. Diffables are minorities wherever they are. Every country has its own problems regarding the existence of people with diffabilities. Many then the rules made by the state government in overcoming the problems of people with diffabilities are marginalized and deteriorated due to lack of accessibility and special attention from all aspects. Then demands emerged and special people's calls for those with diffabilities who wished to equalize the rights of persons with diffabilities as part of the general public who lived side by side with humans who were born normal in general. The main problem for people with diffabilities is employment, both in terms of the right to work, occupational safety and health issues for people with diffabilities, the protection of people with diffabilities, and the limitations of people with diffabilities that are far from accessibility, especially in terms of employment. In Yogyakarta, with a high number of diffability, it is also still hampered by the distribution of diffable workers, where their involvement is still very minimal, both private and governmental. There is a community formed to accommodate diffable, especially physical diffabilities. This community is a place of empowerment for people with diffabilities, not only for physical diffability, but also facilitating people with diffabilities with a variety of vulnerabilities. This study uses qualitative research methods with a case study approach. This study uses case studies because it studies deeply into a phenomenon that exists in a particular society. There is a minority group of people with diffabilities who are able to create a place and are able to elevate their existence through a community that is engaged in diffability services, and only one in Yogyakarta. A transportation service whose culprit is all people with diffabilities. This study aims to explore this phenomenon into a qualitative study using a case study approach. Data collection techniques were selling from diffability people in Yogyakarta. They move independently, from, by, and for diffables.


This special ASR forum, "The Case of Gender-Based Violence: Assessing the Impact of International Human Rights Rhetoric on African Lives," grounds itself in the notion that gender relations (and, indeed, gendered social norms) can undergo significant transformation in zones of conflict or in other contexts of extreme socioeconomic and political instability. Individuals actively reconfigure moral landscapes of power and sexuality amidst the everyday chaos, violence, and deprivation that constitutes the experience of war for most people, thereby formulating new normative frameworks of appropriately gendered norms for social interaction and sexual expression. These norms, of course, are rather dramatically cross-cut, for all actors involved, by an extensive list of factors that include one's ethnolinguistic or religious affiliation, citizenship status, gender, and myriad other allegiances that are all too frequently brought to the fore by conflict or other forms of instability. War and instability, it seems, force individuals to think of themselves, and others, in ways that might not otherwise have seemed imaginable.


: This study aims at presenting newly-found safaitic inscriptions discovered in the Black Desert, north-eastern Jordan by the Badia Epigraphic Survey (BES) during the second (2017) field season at Wādī ar-Ruʿaylah and in Wādī Suwayʿid. Through this paper, we aim to explain the toponyms Glʿd and Ngd in the Safaitic inscriptions, shed light on their interpretation in Safaitic and give translation and some commentary. This paper provides a comparison of inscriptions that mention these two toponyms in order to determine whether those names belong to a toponym or an adjective of a toponym. All photo credits are of "Badia Epigraphic Survey (BES) Project" .


The dependence of the refractive index of Si-doped n-InGaAs on carrier density was investigated. The shift in the refractive index from that of undoped InGaAs was found to be mainly caused by the band-filling effect, the band-gap shrinkage effect, and the plasma effect. Model calculations agreed better with the measured data when the conduction band nonparabolicity effect was taken into account. Nevertheless, the calculated refractive index values were slightly lower than the experimental values. Because the difference was larger for photon energies close to the band-gap energy of InGaAs, the shift in the refractive index is attributed to the absorption tail effect that appears near the band-gap energy due to Si doping.


Non-smooth approximations of steep sigmoidal switching networks, such as those used as qualitative models of gene regulation, lead to analytic and computational challenges that arise as a result of the discontinuities in the vector fields. In order to highlight the need for care in dealing with such systems, several particular phenomena are presented here through illustrative examples, including 'Zeno breaking', or computing beyond the finite time convergence of an infinite sequence of threshold transitions; the 'Contact' effect, in which in the discontinuous limit, trajectories can pass through a 'saddle point' without stopping, though these solutions are not unique and other solutions stop for arbitrary time intervals; and sensitive behaviour that arises from exotic dynamics within switching regions.


The aim of this research is to observe teacher perceptions on reading material using blended learning at SMAN 4 South Solok. This research conducted using descriptive through a qualitative approach. The participant of this study is one of English teacher at SMAN. The sample was selected purposively because the teacher has implemented reading material in blended learning at her class. The data collect through interview with an audio recorder. The results of this research showed that, the perceptions of English teachers at SMAN 4 South Solok 1) Reading materials developed in blended learning to make students master their learning because the material presented is grouped in detail. 2) Reading materials developed in blended learning was very interesting for students. 3) Reading materials developed in blended learning was according to students' ability levels because students learn more about reading. 4) Reading material developed was easy for students to understand because the material presented was not floating and was more specific. 5) Reading material in blended learning made it easier for teacher and students to interact because there are questions and answers when learning took place. 6) In learning offline, there was not enough time for teacher and students to carry out the learning process, but with online students can study at home and do their exercise so as to achieve a good learning process.


The influence of pH value and temperature on the resistance to pitting corrosion of stainless steel 2205DSS in bittern was investigated by means of electrochemical methods and electrochemical impedance spectra in this paper.The weight-loss data for 2205DSS in bittern solution were measured in the solutions.Pitting corrosion images were observed by metalloscope and the surface roughness was analyzed.The results showed that the resistance to pitting corrosion for 2205DSS in bittern solution was enhanced slightly first and then descreased largely with increasing the value of pH.Therefore it is proposed that the pH value should be controlled less than 8.7 or 8.8 for the practical salt making process.But the resistance to pitting corrosion decreased with rising up temperature rapidly.The electrode reaction was irreversible and controlled by both activation polarization as well as the diffusivity of the bittern medium.


Defects induced by Ga focused ion beam (FIB) irradiation at an energy between 0.1 and IkeV have been characterized by means of deep level transient spectroscopy (DLTS) and related capacitance measurements. Seven different kinds of defect centers were resolved and two centers at 0.33 and O.56eV below the conduction band were dominant in the 100eV Ga implanted sample at doses up to 10 15 /cm 2 . Induced defect centers were observed to distribute over the region far beyond the theoretical ion range, which resulted from defect migration during the irradiation. Low energy irradiation induced defects were readily annealed out during low temperature heat treatment in contrast to those induced by high energy irradiations.


Technology is developing at an accelerating pace and rapidly transforming human civilization. Yet our evolved social apparatus, moral psychology, and behavioral instincts are adapted to a pre-techn...


Diabetes mellitus is the most common endocrine disorder that impairs glucose homeostasis resulting in severe diabetic complications including retinopathy, angiopathy, nephropathy, and neuropathy causing neurological disorders due to perturbation in utilization of glucose. In the present study diabetes was induced in albino rat models with alloxan monohydrate. Phragmites karka (Retz), has been claimed to possess antidiabetic properties in Ayurveda medicine system. The present study was undertaken to screen the hypoglycemic activity of methanolic, petroleum ether and aqueous, extracts Phragmites karka (200mg/kg.,b.w.). The methnolic and petroleum ether of Phragmites karka (200mg/kg.,b.w.) showed significant decrease in blood glucose level when compare to aqueous extract of Phragmites karka extract (200mg/kg.,b.w.). It also showed the signifent response in blood serum parameters (albumin, urea, creatnine, and total protein) lipid parameters such as total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, VLDL and TG when compared with diabetic control.


In the era of big data, the rise of short videos makes content production more convenient, and content consumption becomes a new trend. In the meantime, the great enrichment of short video content also exposes the problem of "pan-entertainment". This paper focuses on college students and discusses the adverse effects caused by pan-entertainment on their learning and thinking abilities. An online questionnaire survey is used to collect data from college students. By analyzing their content preference, viewing habits, and attitudes towards short videos, it is concluded that long-term exposure to short video platforms makes students more susceptible to the adverse effects of pan-entertainment. However, short videos have a negative impact on their learning ability and critical thinking, by distracting their attention and limiting their cognition.


As pertinent technologies continue to evolve, eye tracking hardware options grow more diverse. Consequently, it is important that researchers verify that new systems and parameters used in testing meet data collection quality standards. The current study evaluated hardware from four manufacturers: SR Research, Seeing Machines, SensoMotoric Instruments and Tobii Technology. The eye trackers included different system types and different sampling rates. The purpose of this research was to determine whether or not the pupil recording of each system was precise enough to effectively utilize the Index of Cognitive Activity, a validated cognitive workload metric. Results indicated that each system effectively captured Index of Cognitive Activity data. System factors such as system type sampling rate did not affect the metric. To maintain the integrity of data collected by succeeding generations of eye tracker, it is important that this type of quality-control research continues.


> Mr E.P., aged 51 years, comes to your office complaining that he "can't get it up anymore!" He has noticed over the past year that it takes him longer to achieve an erection and that it is not as firm as it used to be. His erection allows penetration of his partner and lasts long enough to


In the paper we review the results characterizing layer-finite groups and almost layer-finite groups in the class of all groups. We also characterize the groups with layer-finite periodic parts, the groups with almost layer-finite periodic parts and the groups with generalized Chernikov periodic parts. Theorems describing the properties of quasi-layer-finite groups and simple quasi-layer-finite groups are provided.


