Nowadays domestic induction cookers usually heat ferromagnetic pans. This technology is well known and it is successfully applied by many manufacturers. However, there are a number of non-ferromagnetic pans (made of aluminium, copper, copper-nickel, or stainless steel) that cannot be properly heated by this technology. In this paper, a modified half-bridge series resonant inverter topology that can heat ferromagnetic and non-ferromagnetic pans is presented. This inverter topology has two topological configurations with two operation modes: first-harmonic operation mode (FHOM) and third-harmonic operation mode (THOM). This paper presents these two operation modes and the design of the principal parts of the inverter. Finally, the experimental results obtained with a prototype of the resonant inverter are presented.


Integrated -optical generalized multiple -focus Luneburg lenses have been contrasted to those with single focus. The theoretical background has been given along with the preparation details. Performance of double -focus lenses has been presented and the possible applications of the multiple -focus elements briefly outlined.


Abstract The temperature dependence of the nematic electroclinic effect has been studied in binary mixtures prepared from two chiral compounds with nematic-smectic A-smectic C and nematic-smectic C phase sequences. The data obtained show a substantial difference in the magnitude of the effect, not only with the type of phase sequence, but also with the temperature range of the subsequent smectic A phase. These results suggest that short-range smectic fluctuations can play an important role in the nematic electroclinic effect at least when a smectic C phase is close to the nematic. In addition, the dynamic behaviour of the electroclinic effect has been investigated in the compound with the nematic-smectic A transition. As in previous work, an anomaly in the electroclinic response time has been found around the nematic-smectic A transition. This fact is analysed qualitatively assuming two different mechanisms contributing to the electroclinic effect.


The elastic and inelastic scattering of cx-particles by a vibrational nucleus is calculated using plane-wave Born approximation. The excitation of both single-phonon and twophonon states is considered. The effect of the diffuseness of the nuclear surface is included. The result for elastic scattering and the excitation of the single-phonon 2+ and 3- states is in good agreement with experiment for .oNi. The approximations used are discussed, and it is suggested that excitation of 0+, 1-, and 5- states should provide the best experimental test of the theory of two-phonon excitation of nuclei. The energies of the vibrational states are also considered.


This article introduces the technology and realization of soft-switch arc welding inverter.Compared with traditional control method,a digital control method of soft-switch arc welding power source is put forward.This method which take DSP as the core of control system can meet the demand of complex data processing and process control.


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With the development of computer technology, control system develops in the direction of intelligent control, and the conventional control system performance is more and more difficult to meet the intelligent requirements of the chemical process. In view of the complex chemical process object, the idea of intelligent control based on Petri net is put forward. For a chemical process, Petri network model is established and the experimental results show that the model is correct.


When we build electronic cash systems, the main focus of the design is usually on preventing customers' malicious actions. However, since authorities such as banks and certificate authorities may have important secret data of customers, the insiders in the potentially untrusted authorities can become threats to electronic cash systems. Miyazaki and Sakurai [2] first systematically analyzed security of offline anonymous electronic cash systems by considering the insider threats from untrusted authorities. They investigated the security of the existing electronic cash systems and categorized the systems into four types. In this paper, we reconsider the security of offline anonymous electronic cash systems including more recent systems based on the classification of Miyazaki and Sakurai and investigate the possible effective countermeasures against malicious insiders.


This study examined the communicative choices people make in sexual situations as they decide whether or not to use condoms. Specifically, we examined the ways in which potential sexual partners attempt to seek information about one another and the strategies they use to persuade their partners to use condoms. Two hundred four college students who had engaged in sexual intercourse with a new partner in the last 12 months participated in the study. The results regarding information seeking suggest that few respondents tried to assess the risk of contracting AIDS or other sexually transmitted diseases with a new partner. However, many were interested in their partner's promiscuous behavior, perhaps reflecting more concern about the potential of a lasting relationship than about disease prevention. Participants also indicated that most overt attempts to use a condom were not met with resistance. Participants rated nine persuasive strategies for getting a partner to use a condom according to likelihood of use...


Killick (2015) defines university internationalization as an institution's "response to the globalization of our world" which can be viewed as a process of changing the student experience in response to changes in the wider world. Internationalization has become an important feature of universities, stimulated by the generation of fees from international students, the promotion of international "branding", reputation and prestige (in international league tables), and to address the need for graduates to compete in an increasingly global workplace due to globalization (Haigh, 2002). The internationalization of institutions by attracting foreign students to study has received the most attention, and the opportunities and issues have been well documented (Ryan, 2013). However, the internationalization of curricula is becoming more important for maintaining the quality and competitiveness of Higher Education in an increasingly globalized neo-liberalized market (Harris, 2008) and the desire for branding as a "Global University" (Clifford & Montgomery, 2011), the increasing diversity of student and staff, and the need to broaden the relevance and appeal of higher education to wider society (Kenna, 2017).


Plasmonic devices with feature sizes of few nanometers exhibit effects which can be described by the nonlocal hydrodynamic Drude model. We demonstrate how to exploit contour integral methods for computing eigenfrequencies and resonant states of such systems. We propose an approach for deriving the modal expansion of relevant physical observables. We use the methods to perform a modal analysis for a metal nanowire. All complex eigenfrequencies in a large frequency range and the corresponding resonant states are computed. We identify those resonant states which are relevant for the extinction cross section of the nanowire.


As a young adult my perceptions of museums were very vague. Museums for me seemed boring and uninviting a place where young people will spend less time because museums are offering few tactile experiences they might enjoy. In my opinion museums were one-sided and structured for older people and their interest.
Once I started working at the Afrikaanse Taalmuseum, museums started to have new meaning to me. It has definitely proved me wrong. I suddenly realized it is a place with loads of excitement, especially in the manner in which their exhibitions are portrayed. The Afrikaanse Taalmuseum for example portrays its theme in a very interactive way where visitors can have hands on learning experience of Afrikaans.
My perceptions of museums have changed drastically since. My goal is to make my peers, who have the same misconception of museums aware of the fact that museums are an integral part of our heritage.


This paper has analyzed the growing small and medium-sized enterprises informatinization based on society present situation from the enterprise interior and exterior, and discussed the growing small and medium-sized enterprises informatinization based on society superiority and the implementation strategy in this foundation. In information society environment, implementation becoming an information based society is the growth small and medium-sized enterprise survival and the development inevitable choice.


Dahuofang Reservoir in Liaoning Province is a water works with the longest water conveyance tunnel in China,of which most of the tunnel is full-faced excavated with TBM.The changing law of the safety monitoring data during the construction period of the section of TBM1 for excavating the tunnel and after the water conveyance operation of the whole line of the tunnel is emphatically analyzed herein,so as to provide a monitoring basis for the operation after the complete of the project.


The aims of the present study were (i) to prepare and characterize carbon aerogels doped with Ag(I), Co(II), Ti(IV), and Mn(II), (ii) to study their behavior during the photooxidation or ozonation processes of organic micropollutants (para-chlorobenzoic acid (pCBA) and 1,3,6-naphthalentrisulphonic acid, NTS) and, (iii) in the case of Ag-doped carbon aerogel, to analyze its efficiency to selectively remove halide anions from drinking water. Results obtained indicate that the addition of a transition metal (Ag, Co, Mn, Ti) does not have a marked influence on aerogel textural and chemical properties of aerogels. The capacity of metal-doped carbon aerogels to accelerate the transformation of ozone into ·OH radicals is related to the metal on their surface. Thus, only the presence of metals susceptible to oxidation by ozone accelerates this transformation (A-Mn). Thus, 10% of the surface Mn was present in Mn(II) form, 4% in Mn(III) form, and 2% in Mn(IV) form after its use in the pCBA oxidation process. In the...


Many ILP systems, such as GOLEM, FOIL, and MIS, take advantage of user supplied meta-knowledge to restrict the hypothesis space. This meta-knowledge can be in the form of type information about arguments in the predicate being learned, or it can be information about whether a certain argument in the predicate is functionally dependent on the other arguments (supplied as mode information). This meta-knowledge is explicitly supplied to an ILP system in addition to the data. The present paper argues that in many cases the meta-knowledge can be extracted directly from the raw data. Three algorithms are presented that learn type, mode, and symmetric meta-knowledge from data. These algorithms can be incorporated in existing ILP systems in the form of a preprocessor that obviates the need for a user to explicitly provide this information. In many cases, the algorithms can extract meta-knowledge that the user is either unaware of, but which information can be used by the ILP system to restrict the hypothesis space. Empirical evidence for the eeectiveness of these algorithms is demonstrated by incorporating them in FOIL. Finally, the biasing eeects of the diierent kinds of meta-knowledge on the hypothesis space are discussed.


The Planned Parenthood Federation of America—much criticized since July when undercover videos purported to show its officials offering to sell tissue from aborted fetuses—has been handed an unexpected victory by a Texas grand jury. The women's health organization was cleared of any wrongdoing, and the two anti-abortion activists who made the films were indicted instead.

