Individual tobacco leaf was kept in dark environment in vivo by aluminum foil paper to induce senescence and to study the process of quality formation.RNAs of senescence-specific cysteine protease(CP1)were detected wiht RT-PCR on 3rd day after treatment,and leaf became yellowish on 5th day.A comparative analysis of darken individual leaf in vivo(DIS)and dark-incubated leaf in vitro(DET)revealed similar changes in chlorophyll,soluble protein content and SOD,POD activity during darkening.Both senescence processes share common physiology changes,with in vivo darken individual leaf showed relatively smooth trend.The system can be used in tobacco leaf senescence research.


DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION Give oral doses with food. Schizophrenia: Initiate at 20 mg twice daily. Daily dosage may be adjusted up to 80 mg twice daily. Dose adjustments should occur at intervals of not less than 2 days. Safety and efficacy has been demonstrated in doses up to 100 mg twice daily. The lowest effective dose should be used. ( 2.1) Acute treatment of manic/mixed episodes of bipolar I disorder: Initiate at 40 mg twice daily. Increase to 60 mg or 80 mg twice daily on day 2 of treatment. Subsequent dose adjustments should be based on tolerability and efficacy within the range of 40 mg to 80 mg twice daily. ( 2.2) Maintenance treatment of bipolar I disorder as an adjunct to lithium or valproate: Continue treatment at the same dose on which the patient was initially stabilized, within the range of 40 mg to 80 mg twice daily. ( 2.2)


The activity of glutamine synthetase (GS) extracted from chickpeas grown under different nitrogen and temperature regimes was examined. Cytosolic GS (GSJ was much less temperature sensitive than chloroplastic GS (GS2). There was no change in the ratio of the two isoforms from plants with different growth temperatures. Specific activity of GS appeared to be independent of growth temperature and was little affected by nitrogen supply. In vitro studies were performed on the heat stability of GS2 in the presence of glycine betaine, proline, and myoinositol. The latter was most effective in preventing loss of enzyme activity at high temperatures. Glycine betaine was also effective as a heat protectant but enzyme activity in the presence of proline was lower than the control at temperatures above 30 °C. The importance of myo-inositol protection of metabolism is discussed in relation to the accumulation in chickpeas of another cyclitol, pinitol.


Abstract A series of macrocyclic Cu2+, Ni2+, and Co2+ complexes was synthesized using a template reaction between triethylenetetramine and dibenzoylmethane. These complexes may be represented by the general formula [M(C21H26N4)X2], where M = Cu2+, Ni2+, and Co2+ and X = NO3ˉ, Clˉ, and CH3COOˉ. Various techniques, including elemental analysis, molar conductance, magnetic moment, PXRD, thermal investigations, EPR, IR, UV-visible, and mass spectral studies, were used to characterize the synthesized complexes. Their results suggested the distorted octahedral geometry for copper complexes and octahedral geometry for nickel and cobalt complexes. All complexes showed molar conductance in the range of 8–20 ohm−1 cm2 mol−1 that indicated the non-electrolytic nature. The DFT studies of all complexes were also performed to analyze the stability of complexes. Antibacterial activities of all complexes were also examined, and it was observed that complexes [Ni(C21H26N4)(Cl)2] and [Co(C21H26N4)(Cl)2] exhibited remarkable antibacterial activity. Moreover, complex [Co(C21H26N4)(NO3)2] showed miraculous antioxidant activity, even better than that of ascorbic acid and other complexes. The docking studies of [Ni(C21H26N4)(Cl)2] and [Co(C21H26N4)(Cl)2] were also performed to enforce the results obtained from the antibacterial study of these complexes. Furthermore, the drug-likeness property of all complexes was also evaluated with the help of ADMET studies. Graphical abstract


The amorphous-to-quasicrystalline phase transformation and the pressure effect on the transformation in a Zr66.7Pd33.3 metallic glass have been investigated by in situ x-ray diffraction measurements using synchrotron radiation. It is found that the transformation is a polymorphous reaction and external pressure enhances the onset temperature for the formation of quasicrystals with a rate of 22 K/GPa while the temperature interval for the stability of quasicrystals remains almost unchanged in the pressure range of 0–4 GPa. The enhancement of the onset temperature for the formation of quasicrystals has been further discussed with the nucleation theory.The amorphous-to-quasicrystalline phase transformation and the pressure effect on the transformation in a Zr66.7Pd33.3 metallic glass have been investigated by in situ x-ray diffraction measurements using synchrotron radiation. It is found that the transformation is a polymorphous reaction and external pressure enhances the onset temperature for the formation of quasicrystals with a rate of 22 K/GPa while the temperature interval for the stability of quasicrystals remains almost unchanged in the pressure range of 0–4 GPa. The enhancement of the onset temperature for the formation of quasicrystals has been further discussed with the nucleation theory.


The protein kinase R (PKR, also called EIF2AK2) is an interferon-inducible double-stranded RNA protein kinase with multiple effects on cells. PKR plays an active part in the cellular response to numerous types of stress, with a critical role in the host's interferon-induced antiviral defence mechanisms. PKR has been extensively studied and documented for its relevance as a cell growth regulator, and more recently analysed in connection with metabolism, inflammatory processes, cancer, and neurodegenerative diseases. The present review will summarise, in chronological order, the state of the knowledge about this kinase as well as the contributions we have done at the National Centre of Biotechnology regarding the regulation and mechanisms of action of PKR. Specific mention will be made of the studies that the author leads at the University Hospital Complex of Granada, showing the importance that PKR has as a target of both conventional chemotherapeutics and novel drugs, and its potential as a biomarker and therapeutic target in various pathologies.


Objective
To explore the effects of attending nursing post practical exploration in surgery departments of general hospital.

Methods
A total of 6 surgery departments were selected by principle of their own accord or competition recruitment and set up on one nurse attending post to establish doctor-nurse team in order to provide "pre hospital-hospitalization-after discharging" homogeneous medical care service from August 2013. The patients′ hospitalized satisfaction and doctor-nurse cooperation satisfaction were compared before and after attending nurse post setting up.

Results
The scores of patients′ hospitalized satisfaction and doctor-nurse cooperation satisfaction were (23.09±1.69) and (79.41±11.98) higher than that of the control group [(20.01±1.56) and (72.02±12.88)], with statistical significance (t=6.151, 2.677; P<0.05). During adjustment of the two groups′ other factors, groups were the influencing factors of nurse-doctor cooperation satisfaction and with statistical significance (P<0.01).

Conclusions
To set up attending nurse post in surgery departments can promote nurses to know patients′ information on time, strengthen doctor-nurse cooperation, and improve patients′ satisfaction and doctor-nurse cooperation satisfaction.

Key words:
Attending nurse; Innovation ward; Homogeneous medical care service; Patient′s satisfaction; Doctor-nurse cooperation satisfaction


To enable the micro-transfer printing of GaSb-based multijunction solar cells, we explored methods to maximize etch selectivity between InAsSb and AlGa(As)Sb layers lattice matched to GaSb. We report the etch rates and morphology of InAsSb and AlGa(As)Sb in dilute HF and citric acid solutions. Etch solution temperature and composition were varied to maximize the etch selectivity between the etch stop layer and sacrificial layer. We found a mixture of citric acid and hydrogen peroxide yielded the highest etch selectivity ratio, 852.3, between InAsSb and AlGa(As)Sb. We additionally found that unlike higher fractions of Al, Al0.34GaAs0.03Sb did not appear to oxidize in dilute concentrations of HF and citric acid solutions, making it suitable as an etch stop layer.


The paper discusses an electrospinning as a promising method for producing new types of textile materials for medicine and cosmetology. 14% aqueous solution of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) with a functional hygroscopic addition of 85% glycerin solution was used as a spinning solution. The content of glycerin in the solution varied from 4 to 10 parts by weight. The main technological properties of the spinning solution were investigated: viscosity, surface tension, specific volumetric electrical conductivity and evaporation rate in 30 min. It was found that the PVA solution and its composition with the addition of glycerin in terms of viscosity exceeds the upper limit of the theoretically recommended range and the glycerin content rising leads to the increasing of the spinning solution viscosity. This dependence is not straightforward. The value of the surface tension and electrical conductivity of the studied spinning solutions is in the recommended ranges for the implementation of the electrospinning process. Investigations of the process of forming a nanofibrous webs were carried out using machine Fluidnatek LE-50 (Bionicia, Spain). To establish the structure of the obtained samples we used the scanning electron microscope LEO 1420 (Carl Zeiss, Germany). It is shown that with increasing the glycerin content in the spinning solution of PVA the structure of the nanofibrous web changes significantly. The diameter of the electrospun fibers increases, the density of the web decreases. It was obtained core-shell structure of nanofibers, i.e. fibers from PVA covered with a shell of hygroscopic glycerin. With 10% glycerin content the fibers merge at the contact points to form planar structures. As a result of statistical processing of experimental data a formula has been obtained that makes it possible to predict the fiber diameter in a material obtained by the method of electrospinning depending on the glycerin content.


. In this paper we find the equation of state for a one di- mensional binary fluid through an analysis that involves the use of the Partition Function, the Gran Partition Function and Ceneralized Ensemble. The binary fluid treated here has some intrinsic interest, firstly because we will apprroach the continuum by means of a lat- tice variable, and secondly, because wc assume the interaction between nearcst neighbor particles to be arbitrary.


Purpose: This study investigates the value relevance of financial information i.e., earnings (EPS), the book value of equity (BVE), and cash flow from operations (CFO). The study further investigates the influence of real EPS management (REM) on the value relevance of financial information because firms are now switching toward real earnings management rather than accrual-based earnings management (ABEM).
Methodology: A sample of 250 public listed companies was used to test the hypotheses over the period 2014-2018. Using Driscoll-Kraay regression.
Findings: This study finds that earnings, the book value of equity, and cash flow from operations are value relevant, and real earnings management moderates the value relevance of EPS, book value of equity, and cash flow from operations.
Implications: This study has specific policy implications for regulators to push auditors to detect real earnings management to improve the value relevance of financial information.


