Fluids in arc crusts are important for crust evolution, ore deposit formation and geothermal activities. Hydrologic properties in the crust, such as permeability to aqueous fluids, control advection, mass transport, and generation of elevated fluid pressures. However, permeability in the crust is of great uncertainty, because of its heterogeneity as well as experimental difficulties in high P-T conditions (Ingebritsen and Manning, 2010). Abundant evidence of Cl-bearing fluids in Sør Rondane Mountains (SRM), East Antarctica (e.g., Higashino et al., 2013; Kawakami et al., 2017; Uno et al., 2017) make this area as one of the most suitable areas to study activities of Cl-bearing fluids. However, permeability, elemental transport mode, mechanism of fluid infiltration, as well as duration of fluid infiltration in the SRM are still unknown. This study aims to investigate Cl-bearing fluids infiltration under crustal P-T conditions by examining hydrous veins in the mafic granulite and amphibolite samples from Mefjell, southern SRM, East Antarctica. Studied area is metamorphosed under granulite facies. Mafic by numerous randomly-oriented veins. Mafic granulite and amphibolite samples are partially hydrated along veins, and associated with mm-sized hydration reactions zones. Based on local mineral assemblage and the minerals samples into vein, reaction zone and domains. Mafic divided follows: short in geological time scales. These results are combined to constrain permeability, transport mechanism and to show a comprehensive model for fluid activities in lower-middle crustal conditions in the SRM. Infiltration conditions, transport mechanism is defined by Pe# and duration of fluid infiltration are different for mafic granulite and amphibolite. Diffusion transport was dominant for mafic granulite. Contrary, in amphibolite, transport by advection was greater, influencing the time-scale of fluid infiltration.


The coronavirus pandemic has actualized the digital transition of universities. At the same time, it introduced an element of chaos. Educational policy also played a role here. At this stage, there is a contradiction that has arisen between the fragmentation of interpretations and the need to develop a digital university model. This determines the need for structuring the methodological construct of a digital university, which will allow developing not only a theoretical methodology that allows more focused theoretical and applied research, but also a practical methodology that makes it possible to more rationally structure a set of techniques and tools to achieve the goal of practical implementation of the digital transformation of universities and higher education. The author of the article formulated the methodological construct of a digital university as an integrative phenomenon. A digital university is a combination of four interdependent elements: a teaching format; digital environment; digital resources; digital platform. The digital format is a form of combining digital technologies (in what form the interaction takes place) and at the same time content (which is an act of interaction, the content itself). The digital environment is a space, a place (where interaction takes place). Digital resources are tools for activating the idea of a digital university (what the participants use). A digital platform is an algorithm, a way to implement the idea of a digital university (how interaction is embodied) and, at the same time, a platform for interaction (within which structure the interaction takes place). The article shows that a digital university cannot be interpreted solely as a twin of a "physical" university, since digital technologies allow creating new conditions, making changes in the real environment, organizing processes, both teaching and management. At the same time, the "physical" university, existing in the real, not the virtual world, is a whole space in which technical and human resources are placed. In other words, it is impossible to talk about the concept of a digital university only from the standpoint of the digital (virtual) world, or from the standpoint of only the technical infrastructure.


Piesik D., Rochat D., Bocianowski J., Marion-Poll F. (2018): Repellent activity of plants from the genus Chenopodium to Ostrinia nubilalis larvae. Plant Protect. Sci., 54: 265–271. The olfactory choices expressed by naïve neonate European corn borer (ECB) larvae were tested by recording their locomotor activities in response to odours coming from plants of the genus Chenopodium (producing phytoecdysteroids or not). ECB larvae were found to be repelled from phytoecdysteroid-positive species, except C. album and C. polyspermum. On the contrary, they were mildly attracted or mildly repelled by phytoecdysteroid-negative species, except C. botrys (which emits a rancid odour). These observations indicate that neonate ECB larvae clearly differentiate plant odours and suggest that well-defended plants may emit repellent odours.


The utility model provides a forming combined tool, which comprises two forming tool bodies and a gasket, wherein the two forming tool bodies can be used in a matched manner, and the gasket for adjustment is positioned between the two matched forming tool bodies. Each forming tool body includes a base and forming blades; a shaft hole is arranged in the middle of each base; the forming blades are evenly distributed on the periphery of each base; each shaft hole is mounted on a rotary shaft of a processing machine tool; and processing needed by different specifications is realized by changing the distance between the two forming tool bodies by means of increasing or decreasing the gasket, so that the height of the gasket can be adjusted according to the thickness of actual processing materials, forming processing can be performed when the needed size is realized, and a line component with moulds on two sides can be processed once by making full use of the multi-angle and concentric circle combination characteristics of the tool. Moreover, cutting force is vertically even, smoothness of products is improved, operating efficiency and product quality are improved effectively, abrasion of the machine tool is also decreased, electric energy and human resources are saved, manufacturing cost is reduced, mechanical batch production of the products is realized, and the forming combined tool can be widely applied to processing machine tools such as millers, planers or the like.


A review article in the Medical Letter highlights appropriate use and limitations of bisphosphonates, denosumab, and other osteoporosis treatment, along with the associated costs.


This study aims at developing a virtual indoor golf simulation system that provides actual look-and-feel game environments as real golf fields by using 3D VR (Three-Dimensional Virtual Reality) technology. For this research, the measurement of real golf fields has been performed with utilizing 3D scanner, so the 3D configuration data of the golf course can be obtained. CG (Computer Graphic) components have been generated from scanned geographic data, a VR engine structured by porting those elements, arithmetic logics for tracking hit balls by players investigated. Finally, a simulation system has been developed for single and network modes of the golf game. This paper is to introduce the development process and the final product of the synchronized collaborative VR golf simulation.


In this work, incubations of testosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone and pregnenolone with Mucor hiemalis MRC 70325 have been reported. Incubation of testosterone afforded androst-4-en-3,17-dione (3%), 14α-hydroxyandrost-4-en-3,17-dione (9%), 6β-hydroxyandrost-4-en-3,17-dione (2%) and 14α,17β-dihydroxyandrost-4-en-3-one (62%). Incubation of dehy droepiandrosterone afforded 3β,17β-dihydroxyandrost-5-ene (6%) and 3β,7α-dihydroxyandrost-5-en-17-one (72%). Incubation of pregnenolone afforded 3β,14α-dihydroxypregn-5-en-7,20-dione (3%), 3β,7α-dihydroxy-pregn-5-en-20-one (64%) and 3β,7α,11α-trihydroxypregn-5-en-20-one (11%). 3β,14α-Dihydroxypregn-5-en-7,20-dione was identified as a new metabolite.


This action research is aimed at: (1) i dentifying whether and to what extent WebQuest improves reading comprehension of class IXA students at SMP N 5 Surakarta, including: a) finding the main idea, b) finding the supporting idea, c) finding the meaning of words, d) finding the reference and e) finding the detail information ; (2) describing the class climate when WebQuest used in the reading class. The research findings showed that it could improve students' reading comprehension and class climate. Related to the improvement of students' reading skill, they found it easier to find the main idea, supporting idea, meaning of words, reference, and detail information. R elated to the class climate, there are many improvements of students' attitude; they are more confident and active, paying attention when one of the other student read the text aloud, actively engaged in the reading group activities, and focus on the lesson. From those findings, it can be concluded that WebQuest can improve both students' reading comprehension and class climate. Keywords : reading comprehension, webquest, action research


Abstract From an integer-valued function f we obtain, in a natural way, a matroid Mf on the domain of f. We show that the class of matroids so obtained is closed under restriction, contraction, duality, truncation and elongation, but not under direct sum. We give an excluded-minor characterization of and show that consists precisely of those transversal matroids with a presentation in which the sets in the presentation are nested. Finally, we show that on an n-set there are exactly 2n members of .


Selective mutism (SM), historically called aphasia voluntaria by Kussmaul, and elective mutism by Tramer, is an anxiety disorder, characterized by lack of verbal communication in specific settings. Children with SM can speak well in certain environments, but they are mute or extremely hesitant to communicate in other social settings. This inability then becomes a pattern of behavior (Muris et al. 2015). It must be ongoing for at least 1 or 6 months if in the first year of school. Speech impairment, stuttering, autism, and so on, should be ruled out. There is a continuum of severity. It impacts 1% of elementary school population (Wong 2010). Age of onset is 2.7–4.1 years of age. However, 1to 3-year lag between onset and referral to treatment is commonplace. This negatively impacts the prognosis as SM is notorious to become less responsive to treatment over time. Girls outnumber boys by 2:1 ratio (Standart and Le Couteur 2003). It is rare that SM occurs independent of other anxiety issues (shy bladder, enuresis, generalized anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, etc.). Seventy percent to 100% of children with SM eventually receive an additional diagnosis of social phobia (Muris and Ollendick 2015). SM has a genetic component, coupled with overactive amygdale—a neurobiological underpinning common to anxiety disorders in general. Temperamentally, it is linked to innate behavioral inhibition (BI) as a precursor to SM. High rates of anxiety disorders are reported in families of SM. It was described in twins and in association with fragile-X syndrome. Inconsistent parenting was reported as well as bilingualism at home (Berger et al. 2002). Treatment capitalizes chiefly on age-appropriate cognitive-behavioral/behavioral therapy. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors at higher doses are effective and superior to placebo, with efficacy rates of 65% (Kaakeh and Stumpf 2008). Outcome depends on duration of SM, comorbidities, and family/ teachers engagement. Through appropriate handling and treatment, most children overcome SM, bearing in mind that the older they are, the longer it takes (Oerbeck et al. 2015).


