Background: Rubella infection is a known cause of congenital rubella syndrome and could be deadly to pregnant women. Aim: To determine the possible effects of rubella infection on lipid profile and atherogenic indices of pregnant women at different trimesters. Methods: Ninety subjects (70 rubella positive pregnant women and 20 rubella negative pregnant women) were recruited for this study at Central Hospital, Benin City. Rubella antibodies (IgG) were assayed quantitatively using Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) technique. Total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG) and high density lipoprotein (HDL) were determined using spectrophotometric method while low density lipoprotein (LDL) was calculated using Friedewald equation. Cardiac risk ratio, atherogenic index of plasma and atherogenic coefficient were calculated from values of HDL, TG, TC and LDL. Result: In the first trimester, data indicated significantly higher TC (p < 0.05 or p < 0.01 or p <0 001), LDL (p < 0.05 or p < 0.01 or p <0 001), AIP, AC, CRR, but lower HDL in rubella negative compared to the rubella positive pregnant women. In the second trimester, significantly higher TC (p < 0.05 or p < 0.01 or p <0 001) Tg (p < 0.05 or p < 0.01 or p <0 001), LDL (p < 0.05 or p < 0.01 or p <0 001), AIP, AC and CRR were observed in the rubella positive pregnant women compared to rubella negative pregnant women. Furthermore, the third trimester revealed significantly higher TC (p < 0.01 or p <0 001), Tg (p < 0.01 or p <0 001), LDL (p < 0.01 or p <0 001), AIP, AC, CRR but lower HDL in the rubella positive pregnant women compared to rubella negative pregnant women. Multivariate regression indicated lack of significant associations  between the IgG antibody levels of positive pregnant women and all the lipid variables as well as the athrogenic coefficient and cardiac risk ratio. Conclusion: This study indicated that lipid profile parameters were higher in rubella positive pregnant women compared to rubella negative pregnant women in all trimesters. There was no association between lipid profiles and rubella antibodies in pregnant women. Keywords: Rubella antibody, Pregnancy, lipid profile, atherogenic index


In application, the HgCdTe photovoltaic arrays exist crosstalk. There are many factors to cause it, and the surface channel is one of them. Because there are electric charges on the surface of HgCdTe photovoltaic device, they can form the surface channel between arrays. We calculate the crosstalk caused by diffusion of carrier through the surface channel under applied voltage. Using the LMC crosstalk instrument, we have measured the crosstalk. The calculative values conform to the result of experiment well. It shows that the surface channel is one of the important factors to effect the crosstalk of HgCdTe photovoltaic arrays. The thicker channel of the surface, the greater crosstalk of the arrays. The crosstalk decreases following with increasing of majority concentration.


The peripheral dopaminergic system assists in maintaining blood pressure homeostasis by engendering natriuresis mainly through the D1R and D5R receptors. These receptors share structural features and pharmacological profiles; there is no specific agonist that can discriminate between these two receptors. Genetic ablation of one receptor in the kidney results in the loss of activity of the other. Therefore, we evaluated the mechanisms for the cooperative and co‐dependent interaction between these two receptors. Both receptors share the same anatomical distribution, specifically at the brush border and luminal membranes of renal proximal tubules and collecting ducts, respectively. These receptors dimerized (~110 kDa) and coimmunoprecipitated each other, basally and after fenoldopam (D1R/D5R agonist, 1 μM/15 min) treatment. Bimolecular fluorescence complementation showed that heterologously expressed D1R and D5R tagged with the C and N termini of the fluorescent protein EYFP, respectively, heterodimerized basally in HEK‐293 cells. This was corroborated by confocal microscopy of HEK‐293 cells that were transiently transfected with D1R::RFP and D5R::GFP, which showed colocalization basally at the plasma membrane, most abundantly at the apical membrane in polarized cells. The D1R and D5R partitioned to lipid and non‐lipid rafts; agonist treatment enhanced the lipid raft segregation of D1R and D5R. Both receptors were abundantly expressed in renal proximal tubules of human and C57Bl/6 mouse kidneys, where they colocalized basally that was increased by fenoldopam (1 μM/15 min). D1R/D5R stimulation is known to increase cAMP production and inhibit renal sodium transport. Receptor gene silencing via antisense technology in human renal proximal tubule cells (hRPTCs) decreased the cAMP response to fenoldopam (−71±2% for D1R, vs. −38±7% for D5R, vs. −90±2% for both, *P<0.05). In hRPTCs grown in Transwells, fenoldopam or ouabain (500 nM/30 min) given at the basolateral compartment inhibited Na+/K+‐ATPase (NKA) activity and increased intracellular Na+. siRNA‐mediated gene silencing of DRD1/DRD5 prevented the inhibition of NKA activity by fenoldopam (*P<0.05). Our observations demonstrate the requirement for D1R/D5R to form heterodimers to achieve their full functionality.


