An advanced distributed heating and cooling system utilizing small‐scale high‐performance heat pumps was designed to replace the central heating and cooling system for the AIST laboratory buildings, which have a total floor area of 36,100 m2, of which 20,100 m2 is occupied by laboratories. In the old system, the total primary energy required for hot water was 44 TJ, and it was 12 TJ for chilled water in FY 2001. The new system is composed of small‐sized high‐performance heat pumps, with an average coefficient of performance (COP) of 3.1. After the reconstruction, the energy consumption was reduced to 37%, and with a total energy saving of 44 TJ for one year. The total CO2 emission is estimated to be 26%, a reduction of 3000 tons per year. The energy saving is caused by the high‐performance small‐scale heat pumps, the high‐performance total system design that takes laboratory into account, and the suitable operation of the system. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 174(2): 46–53, 2011; Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com). DOI 10.1002/eej.20977


The load of molten metal crane is liquid metal. The swing of ladle will cause fluctuation of load during transportation, it is very difficult to control because of the nonlinearity of the system itself and the uncertainty when working. State feedback control cannot achieve satisfactory control effect. To solve the above problems, firstly take a brief analysis of the change of gravity in the process of ladle liquid, make a simplified model of double pendulum system, and use radial basis function neural network to identify the crane system's sensitivity information, using this information to modify the state feedback controller's parameters. The simulation results show that the control strategy can accelerate the stability of the system, enhance the robustness of the system. The workshop test results verify the feasibility of the method.


The 2018 Research Technical Symposium (RTS) was held during NACE International's CORROSION 2018 conference in Phoenix in memory of Roger Staehle, who passed away unexpectedly in January of 2017. An article describing his career, his passion for corrosion, and his contributions to NACE appeared in the March 2017 issue of CORROSION. Suffice it to say, the entire corrosion community, as well as the NACE technical and research committee membership, held Roger Staehle in such high regard that it was an obvious decision to convene a day-long RTS session in his memory.


We have evaluated, via the replica method, phase transition thresholds for the mixed ℓ2/ℓ1-norm minimization applied to block-sparse compressed sensing with randomly generated measurement matrices. Our analysis takes into account that the matrix elements may be of non-zero mean, and shows that the phase transition threshold for the mixed ℓ2/ℓ1-norm minimization improves when the matrix elements have non-zero mean and the distribution of non-zero blocks of the target vector to be estimated has a certain imbalance.


Objective To establish a method for the determination of the polymer in Cefmetazole Sodium for Injection.Methods Size exclusion gel chromatography was performed on the Sephadex G-10(40-120 μm) column.The mobile phase was consisted of A: 0.02 mol/L phosphate buffer of pH 7.0 [0.02 mol/L dibasic sodium phosphate-0.02 mol/L sodium dihydrogen phosphate(61∶39)] and B: water.The flow rate was 1.5 mL/min and the detection wavelength was 254 nm.Results The polymer in three batches of samples were all less than 0.5%.Conclusion The method is simple,sensitive and reproducible.It can be used to determine the polymer in Cefmetazole Sodium for Injection.


The aim of this work is to analyze the cause of pitting corrosion on mild steel of vertical-type evaporator in one dairy company.Harmful ingredients in circuiting water were obtained using chemical analysis.The morphology and composition of corrosion products were analyzed with SEM,energy spectrum.The corrosion rates of the mild steel samples were calculated from weight loss method in circulating water for 669 h and 1 054 h.The result shows that the circuiting water contains a certain amount of Cl-,SO42-,sulfate-reducing bacteria,iron bacteria,etc.Moreover,conspicuous rosette-shaped microcolonies are found on the inside surface of corrosion products.The corrosion rates of mild steel samples are 0.6593 mm/a and 0.7187 mm/a respectively.Finally,we demonstrate that the synergic effect of oxygen depolarization,sulfate-reducing bacteria and iron bacteria,under deposit corrosion is the main cause of pitting corrosion.


The purpose of this research is to determine the factors influencing international tourist satisfaction on the public rail services in Klang Valley, Malaysia. This paper provides important contribution to the Malaysian economy due to the growing number of international tourist in recent years. A mixed methodology approach via the use of phenomenological interviews and self-administered questionnaire were use. Structure equation modelling (SEM) revealed three key dimensions of public rail service attributes which is comfort, accessibility, responsiveness and safety. The result indicated that there is significant relationship between comfort, safety and accessibility. Transportation authorities can use these findings as a guide to enhance the quality of life of public rail service users in the future.


This work presents a new mechanism for securing mobile ad hoc domain. Some human immune features and properties have been motivated in an attempt to build a robust security system. New computational techniques have been developed based on the immune system concepts, seeking to solve several engineering problems; however, not all the previous approaches have a tangible contribution to the networking security as it was not practically implemented. In this paper, a security mechanism based on immune inspired properties and features is presented. A mobile agent system has been used to map different immune components and properties. Distributed detection, first response, second response, self recovery, adaptability, and danger theory are the hallmarks of the proposed security architecture.


Objective: to analyze clinical, placental and obstetric aspects of women with and without high-risk pregnancy, and their relationship with intrauterine growth deviations and neonatal aspects. Method: this is a cross-sectional descriptive study. Data collection was based on an analysis of the medical records of women with and without high-risk pregnancy and newborns, and anatomopathological characterization of the placenta. Results: 265 placentas were analyzed, 130 (49.06%) women with high-risk pregnancy and newborns with intrauterine growth deviations. A higher occurrence of placental changes was found in high-risk pregnancy and uterine growth deviations in comparison to cases without high-risk pregnancy (p≤0.001). High-risk pregnancies with intrauterine growth deviations were associated with placental changes (p≤0.001). Intrauterine growth deviations was related to birth weight in cases of high-risk pregnancy compared to normal gestation (p=0.014). Conclusion: a higher occurrence of placental anatomopathological changes was found in maternal and fetal surfaces in cases of high-risk pregnancy and intrauterine growth deviations.


The results of a preliminary investigation of the dust sources in the Arctic based on their geochemical properties by potential source contribution function (PSCF) analysis are presented in this paper. For this purpose, we considered one year of aerosol geochemical data from Ny-Alesund, Svalbard, and a short list of chemical elements (i.e., Al, Fe, Mn, Ti, Cr, V, Ni, Cu, and Zn) variably related to the dust fraction. Based on PSCF analysis: (i) four different dust source areas (i.e., Eurasia, Greenland, Arctic-Alaska, and Iceland) were characterized by distinguishing geochemical ranges and seasonal occurrence; and (ii) a series of typical dust days from the distinct source areas were identified based on the corresponding back trajectory patterns. Icelandic dust samples revealed peculiar but very variable characteristics in relation to their geographical source regions marked by air mass back trajectories. The comparison between pure and mixed Icelandic dust samples (i.e., aerosols containing Icelandic dust along with natural and/or anthropogenic components) revealed the occurrence of different mixing situations. Comparison with Icelandic soils proved the existence of dilution effects related to the emission and the transport processes.


Human action recognition aims at assigning an action label to a well-segmented video. Recent work using two-stream or 3D convolutional neural networks achieves high recognition rates at the cost of huge computation complexity, memory footprint, and parameters. In this paper, we propose a lightweight neural network called Group Frame Network (GFNet) for human action recognition, which imposes intra-frame spatial information sparsity on spatial dimension in a simple yet effective way. Benefit from two core components, namely Group Temporal Module (GTM) and Group Spatial Module (GSM), GFNet decreases irrelevant motion inside frames and duplicate texture features among frames, which can extract the spatial-temporal information of frames at a minuscule cost. Experimental results on NTU RGB+D dataset and Varying-view RGB-D Action dataset show that our method without any pre-training strategy reaches a reasonable trade-off among computation complexity, parameters and performance, which is more cost-efficient than state-of-the-art methods.


Purpose: Examine the functional state of cell membranes in pregnant patients with arterial hypertension. Methods: 110 pregnant patients, aged 19-40 years (mean age 29,1 ± 0,49) were monitored in the second trimester of gestation, of those 41 patients (Group 1) were diagnosed with grade II arterial hypertension, 25 patients (Group 2) had symptomatic and 24 women (Group 3) had gestational hypertension. 20 apparently healthy pregnant women were the control group. Results: Pregnant women with different clinical forms of arterial hypertension have lower osmotic and mechanical resistance of red blood cells compared to the controls. Impaired functional state of cell membranes, with red blood cells as a model, was the most pronounced in patients with gestational arterial hypertension and high beta adrenoreactivity, reflecting the process of adrenoreceptors desensitization induced by endogenous catecholamines in the conditions of hypersympathicotonia. Conclusions: Pregnant patients with different clinical forms of arterial hypertension have impaired functional state of red blood cell membranes, i.e., the decrease in their osmotic and mechanical resistance. These changes are the most pronounced when there is a specific syndrome of gestational arterial hypertension during pregnancy. Apparently healthy pregnant women and those with arterial hypertension have hypersympathicotonia, i.e., high beta adrenoreactivity parameters, especially if there is gestational arterial hypertension.


An enzymatic method for the measurement of methotrexate (MTX) in serum is presented in which the inhibition of the enzyme dihydrofolate reductase by MTX is measured. Reduction of the substrate dihydrofolate by the enzyme and cofactor NADPH is lessened in direct proportion to the amount of MTX present. Measurements can be made in the "therapeutic range" of MTX which corresponds to the 10(-7) to 10(-8) M concentration of MTX in serum.