This paper focuses on issues of access to productive literacy learning as part of socially just schooling for recently arrived refugee youth within Australia. It argues that a sole reliance on traditional ESL pedagogy is failing this vulnerable group of students, who differ significantly from past refugees who have settled in Australia. Many have been 'placeless' for some time, are likely to have received at best an interrupted education before arriving in Australia, and may have experienced significant trauma (Christie & Sidhu, 2006; Cottone, 2004; Miller, Mitchell, & Brown, 2005). Australian Government policy has resulted in spacialized settlement, leaving particular schools dealing with a large influx of refugee students who may be attending school for the first time (Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues, 2004; Sidhu & Christie, 2002). While this has implications generally, it has particular consequences for secondary school students attempting to learn English literacy in short periods of time, without basic foundations in either English or print-based literacy in any first language (Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues, 2006). Many of these students leave schools without the most basic early literacy practices, having endured several years of pedagogy pitched well beyond their needs. This paper suggests that schools must take up three key roles: to educate, to provide a site for the development of civic responsibility, and to act as a site for welfare with responsibility.


Fatigue testing on commercially pure titanium with low and high oxygen contents, chosen to produce quite different slip behaviors, wavy and planar, respectively, was carried out in air and in 1M H[sub 2]SO[sub 4] solution, a strongly passivating environment for Ti. Goal was comparison of experimental fatigue data with a published model which rationalizes fatigue crack initiation under passive corrosion conditions. Although the general features of the experimental data were consistent with the tenets of the model, as was also the case in prior work using the stainless steel superalloy A-286, it appeared that the passivation conditions were so strong as to preclude the primary event proposed as the basis for the model, namely the emergence of slip steps through the passive film, thus permitting corrosive fatigue crack initiation. It is possible that choice of a less strong passivating environment would permit a better comparison of model and experiment for the CP Ti, an otherwise suitable experimental material.


We constructed a botanical data retrieval system applying our proposed search interface named 'Concentric Ring View' for multi-faceted metadata. This system allows users to search flexibly and intuitively by combining attributes with simple operation. The attributes used as search keys are visual and botanical features such as flower color, leaf shape, blooming season, and so on. Users can create their own dynamic knowledge hierarchies by selecting these attributes and adjusting attribute values. We considered that this system enables users not only to search for plant names but also to learn morphological features and the taxonomy of plants, and performed a usability testing. We confirmed that users could finally find the correct plant names even if each user selected different attributes for searching, and users could also find correct plants by grasping visual features even if the images shown focused on flower and leaf. In discovery learning, users could learn plant features and botanical properties by finding out the common properties from the relationships between attributes and attribute values, and attribute values and retrieved results.


The designing of a 4-bit Down Counter has a simple but robust specification, but it allows N-number of energy and power efficient implementations. The designs are basically analysed on the basis of area, response time and power consumption. In this paper, we have focused on the use of power efficient LVCMOS I/O standard for the VLSI design of Down- Counter. We have validated our circuit at 4 different I/O Standards, namely – LVCMOS 15, LVCMOS 18, LVCMOS 25; and for 3 technologically advanced families – Artix 7 (28 nm), Virtex 6 (40 nm) and Spartan 6 (45 nm).There is a 7.136% and 25.085% reduction, in power consumption, when LVCMOS 15 is used instead of LVCMOS 18 and LVCMOS 25 respectively; and a 84.18% and 34.88% reduction when ARTIX-7 is used in place of VIRTEX-6 and SPARTAN-6 respectively. It was also observed that at 25°C, there is a reduction of 20.69 %, 30.79%, 39.96% and 47.10% in power utilization when the circuit is operated at 1GHz instead of 2GHz, 3GHz, 4GHz and 5GHz respectively at 50% Duty Cycle.


While the partnership between an advertising agency and its client has often been referred to as a 'marriage' because of its closeness and longevity, it is now more realistic to expect relationships to last less than 3 years. The shorter nature of client/ad agency relationships reflects the changing nature of the marketing communication environment and the increasing focus on return-on-investment from communications activity. In addition to changes in the length of the relationship recent studies have identified the presence of new stages within the client/ad agency that have not previously been accounted for in the life cycle literature. Hence current frameworks of the client/ad agency life cycle need to be revisited to better reflect what stages exist. The paper draws on evidence from the literature and insights from the industry press and reports to suggest a new client/ad agency life cycle framework for discussion and further examination.


A computer generated hologram(CGH) is hologram made by computer simulation. As fast calculation method for CGHs, basic object light method has been proposed. Lightwaves of arbitrary object shapes are calculated by transforming calculation of object light for basic object. And calculation method with spherical basic object light has been proposed to reduce memory capacity. We proposed transformations which are slide, rotation, distance, tilt, scaling and skew with spherical basic object light. This paper shows implementation of these transforming calculation on GPU to accelerate. Memory capacity for basic object light is larger than video memory. We divide data of basic object light and improve the algorithm to enable GPU to calculate at high speed. In the processing speed measurement, processing speed on GPU with basic object light is about 700 times faster than CPU.


One of the program highlights of the 15th Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture, held May 30 - June 2, 1988 in Honolulu, was a panel session on future directions in parallel computer architecture. The panel was organized and chaired by the author, and was comprised of Prof. Jack Dennis (NASA Ames Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science), Prof. H.T. Kung (Carnegie Mellon), and Dr. Burton Smith (Tera Computer Company). The objective of the panel was to identify the likely trajectory of future parallel computer system progress, particularly from the sandpoint of marketplace acceptance. Approximately 250 attendees participated in the session, in which each panelist began with a ten minute viewgraph explanation of his views, followed by an open and sometimes lively exchange with the audience and fellow panelists. The session ran for ninety minutes.


This paper describes the efforts of Unit Bahasa, Universiti Sains Malaysia, in creating and
standardizing Bahasa Malaysia technical terms for the various fields of studies. It also provides a
list of books and notes on technical terms available to the general public.


This study investigates the effect of accounting conservatism as independent variable and size of the company as a control variable on financial indicators related to the performance of Jordanian insurance Companies, represented in return on asset, earnings per share (EPS), and market value of the share, for the period (2007-2014). The researcher has collected the necessary data from annual reports issued by insurances companies listed in Jordan Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). The study sample consisted of (12) Jordanian Insurance companies. For determining whether the Jordanian insurance companies has practice accounting conservatism policies, the study used accruals based approach; in order to test the hypotheses of the study it has been used multiple regression analysis. The most important results are: The Jordanian insurance companies have practice accounting conservatism policies, and there are significant and positive effect of accounting conservatism policies on financial indicators related to the performance of the Jordanian insurance companies represented in:, return on asset and earnings per share (EPS), and market value of share, for the period (2007 to 2014). According to of the above results the researcher concluded many recommendations the most prominent is the increased oversight of the securities Exchange commission, the organizers of the accounting profession and the official supervisors of organizing the companies' work in Jordan, adopt the appropriate procedures in order to encourage companies to commitment to an acceptable accounting conservatism level.


The invention discloses new technology for plating golden yellow on an automotive hub, which comprises the technical steps: galvanizing, pre-plating copper, brightly plating copper, plating nickel, plating golden yellow, and the like. The chemical composition formula contained in each L of plating solution is that: galvanizing solution comprises 220 to 240g of potassium chloride, 40 to 55g of zinc chloride, 30 to 35g of boric acid, and 15 to 25ml of brightener; copper pre-plating solution comprises 70 to 85g of copper phosphate, 280 to 350g of phosphor copper potassium, 4 to 6ml of ammonia water, and 3 to 5ml of brightener; the bright copper plating solution comprises 200 to 220g of copper sulfate, 70 to 90g of sulfuric acid, 0.06 to 0.08g of chloride ion, and 4 to 8ml of brightener; nickel plating solution comprises 260 to 300g of nickel sulfate, 30 to 50g of nickel chloride, 30 to 40g of boric acid, 0.6 to 1ml of brightener, 8 to 12ml of softening agent, and 2 to 4ml of wetting agent; and golden yellow plating solution comprises 120 to 140g of imitation gold salt and 2 to 4ml of ammonia water. After the plating, water washing and drying are performed, and a polyurethane paint is sprayed on the surface of the automotive hub. The new technology for plating golden yellow on the automotive hub radically eliminates the damage and environmental pollution of sodium cyanide and chromic anhydride to human bodies; the plated golden yellow automotive hub is luxurious and attractive, has strong corrosion resistance, and is suitable for high-class automotive assembly.


In order to achieve educational changes, professional development initiatives are needed. Recently more emphasis is placed on methods in which teachers are engaged in collaborative discourse. One potential strategy for this is the use of Teacher redesign Teams (TrDT), in which the support of an academic developer is imperative for its effectiveness. Previous studies show diversified findings on role categorization and role uptake of academic developers. This study attempts to apply the existing frameworks and provides a better understanding of the varying role of a TrDT facilitator in a university setting. During two focus groups, data was collected from the university facilitators ( n = 10) who had been supporting TrDTs for 1 year. In addition, audio recordings were gathered of TrDT conversations. A thematic analysis of the collected qualitative data results in an alternative extended framework specifically altered to the roles of an academic developer in a university setting. According to our study, the facilitator can take on eight different roles, ranging from coordinating and organizing meetings and building bridges with stakeholders to being a representative, located at different levels, going from meso to micro level. In addition, the ADDIE-model for instructional design can be used to structure the implementation of innovative learning approaches.


The purpose of the study is to examine the nature of question types and discourse structure elementary school teachers use in their English...


The transformation of agrifood productions which took place in our country during the last decades has posed questions about the conditions of per...


Introduction: Peripheral neuropathy is one of the major complications of type II diabetes mellitus. Lower limb proprioceptive impairments due to neuropathy can lead to balance disorders in these patients. The present study aimed to investigate postural stability and neuropathic changes following ankle proprioceptive training in type II diabetic patients with moderate neuropathy.

