Deriving hydrogen from biomass, which is renewable, domestically-produced and potentially carbon-neutral, is critical if hydrogen-consuming devices are to be used at a large scale while avoiding the negative effects of continued reliance on fossil fuels. Although hydrogen is quite abundant in nature, it is generally bound to other chemical species in larger molecules that must be processed to produce diatomic hydrogen. In this paper, we present experimental results for the conversion of butanol to a hydrogen-rich syngas. In contrast to traditional technologies based on catalysts, which may be poisoned by fuel impurities, we use filtration combustion in a noncatalytic porous media reactor to produce syngas. We compare the results for butanol to our previous results obtained with ethanol. Because the focus of this study is on the production of syngas, our primary results are the hydrogen yield, carbon monoxide yield, and the energy conversion efficiency as functions of equivalence ratio. In addition, we experimented with mixtures of butanol and water, which require less energy to produce than pure butanol. This study is intended to increase the understanding of liquid biofuel filtration combustion for syngas production.


All‐solution deposited, ITO‐free organic solar cells comprising hybrid top and bottom electrodes and ternary polymer:fullerene photo‐active layers are investigated. A printed micro silver mesh and conductive PEDOT:PSS are employed as bottom electrode on a mechanically flexible PET substrate, whereas the top electrode features highly conductive PEDOT:PSS with dispersed silver nanowires. The highly efficient ternary polymer:fullerene absorber blend PffBT4T‐2OD:PC61BM:PC71BM and all other functional layers are doctor bladed from non‐halogenated solvents in order to comply with the requirements of industrial device fabrication. The semi‐transparent solar cells yield maximum power conversion efficiencies of 6.6% on active areas ≤ 0.1 cm2 and 5.9% on active areas > 1 cm2. Omitting additional bus bars for charge extraction grants the solar cells a homogeneous appearance and transparency perception.


In the last 60 years, the results of development aid have been mixed. Thus far, it has been mostly the aid recipient countries, which have been held responsible for aid's shortcomings. That focus is misplaced, however, since the donor countries, through development aid, also export some of their own institutions and values to the recipient countries affecting the recipients' rate of entrepreneurship and income. This study demonstrates how donor countries vary widely in both the type and quality of their institutions and values, leading to diverging economic outcomes. The results indicate that recipient countries should pay serious attention to who their development partner is. In particular, recipients would want to avoid aid from low institutional quality donors with perceived anti-market attitudes. Finally, it is argued that development aid might become more efficient if it moved away from the bilateral, towards the multilateral, mode.


"Chaxugeju(The Differential Mode of Association)",both goes against the equality in personality and sits ill with the cultivation of civic spirit,is the major impediment to the realization of the rule of law in China.Modern social security system will not only fuel the achievement of equality in personality,but also advance the breeding of civic spirit by substituting for the function of mutual economic assistance the Chaxugeju actually bears.Restricting the mechanism of"function substitution"of Chaxugeju vis-a-vis law,modern credibility system will be helpful for the formation of"systemic trust"in law for the whole society.The constriction of"social fundamental orders"could enormously optimize the platforms of social actions.The path to the rule of law in China is supposed to move along the trajectory as follows:"from law-based society to lawbased state".


his tissue section is from a carcinosarcoma of the right fallopian tube of a 69-year-oldwoman. The tumor, measuring 12.4 × 8.5 ×4 cm, consisted of a high-grade adenocarcinomaadmixed with mesenchymal elements that exhibitedmyogenic differentiation. Numerous atypical mitoseswere noted, one of which popped out as a doggy facewearing a Santa Claus-like cap. It has been specu-lated that specific centrosomal alterations, whichlead to a limited variety of atypical mitotic figuresmight not be a random result but a distinct event thatis possibly involved in carcinogenesis.


A new variational region based model for a simultaneous image segmentation and a rigid registration is proposed. The purpose of the model is to segment and register novel images simultaneously using a modified piecewise constant Mumford-Shah functional and region intensity values. The segmentation is obtained by minimizing a modified piecewise constant Mumford-Shah functional. A registration is assisted by the segmentation information and region intensity values. The numerical experiments of the proposed model are tested against synthetic data and simulated normal noisy human-brain magnetic resonance (MR) images. The preliminary experimental results show the effectiveness of the model in detecting the boundaries of the given objects and registering novel images simultaneously.


Lawrence Halprin DESIGN AS A VALUE SYSTEM I want to describe design not in its usual meaning but as a value system. We are quite clear ly in the grip of a real dilemma of goals and objectives in our society, if not in the world. Certainly we are in our profession. On die one hand, there is great affluence. Materialism is rampant; money-making is a primary motivation; and die Harvard MBA is everywhere. Because of the primacy of television as a source of information we are surrounded by surrogate experience, not real- life experience, and it is hard to tell what is real or unreal anymore. As a columnist has said, somediing is horribly wrong. Everything is packaged these days and the packaging has become die real reality. We are surrounded by image-making architects who design very special places where columns are hollow. It's hardly a good idea to lean against them because you could be sued for denting them. The entire project, actually, has a hollow ring. Everything seems to be designed to evoke a stage-set image diese days, having very little to do with die actual activ ities going on within die building or die landscape. Everywhere developers are hiring architects and landscape architects to authenticate their deals by making buildings and open spaces which, like advertisements, call attention to the project. It has become a form of corporate pimping, if you will. It leaves the architect to serve out his role as what Philip Johnson calls a design whore. The designs are pro foundly phony, Disneylandish structures and landscapes without meaning, or profundity, or sense of value. They are full of sound and fury, but signify nothing socially relevant.


Maintaining respectful and courteous working relationships with your team will help project a professional and caring image of your practice to your patients. With dental nurses now being accountable for the actions following registration, it is important that boundaries and standards of performance, conduct and recording grievances are established. Glenys Bridges explains.


An overview of open access publishing, for college faculty. Presents a definition of open access, the two roads to open access (OA publishing and self-archiving), overview of business models for open access, and examples of open access journals, with a focus on journals developed in British Columbia, including one (Topics in Scholarly Communication) developed by graduate students as a class assignment, and another developed by high school students (The Pink Voice). Includes a handout of resources on open access.


Abstract Introduction: This research explored the experience of receiving medical and rehabilitation intervention for rural and remote residents in North Queensland, Australia who had experienced a traumatic hand injury. This study contributes to larger project that seeks to propose a model of service delivery to rural and remote residents who have sustained a traumatic injury. Methods: Utilising an interpretive phenomenological research design, data was gathered through in-depth, semi-structured interviews. Fifteen participants were recruited into this study and questions were designed to explore the experience of receiving medical and rehabilitation intervention following a traumatic hand injury for residents in rural and remote areas of North Queensland. Results: The major themes that emerged were experience of medical intervention, experience of rehabilitation, travel, and technology. Participants felt that medical practitioners had a lack of local knowledge and were concerned that delays in medical intervention resulted in ongoing impairment. They reported following the exercise program they were given, often modifying it to fit with their daily routine. Metropolitan therapists appeared to have limited understanding of issues relevant to rural and remote lifestyles. There was, quite often, no occupational therapist or physiotherapist at their local facility due to staff turnover, and, when available, they had limited experience in hand injuries. The distance and cost of travel to appointments were of significant concern. The use of telehealth or telerehabilitation received a mixed response. Conclusion: Findings highlight the concerns regarding the provision of healthcare to rural and remote residents following a traumatic hand injury. These results provide the basis for recommendations surrounding the development of programs and service delivery models to address diverse needs in rural and remote areas. Implications for Rehabilitation Timely medical and rehabilitation interventions for rural and remote residents with a hand injury will reduce the impact of a traumatic hand injury on function and livelihood. Rural and remote therapists with limited skills in hand injuries should identify a mentor or specialist in hand injuries to ensure clinical practice concerns can be addressed. Developing an appreciation of rural issues is vital to ensure effective communication and collaboration with rural and remote residents. Alternate models of care such as telehealth, shared care and "hub and spoke" or outreach services should be adapted to the skills of the local therapists and the needs and preferences of the patient.


ABSTRACT Self-report and monomethod bias threaten the validity of positive work and organizations research. The current study used multitrait-multimethod analyses to examine the relationship between PERMA+4 and work role performance (adaptivity, proactivity, and proficiency) beyond self-report and monomethod bias. Findings from 221 coworker pairs demonstrated convergence between self-reported and collateral-reported PERMA+4 (r > .85) and work role performance (r > .85). A multitrait-multimethod matrix showed that monomethod trait interrelationships were systematically higher than heteromethod trait interrelationships with inflated correlations ranging from .07 to .20. Monomethod parameter estimates and coefficients of determination were generally higher than in bias corrected self-reports, knowledgeable collateral-reports, and heteromethod parameter estimates. The results provide support for the validity of the relationship between PERMA+4 and work role performance, but also suggest the importance of including procedural design and statistical control methods in positive work and organizations surveys to correct for self-report and monomethod bias.


Includes an article taken from the newspaper "Weekend Chronicle" of Saturday 10 of May 1986 which is discussing Ateatru's transformation from a small stage to the Manoel Theatre presenting the production " L-Opra tat-tliet habbiet".


In this paper we have presented measurement results of a piezoelectric based tactile sensor. We have used customized signal conditioning board to record the sensor output. And linear actuator to apply mechanical displacement on the sensor, during our experiments we have used non-transparent silicone rubber sheet to cover the tactile sensor. The results show that linear actuator can successfully test the sensor at low frequencies and hence can be a suitable cost effective setup. The overall setup is very cheap, compared to the setup used in the past for similar purposes.


