Objectives: The first objective of the current observational study was to assess the levels of religiosity in Greek Christian Orthodox cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. The second objective was to evaluate the associations between religiosity and quality of life (QoL), an endpoint of considerable importance in clinical cancer research and practice.


EnglishWe propose in this communication to outline the boundaries between anthropology and communication and to explore interdisciplinary issues including those relating to the ethnographic research in anthropology and communication, and the epistemological basis for the use of images in anthropology and communication. portuguesPropomo-nos delinear nesta comunicacao as fronteiras entre a antropologia e a comunicacao e explorar as questoes interdisciplinares nomeadamente as que se referem ao metodo etnografico de investigacao em antropologia e comunicacao e os fundamentos epistemologicos de utilizacao das imagens em antropologia e comunicacao.


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This paper aims at semi-parametrically estimating the input process to a Lévy-driven queue by sampling the workload process at Poisson times. We construct a method-ofmoments based estimator for the Lévy process' characteristic exponent. This method exploits the known distribution of the workload sampled at an exponential time, thus taking into account the dependence between subsequent samples. Verifiable conditions for consistency and asymptotic normality are provided, along with explicit expressions for the asymptotic variance. The method requires an intermediate estimation step of estimating a constant (related to both the input distribution and the sampling rate); this constant also features in the asymptotic analysis. For subordinator Lévy input, a partial MLE is constructed for the intermediate step and we show that it satisfies the consistency and asymptotic normality conditions. For general spectrally-positive Lévy input a biased estimator is proposed that only uses workload observations above some threshold; the bias can be made arbitrarily small by appropriately choosing the threshold.


Fasciolosis is a parasitic disease caused by commonly known species of liver fluke that are Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica that affects most population of ruminants and exists worldwide. The disease is characterized by both acute and chronic forms of liver lesion. Acute fasciolosis is associated with migrating of immature flukes through the liver parenchyma and chronic fasciolosis is accompanied by weight loss, decreased meat and milk production. The disease aggravation depends on distribution of intermediate hosts Lymnaeidae snail species in areas where cattle and sheep produced. Abattoirs are important in terms of assurance of the quality of meat and meat products for human consumption. More importantly, abattoirs aim at controlling animal and zoonotic diseases. The investigation of fasciolosis at abattoirs has provided useful information regarding the prevalence of diseases and the economic losses caused due to liver condemnation worldwide. Presence of liver fluke appears associated with lower weight, carcass conformation and fatness score deteriorate when liver fluke is present. Carcasses of animals infected by Fasciola have poorer conformations, lower fat scores, and less weight gains than carcasses of non-infected cattle. According to international researchers report, Fasciola infect more than 300 million cattle and 250 million sheep worldwide and causes significant economic losses to global agriculture estimated at more than US$3 billion annually through production loss, such as a reduction of milk and meat yields. Productivity and economical losses due to fasciolosis are incurred through a combination of factors, either through death of stock or reductions in meat and milk quality, growth rate and reproductive capacity, finally carcass quality and liver condemnations. This shows the significant impact of fasciolosis on production and affects the economy. Therefore, it is desirable to strengthen control measures for the disease in order to minimize these losses.


Seeing Red, Chilean writer Lina Meruane's fourth novel, begins with the sudden blindness of Lina/Lucina, and the rage, fear, and dislocation it unleashes. The sudden flooding of fractured optical veins fires up her survival instincts. Unseeing, she stumbles around obstacles both physical and emotional; quickly she learns to count steps around the apartment, her New York City neighborhood, and the Santiago family home "armed against me." Her blindness requires an "absolute dedication to the geography of things" and readers viscerally experience her body's battle against the world. Bodily trauma also shapes the first-person narrative's language. Everything comes back to the body, even airplane cabins "specially designed to prevent everything but thrombosis." When a friend of Ignacio, her lover, warns him not to be sucked into her plight, "His brain recoiled like an oyster drenched in lemon juice"; she herself "suctions Ignacio like a leech stubbornly stuck to its victim." Lina/Lucina tests how far she can push other people, particularly Ignacio, her devoted and frightened lover, whom she subjects to painful loyalty tests. With life's flow interrupted, snapshot images replace history. Ignacio, for example, describes the 2001 bankruptcy in Buenos Aires as "a city collapsed... its people digging rotten food out of the garbage." Diagnosed in childhood, she always knew blindness might strike. Her physician parents introduced her to a medical world she despises. Although both parents made career sacrifices for her, Lina/Lucina feels she herself is the sacrifice. When she returns to Santiago, it is with low expectations: "My Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, Issue 94, Vol. 50, No. 1, 2017, 136–137


The present invention discloses a cable comprising a plurality of conductive elements of the cable core and surrounding said cable core. Said cable core comprises at least one composite core, each core comprises a composite material strip, said strip material comprising a thermoplastic polymer matrix embedding a plurality of rovings unidirectionally-aligned fibers, the cover layer by about.


"Engagement" has become something of a buzzword among qualitative researchers, reflecting broader transformations in the academy that increasingly require researchers to demonstrate social accounta...


This paper focuses on the solutions for the distributed optimization coordination problem (DOCP) for heterogeneous multiagent systems under directed topologies. To begin with, a different convex optimization problem is proposed, which implies a weighted average of the objective function of each agent. Sufficient conditions are set to ensure the unique solution for the DOCP. Then, despite the external disruption, a distributed control mechanism is constructed to drive the state of each agent to the auxiliary state in a finite time. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that the outputs of all agents can achieve the optimal value, ensuring global convergence. Moreover, the controller design rule is expanded with event-triggered communication, and there is no Zeno behavior. Finally, to exemplify the usefulness of the theoretical conclusions, a simulation example is offered.


This paper presents a digital signal processor based control of an AC/DC converter with nearly unity power factor. Normally, the output voltage of a single-phase AC/DC converter compri ...


Objective: To observe the protective effects of Cucurbitacin B on the liver injery in mice and rats. Methods: The model of acute liver injury in mice and rats were induced by CCL4, the content of GPT, GOT, ALP, TP, TBIL in serum were measured.The change of liver histopathology were observed.Results each group can reduce the content of GPT, GOT, ALP, TBIL in serum. Conclusion: Cucurbitacin B has the protective effects on the liver injury induced by CCL4.


During 1973—1978, the planets, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn were continually observed with the Danjon astrolabe. (OPL No. 14) at Shanghai observatory. 104, 96 and 105 east or west transits were observed for Mars, Jupiter and Saturn respectively. This paper gives the results of observations of the three planets. The tables 4—6 give the corrections to the adopted coordinates (Chinese ephemeris) as deduced from the double transits of the three planets when observed during the same night. This results appearing in tables 4—6 have maked up for the correction for defective illumination. The programme of observations of the planets at Shanghai observatory will be continued.


The roughening kinetics of copper films synthesized by low pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD) on Si(100) substrates was investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). By applying the dynamic scaling theory to the STM images, a steady growth roughness exponent α=0.81±0.05 and a dynamic growth roughness exponent β=0.62±0.09 were determined. The value of α is consistent with growth model predictions incorporating surface diffusion. The value of β, while higher than expected from these models, can be related to LPCVD processing conditions favoring growth instabilities.


The history of cut nail manufacturing shows how the interaction of technology and markets shaped the structure, organizational patterns, management systems, and individual production units of a single industry--a classic example of the American enterprise system at work. Reliance on wood construction created an expanding market for cut nails and exerted considerable pressure for high volume and low prices. Industry responded to this challenge, introducing and perfecting machine-made nails. As this competitive advantage began to decline the industry was again transformed by management changes and the implementation of cost accounting. Loveday utilizes the records of four dominant companies in the industry and journalistic accounts to document the complex patterns of growth and decline, innovation and obsolescence in the cut nail industry.


Aiming to enhance the resistance of peanut pest, how to seek a more effective therapy is the key factor to improve the stability of the yield of peanut, therefore put forward the concept of combination of medication, and select DuPont PREVATHON and DUPONT Acanto as an example of combination, through the experiment to proof the control effect of the combination of medication of peanut pest, to seek more effective prevention and treatment strategies, the results of the study show that: In the aspect of the yield, combination of medication was significantly higher than the control group, In the aspect of the input and output ratio , combination group was significantly better than the control group, Therefore combination of medication is one of effective means to prevent Peanut Diseases and insect pests, But we need to continue studying the detailed on the different combinations of medication, to make the detailed quantitative index, promote the efficient of the combinations of medication.