A series of fertiliser trials were conducted on leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala subsp. glabrata) pastures growing on a range of soil types in south-east and central Queensland. The primary objective was to determine the extent of phosphorus (P) and sulfur (S) deficiencies in leucaena-grass pastures established on either virgin soils or previously cropped soils. Two experiments were conducted across nine sites and confirmed that, for many soils in Queensland, leucaena growth was restricted by P and S nutrient deficiencies, which limited plant growth directly and suppressed symbiotic N2 fixation. The major factors contributing to the P and S deficiencies and thus affecting leucaena response were: (i) inherent low soil fertility, (ii) nutrient removal by cropping and grazing, (iii) shallow soils, (iv) soil acidity, and (v) grass competition for available water and nutrients. A secondary treatment, inter-row cultivation, had little effect on leucaena growth but significantly increased grass growth in some soils. In all these experiments, leaf S concentrations and N : S ratios in index tissue were inconsistent indicators of adequacy of S. Similarly, leaf P concentrations were not useful indicators of P deficiency due to inappropriate (drought) leaf sampling conditions experienced in these experiments. The experiments demonstrate that the productivity of leucaena-grass pastures, especially in older leucaena plantations, will be limited by nutrient deficiencies on many soils in Queensland. While leucaena yield was suppressed, no foliar symptoms of nutrient deficiency were observed. Growers need to monitor the nutrient status of their leucaena-grass pastures by leaf tissue analysis using a new sampling protocol. Strategic fertiliser application has the potential to increase rainfall use efficiency by 50% with an expected parallel increase in cattle liveweight gain.


Antigen cross reactivity of various mycobacterial sonicates with Mycobacterium tuberculosis was studied by fused rocket immunoelectrophoresis using 2 Mycobacterium tuberculosis reference antisera. A considerable degree of cross reactivity was noted with both antisera, and each anti-serum revealed different information about the antigenic complexities between mycobacteria.


Synchrotron radiation has been investigated by means of scintillation counters at electron energies between 4.0 and 6.3 GeV. Measurements were performed of the integrated radiation, the spectral distribution, the polarization, and the angular dependence of them at photon energies between 15 and 300 keV. The results agree with theoretical calculations.


On the basis of analyzing characteristics of water bearing layers,occurrence,conversion and excretion of underground water in Baiyanjiao coal mine,soil erosion,rocky desertification,water logging and groundwater pollution,and environmental and hydrogeological problems casued by coal mining have been analyzed in this paper.On these basis,relative countermeasures are put forward which can provide references for mine design and environmental protection,restoration and treatment of mines.


The phenomenon of the figurativeness is investigated as way of self-knowledge of a person. The subject of a figurativeness develops in relation to natural objects. It is studied the evolution of a figurativeness of natural images, their development from objects of the lifeless nature to difficult spherical and system objects. It is emphasized insufficiency of their rational development and need of application of esthetic approach for their development.


Type 2 diabetes mellitus and heart failure (HF) commonly coexist, with diabetes mellitus occurring in ≈25% of patients with chronic HF and ~40% in those hospitalized with acute HF.1 Importantly, the presence of diabetes mellitus in HF is associated with reduced survival and increased rates of hospitalization compared with HF patients without diabetes mellitus.1 Despite the common and dangerous coexistence of diabetes mellitus and HF, the optimal management of diabetes mellitus in patients with established HF is not well defined, and the presence of HF complicates the pharmacological treatment of hyperglycemia.2 For example, thiazolidinediones are associated with greater rates of HF hospitalization and should be avoided in symptomatic HF patients.3 Additionally, the risk of hypoglycemia with sulfonylureas and insulin may be particularly relevant.

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The presence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) further complicates the treatment of diabetes mellitus in HF patients. Approximately 40% to 50% of HF patients have CKD,4 and the severity of renal dysfunction is associated with a graded increased risk of death.4,5 Similar to HF, pharmacological treatment of hyperglycemia in patients with CKD is challenging, with few studies to guide treatment in this population. As CKD progresses, most of the oral antihyperglycemic medications must be reduced or discontinued depending on renal clearance.6,7 Metformin is contraindicated in patients with advanced CKD (eGFR <30 mL/min per …


One of the key concepts underlying the science of spatial planning refers to the role of development corridors as a planning instrument to potentially restructure economic space. Although strong evidence exists that corridors are regarded as important spatial development instruments that channel economic development, counter-arguments indicate the need for more diversified strategies at regional and national levels, as well as a greater awareness of agglomeration economies to allow for the integration of corridors as strategic and supporting networks. Drawing on fundamental literature, a regional corridor model was developed with the aim to establish a spatial framework through which corridor development can be integrated as strategic and supporting networks to support the notion of 'sustainable spatial- and settlement planning', i.e. the appropriate compilation and administration of policies affecting spatial organisation at local, regional and national levels. Based on the empirical research, regional and national governments could, through the RCM, develop a realistic spatial perspective on long-term settlement patterns and investment opportunities which could transform economic space development and seek to connect the potential of urban systems in economic development.


Purpose – The purpose of this study was to examine factors influencing user selection of individual works in a collection of digitized sheet music. Design/methodology/approach – Google Analytics page view data were grouped by source (directing link) and correlated with five factors: inclusion in a collaborative indexing project (Sheet Music Consortium); browse list order; cover appearance; inclusion in mini-collections; and presence of links to audio versions. Findings – Four of the five factors examined showed some influence on user selection: Works listed in the Sheet Music Consortium had more views/work than those not listed; Works at the top of the Sheet Music Consortium browse list had more views by Consortium users than those lower down; Works with cover graphics had more views/work than those with covers containing words alone; Works included in mini-collections received more views/work from users with access to those mini-collections; Works with links to audio versions did not have more views/work...


Cycle Ti:Sapphire Lasers by Li-Jin Chen B.S., Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, 2003 M.S., Electro-Optical Engineering, National Taiwan University, 2005 Submitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering at the MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY February 2012 ARCHNVES ASSACHUSETTS INST E OF TECHNOLOGY LAR 2 R 012 LIBRARIES @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2012. All right reserved.


Abstract. Toponyms represent linguistic and cultural values exceeding the simple indication and orientation of physical space. In the context of social subject overthrow, geographical names are apt to be reformed with the new symbolic languages. Since the independence of Kazakhstan in 1991, renaming places and streets have been done as one of main projects with Kazakh language recovery movement in the process of nation-state building initiated by newly born government. The paper examines how the dominant social subjects inscribe ethnic identity by renaming streets in the social transitional period in Almaty where the two distinct values and symbols conflict by comparing the newly renamed streets with the street names of the Soviet meaning. The street names of the Soviets were filled with names of contributors and admirers to justify the Soviet ideology and system, But the renamed streets of the new Independent States included the historical origins of ethnic Kazakh, warriors - batyr, Kazakh intellectuals and artists, in order to clear the Soviet remnants and at the same time secure the Kazakh's ethnic, kinetic, cultural identity and historical continuity. In conclusion, the new leading social agent since the social upheaval has tried to rebuild his lost history through renaming streets. It confirms that renaming streets is a site of politics that generates a mechanism of inclusion and exclusion among contested cultural meanings. Key words: Cultural politics, toponymic, kazakhification, ethnic identity, nation-state building.


The invention relates to a vehicle occupant protection and / or comfort system (1) for a vehicle (10) comprising a plurality of respectively a seat (SP1 to SPn) associated adaptive protection or comfort components (8.1, 8.2), by means of a security and / or comfort profile (PS, PK) are adjustable relative the occupying a the seat concerned (SP1 to SPn) and occupants on the basis of an authentication system (2) can be activated. Here, the authentication system (2) being based on the detected biometric identifiers (IM) comprises a plurality of respectively a seat (SP1 to SPn) associated person identification devices (4.1 to 4.n) for detecting biometric identifiers (IM) of parts of the body of an occupant, the occupant identifiable and a seat (SP1 to SPn) is assigned, and wherein based on the identified occupant associated biometric data (BD) an associated occupant safety and / or comfort profile (PS, PK) is based seating activated.


A second faint image of the face of the Turin Shroud has been discovered in 2004 and many scientists in the world confirmed the discovery, but a recent paper has questioned in a debatable way its presence. With a perhaps too high degree of certainty it explained those patterns with pareidolia and Gestalt effects of the human perception, supporting its conclusion on the basis of illusory images perhaps built on purposes and on numerical results also derived from spatial crosscorrelation used in a not proper way. This paper both discusses these results showing why the image processing used in that paper seems not proper to sustain its thesis and presents additional image processing for pattern recognition.


. The legislative process in the United Kingdom (UK) is a highly complex and multifaceted system that has evolved over centuries. This article aims to provide an overview of the process, with a focus on recent innovations and vestiges that continue to shape the system. The process is based on parliamentary sovereignty, with ultimate authority resting with Parliament. Innovations in recent decades have modernized the process and made it more accessible to the public


The High Flux Reactor (RHF) of the Laue Langevin Institute (ILL) based in Grenoble, France is a research reactor designed primarily for neutron beam experiments for fundamental science. It delivers one of the most intense neutron fluxes worldwide, with an unperturbed thermal neutron flux of 1.5 x 10{sup 15} n/cm{sup 2}/s in its reflector. The reactor has been conceived to operate at a nuclear power of 57 MW but currently operates at 52 MW. The reactor currently uses a Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) fuel. In the framework of its non-proliferation policies, the international community presently aims to minimize the amount of nuclear material available that could be used for nuclear weapons. In this geopolitical context, most worldwide research and test reactors have already started a program of conversion to the use of Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) fuel. A new type of LEU fuel based on a mixture of uranium and molybdenum (UMo) is expected to allow the conversion of compact high performance reactors like the RHF. This report presents the results of reactor design, performance and steady state safety analyses for conversion of the RHF from the use of HEU fuel to the use of UMo LEU fuel. The objectivemore » of this work was to show that is feasible, under a set of manufacturing assumptions, to design a new RHF fuel element that could safely replace the HEU element currently used. The new proposed design has been developed to maximize performance, minimize changes and preserve strong safety margins. Neutronics and thermal-hydraulics models of the RHF have been developed and qualified by benchmark against experiments and/or against other codes and models. The models developed were then used to evaluate the RHF performance if LEU UMo were to replace the current HEU fuel 'meat' without any geometric change to the fuel plates. Results of these direct replacement analyses have shown a significant degradation of the RHF performance, in terms of both neutron flux and cycle length. Consequently, ANL and ILL have collaborated to investigate alternative designs. A promising candidate design has been selected and studied, increasing the total amount of fuel without changing the external plate dimensions by relocating the burnable poison. In this way, changes required in the fuel element are reasonably small. With this new design, neutronics analyses have shown that performance could be maintained at a high level: 2 day decrease of cycle length (to 47.5 days at 58.3 MW) and 1-2% decrease of brightness in the cold and hot sources in comparison to the current typical operation. In addition, studies have shown that the thermal-hydraulic and shutdown margins for the proposed LEU design would satisfy technical specifications.« less


Abstract : Research detailed in the bulk of this report was motivated by a critical inquiry into the characteristics of three methods for reliability assessment proposed by personnel of the Rock Island Arsenal. These three procedures had been developed somewhat empirically and an evaluation of their appropriateness and precision in the context of application to highly reliable systems appeared to be desirable. In the course of this evaluation it was found necessary to develop a theoretically sound reliability model and an accurate confidence bound procedure to form a basis for the required comparisons. A detailed discussion of the performance of the three methods in light of the results developed in this report is presented.