David Daleiden, founder of the Center for Medical Progress, a non-profit organization that sent impostors with hidden cameras to try to buy tissue from Planned Parenthood, has been charged with a felony count of tampering with government property, as has Sandra Merritt, who with Daleiden posed as an executive of BioMax Procurement Services, a fictional intermediary for research institutes seeking fetal tissue.1 The …


Abstract Optimal reinsurance policies have been studied extensively in the economics and insurance literature. Two types of optimality criteria, expected utility (EU) maximization and risk minimization, are commonly used. Understandably, applying the two types of criteria usually will result in different "optimal" policies. To reconcile the conflicting interests of the insurer and reinsurer and strike a balance between EU maximization and risk minimization, we follow the approach in Borch (1960b) but assume that the involved two parties both apply distortion risk measures instead of variance. We first identify a set of reinsurance policies that minimize the total risk borne by the two parties, then we take this set of policies as admissible and derive the Pareto-optimal policies that maximize the weighted EU of these two parties. A Nash bargaining model is applied to identify the "best" weights allocated to the two parties. In addition, we extend our results to a situation where the insurer's decision making is dictated by the rank-dependent expected utility (RDEU) theory. Finally, we present numerical examples to show the applicability of our methodology and some implications of the obtained results.


Fundamental to any graph cut segmentation methods is the assignment of edge weights. The existing solutions typically use gaussian, exponential or rectangular cost functions with a parameter chosen in an ad-hoc fashion. We demonstrate the importance of the shape of the cost function in images of convoluted shaped objects. Our asymptotical analysis and empirical results show that the gaussian cost function outperforms the rectangular and exponential cost functions. For the gaussian cost function we construct a theoretical framework to determine the optimal value of its parameter based on the image data and shape complexity.


I recent years, a wave of populism has come over much of the world. In the United States, Donald J. Trump's populist message reverberated among voters sufficiently to see him ascend to the presidency. In Europe, a clearly populist campaign led by Nigel Farage resulted in the looming exit of Great Britain from the European Union. Elsewhere on the continent, Marine Le Pen may not have won the presidential election, but her participation in the runoff was a clear victory for her anti-European and anti-immigrant nationalist platform. Likewise, while many observers were positively gleeful to note that Geert Wilders had not won the Dutch parliamentary elections, as many had feared he might do, but those observers failed to note that his party grew into the second largest in the country, while the traditionally powerful socialists were utterly destroyed.1 Latin America seems out of step with the world, as it appears to be currently emerging from a cycle of populist rule commonly referred to as the Pink Tide, which began with the inauguration of Venezuela's Hugo Chávez in 1999.2 While observers have been declaring the end of the Pink Tide for a few years now, the reality is that the movement is not quite dead yet: Nicolás Maduro remains in power, as does Evo Morales – who appears not quite ready to throw in the towel.3 While Rafael Correa has stepped aside in perfectly democratic fashion, his successor, Lenín Moreno, is very much a believer in what has been termed "twenty-first century socialism."4 In this article, I will focus on the more outspoken of the members of the Pink Tide, and suggest that within the resurgence of the left in Latin America there is a distinct subset of populists who have married resource nationalism to populism to produce something altogether separate from the


(57) ABSTRACT An asymmetric slotted waveguide and method for fabricating the same. The slotted waveguide is constructed in silicon-on insulator using a Complementary metal-oxide-semiconduc tor (CMOS) process. One or more wafers can be coated with a photo resist material using a photolithographic process in order to thereby bake the wafers via a post apply bake (PAB) process. An anti-reflective coating (TARC) can be further applied on the wafers and the wafers can be exposed on a scanner for the illumination conditions. After a post exposure bake (PEB), the wafers can be developed in a developer using a puddle develop process. Finally, the printed wafers can be processed using a shrink process to reduce the critical dimen sion (CD) of the slot and thereby achieve an enhanced asym metric slotted waveguide that is capable of guiding the optical radiation in a wide range of optical modulation applications using an electro-optic polymer cladding.


The ten short essays of this volume consider the use of classical antiquity and nature in the writing of Ezra Pound. Much of Pound's poetry is described, particularly the Cantos. One essay reproduces Pound's essay "European Paideuma", other topics include imagery in Pound and Catullus.


Case-based teaching method,assisted by multimedia technology,can immensely improve the teaching effect of Principles of Management.The paper discusses the overall thoughts upon the application of multimedia technology into management case teaching,as well as material collection and teaching planning,etc.


The main objective of this paper is to elaborate how Business Intelligence (BI) as a knowledge management tool could help consultants in providing professional services to the financial sector. The Business Intelligence (BI) solution could be a competitive advantage for the consultants if they are able to exploit the Business Intelligence (BI) tools and technology such as Data Warehouse, Data Mining, On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP) and Extraction Transformation Load (ETL). The consultants can use Business Intelligence (BI) solution to analyze the organizational data such as structures and business processes of the Financial Institution. By analyzing the organizational data, the financial institution can imp better rove and streamline functional efficiencies to not only bolster up sales and marketing strategies and better develop customer services program, but also mitigate risk by developing more appropriate risk management actions. In brief, by having this competitive advantage, the consultant will be able to withstand in the market, which is always changing.


Hysteresis current control method has the characters of simple implementation, a rapid dynamic response and unconditional stability. But this control method made the switching frequency varying widely. So it was difficult to design the output filter of the inverter. Almost no one has expressed how to design this kind of output filter. In this paper a design method of half bridge dual buck inverter's output filter based on hysteresis current control was presented. In this method how to choose the inductor optimally based on short circuit function and the voltage drop, how to choose the capacitor optimally based on resonant frequency and the compensation of reactive power, were presented. A 500VA prototype was designed. The results of the experiment verified the filter designed by this method had well effect, made the inverter have accurate the precision of voltage and high efficiency.


Customer magazines are a type of marketing communication that builds the image of companies as socially and environmentally responsible. At the same time, consumers are informed about organic produ ...


Background: Higher protein diets, especially from animal sources, have seen a rise in popularity due to potential metabolic effects. This may have consequences for kidney function particularly in rising middle class populations who are allocating more income towards meat. The objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate the effects of higher versus lower protein intake on glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in adult populations without renal impairment. Methods: Search strategies were developed and electronic databases searched: MEDLINE and EMBASE. Data were extracted up until June 3, 2015. The main outcome measure was GFR and a random effect model (Cochrane's Review Manager Version 5.3) was used to pool mean differences in GFR values. Results: Database searches yielded 25 trials from 1914 articles that were eligible for analysis based on inclusion/exclusion criteria. 12 studies were randomized controlled trials and 11 studies were crossover trials. As a result of data presented, 2 crossover studies were treated as 4 trials to result in 25 total trials. A total of 810 subjects from 25 trials were included in this systematic review and meta-analyses. The age of participants was 24-62 years and their BMI was 21-36 kg/m 2 . Higher protein compared to lower protein-containing diets were associated with increased GFR values [mean difference (MD): 8.33 ml/min (95% CI 4.87 to 11.79), P < 0.00001] but this was less pronounced when assessing change from baseline GFR values [MD: 4.71 ml/min (95% CI 0.06 to 9.36), P = 0.05]. Moreover, significant heterogeneity was present and funnel plot asymmetry indicated potential publication bias in both meta-analyses. Conclusion: Higher protein diets were associated with increased GFR, however, these results were inconclusive due to significant heterogeneity and overestimation by random effect analyses. There is still no clear evidence that high protein diets negatively impact renal function in healthy. Full article:  http://hdl.handle.net/11375/18152


The X-30, a proposed hypersonic transport that could fly at up to 25 times the speed of sound, is discussed. Two current US programs are described: a joint US Department of Defense/NASA program for a national aerospace plane (NASP), and research into high-speed commercial flight by NASA. The technological requirements of such a vehicle are examined, and the issues raised by the high cost of its development are examined. The question of schedules is discussed. Related research in the UK, West Germany, and Japan is noted.<<ETX>>


Tracking of attendance is a ubiquitous task in many institutions and during organised events. This, along with subsequent management of collected data can be a cumbersome activity that requires significant time and effort, from all involved parties. Tracking and managing student attendance during lectures and exams is an especially important instance of that task. Automated attendance management systems devised in the literature differ in applied technological solutions and features. However, many of these lack some features that would make them particularly useful for the task of student attendance management. This paper proposes the design of an automatic system tailored for the tracking and management of student attendance data. The design incorporates three main components that interact to deliver a seamless user experience. The key element is the utilisation of simple beacons, which make the system cost-effective and easy to use. Combining them with a mobile platform and a web service enables versatile attendance tracking. Periodic detection of the nearby beacons with authenticated server-side logic makes the proposed design unique in terms of addressing common attendance tracking issues. Also, the design is open for future integration of sophisticated data analysis modules.


We conducted a literature review to establish the state of the art and conceptualisation of family resilience between 2010 and 2016. Even if still incipient, there is an increase in both empirical and theoretical-reflective research, which involves a higher relevance in terms of research and intervention. Predominant research areas were: health, applied neuroscience and rehabilitation, social, community and organizational; followed by clinical psychology and prevention, military psychology, and education. Further research is definitely needed to continue expanding the literature and including areas such as environmental psychology, politics, mobility, organizations and work is also important.


With the wide growth of personal computers expert systems have gained in importance in recent years. DSM-III-X is the first expert system to be sold on the German market. It allows diagnosis of psychiatric disorders and therapeutic recommendations as if by a human expert. This expert system and training program serves as an illustration to describe the construction and functioning of expert systems in general.