Submitted for the DAMOP12 Meeting of The American Physical Society Quantum Calculations of Ultracold Molecule Formation by Nanosecond-Timescale Frequency-Chirped Pulses J.L. CARINI, C.E. ROGERS III, P.L. GOULD, Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA, J.A. PECHKIS, Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Avenue S.W., Washington, DC 20375, USA, S. KALLUSH, Department of Physics and Optical Engineering, ORT Braude, P.O. Box 78, Karmiel, Israel, R. KOSLOFF, Department of Physical Chemistry and the Fritz Haber Research Center for Molecular Dynamics, The Hebrew University, 91094, Jerusalem, Israel — We report on the results of quantum calculations of Rb2 formation from ultracold atoms by pulses of frequency-chirped light on the nanosecond timescale. This timedependent photoassociation is modeled by following the dynamics of the collisional wave functions on both ground-state and excited-state potentials in the presence of the chirped light. Because of the relatively long time scales involved, spontaneous emission from the excited state must be accounted for. Results of the calculations are compared to recent measurements made with 40 ns FWHM Gaussian pulses and chirps that sweep 1 GHz in 100 ns. Dependencies on pulse intensity and chirp direction will be presented. This work is supported by DOE. J.L. Carini Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA Date submitted: 27 Jan 2012 Electronic form version 1.4


The value of local history in the curriculum is long established and much discussed. Its importance has been shown in a number of areas such as the development of the skills needed for critical enquiry and understanding historical significance through its impact on specific areas and individuals.1 However, there has been little or no attention to the potential value of local history as a two-way process between school and community, and relatively little discussion of the ways in which local history can be used as an extra-curricular project. This article is a report on a sizeable local history project, Hemel at War, run by a comprehensive school with support from a university historian. As with other extra-curricular activities reported in Teaching History, the project has not been designed primarily for use as part of the history curriculum, but as an activity in which students can take part whether or not they are studying history.2 It has, however, as this article sets out, had a number of positive side-effects for those who are taking history. Moreover, elements of the project have been used in formal classes and any such project has the potential to generate resources with a local flavour which could be widely used in the classroom. It can also play a valuable role in developing independent learning which has improved greatly in schools in recent years but must still be encouraged, not least as a preparation for higher education.3


Highlights According to the design of the experiment (DoE), multivariate analysis models were used to optimize the critical process parameters combined with multi-objective optimization. Based on the optimized operating conditions, the MILT-HD method not only enhances the extraction efficiency from Amomi fructus but also reduces energy demands and CO2 emissions. Based on the density functional theoretical (DFT) and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, the mechanisms for ionic liquids (ILs) to improve the extraction efficiency of essential oil was comprehensively revealed. Abstract In this paper, Amomi fructus (Latin) was used to explore the mechanism of ionic liquids (ILs) in improving the extraction efficiency of essential oils. Microwave assisted ionic liquid treatment followed by a hydro-distillation (MILT-HD) process for isolating Amomi fructus essential oil was optimized by multi-objective optimization. Under optimum operating conditions, the IL-assisted extraction method not only enhances extraction efficiency but also reduces energy demands and CO2 emissions. Since the hydrogen bond structure network of cellulose in the cell wall is an important reason for hindering diffusion of essential oils, the mechanism of ILs was explored by density functional theoretical (DFT) and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. According to DFT calculations, ILs can facilitate the cleavage of cellulose chains and have strong non-covalent interactions with cellulose. Based on the MD simulations, the degree of destruction of the cellulose hydrogen bond structure was explored. According to the DFT and MD simulations, the ILs can significantly destroy cellulose structure, thereby promoting essential oil release from the plant. These results were confirmed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). This work is conducive to better understand the MILT-HD process for isolating essential oil and comprehensively understand the mechanism of ILs in the extraction process.


Abstract Canada has increased the number of tsunami warning stations on the Pacific Coast from two to three. The last gauge was installed at the north end of Vancouver Island, thereby filling a large gap previously existing and providing full coverage along the coast. The record of gauges at two of the three locations is accessible either by telephone or by means of meteor burst communication, alleviating the difficulties experienced during the tsunami threat of May 6, 1986, when telephone communications were disrupted by heavy use. The gauge at Langara Island will be relocated in a more accessible and also a more tsunami‐responsive location at Rennell Sound in the Queen Charlotte Islands. All tsunami gauges also serve as tide gauges, recording the water level every 15 min. In the event of a tsunami, the recording interval can be altered to every 60 s. Suggestions have been made that Canada attempt deep‐sea recording of tsunamis off its Pacific Coast. Although this would be of great scientific value, no s...


The lack of automation associated with network operations in general and network configuration management in particular, is widely recognized as a significant contributing factor to user-impacting network events. In this paper we present our work on the PACMAN system, a Platform for Automated and Controlled network operations and configuration MANagement. PACMAN realizes network operations by executing active documents, which systematically capture the dynamics in network management tasks. Active documents not only enable the complete execution of low-level configuration management tasks, but also allow the construction of more sophisticated tasks, while imposing additional reasoning logic to realize network-wide management objectives. We present the design, realization and evaluation of the PACMAN framework and illustrate its utility by presenting the implementation of several sophisticated operational tasks.


SCHMITZ 1 has isolated a trypsin-inhibitor from beef blood and has shown that it is probably a polypeptide of low molecular weight. This inhibitor exists in combination with trypsin in the circulating blood, thus inactivating most of the enzyme. The author makes the statement that this trypsininhibitor is present in blood in excess of the amount required for the complete inactivation of trypsin present in blood. If this were the case, the acetonc precipitate of the plasma should not possess any proteolytic activity. Iyengar 2 and Scott have reported a definite, though small, tryptic activity in the plasma proteins obtained by precipitation with acetone. This however does not disprove the existence of the inhibitor, the presence of which has been substantially confirmed by us in our experiments on the proteolytic activity of various blood fractions. Trypsin circulating in plasma is only partially neutralised by the inhibitor and a small portion of the trypsin is left free to exert its activity. The significance of this free plasma-trypsin m physiological and pathological conditions, is under investigaUon.


CONTEXT
Paget disease is an uncommon skin manifestation of breast cancer, associated with either invasive carcinoma or ductal carcinoma in situ in the underlying breast. In very rare cases, tumor cells within the epidermis invade through the basement membrane of the skin into the dermis.

OBJECTIVES
To identify a series of cases of Paget disease with direct dermal invasion and to investigate the clinicopathologic features and outcome.

DESIGN
Cases were identified during a 6-year period from the files of 2 hospitals. The clinical histories, imaging studies, and pathology reports were reviewed.

RESULTS
Seven patients were identified, 5 with microinvasion (<0.1 cm) and 2 with 0.2- or 0.3-cm invasive carcinomas in the dermis. No lymphovascular invasion was seen. Sentinel nodes were negative in 3 patients who underwent biopsy. Five patients were treated with breast conservation with radiation. Three patients were at high risk for breast cancer because of prior breast cancer, Li-Fraumeni syndrome, or radiation for Hodgkin disease. The latter 2 patients underwent bilateral mastectomies. Three patients received hormonal therapy and 1 oophorectomy. No patient received chemotherapy. At follow-ups ranging from 4 to 66 months (median, 20 months), there have been no recurrences.

CONCLUSIONS
Patients with direct dermal invasion from Paget disease had a favorable outcome during the available follow-up period. This type of dermal involvement must be distinguished from locally advanced invasive carcinomas with skin invasion classified as T4b in the American Joint Cancer Commission staging system, as cancers with other types of skin invasion are associated with a poor prognosis.


We describe two case studies in this chapter on restoring mined lands. We first provide restoration practitioners (RPs) an example on how our fivestep adaptive restoration procedure is being put into practice on landscapes disturbed by open-cut, bauxite (aluminum) mining operations. We present major findings from restoration projects we participated in on a mine site located on the Gove Peninsula in northern Australia; detailed results are provided in a report by Spain et al. (2009) and in a thesis byWedd (2002).


The status of a study to investigate the convective structures found in Doppler lidar windfield data is reported. Projected research is mentioned briefly.


Students who write a piece of writing need a perfect tool to engage themselves to write even when they are not interested in writing at all. One of the perfect tools to engage the students in writing process is creating a magazine as it offers students to publish their writing. Publication, according to Lange (1992) is a great tool to engage students to write, involving even those who do not consider themselves to be writers. This paper explores the implementation of writing and publishing a magazine in a writing class in one of the universities in Bandung. The class applies project-based learning as its teaching method.


IN 1859 Marey() showed that a rise in the arterial blood-pressure was accompanied by a slowing of the heart rate, a fall by a quickening. Since that time numerous investigators have ,attempted to explain the law of Marey by attributing the change in cardiac rate resultant to change in arterial blood-pressure, either to a central or to a reflex mechanism. That reflex slowing of the heart is brought about by a rise of arterial blood-pressure irrespective of a concomitant change in the cerebral blood-pressure has been conclusively demonstrated by the experiments of Heymans and Ladon(2), Anrep and Segall(3), and Daly and Verney(4). The experiments recorded in this paper were undertaken to localise more exactly the receptors engaged in reflex slowing of the heart. It has been shown by Eyster and Hooker(5) that mechanical distension of the aorta causes a slowing of the heart in the dog. In their experiments the circulation was abnormal in that the superior and inferior venae cavae, the ascending and descending aortae, and the left subclavian artery were occluded. A rise in venous pressure was shown by Bainbridge(6) to be accompanied by reflex acceleration of the heart, a result which was confirmed by Sassa and Miyasaki(7), who mechanically distended the auricles and large veins by rubber balloons. As far as we have been able to determine, these experimental results of Eyster and Hooker, and Sassa and Miyasaki, are the only ones published which give direct experimental evidence on the localisation of the receptors engaged in reflex changes in cardiac rate.


Aim:  The long‐term effects of interferon treatment on the progression of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) have been studied extensively, but its true clinical benefits and the predictors of its efficacy remain unclear.


Algorithms for data visualizations are essential tools for transforming data into useful narratives. Unfortunately, very few visualization algorithms can handle the large datasets of many real-world scenarios. In this study, we address the visualization of these datasets as a Multi-Objective Optimization Problem. We propose mQAPViz, a divide-and-conquer multi-objective optimization algorithm to compute large-scale data visualizations. Our method employs the Multi-Objective Quadratic Assignment Problem (mQAP) as the mathematical foundation to solve the visualization task at hand. The algorithm applies advanced sampling techniques originating from the field of machine learning and efficient data structures to scale to millions of data objects. The algorithm allocates objects onto a 2D grid layout. Experimental results on real-world and large datasets demonstrate that mQAPViz is a competitive alternative to existing techniques.


