism such as rhizodegradation, phytostabilization, phytodegradation, phytoaccumulation/ phytoextraction, phytovolatilization, phytofiltration, dan phytodesalination.


Mathematical analysis of existing data mining methods is not straightforward and in many cases it is not possible. Therefore, simulated data plays a central role in validation of data mining results in a given situation, i.e., noise, missing value and multicollinearity levels. This paper proposes a longitudinal binary data simulation focusing on presentation of the major challenge of infusing user-defined rules. Results of applying Apriori, PRAT, Prism, and JRip rule extraction methods on these simulated data in several missing value levels are presented in this paper. This simulation proved to be essential in verifying data mining results that we have generated on Medical Epidemiological and Social Aspects of Aging (MESA) data set.


The present invention relates to novel discloses a bone replacement material comprising a powder of pearl pearl powder art medical material of biological / PEEK quasi-natural bone composite material and its preparation method and application. The composite material is quasi-natural bone based nano organic - inorganic composite material, pearl powder by adding an organic matrix in the blend, to prepare a quasi-natural bone - pearl powder / PEEK organic - inorganic composite material, using an injection molding machine, or device overmoulded joint on the metal article, or directly molded article joints. The present invention in terms of density, biocompatibility, biological activity, flexibility and mechanical self-healing ability fully simulate natural bone, with an alternative to stainless steel, titanium and hydroxyapatite bone replacement material or metal with its articular surface modification, bones and solve practical problems encountered in clinical joint replacement. Since the process can be injection or compression molding, molding is simple and easy, small production losses.


The early Middle English passions of Katherine, Margaret, and Juliana, which belong to the "Katherine Group" (1190-1230), are often studied as part of early English anchoritic literature and considered in light of female anchoritic authences.1 Indeed, linked by thematic, linguistic, and textual similarities, as well as manuscript context to works such as Ancrene Wisse, or Guide for Anchoresses, these saints' lives are read as "professional tools" created for female anchorites.2 Recently, scholars have also begun to look at these saints' lives within the context of a broader authence, to consider what these lives say about women, autonomy, and virginity in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries more generally. This paper is not concerned with determining whether these texts were intended for either an anchoritic or general authence. Instead, it is interested in how the author created saints' lives that could be didactically useful to both reclusive and general authences. In these narratives, each saint experiences heady manifestations of God's power within an enclosed prison cell. This time in enclosure transforms each saint from a bride of Christ to an imitation of Christ. These prison scenes and their transformative effects, understudied aspects of these passions, become multivalent when read in terms of the anchorite and her social context.4 I suggest that such transformative use of enclosed space performs a two-fold duty: 1) it encourages the anchorite to imitate the saint in seeking and expecting such experiences from her own enclosure, thereby achieving divinization5 and 2) it encourages general authences to feel wonder at the saint within her enclosure and the anchorite within hers, illustrating how both serve as divine conduits on earth. This focus on the Katherine Group passions comes out of a broader interest in a paradox of medieval saints' lives. That is, these narratives supposedly present models for behavioral imitation, yet the saint herself is radically inimitable. Saints are powerful, often charismatic people who perform personally disturbing and socially disruptive deeds, from relishing bizarre tortures, to refusing to marry, to mocking emperors. Certain female saints even preached in public. Saints perform subversive deeds while ordinary Christians are discouraged from enacting such behavior by church, state, and family pressures. The traditional resolution for such a dilemma, stretching from Bernard of Clairvaux to Richard Kieckhefer, has been to consider saints' miracles worthy of awe and to urge imitation of saintly virtues.6 This paper examines the saints' lives of the Katherine Group to question this binary, which still leaves unresolved the question of awing at or imitating subversive saintly behavior. I suggest that saints' lives can have flexible meanings and effects that change not only among authors and time periods, but also among authence members. The Katherine Group hagiographer uses enclosed space as a way to make saintly miracles and virtues imitable for anchorites while keeping saints' disruptive social behaviors "safe" for consumption (i.e. inimitable) by anchorites and the general public. Despite copious recent scholarly attention to the multiple uses for and receptions of medieval saints' lives, there is little argument that anchorites were explicitly encouraged to see themselves as types of the early desert dwellers and early Roman martyrs, both in their flight from the world's comforts to pursue spiritual paths and by their self-martyrdom, dying to the world, for their faith.8 Their extraordinary lives were expected to imitate those of the early saints. The Katherine Group lives of virgin martyrs could evoke awe in many people and yet also seem a natural source for imitation by anchorites, dead to the world, battling demons in their cells, and working toward unification with Christ. Anchoritic literature of England repeatedly promotes imitation of saints. …


Every student of Mechanics or Applied Mathematics has at some time or other considered the motion of a particle projected into space with a known velocity. He is generally content to ignore air resistance and like contingencies, and to take the subsequent motion as that resulting from the combination of the constant velocity in the given direction of projection with the acceleration due to gravitational attraction upon the particle. Mathematical manipulation of the statements giving the position in space of the particle after an interval of time shows: (a) That if the particle be projected into space with a given velocity the range on a given plane is a maximum if the direction of projection bisects the angle between the plane and the vertical. Further, the direction of motion of the particle when it strikes the plane at this point of maximum range is at right angles to the direction of projection; (b) Also, if two directions of projection be obtained such that the range on the given plane for a certain velocity of projection is the same for each, then it can be derived that these directions make equal angles with the bisector of the angle between the plane and the vertical.


In this paper, we study joint interference cancellation and resource allocation for full-duplex (FD) cloud radio access networks (C-RANs) with antenna correlation. The target is to maximize the capacity of downlink (DL) user equipments (UEs) with guaranteed quality of service (QoS) of uplink (UL) UEs under the constraints of DL and UL transmit power. Intractability of the considered problem involves non-convexity and coupling between postcoding and remote radio head (RRH) selection. To deal with the high coupling between system variables, an estimation-free self-interference (SI) cancellation (EFSC) scheme with merit of significantly reducing signaling overhead for channel estimation is proposed. The reduced signaling overhead is also derived in closed-form expression. Furthermore, we propose a generalized Bender's decomposition-based resource allocation (GRA) algorithm, which separates the continuous and discrete variables to solve the optimization problem. With the design of a flexible utility function, the tradeoff between DL capacity and co-channel interference (CCI) can be achieved. Moreover, we identify the scenario in which antenna correlation will be beneficial for both the UL and DL communications in FD C-RAN with the implementation of EFSC scheme. The effectiveness of the proposed methods and theorems are verified via simulation results.


The new SureSelect Enzymatic Fragmentation Kit is an endonuclease-based enzymatic shearing method which generates random DNA fragments from samples of varying quality and input amounts using a single protocol. It enables the enzymatic fragmentation workflow for the SureSelect XT HS and SureSelect XT Low Input Reagent Kits. Unlike mechanical shearing, there is no upfront investment in instrumentation. This module provides a fast, streamlined and highly reproducible solution for high throughput applications.