Malignancy Detection Performance Using Excised Breast Tumor Margin Spectroscopic Data and an Optimal Decision Fusion Based Approach by Sarah Oraby Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Duke University Date:_______________________ Approved: ___________________________ Dr. Loren Nolte, Supervisor ___________________________ Dr. Nirmala Ramanujam ___________________________ Dr. Gary Ybarra An abstract of a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Graduate School of Duke University 2010


Poly(phenylenevinylene)s (PPVs) containing rigid oxadiazole units as main chain substituents were synthesized. The electron-deficient oxadiazole moieties are directly attached to the phenyl rings of PPVs to increase the electron-injection properties of the polymers. In addition, the near-orthogonal arrangement of the PPV backbone and the oxadiazole units helps to limit the π-stacking of the emissive units, thus increasing the radiative decay quantum yield and photostability of the polymer. These polymers have shown good electron injection/transport ability and luminescence properties. Single-layer LED devices with the configuration ITO/polymer/Al show external quantum efficiencies up to 0.045%.


An investigation of the molecular characteristics of DNQ-PACs both in isolation and in combination with polymer matrices using the techniques of solid state magic angle sample spinning Fourier transform (FT) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and FT-Raman spectroscopy has been initiated. These investigations necessitated a rather fundamental look at the spectroscopic signatures of DNQ's in various environments. Two dimensional NMR techniques have been used to unambiguously assign carbon-13 and proton NMR spectra of the 2,1,5-DNQ moiety in solution. The nitrogen-15 NMR spectrum of 2,1,5-DNQ has also been assigned. While preliminary solid state NMR and FT-Raman spectra have demonstrated that these techniques can be used to monitor the effect of matrices on DNQ/PACs at the molecular level, isotopic labelling will be required to fully understand the nature of the interactions. The correlation of molecular-based information with macroscopic resist performance should lead to the development of new improved resists.


We describe a pilot survey conducted with the Mopra 22 m radio telescope in preparation for the Millimeter Astronomy Legacy Team Survey at 90 GHz (MALT90). We identified 182 candidate dense molecular clumps using six different selection criteria and mapped each source simultaneously in 16 different lines near 90 GHz. We present a summary of the data and describe how the results of the pilot survey shaped the design of the larger MALT90 survey. We motivate our selection of target sources for the main survey based on the pilot detection rates and demonstrate the value of mapping in multiple lines simultaneously at high spectral resolution.


the undertaken research study comprises of a pyrolysis process of a blend of date seeds (DS) and coffee waste (CW) using the Aspen HYSYS software. A flowsheet has been developed in Aspen HYSYS to assess the pyrolysis production using three different weight percentages of date seeds and coffee waste. The effect of the pyrolysis operating temperature on the pyrolysis products has been investigated by adjusting the temperature in a controlled range of 300°C to 500 °C. The simulation model computes the yield of bio-oil, bio-char and gases, in three different cases of two biomass blends. The results show that with increasing the pyrolysis operating temperature, gases and bio-oil production increases linearly till 450°C, after that the gases production rate increases while the bio-oil production rate decreases. Contrary to that, the bio-char production rate decreases with increasing the temperature. Moreover, for favorable gases and bio-char production, coffee waste weight percentage must be increased, while for increased bio-oil production date seeds waste weight percentage must be increased.


In order to meet the needs for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their families living in the rural area in Central Taiwan, we intend to implement an evidence-based program for social skills interventions (SSIs) of out-patient clients with ASD with the incorporation of clients' needs and values, professional expertise, and research evidences. We first reviewed the empirically-supported interventions for participants with ASD and the distinctiveness of existing clients and their families as well as the capability of the clinicians, then we developed a treatment program to target social skills as well as communication and behavioral difficulties in children with ASD called Multimodal Social Skills, Communication and Behavioral Intervention: MSSCB. Social validity of the intervention was measured by the surveys of family participants. In this paper, we described the integration of the intervention program implementation and the empirically-supported strategies that were based on the reviews of empirically-supported research. The development, guideline, and protocol of the program and samples of intervention activities/ schedule were illustrated. Family participants had recognized the positive outcomes of MSSCB intervention through surveys. In conclusion, the  current study had established an evidence-based program for SSIs of participants with ASD at a rural district in Taiwan. The outcomes of social validity surveys and limitations of the MSSCB program were illustrated. In the future, more efforts should be placed in order to fill out the gap between empirical research and clinical application.


Nansha region is an important part of our country,with great potential for hydrocarbon resources and scientific researches.In order to analyze and compare the basins' structure as well as the sedimentary history systematically,we interprete most of the seismic profiles we have to carry out the stratigraphic correlation between Wan'an,Zengmu(Great Sarawak),Beikang,Nanweixi and Liyue basin.It is found that the stratigraphy are divided into three tectonic periods and four stages,divided by rifting unconformity(Tg),breakup unconformity(T60 or T40),and rifting-depressing unconformity(T40 or T32).The lower tectonic periods are composed of Mesozoic strata,distributed discontinuously,thicker in the Liyue basin and beneath uplift.It's the pre-kinematic sequence.The middle tectonic period is separated into rifting stage in the lower part and rifting-depressing stage in the upper part by T40 in Wan'an and Zengmu basin,and by T60 in Beikang,Nanweixi and Liyue basin.The sedimentation in the rifting-depressing stage may be caused by the drift of the Nansha block.The sequence after T40(or T32) belongs to depressing stage.According to the rotation,erosion and fold structure,there is a collision event around Middle Miocene(T40),which is especially obvious in Beikang-Nanweixi basin.Besides the folding wave on the surface,the lens-shaped Early Miocene sequence accompanied with newly formed shear faults between T60 and T40 showed a compressive moment around T40,furthermore the Middle Miocene sequence(T40-T32) appear draping with thin top and thick wing.We suppose that the Nansha block collided with Borneo at this time.Relative to the northern continental margin,Zengmu seems much similar with Yinggehai basin,Beikang-Nanweixi basin seems to be conjugate with Qiongdongnan and Zhongjiannan.Liyue basin should be conjugate with Zhongsha uplift by SW sub sea basin.This conjugate pattern is consistent with the phenomena that T60 is the breakup unconformity.


Application performance evaluation on automatic fire alarm system in metro was studied.Requirements,evaluation index system,evaluation process and score model of application performance evaluation on automatic fire alarm system in metro were proposed.And it will provide technical reference and guidance on the application performance evaluation job on automatic fire alarm system in metro.


This study analyzes the sociocultural factors that affect translations of the Dewey Decimal Classification system (DDC) from English into four other languages, i.e., Arabic, Farsi, Hindi, and Turkish. The study was performed in three stages: each entry in each translation was compared with the edition of DDC on which it was based; each class of each translation (except classes 000 Generalities, 500 Pure Sciences, and 600 Technology) was compared and analyzed with its respective English DDC edition; and the adaptations in each class of all four translations of DDC and their English DDC editions were compared and analyzed. Specific attention was paid to the religion of Islam and its effect on the adaptations not only in class 200 Religion, but also in classes 300 Social Sciences, 700 The Arts, and 900 History and Geography. The study also includes a review of the impact of adaptation in the various translations on the edition of DDC that followed these translations. The study demonstrated that: (1) sociocultural factors--e.g., religion, language, customs, and history--are the cause of most of the adaptations; (2) the same concepts were often adapted by all of these translations, but the methods of adaptations and the notations used were not always compatible; and (3) although the DDC options or provisions for local emphasis are useful, they are not always the most suitable and are often ignored by the translators. The study also provides guidelines and instructions for standardization of future foreign language editions of DDC. (Author/THC) *********************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * *********************************************************************** University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science UN. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ly +in ly EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER ERIC ISSN 0276 1769 ILLThis document has bout taprodood as received from the person of oitiallasbon ofiginanng ft LC\ 0 Moor changes have been mad* to Improve reproduce on quaIdy. Points of maw or oisImons stated m this Soeu mint do not necessarily represent aced NIE (NJ position o pOlICY, I lb Number 170 September 1985 (z) Adaptations of DDC in the Middle East


Objective To investigate the reliability of lithium(Li+) concentration measurement by comparing rapid-treatment blood sample and traditional monitoring method.Methods The Li+ concentrations of serum and plasma by both rapid-treatment sample method and traditional processing sample method were assayed with the same condition,and comparison was also conducted among samples of different processing time and processing methods.Results For the Li+ concentration measurement: there was no significant difference between rapid-treatment serum group and traditional serum group(P0.05),but rapid-treatment serum group compared with rapid-treatment plasma group and after centrifugation without separation plasma group,there were significantly difference(P0.05).Rapid-treatment plasma group was significantly different from traditional serum group(P0.05),but was not significantly different from traditional plasma group(P0.05).Conclusion The traditional sample processing for Li+ monitoring is reliable and effective.Heparin sodium can induce Li+ concentration increasing,which should draw clinical attention.


Leptin‐resistant pigs offer a promising model for the study of non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), particularly in pediatric populations. Muscle is a large and metabolically active tissue that may play an important role in the storage and metabolism of lipid during the development of NAFLD.


Abstract: Air transport is the most dynamically developing branch of transport and the number of services provided by civil aviation is increasing from year to year. However, the conditions in the passenger cabin during the flight differ from those on the ground. The aim of this report is to discuss how the changed environment in the cabin affects the visual system, where eye disorders can cause or exacerbate existing ones and in which diseases traveling by air is contraindicated. Air traveling is generally safe for most passengers with eye diseases, but may cause exacerbation of some diseases of the eye and is contraindicated after some vitreoretinal operations and in the case of ischemic changes of the retina and optic nerve.


