Abstract Chemical coatings on seed are commonly used in the grain sorghum seed industry to protect plants against herbicide damage and to inoculate young plants against certain disease. In this study, grain sorghum grown from seed safened with CGA‐92194 ([(l,3‐dioxolo‐2‐yl‐methoxy)‐imino] benzene‐acetonitrile} against injury from the herbicide, metolachlor, was studied for seedling vigor, seedling emergence, plant growth, and Fe‐deficiency chlorosis. Other seed was additionally treated with a systemic fungicide [(Metalaxyl:N‐(2,6‐dimethylphenyl)‐N‐(methoxyacetyl) alaminemethyl ester)] for control of systemic downy mildew and diseases caused by soilborne Phythium and Phytophthora spp. The experiment was conducted on Fe‐sufficient and Fe‐deficient soils. CGA‐92194 safened seed showed a slight reduction in stand on Goliad sandy loam soils (Fe‐sufficient), while the addition of the fungicide together with the herbicide safener reduced plant emergence by 39%. Sorghum emergence was generally not affected by see...


Summary form only given. Bacteriorhodopsin (bR) is a retinal protein membrane present in bR Halobacterium salinarium that carries out its photosynthetic function. Upon absorption of a photon by its retinal chromophore, bR goes through its photocycle. Using picosecond Raman transient spectroscopy, the author was able to show that the first step is indeed a retinal photoisomerization from all-trans to 13-Cis form. The question immediately arises as to why retinal photoisomerization is so fast when placed in the protein. Using optical subpicosecond transient absorption photoacoustic spectroscopy, the author measured the rate of photoisomerization, its quantum yield, and the energy stored in this process for bR and for a number of its relevant mutants and at different pH. It is found that the presence of the negatively charged Aspartate-85 in the retinal cavity near the 13-14 bond is the most effective in the protein catalysis of this process. This led the author to propose that the positive charge stabilization on C/sub 13/ of the retinal in the excited state by Aspartate-85 reduces the barrier to rotation around the C/sub 13/-C/sub 14/ bond and leads to the observed photocatalysis. It is further observed that while the rate of photoisomerization is sensitive to the retinal environment, its quantum yield and the energy stored in this process are not. This has led to the conclusion that the ground state surface has a large barrier to thermal isomerization around C/sub 13/-C/sub l4/ while the excited state surface is barrierless, flat, and symmetric with respect to rotation around the C/sub 13/-C/sub 14/ bond in the perpendicular configuration.


Initial awareness about disaster management is certainly observed after facing number of disasters. Education department, government and non-government departments have also attempted seriously to follow. It is the only objective to fight out bravely the disasters in the future and minimize consequal damages. For that, the only easy way is preparation and preparedness against disasters. A disaster mostly affects children and students. Students usually lose their lives due to absence of proper guidance. The numbers of accidents are also increasing day by day. Students will not be afraid of fighting disasters and they will be helpful to the society, if the concepts of disaster management and preparedness are conveyed to them during primary education. As Gujarat comes under earth quake prone zone-II to IV, I have selected 100 government primary schools of Mahuva block, Bhavnagar districts of Gujarat keeping in mind the objectives of this study stated initially. It is clearly seen that basic amenities (physical needs) are not met with into the school campus. Even than, safety of schools play most important role at the time of a disaster. Most of schools are under natural or manually caused disaster prone area, while the preparedness is not at desired level. The head masters of primary schools are aware about disaster management, even though, it is necessary to make them more prepared by various trainings. Protection and insurance should be provided to students. It is necessary to have a compulsory subject of disaster management in primary education. It is the teachers' responsibility to keep school campus safe and should be aware of the probable risks. It is also teachers' responsibility how to react at the time of a disaster keeping in view the students and to provide them knowledge how to handle the situation after a disaster and to prepare a disaster management plan for the school. Teaching of moral lessons along with school activities gives live effect at the crucial time. A great chance is provided to the teachers by teaching their students the lessons of safety practically and thus, saving lives. There are plenty of risks in school campus, so it is also important for the teacher to know how to emphasize safe atmosphere and safe migratory reactions. Responsibility of regular check up of safety measures also lies with him. It is difficult to forecast a disaster striking but we are sure to save a number of lives at the time of a disaster. However, we will make our next generation more aware and teach them the lessons of preparedness continuously. Taking the disasters friendly, we will have to design our future developments with reference to disaster management, than and than only we will be able to save the life cycle of the earth in true sense. 'The philosophy and common factor of every policy on education is children welfare' is said to be proved in the study.


ABSTRACT Angus-based cows (n = 509) were used to evaluate the effects of a 5- or 7-d controlled internal drug-release (CIDR) insert and 5- or 7-d intervals between the first gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and prostaglandin (PG) injection on follicle size and AI pregnancy rate. Cows were randomized into 3 treatment groups. Group 1 (5,5) received both CIDR and GnRH, followed by CIDR removal and PG 5 d later. Group 2 (7,7) received CIDR and GnRH with CIDR removal and PG 7 d later. Group 3 (7,5) received CIDR and GnRH 2 d after CIDR insertion, with CIDR removal and PG 5 d after GnRH. Cows were observed for estrus twice daily for 72 h after PG injection; cows detected in estrus were artificially inseminated 12 h later (EAI), and cows not observed by 72 h were timed artificially inseminated (TAI) at 78 h after PG and given GnRH. Diameter of the largest follicle was determined by transrectal ultrasonography at AI. Pregnancy rate was greater ( P 0.01) in 7,5 (69.0%) than 5,5 cows (56.3%) with 7,7 cows being intermediate (63.0%). More ( P 0.05) 7,5 cows (40.8%) than 5,5 cows were bred by EAI. Cows in the 7,5 treatment had a greater ( P 0.05) conception rate to TAI (64.2%) than 5,5 cows (46.8%) or 7,7 cows (45.1%). Follicle size at breeding was 13.1 mm and did not differ among treatments, but was larger ( P 0.05) for primiparous (13.4 ± 0.4 mm) than for multiparous cows (12.5 ± 0.2). It was concluded that increased AI pregnancy rate can be obtained by shortening the interval between GnRH and PG injections in the presence of CIDR.


B/S mode is formed by further expansion of C/S mode. In order to reduce the client's operating load and reduce development cost,the tax administration system based on B/S structure was designed. In the design process of the system,a structuralization,prototyping and other system design methods were used to perform the experiments of functional design and database design of the electronic tax administration system in B/S mode. It effectively achieved the electronic tax information management,and further improve the quality of tax administration.


In a recent report Case et al. (1)
presented a free-air gravity anomaly
map of the Galapagos Islands based on
32 gravity stations on the islands. On
the basis of their data they stated that
the Galapagos Islands are associated
with an east-west trending "residual
negative anomaly" which is superimposed
on a "broader positive anomaly
of unknown amplitude and extent."
They concluded that "the gravity data
can be most readily interpreted in terms
of a low-density region related to a hot
spot or plume" beneath the islands.
We believe, however, that the data
of Case et al. in no way support this
interpretation. Their observations can,
in fact, be explained simply if the
Galapagos Islands are in some form of
isostatic equilibrium. Any form of isostatic
compensation will result in an
"edge effect" in the free-air anomaly
at the location of a large change in
relief. For a relatively narrow feature,
the edge effect anomalies over the two
"edges" merge, resulting in a large
positive anomaly. For a wider feature,
the two edge effects become separated,
resulting in an area of less positive
anomalies over the center of the feature.


Objective To evaluate the recovery and hemodynamics of total intravenous anaesthesia(TIVA) with propofol and remifentanil.Methods Forty ASAⅠ~Ⅱpatients undergoing laparoscopic operation were randomly divided into the TIVA group(group A,n=20) and the combined intravenous with inhalation anaesthesia group(group B,n=20).In group A,remifentanil and propofol was infused with an infusion pump to maintain anaesthesia.In group B,1%~2% Isoflurane and 50% N2O were inhaled to maintain anaesthesia.BP,HR at all stages and recovery profiles were recorded.Results ①Between before inflation and after inflation or between at the end of operation and the basic values in group A,there were no significant differences in BP,HR.②Recovery times were significantly less in group A than group B.③The side effects were similar between groups.Conclusion The application of TIVA with propofol and remifentanil is associated with better hemodynamic stability and better recovery profile as compared to the combined intravenous with inhalation anaesthesia.


We manipulate the magnetic states of ferromagnetic nanorings with an azimuthal Oersted field directed along the ring circumference. The circular field is generated by passing current through an atomic force microscope tip positioned at the center of the ring, and can directly control the chirality of the vortex state. We demonstrate switching from an onion state to a vortex state and between two vortex states, using magnetic force microscopy to image the resulting magnetic states. The understanding of the magnetization switching behavior in an azimuthal Oersted field could improve practical magnetic data storage devices.


