The aim of this study was to determine the relative contribution of stem in the vertical structure of Aruana guineagrass and annual ryegrass pastures submitted to strategies of rotational grazing by sheep. Treatments for Aruana guineagrass corresponded to grazing when the swards intercepted 95 and 98% of the incident light (LI) until the post-grazing heights of 10 and 15cm. For annual ryegrass, treatments corresponded to grazing when the swards reached 15 and 25cm (pre-grazing heights) until the post-grazing of 4 and 8cm. The experimental design for two species was a completely randomized in a 2x2 factorial scheme, with three replications. To quantify the stem mass present at each 5cm in the vertical structure of the pastures two samples were taken per experimental unit (paddocks of 196m2) using a square of 25cmx25cm. Cut samples was separated in leaves, stem and dead material. Regardless of plant species or pre-grazing height, approximately 90% of the stem is present up to 50% of sward height, suggesting that reported intake reduction beyond this point can be attributed to difficulties in forage manipulation and apprehension.


The increasing use of the DevOps paradigm in software systems has substantially increased the frequency of configuration parameter setting changes. Ensuring the correctness of such settings is generally a very challenging problem due to the complex interdependencies, and calls for an automated mechanism that can both run quickly and provide accurate settings. In this paper, we propose an efficient discrete combinatorial optimization technique that makes two unique contributions: (a) an improved and extended metaheuristic that exploits the application domain knowledge for fast convergence, and (b) the development and quantification of a discrete version of the classical tunneling mechanism to improve the accuracy of the solution. Our extensive evaluation using available workload traces that do include configuration information shows that the proposed technique can provide a lower-cost solution (by ~60%) with faster convergence (by ~48%) as compared to the traditional metaheuristic algorithms. Also, our solution succeeds in finding a feasible solution in approximately 30% more cases than the baseline algorithm.


Inventory management is a very relevant topic for large organizations, but still little adopted by small companies. It is important to emphasize that in the current context of competitiveness, the most prepared and organized companies can stay in the market, especially with regard to companies with little available working capital. Given this context, this research aimed to identify how are structured the logistics processes in stocking a family business in the city of Santa Maria. For data collection, an interview was conducted with the business owner in order to identify the stock management application and the difficulties in using it. The finding of the research was the ignorance of the methodologies of inventory management by the company. Thus, the research reinforces the need for studies of new inventory management methodologies aimed at small companies, as well as the importance of this management to reduce inventory costs.


. In this paper we report the presence of Aeshna isoceles for the first time from Cyprus. Five males were observed and photographically documented in May 2012 in a small valley below Rizokarpaso on the Karpasia peninsula. This was, however, not followed up at that time. The species was rediscovered by members of the Cyprus Dragonfly Study Group (CDSG) in the same valley in April 2019. Reproductive behaviour (copula and oviposition) was observed and a population is assumed to be present. It seems possible that the species has been present on the island for some time but overlooked, due to the remoteness of the site. Furthermore, members of the CDSG also photographically documented a male Lestes barbaru s at an agricultural tank near Agridia in August 2019. The last published sighting of this species on Cyprus was of four specimens dating back to 1948 that are stored in the collection of the British Museum of Natural History. We further report on two unpublished sightings of this species at Fasouri marsh in 1997 and on the Gialias river near Kotsiatis in 2002. The records of Aeshna isoceles increase the Odonata checklist for Cyprus to 38 species.


A method for assessing the criticality of applied loads in failure analyses of composite laminates is described. The applied load vector is divided into a constant and variable part. The criticality of the combined loading condition is studied with respect to changes in the magnitude of the variable loading. When sets of unrelated loads are applied simultaneously, this approach gives more realistic results than if the resultant load vector as a whole is considered. The use of factors of safety with the method is discussed. A procedure to solve reserve factors and margins of safety based on quadratic failure criteria is outlined. The approach is illustrated with examples. INTRODUCTION The main goal of failure analyses is to evaluate the criticality of loads applied to a structure. The criteria for the prediction of failure in composites are typically nonlinear with respect to the applied loading. Instead of the actual values of the failure criteria it is therefore more practical to study how much the applied loading can be increased until failure occurs. The results can be expressed in terms of so-called strength/stress ratios as described, for instance, by Tsai/ In the strength/stress ratio approach, the applied loads are considered as a single load vector. Thus, later in the text, this approach is referred to as the resultant load method. Since loads applied simultaneously to a structure are often due to independent physical phenomena, the assumption that the ratios of the individual load components stay constant is not always valid. An approach to avoid this shortcoming of the resultant load method is presented. The ideas have evolved during the development of ESAComp, a composite analysis and design softwarê  ̂ in which the approach will be implemented. Transactions on Engineering Sciences vol 4, © 1994 WIT Press, www.witpress.com, ISSN 1743-3533 222 Composite Material Technology IV CONSTANT AND VARIABLE LOADS The approach presented in this paper is based on the partitioning of the applied loads into constant loads (F'O and variable loads (F*). Thus, the applied load vector can be expressed as {F} = {F<} + {F1 (1) Examples of typical constant and variable loads are mechanical preloads (e.g., static pressure loads, clamp loads) and dynamic loads (e.g., gust loads in aircraft and spacecraft). The preloads are often better predictable and can thus be considered as constant loads when the margin of safety with respect to the increase of the dynamic loads is studied. Typically thermal and moisture loads can also be considered as constant loads. However, the choice of constant and variable loads is not always self-evident. Different combinations of constant and variable loads may have to be studied to assure the adequacy of the design. Factors of safety Factors of safety (FoS) are parameters which take into account the statistical distribution of material strengths and applied loads so that a specified target reliability for the structure can be achieved. The use of factors of safety in this sense is a standard approach especially in the aerospace field/ * The factors of safety are also used in design without explicitly considering the statistical aspects. In mechanical analyses the applied loads are multiplied with appropriate factors of safety to obtain the effective loading: êffective = *>S '<*"> + F<>S »{F*} (2) Different values of factors of safety can be assigned for different types of loads. Since the constant and variable load vectors may include different types of loads, the values of the factors of safety FoŜ and FoS* could further be defined separately for the load components of {F̂ } and {F̂ }. For simplicity, this is not shown in Equation (2) or in the rest of this text. FAILURE PREDICTION Reserve factors and margins of safety The linear relation between the applied loading and the loading that leads to failure can be expressed in terms of so-called reserve factors (RF). The effective loading defined in Equation (2) is used as the basis for determining the reserve factors. Multiplying the nominal value of the applied load vector with the corresponding reserve factor gives the maximum allowed magnitude Transactions on Engineering Sciences vol 4, © 1994 WIT Press, www.witpress.com, ISSN 1743-3533


Aims An audit to assess the impact of an Integrated Psychological Medicine Service (IPMS) on healthcare utilization pre & post intervention. We hypothesized that an IPMS approach would reduce healthcare utilization. Background The IPMS focusses on integrating biopsychosocial assessments into physical healthcare pathways. It has developed in stages as opportunities presented in different specialities leading to a heterogeneous non-standardised service. The key aim is involvement of mental health practitioners, psychologists & psychiatrists in complex patients with comorbidity or functional presentations in combination with the specialty MDT. This audit is the first attempt to gather data across all involved specialities and complete a randomised deep dive into cases. Method Referrals into IMPS from July 2019 to June 2020 pulled 129 referrals, of which a 10% randomised sample of 13 patients was selected to analyse. 5 patients had one year of data either side of the duration of the IPMS intervention (excluding 8 patients with incomplete data sets). We analysed; the duration & nature of the IPMS intervention, the number, duration & speciality of inpatient admissions & short stays, outpatient attendances, non-attendances & patient cancellations. Psychosocial information was also gathered. One non-randomised patient was analysed as a comparative case illustration. Result Randomised patients; patient 78's utilisation remained static, patient 71 post-referral engaged with health psychology & reduced healthcare utilisation. Patient 7 increased healthcare utilisation post-referral secondary to health complications. Patient 54 did not attend & increased healthcare utilisation post-referral. Patient 106 had increased healthcare utilisation post-referral from a new health condition. The randomised sample identified limitations of using healthcare utilisation as an outcome measure when contrasted to the non-randomised case (which significantly reduced healthcare utilisation post-referral). Conclusion Correlation only can be inferred from the data due to sample size, limitations & confounding factors e.g. psycho-social life events, acquired illness. Alternative outcome measurements documented (e.g PHQ9/GAD7) were not reliably recorded across pathways. The results evidenced that single cases can demonstrate highly desirable effects of a biopsychosocial approach but they can also skew data sets if results are pooled due to the small sample size & heterogeneous interventions. With some patients an increase in healthcare utilisation was appropriate for an improved clinical outcome. This audit identified that utilising healthcare utilisation as an outcome measure is a crude tool with significant limitations & the need to agree tailored outcome measures based on the type of intervention to assess the impact of IPMS.


The purpose of this note is to discuss some of the questions raised by Dunn, J. Michael; Moss, Lawrence S.; Wang, Zhenghan in Editors' introduction: the third life of quantum logic: quantum logic inspired by quantum computing.


