The study focuses on the assessment of the potentialities of remote sensing data to study urban micro-climate and air quality. In urban areas, air quality is quite dependent on the air flow drag which is influenced by the aerodynamic roughness parameters of the ground. These parameters are linked to the urban structural features and their topologies. They characterize the evolution of the vertical wind profile with the altitude. Most of all SAR ERS-1 and ERS-2 images with a time variability are very useful for morphological urban structures extraction. To extract structural features spectral signatures of different terrain features are used to separate surface units for eastern part of Bucharest region and to classify them into general categories. Remote sensing data could be used for the mapping of the air quality parameters, the dust particulates concentration and the apparent temperature being highly correlated for Landsat TM6 data (thermal infrared band data). Spatial distribution of the dust particulates can be mapped for Bucharest metropolitan area based on LANDSAT TM and SPOT data.


Abstract Oligodendrogliomas are a rare diffuse astrocytic tumor, usually present in young adults, which depending on the pathogenic alterations can lead to major disabilities or even death. We present a case of a male patient in the fifth decade of life, who initially presented with an oligodendroglioma, and approximately one year after the first therapeutic intervention the condition recurred in the form of an anaplastic oligodendroglioma. We made a complete histopathological and immunohistochemical panel in order to have a final diagnosis with the greatest accuracy, thus making a comparison with the literature in order to assess the diagnosis and subsequent therapeutic conduct.


INTRODUCTION
The tissue that occupy the spaces among the insect organs, is generally named fat body and is compose by cells of mesodermal origin, sometimes containing, also, ectodermic cells. The mesodermal cells are the trophocytes and its derivates, and the ectodermal, the oenocytes. The proportion of the two cells in this tissue varies according to the phase of the life of the insect. During most of the life of the insect the cells of mesodermal origin, the trophocytes, are predominant and the oenocytes frequently are met disperse among them. In many cases the trophocytes acquire specialized functions and receive specific designations as: urocytes, chromatocytes or mycetocytes. The designation adipocyte is sometimes found in the literature for the main fat body cell. This name is improper since this cell is not a simple deposit of fat
but have a much more complex metabolism and storage also proteins and sugars. The term trophocyte, indicative of nutrients storage cell is also restrictive in relation to their effective functions, because beyond the storage function it has others variable functions along the life of the insects, secreting substances for exportation, besides detoxification and excretory functions (KILBY, 1963; ISAC; BOWENS, 1982). The denomination adopted in this work is trophocyte, however, it should be pointed out that other cells receive from some authors the same denomination, as the nurse cells present in the insect meroistic ovaries.


Five species of lung nematodes of sheep and goats were found in the Levant countries, namely: Dictyocaulus filaria, Cystocaulus ocreatus, Muellerius capillaris, Protostrongylus rufescens and Neostrongylus linearis. Cystocaulus ocreatus is the commonest, while Neostrongylus linearis is very rare. Descriptions of the morphology of the adults and of all the developmental stages of all these species, except the last, are presented. The presence of a small but well-developed bursa of a protostrongylid type in Muellerius capillaris has been established. The life histories of Cystocaulus ocreatus, Muellerius capillaris and Protostrongylus rufescens have been studied and the susceptibility of various snail hosts has been determined. Experimental infections with larvae of Cystocaulus ocreatus and Muellerius capillaris have been induced in eleven species of terrestrial snails and slugs (belonging to seven genera). Only three of these eleven species proved susceptible to infection with larvae of Protostrongylus rufescens. Experimental infections of definitive hosts with these three species have been obtained. Lowering the temperature retards larval development in the snail. The larval development of P. rufescens is especially retarded and its larvae do not develop at all at temperatures lower than 4–8° C. Natural infection of Helicella barbesiana with the larvae of Cystocaulus ocreatus, Muellerius capillaris and Protostrongylus rufescens has been found in the vicinity of Jerusalem.


The effects of the impermeable seed coat characteristic in soybeans ((L.) Merr.) on the seed's sponse to field environment, artificial drying, and storage potential were evaluated. Comparisons were made be. tween seed of 'Dare' and those of an experimental hardseeded line, D67-5677-1 which is similar to Dare in growth type and maturity. Hardseededness was beneficial in maintaining the viability of seed remaining in the field for up to 9 weeks after seed moisture initially declined to 20%. Resistance to moisture reabsorption by seed on unharvested plants of the hardseeded line was clearly superior to that of Dare, indicating a possible solution to seed viability problems encountered in areas where mature seed are exposed to extended periods of warm, humid weather. Drying hand harvested seed had no effect on viability but increased the number of hard seed. Seed from the hardseeded line displayed a substantially greater storage potential than those of the normal, Dare.


THEORIES OF URIC-ACID SYNTHESIS. Although most physiologists have adopted the theory of the formation of uric acid by an oxidative transformation of purins arising in intermediary metabolism, there is another possible mode of origin which can not be dismissed without due consideration. I refer to the direct synthesis of uric acid. That nucleic acid can be synthesized and the construction of the purin nucleus become possible in mammals is beyond question in the case of developing and growing animals living on a practically purin-free dietary. 20 That uric acid itself is formed by synthetic processes in birds is also verified beyond doubt. In mammals the end product of nitrogenous exchange is quite different, however. When the synthesis of uric acid had been accomplished in the laboratory repeated attempts were made to induce an analogous formation in animals. Horbaczewski's artificial synthesis from ureaand glycocollcould not be imitated by feeding


The article discusses words of praying in Shiite perspective found in Sahifah Sajjadiyah. The book serves as one of great references for Muslim's religious spirituality. Besides, the Imam as a figure inspires us for his wisdom overcoming everyday problem.Among Shiite community, the author's capacity is undoubtedly recognized for he is one of the Imams and the grand grandson of the Prophet PBUH.  The book comprises of variety of praying supported a good life either in this world or in the hereafter. The pray itself implements both in daily activities in a particular time and material and natural context. In contemporary context, Sahifah Sajjadiyah becomes one of models for people's piety in that it provides individual with rich spiritual aspects and leads a harmonize type of relationship among human beings, God and nature.


Molecular identifications based on two mitochondrial markers (cytochrome c oxidase subunit I -COI- and 16S ribosomal RNA gene -16S-) have been implemented to confirm the morphological identification of eight specimens collected in the Central western Mediterranean. Molecular data show they belonged to a recently resurrected species of the genus Ommastrephes, i.e., O. caroli, known to be distributed in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Despite this, molecular analyses of COI sequences evidenced the presence of potential genetic differentiation between Mediterranean and Atlantic samples, highlighting the need for further studies, with more individuals to investigate the connectivity between individuals living in the two areas. Furthermore, morphological, biometric and reproductive features here reported, could be useful in evaluating possible distinctive biological features between the Mediterranean and Atlantic individuals. Female mature size was larger than the male. The relationships obtained between the beak measurements and body sizes (DML; TW) were better described by a power model. Asynchronous oocytes development with relatively small oocytes (0.05–1.10 mm) and a protracted intermittent spawning with active feeding were observed. This study also reported for the specie O. caroli the first data on the potential fecundity estimated (840061 oocytes), the oviducal load (90000 ripe oocytes) as well as the number of seminal receptacles and the size and morphology of the spermatangia found in the buccal mass of all mated females. Even if on a low sample size, beaks and eye lenses were used for the first time in O. caroli for age estimation. The statistically significant relationship found between increments counted in eye lenses and beaks highlighted the reliability of the lenses to estimate age in O. caroli, even if further studies will be needed for its validation. Assuming a daily increment for both structures, a mean life span of about 12–13 months was estimated for both sexes, which is consistent with the sexual maturity condition observed in all the samples and the semelparity known for cephalopods coleoids.


Several researchers have advocated dynamic pricing mechanisms like the smart market. This paper explores how dynamic state-dependent pricing and explicit congestion control can both be used to avoid and alleviate congestion. We show that dynamic pricing has significant advantages for heterogeneous traffic, although it reduces the raw throughput somewhat. When the propagation delay is non-trivial, a slow-reacting version of dynamic pricing is preferable. This paper also advocates the use of novel stream-oriented best-effort ATM services, with which a stream's arrival process is declared to the network before transmission begins and then policed, although there are no performance guarantees and best-effort streams are never blocked. With this approach, applications have incentive to decrease traffic burstiness, and to reveal important information about their packet streams, making mechanisms like slow-reacting dynamic pricing more practical.


Abstract : This report includes a brief discription of a large number of research activities into reenlistment, quality of life, superior/subordinate relationships and motivation. Included are three new superior/subordinate role models, a new model for integrating motivation, description of a number of newly devised psychological instruments, and a list of technical reports generated by these projects.


In this paper, we define irregular bipolar fuzzy graphs and its various classifications. Size of regular bipolar fuzzy graphs is derived. The relation between highly and neighbourly irregular bipolar fuzzy graphs are established. Some basic theorems related to the stated graphs have also been presented.


This paper addresses the question of territorial competitiveness - at national and regional level - from the perspective of the most important research undertaken in the international arena in order to build-up competitiveness indicators able to reveal the complexity and dynamics of this phenomenon in the contemporary society. A special emphasis is put on studies developed by prestigious organisations and research centres such as World Economic Forum, International Institute for Management Development, Cambridge Econometrics, ECORYS-NEI and so on.


ABSTRACT The first 10-kV regional compensation dynamic voltage restorer (DVR) has been installed in a 110-kV substation in Shenzhen power grid, to protect plenty of sensitive loads in a wide area simultaneously from the disturbances caused by voltage sags. The location selection and performance indicators of the DVR are determined based on the voltage sag statistic results in recent years of Shenzhen power grid. The implementation schemes of main circuit elements, such as the energy storage unit, inverter and LC filter are presented. To further improve the DVR's cost-effectiveness, a novel virtual impedance control strategy is proposed to provide the DVR with a function of a Fault Current Limiter (FCL) or a Series Compensator (SC) besides the function of voltage sag compensation. Simulation and field experimental results are provided to show the correctness and effectiveness of the main circuit design and control system development of the 10-kV DVR.