The research was conducted in the fields of the Agricultural Technical College / Mosul to combat the weed associated with the barley crop for the winter season 2019/2020 to as a method of integrated control management. The research included three factors: The first factor is the two levels Trifloralin Herbicide (the concentration of 1248 cm3 active substance / e and the comparison treatment) and the second factor is the cultivation distances at two levels (15, 30) cm. As for the third factor, cultivation methods are also at two levels (orthogonal cultivation, conventional cultivation). The experiment was applied according to the system of global experiments in split – split block by designing the complete random sectors with three replicates. The most important results are summarized as follows: The three factors: Trifloralin herbicide and the narrow distance (15) cm between the row and cultivation achieved a significant decrease in the number of narrow-leaf weeds / m2, number of tillers for narrow-leaved weeds / m2, dry weight of the narrow-leaf weeds and the number of broad-leaved weeds, while no significant effect appeared between the two cultivation methods on the dry weight of the broad-leaved weed. The interference between the herbicide and the distance (15) cm, and the interference between the herbicide and orthogonal cultivation, and the interference between the distance (15) cm and orthogonal cultivation, as well as the triple interference between the herbicide and the distance (15) cm orthogonal cultivation, achieved a significant decrease in all studied characteristics.


This quasi-experimental study explored how different online exam types differentiate learners' academic achievement and perceived learning. The participants comprised 95 undergraduate students enrolled in an English course at a Turkish university in three groups, each taking a different type of quiz: with multiple-choice, open-ended, and mixed type questions. The results indicated that the academic achievement of the students in multiple-choice and open-ended groups increased and that quiz results improved the most for the multiple-choice group relative to the other groups. The study found a moderate level of significant relationship between cognitive and affective perceived learning and multiple-choice quiz scores. In addition, the study found a weak level of significant relationship between cognitive and affective perceived learning and mixed-design quiz scores, and between cognitive learning and the academic achievement scores of the mixed-design group. Semi-structured online interviews undertaken to further explain the quantitative data displayed positive influences of the different types of quizzes in terms of study behaviors and satisfaction. The findings of this study are expected to shed light for practitioners aiming to use different online assessment types.


A low density, low Z foam shell overcoated with a plastic ablation layer was developed for use as a cryogenic laser fusion target in which main liquid or solid fuel is sustained by the uniformly thick foam layer. The high quality ablator with thickness of 1–10 μm, uniformity of ≳95%, and surface smoothness of <0.2 μm was coated on the foam shell by the interfacial polycondensation method using hydroxyethylcellulose or poly(p‐vinyl phenol) (PVP) and isophthaloyl chloride. The tensile strength of the crosslinked PVP at low temperature and its permeability to deuterium at room temperature are comparable with those for polystyrene. In this reaction, we found that the existence of surfactant in the emulsion was essential to form an ablation layer which adhered to the foam layer.


The paper is a continuation of that [1], in which considerations on the barotropic stability of the vesterly, zonal flow were presented. In this paper the modern thermodynamics of processes occuring far from the equilibrium, formulated by I. Prigogine and P. Glansdorff, has been used for investigations of the atmospheric, baroclinic instability of the westerly zonal flow. These are instabilities of the type of self-organization. To investigate these instabilities, the method of the Lyapunov function has been applied. As the Lyapunov function the so-called excess entropy has been assumed. In the introduction the range of most of investigations on the stability of the stationary, zonal flow is presented. It is confirmed there that investigations, which allow us to establish the threshold parameters for the zonal instabilities, were mainly performed until now. It concerns the barotropic, baroclinic and mixed instabilities of the zonal flows. In the second section the outline of the classical thermodynamics of the quasi-equilibrated processes is presented and on its background, the criteria of the local thermodynamic equilibrium and the stability of the non-equilibrated processes of arbitrary intensity are formulated. In the third section, utilising the general formulations presented in the second one the set of conditions having the form of some constraints for the fields of perturbations are obtained. Under these conditions the production of the excess entropy in the investigated area is negative. These investigations have been performed for the baroclinic zonal flow in the classical formulation. According to the interpretation resulting from the theory of information, it means the increase of the level of organization in the investigated area or the decrease of the level of its indefiniteness. This is the instability of the type of self-organization. For the investigated zonal flow the constraints for the field of velocity, its deformations and for the gradients of perturbations have been obtained. These results have been compared with those for barotropic instability presented in [1]. Some of them are new ones. The program of further investigations of instabilities of the type of self-organization has been formulated.


Heat transfer rate at the skin-air interface is of critical importance for the benefits of cryogen spray cooling in combination with laser therapy of shallow subsurface skin lesions, such as port-wine stain birthmarks. With some cryogen spray devices, a layer of liquid cryogen builds up on the skin surface during the spurt, which may impair heat transfer across the skin surface due to relatively low thermal conductivity and potentially higher temperature of the liquid cryogen layer as compared to the spray droplets. While the mass flux of cryogen delivery can be adjusted by varying the atomizing nozzle geometry, this may strongly affect other spray properties, such as lateral spread (cone), droplet size, velocity, and temperature distribution. We present here first experiments with sequential cryogen spraying, which may enable accurate mass flux control through variation of spray duty cycle, while minimally affecting other spray characteristics. The observed increase of cooling rate and efficiency at moderate duty cycle levels supports the above described hypothesis of isolating liquid layer, and demonstrates a novel approach to optimization of cryogen spray devices for individual laser dermatological applications.


Operation of sky wave radar in Canada is challenged by the presence of ionospheric clutter from the earth's auroral zone due to severe Doppler spreading, which results in clutter-limited detection of aircraft. Elevation angle control in the transmit and/or receive beams to separate the target can mitigate the auroral clutter to some degree, but may not be always effective especially when operating at high latitudes or near polar regions. This paper reports using the two-dimensional (2D) continuous wavelet transform (CWT) analysis to 'unearth' a target buried in the auroral clutter. The approach is based on the ability of the CWT to provide detailed local spectral information about a signal for arbitrary scale, orientation, and physical location. Results obtained using real clutter signals with simulated targets are reported. Very promising initial results, which show an improvement of the signal-to-clutter ratio (SCR) of 45–58 dB, are presented. However, a closer look indicates that these 'target detections' are in reality due to wavelets' ability to detect extremely small signal discontinuities introduced during the embedding of synthetic targets in the range compressed data. When inserting a synthetic target directly in the raw data before the range compression, the SCR improvement is shown to be only marginal.


The location and access methods of astronomical resources (catalogs, observation logs, and data archives) and associated computational services (e.g., data processing pipelines, source extraction services, theoretical simulations) in the Virtual Observatory will be determined by querying dynamic resource registries. These registries function as a sort of yellow-pages, providing descriptive information (metadata) about the resources in order to locate information and services in response to user queries. The metadata also needs to describe the provenance of the information, provide some indication of the data quality, quantity, and type, and guide users to information appropriate to their needs (i.e., research-oriented data archives vs. educational resources). 1. The Role of Metadata in the Virtual Observatory In order to make it easy for astronomy information services to participate in the VO, we propose a system for metadata management based on a hierarchy of descriptive schemas. At the top level we require a minimum amount of information, sufficient primarily to note the existence of a resource and to describe who is responsible for it. At lower levels, the metadata are more extensive and com-


An offset jet was used to develop a complete fluidic sprinkler. Although studies of the development and water distribution of this sprinkler have been reported in the literature, the flow field of an offset jet within this sprinkler type has remained largely unexplored. A mathematical model simulating the inner flow of this sprinkler type was established using computational fluid dynamics. Numerical simulations and experimental studies were performed to gain insight into the convective flow characteristics of the sprinkler. A detailed study of the relationship between the flow rate and the pressure in the eddy section, as well as the position of the reattachment region, in this sprinkler type was presented. The average deviation between numerical simulation and experimental results was less than 5 percent. The numerical simulation obtained in this study do reflect the inner flow of a complete fluidic sprinkler.


Simple Summary Cytotoxic T lymphocytes kill cancer or virally infected cells by exocytosis of lytic granules. This leads to perforin-mediated granzyme entry into the target cell, consequently killing the target cell. Granzymes and perforin are activated by cysteine cathepsins whose activity is regulated by the protein inhibitor cystatin F. Since cystatin F can be secreted by a range of cancer and immune cells in tumour microenvironments, we here investigated whether extracellular cystatin F can be taken up by and affect the function of cytotoxic T lymphocytes. We demonstrated cystatin F uptake into cytotoxic T lymphocytes, down-regulation of target peptidases, and reduced target cell killing. Overall, our results indicate that cystatin F is an important mediator that can impair the killing efficiency of cytotoxic T lymphocytes and thus suggest that it is a possible target for cancer immunotherapy. Abstract Cystatin F is a protein inhibitor of cysteine cathepsins, peptidases involved in the activation of the effector molecules of the perforin/granzyme pathway. Cystatin F was previously shown to regulate natural killer cell cytotoxicity. Here, we show that extracellular cystatin F has a role in regulating the killing efficiency of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs). Extracellular cystatin F was internalised into TALL-104 cells, a cytotoxic T cell line, and decreased their cathepsin C and H activity. Correspondingly, granzyme A and B activity was also decreased and, most importantly, the killing efficiency of TALL-104 cells as well as primary human CTLs was reduced. The N-terminally truncated form of cystatin F, which can directly inhibit cathepsin C (unlike the full-length form), was more effective than the full-length inhibitor. Furthermore, cystatin F decreased cathepsin L activity, which, however, did not affect perforin processing. Cystatin F derived from K-562 target cells could also decrease the cytotoxicity of TALL-104 cells. These results clearly show that, by inhibiting cysteine cathepsin proteolytic activity, extracellular cystatin F can decrease the cytotoxicity of CTLs and thus compromise their function.


In recent years,Shaoguan County has developed booming economy,outstanding performance of regional characteristics in the county economy gradually unfolded.Nevertheless,Relatively urban economy is concerned,Shaoguan seven mountain-area counties of the county economy is still weak.It is necessary for us to take countermeasure way of thinking'5,6,7',and expand Shaoguan county economy.


'Words are bridges that separate us', said Mexican writer Octavio Paz.So, I believe, is the Media: It bridges the distance between messenger and audience, but it hardly eliminates it.The Media can ...