Recently, internet banking is growing rapidly. Moot banks in Korea provide internet banking services. Internet banking becomes a major trend in the financial marketplace. With advanced computer technology and declining communication costs, many customers prefer online alternatives such as internet banking, mobile banking or phone banking rather than going to banks by themselves. The number of customers using those alternatives is skyrocketing and domestic commercial banks encourage them of the use. As the internet is highly developed, customers demand higher quality services and banks develop and provide diverse services in order to respond to them. However, internet banking service users are still afraid of their personal and financial information being exposed on the internet. The purpose of this research is to empirically analyze the influence that appropriate internet banking affect user`s security intention. The research model proposed in this study includes user`s security intention which is influenced by self-efficacy, security trust, Internet banking attitude, perceived security and security intention. According to the result of this study, self-efficacy and security trust are related to the security attitude. There is a significant relationship between security attitude and perceived security. Also, user`s security attitude and perceived security is significantly affected by security intention.


The present study aimed to optimize the calcination process parameters (viz., temperature, time, and particles size) for the extraction of aluminum from Ethiopian kaolinite. The kaolinite calcination was done in the temperature of 600–700°C, time of 120–180 min, and particles size of 106–355 μm. The extraction of aluminum from calcined kaolinite was carried out at fixed acid concentration of 3 M, temperature of 80°C, liquid-to-solid ratio of 12 mL g−1, time of 120 min, and stirring speed of 700 rpm. The chemical composition of kaolinite was determined using XRF. Moreover, kaolinite, metakaolinite, and extracted aluminum were characterized by XRD, TGA, DSC, and FTIR. The XRF result of the kaolinite was mainly silicon oxide (55.76% w/w), aluminum oxide (32.02% w/w), and loss on ignition (11.17% w/w). Calcination of kaolinite produced amorphous metakaolinite due to the dehydroxylation reaction as shown by the FTIR results. Three endothermic peaks and one exothermic peak were detected in the thermal analysis of the kaolinite due to water removal, impurities decomposition, dehydroxylation reaction, and phase change from metakaolinite to spinel, respectively. The extracted aluminum proportionally increased with kaolinite calcination temperature and time. However, the extracted aluminum increased as the particles size reduced. The extracted aluminum was in the form of aluminum chloride hexahydrate and trigonal crystalline structure. The optimum values of the degree of conversion of kaolinite dehydroxylation reaction and extracted aluminum of 0.992 and 71.28% w/w were obtained at the optimum kaolinite calcination temperature of 700°C, time of 180 min, and particles size of 106 μm, respectively.


Remains of the Lesser Rhea, Pterocnemia pennata (Aves: Rheidae), a flightless bird from southern South America, have been recorded at several archaeological sites from Argentina and Chile. Distal portions of the hindlegs predominate in these assemblages but taphonomic studies have shown a similar pattern in present-day non-human assemblages. Functional anatomy of a taxon strongly conditions many intrinsic bone properties, including structural or bone mineral density. In order to measure how this might influence the formation of bone assemblages these values should be determined for those species present. Structural density values for the Lesser Rhea are presented and used to estimate whether the skeletal part representation at archaeological and present-day assemblages is a result of density-mediated attrition or whether it is genuine evidence for processing, consumption and transport by human populations.


Deep neural networks frequently suffer from performance degradation when the training data is long-tailed because several majority classes dominate the training, resulting in a biased model. Recent studies have made a great effort in solving this issue by obtaining good representations from data space, but few of them pay attention to the influence of feature norm on the predicted results. In this paper, we therefore address the long-tailed problem from feature space and thereby propose the feature-balanced loss. Specifically, we encourage larger feature norms of tail classes by giving them relatively stronger stimuli. Moreover, the stimuli intensity is gradually increased in the way of curriculum learning, which improves the generalization of the tail classes, meanwhile maintaining the performance of the head classes. Extensive experiments on multiple popular long-tailed recognition benchmarks demonstrate that the feature-balanced loss achieves superior performance gains compared with the state-of-the-art methods.


Multiple studies and surveys focus on specific cybercrime characteristics or develop classification models that do not adequately address the complexity of this contemporary type of crime. This study proposes a comprehensive approach towards cybercrime interpretation and action recommendation through a proposed framework that provides three separate and complementary views to achieve a comprehensive perspective that leads to actionable recommendations. The framework's view I identifies the features of a cybercrime incident and their corresponding elements generating a textual schema-based description that can accommodate existing and new instances of cybercrime. The second view introduces an up-to-date cybercrime-related offence classification system through consolidation and elaboration of existing approaches and leads to a visual extension of schema-based incident description that depicts the interrelations of the various cybercrime elements towards a particular type of offence. View III identifies and interconnects the relevant stakeholders with preventive and response actions and measures. The proposed framework extends previous published work on the theoretical foundation of this multi-faceted domain, and demonstrates that the necessity of a comprehensive approach towards cybercrime can be actualized through different steps with each one designated towards a different perspective.


TITLE: Measurement Techniques for High Enthalpy and Plasma Flows [Techniques de mesure pour les ecoulements de plasma et les ecoulements a haute enthalpie] To order the complete compilation report, use: ADA390586 The component part is provided here to allow users access to individually authored sections f proceedings, annals, symposia, ect. However, the component should be considered within he context of the overall compilation report and not as a stand-alone technical report. The paper presents the method for the TPM catalycity 3,5m/s V prediction on the basis of high enthalpy plasmatron heat 102rn/c transfer tests, performed in subsonic regimes, and 1400 appropriate CFD modeling of the whole plasma flow field in the plasma wind tunnel (1), viscous reacting gas ,5 flows around a test model (2), a nonequilibrium 12=1,0m0s boundary layer near the stagnation point of a test model 1200 (3) and analysis of the the heat transfer for test conditions l • 0m/s at the small Reynolds and Mach numbers (4). In general, the methodology was developed during the study of the 1000 catalytic efficiencies of the Buran TPM-the black 0 1 2 3 X, m ceramic tile and the CC material with antioxidation coating-in dissociated nitrogen and air reacting flows. Fig. 1. Surface temperature distribution along the windward This experimental-theoretical methodology has been center line of the Bor vehicle [ref 8]. Dots-the flight test modified recently for the determination of TPM data: I-CC material with antioxidation coating; 2-ceramic catalycity in subsonic carbon dioxide and pure oxygen tile, 3-ceramic tile covered with black platinum. Curves-flows from high enthalpy tests performed by using the computations at different catalytic recombination rates Kw. 100-kW inductive IPG-4 plasmatron. The interaction between combined ground test measurements and CFD modeling is considered as genesis for catalytic effects Tw, K duplication, plasma flow field rebuilding and the extraction of the quantitative catalycity parameters from the measured high enthalpy flow parameters, surface temperature and stagnation point heat fluxes.


This research aimed to measure: (1) Effect of ownership of Textbooks to use the smartphone as a source of learning in students of Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Padang. (2) Effect of motivation to learn to use the smartphone as a source of learning in students of Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Padang. (3) Effect of ownership of textbooks on learning motivation in students of Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Padang. The study was descriptive correlational. The study population was students of Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Padang. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling  and the sample size in this study were 97 respondents. The data used are primary data. Data collection techniques used were questionnaires. Data analysis technique used is descriptive analysis and inductive analysis using path analysis techniques. The results showed that (1) the ownership textbooks significantly influence the motivation to learn (2) Ownership textbooks do not significantly affect the use of smartphones as a learning resource but indirect effect through learning motivation, (3) learning motivation influence directly and significantly to the use of a smartphone as a learning resource.


Electrically conductive sol‐gel matrices have been first introduced in order to enhance the efficiency of electrochemical NADH regeneration systems for biocatalysis. Vanadia‐silica mixed gels as conductive sol‐gels were synthesized using vanadium (V) oxytripropoxide (VOTP) and tetramethyl orthosilicate (TMOS) as precursors. Direct electrochemical reductions of NAD+ were carried out in the presence of vanadia‐silica xerogels using unmodified platinum electrodes. Vanadia‐silica gels from higher ratios of VOTP to TMOS could effectively improve electrochemical generations of NADH from NAD+. Direct electrochemical regenerations of NADH were coupled to the synthesis of l‐glutamate from α‐ketoglutarate catalyzed by glutamate dehydrogenases (GDH). In this case, vanadia‐silica gels were used as matrices for enzyme encapsulation, as opposed to serving as additives. When GDH were entrapped in "nonconductive" silica gels, synthesized using only TMOS, in the control experiment, the initial supply of NADH exhausted quickly and a final conversion of 30% was obtained. However, the use of conductive vanadia‐silica gels with encapsulated GDH resulted in complete conversion of α‐ketoglutarate to l‐glutamate. A turnover number of a cofactor was also enhanced 3‐fold by the application of conductive vanadia‐silica gels.


Controlled and tunable growth of chemically active edge sites over inert in-plane MoS2 flakes is the key requirement to realize their vast number of applications in catalytic activities. Thermodynamically, growth of inert in-plane MoS2 is preferred due to fewer active sites on its surface over the edge sites. Here, we demonstrate controlled and tunable growth from in-plane MoS2 flakes to dense and electrically connected edge-enriched three-dimensional (3D) network of MoS2 flakes by varying the gas flow rate using tube-in-tube chemical vapor deposition technique. Field emission scanning electron microscope results demonstrated that the density of edge-enriched MoS2 flakes increase with increase in the gas flow rate. Raman and transmission electron microscopy analyses clearly revealed that the as-synthesized in-plane and edge-enriched MoS2 flakes are few layers in nature. Atomic force microscopy measurement revealed that the growth of the edge-enriched MoS2 takes place from the in-plane MoS2 flakes. On the ...