Materials and Methods: The present study was conducted on 24 type II diabetic patients with moderate neuropathy (9 females and 15 males) aged 40-65 years (with a mean age of 57.25 years). The treatment consisted of ankle proprioceptive training by the balance board and rocker for 10 consecutive days. Balance indices, including Overall Stability Index (OSI), Anterior-Posterior Stability Index (APSI), and Medial-Lateral Stability Index (MLSI), were measured with Biodex system before and after the treatment, as well as two weeks after treatment in two conditions: condition1: Eyes open, head straight, without using trunk, pelvis, thigh, and knee constrained orthosis. Condition 2: Eyes closed, head back (hyperextension), with using trunk, pelvis, thigh, and knee constrained orthosis. Plate-based Biodex stability was fixed at levels 6 and 8 for condition1 and level 8 for condition 2. The severity of neuropathy was assessed using Valk and Michigan questionnaires, as well as light touch sensation. The analysis of variance with repeated measure was used to evaluate alterations in the stability of patients. Furthermore, the correlation of neuropathic changes and stability parameters were assessed by the Pearson correlation coefficients.

Results: Significant improvements were observed in OSI in all tests of condition 1 (Biodex Balance System (BBS) at level 8 (P=0.001) and level 6 (P=0.017), as well as test conditions 2 (level 8; P=0.004). After the treatment, at stability level 8, a significant improvement in the mean values of postural sways in the Anterior-Posterior (AP) direction demonstrated that the ankle strategy was improved in the patients. After the treatment, the scores of the Valk (P=0.02) and Michigan (P=0.001) questionnaires were significantly decreased. After two weeks of follow-up, the observed improvement was maintained in the mean values of balance indices (OSI, APSI) and neuropathy due to treatment.

Conclusion: As evidenced by the obtained results, 10 sessions of targeted ankle proprioceptive training improved stability, neuropathy, and light touch sensation of the foot in type II diabetic patients with moderate neuropathy. Foot somatosensory information is one of the most important causes of balance alterations in these patients


This is a book for enthusiasts, for those who have "a god within." Lest the intellectual hackles rise on those of us who have been forewarned about enthusiasts by Ronald Knox, however, it should be noted that Dubos understands that word in a different way. For "the god within," to whom Dubos appeals, is as kindly, urbane and knowledgeable as the author himself, hardly demonic, manic or seductive. The real demonic force in the modern world, Dubos insists, is fatalism. And if this proposition should sound dangerous overtones of the chords of "enthusiasm," such a possibility is immediately destroyed by Dubos' definition of fatalism as the doctrine that states we shall do what we can do. The real prophets of doom, he suggests, are not the pessimists, but "misguided fatalists—falsely called optimists." For, according to Dubos' schema, it is the god within who gives meaning. Nature is meaningless. And those ecstatic individuals who search for meaning in external nature are inhumane. One might say that man struggles today between the god within and the god without, between the genius foci and the genius loci. As any sane individual will admit, science is too valuable an activity to be restricted to scientists. For truth need not be the same thing as "correctness," as Dubos points out citing Hegel on the difference between Wahrheit and Richtigkeit. Nor, of course, is the subjective certainty of the enthusiast, even as conceived by Dubos, any guarantee of objective verifiability. But in a person like Dubos it would seem that we have the balance we are looking for: the depth of interest of the "scientist" and the breadth of concern of the "humanist"; the subjective vision and spark of the enthusiast and the cool calculation of the patient observer. A central thesis of this work is Dubos' assertion that "our salvation depends upon our ability to create a religion of nature and a substitute for magic suited to the needs and knowledge of modern man" (p. 41). By "religion" Dubos understands an attitude toward basic issues, and by "magic" a manipulation of specific items in a particular situation. Through religion, the author suggests, man comes to love nature. But this "love" is not some romanticized fantasy. It is a working relationship. For only when man loves nature, can he safely manipulate her. And manipulate her man must, for he stands at the "pinnacle of creation," and from this vantage point he can see that the destiny of nature and the destiny of man are inextricably intervened and that the futures of both depend upon man's use of his consciousness and acquired power with religious respect.


Abstract The influence of Ca on the influx kinetics of Mg and Na, and Mg effects on Ca influx kinetics were evaluated in intact corn roots. Increasing levels of Mg (25 to 75 μM) reduced the Imax for Ca. However, in absence of Mg, increasing levels of Ca (10 to 30 μM) increased the Imax and Km for Ca. Higher levels of Mg interfered with Ca influx. Increasing levels of Ca promoted the Mg influx rates and increased Km as well. Absence of Ca reduced the magnitude of Imax and Km for Mg. At an initial level of 50 μM Ca, increasing Na levels from 50 to 100 μM enhanced the Imax and Km for Na. In the absence of Ca, higher Imax were recorded for Na. Calcium reduced the Na influx rates. Ion influx kinetics for Ca, Mg, Na and P were determined with the two morphologically differing intact root systems of corn and onion. The rate of influx for Ca, Mg and Na in corn were lower than onion roots. The Imax for P in corn were slightly higher than in onion. The Km vaues for Ca, Mg and Na in corn were also higher than onion ...


The analysis of a tension of concrete of the squeezed zone of the ferroconcrete designs reinforced by steel of the class A800 above is provided. Indicators characterizing size and situation equally effective tension in concrete of the squeezed zone that allowed to reveal features of work of racks of various flexibility and influence of high-strength rod fittings are considered.


Aiming at the characteristics of the ecological environment in Jilin province,with a combination of the small plot test and the large plot test,the regional adaptability of the major good-quality flue-cured varieties in Jilin province was studied.The results showed that the good-quality fluecured varieties,Longyan 911,Yunyan 87,Jiyan 7,K326 and NC89 are all suitable to grow in the tobacco regions of Jilin province.But the most suitable variety for Baicheng area is NC89 and next to it is Jiyan 7;the most suitable variety for Changchun area is Longyan 911 and next is NC89;the most suitable variety for Dunhua area is Longyan 911 and next is Jiyan 7;the most suitable varieties for Liaoyuan city are Yunyan 87 and Longyan 911;the most suitable varieties for Jilin city are Longyan 911 and Yunyan 87.


1 The Puzzle of Elections and Voting in Canada / Cameron D. Anderson and Laura B. Stephenson Part 1: Long-Standing Attachments and Voting 2 Who Votes for Women Candidates and Why? Evidence from Recent Canadian Elections / Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant 3 The New Immigrant Voter, 1965-2004: The Emergence of a New Liberal Partisan? / Antoine Bilodeau and Mebs Kanji 4 The Catholic-Liberal Connection: A Test of Strength / Laura B. Stephenson 5 Parties and Partisans: The Influence of Ideology and Brokerage on the Durability of Partisanship in Canada / Eric Belanger and Laura B. Stephenson Part 2: Short-Term Influences on Voting Behaviour 6 Economic Voting in Canada: Assessing the Effects of Subjective Perceptions and Electoral Context / Cameron D. Anderson 7 Third-Party Support in Canadian Elections: The Role of the Economy / Eric Belanger and Richard Nadeau 8 Personality Matters: The Evaluation of Party Leaders in Canadian Elections / Amanda Bittner Part 3: Proximate Considerations in Vote Choice 9 Enlightenment, Equalization, or What? Campaigns, Learning, and the Economy in Canadian Elections / J. Scott Matthews 10 Election Campaign Polls and Democracy in Canada: Examining the Evidence behind the Common Claims / Mark Pickup 11 Reflecting on Lessons from the Canadian Voter / Cameron D. Anderson and Laura B. Stephenson Index


Published data on the preparation of phosphorus-containing cyclodextrins are summarized. It is demonstrated that some significant features of their synthesis and chemical behaviour are caused by specific supramolecular interactions involving the inner chiral cavity of cyclodextrins capable of incorporating various guests, which often leads to alteration of customary routes of chemical transformations. The possibilities of practical applications of phosphorus-containing cyclodextrins are briefly analyzed. The bibliography includes 89 references.


Abstract The results of the ongoing monitoring of the position of geostationary telecommunication satellite Eutelsat-13B (13° East) are presented in the article. The results were obtained using a radio engineering complex (RC) of four stations receiving digital satellite television and a data processing centre. The stations are located in Kyiv, Mukachevo, Kharkiv and Mykolaiv. The equipment of each station allows synchronous recording (by the GPS) of fragments of DVB-S signal from the quadrature detector output of the satellite television receiver. Samples of the complex signal are archived and sent to the data processing center through the Internet. Here three linearly independent slant range differences (Δr) for three pairs of the stations are determined as a result of correlation processing of received signals. Every second measured values of Δr are used to calculate Cartesian coordinates (XYZ) of the satellite in the coordinate system WGS84 by multilateration method. The time series of Δr, X, Y and Z obtained during continuous observations from March to May 2015 are presented in the article. Single-measurement errors of Δr, X, Y and Z are equal to 2.6 m, 3540 m, 705 m and 455 m, respectively. The complex is compared with known analogues. Ways of reduction of measurement errors of satellite coordinates are considered. The radio engineering complex could be considered a prototype of a system of independent ongoing monitoring of the position of geostationary telecommunication satellites.


Abstract:Supplementing the foreign language curriculum with the incorporation of art museum visits has benefits for students, faculty, the campus art gallery, and the institution. Such a collaborative program serves to expand the classroom and complement instruction by providing learners with a new space to engage in authentic practice in the target language. This simple yet effective design was also adapted to a Spanish for the Business Professions course, which is outlined in this current study.