Occupational therapy students at the University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, use learning contracts during fieldwork placements. A learning contract is a practical agreement between the student and the fieldwork educator, which is designed to take account of the student's individual learning needs. Studies have considered the value of using learning contracts within health care settings; however, there is little evidence available of their use with occupational therapy students and fieldwork educators. The aims of this study were to consider occupational therapy students' and fieldwork educators' opinions on the advantages and disadvantages of learning contracts and to identify how contracts were used in the fieldwork setting. A further aim was to identify the attitudes of students and fieldwork educators towards the educational theory — andragogy – underpinning learning contracts. A postal questionnaire was used to gather information from a year group of 46 occupational therapy students and the 52 fieldwork educators responsible for their supervision. The respondents suggested a number of advantages and disadvantages of using learning contracts and most respondents had positive attitudes towards andragogical theory. The study found that the majority of the respondents supported the use of learning contracts in fieldwork settings and further research is recommended. Conclusion and recommendations Learning contracts can be used to apply the theory of andragogy to the fieldwork component of health care courses. Some research has looked at the use of contracts in clinical settings; however, research that took account of the views of occupational therapists and occupational therapy students was not found when reviewing the literature. Overall, the study is supportive of research that suggests that learning contracts can be a useful tool in fostering independent learning and the skills of self-evaluation. However, when interpreting the findings, it needs to be taken into account that the study focused on one group of occupational therapy students from one particular problem-based learning course. In view of this, the following recommendations are made:


A recent statement by the Attorney General provides a window into the intellectual history surrounding the concept of "human dignity" and the selfhood from which it arises.


The utility model discloses an outer rotor generator for a vertical shaft wind power generator, for solving a problem of a high startup wind speed of a wind wheel in the existent technology. The outerrotor generator includes an outer rotor generator and a wind mill arranged on the outer rotor generator, said outer rotor generator is composed of a generator shaft, a stator and an outer rotor arranged outside a fixation portion, wherein the generator shaft is hollow, the stator is coaxial with the generator shaft and arranged outside the generator shaft, and the stator is stilly cooperated withthe generator shaft; said wind mill is composed of a wind wheel shaft and a wind wheel, wherein the wind wheel shaft is arranged coaxially in the generator shaft and is stilly cooperated with the generator shaft; by means of said structure, the weight of the wind wheel is transferred to the tower frame by the wind wheel shaft. It is possible to avoid that the generator is pressed to cause the generator bearing to bear a force, thereby, it is possible to reduce the startup wind speed of the wind wheel. At the same time, the wind wheel shaft is demountable, thus the production of the generatoris still more convenient.


Promotion of new energy vehicles (NEVs) is an important strategy to cope with the energy challenges and environmental pollution. In this paper, we propose a dual-channel supply chain model to study the optimal strategy in promotion of new energy vehicles with consideration of subsidies. We present the properties of the models and analyze the influence of the proportion of sales orders, government subsidies, and wholesale prices. We find that government subsidies affect the optimal ordering decision in different dual-channel strategies.


Incharge Department of Anthropology, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, 2 Lecturer, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Bahria University Islamabad, Anthropologist, Pakistan Association of Anthropology, Islamabad, Economist, Association for Social Development Islamabad Corresponding Author's Email: email@example.com ABSTRACT; The hijra(s) commonly ridiculed in most parts of the world due to certain misconceptions including questions on their sexual deformity. The South Asian hijra communities have a long history traced back to the harems of Mughal emperors. Pakistan is a home to over a million hijra(s) mostly living below the poverty line and are now commonly seen begging at different traffic signals. The present study was qualitatively designed to study and discuss the issue(s) and problems of begging hijra in the Federal capital territory of Islamabad. Two different points were located and identified for the interview conduct and participation observation. The study is significant as it is debating the impact(s) of urbanization on the overall situation of the hijra community in Islamabad.


FIELD: web technologies. SUBSTANCE: method for integration of printed business documents, requiring original signature, with electronic data concerning these documents and later extraction of data, inputted for forming documents, is characterized by steps for forcing end user or agent to input all necessary data for forming of required document, saving collected data in database, linking saved data to unique ID code and printing unique ID code on printed document during printing. Printed documents is signed by end user and sent together with supporting documentation. When document is received by business-client, business-client inputs ID code, which is then used for access to saved data, and updates private database of business-client with all data, used for creation of original documents. EFFECT: higher efficiency. 2 cl, 7 dwg


The syndrome of humoral hypercalcaemia of malignancy (HHM) is characterized by increased concentrations of serum calcium, suppressed levels of intact parathyroid hormone (PTH) and low or normal serum concentrations of phosphate. These effects are attributable to the existence of a tumour-derived protein with PTH-like activity called parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) and a cDNA encoding the protein has been characterized


University of Glasgow: Medical Examiners.?At a meeting of the Court on the 14th ult., the following additional examiners were appointed :? Materia Medica?Professor Wild, M.D.. Victoria University, Manchester. Pathology?Professor J. M. Beattie, M.A., M.D., University of Sheffield. Medicine (Systematic and Clinical) ?Alexander Napier, M.D., Physician, Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow. Surgery (Systematic and Clinical)?R. H. Parry, F.F.P.S.G., Surgeon, Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow. Physiology -?Professor W. H. Thompson, Trinity College, Dublin. The Court also considered a resolution of the Senate to postpone during this transitional year the operation of the rule re?ardin? the holding of the final examination in O o o


We have read with great interest the study by Yoneyama et al. [1] in the recent issue of Nuclear Medicine Communications. In their study, Yoneyama and colleagues showed that lower energy photons contain too many scattered photons, which can obscure the sentinel nodes adjacent to the injection sites of the radiotracers in breast cancer patients undergoing lymphatic mapping. They reported better contrast of sentinel nodes near the injection sites with upper offset energy windows to exclude scattered photons from the injection site more efficiently.


Objective To explore clinical curative effect of oral persantine combined with smecta enema on infantile autumnal diarrhea.Methods A total of 192 infants with autumnal diarrhea were randomly divided into therapy group(n=100) and control group(n=92).All patients received routine treatment.On this basis,the infants in therapy group were given a combined treatment with oral persantine and smecta enema.All infants were treated for 5 days.Results The total effective rate in therapy group was significantly higher than that in control group(86.0% vs 52.2%,P0.05).Duration of diarrhea was(3.4±0.6) days and(6.2±0.8) days in therapy group and control group,respectively,and there were significant differences between the two groups(P0.01).Conclusion Combined treatment with oral persantine and smecta enema has good curative effects on infantile autumnal diarrhea,and can shorten the course of therapy.