The fate of orally administered ethionamide (2‐ethyl‐4‐thiocarbamoylpyridine) and ethionamide sulphoxide in man, rats, mice and dogs has been examined. Though spontaneous interconversion between the two antituberculosis drugs does not take place, there was extensive interconversion in vivo, both appearing in the blood within 15 min of dosing irrespective of which compound was administered. Species differences were evident in both the rate of metabolism and in the ethionamide: ethionamide sulphoxide ratio. Apart from this interconversion, ten probable urinary metabolites were detected. These consisted of six fluorescent and four non‐fluorescent metabolites, three of the latter being identified as 2‐ethylisonicotinamide, 2‐ethylisonicotinic acid and inorganic sulphate. A scheme is proposed to cover part of the common metabolic route of the two drugs.


If time speeds up, it becomes more difficult to be "taken." This fact raises more questions about the foundations of man's relation to time. This paper examines the idea of a plural time dimension of human beings made of reorganizing crises. It shows how negotiations about the frame foster a dialogue with time in the therapeutic space.


Rat sperm galactosyl receptor is a member of the C‐type animal lectin family showing preferential binding to N‐acetylgalactosamine compared to galactose. Binding is mediated by a Ca2+‐dependent carbohydrate‐recognition domain (CRD) identical to that of the minor variant of rat hepatic lectin receptor 2/3 (RHL‐2/3). The molecular organization of the genomic DNA, cDNA, and derived amino acid sequence of rat testis galactosyl receptor have been determined and in vitro fertilization studies were conducted to ascertain its role. We have determined that the rat testis galactosyl receptor gene generates two mRNA species: one species, designated liver‐type, is identical to RHL‐2/3; the other, designated testis‐type, contains one unspliced intron (86 nt) which alters the reading frame and changes the amino acid sequence of the carboxyl terminus. As a result, the CRD (glutamine‐proline‐aspartic acid/QPD) and flanked Ca2+‐binding amino acid sequences were not present in the testis‐type protein. Northern and Southern blots demonstrated presence of transcripts with unspliced intron in rat sperm but not liver. Similarly, antibody, raised against a synthetic 12‐amino acid peptide (p12) encoded by the unspliced intron, recognized in immunoblots a 54 kDa receptor protein in protein extracts from testis but not from liver. Immunofluorescence and immunogold electron microscopy studies demonstrated that both protein species localized on the plasma membrane surface of the head and tail of rat sperm. Furthermore, capacitated rat sperm preincubated with polyclonal antisera to RHL‐2/3 or to the CRD of the liver‐type galactosyl receptor showed a statistically significant decrease in the in vitro fertilization rate. We conclude that rat sperm galactosyl receptor may play a role in egg binding and that an undetermined molecular mechanism operates to generate two proteins with identical intracellular amino terminal domain but only one of them displays a CRD and associated Ca2+‐binding sites at the carboxyl terminal extracellular domain. Mol. Reprod. Dev. 56:401–411, 2000. © 2000 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


The diploma thesis is devoted to a conceptual modeling approach for hetero-homogeneous hierarchies with multiple levels of abstraction. These hierarchies are homogeneous with respect to a common schema, defined by a single root node and prescribed for all sub-hierarchies, and are heterogeneous with respect to refined schemata for sub-hierarchies. In particular, the approach relies on so-called Generalized Multi-Level Objects and Generalized Multi-Level Relationships, which permit to represent objects and relationships among these objects at different levels. Both constructs can be arranged in concretization hierarchies, which compromise different aspects of abstraction hierarchies like e.g. aggregation, classification and generalization. In addition, a semantic-preserving mapping of such hierarchies to the decidable fragment of OWL (Web Ontology Language) is presented to render the approach from conceptual modeling to the semantic web and ontological engineering. By suitably combining closed world assumption and open world assumption, a meta-modeling facility in OWL is obtained, where OWL semantic reasoners allow e.g. consistency checks and respective query executions. Finally, data can be accessed in the semantic web at different abstraction levels of heterohomogeneous hierarchies, while its quality is improved. In the diploma thesis we mainly continue the ideas of Neumayr et al. [2009a,b, 2010], which are partially revised, compared to and complemented with own ideas and results.


RECOVERY SYSTEM INCLUDING DIGITAL CLOCK a reference clock (16,14) supplying several signals with different phases N CLOCK. CURRENT DATA ACCESS is sampled and synchronized with the reference clock for generating a plurality of samples M BIT DATA FOR EACH (RD1, RD2, RD3). Logicians SAMPLE M securities were below (20) to determine the relationship between the clock phase CURRENT AND TRANSITION DATA BIT. In particular, if ALL MATCHED SAMPLES, clock phase is properly aligned with the data. IF clock phase leads or lags DATA, SAMPLES be several mismatched. In the latter case, the clock phase REGULATING until all samples match. WATCH THIS STATE PROVIDING AS DEFINED recovered clock.


Three contributions in this issue are concerned with sites along the west coast of the United Arab Emirates which pre-date the Bronze Age. In this paper we shall attempt to view these sites in the broader geographical context of the southern Gulf coast; and thereafter to consider (1) the lithic material attested in the Arabian peninsula and dated to between the late 6th and early 4th millennium B.C.; (2) the painted pottery comparable to Mesopotamian Ubaid wares; and (3) a dozen CI4 dates (1) run on shell which all range around 6000-4500 BR The material utilized here comes from a series of expeditions conducted by the French Missions to Sharjah and Umm al-Qaiwain between 1985 and 1990 (2). The objectives of our geomorphological and archaeological inquiries were to observe, within a restricted area, the remains and evolution of human occupation in a changing environment.


Phase diagram of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) at finite temperature and finite density would be related to heavy-ion collision experiments at zero or low density and neutron stars at sufficiently high density. Then the QCD phase diagram has attracted much attention from theoretical and experimental points of view. QCD exhibits two non-perturbative phase transitions: the chiral phase transition and the confinement-deconfinement phase transition. A first-principles method, lattice QCD, is an important tool to investigate the non-perturbative dynamics and it achieves great successes at zero density. However, it is not easy to apply lattice QCD to the finite density region due to the sign problem. In this thesis, we investigate the QCD phase diagram and properties of QCD matter at finite temperature and finite density by using the strong coupling approach of lattice QCD. First, we show the QCD phase diagram with field fluctuation effects in the strong coupling and chiral limits. We utilize an effective action in the strong coupling limit derived from the lattice QCD action with one species of unrooted staggered fermion. In order to obtain the effective action, we take account of the leading order of the large dimensional expansion and apply the extended Hubbard-Stratonovich transformation to four Fermi interaction terms. We use the auxiliary field Monte Carlo (AFMC) method based on the obtained effective action beyond the mean field approximation. In fact, we include the field fluctuation effects numerically in AFMC. When we evaluate observables, we introduce a new method named as the chiral angle fixing (CAF) to obtain an appropriate order parameter, the chiral condensate, on a fixed size lattice in the symmetry breaking phase. After applying CAF, the order parameters show the phase transition behavior and we find that the obtained QCD phase diagram is almost consistent with that in the monomer-dimer-polymer simulation. We also study an origin of the sign problem in AFMC. We find that the high-momentum auxiliary fields give rise to the sign problem. Next, we investigate net-baryon number cumulants in the strong coupling and chiral limits. Higher-order cumulants of the net-baryon number are con-


This paper constructs six portfolios using six risk-based asset allocation techniques and compares the performance of these portfolios with that of the market portfolio proxied by the Johannesburg All Share Index (JSE ALSI). We make use of the daily closing prices of eleven JSE sector indices starting from August 2004 to September 2015. We divide this sample period into three overlapping sub-samples representing the pre-crisis period, the crisis period, and the postcrisis period. The performance analysis is based on the Sharpe and the Sortino ratios. The covariance matrix, the most important input in the construction of these risk-based portfolios is assumed to be constant, and time varying respectively. When it is assumed to be constant our results show that during the pre-crisis period risk-based portfolios performed poorly than the market portfolio. But during the crisis and post-crisis periods we find that risk-based portfolios performed better than the market portfolio with the minimum correlation portfolio generating the highest Sharpe and Sortino ratios. More investment capital during these two sample periods is found to be mostly allocated to the property sector. However, when the covariance matrix is assumed to be time varying the pre-crisis period is used as the in-sample space while the crisis and post-crisis periods are used as the out-sample space. The forecasts of the time varying covariances in the out-sample space are obtained with a multivariate GARCH model based on a sixty rolling window forecast. Our results with forecasted covariances show that during the crisis period all risk-based portfolios performed better than the market portfolio due to their ability to protect investor's capital during financial crisis. We find mixed results during the post-crisis period: the equally weighted, the risk parity, and the minimum correlation portfolios performed poorly while the rest of the risk –based portfolios performed better than the market portfolio with the minimum variance portfolio generating the highest Sharpe and Sortino ratios. More 166 J.W. Muteba Mwamba – L. Mantshimuli www.iei1946.it © 2017. Camera di Commercio di Genova investment capital is found to be allocated in the property, telecommunication, consumer services, and health sectors when the forward looking approach is employed.


Based on the hierarchical structure of land-oriented supply chain of container hub port,a two-layer multi-objective decision-making model for land-oriented supply chain planning of container hub port was set up.The two-layer multi-objective decision-making problem was reduced to a single-layer multi-objective decision-making problem.A kind of multi-objective genetic algorithm(MOGA) was designed to solve the single-layer multi-objective decision-making problem.A numerical example was given to demonstrate the application of MOGA proposed.