Since Pietrowsky's first analytical study of collisional systems of asteroids (1953), through Dohnanyi's comprehensive theory (1969), to the analytical and numerical studies of the last two decades, the collisional evolution of populations of asteroids — and to a less extent, of Trojans and TNOs— has been investigated by many researchers. The study of such systems is an intrinsically delicate mathematical problem, as their evolution in time is properly described in terms of systems of first–order, non–linear differential equations. Physically, the limited knowledge of some of the collisional properties, rotations and internal structure of bodies, and the complex interplay with dust, non–gravitational effects and dynamical interactions with planets, make the study of the collisional evolution a hard multi–parametric problem. Nevertheless, the task is worth the effort, in fact the understanding of evolutionary processes in the solar system's small body belts provides the main tools to discriminate between the many different theoretical scenarios proposed to explain the formation of the solar system itself. This review tries to give an updated overall view of the research done in this field, and to show the connections between apparently independent phenomena that may affect the evolution of collisional systems of asteroids and TNOs.


The question of students' information literacy rarely has a simple answer and is determined by numerous factors. This is further complicated by faculty perceptions of students' information literacy skills. Many assessment methods, both qualitative and quantitative, have been developed to help librarians determine whether students are information literate, but communicating these results to faculty can be challenging. Additionally, trying to use these results to enhance the curriculum can be daunting for a faculty member.


Blood products are frequently exposed to room temperature or higher for longer periods than permitted by policy. We aimed to investigate if this resulted in a measurable effect on common quality parameters and viscoelastic hemostatic function of cold stored CPDA‐1 whole blood.


We prove that a minor-closed class of graphs has bounded layered pathwidth if and only if some apex-forest is not in the class. This generalises a theorem of Robertson and Seymour, which says that a minor-closed class of graphs has bounded pathwidth if and only if some forest is not in the class.


The functionality of spatial process analysis is the foundation of GIS's comprehensive application . To realize such a goal. it is desirable that not only the data model of GIS can represent the datasets needed by spatial process models, but also GIS is able to do multitemporal spatial analysis. But most of current GISs are static in essence, they cannot represent temporal information and temporal topology, and have not rich functionality of multitemporal analysis. Based on this point of view, a GIS spatial processes modeling system(GSPMS) is proposed , which extends current GIS, supports the whole life cycle of an GIS spatial process modeling and supports integration of models, GIS and other computer systems. This paper first describes the conception of spatial process and spatial process modeling. And then the conception framework for GIS spatial processes modeling system is investigated and a graph representative method for the framework architecture is introduced. At last the functions of GSPMS and its supporting technologies are discussed.


Big field fluidity,complex working conditions and uncertain factors affecting safe construction bring dangers to geological prospecting activities.By the analysis methods of preliminary risk factors and working conditions risk analysis in safety system engineering,the paper discusses the variety of risks of geological drilling exploration activities at present and proposed universal feasible safety countermeasures.


The present invention is an optical sheet comprising a fly's eye lens, is combined with all of the light converging performance, light diffusion performance and bulgasiseong on the light source provides an optical sheet which can be stably manufactured with a can exhibit an excellent optical function. The optical sheet 40 has a main body portion 45 of the sheet-like, is arranged on the surface 46 of the main body side, ply and a plurality of basic units-like elements 50 that make up the eye lens, the body portion arranged on the one surface, and a second plurality of unit-like elements extending parallel with the bearing surface on the body portion in one direction (55). A first unit shaped elements, it is arranged with a gap on one side of the body portion. The second unit shape elements, is arranged between the surface of the body portion one of the first unit-like elements.


The study we are conducting relates to the Exclusive Economic Zone fishing activities for small pelagic fish (EEZ) Ivorian. This zone is prone to strong in particular the Sardinella aurita whose localization is sometimes difficult because of their strong migration. The methodology used is based on combined analysis of remote sensing data variables ocean biophysics and Sardinella aurita fishing data. The implementation of all these data in a GIS from multi-criteria analysis by linking variables oceanic and fishing data has made it possible to show that the most influential oceanic biophysical parameters in determining the availability zones of Sardinella aurita are temperature (SST), salinity (SSM) and Chlorophyll-a. In addition, the great cold season is the period of the year most predisposed to a better availability of Sardinella aurita in the Ivorian EEZ.


Although it is clear in Schelling's Freiheitsschrift that he takes an agent's atemporal choice between good and evil to be central to understanding human freedom, there is no consensus in the literature and no adequate account of how to understand this choice. Further, the literature fails to render intelligible how existential freedom is possible in the light of this atemporal choice. I demonstrate that, despite their differences, the dominant accounts in the literature are all guilty of these failings and argue that this is due to their misunderstanding of Schelling's conception of the relationship between essence and form. After outlining what I take Schelling's account of this relationship to be, I return to the Freiheitsschrift to demonstrate that with this account in mind we can make intelligible Schelling's claims about the agent's atemporal act, and the possibility of existential freedom on his account.


Syphacia muris worm burdens were evaluated in the rat Rattus norvegicus of the strains Wistar (outbred), Low/M and AM/2/Torr (inbred), maintained conventionally in institutional animal houses in Brazil. Morphometrics and illustration data for S. muris recovered from Brazilian laboratory rats are provided for the first time since its proposition in 1935.


In practical application,output power of the modules will decrease gradually.Many experiments were made,i.e.damp-heat test,thermal cycling test,environmental test and safety test, EL images,infrared thermal images,electrical performance test,and etc to see the impact of hidden crack to the modules.A designed comparison experiment was made.The result shows that output loss caused at breaking of the fitting module made based on statistics data is very much close to the output loss of modules in practical life.Therefore,we can see the impact of hidden crack to the output of the modules and provide a theoretical base for improving module technology.


The species composition and dynamics of fish larvae in three mangrove creeks located in the Caete Estuary (north Brazil) were studied monthly using a trap net during diurnal ebb tides. A total of 109 954 larvae, representing 25 families and 54 species, were collected from October 1996 to October 1997. The community was dominated numerically by a few species, a feature common for other estuarine fish populations. The most abundant taxa were estuarine species, namely the eleotrid Guavina guavina (46.7%) and the engraulid Anchovia clupeoides (14.9%). The sciaenid Cynoscion acoupa was the only marine species that used the mangroves extensively as a nursery site, occurring mainly at the postflexion stage. The size distribution of G. guavina did not produce shifting modes, indicating continuous transport out of the mangroves by tidal currents. Significantly lower species richness was observed in the late rainy season, primarily due to the emigration of marine species. Intermediate seasons were characterized by more complex larval fish assemblages. The temporal trends of the dominant species was influenced to a great degree by their life history strategy.


Pathogenic bacteria are a major public cause of foodborne and waterborne infections and are currently among the most serious public health threats. Conventional diagnostic techniques for bacteria, including plate culturing, the polymerase chain reaction, and the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, have many limitations, such as time consumption, high rates of false results, and complex instrument requirements. Aptamer-based electrochemical biosensors for bacteria address several of these issues and are promising for bacterial detection. This review discusses the current advances in electrochemical aptasensors for pathogenic bacteria with regard to the sensing performance with various specific aptamers for different types of bacteria. The advantages and disadvantages of these electrochemical aptasensors were investigated with the aim of promoting the development and commercialization of electrochemical aptasensors for the point-of-care detection of bacteria.


In this article, we report on electrostatically self-assembled thin films prepared by the alternative immersion of quartz-coated and indium tin oxide coated glass substrates in aqueous solutions of a copolymer of poly(4-styrenesulfonic acid-co-maleic acid) (PSSMA) and a hemicyanine of (E)−1,1′-(propane-1,3-diyl)bis{4-[4-(dimethylamino)styryl]pyridinium} bromide (H3Br2). The films were studied by means of ultraviolet–visible absorption and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopies, scanning electron microscopy, and photoelectrochemical measurements. When irradiated with white light, the PSSMA/H3 monolayer film gave a stable cathodic photocurrent. The effects of the applied bias voltages, layer numbers of the (PSSMA/H3)n films (where n stands for the number of bilayer films on both sides of the substrates), light intensities, pH value, and electron acceptor on the photocurrent generation of the (PSSMA/H3)n film were examined. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2014, 131, 39871.


The increasing need for carbon free energy has focused renewed attention on solar energy conversion. Although photovoltaic cells excel at directly converting of solar energy to electricity, they do not directly produce stored energy or fuels that account for more than 75% of current energy use. Direct photoelectrolysis of water has the advantage of converting solar energy directly to hydrogen, an ideal non-carbon and nonpolluting energy carrier, by replacing both a photovoltaic array and an electrolysis unit with one potentially inexpensive device. Unfortunately no materials are currently known to efficiently photoelectrolyze water that are, efficient, inexpensive and stable under illumination in electrolytes for many years. Nanostructured semiconducting metal oxides could potentially fulfill these requirements, making them the most promising materials for solar water photoelectrolysis, however no oxide semiconductor has yet been discovered with all the required properties. We have developed a simple, high-throughput combinatorial approach to prepare and screen many multi component metal oxides for water photoelectrolysis activity. The approach uses ink jet printing of overlapping patterns of soluble metal oxide precursors onto conductive glass substrates. Subsequent pyrolysis produces metal oxide phases that are screened for photoelectrolysis activity by measuring photocurrents produced by scanning a laser over the printed patternsmore » in aqueous electrolytes. Several promising and unexpected compositions have been identified.« less


The right hepatic artery is an important arterial supply to right lobe of the liver. And the knowledge of the normal anatomy and anatomical variations of the right hepatic artery is essential to perfume, and will minimize morbidity, and also help to decrease the number of complications of hepatobiliary surgery. This study was conducted on eleven human cadavers, which were ob-tained from the routine autopsies at the dissection room of the Anatomy Department. During dissection of the eleven cadaveric livers, we found a case with an exceptional anatomic variation; a replaced right hepatic artery (RRHA) coming off the superior mesenteric artery (SMA), directly to the hepatic right lobe passing through the Calot's triangle, crossing behind the common hepatic duct (CHD). Our objective is to draw much attention to this particularly anatomic variation of the origin of the RRHA as well as its clinical importance in order to ensure that no damage will be made during ga-strointestinal and hepatobiliary surgery.