Abstract : This final report first outlines the scope of the contract work conducted on a continuing basis in support of the Phase 1 objectives during the time this second contract was in place. In addition, and mainly, this contract was let in order to further one of the recommendations of the Phase 1 report, namely that Air Transport Group (ATG) consider improvements to their training system in the area of aircraft systems knowledge. This final report therefore summarises the goals, nature and scope of that work, includes as an appendix the substantive report on training recommendations (in the form of a fully costed proposal for training improvements), and makes further observations and recommendations for the way ahead in systems training. Information sources, influences, and contacts are listed to aid those continuing with this training revision effort.


A range of perennial legume species, including Trifolium ambiguum, T medium, Astragalus cicer, Coronilla varia, Lotus corniculatus, L. pedunculatus, and Lespedeza cuneata, were evaluated in glasshouse and field trials in 1989-92 at Armidale, New South Wales. Hexaploid germplasm of T. ambiguum was subjected to selection for increased seedling vigour, early biomass production and profuse flowering in glasshouse screening and spaced plant field nurseries. On an acid, solodic soil, T. ambiguum and T. medium grew modestly, Lotus spp. grew vigorously initially, but died out within 3 years, A. cicer and C. varia failed to persist beyond 1 year, but isolated plants of Lespedeza cuneata thrived. On an acid, freedraining, red-basalt soil, all accessions grew vigorously until early 1991. During the succeeding drought, Lotus sp. died out, A. cicer thinned out on the acid soil, but T. ambiguum, T medium, and C. varia remained persistent and productive. A large nursery of A. cicer accessions on the same soil limed to 5 t/ha before planting remained vigorous to the present. Superior hexaploid material of T ambiguum selected from spaced plants, originated chiefly from CPI 43909 and the ARS-2678 germplasm collection from Utah, USA.


A manufacturing method and structure to a multi-level metallization of the solar cell is described. In one embodiment, the backside contact solar cell includes a substrate having a light receiving front and back to form a patterned emitter and non-nesting of the base region. Comb doped emitter and base regions are formed on the back surface of the crystalline semiconductor substrate. Patterned electrically insulating layer stack comprising a combination of at least the doped layer and undoped capping layer is formed in the pattern forming doped emitter region and base region. Formed contact metallization pattern comprises a non-nested base metallization electrode in contact with the emitter metallization electrode and the base region in contact with the emitter region, the base metallization electrode non nesting, in the solar cell exceeds the base area It may overlap with at least a portion of the aforementioned patterned insulator without causing an electrical shunt. .The 2A


Dance education is an integral aspect of the Arts curriculum as it offers numerous physical, social, emotional and cognitive benefits. Regardless of the many benefits, dance education is often excluded from the primary school classroom curriculum, even though it is a compulsory key learning area. The main reason behind its exclusion includes many contextual factors, most importantly, teacher self-efficacy. According to Bandura (1997), teacher self-efficacy forms during the early years of teaching and once developed, is resistant to change. Therefore, tertiary institutions can play a major role in the development of teacher self-efficacy.
This study identifies the impact of university dance education experiences on the perceived self-efficacy of preservice teachers. A qualitative dominant mixed methods research design was utilised with participants from four initial teacher education courses, across universities in Sydney, Australia. Data were collected from each group, on a collective cohort of preservice primary teachers (N=208) using, document analysis, pre- and post-surveys, semi-structured interviews, and observations.
The findings in this study represent the impact of current university dance pedagogical approaches on teacher perceived self-efficacy. Results show that all participants had a preconceived belief about the teaching of dance education. The preservice teacher perceptions, insights, and experiences, provide important contributions to extend on present understandings from the literature with regard to (a) how universities address these preconceptions of dance education, (b) what pedagogical approaches are utilised to cause a shift in self-efficacy, and (c) what specific factors influence the self-efficacy levels of the primary preservice teachers. The preservice teachers in this study attributed positive feedback, tutor influence, interactive teaching models, and practical learning strategies, specifically opportunities for performance and group collaboration, as critical to positively shifting self-efficacy for teaching dance. Based on the findings from this study, universities regardless of the time allocated to dance education, are integral in shifting negative perceptions of dance by creating positive learning environments and providing effective role models.
This data offered insight into addressing the main research question: How do current dance education courses at university affect the perceived self-efficacy of preservice teachers? These results will have the potential to inform those involved in policy development, course structure, and Dance teacher education, on whether university dance courses have the capacity to build robust teacher self-efficacy to ensure the likelihood that dance education will be incorporated in the primary classroom and generalist teachers will feel confident teaching it.


Abstract. Research progress on the order Solifugae, commonly known as camel spiders, has been hindered by challenges inherent in collecting these fast-moving, nocturnal predators. Recently, pitfall trapping combined with artificial light lures showed promise for improving capture rates, but the hypothesis that camel spiders are attracted to light traps (positive phototaxis) has never been tested. We constructed short pitfall trap arrays with and without lights across the Mojave Desert to test the light attraction hypothesis. Nearly all camel spiders we collected were found in traps with suspended lights, lending strong support for positive phototaxis. Distance from the lights within trap arrays does not appear to be correlated with the success of individual pitfall traps. Excitingly, our short pitfall light arrays, or Caterpillar light traps, were relatively easy to install and yielded an order of magnitude more camel spiders per effort hour than previously reported techniques.


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A study was conducted on byssinotic (N = 8) and nonbyssinotic (N = 16) mill workers exposed to cotton dust and on controls (N = 15) from a cotton dust-free zone. They were examined for chest tightness and breathlessness during successive days from Mondays to Fridays. In addition to monitoring the workers only on Mondays after shift work, their blood histamine levels and pulmonary function tests such as FEV1, PEFR, and FEF25–75% (PEFR represents airflow of larger airways, FEF25–75% reflects airflow in smaller airways, and FEV1 represents airflow in both central and peripheral airways) were screened, but Monday data were only counted to appraise a contrast between these two parameters. The results showed that the histamine levels were significantly higher in the cotton dust-exposed workers in association with significantly decreased FEV1, PEFR, and FEF25–75%, indicating bronchoconstriction of the central, larger, and peripheral airways. Histamine can cause a severe constriction of the central as well as peripheral airways in cotton dust-exposed workers, enabling a paradoxical effect for a differential diagnosis of byssinosis.


After two years of enlarged Single Market performance we can trace and evaluate the main trends in European trade development. The contribution is focused on production and realization of Czech milk and milk products after the EU enlargement and should answer the question if the Czech milk sector found the way for continual functioning in the frame of the EU trade zone and the EU single market organisation and which are its´ chances in the near future.


When an economist argued that Bernie Sanders's fiscal program could stimulate GDP growth to significantly faster rates, many mainstream economists rose in anger against the projections. But this economist says there is indeed room for faster growth than these critics assert.


Let G be an edge-colored connected graph G . A path P in the graph G is called l -rainbow path if each subpath of length at most l + 1 is rainbow. The graph G is called ( k, l ) -rainbow connected if any two vertices in G are connected by at least k pairwise internally vertex-disjoint l -rainbow paths. The smallest number of colors needed in order to make G ( k, l ) -rainbow connected is called the ( k, l ) -rainbow connection number of G and denoted by rc k,l ( G ) . In this paper, we consider the (1 , 2) -rainbow connection number at most 3 in some connected dense graphs. Our main results are as follows: (1) Let n ≥ 7 be an integer and G be a connected graph of order n . If ω ( G ) ≥ n − 3 , then rc 1 , 2 ( G ) ≤ 3 . Moreover, the bound of the clique number is sharpness. (2) Let n ≥ 7 be an integer and G be a connected graph of order n . If | E ( G ) | ≥ (cid:0) n − 3 2 (cid:1) + 7 , then rc 1 , 2 ( G ) ≤ 3 .


Using data-driven technologies to support healthcare has been largely celebrated as an effective means. Yet, most existing data-driven technologies are designed with the purposes of improving productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness etc., i.e. care administer-centric design. The needs and perceptions of caregiver, the actual users of most technologies, are largely ignored. In this paper, we examine the impacts of data-driven technologies from the perspective of caregivers. Through a questionnaire study with 191 caregivers in Shanghai China, we quantify the impacts of data-driven technologies to caregivers' work and experiences. Our results show that while the embedded data-driven technologies provide significant benefits to caregivers' work, these benefits are often limited by the complex, situated and fragmented nature of healthcare. We analyze the results and propose our suggestions to the further design.


This paper proposes the application of tree-structured clustering to various noise samples or noisy speech in the framework of piecewise-linear transformation (PLT)-based noise adaptation. According to the clustering results, a noisy speech HMM is made for each node of the tree structure. Based on the likelihood maximization criterion, the HMM that best matches the input speech is selected by tracing the tree from top to bottom, and the selected HMM is further adapted by linear transformation. The proposed method is evaluated by applying it to a Japanese dialogue recognition system. The results confirm that the proposed method is effective in recognizing noise-added speech under various noise conditions.


The false twist texturing method is one of the most common texturing techniques. This process depends on parameters such as tension, twist, and heater temperature. As false-twist texturing is a process which includes close interactions between machine working parameters and textured yarn properties, the effect of process parameters on yarn properties have been widely investigated. In this study the effect of first heater temperature, setting overfeed, and D/Y on the tenacity of set yarns and the effect of twist, texturing speed, and first heater temperature on crimp stability of stretch yarns are predicted using artificial neural network methodology.