Surgical robots have been widely used in different procedures to improve and facilitate the surgery. However, there is no robot designed for endometrial regeneration surgery, which is a new therapy for restoring fertility in women using stem cells. Endometrial regeneration surgery requires processing of the endometrium and transplantation of stem cells with minimal trauma to the uterus. In this paper, we introduce a surgical robotic system that consists of a dexterous hysteroscope, supporting arm, and additional novel instruments to facilitate the operation and decrease trauma to the uterus. Remote center of motion (RCM) constraint is required to protect the cervix of the uterus. First, the supporting arm and hysteroscope are controlled separately in kinematics to ensure that the RCM constraint and hysteroscope's shape and posture are predictable. Then, a task-decoupled method is used to improve the robustness of the RCM constraint. Experiments confirm that the proposed method is more robust and achieves higher RCM accuracy. In addition, the master-slave control of a robot with RCM constraint is also verified. This study proposes the realization of a robot with robust RCM control for endometrial regeneration surgery.


The aims of the study were to examine the factor structure of the job stress for the short term secondary physical teachers. We interviewed seven participants and we categorized the context through the theoretical paradigm which are deducted by grounded theoretical approach. The result was as follows. Dreaming of a stable occupation, the short tenn teachers started the job but the uncertain future, stressful job circumstance etc. existed in the real field. They were eager for the teacher recruitment examination or another job, on the other hand, they settled for the present and felt stress again and again. This study had the meaning that suggests a comprehensive reference for the future study in a welfare and stresses of the short term teachers at secondary school.


Studies which seek to differentiate normal from pathological processes in senescence are increasingly concerned with the aged resident still functioning in the community. Early reports on persons in the geriatric age group dealt mostly with the sick aged in institutional settings such as the mental hospital, the nursing home, or the home for the aged. The present aim is to clarify the limits of normal or healthy old age, and to further the understanding of minor variations of a reversible kind. Each investigator in the geriatric field attests anew the complexity of interacting medical, social and psychiatric factors. Grauer and Straker (1) studied a chronically ill aged hospital population specifically screened to exclude psychological disorders, and found a 90 per cent incidence of psychiatric disturbances. Kral(2) reported comparable findings from a study in an old peoples' home where the residents had been admitted predominantly for housing and social protection rather than for the specific treatment of illness. Even the best preserved group of old people studied by Kral and Widgor (3) still presented evidence of impaired functioning and deterioration, although these states were reasonably well compensated for. Factors leading to the admission of the aged to mental hospitals were recently reported by Blau and associates (4). Although there was a high incidence of chronic illness, isolation and psychosis, the issues that precipitated the decision to hospitalize arose from the disturbed behavior of the patient, beyond the tolerance of the environment. The community physician played the decisive role in the management and the choice of disposal of the presenting problem. This study confirms and supports my own clinical experience. Among 100 elderly patients seen in my private psychiatric practice, the actual and potential response to treatment was not greatly different from that expected from a much younger adult group (5). Chronic disease, social disadvantages, and family disintegration often complicated the emotional decompensation, but the factors which decided either recovery or irreversible deterioration, were prompt and energetic treatment of the illness and the availability of an interested, hopeful, energetic therapist. Therefore it was re-stated that the interpersonal transactions of the patient-physician relationship are just as decisive in the treatment of psychiatric disorders of the aged as in dealing with a younger adult group. The present paper reports a study of the psychiatric disorders of community-


Used by Classical and Medieval Western scholars to teach rhetoric, a chreia is a brief moral story attributed to a famous historical figure. In Late Ming China, the Italian Jesuit Alfonso Vagnone, ...


We propose a real-time upsampling scheme for depth maps. The proposed scheme contains two upsampling stages; one is self-similarity matching (SSM), and the other is predictive linear upsampling (PLU). SSM accelerates cost volume filtering by using a variant of joint bilateral upsampling, which utilizes high-dimensional vectors, which is neighborhoods of an RGB image and a depth map. The high-dimensional upsampling suppresses edge blurring and scattering problems. PLU generates smooth surfaces with keeping edges guided by the results of SSM. Experimental results show that the proposed scheme has higher accuracy than the state-of-the-art upsampling. Additionally, the proposed method has real-time performance on a multi-core CPU.


A nanocomposite of hydroxyapatite[HA]-gelatin[Gel] was prepared using the biomimetic process.The hydroxyapatite nano-particles were precipitated in aqueous solution of gelation at 30 ℃ and different pH.Crystallite phases,chemical composition,chemical bond,micro-morphology,crystallite size were characterized by XRD,FT-IR,SEM,TG-DTG.The results showed that the composite consisted of nanosize hydroxyapatite with low crystallinity and gelatin.From DT/ DTG data,the increase in decomposition temperature indicates the formation of a primary chemical bond between hydroxyapatite and gelatin.The better composites were obtained in precipitates prepared at pH 8-9.


This paper explores in the transformation of The Crucible, Arthur Miller's 1953 play, into a film. At first glance, the 1996 film version is basically a faithful retelling of the original story, especially with a persistent focus on its male protagonist's "conscience," along with its depiction of the conventional triangular relationship among adulterous husband, suffering wife, and young temptress. Such structural elements of the play have drawn fervent criticism from critics of Miller's 'patriarchal assumptions.' The feminist critics have found in the play a victimization of female characters for the sake of the male hero. While the male character is full developed as a human being, they argue, female characters remain extremely contrasting stereotypes of negative femininity. Nonetheless, from the perspective of its audience, the film marked a significant departure from the original play in its radically new portrayal of the two female characters in question. A number of reviews point out that the film's portrayal of Abigail Williams, the 'evil' one, is considerably softened and its dramatic focus shifts from John Proctor to Elizabeth Proctor as 'new' protagonist. A close reading of the film and its reviews reveals that the critical and popular perception of such shift was enabled by Miller's screen adaptation, with a new vision as well as a masterly skill, and by the exceptional rendering of the major roles by excellent acting talents: Winona Ryder, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Joan Allen. Acquiring a greater complexity in human motives, Ryder's Abigail grows out of the 'villain of the piece' and presents a sympathetic portrait of lost innocence. Not radically different from the original conception, Day-Lewis' John is re-cast more in the light of his guilt of infidelity than in his heroic status. Finally, it is Allen's Elizabeth who emerges as the "moral core of the film." Allen's exquisite and powerful rendering of the role enables a rare understanding and forgiveness of the human imperfections in herself as well as in her husband, bringing to end the madness both in their marriage and community.


We extend the Wald solution to a black hole that is also boosted. More specifically, we derive analytic solutions for the Maxwell equations for a rotating black hole moving at constant speed in an asymptotically uniform magnetic test field. By adopting Kerr-Schild coordinates we avoid singular behaviours at the horizon and obtain a complete description of the charge and current distributions in terms of the black-hole spin and boost. Using this solution, we compute the energy losses expected when charged particles are accelerated along the magnetic field lines, improving previous estimates that had to cope with singular electromagnetic fields on the horizon. When used to approximate the emission from binary black holes in a uniform magnetic field, our estimates match reasonably well those from numerical-relativity calculations in the force-free approximation.


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Age, growth and reproduction of rock gurnard in the Saronikos Gulf (Greece) were studied. Otoliths from 638 specimens (sex combined) were read for age determination. The body length-otolith radius relationship was found linear (L = -18.0 + 4.99 xR; where L = fish length in mm, R = otolith radius 20 X). The life span of females seemed to be longer than that of males, indicating a differential mortality with sex. The growth was lower than that in the Catalane Sea. The maximum age of fish collected was VIII and the maximum fork length estimated by von Bertalanffy equation was 356 mm. Weight increased as the 3.054252 power or the length. Reproduction was observed to take place between winter and early spring and occasionally in early winter. Males began to mature after completion of the second year and the females after the third. The exploitation rate was rather high, which suggests that the rock gurnard stock was overfished in Saronikos Gulf. The male to female ratio was usually 1:1.


Security authentication for financial transactions in the banking sector has emerged with modern technological advancements. Currently, many corporations are using smart cards to protect their information and transactions. Recently, in the case of card theft and password breach, many incidents and frauds have been reported widely. In this paper, we propose a face recognition system associated with smart cards to address the breaches caused by card and password theft. We develop a deep learning-based mini face recognition device to authenticate the actual user without any need for large infrastructure, expensive servers, and cloud servers. To protect the individual's face privacy, we utilize smart card memory to store and retrieve the encoded face information. Specifically, we train both face detection and recognition deep learning models and integrate them into the System on Module(SoM). We demonstrate performance on the collected dataset and show that our system is reliable and can be deployed into centralized or decentralized applications.


To provide a ring-shaped electrode can be reduced replacement frequency. And A silicon ring body 32, which is joined to at least a portion of the ring member 32 surface via the joint, and a cover member 34 which is excellent in plasma resistance than silicon, the junction has a 0.99 ° C. or higher heat resistance, characterized in that it melts at 700 ° C. or less. .The


The concept of sustainability requires a reduction in the scale of different economic and organisational obstacles, which destabilise domestic economies. The preliminary study showed that there is a specific motivation influencing public decision-making behaviour in the course of public purchases of goods and services, namely public ethnocentrism. Despite several studies, this phenomenon remains mostly unexplored, especially in the field of preventing ethnocentric behaviours that may lead to epistemic injustice. This study was aimed at initiating an effort to fill the research gap by creating a generally accepted approach to evaluating ethnocentric attitudes in the public sector. Based on the literature review, which includes the well-known Norton-Kaplan Balanced Scorecard, we formulate the original four-element model of preventing public ethnocentrism in the public sector supplemented by nine variables of effectiveness in preventing public ethnocentrism. We offer a new, additional worldwide tool for measuring economic freedom. This research provides the basis for elimination of public constraints in achieving sustainability.