White oyster mushroom cultivation has been widely recognized by the people in Ciamis Regency on a small or large scale. However, this farming phenomenon experienced many ups and downs. Though the need for mushroom consumption by the market is still quite high. This study aims to determine the extent to which the productivity differences of white oyster mushroom farming are cultivated by farmers in three different business segments and how is the business feasibility. The method used in this study is a survey method. Data were collected through interviews with purposive sampling to mushroom farmers. To find out the productivity and feasibility of farming, a cost, and income analysis approach and R/C. Then a different test is conducted to determine the differences in income between business segments. The results showed that the farming of white oyster mushrooms in the three business segments can generate different incomes. The business segment from baglog to harvest has the highest productivity (R/C 1,16). However, the highest income is generated by white oyster mushroom farming in the baglog manufacturing segment. Financially the three segments of white oyster mushroom farming are feasible because they can generate positive income and R/C>1


In this paper, we propose a fast image up-sample algorithm using the priors of the spatial-frequency (SF) changes between high-resolution (HR) images and their low-resolution (LR) counterparts. A novel feature, the relative edge growth rate (REGR), is proposed to represent the SF of an image. The SF priors are thus described by REGR and learned from real-world images. With the priors, a visual pleased HR image can be quickly estimated from the interpolated image of a LR image by recovering its SF. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm significantly improves the visual quality of the estimated HR images.


A system for communicating and managing welding information, comprising: at least one welding device (10) and a remote access unit (20), wherein a wireless communication channel is established between the at least one welding device and the remote access unit, wherein the welding device (10) comprising: a controller (12) for setting welding parameters and for collecting further information about the welding process; a memory (14) for storing data, namely, the welding parameters and the further information about the welding operation; anda communication module (16) for transmitting and receiving data over the wireless communication channel; wherein the remote access unit (20) comprising: a communication module (22) for receiving data; is characterized in that the memory (14) of the welding device is protected from unauthorized access and the remote access unit (20) further comprises a processing unit (24) for processing the data obtained from the welding device has, at least to keep a record of the welding process. The invention also relates to a method for communicating and managing welding information.


Aiming at the problem caused by the design mistakes,which result in assembly difficulty of the fixed aluminum turnover mechanism,the models of virtual prototype and virtual parts were built with the virtual assembly technology.The motion simulation of virtual prototype was carried out.The interference phenomenon of the virtual prototype in the movement process was surveyed.The virtual assembly of the turnover mechanism was realized.With the virtual technology,the development cycle of the product was shortened,and the cost and the labor intensity were reduced.


Spider monkey optimization (SMO) algorithm, which simulates the food searching behavior of a swarm of spider monkeys, is a new addition to the class of swarm intelligent techniques for solving unconstrained optimization problems. The purpose of this article is to study the performance of SMO after incorporating quadratic approximation (QA) operator in it. The proposed version is named as QA‐based spider monkey optimization (QASMO). An experimental study has been carried out to check the validity and applicability of QASMO. For validation purpose, the performance of QASMO is tested over a benchmark set of 46 scalable and nonscalable problems, and results are compared with the original SMO algorithm. In order to test the applicability of the proposed algorithm in solving real‐life optimization problems, one of the most challenging optimization problems, namely, Lennard–Jones (LJ) problem is considered. LJ clusters containing atoms from three to ten have been taken into consideration, and results are presented. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first attempt to apply SMO and its proposed variant on a real‐life problem. The results demonstrate that incorporation of QA in SMO has positive effects on its performance in terms of reliability, efficiency, and accuracy.


Objective To explore the stroke after drinking incontinence and voiding function training program effectiveness for patients with nursing intervention analysis. Methods After December 2012-December2013 in our hospital,100 cases of stroke in patients with urinary incontinence were randomly divided into control group and observation group,50 cases in each group. Patients in the control group to take the traditional conventional treatment and care,the observation group were taken on the basis of conventional therapy,while the implementation of drinking water schemes and training of nursing intervention urinary function,comparative analysis of two groups of patients in one week after the onset of 2 weeks and 4 weeks respectively,and observed improve the situation of the disease in patients with incontinence. Results The implementation of drinking water schemes and training of nursing intervention urinary function was observed in patients with urinary incontinence treatment group was significantly higher overall efficiency,and the difference was statistically significant( P 0.05). Conclusions Urinary incontinence after stroke for patients with drinking and voiding function training program can have an effective nursing intervention to improve the treatment of urinary incontinence in patients with total efficiency;urinary incontinence after stroke can improve the patient's quality of life and promote the rehabilitation of patients.


A trait database based on habitat, behavioural and morphological characteristics of invertebrates enabled invertebrates known to have differential vulnerability to salmonid predation to be discriminated. Among all of these traits the most important were associated with invertebrate spatial proximity to salmonids (macrohabitat preference), potential conspicuousness and accessibility (e.g. flow exposure, mobility, tendency to drift, trajectory and agility) and handling efficiency (body flexibility and size). Data on benthos assemblages and brown trout salmo trutta diets collected over two consecutive summers in different macrohabitat types (e.g. pools, runs and riffles) of two Pyrenean streams demonstrated that: (i) decrease in torrential flow characteristics of habitats was associated with changes in invertebrate body shape and movement, and a decrease in body flexibility and tendency to drift; (ii) brown trout tended to feed on the most vulnerable invertebrates (e.g. those living in exposed microhabitats and with a high tendency to drift, agility and aggregation), except in faster flowing habitats. The results suggest that the potential vulnerability of benthic invertebrates increased with increases in flow (torrential) characteristics. Also, the database compiled on traits explained differences among brown trout diets, especially in slow flowing areas.


Protecting groundwater from lead contamination is an important public-health concern and a major national environmental issue worldwide. This article addresses myGeoffice Web Internet service for geographers, in general, and geo-statistics researchers, in particular, with the famous water contamination case at Jura lake, Switzerland (a typical rural-urban region). Based on 189 samples of lead (Pb), five key investigation steps for a scientific perspective of any pollution incident are presented: Descriptive analysis (including nearest neighborhood, G(h) and Kernel techniques), spatial autocorrelation (Moran location scatterplot and Moran I) and Ordinary Kriging (OK) interpolation. The uncertainty and cost assessments issues are exceptionally tackled with Indicator Kriging (including the conditional cumulative distribution function, Shannon local entropy, probabilistic intervals and E-type estimation) and Gaussian geo-simulation. The total lead pollution exhibited patterns of high and low levels of concentrations along the all lake, leading to the conclusion that water is unsuitable for human consumption, in general, and unsuitable for any living organism, in particular sub-areas. It is also hoped that future GIS readers will follow this approach for their spatial cases with myGeoffice.


examination. On the basis of our present experiences, MRA, using a two-dimensional TOF technique, appears to be a reliable non-invasivo technique for demonstrating the veins of the pelvis and thigh.


We have investigated the polarization dependence of holographic gratings in chalcogenide Se/sub 75/Ge/sub 25/ and As/sub 40/Ge/sub 10/Se/sub 15/S/sub 35/ thin films. The films have been irradiated using a linearly polarized He-Ne laser at 633 nm. To observe the etching characteristic, the films have been etched with NaOH solution. Film thicknesses were about 1 /spl mu/m and 3 /spl mu/m, and were monitored with a quartz oscillator during deposition and measured with the NKT1200 analyzer. A self-relief grating was formed in As/sub 40/Ge/sub 10/Se/sub 15/S/sub 35/ thin film.


Cloud computing has been envisioned as the next-generation architecture of IT enterprise. In contrast to traditional solu- tions, where the IT services are under proper physical, logical and personnel controls, cloud computing moves the application software and databases to the large data centers, where the management of the data and services may not be fully trustworthy. This unique at- tribute, however, poses many new security challenges which have not been well understood. With the development of cloud computing, Data security becomes more and more important in cloud computing. Understanding this trend, the big and giant web based companies like Google Risk coming with opportunity, the problem of data security in Cloud computing become bottleneck of cloud computing. In this paper, we focus on cloud data storage and access security, which has always been an important aspect of quality of service. This paper focuses on information security of cloud computing and data security requirement of cloud services. With the help of efficient Identity Based Encryption (IBE) can be improved the cloud system security. Cloud privacy is maintained with little savings which are available in terms of energy consumption and required channel bandwidth which are also analyzed in this paper.


Previous analyses use 'focus' to explain a restriction on the formation of A-not-A questions. But 'focus' has at least two distinct senses. Both senses are empirically inadequate in explaining the restriction; and, if used indiscriminately, they would lead to theoretical incoherence. We suggest a simple principle, i.e., no questioned part can be presupposed. Apart from its empirical and theoretical superiority, the principle is independently needed for the same restriction in particle and other choice type questions, not to mention the mutual exclusiveness between questions. Apparent exceptions to the principle arc due to separate syntactic constraints.