INTRODUCTIONThe Middle East and North Africa (MENA) stands on the precipice of a food crisis many years in the making but now becoming more urgent as a consequence of the unrest of the Arab Spring. On both the production and consumption sides, the region's food industry has experienced deteriorating parameters over the last decades. There has been a widespread recognition of this on the part of MENA leaders, but they face enormous constraints to increasing harvests and, with the exception of the Gulf oil states, little has been done to address the problem. The Arab Spring threatens to exacerbate this situation by compelling weak governments more attuned to popular demands-both the new and/or transitional governments arising from the protests and older, established governments seeking to keep the opposition at bay-by adopting policies aimed at meeting short-term political requirements rather than adopting economic reforms and infrastructure development, which demand long-term horizons and finance that may not be available. Both market-based and government-directed solutions are in order, but neither can succeed in an atmosphere of instability. The likely absence of a sufficient policy response in the foreseeable future comes as food prices have been rising globally (and may have contributed to the Arab Spring unrest), thereby exacerbating an already difficult food security situation for the MENA region.The nature of the food crisis differs between countries, with the most critical division between oil-exporting and non-oil economies. Yet virtually all the countries of the region are contending with a food crisis of one kind or another. On the production side, output has been constrained by persistent policy neglect in most countries. Agriculture in the MENA region suffers from low productivity even by the standards of the developing world, from poor utilization of severely limited resources and from urbanization that competes for limited supplies of land and water. Increasingly unfavorable global climatic conditions are likely to exacerbate the situation, both for domestic farming and for the extra-regional exporters MENA heavily relies on to supplement local harvests. On the consumption side, poorly designed social welfare policies have compounded the effect of rapid population growth to increase demand for food faster than domestic food production can be expanded.Like the rest of the world, the MENA region faces an era of rising food prices as global consumption grows and climactic conditions becomes less reliable. However, the MENA region's non-oil states' populations are especially vulnerable to higher food prices and potential shortages due to their high rates of poverty and heavy reliance on imported food. Moreover, their uncompetitive economies fail to generate sufficient export earnings to cover the rising cost of importing food.THE CRISIS OF AGRICULTUREExcept for the oil-exporting countries of the Gulf, agriculture is a key component of the MENA economies. On average, it accounted for about nine percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in the 2000-2004 periods.1 The figure, however, understates the importance of the sector socially and politically. About 45 percent of the region's population is rural, i.e., is employed in agriculture directly or dependent on it through sectors closely related to farming. Thus, a large part of the population is highly sensitive to changes in farm prices and conditions. Moreover, in the most critical countries of the region, farming accounts for a larger proportion of GDP, most notably Egypt (13.5 percent of GDP, 32 percent of the labor force) and Syria (17.6 percent of GDP, 17 percent of the labor force).2 The critical role of agriculture as a source of employment also applies to many of MENA's most important oil-exporting countries. Even though petroleum accounts for the largest portion of output, it provides relatively little employment. Thus, agriculture remains a key source of employment. …


Background: Leprosy is one of the neglected tropical diseases on the global watch of the WHO, with a commitment to globally eliminate the disease by 2020. This study utilises spatial analytics to identify areas of high leprosy burden, active transmission and delayed presentation at the lowest administrative level in Nigeria. Methods: The study is an ecological study of secondary data of newly diagnosed leprosy cases reported to the Nigerian National TB and Leprosy Control Programme in 2016. The 774 LGAs were used as the unit of geographical analysis. The global Moran's I and Local Moran's I (LISA) test were used to measure spatial autocorrelation for annual leprosy case detection, childhood case detection and Grade 2 disability. Results: A total of 2835 new leprosy cases were notified in 2016. Majorities were male (60·5%) and multi-bacillary 2026 (71·5%). A total of 200 (7·1%) were children aged 0–14 years and 286 (10·1%) had Grade 2 disability. The leprosy case detection rate for 2016 was 1·7 per 100,000 population, while the annual case detection rate in children 0–14 years was 0·12 per 100,000 population; the Grade 2 disability rate was 0·17 per 100,000. Significant clustering was observed for annual leprosy case detection, recent transmission and for delayed presentation. Conclusion: A significant clustering of leprosy case detection, active transmission and delayed diagnosis was observed in the country. The identification of these hot spot LGAs will provide valuable information to programme managers in the implementation of targeted activities for the elimination of the disease in Nigeria.


CURRENT AASHO DESIGN STANDARDS FOR PASSING SIGHT DISTANCE ARE BASED UPON MATHEMATICAL FORMULAS WHICH EMPLOY SEVERAL ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING DRIVER-VEHICLE CHARACTERISTICS. MANY OF THE VALUES USED IN ESTABLISHING THESE STANDARDS WERE DETERMINED FROM STUDIES CONDUCTED APPROXIMATELY THIRTY YEARS AGO. THE SUBJECT OF DRIVER JUDGMENT AND DECISION PROCESSES HAS BEEN A POPULAR RESEARCH SUBJECT DURING THE PAST DECADE. STUDIES CONDUCTED IN THIS AREA SUGGEST THAT THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT FORM THE BASIS OF EXISTING DESIGN STANDARDS MAY NOT BE APPLICABLE TO CURRENT VEHICLES AND DRIVERS. THE REPORT IS ADDRESSED TO AN EXAMINATION OF CURRENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING THE PASSING MANEUVERS TO ASCERTAIN THE VALIDITY OF EXISTING PASSING SIGHT DISTANCE STANDARDS. EXAMINATION OF THE STATE-OF-THE-ART REVEALED: (1) MANY OF THE VALUES USED IN ESTABLISHING PASSING SIGHT DISTANCE DESIGN STANDARDS ARE BASED SOLELY ON STUDIES CONDUCTED BETWEEN 1938 AND 1941 AND THE CRITERIA HAVE REMAINED VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED, (2) USE OF THE 10-MPH SPEED DIFFERENTIAL IN EXTRAPOLATING PASSING SIGHT DISTANCE FOR THE HIGHER SPEED GROUPS APPEARS TO BE QUESTIONABLE, (3) USE OF ASSUMED SPEEDS SOMEWHAT LOWER THAN THE HIGHWAY DESIGN SPEED MAY NOT REPRESENT THE CRITICAL PASSING SITUATION UNDER CURRENT OPERATING CONDITIONS, (4) CLEARANCE DISTANCE UNDER CURRENT AASHO STANDARDS APPEARS TO BE SOMEWHAT SHORT, AND (5) CURRENT STRIPING SPECIFICATIONS ARE IDENTICAL TO THOSE OUTLINED IN THE 1940 AASHO POLICY FOR STRIPING NO-PASSING ZONES. STRIPING PRACTICES ESTABLISHED FOR THE 1940 ASSUMPTIONS ARE QUESTIONABLE FOR CURRENT HIGHWAY OPERATION. /AUTHOR/


As IPv6 networks rapidly deployed,native IPv6 backbones(such as CNGI) are emerging.However,vast applications and services still stay in IPv4 network.Thus,interconnection of IPv4 networks over IPv6 backbones is required.Unfortunately,there are no suitable transition mechanisms available to satisfy this requirement.We propose a 4over6 framework for IPv4 network interconnection over IPv6 backbone without explicit tunneling.The 4over6 mechanism is discussed and analyzed.Prototype implementation verifies the theory of the framework.ISP independent deployment scheme then is proposed which reduces the routing overhead and increases the practicability of 4over6 deployment.Being transparent to IPv4 and IPv6 networks,the light weight scalable 4over6 framework is fit for large-scale complexity network interconnection with automatic discovery and control.


Going to college no longer guarantees a decent job. What do we know about how to improve returns on education for our youth? The author presents his very useful conclusions based on research into students' earnings outcomes after they attend Florida community colleges.


When dissolved mixture of polymer A and polymer B and the organic solvent, in the system to phase separate into two phases on the solution containing as a main component the solution phase and the polymer B as a main component a polymer A, mixture of polymer A and polymer B and the organic solvent after forming the emulsion by continuous supply to the device is supplied in a container, method of producing the polymer fine particles, characterized in that the continuous addition of a poor solvent for the polymer a in the vessel and to precipitate the polymer a, continuously taking out the polymer a particles . The present invention, by an efficient production method becomes possible mass production, and further provides a method for producing the fine particles of the small polymer particles or change particle diameter distribution index of the average particle size continuously.


AT THE K-12 level, the adoption of proficiency-based instruction and assessment -- known variously as the standards movement or outcome-based reform -- seems to be spreading rapidly. Much of this activity is school-or district-initiated. When state-level reforms are added to the picture, even higher education may be pushed to reform itself. A decade ago, observers frequently speculated that the window of opportunity for reform would stay open only a year or two. Today these words are rarely heard, but the silence doesn't mean that support for reform is universal. Indeed, criticism can come from within the ranks of education as well as from the general public. The fact that not all educators see the need for change or support reform is causing some to realize that the homework needed to sway the "profession" in favor of reform has not been done. Teacher unions often worry about job security, tenure, and salaries. Should they not also provide leadership for the rank and file in sorting out new reform ideas? When business coalitions and state policy groups provide more visible leadership than teacher unions, talk of dismantling the current education system rather than improving it proliferates. Nowhere is the need for improvement more evident than in the nation's inner-city schools. In his "state of the state" address in 1993, Illinois Gov. James Edgar proposed the creation of a "learning zone" for the city of Chicago. Modeled after the Illinois experience with enterprise zones, the new effort proposed to reduce state rules and regulations and to create a relationship between the Chicago board of education and the site-based school councils to improve learning for inner-city students. Legislation enacted in 1993 (H.B. 2282) set up the Chicago School Learning Zone Advisory Committee and asked that it make recommendations to implement the governor's idea (see Stateline, February 1994). Some of the business and community leaders failed to attend the final meeting of the advisory committee, and a coalition of 19 teacher and labor union members succeeded in exempting union contracts and work rules from waivers. Some observers at the meeting felt that this action essentially stripped the learning zone concept of any real meaning. As this was written, the governor's office was exploring ways in which the learning zone concept could be salvaged. REFORM PROGRESS Like many other districts, Blue Valley School District No. 229 in Overland Park, Kansas, has been exploring a number of reform ideas, including outcome-based education (OBE). A task force appointed by the board of education and made up of teachers, administrators, parents, and school patrons asked officials to conduct a study of other districts to determine whether those districts could demonstrate the success of their programs through hard data. Items developed by the task force served as the basis for the script of an 18-question phone interview. From a list of 124 schools and districts known to be using OBE programs, 24 were selected at random for the phone survey, and the remainder received a mail-in survey. Approximately one-fourth of the total districts surveyed (by mail and by phone) responded. When these responses were combined with a similar study conducted by the Ohio Department of Education, a total of 39 schools and districts provided statistical evidence for the success of OBE programs. The 39 sites represented 21 states and one Canadian province. Paralleling such district-level OBE activities are numerous state efforts to shift schools to a performance- or standards-based system of instruction. While the short description of this activity calls it a move from an input-based to an outcome-based system, the "O word" has become such a lightning rod that states are using a wide variety of descriptions for similar activities. Researcher Alex Medler of the Education Commission of the States has recently summarized some of this activity in a publication titled Examples and Summaries of State Initiatives to Develop Goals, Standards, and Outcomes. …


Human motion in visual and long-wave infrared video imagery is investigated. A simple moving target tracker is used to segment out the subject of interest in a video sequence. Pixel level changes of the subject's size and position within the image are then used to form a pair of signals. Standard techniques in signal processing are then applied to find features of interest. The long term goals of the work are to find a means for associating tracks of humans in optical video data with poorly resolved micro-Doppler RF signals, and to determine intent.