Several N-protected DL-kynurenine derivatives have been converted into 3-substituted 3,4-dihydro-1H-1-benzazepine-2,5-diones by thermal cyclization. This reaction was found to proceed less readily than the analogous formation of 1,4-benzodiazepine-2,5-diones from o- aminobenzoylamino acids. The incidence of specific peptide bond cleavage involving these cyclizations was investigated with model compounds.


Father and grandfather Reginald Foggerdy has been found this morning.
He is alive, but at this stage there are concerns for his health.


Along with the deepening of the research of pathogenesis of tumors,it's discovered that abnormal expression of genes plays an important role in tumor formation,which often occurs in the early stage of cancer.So testing these differentially expressed genes helps to the early detection of cancer and the prognosis.In recent years some progresses have been made in cervical cancer gene tumor markers research,some of which have already been applied in clinical diagnosis and testing.Here is to summarize and analyze the research progress to sort out ideas for the future research.


Urbanization has been going on for a long time, but it has now reached a stage where soon more than half the world population will live in urban areas. In the past, urbanization was seen as detrimental to development. Today's free-market paradigm encourages the means of production to move freely. In this view, urbanization is a positive process, as labour is moving to places where it can be most productive, i.e. the urban areas.


This paper looks at how the early rhetoric around the First Amendment enabled later development of corporate political speech rights.


Measurements of the linear coefficients of thermal expansion of TlCl and TlBr are reported between 25 and 260 K. The results are believed to be accurate in an absolute sense to within 2% down to 50K, falling to 6% at 25K. The Gruneisen parameters gamma have been calculated using earlier data on the specific heats and elastic constants, between 260 and 80K. Within this range it is concluded: (i) Any variation of gamma with temperature is within the limits of experimental uncertainty. (ii) Any variation of gamma with ionic mass ratio is within the limits of experimental uncertainty. (iii) The mean room temperature value of gamma for TlCl and TlBr, 2.45+or-0.18, exceeds the corresponding mean value for CsCl, CsBr and CsI, 2.04+or-0.12. Estimates of gamma 0 based upon the pressure derivatives of the elastic constants at room temperature suggest that for TlBr statement (i) may be extended to T=0, but for TlCl( gamma 0- gamma infinity ) may exceed unity. Moments of the vibrational frequency spectra of the two crystals have been calculated and varying degrees of consistency with different theoretical models have been observed.


Abstract Prosphingites coombsi n. sp. is described from disturbed beds between Kaka Point and Nugget Point, south Otago. This species sugge5ts a late Scythian (Subcolumbites Zone) age for these strata. A summary of all species previously assigned to Prosphingites is included to substantiate the conclusions regarding the age assignment.


THE RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL (RCT) IS THE ideal method for measuring treatment effects. Participants in clinical trials are randomly assigned to a treatment or control group. Randomization reduces biases by making treatment and control groups "equal with respect to all features," except the treatment assignment. When randomization is performed correctly, differences in efficacy found by statistical comparisons can be attributed to the difference between the treatment and control. However, the RCT does not necessarily provide the final answer to treatment effectiveness, as there are many restrictions that limit generalizability. For example, RCTs are often restricted to patients with limited disease, comorbidity, and concomitant medications. Thus, RCTs generally demonstrate efficacy rather than effectiveness, where efficacy is the treatment effect under the restricted conditions of the RCT and effectiveness is the treatment effect under the conditions of usual practice. Observational, nonrandomized studies have a role when RCTs are not available, and, even when RCTs are available, to quantify effectiveness and other real world experiences. A contemporary example of this is the evaluation of drugeluting stents, for which RCTs have demonstrated shortterm efficacy for relatively healthy patients and observational studies are beginning to address long-term effectiveness and safety problems and use of clopidogrel in a broader array of patients. There are many approaches for making statistical inferences from observational data. Some approaches focus on study design, others on statistical techniques. However, even with the best of designs, observational studies, unlike the RCTs, do not automatically control for selection biases. Therefore, statistical methods involving matching, stratification, and/or covariance adjustment are needed. Lack of randomization in observational studies may result in large differences on the observed (and unobserved) participant characteristics between the treatment and control groups. These differences can lead to biased estimates of treatment effects. The goal of the statistical techniques that focus on observational data is to create an analysis that resembles what would occur had the treatment been randomly assigned. In RCTs, the balance is achieved on participant characteristics that occur before the treatment is administered. The success of randomization in creating balance can be assessed before any outcome measurements are taken. Therefore, in observational studies, the first goal of a statistical technique is to create balance between treatments on characteristics that are assessed before the actual treatment is administered. Once this balance has been achieved, outcome measurements can be ascertained and compared between groups. In practice, this goal is often difficult to achieve because the data available for observational studies usually contain measured patient characteristics that are obtained before, during, and after treatment administration, and it is often difficult to determine exactly which patient characteristics are pretreatment or not. Furthermore, there frequently are unmeasured characteristics that are not available, inadequately measured, or unknown. Thus, the statistical methods in observational studies need first to be judged based on their performance in creating a balance on background characteristics between treated and control groups and the impact of outcome data should play no role in this assessment. To adjust for pretreatment imbalances, 2 statistical approaches often used are analysis of covariance methods and propensity score methods. These 2 methods complement each other and generally should be used together rather than choosing between one or the other. Analysis of covariance refers here to standard statistical analyses that produce estimates of treatment effects adjusted for background characteristics (covariates), which are included explicitly in a statistical (regression) model. With observational studies, this technique can produce biased estimates of treatment effects if there is extreme imbalance of the background characteristics and/or the treatment effect


You see, my ancestry is Puerto Rican. And so, even as I remain a stranger to the Island, really, even as I work at regaining the Spanish of my youngest years, try to learn, as I near the age of fifty, the ways of literate Spanish, I am a Puerto Rican. So I try to think about the things written about dependency theory and world systems theory, theories that attempt to explain how cores, the centers like the U.S., affect the peripheries, what an older modernization theory called the Third World. I can't pretend to have yet gotten beyond the surface of world systems theory, a field of sociology, but I can't help but think that it is tied to rhetoric and that it is tied to what we do in composition classrooms. I think about Puerto Rico and a sensibility that says we are finally in a postcolonial era. Then I discover that in 1991 the plebiscite process that colonies undergo to decide their fates?independence, statehood, continued common wealth status?failed to pass through Congress. Congress decided. In 1993 President Clinton decided not to allow Puerto Rico to keep the proviso that allowed major industries who located on the island a tax exemption. In effect, President Clinton decided how much profit Puerto Rico would make, Clinton having made a promise to keep pharmaceutical costs down, the Island's major industry, and Clinton's having made a promise to keep industry "home" (Bayer 128-31,91). And it becomes clear to me that Puerto Rico, whatever its official status, is the contemporary version of a colony?dependent on U.S. imports and living at below subsistence with its exports. And then thoughts about the U.S. military in Puerto Rico. And mandatory English and English literature instruc tion. And folks like me, Puerto Ricans and Not. Americans, but we say Americans of Color, and others say "minorities." And I think about how we can make multiculturalism work when there is no equity in large systemic terms that show up even in individuals. So here's what I want to lay out?a problem for which I don't have a solution. When we demand a certain language, a certain dialect, and a certain rhetorical manner in using that dialect and language, we seem to be working counter to the cultural multiplicity we seek. And I think that means that we will have to rethink the whole thing. The demand for linguistic and rhetorical compliance still smacks of colonialism, practices which reproduce, in effect, the colonial


Background: Balance impairment is the most common risk factor for falls among older adults, with three potential factors (tactile sensation, proprioception, and muscle strength) being responsible for their balance control. However, controversies remain on whether or not balance control is related to the three contributors among older adults. Therefore, clarifying the above questions helps explain the mechanisms of increased falls among senior older adults. This study compares the balance control and the three factors and investigates their relationships among older adults of different ages. Methods: 166 participants ultimately passed the qualification assessment and were categorized into younger (YG, 60–69 years, n = 56), middle (MG, 70–79 years, n = 57), or older (OG, ≥80 years, n = 53) aged groups. Berg Balance Scale (BBS) performance, tactile sensation, proprioception, and muscle strength were tested. One-way ANOVA and partial correlation were performed to explore the differences between groups in BBS and its three potential contributors, along with the correlations between them within each age group. Results: Significant differences among the three groups were detected in BBS scores (p < 0.001), tactile sensation at the great toe (p = 0.015) and heel (p = 0.025), proprioception of knee flexion (p < 0.001) and extension (p < 0.001), and ankle plantarflexion (p < 0.001) and dorsiflexion (p < 0.001), and muscle strength of ankle plantarflexion (p < 0.001) and dorsiflexion (p < 0.001), and hip abduction (p < 0.001). Proprioception of knee flexion (r = −0.351, p = 0.009) and extension (r = −0.276, p = 0.041), and ankle plantarflexion (r = −0.283, p = 0.036), and muscle strength of ankle plantarflexion (r = 0.326, p = 0.015) and hip abduction (r = 0.415, p = 0.002) were correlated with BBS among the YG. Proprioception of ankle plantarflexion (r = -0.291, p = 0.030) and muscle strength of ankle plantarflexion (r = 0.448, p = 0.001) and dorsiflexion (r = 0.356, p = 0.007) were correlated with BBS among the MG. Muscle strength of ankle plantarflexion (r = 0.276, p = 0.039) and hip abduction (r = 0.324, p = 0.015) were correlated with BBS among the OG. Conclusion: YG and MG had better balance control, tactile sensation, proprioception, and muscle strength compared to OG. Proprioception correlated with balance control in YG and MG, but not in the OG. The worsen proprioception among the OG could be the key for increased falls. Exercise should be recommended to improve proprioception among senior older adults.