Parameters of distribution block for in-soil dissipation sowing of grain are substantiated. Technological process is investigated and factors influencing the uniform distribution of seeds are determined. Constructive parameters of seeds distribution block are theoretically and experimentally substantiated. Testing in production conditions is conducted and technical and economical assessment is given.


Formal engineering education tends to specialize the engineer. Good reading is an excellent way to make him a well-rounded individual.


— The preservation of man and the environment is one of the most important principles to be taken into consideration when designing a nuclear project. Therefore, the first objective of environmental design is to mitigate the effects of natural disasters on nuclear facilities. The tsunami is one of the most important environmental threats to nuclear plants built on sea coast. Therefore, the aim of this research is to study the environmental design of the sea wall as the first line of defense against the tsunami. On the base that the sea wall that protects the nuclear plant should be considered as a part of nuclear facilities design. This paper aims at studying criteria for seawalls design, history of sea defense design standards, and explaining the process of revision of design guidelines. A discussion of international approaches and their application to nuclear power plants is also provided.


The Akt/mTOR pathway is a central player in regulating distinct and diverse cellular processes, such as cell growth, survival, and metabolism. We hypothesize that spatial compartmentalization is a critical mechanism for achieving signaling specificity of Akt/mTOR signaling. To examine this spatial regulation of Akt/mTOR signaling within subcellular compartments, we developed a series of genetically encoded fluorescent protein‐based molecular tools, including Akt activity reporter (AktAR2) and mTORC1 activity reporter (TORCAR), to directly visualize the kinase activities dynamics of Akt and mTORC1 in single living cell. We found that cellular mTORC1 activity is intricately regulated in a signal‐ and location‐specific manner. Surprisingly, both growth factor and amino acid surrogate induce mTORC1 activity in the nucleus, in contrast to the current thinking that mTORC1 is not active in nucleus. To further dissect the regulatory mechanisms of nuclear mTORC1 activity, we developed Akt‐STOPS (Akt Substrate‐based Tandem Occupancy Peptide Sponge), which allows perturbation of Akt signaling at distinct subcellular compartments. Expression of Akt‐STOPS in the nucleus suppressed the growth factor stimulated nuclear Akt activity without significant inhibition of Akt activity in the cytosol. Strikingly, expression of Akt‐STOPS in the nucleus largely diminished the growth factor‐induced nuclear mTORC1 activity, and down‐regulated the transcription by mTORC1‐dependent RNA pol III, suggesting that growth factor induced nuclear mTORC1 activity is dependent on nuclear Akt activity. These results have led to a new model of regulation of mTORC1 in nucleus. Taken together, we developed new molecular tools to interrogate the spatial control of Akt/mTOR signaling and uncovered new insights into the spatial compartmentalization of Akt/mTOR signaling.


Mutant strain ME544, which is able to grow on glycerol slowly, was derived from glycerol-negative mutant strain G011, which is a derivative strain of Cellulomonas sp. NT3060 and is defective in both the enzyme activities of glycerol kinase and glycerol 3-phosphate dehydrogenase. The mutant strain still lacked both the enzyme activities involved in the dissimilation of glycerol and had the same level of glycerol dehydrogenase activity as the parent strain. Dihydroxyacetone kinase activity in mutant strain ME544 was inducibly formed, reaching 4-fold the level in mutant strain G011 in glycerol medium. Thus, the mutant strain seemed to dissimilate glycerol by means of glycerol dehydrogenase followed by an increase in dihydroxyacetone kinase. Subsequently, a mutant strain, GP1807, which was resistant to the inhibition of growth on glycerol by 1,2-propanediol, was derived from mutant strain ME544. Glycerol dehydrogenase activity of the mutant strain was amplified about 6-fold compared to that of the wild type s...


ABSTRACT This study investigated the content of parenting information shared on social media by identifying the range and frequency of topics shared by parenting-focused accounts on Twitter. Using the Twitter API, a universe of 675,069 tweets were gathered from 74 of the most-followed parenting-focused accounts, or "hubs," from January 2016 to June 2018. Using a custom, semi-automated topic modeling approach, we identified the topics – and subtopics within topics – parenting hubs shared with their followers and investigated whether any meaningful differences in topical focus existed between accounts targeting mothers versus fathers. Results indicate that over one third of tweets were about Parenting Behavior and nearly one quarter about Health, with Entertainment, School and Motherhood and Fatherhood generally as less tweeted topics. Mother-focused accounts tweeted more about Health than father-focused accounts, which tweeted more than others about Entertainment. Implications for future parenting and social media research are discussed.


Disposal of Caesium (Cs) by incorporating it into host matrices has been proved as a promising concept.
Even though Portland cement (PC) based systems can be used to encapsulate low (LLW) or intermediate
level waste (ILW), they are not efficient for immobilising Cs due to the very high water-solubility of Cs.
Magnesium phosphate cement (MPC), a chemically bonded ceramic consists of struvite families produced by
the acid based reactions between dead-burnt magnesium oxide (MgO) and phosphates (e.g., KH2PO4), can
be a potential candidate for hosting Cs, since it has been reported that Cs can be incorporated in the Kstruvite
structures by substituting potassium (K) to form (K,Cs)-struvite. However, the acid-based reaction to
form MPC under ambient temperature between magnesium oxide (MgO) and phosphates (e.g., KH2PO4) is
violent and exothermic, which raises concerns about industrial application of MPC in real world. In this work,
ground-granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS) and pulverised fuel ash were used to replace MPC in order to
reduce the heat released. The feasibility of MPC, as well as MPC-based blends, i.e. GGBS-MPC or PFAMPC
matrices, for immobilising Cs was assessed by their leaching behaviour at the ages of 3d, 7d and 28d.
In addition, two typical PC based systems currently used in nuclear waste immobilisation, i.e., pure PC and
PC-GGBS (1:9) mixes, were also produced and tested as controls. The results indicated that all the MPC
mixes, including pure MPC, GGBS-MPC and PFA-MPC, demonstrated superb capability for immobilising Cs,
with the immobilisation rates achieved more than 99.5% at all curing age investigated. Compared to the
traditional PC and PC/GGBS mixes, the MPC mixes nearly doubled the Cs immobilisation rate, which is
rather encouraging.


Reply from the Authors: Dr. Rosenblum correctly documents the clinical and pathologic association of granulomatous arteritis with VZV. His three articles were cited in our past review.14 Meanwhile, our current studies used modern immunohistochemical and virologic techniques to prove not only that VZV causes granulomatous angiitis, but that the blood vessels may be randomly, but productively, infected with virus, whereas the brain exhibits pale infarction and no virus. We emphasized that virologic confirmation is not easy, and requires multiple techniques applied to different areas.

Dr. Sotrel states that we did not show active vasculitis, but a vasculopathy. As we …


The Advanced Neutron Source (ANS) is currently the only new civilian nuclear reactor facility proposed for construction in the United States. Even though the thermal power of this research-oriented reactor is a relatively low 300 MW, the design will undoubtedly receive intense scrutiny before construction is allowed to proceed. Safety studies are already under way to ensure that the maximum degree of safety in incorporated into the design and that the design is acceptable to the Department of Energy (DOE) and can meet the Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulations. This document discusses these safety studies.


It is a classic result that two number fields have equal Dedekind zeta functions if and only if the arithmetic type of a prime p is the same in both fields for almost all prime p. Here, almost all means with the possible exception of a set of Dirichlet density zero. One of the results of this paper shows that the condition density zero can be improved to a specific positive density that depends solely in the degree of the fields. More specifically, for every positive n we exhibit a positive constan cn such that any two degree n number fields K and L are arithmetically equivalent if and only if the set of primes p such that the arithmetic type of p in K and L is not the same has Dirichlet density at most cn. We in fact show that cn = 1 4n works and give a heuristic evidence that points to the fact that this value might be improved to 2 n . We also show that to check whether or not two number fields are arithmetically equivalent it is enough to check equality between finitely many coefficients of their zeta functions, and we give an upper bound for such number.


Received: 23 February 2021 Accepted: 12 May 2021 Abstract The Fourth Industrial Revolution, also known as Industry 4.0, is about connecting the physical world with the virtual world in real-time. With the advent of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, manufacturing companies are introducing a number of solutions that increase productivity and personalize finished products in line with the idea of Industry 4.0. The application of, among others, the following: 3D printing, the Internet of Things, Big Data, cyber-physical systems, computing clouds, robots (collaborating and mobile), Radio-frequency identification systems, and also quality control and reverse engineering systems, is becoming popular. There are still not enough studies and analyses connected with the Polish 3D printing market, and also attempt to determine the attitude of those studies and analyses to the implementation of the Industry 4.0 conception. In connection with what is stated above, the principal objective of this paper is to determine the directions of the 3D printing industry development. In this publication, it is as well the survey respondents' opinions relevant to opportunities and threats connected with the implementation of the Industry 4.0 conception in an enterprise are presented. The survey was conducted on a group of 100 enterprises and scientific research institutes in Poland, offering and/or applying additive technologies.


47Background: Docetaxel was the first agent, when added to androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), to demonstrate a survival benefit in men with metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer (mCSPC)....