The main purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that special place the secondary school held in the Soviet social and educational politics of the late 1940s, as well as to introduce a very interesting and rather underinvestigated type of primary source, the so-called verbatim shorthand records of the Boards of the Soviet People's Commissariat and Ministry of Public Education. These sources help to reconstruct the history of decision-making and the struggle of the elites within the Soviet administrative machine.The paper explores the premises and contradictions of the Soviet school politics in the 1948-1949 when Alexander Voznesensky, an administrator and an academic economist, became the Minister of Public Education. Voznesensky undertook an attempt (that was uncharacteristic for the Stalinist period) to minimize the infl uence of the political and social organizations onto the school life. While trying to implement this idea, he obviously expected to find a social basis for his project in the directors' corps, as the school directors had enjoyed considerable independence during the WWII. One of the regulatory instruments that was supposed to launch a new trend in the school politics was a "Resolution on the school students being overburdened with social and other extra-curricular activities." In order to discuss the draft of this Resolution a special conference of the ministerial board was convened. However, the directors' corps was not ready to support Voznesensky in its entirety. Some directors happened to think that overcoming the acute crisis within the secondary education system would only become possible after a cardinal revision of the school curriculum was performed and an 11-year term of school training was introduced, and that just by cutting down social activities one could not hope to achieve the desired result. At the same time, there were several directors who immediately caught up on his idea. Thus, a director of the Moscow school № 446 Ekaterina Chernysheva performed a real "public confession" and admitted that she had been systematically violating the Charters of both the Komsomol and Pioneer organizations to lighten the unsustainable burden of social activities her students had been suffering under. This "confession" did not have any consequences, as Chernysheva demonstrated the very model that Voznesensky considered to be the only acceptable one under the existing conditions. All in all, Voznesensky's policy can be interpreted as an attempt to make the Soviet school autonomous from the other Soviet institutions. This attempt was blocked by the Komsomol and party officials, but the traces of the attendant discussion were preserved in the verbatim shorthand records of the Board meetings. The author bases her research on the previously unpublished materials as well as on the recent studies by the Russian and foreign historians that provide a new context for the history of the Soviet school policy. The data presented here can be used both in the academic research and as part of the university courses on the history of education.


The aspects, related to the influence of the electrohydraulic shock method use in a water-cement slurry passing in a closed chamber (activation reactor) with a pre-applied pressure to the system under various processing modes are highlighted in the article. In order to test the effect of this method on water-cement slurry, an installation was developed, consisting of: a high-voltage source, a high-voltage diode, capacitor banks, a closing element and an activation reactor. The necessary experiments were carried out on the completed installation. The procedure for conducting experiments is described in the work, shows a schematic diagram of the installation for performing activation, a diagram of the reactor, and the processing modes. Several activation modes were considered, depending on: the number of pulses (1-4), pulse energy (0.5-8 kJ), water-cement ratio (0.2-0.35), time intervals for starting treatment from the moment the cement was mixed with water (0 -120 minutes), volume and shape of the container (activation reactor), holding temperature (20-60°C), etc. According to the results of the data obtained, it was experimentally established that the use of electric pulse treatment of water-cement suspension has a positive effect on strength (cup compressive strength) indicators, obtained as a result of processing cement stone samples at different times of hardening (1-3 days). The compressive strength of the treated specimens' increases in comparison with the untreated specimens, increase in strength reaches up to 45%, depending on the activation mode. The resulting effect was achieved due to many factors (high pressure, magnetic, temperature, energy, ultrasonic and other influences), which were applied in the most optimal period of time (stage) of the cement grain hydration process.


An important five-year collaborative international research programme
on 'Provincial Globalisation' is being directed by Prof. Mario Rutten of the
Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR), University of Amsterdam,
and Prof. Carol Upadhya of the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS),
Bangalore, supported by an Integrated Programme grant from WOTRO Science
for Global Development (Netherlands). Dr. Anant Maringanti, the post-doctoral
coordinator and a researcher on the programme explains the aims of the research


TheGLIgeneisamplified ina subset ofhumantumorsandencodes a protein product withfive zincfinger DNA-binding motifs. Inthis study, we showthat theGLIgeneproduct hasapredominantly nuclear localization andbindsDNA ina sequence-specific fashion. ThreeGLIbinding sites were identified byusing a novel procedure inwhichtotal humanDNA was boundtoa GLIrecombinant fusion protein, andthepolymerase chainreaction was usedtoamplify andrecovertheboundsequences.TheGLIprotein protected a 23-to 24-base region within allthree binding sites, andtheprotected region ineachcaseincluded the9-base-pair sequence5'-GACCACCCA-3'. Oneofthebinding sites was contained within a 63-base-pair repeat ofthe variable numberoftandemrepeat type, whereas theother twosites were represented onceinthegenome. The approach usedheretoidentify GLIbinding sites should beapplicable tothecharacterization ofother zinc finger proteins. Oneofthemajor challenges incell andtumorbiology isto define theinteractions between agiven protein andother cellular components. Inthis report, we describe thefirst steps atelucidating these interactions forahumanzinc finger


Introduction Yaks are seasonal breeders and the breeding season lasts from July to October. If the females do not show obvious estrus in a particular breeding season, they will express estrus in the next breeding season or in some cases not until several breeding season later. The observed estrus rate of yaks is rather low, and the postpartum period is long. Most females deliver calves once every two years, some of them only once every three years. Yak heifers attain puberty much later than cattle and usually first get pregnant at 3 to 4 years old [1]. Silent estrus constitutes the single largest factor responsible for poor reproductive efficiency in yaks. Aside from seasonal factors affecting the display of estrus, the most important contributing factor is an inability to detect estrus. Application of reproductive biotechnologies in the yak requires a reliable method for estrus control of female and such a method is also essential in artificial insemination or embryo transfer programmers. The possibility of inducing estrus and ovulation in acyclic females and of synchronizing estrus and ovulation in groups of females offers an opportunity to increase the efficiency of yak production and to makes artificial insemination more convenient. A reliable method for estrus control would benefit not only the use of artificial insemination but would also be important for establishing embryo transfer programmers. As in other livestock animals, exogenous gonadotropins in various treatment regimens have been used for estrus induction in the yak [2-4]. The effects of these treatment are, however, considerably variable. There is only limited information from field studies on such protocols. There remains a considerable need for more studies on methods to induce estrus and ovulation during acyclic periods in females yaks, either by the administering of exogenous hormones and/or by manipulating environmental factors that suppress ovarian activity.


PT. X is a multinational company that focuses on the production of plastic bags. Based on company data, shows that the annual work accident rate is still high, in 2018 there were 97 cases of work accidents. Occupational accident cases can be handled through the development of a system that regulates every activity to be safe, namely the Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS). The purpose of this study was to determine the achievement of the application of K3 in the company by analyzing the initial level criteria for implementing OHSMS based on Government Regulation Number 50 of 2012 concerning OHSMS. This research uses a quantitative approach. Based on the data collection aspect, it is included in observational research. The data analysis was conducted descriptively, to see the percentage of fulfilment of the criteria and elements at the initial level of OHSMS. The results showed that PT. X has just met 19 criteria for the initial level of OHSMS and the fulfilment of the new criteria has reached 29.68%, meaning it is included in the poor category. Based on the research results it can be concluded that PT. X has not met the initial level 64 criteria, currently, the fulfilment category is still in the low category.


Discription of project to reopen bank branches in Iraq in advance of the currency exchange in October 2003. Describes novel use of data over broadband satellite link for distributed network and processes to aid Iraqi inter-bank payment settlements.


Many new, or processual, archaeologists of the 1960s argued that Americanist archaeology became scientific only in the 1960s. The hypothesis that the rate of publication of archaeological research in Science and Scientific American increased after about 1965, as new archaeologists sought to demonstrate to their peers and other scientists that archaeology was indeed a science, is disconfirmed. The rate of archaeological publication in these journals increased after 1955 because the effort to be more scientific attributed to the processualists began earlier. Higher publication rates in both journals appear to have been influenced by an increased amount of archaeological research, a higher rate of archaeological publication generally, and increased funding. The hypothesis that editorial choice has strongly influenced what has been published in Science is confirmed; articles focusing on multidisciplinary topics rather than on narrow archaeological ones dominate the list of titles over the period from 1940 through 2003.


Abstract In this paper, the limit equilibrium method with the pseudo-static approach is developed in the evaluation of the influence of slope on the bearing capacity of a shallow foundation. Particle swarm optimisation (PSO) technique is applied to optimise the solution. Minimum bearing capacity coefficients of shallow foundation near slopes are presented in the form of a design table for practical use in geotechnical engineering. It has been shown that the seismic bearing capacity coefficients reduce considerably with an increase in seismic coefficient. Be sides, the magnitude of bearing capacity coefficients decreases further with an increase in slope inclination.