Satellite-based optical imaging of the Earth's ionosphere is a useful tool to complement ground-based measurements. Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta operates dual-frequency GPS receiver under the SCIntillation Network Decision Aid (SCINDA) program of the US Air Force since 2006. The Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate (FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC) uses the Tiny Ionospheric Photometer (TIP) to characterize the night time ionosphere directly below each spacecraft. TIP is a compact, narrow-band, and ultra violet photometer operating at the 135.6-nm wavelength [1]. One of the most important features of TIP is the ability to observe the equatorial anomaly. A TIP pass over the anomaly region observes primarily the latitudinal structure of the anomaly. At the equator, 40° of latitude is sampled in about 10-min. Since the orbital inclination of the COSMIC satellites is 72°, this same 10-min pass also traverses about 10° in longitude. Another important feature of TIP is the ability to observe low latitude depletions and bubbles and the ionospheric context in which they form and evolve. It is extremely important to note that, to the best of our knowledge, there are no optical instruments available for sensing the atmosphere at regions around the northern crest of the Equatorial Ionization Anomaly (EIA) in the eastern and north-eastern parts of India. During the unusually prolonged solar minimum period spanning 2006-2010, very few cases of amplitude scintillations were found affecting GPS links from Calcutta [2, 3]. The present work illustrates some cases during this period when carrier-to-noise (C/N0) ratio fluctuations and depletions in Total Electron Content (TEC) on GPS corresponded to ionization density bite-outs evaluated from TIP radiance measurements over a common ionospheric volume around the same time interval. TIP passes were filtered to extract ionospheric information specifically over the Indian longitude sector. A case of collocated optical and radio observations of ionospheric irregularity structure occurred on February 2, 2008 from Calcutta when TIP observations of irregularity structures at 135.6nm corresponded with GPS TEC bite-outs and carrier-to-noise ratio (C/N0) fluctuations at L1 frequency. From fluctuations in radiance at 135.6nm fluctuation during a TIP pass from 15.6-16.54UT (21.6-22.54LT) on February 2, 2008 and indication of S4 along the track, signatures of irregularity structures could be noted around 16:00UT (22:00LT). GPS TEC and C/N0 measurements on the SV16 link from Calcutta also exhibited depletions in TEC and corresponding scintillation patch during 15:30-16:00UT. Thus from coordinated measurements with the photometer and GPS, it may be possible to identify irregularity structures at different wavelengths and of different scale sizes, the ones affecting GPS links being of 300-400m dimension.


EMAS requires companies to disclose summaries of information on the environmental effects of their activities, as part of a market-based strategy of environmental improvement. Not so with ISO 14001, which merely requires companies to disclose a general policy statement, but not to disclose any emissions or other data. In that respect, it is a step backward compared to both public and other private initiatives. How does accountability happen under a private voluntary system? Rather than the ratification and, usually, subsequent translation of the public law obligation into domestic law and regulation, the private process relies on preferential treatment by markets. The hope is that ultimate consumers, public procurement agencies and private companies seeking suppliers will require ISO certification or at least prefer those companies that demonstrate compliance with the standards in order to prove their own "green" credentials. Banks, insurers and institutional shareholders may require certification to reduce their own potential liability. According to lawyers who represent transnational corporate clients, this is already beginning to happen, and they expect that within a short time adoption of the standards will be de facto mandatory for doing business in large global markets. Were a market-based process to work, it would shift some of the costs of verifying and enforcing standards from the public to the private sector, and might provide a source of know-how (technical assistance) through the role of verifiers. However, private verifiers would provide a measure of accountability only if they were trained in environmental issues and relatively impermeable to "capture" by the industries they were certifying. It is unclear whether the large auditing firms now leading the race to become "certifiers" fit this bill, or if most firms will opt instead for self-certification. A number of key questions remain. First, the lack of public disclosure requirements may be fatal to efforts at accountability. One of the main reasons why companies invest in environmental improvement is concern over public perceptions—but without public information, concerned publics will have only the certification itself to evaluate a company's commitment to environmental improvement. It remains to be seen whether certified entities can convince the relevant publics that certification alone is a sufficient seal of approval, especially if environmental NGOs become more outspoken in their opposition to the ISO standards. The second question is whether any private system can adequately incorporate the public interest, rather than a hodgepodge of private interests. The current standards might in some cases allow companies to become aware of problems and possibilities they had not previously seen, but be inadequate to provide much real environmental improvement. If misinterpreted, they might serve as a way for corporations to obtain a green stamp of approval without any real changes in performance, or to obtain a reduction in national regulatory obligations. On the other hand, there have been a number of instances where private codes of conduct, entered into in an attempt to forestall more stringent national or international regulation, have opened the door to more substantive or binding obligations down the road. It remains to be seen whether the ISO private voluntary standards will fit this model.


In 1999 West Nile Virus (WNV) was first discovered in the North Eastern United States. Clinical disease caused by the virus was first identified in birds, followed by humans and equines. By 2002 over 15,000 horses were diagnosed in over 41 different states. Now WNV is throughout the United States and is here to stay. Birds are the primary reservoir for WNV in which the disease is usually fatal.1 In the United States crows, blue jays, and magpies have been the biggest reservoir populations.3 West Nile Virus is transferred between birds by mosquitos. When a bird is infected with WNV, it serves as an amplifying host of the virus. This means that the virus replicates quickly and results in large amounts of virus in the bloodstream resulting in a profound viremia. A viremic bird is then bitten by a mosquito which then transfers WNV to horses, humans, and other mammals. Infected mammals typically experience a low viremia. As a result, mammals are generally considered dead end hosts2 and mosquitos are unable to transmit WNV from an infected mammal to an uninfected mammal. Additionally, WNV infection can be transmitted through blood transfusions.


Purpose to evaluate the efficacy and safety of 1.25 mg intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) in the treatment of diabetic macular oedema at Vilnius University Hospital Santariskiu Klinikos, Centre of Eye Diseases from July, 2012 to May, 2014.


A decade ago Roberts (2007) suggested two visions of scientific literacy and science education. In this theoretical paper I develop the ideas behind a third vision, Vision III (Sjostrom & Eilks, 20 ...


... state policy-making is incremental and closely tied to a state's economic ability to provide services, until a plateau of development is reached. When economic development is sufficient to provide the monetary base for different services, political development in the form of party competition and increased voter turnout is necessary to focus the attention of state decision-makers on needed increases in the quantity and quality of services. At such a level of economic development, inter-party competition and other aspects of political development, if present, will result in greater expenditures than if such political development is not present. 4


We investigate whether the design of the DARWIN nulling interferometer can be simplified, while maintaining or even improving its performance, by accepting somewhat higher levels of stellar leakage. We establish detailed requirements on stellar suppression for a nulling interferometer, considering a realistic DARWIN stellar target sample. The dominating noise source, represented by the local zodiacal cloud, is essentially constant for all target stars while the stellar leakage decreases as the inverse of the distance squared. This means that such stellar leakage has an effect on the integration times of near-by target stars, while for more distant targets its influence decreases significantly. We assess the impact of different types of nulling profiles and identify those stars for which the detection sensitivity can be maximised.


This study focuses on the influence of pre-planting irradiation on the development, health, and yield of seed potatoes infected with Rhizoctonia solani. The research was prompted by the need to ensure crop security and sustainability in the modern-day environment, which calls into question the future sufficiency of crop yields. Considering that the focus has shifted to non-chemical methods of crop treatment at all plant development stages in response to more stringent regulations governing potato production, it is particularly important to refine physics-based methods to suppress fungal diseases caused by Rhizoctonia solani. Irradiation of tubers with 20–150 Gy inhibited the potato development phases and the doses exceeding 150 Gy completely suppressed the potato sprouting. Doses ranging from 20 Gy to 100 Gy decreased the quantity of large tubers by 10–20% on average while the number of medium and small tubers increased by 5–15% and 3–10%, respectively. Irradiation of seed potatoes also decreased the sclerotia and non-sclerotia forms of diseases caused by Rhizoctonia solani in the harvested tubers. It was found that 1 MeV electron irradiation with doses ranging from 20 Gy to 30 Gy is the most efficient for the pre-planting treatment of seed potatoes since the penetration of low-energy accelerated electrons into the upper layers of potato tubers ensures the suppression of diseases caused by Rhizoctonia solani by at least 10% from the value of non-irradiated samples and prevents the reduction of total yield allowing for a maximum of 25% loss.


We review recent progress made in the field of semiconductor spintronics, a branch of semiconductor electronics where both charge and spin degrees of freedom play an important role in realizing unique functionalities. We first describe the new spin-dependent phenomena found in semiconductors including carrier-induced ferromagnetism in III-V compounds, followed by an account of our current understanding of such spin-dependent phenomena. Then we summarize the challenges the semiconductor spintronics has to meet in order for it to be a success as "electronics".


Recently, the first and third author proved a correspondence theorem which recovers the Levine-Welschinger invariants of toric del Pezzo surfaces as a count of tropical curves weighted with arithmetic multiplicities. In this paper, we study properties of the arithmetic count of plane tropical curves satisfying point conditions. We prove that this count is independent of the configuration of point conditions. Moreover, a Caporaso-Harris formula for the arithmetic count of plane tropical curves is obtained by moving one point to the very left. Repeating this process until all point conditions are stretched, we obtain an enriched count of floor diagrams which coincides with the tropical count. Finally, we prove polynomiality properties for the arithmetic counts using floor diagrams.


Each section is split into separate chapters covering each electrolyte. The chapters are well written with clear explanations of physiology, pathophysiological processes and age effects, from birth through to adulthood. Age-related reference ranges, whilst presented in 'American' conventional units, are easy to understand as plenty of guidance is provided to convert into SI units without requiring conversion tables. Each chapter is well referenced. Chapters can be read in isolation for individual electrolytes. Each is set out in a similar fashion covering physiological mechanisms and then causes of hypoand hyper-aetiologies. An initial brief overview is followed by a couple of case scenarios. The answers to the scenarios are left to the end of each hypoor hyper-section after descriptions of the abnormality, its clinical features, comprehensive lists of aetiologies (with text explanations) and appropriate pathophysiology. Where necessary, this information is split into age groups. A few short paragraphs on diagnostic evaluation and management are given before returning to discuss the clinical scenarios presented at the start. Having previously spent hours reading different books and reviews on calcium disorders for lectures and a court case, the great depth of the chapter on calcium homeostasis became very evident. Oh the number of hours I could have saved myself if I had had this book! The final section of the book utilizes the information in earlier sections and applies it to specific areas including liver disease, acute renal injuries, hereditary tubulopathies and the neonatal intensive care unit. Again the use of case scenarios encourages the reader to use the information presented to take an active part in the ensuing discussion of the aetiology of each case. This book is well worth the read. It promises to be a good resource when faced with complex clinical queries on electrolyte disorders and is an excellent adjunct for teaching and training. I, for one, will be keeping a copy on my bookshelf.