C-wing of the double-wing non-parachute terminal sensitive projectile is simulated and got its aerodynamic characteristic. The results show that drag coefficient of both rigid wing and elastic wing decrease as attack angle grows and they equal at 30° attack angle. The max pressure of windward increases as flow rate grows,and the max pressure at a larger attack angle is higher than that at a smaller attack angle under same flow rate. Two whirlpools at same size appear at the leeward side of wing's symmetrical plane while a butterfly-shaped area of low pressure presents as well.


Diplycosia mekonggaensis Argent & Widjaja (Ericaceae, Gaultherieae) is described and illustrated as a new species from the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. Diagnostic characters are given and comparisons with related species are made.


Background: Collaboration between doctors and pharmacists is needed in treating Diabetes Mellitus (DM) patients to optimise treatment regimens. Collaboration between healthcare professionals illustrates teamwork in solving the problem of DM patients.
Methods: This study is observational with a cross-sectional design. Respondents were all Internal Medicine doctors and pharmacists of the Universitas Airlangga Hospital. The observed variables were individual, context, and exchange characteristics that affect collaborative practice in dealing with DM patients from the pharmacist's perspective.
Results: The results showed that the communication pharmacists-doctors rarely occurred. The pharmacist-doctor collaborative practice was quite effective, according to the pharmacist's perspective. The multiple linear regression test of the exchange characteristics and practice collaboration showed that the trust domain was significant.
Conclusion: The communication between pharmacists and doctors is rare. The collaborative practice is in sufficient category. Trust significantly affects this practice.


College students' employability is the core concern for society and college. It is defined as the comprehensive abilities and traits needed for employment and career development of college students. College students that have higher self-efficacy, higher achievement motivation and lower decisionmaking biases state on their career are easier to make their employment success. In the period of jobhunting and career development, psychological capital (self-efficacy, emotional intelligence and achievement motivation) plays an important role to make employment success, and is related to work performance, turnover rate, well-being, commitment, and satisfaction as well. For poor decisions of their career, the related problems occur in their following time of career development, such as resignation, lower satisfaction and well-being level, bad performance and commitment resulting from regret or passive states. The Positive psychological capital (self-efficacy, hope, optimism and resilience) has significant positive relationship with performance and satisfaction among workers in USA (Luthans, 2007). Further relationships among psychological capital, decision-making biases and employability of college students are motivated to study.


This paper presents the justification of reasonability of taking into account the situation of equally possible passenger route choice when modeling such a choice with proper mathematical models. The approach to determine the number of days to survey the factual passenger route choice, which will be enough to develop the choice models, is given.


1. Guido H. Stempel III and Bruce H. Westley, The Systematic Study of Mass Communication. 2. Stephen Everett, Broadcast Research Applications. 3. Kristin McGrath, Newspaper Research Applications. 4. Hugh M. Culbertson, Applied Public Relations Research. 5. Tom Bowers, Advertising Applications. 6. Douglas M. McLeod and Phillip J. Tichenor, The Logic of Social and Behavioral Science. 7. Lewis Donohew and Philip Palmgreen, Constructing Theory. 8. Keith R. Stamm, Measurement Decisions. 9. David H. Weaver, Basic Statistical Tools. 10. Daniel Riffe, Data Analysis and SPSS Programs for Basic Statistics. 11. Guido H. Stempel III, Content Analysis. 12. Kathleen A. Hansen, Using Databases for Content Analysis. 13. Pamela J. Shoemaker and Maxwell E. McCombs, Survey Research. 14. Lee B. Becker, Secondary Analysis. 15. Maria Elizabeth Grabe and Bruce H. Westley, The Controlled Experiment. 16. Bradley Greenberg, Matthew S. Eastin, and Gina M. Garramone, Ethical Issues in Mass Communication Research. 17. Claude Cookman, Presenting Quantitative Data. 18. Robert S. Fortner and Clifford G. Christians, Separating Wheat from Chaff in Qualitative Studi. 19. David Paul Nord, The Practice of Historical Research. 20. Donald M. Gillmor, Everette E. Dennis, and Erik Ugland, Legal Research in Mass Communication. 21. Guido H. Stempel III and Bruce H. Westley, Presentation of Results. Glossary.


Forging a national unit from regionally autonomous groups was a challenge for nineteenthand early-twentieth-century Brazil. Regional autonomy had resulted in a hierarchical system of local oligarchies and hindered political cohesion. Oligarchies were woven into a fluid, contentious, and often weak national system, with constantly changing powers that often depended on personal relationships.' Economically, regional autonomy had equally profound effects. Some researchers have pointed out that the absence of economic integration among regions resulted in small, localized markets and slow overall growth (Prado, 1991; Leff, 1982). Traditional Brazilian historiography has portrayed the economy as composed of very weakly connected autonomous regions and the state as economically liberal and noninterventionist prior to the mid-twentieth century (Prado, 1993; Furtado, 1993). Recent research in political economy challenges this characterization, finding evidence of an actively interventionist state (Topik, 1987; Fritsch, 1988). This article offers support to this latter view by exploring the participation of banks in the consolidation of a Brazilian economy that became national in scope during the First Republic (1889-1930). It contends that the banking system played an important role in connecting regions, different areas of production, and private and public sectors. It focuses on the institutional aspects of the formation of early national money markets in Brazil to explore their impact on the development of a national economy. The process of this consolidation significantly affected the nature of subsequent economic development. It concludes that the development of the banking system during the First Republic created the framework for the large and centralizing role in the economy that the state eventually assumed. Viewing the banking system within the conceptual framework of market formation highlights its ability to link previously unconnected markets for goods and services and to serve as an agent of growth.


This study aims to analyze the relationship between financial policy and human development is one of the most prominent concerns of the modern era, as it is a way to know the impact and role of financial policy in the human development process, The main purpose of the research is to know The role of fiscal policy in human development the current study is looking for the future of human development in light of the developments that occurred in Iraq after 2003, Analysis of the reality of fiscal policy in Iraq.


The use of wireless power transfer technology in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems is rapidly improving in different application areas. The main limitations of electric-powered UAVs are their charging range and stability in dynamic conditions. To solve these, this article proposes a hybrid control method based on dc-link and switched capacitor control with a fixed operating frequency. The dc-link voltage is regulated by the boost power factor correction converter to smoothen the output voltage, and the switched capacitor is used to dynamically compensate for self-inductance variations under dynamic coupling conditions. The output voltage stabilization and near-unity power factor of the input impedance can be achieved by applying the hybrid control method. Therefore, efficiency improvement can be achieved. Furthermore, the proposed control method can also be applied to systems with large coupling variations. To verify the proposed control method, a 500-W prototype was set up in the laboratory, and the experimental results proved that the control method could ensure a stable output voltage with horizontal and vertical offsets of 200 and 62 mm. respectively. Additionally, the results show that the maximum efficiency of the proposed control method is 91.9%, demonstrating that the proposed method effectively improves the efficiency.


It is important to know the electrical conductivity of plasma in order to determine the optimum thermodynamic conditions in various technological applications, the diffusion of the magnetic field, and so forth. The least studied conditions are those ofhighpressuresp (hundreds of atmospheres and upward) and low temperatures T (between fractions of eV arm several eV). A low-temperature plasma is noD]deal (for parts of the ranges of T and p considered), since the Coulomb energy at the average distance between the particles is comparable with kT. The calculation of the conductivity of a noD]deal plasma and its thermodynamic functions involves difficulties of principle, because this is in general a problem without any small parameter. Since the equation of state of a noD]deal plasma is not known, it is impossible to calculate the equilibrium concentrations of the individual plasma components to suf' ficient accuracy. In addition to this, information regarding elementary processes of collisions between electrons and atoms and molecules is so sparse that a refinement of the equation of state would not produce any refinement in the conductivity (~r) calculation. Hence we can only speak of "estimating'*' r In this paper we calculate (estimate) the (r of plasma originating from the gas UF G. We arbitrarily call this a (U-F) plasma. Let us consider plasma in a state of thermodynamic equilibrium at a temperature T. The electron conductivity may be expressed in terms of the electron mobility Ke: en~Ju r "'- := ene[(e;


This article offers a point of view of adult education in Spain during Franco´s Regime, through critical analysis of the most important international contributions. Education was considered by the regime as an aid to socialize the population. In this article, we want to determine, firstly, if we can observe or not a certain international influence in adult education politics; second, if it is real that, behind this international interest about organizations, like UN and OECD, there is an motive and what is it; and finally, determine what importance has these universal proposals in the national political development. So, aided by the method historical-pedagogical, we make a critical review of the conferences, documents and most notable reports produced by these organizations during the period analyzed, with a particular interpretation that in summarized form, presented below. How to reference this article Garcia Redondo, E. (2015).  Influencias internacionales en la Educacion de Adultos durante el franquismo .  Foro de Educacion , 13(19), 327-341. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.14516/fde.2015.013.019.014


Water resources are one of the priority issues with respect to climate change impacts and adaptation in Malaysia. To obtain water sustainability, the planners must envisage how climate interacts with various aspects of water cycle. In this study, the long-term recorded average historic meteorological data are analyzed to explore the possible impact in Asajaya Scheme.