Abstract : This case study explores the use of online learning environments as an alternative tool for the promotion of undergraduate research culture within an engineering program during the COVID-19 pandemic times. This context entailed the transition from face-to-face to online learning environments, which was taken as an opportunity for the diffusion and socialization of outstanding research projects developed by undergraduate students within the classroom, through the launching of an online event and a virtual permanent exhibition. The results of this case study were measured through quantitative indicators related to the number of research projects submitted by the students for participating in this exhibition, the number of courses participating through these projects, and the number of professors involved. Participation of students and professors increased by 85% and 90%, respectively, comparing the online environment to the previous face-to-face one. Consequently, it was concluded that the use of online learning environments supports the promotion of undergraduate research culture, by increasing the interest of students for the socialization of their research results. Keywords: Engineering education; Lifelong learning; Online learning environments; Research competencies; Research culture; COVID-19.


The arms trade is among the most profitable businesses in the world, with predictable growth year on year. International major arms shipments declined slightly between 2012–16 and 2017–21, but increased by 19% in Europe. The arms trade becomes trafficking in arms when transactions are made in violation of existing arms laws. According to the global organized crime index, the global arms trafficking score is 4.92 (out of 10). Libya has the highest score of arms and ammunition trafficking in the world (9.50), and the last place in the report is occupied by Tuvalu and Nauru (score 1.00). Also, in connection with the current war in Ukraine, which is overwhelmed by donations from all the states of the world, it does not have the means to prevent the diversion of weapons in the existing illegality of the arms trade.


Fast neutron irradiation of YBCO single crystals has proved to result in significant increases of magnetization hysteresis and consequently an enhancement of critical current densities. In addition, shifts of the irreversibility line have been observed. Both of these observations are discussed in terms of an interaction of three different flux pinning mechanisms. The results near {Tc} prove directly the existence of strong intrinsic pinning, when H is applied parallel to the Cu-O layers. 15 refs., 4 figs.


In this article, the use of accelerometers for Tinneti balance assessment tool and rehabilitation of patient after hip replacement is described. The appropriate rehabilitation process is a key approach to monitoring different rehabilitations. The main problem of rehabilitation processes is a subsequent evaluation of their quality and observing improvements of patients. This study describes using accelerometers for objective evaluation of quality and monitoring the results. Measurements with accelerometers were used for measurements progress of patient rehabilitation after trauma or for example hip replacement. For these measurements, the 3D MEMS accelerometer implemented in the STM32-Primer2 development kit was used. This study is preparation for development of feedback software for home rehabilitation of patients using accelerometers.


The objective of this study is to determine the effect of SP-36 fertilizer application and cow manure on the availability and P uptake on Inceptisol taken from Kwala Bekala. This research conducted in gauze house, Soil Fertility Chemical Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, University of North Sumatra and PT. Nusa Pusaka Kencana & QC Analytical Laboratory (Asian Agri Group). This study used Randomized Block Design which consist of two factors with three replications Factor I: SP-36 fertilizer (P) with 4 levels dose (ppm / 10 kg BTKO) ie: P0 (0), P1 (100), P2 (200), P3 (300) and factor II: cow manure (S) with 4 levels dose (g / 10 kg BTKO), namely: S0 (0), S1 (50), S2 (100) and S3 (150). The results showed that SP-36 fertilizer application significantly increased soil available P and P-plant uptake. Cow manure significantly increased P-plant uptake. The interaction between SP-36 fertilizer and cow manure significantly increased P-plant uptake. The best treatment was the application 300 ppm P2O5 SP-36 and cow manure 20 tons/ha


The holographic recording medium (14) comprising a photoreactive dye, dye is exposed to a plurality of coherent light beams having a wavelength which is sensitive, thus, a method of recording a volume holographic image to form an interference fringe pattern therein be written. Light reaction occurring in the region of constructive interference, to produce an interference fringe pattern formed by a periodic sequence of unreacted areas of the photoreactive areas and the dye of the dye. The generated interference fringe pattern may comprise any image or other encoded information, but may not include. Then the selected region of the fringe pattern, is exposed to actinic radiation, the photoactive dye fringe pattern partially or completely bleached, removed, or deactivated, thereby, bleaching, removal, or not deactivated holographic pattern formed by the region of the interference fringe pattern to produce a shape or image.


The invention relates to a nitrogen closed cycle drying and solvent recovery system comprising a dryer, a condensing device, a solid-gas separator, a circulating fan, a nitrogen heater, a solvent recovery tank and a nitrogen supply pipe, wherein the dryer is a fluidized bed dryer; an exhaust outlet of the fluidized bed dryer is connected with an air inlet of the condensing device through a pipeline; an air outlet of the condensing device is connected with the solid-gas separator; an air outlet of the solid-gas separator is connected with the circulating fan; air output by the circulating fan is delivered to the nitrogen heater for heating, and heated nitrogen is delivered to the dryer; a solvent collection opening of the condensing device is connected with the solvent recovery tank; cooling mediums of the condensing device and the solvent recovery tank are provided by cooling liquid supply pipes; and a feed port of the fluidized bed dryer is provided with a material seal type screw feeder. The invention realizes the production of a fluidized drying industry with continuous feeding and discharging and the recovery of an organic solvent without waste gas and water discharge and is beneficial to environmental protection.


Background: The ACTS-CC trial is a phase III study designed to validate the non-inferiority of S-1 to UFT/LV, a standard treatment in Japan, as adjuvant chemotherapy for stage III colon cancer. The initial safety results were reported at ASCO 2011. In a biomarker study of the ACTS-CC trial, DNA copy number was studied using formalin fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) specimens. Methods: Blocks of resected tumor specimens for this biomarker study were obtained after receiving informed consent from 779 of 1535 patients enrolled between April 2009 and January 2010. Laser-captured microdissection was performed to extract genomic DNA (gDNA) from 10-αm-thick FFPE specimens of colon cancer. DNA concentrations were measured by spectrophotometry (NanoDrop, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Wilmington, DE). DNA quality was assessed and classified into 4 grades according to DNA fragment length by arbitrary primed PCR (AP-PCR) followed by microfluidic analysis (Bioanalyzer: Agilent Technology, Santa Clara, CA): grade-a, β700 bp; grade-b, Citation Format: {Authors}. {Abstract title} [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 103rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2012 Mar 31-Apr 4; Chicago, IL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2012;72(8 Suppl):Abstract nr 4534. doi:1538-7445.AM2012-4534


As the new frontier in medicine, genomics brings with it the hope of allowing researchers to find the cure for a number of largely incurable diseases, from cancer to Alzheimer's, to infectious diseases and beyond. The challenge now is to map the DNA of as many ethnicities and nationalities as possible. Currently, 81 per cent of the existing genetic data is from Caucasians. One company is trying to bridge the gap by analysing the genome of different ethnicities in India, with hopes of expanding to the rest of Asia, Latin America and Africa. "You look at India, with 1.3 billion people, 20 per cent of the world's population. A lot of people of Indian ethnicities reside globally, and yet they comprise less than 1 per cent of genomic insights and understanding", says Sumit Jamuar, chairman and CEO of Global Gene Corp. He spoke with LSE Business Review's managing editor, Helena Vieira, on 9 November 2017, during Web Summit in Lisbon.


ThermoML is an XML-based approach for storage and exchange of experimental, predicted, and critically evaluated thermophysical and thermochemical property data. Extensions to the ThermoML schema for the representation of speciation, complex equilibria, and properties of biomaterials are described. The texts of 14 data files illustrating the new extensions are provided as Supplementary Information together with the complete text of the updated ThermoML schema.


Nervilia aragoana Gaud., commonly known as Ta-bin-shwe-hti, belongs to the family Orchidaceae. It is interested greatly at present for its' high commercial value, which is on top of the marketing items of medicinal plants on sale. In this paper, the morphology and anatomy of the plant and its' characteristics to the species were scientifically identified. Preliminary test on the phyto-chemical constituents were analysed and market information was also introduced.


This paper presents the design of a Three Stages Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) charge controller for improving the charging/discharging control of the battery. In this research, Buck Converter is used to regulate the voltage from the Photovoltaic (PV) module to the required voltage. This research is limited to Valve Regulated Lead Acid (VRLA) battery for 12V system voltage. The charge control algorithm envisages controlling the charging and discharging action in all the three stages of battery charging, bulk, absorption, and float. The idea is to control the battery charging and discharging status until meeting the battery set-point. The set-point is limited to High Voltage Disconnect (HVD), Low Voltage Disconnect (LVD) and Load Voltage Reconnect (LVR) to protect the battery from over-charging and deep-discharging. The results obtained demonstrate the good performance of the charge controller. With the application of the MPPT algorithm in the bulk stage, the time taken to get the battery to fully charged state becomes faster The regulation power from the converter to the inverter has performed well and the switching relay is managed to be controlled.


Char land is well-known as a hard-to-reach community in Bangladesh where the basic health services are very pitiable. Drawing an example from two char land communities in Bangladesh, this study explored the status of the public health services and service gaps. The study collected data from 222 respondents (heads of the households) and used a quantitative research approach where a face-to-face structured interview schedule was employed for data collection. Results showed that the char land family members were suffering different types of diseases, but they did not have adequate scientific treatment facilities; manpower and institutional facilities for health services were lacking against needs; and the quality of health services was awfully poor. All of the respondents mentioned a high service gap between demand and supply on health tests, specialized services and emergency services. Findings would be important guidelines for policy makers, development practitioners, health providers, and health workers.


In March 2000, we first developed an integrated database system called "PaDB" for the purpose of supporting preventive work for crop diseases and pests. The system is composed of three special databases --plant protection guidebook, illustrated book of crop diseases and pests, and agricultural chemicals catalog-and a retrieval interface system that integrates these databases. The purpose of this research is to establish the practical use of the PaDB system. More specifically, we performed experiments in: (1) developing a retrieval interface that can be used with an i-mode cellular phone; (2) placing distributed databases; and (3) adding a database of cultivation calendars. As a result, the PaDB system became feasible in: (1) retrieval of information on the farm; (2) linking distributed databases that have their own individualities together; (3) supporting preventive measures for crop diseases and pests.