In contrast with classical physics, complex quantities have a fundamental physical meaning in quantum physics and action, being essentially the quantized entity, should be given more attention instead of focusing mainly on Hamiltonians or Lagrangians that have the dimension of energy. Phase and amplitude of the complex quantities in (time-dependent and time-independent) quantum mechanics are not independent of each other but coupled via some conservation law. This coupling can be understood if the systems are described in terms of complex nonlinear Riccati equations. These equations not only enable a connection to the Pythagorean triples, probably the oldest and most abstract 'quantization' problem, but also lead to dynamical invariants with the dimension of action. Factorization of the corresponding operator provides generalized creation and annihilation operators, which is also possible for dissipative systems where no conventional Hamiltonian formalism exists. Formal similarities with other fields, particularly with nonlinear dynamics, are shown.


Since the 1990s, Korea Railroad began work a full-scale electrification and now has been done many routes are electrified. Accordingly High efficiency Diesel-electric locomotives and the introduction of more environmentally friendly is being made. This time reviewing the continuous rated output of 6600 kW vehicles Co-Co type of adopted Balance. Static phenomenon, even when towing a heavy cargo to prevent increased the weight of 88 tons, 132 tons, the wheel diameter 1250 mm large driving gear is the same as the rotor is installed in the fixture as a way to pass a signal to the existing and others were seeking a special way, based on the results of this structural analysis was able to find a new way.


Genetic recombination has been reported to occur in several species of Strepfomyces; S. coelicolor1-4, S. jradiae4, S. rimosus6, and S. griseoJEavus.6 Other authors have not drawn definite conclusions on linkage. It is the object of this paper to show that quantitative data on recombination in a strain of S. coelicolor can be obtained and used to draw conclusions on linkage and on the mechanism of recombination. Preliminary experiments with auxotrophic and streptomycin-resistant mutants demonstrated the existence of a rare process of genetic recombination in the two strains of S. coelicolor ~ t u d i e d . ~ First crosses were made on a minimal medium only partially supplemented, in order to increase the ratio of recombinant to nonrecombinant progeny. Crosses on this medium yielded several genotypes of recombinants, including some combining nutritional deficiencies from both parents, but the majority were prototrophic. Results thus resembled those of Sermonti and Spada-Sermonti; who used a similar experimental procedure with a different strain of S. coelicolor. The possibility that prototrophic recombinants were heterozygous diploids rather than true recombinants was investigated. A comparison of the dosesurvival curves during X irradiation of such isolates with those of the parents gave no evidence of diploidy. A search for auxotrophic segregants from these isolates suggested that they were very stable and so were unlikely to be an intermediate stage in the origin of other recombinant genotypes. It was concluded that prototrophs formed the major class of recombinant, either because of the particular linkage relations of t.he parental markers or, more probably, since several combinations of markers gave the same result, because prototrophic nuclei had a selective advantage on supplemented minimal medium and reproduced more rapidly than other genotypes. In order to obtain information on linkage it was essential to minimize such selective effects. An approach to this problem, using S. coelicolor strain A3(2)t, is outlined below.


Banana is one of the major and economically important fruit crop in India. Banana occupy 20% of the total area of crop in India. In India banana is grown under diverse conditions and production systems. This system focuses to identify, detect and rectify the diseases in banana leaves and also continuously providing updates about the diseases in the leaves of banana plant to the farmer .Here, the system will be provided with the input as regular images of banana leaves captured through different image capturing medias, and the system will further process those images to detect the disease if any and then notify the farmer as well. The system will also guide the farmer about the further actions to be taken such as suggesting him with the right pesticides, fertilizers to use and farming techniques so that diseases will be cured and would not corrupt the crops nearby. Therefore, the further yield of his crop will reach the maximum level and the disease would not replicate in the future.


In addition to affecting millions of people worldwide, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is putting a strain on healthcare systems. A descriptive cross-sectional study included medical students from 5 medical schools in Sudan (January to April 2021), to determine their perceptions towards the COVID-19 pandemic in Sudan and to ascertain the sources from which they obtain information. They were approached through random sampling. Bloom's cut-off of 80% was used to determine good knowledge (>32 out of 40), positive attitude (>40 out of 50), and good practice (>29 out of 36). The study included 396 medical students (from 1st to 5th year), the majority were females (65.7%). Their mean age was 21.3± 4 years. Overall, 86 (21.7%) had good knowledge, 129 (32.5%) had a positive attitude, and 190 (47.9%) had good practices. Most of students used social media and mass media as sources of information about COVID-19. In conclusion, a considerable number of undergraduate medical students had positive attitudes and practices against COVID-19, yet only a few had adequate knowledge and depended on social media as a source of information. This warrants further interventions to keep them updated with COVID-19 evidence to maximize their potential in raising public awareness of COVID-19.


