On the basis of a qualitative analysis of semistructured interviews of 7 automobile dealerships in Oulu, Finland, we uncovered 4 themes: strategic understanding of electronic commerce (eCommerce), technological understanding of eCommerce, maturity of the Web site supporting eCommerce, and eCommerce developmental strategy. These themes allowed us to make sense in a succinct way of the similarities and differences among these automobile dealerships. Ranking the 7 dealerships on these 4 themes (dimensions) yielded consistent patterns and led us to identify adopter categories of eCommerce. We suggest 3 major adopter categories: procrastinators, followers, and visionaries. Followers are further divided into opportunists, waverers, and striders. Analysis of the histories of Web sites also showed that the existence of a Web site as such and its operational use are not sufficient to trigger effective learning about eCommerce. We suggest that learning at the levels of strategic understanding and technological understanding of eCommerce is a joint outcome of eCommerce developmental strategy and the Web site maturity rather than either of them separately. The interviews also showed that the dealers with higher strategic and technological understanding had a more active eCommerce developmental strategy and more mature Web sites. This finding led us to conjecture that the developmental strategy and the Web site maturity are influenced by both strategic understanding and technological understanding.


Inspiration and insight in the sciences, education, business and arts are typically assumed to be founded upon neuro-centric cognitive processes. Personal experience and sensory data are  often believed to be all that an individual may draw upon in the creative process. Yet the idea of non-local mind invites us to consider the possibility that inspiration and insight may utilize information and experience beyond that of the individual, and beyond the present moment, drawing upon past, present and future information fields. This paper highlights reports and deliberate invocations of non-local mind, including several current applications in the field of Critical Futures Studies. Some of the common tools and applications are briefly described. Finally, this paper identifies some of the typical problems that may arise from deliberate activation of the extended mind. The argument is situated within Anthony's theory of integrated intelligence.


In western culture, fishing is recognized as male activity, reflecting typical masculinity. In American culture, fishing is a unique representation of masculinity. In Melville's novel Moby Dick, this cultural representation, fishing, is employed to construct masculinity, which expresses author's optimistic attitude for American national literature, meanwhile reshapes American nation's character and temperament.


AIM
To evaluate the success rates and potential influencing factors of nitrous oxide sedation for dental treatment in a specialised paediatric dental service.

MATERIALS
Medical records of all children treated under nitrous oxide sedation in a specialised pedodontics clinic between 2012 and 2017 were analysed retrospectively for parameters such as age of the patient, experience and change of operating dentists, treatment procedure and success or failure regarding the sedation and treatment.

CONCLUSION
Given the high overall success rate of over 90%, nitrous oxide sedation can be a highly effective treatment option for performing dental treatment in pre-cooperative and/or anxious children and adolescents. With age of the children and experience of the dentist, success rates increased.


attempted to divide. The accelerating effects of hypertension on latent vascular irradiation damage are explained in relation to the increase in turnover of endothelial cells caused by hypertension. (UK)


In this paper, we develop two replacement-type reliability acceptance sampling plans(RASPs) for the gamma lifetime distribution assuming that the shape parameter is known. The two plans are respectively based upon failure-free period and hybrid life tests. We then compare the plans in terms of expected test time to reach a decision, power, etc. Computational results indicate among others that the failure-free period RASP has a shorter expected completion time than the corresponding hybrid RASP when the true scale parameter is 'large'. Finally, sensitivity analyses reveal that the effects of the uncertainties involved in the assumed shape parameter on the producer and the consumer risks are in favorable directions for both parties for both types of plans.


Analysis of the time of flight estimation performance when signal digitization is used is presented. The crosscorrelation function peak position was used as time-of-flight estimator. In order to cope with the discrete nature of the cross-correlation the time of flight subsample estimates used interpolation techniques: parabolic peak, derivative's zero crossing, zero crossing of imaginary of Hilbert transform, double zero crossing and frequency domain phase. Noise density component of the Cramer-Rao lower error bound was modified to include the jittering and quantization noise. Basing the real amplifier noise density theoretical analysis concluded that taking the 180 nV/√Hz as lowest noise density at ADC input, 10 bit is needed for 100 MHz sampling. Numerical experiments have been conducted using Matlab to investigate the standard deviation of ToF in presence of additive white Gaussian noise and signal's digitization. It has been concluded that systematic errors are related to subsample interpolation and a...


Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) polymorphisms were examined in 12 cases of nasal natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphoma diagnosed in the United States (U.S.-NL) with respect to the EBV-associated nuclear antigen (EBNA)-1 carboxy (C)-terminal region and the EBNA-4 region. A single dominant EBV strain was found in all cases. EBNA-1 sequences were remarkably homogeneous, showing either a P-ala (2/12) or P-ala variant (9/12) sequence. Other EBNA-1 subtypes known to be common in U.S.-reactive samples, such as P-thr or V-leu, were not identified. The final case had a base deletion with frame shift and premature stop codon. EBNA-1 C-terminal amino acid substitutions were common at codons 499 (10/12 cases), 502 (7/12), 524 (9/12), and 528 (6/12), all previously reported "hot spots." However, unlike previous reports of other EBV-associated neoplastic and reactive tissues, mutations were absent at residues 487 and 492. Mutations within HLA-A11–restricted immunogenic EBNA-4 epitopes 399–408 and 416–424 occurred in 3 of 12 cases but were not associated with HLA-A11 status. In summary, the exclusive finding of P-ala variant or P-ala EBNA-1 sequences in U.S.-NL cases differs from that reported in U.S.-reactive and non-U.S.-NL cases. Although the significance of this difference is not known for certain, it may be related to geographic and/or site-specific variations, rather than oncogenicity per se.


We demonstrate a simple and viable method for controlling the energy release rate and pressurization rate of nanoenergetic materials by controlling the relative elemental compositions of oxidizers. First, bimetallic oxide nanoparticles (NPs) with a homogeneous distribution of two different oxidizer components (CuO and Fe2O3) were generated by a conventional spray pyrolysis method. Next, the Al NPs employed as a fuel were mixed with CuO-Fe2O3 bimetallic oxide NPs by an ultrasonication process in ethanol solution. Finally, after the removal of ethanol by a drying process, the NPs were converted into energetic materials (EMs). The effects of the mass fraction of CuO in the CuO-Fe2O3 bimetallic oxide NPs on the explosive reactivity of the resulting EMs were examined by using a differential scanning calorimeter and pressure cell tester (PCT) systems. The results clearly indicate that the energy release rate and pressurization rate of EMs increased linearly as the mass fraction of CuO in the CuO-Fe2O3 bimetallic oxide NPs increased. This suggests that the precise control of the stoichiometric proportions of the strong oxidizer (CuO) and mild oxidizer (Fe2O3) components in the bimetallic oxide NPs is a key factor in tuning the explosive reactivity of EMs.


IP1 is a prototype CASA radar sensor network located in southwestern Oklahoma whose goal is to detect severe weather in the lower part of the atmosphere. At the center of this system's control loop is its Meteorological Command and Control (MC&C). In this paper, we presented the overall control architecture for the IP1 network and highlight new features that have recently been added to the MC&C. We also present an analysis of the MC&C performance based on measurement data from a 5-day operation period. In addition, we introduce a distributed version of the MC&C.


This contribution deals with a nonlinear beam model which was published by Gao in [1] and it is known as the Gao beam . Let us denote E the Young's modulus, I the area moment of inertia, q the distributed transverse load, ν the Poissons ratio, L the length of the beam, 2h its height, while its width is b and it is considered as a unit. An axial force P is considered acting at the point x = L . The Gao beam model is described by the fourth-order differential equation where is an unknown deflection of the The axial load P is constant, P > 0 causes compression of the beam and P < 0 tension. We will focus a contact problem for Gao beam and foundation which is situated under the beam. The gap between them is described by the function g ≤ 0 . For simplicity it will be considered one-parametric


Children with mental retardation show fine and gross motor development delayed, they have lower skills than normal children. Developmental disorder that primarily occurs, marked by speed, flexibility, and motor coordination are not optimal. The objective of this research was to analyze the effect of paper toys therapy to the motor development of mentally retarded children. This research used quasy experimental study. The population were 36 children with mentally retarded at "SLB Negeri Cerme" and the respondents were recruited 16 samples based on inclusion criteria and divided into treatment and control groups. Data was analyzed with the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test and Mann Whitney U Test with significance level α<0,05. The result of this study showed that fine motor skill (ρ=0,035) in treatment group, while in control group (ρ=0,068), and gross motor skill (ρ=0,011) in treatment group, while in control group (ρ=0,180). The result of Mann Whitney U Test on fine motor skill (ρ=0,031) and gross motor skill (ρ=0,045). Paper toys therapy could increase children's fine and gross motor skills of mental retardation because this therapy is useful to train minor and major muscle, such to train their finger muscle, to coordinate their muscle eyes, hand and feet muscle in order to generate functioned as a proportional movement. It can be concluded that paper toys therapy had an effect on the development of children's fine and gross motor skills of mental retardation. The further research should focus on motor skills stimulation for moderate of mentally retarded children.


