A complete management system for computer lab was discussed in details in this articles .The system included the design for both client and server based on the model of C/S.For all the problems in the course of management of computer lab,resolving ways are offered,and the function models are formed,it gives the possible for the reality of the management.


Research progress was reviewed on physiologic race distinction system of Plasmodiophora brassicae Wor.,including Williams and European clubroot differential(ECD) set.The existing problems and countermeasures of the different distinction systems were discussed,and a research status quo on the molecular identification and detection of cruciferea clubroot were introduced.


7585 Background: PLT values at baseline are considered as a negative prognostic factor in several different tumor types (lung, colorectal, renal and endometrial cancer) in both early and advanced disease settings. This is an exploratory analysis of PLT (baseline and changes during treatment) and their value in predicting PFS and overall survival (OS) in patients with stage IV MPM treated with cisplatin/bortezomib in the context of a single-arm phase II trial (EORTC 08052). Methods: Patients participating in the clinical trial were chemo-naive with histological proven MPM and PS 0/1 (cisplatin 75 mg/m2 d1 and bortezomib 1.3 mg/m2 on d1, 4, 8, 11 q3wks). PLT analysis was pre-planned in the protocol and was recorded at baseline and at each cycle. Nadir of change in PLT was recorded at 8 and 18 weeks according to predefined cut off points (median PLT value). The association of the PLT with PFS and OS was analyzed. Results: 82 patients from EORTC-08052 study were analyzed with 1394 records of PLT. The cut off ...


This paper expounds the development and connotation of digital reference service of the library under the network environment, and probes into the construction scheme of digital reference service of the library from aspects of the service mode, resource construction and subject librarians.


Hemorrhage is a familiar clinical symptom,it could make patient be ache,coma or shock,even to endanger his life.So hemostasia has become a significant clinical research area.This paper summerized the new development and research results in this area with many examples from methods and drugs in recent years.It is the emphasis to introduce the situation of some new instruments which base on the basic principle of physical engineering course and the development of some new drugs.


The image circle is used as a basis for determining the power transfer through a 4-terminal network. Conditions for maximizing the power transfer are presented.


Recovery of cultured keratinocytes after scratch damage is considered to be a wound‐healing model. In this study, we observed changes in intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) in cultured human keratinocytes after scratch damage. Immediately after scratch damage, a wave of increased [Ca2+]i radiated outward from the damaged area and then disappeared gradually. But, [Ca2+]i remained elevated in a peripheral layer of cells around the damaged area for several minutes. This layer did not appear in calcium‐free medium. When the culture was switched to calcium‐free medium for 30 min immediately after scratch damage, then switched back to standard (Ca2+‐containing) medium, the recovery ratio after 24 h was approximately 25% lower than that of the culture in standard medium throughout. We speculate that delineation of damage sites by a layer of cells with increased [Ca2+]i might be part of a signalling pathway that appropriately directs the wound‐healing process in epidermis.


The idea of the proof is to investigate when a homology cobordism between closed 4-rnanifolds with infinite cyclic fundamental groups is an h-cobordism which is always a product cobordism by Freedman [2], for we can construct a homology cobordism between M and S x *S3fl:M1 by a method similar to Kervaire's surgery argument [11]. Freedman showed in [1] that any two closed oriented simply connected 4-manifolods Mly M\ are orientation-preservingly homeomorphic if and only if the intersection forms on H2(M1'yZ), H2(M\\Z) are isomorphic and the KirbySiebenmann invariants ks(7W\), ks(7kf'1)(eZ2) are equal, and in this case there is an orientation-preserving homeomorphism M±~M\ inducing the isomorphism of the intersection forms. By combining this classification of Freedman with the above splitting theorem, we have a similar characterization for closed oriented 4-manifolds with infinite cyclic fundamental groups:


In the future, if the nuclear nonproliferation and arms control agendas are to advance, they will likely become increasingly seen as parallel undertakings with the objective of cradle-to-grave controls over nuclear warheads and/or materials. The pursuit of such an agenda was difficult enough at the outset of the nuclear age; it will be more difficult in the future with relatively wide-spread military and civil nuclear programs. This agenda will require both verification and transparency. To address emerging nuclear dangers, we may expect hybrid verification-transparency regimes to be seen as acceptable. Such regimes would have intrusive but much more limited verification provisions than Cold War accords, and have extensive transparency provisions designed in part to augment the verification measures, to fill in the ''gaps'' of the verification regime, and the like.


Recently,researchers are active in the work of polypropylene toughening while maintaining rigidness by blending.The progress in the research of plastics toughening PP,novel elastomers toughening PP,PP/elastomer/rigid polymer was reviewed.In addition,the trend and prospect of the studies were introduced.


Nerium oleander L, is an Indian folk medicine. It is a vegetatively propagated ornamental plant, valued for its evergreen and showy terminal flower clusters that are available in different colors. (White, Yellow, Red, Pink). Oleander is cultivated recently as a flowering pot plant and therefore abundant propagation of plant material for commercial use is of great importance. This species also produces secondary metabolites, some of which are pharmacological interests. The important pharmacological activities are anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, anticancer, antinociceptive, and CNS depressant activity, analgesic, antidiabetic activities. This paper explains the evidence-based information regarding all pharmacological activity of this plant.


Using a novel transformation involving the Jacobi Last Multiplier (JLM) we derive an old integrability criterion due to Chiellini for the Li\'enard equation. By combining the Chiellini condition for integrability and Jacobi's Last Multiplier the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian of the Li\'enard equation is derived. We also show that the Kukles equation is the only equation in the Li\'enard family which satisfies both the Chiellini integrability and the Sabatini criterion for isochronicity conditions. In addition we examine this result by mapping the Li\'enard equation to a harmonic oscillator equation using tacitly Chiellini's condition. Finally we provide a metriplectic and complex Hamiltonian formulation of the Li\'enard equation through the use of Chiellini condition for integrability.


Disturbances are events that influence the structure of biological assemblages, yet how historical disturbances have affected the functional structure of recent assemblages is still poorly known. We used species functional traits to investigate the effects of historical disturbances, such as past climate change (aridification), on the current structure of stream fish assemblages.


We introduce Constroid, a data-centric security policy management framework for Android. It defines a new middleware which allows the developer to specify well defined data items of fine granularity. For these data items, Constroid administrates security policies which are based on the usage control model. They can only be modified by the user of an application not by the applications itself. We use Con-stroid's middle-ware to protect the security policies, ensure consistency between a data item and its corresponding security policy, and describe how our prototype implementation can enforce a subset of possible usage control policies. In this way, our contribution shows how we overcome the rigid API-driven approach to security in Android. The structure and implementation of our framework is presented and discussed in terms of security, performance, and usability.


In this paper, two new algorithms are proposed to overcome demerits in previous algorithms, such as the CWDP algorithm or the One-Pass algorithm. In the first one, called 'Blockwise DP matching (BWDP) algorithm', the calculation is carried out in step with the block having BL input pattern frames, instead of one frame used in the CWDP algorithm. This reduces the number of memory access times to 1/BL. However, it cannot handle the finite state automaton control with loop transition rules. In the other algorithm, called 'Slant-blockwise DP matching (SBDP) algorithm', the calculation block is inclined to the reference pattern time axis. Calculation is carried out in each slant block with BL frame width. This makes it possible to handle the finite state automaton control with loop transition rules. However, the program for this algorithm is rather complex. Further, improvement concerning variable block width is proposed. It can extend the effective block width. Namely, it can further reduce the number of memory access times.


87Rb‐MRI was used to measure Rb+ uptake in blood‐perfused pig hearts during complete occlusion (120 and 70 min) of the left anterior descending artery (LAD) and subsequent reperfusion (120 and 170 min). The Rb+ uptake rate and maximal Rb image intensity during 120‐min occlusion were significantly lower in the ischemic anterior left ventricular (LV) wall (0.35 ± 0.14%/min and 26 ± 4.7%) relative to those in the remote posterior LV wall (2.43 ± 0.33%/min and 98 ± 10%). Reperfusion after 120 and 70 min of occlusion resulted in formation of damaged areas, which had 40 ± 4 and 73 ± 10% of the 87Rb image intensity observed in the remote posterior wall. The infarct sizes determined histologically by triphenyltetrazolium chloride staining were 9.6 ± 3.4 and 5.6 ± 4.6% of the total ventricular mass (LV + RV) in the 120‐ and 70‐min occlusion groups, respectively. The sizes determined by MRI were 13.1 ± 2 and 2.8 ± 4.3% of the total number of pixels, respectively. The Rb+ uptake in the anterior wall during 120‐min occlusion was somewhat lower than that previously observed in crystalloid‐perfused hearts. It is concluded that blood does not interfere with the ability of 87Rb MRI to detect ischemic and infarct areas. Magn Reson Med 49:99–107, 2003. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


The specification of at least two independent data paths increases the band-width. This allows to separate the data flow for each application. Lets assume the following situation. A conferencing session is planned with a video and audio connection and two other applications. Usually either each application asks for the IP address to establish a point to point connection, or takes advantage of the IP multicast protocol. In this example, a point to point connection is planned in which each workstation is equipped with two IP addresses. Than the video data stream can flow over the first connection, the audio data stream over the second. The data stream for the other applications can be divided over both connections. Presented in this paper was an approach for the use of multimedia documents in a distributed envrionment. Based on SGML this system allows to combine different parts of several author to a whole document. Today, FrameMaker is used for the editing, but can be replaced by every other word processing tool. Each author can edit their part independently from the other authors. 2. This is an undocumented feature for Solaris 2.x. For other operating systems like SunOS, SGI or HP-UX patches are available.


The selection of Religion and Social-based Real Work Lectures (KKN) more specifically, namely the Koran action subsequent to playing out the Maghrib supplication in Hamparan Perak Town, Shop Serdang Rule is one of the endeavors to work with kids in learning the Koran which so far has not been accessible. The strategy utilized in the execution of this Social-based genuine work addresses is resource based local area improvement (ABCD) where the local area is the entertainer and determinant of advancement endeavors in the climate or frequently alluded to as local area driven improvement (CDD). As well as being a spot or office for learning the Koran, this action is supposed to proceed with even after the Genuine Work Talk period is over so kids have better Koran abilities. The positive effect of this "Maghrib Koran" movement is that youngsters are acclimated with perusing the Qur'an subsequent to playing out the Maghrib supplication. Moreover, youngsters who recently had not retained short letters presently have remembered a few short letters of the Qur'an.
Keywords: Reciting Al-Qur'an, Practice, Religion, Social.