Australia's 2013 Defence White Paper contains statement that represents Indonesia's deterministic position in the context of its strategic decision making. This statement forms the foundation upon which Australia's perception of Indonesia as its geographical neighbour is erected. Following the
above statement, normatively Australia's foreign policy would then position Indonesia accordingly, which is as an important actor. Nonetheless,
Australian government's response on the 2013 case of tapping allegation directed towards President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyone proved otherwise, that Indonesia was not positioned accordingly as an important actor in Australia's
foreign policy. Australian government's response casted impressions that they were not being cooperative and as corollary raised the argument that Australia's action did not represent both its identity and its interest as written
in its Defense White Paper, which is to maintain a strategic position in the region together with Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, China, and United States of America. This paper explored that argument by assessing the convergence
between Australia's normative perceptions towards Indonesia as a determinant actor in its foreign policy, with the articulation of its identity as to be seen in its response on the 2013 tapping allegation towards President Susilo
Bambang Yudhoyono. This argument was elaborated by interpretation on Australian political elite statements on the matter. Argument was offered by this paper is that there is an incoherency between Australia's normative
articulation as interpreted from its 2013 Defense White Paper and its identity's articulation as interpreted from its political elite's statements.

Keywords: Identity, Indonesia, Australia, Foreign Policy,
Wiretapping


Purpose: To quantify the dose calculation accuracy achievable with 3D anatomical images obtained by Megavoltage Cone‐Beam Computed Tomography (MVCBCT) for the head and neck region (H&N). Method and Materials: MVCBCT images of inserts of different density immersed in water were obtained. This allowed the tuning of the parameters used for the image reconstruction. A MVCBCT number versus material density curve was also extracted for dose calculation purposes. MVCBCT images of a Rando phantom head were then acquired on a linactreatment couch with two different gain imagecalibrations and in two different positions relative to the room isocenter. Voxel‐based and band‐pass filter cupping artifact reduction methods were applied on all MVCBCT images.Images of the same phantom were also obtained with a kVCT. All images were transferred to a treatment planning system and dose calculations performed with various beam configurations. The dose differences obtained with the kVCT images and the MVCBCT images were analyzed using a gamma index function. Results: At best, 96.1% and 98.8% of the dose points calculated with the MVCBCT images were within the dose calculated with the kVCT image by [2%, 2 mm] and [3%, 3 mm], respectively. The worst cases observed had fractions of 87.7% and 96.3% of the dose points that agreed within [2%, 2 mm] and [3%, 3 mm], respectively. The cupping artifact reduction methods tested did not significantly improve the dose calculation for most cases. Conclusion: With proper calibration, dose calculations with MVCBCT images in the H&N region are feasible with an accuracy of [3 %, 3 mm] or less. The cupping artifact for H&N imaging does not lead to important dose calculation errors. Dose calculation with patient MVCBCTs and treatment plans are ongoing. Conflict of Interest: Research sponsored by Siemens OCS.


A film package structure including a flexible substrate, a patterned circuit layer, a reinforcing plate, and alignment marks is provided. The flexible substrate includes a first surface, a second surface, an element region located on the first surface, and a reinforcing plate attaching region located on the second surface. The patterned circuit layer is disposed on the first surface and has terminals located in the element region. The reinforcing plate is disposed on the reinforcing plate attaching region corresponding to the element region, and has a predetermined attaching tolerance X. The alignment marks are located on the flexible substrate, wherein each edge of the reinforcing plate attaching region is corresponding to at least one alignment mark, each alignment mark has a length L in a direction perpendicular to its corresponding edge of the reinforcing plate attaching region, and the length L is smaller than or equal to the tolerance X.


The behaviour of carbon-oxygen white dwarfs (WDs) subject to direct helium accretion is extensively studied. We aim to analyze the thermal response of the accreting WD to mass deposition at different time scales. The analysis has been performed for initial WDs masses and accretion rates in the range (0.60 - 1.02) Msun and 1.e-9 - 1.e-5 Msun/yr, respectively. Thermal regimes in the parameters space M_{WD} - dot{M}_{He}, leading to formation of red-giant-like structure, steady burning of He, mild, strong and dynamical flashes have been identified and the transition between those regimes has been studied in detail. In particular, the physical properties of WDs experiencing the He-flash accretion regime have been investigated in order to determine the mass retention efficiency as a function of the accretor total mass and accretion rate. We also discuss to what extent the building-up of a He-rich layer via H-burning could be described according to the behaviour of models accreting He-rich matter directly. Polynomial fits to the obtained results are provided for use in binary population synthesis computations. Several applications for close binary systems with He-rich donors and CO WD accretors are considered and the relevance of the results for the interpretation of He-novae is discussed.


Since the Treaty of Lisbon, the legislative system of the European Union is based on a distinction between legislative acts and non-legislative acts as well as on a distinction between delegation and implementation. This system has brought about several issues that received a fair degree of scholarly attention prior to the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon and in the initial years thereafter. The new Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law Making (IIA) has addressed some of these issues, but this still leaves the question open as to how this new legislative system is to be implemented in practice. This article reviews these issues, first, in light of the new IIA and, second, in light of the legislative practice that has emerged since then. The revision of the Directive on Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision is taken as the legislative case in this respect. This case includes political conflicts between mostly national and EU legislatures but also conflicts with regard to the substance of some EU provisions. It also evaluates the role of EU agencies – in this case the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) – within the rules of the EU's legislative system.


Professor Khan echoes a sentiment shared by hundreds of psychiatrists who have passed the MRCPsych exams after a great deal of hard work; it is frustrating to see others who have never been through the process still get the MRCPsych. Dr Bhugra states that this 'College is the only Royal College


Computers manufactured by the Japanese companies NEC, Hitachi and Fujitsu are encroaching on the capabilities of supercomputers produced by Cray. The Japan National Aerospace Lab is to receive a supercomputer, while other machines are being applied to fast breeder reactor and fusion studies. A 140 Mflop device is being used by a jet-engine and turbo-pump manufacturer and several national universities are buying mainframes for cut-rate prices from Japanese manufacturers who wish to encourage engineering students to work for the manufacturers. A Cray X-MP is now owned by Nissan and used to accelerate car RandD. The same company will design and produce the strap-on boosters for the H-II launch vehicle. Also noted are research efforts to develop machines an order of magnitude more powerful than current supercomputers.


There are symmetries which seem never to be broken. If the symmetry is not broken, there needs some superselection rule which guarantees this symmetry. The charge symmetry is one of such symmetries. It is our general belief that the charge symmetry would be an exact symmetry. This is partly due to the severe experimental limit on the photon mass (mr < 10Me V)l) which is obtained from the stability argument of the Smi:tll Magellanic Cloud and also the difficulty of the construction of models which are consistent from both theoretical and experimental point of view. If the charge is quantized, then only possible charge non-conserving processes would be· those of LlQ= ± n (n=l, 2, ... ), such as e~ iV, e~ wvand e--e+ mixing.) Recent experimental study on e~ iV, e~ wv is reported by Ejiri et al.) If these processes occur due to the explicit breaking of the charge symmetry, electron becomes unstable due to the famous catastrophic decay by emitting multi-longitudinal photons, independently of the charge non-conserving couplings strength.),5) On the other hand, if this charge non-conservation is due to the spontaneous breaking by the acquisition of the vacuum expectation value of Higgs boson with unit charge, the catastrophic multilongitudinal photon bremsstrahlung may be avoided as Suzuki pointed out.5) But due to its very small vacuum expectation value (~mr/e), the model predicts an almost massless charged boson whose existence contradicts to the experimental observation. In below, we explore the possibility of the charge non-conservation of very small amount. This type of model requires "mini-charged" Higgs bosons whose acquisition of vacuum expectation values causes the "mini-charge" non-conservation. There are arguments based on monopole and GUTs such as SU(5) and 50(10), but here we confine to the SU(3)c x SU(2)L x U(I)y theories where some arguments have been presented for the charge quantization.6H) In particular, Babu and Mohapatra showed the theorem that the charge is quantized if anomaly free conditions and Majorana mass term of neutrinos are taken into account.7) In their argument the charge conservation is assumed as granted. In order to construct the charge nonconservation model, these arguments have to be avoided. There are two classes of spontaneous charge symmetry breaking models. One is


Nutrition surveys reveal that within the same income level and household structure some households contain malnourished members while others do not. Many causes have been attributed to this phenomenon, such as differences in the following: kin and social network, purchasing power, food preferences, demand for women's time, and so forth. All of these factors influence the household concerning its ability to acquire food, but they do not provide explanations for what happens to the food once it reaches the household. However, knowledge about the differential allocation of food within the household could provide insights as to which individuals benefit and to what degree. Just as little is known about the flow of food once it reaches the household, there is also no information available on how food programmes might affect it. Yet, food programmes that focus on the household are designed with specific goals in mind. Awareness of the differences in intrahousehold food distribution practices could provide insights into why the desired impact may not be achieved Knowledge of what the intra-household food distribution practices are could provide assistance in the planning and effective implementation of more programmes. This paper presents and discusses a model of food flow within the household, explains the pathway of nutritional effect and the conveyance of nutritional benefits from food programmes, and concludes with an explanation of the interactions among them.


To achieve real-time controllable laser beam shaping,a system using an optical addressing liquid crystal spatial light modulator(LC-SLM) and a phase algorithm were presented.Simulation results of the geometrical transform method and G-S algorithm for shaping a Gaussian beam with amplitude modulation and phase distortion to a uniform distribution flat-top beam were analyzed.The output beam obtained by the geometrical transform method can have a uniform distribution with small scale,while the G-S algorithm can improve the unevenness of the incident beam with large scale.In order to decrease both the error of root mean square and the unevenness on the top of the output beam,a new algorithm was developed that combined the geometrical transform method and the G-S iterative algorithm.The phase distribution function from the geometrical transform was used as the initial phase distribution function in the iterative process of the G-S algorithm.The simulation results show that the improved algorithm is effective in both decreasing the unevenness and obtaining a suitable output beam.