Picosecond time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy is a newly developed technique for studying dynamical processes at surfaces. The basic concept is to make use of the power of angle-resolved photoemission to analyze both the energy as well as momentum dynamics of electrons in bulk crystals as well as on crystal surfaces that have first been photoexcited to normally empty states lying above the Fermi-level. Using this technique, bulk and surface conduction band electrons have been studied on InP1,2, GaAs Schottky barriers3, and Si4 surfaces. These initial studies demonstrate the power and versatility of the technique, and point toward a wide array of investigations into surface dynamics.


As the global trade engine kicks back into gear, new demands for electronic notifications and the need for better, more efficient trade compliance are buoying the global trade management market. Are you prepared to harness your organization's global opportunities?


There are various methods regarding staff selection in different fields. Thanks to the increasing improvements in the field of education, universities around the world tend to demand high ‐quality and professional academic staff. Staff selection is a multi‐criteria decision‐making processes, and of strategic importance for most universities. This study deals with actual application of academic of staff selection using the opinion of experts to be applied into a model of group decision ‐ making called the Fuzzy ELECTRE (Elimination Et Choix Traduisant la REaite) method. There are ten qualitative criteria for selecting the best candidate amongst five prospective applications. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


. The Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI) in 2018 published data revealing that 10 out of 14 coral reefs in South Sulawesi were in bad condition. In 2020, the Makassar Municipal Agency of Fisheries and Agriculture reported a significant increase in the practice of blast fishing among fishers in Kodingareng Island.Morecoralreefswillbeendangeredifthisconditionpersistssinceitsrecov-erytakestime.Inthisregard,theDepartmentofMaritimePotentialofIndonesian NavyVI(DispotmarLantamalVI)ofMakassarperformsacommunicationstrat-egytodeveloppublicawarenessofcoralreefpreservationinKodingarengLompo Island.ThepresentstudyappliedaqualitativeapproachandMilesandHuber-man'squalitativedataanalysis.Thedatainthisstudywerecollectedusingobser- vation,interview,anddocumentanalysis.Informantsinthisstudywereautho-rizedofficialspertainingtomaritimeaffairsintheMakassarregion,includingthe IndonesianNavy(TNIAL),MakassarMunicipalAgenciesofEnvironmentand Fisheries,SouthSulawesiProvincialAgencyofMarineandFisheries,andlocal publicfiguresandfishersinKodingarengLompoIsland.Thefindingrevealeda significantuseofblastfishingamongthefishersontheisland.Asthismethod poseslong-termthreatsforcoralreefsandthelocalpeople,DispomarLantamal VI implemented a five-stage communication consisting of (Research, Plan, Execute, Measure/Evaluation, and Report) to improve local people's awareness of fishing methods to preserve the coral reefs in Makassar water.


The aim of this study was to clarify the role of migrants in promoting lifelong TFR in Yogyakarta (DIY). The study was conducted in Sleman which has the highest number of migrants in DIY. Methods of data collection done by survey of 300 respondents consist of 150 respondent of childbearing age couples migrants and 150 respondent of childbearing age couples non-migrants. Sampling was done by using a multi-stage sampling method. Result from this study is the childbearing age couples migrants have higher level of fertility than the non-migrant ones. This was due to several factors such as the childbearing age couples migrant families have a higher norm, the age of first marriage of childbearing age couples migrants is lower and childbearing age couples migrant's participation in family planning programs is low. Some population policies that can be taken to improve the dissemination of family planning in the community, giving more attention to migrants in decreasing fertility level, identifying the migrant families further, increasing the human resources officer cadres or field and improve reproductive health education for the generation plan. Keywords: fertility, migrant, population policy


Introduction: Stroke risk factors are related to the circumstances of a person's health status, namely hypercholesterolemia (excess cholesterol levels) and hypertension (high blood pressure).Methods: A correlative descriptive analytic observational study using cross sectional approach. The number of samples taken is as many as 62 people using the Slovinformula..Statistical analysis uses Sperman Rank Test and Linear regression test.Results: The results of this study indicate that the total cholesterol level of patients from 62 samples found that normal cholesterol levels amounted to 29 people (46.8%) consisting of 12 people (19.4%) with SH and 17 people ( 27.4%) with SNH and high cholesterol levels totaling 33 people (53.2%) divided into 7 people (11.3%) with SH and 26 people (42%) with SNH. There is a significant correlation between blood cholesterol levels with stroke incidence in statistical tests with p value 0,004 (p<0,05), there is a significant correlation between hypertension and stroke events withp value 0,031(p<0,05)there is no significant correlation between blood cholesterol levels and hypertension in statistical tests withp value 0,129 (p>0,05) and by using Linear regression test obtained that the correlation between blood cholesterol levels with a value of mean value hypertension  0.453 and mean 0.994 so that the most dominant with the incidence of stroke was hypertension.Conclusions: Have nothing to do with hypertension, it can be concluded here that stroke is caused by hypertension. The Suggestion is hypertension's not only caused by cholesterol levels but there are other triggers that cause it.


Stability characteristics of hyperbolic reaction-diffusion equations with a reversible Brusselator model are investigated as an extension of the previous work. Intensive stability analysis is performed for three important parameters, Nrd, β and Dx, where Nrd is the reaction-diffusion number which is a measure of hyperbolicity, β is a measure of reversibility of autocatalytic reaction and Dx is a diffusion coefficient of intermediate X. Especially, the dependence on Nrd of stability exhibits some interesting features, such as hyperbolicity in the small Nrd region and parabolicity in the large Nrd region. The hyperbolic reaction-diffusion equations are solved numerically by a spectral method which is modified and adjusted to hyperbolic partial differential equations. The numerical method gives good accuracy and efficiency even in a stiff region in the case of small Nrd, and it can be extended to a two-dimensional system. Four types of solution, spatially homogeneous, spatially oscillatory, spatio-temporally oscillatory and chaotic can be obtained. Entropy productions for reaction are also calculated to get some crucial information related to the bifurcation of the system. At the bifurcation point, entropy production changes discontinuously and it shows that different structures of the system have different modes in the dissipative process required to maintain the structure of the system. But it appears that magnitude of entropy production in each structure give no important information related for states of system itself.


Aim: Consumer participation is increasingly being understood in both a policy and a practice context as an essential component of mental health service planning, delivery and evaluation. Existing models of participation benefit from adaptation to suit the early intervention context.


Strain hardening was modeled at large strains taking into account the geometrically necessary dislocations (GNDs) with the help of a recent grain refinement model. The GND density was studied experimentally with orientation imagining for oxygen-free highconductivity copper deformed in equal channel angular pressing and in simple shear to the same equivalent strain. The results show that the GND density can be predicted fairly well by the model in accord with experiments, and also affects stage IV hardening. 2011 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.


The increasing demand for smart context-aware services and the widespread use of location-based services (LBS) have resulted in the proliferation of mobile devices equipped with geolocation sensors (including GPS, geomagnetic field sensor, accelerometer, proximity sensor, et cetera). As a result, service providers and telecommunications companies can collect massive mobility datasets, often for millions of subscribers. To provide a degree of privacy, dataset owners normally replace personal identifiers such as name, address, and social security number (SSN) with pseudorandom identifiers prior to publication or sale. However, it has been repeatedly shown how sensitive information can be easily extracted or inferred from individuals' mobility data even when personal identifiers are removed. Knowledge of the extent to which location data can be de-anonymized is therefore crucial, in order to design appropriate privacy mechanisms that can prevent re-identification. In this paper, we propose and implement two novel and highly effective de-anonymization techniques: the Forward, and the KL algorithms. Our work utilizes a hidden Markov model (which incorporates spatio-temporal trajectories) in a novel way to generate user mobility profiles for target users. Using a real-world reference dataset containing mobility trajectories from the city of Shanghai (GeoLife, a reference dataset also used in previous studies), we evaluate the robustness of the proposed attack techniques. The results show that our attack techniques successfully re-identify up to 85% anonymized users. This significantly exceeds current comparable de-anonymization techniques, which have a success rate of 40% to 45%.


. In this work, we investigate the possibility that the galaxy rotation curves can be explained in the framework of modified gravity models that introduce a Yukawa term in the gravitational potential. We include dark matter and assume that the fifth-force couples differently to dark matter and to baryons. We aim at constraining the modified gravity parameters β and λ , that is, the strength and the range of the Yukawa fifth force, respectively, using a set of 40 galaxy rotation curves data from the SPARC catalogue. We include baryonic gas, disk and bulge components, along with a NFW halo of dark matter. Each galaxy rotation curve is modeled with three free parameters, beside the two global Yukawa parameter. We find that the inclusion of the Yukawa term improves the χ 2 from 680 . 75 to 536 . 23 for 655 degrees of freedom. As global best-fit we obtain β = 0 . 34 ± 0 . 04 and λ = 5 . 61 ± 0 . 91kpc and a dark matter content on average 20% smaller than without the Yukawa term. The Bayesian evidence in favor of a NFW profile plus Yukawa term is higher than 8 σ with respect to the standard gravity parametrization. a full comparison against observed rotation curves datasets of nine galaxies belonging to Galaxy for and for the . . . and a dark .