Graves' orbitopathy (GO) is a disfiguring autoimmune condition, which can sometimes cause blindness (1). The disease has profound effects on quality of life (2), psychological health (3), and socioeconomic status (4). Progress in understanding and treating this disease has been slow. However, recent advances include delineation of plausible immunological mechanisms (5), development of an animal model (6), and publication of randomized studies defining the role and limitations of intravenous steroids (7), rituximab (8,9), and selenium (10). Yet, some of this knowledge remains to be translated into improvement in clinical care. Access of patients to specialist treatments is patchy and seems to depend on chance rather than clinical need (11). In 2009, 84 international, national, scientific, and patient-led organizations signed the Amsterdam Declaration for people with Thyroid Eye Disease (12). Signatories pledged to "improve the existing research networks and develop further international collaborative research."


Diesel engines are widely employed as the power sources for the land and marine transportation, however pollution emitted from diesel engine like NOx and smoke, produces a very harmful effect on human health and ecological environment. Researches were carried out to enhance the Performance and to reduce the emission .In this paper bio based additives is used. It is non toxic and bio degradable properties .Three different bio additives Oil Engine additive (BA1), Fuel oil additive(BA2), High performance additive (BA3) are mixed with diesel in the range of 1ml, 1.5ml, 2ml, 2.5ml and 3ml per liter, it is noticed that the bio additive added diesel enhances the cetane number, reduces the viscosity and calorific value. Based on the performance and emission characteristics best bio additive blend is selected as the 2ml in (BA1), 1.5ml (BA2) and 1ml in (BA3), and compare with diesel. Exhaust gas temperature was reduced for all the three bio additives. Bio additive Oil Engine additive considered to be effective for NOx reduction and improvement in thermal efficiency.


Payment is initiated by customer mobile phone or PC contacting a trader server. A trader payment interface contacts a bank payment server which uses a payment link to inform a network operator payment server. The operator's short message manager contacts the user and after a PIN has been used the payment link is again used to instruct bank payment Independent claims are also included for the following (1) A payment system which uses a special link between a telecommunication operator payment server and a bank payment server as part of the communication between customer and trader (2) A link which consists of a network operator server adapted to data exchange with a customer terminal connected to a bank payment server adapted to data exchange with the trader terminal (3) Use of the payment system to debit accounts on purchase of goods or services


Effective Hamiltonian simulations are conducted to unveil the nature of the low-frequency polar modes in the prototype relaxor ferroelectric, Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3. Above the so-called T* temperature, only a single soft-mode exists, with its frequency increasing under heating. On the other hand, for temperatures lower than the freezing temperature, this single soft-mode splits into two modes, with one mode slightly changing its low resonant frequency while the other exhibiting a resonant frequency sharply increasing under cooling, in agreement with previous measurements. More importantly, we present evidences that these two modes can be regarded as Goldstone-like and Higgs-like modes, inherent to the Mexican-hat-form of the atomic displacement potential we also reveal here, therefore extending the types of systems exhibiting Higgs-boson characteristics to relaxor ferroelectrics.


Objective: To investigate the role of cell cycle regula-tors in the pathogenesis of papillary carcinoma of the thyroid. Design: Resistance to transforming growth factor (cid:98) –mediatedinhibitionisawell-knownpathogenicmecha-nism in epithelial neoplasias. In a retrospective study, the expressionoftransforminggrowthfactor (cid:98) receptorstypes IandII,cyclinD1,andthecyclin-dependentinhibitorp27 kip , was analyzed by immunohistochemistry. Results were in-terpretedinthecontextofclinicopathologicaldata.Patientfollow-uprangedfrom1to18years,withameanof4years. Materials: Twenty conventional primary papillary carcinomas and their metastases were selected according to current pathologic criteria. Nonconventional papillary carcinomas (eg, tall-cell, columnar) were excluded from the analysis. Results: Cyclin Conclusions: The results strongly suggest that func-tional in type


Through the questionnaire f some primary school,middle school,and universities in Hubei province,we found that 40.9% of the teachers were in the high stress;there is little significant difference in Gender of the stress between male and female teachers;teacher's stress is higher than the executives;the middle school teacher's stress is the highest one,and it is higher than the stress of primary and university teachers.


Profiles of various shapes and cross-sections are a central element of today's chassis, drive trains and car-bodies, especially for constructions based on a space-frame concept. From a profile manufacturer's point of view, suitable classification criteria for the profiles needed are the kind of curvature, the kind of cross-section and the design of the connection area. All these features might need different manufacturing processes like rolling, extruding, forging, bending etc. Until recently the pultrusion as the only real mass production process for fiber reinforced profiles could only be used to manufacture straight profiles. This was a kind of show-stopper for the application of fiber reinforcement in mass produced vehicles. With the newly developed "Radius-Pultrusion" process, applying a moving and elastic mold to create the profiles this barrier has been overcome. The mass production of profiles with constant curves of practically any radius is already state of the art. The manufacturing of profiles with variable radii has been demonstrated and even the production of variable cross-sections is a potential of this technology. Theory, practical examples and also some examples for the equipment are described in the following. Fiber Reinforced Profiles for Car Bodies and Chassis The design of profiles in automotive industry ranges from highly complex profiles like the ones used for the Aand B-column of space-frame bodies to profiles with constant curvature around moving window components and simple straight profiles with various cross-sections used in typical parts in the chassis-area. Guide-rails, stabilizers and also coil springs are typical examples of such profiles. The theoretical benefits of using fiber reinforced material instead of steel and aluminum have been widely described in many publications. The ability of fiber reinforced profiles to meet the requirements of the automotive industry with respect to long term fatigue resistance and also crash behavior has been proven by applications like the body of the i3 of BMW (2013), the leaf springs in the Corvette (since 1981) [9] and the coil spring for the Audi A6 (2014) [10]. Depending on the application, the profile's low weight, potentially higher strength and stiffness or their corrosion resistance are the main advantages. Nevertheless, the production volume of fiber reinforced profiles has remained at a level of approx. 0,01 % of the overall profile production [ 2, 3]. A comparison of the design features of steel, aluminum and pultruded fiber reinforced profiles (see table 1) clearly identifies one of the major reasons for this situation: The limitation of pultrusion, the only mass production process for fiber reinforced profiles, to straight profiles.


Fifty-five years ago this month, Edith Clarke and Seldon B. Crary presented a joint paper on stability problems in power engineering at a meeting of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) in Philadelphia. At the time, both Clarke and Crary were employed as engineers by the General Electric Company (GE) and their paper received a prize as the best AIEE paper published that year. Clarke had overcome many difficulties on her way to becoming a highly respected member of the electrical engineering profession. She specialized in the analysis of electrical power systems and devoted her career to the simplification and mechanization of problem solving in that field. Clarke was born in Maryland in 1883 and was orphaned at a young age. She used a small inheritance to enable her to enroll at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY, where she studied mathematics and astronomy and received an A.B. degree in 1908. She then taught for a year at a school for girls in San Francisco and taught mathematics for two additional years at Marshall College in Huntington, WV. In the fall of 1911, she enrolled in the civil engineering program at the University of Wisconsin, but left after a year to become a computing assistant to George A. Campbell at the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T). She learned a great deal about the theory of transmission lines and electric circuits from Campbell before she enroled in electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1918. She earned an M.S. degree from MIT in 1919 and was the first woman to receive an electrical engineering degree at the school. From 1919 to 1921, Clarke worked for the General Electric Company (GE) in Schenectady, N Y , where she trained and directed a small group of women computers doing calculations of mechanical stresses in turbine rotors. Despite her credentials, she did not yet enjoy the status or salary of an engineer at GE. In 1921, she filed a successful patent application on a graphical calculator to be used in solving transmission line problems and it was the subject


The aim of study was to prepare and characterize mucoadhesive buccal tablets of glipizide using different Mucoadhesive polymers such as Carbopol 940, Sodium alginate and HPMC K15M in combination. Twenty one formulation were developed with different concentration of mucoadhesive polymers in each formulation.The formulated buccal tablets were tested for surface pH,in vitro drug release and moisture absorption. The prepared tablets also evaluated for bioadhesive strength, ex‐vivo residence time and drug permeation through porcine buccal mucosa. In vitro bioadhesive strength, ex‐vivo residence time and in vitro release studies showed that formulation F5 containing 1:8 ratio of drug and polymer combination showed satisfactory bioadhesive and exhibited optimum drug release (72.35±0.04 after 12hrs). DSC results showed no evidence of strong interaction between the drug and polymers. The results indicated that suitable bioadhesive buccal tablets with desired permeability could be prepared. Stability of glipizide mucoadhesive buccal tablets was determined in natural human saliva; it was found that both glipizide and buccal tablets were stable in human saliva.