Background: Pain associated with the spine (PAWS) refers to pain in the neck, thorax, lower back or sacrum. It impacts on patients' Quality of Life (QoL), including working ability, daily functioning, sleep and psychological well-being. A number of clinic


An experiment was carried out to study the effect of time of tiller separation on grain growth and yield of transplant aman rice. The experiment consisted of 3 times of tiller separation viz. tiller separation at 25 (T 1 ), 35 (T 2 ) and 45 (T 3 ) days after transplanting (DAT); and 5 levels of number of tillers kept hill -1 viz. intact hills (K 0 ), 1 tiller kept hill -1 (K 1 ), 2 tillers kept hill -1 (K 2 ), 3 tillers kept hill -1 (K 3 ) and 4 tillers kept hill -1 (K 4 ). The experiment was conducted in randomized complete block design with three replications. The unit plot size was 4 m 2.5 m. With a few exceptions, the highest grain growth parameters like number of panicles hill -1 , dry weight panicle -1 , number of grains panicle -1 , dry weight grain -1 and grain growth rate were observed when tillers were separated at 25 DAT but the lowest values were found at 45 DAT. The grain growth rate decreased with the advance of time. The highest grain yield (5.25 t ha -1 ) was obtained from tillers separated at 25 days after transplanting (DAT) but the lowest values (4.13 t ha -1 ) were recorded when tillers were separated at 45 DAT. The maximum grain yield (5.88 t ha -1 ) was found in intact hills, while the lowest values (2.64 t ha -1 ) were obtained when 1 tiller kept hill -1 . DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jsf.v10i1.16274 J Sci Foundation, January-June 2012;10(1):12-19


Abstract In this paper we generalize techniques used by Klyachko and the authors to prove some tessellation results about S2. These results are applied to prove the solvability of certain equations with torsion-free coefficients.


The sub-millimetre radiometer (SMR) instrument aboard the Odin satellite launched in February 2001 is dedicated to the observation of trace gas profiles in the stratosphere and in the mesosphere, in particular water vapour and its isotopic species HDO, H2 17O and H2 18O. By averaging more than 400 000 Odin/SMR spectra over the period from November 2002 to March 2003, weak lines have been detected in the atmosphere. These weak lines have been attributed to water isotopic species HD18O, to a vibrationally-excited N2O, and to CH3OH.


Abstract Objective: Overweight and obesity affect over 4 million veterans receiving health care in the Veterans Administration (VA). In VA, WMM are available to any Veteran who is engaged in behavioral weight management and meets BMI criteria. In 2010, weight management medications (WMM) were found to be underused in VA, but since then new WMM have been approved and guidelines have recommended them for long-term obesity treatment. We examined the frequency of WMM use and patient characteristics associated with WMM use and with the selection of orlistat versus other WMM for veterans with overweight or obesity enrolled in the VA MOVE! behavioral weight management program. Methods: Retrospective cohort study of VA patients participating in MOVE! between October 2014 – October 2016 with body mass index (BMI)≥30kg/m2 or BMI>27kg/m2 with obesity-related comorbidities. Data from the electronic health record were accessed. Logistic regression models estimated predictors of filling a prescription for any WMM within VA and for orlistat versus other WMM. Results: Of the 153,892 eligible veterans enrolled in MOVE!, 1,888 (1.2%) received a WMM. The most common prescriptions were for orlistat (61.0%), bupropion/naltrexone (13.8%), and phentermine/topiramate (11.7%). The percent of patients receiving WMMs ranged from 0.5% among patients with overweight to 2.9% among patients with alcohol abuse. Factors associated with WMM were female sex (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 1.8, 95% CI: 1.6 – 2.0), higher BMI (class I obesity aOR=1.6, 95%CI: 1.3 – 2.0, class II obesity aOR=2.9, 95% CI: 2.3 – 3.6, class III obesity aOR=4.5, 95%CI: 3.6 – 5.6 compared to overweight), alcohol abuse (aOR=2.3, 95% CI: 1.8 – 2.9), substance abuse (aOR=1.6, 95% CI: 1.4 – 1.9), diabetes (aOR=1.2, 95% CI: 1.1-1.3), obstructive sleep apnea (aOR=1.3, 95% CI: 1.2 – 1.4), depression (aOR=1.2, 95% CI: 1.1 – 1.3), low back pain (aOR=1.2, 95% CI: 1.1 – 1.3). Factors associated with lower odds of WMM receipt included age over 65 years (aOR=0.7, 95% CI: 0.6 – 0.8) and required copayments (aOR=0.8, 95% CI: 0.7 – 0.8). Factors associated with receiving orlistat vs. other WMMs were increasing age (age ≥ 65 aOR=2.6, 95%CI: 1.6 – 4.1), Black/non-Hispanic race (aOR=1.5, 95% CI: 1.2 – 1.9), female sex (aOR=1.8, 95% CI: 1.4 – 2.3), hypertension (aOR=1.4, 95% CI: 1.1-1.7) and low back pain (aOR=1.6, 95% CI: 1.3-1.9). Factors associated with lower aOR for orlistat vs. other WMM were diabetes (aOR=0.7, 95% CI: 0.5-0.8), alcohol abuse (aOR=0.5, 95% CI: 0.3-0.9), and substance abuse (aOR=0.4, 95%CI: 0.3-0.6). Conclusion: There is a substantial opportunity to increase the use of WMM for weight management in eligible veterans engaged in MOVE!. Patient characteristics affect whether veterans receive WMM, and which WMM is used. Additional research is needed to understand provider and patient decision-making regarding WMM and address barriers to incorporating WMM into obesity treatment.


The corrosion inhibition of bis triazole carbohydrate in static conditions and laminar flow was tested by means of two techniques, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and polarization curves. Efficiency results showed that the bis triazole carbohydrate, from low concentrations, is effective in static conditions and 100 rpm with IE = 90 % at 5 ppm. The adsorption process is chemisorption at 0 rpm is a combined process. These results revealed that the bis triazole carbohydrate is a good corrosion inhibitor of carbon steel.


According to the requirement of data acquisition for Combat System of main battle submarines,the Data Acquisition System for Submarines based on Parallel Multi-Serial Port is designed concerning about the narrow space of submarines and the cost of data acquisition devices.After a system performance test in the laboratory environment,the result is shown that the system response time is short and the throughput and CPU usage rate are low.It is proved that the system meets the requirement of data acquisition for multi-position in the submarines and performs the advantages of high stability and strong processing ability.Furthermore,its low cost will lead to the high expandability.


A technique of induction of anaesthesia using propanidid, lignocaine and suxamethonium is described, and the muscle fasciculations that follow it are shown to be significantly less than those accompanying induction with methohexitone and suxamethonium.


FGF‐23 is a 32 kDa protein that is a key regulator of phosphorus and vitamin D metabolism. Emerging evidence also demonstrates that FGF‐23 increases within 24 hours of acute kidney injury (AKI) and may be associated with adverse clinical outcomes. We conducted this study to evaluate FGF23 clearance during continuous veno‐venous hemofiltration (CVVH) in critically ill patients with AKI. We demonstrate that plasma clearance of FGF‐23 during CVVH is ∼11 mL/min and the mean sieving coefficient is 0.27 ± 0.1. Future studies will need to clarify FGF‐23's role in adverse outcomes among AKI patients, and whether therapies aimed at reducing FGF‐23 levels may be beneficial.


Interaction of 5-diazoimidazole-4-carboxamide and alkyl and aryl isocyanates in the dark affords 8-carbamoyl-3-substituted-imidazo[5,1-d]-1,2,3,5-tetrazin-4(3H)-on es. In cold methanol or ethanol, the 3-(2-chloroethyl) derivative 7a decomposes to afford 2-azahypoxanthine (14) and methyl and ethyl N-(2-chloroethyl)carbamates, respectively. Compound 7a has curative activity against L-1210 and P388 leukemia and may act as a prodrug modification of the acyclic triazene 5-[3-(2-chloroethyl)triazen-1-yl]imidazole-4-carboxamide (MCTIC), since it ring opens to form the triazene in aqueous sodium carbonate.


This paper presents the design, implementation and measurement of a high efficient GaN-HEMT power amplifier working at 2.4GHz. The maximum gain and harmonic load-pull design approaches are used to design to achieve over 70 MHz bandwidth along with high output power. For a continuous wave output power of 35.4dBm , the measured results show that the PA exhibit a gain of 17.5dB, the power added efficiency of 51%, and input reflection coefficient S11 below -9dB over operation bandwidth. The designed power amplifier is stable with both small and large input signals. Keyword: Power amplifier, gallium nitride (GaN, high electron mobility transistor (HEMT).