Images show interior and exterior views of the memorial during restoration.
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References 1. Rosenblatt DS: Inherited disorders of folate transport and metabolism. In The Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease. Scriver CR, Beaudet AL, Sly WS, Valle D, Eds. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1995,p.3111-3128 2. Leclerc D, Campeau E, Goyette P, Adjalla CE, Christensen B, Ross M, Eydoux P, Rosenblatt DS, Rozen R, Gravel RA: Human methionine synthase: cDNA cloning and identification of mutations in patients of the cblG complementation group of folate/cobalamin disorders. Hum Mol Genet 5:1867-1874, 1996 3. Wilcken DEL, Wilcken B: The pathogenesis of coronary artery disease: a possible role for methionine metabolism. J Clin Invest 57:1079-1082, 1976 4. Clarke R, Daly L, Robinson K, Naughten E, Cahalane S, Fowler B, Graham I: Hyperhomocysteinemia: an independent risk factor for vascular disease. N Engl ] Med 324:1149-1155, 1991 5. Boushey CJ, Beresford SAA, Omenn GS, Motulsky AG: A quantitative assessment of plasma homocysteine as a risk factor for vascular disease: probable benefits of increasing folic acid intake. JAMA 274: 1049-1057, 1995


Food waste is a problem with environmental, economic and societal aspects. Up to a third of global food production is wasted every year, something that is unsustainable in many ways. Much research is currently being done to alleviate the problem. The DynahMat project at Lund University proposes using temperature indicators and sensor technology to improve food supply chains and provide a more accurate shelf life in order to reduce consumer and food industry food wastage. The thesis aims to explore the potential positive and negative effects of a DynahMat system implementation in a supply chain. The prerequisites needed for the positive effects will be identified from the supply chain actors' and the DynahMat system's perspective. The research has been done through an exploratory study with a case study approach. Interviews and observations have been made with the actors in the supply chain of cold cut ham in order to gain an understanding of the problem. The chosen frame of reference was used to analyse the collected data. The research led to eight possible positive effects being identified and certain required prerequisites to the effects were found. Negative effects were also identified. A method of analysing the willingness of using the solutions provided by DynahMat was derived from the frame of reference. (Less)


The land areas of Norway and Sweden can be regarded as a dome structure where the Late Paleozoic to Cenozoic cover has been removed (Fig.1) . Recent studies indicate that erosion and uplift races increased dramatically in the Late Pliocene and Pleistocene (Riis and Fjeldskaar 1992). This is illustrated by the volume of sediments of this age which was deposited on the shelf west of Norway and the Barents Sea (Fig. 1). The complete Mesozoic and Cenozoic section dips regularly away from the Fennoscandian coast (Dore 1992 ; Sigmond in press), and a Cenozoic (Eocene and Plio-Pleistocene) age for the uplift is indicated (Riis1992).


On 200 students (male and female were at the same rate) of an Academy of Music, the authors investigated their methods of the practice of singing and their subjective fatigue following the practice. In the second place, larygoscopic examination was carried out on 99 out of them befor and after their practice of singing. The results were as follows: 1. Vast majority of the subjects had the practice for 1 hour each day; thirty minuites each time with intermission of 10 minutes. 2. Signs of dysphonia due to over-practice were noticed in case they had the practice over 3 hours, a day. 3. The subjects complained of fatigue when they practised for 1 hour each time or 2 to 3 hours. each day. 4. It was revealed by laryngoscopic examination that hyperemia in the vocal cords easily manifested itself following the practice, while edema was hardly elicited by the practice. Moreover, am appreciable parallelism was found between the grade of subjective fatigue and hyperemia in the. vocal cords. On the other hand, fatigue and edema seemed to have no definite relation to each other. 5. There existed some certain, common tendency as to subjective fatigue, viz., fatigue was ratherr marked in the female as compared with male; being independent of sex, it was more notable in soprano or tenor than in alto or basso, and in those having long vocal career, fatigue was less marked even after vocal practice. 6. Edema in the vocal cords was more incident to alto or basso than to soprano or tenor.


Several graded bandgap structures have been fabricated by metalorganic vapour deposition using the GaAs-Ga1-xAlxAs-GaAs system with constant n-type doping and x varying with position. The I/V characteristics show the expected nonsymmetrical and nonlinear behaviour.


Objective To investigate the effect of ultrafiltration in cardiopulmonary bypass in cardiac surgery. Methods Conventional ultrafiltration was performed in cardiopulmonary bypass in 57 cardiac surgery. The hematocrit( Hct),plasma protein and serum potassium concentration changes were compared before and after ultrafiltration. Results The ultrafiltration volumes were 200 ~ 2 500( 1 338. 06 ±304. 31) ml. The Hct,plasma protein increased significantly and the serum potassium concentration decreased( P 0. 05)after ultrafiltration. Conclusion Ultrafiltration can quickly filter out the supernumerary water,concentrate the blood and maintain the normal serum potassium concentration. It is useful to improve the security of operations.


this scientific article approaches the possibility of seniors change their internal and external reality looking for a better life quality. It shows how the sociopsicomotrocidade Ramain Thiers


Ti-implant is drilled to get hole in nearly each operation and hole quality took great effect on success of operation .This paper aims at the research of drilling characteristics of through hole on ti-implant, specially the macro-burrs formed after drilling which determined the cost of implant largely. Series experiments were conducted to analysis the effect of processing parameter on formed burr, particularly the axial feed, had a great effect on volume burr. Experiments finds that, the volume of burr at hole entrant is less than that at hole exit, and the burr volume has great effect on workpiece quality and product cost, the burr height formed easily decreases because great attention from scholars and engineers has been paid to, while the burr width size despised naturally plays a great influence on product quality and machining cost. Finally, The new de-burring tool are designed and applied in experiment, the decrease in burr width is obviously found, so the removal of burrs becomes much little than that gotten in traditional tool. The result indicates a promising future of de-burring in practical application.


The subject matter of the article is the T-64B sample life cycle. The goal of the study is to determinate the optimal maintenance period of the T-64B sample tank, its assembly units and systems. The tasks to be solved are: to determine the reliability law and analytical dependencies between the probability of failure-free operation and the failure rate of individual assembly units and T-64B tank systems; to analyze the average failure time of individual units and systems of T-64B tanks operated in the training-combat group during the period from normal operation to aging and overhaul; to adjust the time of regular maintenance; to build a time line of the T-64B sample life cycle based on the optimization of its maintenance and repair cycle. General scientific and special methods of scientific knowledge are used. The following results are obtained. The statistics on the failure of the assembly units and systems of the T-64B tanks operated in the training-combat group during the period from normal operation to aging and overhaul, were investigated. The proposed maintenance cycle of the T-64B sample over its life cycle will increase the total life of the T-64B sample by 4% over the period from the start of normal operation to the Maintenance -2. Conclusions. The term regular maintenance can be defined as the time interval of the facility in working condition with a certain probability. The probabilities of time to failure of units and systems of the T-64B sample tank during the life cycle to overhaul is a random variable that obeys the Weibull law as it approaches exponential law during normal operation and aging and overhaul. Analytical dependencies between the probability of failure-free operation and failure rate make it possible to determine the optimal time for maintenance of the T-64B tank sample systems before overhaul and need-sufficient time of operation of the machine at a given reliability. Building a time line for the sample equipment lifecycle based on optimization of the maintenance and repair cycle will help maintain sustainability performance throughout its life cycle while reducing material, labor, and financial costs


Leuzea carthamoides DC. (synonym: Rhaponticum carthamoides) is a rare and threatened plant of unique properties. It contains biostimulators, phytoecdysteroids, and takes a prominent position among other adaptogens by its ability to prevent many diseases and efficiently cure a great number of pathologies. Pharmpreparations and food components from Leuzea are used as antidepressants and immunostimulators, concentrators of psychical energy, physical and sexual strength, anti-shock, pain and wound-healing remedies. The preparations cause an anabolic effect in vertebrates by stimulating the protein biosynthesis in muscle tissues. The preparations of Leuzea do not have any age or seasonal restrictions. Their safety and the absence of side effects have stood a test of usage in East medicine. Moreover, they are excellently combinable with classical drugs. Till recent time, their inaccessibility for most people lied in absence of a cultivated source of raw materials. At present, there are technologies contributing to stable ecdysteroid biosynthesis in an artificial cenosis; problems with loosing highly active fractions during crop selection and treatment are solved. New highly active pharmpreparations have been developed (daily doses 0.510.0 mcg/kg biomass or 10-12 • • • 10-11 M, if20-hydroxyecdysone).


Abstract Students' initial impressions of field practica are important because educators try to balance consumer satisfaction with curricular objectives, and because they may motivate students' learning. Do students' initial reactions to their field settings in fact affect their subsequent performance? This study included 69 Master of Social Work students who completed a beginning and advanced field practicum. Two weeks after beginning each practicum, they rated their satisfaction with the practicum, their desire for that type of practicum, and whether their learning goals could be accomplished in that setting. Their initial impressions were not associated with their performance of practice skills at any of three evaluation points during the practicum. However, students with more positive initial impressions were more satisfied at the end of the practicum.


For being part of innumerable compounds and being directly related with the photosynthetic capacity of plants, Nitrogen (N) can significantly influence the production and rooting of cuttings. On the basis of this context, the work aimed to evaluate the effect of increasing doses of N in the productivity, capacity and speed of rooting mini-cuttings produced from mini-stumps of hybrid clones of Eucalyptus grandis x E. urophylla (I-224), beyond the quality of the formed changes. The present work was carried through in nursery seedlings of Eucalyptus, in a mini-garden of sand stream bed of FAEF, in Garca, Sao Paulo state. The used experimental delineation was complete randomized design with 4 replications, being the treatments consisted of 5 different doses of Nitrogen in nutritional solution (0; 80; 160; 240 and 320 mg L-1). The variables analyzed were: number of cuttings produced, the productivity index, rooting of cuttings produced and determination of the dry mass of seedlings. The dose of nitrogen applied in the mini-garden influenced the production of stakes, with a quadratic, reaching maximum production (13,1 stakes strain-1 month-1) with the estimated dose of 129 mg L-1.The percentage of rooting presented increasing linear behavior. The dose that provided the biggest index of productivity of the mini-garden was of 194 mg L-1. The dose of nitrogen applied in the mini-garden influenced the rooting significantly and the dry mass of formed seedlings.