Owing to its excellent thermal and mechanical properties of graphene, graphene-based composites have attracted tremendous research interest in recent years. In particular, graphene with high thermal conductivity becomes an important and promising filler in composites for thermal management. This critical review focus on the recent advances in graphene-based composites with high thermal conductivity. After the introduction of thermal conductive mechanisms of graphene-based composites, the fabrication methods of graphene-based composites are summarized. Then we also discuss currently researches of various graphene-based composites such as graphene/thermoplastic composites and graphene/thermoset composites. Herein, the mechanisms, preparation, and properties of graphene-based composites are discussed along with detailed examples from the scientific literature and the guidance are provided on the fabrication of composites with high thermal conductivity.


Background: Congenital auricular deformities are common diseases in newborn infants. We compared the efficacy of 2 ear molding systems in the nonsurgical management of newborn auricular deformities in Chinese infants. Methods: A total of 462 newborns with auricular deformities were treated with either the EarWell or the LiangEar ear molding systems. The posttreatment outcome was graded as excellent, fair, and poor. The differences in effectiveness between the 2 ear molding systems and factors that may affect the posttreatment outcome were analyzed. Results: Both ear molding systems showed substantial efficacy in the treatment of newborn auricular deformities. The effective rate was comparable between the EarWell and the LiangEar systems for 4 types of auricular deformities (cryptotia, prominent ear, helical rim abnormality, and cup ear), while the costs for the LiangEar systems were half as much as that for the EarWell systems. Multivariate regression analysis showed that earlier time points at treatment initiation, less severe auricular deformities, treatment duration, and breastfeeding were the most significant predictive factors for a better outcome. Conclusion: Our findings demonstrate that using the EarWell and the LiangEar systems are both optimal nonsurgical approaches for treatment of most newborn auricular deformities.


Detailed ab-initio local-density-functional studies of the potential-energy surfaces for the dissociative adsorption of hydrogen molecules on the (100) surfaces of face-centered-cubic transition and noble metals are presented. We show that the energetically most favorable reaction path is determined by quantum-mechanical steering effects arising from the formation and modification of covalent metal–hydrogen bonds. Variations of the local chemical reactivity with the filling of the d-band are discussed at the example of rhodium, palladium and silver surfaces.


The essential-state approach is employed to describe above-threshold ionization (ATI) of a single atom. Populations of consecutive peaks in electron spectra are calculated by integrating over space and taking into consideration laser spatial shapes. A significant effect of finite interaction volume on electron energy distributions is found, originating from either the limited acceptance of the detectors or size of aperture. In particular, peak switching of electron spectra, a striking feature of ATI, is suppressed and even destroyed by a large aperture or detector acceptance. These effects must be considered before any comparison can be made between theory and experiment.


finished the great petition that was to exonerate him completely. The Assistant-Manager, who was giving his full attention to the conversation, merely glanced fleetingly at the paper, not at all reading over what was there-for what was important to the Chief Clerk was unimportant to him-took it from K.'s hand, said: "Thanks, I already know everything," and calmly laid it back on the table. -Franz Kafka, The Trial


Memristor memory has garnered more interest as a potential future non-volatile memory. One access transistor and one memristor (1T1R) cell structure can be utilized to eliminate the issue of sneak path current in crossbar-structured memristor memories. However, it has lower switching speed and high-power consumption. In this paper, a novel passive selectorless structure cell has been studied. One capacitor-One Memristor (1C1R) structure is proposed as a passive access device that can be controlled by the applied signal width. The 1C1R successfully writes and reads 1-bit information with two resistance value: 3.38MΩ as bit 0, and 10.07KΩ as a bit 1. 1C1R topology is proposed as a promising structure that has lower power consumption and faster switching speed compared to 1T1R. In addition, this work addresses the readout technique with 1C1R structure. The RRAM is implemented by SkyWater Verilog-A model.


Cognitive radio (CR) is designed to achieve intelligent spectrum sensing and sharing, in order to solve spectrum underutilization problem. Conventional CR uses multiple/multiport antenna to switch between UWB and narrow band (NB) frequencies for primary and secondary users. In this article, we propose a compact frequency reconfigurable single port antenna using PIN diodes, to switch between UWB and NB frequencies. A circular disc monopole antenna with partial ground plane is designed to deliver UWB response. Three interdigital capacitors (IDC) are electrically connected to a partial ground plane and feed line using PIN diodes. OFF condition of all PIN diodes will provide the UWB response of 2.8 to 10.6 GHz and ON condition of the diodes will result in 36 different NB frequencies, completely covering the UWB spectrum. A simulation study carried out by incorporating a varactor diode into IDC, clearly shows that, the antenna resonance can be switched using PIN diodes and each resonant frequency can be fine‐tuned independently, with in the band of interest. This is the unique feature of proposed antenna, which facilitates the technology for CR based internet of things applications in 5G wireless communication networks.


This article focuses on the very sweeping changes which have affected the process of strategic planning since 1974. It describes why these changes came about, what they are, why they nearly led to a rejection of the whole concept of planning, and how management is now coping with them.