Since Mr Kumar's article ('Logic and Inexact Predicates', this Journal, 18 (1967), 2 1i) is almost wholly devoted to criticisms of my approach to the analysis of empirical inexactness (in the first part of Experience and Theory, London 1967), it may seem appropriate that I should indicate my answers to his objections. This can be done rather briefly: (i) Kumar (p. 211) disputes my 'claim to have given the logic of empirical discourse'. But I emphasised that the three-valued logic which I employ and whose values I interpret as 'true', 'false' and 'neutral', is itself an idealisation by means of which I try to draw attention to features of empirical 323


Two recent Jamaican novels convey mental and social imbalance by departing from conventions of discourse. Both John Hearne, in The Sure Salvation, and Anthony Winkler, in The Lunatic, establish their characters' perspectives on the world by manipulating and at times deviating from linguistic norms. In this way each writer highlights the individual's aliena tion from society and associates it with distorted judgement or with warped values in the society that he portrays. In the creation of a reliable or unreliable consciousness the writer adheres to or departs from a logical thread of narrative discourse, from conventional spatial and temporal frameworks (indicated by such linguistic features as tense and person), or from traditional mores of literary narrative. Because language is both a social phenomenon and rule-governed behaviour, individual or social deviance is clearly communicated through deviance in language. Both The Sure Salvation and The Lunatic convey violent distortion in individual perspective and in social values by flouting rules of narrative discourse. Much earlier fiction preserves signs of a fission between perception and reality that later comes to be associated with deviance both as a theme and as a linguistic choice. Preparatory reference to such earlier work clarifies the development, in Jamaican fiction, of a particularly revealing perspec tive on violence in society, the perspective of the disordered consciousness that both Hearne and Winkler vividly convey. The action of a nineteenth century novel, Marly, unfolds in the rigidly structured setting of plantation slavery. This is a system of enforced aliena tion between groups, a separation entrenched by closed vision, stereotyping and language barriers. The novel's protagonist, Marly, overtly recognizes the system's instability and the narrative hints with contained hysteria at the enormous, latent violence implied by this unbalanced social


The turbulent mixing of jet flows is one of the important problems of turbulent shear flow due to its application in combustion process involving fuel-oxidizer combinations such as hydrogen-air and methane-air. Fluid dynamics of opposed jets is not completely clarified as there are questions unanswered about flow stability and structure. In the present work, three-dimensional numerical simulations were conducted to study flow and mixing characteristics of turbulent opposed-jets. The numerical simulations were carried out with a finite volume CFD code. Turbulence is treated with the two equation model, the k-e model. Nozzle diameter (d) and nozzle separation (W) are kept constant and equals to 32mm. Also, different jet velocities (Uj) have been examined corresponding to Reynolds numbers of 4500 to 12,000. Both confined and unconfined cases were simulated.Copyright © 2013 by ASME


The clinical characteristics, diagnostic methods, and treatment of 33 patients with keratomycosis are reported. In 17 patients, there was a history of injury with vegetable matter, and in 8, the control injury had been treated with steroids and antibiotics. Of the 17 treated medically, five required subsequent surgical treatment. The 22 treated surgically underwent one or more of the following procedures: keratectomy, conjunctival flap, and penetrating keratoplasty.


In this paper we use detailed Monte Carlo simulations to demonstrate that liquid xenon (LXe) can be used to build a Cherenkov-based TOF-PET, with an intrinsic coincidence resolving time (CRT) in the vicinity of 10 ps. This extraordinary performance is due to three facts: a) the abundant emission of Cherenkov photons by liquid xenon; b) the fact that LXe is transparent to Cherenkov light; and c) the fact that the fastest photons in LXe have wavelengths higher than 300 nm, therefore making it possible to separate the detection of scintillation and Cherenkov light. The CRT in a Cherenkov LXe TOF-PET detector is, therefore, dominated by the resolution (time jitter) introduced by the photosensors and the electronics. However, we show that for sufficiently fast photosensors (e.g, an overall 40 ps jitter, which can be achieved by current micro-channel plate photomultipliers) the overall CRT varies between 30 and 55 ps, depending on the detection efficiency. This is still one order of magnitude better than commercial CRT devices and improves by a factor 3 the best CRT obtained with small laboratory prototypes.


With the change of modern social and productive way,it analyzed the changing of green design.From "recycled" to "regeneration" to "reduction",extensive production and excessive consumption of habit was gradually replaced by more sophisticated and non-material design.It proposed energy mutual construction and cycle in the traditional life way,using emotion to prolong life cycle in modern design,giving green design a new design philosophy.


As an object for study, the adaptive immune system is proving one of the most compelling and fascinating in the body. This system underlies our primary defence against acute infection and mediates long-term immunity by generation of memory and long-lived effector cells. It is notorious for its complexity and many diseases are associated with its deregulation, including autoimmune conditions, cancers, allergies and immunodeficiency. The clear health implications that insights into the inner workings of the immune system bring make this an important area of medical research.

To better understand this system, we adopted the strategy to first target one important cell subset for close examination as an exemplar for the whole system. Thus, we focussed our efforts on B cells, the generation of the plasma cell and regulation of antibody. The differentiation of naive B cells into plasma cells is essential to producing the protective antibodies that enable us to fight infection. This developmental process also provides protection against re-exposure with the same infectious agent, through the production of long-lived memory B cells and plasma cells, and is the basis for virtually all currently used vaccination strategies. However, defects in plasma cell development can impact dramatically on human health, as evidenced by the plasma cell malignancy multiple myeloma (MM) [1] and antibody mediated autoimmune conditions such as Systemic lupus erythematous, vasculitis and Sjogrens syndrome [2, 3]. While antibody based therapies to deplete B cells, such as Rituximab (anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody (mAb)), are very effective against lymphoma and some autoimmune conditions, the plasma cell compartment, which fails to express CD20, is left intact upon treatment, highlighting the need for plasma cell specific therapies.

The B cell to plasma cell transition represents a dramatic molecular switch, from a transcriptional program controlling the B cell phenotype (sensing antigen, cytokines and T helper cells), to the plasma cell phenotype dedicated to antibody production, secretion and long-term survival [5]. Previous microarray studies have highlighted the repression of genes that accompanies differentiation, including genes for the antigen receptor and its signalling partners, for MHCII and antigen presentation, for cell cycle and other aspects of B cell character [4]. This transcriptional repression was largely accepted as a pragmatic adaptation to the plasma cell's main job: transcribing, translating and processing immunoglobulin chains for high-level antibody secretion.

We have recently performed a global analysis of the transcriptomes of most stages of late B cell and plasma cell differentiation from the mouse [6] and have used this data to derive a highly robust plasma cell transcriptional signature consisting of 301 genes (Figure (Figure1).1). This signature includes the known markers and regulators of plasma cell biology, including Sdc1/CD138, Blimp1/Prdm1 and Xbp1, as well as many previously identified transcripts whose function in the immune system has not been explored. Surprisingly, plasma cells actively transcribe as much of their genome as do naive B cells. Nevertheless, in the most mature plasma cells of the bone marrow, around 75% of all mRNA encodes immunoglobulin. Interestingly, genes encoding several poorly known transcriptional regulators and signaling molecules are included in the signature. Several of these putative new players in plasma cell biology showed the same patterns of expression as known "master regulators" of plasma cell differentiation and function, Blimp1 and Irf4.

Figure 1

The functional annotations and proportional representation of genes in the 301 gene plasma cell signature are shown

We published this work, and the underlying RNAseq data, as a Resource Article [6], as it contained many potential new insights into plasma cell biology and heterogeneity that might interest other investigators. These include differential gene expression between immature splenic plasmablasts and mature bone marrow plasma cells; differences between plasmablasts derived under T cell-independent and -dependent conditions; differences between plasmablasts generated in vitro and the long-lived mature cells found in vivo; gene expression changes that accompany B cell division during differentiation in vitro. The latter is of interest because we have shown previously that the probability of plasma cell differentiation from B cells in vitro is tightly linked to cell division number [7].

Reassuringly, the plasma cell signature also contained genes encoding proteins that are in pre-clinical and clinical development as plasma cell specific therapies for MM, for example SLC3A2/CD98 and Slamf7/CS1 (Elotuzumab). We hypothesize that the plasma cell signature, which we aim to now confirm in analogous studies with primary human plasma cells, contains genes encoding new plasma cell-specific proteins, that it will teach us more about the nature and survival strategies of normal plasma cells, and will identify new potential therapeutic targets on their pathogenic counterparts.


Oracle made a big step forward by officially supporting running Oracle Linux on both VMware ESXi and Microsoft Hyper-V. Per October 9 2013 Oracle has ...


This article presents some brief statistics on the structure of the road network in Niger and on traffic accidents. The results of a comprehensive road safety study begun in 1989 are also analysed and proposals for improving the situation suggested. One of the objectives of the road safety study was to establish the total numbers of injury accidents and victims using external data sources and source complementary data collection. The accident situation for 1988 was described and its evolution over the last 15 years was studied. The accident data, collected by the police are very comprehensive. The police are systematically called when an accident occurs. Gendarmes interview the victims first of all, then proceed to the accident site. Accident reports are very comprehensive and include a sketch of the accident location as well as witnesses' accounts. Accident casualty data is broken down into fatalities, serious injuries and light injuries. However there are no precise rules to define these three categories. Accidents can be broken down by accident type (fatal, injury producing, damage only) by injury type (fatal, serious or light injuries); category of road, gendarmerie group, gendarmerie brigades, time, cause, and month. However the results are difficult to interpret as the accidents included in the statistics are very heterogeneous, and because police are not always consistent. Data was also taken from the following sources: (a) hospital admissions records; and (b) data from files tried in court. Details of accident statistics taken from all these sources are presented and discussed. (TRRL)


The characteristics of 1.57 μm InGaAsP/InP surface emitting lasers based on an in-plan ridged structure and 45° beam deflectors defined by angled focused ion beam (FIB) etching are reported. With an externally integrated beam deflector, threshold currents and emission spectra identical to conventional edge emitting lasers are achieved. These results show that FIB etching is a very promising technique for the definition of high quality mirrors and beam deflectors on semiconductor heterostructures for a variety of integrated optoelectronic devices.


A 2D layer of spherical, crystalline Ge nanodots embedded in SiO2 was formed by low pressure chemical vapour deposition combined with furnace oxidation and rapid thermal annealing. The samples were characterized structurally by using transmission electron microscopy and rutherford back scattering spectrometry, as well as electrically by measuring CV and IV characteristics. It was found that formation of a high density Ge dots took place due to oxidation induced Ge segregation. The dots are situated in the SiO2 on the average distance 5 nm from the substrate. Strong evidence of charge storage effect in the crystalline Ge nanodot layer is demonstrated by the hysteresis behavior of the high frequency CV curves.