Let o n (t) (n = 0, 1, 2, • • •) be the Rademacher functions, that is, let q) n (t) _ (-1) J for j/2 n < t,,, (j + 1)/2 n Given any sequence off complex numbers {an} _ {a o, al, a2,-I, we denote by .3T{a n} the family of power series It is well known that if 00 (1) P(Z ; t) _ E On(t) an Zn (0 < t < 1). n=o 00 (2) re 1 a nd Z n=0 then almost all series (1) diverge almost everywhere on I zl = 1. Here almost all refers to the set of t (in the usual Lebesgue sense), while almost everywhere refers to the set of z on the circumference of the unit circle (again in the usual sense). Only recently [1] was it observed that some nontrivial interesting assertions similar to the above with almost everywhere replaced by everywhere can be made. Here a new result of this kind, going beyond that indicated in [1], will be established. 2. STATEMENT OF RESULTS Our main result is the following THEOREM. Let {cn1 n=0 be a monotone sequence of positive numbers tending to zero and satisfying the condition n 2 lim sup J-o > 0. n-oo log 1 / en 343 df {a n} 0 is a sequence of complex numbers satisfying the condition


The present research has been carry out with the purpose of proposing an Integrated
Marketing Communication plan aimed at encourage the sustainable tourism of Cerro
Campana in Huanchaco, 2018. The problem formulated to the research was: An Integrated Marketing Communication plan will encourage the sustainable tourism in the Cerro Campana, Huanchaco, 2018? It was propose as a hypothesis: An Integrated Marketing Communication plan based on a diagnosis of attractions will encourage the sustainable tourism in the Cerro Campana, district of Huanchaco, 2018. The population was integrate to 50 potential tourists from Cerro Campana. The research design was a cross-sectional non-experimental design of a descriptive nature and the methods
were inductive-deductive, hypothetical-deductive, analysis-synthesis method. With regard to the research techniques, it"s were the questionnaire and the interview. The result show that the surveyed tourists are totally agree that the Integrated Marketing Communication plan will encourage the practice of sustainable tourism in Cerro Campana; on the other hand, the public relations is the most appropriate communication strategy to promote sustainable tourism in Cerro Campana, and the next most chosen option was online marketing. These results were the basis to recommending actions that help to improve the elaboration and implementation of the communication plan. Likewise, the conclusion was that an Integrated Marketing Communication Plan contributes to encourage the sustainable tourism in Cerro
Campana, given that the surveyed expressed a favourable attitude to respond that they are total agreement whit this and their behaviour reflect that success. In addition, it is be
highlighted as a necessary principal tool that materializes the importance of the promotion to the tourist sustainability of the place in mention.


Throughout a cricket match, commentary entertains the viewers and gives updates about the game. Quoting pertinent stories associated to the current game situation makes the game more fascinating. The system proposes a solution which is an AI based approach that will assist the color commentators in effective storytelling that is interesting to the audience, and related to what is actually happening in the game being broadcast. The aim of the system is to retrieve and suggest stories that will assist the color commentator to describe appropriate remarkable incidents all through the course of the game. The system returns list of stories while a video is being played, based on how suitable they are for the game state. The methodologies used for system are video processing, video dataset, processing the dataset, Construction of a set of candidate stories, matching of video events and stories and finally generating commentary.


Protein tyrosine phosphatases, together with protein tyrosine kinases, regulate the tyrosine phosphorylation that controls cell activities and proliferation. PTPRB contains an extracellular domain, a single transmembrane segment and one intracytoplasmic catalytic domain, hence it belongs to receptor type protein tyrosine phosphatases. The extracellular region of PTPRB is composed of multiple fibronectin type-3 repeats, which was shown to interact with neuronal receptor and cell adhesion molecules, such as contactin (Rios et al., 2000) and tenascin C (Adamsky et al., 2001, 2003). Expression analysis implicate the roles of PTPRB in cell adhesion, neurite growth, and neuronal differentiation (Nagata et al., 2003). In cattle cell lines, protein tyrosine phosphatases and their substrates were suggested to regulate adherens junctional integrity, the movement of macromolecules and cells through the endothelial paracellular pathway, and capillary tube stability, thus possibly being involved in the immune response (Young et al., 2003). PTPRB was also found to interact with ATP-gated ion channels in the plasma membrane, and may regulate channels by altering their tyrosine phosphorylation status (Ratcliffe et al., 2000; Kim et al., 2001). It provides a component in cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix signaling events (Garwood et al., 2003). In human PTPRB was mapped previously to HSA12q15→ q21 by FISH (Harder et al., 1992).


The paper describes two kinds of jet flows: the confined and impinging jet flow. A triaxial thermoanemometer probe with a temperature sensor was used to study the confined jet flow. The time-average analysis of data resulted in a turbulence characteristic. It allowed the estimation of the budget of turbulent heat flux. The impinging jet flow was investigated by the Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) method together with heat transfer analysis done with a liquid crystal film.


We demonstrate in this thesis how new targets can be identified and highlight the challenges that lie in front of us when trying to translate these steps toward the clinic. We conclude that the blood-brain barrier, PD/PK of drugs, and therapy resistance are still major challenges and explain the limited improvement in treatment options for patients with GBM. First, GBM is a diffuse glioma located in the brain where the blood-brain barrier prevents the crossing of drugs and thereby limits the efficacy of treatment. Second, inter- and intratumoral heterogeneity have been observed in GBM leading to different cellular subpopulations with distinctive genetic profiles. Hence, treating these subpopulations with targeted drugs allows until now still survival of certain subpopulations that are not sensitive to this treatment. Lastly, therapy resistance is often seen in GBM patients and is probably related to intratumoral heterogeneity, but the intrinsic molecular mechanism is still not fully understood. Together they lead to the inevitable recurrence of the tumor.


Vegetation shows a greening trend on the global scale in the past decades, which has an important effect on the hydrological cycle, and thus quantitative interpretation of the causes for vegetation change is of great benefit to understanding changes in ecology, climate, and hydrology. Although the Donohue13 model, a simple conceptual model based on gas exchange theory, provides an effective tool to interpret the greening trend, it cannot be used to evaluate the impact from land use and land cover change (LULCC) on the regional scale, whose importance to vegetation change has been demonstrated in a large number of studies. Hence, we have improved the Donohue13 model by taking into account the change in vegetation cover ratio due to LULCC, and applied this model to the Yarkand Oasis in the arid region of northwest China. The estimated change trend in leaf area index (LAI) is 1.20%/year from 2001 to 2017, which accounts for approximately half of the observed (2.31%/year) by the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS). Regarding the causes for vegetation greening, the contributions of: (1) LULCC; (2) atmospheric CO2 concentration; and (3) vapor pressure deficit were: (1) 88.3%; (2) 40.0%; and (3) −28.3%, respectively, which reveals that the largest contribution was from LULCC, which is probably driven by increased total water availability in whole oasis with a constant transpiration in vegetation area. The improved Donohue13 model, a simple but physics-based model, can partially explain the impact of factors related to climate change and anthropogenic activity on vegetation change in arid regions. It can be further combined with the Budyko hypothesis to establish a framework for quantifying the changes in coupled response of vegetation and hydrological processes to environment changes.


This study aims to identify the impact of Administrative Reinforcement on Creative Behavior in the presence of the mediating variable (organizational climate) during the Corona Pandemic period. The study population included faculty members at Zarqa University. (200) questionnaires were distributed to a convenient sample, 161 questionnaires were retrieved with a retrieval rate of (80.5%), and the number of valid questionnaires for the analysis was (122) (75.7%) of the retrieved questionnaires. The results of the study showed that Administrative Reinforcement has a positive impact and statistical significance on Creative Behavior, the mediating variable "Organizational Climate" has a medium impact in improving creative behavior, while it had no impact as a mediating variable between Administrative Reinforcement and Creative Behavior. One of the most important recommendations made by the study is the need for the institution to adopt the strengthening approach as a development plan in the field of training based on enhancing the strength points of university employees and integrating face-to-face education, if possible, with distance learning because of its ability to raise the quality of education and encourage creative behavior, with improvement in the success factors of distance learning to meet the current conditions, as an alternative plan for face-to-face education.


Bringing relationality into leadership research is one of the most pressing issues facing leadership researchers today. Practitioners and consultants operate in increasingly complex and interrelate...


We prove the asymptotically best possible result that, for every integerk?2, every 3-uniform graph withmedges has a vertex-partition intoksets such that each set contains at most (1+o(1))m/k3edges. We also consider related problems and conjecture a more general result.


Industrial waste is one of the causes of water pollution. Such waste requires periodic and continuous surveillance so that it can be followed up for specific treatments. This research develops LoRa (Long Range) technology for monitoring waste water based on geographic information system. Sensors used in this research are turbidity, pH, and temperature sensors. The result of this research is a system capable of displaying and mapping the conditions of waste water under surveillance. Alerts are generated when the quality of waste water reaches a threshold value set to the owner of the factory. The accuracy of the turbidity sensor under test is 93.42%.


Photographs of men in chains and orange jumpsuits waddling toward unmarked buildings have repeatedly given the impression that the terrorist prison camp at ''Camp Delta,'' Guantanamo Bay (GTMO), Cuba, is oppressive and legally autonomous. Many innocent people are said to be wrongly imprisoned. Given the strange and ambiguous mission there, this impression is not surprising. The real situation at GTMO is not that some innocents are perhaps being held wrongly (though that may also be an important, true story), but that those in charge have a poor idea of what they are doing and the intelligence collection mission is failing. Crucial information is not being learned from the assets who are there, and the camp management is so haphazard that it borders on chaos. Given that many detainees at GTMO likely have crucial intelligence information related to past and possibly current terrorist planning, this reality is as important as the likelihood that many now imprisoned at the United States facility in Cuba do not belong there. Of the over 600 detainees in prison in GTMO, perhaps dozens of individuals are innocent of terror-planning against the U.S. (although they


High-speed and high-capacity flywheel energy storage system with high-performance is a research focus in the energy field. A 200kW, 15000rpm high-speed permanent-magnet machine that used in flywheel energy storage system is investigated in this paper, and its discharge performance is analyzed through establishing a field-circuit coupling model. The relationship between the load and the performance of uncontrolled discharge process of the flywheel system are studied, and the computational results is compared with the experimental ones, which prove the model is correct. On the basis of the above study, the influence of the load and the control circuit on the constant voltage discharge performance of system is analyzed. The results could provide a reference for the design of high performance flywheel energy storage system.