The present work has the purpose of studying by means of 3D finite element (FE) models the contribution of the out-of-plane singular mode, generated by tensile-shear loading of a welded lap joint, and of discussing the implementation of these new results to the failure and integrity assessment of welded structures. Stresses obtained from the highly accurate finite element analyses and stress intensity factors through the width of the joint have been examined in detail: in particular a nominal mixed mode I+II induces coupled mode III. In addition the variability of total and deviatoric averaged strain energy density (SED) through the width of the joint has been investigated by numerical analyses and compared with the theoretical trend, by taking into account the constraint factor's variation within the control volume. Calculation of the SED in a cylindrical volume at the crack tip shows that the maximum SED is located on the lateral surface.


This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression. While it has no known role in oncogenesis, MIR433 plays a role in the development of Parkinson's disease.


The children were in the bath and Bertie their dog was popping bubbles with his nose as they floated towards him. Click, click, click went Jojo's clockwork frog, up and down the warm, bubbly water. Bob, bob, bob went Tiggy's yellow plastic duck. Chug, chug, chug went the little tugboat round and round the children's pink soapy knees, which were peeping out of the bath water.


The results of experiments on the antidiabetic activity of calcium and sodium mesoxalate were reported (1). This is a report on the acute and chronic toxicity of these drugs.


I am very pleased to welcome you to the Bank of Greece for this conference, co-sponsored by the Bank of Greece and the University of Oxford through the latter's program on South East European Studies. The focus of this conference is the policy responses to the most severe economic and financial crisis that the world has faced since the Great Depression and the key challenges that lie ahead for South East Europe in light of the crisis.


Text mining techniques, especially named entity recognition (NER), play a vital role in supporting researchers for keeping track of hundred thousand of papers on COVID-19 related literature. Although a few research has been performed NER on COVID-19 scientific papers, very little is currently known concerning the behaviors of current entity recognition models in this new domain. Therefore, this ongoing study attempts to analyze current NER models' performance and limitations on the CORD-19 dataset. By examining three NER models, this study showed that NER performance is improved with the similarity between the testing and pretraining data. When there are little manually annotated resources for COVID-19 NER exist, our analysis suggested that for training purposes, enhancing the dictionary for seed annotation is effective (not necessarily requiring costly human annotation).


: The present scenario of COVID-19 demands an efficient face mask detection application. The main goal of the project is to implement these systematic entrances of colleges, airports, hospitals, and offices where chances of spread of COVID-19 through contagion are relatively higher. Reports indicate that wearing face masks while at work clearly reduces the risk of transmission. While entering the place everyone should scan their face and then enter ensuring they have a mask with them. If anyone is found to be without a facemask, beep alert will be generated. As all the work places are opening. The number of cases of COVID-19 are still getting registered throughout the country. If everyone follows the safety measures, then it can come to an end. Hence to ensure that people wear masks while coming to work we hope this module will help in detecting it .


Providing a chemical method for EB or EUV lithography amplified positive resist composition comprising (A) a polymer or polymer blend, wherein the polymer film or polymer blend of alkali-insoluble of the developer, but under the action of an acid which becomes soluble, (B) an acid generator, (C) a basic compound, and (D) a solvent. The basic compound (C) is a repeating unit having a side chain of the polymer, and form a part or all of the side chains as component (A) one or more polymers of the polymer having secondary amine or tertiary amine structure as a basic active site.


A novel and efficient I2-mediated direct synthesis of methylthio-substituted catechols from cyclohexanones was developed. Various cyclohexanones underwent oxygenation, methylthiolation, and dehydrogenative aromatization in one pot in moderate to good yields. DMSO was utilized as the solvent, oxygen source, and methylthiolation agent. A possible reaction mechanism is proposed.


The effective achievement of the tasks of the SISA directly depends on the observance of the grounds (principles) of the conducting of the secret investigative (search) actions. At the same time, a comprehensive studying of the legal nature of the SISA, as well as the development of the directions for improving the mechanism of their implementation, is impossible without defining the guiding principles, conceptual foundations on which they are based. In this regard, it becomes necessary to determine the system of the grounds (principles) of the conducting of SISA and clarify their essence. After all, it is precisely the establishment of the grounds (principles) of their conducting allows to correctly and effectively apply the rules of the criminal procedural law, to ensure the effective effectiveness of state coercion in the investigation and prevention of crimes, while simultaneously combining the protection of rights and freedoms and their legitimate interests. The necessity of the assignement of a system of the grounds (principles) of the conducting of SISA and the study of their peculiarities is determined by the following reasons: the necessity of the forming of the effective mechanism of the provision of human rights during the conducting of secret investigative (search) actions; the necessity of the improving of the criminal procedural legislation of Ukraine in the field of ensuring human rights and citizen, its legitimate interests during the conducting of the SISA, that essentially depends on the set of principles defined in the legislation, those determine the direction of rule-making in this area of criminal-procedural legal relations; the necessity of the improving of the criminal procedural activity that is carried out by the relevant authorized persons in the field of the ensuring human rights and citizen, its legitimate interests during the conducting of the SISA on the basis of well-established principles; the necessity of the effective protection and protection of the constitutional rights and freedoms of a man and a citizen, as well as its legitimate interests as an important component of the system of protection of the rights of the state. The system of the principles of the conducting of SISA consists of four groups of principles, in particular: general scientific, general legal principles or constitutional principles; the branch principles of criminal procedural law that are inherent in this area of law, its institutes, and special, including the secret investigator (search) actions. The third group of the principles of the conducting of SISA is the special principles – principles that are limited by the relevant institution of the criminal procedural law. They reflect the specifics and features of the legal regulation of the SISA. The specific principles of the conducting of SISA include the following: the principle of inadmissibility of provocation of a crime during the SISA; proportionality of human rights interference; impartiality in supervising the implementation of the SISA; the validity and motivation of the decision to conduct the NSDS. It is concluded that the principles of the conducting of the SISA are the basis of the implementation of the latter, the basis on which the procedure for their implementation should be based. At the same time the conducting of the SISA can be effective and achieve the set goal only taking into account by the authorized persons of criminal proceedings the principles that were established by us.


Objectives: Assessing multidimensional perfectionism and behavioral professionalism among undergraduate dental students and exploring students' academic performance in relation to their professional attitudes and behaviors, multidimensional perfectionism traits and gender. Materials and methods: All undergraduate students were invited to complete two anonymous forms for multidimensional perfectionism and behavioral professionalism. Academic performance was detected through students' cumulative grade point average (CGPA) after final exams. Statistical analyses were carried out at p <0.05 and 0.01. Results: Students rated themselves as being highest in self-oriented perfectionism (SOP), then socially-prescribed perfectionism (SPP) and other-oriented perfectionism (OOP), with 36.4% categorized as adaptive perfectionists, 27.07% maladaptive perfectionists and 36.68% non-perfectionists. For professionalism, "I demonstrate excellent skills in this area" was the highest percentage of students' responses (38.62%). The majority of students (48.91%) got 3–4 CGPA. Male students reported higher mean OOP and SPP characteristics (67.92 + 12.11 and 70.41 + 12.43, respectively) than females. Female students showed higher mean CGPA (2.85 + 0.391) than males (t-test = –11.969, p = 0.000). A strong negative correlation was detected between perfectionists and SOP, behavioral professionalism as well as CGPA. Female students, who carry high SOP characters, with adaptive perfectionistic characteristics and achieved higher CGPA scores tend to seek challenges and improve themselves, they would 1.0 time further strive to achieve greater productivity than males with OOP and SPP traits. Conclusion: Students with adaptive perfectionistic characteristics were significantly had higher CGPAs. Female students, who had high SOP traits, with adaptive perfectionistic characteristics achieved higher CGPA and be susceptible to pursue challenges and be perfect than their male counterparts with OOP and SPP characteristics.


This chapter presents the mechanical design and control of a knee-ankle-foot exoskeleton robot, which is compact, modular and portable for stroke patients to carry out overground gait training. A novel compact series elastic actuator (SEA) is developed for safe human-robot interactions. In order to control this portable knee-ankle-foot robot, a novel human-robot synchronization method using gait event information is proposed. This method includes two steps. Firstly, seven gait events in one gait cycle are detected in real time with a hidden Markov model (HMM); secondly, an adaptive oscillator is utilized to estimate the stride percentage of human gait using any one of the gait events. Synchronous reference trajectories for the robot are then generated with the estimated stride percentage. The proposed synchronization method is implemented in the robot and tested in 15 healthy subjects. The results of the experiments reveal that our approach is efficient in achieving human-robot synchronization. It shows that this method has the advantages of simple structure, flexible selection of gait events and fast adaptation.