ABSTRACT Like other philosophical traditions, what we call French spiritualism is a complicated constellation of thinkers who developed partially divergent answers to shared themes or concerns. In order to avoid easy generalizations and artificial labels, this article aims to explore the many-voiced character of this tradition by focusing on a debate on the notion of 'liberté morale' that took place in 1903 at the Société française de philosophie. Given the number and the calibre of the participants, as well as the centrality of the discussed notion, this episode sets the perfect stage for an in-situ assessment of the inner fault lines underlying any superficial unity in the French spiritualist tradition.


This paper presents the trajectory tracking control of an electro-hydraulic actuator (EHA) system using a fuzzy logic sliding mode control approach. To establish the proposed controller, a linear model of the EHA system is determined using the parametric Grey-box identification technique, and the model's parameters are estimated using the MATLAB System Identification Toolbox. Then, a fuzzy logic sliding mode controller is proposed by substituting the signum function with the fuzzy logic function in the conventional sliding mode control algorithm, and the MATLAB Fuzzy Logic toolbox was utilized to design the continuous fuzzy logic function. The stability of the closed-loop system with the proposed controller is assessed using Lyapunov's theory of stability. The control output for the tracking control system was acquired through simulation and real-time implementation in order to evaluate the trajectory tracking control performance. The real-time implementation for Sinusoidal trajectory tracking was conducted on an EHA workbench equipped with a PCIe-6321 card. For trajectory tracking control, experimental results indicate that the proposed controller is more effective than the conventional sliding mode controller.


We present experimental as well as simulation data which emphasizes the impact of the well and substrate architecture for the charge collection efficiency during an alpha particle hit. Several different SRAM cores with implanted buried layer, epitaxial grown and standard CZ substrates are subjected to alpha-particle events and the soft error rate is recorded. The best SER immunity was achieved with the standard CZ substrate. This findings are contradictive to earlier reports for DRAM memory cores and will be explained in detail within this paper. Resulting from this analysis we optimize the substrate to improve the SER immunity of SRAM cores.


Abstract. The Peruvian Upwelling System is characterized by high primary productivity fuelled by the supply of nutrients in a highly dynamic boundary circulation. The intraseasonal evolution of the physical and biogeochemical properties is analysed based on shipboard observations and remote sensing conducted between April and June 2017 off central Peru. The poleward transport in the subsurface Peru Chile Undercurrent was highly variable and strongly intensified between mid and end of May. This intensification was likely caused by a first baroclinic mode downwelling coastal trapped wave excited at the equator at about 95° W that propagated poleward along the South American coast. The intensified poleward flow shortens the time of water mass advection from the equatorial current system to the study site. The impact of the anomalous advection is mostly noticed in the nitrogen cycle because during the shorter time needed for poleward advection less fixed nitrogen loss occurs within the waters. This causes a strong increase of nitrate concentrations and a decrease in the nitrogen deficit. These changes suggest that the advection caused by the coastal trapped wave supersedes the simultaneous effect of anomalous downwelling in terms of nutrient response.


In this paper, we introduce a new typology that focuses on the way employees are managed in smaller, initial public offering (IPO) firms. Unlike many typologies in the human resource management literature, this typology is rooted in theory. Specifically, agency theory and organizational control theory suggest two forms of control over the entire employee population: bureaucratic control and outcome control. Examining IPO firms in terms of their choices to implement bureaucratic or outcome control for all employees results in a typology of four different human resource control orientations. The first type of control orientation uses neither form of control, the second uses only outcome control, the third uses bureaucratic control, and the fourth uses both bureaucratic and outcome control. We validate the typology and the measures used to derive it by analyzing extensive descriptive data from a sample of 107 firms that went public in 1988. Differences emerge between firms in each of the four quadrants of the typology with regard to company characteristics, governance characteristics, approaches to employees, and firm performance. In addition, these differences appear to be related to control orientation rather than merely attributable to age, size and stage in life cycle (variables often examined in other typologies). Lastly, control orientation is linked to firm performance.


The 93% of occupational accidents and illnesses that occur in Colombia , according to statistics from the Ministry of Labour are generated by unsafe acts ; following this approach questions like these arise : Why if the worker knows the safe and proper way to execute procedures does not work ?, What prevents you from having a safe behavior when not under the presence of site supervisor ?, why people when they have preventive behavior is generated by obligation, not by conviction ? This paper aims to discuss the management systems in occupational safety and health are insufficient in reducing occupational accidents and aspire to raise awareness strategies aimed at changing unsafe behaviors of adult for safe behavior , thereby reducing occupational hazards and increasing the safety culture .


Poster: "ECR 2017 / C-0866 / CNS infection by JC virus: more than meets the eye. A case based review of our experience." by: "M. A. Perez Rosillo1, J. P. Martinez Barbero2, M. Gomez Huertas1; 1Granada/ES, 2JAEN, Jaen/ES"


This paper presents a systematic study of key physical mechanisms in organic polymer/fullerene solar cells that determine the power conversion efficiency. The carrier loss at each step is calculated or measured. We compare poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT)/[6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) and poly(3-hexylthiophene)-thiophene-thienopyrazine (P3HTT-TP)/PCBM solar cells. The latter polymer, P3HTT-TP, is a novel low-bandgap "semi-random" alkythiophene-based copolymer with a broader absorption spectrum than P3HT. Absorption, a significant loss factor for all polymer/fullerene solar cells, was studied using external quantum efficiency and absorption spectroscopy measurements and modeled with a multi-layer transfer-matrix theory. In addition, hole traps inside the polymers play an important role in polaron pair dissociation and free charge transport. It was found that this is particularly deleterious for P3HTT-TP/PCBM.


Introduction: Premature ejaculation(PE) is most common male sexual dysfunction. Several studies have shown correlation between PE and psychological problems like depression, stressand anxiety. In this study we aim to establish this hypothesis in population of western Rajasthan(India). Materials &methods:This study is a non-interventional, cross-sectional, self-reported based psychological investigation analysis that was carried out at Psychiatric OPD at District Hospital over a period of 9 months with 156 subjects. We applied DASS and BDI-II to measure the psychopathology. Results: The study shows 30% subjects were depressed,35% were anxious and 47% were stressed. Subjects between 20 to 30 year of age were significantly more depressed than other age group. Discussion and Conclusion:.Premature ejaculation is often associated with sense of inadequacy, guilt, disappointment, fear and embarrassment which ultimately lead to reduced satisfaction with sexual experience and anxiety. Almost one fourth of the patients suffering from premature ejaculation have significant psychopathology qualifying for the diagnosis of clinical depression.


In this paper we investigate the problem of non-fragile H∞ controller design for active suspension systems with actuator uncertainty constraints. A half-vehicle model with active suspension system is considered in this paper, the vehicle dynamic system is established with a focus on handling the trade-off of constraints on the heave and pitch acceleration, suspension deflections and tyre strokes. Actuator uncertainties are formulated within the controller design process and the fact of the actuator uncertainties existing in the system is modelled as a continuous-time homogeneous Markov process. A state feedback controller is designed for the purpose of ensuring that the resulting active suspension system is asymptotically stable with a prescribed H∞ disturbance attenuation level while simultaneously satisfying the constraint performance. The designed non-fragile H∞ controller is constructed via convex optimization by guaranteeing its sufficient condition in terms of feasible linear matrix inequalities. A half-vehicle case study is intensively exploited to reveal the effectiveness of the proposed controller design method.


Even 10 years ago, a stunning volume on ambulatory pediatrics such as this would have been impossible. This volume mirrors the increased interest in the ambulatory patient and his problems. In spite of many difficulties in space, funds, prestige, and so forth in out-patient pediatric divisions, a volume such as this is evidence that ambulatory pediatrics "has come of age." From the enthusiastic introduction by Dr. Janeway to the index, this volume is beautifully assembled and edited.


X-ray diffraction (XRD) and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) are commonly used to perform texture analysis of thin films. However, due to principle differences in data acquisition these techniques can yield disagreeing results. In this paper, we aim to highlight possible error sources with given examples for aluminum and copper thin films.


The experimental data for identified hadron spectra from pp, d+A and AA collisions are reviewed. Three regions with different dominant production mechanisms are considered: soft region (pT < 2 GeV/c) with large degree of collectivity and thermalization, hard particle production which exhibits jet-quenching in Au+Au collisions at RHIC and intermediate region (2 < pT < 5 GeV/c) with distinct baryon dynamics. Cronin effect, nuclear modification factors and jet-like correlations are studied with the goal of understanding the baryon dynamics at RHIC.


A procedure for producing high yields and high regeneration frequencies of protoplasts from Fulvia fulva is described. This procedure was devised by systematic trials of various parameters, such as culture age and osmotic support, which are known to affect protoplast yield and regeneration. Mycelium from liquid cultures of 24–48 h, incubated with Novozym 234 in buffered 1.0 M MgSO4, gave the best conditions for protoplast release. Regeneration frequencies up to 50% were obtained with a complete medium containing 0.8 M sucrose for osmotic support.


This study was performed to investigate the possibi lity of copper recovery from the waste printed circ u t boards (WPCBs) of waste mobile phones using a hydrometallurgical route as c leaner technology for environmental protection. In recycling, elements such as copper and aluminium are recovered, as well as the preciou s metals gold, silver, platinum and palladium, whic h can be recouped profitably from electronic waste and make this waste very valuable for recycling. In the experiments, the conventional agitated acid leaching method was used for mechanically pre-treated WPCBs with a mean Cu content of 19.09 wt % in a sulphuric acid mediu m with the presence of Fe 3+ as an oxidant. The effects of Fe 2(SO4)3 concentration, leaching time, temperature and the ratio of liquid to solid phase on the recovery of c pper from the solutions were studied. The highest Cu ext raction was achieved at 363 K after 15 min of leach ing, and a liquid to solid ratio (L/S) of 20. The value of activation energy (Ea), which w as found to be ~14.87 kJ.mol , indicates that this process is diffusion controll ed. The apparent order of reaction with regard to the initi al Fe2(SO4)3 concentration at 313 K was calculated as 0.55. The proposed scheme of copper recovery from WPCBs of mobile phones was des ign d.