The Wool Industries Research Association's (WIRA)t air flow method for determining the fibre fineness is the single most widely used commercial method and has achieved the international standard for wool tops, cotton and jute. A simple and rapid technique, it gives a good measure of the mean fibre diameter; It is less sensitive to operator bias than the projection microscope method. Measurement of fibre diameter using a projection microscope is accurate but is timeconsuming and impractical in many circumstances for large-scale experimental work. Earlier attempts/ -6 to use the air flow apparatus for the estimation of fibre diameter of loose wool have been found to be sa tisfactory. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which conducted a study on samples of greasy wool homogenized on a small carding machine, found a curvilinear relationship between the float height and the mean fibre diameter determined by the projection microscope method 2. The standard error of estimate was ±0.82 Jim. Working with Romney and its crossbred clean wools, Ross3 found that the standard error of estimate of fibre diameter observed on the WIRA air flow apparatus as compared with the projection microscope value was 0.92 Jim. Lang and Wright suggested that careful hand-carding before testing was very important, as insufficient carding resulted in low micronaire readings. The present investigation was aimed at determining the diameter of crossbred wools using the air flow apparatus and studying the feasibility of using this method as an alternative to the projection microscope method.


ing – review and editing (equal). Wei Liang Koh: Conceptualization (equal); data curation (equal); investigation (equal); supervision (equal); validation (equal); visualization (equal); writing – original draft (equal); writing – review and editing (equal). Su Ping Regina Lim: Conceptualization (equal); data curation (equal); investigation (equal); supervision (equal); validation (equal); visualization (equal); writing – original draft (equal); writing – review and editing (equal).


This paper compares analyses performed via the distinct element method (DEM), employing rigid blocks and compliant joints, with results using finite-difference software (FLAC) obtained previously by other researchers. The paper then examines the capability of the rigid-block DEM at modelling joints realistically, with emphasis on the moment transfer between blocks. The line of thrust from this analysis was found to fit well with the well-established uniform catenary curve and the parabola, which has been used extensively in the rock engineering literature. This is an important verification exercise that is still lacking in the literature, especially for the rigid-block DEM. Finally, a comparison is made between the DEM and experimental work carried out previously by other researchers. The previously reported laboratory data were reinterpreted to derive more accurate contact laws in both normal and shear directions. A strain hardening or continuously yielding model was adopted in the latter. The calibratio...


The paper analyzes the existing problems in engineering budgetary estimate making,and compares domestic project cost management with developed countries.The paper aims to come up with the advantages of adopting bill quantity valuation(BQV)to solve the problems.Furtherly,the paper provides some suggestion.


The synthesis of peptides is very important in theory and application. The foundation and development of solid-phase peptide synthesis give great impetus to development of chemistry, biochemistry, medicine, immunology, molecular microbiology, etc. This paper reviews the application of solid-phase peptide synthesis on the polymer support, the linker, the protect groups, the coupling and cleavage procedure in recent years.


Abstract
 Introduction
 Patients undergoing salvage surgery are more prone to developing pharyngocutaneous fistulas, the fistula rates reported are as high as 70%.

 Aim of the study
 The aim of this study was to present our experiences with patients undergoing reconstruction with a pectoralis major flap.

 Methods
 We describe the surgical steps we employed during the reconstruction after salvage laryngectomy in 14 consecutive patients.

 Discussion
 This flap will give the patient the advantages of early oral feeding, good tracheostomy care, short hospital stay, and protection against catastrophic vascular blowouts.


We aimed to compare the effect of anesthesia with opioid analgesics omnopon and non-selective COX-2 inhibitor dexketoprofen on the endocytic activity of phagocytes of different localization sites on the model of surgical tumor removal. The study used 50 C57/black mice, which were transplanted with Lewis lung carcinoma in the hind paw pad. After 22 days the tumor paw was amputated. Analgesics (omnopon 10 mg/kg, dexketoprofen – 20 mg/kg) was administered 30 minutes before the operation and once per day for 3 days after surgery. Assessment of endocytic activity of phagocytes was performed by flow cytometry before the surgery, at days 1 and 3 after the surgery. It was found that dexketoprofen analgesia maintain the endocytic activity of blood and spleen phagocytes in the postoperative period. At day 3 postsurgery in dexketoprofen- treated animals phagocytic activities of blood and spleen granulocytes were higher compared to the group receiving opioid analgesia by 70% and 86% respectively. Phagocytic indices of blood and spleen monocytes were also 2 times higher at dexketoprofen-treated mice. Thus, dexketoprofen analgesia maintains the activity of blood and spleen phagocytes in mice after the surgical tumor removal at a much higher level as compared with the omnopon analgesia.


In this paper, we propose a novel parallel Elliptic-Curve-Cryptography (ECC) point multiplication implementation over binary Galois Field, GF(2m) by exploiting the advantage of concurrent operation in a homogeneous multi-core processor to yield an improved performance. A modified Lopez-Dahab (LD) mix-coordinates point multiplication algorithm is developed that exploits concurrency and enables operation using parallel instructions. The algorithm is used to implement ECC point multiplication over GF(2^163) on an Xmos multi-core microcontroller. The results obtained show a 60% performance improvement can be achieved over a single core implementation. Our presented implementation is believed to be the first parallel implementation of ECC scalar point multiplication over binary fields on a homogeneous multi-core microcontroller.


Abstract: Presence of Harmonics, voltage & frequency variations deteriorates the performance of the system. Quality of Power supplied is affected by various factors of the power system. Most of the Power Quality problems are introduce in to the system by the Power Electronics equipment because of its fast switching and non-linear characteristics. In the market competition Power Quality issues become very large because of using more sensitive equipment. This sensitive equipment will introduce more problems due to the built in compensation and sometimes lack of enforced regulations. Thus, Power quality improvement is become more important factor as a point of view for reliable & continuous Power System operation. Power quality may be improved by using filters and compensators. For improvement of Power Quality active power filters are used. This paper present the Simulink model of Shunt Active filters for improvement of Power Quality.


Abstract Influences of additive and heterosis effects upon body weight estimated from forechest girth and several other body measurements of linebred and linecross Holstein heifers were investigated. The numbers of heifers measured at various ages ranged from 580 at one month to 390 at 19 months. Heifers resulted from prior development and crossing of six lines producing six linebred and 21 linecross progenies. Linecrosses exceeded linebreds in all but one case and usually to a statistically significant degree. This increase, however, varying from 3% for weight to less than 1% for some other measurements tended to be smaller than a hypothetical inbreeding depression of the linebreds based on their average inbreeding of 13%. Generally other effects (line heterosis, specific heterosis, sire line, and sire within line) were not statistically significant.


Academic cognition has important guiding significances for the learning activities of college students. This article summarizes our country nearly 20 years researches on the college students' academic cognition from the academic self-concept, achievement goal orientation, and academic attribution, and points out the shortages of the current research and future research directions.