Growing numbers of young children use a variety of media devices and applications at home (Jones & Park, 2015), and at an increasingly younger age. Parents report that their children are using digital technologies even at the age of one (Mifsud & Petrova, 2017). Mobile devices have become especially popular among children aged 0 to 8, with a large number of families with young children having smartphones and tablets in the home, although this has not automatically led to an increase in digital media use (Common Sense Inc., 2017), and does not tell anything about the range of factors influencing how the technologies are appropriated in the family setting (Plowman, Stevenson, Stephen, & McPake, 2012).


This letter presents a folded reflectarray (FRA) capable of electrical beam steering in the Ka-band. The FRA consists of a low-profile feeding source, a dual-layer wire grid, and 36×36 polarization twisting reflective elements. An element of center shorted patch with two plated through holes is proposed where only two switches are required for polarization twisting and 1-bit encoding. A cavity is then introduced surrounding the element to improve the beam-steering performance. To verify the proposed element, two prototypes with 0° and 60° beam directions are designed and experimented where the metal stub and open circuit are used to model "on/off" states of PIN diodes for simplification. The measured peak gain of 0°FRA is 27.5 dBi with 2 dB gain bandwidth of 28–32 GHz (13.3%). A measured gain drop of 3.25 dB is achieved by the 60°FRA, which verifies the wide-angle beam-steering ability. The measured reflection coefficient of the feeding source is less than −15 dB over the operating band. The proposed FRA has a good potential to realize beam-steering with real PIN diodes for the satellite communications.


Contemporary understandings of nature, or what is 'natural', are increasingly subject to debate in our bio-technological age. In this article, I argue that ideas about nature and biology bear a largely unacknowledged relation to normative ideas about sex in western science and philosophy. By examining the concepts of nature and sex in the writings of prominent 18th-century thinkers such as Kant, Rousseau, Burke and Linnaeus, I try to show that in response to the withdrawal, absence or 'death' of God that characterizes the Enlightenment worldview, the desire to control sexual expression emerges as a key feature of scientific, aesthetic and philosophical systems of knowledge. Moreover, this desire shapes the concept of nature in such a way that it becomes amenable to the specifically 19th-century figuration of modern biological science.


Socialist core value system provides us with a need to strengthen the party's work style and clean and honest government by the recognition of moral values,which points out the guiding ideology,objective direction,ethics and codes of conduct for building party's work style and clean and honest government so as to do a good job in the new era.This is the inherent requirement for the Party style and clean honest government.To give full play to the function of the socialist core value system in the construction of Party's work style and clean and honest administration must strengthen education,create a culture and perfect the system of clean and honest administration.


There is a growing consensus that the U.S. government programs of bailing out the large financial institutions is deeply flawed, and that there are much better ones available. The programs of the U.S. for the purchase of toxic assets potentially transfer trillions of dollars from the US taxpayer to the financial institutions and risk the credit of the U.S. government. Estimates suggest that the troubled asset purchases are inadequate to put the financial institutions on a sound footing. So zombie banks persist, and their avoidance of normal business lending constitutes a roadblock to economic recovery. The right approach is to take the banks that require substantial subsidies into FDIC receivership, wiping out shareholders and giving the bondholders a haircut. Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings are another viable option in many cases. The restructured institutions will be re-privatized as financially viable institutions. The smooth resolution of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, that financial market regulators assessed occurred with "no major operational disruptions or liquidity problems," shows that the allegation of systemic financial market failure from bankruptcy of a large central player in the counterparty transactions is grossly exaggerated. Crucially, bailing out these institutions provides perverse incentives to financial firms that they can take risks at taxpayer expense, sowing the seeds for the next crisis.


The rehabilitation loan program is designed to aid destitute and low-income farm families in becoming self-supporting at a decent standard of living, by the extension of credit for operating goods, furnished upon the basis of individual farm and home management plans, and through the provision to such families of the advice and guidance necessary for the successful completion of such plans. A brief summary of the economic and social justifications for this program is found in the Report of the President's Special Committee on Farm Tenancy,2 which pointed out that approximately 420,000 farm families, already near the bare subsistence level, had been forced below it by agricultural depression, that 500,000 or 600,000 families, normally well above the subsistence level, had, largely as a result of drought, exhausted their resources of capital and credit, and that another large class of farm families, including "probably the great majority of the I,83I,000 tenant and cropper families of the South," is obliged to seek operating capital at crippling rates and under such conditions as to perpetuate the cash-crop system. The Report, in developing the type of loan program suitable for these classes of farm families until they are able to qualify for bank credit, stressed the need of technical guidance to assure an effective expenditure of funds and stated that "a primary objective" of the system of rehabilitation loans "should be to stimulate the development of better lease contracts." The


Background Albuminuria develops in ~40% of subjects with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), and is often associated with malnutrition, severe comorbidities and decreased life expectancy. The association between albuminuria and altered whole body protein turnover in T2DM is currently unknown. Objective To assess whole body protein degradation and synthesis in type 2 diabetes with and without albuminuria. Methods Fourteen T2DM male subjects, with either increased [AER+] or normal [AER-] urinary albumin excretion rate, and eleven age-matched male healthy controls, were infused with phenylalanine [Phe] and tyrosine [Tyr] tracers. Post-absorptive rates of appearance (Ra) of Phe (= protein degradation) and Tyr, Phe hydroxylation to Tyr (Hy) (catabolic pathway), and Phe disposal to protein synthesis [PS], were determined. Results Phe and Tyr Ra were not different among the groups. However, in T2DM [AER+], the fraction of Phe disposal to hydroxylation was ~50% and ~25% greater than that of both controls and T2DM [AER-] (p<0.006 and p = 0.17, respectively). Conversely, as compared to controls, the fractional Phe disposal to PS was ~10% lower in T2DM [AER+] (p<0.006), and not different from that in T2DM [AER-]. As a consequence, in T2DM [AER+], the ratio between the fractional Phe disposal to hydroxylation and that to PS was ~70% greater (p = 0.005) than that in healthy controls, whereas in the T2DM [AER-] this ratio was ~30% greater than in controls (p = 0.19). Conclusions On the basis of the kinetics of the essential amino acid phenylalanine, T2DM subjects with increased AER exhibit a catabolic pattern of whole body protein turnover.


Abstract : In 1994 U.S. Navy recruits (N=3,776) and in 1996 navy recruits (N=l,954) were administered a battery of instruments designed to collect histories of abusive behaviors. The results show that both samples were demographically similar. The 1994 sample reported a lower percentage of parental divorce, a stricter level of parental discipline, a larger percentage of witnessed parental violence, a higher rate of suicidal ideation, and somewhat lower rates of counseling (for males only), a higher age at first intercourse (for males only) and fewer different sexual partners. The 1994 female recruits report a nonsignificantly higher percentage of total contact childhood sexual abuse. No percentage of the 1994 male recruits reported inflicting intimate partner violence. A higher percentage of all 1994 recruits reported sustaining intimate partner violence. A higher percentage of the 1994 female, but no male, recruits report being physically injured by an intimate partner. A higher percentage of 1994 female recruits report being the victims of rape. No significant differences were found between the percentage of 1994 and 1995 male recruits who reported perpetrating rape. The results of this study provide partial support of the hypothesis that recruits with different maltreatrnent histories enlist at different times of the year.


In this note we show that, when the true data generating process is a stationary one around a constant term with a break, the stationarity test of Kim (2000, Journal of Econometrics 95, 97–116) against the alternative hypothesis of change of persistence rejects the null of stationarity asymptotically with probability one.I am grateful to an anonymous referee for his useful comments, which have helped to improve the content and presentation of this note. I acknowledge financial support from Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, project SEC2003-09205.


From Egypt, the cradle of civilization, modern science that balance the energy-quality of our lives, environment and technology have emerged. Biogeometry integrates the universal laws and natural dynamics of living energy systems that have been largely ignored in our modern civilization at the expense of our health and well-being. Biogeometry is broadening in spectrum, including a growing body of knowledge and scientific research that integrates, rather than divides our world-view, thus narrowing the gap between the energy manifestations of spirituality and science.
 In Biogeometry, proprietary shapes and design principles are developed to replicate and amplify this highly beneficial natural subtle energy quality. The shapes interact with the body's own surrounding energy fields, according to the natural laws of harmonics and resonance to introduce the energy quality balancing effect to the body's subtle energy system, and the harmonization of energy interactions with the environment. In order to understand how the application of Biogeometry can harmonize the energy qualities of environment, one should shift into the Biogeometry Qualitative Worldview.
The aims of the present study has been to  create new women's fashion designs employing three named Biogeometry design principles. Designs introduced are assumed to elevate the positive energy of the wearer. The validation project carried out has introduced six women's designs using Biogeometry design principles, Biosignatures and colors of chakras. Designs presented showed a tendency to increase the level of positive energy of the wearer .


Micro magnetic device simula¬ tionstudies arereviewed. Fluxdensity distri¬ butions andlossanalyses are summarized, andtheauthors' methodofanalysis using a transmission linemodelisdescribed. These results are a verysignificant step towardthe establishment ofan optimal device design. It isexpected thatCAD techniques willbees¬ tablished infuture.


In this, a compact aperture coupled single band microstrip patch antenna (MPA) is presented for Sub-6 GHz 5G applications. The microstrip patch antenna is loaded with two V-shape of slots including edge cuttings symmetrically on either side. The edge cuttings are used to bring down the resonating frequency to a lower value. A further degradation in operating frequency is noted by introducing two V-shape of slots into the radiating patch symmetrically. In addition, a drastic improvement in return loss performance has also been noted. The operating frequency was observed to be 3.48 GHz frequency which lies within the operating band of the lower-5G band which is 3.3-3.6 GHz in range. Two RO4003 Rogers substrates of dielectric constant 3.55, that are 1.524 mm thin and have a lossTano of 0.0027 is selected for the proposed antenna's design. A ground plane is used to isolate two substrates by placing them in between them. A circular aperture is created in the bottom layer for an electromagnetic linking. A feed is placed beneath the lower substrate. The intended antenna omni radiational features demonstrates that the modelled aerial is appropriate to obtain any over any direction and it is suitable for RFEH applications. The simulated aerial is operating within 3.44-3.52 GHz band and it is suitable for 5G RFEH applications.