The emotion of nostalgia is universal as far as the opinions of researchers and theorists are concerned. There is not a single individual in the world who is devoid of the feeling of nostalgia. It is a psychological phenomenon, and every individual in the world has been influenced by the feeling. It has distinct definitions based on worldwide experiments. The literature published in psychology, pathology, social science, humanities, science, etc. in the world puts on record different definitions of this complex emotion. Though earlier it was considered a disease, today it is simply a sentiment associated with the past. Throughout the novel The Debut the protagonist, Dr. Ruth Weiss, looks back on her life at the age of forty. Brookner's use of the flashback techniqueis important from a nostalgic point of view. Her early days' memories connected to her parents, her grandmother, her school, and teachers remain bitter-sweet. Her childhood memories of family responsibilities, disillusionment with love, feelings of insecurity in the outside world, the loss of loved ones, and so on are all associated with nostalgia. Ruth is mostly nostalgic about her grandmother, and the death of her grandmother seems to be the end of the source of the unselfish love and comfort. Her speechless condition at the death of her grandmother speaks volumes about her psychological state. Though her mother seems harsh, her father is soft on her. The novel explores the daughter-father relationship, friendship, and love. She fails to win the love of Richard and Duplesis, but manages to marry Roddy. But she remains lonely, serving her aged father afterthe death of Roddy. The other characters, Helen, George, Sally, Molly, Roddy, Mr. Dunlop, etc., are also projected as nostalgic figures on different occasions.


Type I Interferons are potent inducers of monocyte's differentiation into dendritic cells (DCs). However, sensitivity of these DCs to tolerogenic effect of glucocorticoids has not been previously investigated. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of dexamethasone upon maturation and functions of interferonalpha-induced DCs (IFN-DC) derived from healthy donors. DCs were generated from blood monocytes cultured for 5 days with GM-CSF and IFNα, in absence or with addition of dexamethasone (10-6 M), applied on the 3rd day. Addition of dexamethasone inhibited IFN-DC maturation, which manifested with increasing numbers of CD14+ cells and decreased percentage of CD83+ DCs. Dexamethasone did not significantly influence HLA-DR, CD86 and B7H1 expression. However, it caused a 2-fold increase of tolerogenic TLR-2 molecule expression. Along with suppression of IFN-DC maturation, dexamethasone inhibited production of proinflammatory/Th1 cytokines (TNFα, IL-1, IL-2, IFNγ, IL-12), and some chemokines (MIP-1α, RANTES). Dexamethasone-treated IFN-DCs exhibited a 2-fold lower allostimulatory activity in mixed lymphocyte culture (MLC). Worth of note, the capacity of IFN-DCs to stimulate T cell proliferative response in allo-MLC showed direct correlation with CD83 expression on DCs, and an inverse correlation with CD14 and TLR-2. Evaluation of Th1/Th2-polarizing activity of IFN-DCs showed that dexamethasone exerted a pronounced inhibitory effect upon ability of DCs to stimulate T cells for IFNγ production, along with lowgrade suppressive effect upon ability of DCs to induce IL-6 production, thus being indicative for a dominance of Th2-polarizing activity of IFN-DCs under the influence of dexamethasone. In general, the data obtained show that IFN-DCs are sensitive to tolerogenic action of dexamethasone, and, hence, the IFN-DCs may mediate the immunomodulatory effect of glucocorticosteroids and represent novel candidate cells for the development of therapeutic tolerogenic DC-based vaccines applicable for management of autoimmune disorders.


Reliability of a product is defined and evaluated by the customer. Reliability is a time oriented quality characteristic. New measures of reliability based on disutility and continuous degradation of the state of the product are presented. A reliability function deployment approach is outlined by integrating quality function deployment (QFD) and FMEA (failure modes and effects analysis) to respond to the customer needs and expectations on product reliability. Robust design strategies to prevent both performance degradation and hard failures are discussed.


With the advancement of air transport industry, airline travelling is becoming increasingly prevalent in recent years. Flight delay, however, has been a headache and costly issue for both air companies and travelers, leading to inconvenience in our daily life. We can't help asking: what's the major cause for flight delay? In this paper, visualization and multiple linear regression are implemented based on Chinese flight data. Temperature, previous delay rate, month and weekday are figured out as influential factors. Further improvements are made by extracting variables to explore the optimal regression mathematical model. Then, machine learning algorithms are introduced to make future predictions. Keywords—flight delay; multiple linear regression; modeling, prediction; machine learning


This paper analyzes the operational availability of Satellite Ground Control System(SGCS) for COMS. As a multi-mission GEO satellite, COMS will be launched in the year 2008. Major missions of the COMS are satellite communications, ocean and meteorological observation. The operational availability of SGCS is highly required to seamlessly control and monitor the GEO satellite, such as the COMS. In this paper, for achieving the high operational availability of SGCS system, most of the equipment is 1:1 redundant configuration and the dual network is adapted. Moreover, SGCS system is composed of a primary SGCS and a backup SGCS. The total SGCS system including primary SGCS and backup SGCS has 99.999% of operational availability and only about 39.3 seconds of downtime occurs. Therefore, the operational availability of SGCS system is highly enough to control and monitor the COMS satellite.


Cerebral microbleeds detection is an important and challenging task. With the gaining popularity of the MRI, the ability to detect cerebral microbleeds also raises. Unfortunately, for radiologists, it is a time-consuming and laborious procedure. For this reason, various solutions to automate this process have been proposed for several years, but none of them is currently used in medical practice. In this context, the need to systematize the existing knowledge and best practices has been recognized as a factor facilitating the imminent synthesis of a real CMBs detection system practically applicable in medicine. To the best of our knowledge, all available publications regarding automatic cerebral microbleeds detection have been gathered, described, and assessed in this paper in order to distinguish the current research state and provide a starting point for future studies.


Saudi's farm animal genetic resources have a particular role to play in managing the rural environment and assisting in maintaining wild biological diversity. Our indigenous livestock breeds are of great economic, social and cultural importance. The presence of livestock is a very positive feature for many who live in, work in or visit the countryside and livestock farming is frequently a core activity on which whole communities depend. The Kingdom has a rich and diverse population of livestock breeds sheep, goats, poultry, horses & Camel most of it are at risk. The conservation and sustainable use of genetic resources for food and agriculture is a widely supported international objective contributing to efforts to eliminate global poverty and achieve world food security.

The data of the present study were collected form Noemi, Najdi and Hari breeds raised in Najd (96, 108, and 90 animals, respectively) Qassim region. Eight body measurements were studied, Wither heights (WH), Rum heights (RH), Body length (BL), Head length (HL), Heart girth (HG), Muzzle diameter (MD), Cannon circumference (CC) and Cannon length (CL). Noemi is taking the second size breed of the sheep breeds in Saudi Arabia. Hari is the smallest breed of sheep breeds in Saudi Arabia and it is the main breed in Hejaz and Asir regions which belong to the sheep with coarse hair and thick tail strain. The results of the present study on these breeds showed that Najdi breed has the biggest sizes in all body measurements 10.9% and 11.4% bigger than Noemi and Hari, Approximate respectively. By the other way in comparing Noemi's breed with Hari breed, Noemi having the biggest sizes (10.5% Approximate) in all body measurements than Hari. Three categories of ages were presents in this study, eight, eighteen and forty-eight months. The first category eight months showed the smallest size in all body measurements by 11.2% in compare with eighteen months. No big differences were showed among eighteen and forty-eight months the different around 2% in favor of forty-eight category.

In addition, the effect of sex was significant, male always have biggest body measurements in compare with female. The results showed that male have around 10.9% more in all studied measurements more than female. All the fixed effect (effect of: Age, Breed and Sex) are significant on all body measurements traits expect Cannon circumference (CC) trait. The correlations coefficients among all studied traits were moderate to high and highly significant. The highest correlation coefficient was found between RH and WH traits (0.872), and the lowest one was found between CC and HG traits (0.214).


A high-performance video processing platform is built on TMS320DM643 DSP,and target tracking is achieved based on particle filter.The basic structure and core devices of the video processing platform are introduced and the software design of object tracking is described.The experiments show that the system realizes real-time target tracking.Compared with the traditional processing system that combines image acquisition card with the computer,the system features compactness,low power,modularity and mobility.It also can be easily integrated into a variety of mobile devices to achieve autonomous navigation,security monitoring function,etc.


For all natural numbers a,b and d>0, we consider the function f_{a,b,d} which associates n/d to any integer n when it is a multiple of d, and an + b otherwise; in particular f_{3,1,2} is the Collatz function. Coding in base a>1 with b<a, we realize these functions by input-deterministic letter-to-letter transducers with additional output final words. This particular form allows to explicit, for any integer n, the composition n times of such a transducer to compute f^n_{a,b,d}. We even realize the closure under composition f^*_{a,b,d by an infinite input-deterministic letter-to-letter transducer with a regular set of initial states and a length recurrent terminal function.


[Objective]To study the relationship between hyperuricaemia and fat,related body fat indexes. [Methods]A total of 339 inpatients and outpatients of Kazaks in altay regional hospital were recruited as study objects,172 cases with hyperuricaemia as hyperuricemia group and 167 normal cases as the control group.The indexes including height,weigh,waist circumference(WC),hip circumference(HC),and BMI were measured and calculated. [Results]The related indexes of body fat,including weight,WC,HC,BMI,waist/height ratio(WHTR)of hyperuricemia group were higher than those of control group.The differences were significant(P0.05);there were positive correlations in blood uric acid(SUA) with weight,WC,HC,BMI,waist/ hip ratio(WHR),WHTR;Of the 4 anthropometric indices,BMI and WC was found to have the largest areas under the ROC curve relative to hyperuricaemia: 0.625(95%CI: 0.553~0.697) and 0.606(95%CI:0.534~0.678) respectively.The best cutoff point of BMI and WC was 27 and 103;The multiple stepwise regression analysis showed that BMI,WHR are the major risk factors of SUA. [Conclusion]Hyperuricaemia with Kazak is closely related to body fat content and distribution,and BMI,WHR are the risk factors of hyperuricaemia.Therefore,controlling body weight especially keeping a healthy body shape plays important role in control of hyperuricmia in Kazaks.