In this chapter, the author reviews the most common commercially available kits and methods for the routine clinical virology laboratory. Outbreaks of influenza occur annually during the winter. The virus infects the columnar epithelial cells of the upper respiratory tract, and in the majority of those infected, the virus causes a disease characterized by fever, pharyngitis, and myalgias. The BD Directigen Flu A assay introduced 10 years ago, detects only influenza A virus, and of all the assays listed, it is the most extensively evaluated. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of viral lower respiratory tract infections among infants and young children worldwide. Unlike influenza virus, RSV is relatively difficult to recover in cell culture. Most of the immunoassays for RSV were developed and extensively evaluated in the early 1980s. Gardner and McQuillan comprehensively examined the value of immunofluorescence staining for the diagnosis of respiratory tract infections in the early 1980s. Since influenza antigens are found in the nucleus and cytoplasm and parainfluenza virus antigens are exclusively cytoplasmic, the staining pattern may provide a clue to the identity of the virus and thus direct subsequent staining. Many viruses, including astroviruses, caliciviruses (Norwalk and Norwalk-like viruses), coronaviruses (the genus Torovirus), adenoviruses, and rotaviruses cause gastrointestinal disease in humans, and unfortunately, all are either difficult or impossible to cultivate in routinely used cell cultures. The adenoviruses cause a broad spectrum of human disease, including pharyngitis, pneumonia, conjunctivitis, hemorrhagic cystitis, and diarrhea.


Over the past half century, California has been a battleground for conflicts over the nature, scope, and limits of rights. While Americans have always clashed over rights, the modern rights revolution has expanded the conflict throughout the country, and nowhere more than in California. These struggles have been hard fought, because rights have power. Once an interest is converted into a right, it can trump competing interests that lack the status of right. The ability to recognize, create, or limit rights is consequential, indeed.1 California's prominence in these conflicts can be traced to several factors. First, the state has deep ideological divides. California is home to progressive social movements that have sought to establish new rights in areas including abortion, capital punishment, criminal procedure, school funding, gay rights, aid-in-dying, and more—and home, as well, to highly motivated conservative groups that have resisted many of these changes. Second, California exists within a federal system that allows states to innovate in the area of rights. State constitutional rights operate semi-independently of the U.S. Constitution—that is, states may define state constitutional rights more expansively than the Federal Constitution requires. An assertive state supreme court, through state constitutional interpretation, can establish new rights. The California Supreme Court, more than any other state court, has expanded state constitutional rights beyond federal minimums.2 Third, citizens of California have extraordinary power to counter their state supreme court, through state constitutional amendment or


Public health security in human societies is placed under enormous strain by infectious disease epidemics. According to the WHO, COVID-19 and Mpox remain on the list of PHEICs, whereas cholera, dengue, and other contagious diseases remain endemic in several countries and regions. Data on prevalent infectious diseases have been collected worldwide in recent weeks, and may provide new ideas for international collaboration in public health.


In vitro plant regeneration was achieved from explants of nodal segments on MS medium containing different concentrations and combinations of auxins and cytokinins. In vitro flowering was noticed from nodal explants cultured on MS medium supplemented with BAP 2 mg/L + NAA 1mg/L. Multiple shoot induction was observed on MS medium supplemented with BAP + NAA (0.5 4 mg/L). The regenerated shoots were transferred onto MS Medium fortified with IBA for root induction. The regenerated plantlets have been successfully established in soil and they were shifted to field condition.


The situation of water resources utilization of Xuancheng City and the existing problems are introduced,the main solutions to them are proposed.


Zooplankton is a key element in aquatic food webs. Rapid mapping of abundance, combined with information on taxonomic and size composition is necessary to understand ecosystem dynamics. Classical sampling with towed plankton nets does not allow resolving fine scale distributions along hydrographic gradients (e.g. fronts and clines) although such structures determine community assemblages and trophic interactions. Furthermore, sample analysis is labor intensive and time consuming. To overcome these shortcomings, Lightframe On-sight Keyspecies Investigation (LOKI), a new imaging device, was developed for sensing spatial variability of plankton distribution on scales below the 1~m level. Here, we give a brief description of the LOKI system and demonstrate its potential for taxonomic identification using images of various zooplankton taxa collected in the south east Pacific.


By means of questionnaire,literature and mathematical statistics,the authors surveyed and analyzed the present situation of university students' participating in extracurricular sports in the city of Ningbo in China.The results showed that a large section of university students not only liked or liked the extracurricular sports very much,but also took part in it in varying degrees;who did exercise mainly in the morning,and whose selection of sports items,forms and places had clear sex distinction,and whose motivation of being involved in extracurricular sports was not single but manifold;Lack of sports places and sports equipments were the main disadvangtage influencing university students to join extracurricular sports.


Aim To investigate the relationship between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD)and levels of serum adiponectin and tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α)in diet-induced obese rats and the effects of pioglitazone.Methods 45 SD male rats were randomly divided into three groups:pioglitazone group(P),high-fat diet group(HF),normal control group(NC),15 rats in each group.Rats in NC group were fed with standard food and the others with high-fat diet.After 12 weeks,rats in P group were treated with pioglitazone 10mg/kg ig daily for 4 weeks.Accordingly,HF and NC groups were administrated with homologous solvent.Serum adiponectin,TNF-α,free fatty acid(FFA),and biochemical data were observed,and Lee's index,HOMA-IR and liver index were calculated.Pathologic histology and HE stain of rat livers were observed.Results Compared with HF group with NC group,body weight,liver index,levels of serum glucose,insulin,FFA,ALT,HOMA-IR and TNF-α increased significantly,and serum adiponectin decreased(P0.05).Liver steatosis was appeared in HF group.Compared with HF group,liver indices,the levels of HOMA-IR,FFA,and TNF-α lowered markedly,serum adiponectin elevated,and the liver steatosis were ameliorated in P group(P0.05).Correlation analysis indicated that the levels of serum TNF-α,FFA in HF group rats were positively correlated with liver index and HOMA-IR(P0.05),and adiponectin were negatively associated with them.Conclusion High-fat diet can induce alimentary obesity,insulin resistance and NAFLD.Pioglitazone can improve insulin sensitivity and alleviate liver steatosis.It may be associated with the decrease of serum TNF-α and the increase of adiponectin.


There are mainly three economic increase models:Halod-DaMa model, new classical model and new Cambridge model, but they have a common error that neglects the fuction of goods market element.Therefore it is very important to inotrduce trade element, and then interpretations of economic increace model on export guidance is of profound significance.


FIELD: metallurgy, namely processes and equipment for continuous casting of steel. SUBSTANCE: liquid cooled mold for continuous casting of steel ingots includes shape forming body of high heat conductance material such as copper or its alloy. Such body of mold mainly includes two mutually opposite wide lateral walls and narrow walls limiting width of ingot. Wide lateral walls form funnel-type casting zone. In order to prevent cracking in zones with increased heat and mechanical loads, particularly in zone of metal heel of bath there is cooling zone with increased specific heat flux. Said cooling zone extends at least along 20% of meniscus length of wide lateral wall. Shaping cavity has at side of casting steel at least one bulge that decreases in direction of casting. EFFECT: elimination of cracking in zones with increased heat and mechanical loads. 9 cl, 2 dwg


Aiming at the inconsistence of local and military for the national defense potential resource description,the paper raised the description method,construction of the potential mobilizing resources ontology model based on OWL,using the ideology of ontology.The method follows the general processing method of ontology construction and fulfills the construction of potential mobilizing resources ontology model,by integrating the description requirement of local resources and military demand,declaring the uniform description regulation and using OWL for the formalization description.Finally the paper gave a example of the transportation in the national defense potential resource,to verify the feasibility and validity of the method.


In this talk, I will demonstrate some recent research progress on the series application of photoactived C-dots in environmental and energy fields.


During the second half of the twentieth century several theories and con¬cepts are defined. These theories at the center of their research put causes and consequences of uneven regional development. The growth poles theory is at the foundation of a broader conceptual circle of polarized development. Also, it represent a starting hypothesis for defining other theories. At the beginning of the second half of twentieth century a few growth poles were formed in Podrinje region. In the fifties, the primary growth pole - fabric for production of the cellulose and synthetic fibers 'Viskoza', and the secondary growth pole - hydropower plant 'Zvornik', were build. Also, there have been built a several smaller industrial facilities in Kru¬panj and Ljubovija, which have had a role of local growth poles. Their join action changed spacious, functional, demographic and economic structure of Podrinje region. Also, these growth poles created a new system of relation in space. Cities have become zones of extreme concentration of population and functions, thus increased uneven development between the centers (cities with suburban surroundings) and periphery (villages at the longer distances in lower zone of influence).


The slow muon technique was used to study the p-n junction of chalcopyrite solar cells. A defect layer near the interface was identified and the passivation of the defects by buffer layers was studied. Several cover layers on top of the chalcopyrite Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS) semiconductor absorber were investigated in this work, namely CdS, ZnSnO, Al2O3 and SiO2. Quantitative results were obtained: The defect layer extends about 50 nm into the CIGS absorber, the relevant disturbance is strain in the lattice, and CdS provides the best passivation, oxides have a minor effect. In the present contribution, specific aspects of the low-energy muon technique in connection with this research are discussed.


We review and develop the general properties of L∞ algebras focusing on the gauge structure of the associated field theories. Motivated by the L∞ homotopy Lie algebra of closed string field theory and the work of Roytenberg and Weinstein describing the Courant bracket in this language we investigate the L∞ structure of general gauge invariant perturbative field theories. We sketch such formulations for non‐abelian gauge theories, Einstein gravity, and for double field theory. We find that there is an L∞ algebra for the gauge structure and a larger one for the full interacting field theory. Theories where the gauge structure is a strict Lie algebra often require the full L∞ algebra for the interacting theory. The analysis suggests that L∞ algebras provide a classification of perturbative gauge invariant classical field theories.