Preparing for pharmacy policy changes can help your managed care organization stay ahead of the competition. Here, pharmacy experts highlight three areas to watch closely.


ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PERIODONTAL DISEASE AND C-REACTIVE PROTEIN IN PATIENTS WITH A HISTORY OF HEART ATTACK By Robert Lee Fletcher III, B.S., D.M.D. A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science at Virginia Commonwealth University. Virginia Commonwealth University, 2004 Major Director: Jeffrey D. Rogers, D.D.S., Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Periodontics The patient population consisted of a maximum of 18,570 subjects who completed the NHANES III questionnaire and examination from 1988 1994. The physical examination included such things as body mass index and serum samples, social and medical history. The periodontal examination recorded probing depth, attachment loss and gingival bleeding. Serum samples were analyzed for CRP levels, cholesterol levels etc. Demographic, cardiovascular and oral health variables were compared in subjects with a history of heart attack. Result showed that history of heart attack is associated with increased odds ratio for elevated CRP, diabetes, hypertension, cholesterol, male gender, non-white race and smoking. Of the periodontal indicators of disease, only gingival bleeding had an increased odds ratio for association with heart attack history. The unadjusted odds ratio was 1.25 with 95% CI[0.84-1.87]. The


WIJAYANTO analyses the threats to Indonesia's largest media group, Kompas, from intolerant segments of the majority community.Safety of JournalistsProceedings from the World Press Freedom Day Acade...


Wideband array signal processing is applied in many fields such as underwater acoustics, acoustic imaging, and comunication. So the design of the wideband constant-beamwidth beamformer is more and more important. Focused beamformer based on wideband focusing approach is an efficient method. It transforms the signal spaces at different frequencies to the common one using a focusing matrix. It has some advantages such as requiring only one array, computational efficiency and the ability to operate in multipath environments. However, the approaches have a higher requirement of the knowledge of signal arrival angles for the focusing matrix, or else the performance of this method will degrade badly. To overcome this shortcoming, a broadband constant-beamwidth beamforming based on focusing approach for acoustic imaging is proposed in this paper. It improves the robustness of focused beamformer by combining the idea of RCB. Here RCB not only plays the part of a good beamformer but also modifies the arrival angle information of the signal of interest (SOI) and yields the more accurate focused data from the corrected focusing matrix for the focusing preprocessor. Simulation results show the feasibility of the proposed method.


OBJECTIVE
To assess whether previous endoscopic stenting of the pancreatic duct influences the outcome of subsequent pancreaticojejunostomy in chronic pancreatitis.

DESIGN
Retrospective analysis.

SETTING
University hospital, the Netherlands.

PATIENTS
50 patients with chronic pancreatitis, 26 of whom had previously had stents inserted and 24 who had not.

INTERVENTIONS
A questionnaire was sent to each patient to evaluate long-term pain relief, readmissions during follow-up and subjective efficacy of the operation, and risk factors for recurrent pain were calculated.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES
Postoperative morbidity, pain relief and subjective efficacy.

RESULTS
Patients with stents were operated on later (after 60 months of symptoms) than those without (17 months). 5 (19%) and 2 (8%) patients developed complications. No patient died. Personal follow-up (median 27 months) was obtained in 41 of 44 available patients (93%). 36 patients (88%) felt that they had benefited from pancreaticojejunostomy. 13 of the 21 patients with stents (62%) and 11 of the 20 patients without stents (55%) reported pain at least monthly, but of these 24 patients 21 patients (88%) had less pain than preoperatively; 11 (22%) had pain daily. 13 patients were readmitted for a relapse of pancreatitis, 3 of whom required partial pancreatectomy. Previous endoscopic stenting of the pancreatic duct was not a risk factor for recurrent pain (p = 0.61).

CONCLUSION
Endoscopic stenting of the pancreatic duct may be done for patients with chronic pancreatitis without adverse effects on the outcome of subsequent pancreaticojejunostomy.


Abstract Synthesis and free-radical-initiated homopolymerization of 6-maleimidocholesterylhexanoate (MIChHex) and 4-maleimidocholesterylbenzoate (MIChBenz) and copolymerization with α-methylstyrene (α-MeSt) are described. Monomers and α-MeSt form charge-transfer (CT) complexes with equilibrium constants: K MIChHex/α-MeSt = 0.06 L·mol−1 and K MIChBenz/α-MeSt = 0.05 L·mol−1. The mechanism based on the participation of CT complex best explains the formation of alternating copolymers. Homopolymers and copolymers are film-forming materials which are stable up to 330°C under the conditions of TGA. T gs and other thermal transitions are below the decomposition temperature.


(human papilloma virus of high oncogenic risk) is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections, both among women and men. The possibility of implementing the neoplastic process in the presence of HPV stimulation may be associated with the characteristics of the immune response. At the same time, a number of researchers point out differences in the immune response to carcinogenic HPV types in women and men. In turn, given in the literature, a few and ambiguous data on the study of immunological indicators in the presence of HPV stimulated by WRC only concern women. In the present work the results of the study of the most significant cytokines of cervical mucus of women and ejaculate of men of 38 married couples with papillomavirus infection are presented. The revealed changes in the levels of the studied indicators are as one-sided, expressed in an increase in the number of IL-2 and secretory immuno-globulin A, a decrease in RAIL-1 and IL-4, and versatile, characterized by an increase in IFN-γ in men, with its normal level in women and an increase in IL-8 in women with a lowered value in the examined men being. Thus, the differences in immune status at the level of local immunity with papillomavirus infection prove the necessity of a diagnostic examination for the presence of carcinogenic genotypes of HPV not only for women, but also for their sexual partners - male.


The full report is titled "Effect of Testosterone Replacement on Response to Sildenafil Citrate in Men With Erectile Dysfunction. A Parallel, Randomized Trial." It is in the 20 November 2012 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine (volume 157, pages 681-691). The authors are M. Spitzer, S. Basaria, T.G. Travison, M.N. Davda, A. Paley, B. Cohen, N.A. Mazer, P.E. Knapp, S. Hanka, K.M. Lakshman, J. Ulloor, A. Zhang, K. Orwoll, R. Eder, L. Collins, N. Mohammed, R.C. Rosen, L. DeRogatis, and S. Bhasin. What is the problem and what is known about it so far? Sildenafil does not restore erectile function in all men who have erectile dysfunction (ED). For this reason, some doctors prescribe sildenafil plus testosterone to men with ED who have low testosterone levels in their blood.


Experimental composite membranes were synthesized on a lab scale consisting of a thin layer of anion permselective resin supported by and bonded to a porous physically strong and conductive substrate film. These showed good selectivity and also substantially lower electrical resistivities than the homogenous candidate membranes optimized in the previous contract. A wide range of resin porosities were examined for three candidate membrane systems, CDIL, CP4L, and A3L to identify the formulation giving the best overall redox cell performance. Candidate anion membranes showed large increases in resistivity after a short time of immersion in concentrated FeCl/HCl solution. Largely on the basis of resistance stability the CDIL formulation was selected as prime candidate and about thirty-five membranes (one foot square) were produced for experimental static and dynamic evaluation.


In this paper, we consider the simplicity of the C-algebra associated to an arbitrary weakly left-resolving labeled space (E,L, E), where E is the smallest non-degenerate accommodating set. We classify all gauge-invariant ideals of C(E,L, E) and characterize minimality of (E,L, E) in terms of ideal structure of C(E,L, E). Using these results, we prove that C(E,L, E) is simple if and only if (E,L, E) is strongly cofinal and satisfies Condition (L), and for any A ∈ E \{∅} and B ∈ E , there is C ∈ Ereg such that B \C ∈ H(A), and if and only if (E,L, E) is minimal and satisfies Condition (L), and if and only if (E,L, E) is minimal and satisfies Condition (K).


The invention relates to the technical field of a heat transfer pipe and discloses a threaded heat transfer pipe for a heat exchanger. The threaded heat transfer pipe comprises a heat transfer pipe body, wherein two groups of spiral gear ribs, i.e. the gear ribs I and the gear ribs II, are arranged on the inner wall of the heat transfer pipe body; on any cross section of the heat transfer pipe body, the arc surfaces where the gear ribs I and the gear ribs II are respectively take up one half of a circumference; the gear top angles of the gear ribs I are 1.5 to 2.5 times those of the gear ribs II; included angles beta between the gear ribs I and the axial line of heat transfer pipe body, as well as between the gear ribs II and the axial line of heat transfer pipe body are 10 to 45 degrees; the heat transfer pipe body is a copper pipe or an aluminum pipe. Therefore, the threaded heat transfer pipe provided by the invention has the beneficial effects that the refrigerant pass resistance can be effectively reduced, and the heat exchange speed between refrigerants at different parts in the copper pipe body is improved.


Objective To compare the effects of early and long term treatment with captopril on clinical outcome between elder patients (65 75 years old) and younger patients ( 64 years old) suffering from acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Methods In a randomized trial, 822 patients with a first AMI were treated with captopril at initial dosage of 6 25 mg and adjusted to 25 mg t i.d according to blood pressure (209 younger patients, 269 elder patients) and conventional treatment (131 younger patients, 213 elder patients). Survival rate of the four groups was calculated with Kaplan Meier method. Results The survival of treatment group was correlated significantly with age during hospitalization ( P =0 0002). Eight patients in younger treatment group and 10 patients in younger control group (3 83% vs 7 63%, P 0 05), 25 patients in elder treatment group and 52 patients in elder control group (9 29% vs 24 41%, relative risk = 0 37, 95% CI 0 29 0 48, P 0 0001) were died. During follow up period, the survival was however not related to the age ( P 0 05), and both the elder and younger patients had better survival (all P 0 01 ) and lower cardiac events (all P 0 01) during captopril treatment. Conclusions Captopril exerts less effect on the younger patients but more effect on the elder patients during hospitalization after AMI. Long term captopril had no difference between the youngers and the elders in prognosis.