This paper investigates the idea to treat repositories of ontologies as interlinked networks of ontologies, formally captured by the notion of a hyperontology. We apply standard matching algorithms to automatically create the linkage structure of the repository by performing pairwise matching. Subsequently, we define a modular workflow to construct combinations of alignments for any finite number of ontologies. This workflow employs and makes interoperable several tools from the ontology engineering world, comprising matching, reasoning, and structuring tools, and supports in particular modular ontology extraction based on alignment, and a study and empirical analysis of (in)consistency propagation in connected alignments (the Chinese Whispers problem).


Objectives To analyze the anatomy and morphology of the pulmonary circulation of pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect(PA/VSD)and to study the eligible surgical approach. Methods The findings of angiography in 233 cases of PA/VSD were retrospectively studied including the type of systemic-pulmonary collateral vessels and the development of native pulmonary arteries and associated anomalies,also the influence on the consequence of operation. Results Native pulmonary arteries(NPA)were seen in 112 cases(48.1%),and 1 case with double patent ductus arteriosus. Pulmonary blood flow was provided by both NPA and major aortopulmonary collateral arteries(MAPCA(s))in 104 cases,with only MAPCA(s)and without NPA in 17 cases. The atresia occurred at infundibular and pulmonary valve was the most common type(48.1%). The systemic pulmonary collaterals originated from direct aortopulmonary,indirect aortopulmonary collaterals,or true bronchial arteries. The associated anomalies of PA/VSD included splenic syndrome,the atrio-ventricular connection discordance,the ventriculo-arterial connection discordance,multi-ventricular septal defect,right aortic arch,atrial septal defect,left superior vena cava,heterotaxia,crisscrossed heart,anomalous pulmonary venous connection and coronary arteries malformation. Conclusions The source of pulmonary blood-flow,the development of pulmonary artery,and extremely heterogeneous cardiopulmonary malformation in PA/VSD to a large extent determine the surgical approach and overall outcome.


(57) ABSTRACT Correspondence Address: NOTARO AND MICHALOS The aim of the invention is to Suppress Sparking during 100 DUTCH HILL ROAD high-frequency Sputtering. A high-frequency generator (5) is SUTE 110 provided which has a controlled Switching unit (13) that is ORANGEBURG, NY 10962-2100 (US) connected upstream in relation to the output of Said genera tor. A high-frequency Supply signal that is generated at the (21) Appl. No.: 10/108,666 output of the high-frequency generator is Stopped for plasma discharge (PL) for a short time and by means of said (22) Filed: Mar. 28, 2002 Switching unit.


AbstractThe debonding between the steel tube and the confined concrete core of concrete-filled steel tubes (CFSTs) can weaken the confinement effect of the steel tube on the concrete core and may induce a decrease in the load-carrying capacity and in the ductility. The debonding detection technique for CFSTs is still a challenging problem resulting from the inaccessibility and invisibility of the interface. In this paper, by embedding piezoelectric lead zirconate titanate (PZT) based functional smart aggregates (SAs) in concrete core as actuators and pasting PZT patches on the predetermined locations of the outer surfaces of the specimen as sensors, a novel active interface condition monitoring approach for rectangular CFST members is proposed and is experimentally validated with a scale rectangular CFST specimen with artificial debonding defects. Analysis of the wavelet packet energy spectrum (WPES) of the measurements of PZT patches is carried out, and a damage index, called the weighted variation of WP...


The invention discloses an imaging spectrometer based on a grating translational light modulator, which can apply a linear array detector. The imaging spectrometer comprises a receiving optical system, a dispersing component, an imaging lens, a grating translational light modulator array, a convergent mirror and a detector, wherein radiation information of a target is imaged on the dispersing component line by line according to different time sequences by using the receiving optical system, and is imaged on programmable grating translational light modulator linear arrays by using the imaging lens after being subjected to light splitting by the dispersing component; the grating translational light modulator linear arrays are programmed and driven line by line, so that light of different wavelengths passes through according to the time sequence and is converged onto the detector by using the convergent mirror; and through data synthesis, the spatial dimension information and optical dimension information of the target are obtained. The spectrometer has the advantages of small size, light weight, low price, high speed and high resolution, and can be widely applied to the fields of space flight and aviation remote sensing, industry, agriculture, biological medicine, substance analysis and classification, universal and astronomical detection, environment and disaster monitoring, atmosphere detection, searching and tracking of military targets, and the like.


The UNECE International Co-operative Programme on Effects on Materials, including Historic and Cultural Monuments (ICP Materials) is an ongoing research programme in the framework of which air pollution and the effect of climate on the corrosion and soiling of various natural and synthetic materials, among them on historic and cultural monuments, is studied. So far these studies have revealed that even though air pollution has continuously declined in Estonia, no significant reduction in corrosion on the displayed sample plates at the Lahemaa test site could be observed. The present article is based on annual data on the corrosion of carbon steel, zinc, and limestone and the soiling of modern glass in the air at the Estonian Lahemaa observation station from the period 2008–2009 and the relevant environmental data (pollution and climate). For comparison the material corrosion data from the Lahemaa station for 1997–2006 are used. In 2002–2003 the corrosion loss of zinc and in 2005–2006 the loss of Portland limestone increased at Lahemaa. The data from the Lahemaa station for 2005–2006 and 2008–2009 indicate that the estimated corrosion rate exceeds the 2020 target for limestone, which is 8 μm per year.


Gorge Saddle is one low point on a drainage divide between Fiordland and the Southland Plain. Eastward sloping Quaternary terraces east of the divide and westward sloping terraces to the west contain granitic pebbles which could have been deriVed only from the west. This suggests doming at the present divide concurrent with transport from the west.


[Extract] I've always been conscious of the anomaly - sharply pointed out by Michael Barber in EWS44.3 (Winter 2014) - of my challenging Antony Beevor's version of what Robert Laycock and Evelyn Waugh did during the evacuation of Crete. After all, Mr Beevor is a celbrity military historian and I am probably the least martial person on the planet. But ipse dixi went out early in the Middle Ages, and this argument is not about Gallagher versus Beevor and Barger but about what actually happened during the last night of the evacuation of Crete, 31 May / 1 June 1941, and whether Waugh told the truth about it. Though pre-emptive, I must say that it is an argument between fact and guesswork. In Brief Lives: Evelyn Waugh (London: Hesperus, 2013), Mr Barber makes it only too plain that he is unaware of the simplest facts of the evacuation of Crete, in which he is not alone; and that prompts me to offer the following brief outline of events as they relate to Evelyn Waugh.


Antimicrobial peptides are an integral part of innate immunity, and contribute to the protection of human skin from Staphylococcus aureus colonization and infection. We sought to investigate whether the expression of the eccrine sweat‐derived staphylocidal antimicrobial peptide dermcidin might influence S. aureus colonization or recurrent skin and soft‐tissue infections (SSTIs). Eccrine sweat was collected from 18 patients with recurrent S. aureus SSTIs, 28 patients who were intermittent or permanent S. aureus carriers, and 32 noncarriers. Expression and proteolytic degradation of dermcidin was investigated using ELISA and surface‐enhanced laser desorption ionization time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry (SELDI‐TOF‐MS). We found no significant differences in the overall amount or the proteolytic degradation pattern of dermcidin‐derived peptides between healthy noncarriers, intermittent and permanent carriers, and patients with recurrent S. aureus SSTIs. S. aureus colonization or recurrent SSTIs do not seem to be associated with diminished dermcidin expression in eccrine sweat.