It's the major task to enhance the developing level of rural economic in new rural,and an efficient rural financial system is important to rural economic growth. Some developing economics regarded risk management as the heart of rural financial system recently,and achieved significant in poverty reduction and enhancing growth. Micro-insurance was the most frequently tool in this process. Using for reference to this,it's a feasible alternative to develop micro-insurance and form new rural risk management system,thus to enhance rural economic growth and accelerate china's new rural development.


This study was aimed at the large scale production and application of Bacillus thuringiensis ( Bt ) biopesticide in Bangladesh agriculture from locally available cheap raw materials. B. thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki HD-73 (reference strain) and two other indigenous isolates of B. thuringiensis namely Bt-Soil-47 and Bt-Insect-1i demonstrated satisfactory growth of sporulation and endotoxin production in a medium prepared from de-fatted mustard-seed meal (oil cake) as carbon and nitrogen sources at 30°C. A correlation of growth, sporulation and endotoxin production pattern was obtained through the systematic study over the period of 72 h. Time course study of the growth of all three Bt isolates demonstrated similar pattern; however, spore-crystal complex formation of the indigenous Bt isolates was different with respect to the reference strain. The two indigenous isolates formed the maximum sporecrystal complex at 36 h, whereas the reference strain did the same at 66 h. Hence, the productivity of endotoxin formation of the indigenous isolates, 34.30×10 -3 and 37.50times;10 -3 g/L/h respectively, were higher than that of the reference strain (21.37×10 -3 g/L/h). Spore-crystal complex of the bacilli was recovered as dry powder which can be applied suitably in field to test their insecticidal activity. Molecular size of endotoxin of the isolates analyzed by SDS-PAGE resembled the typical sizes of the δ-endotoxin of Bacillus thuringiensis. Keywords : Bacillus thuringiensis; spore-crystal complex; δ-endotoxin. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjm.v27i2.9172 BJM 2010; 27(2): 51-55


other for many years felt somehow different after the marriage. Indeed, Badgett concludes that, on balance, marriage changes gay people more than gay people change marriage. It seems that same-sex marriage is a relatively minor adjustment to the institution of marriage, rather than a reconstruction out of whole cloth. In the Netherlands, as in many other European countries, alternatives to marriage – such as registered partnerships – were ratified before marriage. Badgett finds that most gay and heterosexual couples choose marriage when given the opportunity. Based on her analysis of data on registration of such partnerships versus marriage, augmented by the qualitative data from her interviews, Badgett argues that marriage alternatives are beneficial only if they are a stepping-stone toward full equality. So what can we learn from looking at the ramifications of legalizing samesex marriage in the Netherlands and across Europe? Is the US different in some fundamental ways that make such comparisons unhelpful? Badgett argues quite deftly that differences across states in the US mirror differences across European countries and that change occurs in predictable ways. In Europe, the more politically liberal countries have led the legalization of same-sex marriage, as have the more liberal states in the US. These leaders set an example for other countries and states to follow. This book will be relevant to anyone interested in the same-sex marriage debate. Although the interviews are conducted in the Netherlands, Badgett draws on data from Europe, as well as from the US. Despite her Eurocentric approach, she seems to be speaking most directly to readers in the US. Nevertheless, her findings would be of interest to readers in other countries who can learn from the Dutch experience. The book is highly readable, and Badgett's interdisciplinary approach makes the book appropriate for use in courses on gender across disciplines.


Objective To find out the effect of medicinal parts of Polygonum orientale on cardiovascular disease. Methods The models of acute myocardial ischemia induced by ligating coronary artery in rats and coronary artery flow( CF) in isolated heart of rabbits were applied. The effects of different medicinal parts( including the whole plant,root main stem,branch with leaves, ear) on the ECG,the infarct sizes and CF of heart were observed. The contents of chemical constituents( isorientin,orientin,protocatechuic acid) and HPLC fingerprint were determined in order to find out the substance basis in cardiovascular disease respects. Results The extracts from whole plant,root main stem,branch with leaves and ear of the plant could improve the change of ECG,decrease the range of myocardial ischemia and increase the CF to varying degrees. The samples of branch with leaves and ear showed more comprehensive effect,while the ones of root and main stem did poor. Contents of isorientin,orientin and protocatechuic acid of different medicinal parts showed the same tendency: branch with leaves ear whole plant root main stem. The HPLC fingerprint also reflected distinctive characteristic of the different parts. Conclusion The branch with leaves and ear of Polygonum orientale may be the effective medicinal parts on cardiovascular disease,and the intensity of pharmacodynamics is closely related to the contents of isorientin,orientin and protocatechuic acid,so these chemical constituents can provide scientific basis for clinical application and quality control of Polygonum orientale.


Information quality is one of the basic qualities for college students, which is composed of information consciousness, information ability, information ethics and basic information technology training. The article proposes some ways of fostering the information quality of college students, such as 1) taking the information retrieval lesson as a required course, 2) permeating information quality education into other courses, 3) enhancing the role of library in information quality education for college students.


This paper examines Theodor W. Adorno's notion of democratic pedagogy and the role of emotions in re-educating and democratizing a society, particularly in light of the current political situation in many countries around the world in which right-wing extremism is on the rise. The paper revisits Adorno's educational thought on critical self-reflection, focusing on his views on educating emotions and the tensions between democratic pedagogy and a schooling of the emotions. It is argued that Adorno's contribution to discussions of the role of emotion in education and his suggestions about how to resist and counteract fascism and right-wing extremism are not only illuminating today, but also provide remarkable clarity and force of argumentation in educational efforts to create critical spaces in the classroom in which moral and political learning does not end up a form of sentimental manipulation.


The simulation results of the Bunch Shape Monitor operation using coherent transformation of a time structure of an analyzed high-intensity electron beam into a spatial one of low-energy electrons emitted from a wire target will be presented. The electromagnetic field of an analyzed bunch disturbs the trajectories of secondary electrons, thus resulting in a degradation of phase resolution and in errors of phase position reading. Moreover there is a perturbation of the target potential due to the current compensating emission of the secondary electrons. The accuracy analysis has been carried out. The confident result to achieve the phase resolution less then one degree was obtained. PACS numbers: 29.27.Bd


Within the framework of a unified approach, we derive several identical representations of the realistic (and ideal) pattern functions ${f}_{k,l}$ necessary to reconstruct the density-matrix element ${\ensuremath{\varrho}}_{\mathrm{kl}}$ in the Fock basis from realistic quadrature distributions measured with a nonideal balanced homodyne detector of overall efficiency $\ensuremath{\eta}.$ To this end we first establish a biorthogonality relation for the pattern functions from which the form of the Fourier-transformed pattern functions can be easily read off. Then a different handling of the inverse Fourier transform yields several identical representations for the desired pattern functions provided that $\ensuremath{\eta}g1/2.$ In particular, we derive a representation of the realistic pattern functions in terms of a finite weighted sum over scaled ideal ones. Compared to a previously given form, this expression has a nice analytical structure, reveals some general features of the realistic pattern functions, and is particularly well suited for their numerical computation. From this representation sum relations for the pattern functions follow. With their help we show that both a smoothed Wigner function and a generalized moment generating function can be directly sampled from realistic quadrature distributions. The corresponding sampling functions are basically shifted and/or scaled versions of the ideal pattern functions ${f}_{0,0}$ and ${f}_{0,k},$ respectively. As a by-product we derive the sampling functions needed to reconstruct the density matrix from the Fourier-transformed realistic quadrature distribution, i.e., from the s-ordered characteristic function with $s=\ensuremath{-}(1\ensuremath{-}\ensuremath{\eta})/\ensuremath{\eta}.$


Itaconic acid has been employed as a special facilitator to construct divalent metal ion based ionic crosslinking framework in the acrylonitrile butadiene rubber matrix. Readily accessible double bonds in itaconic acid could directly react with the elastomer to form effective covalent bonds. On the other hand, presence of easily dissociable protons in itaconic acid enables them to form ionic bonds that leads to an increase in crosslinking density of the vulcanizates. The synergistic effect of covalent crosslinking induced by peroxide and ionic crosslinking induced by metal carboxylate could effectively enhance the overall mechanical and dynamic mechanical properties of the rubber composites. In this study, three metal oxides, that is, zinc oxide, magnesium oxide, and calcium oxide, have been selected for this purpose. Tensile strength of nitrile rubber composites depends on the strength of ionic crosslinks, which in turn is influenced by the size of the alkaline earth metals, such as Mg, Ca, etc., and stoichiometric quantity of itaconic acid, which is at par in the formulation of this study. The novelty of this study is that the introduction of a dicarboxylic acid in combination with metal oxides enhances the crosslink density and tensile strength of nitrile rubber composites which could result from the metal organic framework.


This article examines "Schmitt Fever," the reception and influence in contemporary China of the thought of Carl Schmitt, the German legal, constitutional, and political theorist notorious for his endorsement of National Socialism. It argues that an understanding of Schmitt Fever provides new insights into contested terrain and fracture lines of contemporary Chinese law and politics. It also shows how Western concepts are taken up in China, both philosophically and politically, and how their reception reveals valuable insights into the character of the major political contests in contemporary China. By examining the way Schmittian concepts such as "friend-enemy," "sovereignty," and "decisionism" are deployed by three contending groups of scholars—the "China Path," "New Left," and "Liberal" schools of thought—it shows the limitations of socialist and Marxist thought in contemporary debates, and a crisis in legitimacy regarding the foundational ideas that sustain and inform contemporary debates regarding the future direction of China.


"The next patient is an interesting one."

The attending makes a wide, sweeping gesture. Apassionato.

"As you will find, she has a classic presentation."

Behind the curtain sits a girl with naked legs in a poofy gown.

"Talk Julie" sings mom.

"She can talk" mom assures, more for Julie's benefit than mine.