The situation with human rights violations in modern Ukraine remains quite acute, as evidenced by various sources at both the international and national levels, official and alternative. In such circumstances, human rights activities are of paramount importance. In the modern human rights field, formal (state) and informal (civil society) structures coexist, and rarely interact. A powerful tool in resolving systemic issues related to human rights is the institution of the ombudsman, represented by the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights and the President's specialized commissioners. The informal level is represented by non-governmental human rights NGOs, of which there are currently more than a hundred in Ukraine. They act as organized, structured, registered, etc. associations that work to promote and protect human rights and freedoms, to establish and maintain effective control over the observance of those freedoms and rights by the state, its bodies and officials. To achieve that, human rights organizations work simultaneously in such areas as the protection of human rights in specific cases (advocacy); dissemination of information on human rights, legal education work; analysis of the state of observance of human rights. As it was before, NGOs have different amounts of resources (background, experience, power, influence), depend on funding from foreign donors and compete with each other. One of the main resources for improving the effectiveness of the human rights field is the cooperation of the ombudsman with non-governmental organizations and the public. An example of cooperation is the model of Ukrainian National Preventive Mechanism (NPM), which has been operating in Ukraine since 2012 to prevent torture, although the format of this interaction has been criticized by experts in the context of the limited role of the public. The non-organizational level is represented by the individual practices of Ukrainians in the protection of human rights, the volume of which is increasing, but the efficiency remains low.


Thalassemia syndromes are a diverse group of inherited genetic disorders. There are different types of thalassemia disorders, such as, β-thalassemia, which is also called Mediterranean anemia, that is an inherited disease that played a major role in the American thriller movie, "Dying of the light" starring Nicolas Cage (Dec. 2014). In this study, we focus on the beta-globin (β-globin) gene family related disorders. We seek potential amelioration strategies for β-thalassemia and sickle cell anemia via γ-globin gene induction. In this work, a simulation model is developed, utilizing a reaction systems methodology. These systems are finite and based on a discrete time scale and can be used to describe and analyze complex biological systems and biological phenomenon. In our model, simulations of normal and abnormal cases of fetal, to adult hemoglobin switching developmental stage are illustrated. Various types of known and potential treatment strategies for β-thalassemia and sickle cell anemia cases from the literature have been utilized to validate our model, used for identifying new potential treatments to be tested by molecular biologists, in the future studies. Moreover, we propose a novel potential simulation, as a therapeutic means, for β-thalassemia and sickle cell anemia, by identifying FOG1 as a potential target. Finally, our proposed model, based on a reaction systems methodology, shows that inhibition of FOG1 expression by using methods, such as, RNAi induces γ-globin gene expression and can compensate for the lack of beta-globin in patients suffering from β-globin gene related diseases, such as, β-thalassemia and sickle cell anemia.


The invention provides a method for synchronously ordering songs by a plurality of song-ordering machines in the same box, comprising the following steps: a host computer is connected with a VGA and a TV, and slave computers are only connected with the VGA; the host computer is connected with a plurality of the slave computers through a switchboard; corresponding IP addresses of the host computerand the slave computers are preset, and the host computer can change a song-ordering status list; after starting the host computer, the status of all the slave computers is obtained from predefined configuration items, and a status list synchronization packet is sent to all the slave computers in a slave computer list to synchronize the status of all the machines; after starting the slave computers, a corresponding registration packet is sent to the host computer; and the host computer feeds back the status list synchronization packet according to the corresponding slave computers to synchronize the status of the slave computers. The method of the invention improves operating accessibility of karaoke, solves the problem that multiple people perform song-ordering operation on a plurality of the song-ordering machines simultaneously in the same box, and ensures consistency of all the status; and a plurality of the song-ordering machines mutually carry out song-ordering and playing control through a special agreement.


The Problem Statement Language (PSL) and the Problem Statement Analyzer (PSA) were first described in 1971. PSL™ was introduced in that paper as the equivalent of a blueprinting language for an information systems "factory," and PSA™ as the software to support its usage. This first version (1) was used mainly by the sponsors of the Information Systems Design and Optimization System (ISDOS) project at the University of Michigan. A more widely introduced version, 2. 1, was described inter.

The goal this article is to describe PSL/PSA, to lend a perspective to the chances that have taken place in the PSL/PSA system over 15 years, to examine its acceptance by the information systems community, to portray a scenario of usage, and to comment on the trends in the industry that not only affect PSL/PSA but also similar productivity tools that are now becoming available in the industry.

PSL/PSA is sometimes dismissed as showing its age, although the counter could be that it has matured with experience; it has improved its user interface and there is a great deal of auxiliary software available to use with it. PSL/PSA has obvious potential as a repository and we look forward to widened interest in its use.

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The utility model relates to an aluminum liquid level control device and a liquid level alarm controller thereof, which comprises a light wave rangefinder arranged on an aluminum liquid chute. A signal cable of the light wave rangefinder is connected with an input terminal of a control circuit. The liquid level control device further comprises a liquid level alarm controller. The liquid level alarm controller comprises a heat-insulating board and pairing liquid level electrodes passing through the heat-insulating board. A lower liquid receiving end of one of the pairing liquid level electrodes is suspended on the chute, of which the height is parallel or lower than the upper rim of the chute. Lead wires of the lead wire end of the pairing liquid level electrodes are connected with signal power through an input end of a relay. An output end of the relay is also connected with an input end of a control circuit. With simple structure and easy implementation, the utility model can automatically eliminate ultrahigh liquid level of aluminum liquid in the chute and avoid aluminum liquid from overflowing and leaking from the chute, thereby preventing malignant accident of production control and large economic loss caused by the malignant accident.


Objective--To investigate whether electrocochleography (ECochG) and glycerol and furosemide tests could predict progression from atypical to definite Ménière's disease (MD). Material and methods--ECochG and glycerol and furosemide tests were performed in 1569 patients with various cochleovestibular diseases, including definite MD, atypical MD, syphilitic labyrinthitis, delayed endolymphatic hydrops, sudden hearing loss, cochleovestibulopathy and sensorineural hearing loss. Patients with atypical MD were divided into five categories based on their symptoms. Results--A total of 115/118 patients (97%) with definite MD who underwent all 3 tests showed a positive result in at least 1 test. Ninety-nine patients who did not satisfy the diagnostic criteria of definite MD but had vertigo and/or hearing loss at the first visit subsequently progressed to definite MD. It was retrospectively found that 92% of patients showed at least 1 positive finding in these 3 tests at the initial stage. In those patients who showed a negative test result in either ECochG or the glycerol test, the possibility of progression to definite MD was low. Conclusion--The combination of ECochG and the glycerol and furosemide tests was helpful in diagnosing endolymphatic hydrops (ELH). ECochG and the glycerol test were effective tools for predicting the progression to definite MD in patients with atypical MD, sudden hearing loss and other cochleovestibular diseases. Our test results also indicated that the pathological state of atypical MD included both non-ELH and ELH.


The "cracks" can be seen in the reconstruction of the ideology of Western masculinity in the Belfry Theatre's 1993 production of The Collected Works of Billy the Kid by Michael Ondaatje and JoAnn McIntyre. The iconic Western male is presented as both ideal and critique. Derksen questions both the actors' presentation of this icon (in certain scenes) and her own position as critic and concludes that both actors and critic are a nexus of multiple, often contradictory gender and sexual ideologies.


Diagnosis and treatment for Parkinson's disease rely on the evaluation of motor functions, which is expensive and time consuming when performing at clinics. It is also difficult for patients to record correct movements at home without the guidance from experienced physicians. To help patients with Parkinson's disease get better evaluation from inhome recorded movement videos, we developed an interactive video acquisition and learning system for clinical motor assessments. The system provides real-time guidance with multi-level body keypoint tracking and analysis to patients, which guarantees correct understanding and performing of clinical tasks. We tested its effectiveness on healthy subjects, and the efficiency and usability on patient groups. Experiments showed that our system enabled high quality video recordings following clinical standards, benefiting both patients and physicians. Our system provides a novel learningbased telemedicine approach for the care of patients with Parkinson's disease.


Abstract : A matrix phase compensator for the AN/SQS-4 Mod 3 sonar, capable of forming any of 48 beams at the 50 kilowatt level, was constructed and tested. High-speed semiconductor switching circuitry was developed for stepping the formed beams at wide variations in rate. Incorporation of the equipment into the AN/SQS-4 should provide improved performance and reduced cost and complexity as compared to current scanning sonars. (Author)


The characteristics, spatial variability and evolution of soil nutrients in artificial forest lands (Caragana korshinskii) with different ages in the loess hilly and gully region are systematically studied through the approach of substituting the temporal serial for the spatial serial. Results show that soil nutrient contents on artificial forest lands are in a low level. Spatial variability of soil available phosphorus(AP) and spatial variability of available potassium(AK) are greater than those of other nutrients in top soils. The environment of factors affects soil nutrients to some extent. Correlation of soil nutrients with elevation, gradient and aspect is negative, while correlation of soil nutrients with position of slope and relief is positive. The soil nutrient contents increase with the increase in landuse year. Significant correlation is found between soil nutrient contents and landuse year. No significant increases in organic matter(OM), total nitrogen(TN), available nitrogen(AN) and available phosphorus(AP) are found with the increase in landuse year. Total phosphorus(TP)keeps a relatively stable content in different landuse years. However, AK increases significantly after the community of many years. From the formula of soil nutrient index(SNI), we can know that OM, TN, AN can reach the middle nutrient level after 35 years, and AK can reach the middle nutrient level after 27 years on artificial forest land in the loess hilly and gully region.