Objective To explore the significance of ocular gymnastics on flow of ophthalmic artery in patients with myopia.Methods The peak systolic velocity and resistive index of ophthalmic artery were measured by colour doppler and two dimensional echocadiography(2 DE)in 48 myopia students with glasses before and after the ocular gymnastics.Results The peak systolic velocity was speeded up and the resistive index decreased significantly after ocular gymnastics(both P 0.001).Conclusion The ocular gymnastics has significant effects on sights and can prevent or delay the development and progress of myopia by improving the ophthalmic circulation and the tissue conditions around the eyes.


Based on the data of gradient observation in hillside land of loquat and analysis of an experiment on young fruits harmed in low-temperature box,the grade index of freezing injury of loquat was preliminarily studied. The grade index of freezing injury of loquat was established on the basis of the daily extremely low temperature,that is: the mild freezing injury was- 2. 5℃ Tmin≤- 1. 0℃; the moderate freezing injury was- 3. 5℃ Tmin≤- 2. 5℃; the Severe freezing injury was- 4. 5℃ Tmin≤- 3. 5℃; the serious freezing injury was Tmin≤- 4. 5℃.


There is an emergent need to examine teachers' acceptance of distance education through LMS during emergencies to leverage online teaching and learning to enhance teachers' future readiness for digital transformation in education. This study explores Saudi teachers' perceptions of Madrasati (national e-learning system). It investigates its ease of use, usefulness, behavioural intention to use the system, and its actual use in association with external factors from teachers' perspective to identify the platform's most supportive elements during remote online teaching due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings from 197 participants show that teachers positively perceived Madrasati regarding the system's external variables, including content quality, teaching support, visual design, system navigation features, ease of access, system interactivity, and instructional assessment tools, and they positively perceived the system's learnability.


There are now more than 32 million Mexican Americans living in the United States. As a result, the odds that a clinician will work with a member of this population—one of the fastest-growing minority groups in the United States—is extremely high. Understanding the culture, society, psyche, acculturation, assimilation, and linguistics specific to Mexican Americans, as well as their crises and appropriate interventions, is imperative to provide counseling/therapy services and culturally sensitive assessments.
 In this book, author Mario Tovar explains how Mexican American history and society affects the needs of this group and how services to Mexican Americans require adjustments as a result. Tovar documents significant differences among Mexican Americans depending on whether they are documented or undocumented immigrants, and on their place of origin—rural versus urban areas of Mexico, and northern versus southern Mexico, for example. Readers will understand how the region of the United States in which Mexican Americans settle can influence the development of certain traits for them and learn about mental and physical health care practices common to Mexican Americans, including folk medicine and "healers" who often include grandmothers and elder neighbors.


Content may be divided into these groups:
--Supplementary matter on instrumentation and site setting
--Continuous time series data of drip and precipitation rate, water and air temperature, and specific conductance
--Discrete and composite geochemical samples


The Japanese Society of Gastroenterology (JSGE) will celebrate the centenary of its foundation in 1998. A variety of plans and projects are being prepared by the JSGE centennial celebration committee. In this article, the history of the JSGE is briefly described, and several projects, including the international symposium currently being planned, are introduced. The future prospects of our Society will also be described.


With increasing diversity in student population and wide disparities in achievement, self-efficacy emerges as a valuable source of evidence regarding student self-beliefs in use of cognitive, motivational, self-regulatory strategies and related determinants of achievement. The findings from the present research show students reporting relatively high levels of self-efficacy in different domains, which is not reflected in achievement in mathematics. The reasons for this incongruence is explored in the context of student achievement trends, the wider socio-cultural and historical context of New Zealand society, and individual and collective agency. Recommendations include a four-point strategy to raise achievement, and progressively entrust students, the responsibility and ownership for both individual and group success. It is proposed that implementing strategies aimed at enabling all students to develop mastery-centred knowledge and skills will help develop true self-efficacy, reduce positive illusory self-efficacy, thereby enabling the development of individual and collective agency which will prove beneficial to communities, countries and the world.


HIV-related distal sensory polyneuropathy remains one of the most disabling and frustrating problems experienced by HIV-infected people. Studies of this condition's pathogenesis and treatment in humans are hampered by persistent questions about the mechanism of the disease and by the frequent need for biopsies or expensive testing. This article describes the use of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) in cats as a …


Sliding lip seals are used in pneumatic cylinders to prevent leakage past the piston and rod. Though they guarantee excellent sealing, the friction forces at contact between lip and counterpart can be relatively high. This results in energy losses and problems with wear on components in relative motion, as well as difficulties in controlling actuator positioning. Standards for compressed air cleanliness restrict the use of greases and lubricants, especially in applications such as the food processing and pharmaceutical industries. A number of studies are thus under way in order to find effective alternatives to the use of common lubricants. These studies address both seal configuration [1-4], and the use of innovative materials [5-7]. Other approaches employ systems permitting small amounts of air leakage that operate as lubricated supports, variable-profile pistons [8], or rings with special micromachined surfaces [9-10]. Such solutions are not always economical, both because they require precision tolerances and geometries, and because they use special seals, often produced ad hoc. This paper discusses the possibility of using commercial lip seals with a non-conventional mounting on the piston in order to obtain a simple controlled-leakage system that reduces friction forces in pneumatic cylinders economically and effectively. The non-conventional mounting consists of positioning the lip seal in the direction opposite to that used in a conventional installation, so that the contact pressure reduces as air pressure in the chamber rises. In this way, an air gap is created at the sliding interface which allows air in the pressurized chamber to escape past the seal lip, thus reducing the contact force on the barrel. The piston is provided with a hole which exhausts the leakage flow to the atmosphere. To evaluate the validity of this approach, a number of preliminary tests were carried out in [11] to measure flow rate on a type of spring-loaded lip seal consisting of graphite-filled PTFE for barrel diameters of 50 mm. In particular, the tests determined air leakage behavior for different mounting tolerances. This paper presents further tests conducted on the same samples examined in [11] and on another PTFE and graphite-filled PTFE configuration, measuring leakage flow rates and friction forces. Leakage flow rate measurements were carried out with single and double seal installations. The results obtained are discussed together with the advantages of the proposed solution compared to the conventional mountings in ordinary use


This study investigates the changes in muscle activity of lower limb and walking pattern during gait in middle-aged women with toeing-out gait. Participants were assigned to toeing-out gait group (TOG, n=7) and control group (CON, n=9). TOG were recruited from greater than foot angle 15°. Both groups were measured for body composition (weight, body fat, BMI, WHR), muscle activity of lower limb (Vastus lateralis muscle; VL, Vastus medialis; VM, Tibialis anterior muscle; TA, Gastrocnemius lateralis muscle; GL) during gait and walking pattern (surface, foot angle, maximum pressure, average pressure, step duration). Muscle activity of VL(p<.001), VM(p<.05), TA(p<.01) and GL(p<.001) during gait showed significantly different between groups, respectively. Foot angle of left (p<.01) and right (p<.01) during gait showed s ignificantly different between groups, respectively. However, surface, maximum pressure, average pressure and step duration were not significantly different between groups, respectively. These results indicate that middle-aged women with toeing-out gait lead to the changes in muscle activity of lower limb during gait and it effect the foot angle.


Introduction The proportion of older adults throughout the world has increased significantly over the last decade and continues to rise. Such substantial growth highlights the importance of facilitating older people's wellbeing. This research aimed to identify enablers and barriers to participation in community-based activities experienced by active older adults. Method This qualitative study employed the evidence-based paradigm of occupation and Model of Human Occupation to underpin protocol and discussion. Ten participants (females = 9, males = 1) who were aged 64–83 years and actively engaged in their community took part in semi-structured interviews. Participants reported mixed health levels including chronic/terminal illnesses and normal degenerative changes. Interview transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis. Findings Analysis identified four themes of enablers and barriers to community participation. These were: relationships; interests; personal knowledge and awareness towards health and wellbeing; and resources and the environment. Conclusion Intrinsic factors such as developing or maintaining strong relationships and developing interests were identified as enabling community participation. Barriers identified within this study included unappealing group cultures or structures, such as having limited opportunity to develop friendships or explicitly targeting 'seniors aged 60+ years' and accessibility limitations. Recommendations were established to inform the development of programmes to increase community participation among this group.


This paper presents a study of the evaporation of sessile picoliter liquid drops on a heated solid surface. It has been shown that during evaporation diameter of the drop is almost constant (the contact line is pinned) and starts to decrease only at the final moment of drop life. It has been shown that the specific evaporation rate of a droplet (droplet weight loss per unit time per unit droplet surface area) is not constant over time: it gradually grows with time up to a maximum, but at the final stage, when the height of the drop becomes on the order of 1 μm, it decreases rapidly.


This article provides a brief overview of historic work in the field of Learning City
development. It then proceeds to highlight two contemporary strands of work. The first
is the initiative of UNESCO's Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) in establishing the
International Platform of Learning Cities. The second is the work of the PASCAL
Observatory, currently manifested in the Learning Cities 2020 programme.


Transforming growth factor β (TGFβ) stimulation modulates the expression of many epithelial genes involved in cell growth arrest, epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and development. Many recent r ...