Sweet, shy, pianissimo , Julie looks …


Time domain reflectometry is frequently used to localize faults in electrical systems. Most existing literature on reflectometry in transmission lines considers symmetric faults that are either shorts between the two conductors or open circuits where both conductors are disconnected at the same location. This paper investigates spread spectrum time domain reflectometry (SSTDR) applied to asymmetric twin-lead transmission lines in which either only one conductor is disconnected, or the reflectometry instrument itself is asymmetric. For asymmetric faults, we observe not only the expected dominant reflection corresponding to the location of the disconnection, but also an additional reflection from the end of the transmission line. In the second case, we leverage the asymmetric response of the SSTDR instrument to identify which of the two otherwise identical conductors has been disconnected.


The invention relates to epoxy-polyurea adhesive agent and the preparation process. The adhesive agent is prepared through evenly mixing A component and B component, wherein the A component is blend of isocyanate trimer and epoxy resin with weight proportioning of 1:0.25-1.5, the B component is steric hindrance type polyether polyamine, the blending ratio of the A component and the B component isdecided by the content of isocyanate trimer and epoxy resin in A component and the kind of amino in B component. The preparation process of adhesive agent comprises evenly mixing isocyanate trimer and epoxy resin according the 1:0.25-1.5 of weight proportioning as A component, and then justly adding steric hindrance type polyether polyamine of B component to evenly mix. The adhesive agent of the invention combines the advantages of polyurea adhesive agent and epoxy resin adhesive agent, and has the characteristics of high strength, high ductility, high packing ratio, environment property resistance, rapid surface drying and convenient construction and the like.


Glass was one of the oldest man-made materials. It was a common product that can be found in variety of form. In Malaysia, less than 30% of the glass was recycle and causing solid waste impact to the environment. Research on using waste glass as aggregate has been attempted decades ago and recent research shows that it can be used as aggregate under certain measures to avoid alkali silica reaction damaging effect. In this study, the effectiveness of waste glass used as fine aggregate in mortar was studied. Four mixes mortar was prepared accordance to the percentage of replacement of 0%, 10%, 20% and 30% of waste glass as fine aggregate. The specimens were tested for its compressive strength and percentage of permeability porosity under condition of 7, 28 and 90 days age of water curing. The specimens also tested for alkali silica gel expansion. It was found out that the compressive strength and the porosity of the mortar with waste glass as fine aggregate achieved optimum result at 10% of replacement. In the finding of alkali silica gel expansion, all the mix percentage does not exceed the 0.1% limit expansion. This shows that waste glass was suitable for partially replacing fine aggregate in mortar.


FIELD: food industry. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the food industry, namely to a crispy co-extruded food product. This product comprises an extruded shell and an extruded filler contained within the extruded shell. Extruded shell has a flour component comprising from about 37 % to about 92 % by weight of wheat flour and from about 3 % to about 30 % by weight of sugar. Weight of the extruded filler is from about 20 % by weight to about 75 % by weight of the total weight of the co-extruded food product. Total co-extruded food product has a density of about 0.45 g/ml to about 0.85 g/ml. Invention also relates to a method of co-extruding a baked food product, which comprises mixing a coating material, containing from about 10 % to about 100 % by weight of wheat flour and from about 3 % to about 30 % by weight of sugar, mixing the filler material containing solid fat, liquid fat and sugar, and co-extruding the shell material and filler material in a filler: shell ratio of about 1:4 to about 3:1 to obtain an extruded cord. EFFECT: co-extruded food product has a soft, well-balanced taste, a more delicate and delicate texture, which is essentially non-soiling. 15 cl, 65 dwg, 2 tbl, 1 ex


Cylindricity is an important parameter in the evaluation for a cylindraceous workpiece. It has a direct effect on the precision of assembly and rotation. However it is difficult to carry out inside cylindricity measurement for a large workpiece (length: 2~3m, diameter >200mm), in which the spindle's straightness and measuring table's motion error deserve consideration. In this paper, a new error separation method is presented based on the application of precise photoelectric inspecting technique. And the two errors will be directly measured according to the deviation of facula. During the measurement, the workpiece is installed erectly on the base to minimize its distortion. Laser collimation initializes the measuring needle and gives real-time state of the measuring table. Two kinds of coordinates are used for error compensation, i.e. absolute and imaging coordinates. In the end, the least squares cylinder is used to calculate the cylindricity after all point data of each section are modified. Overall structure design and detailed measuring steps are also listed. Thus, the models of error compensation and cylindricity evaluation are obtained. Simulation results prove them correct with a satisfying precision.


Marriage is an inner and outer bond between a man and a woman as husband and wife to form happy and eternal family-based God Almighty, therefore, in implementation of marriage must be approved by both parties who carry out the marriage, without any coercion from any party. However, in practice, some marriages are carried out not because the free will of the parties, but of pressure or influence from a third party, unlawfully, coercing, placing someone under his control or another person, or abusing his power to do or allow it to be done with him or with another person, which is called forced marriage. Against forced marriages, in Indonesia, there are civil and criminal legal remedies, specifically in the case of forced marriages. Meanwhile, various legal remedies exist for forced marriages in other countries, such as Australia and United Kingdom. Herefore, it is necessary to make legal comparison to obtain comprehensive perspective, both the regulation, as well the practice the regulation, so that the proper legal framework will be obtained terms of providing legal remedies in the case of forced marriages in Indonesia. Based on this background, the formulation of the problem in this article: 1) legal remedies against forced marriages in Indonesia and 2) legal remedies that can be taken in the case of forced marriages in other countries. The research method in this article is legal research with statute approach, conceptual approach, comparative approach, and case approach. The results of the article: 1) analyze legal remedies forced marriage in Indonesia, 2) describe comparative laws from Australia and UK regarding the handling of forced marriages so that the proper legal framework will be obtained in terms of providing legal remedies for forced marriages in Indonesia.


Although a variety of animals have in the past been injected with the virus of poliomyelitis with the intent to infect them, only a few species of primates have without question been successfully infected. Most experimental work reported has been done either with Macacus mulatta, (rhesus), M. irus (cynomolgus) or chimpanzees. These animals are expensive and as a consequence much important experimental work has been neglected because of the prohibitive cost. Recently, renewed search for a cheaper, suitable, experimental animal was undertaken by several investigators, among them, Armstrong of the National Institute of Health and ourselves. For the most part rodents have been used in these experiments and our results with 25 strains of virus have been negative with all species tested with the exception of the Antelope ground squirrel which occasionally developed questionable neurologic symptoms but which we cannot state definitely were caused by poliomyelitis virus. Armstrong, 1 on the other hand, reports successful infection of the cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus hispidus, with a strain of virus from Lansing, Michigan. Table I gives a summary of recent attempts on our part to infect Sigmodons as well as several other species of rodents, both with Los Angeles strains of poliomyelitis virus and with the Armstrong virus. It will be seen from the table that: (1) Rodents of the genera listed have been refractory to inoculation with a number of strains of poliomyelitis virus collected in Los Angeles. (2) These same animals are subsequently susceptible to inoculation with the Armstrong virus. It is known that rodents occasionally harbor natural infectious neurotropic viruses, e.g., lymphocytic choriomeningitis has been isolated from white mice, and Theiler 2 , 3 and Olitsky 4 , 5 report natural infections in mice of an encephalomyelitis virus, which produces typical paralytic symptoms.


The development of open learning programmes for professional groups can provide the stimulus for a re‐examination of the assumptions and educational practices of the groups concerned. This paper describes one such case, the Certificate in Health Education Open Learning Project, which was based in the Department of Education at the University of Keele, funded by the Health Education Council, and given a brief to develop, implement and evaluate a national open learning course. Gaye Heathcote was the Project Co‐ordinator, and is now Head of Sociology at Crewe and Alsager College of Higher Education.


In this work we investigate greedy energy sequences on the unit circle for the logarithmic and Riesz potentials. By definition, if (an) ∞ n=0 is a greedy s-energy sequence on the unit circle, the Riesz potential UN,s(x) := ∑N−1 k=0 |ak − x| , s > 0, generated by the first N points of the sequence attains its minimum value on the circle at the point aN , for every N ≥ 1. We analyze the asymptotic properties of these extremal values UN,s(aN) as N tends to infinity, treating separately the cases 0 < s < 1, s = 1, and s > 1. We obtain secondorder asymptotic formulas for UN,s(aN) in the cases 0 < s < 1 and s = 1 (the corresponding first-order asymptotic formulas are well known). A first-order result for s > 1 is proved, and it is shown that the first-order normalized sequence UN,s(aN)/N s is bounded and divergent in this case.


The invention provides a method and a system for document clustering, wherein the method comprises the steps of extracting text characteristic information of documents; building a social network based on the information related to the documents; conducting graph clustering based on the social network to obtain structure subclasses; extracting structure characteristic information of the structure subclasses; and conducting clustering of the documents based on the text characteristic information and the structure characteristic information. With the adoption of the method and the system for document clustering, the accuracy of the document clustering can be improved.


Based on extensive literature search,constituents,pharmacology,clinical applications of Murraya paniculata( L.) Jack were summarized,so as to provide scientific data for universal health care.


A novel coplanar waveguide fed antenna for wearable applications is discussed in the paper. Primary focus is on the wide bandwidth so that they can carry data on wide range of frequencies. The ultra-wideband antennas can transmit a great amount of information across a wide frequency range. The presented configuration has 30.5 x 25mm dimensions using Zelt as the substrate with a substrate thickness of 1.6mm. Zelt is a flexible fabric material used for wearable applications with relative permittivity of 1.05. It is a high-quality nylon based substrate. It is durable, tear resistant, and is easy to form and handle. The antenna was designed using the ANSYS HFSS platform. Appreciable return loss was obtained for the antenna in the required bandwidth. The obtained return loss, VSWR and radiation patterns are in very much compliance with the existing wireless standards.