Six limestone rock samples from Sinai and eastern desert; Egypt, were analyzed by X-RD spectroscopy; the mineral and chemical composition, major, minor, and trace chemical and mineral compositions were assigned for each sample. Also, atomic absorption spectroscopy was applied for the Al, Pb, Ca, Fe, K, Bi, Th, U concentrations in ppm and / or percent. The concentrations ranged from 1120 to 8600 ppm, from 27 to 38 ppm, from 28.00% to 38.80%, from 126 to 5840 ppm, and from 190 to 2500 ppm for the Al, Pb, Ca, Fe, K respectively. Concentrations of Bi, Th, and U are < DL. The samples were also analyzed for concentrations of U-238, Th-232 series and K-40 by HPGe gamma spectrometer. The concentrations ranged from 133.20+0.64 Bq/kg to 263.82+0.65 Bq/kg with mean average value 212.41+0.64 Bq/kg for U-238, and for Ra-226 series ranged from 048.27+0.42 to 243.47+0.30Bq/kg with an average of 139.63+0.33. Meanwhile; Th-232 concentrations ranged from 48.24+0.22 to 08.52+0.17 Bq/kg with an average of 22.97+0.20 Bq/kg, concentrations for K-40, ranged from 50.86+0.10 to 353.28+0.10 Bq/kg with an average 151.16+0.10 Bq/kg.


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New modes of governance are proliferating at all levels, most prominently in the EU. One main characteristic of new governance is adjustability and revisability in the form of soft law. The non-binding nature of soft law is said to contribute to flexibility and diversity in Member States and to secure national autonomy. However, this article argues that while soft law may not be legally binding, it nevertheless has legal effects that throw flexibility and diversity of national action into doubt. Beginning by demonstrating that soft law may have discernible effects on practices in Member States, at the same time restricting Member State choices, the article goes on to develop a categorisation of those effects and to document them in detail. These are: judicial recognition by the European courts, explicit terms of soft law instruments, which demand special types of national implementing measures, the role played by non-state actors, and hybrid forms of regulatory instruments comprising soft and hard law provisions. The analysis shows a need to add variety to existing research on EU soft law, which has traditionally focused on the role of the judiciary in giving legal effects to soft law. Instead, we should be more attentive to the other three factors when discussing soft law. Besides the more holistic approach, research should also analyse soft law in a more case-specific manner in order to fully grasp the implications of choice of soft law in a domestic legal system.


AbstractIn the Convention of the right of the Child (CRC) it is stated that all children should be protected from all kinds of violence. However war, social con icts and climatic catastrophes have ...


Abstract: Testing Causality Between Energy Consumption and Economic
Growth in ASEAN. This study seeks to determine the direction of causality
between energy consumption and economic growth, using panel data from six
ASEAN Countries during 1998-2010. Granger causality test is used to identify the
direction of the relationship between these variables. The results suggest
unidirectional causality from economic growth to energy consumption. Economic
growth leads to energy consumption, but energy consumption does not lead
economic growth.


We present a detailed study of the high mass X-ray binary Vela X-1, using observations performed by Insight-HXMT in 2019 and 2020, concentrating on timing analysis and spectral studies including pulse phase-resolved spectroscopy. The cyclotron line energy is found to be at ∼21 − 27 keV and 43 − 50 keV for the fundamental and first harmonic, respectively. We present the evolution of spectral parameters and find that two line centroid energy ratio E2/E1 evolved from ∼2 before MJD 58900 to ∼1.7 after that. The harmonic cyclotron line energy has no relation to the luminosity but the fundamental line energy shows a positive correlation with X-ray luminosity, suggesting that Vela X-1 is located in the sub-critical accreting regime. In addition, the pulse phase-resolved spectroscopy in Vela X-1 is performed. Both the CRSF and continuum parameters show strong variability over the pulse phase with the ratio of two line energies about 2 near the peak phases, and down to ∼ 1.6 around off-peak phases. Long-term significant variations of the absorption column density and its evolution over the pulse phase may imply the existence of the clumpy wind structure near the neutron star.


The last ten years has seen much legislation and debate about the provision of public transport. Legislation has sought to encourage better co-ordination and a more explicit statement of objectives, assessment of needs and justification of subsidy. The emphasis has been on better performance of the local authorities. Little was heard about the managers in the industry - those charged with actually providing public transport. More recent legislation has required them to publish performance indices and has introduced a degree of competition in an effort to encourage them to be more effective. But what about the important relationship between them and the local authorities? During 1982 the author undertook a study with managers of bus undertakings in the nationalised, municipal and private sectors in which he sought to identify their attitudes and practices with particular reference to subsidy. He found for example that many managers consider they are required to run services that are a waste of money. In this paper he summarises his conclusions and illustrates his findings with quotations from the managers themselves. He concludes that it may be pressures from operators faced with cash limits rather than the legal requirements to prepare and publish public transport plans which will force county councils to identify and adopt formal objectives for the provision of cost effective public passenger transport. (Author/TRRL) IRRD 273492.


To implement efficient control solutions for energy micro-systems a key issue is to predict the difference between the power generated by renewable resources and the load determined by local consumers. This paper explores linear, based on AR and ARMA models, and nonlinear solutions, based on neural networks, for predicting the power balance in a micro-grid. The predictions can be used at the top level of the control structure used for these distributed systems. Thus, the paper exemplifies how, even with the use of a very simple control law, this information can lead to an improvement in the overall performance of the distributed system, expressed through the energy bills and the battery lifetime.


The article presents the results of the research on psychology students' professional self-identity. The study was aimed to identify the specific character of the links between professional self-identity parameters (such as self-attitude, academic motivation, level of aspiration, career and life-purpose orientations) of the first-, second-, third-, fourth-year psychology students and to find out the distinctions between these parameters in different years of study at university. The experimental sample consisted of four groups of psychology students from different years of study aged 17-23, the sample size was 137 students (M = 20.3, SD = 1.2). The research methods included "Career Anchors" questionnaire by E. Schein, "Motivation to success" questionnaire by T. Ehlers, the self-test questionnaire for self-attitude diagnosing by V.V. Stolin and S.R. Panteleeva, A.A. Rean and V.A.  Yakunin's technique for diagnosing students' academic motivation, V.K. Gerbachevsky's questionnaire for assessing level of aspiration, D.A. Leontiev's test for determining life-purpose orientations. The statistical analysis was carried out by means of IBM SPSS Statistic 22 (H-Kruskal-Wallis, ρ-Spearman criteria). According to the research results, the links between psychology students' professional self-identity parameters change significantly with students' moving onto the next year of study and the levels of formation of students' professional self-identity parameters vary in different years of study.


 ASD-QIND-MT measured the influence of screening tools; Indian Scale of Assessment of Autism (ISAA) (India) and Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) (Malta) on the prescribing behaviour of RiAr.  Comparison of the price of RiAr in India and Malta was undertaken to determine accessibility to RiAr.  Eudravigilance signal detection and assessment to detect potential ADRs were conducted to be included in the SmPC of RiAr (Figure 1).


The essential minimum and equidistribution of small points are two well-established interrelated subjects in arithmetic geometry. However, there is lack of an analogue of essential minimum dealing with higher dimensional subvarieties, and the equidistribution of these is a far less explored topic.
In this paper, we introduce a new notion of higher dimensional essential minimum and use it to prove equidistribution of generic and small effective cycles. The latter generalizes the previous higher dimensional equidistribution theorems by considering cycles and by allowing more fexibility on the arithmetic datum.


Type IIA topoisomerases resolve topological problems in DNA by making a double-stranded break in one DNA segment, passing another DNA duplex through this break, and then resealing the break. Drugs (such as the widely used fluoroquinolone antibacterials and anti-cancer compounds such as etoposide) that stabilize double-strandedly cleaved DNA complexes with type IIA topoisomerases are cytotoxic. In GlaxoSmithKline a new class of novel bacterial topoisomerase inhibitors (NBTIs) have been developed. A 2.1Å crystal structure of a complex of GSK299423 with DNA and S. aureus DNA gyrase showed how the NBTI inhibits the enzyme by interacting with both the DNA and the protein. A pocket occupied by the compound in the protein (at the dimer interface) is absent in the apo structure, while the pocket occupied by the compound in the DNA has been formed by the enzyme stretching and untwisting the DNA between the two active sites. The NBTI structure has trapped a pre-cleavage complex of the enzyme, before the four base-pair double stranded break has occurred, and the structure gives insights into the role of metal ions in the cleavage mechanism of type IIA topoisomerases. Stuctures suggest how relatively small movements at the active sites (for example an ~3Å movement of a magnesium ion) can cause the cleavage of phosphate ester bonds and are coupled to the large domain movements involved in the catalytic cycle of these conformationally flexible enzymes. The binding site for the NBTI is close to but distinct from those for fluoroquinolones. Structures shows how the fluoroquinolone interacts with both the protein and the DNA by binding a non-catalytic magnesium ion and four associated waters. This provides a structural explanation for both fluoroquinolone resistance mutations and SAR (structure-activity relationships). Mechanistic implications of recent structural studies will be discussed.