This paper briefly describes the operating principle of the magnetic amplifier, and then focuses on the application of the magnetic amplifier in multiple output DC/DC converter, finally the test data and related waveforms of the real product are given


Atomically dispersed iron–nitrogen–carbon (FeNC) catalysts have sparked great interest by virtue of the highly active isolated FeN4 sites. The catalysts with pyrolysis treatment usually induce inevitable FeN4 sites agglomeration, leading to fast degradation in catalytic activity. Herein, a pre‐coordinated protection strategy is proposed to eliminate the aggregation of Fe atoms by suppressing the thermal migration during the pyrolysis process. To this end, the S atom is introduced into the graphitic support by enhancing the metal‐support interaction. The proposed atomic structure is revealed by multiple advanced characterizations including Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy, X‐ray absorption spectroscopy, and theoretical calculations. By employing S atom into the structure, the center atom Fe is oxidized to a higher valence, improving the bonding energy with the graphitic support, which accordingly endows catalyst anti‐sintering capacity and improved catalytic activity. Compared to commercial Pt/C and the reported catalyst with secondary pyrolysis, the proposed catalysts exhibit enhanced ORR activity in alkaline media (E1/2 = 0.91 V). This work provides a new avenue toward optimizing and improving ORR performance of atomically dispersed Fe catalysts.


The SAI PV Technology Incubator Program is designed to accelerate technologies/prodesses that have successfully demonstrated a proof-of-concept/process in a laboratory.


Self-presentation through the creation of profiles and pages on digitally networked spaces is becoming ever more ubiquitous. In order to develop greater depth of understanding of the place of social media in our self-identification practice, my dissertation investigates the experiences of online persona creation by eight artists. Drawing on sociological and cultural studies approaches to understanding identity as performance, I tie current artists' presentational and representational practices to historically grounded, socio-culturally constructed discourses of 'artistness'. Through this connection, I argue that the creation of online persona has not radically changed notions of what it means to be an artist, or how artistness is represented and understood by audiences of fans or followers, but rather that digital technology has allowed for renegotiation of the boundaries of artistness that still draws from historical understandings of the role and persona of the artist. This shifting of boundaries, allowing for more inclusivity within the art world, is demonstrated by my focus on 'fringe' artists: those whose creative practice places them outside of the traditional art world and its existing structures of representation, distribution and consumption. The eight fringe artists who participated in this study are drawn from street art, performance poetry, craftivism and tattoo. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis drives the methodological focus on the experiences of the artists. Rather than a consideration of behaviour and habit, or what the artists do, this phenomenological approach allowed me to instead focus on what it is like for the artists to create persona, what drives particular types of representational practices. Using unstructured interviews, and online listening as an extension of participant observation, the artists' narratives of experience are expressed through transcript extracts and screenshots: both are necessary to fully explore the nature of online persona creation. My analysis of the artists experiences has demonstrated that there are three somewhat distinct registers of performance with which an artist's persona can engage: the professional register, where one demonstrates ones proficiency, experience, popularity, and professionalism; the personal register, where one connects with wider social and political interests and activities; and the intimate register, where one allows the audience in to one's private world. These three registers occupy the same performance space, but are implicitly or explicitly for different segments of the digitally networked audience of fans, followers, friends and family. The complexity of the performance and reception of these registers is influenced by the shared nature of the performance space – where previously different roles would be performed for different audiences without reference to one another, the networked nature of online social media influences decisions of how much, and when, to share with whom. Interpreted here using themes of strategy|happenstance, specialisation|diversification, visibility|self-protection, self|others and work|play, the professional, personal and intimate registers of performance enable us to see the consideration and care with which each participant creates their artists persona. The experiences of performing the self in these three registers, as presented here, provides an insight into the complexities involved in creating online persona, while also demonstrating that this type of presentation of self is, in itself, no different from the types of role play and performance of self that has arguably always occurred in our physical world. Despite focusing on the role and performance of artistness, this dissertation speaks to the creation and performance of online persona more broadly.


The article introduced the reason of continual heating furnace water pipe black marking in roll-steel mill.Such eliminating method s as putting the vertical water pipe slantingly was suggested..


Abstract : A summary is presented of research performed during the first year of a project to determine feasibility of approaches to restore wild-type transcriptional activity on mutant p53 proteins found in human prostate tumors. p53 mutant proteins that are specifically relevant to prostate cancer are being examined to determine whether they are suitable targets for such an approach. Three specific aims are being pursued. The first is characterizing the interaction of p53 with two distinct classes of its response elements. The second aim is determining the role of mutant p53 proteins in prostate cancer cell proliferation. The final aim is to explore approaches to restore wild-type function to mutant p53 proteins found in prostate cancer. The long term goals of this research is to identify small molecular weight compounds which have the novel activity of restoring wild-type function to prostate cancer derived mutant p53 proteins. As such, this represents a preclinical development of highly targeted therapy with the hope of establishing highly effective and tumor-specific treatments of human prostate cancer.


The major biochemical factor determining whether a strain of yeast will ferment wort rapidly is the activity of the yeast in fermenting maltose. However, maltase is always present in sufficient quantity and consequently maltose permease determines the rate of utilization of this sugar by the yeast. Similarly the utilization of maltotriose is thought to be governed by the uptake system for this sugar.


A phenylterpyridyl cobalt(Ⅲ) complex with vanadium-oxygen chain anion {[Co(PhTPY)2]V3O9·3H2O}n(PhTPY=4′-ph-2,2′∶6′,2″-terpyridine)was synthesized under the hydrothermal condition.The structure was characterized by elemental analysis,IR and X-ray single crystal diffraction.The crystal structure of the complex belongs to monoclinic system,space group C2/c.Thermal stability,photoluminescence property and magnetic susceptibility of the complex have been investigated.CCDC: 773121.


This chapter examines Part One of the Withdrawal Agreement between the UK and the European Union. Part One contains, as its title indicates, provisions which are 'common' to the whole Withdrawal Agreement and thus of horizontal importance. Together with Part Six, on Institutional and Final Provisions, the Common Provisions set the framework for the whole Agreement. The provisions of Part One correspond to a very large extent to the original draft agreement presented by the European Commission, and were (save as regards Article 4) agreed immediately at negotiators' level. These provisions define the territorial scope of the Agreement; specify that the legal effects produced by the provisions of the Agreement and the provisions of Union law made applicable by it shall be the same as those produced in the Union, and that the provisions of Union law made applicable shall be interpreted in accordance with methods and general principles of Union law; and exclude the UK from further access to networks, information systems, and databases at the end of the transition period, unless otherwise provided. In accordance with Article 185 of the Withdrawal Agreement, the Common Provisions are applicable from the entry into force of the Withdrawal Agreement, i.e. from 1 February 2020.


The belief that it should not be necessary for a mother to work in order to provide bare sustenance for her small children is becoming increasingly a part of our social philosophy. As this conviction has gained support throughout this country, it has found expression not only in the practices of private social agencies but also in provisions of the federal social security legislation which make available financial assistance for mothers who have no other means of providing for their children. A social philosophy translated into its practical implications means increased taxes and/or increased demands upon the budgets of community chests. All the forces against increased taxation or increased expenditures by private agencies are then mobilized to hamper the fulfilment of the theoretically acceptable social philosophy. The struggle between the desire to aid fatherless children and to lessen the burden their mothers must carry and the demand that expenditures be kept at a minimum results in various attempts to find a satisfactory compromise. At times it is suggested that mothers with one child can work or that mothers who are physically and mentally able should work. In other cases the anger of society or the resentment of the


Abstract Complex global problems, such as sustainable crop production, where conventional products do not fully solve the problem due to their low efficacy and negative environmental impact, require rationally designed products. Generally, these products are based on efficient technologies and stimuli-responsive and high-performance materials. Considering the product design approach with a science-based approach such as drug development through QbD. We propose to merge the most relevant elements of these approaches in an integrated design methodology. Regarding the conceptual analysis, we propose two phases: initially, an early phase with conceptual solutions, followed by an advanced phase based on QbD elements to define the research hypothesis. Hence, optimal product conditions defined in the design space must comply with the required performance of the stimuli-responsive product. So, with this proposed integration we pretend to potentialize and strengthen the established tools for product design, achieving an advanced and robust design methodology.


The purpose of this study is to investigate the eye movement of students during reading contents related to the earth system part in their science textbook. Student, grade 6, 34 was selected by tests checking motivation system about science learning and patterns of behavior from among 301, was sorted according to motivation system about science learning. And their learning behavior pattern was analyzed. The results of this study show that students who are sensitive to SL-BIS(Behavioral Inhibition System about Science Learning) need more time to read the text than students who are sensitive to SL- BAS(Behavioral Activation System about Science Learning). Also, SL-BAS students spent more time to watching the illustration than SL-BIS students. Keyword: eye movement, eye-tracker, eye-tracking, motivation system, science book


Re Zoledronic acid (Re-ZA) is new radiopharmaceutical which may have advantages over other bone seeking β-emitters due to high radiation energy of Re, and metabolic effect of zoledronic acid. In the phase I-II of the study therapeutic dosage of Re-ZA was estimated. Pharmacokinetics, dosimetry and safety were assessed in the dose escalation study. Twenty-one (3, 3 and 15) breast and prostate cancer patients with multiple painful bone metastases received 35, 45 and 55 MBq of Re-ZA respectively. In the next step 42 new patients were randomized in 2 groups (Re-ZA in dosage of 45 MBq/kg and SrCl2 in dosage of 150 MBq) to assess safety and efficacy of the radiopharmaceuticals, the follow up lasted for 9 weeks. Absorbed dose to the bone marrow is respectively low 0.26±0.06 Gy. The dose escalation study shows that Re-ZA the dosage of 55 MBq/kg is safe, no significant hematologic or any other toxicity is observed. SrCl2 in a dosage of 150 MBq, as compared to Re-ZA in a dosage of 45 MBq/kg demonstrates similar efficacy, but the effect starts faster in Re-ZA group. By the end of the follow up some patients demonstrated pain recurrence, this may indicate the need for repeated courses of treatment. Though many patients with widespread bone metastases and the higher base level of alkaline phosphatase were in the Re-ZA group, in the majority of cases of both groups stabilization of the disease was achieved and continued for at least two months. Both radiopharmaceuticals demonstrated acceptable safety profile. Although trend in reduction of hemoglobin level was observed, especially in the group of patients with baseline anemia, both radiopharmaceuticals significantly impact on the platelet counts (PLT) only. As it was predicted by dosimetry data, Re-ZA in a dose of 45 MBq/kg is safer, by the week 6 the PLT counts in the Re-ZA group became almost the same as baseline and even higher in the week 9, while in the SrCl2 group in the week 9 PLT counts remained below the baseline; the difference was statistically proven. It seems that patients with breast cancer, in contrast to those with prostate cancer, have benefit (not statistically significant) in overall survival: 20.7 vs 15.6 months regardless dosage or type of radiopharmaceutical.