Background: Medical students attend rheumatology at Royal Derby Hospital for third and final year clinical practice. Traditionally teaching is out patient delivered but here opportunities for seeing the full spectrum of patients are limited and unpredictable. To address this we utilize patient volunteers attending workshops for history taking and examination skills practice. A wide range of conditions are covered in the weekly workshops. This requires 14 volunteers a week. Methods: An understanding of the volunteer experience will assist further recruitment. All our volunteers were given a questionnaire asking why they volunteered, the positive and less enjoyable aspects and suggested improvements. This information was collated manually into themes. Results: Reasons for volunteering: 78% of the volunteers had been helping for more than 3 years and only 9% had been volunteers for less than a year. The main themes that emerged highlighted the altruistic motives of patients. They see it as giving back to the NHS and helping students to learn. In addition, patients agreed to help because they were asked. Patients also highlighted that they wanted to learn about their condition, and that they enjoyed meeting others. Positive aspects of volunteering: There were four main themes: Increasing own knowledge, helping students learn, feeling of worth/having a role/ purpose, and social reasons. Least enjoyable part of being a volunteer: A wide range of replies were given, with the main theme being difficulties in travelling and parking for the sessions. Other comments included, a realization of their condition, being in pain afterwards, lengthy sessions and students asking personal questions. Transport to the volunteer sessions: 54% of people used their own car for ease and convenience. Some had mobility issues which prevented them from using public transport. Local bus services were not appropriate. Taxis were provided to 30% of the volunteers, and of these 57% said that if this service was not available they would not be able to attend. Improvements that could be made: Main themes were that they would like some preparation on what to expect and the best way they could help students learn. Conclusion: Most volunteer patients want to give something back to the service. They enjoy the experience so much that they continue to help for over 3 years. They also find they learn more about their condition and they feel they have a role in teaching the doctors of the future. The negative comments allowed us to focus on areas we could improve upon. Disclosure statement: The authors have declared no conflicts of interest.


In this paper,we study the functions of microbiology in soil and nature ecology system,related the function theory of microbiological fertilizer to the improvement of soil fertilization and the present research state of microbiological fertilizer.We concluded that the relationship between microbiological fertilizer and sustainable development is very closed,it can improve and retain the soil fertilization.Therefore,it has very spacious utilization prospect in the production of harmless organic food to strengthen the research,development and utilization of the technology of fertilizer's production in the core of microbiological fertilizer.


Universal Grammar (UG) is a complicated set of grammatical rules that underlies our grammatical capacity. We all follow the rules of UG, but we were never taught them, and we could not have learned them from trial and error experience either (not enough data, or time). So UG must be inborn. But for similar reasons, it seems implausible that UG was "learned" by trial and error evolution either: What was the variation and competition? And what were UG's adaptive advantages? So this leaves the hard problem of explaining where our brain's UG capacity came from. Christiansen & Chater (CC rather, languages were selected for learnability with minimal trial and error experience by our brains. This explanation is circular: Where did our brains' selective capacity to learn all and only UG-compliant languages come from? Chomsky suggests it might be a combination of optimality and logical necessity.


A finite element scheme is devised for the solution of nonlinear time-dependent exterior wave problems. The two-dimensional nonlinear scalar (Klein?Gordon) wave equation is taken as a model to illustrate the method. The governing equation is first discretized in time, leading to a time-stepping scheme, where a nonlinear exterior elliptic problem has to be solved in each time step. An artificial boundaryBis introduced, which bounds the computational domain ?, and a simple-iteration procedure is used to linearize the problem in the infinite domain outsideB. This enables the derivation of a Dirichlet-to-Neumann boundary condition onB. Finite element discretization and Newton iteration are finally employed to solve the problem in ?. The computational aspects of this method are discussed. Numerical results are presented for the nonlinear wave equation, whose solutions may blow up in a finite time under certain conditions, and it is shown that the behavior of the solution predicted by theory is captured by the scheme.


Background and Purpose. The purpose of this study was to investigate the following questions: 1) What are clinical instructors' (CIs') perceptions of their current and desired levels of competence in knowledge and skills in core areas of the DPT curriculum, and teaching methods and skills when instructing DPT students? And, 2) Are there associations between CIs' perceptions and professional degree status, as well as CI credential status? Subjects. A sample of convenience of clinical affiliation sites from New York and New Jersey (N=480) was compiled from lists of 3 collaborating academic institutions. Center coordinators of clinical education (CCCEs) were sent a letter inviting clinical faculty to participate in this study. Questionnaires were mailed to 828 CIs at 181 clinical sites. Methods. A questionnaire was constructed to collect demographic data, ie, CIs' perceptions of their knowledge and skill in core areas of the DPT curriculum and in teaching methods used to instruct DPT students. Participants were asked to self‐assess both their current and desired levels of competence using a 5‐point Likert scale. Results. A total of 497 CIs and CCCEs completed surveys for a response rate of 60%, which represented 80% of the clinical sites in the sample. For every item, there was a significant difference between CIs' perceptions of current and desired knowledge and skills, such that the level of knowledge and skills should be higher. Respondents with a DPT were more likely to report current knowledge and skills as "more than adequate" and less likely to report current knowledge and skills as "less than adequate." Discussion and Conclusion. Clinical faculty desire professional development in core curricula knowledge and teaching skills in order to be clinical instructors in DPT programs. An understanding of their perspectives is essential for academic programs to most effectively meet these needs.