PURPOSE: To obtain a compd. useful as a raw material of a water-soluble homopolymer and a copolymer in good yield by reacting formamide and acetal in the presence of a storing acid catalyst. CONSTITUTION: Acetal represented by formula R'CHR 2 CH(OR 3 ) 2 (wherein R 1 is H, 1-6C alkyl or aryl, R 2 is H or 1-6C alkyl, R 3 is benzyl, 1-8C alkyl or hydroxyalkyl) and formaldehyde are reacted in the presence of a strong acid catalyst under atmospheric pressure or spontaneous pressure at 60-100°C for 2-4 hr to obtain secondary formamide represented by formula R 1 CHR 2 CH(OR 3 ) NHCHO. As the strong acid catalyst, commercial anhydrous sulfonic acid resin Amberlst 15 having a macroreticulated structure is used. A mol ratio of acetal and formamide is set to at least 1:1, pref., 2:1-6:1 and the catalyst is allowed to be present in hydrogen ion cocn. of at least 0.1 mol.% to amide. COPYRIGHT: (C)1990,JPO


Purpose – India has one of the more progressive disability frameworks in the developing world which tends to adopt western philosophies and principles (e.g. parent participation and advocacy) which to some degree mirrors the type of service delivery in the UK. The purpose of this paper is to adopt a cross-cultural perspective to explore caregiving amongst parents caring for a child with intellectual/developmental disabilities in India. Design/methodology/approach – Three focus groups were used to interview parents at Action for Autism (AFA) located in Delhi, India. The focus groups explored how disability is encountered within an Indian context. Findings – Two main themes were identified in the parents narratives which were "making the decision to get help" and "seeing disabilities in from a new perspective". Family members played an important role in the decision to get help and acted as a platform for mothers to explore their own concerns. Seeing disability from a new perspective was a four stage proces...


Dasheen mosaic virus (DsMV) and Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) from 10 species of Aroid plants(Philoden dron sodiroi, Pinellia ternate, Alocasia macrorhiz, Zantedeschia aethiopica, Monstera deliciosa, Alocasia cucullata, Sygo-nium podophyllum, Philodendron selloum, Aglaonema modestum, Colocasia esculenta) collected from Yongzhou in Hunan Province were detected by RNA dot-hybridization, virus purification and morphological observation, and inclusions structural tests. The results shows that DsMV was identified from all samples, it indicate that DsMV is the principal aroids-infecting virus. While DsMV and CMV infection syndrome was firstly identified from Colocasia esculenta, Philodendron sodiroi and Aglanonema modestum.


It was analyzed the reasons why there are unusual pressure-rise in the body chamber of gate valves and how to perfect them.It also proposes the design to balance the unusual pressure-rise and commonly uses plan of installation,which will serve as a reference to users.


We compared cardiocirculatory actions of nitroprusside (NP) to prazosin (PZ) in eleven chronic coronary patients with refractory congestive heart failure. Each drug equally lowered systemic arterial pressures mildly while heart rate was unaltered. NP decline (P < .001) in left ventricular filling pressure (28 to 17 mm Hg) and rise (P < .005) in cardiac index (2.20 to 2.96 L/min/m2) were similar to PZ (30 to 17) and (2.08 to 3.00). PZ and NP equally enhanced cardiac efficiency of stroke work and myocardial oxygen consumption index. Total systemic vascular resistance declined (P < .001) the same with NP and PZ. Forearm vascular resistance (FVR) and venous tone (FVT) diminished equally with NP and PZ. Similar FVR/FVT percent changes of 0.88 and 0.64 with NP and PZ indicated relatively balanced systemic arteriolovenous relaxation. Sinze PZ effects persisted six hours with symptomatic improvement, oral PZ is the best vasodilator for long-term use, extending in-hospital NP-like actions to ambulatory heart failure therapy.


Negative pressure wound therapy with instillation and dwell time (NPWTi‐d) is an adjunctive therapy that can be used in the management of complex wounds with infection. NPWTi‐d incorporates the intermittent instillation of a topical solution to the wound in a programmed manner. Unlike standard negative pressure wound therapy, NPWTi‐d delivers topical wound solutions directly to the wound, allows the solution to dwell over the wound bed, and removes the solution during the negative pressure phase. The authors review the evidence for using NPWTi‐d and the role it may potentially play in helping to reduce hospital stay, number of debridement operations and cost.


The monophyly of the African 'brown bunting' complex was corroborated by a recent molecular study. However, the little-known Socotran endemic Emberiza socotrana, which is morphologically similar to the other taxa in this complex, was not included. Here we present a hypothesis of the phylogenetic relationships of the Socotra Bunting based on one mitochondrial gene and one nuclear intron. We found the Socotra Bunting to be deeply nested within the African 'brown bunting' complex and, although morphologically most similar to E. capensis, it proved to be more closely related to the E. striolata/sahari and E. tahapisi/goslingi species groups. The phylogenetic uniqueness of the Socotra Bunting underpins once more the evolutionary importance of the Endemic Bird Area of Socotra, which is often considered the 'Galápagos of the Indian Ocean'.


A simple scheme for solving the integral equation of neutron transport is applied to some problems in x-y geometry with reflecting boundary conditions. The present results are compared with those obtained by the use of TWOTRAN-II, both for accuracy and computational time.


Abstract The application of flame and flameless atomic absorption spectrophotometry to the determination of heavy metals in waste water samples has been reviewed, with particular emphasis placed on the sample pretreatment methods used. The relative suitabilities of acid digestion and dry ashing pretreatments have been presented and the feasibility of direct injection of waste water samples after a rapid pretreatment has been discussed.


Abstract We present recent progress in searching for galaxies at redshift from z ≃ 5 to z ∼ 10. Wide-field and sensitive surveys with 8m class telescopes have been providing more than several hundreds of star forming galaxies at z ∼ 5 − 7 that are probed in the optical window. These galaxies are used to study the early cosmic star formation activity as well as the early structure formation in the universe. Moreover, near infrared deep imaging and spectroscopic surveys have found probable candidates of galaxies from z ∼ 7 to z ∼ 10. Although these candidates are too faint to be identified unambiguously, we human being are now going to the universe beyond 13 billion light years, close to the epoch of first-generations stars; i.e., Population III stars. We also mention about challenges to find Population III-dominated galaxies in the early universe.


This paper is described for T-matrix analysis of tile electromagnetic wave diffraction from a Fourier grating that the boundary value problem is treated by applying the extended boundary condition. The rigorous form of the expression of matrix elements is presented in the term of Besset functions of the first kind. The error of power conservation versus the truncated number has been examined for mode number. Diffraction efficiencies versus groove depth and wavelength for a second or third harmonic wave of Fourier grating have been discussed. Numerical results are in good agreement with those obtained from other method and experimental values. Reasonable numerical results are presented for a groove depth per period of the Fourier grating less than 0.25.


Water-draw and utilization assessment is a basic water resources management system. According to the requirements of "running at most once" and "strong supervision of water resources", aiming at the inadaptability of current water-draw and utilization assessment, this paper puts forward the overall design framework of "regional water-draw and utilization assessment + water consumption standard" system, explores and establishes an innovative management system to replace the traditional way. The key links of the system design are also analysed in this paper, and the register and commitment management pattern for water-draw permission and long-term supervision mechanism based on water consumption index are proposed respectively.


A seller choosing between auctioning online and live faces a tradeoff: lower transaction costs online against more rents left with the bidders. We model this tradeoff, and apply the theory to auctions of art. The crucial parameter for whether the seller does better online than live is not the expected price but the valuation uncertainty.


The main objection to clinical trials of quinacrine nonsurgical female sterilization (QS) is that they have not been approved by regulatory agencies such as the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) or the World Health Organization (WHO) Special Program of Research Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP). Additional toxicology studies are called for especially since some recently concluded mutagenicity studies reconfirm quinacrine as a mutagen. The USFDA requires as a next step a rodent carcinogenicity study. The author discusses the organizational differences between the USFDA and the HRP. The USFDA bases decisions concerning a clinical trial upon the risks and benefits of the trial for Americans. However the HRP does not depend upon a risk/benefit analysis but instead requires approval by their toxicology panel whose decision is based upon completed classical toxicology studies. The WHO Special Program for Research and Training in Tropical Disease (TDR) uses a risk/benefit criterion and may conduct clinical trials and toxicology studies concurrently. The author agrees with the TDR that a risk/benefit criterion is the only logical one. He discusses the risk/benefit assessment of any contraceptive clinical trial with the potential to increase contraceptive prevalence. It is clear that the benefits for a developing country far outweigh those for more developed countries and that the benefits of QS outweigh the risks for most developing countries.