Reptiles are key animals in vertebrate communities in most ecosystems. However, there is little information on their diversity and abundance in dry forests of Ecuador. Between 2013 and 2014 we studied the reptile diversity and natural history of the Puyango Protected Forest, on the border between the province of Loja and El Oro, Ecuador. This area protects relicts of dry deciduous forest in hills and patches of semi-deciduous forest around ravines. We used belt transects in three different streams and irregular band transects in trails, together with pitfall traps, funnel traps, and litter quadrants. The richness of the Puyango Protected Forest represents a small percentage of the Ecuadorian reptile PeerJ Preprints | https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.2625v1 | CC BY 4.0 Open Access | rec: 7 Dec 2016, publ: diversity, but covers much of the representative phylogenetic groups of tropical dry forests of the world. Sampling was effective to determine saurian diversity, but more sampling is needed to estimate snake diversity. Evidence of the presence of 21 species, divided into 10 families, was obtained; of which 14 are snakes (including a potential new species of the genus Epictia) and seven are lizards. Natural history is described for each species, including time and space use, and their conservation status is analyzed. The reptile community is characterized by a relative homogeneity over the vegetation remnants and the highest abundances correspond to saurian species. Tipo de presentación: Ponencia ( x ) Póster ( ) Sesión: Sistemática ( ) Ecología y Conservación ( x ) Biotecnología ( ) PeerJ Preprints | https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.2625v1 | CC BY 4.0 Open Access | rec: 7 Dec 2016, publ:


The synthesis and chemical properties of a variety of chemically modified calix[4]pyrroles are described. The effects of structural changes, specifically the presence and absence of substituents on the meso-like and β-pyrrolic carbons, on anion affinities are detailed as is their effect on macrocycle conformation. Also described are unsymmetrical systems, bearing an aliphatic and aromatic substituent on each of the four meso-like carbon atoms. In this case, the properties of the resulting configuration isomers are discussed in terms, again, of the resulting effects on macrocycle conformation and substrate binding affinity. Finally, the use of appropriately functionalized calix[4]pyrrole systems as rudimentary fluorescence-based anion sensors is presented.


【Objective】To evaluate the value of new criteria based on I,avL and V1 leads to predict the location of right coronary artery(RCA)occlusion in the case of inferior myocardial infarction.【Methods】The ECG and angiographic findings of 60 patients with acute inferior myocardial infarction due to RCA occlusion were analyzed.The sensitivity,specificity,positive and negative predicting value of the 3 new criteria for the proximal RCA occlusion were compared.【Results】Isoelectric or elevated ST in V1 allowed predicting proximal RCA with 50% sensitivity and 98% specificity and with high positive and negative predicting value(88% and 75%).The new criteria based on avL or I +avL ST changes were more sensitive(92% and 64%)but less specific with worse positive and negative predicting value.【Conclusions】The new criterion based on the ST changes in V1 lead is highly accurate in detecting the location of occlusion in the RCA.


The use of Digital Rights Management (DRM) technologies for the enforcement of digital media usage models is currently subject of a heated debate. Consumer organizations (1) and national governments (2) claim that DRM technology inter- feres with basic personal rights, such as the right to make copies for personal use or the right to use content on any platform of choice. This issue has lately gained increased attention by a trend in some European countries to force DRM vendors and online media stores to open up their respective DRM technologies, i.e. make them interoperable. In this paper we present a DRM interoperability framework that allows multiple DRM systems to seamlessly work together while at the same time requiring minimal modification to existing DRMs. We believe that our solution, which is supported by many stakeholders in the world of digital media, is capable of addressing many of the end-user criticisms of DRM technology. Moreover, the proposed solution is sufficiently flexible to support new business models that may be envisioned by the stakeholders in future distribution of digital media.


These results demonstrated that the inclusion of animal protein in diet for the good productive performance of the species raring cement ponds was
necessary.


The objective of this study was to investigate the heat stress ameliorating effect of dietary betaine in reducing the risk of development of follicular cyst in dairy cows during hot-humid season. Eighteen pre-parturient Karan Fries (KF) cows in their 2nd to 5th parity were selected and assigned to 2 groups of 9 cows each on basis of parity and body weight. One group of cows was kept as control and other as treatment (50 g betaine/day/cow). Environmental variables and temperature humidity index (THI) of sheds were recorded during the experimental period. Body weight, dry matter intake (DMI), plasma non esterified fatty acids (NEFA) and cortisol levels were measured in both groups at fortnightly interval. Trans-rectal B-mode real time ultrasonography was performed weekly for diagnosis of follicular cyst. Results showed nonsignificant increase in mean DMI (1.86±0.12 kg vs 1.79±0.12 kg per 100 kg body weight) and overall body weight (416.76±10.24 kg vs 411.33±11.07 kg) in treatment group compared to control group. Plasma NEFA concentrations were lower in treatment group as compared to control (329.42±29.08 μmol/L vs 407.05±15.68 μmol/L). Plasma cortisol concentrations were significantly lower in treatment group as compared to control group (4.91±0.68 ng/ml vs 6.89±0.49 ng/ml). In control group, 22.22% cows had follicular cyst on their ovaries whereas no follicular cyst was found in betaine supplemented cows. It can be concluded that supplementation of 50 g betaine/cow/day reduces the incidence of follicular cyst along with reduction in plasma NEFA and cortisol levels.


C2.75B1.25A3$ (2.75CaO•1.25BaO• 3Al2O3• SO3) is one of the important minerals and it govern-directly the early-strength of belite-barium calcium sulphoaluminate cement. In this paper a binary system C2.75B1.25A3$-C2S is selected to investigate the formation of C2.75B1.25A3$. In the range of 1100 °C–1200 °C, the earlier formed C2S hinders the formation of C2.75B1.25A3$. On the contrary, when the temperature is in the range of 1200 °C–1350 °C, the initially formed C2S could provide a surface for the nucleation of C2.75B1.25A3$ and cut down the potential barrier (?Gk*) for the heterogeneous nucleation of C2.75B1.25A3$, which contributes to its formation. Moreover, at 1350 °C, the large amount of previously formed C2S benefits the extent of formation of C2.75B1.25A3$. The possible reason was that it could prevent sulfur evaporation. In early hydration age, AFm and AFt originating from C2.75B1.25A3$ hydration are found within 2 h and 12 h under 95% RH at 1 °C, respectively, whereas C2S is unhydrated at this moment.


Based on grain size analyses as well as microscopic and megascopic observations, coastal and seafloor sediments of northern Lombok Island are subdivided into 6 units : slightly gravely sand, slightly gravelly muddy sand, sand, gravelly sand, silty sand and slightly gravelly sandy mud. The slightly gravelly sand, sand and gravelly sand are of interest for its potentiality for construction material due to its widespread distribution and its low content of muddy and silty materials. Some offshore sediments are possibly landslide in origin as observed from factors such as steep seabottom slope of northern Lombok, graphic presentations of bimodal - polymodal histogram presentations as well as poorly sorted character of frequency curve diagrams and evidence from analog seismic record which demonstrates slumping of seabottom sediments.


C arotid surgery is often performed under cervical plexus block, which allows clinical monitoring of the neurological status during carotid crossclamping (1,2). Toxic concentrations of local anesthetic were obtained in a study using lidocaine (31, and convulsion was described during carotid surgery under bupivacaine local anesthesia (4). A mixture of lidocaine and bupivacaine is often used to combine the theoretically fast onset of lidocaine with long duration of nerve block of bupivacaine. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that a 1:l mixture of bupivacaine and lidocaine would result in plasma levels of both drugs that are below toxic levels when administered in commonly used volumes for cervical plexus block.


Beet webworm, Loxostege sticticalis (L.) is a facultative long-distance migratory insect pest in many regions between 36° and 55° N latitude. The outbreaks of larvae are closely related to temperatures encountered by the immigrant adult. But mechanisms linking population outbreaks and migration are not well understood. We investigated the effect of exposing adults to constant temperatures from 14 to 34°C on mating, oviposition, and longevity. Our results showed that both mating percentage and frequency were highest at 22–26°C and decreased at temperatures outside this optimal range. Time of night when mating began was delayed at higher temperatures, while mating duration progressively decreased with increasing temperature. Both preoviposition period (POP) and oviposition period decreased linearly with increasing temperature. Peak daily and lifetime fecundity were highest at 22–26°C and declined at temperatures outside this range, suggesting that 22–26°C is the optimal thermal range for oviposition. Adult longevity was negatively correlated with temperature. Males lived longer than females at lower temperatures, but females lived longer than males in the 30–34°C treatments. Together, our findings suggest that reproduction occurs when the prevailing temperature is around 22–26°C, and that migratory flight is favored outside this range via increases in POP and proportion of virgins. We predict that larval damage or outbreaks of L. sticticalis will occur only in areas where the prevailing temperature is around 22–26°C, which provides a key basis for the prediction of population outbreaks in areas of immigration.


Cognitive-developmental discontinuities seem to occur during several periods in childhood and adolescence-at 4 to 5, 6 to 7, 10 to 12, and 14 to 16 years.