Embedding strategies currently provide the best compromise between accuracy and computational cost in modeling chemical properties and processes of large and complex systems. In this framework, different methods have been proposed all over the years, from the very popular QM/MM approaches to the more recent and very promising density matrix and density functional embedding techniques. In this paper, we present a further development of the quantum mechanics/extremely localized molecular orbital technique (QM/ELMO) method, a recently proposed multi-scale embedding strategy in which the chemically active region of the investigated system is treated at fully quantum mechanical level, while the rest is described by frozen extremely localized molecular orbitals previously transferred from proper libraries or tailor-made model molecules. In particular, in this work we discuss and assess in detail the extension of the QM/ELMO approach to density functional theory and post Hartree-Fock techniques by evaluating its performances when it is used to describe chemical reactions, bond dissociations and intermolecular interactions. The preliminary test calculations have shown that, in the investigated cases, the new embedding strategy enables to reproduce the results of the corresponding fully quantum mechanical computations within chemical accuracy in almost all the cases, but with a significantly reduced computational cost, especially when correlated post Hartree-Fock strategies are used to the describe the quantum mechanical subsystem. In light of the obtained results, we already envisage the future application of the new correlated QM/ELMO techniques to the investigation of more challenging problems, such as the modeling of enzyme catalysis, the study of excited states of biomolecules, and the refinement of macromolecular X-ray crystal structures.


This research is conducted to identify the technique in scenes from the Wild West for guitar solo by Gary Ryan. Three subjects have been selected to answer interview questions regarding their experiences and knowledge of Gary Ryan pieces The findings shows there are many ways or practice for the technique in scenes from the Wild West. This research will present two findings which to identify of playing in scenes from the Wild West and in identify way of developing a proper method of practicing for the playing technique of the repertoires.


Abstract To facilitate the penetration of sintered ferrous components further into key markets and applications, optimised alloy systems are required offering sufficient tribological performance at an acceptable cost. Powder metallurgy Fe−Ni−Cu is a candidate material for high performance wear resistant applications. Pin on disc reciprocating wear tests on sintered specimens under loads of 10–60 N indicate that there are several wear mechanisms operating on these steels, including oxidation and abrasion wear. Surface plastic deformation causing metallic particle detachment was also found to be significant. Porosity, which is characteristic of sintered materials, had a negative effect on ultimate tensile strength and hardness.


The agricultural sector is facing the challenge of climate change, which is increasing difficulties to the activity and the economic sustainability of the primary sector, also affecting farmers' revenues. There is a growing need to support policy makers' decisions and help them develop cross-sectional strategies to support farmers. To this aim and to collect useful information for policy makers and stakeholders for the development of efficient strategies for the management of dryland farming, the paper examines how this issue has been analysed in the literature. A mixed method, based on a systematic literature review and a bibliometric analysis of 79 Scopus documents using VOSviewer software, was applied. Major results highlight the need to implement participatory policy interventions so as to include farmers. It was possible to summarise the main adaptive and technical interventions implemented by farmers. The results indicated the importance of the concept of the resilience of territories and the need to analyse agricultural systems by considering their multifunctionality. The innovativeness of this study relies on its relationships with several policy aspects and not only with purely technical and agronomical features, analysing thus the issue from the under-investigated perspective of the global challenge, contributing to filling this literature gap.


OPTICS is a density-based clustering algorithm that performs well in a wide variety of applications. For a set of input objects, the algorithm creates a so-called reachability plot that can be either used to produce cluster membership assignments, or interpreted itself as an expressive two-dimensional representation of the density-based clustering structure of the input set, even if the input set is embedded in higher dimensions. The main focus of this work is a visualization method that can be used to assign colours to all entries of the input database, based on hierarchically represented a-priori knowledge available for each of these objects. Based on two different, bioinformatics-related applications we illustrate how the proposed method can be efficiently used to identify clusters with proven real-life relevance.


In March 2012 we collected 3-replicated sediment cores (9 cm diameter and 12-15 cm long) per restored site along the planting chronosequence (i.e. years 1994, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2006). Similarly, we collected 3 sediment cores in two bare sites, previously colonized by seagrasses, and in a large seagrass patch that survived the disturbances in the second half of the 20th Century that we considered a mature and thus reference meadow. We measured sediment bulk density and organic matter content and carbon stocks along all sediment cores sliced at 1 cm interval. Organic carbon content (% Corg) was estimated from loss of ignition (% LOI) at 550oC for 5 h using the empirically fitted equation for Oyster Harbour sediments,Log % Corg = -0.62 + (1.33 * Log % LOI)
SEintercept = 0.01, SEslope =0.10, N = 55, R2 = 0.77, P<0.0001
We analyzed the ƌ3C of the organic carbon in the top 3 cm sediment layer (ƌ13Csediment) along the chronosequence to estimate the fraction of seagrass (X) and sestonic (1-X) deposition as
ƌ13Csediment = [X . Log % Corg = -0.62 + (1.33 * Log % LOI)
SEintercept = 0.01, SEslope =0.10, N = 55, R2 = 0.77, P<0.0001
We analyzed the ƌ3C of the organic carbon in the top 3 cm sediment layer (ƌ13Csediment) along the chronosequence to estimate the fraction of seagrass (X) and sestonic (1-X) deposition as
ƌ13Csediment = [X . ƌ13Cseagrass] + [(1-X) . ƌ13Cseston]
being ƌ13Cseagrass -9.65 ‰ and ƌ13Cseston -22 ‰ (Dauby 1989).


Results are given from flow-induced vibration experiments conducted in sheared flows. The site was an historic 1848 textile mill canal with a width of 58 feet. Variable headgates allowed a controllable horizontal shear to be produced. The paper emphasises the dramatic effect of hydrodynamic modal damping on the response. Means for predicting hydrodynamic damping are presented and results are compared to the observed response.


Let L be a finitely generated field extension of a field K of characteristic p ≠ 0. By Zorn's Lemma there exist maximal separable extensions of K in L and L is finite dimensional purely inseparable over any such field. If ps is the smallest of the dimensions of L over such maximal separable extensions of K in L, then s is Wiel's order of inseparability of L/K [11]. Dieudonné [2] also investigated maximal separable extensions D of K in L and established that there must be at least one D such that L ⊆ Kp–∞(D) (such fields are termed distinguished). Kraft [5] showed that the distinguished maximal separable subfields are precisely those over which L is of minimal degree. This concept of distinguished subfield has been the basis of a number of results on the structure of inseparable field extensions, for example see [1], [3], [5], and [6].


Rolling bearing fault diagnosis is crucial to improve industrial safety and reliability. In recent years, intelligent fault diagnosis method represented by deep learning (DL) has been receiving increasing attention. In order to ameliorate the full training of the deep network, improve the model accuracy, and perfect the analysis of mechanical vibration signals with huge amount of information, a multi-scale attention mechanism residual network (MSA-ResNet) fault diagnosis method is proposed in this paper. First, an attention mechanism block is introduced to construct a new type of residual block combination. Second, a multi-scale structure is constructed by choosing an appropriate convolution kernel size. Finally, the overall framework of MSA-ResNet is constructed for efficient training and failure pattern recognition. The MSA-ResNet algorithm introduces an attention mechanism in each residual module of the residual network (ResNet), which improves the sensitivity to features. The features of different scales are obtained through the multi-scale convolution kernel, and the multi-scale feature extraction of complex nonlinear mechanical vibration signals is realized. The processing of original vibration signal rarely involves artificial interference, which is more conducive to industrial application of the proposed method. Diagnostic experiments are conducted on bearing datasets from the Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) and the Machinery Failure Prevention Technology (MFPT) to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method. The results illustrating the rolling bearing fault diagnosis method based on MSA-ResNet have advantages in multi-scale feature extraction, noise immunity, and fault classification accuracy.


In this paper, the effect of rhamnolipid biosurfactant on the electrokinetic and rheological behavior of nanozirconia particles is reported. The effect of pH, concentration of biosurfactant, and solids loading on ζ-potential and rheological behavior was investigated. ζ-potential measurements showed that adsorption of biosurfactant shifted the iso-electric point of zirconia with increasing biosurfactant concentration. The surface of zirconia became more electronegative in the presence of biosurfactant indicating a strong interaction. Maximum charge was obtained in the presence of about 230 ppm of biosurfactant. Rheological tests at pH 7 revealed that the zirconia suspension is viscous at high solids loading and addition of biosurfactant decreased the viscosity substantially especially at high solids loading (>50 wt%). Sedimentation tests confirmed that the biosurfactant is a good dispersant for zirconia particles at pH values of 7 and above.


Endometriosis is a debilitating gynecological disorder affecting approximately 10% of the female population. Despite its prevalence, robust methods to classify and treat endometriosis remain elusive. Changes throughout the menstrual cycle in tissue size, architecture, cellular composition, and individual cell phenotypes make it extraordinarily challenging to identify markers or cell types associated with uterine pathologies since disease-state alterations in gene and protein expression are convoluted with cycle phase variations. Here, we developed an integrated workflow to generate both proteomic and single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) data sets using tissues and cells isolated from the uteri of control and endometriotic donors. Using a linear mixed effect model (LMM), we identified proteins associated with cycle stage and disease, revealing a set of genes that drive separation across these two biological variables. Further, we analyzed our scRNA-seq data to identify cell types expressing cycle and disease-associated genes identified in our proteomic data. A module scoring approach was used to identify cell types driving the enrichment of certain biological pathways, revealing several pathways of interest across different cell subpopulations. Finally, we identified ligand-receptor pairs including Axl/Tyro3 - Gas6, that may modulate interactions between endometrial macrophages and/or endometrial stromal/epithelial cells. Analysis of these signaling pathways in an independent cohort of endometrial biopsies revealed a significant decrease in Tyro3 expression in patients with endometriosis compared to controls, both transcriptionally and through histological staining. This measured decrease in Tryo3 in patients with disease could serve as a novel diagnostic biomarker or treatment avenue for patients with endometriosis. Taken together, this integrated approach provides a framework for integrating LMMs, proteomic and RNA-seq data to deconvolve the complexities of complex uterine diseases and identify novel genes and pathways underlying endometriosis.