A simulation program for the analysis of single-mode fiber optic systems is described. The characteristics of a fiber optic system are more accurately determined by specifying 15 parameters and, in an interactive fashion, determining system requirements for a specific performance level. The program is based on specifying an acceptable dispersion penalty and finds a corresponding link length. The output format also lists the other data important to the system designer, such as major losses and a breakdown of the dispersion penalty into its two components, i.e., intersymbol and mode partition noise.<<ETX>>


The production of books for the South African market appears to have been growing steadily during the past decade or more. This phenomenon appears to be driven by at least three factors although plainly not to the same degree in the case of every new book. These factors are: a captive student market, the procurement difficulties and the intolerable increases in the prices of imported books, and a growing awareness of the fact that we are not always wellserved by books written by and for the Euro-American market. Of course, the above-mentioned reasons for publishing a book locally are all valid ones it is simply that much easier to be cynical about a new publication when the major reason for its production appears to be the first of those proffered. Let me hasten to dispel any feeling of disquietude that may have been occasioned by the preceding statements; Schlcbusch's book was written to address a very specific need in the market place. Promoting a more holistic approach to health care obviously necessitates the introduction of the skills and insights that have developed as a result of the progress of the discipline of psychology to professionals other than registered psychologists. By sensitizing medical practitioners to what the discipline has to offer, the Editor progresses towards dispelling the old Cartesian duality myth, and also towards a more holistic approach to health. This is bound eventually to be of benefit to the patients in question, which must obviously be the primary area of concern. It is, however, also likely to contribute to making medical practitioners, who have been fortunate enough to have undergone the kind of training which this book champions, more competent, and to fostering a greater measure of harmony and teamwork between medical practitioners and psychologists. One of the major difficulties that confronts trainers in a country such as South Africa, is that all too often the books that are used lack illustrative material which reflects, or even approximates, the situation here. To believe that students are likely to be able to generalize to the South African situation from texts based entirely on First World examples, and to believe that their patients will benefit to a satisfactory extent, could be dangerously naive. To redress this imbalance was, therefore, one of the major reasons for Schlebusch to have embarked on this major project. In all, 21 authors participated in this project. By far the greater majority are well known in South Africa, and all have had extensive experience in the area of clinical health 303


Through the studies of literal and metaphorical meanings of eating in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897), this article investigates how the depictions of food and eating culture in Transylvania are the results of misrepresentations. Contrast to the illustrations about the consumptions of food in the Western table which accompanies the spirit of unity, the predatory images of vampires in Transylvania can be easily associated with an idea that communion is absent in the foreign land. The purpose of this article is, thus, to subvert the binary oppositions between East and West, with the focus on the descriptions of food and eating. For this goal, the examinations in this article include: three female vampires' language which involves the sense of communion, the Western characters' eating at a table which turns out to be a defective place in achieving the spirit of unity, and a lunatic character R.M. Renfield's abnormal eating habits that can be interpreted within the contemporary socioeconomic contexts. Ultimately, this article is to show how the vampiric images in Stoker's Dracula function as shadows that cover the violence of the Western middle-class capitalists in the contemporary capital-oriented society.


The FAVRET face recognition system uses a database built from multiple labeled views of each individual to achieve both profile-to-profile tracking of face pose and pose-invariant recognition. Adding a new individual to the database, however, is non-trivial. This work describes the use of a modified version of the FAVRET system as a module in a graphical user interface (GUI) for database acquisition, which automaticallv detects and tracks face regions in in~ut video or still-frame material and estimates the data which would otherwise have to be entered manually. The estimates can be adjusted manually if necessary. The first application is to update the database in the GUI module itself, using data more accurate than that from which the original prototype database was built.


Vanadium redox battery(VRB) is the research hotspot of energy storage battery.Ion exchange membrane is one of the key components for VRB.The researching progress of ion exchange membrane in recent years for VRB was reviewed.The research directions in the future for membrane were also presented.