The present work establishes a methodology for the execution of operating procedures for high risk activities, taking into account the activities that are performed in a mining company. Considering that in the first instance that life is a fundamental right and preservation is the main thing, in addition, that without it there is no productive process and when people are affected by their health productive processes are reduced a level of productivity, and therefore the company is less profitable. In the first chapter, describe the current situation of mining works, emphasizing the creation of operational procedures with the objective of preserving the integrity of the people, in the same way it raises each one of the objectives that is sought to determine in the present study, in the same way the scope and limits of the same. The second chapter refers to the theoretical framework with the legal regulations, the creation of a process characterization, the determination of the same way the methodologies of use, calculations of the elaboration of the procedures, the calculation of accident costs and the methodology to classify the risks that were used Next in chapter three we proceed to detail the process characterization of the construction phase of the mining project, and identifies the dangers to continue evaluating each of the risks of the different tasks that are performed. From the fourth chapter, each of the procedures is elaborated according to the analysis made in the previous chapter and in this way to minimize the risks. In the fifth chapter a cost-benefit analysis of each scenario is carried out in accordance with the elaborated procedures, in order to determine the profitability of the elaboration of operational procedures. Finally, the conclusions are drawn, highlighting the importance of carrying out a management in the field of occupational safety and health, in the same way as the response to each objective of the thesis and announcing the recommendations to be followed by the business


Some properties of a glow discharge tube in a magnetic field as a detector of electromagnetic radiation at millimetre wavelengths were investigated. The dependence of the detected voltage on the magnetic field in the vicinity of the cyclotron resonance was found to be of Lorentzian shape. This shape is also derived theoretically from a suggested model for the electrons in a glow discharge. The detected voltage, noise level, and noise equivalent power (NEP) were measured as a function of discharge current at cyclotron resonance conditions. Up to a discharge current of 600 mu A the noise level was constant and equal to the noise level at zero magnetic field. The detected voltage and NEP had a broad maximum around 400-500 mu A. The flow discharge tube operating at cyclotron resonance conditions was found to be better than the conventional crystal detector (1N53D) with respect to NEP and modulation frequency response.


The invention discloses a mandarin fish feed which comprises the following components in parts by weight: 35-40 parts of fresh fish meat, 35-50 parts of white fish meal, 5-10 parts of shrimp meal, 2-5 parts of yeast powder, 2-5 parts of corn protein powder, 5-8 parts of oleum morrhuae, 1-3 parts of composite vitamin, 1-3 parts of composite mineral and 4-6 parts of adhesive. The invention also discloses an artificial feeding domestication method for the mandarin fish. The method comprises a step of feeding the mandarin fish feed. The mandarin fish feed can reduce the breeding cost and the morbidity of the mandarin fish, improve the disease resistance of the mandarin fish and realize the sustainable development of the mandarin fish breeding industry.


Changes in Florida's mobile home landlord-tenant mediation program afford the opportunity to compare two different program designs: one using novice mediators, the other using experienced mediators; one effectively mandating mediation, the other allowing voluntary use of mediation. The comparison shows higher settlement rates when experienced mediators are used in a voluntary mediation context, but the voluntary program experiences greater attrition between the request for mediation and the actual mediation sessions.


Edvaldo Sabadini (PQ), Thiago Ito (PG), Juliana T. Linares (IC) Abstract Gigantic micelles are structures which are formed by an amphiphilic substance in an aqueous system combined with the presence of a co-solute. The co-solute has the important action of reduce the electrostatic repulsion between the amphiphilic molecules, making possible the formation of a long structure with differential characteristics. The influence of the molecular structure of surfactant and co-solute in the rheology of the gigantic micelles was the subject of this project.


We present a software-tool for the simulation of a transport and reaction model for a potential waste scenarios of a radioactive waste-disposals. We introduce the complex model for the transport-, reactionand sorption-processes. The model is based on systems of linear convection-diffusiondispersion-reaction equations with equilibrium sorption. The discretisation is done with finite volume discretisation and a reconstruction with higher order polynoms. The convection-reaction term is explicit discretised with embedded analytical solutions. The diffusion-dispersion-term is discretised with implicit methods and the solvers use the BiCGStab with multi-grid methods. We focus us to the simulation of a 2d and 3d test case which we present with different gridand time-step-refinements. The potential waste scenario for 2d and 3d is discussed. At the end we will discuss the further works.


Examples such as this, where large-scale improvements have been brought about and now provide a sound basis for agricultural development, are the point of departure for this article. The article addresses two questions: (1) what were the causes for these and other successful transitions, and (2) can the same be effected elsewhere. Machakos is not the only example; there are many other regions where from a seemingly hopeless situation a healthy agriculture was established.


The purpose of the paper is to present the implementation of maintenance management in educational institutions in Indonesia. It is important for every school to have an effective facilities maintenance management plan. Therefore, we analyze how facilities maintenance is planned and managed by educational institutions (primary, secondary, and vocational schools) in Indonesia. The survey questionnaires were sent to 37 schools through google form. The result shows that within some maintenance success indicators such as maintenance planning and policy; data collection and management; facility condition; human resource management; maintenance funding and cost; continuous improvement, most of the schools (97,3%) are already implementing maintenance programs. However, some of the schools (46%) never conduct training to improve the skills and competencies of human resources related to maintenance.


Elderly at risk of dementia is caused by a decline in cognitive function. Dementia is also followed by depression syndrome. Intervention traditional game 3 jadi used to train cognitive function and reduces depression of elderly. The traditional game 3 jadi is one form of transmissive reminiscence therapy that use the culture has been known by the people of Dusun Kedungsumur. The study aim to analyze effect of the traditional game 3 jadi against the progression of dementia in the elderly. Design of research was quasy experimental study. The target population were 15.341 respondents in Kabupaten Mojokerto. The independent variable was the traditional game 3 jadi. The dependent variable was cognitive and depression level. Data was collected using ECAQ (Elderly Cognitive Assessment Questionnaire) and GDS (Geriatric Depression Scale). The statistical analysis used were Independent T-Test and Paired T-Test with a significance level of α ≤ 0.05. Statistical test results Paired T-Test for cognitive was p = 0.010 and depression was p = 0.000. Statistical test results Independent T-Test for cognitive was p = 0.003 and depression was p = 0.000 so that the results showed that there were significant traditional game 3 jadi against the progression of dementia. It can be concluded that the effect of the traditional game 3 jadi against the progression of dementia is very strong. Elderly will be get increased cognitive level and decline depression level  to satisfy their need for self care after finished their game.


This paper aims to determine the levels of work-related stress and job satisfaction of shopping mall employees, bearing in mind the perception that shopping malls have busy work schedule and high electromagnetic pollution. 174 staff members employed at shopping malls in Turkey's Adana city were selected using convenience sampling method and included in the sample of the study. A survey including demographic questions along with the Organizational Stress Questionnaire - D (VOS-D) was conducted with these participants. Whether the sub-dimensions directed at determining the work-related stress and job satisfaction levels of the employees are statistically related to the socio-demographic qualities such as gender, age, education level, income level are analyzed using statistical tests. When the correlations between the sub-dimensions of the scale were examined, it was seen that there was a positive correlation between the overload dimension and task conflict and future uncertainty. Furthermore, there is a positive correlation between a lack of belief in the necessity of the work and a lack of job satisfaction. This paper helps to raise awareness of individuals on electromagnetic radiation in their environment in the shopping malls, where the work schedule is considered to be busy and the electromagnetic pollution is high.


Throughout this note R will denote a discrete valuation ring with unique prime ideal (p) =Rp. Q will denote the quotient field of R and R* will denote the completion of R. For basic definitions related to 7v-modules see [l], [2], or [5]. By rank, we shall mean torsion-free rank. If M is an Tv-module and xEM, Um(x) will denote the Ulm sequence (aQ, <*i, • • • , an, • ■ • ) where, for each n, a" is the height of pnx. Two such sequences (a0, ai, ■ ■ ■ ) and (B0, $1, ■ • ■ ) are said to be equivalent if there is an m and an n such that a"+i = Bm+i for all nonnegative integers i. If M has rank one, then Um(x) and Uu(y) are equivalent whenever x and y are elements of M having zero order ideal. Consequently, if M has rank one, we associate with M an equivalence class U(M) of Ulm sequences. Mt will denote the torsion submodule of M. This note is devoted to establishing the following


Abstract : Morphological analysis (MA) is a non-quantified modelling method for structuring and analyzing technical, organizational and social problem complexes. It is well suited for developing scenarios, and the method is highly appropriate for complex cases where expertise from several areas is required. It is also useful for developing and relating operational and tactical scenarios to force requirements. Using MA for problem solving or scenario generation typically involves workshop sessions supported by a computer tool. Casper (Computer Aided Scenario and Problem Evaluation Routine) was developed at the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) by Dr. Tom Ritchey in order to support MA work. An example of how MA is used for the development of a set of scenarios is given. These scenarios were developed for the Swedish Armed Forces long-term planning and describe a number of long-term strategic situations, including peace support operations. The use of MA to define force requirements will be illustrated briefly by elements of an airborne capability study at the Swedish Army Command.


The diagnosis of osteoporosis has traditionally been made by observing bone radiographs and analyzing the optical density. More advanced methods measure the mineral content or the quantity of bone tissue, but do not determine bone quality, which depends on the bone tissue architecture. The structure and organization of bone tissue is a vital factor for assessing bone strength, as minute changes in the structure strongly affect bone strength. This study describes a novel method, based on optical and digital image processing of conventional radiographs for a quantitative evaluation of bone tissue architecture. The trabecular pattern appearing on the femoral neck radiograph was analyzed based on the power spectrum of this pattern, which was obtained by optical Fourier transform. The two-dimensional optical power spectrum was captured to the computer by a CCD device and after filtering and noise reduction, it was characterized using spatial frequencies in different directions. Software was developed for the analysis of the power spectrum of the trabecular pattern to yield a bone index. The effect of the image optical density on the calculated bone index was not significant. On the other hand, the bone index, based on the trabecular structure, was found to differ significantly between normal and osteoporotic bones. Thus, the power spectrum analysis could differentiate normal from osteoporotic bones much better than the amount of radiation absorbed by the bone.