Idioms in newspaper headlines in the context of language game are under study. It is assumed that productive models of idioms' language game usage develop due to extensive and frequent use of idioms in the headlines.


AbstractThe adjustment of laser tracker network measurements for large-scale metrology applications has unique considerations not commonly encountered in the network adjustment approaches generally...


This project focuses on simulating the traffic at an intersection using agent-based planning and behavioral methods. The motivation is to simulate this traffic in a way that's noisy, believable, and high level of detail. The main approach is based on the idea of a control obstacle and a greedy sampling method to navigate the robots. Other behaviors are generated using constraints and finite state machines.


Nine novel lanthanide coordination complexes with formulae {[Ln(TTTA)(H2O)2]·2H2O}n (Ln = Ce, 1·Ce; Pr, 2·Pr, Nd, 3·Nd; Sm, 4·Sm; Eu, 5·Eu and Tb, 6·Tb) and {[Ln(TTTA)(H2O)3]·3H2O}n (Ln = Dy, 7·Dy; Er, 8·Er and Yb, 9·Yb) have been synthesized by hydrothermal reactions of a new flexible ligand TTTA (2,2′,2″-[1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triyltris(thio)]tris-acetic acid) with corresponding lanthanide nitrate and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, IR, thermal analysis, luminescence and magnetic measurements. Due to the synergistic effect of lanthanide contraction with diverse coordination modes and conformations of the flexible ligand, they have three structural types from 3-D polymers to 0-D dimers. Type I for large ions, 1·Ce, 2·Pr and 3·Nd, possesses a rare 3-D five-connected 4664 network with 1-D helical inorganic Ln2O2 chains bridged by the organic ligands; type II for medium ions, 4·Sm, 5·Eu and 6·Tb, exhibits 1-D chains constructed from Ln2(CO2)4 units connected by the V-shaped conformational ligand; and type III for small ions, 7·Dy, 8·Er and 9·Yb, is scarcely an M2L2 dimer structure. Fascinatingly, in the low-dimensional type II and III structures, different kinds of unusual cyclic hydrogen bonding interactions are formed which, together with other weak interactions such as S⋯H–O hydrogen bonds, noncovalent S⋯S interactions or π⋯π stacking interactions, play important roles in stabilizing the whole network. In addition, the 5·Eu and 6·Tb complexes show strong red and green photoluminescence at room temperature, respectively, and may be good candidates for potential luminescence materials. The magnetic properties for some of the structures have also been investigated.


There are some problems about land requisition compensation system,such as the method of land requisition compensation is unreasonable,the standard of land compensation is low,etc.An important measure for land requisition compensation system reform is to determine and implement integrated land section price.This paper introduces the concept of integrated land section price.analyzes the factors to determine integrated land section price.indicates the specificapplication of integrated land section price.and discusses the significance of implementing the integrated land section price.


The research project addresses the problem of the affective area in the teaching-learning process, considering the little interest that educational programs and their own teaching work place to promote the adequate development of the affective area in students, therefore prioritizing the contents of the different areas of knowledge, so that students reflect deficiencies in this development, such as poor interpersonal relationships, low control over their emotions, low tolerance to adversities and frustrations that prevent them from having an adequate development. The objective of the research was to analyze the components of the child affective area to determine its incidence in the teaching-learning process, for which a methodology focused on the qualitative approach, the bibliographic-documentary and field research, and the application of survey, interview and observation techniques applied to parents, teachers and students of the Millennium Education Unit "Cacique Tumbala". The beneficiaries of the research were the students, teachers, parents and authorities of the Second Year of Basic Education of the Educational Unit of the Millennium "Cacique Tumbala", located in the Zumbahua parish of the Pujili canton in the province of Cotopaxi. The contribution of research at the theoretical level is the scientific basis through the contribution of various authors who support the importance of the affective area in educational processes through the deployment of the categories of the dependent and independent variable. The contribution at the practical level lies in the application of instruments that allow obtaining measurable data of the current situation of the affective area deployment in the second year of basic education, based on the teaching work and the children's attitudes and reactions with respect to the subject of study. As a result of the present investigation, it has been established that second-year students have deficiencies in the development of affectivity, the same ones that originate in the family environment due to the weakening of the affective bonds between parents and children and also environmental factors; education as the poor quality of interpersonal relationships between peers, which affects their performance and academic performance; establishing that the lack of affectivity has a negative impact on the Teaching Learning process, preventing the student from having a satisfactory cognitive development and also in unfolding situations in society.


Asian intraregional trade far exceeds intraregional financial flows. Regional financial integration requires further market development with supportive institutions and common standards. Internal growth generation is important for the region to sustain global growth in the face of continued problems in Europe. Asian savings are large and it is an originator, not just a recipient, of financial flows. Given its population density, acute need for better retirement savings products, and genuine demand for infrastructure, institutional and product innovations that help retain its high savings in the region could meet real needs, while promoting more diverse and stable capital flows.


ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 4, 2021-Exelixis, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXEL) today announced results from a post-hoc exploratory analysis demonstrating that the efficacy benefits seen in the phase 3 CheckMate -9ER trial with CABOMETYX® (cabozantinib) in combination with Bristol Myers Squibb's OPDIVO ® (nivolumab) compared with sunitinib as a first-line treatment for advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) were observed across analyzed subgroups, including those based on International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium (IMDC) risk status, site of metastases and extent of tumor burden at baseline. The data will be presented as part of the Poster Session: Genitourinary Cancer – Kidney and Bladder at the 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, which is being held virtually, June 4-8, 2021. All posters will be available on demand beginning at 6:00 a.m. PT on Friday, June 4.