Summary In a previous study, the apple 'Jonathan' was shown to be semi-compatible with the 'Topred' sport of 'Red Delicious', the main cultivar in Israel. This incompatibility led to reduced pollination potency, explaining the low yield obtained from 'Topred' rows adjacent to 'Jonathan'. Hence, the importance of identifying the level of compatibility for all 'Topred' pollinators became apparent. By analysing S-allele by PCR with primers for the various S-alleles of the cultivars in the 'Topred' orchard, including S10 and S28, which were cloned in this study, it was evident that apart from 'Jonathan', the common pollinators for 'Topred' are fully compatible with it. The ability to identify all S-alleles in the 'Topred' orchard was also utilized to resolve the observation that, although 'Topred' is considered self-incompatible, self-pollinated, net-caged, 'Topred' flowers set some fruit. Applying PCR-analysis of S-alleles to the progeny of the suspected self-pollinated 'Topred' fruit revealed that the fruit-set was the outcome of cross-pollination, perhaps the consequence of fertilization by wind carried pollen. Hence, the notion that 'Topred' is totally self-incompatible was confirmed and the efficiency of progeny PCR S-allele analysis for the determination of the pollen donor was exhibited.


For transferring Brassica Campestris ssp.Chinensis var.Utilis and Brassica campestris ssp.Chinese cabbage GMS,the genotype of sterile site in them was needed to be tested.The target of it was to proof the applying range of multiple allele genetic inheritance hypothesis.The male sterile Chinese cabbage was used in the experiment as the test cross material in identifying genotypes of 23 male fertile lines.The results showed that the homozygous male restorer genotypes(MsfMsf) accounted for 82.61%,The gene frequency of Msf was 89.13% and of ms was 10.87%.


An alternative to remove polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) of the environment is using hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria. The aim of this work was to study the bacterial diversity of indigenous isolates with potential to degrade pyrene. We used MALDI-Biotyper (Bruker Daltonics) as a powerful analytical tool for identification. Bacteria were isolated from surface seawater and marine sediments samples of three sites from the coast of Rosarito Port, B.C., Mexico. Total concentration of PAHs in collected samples was quantified by GC-MS, showed values ranged 0.461-0.525 ng mL-1 and of 74 -266 ng g-1 in seawater and sediments samples, respectively. A total of 52 bacteria with capacity to grow in 25 mg L-1 pyrene as sole carbon and energy source were taxonomically identified and classified by MALDI-Biotyper system by comparing the mass spectra with library and/or to use chemometric tools as Principal Components Analysis (PCA) and Composite Correlation Index (CCI) to evaluate possible differences to isolate level. The identified isolates were represented by three phylogenetic groups: Firmicutes, Actinobacteria and Proteobacteria. Of these isolates, Kocuria strains appear to be excellent candidates to continue PAHs degradation studies.


The moisture testing system of ultra-dry granular material based on virtual instrument technology designing was composed of HM1520LF humidity sensors, transistorized voltage stabilizer,data acquisition card,PC and the humidity signal processing software based on the LabVIEW.In test procedure,the humidity sensor connected with transistorized voltage stabilizer was used for measuring humidity,the humidity signal was input to PC through data acquisition card,and using software system based on LabVIEW programming platform acquiring signal.The collected data was kept in reserve through queue,then displayed in the graphic.The result was stored in access,facilitate to query and playback data.It was seamless connection between hardware,the system has good flexibility and scalability, improving programming efficiency,reducing development time and friendly humanmachine interface.


Precarity among low-skilled temporary migrant workers in Asia is well documented, particularly concerning migrant women in domestic work in countries of the Gulf region and in East Asia. In this paper, we first examine the intersection of gender and type of work by comparing men and women, but also by comparing women engaged in domestic work and those working in manufacturing. Second, we analyse indicators of precarity through the entire migration process: pre-departure, time abroad, and return. Based on descriptive analyses from survey data collected in 2009 from 499 former Vietnamese migrant workers who worked in Malaysia, Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan between 2000 and 2009, our results indicate differences in (1) moments of precarity, (2) types of precarity, and (3) levels of precarity. This paper unpacks how gender is central to an understanding of precariousness in migration but also how it may intersect with other important variables. research on legal temporary low-skilled migration flows has repeatedly shown that migrants are subject to structural precarity, given their limited rights in the destination countries (Piper 2004; Piché 2008; Goldring 2010). reports of abuse, failure to be paid expected salaries, arbitrary dismissal, and deportation are common in destination countries of East, Southeast and West Asia that import labour (Martin 2010). Structural precarity appears to be particularly acute for migrant women who migrate within patriarchal regimes and gendered labour markets (Danneker 2009). Studies on women migrant workers in domestic work, in particular, contain a wealth of vivid illustrations of the intrinsically gendered aspects of the migration process, migration experience, and migration policies (Constable 1997; Hondagneu Sotelo 2000; lan 2008; Constable 2010).1 While gender clearly shapes precarity in 1 In this paper we do not discuss the important question of agency (see, for instance, Sim 2009; Hsia 2010). specific ways, we know little about when, how, and who is more or less precarious among these groups of migrants in the Asian context. This paper aims to address these questions in two ways. First, most accounts rely on the experiences of female domestic workers, and results are then often extrapolated to women migrants in general. yet, women migrants in low-skilled occupations work in other sectors, such as manufacturing and services. In this analysis, our objective is to unpack how gender matters by comparing not only men and women, but also women working in different jobs. Second, most research documents women migrants' experiences while abroad, while less is known about what unfolds in the two other phases of the labour migration process: pre-departure and return. We therefore analyse experiences during the entire migration process. We pursue these two lines of inquiry as a way to further our understanding of precarity among low-skilled labour migrants within Asia using a gender approach. Diversities Vol. 15, No. 1, 2013 • ISSN 2079-6595 D. Bélanger, T. Giang Linh 6 This analysis is based on survey data collected in three provinces of Vietnam from 499 migrant returnees (former migrant workers) in 2009. The sample of former migrant workers used in this analysis had worked as domestic workers or factory workers in Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia, and South Korea between 2000 and 2009. Our findings show differences in (1) moments of precarity, (2) types of precarity, and (3) levels of precarity. During the pre-departure period, women surveyed were more at risk during training than men, while men endured the burden of larger pre-departure fees than women. While abroad, women former domestic workers reported the most positive experiences, compared to their female and male counterparts who worked in manufacturing. routes to return showed that domestic workers were the most likely to complete their contracts and return as planned, while factory workers, both men and women, were more likely to either be sent back early or to overstay their visas. Among women, levels of precarity show that, overall, female factory workers were at higher risk than women who laboured in domestic work. These findings must be situated within the policy and social environments of these migrants' destination countries: Taiwan in the case of domestic workers, and Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, and Malaysia in the case of factory workers. likewise, precarity prior to migration and upon return is shaped by Vietnam's political economy and social context. Precarity, gender, and work in the migration process To examine migrants' experiences through the lens of rights (the objective of this special issue), we find the notion of precariousness or precarity (used interchangeably thereafter) particularly useful. Goldring et al. (2009) suggest that precariousness can be defined as a continuum upon which migrants' vulnerabilities can be examined. Using this conceptualisation, Goldring et al., along with a growing number of researchers, question the dichotomous categories – legal and illegal, documented and undocumented – that are used to classify migrants and claim, rather, that it proves more fruitful to use a spectrum of precariousness. Goldring and her colleagues argue that: [...] precarious migratory status, like citizenship, is multi-dimensional and constructed by specific state policies, regulations, practices of policy implementation, activism, discourses and so forth, and that there may be multiple pathways to precarious status, depending on the context at various levels. To explore the implications of precarious status for differential inclusion, we link forms of precarious status to the presence/absence of rights and entitlements (Goldring et al. 2009: 240). Goldring et al. show how precarity is legally produced by temporary migrant workers' programs, whereby employers and receiving states can easily dispose of migrants. In other words, temporary foreign workers are, in essence, in a precarious state due to their limited entitlement to social protection and their mandatory return, which prevents them from accessing legal and social citizenship. This approach, thus, shows the usefulness of studying migrants along a continuum of 'precariousness', rather than within binary conceptualisations of legality. Moreover, as raghuram (2010) shows, this precarity is not limited to the lesser skilled. Using the example of migrants skilled in medicine in the UK, she shows how temporariness and precarity are different and how 'precarity and vulnerability, the hallmarks of temporariness, are not limited to the lesser skilled' (raghuram, forthcoming: 26). The concept of precariousness, developed from examples taken from the Canadian case (Goldring et al. 2009), and the unpacking of the relationship between temporariness and precarity, in the case of the UK (raghuram, 2010), are both particularly useful for the Asian context. Indeed, international temporary labour migration in Asia, for the most part, consists of legal migration flows. Migrants are documented and legally enter the borders of receiving countries. Despite their legal status, they face high degrees of precarity that may lead to voluntary or involuntary slippage into the illegal sector (Bélanger et al. 2011). In other words, being legal and documented does not mean that migrants work and live in safe and fair conditions. Compulsory return, combined with limited social protection Vietnamese Migrant Workers in Asia DiVersities Vol. 15, No. 1, 2013 • ISSN 2079-6595 7 and the near impossibility of appealing an early contract termination, create a high degree of precarity in itself. This situation is, in turn, conducive to the development of an illegal sector in which migrants may, in fact, feel freer and more empowered, as illustrated by the research of lan (2007) on undocumented domestic workers in Taiwan, and by Bélanger et al. (2001) on undocumented factory workers in Japan. In some extreme cases, migrants suffer from forced labour and human trafficking (Bélanger, forthcoming). research paying attention to migrants' rights has especially focused on migrants' lives in the destination country where they have limited rights and entitlements (Constable 1997; Piper 2004; Oishi 2005; le 2010). Temporary labour migrant workers have limited 'bundles of rights' and are often constructed by employers and governments of receiving countries as cheap, flexible, and disposable labour. lack of respect for labour contracts, arbitrary dismissal, passport confiscation, lack of health benefits, abusive working conditions, physical abuse, and confinement are among the numerous problems repeatedly identified by researchers and migrants' advocates (Piper 2004; Bélanger et al. 2010; Martin 2010). Studies on women migrants highlight the additional vulnerabilities that women (relative to men) face due to the global gendered job market that confines them to sectors such as domestic work. Women migrants are also situated in a global patriarchal order that often puts them in a subordinate position as aspiring migrants, migrants abroad, and returnees. Studies into the lives of domestic workers, in particular, have underscored the vulnerabilities of those working in private homes, where they can be particularly at risk for various types of abuse. Studies on Singapore (Ueno 2009), Taiwan (lan 2006), Hong Kong (Constable 1997) and the Gulf countries (Bélanger and rahman 2013) show similarities, despite differences in the intensity of these problems and the scope for resistance and contestation. In this literature on women migrants, however, quantitative analyses are lacking and a gender approach – rather than a focus on women – is rarely adopted. In this paper, we push this line of inquiry by exploring the experiences of migrants, both men and women, to unpack how gender is intertwined with other aspects of migrants' experiences. We examine how gender is related to precariousness among low-skilled labour migr