Abstract This paper explores key aspects of a feminist-informed approach to the prevention of body weight and shape preoccupation in schools and extends principles of feminist counseling to prevention programs. A feminist-informed prevention program acknowledges the transformative power of lived knowledge and relies on inquiry and dialogue to derive and give a voice to this knowledge. The program critically examines the many varied contextual factors that affect women's experience of themselves, their bodies, and their eating. Guided by participants, it then targets aspects of the social and political environment for direct intervention. A feminist prevention program respects processes of change and growth that occur within a matrix of relationships and facilitates the opening of relational dialogues among peers and across generations, positions of power, race, and other social barriers. Creating an intervention milieu that does not collude with adverse societal structures, prejudices, or mores is another...


According to Procopius, Roman rule in Lower Nubia ended in 298 AD when Diocletian redeployed the Roman garrisons in the region to Philae. Recent scholarship, however, increasingly maintains that effective Roman audiority in the Dodecaschoenus ended in the third quarter of the third century AD and that Diocletian was only officially recognizing this reality. CIL 3.141483 indicates that Procopius' account is correct.


There are plenty of tumors in the ovary,while sex cord-stromal tumors are rather rare,accounting for approximately 5% in the ovarian tumors.Among sex cord-stromal tumors,granulosa cell tumor(GCT) is most commonly seen,which has a relatively lower malignancy,and most patients with this kind of disease have a better prognosis comparing to those with other ovarian carcinomas.But it has a high rate of distant recurrence,and the 20-year survival rate is lower than 50%.In recent years,more and more diagnostic and therapeutic research has been made,with the increasingly deeper discovery and recognition to this disease.


This study experimentally investigates the effect of a bumpy base on the Brazil-nut phenomenon in a vertically vibrated granular bed. The rise dynamics of an intruder is determined by the particle tracking method. The results indicate that the rise time increases with an increase in the base roughness, and the variation of the rise time with different base factors is more pronounced with smaller vibration acceleration and higher vibration frequency. A theoretical model is employed to measure the penetration length of the intruder and the drag force between the intruder and the immersed beads. The penetration length is reduced and the drag force is enhanced with surface roughness of the base. Additionally, the transport properties of the vibrated glass beads are also measured and discussed. With greater base roughness, the strength of the diffusive and convective motion is reduced leading to a weaker Brazil-nut effect.


There are many problems in the scientific insti tution's seed enterprise,such as no clear right and responsibility,hidebound mechanism,low independent accounting department,low quality of accountant and incomplete internal accounting control system,etc..According to these problems,some countermeasures were promoted to perfect internal accounting control system,which were as follows: deepening reform of property right,establishing perfect modern enterprise system,strengthening the control of the behavior subject(people) of internal control,implementing the work of internal control,constructing rigorous internal control system of seed enterprise that focus on internal accounting control,building up consciousness of risk and establishing effective risk management system,etc..


Office Automation in hospital is inexorable trend of information.Office Information System made up of Office Automation is an important method to promote information administration level and policy-making ability of hospital administrators.Considering the situations of the office automation in hospital,the article recommends the design tactics,system function,system characteristic and utilization effect.


BACKGROUND
Children under the age of 15 years constitute over 40% of the population in developing countries of the world including Nigeria. Deaths in this age group also contribute over 40% of total mortality in the general population; a significant proportion of these deaths is of medicolegal importance.

OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to describe the frequency and pattern of medicolegal deaths during childhood period.

METHODS
The study was a retrospective analysis of all autopsies performed in children less than 15 years of age by the Police Pathologist attached to the Police Medical Unit in Benin City between January 1998 and December 2002. We analysed the deaths by age, sex, and circumstance of death.

RESULTS
Ninety-four medicolegal deaths occurred in children under 15 years of age during the period under review. Eighty (85.1%) were sudden unnatural deaths (SUDs) while 14(14.9%) were sudden unexpected natural deaths (SUNDs). Causes of SUDs were accidents 72 (90%), homicides seven (8.8%) and suicide one (1.2%). The major causes of SUNDs were infections seven (50%) and haemodynamic disorders three (21.5%).

CONCLUSION
Preventable accidental deaths make up most of the medicolegal childhood deaths in our environment. These deaths can be reduced if adequate measures backed up by favourable government policies are put in place.


Effects of tetrodotoxin (TTX) on atrioventricular (A-V) conduction were studied by selective injection into the posterior septal artery of the canine heart in situ with the vagosympathetic trunks and the cardiac nerves cut bilaterally. After section of both cardiac nerves, the A-V conduction time was significantly prolonged. Small doses of TTX selectively blocked excitation of parasympathetic or sympathetic nerve fibers sparing cardiac tissues concerned in A-V conduction. Doses of TTX to cause 50% inhibition of the positive dromotropic effect of stimulation of the left cardiac nerves were approximately 3 nmol, whereas those to produce 50% inhibition of the negative effect of vagal stimulation were approximately 1 nmol. This suggests that the vagus nerve is more susceptible to TTX than the sympathetic nerve. Continuous infusion of TTX at a rate of 0.3 or 1 nmol/min maintained complete nerve block without any effects on A-V conduction, during which the negative dromotropic effect of methacholine, positive effects of l -norepinephrine and tyramine were hardly affected but the biphasic effect of nicotine was completely abolished. Large doses of TTX, 10 to 100 nmol, increased the A-V conduction time in a dose-dependent manner, and with 100 nmol of TTX ventricular fibrillation occurred in four out of nine preparations suddenly after the prolonged A-V conduction time reached a plateau.


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Objective To investigate the changes of serum bone metabolic markers in the elderly with prostate cancer undergoing androgen deprivation therapy.Methods Serum osteoealcin(OC),β-collagen telopeptide fragment(β-CTx),type I procollagen N-propeptide(tPINP),parathyroid hormone(PTH),calcium(Ca) and phosphonium(P) were measured in 40 elder patients with prostate cancer undergoing androgen deprivation therapy(group A) and 40 healthy elder men(group B) before and one year after treatment.Results There were no significant differences in serum bone metabolic markers before treatment between two groups(P0.05).One year later,serum levels of tPINP and β-CTx were higher in group A than those in group B(P0.05).Conclusion Detecting serum levels of β-CTx and tPINP is helpful in evaluating the changes of bone metabolism in the elderly with prostate cancer undergoing androgen deprivation therapy.


Total count of bacteria and total coliforms group were applied as the monitoring index, and the secondary effluent from urban wastewater treatment plant were employed as water samples in this study. The disinfection efficacy by chlorine or chloramines individually or combination of potassium permanganate and chlorine were investigated in wastewater treatment process, and the control effect of trihalomethane formation was surveyed also. The feasibility of practical application on synergistic disinfection of potassium permanganate and chlorine was investigated on both aspects of chemical safety and microbial safety. The results show that chlorine disinfection have no advantage compared with chloramine disinfection for seriously polluted wastewater, especially with higher concentration of organic nitrogen and ammonia nitrogen. The disinfection efficacy of synergistic disinfection of potassium permanganate and chlorine is improved distinctly than that of chlorine disinfection individually, and trihalomethane formation is clearly less too. Therefore, both aspects of chemical safety and microbial safety of treated water can be improved by synergistic disinfection of potassium permanganate and chlorine process.


A number of currently employed mathematical formulations used in modeling onedimensional quiescent consolidation of phosphatic waste clay ponds are reviewed. It is shown theoretically, as well as t...


Herein we reported that polyamidoamine dendrimer (PAMAM) modified single walled carbon nanotubes (PSWCNTs) were successfully used for high efficient delivery and intracellular imaging of survivin siRNA vector. No.4 generation of PAMAM dendrimers were used to modify single walled carbon nanotubes, and characterized by high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM), and atom force microscopy (AFM), survivin shRNA vectors were constructed and identified, and then dendrimer-modified SWCNTs were mixed with survivin shRNA vectors, resultant dendrimer-SWCNTs-survivin shRNA vector mixtures co-cultured with human gastric cancer MGC803 cells, then the expression of survivin shRNA vectors in MGC803 cells was observed by fluorescent microscopy, cell viability was analyzed by MTT method. Results showed that survivin shRNA vector was successfully expressed in MGC803 cells, and MGC 803 cell growth was markedly inhibited. In conclusion, dendrimer (PAMAM) modified single walled carbon nanotubes can be used for high efficient delivery and intracellular imaging of siRNA, and own great potential in applications such as gene or drug delivery and tumor targeted imaging and simultaneous therapy in near future.


The high pressure boiler tube steel P12 produced by EAF→LF→VD→MC process route is deoxidized by two different deoxidizers Si-Ca and Si-Al-Ba and sample is taken out of the tube steel in each and every process step and then law of variation of the total oxygen content,quantity and sizes of inclusions in steel in each process step,compositions of the inclusions in the forged products and content and average size of various Al inclusions are studied.Results show that w(T.O) can be controlled in less than 20×10-6 using two different deoxidizers after VD treatment and the inclusions in steel in each process step by deoxidizer Si-Al-Ba is less than by Si-Ca.However the molten steel deoxidized by Si-Al-Ba is more severely reoxidized although in the process of casting reoxidization apparently occurs in the molten steel deoxidized by both deoxidizers.