The practical applications of 3D model acquisition are manifold. In this paper, we present our RGB-D SLAM system, i.e., an approach to generate colored 3D models of objects and indoor scenes using the hand-held Microsoft Kinect sensor. Our approach consists of four processing steps as illustrated in Figure 1. First, we extract SURF features from the incoming color images. Then we match these features against features from the previous images. By evaluating the depth images at the locations of these feature points, we obtain a set of point-wise 3D correspondences between any two frames. Based on these correspondences, we estimate the relative transformation between the frames using RANSAC. The third step is to improve this initial estimate using a variant of the ICP algorithm [1]. As the pair-wise pose estimates between frames are not necessarily globally consistent, we optimize the resulting pose graph in the fourth step using a pose graph solver [4]. The output of our algorithm is a globally consistent 3D model of the perceived environment, represented as a colored point cloud. The full source code of our system is available as open source [2]. With an earlier version of our system, we participated in the ROS 3D challenge organized by Willow Garage and won the first prize in the category "most useful". Our approach is similar to the recent work of Henry et. al [5]. Our approach applies SURF instead of SIFT features. Additionally, our source code is available online. Figures 2 and 3 illustrate the quality of the resulting 3D models. For both experiments, we slowly moved the Kinect around the object and acquired around 12 RGB-D frames. Computing the model took approximately 2 seconds per frame on an Intel i7 with 2 GHz. We applied our approach also to a large variety of other objects. Videos with more results are available online [3]. We will demo our system during the RGB-D workshop. Further, we plan to evaluate our system using ground truth information in the near future. Our approach enables a robot to generate 3D models of the objects in the scene. But also applications outside of robotics are possible. For example, our system could be used by interior designers to generate models of flats and to digitally refurbish them and show them to potential customers. At the moment, we do not deal with the problem of automatic view point selection but assume instead that the user is moving the camera through the scene.


The article begins on a breif on 'Hard' and 'Soft' aspects of Organizational Architecture/ Design and goes on to discuss a few short case illustrations revolving on the topic and finally concludes on designs for today and tomorrow. The author draws out the model in a unique way of using caselets to make the concept come alive. In more than one ways, it addresses the issues of the emergent realities of what needs to be done beyond organization design the human factor. Dr. S. Ramnarayan (Ram) is a Clinical Professor at the Indian School of Business (ISB). After his graduation in engineering and post-graduation in management, Ram earned his Ph.D. in Organizational Behaviour from the Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. During the initial years of his career, he worked for about 8 years in industry. He has been a faculty member at the Tata Management Training Centre, Pune for about 5 years, and later a Professor at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad for about 13 years. He has also been visiting faculty at the Case Western Reserve University, and Guest Professor at the University of Bamberg, Germany. processes and styles would be considered 'soft' aspects of design. Using another metaphor, structure is like a skeletal system in an animal or human being. Skeletal system provides support, form and strength to living organizm. It has a tendency to introduce certain rigidity in functioning. Skin, muscles and bone allow movement. Muscles do actual moving. Bones give anchor to move against. Thus for flexibility and range of fluid and graceful movements, the living organizm depends more on muscular system. The genius of evolution is that not only have different systems co-evolved to fulfill different functions, but also that the different systems skeletal system, 3_NHRD Apr12_01 Article 1-12.p65 4/30/2012, 10:00 AM 64 April | 2012 NHRD Network Journal 65 muscular system etc. co-exist and function seamlessly, supplementing and/ or supporting each other within certain limits. What aspects of organization design do Indian companies change when they go across borders? Do they restructure themselves to manage an acquisition? Or do they prefer the 'softer' approach of modifying processes? Answers to such questions flow from some research that we have been involved with on how Indian companies go across borders . As a recent issue of 'The Economist' observes, "The rapid globalisation of Indian firms owes much to takeovers. Over the past decade, there have been cross-border deals worth$129 billion" . We studied how a few of the acquisitions got initiated, how the units were integrated, and how the company has been performing after the acquisition. In this paper, we have outlined four short vignettes based on two organizations in our study. As can be observed from these short case illustrations, there are hardly any accounts of structural changes, but we find a number of interesting process innovations to manage acquisitions. We end the paper with a few comments and observations on what the shape of future organizations would be like, what requirements would they place on management and leadership, and how the processes outlined in the paper appear to be in line with emerging requirements of tomorrow. Short Case Illustrations Case 1 Evolving Growth Stories to Plan for Acquisitions: At Carborundum Universal (CUMI), an engineering company belonging to the Murugappa group, an acquisition is justified not just in terms of synergies or cost reduction, but in terms of growth stories. This required a clear articulation of what CUMI would do differently to achieve greater value. The technical team was created, which was entrusted with the task of writing not one, but five growth stories. They knew well that success in all may not be possible, but success in one could guarantee a turnaround. The growth stories formed the basis for acquisition decision. For instance, when CUMI bought the Russian plant, they were producing roughly about 52,000 tonnes of Silicon Carbide. Even during the best of Soviet times when there was no disturbance, they never produced beyond 55,000 tonnes. One of CUMI's growth stories was that they could take it up to 65,000 tonnes. This plan was based on several technical improvements, such as changing the design of the furnace and changing the furnace head. They were not driven by huge capital expenditures, but by better technology. CUMI had worked out what they would change, how they would do it and how they will monitor. Another growth story involved changing the mix of two categories of products crystalline material and metallurgical material. 55 per cent of the 52,000 tonnes that they were initially producing was of the crystalline variety. The price of crystalline material is 50 per cent higher than that of the metallurgical material. Thus they were making 45 per cent of a very low-priced material. CUMI planned to take the crystalline material from 55% to 80%. This would have a huge impact on the profitability. When the acquisition was made, they did a quick 100-day integration plan. Within the 100 days, these growth stories were actually rolled out. The execution team was a joint team involving members from both CUMI and the acquired company. The 1 We are thankful to the Human Capital Leadership Institute (HCLI), based in Singapore for providing6 3_NHRD Apr12_01 Article 1-12.p65 4/30/2012, 10:00 AM 65 66 April | 2012 NHRD Network Journal teams from the foreign company came to India, the teams from CUMI went to the foreign company, and then a joint team was formed through which the execution of these growth stories was carried out. To build mutuality, CUMI invited the team from the acquired company to implement two or three projects in India thus allowing the Indian operations to learn from the other operations. This also sends a message to the employees of the acquired unit that their skills and expertise are recognised and valued. Once the team decides that this is a better way, then it becomes the CUMI way open and available to all. Once execution began, and the benefits of growth stories started kicking in, the teams could see benefits in terms of synergy, and this fostered collaboration. Of the five growth stories, two worked brilliantly. One worked reasonably well, but got delayed, and the other two did not work. In terms of results, the unit was running at about 75,000 tonnes in 2011. In terms of product mix, they had achieved 81% crystalline variety. These changes had changed the entire game in terms of performance and profitability. As a result, CUMI has been highly successful in Russia. But one growth story failed miserably. The Russian plant was making about 12,000 tonnes of bonded abrasives. They had a name plate capacity of 50,000; but even during Soviet times, they had made only 24,000 tonnes. CUMI's target was that they should move from 12,000 to 24,000 tonnes within two years. They formed teams and started working. But as of date, they have not even come back to 12,000 that was being made and sold before the down turn. CUMI management invested huge efforts in preparing for the acquisition. It ensured that high quality thinking and ideas were used to develop the change agenda. The execution, however, was carried out in a non-directive mode. The company did not approach the acquisition as a 'conqueror', but as a partner . Given their collaborative, inclusive cultures, CUMI leaders felt comfortable achieving goals through influence rather than control. Case 2 Mentor to Help Build Bridges Once an acquisition is made, a mentor is appointed to support the local management overseas. A very senior leader from the top management committee assumes the role of mentor for each international business. Called as mentor directors, they sit on the boards of the respective subsidiaries thus assuming responsibility to the board and for the overall success of the SBU or that international part of the business. Though they are called mentors, they actually review with the CEO of that unit, the P&L, the business plan, the capital expenditure, the HR plan, the growth plan and the R&D projects. They help to integrate the unit with the rest of the CUMI system. A senior leader said, "For instance, an overseas operation may be struggling with a particular problem of manufacturing. The mentor would know that the plant in Uttaranchal has solved that problem. Thus the mentor would arrange for an employee from Uttaranchal to make a visit and run the operation for a fortnight. Thus the overseas operation is not left without support to try and see what can be done. Thus the mentor actually becomes a helpful link to the rest of the CUMI system". Another senior leader added: "There is the soft role of helping the CEO and other key leaders, apart from the business role of doing monthly review in terms of P&L, balance sheet, performance, the various indices, and identifying the gaps. The role is not merely one of doing a review and 3_NHRD Apr12_01 Article 1-12.p65 4/30/2012, 10:00 AM 66 April | 2012 NHRD Network Journal 67 giving a directive. The mentor actually gets involved in helping the leadership team achieve those numbers. At CUMI we do this with a lot of personal touch. This is not the American way of the same system being forced on everyone. It is more a family way of working things together. We get different people working together and celebrating together. It is about sharing good practices. We travel together and exchange notes. It is a softer way of doing things". As the organization becomes large, complex and more geographically dispersed, 'silo' mentality tends to creep in, and different parts of the organization do not communicate with each other. With their extensive network, individual CUMI top leaders took on the role of 'connectors'. They actively searched for help to solve the problems of the newly acquired units. They effectively ensured that right people moved to the right need areas to sol