Background: Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy is the most common procedure performed in Gastroenterology department for numerous indications and ulceration of the upper GI tract is one of the major pathological findings during endoscopy. Early diagnosis of upper GI ulcers with definite cause is the mainstay of therapy for patient's cure and prevention of complications. Different clinical features are observed in different types of ulcer. Objective: The objective of this study is to find out the causes of different types of ulceration in the upper gastrointestinal tract along with their clinical presentation. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of Gastroenterology, BSMMU, Dhaka, Bangladesh during the period of July 2016 to April 2017. Patients referred for upper GI endoscopy for different indications were primarily selected. Consecutive 220 patients having ulcers anywhere in the upper GIT were finally included in the study. Ulcer diseases were diagnosed through analysis of morphology of the ulcers, histopathology of biopsy materials, relevant clinical history and further investigations if required. All the findings were documented in predesigned data collection sheet. Any association between various types of ulcers with age, gender, BMI, lifestyle, location of ulcer, different signs and symptoms was assessed. Results: Out of 220 patients duodenal ulcer was found in 45.9%, gastric ulcer in 30.0%, oesophageal ulcer in 7.7%, ulceration at multiple sites in 13.6%, and stomal ulcer in 2.7% cases. Among the aetiologies H. pylori infection (62.8%), NSAIDs (14.6%) and malignant ulcers (9.1%) were found in majority of cases. Less common causes were tubercular ulcer, lymphoma, GIST, Crohn's disease and caustic injury. Aetiology could not be identified in 6.8% cases. Among various presenting complaints epigastric pain, early satiety, anorexia, vomiting and GI bleeding were the symptoms that differ significantly in patients with ulcers ...........


CONTEXT - Global software development (GSD) is a modern business strategy for the development of high quality software. The main reason for selecting GSD or offshore outsourcing technique include faster development, reduced cost and access to large pool of skilled manpower. In today's world of engineering development, most of the outsourced projects suffer from unwanted threats called risks that can badly affect the cost, quality and schedule of the critical projects. Appropriate measure should be planned for the successful offshore development outsourcing projects. OBJECTIVE - The objective of this protocol is to identify the potential risks that are considered to be critical and having high probability of occurrence concerning offshore country selection for software outsourcing and that will assist the clients organization in selection of suitable offshore country worldwide. METHOD - These potential risks will be identified using a Systematic Literature Review (SLR). SLR is a technique of identifying, evaluating and interpreting all the relevant research that is available to a particular research question or topic of interest and has different types of scientific values that differentiate it from ordinary literature surveys and reviews. EXPECTED OUTCOME - We have been developed SLR protocol for offshore country selection risk management model (OCSRMM) and now in the implementation phase. The expected outcomes of SLR review will be the identification and analysis of potential risks to be addressed by client organizations for appropriate management and mitigation of offshore software development contracts. Our ultimate goal of this research is to develop OCSRMM and to design the structured plan for the development of this model. Keywords - Global Software Development, Systematic Literature Review, offshore software development


This article explores the tension between the growing cultural capital of the Beckett 'brand' and the issues of dispossession which are at the heart of Beckett's work through an investigation of selected productions from the Beckett in the City project, a series of site-specific performances of Beckett's work directed by Sarah Jane Scaife. The discussion of Dublin performances of Act Without Words II (2013) and Beckett in the City: the Women Speak (2015) in marginalized urban spaces draws on writing by Judith Butler and Athena Athanasiou on dispossession.


The storage performance of kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis Planch. 'Hayward') was evaluated during and after storage for up to 24 weeks in 2% O2 and 0%, 3%, 5%, and 7% CO2 at 0°C. In addition, the influence of exposure to 0.5 or 1 μl·-liter−1 C2H4 on fruit performance was evaluated. The rate of softening during storage was reduced in proportion to the CO2 level and was accelerated by C2H4. The presence of white core inclusions under controlled atmospheres (CA) plus C2H4 was dependent upon the CO2 concentration. Two other physiological disorders were observed, and their severity was influenced by the combination of elevated CO2 and C2H4. The results suggest that there are 2 types of interactions between CO2 and C2H4, competition and synergism, which occur in kiwifruit during storage.


This thesis is concerned with an examination of significance levels in variance testing in the case of sampling from a bivariate normal density with a nonzero correlation coefficient. The density related to this situation is derived from the Wishart distribution. Using this basic density, a characterization is made with the emphasis being placed on the behavior of the density for special cases. A tabulation of the density follows, and conclusions are drawn as to the effect of the correlation coefficient on significance levels in testing for homogeneity of variance. The numerical analysis techniques, tables, and IBM 650 programs necessary for the numerical examinations are included. CHARACTERIZATION AND TABULATION OF A DENSITY GIVING SIGNIFICANCE: LEVELS IN VARIANCE TESTING F O R THE BIVARIATE NORMAL CASE by RAYMOND P. HITCHCOCK A THESIS Submitted to the Graduate Faculty > . : ; ■ partial fulfillment of the requirements


OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the financial effects in a state employee health plan of a change in the drug coverage policy to include over-the-counter (OTC) omeprazole in a tier-copayment drug benefit design that favored the OTC drug. METHODS: The policy change in the Arkansas State Employee Benefit Division (EBD) involved 2 principal parts: OTC omeprazole placed in a new OTC copayment tier ($5) and an increase in pharmacy reimbursement to a $13 dispensing fee for each OTC omeprazole prescription. The prescription claims database was used to examine utilization and cost data for beneficiaries who received prescriptions for a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) during the 2-month period (January and February 2004) preceding the change in policy to cover OTC omeprazole compared with the 2-month period following the policy change (March and April 2004). RESULTS: During the first week of the new policy (March 1-7, 2004), OTC omeprazole accounted for 47% of all PPI claims. From the third week through the end of the 2-month study period, OTC omeprazole represented 60% of PPI claims. This shift to OTC omeprazole from prescription PPIs produced EBD average savings of $40.86 (40.5%) per PPI claim in the first 2 months after implementation of coverage of OTC omeprazole compared with the immediate previous 2-month period. The average copayment savings for EBD beneficiaries were $4.20 (16.5%) per PPI claim. The average increase in pharmacy reimbursement was 118% ($6.27 per claim in the postperiod versus $2.88 per claim in the preperiod). Despite a 17.2% increase in utilization as measured by days of PPI therapy per member per month (1.91 PMPM) in the postperiod versus 1.63 in the preperiod, EBD savings were $2.11 (38.9%) PMPM. Based upon PMPM savings of $2.56 in the second month of coverage of OTC omeprazole, annual savings would be about $3,978,240 for average eligible membership of 129,500 in this state employee health plan. CONCLUSIONS: This policy change to include coverage of OTC omeprazole in the state employee drug benefit plan produced savings to the state of as much as 50% of the total cost of PPI drugs despite an apparent small increase in utilization of PPIs and an increase in pharmacy reimbursement of more than 100%. Plan beneficiaries realized significant savings on average for PPI drugs and particularly for each OTC omeprazole prescription.


The predominant mechanism of decomposition of monoalkylthallium(III) halides in pyridine solution involves bimolecular displacement of thallium(I) by attack of halide ion or pyridine on the alkyl group; hence, mono-neopentylthallium(III) halides are relatively stable.


In this study, we compared methods to improve the decoding and reading fluency of struggling readers. Second-grade poor readers were randomly assigned to one of the two practice conditions within a repeated reading intervention. Both interventions were in small groups, were 20–28 min long, took place 2–4 days per week, and consisted of phonemic awareness training, letter sound practice, and practice in word families. Students in the accuracy condition (n= 27) practiced each page until they reached 98 percent accuracy while students in the accuracy + automaticity condition (n= 29) practiced until they reached rate (30–90 cwpm) and accuracy criteria. Hierarchical linear modeling revealed no differences between practice conditions in decoding accuracy, reading comprehension, and grade-level text reading fluency. Significant differences favoring the accuracy + automaticity group were found in measures of decoding automaticity.


The atomic state problem is solved in a suitable numerical approach based on Sturmian functions, which is able to account for both the strong short range nuclear potential (for both the local and nonlocal) and the long range Coulomb force and to provide directly the wave function of protonium with complex eigenvalues . The small hyperfine-splittings and decay widths of the 1s and 2p levels of the atomic states are studied in the latest version of the Paris potential. It is found that the potential needs to be modified at energies around the threshold.