1455 Refining The Prediction of Early Antibody Mediated Rejection After Antibody Incompatible Renal Transplantation; Importance of Pregnancy-Induced Sensitisation. R. Higgins,1 D. Lowe,2 M. Hathaway,2 C. Williams,2 C. Imray,1 N. Krishnan,1 S. Daga,3 D. Briggs,2 D. Zehnder.3 1Renal Transplantation, University Hospital, Coventry, United Kingdom; 2H&I Laboratory, NHS BT, Birmingham, United Kingdom; 3Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom. Background. Acute antibody mediated rejection (AMR) after HLA antibody incompatible renal transplantation is related to donor specifi c HLA antibody (DSA) levels. However, pre-treatment DSA levels have a low predictive value for AMR, partly because of rapid changes in DSA levels post-transplant. This study examined changes in DSA according to the primary sensitising event. Methods. Responses to 220 HLA specifi cities in 64 patients over the fi rst 30 days after transplantation were evaluated using single antigen microbead assays. The primary sensitising event for each specifi city was assigned according to the time of appearance of antibody in relation to pregnancy, transfusion or transplantation, taking into account the HLA type of the sensitisor and HLA epitope maps. Results. The greatest increase from pre-treatment to peak DSA level was seen in those stimulated by pregnancy, median (IQR) increase in MFI of 1981 (94-5870) u. The next highest increase was for those sensitised by transplant with repeat HLA epitope mismatch, at 546u (-308u-2698u) (p<0.01). Time to peak level was shorter in the pregnancy group, median 13 (9-19.75) days, compared to 15.5 (11-21) days in the transfusion group and 16 (12-23) days in the transplant group (p<0.01). For specifi cities with pre-treatment MFI <5000u, peak level of >5,000u occurred in 24/58 (41%) stimulated by pregnancy, compared to 8/119 (7%) in all other specifi cities (p<0.0001). With pre-treatment total DSA MFI <5000u, AMR occurred after primary sensitisation by pregnancy in 7/9 (78%) patients, compared to 2/5 (40%) for transfusion and 1/7 (14%) for transplantation. Conclusion. After transplantation rises in DSA were greatest, fastest and most likely to be associated with rejection for specifi cities where pregnancy was the primary sensitising event. In contrast, there were lower rises DSA corresponding to HLA exposure from previous transplants, at both antigen and epitope levels. Greater insight into the antibody response post-transplantation will enable better risk stratifi cation and cost-effective tailoring of therapy. DISCLOSURE: Higgins, R.: Grant/Research Support, Pure Transplant Solutions. Lowe, D.: Grant/Research Support, Pure Transplant Solutions. Daga, S.: Grant/ Research Support, Pure Transplant Solutions. Briggs, D.: Grant/Research Support, Pure Transplant Solutions. Zehnder, D.: Grant/Research Support, Pure Transplant Solutions. Abstract# 1456 A Phase I/II Trial of Tocilizumab (Anti-IL-6 Receptor) + Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) for Desensitization (DES) in Diffi cult to DES Patients. A. Vo,1 J. Choi,1 K. Cisneros,1 J. Kahwaji,1 M. Toyoda,2 S. Bongha,2 S. Ge,2 A. Peng,1 R. Villicana,1 S. Jordan.1 1Kidney Transplant, ; 2Transplant Immunology Laboratory, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA. Introduction: Approximately 25% of HS patients fail current DES and remain on dialysis for prolonged periods. Thus, newer, more effective approaches to DES that have limited side effects are desirable. Here, we undertook a phase I/II pilot study of DES using a novel drug (anti IL-6 receptor, Tocilizumab [TCZ]) + IVIG to assess the safety and limited effi cacy. Patients and Methods: From 7/2012 to 11/2013, 9 diffi cult to DES patients unresponsive to DES with IVIG + Rituximab were entered in an open label trial with IVIG+TCZ. Patients received IVIG on day 0 and day 30 at 2 g/ kg and TCZ 8 mg/kg on day 15 then monthly X6M. If transplanted, patients received IVIG on day 0; TCZ on day 2; then monthly x6M. Patients received Campath1H induction and were maintained on Prograf/Cellcept/Prednisone. Results: No differences in baseline characteristics were seen in patients not transplanted (G1) vs. transplanted (G2), including previous transplants as sensitizing events, female ratio and caucasian ethnicity. Two patients in each group developed SAEs: G1fl uid overload + pulmonary congestion as a result of under dialysis and hyperkalemia with epilepticus (likely not related to drug) vs. G2infective colitis with colonic perforation required bowel resection and Bells palsy (both possibly related). Five of 9 patients (67%; 4DD/1LD) were transplanted. Table 1 summarizes transplant characteristics. Mean time to transplant from 1st DES was 25±10.5M but after TCZ was 8.1±5.4M. No ABMR was seen; however, CMR was seen in 2 patients (40%). Mean DSA RIS pre-treatment was 7.8±1.9 and declined to 3.2±1.9 at Tx. Further DSA reductions were seen post-Tx. Renal function in transplanted patients has been excellent. Conclusions: TCZ and IVIG appears to be safe as DES agents and may have more durable effects on regulation of B-cells, DSA and Tregs. From this pilot trial, we are cautiously optimistic that TCZ may offer a novel alternative for diffi cult to DES patients. 1456 A Phase I/II Trial of Tocilizumab (Anti-IL-6 Receptor) + Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) for Desensitization (DES) in Diffi cult to DES Patients. A. Vo,1 J. Choi,1 K. Cisneros,1 J. Kahwaji,1 M. Toyoda,2 S. Bongha,2 S. Ge,2 A. Peng,1 R. Villicana,1 S. Jordan.1 1Kidney Transplant, ; 2Transplant Immunology Laboratory, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA. Introduction: Approximately 25% of HS patients fail current DES and remain on dialysis for prolonged periods. Thus, newer, more effective approaches to DES that have limited side effects are desirable. Here, we undertook a phase I/II pilot study of DES using a novel drug (anti IL-6 receptor, Tocilizumab [TCZ]) + IVIG to assess the safety and limited effi cacy. Patients and Methods: From 7/2012 to 11/2013, 9 diffi cult to DES patients unresponsive to DES with IVIG + Rituximab were entered in an open label trial with IVIG+TCZ. Patients received IVIG on day 0 and day 30 at 2 g/ kg and TCZ 8 mg/kg on day 15 then monthly X6M. If transplanted, patients received IVIG on day 0; TCZ on day 2; then monthly x6M. Patients received Campath1H induction and were maintained on Prograf/Cellcept/Prednisone. Results: No differences in baseline characteristics were seen in patients not transplanted (G1) vs. transplanted (G2), including previous transplants as sensitizing events, female ratio and caucasian ethnicity. Two patients in each group developed SAEs: G1fl uid overload + pulmonary congestion as a result of under dialysis and hyperkalemia with epilepticus (likely not related to drug) vs. G2infective colitis with colonic perforation required bowel resection and Bells palsy (both possibly related). Five of 9 patients (67%; 4DD/1LD) were transplanted. Table 1 summarizes transplant characteristics. Mean time to transplant from 1st DES was 25±10.5M but after TCZ was 8.1±5.4M. No ABMR was seen; however, CMR was seen in 2 patients (40%). Mean DSA RIS pre-treatment was 7.8±1.9 and declined to 3.2±1.9 at Tx. Further DSA reductions were seen post-Tx. Renal function in transplanted patients has been excellent. Conclusions: TCZ and IVIG appears to be safe as DES agents and may have more durable effects on regulation of B-cells, DSA and Tregs. From this pilot trial, we are cautiously optimistic that TCZ may offer a novel alternative for diffi cult to DES patients. IND#114362, NCT01594424. DISCLOSURE: Jordan, S.: Grant/Research Support, Genentech, Inc., Other, Genentech, Inc., Consulting. Abstract# 1457 Long-Term (More Than 20 Years) Outcome of ABO-Incompatible Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: A Single Center Experience. K. Tanabe, H. Ishida, K. Omoto, T. Shimizu, T. Nozaki, M. Inui, H. Shirakawa, M. Okumi, D. Toki. Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital. Background Since serious shortage of organ donation is still the biggest barrier to the increase in transplants in Japan, ABO-incompatible living kidney transplantation (ABOILKT) has been an effective alternative to deceased kidney transplantation. In this retrospective, single center study, we analyzed the long-term (more than 20 year outcome of ABO-ILKT. Methods: A total of 1122 pappptients with ESRD underwent living donor kidney transplantation at our institute between 1989 and 2013. Of them, 267 cases were ABO-ILKT and 855 cases ABO-compatible living kidney transplantation (ABOCLKT). The mean age of the ABO-ILKT group was 43.1 years (range 17 to 75), with 168 males and 99 females. Plasmapheresis was carried out to remove anti-AB antibodies before kidney transplantation in most of the cases. Most recipients received CNI (tacrolimus or cyclosporine)-based immunosuppression including methylprednisolone and mycophenolate mofetil. After 2002, all patients received basiliximab preoperatively. Between 1986 and 2004, splenectomy was performed at the time of ABO-ILKT. Thereafter, as an alternative to splenectomy, rituximab at a dose of 200mg/person was administered prior to ABO-ILKT. ABO-CLKT was employed as the control. Results: ABO-ILKT patient survival at 1, 5, 10, 15, and 20 years post-transplant was 98.1, 97.1, 92.8, 86.6, and 84.4%, respectively. ABO-ILKT graft survival at 1, 5, 10, 15, and 20 years post-transplant was 91.0, 86.0, 72.2, 59.1, and 53.0%, respectively. Although graft survival of ABO-CLKT at 1, 5, 10, 15, and 20 years post-transplant was 97.4, 88.7, 76.3, 65.3, and 55.6%, respectively, there was no signifi cant difference in patient survival from that of ABO-CLKT patients (p=0.740). The graft survival of ABO-ILKT at 20 years post-transplant was almost identical with ABO-CLKT, with no statistical difference between the two groups (p=0.0.144). The incidence of rejection was no different between the two groups as well. Furthermore, no signifi c


The severity and range of linguistic impairments in youths with epilepsy were studied at UCLA, Los Angeles, State Fullerton University, and UC at Irvine, California.


Objective: to research the effect of exercise and hypoxia on skeletal muscle growth and its mechanism of molecular regulation.Methods: SD rats were divided into 6 groups:(1) 28-days groups,included control group,normoxic exercise group,hypoxic exposure group,living high training low(HiLo) group.(2) 7days reoxygen groups,included 7 days of reoxygen groups after hypoxic exposure,7 days of reoxygen groups after HiLo.Normoxic exercise group were carried out treadmill running for 4 weeks.Hypoxic exposure group were treated with 13.6% concentrations of oxygen for 12 h/day under normobaric conditions in hypoxic chamber.7 days of reoxygen groups were treated with 7 days of reoxygen after hypoxic exposure.HiLo group were exposed to hypoxia following 1 hour after exercise.After gastrocnemius muscle weighing,mTOR expression in gastrocnemius muscle were tested with the method of western blot.Results: 1) After exercise for 28 days, mTOR protein expression in muscle increased significantly(p0.05);2) After living high training low for 28 days,mTOR protein expression in muscle decreased significantly(p0.05),but increased significantly after 7 days reoxygen(p0.05).Conclusions: exercise and hypoxia regulate mTOR signal.HiLo repress muscle growth,and its mechanism may be the way of regulation of mTOR signal and protein translation in skeletal muscle by exercise and hypoxia.