. The article examines the formation of innovative potential of agricultural enterprises of Ukraine. The definition of innovative potential is considered. The clarified goal is to study the essence of the innovative potential of agricultural enterprises of Ukraine in the context of innovative development, to determine indicators, factors of the external and internal environment that influence its formation. It was determined that the components of innovative potential are divided into: market, employees, technical and technological component, interaction, erudition, research, information reference component. Four categories of innovation potential were considered: basic potential, loss-making potential, average potential. It was found that the innovation climate can be considered as all factors of the external environment that affect the innovation potential of the enterprise: opportunities for the production of new or improved types of products or services, opportunities for change social relations at the enterprise (personnel innovations), opportunities to develop new management methods (management innovations), opportunities to create new mechanisms for promoting products to the market (market innovations), opportunities to acquire know-how, patents, legal framework, low refinancing rate, preferential taxation, the interaction of government and business, the practice of technology commercialization. The formation of innovative potential and ensuring its effective use is a task on which the results of innovative development of both individual economic entities and economic systems of a higher organizational level depend.


The target visitation problem (TVP) is concerned with finding a route to visit a set of targets starting
from and returning to some base. In addition to the distance traveled a tour is evaluated by taking also
preferences into account which address the sequence in which the targets are visited. The problem thus
is a combination of two well-known combinatorial optimization problems: the traveling salesman and the
linear ordering problem. In this paper we point out some polyhedral properties and develop a branch-andcut
algorithm for solving the TVP to optimality. Some computational results are presented.


The paper aims at addressing in a theoretical and empirical way the relationship between remittances and the educational level of the migrants. Previous macro empirical studies found a negative sign for the latter. Preliminary results show a diverse relationship between remittances and migrants' education level due to the immigration policies conducted by the country of destination. For the empirics we aggregated ve available bilateral macro datasets on remittances obtaining a unique database documenting bilateral transfers from 52 paying countries to 44 recipient countries for the period 1985-2005.


Objective To investigate the relationship of Coxsackie virus (CBV), cytomegalovirus (CMV) and human parvovirus B 19 (HPVB 19) with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), and to understand the clinical significance of measuring CBV, CMV and HPVB 19. Methods CBV-IgM, CMV-IgM and HPVB10-IgM in 283 children with ITP were measured by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), including 54 children under 1 year old, 48 children between 1 and 3 years Old, and 181 children more than 3 years old. Results The positive rates of CBV, CMV and HPVB19 were 28.27%, 12.01% and 32.51% respectively. The kind of virus infections in children who were under 1 year old was different from that who were more than 1 year old. CMV infection was common in the former, CBV and HPVB19 infections were common in the later. Conclusions the occurrence of ITP is associated with virus infection. The kind of virus infections is different in different ages, so the antiviral therapy should be different.


In a recent work, Nazer and Gastpar proposed the compute-and-forward strategy as a physical-layer network coding scheme. They described a code structure based on nested lattices whose algebraic structure makes the scheme reliable and efficient. In a more recent paper, Niesen and Whiting revealed a fundamental limitation of the decoder used by Nazer and Gastpar. In this work, we consider maximum-likelihood decoding of compute-and-forward, aiming to overcome its limitation. By examining the decoding metric from the viewpoint of Gaussian measures over lattices, we present a design criterion of the lattice code based on the flatness factor, and propose a new decoding algorithm based on inhomogeneous Diophantine approximation.


The revised United Kingdom Health and Safety Executive Design Guidance now recommends the use of BSI PD6493 for assessing defects in tubular joints of offshore structures. But despite the detailed guidance provided by these documents, little information is given on the choice of stress intensity factor (SIF) solutions which are fundamental to any fracture mechanics assessment.


This paper proposes a new linear recursive target state and time-to-collision estimator for the development of the automotive collision warning system. The addressed problem can be cast into the representative nonlinear state estimation under cluttered environment. To prevent the tracking performance degradation due to the inherent nonlinearity between the polar coordinates measurements of the automotive radar and the target state, a practical linear filter design scheme employing the estimated line-of-sight (LOS) Cartesian coordinate system (ELCCS) is proposed. ELCCS is redefined by using a priori LOS estimates in every update period in order to ensure the unbiasedness of the proposed linear tracking filter. Moreover, in order to effectively cope with the cluttered environment and to enhance the target tracking performance, a modified probabilistic data association filter (MPDAF) is newly proposed. Finally, using the most probable closing velocity and range measurements within the validation region, a quasi-optimal linear robust time-to-collision (TTC) estimator is designed. For its linear recursive filter structure, the proposed method is more suitable for the development of the performed and reliable collision warning system. The performance of the proposed scheme is demonstrated by computer simulations.


This article critiques existing research on outcomes associated with the use of computer-assisted career guidance systems (CACGS) by middle and secondary student populations. Although widely used, CACGS have been subjected to relatively little empirical outcome research. Limitations identified in the existing CACGS literature include a focus on user satisfaction rather than career-related gains; failure to examine potential differential effects of CACGS associated with gender, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status; and reliance on small convenience samples. Obstacles to conducting outcome research in middle and secondary school settings are presented, including a lack of model for CACGS evaluation, rapid changes in technology, and the flexible nature of system usage. Recommendations for future outcome research with CACGS are presented for system developers and individual researchers.


The characteristic of the annealing of a pure aluminum sheet by the CW-CO2 laser is examined. It is necessary to select a suitable laser irradiation condition to generate a full annealed part through the rear surface of the sheet. The irradiation conditions were the output of laser, the defocus distance from the focal point and the traverse speed of sample. The temperature necessary to acquire full annealing by the laser irradiation method is 1.4 times higher than that of the electric furnace method. The full annealing width estimated from the hardness distribution on the bottom surface spreads with higher output and larger defocus length, or smaller traverse speed. The minimum value of full annealed width is restricted by the appearance of molten part in the laser irradiated area. The maximum and minimum widths of full annealed region obtained under this experimental condition are 12.5 and 2.5 times larger than the thickness of sheet, respectively. By choosing suitable laser conditions, the annealing can proceed easily in the limited zone. However, it is difficult to keep the full annealed width to be constant. The full annealed width of the prescribed length might not be obtained until the temperature distribution reaches the steady state. On the other hand, the full annealed width extends at the final stage where the laser approaches the edge of the sheet due to the heat insulation effect of the edge. Therefore, the uniform width should be realized by controlling the condition such as the laser output, the defocus length and the traverse speed during laser irradiation.


This paper aims to offer criticism on an Indonesian translation of "Be a Coronavirus Fighter." The book is one of the children's literature collections that discusses how children should view the pandemic and protect themselves from the virus. The study employed a systematic evaluation based on Berman's methods by comparing the English and Indonesian text versions. The Indonesian translation was done by Emil Salim, a well-known figure in the translation industry. At a macro level, high adherence was found in text function consistencies, catering to educating young readers about the virus and its effects. At a micro level, however, some expressions were translated in adult-level and less-contemporary language. A conclusion can be drawn that it should use a more contemporary children's language level to represent the original text better. © 2021 Karadeniz Technical University. All rights reserved.


Signals are often of random character since they cannot bear any information if they are predictable for any time t, they are usually modelled as stationary random processes .On the other hand, because of the inertia of the measurement apparatus, measured sampled values obtained in practice may not be the precise value of the signal X(t) at time tk (k∈Z), but only local averages of X(t) near tk. In this paper, it is presented that a wide (or weak ) sense stationary stochastic process can be approximated by generalized sampling series with local average samples.


In 2012, revised criteria for diagnosing childhood coeliac disease were published by the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and incorporated into the revised Swedish guidelines the same year. These made it possible, in certain cases, to diagnose coeliac disease without taking small bowel biopsies. This survey assessed the extent to which the new guidelines were implemented by Swedish paediatric clinics two years after their introduction.


No legal detection wavelength has been published in the current national standard involving the measurement of beer turbidity.Different measurement results for the same beer samples are always given.This not only brings trouble to beer manufacturers,but also makes it difficult to ensure beer quality.In the present study,a quick method for directly determining the turbidity of bottle contained beer without opening was presented.Turbidity was measured with Haffmans VOS Rota 90/25 type double-filter beer turbidity analyzer at both 90°and 25°,and the measurements results were compared with those obtained by the conventional method.There was no significant difference between both methods at the same wavelengths(P 0.05) and different results,however,were obtained at different wavelengths.The use of red filter could only eliminate the intervention from brown color of bottles,but made the determination of green bottles inaccurate.When green filter or no filter was used,the results of determining different size bottles were not significantly different.As a conclusion,the presented analytical method is valid.Nevertheless,the selection of detection wavelength influences determination accuracy.


Call to Order and Approval of Agenda J. Douglas Birdwell called the meeting of the Control Systems Society (CSS) Board of Governors (BoG) to order at 1:00 pm. on 29 June 2004 and then asked the attendees to introduce themselves. The following members of the BoG were in attendance: C. Abdallah, J. Baillieul, B. Barmish, J. Bay, D. Bernstein, J.D. Birdwell, L. Bushnell, X.-R. Cao, C. Cassandras, T.E. Djaferis, F. Doyle, J. Farrell, S.S. Ge, K. Hoo, M. Krstic, R. Middleton, P. Misra, A. Perdon, D. Schoenwald, C. Schrader, M. Spong, M.E. Valcher, B. Wittenmark, and Y. Yamamoto. Additionally, the following visitors attended the meeting: E.F. Camacho, E. Misawa, B. Pasik-Duncan, R. Patel, E. Ruspini, T. Samad, M. Shor, R. Tempo, M.-W. Thein, and S. Yurkovich. Modifications/additions to the agenda were noted, and the agenda was approved by unanimous consent. Next, the minutes of the BoG meeting of 8 December 2003 were approved by unanimous consent.