Previous research links religiosity/spirituality with a wide variety of organizational functions and practices, and, in particular, with management processes and leadership practices. Building on Huber's concept of the centrality of religiosity, we propose that religiosity can also affect career choice and development—in particular, work orientation styles and work engagement. We also suggest that these relationships can be moderated by gender. The hypotheses were tested on a sample of 219 adult employees (Mage = 37.7, SDage = 9.2) in a cross-sectional study. Findings provide support the religiosity–career orientation style link and the moderating function of gender in the relationship of the centrality of religiosity with work orientation styles and work engagement. Specifically, the higher the centrality of religiosity, the stronger the calling orientation among women and the higher the job orientation among men. The higher the centrality of religiosity, the stronger the vigor, dedication and absorption among women and the lower the vigor, dedication and absorption among men. Our study supports the claim that being religious is related to the acceptance of traditional worldviews on gender roles at work. However, religiosity is a source of motivation to engage at work for women, whereas for men, high religiosity can reduce engagement in work.


The major automobile component subject to high temperature variation and thermal stresses in engine cylinder. Fins are used on the surface of engine cylinder to increase the heat transfer rate. Heat rejection rate in engine cylinder fins can be enhanced by increasing its surface area. The objective of the present investigation is to examine the thermal properties by varying geometry, material and angle of cylinder fins using CATIA V5R21 and ANSYS15.0 work bench and the models are created by changing the geometry like rectangular, circular, angular and curved rectangular shaped fins. Static thermal analysis shows the distribution of temperature over the surface of the fins and the precise thermal simulation is very useful to identify the design parameters for improved life. The observations from the present investigation work, Aluminium Alloy 6061 showing higher temperature distribution compared to other Aluminium Alloy. All the materials are showing linear distribution of temperature alongside the length of fins. Also, the circular fins increase the efficiency of the engine by reducing the weight of the engine.


This review is devoted to the relevance of the problem and the assessment of potential surgical indications, surgical methods and clinical results in the intestinal autotransplantation. Radical resection of theneoplasmisperformed. Currently, the main indications for performing intestinal autotransplantation are considered neoplasms of the pancreas, mesenteric and retroperitoneal space with the involvement of the superior mesenteric vessels in the process. Preliminary results demonstrate that radical resection can be effective in carefully selected patients. Although perioperative morbidity and mortality are relatively high, the literature describes some cases with long patient survival, especially when performing radical resection of a benign tumor or a tumor of potentiallow malignant. However, early tumor recurrence remains a serious problem in patients with a high-grade tumor, especially with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). It should be noted that when using intestinal autotransplantation, it is possible to perform a radical resection of the organ in patients with separate neoplasms in the abdominal cavity and the involvement of the main mesenteric vessels in the process. However, this aggressive method is associated with significant operational risk and should be only performed in specialized centers. The additional combination therapies have to be developed to optimize the clinical outcome and prolong the survival of patients with pancreatic cancer.


Due to upward population and industrialization requirement of electricalenergy is growing day by day. Available Energy utilization is one ofthe most important factor same as generation. Power loss duringtransmission is one of the big issues in electrical energy distribution.Placement of shunt capacitors in radial distribution feeders ensures someassistances like total power loss reduction, voltage profile improvementtoachieve the better result it is important to find proper size and placementof capacitor in radial power system. This paperoffers optimized solutionfor OCPS problematic. In this paper we liken our system with previoussystem and found that our approach same more energy in Radial PowerSystem.


We propose a secure and privacy friendly way to strengthen authentication mechanisms of online services by

taking context into account. The use of context, however, is often of a personal nature (e.g. location) and

introduces privacy risks. Furthermore, some context sources can be spoofed, and hence, the level of trust of a

verifier in a context source can vary.

In this paper, a policy language to express contextual constraints is proposed. In addition, a set of protocols

to gather, verify and use contextual information in access control decisions is described. The system protects

user privacy as service providers do not learn precise context information, and avoids linkabilities. Finally, we

have implemented this system and our experimental evaluation shows that it is practical to use.


The object of this research is the movie entitled Glory Road by James Gartner. The major problem of this study is how oppression against the black is reflected in the movie James Gartner's Glory Road based on Marxist approach. It occurs because there are two social classes, namely upper class, whites, as oppressors and lower class, blacks, as oppressed.
The writer employs qualitative research method. In this method, the writer uses two data resources namely primary and secondary data sources. The primary data source is the movie James Gartner's Glory Road itself. The secondary data sources is related to the primary data, such as author's biography, website related to class conflict and many other data related to class conflict and many other data related to this research. The method of data collection is note-taking and image-capturing and the technique of data collection is descriptive technique.
The study comes to the following conclusion: Firstly, based on structural analysis, it is evident that in this movie, James Gartner conveys a message that appreciation and reward should be based on achievement rather than racial supremacy. Secondly, based on the Marxist analysis, it is clear that in this movie, James Gartner describes the struggle of the blacks for equality in all aspects including sport, which is begun by several conflicts to reach their goal.


Refractive index change and presensitization effect induced by irradiation of a xenon excimer lamp (λ=172nm) is studied. The refractive index changes over 0.005 and 0.003 are confirmed in hydrogenated and presensitized fibers respectively.


EDITOR,--The title of a recent news item "GPs accept out of hours offer unanimously" would be humorous if it was not so tragically untrue.1 General practitioners have done no such thing. We have not even been asked if we accept the offer. A few months ago I was amazed at the response to a ballot, which showed that a huge majority of general practitioners were ready finally to unite against …


ii TABLE OF CONTENTS iv LIST OF FIGURES v CHAPTER ONE: Introduction/Background 1 CHAPTER TWO: Nebraska 16 CHAPTER THREE: Wayne 29 CHAPTER FOUR: Red Cloud 38 CHAPTER FIVE: Anselmo 48 CHAPTER SIX: Valentine 55 CHAPTER SEVEN: Gering/Scottsbluff 66 CHAPTER EIGHT: Conclusion 77 BIBLIOGRAPHY 82 FIGURE BIBLIOGRAPHY 92


The second half of the sixteenth century was the period of greatest popularity of the Italian Renaissance poetic madrigal. Poet and jurist Filippo Massini greatly contributed to this development, providing, in addition to an extensive production of madrigals, a theorization of this verse form. His academic lecture Del madrigale (On the Madrigal), composed in the early 1580s, carefully analyzes all the key characteristics of the madrigal and also provides practical suggestions on its composition. Massini's comprehensive reflection on the madrigal takes into account the interplay between theory, practice, and mainstream aesthetic preferences. Although it is proposed as a summary of Pietro Bembo's theories, the lecture actually expands them, bringing them into line with the transformed literary scene and widespread compositional practice of the second half of the sixteenth century. This keen interest in the practical side of the verse form is easily explained in light of the vast output of madrigals he produced during his life. He left three collections of this verse form and included more than one hundred madrigals in his main collection of Rime, published in 1609. Unlike some of his contemporaries, Massini did not develop any particular interest in the madrigal as a musical composition. His few notes in the academic lecture on the madrigal's musicality and harmony (which will be analyzed below) are indebted to Bembo's theories, and still contemplate the madrigal exclusively as a literary composition. Contemporary composers similarly


In this work we investigated the in vivo protective effects of Baccharis dracunculifolia leaves extract (BdE) against carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)- and acetaminophen (APAP)-induced hepatotoxicity. Total phenolic content, total flavonoid content, antioxidant DPPH radical scavenging activity, and HPLC analysis were performed. Our results showed that pretreatment with BdE significantly reduced the damage caused by CCl4 and APAP on the serum markers of hepatic injury, AST, ALT, and ALP. Results were confirmed by histopathological analysis. Phytochemical analysis, performed by HPLC, showed that BdE was rich in p-coumaric acid derivatives, caffeoylquinic acids and flavonoids. BdE also showed DPPH antioxidant activity (EC50 of 15.75 ± 0.43 μg/mL), and high total phenolic (142.90 ± 0.77 mg GAE/g) and flavonoid (51.47 ± 0.60 mg RE/g) contents. This study indicated that B. dracunculifolia leaves extract has relevant in vivo hepatoprotective properties.


Intonation is an inseparable part of human speech. It can perform several functions. One of these functions is the expression of attitudes or emotions, among them is fear. The present research paper investigates the relation between intonation and expressing fear both in Kurdish and English. To achieve this aim, the study endeavours to clarify the intonation patterns used to express fear by depending on seven variables: the tone, the height of the pre-head and the head, the width of pitch range, the key, and markedness. In addition, references are also made to other prosodic and paralinguistic features which are also integral parts of speech and important factors for the expression of emotions. The study elaborates the function in question in Kurdish by drawing and thoroughly describing the diagrammatic representations of twenty-two selected tone-groups of various syntactic structures. Whereas in English, the relation between intonation and fear depends on the literature available. One of the most important conclusions which can be drawn from the study is that fear is carried out mostly by the falling tone, either from high to mid or mid to low, and a narrow pitch range as well as the accompaniment of whispering and shivering as paralinguistic features. Keywords: Intonation, Attitudinal functions, Emotions, Fear, Pitch range


In the preliminary design of the structure, the option of adding supplemental damper needs to be compared with other protective design options to achieve the performance objective. The trial and error process of using sophisticated computer model and selecting damper size is not practical. There is a need to efficiently obtain the structural damper design with cost estimation, construction method and interference with the existing function. In this paper, we propose a simple procedure for the design of damping device on a given structure based on its performance objectives. This procedure is primarily based on the current performance-based design guidelines. It simplifies the structure into lumped mass model for preliminary design purpose. It also gives a simple stiffness estimation method and verified it with several building structures. The approximate damping is obtained and the sizing of the device can be selected from the standard damper products, based on the structural properties and the seismic hazard. A design example of a typical mid-rise building is provided. It shows that the procedure is simple and efficient for obtaining the structural damper design with cost estimation. The issues about implementation and extension to nonlinear dampers and damper configuration optimization are discussed.


This Essay is the third part of a larger project examining the potential role of professional discipline in the regulation and supervision of prosecutors' charging decisions. The first two parts of the project argued that courts have both the authority and the ability to exercise effective disciplinary review of charging decisions through the adoption of ethics rules and their enforcement in the disciplinary process. This Essay takes the next step in the project, considering the nature of rules that courts might adopt, by exploring potential rules targeting two improprieties: arbitrary and capricious charging decisions, and discriminatory charging decisions.