ABSTRACT Jefferson Island, the northernmost of the Five Islands salt domes of coastal Louisiana, experienced major ground failure and mine flooding on November 20, 1980. The development of a collapse sinkhole in Lake Peigneur, which overlies the Jefferson Island dome, resulted in the loss of 68.2 ac (27.6 ha) of land along the southeastern lake margin. Although this failure was man-induced, the observed processes provide insight into collapse structure development on salt domes by salt dissolution and caprock alteration. The sinkhole was triggered by a deep-seated instability that initiated a series of mass movements. The morphology and spatial distribution of these movements depended on variations in surficial lithology, water-holding capacity, and yield strength of affected sediments. Multiple retrogressive rotational slides developed in Pleistocene clays along the southern shoreline because the clay's cohesive strength provided little resistance to tensional release. Compound slides developed in loessial sediments along the southeastern shoreline because frictional resistance within the loess retarded tensional release. The rate of sediment dewatering and variations in sediment texture and thickness produced variations in mudflow morphology in the Holocene muds on the lake bottom. Available evidence indicates that Jefferson Island has previously experienced surficial subsidence during its geologic development. At least two distinct rates of subsidence have occurred during modern times -- incremental subsidence measured near the salt mine and episodic subsidence, such as occurred on November 20, 1980. The topographic low overlying Jefferson Island resulted from the dissolution of salt and caprock and formation of a collapse structure. Geomorphic and stratigraphic evidence of episodic subsidence includes late Pleistocene meander scars cut by the lake's shoreline, V-shaped Holocene mud fills beneath portions of the lake bottom, and brecciation and cavity development within the caprock associated with a complex history of secondary alteration. Natural incremental subsidence was probably occurring as well; however, its relative contribution cannot be confidently estimated.


The optimizing of the railway construction project organization variant, and the auxiliary designing system of picture format files are introduced. Relative calculation method used to optimize variant of the railway construction organization design with multi level and multi object decision making method is provided.


Adult Podisus maculiventris (Say) consumed no adult ladybird beetles (Harmonia axyridis Pallas) and 30-35% of larval ladybird beetles in no-choice laboratory trials. Nymphal P. maculiventris appeared to be more agile than adults in petri dishes and attacked 65% of both larval and adult H. axyrides; however, they only killed and consumed 50% of larvae and 20% of adult ladybird beetles. Ladybird beetle larvae were aggressive and often escaped, whereas adult beetles were usually rejected by the nymphal predators, suggesting unpalatability. Overall, P. maculiventris took more than four times longer to capture ladybeetle larvae than to capture fall armyworms (Spodoptera frugiperda [J. E. Smith]). In nature, while some ladybird beetles are undoubtedly consumed by P. maculiventris, most probably escape predation, either by evasion or through lack of palatability.


In the diploma thesis, concrete data from gauging stations located in the northwestern part of Slovenia are used to calculate environmental flow according to the selected hydrologic methods that are used and/or are specified by legislation in Slovenia, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as the Tennant method. The aim of the diploma thesis has been to determine the differences and deviations between different methods and evaluate the suitability of the selected methodology accepted by the Republic of Slovenia in the Decree on the criteria for determination and on the mode of monitoring and reporting on environmental flow (OG RS, No. 97/ 2009) by comparing and analyzing values calculated through various methods. Qes values calculated according to the Slovene Decree on Qes (2009) are most similar to the values calculated according to the method used in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and if they are used to calculate specific flows are also comparable to the specific flows required to ensure Qes on alpine streams in Italy.


Objective To study the effects of VitE on mammary tumor induced by 7,12 dimethylben (a) anthracene (DMBA) in rat.Method Female of 50 days old Sprague Dawley rats(weighed around 176g) were randomly divided into 4 groups:negative control group,positive control group,low dose group and high dose group.Except rats in the negative control group,each rat was given DMBA 15mg dissolved in 1 5ml plant oil by intragastrition.At the same time,the rats in low and high dose group were given VitE,rats in negative and positive control group were given basic forage for 24 weeks.Results The tumor rates in four groups were 75 0%、52 4%、34 8%,respectively.The differences among the three groups were significent.Conclusion VitE had chemical preventive effect on mammary tumor.


Abstract This resource is a training curriculum on pediatric procedural skills. It was developed as a yearly procedural skills training day, which allows incoming interns the opportunity to practic...


ABSTRACT:  The recovery of proteins from fish by-products for their utilization as food ingredients is becoming of increasing interest in the food industry as they may possess good functional and nutritional properties. This article reviews the main processing methods, such as enzymatic hydrolysis, pH shifting, membrane filtration, and some emerging technologies, used for the recovery of proteins from fish processing by-products. The impact of these methods on the yield and, especially, on the functionality of the recovered proteins is discussed in detail. Considering that there is a huge amount of fish by-products destined for nonfood use, one of the current challenges of the food industry is the development of technologies that allow the recovery of ingredients from the fish processing by-products with potential to provide new and natural sources of high-value functional ingredients for human consumption. In this sense, this review explores the potential use of the glycation reaction to increase the yield of proteins extracted from fish by-products, as well as the effect of this reaction on their functional and biological properties.


ing. Edwin Smith's and Princeton Lymon's chapters detail the challenges Bunche faced and the pathbreaking work he did at the United Nations— helping to form and direct the anticolonial wing, negotiating to resolve conflicts between the Arabs and Israelis after the 1948 war, and dealing with the failure in the Congo. The scholars explore cogently and persuasively the difficulty of that work, the lack of precedent, the legal netherland of the U.N., and (in the case of the Arab-Israeli conflict) the ultimate limits of the cease-fire. Most important, it becomes evident that Bunche recognized that, despite the Nobel Peace Prize, he had not brought about real peace in the Middle East, but had only negotiated an armistice, because the issues of the Palestinians and land had not been addressed. Now that is significant! Bunche, in short, needs no contrived attempt to be relevant. In this volume, he needed, instead, to have been taken on his own terms.


Sometimes we make choices that transform us significantly; they change who we are and what we value. This article looks at such choices and resulting changes from the perspective of control and moral responsibility. While we may have an inclination to think that we possess a good amount of control over these important transformations, a more careful examination reveals that we may have less than ideal control over some fundamental choices and changes in our character. As a result, this brings into question to what degree we can praise and blame people for undergoing (or even failing to undergo) big personal transformations.


Process orientation is used increasingly as an approach to streamlining formerly inefficient business procedures and workflow management systems are frequently deployed IT systems to support this. The large number of workflow management systems available in the market and a growing demand for workflow systems demonstrates this trend. However in a world of electronic interconnectivity, the concepts for process automation within a single organisation need to be extended to support co-operation with customers and partners in different organisations. Current workflow standards bodies provide limited support to enable this interconnectivity. They provide interfaces and data structures for interoperability but they do not address various aspects of the confidentiality of internal structures of process; those that bring a competitive edge. The paper outlines our approach for dealing with these inter-organisational aspects. We propose a model for tiering business processes into organisations' private business processes and shared business processes that interconnect them. Private business processes can expose interaction points and shared processes can link to these points so that an overall business process may span two or more organisations. The interaction points can selectively expose information about an organisation's processes, process tasks and roles. The paper also presents how these modelling ideas can be supported by a corresponding architecture and describes a prototype that implements key ideas of the architecture.


Background. Medical oncologists provide long term care for patients who have been treated for cancer and are in remission. However, little is known about how physicians use routine laboratory and imaging tests for detecting cancer recurrence in their patients.


The molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC) wet seal are has been found to experience accelerated corrosion in the presence of molten electrolyte because of simultaneous exposure to reducing and oxidizing atmospheres. Development of protective coatings plays an important role in minimizing this corrosion. Various aluminizing processes, such as flame spraying, slurry spraying, pack cementation, and ion vapor deposition, have been evaluated for their effectiveness. Continuous interdiffusion of aluminum and substrate Fe, Ni, and Cr occurred during high-temperature corrosion tests. Among the four aluminizing methods, ion-vapor deposition (IVD) with subsequent diffusion bonding appears to provide the most protective coating in the MCFC wet seal environment.


Because it is difficult to select the parameters of support vector regression(SVR),so an immune support vector regression(ISVR) for fault location is presented in the paper.It uses immune algorithm to optimize the parameters of SVR in order to globally optimize parameters and reduce the blindness of parameters selection by man and improve generation performance of SVR.Compared to the standard SVR,the parameters selection of this algorithm has more specific rule to follow and accelerates the optimization process.A large number of simulations show that the algorithm for fault location is of higher precision,stronger adaptability,fewer samples;and it is free from influence of factors such as fault transition resistance,opposite side impedance changes,and it eliminates false root in the conventional one-terminal algorithm and divergence in iteration.


The invention discloses a composite imposing method and system, which comprises the following steps: setting interpreting mode, assembling mode, sharing memory unit separately; setting imposing parameter for the interpreting mode; distributing the imposing parameter and small-page page to the interpreting mode; interpreting the grammar of small-page page according to the imposing parameter; generating middle file; using assembling mode to assemble the middle file to generate large-version page lattice; storing the large-version page lattice to the sharing memory unit. The composite imposing system contains interpreting mode distributing unit, at least interpreting modes with different patterns, sharing memory unit and assembling mode. The invention can impose the depicted page file with different format patterns, which improves the efficiency of composite imposition.