This work aimed at studying earliness, yield and photosynthetic parameters in some local and exotic rice resources. Twelve rice entries were used in the study including two from Bangladesh, one from Madagascar, three from Egypt, two from Korea and four from IRRI. These genotypes were evaluated during 2020 and 2021 seasons in RCBD using four replications at the Faculty of Agriculture, Moshtohor Experiment Station. Significant differences were found among rice entries for all studied traits in the two growing seasons. The genotype GZ 10686-1-2-2-1 was the earliest among all studied entries, while genotype PR 78 was the shortest among all entries. Entry IRRI 142 had the highest significant value for chlorophyll content comparing to Giza 179, panicle length was highest with the genotype SAIBORO 9361. The genotype Korea 27 expressed the best mean values for panicle weight, weight of 100 grain and grain yield plant -1 , while genotype IRRI 152 ranked the second best for grain yield plant -1 . Genotype GZ 10848-1-2-2-1 was the best for number of tillers plant -1 . Moreover, the genotype IRRI 152 exhibited the most desirable mean values for cuvette temp. and leaf diffusive, while genotype Korea 27 was the best for quantum sensor, stomatal conductance and Co2 assimilation rate in both seasons. For transpiration rate, the genotype AC 2882 expressed the best mean value, while Korea 47 gave the lowest value for this trait with significant difference from the variety Giza 179.


Many families are rich in secondary metabolites and have high economic and therapeutic values such as Family Bignoniaceae. One of the important plants of this family is Parmentiera cereifera Seem. A thorough survey search indicated that P. cereifera was not studied the stem pharmacognostically. The current study investigates both macroscopical and microscopical features, which could be helpful in authentication of the plant stem. It is also supportive in the identification of powdered drug prior using in any herbal preparations.


Personnel management and industrial psychology topics are currently attracting a great deal of attention in the literature. In addition to articles appearing in general management periodicals, there are at least 34 journals devoted entirely to this subject, and to such sub-topics as human resource planning, employee training, compensation, and employment law.


To investigate changes in oxidant stress during and following acute asthma exacerbations, this stidy measured 2,3-dinor-5,6-dihydro-15-F2t-IsoP (F2-IsoP-M), the major urinary metabolite of 15-F2t-IsoP, in eight asthmatic adults, during and following an asthma hospitalization. F2-IsoP-M concentrations at admission and follow-up were significantly higher than discharge (admission median: 4.12 ng/Cr mg, range 1.89–7.8; follow-up: 2.47 ng/Cr mg (1.56–6.86); discharge: 1.42 ng/Cr mg (0.7–4.44); both p<0.01), but not significantly different between admission and follow-up. F2-IsoP-M concentrations at follow-up were higher than a control group with stable asthma (0.68 ng/Cr mg (0.31–1.5), p=0.0008). In conclusion, asthma exacerbations requiring hospitalization are associated with 6-fold higher urinary F2-IsoP-M concentrations compared to stable asthmatics. F2-IsoP-M concentrations decreased significantly during hospitalization, but significant elevations 3 months following hospitalization suggest ongoing oxidative stress despite clinical improvement. Urinary F2-IsoP-M may be a clinically useful, simple non-invasive systemic measure of oxidative stress in asthmatics, providing information not captured by spirometry or symptoms.


The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of different levels of chemical fertilizers (CF) alone or in combination with farmyard manure (FYM) under lime or no lime amelioration on biological properties of the rhizosphere soil of peanut, grown as intercrop with sabai grass (Eulaliopsis binata (Retz.) C.E. Hubb) in an acid lateritic soil. The effect of five fertilization levels viz., no CF (F0), CF @ 20:40:30 (F1), CF @ 40:80:60 (F2) kg ha -1


Metal pollution is of major concern because metals can be bioaccumulated in aquatic organisms and have high toxicity. Metal concentrations can be increased along the food chain and could potentially threaten environmental and human health. As the coontail (Ceratophyllum demersum L.) is rootless, it is advantageous for use in laboratory bioassays as this would eliminate the complication of soil-rootcontinuum and shoot-root metal partitioning. It thus has the potential to be a suitable model for investigating metal stress in plants. The research objective was to determine the degree of Al, Cu and Zn bioaccumulation in C. demersum L. after exposure to a metal cocktail in a simulated "pollution event" under laboratory conditions over a five week exposure period. Plants were divided into four experimental treatment groups, each with different exposure concentrations of Al (AlSO4), Cu (CuSO4) and Zn (ZnSO4) in mixture. A fifth uncontaminated group of plants served as the control. Aluminium, Cu and Zn concentrations were determined in water and plant samples by means of nitric acid digestion and ICPMS analysis. This macrophyte proved highly effective in the accumulation of these metals at all four exposure concentrations. The results showed that concentrations of the metals in the water varied in all treatments over time with no specific patterns emerging amongst the treatment groups. The metal bioaccumulation in C. demersum was also variable between consecutive weeks per treatment and between consecutive treatments per week. This may be due to C. demersum being able to regulate Al, Cu, and Zn throughout the exposure period. The plant accumulated metals in the order: Zn>Al>Cu.


The aim of the present study was to evaluate the possibility of protective effectness of swimming exercise and Gastrodia elata blume oral administration against beta-cell damage in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes in rats. The animals were divided into five groups: the normal group(n=10), the STZ-induced diabetes group(n=10), the STZ-induced diabetes and moderate-intensity exercise group(n=10), the STZ-induced diabetes Gastrodia elata blume(300 mg/kg) oral administration group(n=10), the STZ-induced diabetes and moderate-intensity exercise and Gastrodia elata blume(300 mg/kg) oral administration group(n=10). Animals in the exercise groups were made to swim moderate swimming exercise protocols once a day for 4 consecutive weeks. Serum glucose concentration and insulin level, superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) were measured in serum. Swimming exercise and Gastrodia elata blume extract administrationhas shown anti-diabetic effect probably through decreasing serum glucose and insulin level and increasing antioxidant enzyme activity. 󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏


These two collections may seem to be worlds apart. One self-consciously explores the nature of archaeology and its role in modern constructions of "Europe." The other has no qualms about archaeology as a discipline; its scientific and social values are taken for granted. What they do have in common, however, is a concern with issues of identity. At the heart of these two books is the concept of the "archaeological culture." These patterned distributions and clusters of material culture traits, whether real or created by selection and emphasis, remain the building


Green computing or Green IT is the environmentally responsible use of computers and related resources as well as the reduction of power resource consumption. In supporting green computing and Green IT, this project is being carried out with the main purpose of creating a draft or template where it can calculate the power consumption of the computer or server when the database query is being process by implementing different type of query plan. The power consumption can be measured by using an energy saving power meter. A consolidated sample of management system will be developed as to indicate the context of the project in testing the query plan from a centralized database system. This project emphasizes on the amount of power usage (in watts) that the query plan consumed in assembling the data. It is more on focusing on the simulation of query plan in consuming power and not on developing a real-time system. Hence making the functionality and reliability of the system is not the main focus and will not be discussed in this paper work. By the end of this project, database developers would be able to see and analyze the various query plan applied in retrieving the same output under a specified condition that gives dissimilar power reading which indicates the different amount of power consumption by each query plan.


As of late, the fast advancement of web innovation brings numerous serious organization security issues connected to vindictive interruptions. Interruption Detection System is viewed as one of the huge procedures to defend the organization from both outer and inward assaults. In any case, with the quick development of the IoT organization, cyberattacks are additionally evolving rapidly, and numerous obscure sorts are appearing in the contemporary organization climate. Thusly, the productivity of conventional mark based and oddity based Intrusion Detection System is inadequate. We propose a clever Intrusion Detection System, which utilizes a developmental strategy based include choice methodology and a Random Forest-based classifier. The development based include selector utilizes an imaginative Fitness Function to choose the significant elements and decreases aspects of the information, which raise the Ture Positive Rate and lessen the False Positive Rate simultaneously. With extraordinary high precision in multi-order errands and remarkable abilities of taking care of commotion in gigantic information situations, the Random Forest strategy is broadly utilized in peculiarity identification. This examination proposes a structure that can choose all the more consistent highlights and further develop the order results as contrasted and different innovations. The proposed structure is tried and investigated UNSW-NB15 datasets and NSL-KDD datasets. Different measurable outcomes and itemized correlation with different strategies are introduced inside this article.


Phylogenetic trees, once restricted to studies on systematics, are now used throughout all disciplines of fungal biology and provide the evolutionary context for a broad suite of studies that include understanding the evolution of major life forms, description of complex biotic communities, and predictive experimental biology. This is especially true in the genomic era, where a rapid convergence of phylogenetics and genomics is occurring and is resulting in the emerging field of phylogenomics. This chapter provides a review of (i) the current status of fungal phylogenetics based on multigene phylogenies, (ii) current evolutionary hypotheses on the evolutionary relationships of organisms that are classified in the Kingdom Fungi, and (iii) the use of genome-scale sampling to infer evolutionary relationships of the fungi. The goal of the Deep Hypha Research Coordination Network was to accelerate the collection of multigene sequence data across the Fungal Tree of Life. By the Fungal Tree of Life, we explicitly refer to the monophyletic Kingdom Fungi (Fungi) and all of its subgroups. One of the more elusive areas of research in fungal phylogenetics has been the calibration of the Fungal Tree of Life to geologic time. Here we focus on the use of genome-scale data sets in phylogenetic analyses. Multigene analyses have had a major impact on phylogenetic studies of the Fungi, resulting in our most thorough understanding of evolutionary relationships of the Kingdom to date.


We determine which orthogonal representations V of GL(n,q) lift to the double cover Pin(V ) of the orthogonal group O(V ). We cover all n and prime powers q, except for (n; q) =(3,4).