There is widespread agreement that price stability (in practice, low and stable inflation) should be an objective of monetary policy. This agreement is reflected both in the mandates set for monetary policy by governments and in the practice of central banks. Several other important questions about the objectives for monetary policy are less settled: Should there be other objectives? If there are multiple objectives, should one of the objectives take priority? And how explicit should the objectives be?


Silicon carbide structure to produce a nitride oxide layer on the silicon carbide layer, and are made by annealing the nitrided oxide layer under a hydrogen-containing environment. The preparation of such a nitride oxide layer may be formed of an oxide layer in at least one of the old trick oxide and nitro Los oxide, and provide by annealing the oxide layer in at least one of the old trick oxide and nitro Los oxide. Alternatively, the nitride, the oxide layer can be provided by preparing a nitride layer on the oxide layer in order to produce an oxide layer, and providing a nitride oxide layer in a state where the nitride layer is produced. Further, it annealing the oxide layer may be provided at the same time as the other steps, such as for producing a separate step and / or a nitride layer, or performing a contact annealing essentially. Hydrogen environment may be a result from pure hydrogen, the hydrogen and / or hydrogen bond precursor and other gases. The 400 ℃ or more of the annealing temperature is preferred.


With many federal courts facing burgeoning caseloads and persistent judicial vacancies, senior judges play a vital role in the continued well-being of the federal Judiciary. Despite the importance of their participation in the judicial process, however, senior judges raise a host of constitutional concerns that have escaped the notice of scholars and courts. Many of the problems originate with recent changes to the statute authorizing federal judges to elect senior status, including a 1989 law that permits senior judges to fulfill their statutory responsibilities by performing entirely nonjudicial work. Others arise from the ambiguity of the statutory scheme itself, which seems to suggest that senior status represents a separate constitutional office requiring reappointment, even though senior judges nominally "retain" judicial office under federal law. This study addresses the constitutionality of senior judges, examining two general constitutional questions: first, whether the requirement that senior judges be designated and assigned by another federal judge before performing any judicial work violates the tenure protection of Article Ⅲ; and second, whether allowing judges to elect senior status, without a second, intervening appointment, violates the Appointments Clause. Consequently, this paper concludes that the current statute authorizing senior judges raises serious constitutional problems that Congress, the Judicial Conference of the United States, or the courts should address. To that end, this article formulates a number of straightforward suggestions to repair senior status without sacrificing any of the considerable benefits that senior judges confer on the federal Judiciary.


Aim: To assess whether the diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) till the 32 nd week of gestation and appropriate treatment can reduce perinatal complications. Methods: A retrospective study was performed of 496 women with GDM, diagnosed by an oral glucose tolerance test according to the WHO recommendations. Data from the group of 372 women diagnosed with GDM and treated until the 32 nd week of gestation was compared with results of 124 women when GDM was diagnosed and treated later. Results. Analysis of our data showed that the weight of the newborns and the incidence of neonatal macrosomia, hypoglycemia and hypobilirubinemia were statistically lower in the group where GDM was diagnosed till the 32 nd week. Conclusions: In order to include more women with glucose intolerance the routine timing of GDM diagnosis should be prolonged until the 32 nd week of gestation.


Computations for studying a way for non-stoichiometric combustion of natural gas and fuel oil in power boilers were carried out. Conditions under which nitrogen oxides are suppressed maximally were determined. The joint introduction of measures for environmental conservation, such as non-stoichiometric combustion together with the injection of moisture into the zone of combustion was considered, as was the introduction of non-stoichiometric combustion together with recirculation of the combustion products. Calculations determining the influence of different conditions of non-stoichiometric combustion on the degree of incomplete combustion of the fuel were made.


We consider a mixed problem for second order parabolic equations with no local limit conditions in two points. We establish the a priori energetic inequality of the solution to the problem. this estimate is a necessary step toward the proof of the existence and uniqueness of the solution to this problem. On considere un probleme mixte pour les equations paraboliques du second ordre avec conditions aux limites non locales en deux points. On etablit l'inegalite energetique a priori de ce probleme. Cette estimation a priori est indispensable pour demontrer l'existence et l'unicite de la solution de ce probleme.


Computational molecular dynamics, energy minimization, and modeling of molecular interactions are widely used in studies involving natural products, metabolites, and drugs. Manually directed computational steps commonly utilize an evolving collection of experimental and computational data, to which new data sources are added or modified as needed. Several software packages capable of incorporating sources of data are available, but the process remains error prone owing to the complexities of preparing and maintaining a consistent set of input files and the proper post-processing of derived data. We have devised a methodology and implemented it using an extensible software pipeline called RUNER (for Robust and Unique Nomenclature for Enhanced Reproducibility) that creates a robust and standardized computational process. The pipeline combines a web service and a graphical user interface (GUI) to enable seamless modifications and verified maintenance of atom force field parameters. The GUI provides an implementation for the widely used molecular modeling software package Xplor-NIH. We describe the RUNER software and demonstrate the rationale for the pipeline through examples of structural studies of small molecules and natural products. The software, pipeline, force field parameters, and file verification data for more than 4,100 compounds (including FDA-approved drugs and natural products) are freely accessible from [http://runer.nmrfam.wisc.edu]. Author Summary We describe an automated and verifiable computational pipeline for calculating the force field parameters of small molecules. The pipeline integrates several software tools and guarantees reproducibility of the parameters by utilizing a standard nomenclature across multiple computational steps and by maintaining file verification identifiers. We demonstrate the application of this pipeline to (a) processing of more than 4,100 compounds in high-throughput mode, and (b) structural studies of natural products. The graphical user interface (GUI) associated with the pipeline facilitates the manually tedious steps of force field parameters adjustments and supports visualization of the process.


Despite being a well-established concept in HCI, gamification still faces a series of significant research challenges, stemming from the consistent gap between its theoretical understanding and its practical design implementation. The aim of this paper is to propose an analytical framework which can act as a trading zone (Galison 1997), a space for the communication between different disciplines and practices involving gamification, starting from case study analysis. The contribution will first introduce the semiotic perspective on artefacts (objects, processes and technologies), then describe the main analytical tools which are used to define the social values implicit in design choices and the effects and outcomes of human-computer interactions; lastly, it will apply them to the preliminar analysis of the digital distribution platform Steam (by


Based on the basic question of index system for integral performance of digital force's weapons equipment system,the paper brings forward six kinds of ideologies and process of constructing the index system.Aiming at the problem which exists in the process of constructing the index system,the paper analyzes the methods of optimizing indexes system,and formulations the methods through the example in detail.


The Covid-19 pandemic presents itself as one of the greatest health challenges on a global scale Brazil has thehighest number of cases and deaths in Latin America, given these underestimates Teófilo Otoni is the polemunicipality of the northeast macroregion of Minas Gerais (MG) and its health network is a reference for 448,438inhabitants The study aims to assess the current panorama of Covid-19 in the city of Teófilo Otoni, its futureperspective, and the impacts on mortality For the preparation of this study, data were collected on Covid-19 inTeófilo Otoni according to official bulletins issued daily by the Health Department of the State of Minas Gerais Adescriptive analysis of the data was carried out via a map with spatialization of the cases, and, for the numericalsimulation of the evolution of the cases, the epidemiologic mathematical model S I R (Susceptible, Infected andRecovered) was used, combining the Code Blocks software combined with Matlab The northeastern macroregionhas high levels of illiteracy, many rural residents, and the presence of indigenous communities in situations of socialvulnerability Thus, in this region are found about 54% of the municipalities classified among the 100 worst MunicipalHuman Development Indexes in MG Although a reference, Teófilo Otoni, until April 12, had only 7 beds of intensivecare units (ICU) for Covid-19 The first confirmed case of the disease in the city occurred on April 22 and themunicipality followed the recommendations of the Ministry of Health, launched on April 6, to adopt the SelectiveSocial Distancing, since there were not more than 50% of the ICU beds occupied, thus helping the Expanded SocialDistancing that was being carried out However, the cases increased, and on May 22 the city decreed the closure ofnonessential trade, intensifying the distance measures Until June 8, Teófilo Otoni had 372 confirmed cases and 10deaths from Covid-19, which is worthy of the simulations of the research project "Covid-19/UFVJM Bulletin," since298 and 535 infected were expected in the first week of this month, considering the contact rate close to reality(70%) However, by another analysis, the numbers are high, since the expectation for the first week of June, withhorizontal isolation, was between 5 and 6 cases In addition, it is imperative to highlight that deaths in the regiontend to increase, since, on June 7, the two main hospitals in the city had 100% of their beds occupied It appearsthat Teófilo Otoni is in a situation of public calamity, since the health network is not prepared to receive all patientsreferred with Covid-19 and who require ICU, which corresponds to about 3% (13,453) of cases This reinforces theneed to analyze epidemiologic data, expand the region's hospital network, and improve mitigation measures, as theforecasts can supplement public policies to contain the progress of the disease