The photosynthesis traits and the storage of non-structural carbohydrate(NSC) of twenty common plants seedlings were studied in this case.The results are as follows.There are lower light compensation point(LCP),lower dark respiration rate(Rd),higher apparent quantum efficiency(AQE) and maximum net photosynthetic rate(Amax) in the seedlings of evergreen trees;while the deciduous species show the opposite results.The light saturation point(LSP) of evergreen shrubs is higher than that of evergreen trees.And the other photosynthetic paramaters have no significant difference.Roots are the key place of storage of NSC.The contents of sugar,starch and NSC in root and sugar in stem of evergreen trees seedlings are significantly higher than that of deciduous species,but the contents of starch and NSC in stem have no difference between them.The contents of sugar and NSC in root and starch and NSC in stem of evergreen shrubs are greater than that of evergreen trees,but the contents of starch in root and sugar in stem have no difference between them.Light-demanding species or pioneer species are the type of "fast-growth,low-storage",and strong shade-tolerant evergreen shrubs are the type of "slow-growth,high-storage",and photosynthetic capacity and carbohydrate storage of the semi-shade-tolerant evergreen trees are medium.


With the rapid development of the Internet and increasing consummation of a variety of web-based transmission tools, network learning environment has become a new learning space. Researches into learning in the new learning environment have aroused more and more people's concern and the concept of networked learning community have come into being in network environment. The researches on network learning community keep pace with the development of network education. In this paper, the research into the construction principle of networked learning community was conducted, the design of the community framework was put forward and procedure schema of the community was formulated on the basis of its concept, basic attributes and constitutive elements.


Thirty-eight Pea (Pisum sativum L.) genotypes were screened to identify varieties to be suitable for sprout. Based on seed yield and sprout qualities such as whole length and sprout yield, five genotypes (PI269803, PI343278, PI343283, PI343300 and PI 343307) were primarily selected as candidates for pea sprouts. In order to determine optimal cultivation condition for pea sprouting, growth characteristics were investigated according to the change of germination temperature and days for sprouting. Whole length and hypocotyl length were observed to increase as a time dependent manner at each tested temperature (20, 23, and ). However, whole length, hypocotyl length, and sprout yield were highly increased at compared to 20 and . Especially, PI269803 and PI343300 showed higher sprout yield than the others. In addition, the effect of the change of germination temperature on antioxidant properties was estimated by measuring total phenolic content (TPC) and free radical scavenging activity (DPPH and ABST activity). TPC and DPPH/ABST activities of PI269803 and PI343300 were higher at than at 20 and , while antioxidant properties of PI343278 and PI343283 were decreased in a temperature-dependent manner. The results show a high degree of correlation between TPC and antioxidant activities and suggest that the temperature change for pea sprouting could be responsible for antioxidant properties. Taken together, these results provide optimal cultivation conditions for pea sprouting and suggest that PI269803 and PI343300 with high sprout yield and antioxidant properties could be used for pea sprouts.


Binary blends of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)/copoly(ether-ester) (COPE) elastomer were prepared under four different compositions by melt mixing technique using twin-screw extruder. The effects of COPE content on thermal and dynamic mechanical properties were investigated using various techniques such as thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimetric analysis (DSC), and dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) for all PMMA/COPE blends. The properties of all the blends were evaluated in comparison with neat PMMA and COPE. All the blends show higher thermal stability than individual component. DSC analysis results reveal that all the blends show two glass transition temperature (𝑇𝑔) values and the 𝑇𝑔 value of PMMA has been shifted to lower side due to the presence of COPE content. The two step reduction in storage modulus corresponding to their 𝑇𝑔 value reveal that the blends are immiscible in nature.


There are other debatablepoints, but this is inevitable in a book such as this, which discussesevery aspect of the subject. The dual authorship is apparent,as it is possible to detect many words of wisdom in opinions basedon long personal experience, and in new and original work. In certain places the teamwork is not perfect, as the voice of experience has not been loud enough to overcome some immaturities. No one should attempt venous work without mastering the contentsof this book. It shows clearly what to do, and how to do it, and why results have been so bad. They will not continue to be bad if the principles so clearly shown are meticulously followed.


This paper aims to determine the public's response to the viral phenomenon of Citayam Fashion Week on Tiktok. This goal is motivated by the phenomenon of CFW becoming widespread and taking advantage of the Indonesian people. The type of research used is descriptive qualitative, then the data collection technique is in the form of a literature study that contains various kinds of references, both journal articles, articles, notes, and the results of previous research which data and information will be studied further. the results of the research contained in this study in the form of the Citayam Fashion Week phenomenon which is being discussed in the community has its own view. There are many people who see this phenomenon from what point of view. If we draw further from the existence of this phenomenon, its existence in Indonesia is very unique because it is still new and people need to adapt because of it. It can be seen from all aspects that it has its own positive and negative impacts. Back again to each individual who controls this CFW phenomenon.
 Keywords: Citayam Fashion Week, Phenomenon, Tiktok


Introduction Goat production in México since the beginning has been associated with poverty because only low income families who live in rural areas were the only ones that raise goats with the purpose to make a profit or to obtain food from them (meat, milk, skins, etc.). However, the last 40 to 30 years up to day, this perception has been changing in some areas, especially in the region of La Laguna (includes part of sates of Coahuila and Durango) and El Bajio (includes part of states of Guanajuato and Queretaro), where one can find productive units completely confined and using the most update technology available in the market, which belong to middle class or wealthy people who has made significant investment in modern facilities and animals with high genetic merit imported from The United Sates or frozen semen from France. However, these efforts have changed a small proportion of goat industry in México, but the majority still continues under extensive grazing condition with no technology and low production traits. The objective of this paper is to present a broad description of how goats are raised in México and the importance of goat production in México.