The class of Matlis domain, those integral domains whose quotient field has projective dimension 1, is surprisingly broad. However, whether every domain of Krull dimension 1 is a Matlis domain does not appear to have been resolved in the literature. In this note we construct a class of examples of one-dimensional domains (in fact, almost Dedekind domains) that are overrings of K(X;Y ) but are not Matlis domains. These examples fit into a larger context of what we term "Prufer sections" of Noetherian domains, a notion we also consider briefly, and with emphasis on Prufer sections of two-dimensional Noetherian domains.


port and catabolism. We also consider possible strategies to enhance plant folate synthesis and accumulation by metabolic engineering. intake is suboptimal for most of the world's population,


The essays that form Dancing With Digital Natives come from authors in a wide range of fields and with a variety of experiences with this generation (for the purposes of this book, those born since...


The Soviet Union's efforts at centralized economic planning suffered greatly by neglecting to integrate cybernetics into a comprehensive model. Today, this cybernetic approach to economic planning is still blocked. The time has come to implement alternative planning in the form of an automated model that coordinates the activities of all industries and sectors of toward a prosperous and sustainable future.


Limbus is formed by the junction of the corneal and conjunctival epithelia, where the epithelium gradually becomes thicker toward the sclera.[1] It is a 1–2‐mm‐wide anatomical ring‐shaped transition zone between the opaque sclera and the clear cornea.[2] Anatomically, the limbus contains important features related to eye functions including fibrovascular ridges radially oriented known as palisades of Vogt that host corneal stem cells for epithelial turnover.[1] Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) is a technique for obtaining high‐resolution images of biological and nonbiological specimens.


Ontology is an explicit conceptualization of concepts in a shared domain.As a kind of means of knowledge representation and sharing,ontology is very hot in the research of information processing.Based on ontology,the Idiom Story Ontology is built through skeleton method,and OWL is used to describe the ontology formally.It introduces the Idiom Story Ontology's purpose,knowledge acquisition and OWL description,OWL description respectively analyze from several aspects including classes,subclasses,properties,individuals and relationships in detail.This methodology of building ontology establishes the foundation for the querying of the Idiom Story.By the building of the Idiom Story Ontology,the intelligent retrieval of the Idiom Story can be applied effectively.It is an attempt of ontology technology in China's traditional culture.


Presented work principles and forms of solar low-temperature radiant heating system,analyzed economic comparison between it and conventional heat source,and futher analyzed its superiority from energy efficiency,environmental benefit and payback period.Finally,a comprehensive evaluation of each programs was concluded,while the general application of the system was prospected.


The percentage of human resources (HR) in construction that has a certificate of skilled labour is moderately low, which is less than 6% of the total human resources in the construction sector in Indonesia. The certificate can describe the ability, expertise, and competence of the certificate owner. Human resources'' quality have an influence on project productivity so that project success can be achieved. Construction Management has an important role as an HR manager who will work on the project including HR who works as a supervisor of construction activities on the project. The purpose of this study is to determine the dominant factors affecting the performance quality of the Management Construction HR on supervising high rise building construction. This study uses quantitative methods with factor analysis. Collected data are primary data from Management Construction HR which collected from questionnaire. The results from this study are five factors that affect the quality of HR performance. Based on the five factors, the most important factor is technical skills factor.


The main objective of this study is to predict the multiaxial fatigue life for lateral notched round bars made of DIN 34CrNiMo6 high strength steel. In-phase bending-torsion tests for different stress amplitudes and different ratios of the normal stress to the shear stress were performed. Single torsion and single bending tests were also conducted for different stress amplitudes. In addition, the beach marking technique was used to mark crack fronts on fracture surfaces for the different loading paths studied. Experimental fatigue life was compared with predictions obtained by the Coffin-Manson model. The stress-strain state at the notch root was evaluated using the Theory of Critical Distances (TCD) and the Equivalent Strain Energy Density (ESED). Finally, a comparative analysis of the fatigue life predictions obtained by the two above-mentioned approaches was carried out. The former gave good results for higher lives but was too conservative for lower lives. The latter led to good correlations in the range studied here.


The reliability of accounting internal control systems (AICS) is often viewed as a primary concern of auditors. Over the past three decades, several reliability models have been proposed for internal control. The main goal of these models is to provide an objective approach to evaluate the reliability of internal control systems. In addition, the models seek to assess the degree of audit reliance that can be placed on internal controls. This paper has a two‐fold objective: (1) to present an overview of the descriptive and prescriptive reliability models developed for the design and evaluation of internal control systems, and (2) to discuss the effects of various factors on the reliability assessment. Furthermore, two methods to estimate process reliabilities are presented and several numerical examples are provided to show the detailed calculations of the reliability and economic efficiency of accounting internal control systems.


The integrated-modern-open management mode in libraries will raise document utilization ratio and offer readers better service.The paper expounds the specialty and advantage of "collecting-circulating-reading integration" in libraries,and puts forward some suggestions for perfecting it.