This paper studies the heavy-traffic joint distribution of queue lengths of an input-queued switch operating under the MaxWeight scheduling policy. Input-queued switch acts as a representative of SPNs that do not satisfy the so-called complete resource pooling (CRP) condition, and consequently exhibit a multidimensional state space collapse. Except in special cases, only mean queue lengths of such non-CRP systems have been obtained in the literature. In this paper, we develop the transform method to study the steady state distribution of non-CRP systems. The key challenge is in solving an implicit functional equation involving the Laplace transform of the heavy-traffic limiting distribution. We then consider the general n - n input-queued switch that has n2 queues. Under a conjecture on uniqueness of the solution of the functional equation, we obtain an exact joint distribution of the heavy-traffic limiting queue-lengths in terms of a nonlinear transformation of 2n iid exponentials.


We investigate the precoding, remote radio head (RRH) selection and signal splitting in the simultaneous wireless information and power transferring (SWIPT) cloud radio access networks (C-RANs). The objective is to minimize the power consumption of the SWIPT C-RAN. Different from the existing literature, we consider the nonlinear fronthaul power consumption and the multiple antenna RRHs. By switching off the unnecessary RRHs, the group sparsity of the precoding coefficients is introduced, which indicates that the precoding process and the RRH selection are coupled. In order to overcome these issues, a group sparse precoding and signal splitting algorithm is proposed based on the majorization-minimization framework, and the convergence behavior is established. Numerical results are used to verify our proposed studies.


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Adsorption kinetics of myoglobin on silica was investigated using the quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) and the optical waveguide light-mode spectroscopy (OWLS). Measurements were carried out for the NaCl concentration of 0.01 M and 0.15 M. A quantitative analysis of the kinetic adsorption and desorption runs acquired from QCM allowed to determine the maximum coverage of irreversibly bound myoglobin molecules. At a pH of 3.5–4 this was equal to 0.60 mg m−2 and 1.3 mg m−2 for a NaCl concentration of 0.01 M and 0.15 M, respectively, which agrees with the OWLS measurements. The latter value corresponds to the closely packed monolayer of molecules predicted from the random sequential adsorption approach. The fraction of reversibly bound protein molecules and their biding energy were also determined. It is observed that at larger pHs, the myoglobin adsorption kinetics was much slower. This behavior was attributed to the vanishing net charge that decreased the binding energy of molecules with the substrate. These results can be exploited to develop procedures for preparing myoglobin layers at silica substrates of well-controlled coverage useful for biosensing purposes.


Major funding agencies in India mainly determine the national research agenda. They remain essential stakeholders in research assessment and fund a significant number of projects across the nation. The Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India convened a workshop on April 21, 2022 to understand how the funding agencies assess research projects, where these agencies stand in addressing the inherent challenges of evaluating impactful research, and how to ensure a responsible research culture. The workshop had two objectives: to understand the current research assessment practices of India's funding agencies and to explore the adoption of broad-based assessment criteria beyond journal-based matrices, incorporating national priorities, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) targets, and the societal impact of research into the research assessment frameworks. This report discusses the workshop's objective and structure, each component of the workshop and its intended outcomes, and policy recommendations for funding agencies in the research ecosystem.

The intended audiences for this report are funding agencies, constituents of national and state universities, internal funding committees, and those who want to acquire a broader perspective on existing research assessment practices, look beyond the quantitative journal indicator-based metrics and make existing assessment practices more effective and inclusive. This report aims to assist in developing research assessment agendas that balance local relevance and globalization.


With the advent of Information Technology many research works are going on medical data collection. But most of the works are facing shortcomings in management of data. A huge amount of data that is generated by different sensors and uploaded into the server through Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) faces a several types of security, privacy, flexibility, scalability and confidentiality challenges. Existing architectures for patient"s health data collection lack of different types of security issues. In this paper, we have proposed a secured Health cloud architecture for patient"s health data collection. Our work is based on WSN integrated with Cloud computing technology. We have proposed to have Cypher text Policy-ABE within our cloud infrastructure to guarantee data security, privacy and fine grained access control of data. We have also give constraint on attributes of different types of patients to reduce unnecessary data storage. Thus our proposal makes the whole data collection and management technique unique.


Light therapy is applied as treatment for a variety of problems related to health and ageing, including dementia. Light therapy is administered via light boxes, light showers, and ambient bright li ...


2(3),9(10),16(17),23(24)-tetra-(4-phenylimine phenoxy) phthalocyanine zinc(Ⅱ)(C84H52N12O4Zn)(APc) and 2(3)-(2-methyl-8-quinolinoxy)-9(10),16(17),23(24)-tri-(4-phenylimine phenoxy phthalocyanine zinc(Ⅱ)(C81H50N12O4Zn)(BPc) were synthesized from 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde and characterized by means of UV-Vis,IR,1HNMR spectra and elemental analysis.The aggregative behavior was studied in DMF by UV-Vis.The results show that BPc is not aggregative in DMF.However,APc is aggregative in DMF at the concentration of 1.499 × 10-5mol / L ~ 2.407 × 10-5mol / L.The Q-band maximum absorption peaks of APc and BPc appear at 672 nm and 676 nm,which,compared with the unsubstituted zinc phthalocyanine(669 nm),obviously have red shift.The electrochemical properties and energy band structure are studied by cyclic voltammetry.They have low LUMO(-5.411 eV,-5.384 eV) and a deep HOMO(-4.214 eV,-4.210 eV) energy level.It is indicated that APc and BPc matches with the energy level of the nanocrystalline of TiO2.


Objective To express Newcastle disease virus (NDV) F gene and infectious bursal disease virus Vp0 gene in fowlpox virus and provide a basis for the preparation of polyvalent recombinant ND and IBD vaccine. Methods An expression vector pAT2 - F - VpO was constructed by inserting NDV F and IBDV VpO genes into the recombinant plasmid pUTA2 containing the TK gene of nonessential region of fowlpox virus was 282E4 strain and 2 p7.5ATI promoters introduced at opposite directions.The constructed plasmid pAT12 - F - Vp0 was transfected into CEF cells infected with FPV 282 E4 strain, and the recombinants were screened out by BUDR method and detected by indirect immunofiuorescence method. F and Vp0 proteins were confirmed Western blot. Results Recombinant fowlpox virus was successfully constructed, and both F and Vp0 proteins were confirmed by Western blot. Conclusion F and Vp0 proteins were expressed in recombinant fowlpox virus at the same time and recognized by corresponding PcAbs.


The new themes of "Harmonious China,National Games" and "Holding the National Games by the Whole Province" were brought in the 11th National Games of China in Jinan.Those new themes are profundity and sublimation of understanding for the value of athletic sports,and indicate new ways for the development of national traditional sports.Aiming at the imbalance of course set,weakness of the teachers and resources,teaching material lack of characteristic and other problems,this investigation gives new ideas such as reinforcing the development and coordination of national traditional PE,selecting course content according to the "PE for Whole Life",bringing the cultivation of social PE tutors into the education of national traditional PE and so on.


Halogen bond interactions are investigated in four halopyridine iodine monochloride complexes nXPy(N)–ICl in the solid state, solution and in silico, where nXPy = n-halopyridine, X = I or Br and n ...


Increasing biosecurity risks, adverse weather conditions and the need to maximize farm output are some of the major reasons for the use of closed, water-recirculating systems for shrimp nurseries. Typically, such nurseries consist of growout raceways or circular tanks connected to a recirculating filtration system enclosed in an indoor facility. The filtration systems usually incorporate raw water treatment and storage, and a small effluent treatment plant. Located near farms, these nurseries serve as an excellent link between the hatcheries and the farms, providing biosecurity to and from the farming area as well as stretching the crop time over adverse weather conditions.


This manuscript was to establish a suitable/optimum method for the extraction and purification of synephrine from Fructus Citri Immaturus.The powder of Citrus aurantii was seperately extrated by ethanol and purificated by D101 type B.H adsorptive resine,and extrated by hydrochloric acid and then purificated by Cation-exchange resine 001x8.All the obtained washing liquor were determined by TLC(thin layer chromatograghy) and RP-HPLC(reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatograghy),the content of syneghrine in the prodect can be worked out finally.The highest content of syneghrine were obtained seperately with 15% alcohol content by D101 type B.H adsorptive resine and 4% ammonia content by Cation-exchange resine 001 8 Moreover,the content of syneghrine in the latter is increase to 45.34%,much higher than that of the former.


Recent evidence suggests that there is important variability in the expression of personality pathology in day-to-day life. A potentially useful route to study the expression of maladaptive traits in daily life can be derived from literature on stress and daily hassles, which provide a variety of dynamic accounts for the relations between individual differences and maladaptive dysregulation. The current preregistered study sought to integrate maladaptive personality traits and dynamic stress processes to further dynamic process models of personality pathology. In a large combined clinical and community sample of N=296 adults oversampled for interpersonal problems, we used ecological momentary assessment to investigate how maladaptive traits moderated the processes of stress generation, stress reactivity, and stress inertia. The tests of our preregistered hypotheses provided a mix of supportive and null findings for stress processes identified in past research, as well mixed support regarding the moderating role of personality for these processes. The results provide important insights into the dynamic relations between everyday stressors and personality pathology, and future directions for research on stress and maladaptive traits are discussed.