The aim of this article is to present more explicitly the basic properties of epimorphisms of rings and their characterizations, especially the interactions between epimorphisms and flat morphisms and also the relationship of epimorphisms with absolutely flat rings are studied and various deep and interesting results are extracted.


The paper investigates the various factors from a socio-cultural perspective that have a bearing on the intercultural couple's marital satisfaction in Westerner and non-Westerner relationships, and how cultural differences may potentially amplify the difficulties, which non-intercultural couples themselves are already likely to face. These factors include acculturation, language and communication, attitudes toward marriage, individual traits and behaviours, support of the family, societal views, gender roles, managing of the household finances and child rearing. Certain theories are also highlighted in an attempt to explain why these cultural differences have such a profound effect on the marital satisfaction of intercultural couples.


The accessibility and low cost of herbal medicine are contributing to its growing popularity. The majority of pregnant mothers choose to use herbal remedies to treat pregnancy symptoms like nausea, headaches, and so forth. This study aims to determine how common it is for women to use herbal remedies while pregnant in Bahla, Sultanate of Oman. The study was a cohort study involving between 80 and 100 pregnant women. Along with the consent form, a questionnaire was used to gather the quantitative data (both English and Arabic). Face-to-face interviews were employed in the collection of qualitative data. It was reported that 17% of pregnant women have used herbal medicine. Forty-seven percent of them were taking herbal medicine at the time of delivery, according to the study. 43.8% of people believe that the primary cause is the inadequacy of modern medicine. As mentioned by 52.9% of pregnant women, the primary goal of using herbal medicine is to speed up labor. Additionally, 23.5% of them said that using herbal medicine is to start labor. The results of this study showed that women in Bahla frequently use herbal remedies during pregnancy. The most widely used herbal remedies were Verbenaceae, Fenugreek, Castor oil, Brown sugar, and Saffron. It is recommended that social media should be used to raise awareness of the pregnancy-related effects of herbal medicine. Additionally, those involved in antenatal care, in particular, should be aware of the evidence about the potential benefits or risks of herbal medicinal agents.


— This paper is dedicated to discussing methods of statistical modeling the outcomes of sport events and, particularly, matches with continuous time. We propose a simulation-based approach to predicting the outcome of a match, somehow medium between pure statistical methods and agent simulation of individual players. An example of retrospective prediction is given.


A new approach to the many-electron correlation problem, termed the method of moments of coupled-cluster equations (MMCC), is further developed and tested. The main idea of the MMCC theory is that of the noniterative energy corrections which, when added to the energies obtained in the standard coupled-cluster calculations, recover the exact (full configuration interaction) energy. The MMCC approximations require that a guess is provided for the electronic wave function of interest. The idea of using simple estimates of the wave function, provided by the inexpensive configuration interaction (CI) methods employing small sets of active orbitals to define higher–than–double excitations, is tested in this work. The CI-corrected MMCC methods are used to study the single bond breaking in HF and the simultaneous breaking of both O–H bonds in H2O.


The Schiff base of [1-(5,7-dichloro-1,3-benzoxazol-2-yl)-3-substituted phenyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl] methylene] aniline (2a-j) have been synthesized by condensation reaction of 1-(5,7-dichloro-1,3- benzoxazol-2-yl)-3- substituted phenyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carbaldehyde derivatives with aromatic amines in methanol. The reaction carried out at room temperature on stirring. The target compounds (2a-j) were characterized by IR, 1H NMR, Mass and 13C NMR spectral analysis, also subjected to antimicrobial, antioxidant and larvicidal activity. The compounds (2b), (2e) and (2f) showed marked antimicrobial activity and compounds (2b), (2a) and (2e) acts as DPPH scavenging agents. The compound (2c), (2d) and (2f) acts as reducing agents. The compounds (2b) and (2c) showed potent larvicidal activity.


BACKGROUND: Oral corticosteroid is the treatment most used for patients with chronic bullous dermatosis, often at high dosages and over long periods of time. Arterial hypertension, diabetes, osteoporosis, infections and hydro-electrolytic disturbances frequently occur as side effects of this therapy. Posterior subcapsular cataract is rarely mentioned in the literature as a side effect of corticosteroid in patients with bullous diseases. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the incidence of posterior subcapsular cataract as a side effect of oral corticosteroid. METHODS: A retrospective study: 49 patients with chronic bullous diseases using a corticosteroid were followed-up from 1987 to 1997 at the Bullous Dermatosis Outpatient Care Unit of the Department of Dermatology, UNIFESP - EPM. The patients were regularly submitted to ophthalmologic evaluation in search for cortisone cataract. This evaluation was carried out at the beginning of the treatment and regularly during the use of the corticosteroid. RESULTS: From 1987 to 1997, the incidence of posterior subcapsular cataract as a side effect of oral corticosteroid was 28.57% in these patients. CONCLUSIONS: 1) among 49 patients, 14 (28.57%) presented with cortisone cataract. 2) the period of time of prednisone use up to the appearance of cataract varied from eight months to nine years and three months (average 45.71 months). 3) the maximum dose of oral corticosteroid required for the management of the clinical picture ranged from 60 to 120 mg daily (average of 78.57 mg daily).


Abstract The controversy surrounding women wearing head covers in public institutions in Nigeria has revealed much about the attitude of the Nigerian media, particularly in institutions located in the "Lagos-Ibadan" axis, when representing Islam and Muslims in the country. This research examines Nigeria's newspaper reporting on the usage of hijab in public schools, particularly in south-west Nigeria, citing the incident in Osun State as a case study. The prevalent scenario in Osun State is also largely relevant in Lagos State, both of which have addressed the matter through litigation. Results from content analysis in four national dailies—The Nation, The Punch, The Guardian, and Vanguard—show that the hijab is predominantly reported on through the polarized lens of either judicial interpretation or Muslim–Christian strife. This paper also thematically examines how the editorial opinions published by Daily Trust, The Nation and The Punch have deliberated on this issue and findings also indicate that Nigeria's media response to issues that affect Muslims receive less-than-favourable coverage within mainstream media. This ultimately has implications on how Islam and Muslims are construed within society. This study will argue Muslims must work to neutralize pejorative media narratives on Islam through increasing exposure in mass media and working towards eliminating biased representations of Islam and its values.


The article discusses social responsibility of Russian business, the experience of the chambers of commerce aimed at enhancing the social role of business in modern society.


The Enneagram is a typology of personality that scopes at the level of ego-personality. Despite the vast amount of attention, it has accumulated since its modern emergence in the 20th century from the Sufi tradition, it is still in need of grounding into current scientific work to disperse some of its much criticized mystical language. The DAS2-theory aims at reconstructing the Enneagram based on cognitive concepts by first establishing the Dynamic Social Field Theory (DSoFT) that expands the Bourdieusian concept of social fields (Bourdieu, 1984), and then proposing the ethological trilogy of Dominance, Aversion, Submission (the DAS-triad)—three distinct stances towards power that have evolved under the pressure of violence, as described by Lorenz (1998). DSoFT posits that the mind is constantly challenged to find the social field that most appeals to the ego in order to react to people and events. To this end—described by using the Buddhist concept of Monkey Mind—the mind jumps from scenario to scenario (field to field) creating micro-contests until it finds a proper reframing of the challenge where it can have a strategy that appeals to the ego. To understand how a DAS-type is formed, three iterative levels have to be built. At the bottom is the DAS-triad, or stances. Because each stance can be applied from a position of superiority or inferiority—that the mind evaluates from the field's rules—, each of the three stances can branch into two styles, yielding six potential DAS-styles. DAS-styles explain behaviors clearly, distinctly, and ethologically, and form the basis for the application of the DAS2-theory. Lastly, a DAS-type is the selection of a style from the superior triad, as well as one from the inferior triad. Therefore nine types are possible, which correspond to the nine Enneatypes. The DAS2-theory typology can be applied to interpret not only the individuals but also the supra-individual entities' behaviors without having to resort to metaphors that vaguely describe intentions and actions. It offers new innovative ways to analyze political events, power scenarios, market perception of brands, and other social dynamics, and can greatly influence the academic or social communities of the Enneagram and Power Studies. Further developments in neuropsychoendocrinology and other fields may prove the DAS2-theory assumptions.


Learning a foreign language is usually motivated by cross-cultural communication, thus, the main job for middle-school English teachers is to help students get the cultural ability. Accordingly, besides bilingualism, teachers should acquire biculturalism. First, culture can't be absent from English teaching for a language itself is a special culture as well as the bearer of its culture. Moreover, to interpret properly others' pragmatic acts in communicating, one has to decode the cultural information and analyze others' cultural mentality. Finally, middle-school English teachers should learn the variations of a culture, for culture always evolves.


The present invention discloses a snap-back blade handling device, the hook is mounted on a mounting block fixed base guide bar, the hook provided on the mounting block in the card insertion slot by the rotation of the L arm and a hook portion integrally connected to each when the hook-shaped hook is connected to a positioning shaft by a mounting block, and the hook can be rotated about the positioning axis, a tension spring connected to the lower end of the rotary arm of the hook, the tension spring is fixed to the upper end of the hook mounting block mounted scraping blade the scraping blade fixed to the blade back to the connecting block, and the blade back to the connecting block inserted the hook into the slot on the mounting block, action of the tension spring hook at the end of the hook portion of the hook to the rotary card ink connector positioning hole cutter block, complete fixed; disassembly scraping blade, press down the hook arm is rotated, the end of the hook portion of the hook out of the positioning holes and scraping blade connection block, and the scraping blade is connected pulled out from the insertion groove block, complete disassembly, snap-back so that the handling device to achieve a blade scraping blade quick handling.