This study was performed on an industrial dairy farm near Tehran province, Iran, on 666 lactating Holstein cows from September 2019 to June 2020 in order to eliminate the harmful effects of heat stress on the reproductive performance of the cows. The hypothesis of the recent study was that by increasing the serum concentration of progesterone (P4) in the luteal phase before insemination in the form of Presynch-Ovsynch+CIDR (POC) and G6G protocols, the pregnancy rate of cows would be increased compared to the Presynch-Ovsynch (PO) protocol. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of Presynch-Ovsynch (PGF2α-14d- PGF2α-12d-Ovsynch (OVS: GnRH(GnRH1)- 7d-PGF2α(PG)-2d-GnRH)-18h-Fixed-time artificial insemination (FTAI), n=212), Presynch-Ovsynch+CIDR (similar to the PO protocol, plus the use of a CIDR for 7 days, from the start of the OVS+FTAI protocol to the time of PG injection, n=230), and G6G (PGF2α- 2d-GnRH-6d-OVS+FTAI, n=224) protocols on the reproductive performance and pregnancy rate of lactating Holstein cows. The average body condition score (BCS) for the cows was about 2.5 at the time of the onset of the OVS+FTAI program. The average daily milk production for cows at the time of the start of the OVS+FTAI program was 38.3 kg/day. On average, the studied cows were inseminated 86 days postpartum. Implementation of the G6G protocol in comparison to the PO and POC protocols increased the serum concentration of P4 at GnRH1 (P=0.04). The cows that received the G6G protocol had a greater number of corpuses luteum (CL) on their ovaries at PG in comparison to the cows in the PO and POC protocols (P=0.03 and P=0.05, respectively). For all treatment protocols, the pregnancy rate of cows with >2 CLs on their ovaries at PG was significantly higher than for cows with ≤2 CLs on their ovaries at this time. The overall pregnancy rate for all cows studied was 42%. Separately, pregnancy rates for cows in PO, POC, and G6G protocols were calculated at 36.7%, 41.7%, and 47.3% respectively. The highest and the lowest pregnancy rates were obtained in the G6G and PO protocols, respectively (P=0.03). It can be concluded that the G6G protocol increased the pregnancy rate of cows in comparison to the PO but not to the POC protocol. This result can be attributed to the increase in serum concentration of P4 at GnRH1 and the greater number of CLs at PG following implementation of the G6G compared to the PO protocol. Although CIDR administration in the POC protocol led to an increase in the pregnancy rate of cows compared to the PO protocol, possibly by increasing the synchrony rate and the quality of the ovulatory follicle, this increase was not statistically significant (P=0.09).


WORKBOOK: an Overview of Clinical Education. The Role of the Clinical Educator. Identifying the Learner and Educator and Their Interactions. Learning Theories. Factors Influencing Learning. The Learning Environment. Facilitating the Learning. Assesssment. Evaluating the Learning. The Development and Purpose of Clinical Education. The Learning Experience Model in Action: Consolidatory Self-Assessment Exercises. Further Information. APPENDIX 1: Factors Which Influence Learning as Identified By Learners. APPENDIX 2: Example of a Clinical Placement Assessment Form. APPENDIX 3: Example of a Clinical Placement Evaluation Form. READER: Clinical Education. Funding and Standards. A Sharp Intake of Breath: Inspirations in Education. Some of the Issues. Effectiveness of the Clinical Instructor. Students' Perspective. Perceptions of the Ideal Clinical Educator in Physiotherapy Education. Clinical Education. Awareness of Our 'Not OK' Behaviour. The Events of Learning and Functions of Teaching. Physiotherapy Clinical Supervision: Effectiveness and the Use of Models. A Review of Two Theories of Learning and Their Application in the Practice of Nurse Education. Learning Theories: Something for Everyone. Cognitive Styles: Some Implications for Teaching and Learning. Continuing Education: a Study of Physiotherapists' Attitudes. Clinical Education: Interpersonal Foundations. Peer Learning in Clinical Education. Learning from Experience in the Community: an Ethnographic Study of District Nurse Students. Clinical Education: Students' and Clinical Tutors' Views. Clinical Teaching in Physical Therapy: Student and Teacher Perceptions. Student Stress: an Approach to Coping at the Interface Between Preclinical and Clinical Education. The Department as Learning Milieu. Clinical Teaching: Fieldwork Supervisors' Attitudes and Values. Using Feedback and Evaluation Effectively in Clinical Supervision. Model for Interaction Characteristics an D Strategies. Clinical Teaching in Physical Therapy Education. An Ethnographic Study. Education P


SMK Pelita 2 Bandung is a private school in Indonesia, West Java. SMK Pelita 2 Bandung managed to cooperate together with the business world/world industry. In building relationships with the business world/Industrial World SMK Pelita 2 not only works just like other SMK. Appropriate marketing communication strategy is required therein. Therefore, SMK Pelita 2 Bandung implements integrated marketing communication in communicating and building relationships. The purpose of this research is to know the marketing communication strategy conducted by SMK Pelita 2 Bandung in establishing a relationship with the world of business/world. The study uses qualitative descriptive research methods with data collection through observation, interviews, and documentation studies. The theory used in this study was the integrated marketing theory of Communists. The results of this research is an integrated marketing communication instrument into a strategy used by SMK Pelita 2 Bandung in building relationships with the business world/industrial world. The marketing instruments are sales promotion, direct marketing, Public relations & Publicity, and personal sales. The process of marketing communication that SMK traversed varies according to the integrated Marketing communication instrument. Marketing communication strategy applied by SMK Pelita 2 Bandung shows success in building relationships with the business world/industrial world.


Edible insects are alternative sources of high protein. Southeast Asia, South America, Africa, and Europe have recorded edible insects and, especially in Europe and America, there are factories that produce insects as food. In some areas of China, there has also been the habit of eating insects since ancient times. Periplaneta americana is an insect with the homology of medicine and food. In recent years, its medicinal and nutritional functions have attracted extensive attention and research. Its adult powder has been certified as a health product. It not only contains a variety of proteins but also is rich in fatty acids. The composition and antioxidant function of adult powder extract was analyzed in this study. Using adult P. americana powder as the raw material, it was extracted with n‐Hexane, dichloromethane, and ethyl acetate, respectively. Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) removed a total of 60 compounds, and many active components were extracted from P. americana powder for the first time. The parts and relative content of each extracted sample were obtained, and the total antioxidant capacity (T‐AOC) of each extracted piece was determined, among which the antioxidant activity of ethyl acetate was the highest.


. In many practical situations it is impossible to measure directly such characteristics of analyzed materials as thermal and radiation properties. The only way, which can often be used to overcome these difficulties, is indirect measurements. This type of measurements is usually formulated as the solution of inverse heat transfer problems. Such problems are ill-posed in mathematical sense and their main feature shows itself in the solution instabilities. That is why special regularizing methods are needed to solve them. The experimental methods of identification of the mathematical models of heat transfer based on solving of the inverse problems are one of the modern effective solving manners. The goal of this paper is to estimate thermal and radiation properties of advanced materials using the approach based on inverse methods (as example: thermal conductivity (T) λ , heat capacity and emissivity C(T) ). New metrology under development is the combination of accurate enough measurements of thermal quantities, which can be experimentally observable under real conditions and accurate data processing, which are based on the solutions of inverse heat transfer problems. In this paper, the development of methods for estimating thermal and radiation characteristics is carried out for thermally stable high temperature materials. Such problems are of great practical importance in the study of properties of materials used as non-destructive surface coating in objects of space engineering, power engineering etc. Also the corresponded optimal experiment design problem is considered. The algorithm is based on the theory of Fisher information matrix.


Abstract A revised diagnosis of Spaniocercoides is given, 5. hudsoni Kimmins is re‐described, its larva is described for the first time, and notes on variation and ecology are added. Additions and amendments to the description of 5. cowleyi (Winterbourn), and notes on its ecology are given. S. fimbria Winterbourn is removed to Cristaperla gen. nov., and the male epiproct, the female and part of the larval exuviae are described for the first time. Omanuperla gen. nov. is erected to contain O. bruningi sp. nov. Notes on the origin and structure of ovipositors and keys to imagines and larvae are given.


In October 2011 I was invited to be artist in residence at Knust in Nijmegen. Working with a team of Risograph printers and obsessives,I made 'Grab The Uranium',a collection of recent drawings,which when together create something of a [possibly] factual dark-ish narrative. The book is about stripy tops,heads on sticks,steps,chaotic happenings and almost real events.


The skeleton of a man, dressed in a complete suit of clothing, was found in a peat moss, lying with the arms straight along the sides, on its face, at a depth of three\r\nfeet from the surface. The body was wrapped in a plaid or blanket, and as this was unfolded the cap and shoes were found above the knees. The hair was long and of reddish colour. Evidently the man had met with a violent death, as the skull showed the mark of a heavy blow. The clothing, in a wonderful state of preservation, consisted of a round, flat bonnet or cap; an outer jacket or coat, tight fitting to the waist and very full-skirted; an inner coat of similar shape and material; an outer pair of breeches cut very wide; an inner pair of breeches, of similar\r\ncut and material; a pair of hose or stockings made of the same cloth as the clothes; a pair of light, low-heeled leather shoes, in fragments; a plaid or blanket'; and a detached shaped piece of cloth.


Water separated in desalters and other separation units in a gasoil separation plant contained variable amounts of oil contaminant, suspended solids and chemicals. Two nearby wells are used to dispose the produced water from the plant. Due to the poor quality of the waste water and long shut-in period, one of the two wells encountered a significant drop in well injectivity. A thorough investigation was conducted to identify the damaging mechanism, design a treatment program to restore the well injectivity, and recommend guidelines for water quality needed to minimize formation damage. The study included characterization of the waste water, and conducting coreflood experiments to determine the effects of total suspended solids, oil content, particle size, H 2 S and iron content on the permeability of reservoir cores (sandstone formation). Finally, coreflood experiments were performed to determine an acid formulation which can be used to remove formation damage while maintaining the integrity of the formation (sandstone). Experimental results indicated that the waste water contained significant amounts of suspended solids (mainly iron sulfide) and oil (up to 250 mg/l). Coarse particles of more than 500 microns were present in the waste water. Coreflood results indicated that the waste water severely damaged reservoir cores. Formation of an external filter cake was the damaging mechanism observed in all coreflood experiments. Iron sulfide played an important role in the damage observed in the lab and field studies. The following water quality requirements were recommended to minimize loss of injectivity: total suspended material (solids and oil) should not exceed 50 ppm, mean particle size should not exceed 4 microns, hydrogen sulfide concentration should not exceed 10 ppm, and total iron concentration should not exceed 2 ppm. Also, to prevent formation damage due to particle settling, it was recommended to continuously inject the waste water into the two disposal wells. Shutting in disposal wells for a long period of time will allow most of the particulate material to settle in the pore spaces, which will cause formation damage and loss of injectivity. To restore the injectivity of the damaged well, an acid formulation was designed which took into account formation mineralogy, presence of trapped oil, precipitation of iron, and elemental sulfur. The treatment was applied in the field where the acid was injected using a 1.5 coiled tubing. Ball sealers were added to the acid to ensure better diversion. The treatment was successful, and the well injectivity increased by more than 400%.