Al4nus serrulata fossilis, and Magzolia eliptica. A few new names or new combinations occur due to the necessities of nomenclature or corrections in generic reference. Many of Professor Newberry's species are figured for the first time. An important feature is the figures of several specimens which are the originals of tracings sent to Professor Heer, and from which that author published new species. These are Popidlus iitigiosa, Legumhiiosites marcoucanus, Syzotacites haydenii, and Phyllites obcordatus. In a table is given a list of localities from which specimens came as mentioned in the text. It is most desirable in publication to state in what museums specimens described are located, and the absence of such information in this volume is an unfortunate omission. The undesirable tendency to consider species as distinct, simply because they occur in different geological horizons, is shown in several places, as under Salix vzeekii Newberry, of the Dakota Group, Cretaceous, where the author. says that this species has a resemblance to several Tertiary species, "... from which it might be unwise to regard it as distinct if they were from the same formation." Similarly it is undesirable to give a separate name to fossils when their characters are so close to living forms that they are systematically indistinguishable. Cases in which this is done are Onoclea sensibilis fossilis, Corylus rostrata fossils, Al4nus serrulata fossilis. The description of fossil forms "indistinguishable" from living forms, as stated in several cases, raises an objection to the title of the volume, TZhe Later Extiiict Floras of lorth America. Species of fossil plants, as of fossil animals, should be based on the characters they present, independently of how long they may have lived, as represented by the lapse of geological time. R. T. T.


Traditional therapies of autografts and allogeneic banked bone can promote reasonable clinical outcome to repair damaged bone. However, under certain conditions the success of these traditional approaches plummets, providing the incentive for researchers to develop clinical alternatives. The evolving field of tissue engineering in the musculoskeletal system attempts to mimic many of the components from the intact, healthy subject. Those components consist of a biologic scaffold, cells, extracellular matrix, and signaling molecules. The bone biomimetic, i.e., an engineered matrix, provides a porous structural architecture for the regeneration and ingrowth of osseous tissue at the site of injury. To further enhance the regenerative cascade, our strategy has involved porous biodegradable scaffolds containing and releasing signaling molecules and providing a suitable environment for cell attachment, growth and differentiation. In addition, the inclusion of genetically modified osteogenic precursor cells has brought the technology closer to developing a tissue-engineered equivalent. The presentation will describe various formulations and the methods utilized to evaluate the clinical utility of these biomimetics.


A situation analysis of the occurrence of Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) in Cross River State, Nigeria, was conducted within the period November 2000 and March 2001. Information gathered from state and local Government Area (LGA) policy makers, health personnel and community key informants revealed that Lymphatic Filariasis occurred in 1 Local Government Areas:- Akamkpa, Bekwara, Biase, Boki, Etung, Ikom, Obanliku, Obubra, Obudu, Ogoja, Yala, Yakurr and Odukpani. All 19 villages mentioned as having current and past cases were visited and found to have a total of 13 current cases of lymphoedema. The cases (most farmers, all permanent residents of the village, and all within the age bracket of 28- years, complained of periodic fever, headache and chills particularly in rainy season. They had swollen limbs, usually unilateral with pain, itching, crawling sensation and tenderness. Key informants indicated that the disease had been in the village for a long time. This was confirmed by the existence of local names meaning "elephant legs" and "swollen legs" which appropriately describes the visible manifestation of Lymphatic Filariasis. The cases and key informants did not know the cause of the disease and attributed it to poison, witchcraft , bad food, bad water and violation of taboo. Most felt that traditional medicine including scarification for the purpose of "letting" blood and fluid was the best remedy. All 23 health workers interviewed had good knowledge about the proper remedy. Adequate number of health facilities and personnel exist at state, LGA and community levels. A total of 58 Doctors, 16 pharmacist, 1790 nurses and 1100 community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs) are employed by the State
Government. These exclude health personnel working in private health facilities in the state. Two tertiary, 84 secondary and 485 primary health facilities exist in the state, twelve of which are equipped with surgery facilities. Twelve of the 19 villages visited have primary health care Canters/Pos. lymphatic Filariasis is not listed separate from other filariasis as a notifiable disease. There are therefore no records of the disease and plan for its control at any level. Having confirming the presence f lymphatic filariasis in Cross River State, it is necessary to conduct a survey to determine prevalence of the disease in all communities in he State and subsequently commence intervention (chemotherapy and morbidity control). Information gathered in this study and future Filariasis control programme in Nigeria. The Nigerian Journal of Parasitology Vol 24 2003: 9-16


We study the problem of defining normal forms of terms for the algebraic -calculus, an extension of the pure -calculus where linear combinations of terms are first-class entities: the set of terms is enriched with a structure of vector space, or module, over a fixed semiring. Towards a solution to the problem, we propose a variant of the original reduction notion of terms which avoids annoying behaviours affecting the original version, but we find it not even locally confluent. Finally, we consider reduction of linear combinations of terms over the semiring of polynomials with non-negative integer coefficients: terms coefficients are replaced by indeterminates and then, after reduction has taken placed, restored back to their original value by an evaluation function. Such a special setting permits us to talk about normal forms of terms and, via an evaluation function, to define such notion for any semiring.


Summary The present study was designed to test the existence of communication between the visual and haptic senses with three- and five-year-old children. The children were given experience of either a visual-only or of a visual-haptic nature with complex, unnamed shapes. Subsequently, they were required to identify those shapes either visually or haptically. Results showed a significant increase with age in ability to identify the figures. Thus, further information is provided concerning the development of this ability with complex shapes possessing no labels. In addition, performance on visual tests was significantly more accurate than that on the cross-modal, visual-haptic matching test. The major finding of the present study was that only the visual-haptic training improved performance on the haptic identification test. There was apparently no transfer of information across the sense modalities. Consequently, it was concluded that cross-modal matching, at least by three- and five-year-old children, re...


For experimental reasons furfurylamine structures with variable dienophile parts were used, because the formation of the cycloadducts is slow compared with the necessary measuring time, even at room temperature. Another advantage is the good signal separation in the 1H-spectra of these compounds, that is very useful for quantitative analysis of NOE interaction.


Pseudoaneurysm of the mitral‐aortic intervalvular fibrosa (P‐MAIVF) continues to be a rare diagnosis in children. Etiology, presentation, and management strategies are considerably different from adults. We report a fatal case of P‐MAIVF with classical transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiographic findings complemented by CT imaging. The natural course of uncomplicated/asymptomatic P‐MAIVF is largely unknown since most patients are offered surgery. We present an extensive literature review of pediatric P‐MAIVF and highlight important differences from the adult form of this disease.


- In this paper, the effects of water quality on the flotation performance of bituminous coal were investigated focussing on dissolved ions. Water was synthesised to simulate process water from coal processing plants. To evaluate the effects of these ions, a series of 32 flotations tests were conducted using the synthesized process water. The ions investigated were Ca 2+ , Mg 2+ , Cl - , SO 42, Fe 2+ , NO 3-and the pH. Analysis of results from the laboratory tests revealed that the ion that has the most effect on the flotation performance is Cl. Higher concentrations of Cl - (160 to 200 mg/l) increases the % combustible recovery. The pH was observed to be directly proportional to the % combustible recovery while Ca 2+ and Fe 2+ were observed to be inversely proportional. To achieve high % combustible recoveries, the optimum conditions are 24 mg/l Ca 2+ , 39 mg/l Mg 2+ , 200 mg/l Cl - , 0 mg/l SO 42, 0.06 mg/l Fe 2+ , 40 mg/l NO 3-, and a pH of 7.92. The most significant variable that affects the % combustible recovery is the pH, followed by Cl - , NO 3-, Mg 2+ , SO 42, Fe 2+ , Ca 2+ concentrations in that order.


PT. Adiabara Bansastra is a company which works in coal specific port that lies at the side of Serongga River and discards the waste to the river so the quality of the river can decrease in the future. One of the activities of local fisherman society which is often done at that river is caught fishes using the fishhook tool. Aims of this research are to determine the diversity of zooplankton in the water area of coal specific port of PT. Adiabara Bansastra in Serongga Village and to establish that water quality of that river according to their diversity indexes. The methods of this research are sampling methods which consist of three sampling points, that are: (1) sampling point at the water of the river or near the quay of the coal specific port of PT. Adiabara Bansastra, (2) sampling point at the settling pond I of the coal specific port of PT.Adiabara Bansastra, and (3) sampling point at the settling pond III of the coal specific port of PT.Adiabara Bansastra. Data of the observation are analysed by using the Shannon Wiener of diversity index and the water quality of diversity index. The results of the research from the lowest to the highest zooplankton diversity indexes respectively were 0,974 (sampling 2); 1,471 (sampling point 3); and 1,829 (sampling point 1) and the water qualities of them were the criteria of light polluted (sampling point 1), medium polluted (sampling point 3), and heavy polluted (sampling point 2). Then, their results of this research will become a material teaching in form of the leaflet which was valid and reliable. Keywords— diversity, specific port, Serongga River


This paper presents a closed form solution relating the joint distributions of corrupted and clean speech in the short-time Fourier Transform (STFT) and Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficient (MFCC) domains. This makes possible a tighter integration of STFT domain speech enhancement and feature and model-compensation techniques for robust automatic speech recognition. The approach directly utilizes the conventional speech distortion model for STFT speech enhancement, allowing for low cost, single pass, causal implementations. Compared to similar uncertainty propagation approaches, it provides the full joint distribution, rather than just the posterior distribution, which provides additional model compensation possibilities. The method is exemplified by deriving an MMSE-MFCC estimator from the propagated joint distribution. It is shown that similar performance to that of STFT uncertainty propagation (STFT-UP) can be obtained on the AURORA4, while deriving the full joint distribution.


SUMMARY: A high molecular weight, linear aromatic poly(ether ketone ether ketone ketone) (PEKEKK) has been synthesized by electrophilic Friedel-Crafts acylation condensation of 1,4-diphenoxybenzophenone with terephthaloyl chloride. The syntheses were performed as precipitation polycondensations, and the polyketones were obtained in particle form. The viscosity (molecular weight), shape and size of these particles were found to be strongly dependent on the reaction conditions. For low monomer concentration, highly ordered needle-like particles were also obtained. The chemical structure of the polymers obtained was confirmed by 'H and 13C NMR spectroscopy, and para-substitution in aryl fragments of the main chain was identified. Analysis of the expanded 'H NMR spectra for the ring proton resonances reveals defect mefa- and ortho-structures. The amount and isomer ratio of these defect structures depend on the monomer concentration used.