Despite their obvious impact on the religious landscape of the period, the canons and canonesses of Saint Victor have remained rather elusive figures in the historical record, and their significance has remained largely under-appreciated by modern scholars. By briefly surveying the origins and early evolution of several of the more prominent congregations of Augustinian canons which prospered in the counties of Flanders and Hainaut, including the Premonstratensians, Arrouaisians, this study attempts to situate the Victorines within the spiritual context of the region during the thirteenth century. This study identifies the differences in ideal and practice which distinguished these congregations, and assesses policies regarding the inclusion of women which may have affected popular perception and potential patronage of individual foundations. In particular, the actions of the countesses of Flanders and Hainaut are assessed in order to explain why some foundations appealed to powerful patrons while others ...


The interface properties of 4H-SiC metal–oxide–semiconductor(MOS) capacitors with post-oxidation annealing(POA) in nitric oxide(NO) ambient after high temperature(1300℃) oxidation have been investigated using capacitance–voltage(C–V) measurements. The experimental results show that the interface states density(Dit) can be obviously decreased by the POA in NO ambient(NO-POA) and further reduced with increasing POA temperature and time. In the meantime significant reduction of the interface states density and oxidation time can be achieved at the higher thermal oxidation temperature, which results in the better oxide MOS characteristics and lower production costs. The dependence of Dit on POA temperature and time has been also discussed in detail.


• Echocardiographic Doppler measurements do not account for the pressure recovery phenomenon and therefore estimate higher transvalvular pressure gradients (TPG) than invasive catheter-based measurements. • An observed 3-4 mmHg mean TPG difference between self-expanding and balloon-expandable transcatheter valves has been observed consistently, but no clinical significance has been reported. • A necessary novel classification system must provide a range of normal and abnormal values for each measurement modality and each valve type.


Objective: To associate the quality of life and the realization of Blood glucose and triglycerides in people with hypertension assisted by health strategy of the family of a municipality in southern Minas Gerais, Brazil. Design and method: A descriptive cross-sectional and quantitative approach, performed with 397 people with hypertension enrolled in HIPERDIA system. The research project was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Ribeirão Preto School of Nursing, University of São Paulo. To collect data, we used instruments for the assessment of blood glucose and triglycerides tests already carried out and the specific instrument Minichal to assess the quality of life. Results: It was found a predominance of females, aged between 50–69 years. Regarding the test results of blood glucose and triglycerides respectively, 98.5% (391) and 98.2% (390) have undertaken these tests. As for the association between the examinations of blood glucose and triglycerides and the quality of life in the multivariate analysis showed a statistically significant association only in conducting examination of triglycerides and the domain mental state of Minichal scale. Conclusions: People with hypertension who took triglycerides have better quality of life that people who have not done in the field of mental state Minichal scale.


Networked control systems (NCSs) are characterized by sharing a communication network between sensors, actuators, and controllers, which involves several subjects such as control, communication, and computer sciences. To achieve the optimized system performance in unpredictable environments, a novel methodology, codesign among several subjects, is emerging in the context of integrating control, computing, and communications. The aim of this work is to provide a better understanding of this emerging methodology. Relevant research efforts from different perspectives are concisely discussed by being classified into three categories, i.e., CPU resource scheduling, network bandwidth allocation, and advanced control. Then the tools supporting codesign of NCSs are summarized. The codesign methods can be extended in many directions, and some suggestions for future work are also outlined.


Date Presented 04/05/19
 WFOT requires that OT curricula be contextually relevant, but it is not known how programs meet that requirement. This ethnographic case study demonstrated that educators used explicit and implicit methods to connect content to the local context. Educators modified instructional methods with the intention of linking the content, skill, or concept to the local context. This study provides a guide for programs aiming to meet the specific needs of a specific culture and context.
 Primary Author and Speaker: Bill Roberts
 Additional Authors and Speakers: Lesley Garcia
 Contributing Authors: Barb Hooper


Background. Literature on the evaluation of the Master's Degree in Nursing is scarce. The objective of this pilot study was to test a questionnaire aimed at monitoring the activities of nurses after receiving the Master's degree.
Methods. An electronic questionnaire was administered to 36 graduates who obtained the Master's degree during the academic year 2010/2011.
Results. Almost 80% of the participants judged their level of improvement in knowledge and skills during the course to have been satisfactory, but the level of implementation of these competencies at work was quite low.
Conclusion. Competencies acquired during the Master's degree course are not always put into practice.