In order to analyze the cellular proteins which interact with core protein of hepatitis C virus (HCV), a yeast two-hybrid screening technique was employed. A carboxyl terminus truncated core protein, which contained amino acid residues from the 1st to 120th, was used as a bait to screen cellular proteins. The expression library prepared from HeLa cell was screened and 400 positive clones were selected. The 75 clones from the positive clones were sequenced and analyzed by undergoing the Blast search. Interestingly, 7 but of the 75 clones encoded E7 antigen of human papilloma virus (HPV). We studied in detail the interaction between the truncated version of HCV core and E7 antigen in vitro. The core 120 protein expressed in chimeric form with GST was able to bring down the E7 protein of HPV type 18 expressed in bacteria. It is therefore suggested that the core of HCV might affect the interaction between E7 and a normal cellular tumor suppressor, known as Rb protein.


Lutianus kasmira of the Andaman Sea spawns only once in a year but the
spawning period is likely to be spread over a period of four or five months from November
to March. The occurrence of mature fish over a prolonged period and high gonadosomatic
index during a number of months lend additional evidence for the prolonged
spawning season of the fish. The minimum size at first maturity was about 170 mm and
fifty per cent maturity was attained when the fish grew to a length of 200 mm. Fecundity
was found to fluctuate very widely from 42,100 to 332,620. The sexes were found to be
disproportionate in the catches, the males outnumbering the females, which suggests that
differential fishing could occur in Lutianus kasmira.


who was God's agent in creation, will also be the agent of the consummation.' An inquiry into the consecratory roles of 'Word and Spirit' bears out the consistency of attribution in creation, in sacramental transformation and in eschatological re-creation. A brief biblical and liturgical investigation of the notion of 'glory' also shows the eucharist as an instance of God's glory transfiguring the world into His kingdom. The eucharistic bread and wine are agents of this transfiguration, and the eucharistic assembly the becoming of the Company of Heaven. Various aspects of this truth having been treated, the author concludes with some reflec-


Abstract Parasitism by sea lampreys Petromyzon marinus may contribute to the delayed recovery of imperiled populations of lake sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens in the Great Lakes. Our study objectives were to examine the survival, growth, and condition of four size-classes of lake sturgeon following a single sea lamprey attack. Lake sturgeon from one of four size-groups (I: 470-570 mm fork length; II: 570-650 mm; III: 650-760 mm; and IV: 950-1,500 mm) were individually subjected to a sea lamprey attack in a series of 55 experimental trials. Direct mortality of lake sturgeon, resulting from acute anemia after an attack, was greatest for smaller lake sturgeon (I: 11%; II: 31%; III: 8%; IV: 0%). Similarly, indirect mortality resulting from secondary fungal infection was also size dependent (I: 11%; II: 19%; III: 8%; IV: 0%). No direct relationship was found between attachment duration and host survival; short intense attachments were as likely to result in host mortality as longer attachments. More than 50% of ...


Let G be a k-regular connected graph of order at least six. If G has girth three, its 3-restricted edge connectivity λ3(G) ≤3k-6. The equality holds when G is a cubic or 4-regular connected vertex-transitive graph with the only exception that G is a 4-regular graph with λ3(G) = 4. Furthermore, λ3(G) = 4 if and only if G contains K4 as its subgraph.


Public health practitioners regularly face moral dilemmas in their daily practice but they are not well prepared to deal with them. Yet, from an ethics perspective, educational programmes are often inadequate. Rather, there is a need to better understand public health ethical competencies and to develop education and training in public health ethics (PHE).

 This presentation will share findings and learning from an ESRC funded research by the UK Faculty of Public Health in collaboration with the Universities of Southampton and Bristol around the nature of competency in PHE and law. Our leading question is: What are the key ethical and legal knowledge, skills, values and attitudes necessary for PHE and law as a professional competency of the public health workforce (PHW)?

 We created a working list of what the competencies should look like based on the material from the competency library, comments from a panel of practitioners, experts which we convened, and own analysis that reflects subject matter knowledge, expressed skill development requirements and personal work experience. These were organized within five areas which: (i) Awareness and Understanding, (ii) Engagement and Research, (iii) Analysis and Reasoning, (iv) Evaluation and Reflection and (v) Action and Advocacy. The five areas and various issues which they cover will be described, as well as reflection and learning from some key activities and initiatives in building competency and capacity.

 There is need to appreciate the nature of competency of PHE and build capacity and competency of the PHW through education and training programmes as key element of public health training curricula.

 There are distinguishing features in teaching, learning and practice of PHE compared to clinical ethics. To implement PHE competencies into practice and in public health curricula requires better understanding of practice and the political mandate of public health.


Tests related to reaction to fire of materials are different from one country to another in the EC, as are test-based classifications. There is no valid equivalence between the classifications of materials. We examine another approach, which is to propose acceptance of materials for a specific application on the basis of the results recorded in tests performed in another country through correlation between data recorded in tests. This new approach is applied here to four tests using radiant panels for floor covering classifications in Belgium, France. West Germany and Italy. This report is based on the results recorded on fifteen materials in the four tests. The conclusion is that the researched correlation is good.


The potential for acid and metalliferous drainage (AMD) from waste rock and tailings in hard rock mining is a key issue which is required to be addressed at all stages of mining from the Mining Proposal to Mine Closure Plans. Draft changes to current waste characterisation guidelines are being considered by DMP as part of an overall review of Mining Proposal guidelines. Waste characterisation in Western Australia has generally been undertaken using standard static and kinetic testing methodologies specified in Australian Minerals Industry Research Association (AMIRA) (2002), the Global Acid Rock Drainage (GARD) Guide (INAP 2009) and the Commonwealth Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources (DITR 2007). In recent years however, some companies have used different analytical methods focusing on a single test, chromium reducible sulfur (CRS), rather than conducting multiple tests, with the main driver for this being reduction in analytical costs and time savings. MBS Environmental participated with the ChemCentre as part of a Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE) funded project to determine whether the CRS method could be reliably used for waste rock characterisation for hard rock samples from Western Australia. The CRS method was originally developed for use in coal mine and acid sulfate soils studies, but has recently been used in various assessments of AMD potential from hard rock mine waste in WA, despite limited validation data. This paper outlines the results of a comparative laboratory study of 54 mine waste samples (from gold, iron ore, copper, nickel and lead/zinc mines) and pure mineral specimens from WA for AMD potential. Key findings are:  CRS appears generally suitable for application in many instances – especially for common iron sulfides at low to moderate concentrations. Examples include iron ore, mineral sands and gold mining operations. This means there are opportunities to use this method to reduce analytical costs and time.  Caution and a full knowledge of the properties of minerals present must be applied for high concentrations of iron sulfides or sulfides other than iron (especially lead, zinc, copper and nickel sulfides).  Arsenopyrite, which is often present in various mine wastes as an accessory sulfide, did not give a result by the CRS method, but did produce acid when oxidised in the laboratory.  There was evidence for substantial inter-laboratory bias (and intra-laboratory variation) in CRS results from commercial laboratories in WA. This raises concerns about its use alone to predict AMD.  Unlike most other test methods, there appears to be no available standard reference material for CRS analysis by laboratories to limit bias or errors. Inter-laboratory trials for low level acid sulfate soils are not considered appropriate for hard rock mine samples. Care needs to be undertaken when commissioning waste characterisation studies to make sure the analytical methods are appropriate for the project and potential cost and time savings do not jeopardise the technical validity of the data being used for mine waste management planning. This study was conducted by ChemCentre and MBS environmental with funding from the Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE). Introduction Concerns have been raised by industry regarding the possibly inappropriate use of the Chromium Reducible Sulfur (CRS) method to estimate the acid production potential of mining related waste rocks. The CRS method was originally introduced into Australia to estimate the acid production potential of acid sulfate soils (ASS). It is being increasingly used to assess Acid and Metalliferous Drainage (AMD) potential from sulfidic mine waste, despite limited validation data to demonstrate its suitability for mineralised rocks, especially those containing base metal sulfides. AMD assessment invariably commences with the Acid Base Account (ABA) using 'static' test procedures that rely on the estimation of "total oxidisable sulfur" (TOS) as an indicator of acid formation potential and measurement of Acid Neutralising Capacity (ANC), supplemented by mineralogical analyses, to indicate the capacity of mine waste to neutralise acidity. TOS in mine waste samples is defined as the concentration of reduced forms of sulfur that can be oxidised by reaction with strong oxidising substances including oxygen and hydrogen peroxide. Some, but not all, sulfur minerals containing TOS result in acid formation. Generally, the acid forming sulfur minerals contain iron as the dominant base metal. The acid formation potential of other base metal sulfides is typically less than that of pyrite (FeS2), which is usually the cause of AMD related issues in coal mines, acid sulfate soils, iron ore and gold mines. Laboratory measurement of TOS has traditionally relied on two laboratory methods; measurement of total sulfur (usually by a combustimetric procedure) and sulfate-S, which typically involves extraction with a dilute, non-oxidising, hydrochloric acid solution. The appeal for using the CRS procedure is that a single laboratory test may be used as a surrogate for TOS. The use of the CRS test as an alternative to conventional measurements of TOS for estimating the acid production potential of waste rocks was investigated in this study by testing a wide range of hard rock mine wastes (i.e. other than coal and ASS) from Australasia. The generation of acid (H + ) occurs typically when iron sulfide minerals, notably pyrite (FeS2), are exposed to both oxygen (from air) and water. Sulfide oxidation produces sulfuric acid and a characteristic yelloworange precipitate, simplified as "ferric hydroxide" (Fe(OH)3), as summarised by Equation 1. Equation 1: 4FeS2 + 15O2 + 14H2O → 4Fe(OH)3 + 16H + + 8SO4 2Key stakeholders in mining project development, including mining companies, finance companies and Government regulators, recognise the need to ascertain the risk of AMD very early in project development. Geochemical mine waste assessment aims to identify the distribution and variability of key geochemical parameters (such as sulfur content, ANC and elemental composition) and acid-generating and element leaching characteristics under neutral, acidic or alkaline conditions. Exploration usually provides the earliest indication of AMD risk. Modern and rapid multi-element techniques such as X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) spectrometry and Inductively Coupled Plasma – Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES) analysis of exploration drill core materials provides substantial amounts of data relating to concentrations of sulfur as well as the primary target element and associated indicator elements. If most of the measured total sulfur content is present as sulfide minerals, an estimate of the Maximum Potential Acidity (MPA) can be made. Provided that complete oxidation of a sulfide mineral such as pyrite proceeds according to the stoichiometry of Equation 1, MPA (expressed in units of kilograms of sulfuric acid, H2SO4, per tonne) can be converted from the total sulfur concentration (% by weight) by multiplying by a factor of 30.6 (Equation 2). Equation 2: MPA (kg H2SO4/t) = 30.6 * Total S (%) However, if the sulfide mineral forms are known, then allowance can be made for non-acidgenerating and lesser acid-generating sulfur forms to provide a better MPA estimate. The use of total sulfur is a conservative approach because some sulfur may occur in forms other than pyrite. Sulfate-S minerals (gypsum, anhydrite, alunite), elemental (native) sulfur and organic sulfur, for example, are non-acidgenerating sulfur forms. Also, some sulfur may occur as other base metal sulfides such as chalcocite, sphalerite and galena which yield less acidity than pyrite or, in some cases, are non-acid-generating or even acid-consuming. While some mineral deposits, notably coal and deep sulfide intrusions into fresh rock, do contain most of the total sulfur as sulfide minerals (especially pyrite), others do not. Many gold and iron ore deposits in Western Australia occur in deeply weathered (oxide) or partly weathered (transition) regolith. In such circumstances, almost all of the original sulfide minerals have completely oxidised to sulfate salts (such as gypsum and epsomite /kieserite) or partly converted into iron or aluminium 'sulfo-salts' such as jarosite (KFe 3+ 3(OH)6(SO4)2) or its aluminium equivalent, alunite. In these cases, the use of MPA as a measure of potential acidity greatly overestimates the actual acidity measurements in the laboratory or field. Sulfates produce no acidity at all, while 'sulfo salts' such as jarosite release a form of "residual" acidity by reaction with water. The observations described above indicate that the amount of potential acidity produced from sulfur minerals is variable and cannot be predicted with any confidence unless detailed understanding of the sulfur minerals present is well understood. Table 1 summarises the acid formation potential of different sulfur minerals. Table 1: Sulfur Mineral Classes and Acid Formation Potential Sulfur Form Sub-Class Examples Acid Formation Potential Sulfate Alkali and alkaline earth sulfate salts Gypsum (CaSO4.2H2O) Epsomite (MgSO4.7H2O) Barite (BaSO4) Nil Iron and aluminium sulfates Jarosite (KFe 3+ 3(OH)6(SO4)2) Alunite (KAl3(OH)6(SO4)2) Produces some acid by hydrolysis Reduced Sulfur Species Thiosulfates, sulfites, polythionates Thiosulfate (S2O3 2) Dithionate (S2O6 2) Produces some acid by oxidation Elemental sulfur Sulfur (S) Produces 30.6 kg H2SO4 /tonne by bacterial oxidation Sulfides Iron sulfides Pyrite (FeS2) Marcasite (FeS2) Produce 30.6 kg H2SO4/tonne by oxidation Pyrrhotite (Fe(1-x)S) Produces <30.6 kg H2SO4/tonne by oxidation, depending on oxygen supply Mixed iron-base metal sulfides Chalcopyrite (CuFeAs2) Pentlandite ((Fe,Ni)9S8) Bornite (Cu5FeS4) Produces <30.6 kg H2SO4/tonne by oxidatio