This research randomly investigates 70 teachers who have special students in their classes from 11 mainstreaming schools in Siming district of Xiamen city through questionnaire and interview.The results indicate that teachers' attitude to learning in regular classes is generally aspiring and positive but the positive attitude is still in its infancy.Although most of teachers can select strategies actively to help special students learn,they tend to adopt easier and more convenient teaching strategies with emphasis on emotions rather than time-con- suming strategies with special skills.The results also reveal that teachers need the following support services:op- portunities of professional training for teachers should be created,professional support and management in school should be provided,investment should be increased,and teachers' teaching load should be reduced.


This paper is an attempt to justify the original concept of the Sao Francisco Craton and to define its limits. This Craton covered almost the entire State of Bahia and parts of the near Minas Gerais, Goias, Pernambuco and Sergipe States during the Brasiliano Cycle. The authol characterizes the Aracuai folded belt whose structures correspond to the Macaubas Group and are disposed on the southern and southeastern borders of the Craton. The nature of the limits of the Craton with the adjacent folded belts is discussed. A proposal to establish these limits along evident marginal faults with .justified inferences between them is submitted.


Objective To explore the methods of organization and management in field surgery during earthquake rescue.Methods During the earthquake rescue,the surgeries were performed in field operation vehicle.We established the vehicle management rules and regulations through the organization of earthquake rescue work.And based on the experience of surgeries in field operation vehicle,we developed the management procedure of the staff and materials.Result Eighty surgeries were performed with no infection and other complications.Conclusion Under field conditions,good organization is the key point to ensure safe and fast treatment.


Abstract Coefficients of absorption of visible radiation are determined for sea ice and snow as a function of porosity of the medium and wave-length of energy refracted into it. A comparison is made between the values derived and those obtained by other investigators under similar snow conditions. A difference in results suggests a significant rôle of crystal size and orientation in the absorption properties of sea ice and snow.


The paper introduced the concept of jitter.we gained the signal jitter time that the phase noise is knowned through illation of formula.


Abstract Introduction: Fertility counselling for young women newly diagnosed with cancer is an important field of preconceptional counselling. This qualitative, small-scale study explored how young women newly diagnosed with cancer experienced specialized fertility preservation counselling and treatment in the public Danish health care system. Methods: Semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted with five women below 40 years recently diagnosed with cancer. All women received fertility counselling by a fertility specialist at the Fertility Clinic, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Denmark before initiation of cancer treatment. Participants were interviewed at a place chosen by them, and interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Data were analysed using systematic text condensation developed by Malterud and inspired by Giorgi's phenomenological analysis. Results: None of the participants were aware that chemotherapy could destroy their eggs. The participants described how specialized fertility counselling and fertility preservation contributed to a belief in life after cancer, which gave them hope that they would survive their cancer disease. Further, the women described how the possibility of fertility preservation removed a huge concern and enabled them to concentrate on their cancer treatment and on getting better. Conclusion: Overall, the specialized fertility counselling and treatment to preserve fertility was highly valued. The women felt it gave them a choice about their future fertility. The fertility expert presented the various fertility-preserving scenarios, and the women were content that they had an actual choice.


What is wanted here is a little restraint, a little patience, a greater measure of pragmatic discretion. Paust and Blaustein speak of the Charter goals of the establishment and maintenance of territorial integrity, political independence, self-determination, and protection of the "personality of the state . . . [in] its political, economic, and cultural elements. . ." The irony is that the preponderant view of those with responsibility in the most important nation-states of the world is that it is precisely these considerations which provide the ultimate legal, not to mention political, defense of the Arab action.


This paper is dedicated to the 115 th anniversary since the birth of Professor Alexander Leonidovich Chizhevsky. The blood (blood system) is a special liquid tissue of human organism, penetrating in all its organs and tissues and performing the vital metabolic functions (gas exchange, nutrition, hormone and enzyme transfer, and excretion of degradation products). The blood also works as an "informer" delivering to the central nervous system the data from human environment (exoinformation stimuli) and from the viscera (endoinformation stimuli). Adequate reaction to signals of negative information, providing the homeostasis ( status quo), is a reliable sign of viability. The authors put forward a hypothesis on the realization of the space-earth (cosmo-tellure — after A. L. Chizhevsky) relation by human organism, governed (directly and indirectly) by signals from the Sun and Space. The hypothalamo-pituitary complex (center of discrete endocrine system, regulating the neurosecretory functions of all vital systems) serves as the bioacceptor providing this relation. The blood system plays the leading part in support of this bioacceptor function.


In her book, Media Marathoning: Immersions in Morality, Lisa Glebatis Perks states "we are in a new golden age of media engagement" (p. 189), where marathoning media texts—including television shows, movies, and books series—is becoming the norm. Perks offers the Media Marathoning Paradigm to move beyond evaluating changes in production and consumption of digital media texts, to evaluating audience engagement with and narrative similarities in commonly marathoned texts. Perks is, in effect, aiming to reframe binge-watching as marathoning, elucidating the positive aspects of such media engagement. Her book is focused around two important questions: why we marathon the media texts we do, and what those marathoned texts do for us. Chapters two through four detail her discourse analysis of audience surveys, interviews, focus groups, and media diaries (N = 176) to better understand marathoners' engagement with their marathoned texts. Perks recruited participants through social media and by word of mouth, and divides the analyzed discourse from participants into three areas: behavioral, affective, and cognitive involvement. In her chapter on behavioral involvement, Perks outlines how marathoners oftentimes make a "holiday" out of marathoning media texts, scheduling time with their chosen text around life's other obligations. While they may undertake these marathoning holidays alone or in social gatherings, marathoners often communicate with others during their marathoning "journey;" sometimes these communications involve conversing with others in online fan communities, but more often include discussing and recommending media texts with friends and family. In regard to affective and cognitive aspects of marathoning a media text, Perks' audience analysis demonstrates that marathoners often find this to be an emotionally positive and fulfilling pursuit. Marathoning allows individuals to develop strong


Single crystal heterojunctions between n-type silicon (ND = 1015 cm-3) and p+-type germanium (NA = 5 × 1018 cm-3) have been fabricated by a `continuous flow' halide reduction epitaxy process. The energy band structure of the heterojunction has been investigated using measurements of reverse-bias incremental capacitance; the conduction band discontinuity at 20°C is ΔWc = 0.26 ± 0.02 eV and the valence band discontinuity is ΔWv = 0.21 ± 0.02 eV. Current-voltage measurements are consistent with this energy band configuration. In particular, forward current is carried by electron thermoemission current and not by hole diffusion current. Some potential applications for semiconductor heterojunctions are briefly reviewed.


TOSHIBA has been developing the superconducting cavity for International Linear Collider (ILC) in cooperation with High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) since 2009. A 9-cell superconducting cavity was fabricated at TOSHIBA in 2010. Surface preparation and RF test of the cavity were performed at STF/KEK. The 2 nd 9-cell cavity is just about to be fabricated now. This paper presents the status of superconducting cavity development for ILC at TOSHIBA.