This disclosure is directed to techniques for generating position assistance information that can be used by a subscriber unit of a wireless communication system. In accordance with this disclosure, a position determination entity (PDE), e.g., which may be coupled to one or more of the base stations, implements techniques that can improve the position assistance information, and therefore improve the ability of the subscriber unit to quickly and accurately identify its location using the positioning satellites. In particular, the PDE receives information from the subscriber unit indicative of signals detected by the subscriber unit in the wireless communication system, and then divides an area where the subscriber unit is suspected to be into a plurality of sectors. The PDE scores the sectors based on the information received from the subscriber unit, wherein a score for a respective sector indicates a likelihood that the subscriber is in the respective sector.


The ranking of web page for the web search-engine is one of the major problem that is when the new web pages are created it doesn't receive enough in-link to illustrate its real importance in initial state and it is unreliable. This study introduces better association rule algorithm, Frequent Pattern Growth Algorithm (FPGA) which provides a method for identifying patterns from a database of records. Each record has a plurality of Universal Resource Locator (URL). The method comprises constructing an FP-tree for the database; and, mining the FP-tree to obtain frequent patterns, which provides better accuracy and complete search for end users. Markov model found major level of accuracy to the prediction.


Hereditary breast cancer (BC) accounts for about 5-10% of cases. BRCA-associated tumors have been identified as a separate group of malignant neoplasms with distinctive clinical manifestations and specific treatment features. Understanding of biological mechanisms leading to cancer in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers and discovery of potential molecular targets, such as poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP), involved in base excision repair mechanisms, led to the development of a new class of targeted drugs belonging to the PARP inhibitors group. PARP inhibition leads to the preservation of single-stranded DNA breaks, the arrest of the replication fork, and the realization of the "synthetic lethality" phenomenon due to the inability to repair double-stranded DNA breaks by homologous recombination in cells with mutations in the BRCA1/2 genes. Two randomized trials OlympiAD and EMBRACA evaluated and proved the effectiveness of PARP inhibitors in patients with metastatic BRCA-mutated HER2-negative breast cancer in comparison with standard chemotherapy. At the same time, data on the potential use of PARP inhibitors for the treatment of BRCA-mutated HER2-positive breast cancer patients are extremely limited. This article presents a clinical example of the use of olaparib in a patient with BRCA-mutated HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.


This article is available from http://www.labmedonline.org 2014, Laboratory Medicine Online This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Background: Baseline prostate volume (PV) is related with the progression of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Although recent studies have reported the relationship between BPH and metabolic syndrome, the findings are inconsistent. Thus, this study was performed to investigate the association of PV with metabolic factors and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in individuals with normal PV and clarify the factors associated with benign prostate enlargement (BPE), including PSA. Methods: We selected 3,915 health examinees aged >40 yr with a PSA level <4 ng/mL who underwent ultrasonography of the prostate as part of a routine health check-up. These individuals were classified into two groups according to PV: normal PV (PV <30 mL) and BPE (PV ≥30 mL). We investigated the association of PV with metabolic factors and PSA using multiple linear regression analysis, and clarified the factors associated with BPE using logistic regression analysis. Results: The factors associated with PV were PSA, age, and waist circumference in individuals with normal PV. The factors associated with BPE were age, body mass index (BMI), and PSA. The logistic regression analysis adjusted for age and confounding factors showed that individuals with a BMI of 23-24.9 kg/m, 25-29.9 kg/m, and ≥30 kg/m had higher odds ratios of 1.580 (95% confidence interval, 1.171-2.131; P =0.003), 1.767 (1.332-2.344; P <0.001), and 2.024 (1.042-3.933; P =0.038), respectively, for BPE than individual with a BMI <23 kg/m. Conclusions: Abdominal obesity was significantly associated with PV in individuals with normal PV, whereas obesity was an associated metabolic factor of BPE. PSA level was positively associated with PV.


One of the best-known fragments of a lost Greek drama is Critias' fr. 43F19 Snell, an extended rhesis from the play Sisyphus in which the protagonist narrates how once upon a time human life was squalid, brutal, and anarchistic; as a remedy men devised Law and Justice; this expedient served to check open wrongdoing but did not hinder secret crimes; then some very clever man hit upon the idea of inventing gods and the notion of divine retribution; thus secret criminality was stopped by fear of the gods. The prevalent understanding of Critias' motives is largely determined by the commonest interpretation of this fragment. Some authorities think the notion of divine justice as merely a human device designed to serve a socially utilitarian purpose is Critias' own invention; others regard this passage as wholly or in part a réchauffé of the ideas of others, such as Protagoras, Democritus, or Diagoras of Rhodes. With few exceptions, it has until recently been thought that Critias was, if not a sophist himself, at least a cynical disciple of Machtpolitik who differed from similar thinkers such as Thrasymachus and Callicles only in that he translated ideas similar to those these figures are made to express in the pages of Plato into brutal political action. A handful of authorities have dissented from this view on the grounds that it is dangerous to attribute to a playwright sentiments placed in the mouths of his stage-characters (although to be sure, as we shall see, the theory that the views expressed in the fragment were the poet's own has ostensible ancient authority in the doxographic tradition). Recently the prevalent interpretation of fr. 19 Sn. has been subjected to additional criticism in two articles by German writers that may well be harbingers of a major reappraisal – long overdue, in the present writer's opinion – of Critias' beliefs.


This study surveys the impact of training stress confrontation skills on job satisfaction of employees who work in health- safety- environment (HSE) unit in Sarcheshmeh copper industry incorporation. The method used here is semiexperimental pre-test and post-test type with the two groups of control and test. The population includes 92 Sarcheshmeh copper incorporation staff and as a result, using Cochran formula, 40 people were selected through simple random method to form the sample, 20 for the control group and 20 for the test group. Data measurement tool used here was Dunnet's job satisfaction questionnaire. The results show that the independent variable (training of stress confrontation skills) is meaningfully different from the dependent variable (job satisfaction) in test and control groups. Based on this and the calculations made, training stress confrontation skills has had 9% impact on job satisfaction. So it can be inferred that training stress confrontation skills influences job satisfaction of employees who work in health- safetyenvironment (HSE) unit in Sarcheshmeh copper industry incorporation.


Whiskers impart considerable toughening and provide increased resistance to strength degradation during service due to thermal stresses, crack growth, and contact or impact damage. Whisker-reinforced ceramics also exhibit improvements in strength and toughness that are retained over a broad temperature range. Furthermore, reinforcements that resist deformation at elevated temperatures, e.g., SiC whiskers, result in substantial improvements in creep resistance of ceramics. However, successful design of toughened ceramics must consider the material properties and characteristics which control the toughening response and related mechanical properties. This paper reviews the design concepts for ceramics reinforced with discontinuous phases and the influence of such reinforcements on a variety of mechanical properties. 39 refs, 13 figs.


The invention relates to slope greening, in particular to a slope greening device and a slope greening method. The slope greening beautifying device comprises a group of strip type low-carbon steel wire gauzes, wherein the strip type low-carbon steel wire gauzes are in lap joint to one another end to end; a strip-shaped bag made of nylon cloth is arranged in each strip type low-carbon steel wire gauze and is filled with colorful vegetation concrete; and the strip type low-carbon steel wire gauzes are in lap joint to one another. The slope greening beautifying method comprises the following steps of hanging three-dimensional nets or low-carbon steel wire gauzes on a smoothed slope surface; fixing the three-dimensional nets or the low-carbon steel wire gauzes by using anchors; spraying bottom color vegetable concrete on the three-dimensional nets or the low-carbon steel wire gauzes; and fixing the strip type low-carbon steel wire gauzes with the three-dimensional nets or the low-carbon steel wire gauzes and a slope by using L-shaped anchors and binding steel wires. Diversity of a greening effect is realized by changing the shapes of the strip type low-carbon steel wire gauzes and the colors of sprayed grasses. The diversity of the greening effect is realized, various effects of gradual changing of characters, color segmentation strips and the like are achieved, and a stereoscopic and attractive scenery slope is obtained.


Field Cage plots () were established (7 units) to find the lowest limit time about the tending of red pine forest (Pinus densiflora) which can no longer be used as a habitat by Monochamus alternatus, vector insect of pine wilt disease at the experimental forest of the southern forest research center of the Korea forest research institute in February in 2010. Thinning slashes (length, 1 m; diameter, 5~10 cm) tended at the different times were put in cages, and 4~6 couples of adult M. alternatus were put into each the cage in June. Presence or absence the larval entrance holes and larval were determined in November in 2010. Incase of the combination 24, 18, 12 and 6-month-old thinning slashes from thinning times to the time of adult emergence inside a single cage, larval entrance holes were found in the 6-month-old and 12-month-old thinning slashes but larvae were found only in the 6-month-old thinning slashes (treatment 1). In case of the combination 24, 18, 15 and 12-month-old thinning slashes inside a single cage, larval entrance holes were found in the 15-month-old and 12-month-old thinning slashes but larvae were found only in the 12-month-old (treatment 2). When 24, 18, 15, 12 and 6-month-old thinning slashes with treated dry and humid condition were put separately inside each cage, larval entrance holes were found in the 18, 15, 12, 6-month-old thinning slashes without the relation of the dry and humid conditions. But larvae were found in the 15, 12, 6-month-old thinning slashes in the dry conditions and only in the 6-month-old thinning slashes in the humid conditions. Results indicated the lowest limit time which can no longer be used as a habitat by M. alternatus is before 24 month from the time of adult emergence.