We report highly effective hydrogen gas detection based on the metal–insulator transition (MIT) by the electrothermally induced Pd-nanoparticles-decorated vanadium oxide (VO2) nanowire prepared by the efficient and size-controllable growth method originating from V2O5 thin film driven by supercooled liquid nanodroplets. By irradiating a well-defined electron beam into the nanowires, we could significantly increase the conductivity up to four times with only a modest change in the semiconductor-to-metal transition temperature (<2 °C). When exposed to trace amounts of hydrogen gas in a single nanowire configuration, the enhanced conductivity gave rise to about a two times as fast transition to metallic phase even near room temperature (∼35 °C), by reaching much faster (∼3×) a critical current density at which the self-heating initiates. Consequently, we achieved the greatly shorter response time as well as lower operating temperature and voltage for the detection of hydrogen gas in a single VO2 nanowire dev...


The effects of corn peptides(CP) on hemolysis of rats red blood cell were observed in the spectrophotometric method, while the reagent kits were used to analyze the content of malondialdehyde (MDA). In vitro, the inhibiting rate of 10.0mg/ml CP on radical-induced MDA formation in rat liver mitochondria was 39.63%, while 22.83% in normal rats liver, 45.59% incubated with Fe2+ and 67.53% incubated with H2O2. CP made the radical-induced swelling of rats liver mitochondria obviously be lower than the control, so the results showed that CP could inhibit oxidation damage of rats liver mitochondria. Cp could also inhibit hemolysis induced by H2O2 during warm-bathing of rats red blood cell, so this result showed activity the protection held against oxidation damage of rats red blood cell.


Mental health has been an integral part of an individual's well-being, although there have been difficulties in defining it and in whether mental illness should be seen as the opposite end of this spectrum. Sartorius (1) defined mental health as a state of the organism which allows the full performance of all its functions or as a state of balance within oneself and between an individual and his or her physical, social (and cultural) environment. Another definition used is absence of disease. However, the key is that an individual must be able to function well and in so doing meet the needs of food, shelter, survival, and so forth. (2) Mental health is related to feelings of self-worth and contributes to self-esteem. As such mental health is a mixture of physical, social, and psychological well-being. Interactions between the individual and that person's immediate family and peers and society at large will allow him or her to function effectively and successfully. Bhugra et al (3) noted that mental health is about a state of equipoise, where the individual is at peace with themself, functions effectively socially, and is able to look after his or her needs. Psychiatry has often focused too much on mental illness and not enough on mental health. Training both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels may cover some aspects of preventive and social medicine, but often does not deal with mental health and well-being. We ignore the interaction between physical and mental health at our peril. There is ample evidence that co-morbidity of physical and mental illness can diminish overall prognosis. Positive mental health can result in better educational attainment, greater productivity, reduced mortality, and reduced risk behaviours. (4) The relationship between mental health promotion and prevention of mental ill health is important. Clinicians are trained in managing mental illness and mental ill health. The challenge is to encourage them to lead on prevention. Mental ill health poses a considerable imposition on society directly and indirectly. In the United Kingdom, for example, mental ill health accounts for 22.8% of total disease burden, compared to 15.9% on cancer and 16.2% on cardiovascular disease, and the economic cost of mental illness is 105 [pounds sterling] billion in England alone. (4) The case for prevention is significant not only for economic reasons but for the functioning of society as a whole. There is evidence to indicate that the burden of mental illness cannot be reduced simply by treating mentally ill individuals. (5) It has been argued that the only sustainable method of reducing the burden of disease is prevention. (6) We know that half of lifetime mental illnesses (except dementia) starts by the age of 14 years and 75% by the mid-20s. (7,8) Risk factors for mental ill health in adulthood date back to childhood where these factors can be divided into those relating to the child, those relating to the family, and those related to the household itself. Maternal stress, substance abuse during pregnancy, child (physical, sexual and emotional) abuse, lone parents, low income, poor housing, overcrowding, debt, violence, unemployment, and other factors all play a role. Looked-after children (those in care), the elderly, women, lesbians/gay/bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, and prisoners are all at a higher risk of developing mental ill health. Mental health and physical health should be promoted together and not in isolation from each other. Mental health promotion can be focused on societies and families as well as on individuals. Individuals must develop the personal ability to deal with the social environment and that subject's internal world. The entire population as a whole should be seen as the base of a pyramid. Most individuals will seek help from their personal, social and folk sector in the first instance. A small proportion will seek help in primary care and of these only a few may be referred on to secondary care. …


There's some unwritten law of stadium parking that says after any event some fraction of hapless souls must perform an embarrassing reenactment of Dude, Where's My Car? It might seem like a simple thing to remember until you consider that the brain must often process and retain new memories while simultaneously tending to several unrelated cognitive tasks. Though it's not exactly clear how the brain processes a recent memory, evidence suggests that a good nap during an event might prevent parking mishaps. Many studies have shown that brain regions activated while learning a task are reactivated during sleep, suggesting that this "offline" processing facilitates memory retention. But when does the memory consolidation process begin?


Experiments and a literature survey both show that energy dispersive microprobe analysis of Ni in steel generally gives substantial negative errors. This situation has been related to significantly lower X-ray intensity ratios, k values, from an energy dispersive spectrometer system compared with a conventional wavelength dispersive spectrometer. Lower Fe contents in the specimens have been shown to give decreasing errors, which appear to be independent of the ZAF correction calculations.

It is suggested that the systematic error for Ni is caused by the method of background subtraction, which seems to reduce the Ni Kα area. The error can be minimized if peak-height intensities are used and if the background level is measured and subtracted manually.


The article argues that public transport in Australia's cities is in a state of crisis because of falling or static passenger numbers and rising deficits. Public transport passenger statistics for trains, buses and trams are studied from 1940 to 1980 for Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide, revealing that the spectacular drop in patronage has coincided with an even greater rise in private car ownership and usage. The advantages and disadvantages of fixed track transport versus buses are analysed. Public transport as a political issue is canvassed for recent NSW and Victorian elections. The reorganisation of the NSW Public Transport Commission into the State Rail Authority and the Urban Transit Authority is explained, while the controversy over Melbourne's underground rail loop and Victoria's lonie report is analysed. The article concludes that despite bureaucratic reorganisation and new rolling stock, the viability of urban public transport will only increase if governments explore more direct ways of constraining car use in our cities.


This study aims to analyze the employee recruitment and selection process at CIMB Niaga Bank of Banjarmasin and the effect to the employee performance. The research used a descriptive qualitative method with data collection techniques in the form of interviews, observations, and documentation. The results showed that CIMB Niaga Banjarmasin uses an open and closed recruitment process through internal and external sources, and uses both scientific and non-scientific methods in selecting employees. Job announcements have taken advantage of technology and social media. However, the selection method used is still conservative. It was found that recruitment and selection have an impact on the performance of employees at CIMB Niaga Bank Banjarmasin.. This proves that scientific recruitment methods such as psychological tests can predict the performance of prospective employees in the future


1. The rate of true absorption of carotenoid pigments in the laying hen was studied using three kinds of fresh and three kinds of dried green forage (sweet-potato vine, orchard grass and red clover). The summarized data obtained from this study are shown in table 22. 2. In the case of fresh green forage, the rate of absorption of xanthophylls seems to be higher than that of carotenes. The rates of absorption of xanthophylls of the three kinds of fresh green forage were 51.6-82.7%, while those of carotenes of the same kinds of forage were 48.8-60.1%.3. In the case of dried green forage, the rate of absorption of xanthophylls was found to be simi larly higher than that of carotenes, the rates of absorption of xanthophylls and carotenes of the three kinds of dried forage being 39.1-55.0 and 28.3-3 9.9%, respectively.Generally, the drying process seems to lower the rate of absorption of carotenoid pigments of green forage in laying hens.


The evolution of the modern human vocal tract is characterized by a progressive increase in the degree of flexion of the base of the skull. The acoustic consequences of this basicranial flexion were analyzed using a transmission line analog model and calculating variations in vocal tract transfer functions as the trailing edge of a constriction is moved anteriorly. The behavior of an unflexed tract was modeled by trading back and front cavity lengths. That of the modern human vocal tract was modeled similarly, except that after the distance of the trailing edge of the constriction tube from the larynx increased past the superior end of the pharynx, the cross‐sectional area of the back cavity was increased (instead of its length) as front‐cavity length decreased. The modern human vocal tract had a larger area of stability for the second formant frequency for [i]‐like constrictions than that produced by the unflexed tract. It appears that the human vocal tract has evolved in the direction of increased size ...


The excessive dose of the widely used X-ray computer tomography (CT) may induce potential disease. So lower radiation dose is an important direction of CT development. Short-scanning few-view CT (SSFW-CT) imaging can reduce radiation dose and scan time simultaneously. The total variation (TV) algorithm based on compressed sensing has been extensively used in CT reconstruction. The algorithm based on sparse transform is also applied to CT reconstruction, such as wavelet transform. Because of the serious discomfort with the SSFW-CT, the paper proposes a regularization iteration reconstruction algorithm method that combining total variation method and tight-frame transform, denoted TV-TFIR. The proposed method can reconstruct the details of the image more precisely. The simulation phantom and real data are used to verify the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm. The experimental results of the proposed method are more effective in both quantitative indicators and visual effects.