Abstract : This report summarizes the three-dimensional boundary layer studies performed. The following problems are considered: Three-dimensional inviscid flows and three dimensional viscous flows about blunted cones at incidence, and nonequilibrium three-dimensional boundary layer flows about sharp cones.


This paperplain is one of media in faculty of computer in university of Mitra Indonesia in class Programming Basicly in Borland Delphi 7.0 with Lecture Arie Setya Putra With Series Code Of Document :AJULE-001 2018


This paper reports the influence of daily time-pressured test with scaffoldings on the students' achievement and problem solving test scores as an indication of the development of fluid intelligence. In this research, the data were gathered using pretestposttest quasi-experimental control grouped design among the general section of Grade 10 students in mathematics. Results of the analysis revealed that those students who underwent daily-time pressured test with journal writing and enforced note-taking as scaffoldings did better in their achievement and problem solving test compared to those students who were subjected with weekly quiz, unforced note-taking and journal writing. The students in the experimental group were enthusiastic and participative in the class discussions and activities than those students in the control group. The researchers recommend that daily-time pressured test with journal writing and forced note-taking be practiced in the classroom to develop students' focus and concentration thereby establish their fluid intelligence.


At first,kaolin was modified by using dimethyl sulfoxide(DMSO).PET/kaolin composite microspheres were produced with polymer network gel method.IPN/ PET/kaolin composite film uniform distribution micro-sized convex hull/pit were prepared by improved evaporation-induced self-assembly(EISA) process.The influence on the friction factor and Ra of the self-assembled film by average diameter of composite microspheres,ultrasonic power,reac-tion temperature were researched by orthogonal experiment method.Coefficient of kinetic fric-tion precision measuring device was used to evaluate friction and wear properties between film and metal.Friction coefficient of the film surface(0.09~0.16) was obviously lower than that of the surface without the film(0.78).The results show that the self-assembled film has an excellent antifriction ability.


This paper studies the groundwater logging problem in the Quaternary aquifer in Aswan city, Upper Egypt. Groundwater levels are already very high in Aswan city, but this has not been exploited, and it causes damage to the environment and infrastructure for roads, building, and templets. Rising groundwater leads to the deterioration and poor quality of agricultural lands. The main objective of this study is to assess and investigate the main reasons for the groundwater logging in the tourist city of Aswan using field investigation during different periods and gain a better understanding of the water dynamics in the study area. This study investigated the surface water levels in the High Dam Lake (HDL), the Kima Lake water levels, the recharge in the fish hatchery, the abstraction well rates in Kima and El-Shalal, and the leakage from the drinking water and wastewater network in Aswan city within the study area using field investigation. The results of this study show that the HDL is one of the most important sources feeding the aquifer in the study area, and it affects the rise and fall of the groundwater levels, but it is not the only factor that affects this problem. Moreover, the rise in the groundwater levels was due to the infiltration from the unlinking fish hatchery, the reduction in abstraction well rates from Kima Lake, the lack of abstraction from El shallal region, the increase in the leakage from drinking water pipelines, sewage networks and septic underground wastewater tanks; these factors are affecting groundwater logging in Aswan city. Potential groundwater level maps for the study area were generated using field data and ArcGIS technique for the years 2010, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018, and 2020. Based on the results of the potential groundwater maps, the maximum and minimum difference for the groundwater levels in the study area between 2017 and 2012 reached 12.56 m and 0.83 m, respectively; also, between 2018 and 2017, the levels were 4.34 m and 0.25 m, respectively. Moreover, between 2020 and 2018, they were 8 m and 0.38 m, respectively.


In this paper, we treat with wheelchair support by a life-sized humanoid robot. It is quite essential to integrate whole-body motion, recognition of environment and human-interface behind the user in order to achieve this task. Contributions of this paper is whole-body control including pushing motion using the offset of the ZMP and observation of the attitude outlier, recognition of the wheelchair using particle filter and human-interface behind the person using face detection and recognition of gesture.


The two articles in Science [129, 1111 (1959); 130, 482 (1959)] about Russian transliteration end with a correctly stated but, for scientists, somewhat disappointing view—"that a universally accepted solution is not yet at hand." Razran rendered a service in bringing up this problem in Science. Unfortunately his "new system" adds to the prevailing confusion since he neglects fundamental aspects in compromising between transliteration and transcription. The inadequacy of his "complete and uniform transliteration of Russian" was widely demonstrated and justly criticized in Science from four different sides. After studying the critics' comments and Razran's reply, we have to realize that our objective in transliteration is to reproduce a Cyrillic script with letters of the Latin alphabet. Transliteration must be unambiguous, accurately reconvertible, workable, and as simple as possible. It must be admitted that none of our present systems of transliteration meets these requirements. While Faberge, and London and London advocate in Science that the system of transliteration of the Library of Congress be maintained with very minor changes, Hamp and Ray have suggested more decisive alterations to improve the same system. These suggestions should be given due consideration because an improvement is mandatory, and it is advantageous to modify a prevailing system instead of devising an essentially new one.


The objective of this work is to develop design criteria for a conceptual design/economic evaluation for a multiproduct complex to convert coal to electric power, oil, gas, and other products. ERDA has designated this multiproduct complex, POGO, an acronym for power-oil-gas-other. POGO is an outgrowth of earlier work on a design concept referred to as coal-oil-gas (COG). Therefore, the POGO concept uses multiple processes in a preferred combination to produce a broad spectrum of environmentally acceptable fuels, plus other products, that will be economically competitive with alternative sources of these products. The objective was achieved by analyzing the capabilities of the major generic types of liquefaction processes and then by comparing the projected technical and economic performances. The next step was to compare the predicted performance of a number of potentially viable candidate combinations of processes and to recommend the preferred process combination, plus preliminary design criteria. The intent is that the resulting complex would use the best available coal conversion processes in combinations such that the byproducts or wastes of one process would form inexpensive raw materials for another process. In this manner, what might have been expenses could be turned into savings, and the final product cost couldmore » be lower than that possible with a single process plant.« less


The analog complex physical fault of a gate-to-drain short in VLSI CMOS circuits is studied. A relationship between the inverse voltage of an inverter and the faulty voltage output is obtained and is then used to study the propagation of the faulty signal through successive gates. General graphical rules are developed which describe techniques for obtaining the operating point of the circuit through table look-up procedures. The technique is simple and can easily be added to known fault-simulation algorithms. >


Acoustic wave propagation in a gaseous core nuclear rocket is investigated by a theoretical model. Slab geometry in a long initially uniform cavity is assumed for simplicity and the reflector-heat ...


Leiomyoma Uteri or Fibroid uterus is common benign tumours. They can present as asymptomatic in 2/3rd of cases and with symptoms...


We present a semi-analytical hydrodynamical model for the structure of reconfinement shocks formed in astrophysical relativistic jets interacting with external medium. We take into account exact conservation laws, both across the shock front and in the zone of the shocked matter, and exact angular relations. Our results confirm a good accuracy of the approximate formulae derived by Komissarov & Falle. However, including the transverse pressure gradient in the shocked jet, we predict an absolute size of the shock to be about twice larger. We calculate the efficiency of the kinetic energy dissipation in the shock and show a strong dependence on both the bulk Lorentz factor and opening angle of the jet.


Background Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is the leading cause of end-stage renal disease. Various treatment regimens and combinations of therapies provide only partial renoprotection. Therefore new approaches are needed to retard the progression of DN. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the role of a novel spiroalkaloid from Acorus tatarinowii named acortatarin A (AcorA) in inhibiting high glucose-induced extracellular matrix accumulation in mesangial cells (MCs).


An experimental study was conducted, in which synthetic samples made of construction grout and pyrite grains were subjected to high voltage pulses in a single-particle and single-pulse mode, in order to investigate the effect of electrical breakdown channel locality on particle breakage behaviour. The data confirm that the locality of electrical breakdown channel dominates the breakage response of particles. When a breakdown channel passes along the axis of a particle, it generates a finer product and produces more cracks/microcracks on the fragments. The electrical breakdown channel locality is controlled by the grains of minerals with high conductivity/permittivity and their location in a particle under the identical machine settings. The outcomes using the synthetic samples are helpful in understanding the breakage behaviour of natural ore particles in electrical comminution.


An apparatus comprising: a carrier (110) disposed adjacent a first side (114) of a circuit board (120) having a contact field (130) therein by a circuit (140) is defined on a second side (144) the circuit board (120), wherein the contact pad (130) having an outer edge (160) and an inner edge (152), said circuit (140) within the inner edge (152) of the contact pad (130) includes a power supply contact ( 148), and wherein the circuit board (120) outside the outer edge (160) of the contact pad (130) has a power supply terminal (156); and a conductor (170) which is secured to the carrier (110), wherein the conductor (170) having a first terminal (172) and a second terminal (174), and wherein the first connection point (172) by a first pin ( 178) is connected to the power supply contact (148) and the second connection point (174) by a second pin (178) with the power supply terminal (156) is connected.


Certified values for the mass fraction of trace metals and major elements have been established for this river water certified reference material (SLRS-5).


Individual pig feeding in responder feeding stations is already state of the art is sow keeping. Besides process control in feeding, the data recording from individual animals offers the possibility to automate control tasks and gives valuable information on individual, group and herd supervision. Especially in connection with requirements for performance-oriented and nutrient adapted pig fattening, computer-controlled individual feeding offers an interesting method of meeting economical and ecological requirement. The potentials for this technology were examined within the framework of a research project at Kiel University. Results and conclusions from trails are presented in the following.