The application of the reverse transcriptase poly‐ merase chain reaction (RT‐PCR) has enabled several morphologically and physically similar small round structured viruses (SRSVs), including the prototype Norwalk virus (NV), to be classified within the Caliciviridae. This technique, using primers directed to the RNA‐dependent RNA polymerase region within the ORF1 of NV, was used to characterise SRSVs associated with epidemic gastroenteritis in adults and sporadic paediatric gastroenteritis in South Africa. Ge‐nomic variation was investigated by sequence analysis of the amplified 209bp cDNA region from six isolates and comparison with other characterised SRSVs including NV. Antigenic variation was investigated by the use of the re‐combinant enzyme immunoassay described recently for the detection of Snow Mountain agent‐like antigen in stool specimens. Two distinct antigenic groups were evident with NV‐like viruses associated with adult gastroenteritis, and Mexico viruslike viruses associated with paediatric gastroenteritis. Viral isolates from two of the outbreaks of adult gastroenteritis showed a high degree of nucleotide sequence identity with NV, i.e., 84% and 98%, respectively, whereas the paediatric isolates showed 92‐95% sequence similarity with the Snow Mountain‐like virus, MxV. These data show concordance between antigenic and genomic analyses. © Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


The paper presents an optimized segmentation algorithm for clothing patterns. It uses the depth model to improve the image quality. Super-pixel pre-segmentation enhances the ability to capture the edge information of patterns.LBP texture information, HSV color information and image pixel space information are used to optimize the parameters of Gaussian mixture model. The energy function is optimized by maxflow/mincut to realize the fast segmentation of clothing patterns. The simulation results show that the segmentation accuracy and precision of the algorithm are improved.


From the Department of Otolaryngology, St. Louis Children's Hospital (Dr. Finkelhor), and the Department of Otolaryngology. The Children's Hospital (Dr. Healy). Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Washington. D.C., Sept. 25-29, 1988. Submitted for publication Nov. 10, 1988; revision received Jan. 20, 1989; accepted Feb. 17, 1989. Reprint requests: Benjamin K. Finkelhor, MD. Department of Otolaryngology. St. Louis Children's Hospital. 400 South Kingshighway Blvd.. St. Louis, MO 63110. 23/4/ll884 sachusetts. I This instrument was found to be extremely useful in the evaluation of: (1) tracheotomy tube and endotracheal tube placement, (2) tracheal disease, and (3) airway dynamics. Recent reports of the contraction of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) by exposure to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from inadvertent contact with human blood has heightened public and professional concern over the iatrogenic spread of AIDS. This concern has led to the development of a series of disposable flexible fiberoptic minibronchoscopes for use in patients who have communicable diseases. The Microvasive Corporation (Milford, Mass.) has developed a modular system of semi-disposable flexible


The reinvestigation of the alleged nepouite-trevorite deposit near the Scotia Talc Nline, Barberton, revealed the presence of a series of nickel minerals, 'rrlz. violarite, millerite, ferroan trevorite, nickel-rich talc, nickel rich chlorite, and reevesite. The ferroan trevorite has 4 2 nickel ions per 32 oxygen atoms in the unit cell, a ceII edge of 8.367+0.003 A, a reflectivity of 21 percent, a vickers hardness of 798 to 773kglmm2, and a specific gravity of 5.212+0.007 (measured). The term ,ferroan trevorite" as used in this paper, is suggested for all the members in the magnetite-trevorite series containing between 4 and 6 nickel ions per 32 oxygen atoms' INrnopucrroN As part of a stud-vof the distribution of nickel in serpentinites and related rocks, a sample of trevorite and associated silicate minerals from the well-known occurrence about two miles west of the Scotia Tale Mine in the Bon Accord area, Barberton, South Africa, was reinvestigated, mainly to ascertain the nature of the associated silicate minerals that are reported to be nepouite (South Africa Geological Survey, 1959). During this investigation, four nickel minerals, t iz, ferroan trevorite, a nickelrich talc, a nickel-rich chlorite, and reevesite, as well as violarite and millerite, were encountered. This paper is the first in a series in which these nickel minerals are described in detail. The name 'ferroan trevorite' has been used to indicate a mineral in the magnetite-trevorite series containing between four and six nickel ions per 32 oxygen atoms. A review of the field relations as well as a description of the petrography of the nickel ore are also presented. Frprn Ror,arroNs oF THE NTcKEL ORE The nickel ore under discussion was first reported by Trevor (1920)' According to the South African Geological Survey (1959), the ore constitutes a tabular bod.v two feet thick and about twenty-feet long and is probably a contact deposit along the junction of the Moodies quartzite and the Jamestown Igneous Suite. It is further stated that the major minerals are trevorite and nepouite. Expemuorrlr Mrtroos Microscopy, using both transmitted and reflected light, formed the basis of the aporoach. MINIIRALOGICAL NOTES r205 All colors allotted macroscopically are in accordance with the Rock-Color Chart, issued by the Geological Society of America (1963). The very fine grain of the purified ferroan trevorite powder made it impossible to use normal techniques for determinations of the specific gravity For this purpose, the weight of a small glass bucket 'n'ith a diameter of 2 cm and a depth of 1 cm rvas determined in air and in toluene The bucket was then half filled with the powder and weighed in air. Just enough toluene to fili the bucket to the brim was introduced in the bucket, and trapped air was removed in vacuum. The weight of the bucket with the powder was determined in toluene. F'rom these measurements, the specific gravity of the Ierroan trevorite could be determined. Corrections were made for variations in the density of the toluene with varying temperature. The specilic gravity of the ferroan trevorite was also calculated from its chemical analysis, cell edge, and Avogadro's number (6.0228X 10'?3). ALeitz Miniload Hardness Tester lvas used for the Vickers microhardness determinations From these values the macrohardness was derived from the hardness correlation graph given by Young and Millman (1964) Reflectivity' measurements were made on a freshly polished surface of the ferroan trevorite with a Leitz microphotometer. The Leitz standards, calibrated at 548 nm and 589 nm, were used as the reference materials. The X-ray-difiraction analysis rvas done with a Debye-Scherrer camera lvith a diameter ol 1 14.6 mn and with Co Ka radiation. Corrections for shrinkage were taken into consideration, and the ceil edge was determined by extrapolation of the curve obtained by plotting the cell edge against/(9), given b1'


This paper summarizes previous studies published by the authors on User Story (US) template unification and visual requirements models generation out of a US set. Such as transformation of a US set tagged using templates from a unified model to a GoalOriented model called the Rationale Tree and to a UML Use-Case Diagram. It also introduces the genuine contribution of generating a UML class diagram from a US set. Future research – notably on the use of the transformations in real life-case studies – is also discussed. Finally, the CASE tool supporting the approaches is overviewed.


The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Formal Education Group and the Origins Education Forum have been actively researching effective methods to communicate with and develop products for the K-12 audience. Through evaluation at the national and local level, we have found that the most effective efforts involve a strong partnership between scientists and educators. Bridging the Education and Science Communities To effectively work together, scientists and educators must understand each other's needs and backgrounds. Educators generally face a tremendous burden in meeting an increasing number of requirements with little time for developing new skills and incorporating new classroom materials. Educators wish to build upon their science and technology skills, and identify materials and teaching methods that can be integrated into the classroom. These goals must be accomplished in the face of competing professional development demands from state and local districts, however. Scientists wish to communicate the excitement and importance of their work, and to increase the scientific literacy and support of the public that ultimately funds their missions and research. How can educators and scientists help each other? Educators can help scientists by providing experience with education standards, an understanding of student capabilities and learning styles, knowledge of the classroom environment and available resources, and insight into the structure of the education system. Scientists provide access to scientific data, a deep understanding of current research and its significance, scientific expertise and knowledge, and insight into career paths, but often do not fully understand the needs and capabilities of the K-12 audience. The HST Formal Education team has found that a facilitator can help bridge the culture gap between scientists and educators, helping them to assess the needs of the audience, to share information, to learn to work together and communicate effectively, and to establish a dialog between the two communities (Christian et al. 2001).


The concept and background of insect growing industry in China were addressed. History, technique procedure, existing problems and the future of the industry were discussed.


ABSTRACT Parametric analyses of the strain-stress in the drying process are performed to study the influence of the intermittent drying on the behaviors of drying-induced strain-stress and deformation as well as the drying characteristic. The transient three-dimensional problem of strain-stress and heat and moisture transfer in a slab is solved simultaneously by the finite element method. The dimensionless parameters are introduced to generalize the problem in the conservation equations of heat and moisture transfer. The intermittent drying is modeled by applying periodically smaller and larger Biot numbers to the boundary conditions. The maximum tensile and compressive stresses fluctuate, and fall remarkably during the smaller Biot number period when a slab is heated intermittently. The peak stress of the fluctuation exceeds beyond the case in the continuous healing where the overall drying rate is almost equivalent to that in the intermittent beating, but the reduction of the stresses takes place rapidl...


In this article, we reassess the relation between association membership and individuals' feelings about immigrants, thereby focusing on possible shifts in this relation in the wake of negative societal shocks (i.e., the 9/11 terrorist attacks). That is, do such events tighten or loosen the connection between association membership and immigrant intolerance? Using repeated survey data from Flanders (Belgium), our results indicate that there is at best a weak overall connection between association membership and immigrant intolerance. The exception lies with members of socially embedded (or "connected") associations, which tend to be significantly more tolerant toward immigrants. Interestingly, we find no significant change in the relationship between voluntary association membership and immigrant intolerance in the immediate aftermath of 9/11. This suggests that negative societal shocks have little direct impact on the membership-attitudes relation. The analysis contributes to discussions on the potential "bright" and "dark" sides of civic engagement.