The development of the invertebrate fauna in a man-made, permanent stream which replaced a natural, temporary stream was observed over a year. Species colonized the new stream through drift, upstre...


which finger is touched. Leg: reflexes present; sensation normal; no Babinski or ankle clonus; no limitation of motion; some spasticity at times. Eyes, nothing abnormal noted except exophthalmos of right eye. Nose, discharge from right side, purulent tinged with blood; tumor mass noted in right side of nose, quite extensive. Autopsv: Old blood in right antrum. Upon opening the roof of the orbit on the right side there was found normal orbital fat; but on removing the base fotund antrum filled with grayish brown and old lhemorrlhagic mass. In frontal sinus and ex-


The development of learning module of solubility and solubility product topic for Standard International School (SBI) and Pioneer of Standard International School (RSBI) students is very interesting to be discussed and implemented, because educational issues in Indonesia facing the low quality of education at every level and educational unit. It is important, to get good and standard chemistry module in order to be used as learning media on the teaching of Solubility and Solubility Product for SBI and RSBI students that can increase student achievement that effective implemented to Senior High School students compared with textbook as media. The samples in this study were chemistry textbooks for XI grade in RSBI, chemistry teachers who were teaching XI grade in RSBI schools, chemistry lecturer of UNIMED who have done selected by purposive sampling that expert in general chemistry and XI grade students in RSBI Student of SMA Negeri 1 Medan, SMA Negeri 1 Tebing Tinggi, SMA Negeri 1 Brastagi, and XI grade students of SMA Methodist 1 Medan at even semester at academic year 2011/2012 in North Sumatera that chosen randomly. The procedure is done trough analyzing of four bilingual textbooks, then the development of learning module that standardize by the lecturers, teachers, and students and then doing trial of module for students. From the data of the instrument threre are 20 from 30 item test that are valid with rcount 0.722 > rtable 0.361, shown that those item test is reliable.The result of the using of learning module in class can increase student achievement by seeing the average of high group learning outcomes in experiment class is (75.50 ± 8.39) while for control class is (70.67 ± 7.32). For low group, average of students achievement, experiment class (68.33 ± 6.68) is higher than control class (62.83 ± 8.82). From the result of hypothesis testing, for low group tcount 2.07 > ttable, 1.319, and also for high group tcount 2.42 > ttable, 1.319. So, the conclusion is learning module is effective towards students achievement in low group and high group.


We present a novel human-aware navigation approach, where the robot learns to mimic humans to navigate safely in crowds. The presented model, referred to as Deep-MoTIon, is trained with pedestrian surveillance data to predict human velocity in the environment. The robot processes LiDAR scans via the trained network to navigate to the target location. We conduct extensive experiments to assess the components of our network and prove their necessity to imitate humans. Our experiments show that DeepMoTIion outperforms all the benchmarks in terms of human imitation, achieving a 24% reduction in time series-based path deviation over the next best approach. In addition, while many other approaches often failed to reach the target, our method reached the target in 100% of the test cases while complying with social norms and ensuring human safety.


STAAR Surgical's Visian toric implantable lens (TICL) has received favorable votes to three questions presented to the FDA's Ophthalmic Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee.


In recent studies, an optically pumped Ar*/He laser has been demonstrated using the Ar 4p[1/2]1→4s[3/2]2 transition at 912.55 nm. Time-resolved data for this system, recorded using CW laser excitation and pulsed discharge production of Ar* 4p[3/2]2, yielded laser output pulses that were of unexpectedly short duration. It was speculated that radiative relaxation from the upper laser level to the 4s[3/2]1 state (607 cm-1 above 4s[3/2]2) caused termination of the laser pulse. In the present study this hypothesis has been tested by observing the energy transfer kinetics of the 4s[3/2]2 and 4s[3/2]1 states in Ar/He gas mixtures. Following pulsed laser excitation out of 4s[3/2]2, population recovery was observed on a μs time scale. Energy transfer from 4s[3/2]1 to 4s[3/2]2, induced by collisions with He, was characterized. The rate constant was found to be (1.0±0.5)x10-13 cm3 s-1. These observations confirmed that radiative transfer to 4s[3/2]1 was responsible for the short duration laser pulses. Modeling of a fully CW optically pumped Ar* laser shows that radiative transfer to 4s[3/2]1 reduces the number density of the Ar* atoms involved in lasing, but is otherwise benign.


To investigate the effects of micro-fin geometries and operating conditions on flow condensation performance of micro-fin tubes, tests were conducted on four micro-fin tubes having different micro-fin geometries and one smooth tube having 9.52 mm outside diameter (OD). Two of the micro-fin tubes have 9.52 mm OD and the other two have 7.0 mm OD. The refrigerant used is R22. The experiments were carried out for 90~400 kg/(m2·s) refrigerant mass fluxes at 45℃ condensation temperature, 30~45℃ inlet superheat degrees, 3℃ outlet sub-cooling degrees. The variations of condensation performance of micro-fin tubes with refrigerant mass flux are obtained. The effects of micro-fin geometries and tube diameter on the performance are discussed. The two 9.52 mm OD micro-fin tubes yield 90% and 120% greater heat transfer coefficients than the smooth tube, while the inside surface areas of the two micro-fin tubes are only 40% and 70% greater than that of the smooth tube.


Background The phenotypic overlap between Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and schizophrenia is complex and dates back to Kanner in 1943, including symptomatic similarities such as social withdrawal, communication impairment, and poor eye contact. Recent theories proposed a "continuum of psychosis", despite differences between disorders, based on shared genetic susceptibility among psychiatric conditions and genetic overlap with milder symptoms in unaffected individuals from the general population. Symptoms of ASD however typically occur during early childhood, whereas the first signs of schizophrenia appear during adolescence and early adulthood. Thus, genetic links with population-based traits may also follow a developmental pattern. Our study was conducted to investigate genetic relationships between social-communication difficulties during childhood and adolescence and both common variation in clinical ASD and schizophrenia.


The presented model is intended to improve user management in networked systems. An automated addition or removal of users from roles simplifies maintaining their membership to appropriate groups. Group‐role relations are used to facilitate users with an access control and permissions to different resources. Users' and groups' data are shared across organizations.


According to the basical theory that the project-based curriculum of the Vocational Education developed,this article put forward a new method and some thoghts about the curriculum of The surveying and mapping.we have put in practice in this specialized subject's teaching in our college.


• To learn the anatomy of the gastro-intestinal tract; • To learn the physiology of the gastro-intestinal tract especially with regard to nutrition; • To learn the consequences of critical illness on the function of the gastro-intestinal tract; • To learn the causes of disturbances in the balance between intestinal bacteria and their effects on the function of the bowel; • To learn the consequences of anatomical pathology on the integrity and function of the intestinal tract; • To appreciate the connections between intestinal inflammation and liver disease; • To learn medical, surgical and nutritional interventions beneficial to the integrity and function of the gut;


This invention relates to a method for preparing synthetic leather from environmentally friendly polyurethane composition. The environmentally friendly polyurethane composition comprises: polyurethane resin 35-60 wt.%, carbon powder 10-35 wt.%, coagulant 0.8-3 wt.%, DMF 1-10 wt.%, acetone 15-35 wt.%, and functional nanomaterial 1-12 wt.%. Carbon powder, as a substitute for lignin, can absorb harmful substances and gases in the raw materials when stirred in the mixing furnace, thus is good for environment and operator health. Meanwhile, carbon powder can bind with synthetic leather, thus can function in the synthetic leather. This invention also provides a method for preparing synthetic leather from the polyurethane composition.


Thiol-ene formulations have gained a considerable interest in the field of micro and nano fluidics, because of their physico-chemical properties and their polymerization characteristics. However, the hydrophobic nature of this material represents a considerable drawback to its application in micro and nano fluidics. In fact, the introduction of aqueous solutions into narrow channels, is complicated by the low wettability of this material. In addition, hydrophobicity makes its use with biological samples unsuitable. Here, we present a simple and fast approach to reduce dramatically the hydrophobicity of thiol-ene surfaces and to avoid protein unspecific binding by photo-grafting to the surface a ter polymer of dimethylacrylamide (DMA), glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) and 3-(trimethoxysilyl) propyl methacrylate (MAPS) which is very stable to aging, solvents and high temperature treatments. Due to its versatility, the proposed polymeric coating is suitable to enhance the analytical performance of any thiol-ene based micro and nano fluidic device.


The new way to strengthen the moral education in institutions of higher learning is discussed from the following aspects: teaching of moral and political theory, education of situation and policy, construction of campus culture, education of honesty, education of psychological health, construction of cyber culture, work of students' league, building of teaching staff, and etc.


The Extraordinary Chambers of the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), like the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), is a member of a unique class of judicial institutions known as ''hybrid'' or ''internationalized'' courts. Like other hybrid institutions, the ECCC incorporates international and domestic law into its governing Statute and relies on national and international judges. But the ECCC is unique insofar as its jurisdiction extends to crimes committed farther in the past than those over which its peers have jurisdiction. According to the ECCC's Establishment Law, the Court will try those ''most responsible for the crimes and serious violations of Cambodian penal law, international humanitarian law and custom, and international conventions recognized by Cambodia, that were committed during the period from 17 April 1975 to 6 January 1979.''


Thailand had its first case of AIDS in 1984, but HIV transmission remained rather low during 1984-86 (0-10 HIV positive cases, 1 AIDS case for 1984 and 1985 and 0 in 1986, and 0-8 cases of AIDS-related complex [ARC]). Beginning in 1987, however, the number of HIV positive, ARC and AIDS cases grew very rapidly (from 194 to an estimated 5384 [1987-end of 1989]). At the end of June 1989, 7978 people (91% male and 9% female) were either HIV positive or had AIDS or ARC. These infections were most prevalent in 20-29 year olds (3797 cases) followed by 30-39 year olds (2946 cases). 19 children (0.2%) were infected. HIV had infected people in all 73 provinces by June 1989. Drug use was by far the leading risk factor of HIV infections in Thailand (91.3% or 6889 cases) followed by heterosexual intercourse (502 cases, 406 of whom were women). HIV prevalence rose considerably among iv drug users. Between 1985 and 1987, it was less than 1%, but by 1988, it rose to 9.5% to 42%, based on a study of 14 provinces. The government has been increasing funds for HIV prevention and control activities. If the epidemiologic trend were to continue, Thailand would have 100,000 HIV-infected cases and 1400 AIDS cases in 1996. 5 Working Committees address prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation; health worker training; public education; coordination; and knowledge of HIV infection. Strategies they have developed to reduce HIV transmission are creation of a central group to monitor, control, and evaluate future projects; coordination of projects between public and private sectors; establishment of an information center; creation of clinics specializing in treatment of patients infected with HIV; health personnel training; and research.