Sprouty (SPRY) proteins are regulators of receptor tyrosine kinase signaling and play important role in cell migration, proliferation and during development. However, the role of endogenous SPRY proteins in regulating signaling events at the cellular level is not yet completely understood. Here, we have examined the role of endogenous human SPRY2 (hSPRY2) in the regulation of cellular apoptosis. Silencing of hSPRY2 using small inhibitory RNA (siRNA) in adrenal cortex adenocarcinoma (SW13) cells decreased the amount of EGF receptor and down regulated the activation of AKT and ERK1/2 by both EGF and serum. These changes were accompanied by complete abrogation of the anti‐apoptotic actions of serum. Silencing of hSPRY2 also decreased EGF and serum‐ induced phosphorylation of pro‐apoptotic protein BAD on S112, the RSK1 phosphorylation site and inhibited the activation of p90RSK1 (the immediate downstream substrate of ERK1/2). Moreover, inhibiting both the ERK1/2 and AKT pathways abolished the ability of serum to protect against apoptosis and mimicked the effects of silencing hSPRY2. The reintroduction of hSPRY2 into SW13 cells in which endogenous hSPRY2 had been silenced reestablished the anti‐apoptotic actions of serum. Thus, we conclude that by positively regulating AKT and ERK1/2 pathways, endogenous hSPRY2 is necessary for the anti‐apoptotic actions of serum.


Techniques for efficiently encoding an input signal is described. In one design, a general purpose encoder for encoding based on the input signal (e.g., an audio signal) at least one detector and a plurality of encoders. At least one detector, the signal activity detector, noise-like signal detector, sparseness detector may comprise some other detector, or a combination thereof. A plurality of encoder silence coder, noise-like signal encoder, the time-domain coder, the transform domain coder may comprise some other encoder, or a combination thereof. Characteristics of the input signal may be determined based on at least one detector. The encoder may be selected based on the characteristics of the input signals from the plurality of encoders. Input signal may be encoded based on the selected encoder. Input signals may include a sequence of frames, the detection and encoding may be performed for each frame.


A machine-learning-assisted antenna array design method is proposed with the ability of designing antenna arrays with jointly optimized element positions, excitations and dimensions. In mmWave band, the affections of mutual coupling and platform effects become severe, especially on antenna patterns. While many conventional array synthesis methods fail to cover these affections in the array design process, in this paper, the machine-learning method is introduced to efficiently build surrogate models of active element patterns (AEPs) for elements at arbitrary positions and with different dimensions, therefore facilitate the optimization and design procedure. A 77-GHz linear antenna array is designed based on the proposed method. By manipulating the element dimensions, the sidelobe level of the antenna array is improved.


Breast cancer is the number one neoplastic disease of women, with the HER2‐high carcinomas presenting a considerable challenge for efficient treatment. Therefore, a search for novel agents active against this type of cancer is warranted. We tested two vitamin E (VE) analogs, the esterase‐hydrolyzable α‐tocopheryl succinate (α‐TOS) and the non‐hydrolyzable ether α‐tocopheryloxyacetic acid (α‐TEA) for their effects on HER2‐positive breast carcinomas using a breast tumor mouse model and breast cancer cell lines. Ultrasound imaging documented that α‐TEA suppressed breast carcinomas in the transgenic animals more efficiently than found for its ester counterpart. However, both agents exerted a comparable apoptotic effect on the NeuTL breast cancer cells derived from the FVB/N c‐neu mice as well as in the human MBA‐MD‐453 and MCF7HER2‐18 cells with high level of HER2. The superior anti‐tumor effect of α‐TEA over α‐TOS in vivo can be explained by longer persistence of the former in mice, possibly due to the enhanced plasma and hepatic processing of α‐TOS in comparison to the esterase‐non‐cleavable α‐TEA. Indeed, the stability of α‐TOS in plasma was inferior to that of α‐TEA. We propose that α‐TEA is a promising drug efficient against breast cancer, as documented by its effect on experimental HER2‐positive breast carcinomas that present a considerable problem in cancer management.


dictatorship substitutes for the Holocaust image—piles of corpses—of the unseen disappeared: invisible corpses, hidden in mass graves, thrown into the river. By bringing up the del Barco debate in Argentina, the author further calls our attention to the name, and thus to the importance of naming victims and being a witness. In one of the last paragraphs of her book, Arfuch concludes that "these are the dilemmas of memory and biographies that we should not, perhaps, attempt to resolve" (115). This volume shows that Arfuch's writing will always evade that "perhaps" to propose a richer, alternative route of return that requires engagement with memory. And as she travels that route of engagement, she always takes the reader along for the journey.


John Stuart Mill spent thirty-five years of his life working at East India House. For many years, and following Mill's own lead, Mill scholars consistently underestimated the importance of Mill's place of employment in shaping his development. This began to change with a growing recognition of the centrality of India to Mill's thought, but even then the focus remained primarily on intellectual influences rather than Mill's immediate work environment. This article attempts to put Mill back into the context of East India House and to explore the myriad ways in which office life and office culture - the art and architecture by which he was surrounded, the literary and botanical interests of his colleagues, and the workplace friendships that he formed - helped to shape Mill's development. The article concludes by arguing that Mill's work experiences and the culture of East india House need to be more fully integrated into the ongoing attempts to form a full understanding of Mill's life and thought.


In December 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) published the first ever report on the estimates of the global burden of foodborne diseases, which included diseases related to chemical exposures in foods such as peanut allergy. In the report, the burden of disease related to peanut allergies was measured for the European, American and West Pacific Regions. The report showed that unlike other food-related chemical exposures, peanut allergies are far more common in the European and American Regions than in the West Pacific Region. In this commentary we tried to inform physicians and public health workers, and to raise awareness about peanut allergies to facilitate future discussions. Although the WHO report on the estimates of the global burden of foodborne diseases indicates a possible geographical difference in global peanut allergy prevalence, further studies need to compare the relative risk of peanut allergies among individuals of different racial backgrounds in one defined population.


It is generally acknowledged that the performance of rulebased machine translation (RMBT) systems can be greatly improved through domain-specific system adaptation. To that end, RBMT users often choose to invest significant resources into the development of ad hoc MT dictionaries. In this paper, we demonstrate that comparable customization effects can be achieved automatically. One effective way to do that is to post-edit the translations produced by a vanilla RBMT system using a specially-trained statistical machine translation (SMT) system. Our experiments indicate that this method is just as effective as manual customization of system dictionaries in reducing the need for manual postediting.


By engineering a mutant mouse strain that preserves the scaffolding function of NLRC4, Dixit et al. show cooperativity between it and another NOD family sensor, NLRP3.


Pulmonary complications of cirrhosis have been recognized for over fifty years but are now stimulating more interest in pediatric and adult hepatology circles. Portopulmonary hypertension (PPHTN) and hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) are rare and distinct complications of portal hypertension in patients with (e.g., cirrhosis) or without liver disease (e.g., cavernous transformation of the portal vein). PPHTN is classified as a subset of pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with portal hypertension(1). Both hepatic and nonhepatic causes of portal hypertension can lead to pulmonary hypertension with a characteristic plexiform arteriopathy of endothelial proliferation, inflammation, and remodeling. HPS is defined as intrapulmonary capillary dilatations resulting in right to left shunting and hypoxemia in the presence of liver disease, portal hypertension, or hepatic outflow obstruction. Intrapulmonary capillaries can be dilated ten times the normal diameter of 8–15 mm resulting in a perfusion-ventilationmismatch, a decreased diffusion capacity for oxygen and carbon monoxide, and subsequent chronic hypoxemia. The dilated vessels in HPS have been described as having focal or diffuse patterns within the lungs. These complications are now sought for more frequently in adults and children during evaluation for liver transplantation because of a significantly increased mortality risk associated with this procedure. The incidence of PPHTN in adults was 0.7% of patients with cirrhosis at autopsy, 2–5% of patients with severe liver disease in clinical series, and 3–9% of patients undergoing liver transplant evaluation. The onset of pulmonary hypertension usually occurs 4–7 years after the diagnosis of portal hypertension, but this is quite variable. The prognosis of PPHTN without intervention is poor with a reported mean survival in adults of 15 months and a 5 year survival of 10% (2). Limited pediatric data confirms similar poor outcomes with four of seven children dying within 2 years of the diagnosis of PPHTN in a recently reported series (3). Hepatopulmonary syndrome occurs in 15–20% of adults with cirrhosis. Subclinical HPS, or intrapulmonary vascular shunting without significant hypoxemia, may occur twice as often. Mean survival without intervention in adults was 11 months and 24 months in separate studies (4,5). Our understanding of the natural history and pathophysiology of PPHTN and HPS in children is limited. There are several theories proposed for each disorder that are primarily based on elevated levels of circulating vasoactive molecules resulting from abnormal hepatic synthesis of active peptides or from abnormal hepatic delivery and metabolism of peptides originating from the intestines because of porto-systemic shunting. Vasoactive substances, such as Endothelin I, can have direct vasoconstricting effects on pulmonary endothelial smooth muscle cells producing pulmonary arterial hypertension. Other theories propose that intestinal peptides reaching the pulmonary circulation via portal collaterals and vascular shear stress associated with the hyperdynamic circulatory state of cirrhosis may trigger the endothelial injury, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling which defines pulmonary arterial hypertension. In HPS, vasoactive molecules, including Endothelin I, are believed to activate nitric oxide (NO) synthase and heme oxygenase via pulmonary endothelial cell receptors and pulmonary macrophages, resulting in locally elevated NO and carbon monoxide and subsequent vasodilation. The resulting hypoxemia is likely due to a combination of alveolar ventilation-perfusion mismatching from shunting of venous blood, inadequate This editorial accompanies an article. Please see Laving A, Khanna A, Rubin L, Ing F, Dohil R, Lavine JE. Successful liver transplantation in a child with severe portopulmonary hypertension treated with epoprostenol. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2005;41:466–468.


A DRA loaded with monopole antenna is proposed in the present work. The metal cap is used to cover the monopole antenna top as well as top of DRA. These designing increase the operative frequency of the antenna. The antenna system resonates at 4.4 GHz. The simulation results of return loss, VSWR, gain and radiation pattern are presented.