The three central aspects of the movement towards a New World Information Order (NWIO) are discussed. The major aspects of the Canadian Newspaper Act are also highlighted.


Epstein-Barr virus-positive (EBV-positive) diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) of the elderly is a newly described lymphoproliferative disorder recently in the most current WHO classification of tumours of haematopoietic and lymphoid tissues.The objective of this review is to provide a thorough and current summary of the existing knowledge of this subtype of DLBCL. It will review and discuss the pathogenesis behind EBV-driven malignant transformation of B cells,the distinct pathologic characteristics of EBV-positive DLBCL,the potential predictive and prognostic value of EBV tumoral status in patients with DLBCL,and potential strategies for the treatment of this rare entity.

Key words:
Herpesvirus 4, human;  Lymphoma, B-cell;  Aged


Cost-effective software project management has the serious need to focus resources on those areas with highest criticality. Identifying such components in advance that need high development effort or that are likely to produce many failures during operation and assigning additional design or corrective effort is one approach for effective resource allocation. Complexity metrics are applied during the development of large telecommunication software in order to identify high risk components and to tailor reliability growth models. Five classification techniques (Pareto classification, classification trees, factor-based discriminant analysis, fuzzy classification, neural networks) are compared for identifying critical components. For testing and maintenance phases we combined this approach with tailored reliability growth models. Results from a current large-scale switching project are included to show practical benefits.


The authors discuss an application of neural networks (NNs) to the problem of estimating the motion of articulatory organs from speech waves. A four-layer feedforward network was successfully applied to the articulatory parameter estimation problem. The evaluation test was performed using the vowel data in 5200 tokens in the ATR word database. Results show that the difference in estimated articulatory parameter values between the conventional model matching method (MM) and NN is only 0.1, which is about 3% of the value range, on average. For a few data, large differences arise between MM and NN, but this is due to misestimation in MM rather than NN. The percentage of misestimates in NN is less than 50% of that for MM. As for calculation time, NN is 10 times faster than MM. Thus, a high-speed and stable articulatory parameter estimation technique can be realized using neural networks.<<ETX>>


Abstract Although seed-size preference by granivores is relative to the sizes of seeds offered by researchers, preferences are often inappropriately discussed and interpreted as if they are for absolute seed sizes. Granivores often prefer relatively small seeds in forests and relatively large seeds in herbaceous communities, although the absolute size of preferred seeds in each is often similar. These results are consistent with predictions of optimal foraging theory. Researchers are encouraged to take heed of optimal foraging theory and both relative and absolute seed size when interpreting seed-size preferences.


CASE This 2-year-old girl was jumping up and down on her bed; she fell from the bed on one of the jumps and then was unable to walk or bear weight on her left leg. At first, the problem did not seem to be so severe, but it did progress, and some 24 hours later, the parents brought the patient to our emergency room. Upon arrival to our emergency room, the mother and grandmother corroborated the history, and furthermore, the episode was witnessed by the patient's sibling. On physical examination, the emergency room physicians were unable to localize the site of injury. There was no question that the patient did not want to use her left leg and that there was some pain and crying with movement of the extremity, but there was no swelling or deformity. The patient was difficult to examine because everywhere she was touched she cried (not unusual in such circumstances). All of the patient's vital signs were within reference range, and there were no other abnormalities detected on physical examination except for ''fever blisters'' in the mouth. The patient's temperature was 388C, and the patient's white blood cell count was normal. No other laboratory investigation was instigated, but plain radiographs of the hips, knees, and ankles were obtained. The hip and ankle studies were normal. The knee studies are presented in Figure 1. What do you see and think?


The beam element, solid finite element models are established in this paper, which are studied the effects of different curvature radius to the shear lag effect in curved box girder. The analysis results show that the inner side and the outer side of the shear lag coefficient of curved box girder bridge is different, outside large inside small. With the decrease of the curvature radius, shear lag effect is more serious. When the curvature radius is larger than 300m, the shear lag coefficient is close to straight bridge, and the linear bridge calculation of shear lag coefficient does not produce larger error. Center curve box girder cross section of shear lag coefficient has nothing to do with the radius of curvature, and only relates to the type of load.


Evolution is an unending, continuous process marked by gradual changes and improvements that manifest in diverse forms and stages. In today's high-speed world, as we perpetually race and immerse ourselves in the quest for livelihood, the imperative for stress relief and relaxation becomes even more crucial. The entertainment industry has played a pivotal role in helping us realize this potential. Indian literature encompasses classical texts, ancient scriptures, narratives, and poetry in myriad languages across various works. This industry has grown expansively, garnering the interest of both avid listeners and dedicated readers. Enthusiasts range from those captivated by ancient literature to those intrigued by science and fiction. As the industry evolved from its roots in musical plays to the heights of Hollywood, it's vital to recognize that each stage possesses unique features and allure although a shift has been seen and people have become more inclined to Hollywood. And let's not overlook the expressive enactments of musical plays, as they paved the way for the grandeur of Hollywood.


In this work, an upflow anaerobic filter (UAF) for municipal sewage treatment was used. The studies ware carried out in laboratory scale. The treatment process was operated in psychrophilic conditions. The value of hydraulic retention time (HRT) in anaerobic bioreactor was 48 h and the temperature varied during the investigations from 15 to 20oC. A real municipal sewage was taken from the treatment plant (WWTP – Tychy), operated in a full scale. The chemical oxygen demand (COD) of raw sewage ranged between 380 and 865 mgO2/L. The sewage used was additionally polluted with ammonia nitrogen – between 64 and 102 mg NH4 /L, phosphate – between 22 and 31 PO4/L as well as sulphates between 15 and 115 mgSO4/L. The investigations comprised of three series of different organic loading rates. Depending on values of sewage/organic loading rates 46 -72 % of COD were eliminated at psychrophilic conditions. The presence of ammonia nitrogen and sulphates did not have a negative impact on the process of organic matter degradation. Anaerobic treatment was effective in removing biodegradable organic compounds, but mineral compounds like NH4, PO4, S remained in high concentrations. Therefore, these compounds require removing by an additional post-treatment step.


Nowadays, enterprises deal with Legacy Information Systems (LIS) that are very important to carry out their daily tasks. These systems that are mission critical and very difficult to replace, contain much information about the Business Processes (BP) that support the operation of the enterprise. In most cases, this information is not easy to obtain and on the contrary, the effort in time and money required to obtain it discourages any attempt to carry out this task. In this paper, we present the preliminary definition of a framework that, through model transformation, will allow us to obtain information about the BP from the LIS, paying special attention to security requirements. Thus, it will be possible to have Secure Business Processes (SBP) that, besides providing an additional view of the information that underlies the LIS, could be used as a starting point in a process of creation of information Systems.


The generic bound of quantum speed limit time (the minimal evolution time) for a qubit system interacting with a structural environment is investigated. We define a new bound for the quantum speed limits. It is shown that the non-Markovianity and the population of the excited state can fail to signal the quantum evolution acceleration, but the initial-state dependence is an important factor. In particular, we find that different quantum speed limits could produce contradictory predictions on the quantum evolution acceleration.


The utility model discloses a battery charger power device, which comprises a single-phase half-controlled bridge inverter circuit, a high frequency transformer, a rectification circuit, a filter circuit and a laminated busbar. The single-phase half-controlled bridge inverter circuit is electrically connected with the high frequency transformer through the laminated busbar; the high frequency transformer is electrically connected with the rectification circuit through the laminated busbar; the rectification circuit is electrically connected with the filter circuit through the laminated busbar; the input direct current voltage is inversely transformed into the alternating current square wave voltage by the single-phase half-controlled bridge inverter circuit; the alternating current square wave voltage is reduced to a voltage reduced alternating current square wave voltage by the high-frequency transformer; the voltage reduced alternating current square wave voltage is rectified to another direct current voltage through the rectification circuit; and the another direct voltage is filtered by the filter circuit and then is output. As the electrical connections between the devices are carried out by utilizing the laminated busbar, the circuit distribution inductance is reduced, so that the reversed peak voltage at two ends of the power element is reduced, and the running reliability and stability of the power device can be ensured, at the same time, the integration level of the circuit is improved, and the maintenance of the battery charger power device is convenient.


The results of investigations of photostimulated phenomena in As 40 S 40 Se 20 thin films with the help of optical methods are presented in this paper. Raman spectra,optical constants in the transparency region of as-evaporated, exposed and annealed films were obtained . The As 40 S 40 Se 20 thin films have shown good etching selectivity in amine based ( in particular, nonaqueous solutions based on triethylamine) etching solutions.


Abstract A better understanding of the demand for bus transit is vital to the provision of efficient and reliable service. The objective of this study is to better understand the characteristics of demand for bus transit service in relation to bus-stop spacing and service reliability. The availability of accurate and robust data is lacking in previous empirical work. This research analyzes changes in passenger demand following implementation of a bus stop Streamline project at TriMet, the regional transit provider in the Portland metropolitan area. The study makes extensive use of archived bus operations and passenger activity data recorded at the level of the individual stop. The findings indicate that bus stop consolidation and relocation have a negligible impact on demand and that improvements in transit service reliability can adequately compensate for the potential loss of passengers resulting from changes in the number and location of stops. A theoretical framework for analyzing demand is presented to help transit planners better understand the consequences of proposed service changes on ridership.