An a d a p t i v e c o n t r o l procedure is descr ibed which is in tended to improve both acoust ic ana lys i s and l i n g u i s t i c decoding in automatic r e c o g n i t i o n of cont inuous speech by b r i n g i n g i n t o agreement data a v a i l a b l e a t each o f these s tages. S p e c i f i c a l l y , hypotheses are formed by t h e decoder concerning the phonet ic t r a n s c r i p t i o n der ived dur ing acoust ic a n a l y s i s . The procedure then accesses and u t i l i z e s re levan t acous t i c data in an attempt t o v e r i f y o r r e j e c t these hypotheses. Depending on the success of such a t tempts , ac t ions are taken to cons t ra i n the decoding in subsequent processing i t e r a t i o n s . P re l im ina ry r e s u l t s are presented and d iscussed.


An automatic technique has been developed to measure precisely the fractal dimension of the microstructure of sandstones from scanning-electron-microscope (SEM) images of fracture surfaces. The technique involves digitizing the images, filtering, counting geometrical features as a function of feature size, and fitting feature histograms. The magnification of the SEM is changed to cover 2.5 orders of magnitude in feature sizes. A power-law model, which includes the resolution of the digital filter, accounts for the feature size distributions for all magnifications and the scaling from magnification to magnification. Results have been obtained for a dozen sandstones, and the fractal dimension is observed to range from 2.55 to 2.85. The precision for averaged images is \ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.01. In addition, a long-length limit to the fractal regime is defined and measured.


The photoluminescence from n‐ and p‐type In1−xGaxP with x≃0.5, prepared by vapor‐phase epitaxy on GaAs substrates, has been studied between 4.2 and 300 K. This material is of particular practical interest because of its close lattice‐parameter match with GaAs and direct energy band gap of 1.9 eV. At very low temperatures, four major emission bands have been identified, involving intrinsic recombination, donor—to—valence‐band transitions, conduction‐band—to—acceptor transitions, and donor‐acceptor transitions. The intrinsic recombination dominates in all the samples above about 150 K. The spectra are consistent with a shallow donor ionization energy of 7±1 meV, the same value as in InP. The spectral data of Cd‐doped samples (with p varying from 1.8×1016 to 9.3×1017 cm−3) suggest a consistent shift of the Cd acceptor ionization energy to lower values with increasing doping. The extrapolated value for very low doping is 59±2 meV at 50 K. The residual donor density is low in all the p‐type samples studied (≲ ...


Ecological data sets often use clustered sampling, or use repeated sampling in a longitudinal design. Choosing the correct covariance structure is an important step in the analysis of such data, as the covariance dictates the degree of similarity among repeated observations. Three methods for choosing the covariance are: Akaike's information criterion (AIC), the quasi-information criterion (QIC), and the deviance information criterion (DIC). We first compared the methods using a simulation study. The overall success was 81.6% for the DIC, 80.6% for the AIC, and 29.4% for the QIC. We then compared the methods using an empirical data set that explored effects of forest fragmentation on avian species richness over 15 years. The AIC and DIC selected the unstructured covariance, whereas the QIC selected a simpler model. Graphical diagnostics suggested that the unstructured covariance was probably correct. We recommend using either the AIC or DIC for estimating the correct covariance structure.


Abstract Cryopreservation of sperm is seen as an important step in developing effective hatchery culture techniques for the black-lip pearl oyster, Pinctada margaritifera. As a preliminary investigation into cryopreservation of the gametes of this species we tested 5 cryoprotectant agent combinations for their ability to retain sperm motility: (1) 1 M trehalose and 5, 10 and 15% dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO); (2) Hanks calcium-free balanced salt solution (C-F HBSS) and 5%, 10% and 15% DMSO; (3) C-F HBSS and 5, 10 and 15% propylene glycol (PG); (4) 1 M trehalose and an equal combination of DMSO and PG making up 5, 10, 15% total volume; and (5) C-F HBSS and an equal combination of DMSO and PG making up 5%, 10% and 15% total volume. Total, rapid and progressive sperm motilities were estimated through computer assisted sperm analysis (CASA). Sperm cryopreserved in 1 M trehalose and 5% DMSO retained the highest total (86.0 ± 1.2% SE), progressive (46.0 ± 1.2% SE) and rapid (25.1 ± 0.6% SE) motilities of all cryoprotectant solutions, whereas those cryopreserved with PG generally retained poor motility. Although the 1 M trehalose and 5% DMSO treatment compared favorably with that of fresh sperm for total motility (P < 0.01), all cryoprotectant treatments were poor at retaining the proportion of original rapid and progressively moving sperm. This study highlights the potential for cryopreservation of gametes from P. margaritifera, which will benefit selective breeding and conservation programs with this important commercial species.


At present the provision pertaining to criminal liability of a company director is not perfect,lacking in various minor offences provision,and go against control and prescription for the board director's behavior.Therefore,it is necessary for us to add the provision of this aspect when Company Law or Criminal Law will be revised.


The purpose of this study is to investigate the difference in information of the groups with high and low Korean household income before and after the global financial crisis, by the empirical analysis using empirical data mining with the data from the Korea Labor Panel. The predictive accuracy of the model determined by decision tree, logit regression and neural network is shown to be significantly high, with the highest in the predictive value of the logit regression. According to the empirical results, savings is found to affect most on the difference between the high and low group in their Korean household income, followed by the type of home owning and renting. According to the difference analysis before and after the global financial crisis, the influence of whether they own real estates except houses on the differences between the earned income groups, after the global financial crisis due to the price fall.


The human placenta produces a host of proteins which include human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) and human placental lactogen (hPL) as well as the new generation of pregnancy-associated plasma proteins (PAPP's) (Lin et al., 1974). We do not know the biological role of these PAPP's and whether their synthesis is exclusively trophoblastic, or ectopic upon stimulation by pregnancy. The group is heterogeneous; M , values range from 21 600 (hPL) to 1 000 000 (pregnancy-associated plasma protein B, PAPP-B) and some members of the group are themselves heterogeneous in terms of electrophoretic mobility and M, (for a review see Bischof, 1984). While pregnancy-specific PI -glycoprotein (SP,) is now accepted to be of genuinely trophoblastic origin, pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A) and pregnancy-associated a2-glycoprotein (azPAC) have also been detected in the serum of non-pregnant women (Bischof et al., 1981; Bersinger & Klopper, 1984; Damber et ul., 1977). A perfusion system in vitro with separate perfusion of fetal and maternal compartment in an isolated lobe of placenta provides information on the placental synthesis and release of PAPP's in the absence of maternal tissue. The aim of this study was to determine the rate of PAPP release as well as the net specific synthesis of hCG and the above-mentioned PAPP's in the presence and absence of two protein synthesis inhibitors in the perfusing medium. A 2 6 5 0 g lobe of freshly delivered (spontaneously or by elective section) placenta was selected for perfusion. The chorionic vessels were cannulated for perfusion of the villous capillaries (fetal compartment). The maternal compartment was perfused with four to six fine needles introduced through the decidual surface into the intervillous space. This perfusion technique has been described before (Schneider P I al.. 1972). Both maternal and fetal circulations were first perfuscd for 1&15min in an open circuit and the venous return was discarded. Then the circuits were closed and the placenta was perfused with 120ml of buffer (33% Earle's medium with mixed amino acids, 6.30 mg/ml; human serum albumin, 40 mg/ml; dextran 40000, 10 mg/ml; clamoxyl, 0.5 mgiml). Every 30 min a 5 ml aliquot was removed from both circuits and replaced with fresh medium. After 30min


Pilz et al. present in their manuscript a newly developed platform to measure aerosol properties on tethered balloon system. The platform, called CAMP, is especially designed to operate in environmentally challenging areas such as the Arctic. Vertical profiles of aerosol properties are indeed important parameters needed for all kinds of studies and model improvements and are indeed generally under-sampled (especially in the Arctic). The work therefore presents an important contribution to the experimental atmospheric science community, it is well written, and therefore, the manuscript is suitable to be published in AMT. However, some important technical details/comparisons are missing and need to be added before final acceptance. The manuscript also lacks a detailed error analysis of the entire setup, which is a prerequisite for publication in ATM. In addition, a few further (minor) clarifications and suggestions for improvements are listed below. Overall, I recommend major revisions.


The thesis of this conference report is that acceleration is a much more effective methud than remediation for bringing at-risk children into the educational mainstream at an early age. The papers summarized in the report provide a background on the history, politics, and demography of at-risk students and suggest applications of acceleration to different subjects and learning strategies. The papers are: (1) "Don't Remediate: Accelerate" (H.M. Levin); (2) "'Dunces,' Shirkers,' and 'Forgotten Children': Historical Descriptions and Cures for Low Achievers" (L. Cuban and D. Tyack; (3) "The Educationally At-Risk: What the Numbers Mean" (J. Catterall and E. Cota-Robles); (4) "Is the Time Ripe for More Government Help?" (M. W. Kirst and B. Gifford); (5) "How Families and Communities Can Help" (J. L. Epstein and D. Scott-Jones); (6) "Accelerated Schools Can Begin Before Kindergarten" (E. W. Gordon and L. P. A. Root); (7) "Going Beyond Minimal Competency" (R. Calfee, R. Avelar La Salle, and H. Cancino); (8) "What's Going on in the Classroom" (S. B. Heath and L. Mangiola); (9) "Mathematics for At-Risk Children: Who Cares?" (N. Noddings and J. Greeno); (10) "Seeing, Touching, and 'Figuring Out What Happens': The Role of Science in At-Risk Education" (J. M. Atkin and S. A. Raizen); (11) "Instructional Strategies: What Works and What Doesn't" (R. E. Slavin and N. A. Madden); (12) "Limited-English Students Can Benefit from Accelerated Classes" (E. Cohen and M. B. Arias); (13) "Evaluating the Accelerated School: How Do We Measure Change?" (D. M. Fetterman and E. H. Haertel); (14) "Put'.ing Educational Decision-Making Back Where It Belongs: At the Local School" (H. Levin); and (15) "Implementing the Accelerated School" (J. S. Rogers, R. Polkinghorn, Jr., and B. LeTendre). A directory of the Illinois Network of Accelerated Schools and an outline of accelerated schools' principles and assumptions are


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Coding diagnoses, procedures or other patient information in a controlled vocabulary includes two different subtasks: (i) finding which information to code for a given patient 1, and(ii) determining how to code a given piece of information 2. The objective of this work is to assist ICD-10 diagnosis encoding by automatically detecting possible codes based on a lexical analysis of the contents of patient discharge summaries.