For a long time,social and educational sectors' concerns have focused on the hot issue of fairness and efficiency in education.Fairness is incompatible with efficiency,so how to deal with them is impacted by the social development objectives.We will find it different in priority of education fairness and efficiency at different social stages if we put it into the whole social system.It depends on the stage of social development goals.At the same time,education fairness and efficiency has different levels in the educational system,and their status at the educational level are not the same.They keep the dynamic balance under the effect of both the government's macroeconomic control and market mechanisms,which is displayed as the stages of social development and the hierarchicality of educational system.


As an important component of modern management system, corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting in China is investigated in this paper, based on 162 stand-alone CSR reports published by 116 Chinese enterprises till the end of 2008. The general characteristics of these reports such as ownership/sector distributions, report types, or disclosing forms are presented firstly. Secondly, disclosed CSR reports are analysed from different aspects of management system like CSR strategy, drivers and guidelines, feedback channel, assurance, etc. Finally, main findings are summarized, and recommendations are proposed to possibly accelerate the CSR reporting progress in China.


The stability of a 2-phase step motor subjected to a multiple step input is analysed, taking into account the effect of winding inductance, load torque and damping forces. The time interval between input steps is assumed constant. With this assumption, the voltage appearing across each phase of the motor will be a square wave. To obtain some insight into the synchronising behaviour of the motor, the square-wave voltage is replaced by a sine-wave voltage, and the approximate stepping rates are determined using a phase-space approach. The critical response of the motor for a square-wave input is also examined, and the criteria for synchronisation are established. The results of the analysis are normalised and can be used to determine the maximum stepping rate of a permanent-magnet or constant-field-current step motor. The experimental results obtained show reasonable agreement with the theory.


【Objective】To explore the involvement of nuclear antigen protein(PCNA) duiring different periods of buffalo follicular genesis, the expression pattern and ovary immunohistochemistry localization was performed in the present study【.Method】The localization of PCNA was demonstrated in ovarian tissue through the method of paraffin sections with immunohistochemistry, the mRNA expression level of PCNA in preantral follicles of buffalo was determined by real-time fluorescence quantification PCR(QRT-PCR).【Result】The immunohistochemical results showed that, in primordial follicle, no remarkable staining for PCNA in granulosa cells was observed, except the staining of nuclei in oocyte. In primary to secondary follicle, positive staining in oocytes and in some granulosa cells was observed, and PCNA immunoreactivity in granulosa cells of secondary follicle was obviously enhanced than that of primary follicles.The antral follicles showed extensive PCNA labeling in the layers of granulosa and theca cells and in the cumulus cells encircling the oocyte. The results of QRT-PCR showed that,the expression of PCNA in primordial follicles, primary follicles and secondary follicles showed a upregulation trend(43.50333±0.138338 vs 1.633804±0.093796 vs 1±0.012219, P0.01).【Conclusion】In buffalo primary follicles, the expression of PCNA could be detected in granulosa cells, and was obviously enhanced following the development of follicle. The expression pattern of PCNA determined by QRT-PCR in preantral follicles was accordant with the results of immunohistochemistry. These results will provide a foundation for clarifing the mechanism of PCNA involving of follicular genesis in Buffalo.


Accurate measurement of climate variables via the optimal number and location of ground sensors is important to accurately compute evapotranspiration over a large area. Optimal ground sensor networks for each of the four evapotranspiration (ET) parameters (solar radiation, air temperature, relative humidity, and wind speed) were developed independently. The goal of this project was to develop an implementation plan for the ET monitoring network that would incorporate the results from the four indicated meteorological variables for the South Florida Water Management District (District). The implementation of a network design involves assignment and placement of the sensors. The assignment of the sensors depends on the existing number of sensors and the required number of sensors for the optimal design. The placement of sensors depends on the practical considerations and the logistics related maintenance and installation options. The implementation strategies were identified and an implementation plan matrix was developed which included five implementation plans based on the available District owned and non-District sensors. The potential opportunities to avoid land acquisition and to assume ownership of the non-District stations were identified and incorporated into the evaluation process. Preliminary planning level cost of land acquisition, installation, maintenance, and others were estimated for installation of new and relocation of existing sensors within and across the analysis blocks were prepared. The previously designed optimal networks for all the variables were compiled to 50 analysis blocks of 32 km x 32 km uniform grids. A total of 75 full weather stations are necessary to satisfy the design requirements of all four networks. Based on cost and logistics of sensor locations, Alternative 5 is recommended as the preferred implementation plan that would meet the required sensor density recommended in the previous network design studies. The recommendation included 42 existing full weather stations (25 stations owned by SFWMD, 11 stations owned by FAWN, and 6 stations owned by NOAA), relocation of 5 District owned stations, 13 existing partial weather stations owned by NOAA that would be upgraded to full stations, 11 existing rain gauge stations owned by various counties that need to be upgraded to full stations, 9 new stations. Six of these stations would need land acquisition.


Taxpayers can raise money needed to provide taxable supplies by issuing shares. The issue of shares is a non-economic activity within the European VAT system and an input taxed supply within the Australian GST system. Both characterisations usually cause a denial of an input tax credit for acquisitions which are related to the issue of shares. In this paper, the author tests different mechanisms within the VAT/GST system which try to avoid unsatisfactory results caused by characterising the issue of shares as a non-taxable supply and ensure that only private consumption is subject to VAT/GST. The author will reveal that a general 'lookthrough approach' is the most appropriate mechanism because it harmonises the intended tax goal of the VAT/GST system and the concepts of non-economic, exempt and input taxed supplies.


In this paper, using the permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) as the motor of electric power steering system; establish mathematical models of the system, the completion of the EPS system architecture design. Adopt the composite method of Feedforward and the fuzzy PI control track on the target current, it's improve the speed and accuracy response of system, reducing the tracking delay. Combine with steering system model, two freedom degrees vehicle model designing the power curve of control algorithm and simulating the overall system. The results of simulation show that the design of the curved power algorithm achieves to a good target of power control, and the system is stability.


For the purpose of experimentally demonstrating the enhancement of electron‐wave reflection by a multi‐quantum barrier (MQB) consisting of multiple combinations of quarter de Broglie wavelength hetero‐stacks, we have fabricated two types of n‐GaAs/i‐barrier/n‐GaAs tunneling diodes with a bulk AlxGa1−xAs barrier and an AlxGa1−xAs/GaAs MQB. From the current‐voltage characteristic at 77 K, it has been clarified that electrons are well reflected by the MQB. The potential barrier height, virtually increased by the MQB, is estimated to be about 80 meV, which is in good agreement with a theoretical expectation.


interesting and agrees with the general concept developed earlier (Davson and Duke-Elder, 1948) that the barrier separating the blood from the vitreous body is more selective than that separating it from the aqueous humour. The fact that urea, on the other hand, penetrates so readily into the vitreous is interesting: it may be suggested (at this stage purely as a conjecture) that it may, like the sugars, enter by way of the retinal and uveal capillaries, while the other substances may be restricted to the latter.


:Real-time dynamic simulating environment of two fixed-wind-aircrafts and one helicopter and their flight control systems is established, and multimedia integrated simulation with man in the loop is realized by the ways of flight cabin, virtual instrument, three dimensional sight scene, sound, and computer network. The dynamic behavior of system under all kinds of function modes can be simulated through changing the aerodynamic derivatives and transmission gains, selecting flight states, disturbances, and faults. The simulator has all-sided function, high reliability, nice interface, remarkable economy benefits, and widely application.


The shape of ocean basins the structure and formation of oceanic lithosphere hydrothermal circulation in oceanic crustl palaeoceanography and sea-level changes the broader picture suggested further reading answers and comments to questions.


Forests constitute a valuable natural resource, especially when including non-timber forest products (NTFPs). Bioprospecting for and sustainable exploration of native species and the development of protocols for seedling production promote conservation. Piper aduncum L. stands out in several regions of Brazil because of several biological activities, notably action as a repellent, antimicrobial and insecticide. This study aimed to evaluate the influence of defoliation and different substrates on the cutting process. For this, an experiment was conducted in February, 2016 at the Health Plant Department, Sector of Agricultural Sciences, Federal University of Parana (UFPR). Piper aduncum stem cuttings with 10 cm and 1/3 of the leaf area and defoliated cuttings. Stem cuttings were washed in running water for 5 minutes for subsequent use in three different substrates (medium sand sifted, vermiculite and commercial substrate Tropstrato HP®). The experiment design was completely randomized in a 2×3 factorial arrangement (cutting type x substrate), and it was evaluated the rooting percentage, mortality, shoot emission, number of roots and average length of the three largest roots after 60 days. The results confirmed that the presence of leaves in P. aduncum stem cuttings promotes adventitious rooting. The different substrates did not exert a significant influence on the performance of the cuttings in this species.


Objective
To investigate the characteristic of top-down attentional control of acute stress disorder children.

Methods
According to SCID-IV-TR, 23 acute stress disorder children were chosen as the experiment group and 23 normal children were chosen as the control group. They were asked to perform a visual search task.

Results
(1) The reaction time of acute stress disorder children((1 253±158)ms) was significantly longer than normal children's((1 194±146)ms) (P 0.05). (3) The reaction time of simple display condition((1 182±127)ms) was significantly shorter than complex display condition ((1 264±177)ms) (P<0.01).

Conclusion
The performance of acute stress disorder children on top-down attentional control is less than normal children, the reason is that inhibiting capacity of acute stress disorder children is lower than normal children. It indicates that trauma event have negative influence on children's inhibiting capacity.