Since the Meiji reform, Japan went through the Russo-Japanese War, the World War II and the postwar reconstruction, and in the meantime, the country had its development strategies shifted from "military power", "prosperous country" to "peaceful pursuit of an influential economic power". The strategies of "military power" and "prosperous country" let the country to the militarist road and resulted the great disaster to the country and the world. It is the strategy of "peaceful pursuit of an influential country" that enabled Japan to develop into a powerful country of the world.


Musayeva K., Sederevicius A., Želvytė R., Monkevicienė I., Beliavska-Aleksiejūnė D., Stankevicius R. (2016): Relationship between somatic cell count and milk casein level obtained by two different methods. Czech J. Food Sci., 34: 47-51. The purpose of the present work was to investigate the impact of somatic cell count (SCC) on the content of milk casein and to compare the sensitivity of different methods for the determination of the casein level in milk. Two dif - ferent methods were employed in order to determine the casein level: routine method - infrared spectrophotometry


-This article introduces a new perspective for the analysis of self-referential sentences, and proves the conditions under which they are inconsistent. The Liar Paradox, Grelling-Nelson Paradox, Russell's Predicate Paradox, Russell's Set Paradox and Richard Paradox are proved to meet such conditions. The same is proved of the ordinary language interpretation of Gödel's undecidable formula if the corresponding formal calculus is complete. In consequence, Gödel's Theorem VI only holds if that calculus is not complete, which makes the theorem unnecessary. All proofs and arguments in this article are developed within the framework of a simplified system of ordinary logic also defined in this paper.


Padadari = Pada + Dari. Padadari is one among Kshudra Rogas. Sushruta, Madhavnidana and Bhavprakasha has explained Padadari as distinct disease. In modern, it is termed as crack heel. Padadari is a Vatapradhana Vyadhi. Vataprakopa leads to the symptoms as Padasputana, Vedana, Rukshata and Daha. Atichankramana and Vataprakopaka Ahara and Vihara are the main cause for Padadari. Khaakhasadi Lepa has Vatahara, Vranashodhaka, Vranaropaka, Twagdoshahara, Kandughna properties which helps in Samprapti Vighatana of Padadari. The study is attempt to clinically analyze the efficacy of Khakhasadi Lepa indendently and compare with Moisturex cream in Padadari. This study is a randomized single blind standared control clinical study conducted on 60 subjects divided randomly in two groups. Group A (Trial group) and Group B (Control group) were formed with 30 patients in each group. Group A was treated with Khaakhasadi Lepa for one month. Group B was treated with Moisturex cream for one month. Lepa was adviced to apply in night on affected area of sole in quantity sufficient. Cleaning of sole and after proper drying, application of lepa was advised.The patients were assessed with severity of symptoms subjectively before and after treatment. Data from each group is statistically analyzed and compared. Both the group showed marked results but Khaakhasadi Lepa showed statistically highly significant result in subjective parameter like Vedana and Rukshata. Khakhasadi Lepa is not that much significant in Padasputana as compare to Moisturex cream. The study shows that Khaakhasadi Lepa and Moisturex cream had got equally significant relief in Vedana and Rukshata. Both drugs were insignificant in reducing Daha. Khakhasadi Lepa was not more effective in Padasputana.


The theory of pure-Fickian diffusion of solutes through polymers is developed and explained in detail. Unique methods are presented that may be used to predict rapidly and without extensive mathematical manipulation the time in which a hydrophobic organic chemical would penetrate plastic water pipes under pure-Fickian conditions. It is demonstrated that the results are dependent on the initial boundary conditions assumed, the difference between the external and internal activity of the permeating substance, the equilibrium partitioning of the solute between the pipe wall and the water held inside the pipe, the diffusivity of the solute in the plastic, and the pipe dimensions. Limitations to the theory are discussed in detail and example solutions are presented for four groups of organic chemicals, which are then compared qualitatively with a pipe permeation incident.


In this study, the design of the ac power plant equipment using an alternator derived from a motorcycle was carried out to produce an ac output voltage in the stator coil winding based on the electromagnetic induction process. The problem is that the ac output voltage flows rotary current or eddy current through the coil windings causing heat in the core plane which is in the alternator electromagnetic induction furnace. The initial condition of the electromagnetic induction alternator temperature is Tind(awal) = 30 oC, coil resistance Rt(awal) = 1.28 ohms and ac output voltage Vo(awal) = 12.68 volts. The research method was carried out by increasing the Tind parameter initial causing the effect of increasing the resistance of the conductor coil winding material as the output voltage decreased. The specification of the temperature coefficient of the coil conducting conductor is 0.0291 oC-1 the temperature increase of the electromagnetic induction alternator is Tind. 62 oC causes the effect of increasing the coil resistance as the output voltage decreases to Vo(temp.) = 7.68 volts ac. This decrease in the ac output voltage of the alternator causes the electricity supply to the automotive electrical load to become ineffective and inefficient.
 Keywords:     alternator ; electromagnetic induction ; coil windin ; temperature coefficient ; initial conditions


The self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) method can be used to fabricate numerous ceramics in a very short time by taking advantage of exothermic reaction. In case of SiC, the heat released from exothermic reaction is not sufficient to convert the mixed powders of Si and C into SiC completely in the actual non-adiabatic system. This disadvantage could be overcome by a new ignition process, which we call "direct passing method of electric current". By using this method, stoichiometric β-SiC could be obtained efficiently with low electric power. The obtained β-SiC powder was sintered by using highpressure hot-pressing without additives and the properties of the compact were examined. The relative density, Vickers microhardness and fracture toughness of the β-SiC compact at room temperature were 98.0-98.6%, 35-36 GN/m2 and 5.6 MN/m3/2, respectively.


Until now there is no specific treatment that has been proven to cure patients infected with the Covid-19 virus. The high number of positive confirmed cases of Covid-19 makes it is important to promote preventive efforts so as not to be infected with the virus. One thing that can be done is the fulfillment of nutrition, especially those that can support the immune system. Cassava leaves and papaya leaves have been shown to increase the immune response and reduce inflammation. The magnitude of the benefits possessed by cassava leaves and papaya leaves will be more felt by the community if they can be processed into a food that tastes good and is practical to serve. Based on this background, workshop is needed to process cassava leaves and papaya leaves turn into dendeng in order to support strengthening the family's immune system in the pandemic era. The training, which was conducted in the Kebonsari area of ??Surabaya, began with the providing of information using powerpoint and video media, followed by hands-on manufacturing practice. The dendeng produced is flat, has a soft texture, savory, and does not taste bitter. At the end of the event, an evaluation of the course of the training process was carried out through the provision of questionnaires. All participants stated that they were very satisfied with this activity and suggested that similar training could be carried out regularly in their neighborhood.


Abstract : The war powers debate that has occupied so much public attention in the decades following Vietnam has typically portrayed the Congress and the president engaged in a continuous constitutional struggle over institutional prerogatives. Although the war powers literature presents many explanations of why Congress has not been able to effectively control presidential war making, most studies seem to take one thing for granted: that Congress is motivated by a desire to do so. The present study challenges this central assumption and introduces a new methodology to examine congressional behavior during consideration of the Multinational Force in Lebanon Resolution (1983) and the Authorization for the Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution (1991). Using Douglas Arnold's Logic of Congressional Action as a model, the researcher conducts a content analysis of congressional floor debate to determine if members of Congress are also motivated by electoral calculations when deciding matters of war and peace. The results indicate that in fact, members do seem to be motivated by electoral forces. Furthermore, the study reveals that content analysis can be a useful tool that holds the potential to make a significant contribution to both the war powers literature and to models of congressional action.


To the Editor: In their article (1), Banet and colleagues described 2 interesting cases of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) of the placenta, a neoplasm previously unreported at this site. We wish to report our experience with a case, particularly for its insight into how IMTs potentially involve this organ of fairly limited neoplastic potential. The consultation case was received for an isolated 1.5-cm well-demarcated lesion found in the parenchyma of an otherwise unremarkable 34 weeks' gestation placenta. Histologically, the lesion was comprised of a nodular and fascicular proliferation of spindle cells covered in a thin layer of basal fibrin and emerging continuously from the decidua basalis (Fig. 1A, arrow). The cells featured elongated and wispy eosinophilic to amphophilic cytoplasm, spindled to ovoid nuclei containing vesicular nucleoli, and were set in a myxoid matrix (Fig. 1B). A prominent mixed inflammatory infiltrate was present


The in-plane projection of the director in smectic-C liquid crystals and the hexatic order parameter in hexatic smectic liquid crystals are both analogous to the magnetization in an XY ferromagnet. Recent experimental results and theoretical arguments suggest that two-dimensional XY ferromagnets have a universal finite-size-induced effective magnetization exponent beta almost-equal-to 0.23 [S. T. Bramwell and P. C. W. Holdsworth, J. Phys. Condens. Matter 5, L53 (1993)]. From these results, we predict that XY-like order parameters in thin free-standing smectic liquid-crystal films should behave as proportional-to (T(c)-T)beta in an intermediate temperature range below the relevant transition temperature T(c) if they exhibit a Kosterlitz-Thouless transition of a single XY-like order parameter.


In this study, the novel fuel design concept has been proposed in order to realize the low emission and combustion control in engine systems. In this fuel design concept, the mixed fuels with a high volatility fuel (gasoline or gaseous fuel components) and a low volatility fuel (gas oil or fuel oil components) are used in order to improve the spray characteristics by flash boiling. In our previous papers on this study, the fundamental characteristics of spray and its combustion of mixed fuel were reported. In this paper, heat release and exhaust emission (smoke, NOx and THC) characteristics of single cylinder diesel engine operated with the mixed fuels were investigated under each load. The exhaust performance of diesel engine could be improved using mixed fuel, because fuel properties and spray characteristics were controlled by changing mixing fraction of the mixed fuel. Moreover, in this exhaust gas concentration measurement, initial fuel temperature was employed for experimental parameter in order to control flash boiling process in mixed fuel spray, for flash boiling can be easily occurred by increasing initial fuel temperature. As a preliminary investigation of the flash boiling effect, the spray experiment for mixed fuel was conducted using constant volume vessel. As a result, it was confirmed that flash boiling had the potential of drastic reduction of smoke emission since flash boiling improved the atomization and vaporization of mixed fuel spray with rapid fuel-air mixing.