In the present work, recent data onto the sources, occurrence and fate of human-use pharmaceutical active compounds (PhACs) in the aquatic environment have been reviewed. Since PhACs and their metabolites are usually present as mixtures in the environment at very low concentrations, , a particular emphasis was placed onto the PhACs mixtures, as well as on their short-term and long-term effects against human and environmental health. Moreover, a general overview of the main conventional as well as of the latest trends in wastewaters decontaminant technologies was outlined. Advantages and disadvantages of current processes were also pointed-out. It appears that numerous gaps still exist in the current knowledge related to this field of interest, and further studies should be conducted at global level in order to ensure a more efficient monitorisation of the presence of PhACs and their metabolites into the aquatic environment and to develop new mitigation measures.


Ambient air is a mixture of gases, droplets and solid particles and therefore a typical aerosol. Natural and anthropogenic processes govern the actual composition of the air. In some cases the generated components are toxic and should be avoided. The key issue of the identification, reduction, and limitation of a component is the measurement. Unfortunately an aerosol cannot be stored in containers and is not available as a reference material. Therefore the calibration of measuring instruments is fundamental to obtain reliable results. Because various measuring principles are used for many applications such as cleanrooms, engine emissions, ambient air etc., the calibration procedures must be adopted. Metrological institutes such as METAS have recognised the need for reliable reference values and have initiated calibration services and international collaboration. Therefore international harmonised reference values for particle number concentration and particle size are available.


OBJECTIVE
To investigate the efficacy and tolerability of Botulinum neurotoxin-A (BoNT-A) in the patients with refractory neck pain.

BACKGROUND
An analgesic effect is suggested for BoNT-A by a number of animal studies. Two blinded studies suggested efficacy of BoNT-A in a chronic neck pain.

METHODS
Forty-seven subjects were enrolled in a prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. A total of 150 to 300 units of BoNT-A were injected into the neck and shoulder muscles based on pain localization. Subjects completed the visual analog scale (VAS), Pain Frequency Questionnaire and the Modified Oswestry Pain Questionnaire (MOPQ) at baseline, 3 and 8 weeks after the treatment. The primary outcomes consisted of: 1) > or =50% improvement on the VAS; and 2) > or =30% reduction in pain day frequency. The secondary outcome was an improvement of ADL in MOPQ. Excellent responders (ERs) were those who met all three outcomes.

RESULTS
At 2 months, a significant reduction in the mean VAS (pain intensity) was noted in the BoNT-A group compared with the placebo (P = 0.0018, CI 95% from 2.51 to 7.89). At 2 months, there were six ERs in the BoNT-A group and one ER in the placebo group (P = 0.0152).

CONCLUSION
Administration of BoNT-A into the neck and shoulder muscles for treatment of chronic refractory neck pain met one of the two primary outcomes: reduction in pain intensity. More ERs were noted in the Botox group.


(Black and White) The picture on this postcard shows a map of Europe spread out on the horizon with a Lion walking from France into Belgium. An arrow points the way from Belgium to Germany and says "To Berlin." There are two halfpenny green stamps on the back, and the card is postmarked Horton on August 31, 1918. The sender wrote "Come on all the Doyle" above the lion on the front and sent the card to a J. Doyle, Esq., from Jack.


Composite right/left-handed (CRLH) substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) leaky-wave antenna array with low sidelobe level and high gain is proposed. By controlling leakage amount of each interdigital slot etched on the broadside of the SIW, the sidelobe level of the antenna can be reduced effectively. A four-way SIW power divider with Chebyshev current distribution in magnitude is proposed to improve the main lobe and to suppress the sidelobe. The simulated results show that both the gain and radiation efficiency are improved by using antenna array. The proposed CRLH antenna array has a sidelobe level of −13.3dB and a high gain up to 23.67dB at 5.8GHz.


Modelling tails of distributions can performed with models such as Weibull, Frechet and Gumbel distribution, it can also be modelled with generalized extreme value (GEV); a model which combines the three models. The limitation of GEV model is that it is not sufficient to model some levels of fat tail distributions. To identify the strength of GEV, Simulation study was carried out using both Generalized Pareto distributions (GPD) and GEV models with maximum likelihood estimate (MLE), and comparison was drawn between the models. Empirical results revealed that GPD model is sufficient to model fat tail distributions well irrespective of the data points, On the other hand, GEV models thin tail distribution better than GPD. GPD was modelled using electrical energy dataset and obtained tail risk, while GEV was used to model daily foreign exchange data.


Microdosimetric measurements were performed in fast neutron beams used for therapy. The energy deposition spectra were measured in a Plexiglas phantom with TE proportional counters for collimated d(50)+Be and p(65)+Be neutron beams. For p(65)+Be neutrons, the spectra were determined on the beam axis at different depths; spectra were also compared, at 15 mm depth, on the beam axis, in the penumbra region, and outside the geometrical limits of the beam. Values of 94.7 and 78.3 keV. mu m/sup -1/ were obtained for the dose mean lineal energy for d(50)+Be and p(65)+Be neutrons respectively. Quantities relevant for radiation protection such as mean quality factors, Q macr , are calculated from the experimental microdosimetric distributions; different methods of approximation are compared. Finally, present Q macr -values are compared with those published for monoenergetic neutrons, and the recommended ICRP values.


The topic assigned for discussion in this paper is happily ambiguous. "Spiritual Values" may be interpreted as referring to religious teachings; but the term may equally refer to broad considerations of a purely social character. First of all, it is here recorded that many millions of American citizens hold firmly to a purely religious judgment concerning the evils of divorce. They read the nineteenth chapter of the Gospel according to St. Matthew, verses three to twelve, and find there, not a mere record of the views of an ancient seer, but rather an authoritative decision proclaimed by the Incarnate Lawgiver for all mankind. God's authority, these citizens hold, is supreme. Against His law, no argument or authority may be cited. Hence, when a husband and wife are validly and sacramentally married, no man can put them asunder; and no court, by a bill of divorce, can endow them with a right to remarry Under our American system, these citizens may hold these opinions, with others dissenting. They may by their discussions and their votes try to convince others to reform our existing legal institutions, so that divorce will not merely be regulated, but even eliminated. This viewpoint, however, seems to be held by only a minority. The majority have other religious tenets in the matter of divorce, or none at all. A purely theological approach to the existing problem, therefore, offers little hope of a presently practical solution. This does not mean, however, that a restriction of divorce will be advocated solely by those who have theological convictions. On another plane, there are basic social values which strongly suggest and support a reforming attitude. Spiritual values, in this sense, involve no sectarian differences. All good citizens can consider these principles sincerely and fairly, and draw from them appropriate conclusions. Exposition of these values therefore forms the body of this paper. Historically, every political society has recognized that the family is the essential and basic unit of social organization, and has given to it every favor and protection.2 This has been true in our own American legal history. Corpus Juris 3 defines marriage as a status


Electro-thermal accelerator uses high-voltage arc energy to heat the actuating medium, it being made from low-molecular weight material. Projectile acceleration is achieved by expansion of the actuating medium. Numerical method for calculating interior ballistics uses Lagrangian coordinates there the conservation of momentum and the energy balance are solved. A statement of the energy balance reflects the second law of thermodynamics. Lagrangian different grid and scheme for numerical calculation were used. Fully explicit scheme was employed. The solving includes two stability conditions: Courant and shock (artificial viscosity). Numerical results were compared with the experimental research for pressure in the barrel in electro-thermal accelerator.


This apparatus, comprising: an engine (10); in that the engine (10) driving a hydraulic pump (5) as a power source; by the hydraulic pressure of working oil from the hydraulic pump (5) discharged from the actuator (6 ); the engine is an engine control unit (10) is in the working state determining means (7) determines the non-operating state of the automatic stop; job status of the construction machine, non-operational state determining means determines that the operation state (7) (8), the construction machine equipped stored in readable by the engine control unit (8) of the engine (10) stops the history storage means (13,14,16) stops the stopping experience.


Most studies assessing the safety of hot bridge wire EEDs employ temperature sensors that directly use the measurements of the temperature measurement device without analyzing the accuracy of the temperature measurement. This study establishes the response function of the exposed bridge and exposed bridge temperature rise system of hot bridge wire EEDs through the Rosenthal's temperature rise equation and Laplace transformation as well as experimental tests, and through the response function, the response law and numerical characteristics of the two are compared and analyzed under four typical excitations. Under steady current injection and continuous-wave radiation, both exposed bridge and exposed bridge temperature measurement systems can reach thermal equilibrium, and the equilibrium temperature of both are the same. However, under pulse excitation, the temperature rise measurement value is significantly different from the actual value due to the large difference in response time of the exposed bridge (1 ms) and the exposed bridge temperature measurement device (0.82 s). Studies have shown that under steady current injection and continuous-wave radiation, temperature rise measurements can be directly applied to the safety assessment of hot bridge wire EEDs, while under pulsed conditions, temperature rise measurements cannot be directly applied.