Although incremental improvements have been made to the Kroll process since its inception in 1948, the process in use today remains essentially the same batch process developed by Dr. Kroll and perfected by the U.S. Bureau of Mines. In this process, titanium tetrachloride (TiCl4) is reduced by magnesium to produce titanium metal. There are two major limitations to the Kroll process: (1) it is a batch process; and (2) the reduction of TiCl4 proceeds so rapidly that the sponge formed is an interlocking dendritic mass with inclusions of magnesium, magnesium salts and titanium subchloride that must undergo several purification steps before the metal is suitable for use. The Albany Research Center (ARC), formerly the U.S. Bureau of Mines, has investigated a new, continuous titanium metal production process in which a titanium powder is produced in a bath of molten salt. In this process, the rate of the reduction reaction was slowed and controlled by diluting the reactants with molten chloride salts. The diluted reactant streams were combined in a continuous stirred tank reactor, operated much like a crystallizer. New titanium metal forms on the already present small Ti particles. When the Ti particles become too large to remain suspended inmore » solution, they fall to the bottom of the reactor and are removed. Initial experiments show promise but problems remain in obtaining the required purity and uniform particle size.« less


It is probably no longer necessary to defend David Copperfield from Orwell's charge that Dickens's art is characteristically 'all fragments, all details—rotten architecture, but wonderful gargoyles.' Q.D. Leavis and John Lucas, to name but two champions of the book's masterful construction, have traced the structural and thematic coherence to be found in the complex patterning of marital and parent-child relations. My concern in this paper is to explore a radical disturbance in Dickens's attempt to integrate these two sets of human relations.


The commercial profitability of poplar cultivation was analysed in an artificial poplar plantation, rotation 25 years. The aim of the study was to check the justification of the invested financial means in artificial poplar plantations, based on the analysis of costs and receipts in the period of 25 years, by using the method of analysis of commercial profitability. The evaluation of investments was performed by modern methods which, in this way, found their practical implementation in forestry.


A simplified model is developed for an alveolar liquid lining undergoing cyclic stretching which mimics breathing motions. A thin, viscous film coats an extensible alveolar wall with small aspect ratio, $\varepsilon$. Scaling analysis and asymptotic theory are used to describe the interface profile and surfactant distribution during the oscillation cycle for either insoluble or soluble surfactants. The flow consists of two distinct regimes: an outer region away from the rigid endwalls where flow is near-parallel and a boundary-layer region at the rigid endwalls where flow is non-parallel. The system is solved asymptotically in the limit of $\varepsilon\ll 1$ and small strain amplitudes, $\Delta \ll 1$. For leading order in $\varepsilon$, steady streaming vortical flows are found at $O(\Delta^2)$ and their size, number and flow direction depend on the system parameter values. This preliminary model can be useful for understanding alveolar transport characteristics for slowly diffusing molecules with large Péclet number, such as endogenous surfactants and proteins as well as delivered surfactants, drugs and genetic material that may occur in various therapies or partial liquid ventilation. The flow pattern also provides a pathway for cell–cell signalling within the alveolus.


Student Rating of Teaching in colleges is well known as the most directive,vivid and effective way of evaluating the teaching quality in class,but there is still a little doubt about it in the practice.The paper makes deep analysis on this problem and explores the work of improving the course of student rating.


Objective Analysis of D-dimer in patients with preeclampsia and 24 hour levels of urinary protein correlation. Methods Selected 82 patients with preeclampsia, the use of immune turbidimetric method, D-dimer; the use of casual color Turbidimetric Determination of 24-hour urine protein. Analysis of D-dimer levels and 24-hour urine protein correlation. Using correlation coefficient(r) to represent the D-dimer levels and 24-hour urine protein correlation between the two groups were compared using t test. Results Preeclampsia D-dimer levels and 24-hour urine protein was positively correlated. Conclusion Normal pregnancy with the pregnancy of the growth, serum D-dimer levels with the increase, indicating that pregnant women in a hypercoagulable state and increased secondary fibrinolysis. Preeclampsia serum D-dimer levels in patients were significantly higher, suggesting that these patients is in the coagulation and fibrinolytic state, and there may be chronic DIC. Normal pregnant women, mild increase in urine protein, which increase with body position and the renal flow, glomerular filtration rate. Comprehensive perspective of the two can be more comprehensive grasp of the prognosis and development of eclampsia.


Optimization of the culture medium conditions for Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis mosquitocidal toxins production under solid state fermentation using Taguchi experimental design of surface response methodology was studied. The obtained results revealed that the optimum culture medium conditions for the maximum mosquitocidal activity against second instar Culex pipiens larvae were 6% substrate concentration, 40% initial moisture content, 2% inoculum size and initial pH 6.5 for 7 days incubation period. The obtained sporulation titer and larval mortality % were 2.2 × 1010 CFU/g final product and 90%, respectively. LC50 of this product was 3.2 ppm. Acta Biol Szeged 61(2):135-140 (2017) KEy WORdS Bacillus thuringiensis Culex pipiens mosquitocidal toxins, solid state fermentation surface response methodology Submitted June 5, 2017; Accepted September 18, 2017 *Corresponding author. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


Porous material-based adsorption technology enables greatly reduced energy consumption and is recognized as a promising solution to change the current energy-intensive conditions in gas separation. Here, a new water stable interpenetrated anion-pillared metal-organic framework ZU-62-Ni affording highly efficient C2H2/C2H4 separation was designed.


Objective To investigate the clinical diagnosis and imaging feature of parapharyngeal infection in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma after radiotherapy.Methods Forty patients with parapharyngeal infection after radiotherapy of nasopharyngeal carcinoma were treated from January 1997 to August 2008.The major symptoms were temporal headache(62.5%) and pharyngeal soreness(22.5%).Under the examination of nasopharyngeal fiberscope,different extent of infection,ulcer or necrosis lesion was found in 35 cases(87.5%),while nodular neoplasm in the nasopharyngeal cavity was found in the other 5 cases.Fourteen patients(35.0%) were misdiagnosed or suspected to have relapse of nasopharyngeal carcinoma by CT or MRI scan.All patients received anti-inflammatory therapy.Results The symptom of pain disappeared in all patients after anti-inflammatory therapy.The neoplasm in nasopharynx and parapharyngeal space completely regressed in one case on imaging reexamination.The extent of infection,ulcer and parapharyngeal soft tissue thickening were slightly reduced or without any change in 30 cases.After 10-150 months follow-up,36 patients were still alive without tumor relapse,4 patients died of pneumonia and respiratory failure.Conclusion Parapharyngeal infection after radiotherapy of nasopharyngeal carcinoma was easily misdiagnosed as relapes of nasopharyngeal carcinoma by clinical feature and imaging examination.The characteristics of these cases were as follows: chronic disease,after high dose radiotherapy,temporal headache or pharyngeal soreness,nasopharyngeal infection,ulcer or necrosis,doubtful parapharyngeal neoplasm on CT or MRI scan,effective by anti-inflammatory therapy.


There has been a vast vacuum in the literature on the importance of the location of remote earth carried out during impulse test on grounding systems using field measurements. Some published work show that the remote earth is installed surrounding the electrode under tests, whilst some have used separate remote earth, away from it. This work studies the impact of return electrode location on transient behaviour of the earthing electrode. The electrode under test is a single rod. Two types of remote earth configurations are used, a circular electrode with multiple rods surrounding the single rod, and one that is 80 m away from it. Impulse tests are conducted under both impulse polarities. Voltage and current traces are captured for a single rod, using two different types of remote earth configurations, with the impulse resistance measured as well. It has been established that the arrangement of the remote earth poses no influence on the test results. That said, higher oscillations of current traces and higher resistance values have been observed in negative impulse in comparison with positive impulse polarities.


editor organises and presents information in a logical sequential fashion. . . Discussions of childhood and adult trauma make up the largest portion of the textbook. . . These chapters are superb . . . the book is highly recommended and will take its place alongside other distinguished reference textbooks."2 This book was written to fill an important gap in orthopaedic published work; I believe that my contributors will attest to a high degree of editorial control. The contributors, as you may know, are all notable authorities: surely, they deserved a review of different quality and depth. If I may say so, you have indeed exercised lamentably poor editorial control on this' occasion. Finally, so far out of six reviews your subterranean criticism from Salford remains an unfortunate minority of one.


Background: Systemic autoimmune diseases such as Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) are characterised by aberrant autoimmune and inflammatory processes, which are directly associated with the development and progression of these disorders. Novel biomarkers associated with the severity of these diseases are needed to better characterise and monitor their progression as well as to develop new and more effective therapeutic strategies. Objectives: To identify common and distinctive novel biomarkers of disease activity in SLE and RA using high-throughput proteomics. Methods: Serum samples from 170 patients, including 100 RA and 70 SLE, were profiled with the disruptive technology "proximity extension assay" from Olink, which analysed the levels of a panel of 92 inflammatory proteins. The methodology involves protein-specific antibodies linked to DNA-encoded tags which are amplified by RT-PCR. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index (SLEDAI) and Disease activity score in 28 joints (DAS28) were assessed in SLE and RA patients respectively to characterise the disease status of all patients. Pearson´s correlation studies were performed using molecular information and clinical data to identify biomarkers of disease activity in each disease (FDR<0.05). Gene ontology enrichment analysis were performed to gain insight about the biological meaning of the biomarker signatures. Results: SLE patients were characterised by an average SLEDAI of 5.2 (min-max, 0-29) while RA patients exhibited an average DAS28 of 4.6 (min-max, 1.5-7.8). Correlation studies revealed 14 proteins directly associated with SLEDAI in SLE patients, including ADA, CCL25, CD40, CDCP1, CSF1, FGF21, FLT3L, IL10RB, LAP-TGFB1, MMP20, OPG, SLAMF1, TNFRSF9 and uPA. The subsequent enrichment analysis revealed that those molecules were associated with pathways such as


Organic materials are attractive for photovoltaics primarily because of the prospect of high throughput solution-processible manufacturing using roll-to-roll or spray deposition. In the formation of polymer based photovoltaic devices, the aspect that limits the power conversion efficiency is the bottleneck between short diffusion lengths of the excited states (excitons) in polymers, in the range of 10-20 nm. Optical absorption length, which is in the range of 50-200 nm and much larger than the exciton diffusion length, poses the limit on charge generation and collection. It is important to achieve complete optical absorption in active layers much thinner than optical absorption length to minimize losses due to recombination of charge carriers. Previously, light trapping techniques have been coupled with organic solar cell but without significant success. In this paper, three-dimensional sub micron grating structure is analyzed using finite element method (FEM) simulations for finding the optical absorption in different layers of solar cell to optimize the photonic concentrator effect of the grating structure. The energy dissipation of electromagnetic field in the active layer is studied as a function of active layer thickness, grating pitch and height. The superiority of grating structure in terms of light trapping feature as compared to planar geometry is clearly demonstrated by simulation results.