PurposeBig data management research and practice, however, have received enormous interest from academia and industry; the extant literature demonstrates that the authors have limited understanding and challenges in this knowledge-stream to fully capitalize with its potentials. One of the contemporary challenges is to accurately verify data veracity, and developing value from the verified data for an organization and its stakeholders. Consequently, the purpose of this paper is to develop insights on how the authors could strategically deal with the contemporary challenges in strategic management of big data, related to data veracity and data value.Design/methodology/approachThe inductive–constructivist approach is followed to develop insights at the intersection of dynamic capabilities theory and stakeholder relationship management concept, in order to strategically deal with the contemporary challenges in big data management, related to data veracity and data value.FindingsAt the intersection of dynamic capabilities theory and stakeholder relationship management concept, an implication is acknowledged, which has research and practical significance to strategically verify data source, its veracity and value. Following this implication, a framework of a data incubator is proposed to proactively develop insights on veracity and value of data. Empirical insights are also presented in this study to support this initial framework.Practical implicationsFor future research in strategic management of big data, academics will have contextual understanding on the particular interconnected and interdependent attributes from dynamic capabilities and stakeholder relationship management research streams to further enhance the understanding on big data management. For practice, these insights will be useful for executives to focus on specific attributes of the proposed data incubator to confirm data veracity and develop insights on how to design, deliver and evaluate stakeholder value based on the verified data.Originality/valueFollowing a synthesis at the intersection of dynamic capabilities theory and stakeholder relationship management concept, this study introduces a data incubator to meaningfully deal with the big data management challenges, related to veracity and value of data.


Provided is an evaluation of a procedure used in Russia to determine the runway pavement roughness index. The process is performed by analyzing longitudinal profile elevation data. The paper provides an illustration of calculations performed for a 500 m long runway at an airport near Moscow. The roughness longitudinal profile elevations measurements require an accuracy of at least 1.0 mm. An Auto-Read Orifuler Dipstick 2000 equipment was used in these measurements. The results were processed by plotting the runway pavement profile and they were modeled by N-order curve approximation. Particular attention is paid to determination of an index whose quantitative estimate best reflects a negative impact of pavement surface microrelief on aircraft structural elements.


Numerous biogeographic studies have suggested that geographic isolations triggered by Quaternary climatic changes could have contributed greatly to the high species diversity of eastern Asia. However, little is known about how speciation proceeded during the evolutionary divergence of sister species in this region. In this study, we examined genomic divergence and investigated the speciation process of the two species in the genus Sinalliaria endemic to eastern China, S. limprichtiana (Pax) X. F. Jin, Y. Y. Zhou & H. W. Zhang and S. grandifolia (Z. X. An) Huan Hu, com. nov. (Basionym: Alliaria grandifolia Z. X. An (Acta Phytotax. Sin. 23: 396, 1985)). We sequenced the transcriptomes of seven and eight S. limprichtiana and S. grandifolia individuals, respectively. Analysis of transcriptome single nucleotide polymorphism data indicated that both species were well‐delineated with strong genetic differentiation (mean FST = 0.31). A total of 4000 genes showed differential expression between the two species. Based on these genome‐scale nucleotide variations, we used the allele frequency spectrum for modeling analysis with fastsimcoal to gain insights into the speciation process. Our results suggested divergence with continuous gene flow between the two species. These findings will add to our knowledge on the origin of species diversity in eastern Asia.


Abstract This article explores the relationship between ethnolinguistic vitality and translation in indigenous languages in Mexico. Based on a more general concept of vitality, the author examines how different institutional translation spaces, as well as translational practices, contribute to the vitality of indigenous languages. The practices under scrutiny are historical as well as contemporary, literary translation as well as oral and translation in linguistic landscapes. The voice of indigenous translators is analysed to complete the hypotheses of translation as a factor to be included in the list of vitality factors.


The Method of Equivalence Cross-Sections (MECS) is a combined transport-diffusion method. By appropriately adjusting the diffusion coefficient of homogenized absorber region, the diffusion theory could yield satisfactory results for the full core model with strong neutron absorber material, for example the control rod in High temperature gas cooled reactor (HTR). Original implementation of MECS based on 1-D cell transport model has some limitation on accuracy and applicability, a new implementation of MECS based on 2-D transport model are proposed and tested in this paper. This improvement can extend the MECS to the calculation of twin small absorber ball system which have a non-circular boring in graphite reflector and different radial position. A least-square algorithm for the calculation of equivalent diffusion coefficient is adopted, and special treatment for diffusion coefficient for higher energy group is proposed in the case that absorber is absent. Numerical results to adopt MECS into control rod calculation in HTR are encouraging. However, there are some problems left. (authors)


Most of the Ceramic SMEs face problems with numerical and chemical aspects of glaze calculations. These problems arise for the differentiations of the available in the market raw materials and the need to combine the existing ones in order to produce a non problematic glaze (changing a frit for another) and with low toxicity. The presented work is a solution for Ceramic enterprises to overcome these problems and produce quality products by learning how to build the desired glazes using the available in the market raw materials. This publication describes a glaze calculation software based on the Seger Method enhanced with advanced features, developed in a friendly and easy to use graphical interface were the ceramists can create recipes, mix recipes between them, upload images of the outcomes, search for existing recipes, and simulate the results changing a number of parameters (e.g. temperature). It is a useful methodology that undertakes to perform a great deal of the required calculations, helping the ceramists to learn how to make recipes following international standards and mixing different materials for the development of cost effective quality products.


This report describes the computer code that is associated with the ORNL Commercial Energy Use Model. The model uses both economic and technological factors to forecast energy use, fuel expenditures, and capital costs. The model is disaggregated in that it forecasts annual commercial energy use for ten building types, five end uses and four fuel types. Recently, regionalization of the model has incorporated interregional variation in factors such as fuel price and climate. The model has been used for several sensitivity studies and is presently being used as a tool to analyze Federal energy-conservation programs.


In order to realize a long time unattended data acquisition in a complex and harsh environment in the ocean, a low-power intelligent sensor based on STM32 chip is designed. The sensor system is mainly composed of the central control unit based on the ARM chip STM32F103R6, sensor probes, storage and power control unit. Through the detailed design of some key issues such as high-precision sampling, low-power processing, communication, an intelligent ocean sensor has been developed, which has many functions including self-test, self-calibration, self-storage and communication. The test shows that the intelligent sensor work with high stability, and can provide detailed data on deep-sea environment for research.


As wireless charging systems become more and more widely used, higher requirements are put forward for their information interaction. Traditional external communication devices have problems with high delay and safety. Wireless power and data transfer technology can realize the synchronous transfer of power and data without additional communication device. This paper builds a simultaneous wireless power and data transfer (SWPDT) system for electric vehicles. It uses a single transmitting coil and discrete receiving coils to construct different power and data transfer channels. By changing the duty cycle of the inverter, the data is modulated into the system. Moreover, the system is modeled to analyze the power and efficiency of the power transmission and the extraction voltage of the data channel. Finally, a simulation model is built to verify the reliability and accuracy of the system. The results show that the power and data rate achieves 1.5kW and 16kbps respectively. The influence of high power transmission on communication is reduced and simultaneous transmission of high power and information without additional communication devices is realized in this paper, which is beneficial to reduce the cost.


In his Insights essay, Professor Wildavsky [1992] offers a solution to the fervent, ongoing debate between advocates for bilingual education and those who believe that English, as the language of the country, should be the sole language of instruction in public schools. His proposal of a universal second language requirement has a worthwhile goal: bilingualism for all students. However, by proposing this particular route toward the goal of universal bilingualism, he demonstrates a significant lack of knowledge about the most effective methods of second language acquisition for both English-speaking and minority-language children. Professor Wildavsky argues that universal second language instruction is a more equitable and less contentious policy than bilingual education. He favors a methodology of language teaching which has been firmly entrenched in the history of American education: language taught as a subject itself, meted out in class periods two or three times a week, characterized by "drill" and "help at home" (p. 312). However, there is little evidence that such methodology has been successful. Most high schools have attempted to teach languages in this way for decades, yet the evidence shows that the level of mastery attained is abysmal. Simon describes Americans as "linguistically malnourished" [1992, p. 5]. He offers considerable evidence that the United States lags far behind most other industrialized countries in the degree to which its citizens master second languages, and gives proof of the toll this has taken on our diplomatic relations, national security, and foreign trade. Most educated Americans can confirm this with personal experience. How many of us have suffered through high school French or German for three or four years, to emerge upon graduation with little more than the ability to carry on the most rudimentary of conversations? There is a further problem with the universal second language requirement. Professor Wildavsky proposes that schools may choose to teach a second language which has local relevance. That is, in a community with a large Spanish-speaking population, instruction in the Spanish language will be given to a class with both Spanishand English-dominant students. The assumption is that the Spanish-dominant students will have an academic advantage in this class, and that this will bolster their ethnic pride and selfesteem. In other classes, English-dominant students will have the advantage, creating a system of equity. However, the assumption of academic advantage on the part of Spanishor other minority-language speakers is unwarranted. As Kellogg [1988] points out, the majority of immigrants in the last two decades have come as a result of grave upheavals in their countries: war, political instability and oppression, economic crises, and severe unemployment. One result of these conditions is that for many immigrants, formal schooling in their homeland was limited or disrupted. Immigrant children


A two week program was initiated summer 2012 at the University of South Alabama for highachieving incoming engineering students. The program introduces students to two highly popular areas: robotics and composite materials. The participants are exposed to a graphical programming tool, LabVIEWTM, which is widely used in engineering curricula, and use the tool to program LEGO MINDSTORM® robots. This combination provides immediate, visual, verification of project solutions. The students quickly gain skills and facility with both tools, creatively addressing the various assigned tasks. The program has been highly successful in capturing the interest of the participants and has led to increased retention of these students in engineering.


We proposed KANSEI evaluation method using new 13 evaluative words which can evaluate an impression that viewers receive from high-definition large-sized images. Using this method, we compared different impression between 4K and 2K image. As a result, the validity of the proposed method was verified by reasonable experimental results such as an impression of "feeling of material" increases as the viewing distance decreases. We also considered the viewing environment and image production technique suitable for a high-definition and large-size images from the result of different viewing distances and materials.