A 66-year-old man presented with edema, which had developed over the previous month. The urinary sediment showed fatty casts (Panel A), with typical "Maltese crosses" under polarized light (Panel B), and was otherwise unremarkable, with no sign of nephritis. Laboratory evaluation revealed hypoalbuminemia (2.2 g of albumin per deciliter), hypercholesterolemia (369 mg of cholesterol per deciliter [9.5 mmol per liter]), and a serum creatinine level of 1.0 mg per deciliter (88 μmol per liter); a spot urine sample showed a protein-to-creatinine ratio of 13. A diagnosis of idiopathic membranous nephropathy was made on the basis of a renal biopsy and . . .


Aiming at the problem of Ternary Content Addressable Memory(TCAM) storage efficiency low and updating performance,a Hybrid Range Encoding Scheme(Hybrid-RES) is proposed,which encodes range rules by either horizontal or vertical expansion based on the rule's expansion ratio and frequency.It designs a Gray-based range encoding algorithm to expand range rules in vertical direction,and extra bits are used in bit vector mapping range encoding for rules that need many TCAM entries to represent.Performance analysis and experimental result show that the Hybrid-RES can significantly improve TCAM utilization and obtain better average updating complexity.


FIELD: electricity. SUBSTANCE: system comprises history recording module and abnormality detection module. The history recording module is designed to record changes in current values of the accumulator battery of automatic guided vehicle in regard to each movement along closed trajectory. EFFECT: abnormality detection module is designed to detect availability of non-availability of abnormality in automatic guided vehicle based on history records of current changes for the accumulator battery recorded for each movement along closed trajectory. 6 cl, 8 dwg


Oblique cutting, face milling, and helical planing were used to surface black spruce wood prior to the application of an exterior acrylic water-based coating. Surface characteristics were assessed using an environment scanning electron microscope and coating performance was evaluated through pull-off measurements before and after a 3-year natural weathering exposure. Microscopically, oblique-cut surfaces were smooth with plateau-like areas, had a low level of fibrillation and few open lumens. Face-milled surfaces were characterized by a high level of fibrillation and numerous open lumens that favor coating spreading and penetration. Helical-planed specimens had an intermediate level of fibrillation and number of open lumens. After coating application, oblique-cut and helical-planed surfaces presented similar overall visual quality, whereas face-milled samples had an irregular appearance that degraded their quality. As a result, the latter were subjected to erosion during weathering exposure which further degraded their overall quality as well as pull-off strength. More specifically, face-milled samples had a significant inferior pull-off strength both before and after weathering. Oblique-cut specimens yielded higher initial pull-off strength but were associated with higher adhesion loss. According to the results, helical planing reduces adhesion loss of the coating studied over a 3-year exposure to yield a superior pull-off strength after weathering. Therefore, surfaces having a certain level of fibrillation still firmly attached to the surface and open lumens are desirable to increase mechanical anchorage of coating on black spruce wood surfaces.


The influence of heat treatment parameters on mechanical characteristic of hardness and corrosion of aluminum alloys were studied. The 7xxx series aluminium alloy in rolled state was heat treated in the following conditions: solution treatment at 475±5o C for 60 minutes, quenched in water 40-60oC and artificial aging at 120, 150, 180, 210oC at different time of aging (60, respectively 300, 540, 720 minutes). The research consisted in intercrystalline corrosion and hardness tests in correlation with microstructure analysis of heat treated Al-Zn-Mg-Cu samples alloy, in order to obtain the best corrosion resistance and high mechanical characteristics. We observed that the hardness modifications and the variation of electrode potential are in correlation with structural modification which have place during aging. Thus, when temperature and the duration of aging increases, we achieves the maximum hardness (fine precipitates occurred), and when the hardness decrease, this phenomenon is resulted of appearance of coarse precipitates. The polarization curves show two zones: one which characterize an active process, in which corrosion current intensity increases over a small range of potential and second one , the passivation zone, which are characterized of a small change in current intensity within a high potential. Key-Words: 7xxx aluminum alloys, Artificial ageing, Microstructure analysis, General corrosion


Most research on British tennis has focused on social exclusion at the tennis club, on its middle-class image, and on the 'shamateurism' of the pre-1968 era. This paper will chart the development of the sport at grass-roots level. It will demonstrate that tennis in the workplace and public parks allowed lower income families to play and that significant numbers did so in less formal settings than those overseen by regional Lawn Tennis Associations. It will suggest that a concentration on the wealthy south-east of England has distorted our impression of the sport itself and the 'average' club. Evidence from club histories, official handbooks, company archives and detailed local studies presents a very different picture from that of the suburban 'garden party'.


Homiletics is a subdiscipline of Practical Theology that focuses on the theory and practice of preaching. Current thinking on homiletics presupposes that the sermon is an event-in-time. The question of the effect of this view in the language of the sermon plays an important role in the present debate. In this article the Dutch theologian K.H. Miskotte (1894-1976) throws new light on this issue. Although his hermeneutical observations stem from a much different time, they are of supprisingly contemporary interest on this point. The internal dynamics of language and its effects on its hearers are central.


The article presents the results of research on the strategies of multinational firms in terms of developed, developing and least-developed countries. An overview of related previous studies is pro...


The epidemic characteristics of sugarcane brown stripe were analyzed in combination with field investigation. Then, comprehensive control strategies and measures against sugarcane brown stripe were suggested according to the practical production of sugarcane, combined with the cultivation management.


Rarely can one take serious issue with George Engel, whose position in science is at its apogee. However, such is the case, for this writer at least, with regard to the question, "Is Grief a Disease? A Challenge for Medical Research," modestly enough proposed, in the JanuaryFebruary 1961 issue of Psychosomatic Medicine. Using the "Socratic" dialogue, Engel reasons away the possible objections to his proposition. This writer will presumptuously intrude into what can no longer be a tete-a-tete. The concept of grief as disease has dubious ueuristic appeal; it may constitute a retrogressive step. It converts a complex psychosociocultural phenomenon into a medical or biological one. One can argue as follows: 1. It is old fashioned to create new diseases in our field. There are serious ambiguities and stultifying effects of conceptualizing mental processes in terms of diseases and medical entities. Szasz' s has pointed out the epistemological confusion resulting from thinking of a sociopsychological phenomena in terms of psychiatric and medical nosology. 2. The phenomenon of grief might just as readily be thought of as a cure as a disease. It is indeed common knowledge, as Engel points out, that grief is a restitutive step following loss of an object. And, if anecdotal evidence is to be used, loss of object has often been a liberating event, freeing a person from a noxious and undesired bondage. We must remember that Freud attributed the wolf-man's recovery in part at least to his severe loss: "Since then the patient has felt normal and has behaved unexceptionably, in spite of the war having robbed him of his home, his possessions, and all his family relationships. It may be that his very misery, by gratifying his sense of guilt, contributed to the consolidation of his recoverv." 3. Grief is by no means a purely intrapsychic phenomenon, but also has complex cultural determinants. We can readily contrast the grief of the Mediterranean with that of the Anglo-Saxon. In the latter instance, grief might be thought of not as disease, but as part of the national armor. 4. Object loss, instead of being the invariable calamity that Engel implies, comes highly recommended by no less a philosopher than Socrates. In Plato's republic, when Glaucon asks Socrates how the ideal republic is to be started, the following dialogue ensues:


The growing scholarship on the ethnic press in the United States has greatly contributed to our understanding of their functions within ethnic communities and in the broader society. This study, focusing on a sample of the Armenian ethnic press, demonstrates that in the formative stages of the Armenian immigrant community (1880s-1920s), the Armenian press promoted long-distance nationalism, on the one hand, and 'cultural congruence' between American and Armenian values, identities, and worldviews, on the other hand. Armenians arrived in the United States in increasing numbers beginning in the late nineteenth century, as they fled Ottoman persecutions and massacres, and the community further grew in the aftermath of the genocide during World War I. As Armenians established roots in their new environment, their cultural production during the period under consideration included more than one hundred dailies, weeklies, and monthly journals. These publications fell into three categories: nationalist/long-distance nationalist, religious, and non-political/professional. The Armenian ethnic papers catered to the tastes of nostalgic immigrants and emphasized the urgency of reforms in, or outright liberation from, the Ottoman empire. Thus, this case study demonstrates that the Armenian ethnic press propagated long-distance nationalism as they sought to forge community solidarity and to fortify cultural preservation. At the same time, they also promoted American values, the American Dream, active citizenship, and Americanization in general—a significant point regarding the paradoxical role of the ethnic press in host societies but often neglected in the literature on ethnonationalism and long-distance nationalism. This article also briefly discusses the long-term ramifications of Armenian ethnic cultural development as a diaspora community in the United States.


Operant learning theory is an empirical approach to understanding human behavior within the social environment. This approach analyzes effects of antecedent and consequent environmental stimuli on the acquisition, differentiation, and maintenance of responses. This chapter reviews basic principles of operant learning, advanced topics of rule-governed behavior and self-control, and recent research on functional analysis, matching law, stimulus equivalence, and relational frame theory. The chapter also examines applications of operant learning theory in areas of social work practice such as parent and staff training, social skills training, family safety, and primary prevention, as well as in the treatment of clinical disorders such as phobias, obsessive compulsive disorders, schizophrenia, and aggression.

Keywords:

learning;
skills training;
reinforcement;
environmental design;
prevention;
clinical disorders;
operant;
skinnerian


The BOREAS TE-2 team collected several data sets in support of its efforts to characterize and interpret information on the respiration of the foliage, roots, and wood of boreal vegetation. This data set includes means of tree root respiration measurements on roots having diameters ranging from 0 to 2 mm conducted in the NSA during the growing season of 1994. The data are stored in tabular ASCII files. The data files are available on a CD-ROM (see document number 20010000884), or from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC).