When I got an email from Mick Patrick saying he was a friend of Peter Stoller's, who gave him my address, I was intrigued. The only Stoller I had ever known was Mike, of the famous Leiber and Stoller songwriting and producing team. Peter had to be Mike's son. Sure enough, he was. Mick said Ace Records of London was issuing a cd called The Leiber & Stoller Story, Vol. 3, and he wanted to know if I would write something for the liner notes. I said, sure, it would be an honor. Also, since Leiber and Stoller played such a critical role in my songwriting career, I would use the assignment as a warm-up to my book of memoirs. Here's what I wrote for Mick.


Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text Abstract Background: Blood pressure lowering treatments can help prevent cardiovascular disease. However, little is known about the possibility of home visiting programs for hypertension. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of home visiting programs on hypertensive patients. Methods: We systematically reviewed the medical literature and performed a meta-analysis. Five electronic databases were systematically searched from their inception to September 2019. Two reviewers independently assessed the risk of bias of the studies included in the review using tools developed by the Cochrane Collaboration. The meta-analysis was performed using Review Manager software (version 5.3). Results: Thirteen RCTs with 2674 participants were identified. The home visiting program demonstrated a greater reduction in systolic blood pressure (MD = −5.63, 95% confidence interval (CI): −8.32 to −2.94), diastolic blood pressure (MD = −4.14, 95% CI: −6.72 to −1.56) and waist circumference (MD = −2.61, 95% CI: −3.5, −1.72) during a 6 month intervention. However, there were no significant differences between the groups in terms of body mass index, weight, or blood lipids. Conclusion: Home visiting programs were associated with improved BP control and reduced blood pressure, which indicate that it might be an effective method for management of hypertension.


This paper presents a 3-level model describing the work task of an operator performing field work with a tractor-implement combination. Taking the process step "stubble cultivating" as an example, this model is developed in course of a holistic approach of the work task itself. Based on the 3-level model, an outlook how it could be utilized as a basis for the development of advanced technology to further automate a tractor-implement combination is presented.


This paper analyses the sectoral distribution of US investment across EU member countries. We attempt to determine whether investment is sectorally concentrated by country and whether there seems to be any evidence of increased sectoral specialisation in US investment as the EU market has become more integrated. Our empirical results indicate that US investment is relatively sectorally concentrated by country and that there has been some slight increase in specialisation in mainly small and peripheral member countries, while in most of the large core EU countries, no increase in specialisation is evident.


The objective of this research was to study the effect of different proportions of corn and barley on steer feedlot performance, carcass characteristics and the optimum combinations to maximize returns to labor and management.


This document specifies a real-time transport protocol (RTP) payload
format to be used for Extended AMR Wideband (AMR-WB+) encoded audio
signals. The AMR-WB+ codec is an audio extension of the AMR-WB codec
providing additional frame types designed to give higher quality of
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Ten species of marine phytoplankton were grown under a range of photosynthetic photon flux densities (PFDs) and examined for variation in cell volume and carbon quota. Results suggest that in response to low PFDs phytoplankton generally reduce their cell volume and frequently reduce their carbon quota. A significant linear relationship between the log of PFD (I) and cell volume (in nine of ten species) and log I and carbon quota (four of ten species) was demonstrated.


Fractures involving the tibial tuberosity are relatively uncommon. When they do occur they almost always affect adolescents usually between the ages of 12 and 16 and tend to involve the proximal physis. The fracture usually propagates along the anterior physeal extension beneath the tuberosity, resulting in a Salter Harris type III injury. These represent less than 1% of all Salter Harris type fractures. We report a case of a 13-year-old boy with a left knee injury


Sabanci University is a recently established private, non-profit university, which was set up by one of Turkey's leading family-run foundations. It is located on a central campus in Istanbul and accepted its first students in 1999. The University has three faculties; the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at undergraduate and graduate levels plus the Graduate School of Management. This bilingual university aims to be a "world university" with the philosophy of "creating and developing together."


There is convincing evidence that sympathoexcitation in heart failure (HF) is partly centrally mediated, but the sites driving the increased cardiac sympathetic nerve activity (CSNA) are unknown. As the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN) has been proposed to play a role in driving the renal sympathoexcitation in HF, we investigated whether it also mediates the cardiac sympathoexcitation. In conscious sheep with pacing‐induced HF, CSNA was dramatically increased compared with normal sheep (34 ± 5 to 93 ± 2 bursts/100 heart beats). In HF, microinjection of glycine (250 nmol in 500 nl) bilaterally into the PVN had no effect on the elevated CSNA or on the arterial baroreflex control of CSNA or heart rate. In normal sheep, PVN microinjection of glycine did not change basal CSNA, but decreased the range of the heart rate baroreflex curve (161 ± 8 to 132 ± 4 bpm, p<0.05). In a further 5 HF sheep, CSNA was recorded before and immediately post‐radiofrequency ablation of the PVN, and on the next 2 days. Bilateral ablation of the PVN had no effect on the high level of CSNA in HF or on the baroreflex control of CSNA or heart rate. These findings that neither bilateral chemical inhibition nor bilateral ablation of the PVN reduced the high level of CSNA in conscious sheep with HF suggest that the cardiac sympathoexcitation in HF is not mediated by the PVN.


THE clinician in the daily round of practice comes in contact with diseases which so change physiologic processes that new products are formed. These products act upon nerve tissues as poisons and, according to the individual's heredity or personal tendency, he is afflicted with some form of disturbance of the nervous system. Prominent among the diseases which may so generate or produce poisons are Bright's disease and diabetes mellitus. We are all familiar with the facts. Many cases of Bright's disease show headache, insomnia, interference with intellectual processes. The ophthalmologists meet with the choked disc or albuminuric retinitis, uremic convulsions, coma and paralyses, which may be monoplegias or hemiplegias. All may occur as a result of the retention of various tissue poisons in the blood, which should have been eliminated by the kidneys. To diagnosticate uremic coma, is not as easy as some of the textbooks would lead us to suppose. Usually the coma is more profound after cerebral apoplexy and after an epileptic convulsion. The pupils in the coma of Bright's disease may be normal, contracted or dilated; they are rarely unequal. The temperature is usually subnormal, which is not the case in coma from apoplexy, or in the coma of status epilepticus. The blood, according to Von Jaksch, always shows excess of acid, so that given a case of coma with excess of acid, low tem-


By an orthonormal system in a general complex Banach space, we mean a collection {eα: α ∈ } it vectors such that, for each α, there is an hermitian (in the numerical range sense, see (4)) projection Pα whose range is lin (eα) and such that PαPβ = 0, if α ≠ β. This paper is devoted to the study of orthonormal systems in general Banach spaces, and their applications to problems of characterizing isometries and hermitian operators.


[Objective] The research aimed to study the technology of brewing soy sauce which used black soybean instead of soybean as raw materials,use the nutritional property and functional property of black soybean to improve nutritional value of brewing soy sauce.Also,the research provided reference for development new variety of brewing soy sauce.[Method] Soy sauce was produced by low-salt solid-state fermentation.In this process,material ratio of starter-making and fermentation temperature and so on had been studied.[Result] When the ratio of black soybean,soybean and wheat bran was 75∶55∶10,the physicochemical indices of black bean soy sauce as following: Non-salt solids 20.130 g/ml,amino nitrogen 0.815 g/ml,total nitrogen 1.719 g/ml,and production rate 5.3%.As fermentation temperature was 43 ℃,black bean soy sauce had amino nitrogen 0.826 g/ml,total nitrogen 0.826 g/ml,sugar 3.760 g/ml,baume degree 22.7,pH value 4.6.[Conclusion] When producing black bean soy sauce by low-salt solid-state fermentation,the best material ratio of starter-making was black soybean∶soybean∶wheat bran=75∶55∶10,the best fermentation temperature was 43 ℃.


Background: Exposure to cigarette smoke and UV-B, can activate enzymes that degrade collagen and inhibit its production through increased levels of MMP-1. Bidara leaves with high content of flavonoids and tannins may prevent damage caused by free radicals. This study aimed to prove the effect of bidara leaf extract in inhibiting the increase in MMP-1 levels and collagen reduction in female Wistar rats skin exposed to UV-B and cigarette smoke.
Methods: A randomized posttest-only control group design study was conducted on 30 female Wistar rats, aged 8-10 weeks, weighing 130-150 grams. The rats were divided into three groups: the group without treatment, the base cream, and the 7.5% bidara leaves extract groups. The last two groups were exposed to UV-B light and cigarette smoke. After four weeks of intervention, the back skin tissue was taken to assess collagen amount and MMP-1 levels. Comparative analysis was performed to see the difference between groups.
Results: The results showed that the mean levels of MMP-1 in the untreated group were lowest, followed by the bidara leaf extract cream and the base cream group. The mean of collagen amount of bidara leaf extract group was the highest, followed by the base cream and the untreated group. The analysis showed a significant difference in the mean levels of MMP-1 and collagen amount between groups (p<0.05).
Conclusion: The 7.5% bidara leaf extract cream inhibited the increase in MMP-1 levels and the decrease in collagen in female Wistar rats exposed to UV-B light and cigarette smoke.