A simple connected graph G is called a p-quasi k-cyclic graph, if there exists a subset S of vertices such that |S|=p, G-S is k-cyclic and there is no a subset S` of V(G) such that |S`| =3.


The labelling framework, which is proposed to label topic models, essentially consists of a multinomial word distribution, a set of candidate labels, and a context collection. Thus it could be applied to any text mining problems, in which a multinomial distribution of word is involved. To generate labels that are understandable, semantically relevant, discriminative across topics, and of high coverage of each topic, first extract a set of understandable candidate labels in a pre-processing step, then design a relevance scoring function to measure the semantic similarity between a label and a topic, and finally propose label selection methods. This paper presents all such issues involved in the problem of knowledge discovery using text mining. Our paper aims to review various issues described or presented by various researchers in this area.


Nanostructured TiO2 samples with primary particle size in the 4−20 nm range were prepared by either hydrothermal (H) or thermal (T) treatment of an amorphous precursor, and their behavior under UV illumination at 77 K was studied by means of EPR spectroscopy. The samples of the H series present the smallest crystallite size and after irradiation in a vacuum show some Ti3+ centers. In contrast, under these conditions only weak signals associated with oxygenated radicals are observed for the T samples. However, when oxygen is preadsorbed, several oxygenated complexes (O-, O2-, O2H•, and O3-) are photogenerated in proportions that depend on the characteristics of the material. Subsurface O- species are exclusively detected in the case of the samples of the H series, whereas ozonide radicals and surface O- are stabilized on materials with larger crystalline domains. These oxygenated complexes are thermally unstable, and they disappeared after warming to room temperature in the case of the T samples, but they ...


Objective To investigate the genotypes of carbapenemase-producing A.baumannii and its relationship of drug resistance to carbapenem antibiotics commonly used in clinic.Methods The genotypes of carbapenemase-producing A.baumannii including IMP,VIM-2,SIM-1,OXA-23,OXA24,OXA-51(66),OXA58 were detected by PCR and the drug resistance of 16 kinds to commonly used antibiotics were detected by disk diffusion.Results The resistance rates to antibiotics of OXA-66 type carbapenemase-producing strains were more than 50% while the resistance rates to antibiotics of both OXA-23 and OXA-66 carbapenemase strains were more than 95%,showing more resistance to antibiotics than that of non-carbapenemase-producing strain.Conclusion The resistance rate of the carbapenemases-producing strains,among which the both OXA23 and OXA-66 carbapenemase-producing strains were the best,were significantly higher than that of noncarbapenemase-producing strains.


Suite goivos by Francisco Lacerda (1869–1934) stands out not only as one of the first examples of symbolist literature for guitar but also as the first work written for guitar by a Portuguese non-guitarist composer. So far, however, it has remained in relative obscurity. In this article, I first explore the suite's context and history: its origin in meetings and correspondence between Lacerda and the work's dedicatee, Andrés Segovia; its place among new works commissioned by Segovia from non-guitarist composers; and available manuscript sources for the work. I then argue for the work's importance as music, highlighting its innovative features, from Lacerda's use of the guitar to his incorporation of musical symbolist elements. This analysis has enabled a modern performance edition of the suite, allowing it to take its place in the concert repertoire. This article was first published in Portuguese as "'Para Andrés Segovia': A Suite goivos de Francisco de Lacerda," Revista Vórtex (Curitiba) 8, no. 3 (2020). The translation is by Diogo Alvarez.


This note is not concerned with the reliability of this information, but with the lexical singularity παλλ⋯ς, which has won widespread acceptance as an ancient sacral term, though our lexica display an uncommon, and indeed misleading, prudishness as to its meaning: 'maiden-priestess' (LSJ s.v. Παλλ⋯ς ii); 'bei den Griechen in ägypt. Theben noch als sakraler Ausdruck = παρθ⋯νος' (Frisk, GEW s.v. παλλακ⋯); 'A Thèbes d'Égypte pour désigner une prêtresse = παρθ⋯νος' (Chantraine, Dictionnaire s.v. παλλακ⋯). Pubescent temple-prostitutes had no place in Hellenic religious life, and it might be thought surprising that there was a Greek word for them; yet Strabo offers the term without explanation or speculation as to derivation or dialectal provenance, apparently confident that it is indeed Greek and not a foreign loan-word. The Greeks who frequented Upper Egypt were not a group of largely homogeneous origin, who might have preserved in quasi-colonial isolation an archaism obsolete elsewhere in the Hellenic world. No such usage is mentioned in ancient discussions of the derivation of Pallas, wide though the etymological net is cast in the attempt to explain Athene's title: see, e.g., sch. Il. 1.199–200 (with Erbse's note), sch. Od. 1.252, P. Oxy. 2260 (early second century a.d.).


Dear Editor, Multiple basal cell carcinomas (mBCC) are encountered in few genetic diseases such as Gorlin syndrome, xeroderma pigmentosum and Bazex– Dupré– Christol syndrome. MUTYHassociated polyposis is an autosomal recessive condition, responsible for the impairment of the base excision repair system.1,2 Clinical phenotypes associated with MUTYH biallelic variants include multiple colorectal and/ or duodenal adenomatous polyps, colorectal cancer and skin lesions derived from sebaceous glands. Cutaneous carcinomas are rarely associated with these mutations.3,4 Here, we report the case of a young patient with mBCC, whose genetic testing revealed the presence of an actionable biallelic MUTYH gene mutation. A 39yearold Tunisian man with a skin phototype IV and sun exposure in childhood was referred to our dermatology clinic for mBCC. He had a personal history of a thalamic haemorrhagic stroke of unknown aetiology occurring at the age of 39 years. His family history includes colorectal tumour in a maternal aunt who died at the age of 40 years. The patient developed his first BCC in the age of 35 years. Overall, 11 BCC located on the head and neck were resected and several additional superficial BCC of the trunk were treated successfully by cryotherapy and Received: 9 June 2022 | Accepted: 13 September 2022


This study examined how one elementary school physical education teacher in Chicago (Illinois) influenced the status and perception of physical education and established an important niche for herself within the school community. The teacher's use of strict ritual and routine in structuring classes, as well as her formal, serious demeanor established her as an authority figure to be respected. The gym routire itself controlled students' behavior. The teacher also gained respect for physical education as a school subject by giving homework to students in fifth through eighth grades. The assignments assumed symbolic importance by expressing the conviction that the subject is an important part of the overall school curriculum. The teacher's insistence that her gym be respected and kept tidy was closely allied to her reputation as someone with the ability to be in control of events inside it. Student performance in an annual "gym show" also reinforced her reputation in the eyes of students, colleagues, and parents as a "good teacher." Playground and lunchroom duties further increased the teacher's visibility around school and provided opportunities for informal interactions with students and parents. This teacher illustrated teaching's complex moral aspect as she modeled care, consistency, respect, and the possibility of a better life. Contains seven references. (JB) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by ECRS are the best that can be made * from the original document. *********************************************************************** GYM'S WORK TOO!" OBTAINING RESPECT FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN AN URBAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Nicholas J. Cutforth University of Denver Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA., April 1995 U S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION t Ar,a EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproduced as received tram the person or orgarwation originating it Maim changes have been made In improve reproduction quairly Prsills of view Or opinions staled in this dor UMOIlt do nut necesSanly represent Or RI positem or Policy Please address all correspondence to: PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) Nicholas J. Cutforth, Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education, University of Denver, Denver, CO. 80208 Tel: (303) 871-2477; email: email@example.com


This chapter examines community college first-year experience programs using critical race theory and ecological theory. The study draws on diverse students' experiences with access, support, and long-term success within community colleges to assess how these programs foster student success, as told through the voices of student participants.


This document contains a short summary of the development of a highly efficient one-step technique which was carried out to obtain long and aligned carbon nanotubes with or without Fe filling. The aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were synthesized by microwave (MW) irradiation heating from a ferrocene Fe(C5H5)2. In this research, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) are used for study the growth of aligned carbon nanotubes by microwave heating. As a contribution of this method, the aligned multi-layer carbon nanotubes were obtained. CNTs have a metal particle at the tip of each tube. This carbon nanostructure promises to become important in fuel cells and in nanoscale engineering of other systems in which electrical effects, mechanical and chemical interactions are integrated to produce macroscale. (© 2005 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)


This document describes a graduate course called "An Introduction to Systems Engineering". The course is being presented as part of a graduate program in the Management of Technology, in response to a specific need. This need has been recognized by technologists, over the years, who have been involved in the broader issues stemming from the mix of technology and business management. It has become clear that these two aspects of day-to-day operations are not always carried off well. However, by training business majors and technologists simultaneously, in some of the same courses of study and in the same class rooms, the management process should become more efficient. The need for exploiting this method is becoming more and more acute, with the passage of time.Copyright © 2011 by ASME


We analyze the superposition principle of color mixing,and discuss how to realize the application of color mixing principles under the RGB,CMYK and LAB graph pattern through the channel technology in Photoshop.


In the article will be analyzed the importance of the issue of nationalities/ethnic in Russian foreign policy. Based on the three most important aspects. First, explain the significance of the issue of nationalities (national or ethnic) and ethnic policy. Second, identify specific examples of the use of the issue of nationalities in the foreign policy of the Russian state. It was decided to provide examples of the Tsar Russia, Soviet Russia (USSR) and contemporary Russia. Thirdly, to show prospects for further research of the analyzed thread, especially with regard to other countries.