A longitudinal study of child growth and development has been in progress in Finland since 1953. Details of the arrangement of the project were published in an earlier paper (1). The studies now being presented cover the first 10 years of life. Although it is needless in this connection to describe the material again, it is well to examine certain points that have a bearing on its representability. The children's birth years are seen in Table 1. The greater part of the children were born between the years 1955 and 1960, inclusive. The original purpose was to observe the development of at least 100 children up to the end of the growth period, and it appears that this aim can be achieved. At the time of the present analysis


We employ finite-difference time-domain ( FDTD) method and Raman spectroscopy to study the properties of graphene, which is suspended on a gold/SiO2/Si grating structure with different trench depth of SiO2 layer. The absorption enhancement of suspended graphene and plasmonic resonance of metal grating are investigated in the visible range using 2D FDTD method. Moreover, it is found that the intensity of the Raman features depends very sensitively on the trench depth of SiO2 layer. Raman enhancement in our experiments is attributed to the enhanced optical absorption of graphene by near-field coupling based metal plasmonic grating. The enhanced absorption of suspended graphene modulated by localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) offers a potential application for opto-electromechanical devices.


Under global economic integration environment, does automobile industry need to be engaged in indigenous innovation, and how to be engaged in indigenous innovation This paper analyzes these hot and sensitive problems with rich examples.WFIERI (Wuxi Fuel Injection Equipment Research Institute) is a research institution that set up under planned economy condition, how does it become the bellwether in core engine technology field in China, and what's the secret of success This paper has analyzes them with a profound and easy-to-understand approach. This paper also gives an insight about how to develop Chinese automobile and internal-combustion engine industry.


They went in haste, some in wagons, others on horseback, others again on sledges on the bare ground, some others on trucks or carriages that run on a sort of wheels made with the end of a large log sawed off and holes made through the middle and put on axletrees and many more fled away on foot as fast as they could, both men, women and children all obliged to leave the greater part of their substance. . . . Scouting parties on both sides were almost every day at, or in sight of some of our houses, and we often heard them firing upon one another; but the skulking Indians seemed to strike the greatest dread, the more so because we could not converse with them.2


This study examines research on framing processes in the senior rights movement under the veil of social constructionism. It focuses on the emergence of the nursing home reform movement that led to the formation of the National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform (NCCNHR) and the passing of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987. The research uses content analysis to examine data from six major U.S. newspapers to examine media images of the NCCNHR. Findings suggest that a frame transformation process has countered a recent period of abeyance in the nursing home reform movement. The analysis of media images of the NCCNHR contributes to social movement research examining framing processes and abeyance.


Creditworthiness standards aims to identify the possibility of future customer credit and payment of benefits, the researcher has sought to verify the use of these standards in the Commercial Bank of Syria as a tool to avoid future credit risk.

The research problem stems from the fact that the granting of credit without study the creditworthiness of clients leads to face risks of future defaults in credit repayment, Therefore researcher seeks to investigate whether the Commercial Bank of Syria is studying various standards of creditworthiness as a way to reduce the risk of grants of defaults in the future.

The research aims to verify the use of creditworthy standards content in the creditworthiness models in the Commercial Bank of Syria, and in the way it has been introduced to the concept of creditworthiness and justifications for its study, and display the most important models, and a comparison between models.

the research has been relying on the historical approaches and the descriptive and analytical in the presentation of the creditworthiness of models, as well as inductive approach in order to access to the most comprehensive creditworthiness of variables to be recommended to follow in the exhibition take credit decision making model.

The researcher reached a set of results most important is that there are five standards that are personal, capital, ability to repay, conditions, and guarantees, should be included in any model creditworthiness, and the Commercial Bank of Syria is studying factors, reputation query banking, Purpose, experience and management, and field visit, these standards are contained in the PRISM model, in addition to the big focus at the Commercial Bank of Syria to provide safeguards as a basic term of the credit granting.


The present invention relates to a recording medium for utility payment method and system using a messenger and this, utility payment processing system using a messenger according to the invention, means for receiving a predetermined utility payment processing request information from the client messenger executing terminal and using an account associated with the IM client account comprises means for processing bills to pay corresponding to the utility bill payment processing request information. Messenger, utility bills, payment, processing


Introduction The perfection of the competencies as integrative pedagogical category in the education of the dance teachers is an innovative approach to the common social-cultural space. As perceived by the authors of the article, the competencies of the dance teachers in their objective contents' structure arise from their individual experience and the opportunities of gaining the experience by life action. Aim of the Study To establish the dance teachers' competences and to construct a model for the further education of the dance teachers on the basis of the theoretical and empirical research. Materials and Methods Theoretical methods (the analysis and modelling of the professional competencies of the dance teachers) and the empirical (survey analyses and processing) research methods have been implemented in the research. Results Theoretically based dance teacher competency development model for the further education is worked out. Conclusions The dance teacher professional competencies' subject content structure is constructed by two componentsthe subjective and the objective correlation, which is based on the basic principles of the further education (self-experience, other experience, the world experience) and is implemented by the continuous life-long education.


Among the most frequent tasks occurring in railway bridge construction, there is the replacement of old structures of length up to 25 m. To reduce the own weight, old bridges are usually erected without a ballast bed. On the contrary, today railway bridges are provided with a ballast bed with a standard depth of 55 cm. As in most cases neither the top of rail can be raised nor the bottom line of the structure can be lowered, the depth of the construction itself must be kept as low as possible. An appropriate (though special‐purpose and expensive) solution is given by a trough bridge with 120 mm‐deep heavy a steel plate as road deck. This plate is connected by fillet and single‐level broad welds to the web plates. The present article deals with the fatigue verification of these welded details based on a modified formulation of notch stresses.


A general introduction of the research work of Professor Dai Guo-hong is given in this paper,which mainly focuses on the field of computer aided process planning,integration of CAD/CAPP/CAM,digital assembly technology and numerical control technology.


Japan has a rapidly aging society. Concurrently, the number of patients suffering speech disorders is increasing every year, and the incidence rate is higher as age increases. Those suffering from speech disorders face communication problems in daily conversation. They are often able to communicate with speech substitutes, but these typically do not provide a sufficient sound frequency range to be understood in conversation. Therefore, we proposed a speech support system using body-conducted speech recognition. This system retrieves speech from body-conducted speech via a transfer function, using recognition to select a sub-word sequence and its duration. In this study, we demonstrate the effectiveness of producing clear body-conducted speech using a linear predictive coefficient instead of a transfer function. Then, instead of dividing body-conducted speech into syllables in a heuristic manner as in past studies, we used continuous sub-word recognition automatically. The improvement of the generated speech was confirmed in a jury test and articulatory feature analysis.


Since the turn of the twenty-first century, an anxious presentism has taken hold of our social and political reality. This condition rejects the lessons of the past, fears the future, and amplifies crises in the present moment, suspending whole societies in uncertainty. These extraordinary times demand innovation of heritage critique, which lacks a core framework for understanding how heritage interacts with the uncertainty of transition. This paper offers an innovative approach to the problem, arguing for transferring the paradigm of contemporary liminality from political anthropology into heritage studies. Contemporary political anthropologists have adapted liminality's ritual structure to large-scale phenomena like war, revolution, and extreme transition to understand these experiences at the level of the communities living through them. With an epistemology free from the constraints of secular rationalism, contemporary liminality provides a framework for understanding heritage amid transition that sheds new light on core investigations into the politics of memory and identity. It also leads to the concept of a liminal heritage, heritage that takes on characteristics of its liminal context such as ambivalence, ambiguity, imitation, danger, deception, violence, and creativity.


Periodical indexes are those quantitative indexes that can be used to measure and evaluate the strength of publications.It affects not only the journal academic status,but also the survival of the journal.According to 2010 statistics,there are 41 journals of library and lnformation science,including 19 core journals.This paper focuses on statistical analysis of 19 core journals main measurement index,with a view to make further understanding for peers,and to make us definite for our publication development direction and goal.


Since 2000, a diverse range of methods employing vibrational spectroscopy have been developed to study microalgae, mainly focused on probing the effects of environmental change on these ecologically important organisms. These include: FTIR microspectroscopy and Attenuated Total Reflectance (ATR) FTIR spectroscopy of ex vivo samples; synchrotron FTIR microspectroscopy of in vivo samples; Raman microspectroscopy of living algal cells; and in vivo Raman spectroscopy of algal samples using acoustic levitation. It has been demonstrated that ex vivo FTIR spectroscopic analysis can track macromolecular changes in microalgae as accurately as conventional methods, whilst requiring much less biological material for the analyses. This work has been extended, through the use of synchrotron sources of IR light, to the measurement of changes in macromolecular composition in living algal cells at the intracellular level. It has also been shown that Raman spectroscopy can detect changes in pigments such as chlorophyll a and β-carotene in living microalgal cells, caused by changing light and nutrient conditions, thus providing complementary information on the same processes probed by FTIR spectroscopy. Given the portability of Raman systems using acoustic levitation of samples, it may be possible, in the near fiture, to extend the laboratory studies to the determination of nutrient status of living algal cells in the field.


This paper deals with the present situation and major problems in Luoyang land market. Some countermeasures to further complete the construction of this market are put forward.


Background and Aim: Tinnitus is a distressing symptom for which few treatments exist. Low frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stim ulation (rTMS) of the temporal cortex has been proposed as a treatment for chronic tinnitus. This study determined relationship between psy choacoustic parameters such as loudness and frequency of tinnitus and outcome with rTMS treatment. Methods: Twenty six patients (22 male, 4 fem ale) with chronic tinnitus received low frequ ency (1 Hz) rTMS at intensity 110% motor thre shold and 1200 stimuli on three subsequent days to the left auditory cortex. The treatment out come was assessed with loudness balance test and Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI). Results: There was a significant differ ence bet ween loudness of tinnitus and THI scores before and after rTMS. There was no correlation bet ween psychoacoustic parameters loudness and frequency of tinnitus and rTMS treatment out come. Conclusion: Our data suggest that repetitive transcranial m agnetic stimulation, regardless of loudness and frequency of tinnitus, can be used as a therapeutical tool for the treatment of tinni tus.


A less recognized benefit of school meal programs is their potential to alleviate time constraints among families with working mothers. This paper examines how maternal labor supply decisions influence children's participation in these programs. Instrumental variables estimates suggest that children whose mothers work are more likely to participate in school lunch, but less likely to participate in school breakfast. Moreover, these families are more likely to eat breakfast together, which suggests that working mothers may view breakfast as an opportunity to spend time with their children. These results are qualitatively similar across full-and part-time work status and various socio-economic groups. JEL: J22