Small alpine lakes are highly sensitive even to modest environmental changes. The lake Saetrevatnet within Bodalen in the Nordfjord, western Norway is a proglacial lake in front of the Bodalsglacier formed after the rapid retreat of the outlet glacier AD 1930. Delta and lake sediments from Saertevatnet are studied in order to characterise the impact of climate variability on the sedimentary system. The investigations are focused on i) quantifying the high contemporary sedimentation rates, ii) the temporal variability of sedimentary & geomorphic process rates and iii) the identification and characterisation of sediment sources. To address these objectives different sediment coring techniques (e.g. freeze coring, modified Livingston piston corer, Russian corer) are applied. The cores are analysed regarding textural parameters (e.g. grain-size distribution, SEM analysis) and the sediment nature (e.g. XRF analysis, magnetic susceptibility) and the chronostratigraphic framework are defined by the radio-isotopes 137Cs and 210Pb. In addition, the delta growth and the suspended sediment transport into and out of the lake are continuously monitored. A defined grid of sticks on the delta is used to calculate the rapid annual sediment accumulation at the inlet of the lake. The suspended sediment transport is measured at two stationary stations at the inlet and the outlet of the lake. The results provide new information on rates and controls of sediment dynamics in a highly-active glacier-fed environment.


field in a thermodynamic sense is negligibly small. 4‐6 Notably, studies reporting the anomalously strong effects of electric fields are not the exception but rather are common. In this connection it is of interest to determine the mechanisms that may cause a considerable increase of the effective We in the phenomena which can be affected by electric field. In this study, we consider the effect of a strong amplification of the field in a fractal cluster due to the renormalization of the geometric coefficient. The physics of this effect is rather simple, and it is associated with the fact that the change of the electric field by the inhomogeneous inclusions is essential in the range of the order of the size of the inclusion. Therefore, if the sizes of the inclusions differ considerably, each inclusion causes an independent distortion of the external field. For certain relative locations of these inclusions, one can attain a considerable amplification of the field. In this Brief Report we considered the simplest situation, and selected a geometry which allows analytical solution. In the framework of this model, the amplification of the electric field E;3 k , where k is a number of heterogeneous inclusions in the fractal cluster with the sizes a1@a2@a3 @fl@ak . The analyzed effect may occur not only for the electric field but also for temperature fields, electric currents, etc. To the best of our knowledge, this effect was not considered previously, at least in the aspect of renormalization of the size of the critical nucleus in a fractal cluster by electric field. In order to calculate the work of nucleus formation in a polarizable medium We caused by the change of the configuration of the electric field, it is necessary to determine the induction of electric field D~r! and its strength E~r! .I n the electrostatic approximation in a locally isotropic medium these functions are determined by the following equations: 7


Psoriasis may imply a remarkable psychological impairment, which can influence patient's personality. The Type D personality is defined by the combination of social inhibition and negative affectivity. Furthermore, Type D personality has been associated with impaired health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) and increased cardiovascular risk, both facts being associated with moderate to severe psoriasis.


Commentary on: SC Inglis, RA Clark, FA McAlister, et al.. Structured telephone support or telemonitoring programmes for patients with chronic heart failure. Cochrane Database Syst Rev2010;8:CD007228.


This afterword explores conservative purges, which have not received adequate attention because the conservative movement and its apparent opponents have agreed on certain seemingly innocent misrepresentations, which need to be corrected. Purges have not been limited to removing undesirables from the masthead of conservative magazines nor to breaking social and professional relations. More typically, this shunning has been accompanied by campaigns of character assassination that have sometimes lasted years. What happened to M. E. Bradford was all too typical of this process of defamation. Conservative movement leaders have behaved in a way that one might have expected in an earlier age from the Communist Party USA. In all likelihood, however, American Communists would have been generally better read and more cerebral than those who draw their picture of reality from conservative media stars.


Mathjax On | Off Abstract The postulates of quantum mechanics can be understood by considering a simple one-dimensional model of the translational motion of a particle in a wire.


To be healthy and feel well does not evoke any particular attention of man. It is held as something natural and is used as a basis for other interests and activities. Disorders of health, in contrast, are noticed by a heightened arousal as they represent distress and/or danger of suffering and threatening of life. This may be one of reasons why there exist minute descriptions of hundreds of symptoms and signs of various health disorders whereas the state of health is usually described in more general terms only as if it should not have such a distinct identity of its own as the health disorders do. It is somewhat idealised at times also.


interpretation of the Benedictine Rule than that of many other convents. If Port Royal appeared radical or "innovative" to its contemporaries, this was not because it adopted new practices and beliefs, but rather because it rejected some of the institutional and spiritual customs (such as royal nomination of abbesses and an Ignatian emphasis on spiritual exercises) that had become commonplace in post-Tridentine France. Although Port Royal did adopt some key elements of Counter-Reformation religiosity (most significantly a perpetual adoration of the Eucharist), its reformers remained as faithful as possible to the original Benedictine Rule. In short, Weaver argues that many of the practices that critics condemned as "Jansenist"at Port Royal were genuinely Cistercian in origin.


This article describes the detailed configuration and LAN infrastructure design at the University of Bahrain (UOB). The article describes the configuration based on the new setup and migration requirements and indicates how the design satisfies those requirements. The article explains the detailed configuration of the design process of the distribution layer switches and shows how these switches can be configured in the final implementation. The article also discusses the modifications that occurred during the implementation/migration phase. The design of the network at UOB campuses incorporates resiliency into the network core in order to manage problems effectively. This will enable user access points to remain connected to the network even in the event of a failure. This incorporation aims to provide services and benefits to users without impediments.


ABSTRACT

The companies to improve and survive in the competitive market have changed their strategies in
order to adjust to the new expectations and the needs of the clients, for these are judges to qualify
the quality of service that they provide. For this, companies need to focus on processes without any
type designed for the past working conditions, but was designed in the needs of their clients with the
objective of obtaining satisfaction of the same services and ended up demonstrating their loyalty to
the Company.

This research entitled "PROCESS RE-ENGINEERING AND QUALITY OF SERVICE IN CACSO
PNP" SANTA ROSA DE LIMA "LTDA. - CIUDAD TRUJILLO 2017, was elaborated with the purpose
of determining the incidence of process reengineering in the Quality of Service of the CACSO PNP
"Santa Rosa de Lima" Ltda. In the city of Trujillo so that later a series of change in the activities of its
processes that improve the quality of service and are focused on the needs of its partners, which will
bear fruit in the long term.

For the development of the study we used experimental design of pre-experimental type and for data
collection we used research techniques such as the survey, after processing the information and
analyzing the results, we achieved the objectives of the research and confirm the validity of the
hypothesis.

From the results obtained, we can highlight that the clients perceive the quality of service as a service
of optimal quality, having as attributes the treatment of the staff, the flexibility of working hours as
well as the physical appearance of the staff.

For the above, it is concluded that Process Reengineering has a favorable impact on the Quality of
Service of the CACSO PNP "Santa Rosa de Lima" Ltda. In the city of Trujillo.


This research aimed to find and describe deeply how far the strategy of the library to improve inclusion student's reading interest at the Yogyakarta Tumbuh 3 Elementary School and the obstacles that is faced by the library in improving the inclusion student's reading interest. This research used qualitative descriptive. The method of collecting of this research used observational method, interview method, and documentation method. To examine the validity of this research the writer used triangulasi technique, interactive data analysis. The result of this research can be seen that the strategy of the library to improve inclusion student's reading interest of Yogyakarta Tumbuh 3 elementary School is adding the book collections according to the student's interest, Reading After School, Litle Librarian, Leveling book, and Literary class. The obstacles that the researcher found are not enaugh fund to buy the English Book, difficult to find the librarian who has good English and the children that prefer to find the answer through the internet than book. The suggestion is the school need to increase the fund to buy the book collection especially in english, and increase the profesional lybrarian.


Solvent recovery from vent gas is the important procedure of reducing slovent loss in extraction plant.The technology and principle of vent gas recovery system with paraffin were introduced.The modification method and effect of the technology were also described.In addition,the suggestions on manufacture and selection of partial equipment were put forward,which could provide reference for oil extraction factory.