Key words:
Acute stress disorder children; Top-down attentional control; Visual search


Th e representative example of interethnic relations is disputed situations. Th e ethnic factor reveals all sides and aspects of the interethnic relations. Regarding harmony and tension as forms of interethnic relation leads not only to deeper understanding of disputed situations, but also to creating more adequate and reasonable mechanisms and methods to infl uence, resolve and settle them. Maintenance and development of harmonious interethnic relations is a topic problem not only for European and the world community, but also for Russian society


Antenatal care (ANC) is a routine activity for pregnant women (pregnant women) to visit health facilities (faskes) for pregnancy control. The existence of Omicron is still threatening, making pregnant women hesitate to visit health facilities. On the other hand pregnant women need information about fetal development. The aim is to increase pregnant women's knowledge about the efforts that need to be made during ANC and avoid the risk of getting Omicron. The method is in the form of counseling using the whatsapp (wa) group, because partners have wa groups that actively communicate. The material is in the form of power point accompanied by voice notes. The number of participants was 34 people who were located in Ngawen Klaten, Central Java for 2 hours, the pretest score of 67 increased to 97 during the post test. This increase shows that counseling with chat wa, two-way communication is still established. The delivery of material was well received by all participants, because they are used to communicating and even meeting in WhatsApp groups. Thus the participants' understanding of ANC during Omicron can be well absorbed by the participants, and they will directly benefit from the material presented, especially for participants who are undergoing pregnancy. Pregnant participants who attended this counseling had a better understanding of running ANC safely and effectively when Omicron was still a threat.


In Chapter 6, we take brief notice of other anti-Calvinist (and distinctly Protestant) movements that emerged after the sixteenth century, including some groups that did not always self-designate as Arminian, such as the English Baptists, nonsubscribing Presbyterians, and the American (Stone-Campbell) Restoration Movement. We then take stock of the breadth of Arminian views in the twentieth and early part of the twenty-first centuries, with a special emphasis on movements arising from Methodist and Wesleyan influences. We conclude with a summary of Arminianism, its historical development, and the major themes that are common to the various expressions of Arminian theology.


The laser welding-brazing processes of dissimilar alloys are widely used in the aeronautical industry. The generation of heterogeneous assembly currently allows obtaining very efficient structures, combining satisfying mechanical properties and weight reduction.Nevertheless, on a large range of biomaterials (Fe/Ti, Fe/Al, Ti/Al) this kind of assembly is very difficult to realize experimentally due to the formation of intermetallic compounds which are very brittle. To overcome the experimental difficulties and for a better understanding of the physical phenomena, a numerical simulation is developed. Following previous developments considering an axisymmetric assumption [10], we have extended the work to a complete 3D model.One of the major points in welding-brazing of different materials in overlap configuration, and particularly for aluminum on titanium, is the wettability of the upper material over the bottom one. Without a sufficient wetting of the aluminum over the titanium, the interfacial reactive layer is too weak and the mechanical properties (mostly controlled by adhesion) are insufficient.In this paper, the 3D model is briefly presented with a particular caution put on the wetting parameters, (surface tension and wetting angles) and on its dynamic aspect. Indeed, the surface tension and thus the wetting angle of aluminum are hugely dependent of the temperature. We propose, as observed in the literature, to consider an angle hysteresis computed from the triple point velocity. Without more available information, we have studied the sensitivity of the results to this parameter.The laser welding-brazing processes of dissimilar alloys are widely used in the aeronautical industry. The generation of heterogeneous assembly currently allows obtaining very efficient structures, combining satisfying mechanical properties and weight reduction.Nevertheless, on a large range of biomaterials (Fe/Ti, Fe/Al, Ti/Al) this kind of assembly is very difficult to realize experimentally due to the formation of intermetallic compounds which are very brittle. To overcome the experimental difficulties and for a better understanding of the physical phenomena, a numerical simulation is developed. Following previous developments considering an axisymmetric assumption [10], we have extended the work to a complete 3D model.One of the major points in welding-brazing of different materials in overlap configuration, and particularly for aluminum on titanium, is the wettability of the upper material over the bottom one. Without a sufficient wetting of the aluminum over the titanium, the interfacial reactive la...


Stress-induced transposition is an attractive notion since it is potentially important in creating diversity to facilitate adaptation of the host to severe environmental conditions. One common major stress is radiation-induced DNA damage. Deinococcus radiodurans has an exceptional ability to withstand the lethal effects of DNA–damaging agents (ionizing radiation, UV light, and desiccation). High radiation levels result in genome fragmentation and reassembly in a process which generates significant amounts of single-stranded DNA. This capacity of D. radiodurans to withstand irradiation raises important questions concerning its response to radiation-induced mutagenic lesions. A recent study analyzed the mutational profile in the thyA gene following irradiation. The majority of thyA mutants resulted from transposition of one particular Insertion Sequence (IS), ISDra2, of the many different ISs in the D. radiodurans genome. ISDra2 is a member of a newly recognised class of ISs, the IS200/IS605 family of insertion sequences.


This research is carried out to explore the relationship between economic growth, fossil energy, carbon emissions, hydropower, industrial development and energy endowment, and the effectiveness of the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis in China from 1965 to 2016 is tested. To this end, some econometric methods with structural breaks are employed. The results illustrate that the EKC considering structural breaks is existed in China. Furthermore, hydropower consumption can significantly reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, however, the reduction can be masked by the increase of fossil energy consumption. In addition, industrialization level and economic growth positively and significantly affect CO2 emissions. Finally, some policies for reducing CO2 emissions are put forward.


Thousands of orchids from around Australia and the world are set to brighten the region when a grand scale orchid show and conference commences in Mackay this weekend.


Abstract. A dual-purpose nonresonant 2-degrees of freedom (DOF) drive-mode and 1-DOF sense-mode vibratory gyro/accelerometer fabricated using the economical ultraviolet-lithographie-galvanoformung-abformung (UV-LIGA) fabrication process using SU-8 photoresist is reported. The dual-purpose device presented is capable of detecting acceleration at the lower-frequency band and angular rate at the operating frequency band thereby functioning as both accelerometer and gyroscope. This is achieved by designing the structure such that the frequency response of the drive oscillator has two drive resonances with a flat zone between them, while the sense oscillator has one resonance, which is deliberately placed in the flat region between the two drive resonances. For angular rate detection, the device is operated in the flat zone at the sense resonance frequency at which the device is less susceptible to frequency variations due to both environmental variation and fabrication imperfections and hence is said to be operating in robust mode. The steady-state response and discrimination for angular rate and acceleration sensing have been devised using analytical modeling. The fabrication process is optimized to realize a gyro/accelerometer that has a 9-μm-thick nickel structural layer and 4-μm capacitive gaps. The overall miniature device size is 2.0  mm×1.9  mm. The experimental frequency response of the fabricated devices shows drive-mode resonances at 2.85 and 4.96 kHz and sense resonance at 3.85 kHz compared to the respective design values of drive-mode resonance frequencies 2.97 and 4.81 kHz and sense resonance frequency of 4 kHz. To demonstrate the dual-purpose capability of the device, acceleration characterization has been carried out and presented. The fabricated sensor is packaged in a ceramic package and interfaced with a MS3110 differential capacitive read out IC to characterize the acceleration response of the sensor, using an out-of-plane shaker. The bandwidth for acceleration detection is found to be 10 to 100 Hz and the sensitivity of the sensor at 30 Hz is found to be 57  mV/g.


The purpose of this article is to contrast the events that took place since the enactment of the Law on Social and Solidarity Economy in 2012 and the 2012-2018 six-year term with the first months of the 2018-2024 six-year term, as well as two elements ordered by this law (the creation of the National Institute of Social Economy and operation of the Social Economy Promotion Program) to determine if there is a change of course in the actions and support directed toward the organizations of the social sector of economy and if they are sufficient to constitute a public policy to promote social economy.
 As it is exposed throughout the document, the Law on Social and Solidarity Economy presents important shortcomings and gaps; the Institute has a very similar structure to that of its predecessor and operates with a shrinking budget (even at current prices) and the program was merged with another program aimed at the population living in poverty, which has had little margin to support these organizations and promote the social economy in the country. By virtue of the foregoing, the conclusions present some recommendations to correct all of this.


Transabdominal Ultrasonographic Examination of 26 Sheep with Suspected Urinary Tract Disease (2010-2012)
Transabdominal ultrasonography was undertaken in veterinary practice to examine 26 sheep reported by the farmer, to present with clinical signs consistent with obstructive urolithiasis. There was no evidence of calculi within the vermiform appendix, nor was the bladder imaged in 12 of these 26 sheep. Uroperitoneum was diagnosed in two of three growing male lambs, and resulted from urine leakage across the bladder wall not rupture. Gross hydronephrosis was identified ultrasonographically by the increased renal pelvis and thinner cortex, in six of eight adult male sheep with confirmed urethral obstruction.