Abstract Background Although antibiotics are often indicated to treat early-life infections, such exposure may lead to serious adverse outcomes. Few studies have characterized patterns of antibiotic use among neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Methods We performed a cross-sectional study of antibiotic use in 51 NICUs participating in the Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS), a database that includes clinical and resource utilization data for standalone children's hospitals in the United States. Assessments were conducted on a single mid-week day of 2017. We examined the use of any antibiotic and broad-spectrum antibiotics using charge data in children admitted in each NICU on the study day. We compared antibiotic use among NICUs and geographical regions, and assessed its association with the NICU median case mix index (CMI) (as a surrogate for clinical complexity). Results 2813 infants were hospitalized in NICUs on the study day; the median number of patients at each study site was 47 (IQR = 34 – 62). 90% were <1 month old, 56% were male, 46% were white, and 62% were extremely/very preterm. Overall, 23% received at least one antibiotic and 6% received broad-spectrum antibiotics. Broad-spectrum antibiotic use was twice as prevalent in surgical compared with medical patients. Antibiotic use prevalence varied by region, ranging from 19% in the Midwest to 26% in the West (table). Ampicillin, gentamicin and vancomycin were the most common antibiotics used (25.2%, 18.8% and 9.9%, respectively). Antibiotic use prevalence varied substantially across NICUs (Figure 1). There was a moderate but significant positive correlation between overall or broad-spectrum antibiotic use and median NICU CMI (Figure 2). Conclusion There is substantial variability in antibiotic use among US NICUs, which seems partially explained by patient case-mix. Additional studies are needed to identify drivers of unwarranted variability in antibiotic use among NICUs. Disclosures Ritu Banerjee, MD, PhD, Accelerate Diagnostics: Grant/Research Support; BioFire: Research Grant; Biomerieux: Research Grant; Roche: Research Grant.


In the present work, a new design for the friction-stir welding (FSW) tool was introduced. The newly developed tool included a conventional concave-shaped shoulder and a semi-spherical probe. The semi-spherical geometry of the tool probe was suggested to enhance material flow during FSW and thus to widen the FSW processing window. The feasibility of the new tool design as well as its effect on microstructure and properties of the produced welds were for studied


Aim:  The aim was to estimate the prevalence of feeding and nutritional problems in children with cerebral palsy (CP) in Norway.


At the 6th ICA in Tokyo (1968), two papers on the linear predictive coding of speech were presented by Manfred Schroeder and by me in the same session. The first paper was on the adaptive linear predictive waveform coding for medium band coding (time domain modeling) and the latter was on the LPC vocoder based on the autoregressive spectral estimation for narrow‐band coding (frequency domain modeling). Although their approaches were very different in both concept and scope, there were dramatic common points: the covariance and autocorrelation methods were used to solve normal equation to determine the LPC parameters and also the pitch period was extracted to reproduce speech periodicity in both systems. Subsequently the multipulse (1982), stochastic (1984), and code (1985) excitation LP were proposed at AT&T BTL, whereas the transformation of LPC parameters to PARCOR (1969) and LSP (1975) and their efficient quantization were intensively studied at ECL of NTT. These efforts were eventually combined for pr...


In this issue of the British Journal of Anaesthesia , Boet and colleagues 1 investigate skill retention after high-fidelity simulator training for percutaneous cricothyroidotomy insertion. This is an infrequently performed procedure particularly susceptible to error. The recent NAP4 study found a 75% failure rate (six out of eight) in performance of the procedure in UK intensive care units and emergency departments. 2 Failures were related to a lack of training and technical difficulties. A key recommendation to improve performance was using high-fidelity simulation to teach trainees to recognize the key physical patient land-marks associated with cricothyroidotomy insertion. The findings by Boet and colleagues lend weight to this sol-ution. They found that anaesthetists retained cricothyroidotomy crisis management skills for up to 1 yr after participating in a single cannot intubate, cannot ventilate (CICV) scenario. In a post-training event (either 6 months or a year after initial training), attending anaesthetists recognized scenarios where percutaneous cricothyroidotomy insertion was required and applied the relevant knowledge and procedural skills for managing the situation. A number of explanations are provided to account for this retention of skills. These include the high-fidelity nature of the training scenarios, the involvement of fully trained anaesthetists, and the memorability of training episodes. Developing this last point, Boet and colleagues invoke episodic memory theory to understand skill retention. Episodic memory theory was proposed by Tulving, 3 and it refers to the ability of humans to remember and consciously re-experience past events from their lives either at will or on prompting. Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a common surgical procedure but is painful and requires careful management in order to balance patient comfort and early postoperative function. Traditional methods of pain management such as the use of parenteral opioids provide inadequate pain relief and are limited by excessive adverse effects. In contrast, epidural analgesia is used in many institutions and can provide good pain control. However, the failure rate with epidural analgesia approaches 20% and is com-monly associated with adverse effects such as excessive motor block. 1 The more recent use of peripheral nerve blocks such as continuous femoral block has been shown to provide pain control equivalent to epidural tech-niques, but with fewer adverse effects, especially when used as part of a multimodal analgesic regimen. 2 Conse-quently, the use of continuous femoral block in this context has come to be regarded by many to be the gold standard for pain relief after TKA. 3 However, placing continuous perineural catheters is technically demanding, requires additional anaesthetic time, and is an acquired skill. Although a femoral block provides effective analgesia for the anterior aspect of the knee joint, careful management is important to avoid significant motor block of the quadriceps which can inhibit rehabilitation or more rarely cause falls. An initial bolus of ropivacaine 2 mg ml 2 1 and subsequent infusion 4 5 of ropivacaine 1–2 mg ml 2 1 injected around the femoral nerve provides not only very good postoperative pain relief, but also ready mobilization on the evening of and days after surgery. A simpler technique that is available to more patients and that could be provided by anaesthetists without subspeciality expertise in regional anaesthesia would be desirable but only if it


By utilizing the methods of documentary,expert interview and mathematical statistics,this article discusses the way of Chinese university student basketball league tournament(CUBA)in future under the situation which the appearance of the university student super basketball league tournament have brought new consideration on the development of the basketball league tournament(CUBA)and think that CUBA should satisfies the need of the university student athlete,the university,the school,the country education and the sports enterprise.


Today in the era of wireless technology, everything seems to be possible. One of the wireless techniques that made the things easier is Zig-Bee technology. Zig-Bee is a wireless personal area network (WPAN) based on IEEE 802.15.4 standard to provide communication in short distance with low data rate in low cost. Zig-Bee 802.15.4 WPANs are made up of end devices, routers and a co-ordinator by using one of the three topologies which are star, tree and mesh topology. These networks have a wide range of areas where they perform spectacularly. These are the network when once deployed, need not any maintenance. This research work aims to have comparative analysis of network performance in star topology and mesh topology of a WPAN.


Based on the success of the pilot plant, the industrial experiments of the new process of catalytic distillation of methyl acetate hydrolysis was studied. The catalytic distillation tower is 1?000?mm in diameter, 22?000?mm in height. Catalyst-bundle of ion exchange resin was packed in a column as catalytic distillation section and Mo-Ti metal plate structured packing was packed in a column as stripping section. The influence of the factors, such as the feed mole ratio of water to methyl acetate, the ratio of top reflux to feed methyl acetate and the feed space velocity of methyl acetate, on the conversion of methyl acetate and weight ratio of acetate acid to water in the hydrolysis mixture were researched. Experiment results show that the conversion of methyl acetate can increase from 23%-25% to 57%-64%. And the computer simulation was applied to simulate the new process. 


The purpose of this study was to provide descriptive information about low-income fathers' and mothers' talk to toddlers and to re-examine the bridge hypothesis (Gleason, 1975) in light of current changes in family structure and childcare responsibilities. Thirty-three father–child and mother–child dyads were videotaped during semi-structured free play at home. Fathers' and mothers' talk to children did not differ in amount, diversity of vocabulary, or linguistic complexity as measured by mean length of utterance. However, fathers produced more wh-questions and explicit clarification requests, thus presenting more conversational challenges to children. Resident fathers employed more direct forms of prohibitives. Results suggest the need for closer examination of factors related to child-directed speech in varying family configurations.


The Effect of a Culture of Safety on Patient Throughput by Laurie Lee Dawn Dillon Project Submitted for Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Degree of Doctor of Nursing Practice Walden University November 2015