AZ91 cast magnesium alloy with artificial defects in shape of hole were investigated to relate with the ultrasonic A signal and its characteristic value. The results indicated that there existed a good linear relation between the A signal amplitude and the diameter and position of the holes. Also, the research adopted low pass filter and wavelet analysis to decrease the noise, and the results indicated that using wavelet analysis the signal to noise ration could be effectively raised for the ultrasonic A signal of small holes.


This document describes the numerical technique implemented to characterize the size of helium clusters from molecular dynamics simulation, i.e. Chapters 7 and 8 of my thesis.


High school teams competing in the FIRST Robotics Competition and students of all ages building Lego robots have become increasingly common in K-12 education. Although robotics can be an excellent means to introduce technology and engineering design into the classroom, the scope of artificial intelligence (AI) is much greater. To help students learn about these topics in a meaningful way and to see how they fit together, this paper presents a concept map that uses principles from philosophy of the mind to organize AI topics. This approach supports a deeper understanding of AI, while making philosophical issues that interest teenagers accessible through interactive explorations of machine intelligence. In addition to the concept map, we also present examples from a K-12 AI curriculum that is being designed around the concept map.


A new approach to HVDC and FACTS transient/dynamic simulation based on an interactive execution of an ac transient stability program (TSP) and the Electro-Magnetic Transients Program(EMTP) is described. Through the integration of the detailed transient model of FACTS with the transient stability program, authentic simulation is achieved without simplifications. Both HVDC and Thyristor Controlled Series Capacitor (TCSC) systems are used to validate the approach, under different coupling situations between both TSP arid EMTP. From the first small DC and AC "mini networks", there are now systems transmitting 3 4 GW over large distances with only one bipolar DC transmission: 1.000 2.000 km or more are feasible with overhead lines. With submarine cables, transmission levels of up to 600 – 800 MW over distances of nearly 300 km have already been attained, and cable transmission lengths of up to 1.300 km are in the planning stage. As a multiterminal system, HVDC can also be con-nected at several points with the surrounding three-phase network. FACTS are applicable in parallel connection or in series or in a combination of both. The rating of shunt connected FACTS controllers is up to 800 Mvar, series FACTS devices are implemented on 550 and 735 kV level to increase the line transmission capacity up to several GW.


What is the topic of this review? The review discusses how eosinophils can contribute to the function of perivascular adipose tissue and explores the mechanisms involved. What advances does it highlight? Understanding the communication between the cell populations that constitute perivascular adipose tissue function is important for exploring therapeutic options in the treatment of obesity‐related cardiovascular complications. This article highlights that eosinophils are able to contribute directly to healthy perivascular adipose tissue function. These immune cells contribute to adrenergic signalling and nitric oxide‐ and adiponectin‐dependent mechanisms in perivascular adipose tissue.


Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome (KTS) is a rare complex vascular syndrome with limb hypertrophy. KTS is diagnosed if at least two of the three features of capillary malformation, venous malformation, and soft tissue and/or bone overgrowth are present. Of these, capillary malformation (i.e., port-wine stain) is the most commonly observed feature but may be absent in atypical KTS. We herein report a case of atypical KTS with venous malformation and unilateral soft tissue hypertrophy.


Warner-Lambert played down the potentially fatal risks associated with troglitazone during the approval process and received help from federal drug regulators in pushing the drug towards marketing approval, an article published in the Los Angeles Times has claimed.

The newspaper based its report on company and government documents, some secretly obtained, as well as email communications, which showed that officials from Warner-Lambert had collaborated closely with certain senior officials in the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) during the approval process and later, when the company was being pressured to take the drug off the market.

The FDA initially approved troglitazone, marketed as Rezulin, in January 1997 for treatment of type 2 diabetes. The drug was …


An alternative Laplace transform solution for the problem, originally solved by Neuman, of constant discharge from a partially penetrating well in a water-table aquifer was obtained. The solution differs from existing solutions in that it is simpler in form and can be numerically inverted without the need for time-consuming numerical integration. The derivation involves the use of the Laplace transform and a finite Fourier cosine series and avoids the Hankel transform used in prior derivations. The solution allows for water in the overlying unsaturated zone to be released either instantaneously in response to a declining water table as assumed by Neuman, or gradually as approximated by Boulton's convolution integral. Numerical evaluation yields results identical with results obtained by previously published methods with the advantage, under most well-aquifer configurations, of much reduced computation time.


Facemasks are personal protective equipment worn to reduce the risk of the transmission of Covid-19. University students and teachers/lecturers in Serbia are required to wear facemasks in class at all times. However, such practice may cause challenges in student-teacher communication.
 We present students' experiences regarding speech intelligibility in the educational setting. We distributed an anonymous online questionnaire among students from various universities. Speaking with a facemask in class creates communication challenges for teachers and students alike. Students
 claim that teachers often have difficulties understanding students who speak wearing masks; teachers often ask students to repeat the sentence, and teachers often ask students to speak louder. Similarly, when teachers talk with their facemasks, students often report not hearing or understanding
 teachers back. In turn, students would ask teachers to repeat the sentence and raise voices. Students pay more attention to teachers' facial expressions, hand gestures, body language, and tone of voice. Students tend to engage their non-verbal interaction skills more often to facilitate communication.
 We further discuss the differences regarding students' gender and the type of facemask typically worn. We express concern that the inability to communicate clearly may cause annoyance and frustration in the academic setting.


Large-capacity refrigeration crossing electromagnetic four-way reversing valve,which changes the flow direction of refrigerant,is a core components of the large air cooled heat pump unit. Its reliability is the focus of attention for engineers and technicians.In this paper,it focused on the reliability of the four-way reversing valve. Its cylinder aging and the processing of internal grinding process,heat treatment and external grinding were introduced. And the reasonable processing flow and parameters were proposed at last.


A fast coincidence circuit and time-sorter is describod, designed for time-of-flight measurements of fast neutrons. Time zero-time is estabiisbed by the associated particle method. (tr-auth)


In daily clinical practice, it is not rare to observe a relevant discordance between patient's global assessment (PGA) and physician's global assessment (PhGA), because of different illness perceptions.To evaluate the presence of PGA/PhGA discrepancy in patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) who achieved clinical remission and to evaluate how this discrepancy affects PROs. In addition, to explore whether this discordance could be influenced by the presence of additional elements affecting patients' quality of life, such as comorbidities, sleep disturbances and psycho-emotional factors.Our study included adult SLE patients consecutively followed in a single Lupus Clinic from March to July 2021 fulfilling at minimum the definition of clinical remission of treatment according to Zen et al. (1) (cSLEDAI=0, corticosteroids ≤5mg/die, stable dosage of DMARD). Medical records including demographic data, clinical characteristics and outcomes measures were collected. Pain assessment, PGA and PhGA were rated on a visual analogue scale (0-100 mm) on the same day of the clinical evaluation. To analyse the discrepancy between PGA and PhGA, the [PGA-PhGA] variable was calculated, considering as discordant a difference ≥ 25 mm as previously proposed (2) All the subjects completed the following questionnaires: Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ), SF36 Health Survey, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-Y1/Y2), Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS Zung) and Insomnia Severity Index. Statistical analysis was performed to compare concordant and discordant groups.The study included 106 patients, (93 women, 13 men) with a median age of 48 (41-58) and a median SLE duration 227 months (124-330). At the last evaluation median SLEDAI was 0 (0-2) and median SLICC was 1 (0-1). According to Zen definitions of remission, 51 patients (48%) and 20 (19%) also fulfilled the criteria of clinical remission off corticosteroids and complete remission respectively. Nevertheless, in 24 patients (22,7%) [PGA-PhGA]≥25. Patients in the discordant group were older (median 58 years, IQR 49-62 vs 46, IQR 39-57; p=0,0043) and less frequently achieved the definition of clinical remission off corticosteroids (n=4, 16,7% vs n=47, 57,3%,p<0.001;OR6,7; CI95%2.1-21) than concordant. No differences were found in gender, SLE duration, serology, disease activity or damage and other treatment. Data about differences in PROs between two groups are reported in Table 1: discordant patients had a worse performance in all the PROs included. At multivariate analysis SF-36 Physical Component Summary (PCS) resulted associated with [PGA-PhGA] ≥25 (p=<0,0001).Table 1.Data are expressed as median and interquartile range (IQR) and compared using Mann-Whitney test.TOTAL N=106 (%)CONCORDANT GROUP (PGA-PhGA) <25N=82 (%)DISCORDANT GROUP (PGA-PhGA) ≥25N=24 (%)P valueVAS-pain [0-100],10 (0-30)10 (0-20)50 (40-60)< 0.001SF-36 Physical Component Summary (PCS)50 (37,5-53)51 (44-54)30 (27,5-39)< 0.001SF-36 Mental Component Summary (PCS)48 (38-55)51 (40-55)40 (36-48,5)0,015STAI-Y1 [20-80]35 (30-47)33 (28,3-45,5)42 (36,5-49,5)0,013STAI-Y2 [20-80]37 (30-46)35 (29-43,3)42 (36-46)0,021Test di Zung [20-80]34,5 (29-43)33 (27-43)39 (35,5-44,5)0,008Insomnia severity index [0-28]6 (2-12)4 (1-9)9 (6,8-14,3)<0,0001HAQ0 (0-0,1)0 (0-0)0,38 (0-0,6)< 0.001In our study we found that, even in patients considered in remission, in more than 20% of patients there is a considerable discordance between the global disease assessment reported by patients and their physicians. Patients that had a higher PGA also presented worse score at PROs. Our data seems to confirm that potential causes for discordance could be more related to the presence of non-inflammatory processes, depression, or anxiety than clinical manifestations or damage related to SLE.[1]Zen et al. Ann. Rheum. Dis. 2015;74:2117–2122[2]Neville C, et al. J Rheumatol 2000;27:675-9None declared