Byline: Erin Baumgartner and Chela J. Zabin Andrew J. Martinez/ Science Photo LIbrary The study of zonation, the distribution of plants and animals into distinct spatial areas, is a great way to introduce students to basic ecological concepts. Each zone is influenced by its physical characteristics and provides a unique habitat favoring the species that live there (Rickleffs 2001). These species in turn influence one another, so factors such as predation and competition also play a role in determining composition and spacing of different zones. Students can conduct methodical, quantifying surveys of zones in areas as diverse as mudflats, beaches, forests, wetlands, and fields. Students collect data from these areas with field ecology techniques such as transects and quadrats, which allow students to estimate how many different kinds of organisms exist in an area or to describe relative abundance. This article describes a lesson sequence in which students gain an understanding about quantitative sampling techniques and how to effectively evaluate which methods work best for different surveys or in different types of areas. Preparation Explore the topic of Intertidal zones In this activity, students learn about point-intercept transect, percent-estimate quadrats, and point-intercept quadrat quantitative sampling methods. Planning and conducting data collection to describe a field site requires students to practice basic sampling methods, including randomization and standardization. Students practice the sampling techniques in a familiar field area, such as a school lawn, before applying their learned techniques in one or more field sites off school grounds. Students compile and transcribe data collected from field sites into a visual model that helps demonstrate different zones. The creation of a visual map provides students with an opportunity to make hypotheses about causes of zonation related to basic ecological concepts such as biotic (living) and abiotic (nonliving) interactions controlling the distribution of species. The lesson sequence described here can be accomplished within one month as a stand-alone unit or incorporated into a larger unit of study in ecology. The equipment needed for surveying is easy to make or acquire and use. Building the skills and background knowledge needed to conduct data collection in the field takes five to eight 45- to 50-minute class periods of instruction including the practice work on school grounds or other familiar site. Planning (including site information and safety briefings) and conducting a field trip to collect data takes another three to four periods of instruction, and follow-up activities-including the zonation visualization activity-take two to five periods of instruction. Sampling techniques Transect lines Students first learn about point-intercept transect, the most basic sampling technique to conduct in which researchers identify what living things or substrate are under each point at predetermined lengths along a line. Transect lines are long, heavyweight measuring tapes, and can be purchased commercially from companies for around $50 or constructed from measuring tape weighted at each end. Simple low-cost transect lines can be constructed of rope marked at regular intervals with permanent ink or electrical tape. Students can construct transect lines by measuring along the lines at a field site and marking every meter or other predetermined length that they want to sample. The technique for gathering data requires students to move along the line and record what they find under each point along the line. [Note: Recording data is discussed in more detail under "Developing field procedures," later in this article.] This technique is good for quickly sampling a large area but can overlook information if the area is complex. Figure 1. Student using a quadrat constructed from PVC and monofilament line to measure algal cover at Diamond Head Beach Park, Oahu. …


Objective:To study the thyroid function of the patients with chronic renal failure. Methods: The contents of serum thyroid hormones were simultaneously detected by RIA in 27 renal sufficiency stage patients,26 renal insufficiency stage,32 preuremic stage,35 uremia stage,30 healthy persons. Results: Levels of T3,T4,free T3 and free T4 had negative correlation with severity of chronic renal failure.Incidence rates of low T3 and low T4 syndrome had positive correlation with severity of chronic renal failure.While levels of reverse T3 and TSH among the five groups were not seignficant. Conclusion: The serum thyroid hormone was useful in evaluating and treating the patients with chronic renal failure.


Chronic inflammatory lesions known as granulomas can be induced in the livers of Lewis rats by i.p. injection of streptococcal cell walls (SCW).' The granulomas develop as a core of mononuclear cells organized around phagocytic cells containing internalized S C W and induce profound changes in local connective tissue metabolism. Fibroblasts, a minor cellular constituent of normal liver, infiltrate and encapsulate the granulomas and actively synthesize matrix components including collagen types I and III? Defining the molecular signals directing this fibrosis may be useful in furthering the understanding of a variety of fibroproliferative states, especially those associated with chronic inflammation. TGFP, a product of activated inflammatory cells, is a potent chemoattractant for fibroblasts3 and activates fibroblasts to synthesize a variety of matrix components including collagen." As a first step towards defining a role for E F p as a regulator of SCW granuloma-directed fibrosis, a rabbit antibody directed against the N-terminal 1-30 residues of TGFPlS was used to examine the presence of TGFP peptide in acetonefixed frozen sections of granulomatous livers. Specific staining for TGFP peptide was readily detectable within granulomas. In contrast, staining was absent in the surrounding liver parenchyma. To discern whether biologically active TGFP is released from granuloma cellular constituents, granulomas were isolated and cultured (10 granulomas/ml) in the absence of exogenously added stimulus and the culture supernatants were assayed for TGFP using a bioassay based on the ability of TGFP to inhibit thymocyte proliferation? High levels (5 to 25 ng/ml) of soluble TGFP were found to be present after 24 h in the culture supernatants. Expression of TGFPl mRNA by granulomas was examined by Northern blot analysis. Whereas little or no TGFP1 message was detectable in normal liver, high levels of expression were found in RNA prepared from granulomas. Interestingly, two distinct transcripts were expressed by granulomas: the typical 2.4 kb transcript and a 1.9 kb transcript.


The performance of proportional and on/off controllers are evaluated and compared using a theoretical dynamic collector model. The experimental test facility of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory is also discussed. Both the model and test facility allow the evaluation of control strategies using various flow rates, controller set points, insolation patterns, ambient temperature conditions, and collector types. The test facility also allows the comparison of collector and load loop flow strategies based on various system configurations and building load demands. The experimental tests and model simulations can be used to evaluate and compare control strategies using performance indicators such as: energy collection efficiency, parasitic power consumption, pump cycling, and auxiliary heat usage.


In 1954 Jean-Pierre Richard published Litterature et Sensation, a collection of studies focused on the phenomenological worlds of such nineteenth-century writers as Stendhal, Flaubert, Fromentin, and the Goncourts. He followed it a year later with Poesie et Profondeur, in which he re-applied the same kind of existential analysis to Nerval, Baudelaire, Verlaine, and Rimbaud. Brilliantly written and containing original and highly penetrating insights into the nature of the creative process, these two works have had a deep influence on recent literary criticism, particularly that of France. Litterature et Sensation has been hailed by Professor Peyre, for instance, as the most profound work of criticism to appear in France since the war. And to many it has seemed that Richard's method of phenomenological analysis has opened the way to a whole series of perspectives on the various relations between author and work, subject and object,1 which could not help but enrich our concept of literary experience. in this essay I would like to examine in some detail these two works, both as they yield the history of an emerging nineteenth-century artistic consciousness, and in terms of the aesthetic choices and the possibilities of analysis that they hold out for modern criticism. Our difficulty comes trom the word " criticism." As used by Richard and the School of Geneva critics it does not mean an objective and external standard of aesthetic evaluation.2 To be sure, aesthetic standards are implied. Fromentin's one work of fiction, Dominique, is called a masterpiece. But the term is only a descriptive one, and Richard goes on to characterize its author as an artistic and human failure.3 Put


A photometric classification of supernovae is proposed, using the rate ..beta.. of decline in photographic brightness after maximum light as a parameter. The principal elements of the light curves, color curves, envelope expansion velocity, and absolute magnitude at maximum light depend on the photometric class of the supernova. The mean absolute magnitude of type I supernovae, corrected for absorption, is determined. The occurrence of the anomalous type I supernovae reported by Bertola is discussed.


ABSTRACT The 4 experiments reported here used the preferential looking and habituation paradigms to examine whether 5-month-olds possess a perceptual template for snakes, sharks, and rodents. It was predicted that if infants possess such a template, then they would attend preferentially to schematic images of these nonhuman animal stimuli relative to scrambled versions of the same stimuli. The results revealed that infants looked longer at a schematic snake than at 2 scrambled versions of the image and generalized from real snakes to the schematic image. The experiments also demonstrated that 5-month-olds showed no preferential looking for schematic sharks or schematic rodents relative to scrambled versions of those images. These data add to the growing support for the view that humans, like many nonhuman animals, possess an evolved fear mechanism for detecting threats that were recurrent across evolutionary time.


the probe was passing through the thalamus. In cases with a centrally located malignant tumor (thalamic tumor etc.), we tried to destroy the tumors stereotaxically. In these cases, various deep brain structures were distorted from their normal positions for the presence of pathology and on some occasions, it was difficult to apply the conventional x-ray technique for deciding the target point. In these cases, we could not see the characteristic "fraying pan" curve when the probe was thought to be in the thalamus , and the abnormal high impedance value obtained in the thalamic region appeared to reflect the cerebral pathology. We are well aware that this technique needs much more improvement in order to define the exact location of the stereotaxic probe. However, it seems to us that the use of impedance measuremnt during stereotaxic surgery is of potential .value for making safer and more accurate lesions.


Sutton's Dyna algorithm for integrated learning, planning and reacting is applied to a real mobile platform (Robosoft's Robuter). The mobile robot uses sonar to scan for obstacles and odometry for self-localization. Practical problems associated with the implementation of the algorithm on a real setup and results from real experiments are presented and discussed .


The relationship between gastric inflammation caused by Helicobacter pylori infection and symptoms of dyspepsia remains controversial (1). Using a murine model of gastric infection, Bercik et al provide new insights into the mechanism underlying such interactions. Gastric sections from Balb/c mice infected with H pylori, strain SS-1, were used for both histological evaluation and studies of neuromuscular physiology. Acute infection (two weeks) caused an antral-predominant polymorphonuclear cell infiltrate that was superceded by a corpus-predominant mononuclear and macrophage infiltrate in chronic infection (three to 16 months).


This article discusses three areas that provide the framework for developing a shared vision, which is essential for successful employee performance appraisals: recruitment and hiring, job descriptions and standards of performance, and evaluation. The discus sion helps to take the mystery out of performance evaluations.