Objective:To investigate the effects of scalp acupuncture on collagen IV expression in the rats with cerebral ischemia reperfusion for exploring the interaction mechanisms.Methods:130 Male SD rats were randomly divided into three groups:sham operation group,model group and scalp acupuncture group.Cerebral ischemia/reperfusion model was induced by modified Longa's method.We detected the positive expression and protein content of ColIV by immuno histochemistry and ELISA methods respectively in brain tissue of each set.Results:In acupuncturing scalp group,the expression of ColIV about infarction was similar to the model group in IR4h and IR12 h after reperfusion(P0.05),but was higher obviously than that in model group in IR24 h,IR48h and IR72 h after reperfusion(P0.05).And at the same phase point,the content of ColIV was still lower than that in the sham group(P0.05).Conclusion:Scalp-acupuncture therapy can promote the expression of ColIV in rats after acute cerebral ischemia/reperfusion,and there is a further increase with the treatment time prolonging.Scalp-acupuncture therapy can ameliorate cerebral ischemia reperfusion injury by possibly enhancing ColIV expression and protecting blood-brain barrier.


This article explores the impact of the post-socialist transformation of Czech society on the health of newborns from different socioeconomic groups. The authors used six different measures of child health—various con- structs based on birth weight, length of gestation, and vitality—as dependent variables and the mother's educational attainment as the key predictor. They used birth certifi cate data on all singleton births in 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2007 (N=912 591). They estimated a series of random-inter- cept multi-level models and report the observed trends in health inequality by maternal education. The analysis consistently and persistently showed large gaps in health between children born to mothers with elementary education on the one hand and all other children on the other hand. While the trends are not entirely congruent across all measures of child health, the authors found more evidence of growing inequality than of declining or stable inequality. Inequality grew most in the 1990s and then stabilised or even declined. They offer two tentative explanations for observed growth in inequality: the selec- tive adjustment hypothesis and the selective childlessness hypothesis.


This study was aimed to evaluate the level of radiation protection awareness and safety practices among nurses working in nuclear medicine departments (NMDs) in governmental, private, and specialized hospitals in Saudi Arabia. A cross-sectional survey was used and distributed to 42 nurses who worked in NMDs without rotation between other radiology departments. A total of 29 nurses (37.9% males and 62.1% females) operating in 12 NMDs across the country responded to the survey, with a 69% response rate. Most of the nurses who responded to this survey were 20–35 years old. Nearly 83% of the nurses in this study had bachelor's degrees and about 62.1% of the respondents had two to five years of work experience. In the results, it was revealed that the satisfactory awareness score among the nurses working in NMDs was 93.1%, with a mean radiation protection awareness score of 9.58 ± 1.0 (out of 12). However, only 27.5% of the nurses had acceptable safety practices, with a mean score of 2.48 ± 0.1 (out of 6). In the results, it was shown that satisfactory awareness regarding radiation protection among the nurses working in NMDs was significantly associated with gender (P = 0.04, χ2 = 12.6) and nurses who received training courses (P = 0.01, χ2 = 15.2). The findings of this study are an indication of the importance of training and continuing to educate nurses about radiation protection and radiological procedures in NMDs, which improve the levels of radiation protection awareness and safety practices.


In this paper we present a new vector control scheme for induction motor. An exact knowledge of the rotor flux position is essential for a high-performance vector control. The position of the rotor flux is measured in the direct scheme or estimated in the indirect schemes. Since the estimation of the flux position requires a priori knowledge of the induction motor parameters, the indirect schemes are machine parameter dependent. The rotor resistance and stator resistance among the parameters change with temperature. Variations in the parameters of induction machine cause deterioration of both the steady state and dynamic operation of the induction motor drive. Several methods have been presented to minimize the consequences of parameter sensitivity in indirect scheme. In this paper new estimation scheme of rotor flux position is presented to eliminate sensitivity due to resistance change with temperature. Simulation results are used to verify the performance of the proposed vector control scheme.


Elwood F. Holton III is associate professor of human resource development at Louisiana State University. His research focuses on analysis and evaluation of organizational performance systems. He regularly consults with and provides development programs to business, government, and nonprofit organizations. Holton received his B.S. in business, an MBA, and an Ed.D. in human resource development, all from Virginia Tech.


This study examines the possibility of using of IRF (Initiation-Response-Follow-up) sequence of teacher-student interaction in Sri Lankan ESL (English as a Second Language) classes for developing longer interactional exchanges which are believed to be useful for language development. Usually, in Sri Lankan ESL classes, teachers ask more display questions and a few referential questions. As a result, teacher-student interaction occurs only occasionally and they follow the traditional IRF pattern with an evaluation at the third move. Teachers could develop longer interactional exchanges by giving follow-up questions or prompts at the third move of the IRF sequence so that students respond, elaborate, explain or prolong their responses. This study examines how the teacher trainees on their teaching practice of a TESL degree programme at a university interacted with their students in ESL classes and how they changed their pattern of interaction to sustain more student interaction. Using lecture discourse data as the basis of the analysis, this study evaluated the changes after an intervention that focussed on training the teacher trainees in developing longer interactional episodes. The results revealed that there was only a slight improvement in the way teacher trainees maintained interactions in the lessons after the intervention. Hence, this study enlightens the possibility of utilizing interaction for language development through intensive teacher training.


The current trend on the environment protection is to use some techniques of obtaining some efficient cultures using fertilizers in agriculture. Taking into account of these aspects, we considered necessary addressing some research on the influence of growing hormones on the growing processes of plants. The aim of this research was obtaining some results meant to lead to the increase of the mineral nutrition conditions of plants. Gibberellins are natural stimulants of plants growth and development, with often spectacular effects, which due to the remarkable results found in the agricultural and horticultural production enjoy a special attention of the specialists. The aim of this study was to follow the effect of gibberellic acid of different concentrations on the germination, the dynamics of the growth of roots, stems, the intensity of perspiration and respiration of corn seedlings. The used variants were: V 1 - control sample, V 2 - 0.1mg/l, V 3 - 1mg/l, V 4 - 2mg/l,  V 5 - 5mg/l of giberellic acid. Subsequent to the analysis of the data obtained from the performed experience, one can state that the germination is positively influenced; the growth rate of stems has higher values as in case of roots. The stems are higher and thinner, the leaves become light green, the main root and the side ones are thin and long. Also, the intensity of perspiration uniformly increases from the control sample to the V 5 variant (5 mg/l gibberellic acid), being correlated with the increased phytohormone concentration.


Police work requires continuous professional and physical training to cope with high stress situations and meet occupational tasks needs. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of an 8-week multilateral training program on physical and mental wellbeing. 20 healthy male volunteer policemen (age 46.8 ± 3.9 years) were randomly assigned to experimental group (n=10) that performed a multilateral training program consisting of agility and resistance training, or control group (n=10). At baseline and after 8 weeks, the sources of stress and coping strategies, and the physical and mental state of health perceived were measured by the Occupational Stress Indicator and the Short Form-12, respectively. The comparison of the mean pre/post differences between the groups was assessed by a two-way repeated measures ANOVA (p<0.05). After multilateral intervention, experimental group perceived less stress, showed a more realistic attitude towards the various working situations and a greater perception of physical and mental wellbeing than control group (p<0.05). The findings suggest that a physical education program in the continuing education framework, through the didactic method of multilateral training, could prevent the occupational stress that causes harmful physical and emotional reactions and threatens the quality of life in police officers.


A well-known analgesic [paracetamol (PAR)] and skeletal muscle relaxant [Dantrolene sodium (DNS)] have been analyzed without interference from their toxic impurities and degradation products. The studied PAR impurities are the genotoxic and nephrotoxic p-amino phenol (PAP) and the hepatotoxic and nephrotoxic Chloroacetanilide (CHL). While 5-(4-Nitrophenyl)-2-furaldehyde (DEG) is reported to be DNS mutagenic and carcinogenic degradation product. The five studied components were determined and quantified by TLC-densitometric and RP-HPLC methods. TLC-densitometry {Method 1} depended on using TLC silica gel and chloroform: ethyl acetate: acetic acid: triethylamine (7:3:0.5:0.05, by volume) as the mobile phase with UV scanning at 230 nm. While, RP-HPLC {Method 2} was based on separation on C18 column using methanol: water (55:45, v/v pH=3 with aqueous formic acid) as a mobile phase at 1 mL/min and detection at 230 nm. The developed methods were used for determination and quantification of the five studied components in different laboratory prepared mixtures. Also, applied for analysis of Dantrelax compound® capsules where no interference among the studied components with each other and from excipients were observed. The methods were validated as per ICH guidelines, and they were compared favorably with the reported one.


This is an application for hajj guidance based on Android. The application is made using software Eclipse IDE and Android SDK with Java as a programming language. Stage of  development software used is SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) by using the method waterfall, as modeling software used is UML (Unified Modelling Language). Steps in this research are software requirement analysis, design, coding, and system testing. Functional testing using a method of black box.The result of this research is an application of hajj guidance based on Android can be use to guide in hajj. The application can run well on a device with a minimum of Android operating system version 4.2 (Jelly Bean) with the storage space available at least 25 MB. Function menus and buttons is operated appropriately according to their functions. This application for hajj guidance can be used as a medium to help moslems in hajj.


The utility model relates to a beating type floating perforating die. A liner plate and a fixed plate provided with a floating punch are connected to the lower end of an upper die plate; a concave die plate and a guide plate are connected to the upper end of a lower die plate which is installed on a platen, and the upper die plate is connected with the lower die plate through a guide post. The guide plate and the concave die plate are fixed into integration, wherein, a feeding cavity channel is arranged between the guide plate and the concave die plate; supporting plates provided with pits are arranged at both sides of the concave die plate which is on the lower die plate, and a polyurethane elastic block or a dish-shaped spring are built in the pits; a force applying plate for aligning spherical surfaces is arranged above the upper die plate. The utility model has the advantages that the power consumption of machine tools can be reduced, moving accuracy is high, abrasion is less, service life is long, structure is simple, and maintenance is convenient.