Diagnostic aids in Burroughs APL/700 include system functions for setting, resetting and querying Trace, Stop, and Monitor conditions on lines of user-defined functions. Trace and Stop have similar effects to those available in other APL systems. Trace also returns type and shape information. Monitor gives the dynamic number of executions of individual lines and the computer time consumed therein. The benefit from monitoring to APL applications typically averages 30% to 50% reduction in processing time, since the most costly lines can be easily identified for potential algorithm tuning.


During the 2008 global financial crisis the US Federal Reserve unprecedentedly established temporary reciprocal swap lines with four emerging market economies, as well as with a handful of advanced economies, thereby acting as a true global lender of last resort for US dollars. This study analyses the Fed's motivations for this historic action, calling particular attention to the 'high politics' involved in it in contrast to the existing literature that generally stresses the US policy goal of protecting US financial interests. It argues that as the issuer of the dollar, the key international currency, the United States used these swap lines as an instrument to maintain its clout in the newly-emerging system of global economic governance led by the Group of Twenty, in a peculiar situation in which it faced significant conflicts with other major states over how to reform the global financial architecture. This argument implies a low likelihood of the Fed acting as a global lender of last resort for emerging market economies again in future crises, and thus suggests a need for strengthening the global financial safety net.


The main purpose of this small article is to trace back the process of the infiltration of Korean toponyms in the Russian texts throughout the 19th...


This paper presents a microstrip dual band band pass filter using two hairpin resonators with symmetric and asymmetric feed lines. A simple transmission line model is used to determine the two transmission zeros for the two hairpin resonator structure. The locations of transmission zeros are at the fundamental and higher mode resonances. The analysis is done through MATLAB and the equivalent circuits have also been verified. The dual-band bandpass filters with the bandwidths of 50MHz and 100 MHz have been designed with centre frequencies of 5.7 GHz and 6.9 GHz respectively. The filter shows different bandwidth for different lengths with the same coupling gap. More bandwidth is available for high insertion loss and vice-versa. Also, this filter with compact size shows a sharp pass band and lower insertion loss due to less number of coupling gaps. To obtain high selectivity of the filter, cascading structure of the filter can also be further developed.


This report is produced each month by the APHA Surveillance Intelligence Unit and the six Species Expert Groups (livestock and wildlife). The international horizon-scanning summaries are produced by the Defra/APHA International Disease Monitoring (IDM) team, notifiable disease reports by the APHA Veterinary Exotic and Notifiable Disease Unit (VENDU), and threat analysis by the cross-agency Veterinary Risk Group (VRG). The report is drawn from scanning surveillance information, data and reports produced by the APHA Veterinary Investigation Centres and non-APHA partner postmortem examination providers contributing to the VIDA database and complying with standardised diagnostic and laboratory testing criteria. Other livestock and wildlife scanning surveillance reports may also be found at www.gov.uk/government/collections/animaldisease-surveillance-reports Current and emerging issues Highly pathogenic avian influenza Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N6 was identified in midJanuary in wild birds in England and Wales, following similar discoveries in wild birds in mainland Europe in December 2017 and early January 2018. As a consequence, the APHA International Disease Monitoring team carried out a rapid risk assessment (22 January), which is available at www.gov. uk/government/uploads/system/ uploads/attachment_data/ file/675425/rapid-risk-assessmentavian-flu-wild-birds-H5N6-180121. pdf. The risk level for further incursions of H5N6 HPAI in wild birds has been raised to high. The risk level for direct and indirect exposure of poultry has been raised to medium, although robust biosecurity could mitigate this level to low. Information on the current situation, including the Prevention Zone in place across England, reporting suspicion of disease and biosecurity advice, may be found at www.gov.uk/guidance/avianinfluenza-bird-flu.


In this paper we specify the conditions on the parameters of pairs of gOS's under which the corresponding generalized order statistics are ordered according to usual stochastic ordering, hazard rate ordering, likelihood ratio ordering and dispersive ordering. We consider this problem in one-sample as well as two-sample problems. We show that some of the results obtained by Franco et al. [Probab. Engrg. Inform. Sci. 2002, 16, 471-484] and Belzunce et al. [Probab. Engrg. Inform. Sci. (2004), to appear] for stochastic orderings of gOS's are contained in our new results.


Deborah Seltzer-Kelly et al, created a most interesting symposium which was the basis for the Feature Article in this issue, (Re)imagining teacher preparation for conjoint democratic inquiry in complex classroom ecologies. True to the heart of complexity and post-modern thought, the article has selected a series of perspectives that, while compatible, cannot really be resolved into a single meta-narrative. I find that a very Batesonian approach in that Gregory Bateson (2000) believed so strongly in what he called gappiness. Complex systems and complex ideas, by their nature, cannot be easily described except metaphorically and when we try to get too specific, when we try to eliminate the messiness, we flatten the system. Metaphor, for Bateson and perhaps for this SIG, is the heart of description for complex ideas and, like Bateson, we should perhaps refuse to explain our metaphors. There were two threads in the paper to which I would like to respond: the fault lines in systems related to schooling and some places we might look for remedy.


ABSTRACT During the dry processing of coffee, beans are classified by size, shape, weight, and color, resulting in the commercial preparation requested by the client, who can be of American, European, or other descent. The preparations consist of a combination of bean sizes and shapes, with a specified maximum number of defects. The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of the shape and size of the bean of the three main Catimors grown in Mexico, i.e., Colombia, Costa Rica, and Oro Azteca, on the cupping quality attributes of the beverage. The results showed that there was no significant difference between the cupping quality parameters of the Colombia and Costa Rica varieties, whereas Oro Azteca exhibited a final score significantly lower compared to those varieties. For beans of size 13/64 (Z13), significant differences were found between bean forms (flat, peaberry, and mixed) of the Colombia variety. Flat (FL) beans scored almost seven points higher in the final score compared to peaberries (PE). In coffee beans of size Z14 or Z15, mixed (MI) samples scored equal or significantly higher than FL samples in the three varieties. Small beans (Z13 and Z14) of samples not separated by shape (PE and FL together) obtained equal or significantly higher scores in the cup quality attributes of the beverage compared to bigger beans. It was demonstrated that the shape and size of the coffee bean significantly affect the cup quality parameters depending upon the variety.


Abstract The manufacture of wrought iron by the puddling process has a long history in the UK and in Shropshire. Commercial production ended in 1976 when the firm of Thomas Walmsley and Sons Limited ceased its manufacture at their Atlas Forge in Bolton. The Ironbridge Gorge Museum is to reconstruct and operate a wrought iron manufactory at its Blists Hill Museum. This paper presents the nature of the intended reconstruction and discusses, the manning and material requirements for its operation.


In an excavation performed in 1999 at the Campo del Pucara, Alamito site, which belongs to the Condorhuasi Culture (from 0 to 500 AD), and is placed near the frontier of Catamarca and Tucuman provinces in the Northwest of Argentina, Victor Nunez Regueiro and Marta Tartusi Paz found an intriguing archaeological artifact: Remains of a thin slab of schist covered by a mica sheet, dated from 360 and 480 AD. The mica was analyzed by photometric and interferometric procedures and experimental results suggest that it behaves as an interferential dielectric mirror.


An investigation is reported in which the motion of the yam path on twister surfaces in the surging and post-surging modes was examined by means of high-speed photography. Two types of tension surging, namely, mild and severe surging, are distinguished by the phase difference in yarn tension and yam rotational speed. The photographic results also show that the yarn path in the post-surging mode is always unstable. Finally, based on the experimental work reported in this series of papers and a theoretical analysis that will be published elsewhere, a discussion on the mechanism of threadline instability is given.


This research is motivated the development of freight forwarder in Indonesia are more advanced and encouraging service companies to further improve the quality of service. In particular, this study discusses the PT.JNE. PT.JNE sales from year to year fluctuations. If this condition is not addressed, then PT.JNE will not compete with other service companies in Indonesia. The purpose of research to determine the effect of brand trust and quality of service to the decision to use. Type of explanatory research, data collection through interviews with questionnaires, observation, and literature study. The sampling technique accidental sampling and purposive sampling. Sample of 100 people. Quantitative analysis techniques. Quantitative analysis using validity, reliability test, correlation coefficient, simple and multiple regression analysis, the coefficient of determination, cross tabulation, as well as the significance test (t test and F test). Results and discussion showed relatively good brand trust but are still classified as not good enough , brand trust has a considerable influence on the decision to use ( 12.9 percent ) and positive influence on the decision of the use of ( 0.255 ) . Classified service quality is not good enough but still quite good , service quality has a considerable influence on the decision of the use of ( 22 percent ) and a positive influence on the decision of the use of ( 0.267 ) . While the decision to use quite enough , but still quite a lot to be in the category of rare and often . Brand trust and service quality has a strong influence on the decision of the use of ( 26.2 percent ) . In conclusion Brand Trust significantly positive effect on the decision to use. Quality of service is significantly positive effect on the decision to use. Brand Trust and Quality of care significantly positive effect on the decision to use. Suggested PT. JNE should immediately conduct an increase in the intensity of promotion and advertising are more massive, renovate facilities and completeness of facilities and infrastructure, and improving managerial ability of employees to increase brand trust and quality of service that the company JNE can continue to survive in the midst of intense competition it is today.


In 1918, the late Professor A. I. Lebedev applied treatment of some skin diseases with intravenous infusions of sodium bromide and obtained excellent results: eczemas, which could not be cured and had tormented patients for years, urticaria, herpetiform dermatitis, erythema exudative, were cured within a fairly short time exclusively with this method. In many cases, patients were relieved by this method from persistent and unpleasant relapses of these dermatoses. Although treatment with bromine salts and other per os of skin diseases, especially acute eczema, has a very long history, but such an effective result has not been noted by any author.