Recently, the observation of low-power laser deformation of an air-water horizontal interface under total internal reflection (TIR) was argued [1]. This effect was claimed to be independent of the incident light-beam power and the interfacial tension and explained by a model that (i) accounts for the existence of a nonzero in-plane component of the optical radiation pressure exerted on the airwater interface, which was ascribed to the Goos-Hänchen spatial shift—a characteristic feature of TIR—and (ii) does not account for the force balance at the air-water interface. This Comment aims at correcting these two points. First, the optical force acting on the interface is always normal to the interface, be the situation associated to TIR or not. To prove it, we assume the fluids i 1⁄4 ð1; 2Þ to be nonmagnetic, dielectric, transparent, and isotropic. Then, considering steady-state and time-averaged effects over an optical cycle, for the electromagnetic stress tensor (whose divergence gives the associated force density) is [2]


Self healing schemes for group key distribution have been an active research area. It is a method that enables dynamic group of users to establish secure group keys over untrustworthy network for secure communication. The functionality of the scheme is divided into three main building blocks- secret data management, predistributed data management, self healing mechanism. The SKD algorithm is tightly coupled with self healing property. If a GM wants to transmit a message to a user to ensure secure communication the GM uses group keys by randomly selecting them. The keys are updated and act as one time password(OTP). The keys are generated using SHAHMAC algorithm. This decreases workload on the GM as well as user exposure and thus prevents hacking of files on networks.


In this paper, we present an object-oriented approach to modeling systems targeted for the fast growing multimedia applications market. We focus on techniques to reach the first executable model in C++ and propose a design flow to refine the system to its implementation while minimizing re-coding efforts. We propose to take advantage of C++ expressiveness and SystemC modeling constructs to simplify mapping of the blocks, and provide possibilities for IP reuse. We enforce a strict separation of the internal behavior from the interface behavior of the design components and propose to explore those possibilities through a set-top box case study.


The design of lab-scale bioretention cell column was constructed based on Urban Stormwater Management Manual for Malaysia (MSMA) specifications. The stormwater runoff flowrate applied to each column was calculated to mimic the actual scale impervious area for generation of runoff. An inflow and outflow of water was measured using water flow sensor, simulating rainfall runoff correlation with depth and hydraulic conductivity parameters effects. A model to simulate the water movement beneath the engineered soil media, one dimensional (l-D) model of water flow was used to study the effect of different media depth and rainfall intensity on hydraulic conductivity parameter value. It resulted that at lower rainfall intensity of 5.3mm/min small percentage of runoff volume reduction was observed at low height of media (150mm) with a total of 11% compared to 55% of 250 mm media height. The recommended media depth values for moderate storm event are <250mm but not less than 150mm to achieve half of the volume to be treated and maintain the acceptable contact time for higher treatment capabilities. An average of 0.03mm/min hydraulic conductivity is suitable for moderate rainfall scenario as simulate by HYDRUS 1D. On the other hand, results at higher rainfall intensity (12mm/min), no large deviation was observed in terms of percentage of runoff volume reduction between both heights. The thickness ranges are not within the required control volume runoff. Thus, further optimization at lower depth is essential.


The maxmin fair bandwidth allocation has been proposed as a ow/congestion control mechanism for managing the best-eeort data traac in connection-oriented networks. It achieves the fairness by assigning an equal share of bandwidth to each ow passing a link whenever possible; it improves the system throughput by fully utilizing the link capacity whenever possible. This type of fairness-and throughput-aware bandwidth allocation and corresponding routing schemes are important in multimedia connection-oriented networks for a class of services, such as ABR in ATM networks, which will carry heterogeneous types of best-eeort traac from non-real-time multimedia to ASCII text ows. We present two contributions in this paper. The rst contribution is to deene a new set of fairness-throughput relational operators on the set of feasible bandwidth allocations and to show that the maxmin fair allocation maximizes the fairness-throughput performance measured by the new operators. The second contribution is to extend the concept of maxmin from the domain of ow/congestion control to the domain of routing. We propose a maxmin fair routing algorithm which selects the best route for a new ow such that the fairness-throughput performance of the maxmin fair allocation is maximized after the new ow joins in. The proposed algorithm achieves fairness by routing the new ow around congested links, which will improve the overall data throughput as well. Furthermore, an approximation algorithm is presented, which works better for networks with very dynamic states due to its simplicity and more relaxed information requirement on the network state.


Some of the complications which arise in labelling angular-momentum states in low- symmetry systems are discussed. In particular the assignment of irreducible representation labels for spin-orbit coupled states can be quite tricky because of the existence of automorphisms of the symmetry group of the system which affect the labelling of the representations if the definitions of the symmetry elements are changed. A detailed study is made for molecules of C4 symmetry as the automorphism group structure is particularly rich especially when the number of electrons is odd.


Study area is located in district of Bajestan and Ferdows cities, NE of Iran. Structurally, this area is part of Lut block. The oldest exposed rocks, to the north of intrusive rocks and in Eastern Bajestan, are meta-chert, slate, quartzite, thin-bedded crystalline limestone and meta-argillite. The sedimentary units are: Sardar Formation (Carboniferous), Jamal Formation (Permian), Sorkh Shale and Shotori Formations (Triassic), carbonateous rocks (Cretaceous) and lithostratigraphically equivalent to Kerman conglomerate (Cretaceous-Paleocene) are exposed in this area. Based on relative age, magmatism in eastern Bajestan and Taherabad started after Late Cretaceous and it has been active and repeated during Tertiary time. At least, three episodes of volcanic activities are recognized in this area. The first stage was mainly volcanic flow with mafic composition and minor intermediate. The second episode was mainly intermediate in composition. The third stage was changed to acid-intermediate in composition. Since the plutonic rocks intruded the volcanic rocks, therefore they may be Oligo-Miocene age. Bajestan intrusive rocks are granite-granodiorite-quartz monzonite. Taherabad intrusive rocks are diorite-quartz diorite- monzonite-latite. Bajestan intrusive rocks are reduced type (ilmenite series) and Taherabad intrusive rocks are oxidized type (magnetite series).Based on geochemical analysis including trace elements, REE and isotopic data, Bajestan intrusive rocks formed in continental collision zone and the magma has crustal origin. Taherabad intrusive rocks were formed in subduction zone and magma originated from oceanic crust. Taherabad intrusive rock has exploration potential for Cu-Au and pb.


Noted in many recent accounts of doctors running for Congress is the fact that, since January 2017, urologists have been fortunate to have one of their own serving in the U.S. House of Representatives—Florida's Neal Dunn, MD.


The strawberry is a soft fruit with a very short post-harvest shelf life. The changes in texture during fruit ripening are mainly due to the dissolution of the middle lamellae, reducing cell-to-cell adhesion, and the weakening of parenchymal cell walls as result of the action of cell wall modifying enzymes. At present, no master regulator of this process has been discovered yet. NAC transcription factors have been involved in numerous physiological processes, including fruit ripening. In strawberry, the NAC family comprises more than 110 genes, and at least 6 of them are expressed during fruit development. In this research, we performed a functional analysis of two ripeningrelated NAC genes, FaNAC2 and FaNAC3, in Fragaria x ananassa Duch. cv. Chandler. Several RNAi transgenic lines showing low FaNAC2 or FaNAC3 mRNA levels in fruit were obtained through Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. These lines produced fruits significantly firmer than control at the ripe stage, being the increase in firmness higher in FaNAC2 silenced plants. Cell walls were extracted from ripe transgenic fruits and characterized by ELISA and Epitope Detection Chromatography (EDC), using monoclonal antibodies against different polysaccharide epitopes. FaNAC2 transgenic lines showed more extensive changes than FaNAC3; these modifications involved increased amounts of demethylated pectins (LM19) in water and CDTA fractions and an alteration of the lateral branches of RG-I, decreasing the amount of arabinan epitopes and increasing galactan epitopes detected by LM6 and LM5, respectively. The amount of arabinogalactan proteins recognized by the JIM13 antibody was also affected, decreasing in the Na2CO3 fraction and increasing in the 4M KOH and cellulase fraction of the transgenic lines. The results obtained indicate that NAC genes could be involved in the regulation of cell wall disassembly associated to strawberry fruit softening. The transcriptomes of transgenic fruits are currently being analyzed by RNAseq to determine genes encoding cell wall modifying proteins whose expression could be modulated by NAC transcription factors.


Rotational diffusion of a protein is determined largely by its interaction with the surrounding solvent, water. This interaction derives contributions from both the size (short-range interaction) and the charge distribution (long-range interaction) of the protein. Here we show that if the size and shape of the proteins are properly included in the hydrodynamic calculation of Stoke's friction and the correctly estimated charges are used in the calculation of dielectric friction, then the combined friction provides an accurate description of the solvent-induced rotational friction on the proteins. We also discuss the effects of protein-protein interaction in determining the concentration dependence of the rotational diffusion of proteins.


In today's health-care environment, especially in acutecare hospitals, there is high and increasing pressure to reduce costs. This is important1 because, with increasing life expectancy (in the United States it increased from 75.37 years in 1990 to 77.2 years in 2002) and the aging of the baby boomer population, more people and a higher percentage of the population will need health care in the coming years.2 The demand for health care is straining the system at the same time that we are trying to reduce costs. Respiratory therapists (RTs) now must do more with less, so we need to find more efficient methods while seeking to improve patient outcomes.