Issues linked to aerosol physics within school buildings and related infection risk still lack a proper recognition in school safety regulations. In this theoretical work we try to shed more light on the critical role of air ventilation, classroom volume, occupancy, and face mask types (surgical vs ffp2) in controlling airborne transmission risk in educational settings. Limited spaces available in many schools require to precisely assess the occupancy/volume ratio in each classroom and to investigate the specific risk levels from aerosolization of viral loads from infective sources. Moreover, most schools are not provided with mechanical HVAC systems. Fundamental questions are therefore: how the specific classroom volume affects the long-range contagion risk in a given classroom? is linear social distancing the right way to assess a volumetric risk problem? How effective are other countermeasures like reduced speaking volume or equipping teachers with microphones? We present here the results of a numerical analysis based on the Gammaitoni-Nucci infection risk model and the consolidated Wells-Riley like approach, with SARS-CoV2 input data and geometric data from a typical high-school classroom in Italy. We investigated separately the case of infective asymptomatic student and infective asymptomatic teacher as source of viral quanta, taking into account thermal gradient effects on the air ventilation rates. First recommendations based on the volumetric nature of aerosol risk are suggested to extend the linear social distancing approach applied so far. Finally we discuss the concept of "cumulative infection risk" over multiple lesson+break cycles in Wells-Riley-like infection models. We believe that any attempt to proper model infection risk in closed environments with cycled changes of the source and the susceptible individuals, should carefully consider this point, particularly when modelling air ventilation breaks in classrooms.


Patient: Male, 28-year-old Final Diagnosis: Pulmonary hypertension Symptoms: Dyspnea Clinical Procedure: — Specialty: Critical Care Medicine Objective: Management of emergency care Background: Intensive care management of patients with morbid obesity has been linked to a higher mortality rate than that of the normal population and can be challenging. Obesity is a recognized risk factor for pulmonary hypertension, but it can prevent cardiac imaging. This report presents the case of a 28-year-old man with class III (morbid) obesity, a body mass index (BMI) of 70.1 kg/m2, and heart failure, requiring pulmonary artery catheterization (PAC) to confirm the diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension. Case Report: A 28-year-old male patient with a a body mass index (BMI) of 70.1 kg/m2 was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for the management of respiratory and cardiac failure. The patient had class III obesity (BMI >50 kg/m2) and heart failure. Due to the difficulties in evaluating hemodynamic status via echocardiography, a pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) was placed, revealing a mean pulmonary artery pressure of 49 mmHg, and a diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension was made. The alveolar partial pressures of oxygen and carbon dioxide were optimized by ventilatory management to reduce pulmonary vascular resistance. The patient was extubated on day 23 and was discharged from the ICU on day 28. Conclusions: Pulmonary hypertension should be considered in the evaluation of obese patients. Using a PAC during the intensive care management of a patient with obesity could aid in the diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension as well as cardiac dysfunction, determine treatment strategies, and evaluate hemodynamic responses to various therapies.


[1] The seasonal and interannual variability of gravity wave (GW) variance in the upper stratosphere (35–50 km) and lower mesosphere (48–63 km) has been studied using 10.5 years (January 1997 to June 2007) of temperature profile results obtained with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Rayleigh lidar at Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii (19.5°N, 155.6°W). Seasonal variability with a maximum in winter and a minimum in summer was observed in the upper stratosphere, suggesting dominance of the annual oscillation. In the lower mesosphere the seasonal oscillations of GW variance were dominated by a semiannual oscillation (SAO), likely due to the selective filtering of GWs by the tropical upper stratospheric SAO wind. Modulation of GW variance by the quasi-biennial oscillation was clearly present only for the long vertical wavelength band in the upper stratosphere, and not in the lower mesosphere. The United Kingdom Met Office zonal mean zonal wind further supports that enhanced GW activity in the upper stratosphere corresponds to the westerly shear phase of the zonal wind at 10 hPa (∼30 km), and suppressed activity corresponds to the easterly shear phase. During the strong El Nino event in the winter of 1997–1998, enhanced GW activity was observed only in the lower mesosphere, and not in the upper stratosphere. Additional enhancement of GW variance, especially clear in the upper stratosphere, was also found during 2001–2002 and winter 2005–2006.


In a continuation of study towards the discovery of biologically active compounds from Sri Lankan medicinal plants, we have chemically investigated some of the selected plants for their antifungal activity. Preliminary investigations showed that methanol extract of the plant Plectranthuszeylanicus showed significant antifungal activity. The bioactive agent of the above mentioned plant in the most potent fractions with antifungal properties were identified using column chromatography, eluted using gradient elution technique using three different solvents as a mixture of two in different ratios as a combination of hexane: ethyl acetate, ethyl acetate: methanol in increasing polarity, followed by antifungal assay against Aspergillus species for each fractions. Analysis of Antifungal activity profile of the plant showed that the highest inhibition activity in (75% Hexane: 25% Ethyl acetate) and (80% Ethyl acetate: 20% methanol) fractions and the respected value of the highest inhibition diameter was found to be 12.83mm for both fractions. Further isolation of these fractions are under study and introduction of chromatographic techniques into this work will possibly pave the way for an effective discovery of an antifungal agent. The obtained results provide a support for the use of this plant in traditional medicine and it would be a potential antiseptic source for the prevention and treatment of fungal infections.


An integral transformation technique and the F /SUB N/ method are used to solve, for the case of isotropic scattering, the albedo problem and the internal-source problem relevant to neutron transport theory for a bare cylinder of infinite length. The neutron flux distribution and the neutron current distributions are found with five or six figures of accuracy and are tabulated for selected illustrative cases. In addition, selected results for the albedo are reported with an accuracy of eight to ten significant figures.