1301 to 1309; Gradenigo's room--1340-42, page 295-1419. New proposals, p. 298.] _Now_, that is to say, at the time when the Sivos Chronicle was written; the room has long ago been destroyed, and its name given to another chamber on the opposite side of the palace: but I wish the reader to remember the date 1301, as marking the commencement of a great architectural epoch, in which took place the first appliance of the energy of the aristocratic power, and of the Gothic style, to the works of the Ducal Palace. The operations then begun were continued, with hardly an interruption, during the whole period of the prosperity of Venice. We shall see the new buildings consume, and take the place of, the Ziani Palace, piece by piece: and when the Ziani Palace was destroyed, they fed upon themselves; being continued round the square, until, in the sixteenth century, they reached the point where they had been begun in the fourteenth, and pursued the track they had then followed some distance beyond the junction; destroying or hiding their own commencement, as the serpent, which is the type of eternity, conceals its tail in its jaws. SECTION XIV. We cannot, therefore, _see_ the extremity, wherein lay the sting and force of the whole creature,--the chamber, namely, built by the Doge Gradenigo; but the reader must keep that commencement and the date of it carefully in his mind. The body of the Palace Serpent will soon become visible to us. The Gradenigo Chamber was somewhere on the Rio Façade, behind the present position of the Bridge of Sighs; i.e. about the point marked on the roof by the dotted lines in the woodcut; it is not known whether low or high, but probably on a first story. The great façade of the Ziani Palace being, as above mentioned, on the Piazzetta, this chamber was as far back and out of the way as possible; secrecy and security being obviously the points first considered. SECTION XV. But the newly constituted Senate had need of other additions to the ancient palace besides the Council Chamber. A short, but most significant, sentence is added to Sansovino's account of the construction of that room. "There were, _near it_," he says, "the Cancellaria, and the _Gheba_ or _Gabbia_, afterwards called the Little Tower." [Footnote: "Vi era appresso la Cancellarla, e la Gheba o Gabbia, iniamata poi Torresella,"---P. 324. A small square tower is seen above the Vine angle in the view of Venice dated 1500, and attributed to Albert Durer. It appears about 25 feet square, and is very probably the Torresella in question.] Gabbia means a "cage;" and there can be no question that certain apartments were at this time added at the top of the palace and on the Rio Façade, which were to be used as prisons. Whether any portion of the old Torresella still remains is a doubtful question; but the apartments at the top of the palace, in its fourth story, were still used for prisons as late as the beginning of the seventeenth century. [Footnote: Vide Bettio, Lettera, p. 23.] I wish the reader especially to notice that a separate tower or range of apartments was built for this purpose, in order to clear the government of the accusations so constantly made against them, by ignorant or partial historians, of wanton cruelty to prisoners. The stories commonly told respecting the "piombi" of the Ducal Palace are utterly false. Instead of being, as usually reported, small furnaces under the leads of the palace, they were comfortable rooms, with good flat roofs of larch, and carefully ventilated. [Footnote: Bettio, Lettera, p. 20. "Those who wrote without having seen them described them as covered with lead; and those who have seen them know that, between their flat timber roofs and the sloping leaden roof of the palace the interval is five metres where it is least, and nine where it is greatest."] The new chamber, then, and the prisons, being built, the Great Council first sat in their retired chamber on the Rio in the year 1309. SECTION XVI. Now, observe the significant progress of events. They had no sooner thus established themselves in power than they were disturbed by the conspiracy of the Tiepolos, in the year 1310. In consequence of that conspiracy the Council of Ten was created, still under the Doge Gradenigo; who, having finished his work and left the aristocracy of Venice armed with this terrible power, died in the year 1312, some say by poison. He was succeeded by the Doge Marino Giorgio, who reigned only one year; and then followed the prosperous government of John Soranzo. There is no mention of any additions to the Ducal Palace during his reign, but he was succeeded by that Francesco Dandolo, the sculptures on whose tomb, still existing in the cloisters of the Salute, may be compared by any traveller with those of the Ducal Palace. Of him it is recorded in the Savina Chronicle: "This Doge also had the great gate built which is at the entry of the palace, above which is his statue kneeling, with the gonfalon in hand, before the feet of the Lion of St. Mark's." [Footnote: "Questo Dose anche fese far la porta granda che se al intrar del Pallazzo, in su la qual vi e la sua statua che sta in zenocchioni con lo confalon in man, davanti li pie de lo Lion S. Marco."--_Savin Chronicle_, Cod. Ven. p. 120.] SECTION XVII. It appears, then, that after the Senate had completed their Council Chamber and the prisons, they required a nobler door than that of the old Ziani Palace for their Magnificences to enter by. This door is twice spoken of in the government accounts of expenses, which are fortunately preserved, [Footnote: These documents I have not examined myself, being satisfied of the accuracy of Cadorin, from whom I take the passages quoted.] in the following terms:-"1335, June 1. We, Andrew Dandolo and Mark Loredano, procurators of St. Mark's, have paid to Martin the stone-cutter and his associates.... [Footnote: "Libras tres, soldeos 15 grossorum."--Cadorin, 189, I.] for a stone of which the lion is made which is put over the gate of the palace." "1344, November 4. We have paid thirty-five golden ducats for making gold leaf, to gild the lion which is over the door of the palace stairs." The position of this door is disputed, and is of no consequence to the reader, the door itself having long ago disappeared, and been replaced by the Porta della Carta. SECTION XVIII. But before it was finished, occasion had been discovered for farther improvements. The Senate found their new Council Chamber inconveniently small, and, about thirty years after its completion, began to consider where a larger and more magnificent one might be built. The government was now thoroughly established, and it was probably felt that there was some meanness in the retired position, as well as insufficiency in the size, of the Council Chamber on the Rio. The first definite account which I find of their proceedings, under these circumstances, is in the Caroldo Chronicle: [Footnote: Cod. Ven., No. CXLI. p. 365.] "1340. On the 28th of December, in the preceding year, Master Marco Erizzo, Nicolo Soranzo, and Thomas Gradenigo, were chosen to examine where a new saloon might be built in order to assemble therein the Greater Council.... On the 3rd of June, 1341, the Great Council elected two procurators of the work of this saloon, with a salary of eighty ducats a year." It appears from the entry still preserved in the Archivio, and quoted by Cadorin, that it was on the 28th of December, 1340, that the commissioners appointed to decide on this important matter gave in their report to the Grand Council, and that the decree passed thereupon for the commencement of a new Council Chamber on the Grand Canal. [Footnote: Sansovino is more explicit than usual in his reference to this decree: "For it having appeared that the place (the first Council Chamber) is not capacious enough, the saloon on the Grand Canal was ordered." "Per cio parendo che il luogo non fosse capace, fu ordinata la Sala sul Canal Grande."--P. 324.] _The room then begun is the one now in existence_, and its building involved the building of all that is best and most beautiful in the present Ducal Palace, the rich arcades of the lower stories being all prepared for sustaining this Sala del Gran Consiglio. SECTION XIX. In saying that it is the same now in existence, I do not mean that it has undergone no alterations; as we shall see hereafter, it has been refitted again and again, and some portions of its walls rebuilt; but in the place and form in which it first stood, it still stands; and by a glance at the position which its windows occupy, as shown in Figure II. above, the reader will see at once that whatever can be known respecting the design of the Sea Façade, must be gleaned out of the entries which refer to the building of this Great Council Chamber. Cadorin quotes two of great importance, to which we shall return in due time, made during the progress of the work in 1342 and 1344; then one of 1349, resolving that the works at the Ducal Palace, which had been discontinued during the plague, should be resumed; and finally one in 1362, which speaks of the Great Council Chamber as having been neglected and suffered to fall into "great desolation," and resolves that it shall be forthwith completed. [Footnote: Cadorin, 185, 2. The decree of 1342 is falsely given as of 1345 by the Sivos Chronicle, and by Magno; while Sanuto gives the decree to its right year, 1342, but speaks of the Council Chamber as only begun in 1345.] The interruption had not been caused by the plague only, but by the conspiracy of Faliero, and the violent death of the master builder. [Footnote: Calendario. See Appendix I., Vol. III.] The work was resumed in 1362, and completed within the next three years, at least so far as that Guariento was enabled to paint his Paradise on the walls; [Footnote: "II primo che vi colorisse fu Guariento il quale l'anno 1365 vi fece il Paradiso in testa della sala."--_Sansovino_.] so that the building m


The socio-ecology of representative groups of tantalus monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops tantalus) was observed during 1974–1975 in three habitats in Cameroon. Observations took place during the wet and


Using solution casting method, PVA based polymer composites films with various concentrations of CdCl2 were prepared. Prepared polymer composites films were investigated using XRD. Crystallite size for different concentrations of CdCl2 are computed here using Williamson and Hall plot (WH plot), an in-house program developed by us. To correlate between two independent physical parameters size and conductivity, we have chosen functional data analysis to estimate the maxima and minima in these polymer composites systems.


Hugh Clegg's Trade Unionism under Collective Bargaining was published nearly forty years ago. It is far from being just a work of antiquarian interest, however. Its core argument, that the main influence on trade-union behaviour is the structure of collective bargaining, which depends on the role of employers and their organizations, remains as challenging as it ever was. Its approach, comparative and historical, is a watershed in the theoretical development of industrial relations, paving the way for an emphasis on theory 'in' rather than theory 'of'. It also implicitly raises two questions of enduring significance. The first is the wider contribution of collective bargaining and what its decline means not just for trade-union members but also society as a whole. The other is the conditions necessary for the survival of collective bargaining. The policy implication is that, if society wants to have the benefits of collective bargaining, there will be a need for legislation to boost collective bargaining'...


We obtain representations over non-trivial zeros of zeta function for two arithmetic functions ψ1(x) = ∑n≤x (x - n)Λ(n) and . This result is similar to classical representations of such kind for the Chebyshev functionψ(x) = ∑n≤x Λ(n).


Through label-free multiphoton microscopy, aged skin exhibited changes in autofluorescence and second harmonic generation indicating reduced glucose catabolism and a more fragmented collagen fiber network relative to young skin.


The role of macrophages in medulloblastoma, the most common malignant pediatric brain tumor, is unclear. Using single-cell RNA sequencing in a mouse model of sonic hedgehog medulloblastoma and analysis of bulk RNA sequencing of human medulloblastoma, we investigated macrophage heterogeneity. Our findings reveal differential recruitment of macrophages with molecular-targeted versus radiation therapy and identify an immunosuppressive monocyte-derived macrophages following radiation treatment of mouse medulloblastoma, uncovering potential strategies for immunomodulation as adjunctive therapy.