Experiments were performed in a thermogravimetric analyser to understand the effects of initial moisture of biomass on its pyrolysis and kinetics. Scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffractometry and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy were employed to determine the effects of the initial moisture of grass on the char structure. Kinetic parameters were obtained by applying Flynn-Wall-Ozawa method. The results indicate that the pyrolysis characteristic temperatures and the char residue decrease with greater initial moisture of grass. The results of char analysis show that the chars' cell walls become thinner, and the fractal dimension increases, and the chars' microcrystalline became smaller and many functional groups' band peaks of chars become smaller and even disappear with the initial moisture increasing. The activation energy as a function of the conversion reveals the multi-step nature of the fresh-grass devolatilisation. The activation energy reduces about 30kJ mol−1 when the initial moisture increases from 4.52% to 44.17%. [Received: July 2, 2009; Accepted: February 5, 2010]


The federal No Child Left Behind Act mandates the application of the principles of evidence-based practice (EBP) in U.S. education. The purpose of this study was to identify available assistive technology (AT) and educational technology (ET) literature that relates to standards and teacher competencies, and to categorize that literature in relation to Sweeney's (1999) definition of standards and Davies' (1999) EBP hierarchy. Literature was identified through subject index searching, browsing, footnote chasing, and consultation. Content analysis was conducted on 110 documents from years 1995–2009 that met inclusion criteria. The majority of literature is based upon expert opinion evidence, which is not highly rigorous. The most rigorous evidence identified came from survey and correlation descriptive studies; a complete lack of experimental evidence was noted. AT and ET are in the beginning stages of implementing EBP in the area of teacher standards and competencies. Advancing AT and ET practice through evidence is critical for moving the field forward scientifically and for ensuring accountability.


Objective: to develop and validate a new very rapid, sensitive, reverse phase Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography (RP-UPLC) technique for the estimation of Olanzapine in dosage form, as there is no official monograph & no analytical method by UPLC. Methodology: Chromatographic separation was achieved on a Waters Acquity HSS T-3 C18 column (100 A— 2.1 mm, 1.8I¼m) using an isocratic method with mobile phase composed of Potassium di-hydrogen phosphate: methanol in the ratio 60:40 v/v. The flow rate was 0.8 ml/min, temperature of the column was maintained at ambient and detection was made at 228 nm. The run time was as short as 6 min. The developed method was validated according to the International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) guidelines with respect to linearity, accuracy, precision, specificity and robustness. Results: The developed method was linear for Olanzapine from 10 - 50 I¼g/ml and the linear regression obtained was > 0.999. Precision, evaluated by intra- and inter-day assays had relative standard deviation (R.S.D) values within 1.5 %. Recovery data were in the range 98.2% to 100.9% with R.S.D. values < 1.5 %. Conclusion: The method is precise, accurate, linear, robust and fast. The short retention time of 2.433 min allows the analysis of a large number of samples in a short period of time and, therefore, should be cost-effective for routine analysis in the pharmaceutical industry.


This study identifies and decomposes the impact of China's central anti-corruption on Macau's gaming industry by examining the quarter revenue data of six gaming companies from 2010 to the third quarter of 2017. The analysis results show that the negative impact of the anti-corruption campaign on the revenue of Macau's gaming industry is lagging behind, and the strengthening of anti-corruption efforts since the establishment of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has caused clear externality. The effect remains significant after excluding the influences of macroeconomic factors, the Brazilian World Cup, and the Asia gaming industry competition. For the impact mechanism, the effect is mainly determined through the per capita gaming of Macau visitors instead of the number of gamers. This study provides empirical support for research on the externality of anti-corruption.


Surface terminations greatly affect the MXene performance. On the basis of the first-principles thermodynamic calculations, the surface termination preference of 33 different out-of-plane ordered double-transition metal MXenes when prepared by etching the o-MAX phases with HF acid is revealed. By calculating the reaction enthalpy and reaction Gibbs free energy at finite temperature, it is concluded that when the outermost transition metal is a 3d-orbital transition metal, the surface termination is dominated by -F, and when the outermost transition metal belongs to 4d or 5d-orbital transition metal, the surface termination is mainly -O. And this preference law may be related to whether the outermost transition metal can donate enough electrons to surface groups.


This paper gives an analysis of the feasibility, necessity and practicality of the model for organized structure of agricultural industry, and also points out the possible problems occurred and their solutions in an attempt to ensure the new development in agriculture.


The effect of isophathalic acid-maleic anhydride (IAMA) as a compatibilizer on the tensile properties and swelling behavior of ethylene vinyl acetate /natural rubber/ feldspar (EVA/NR/PF) composites were studied. The EVA/NR/PF composites with and without IAMA were prepared using Brabender Plasticoder at 160oC with 50rpm rotor speed. The results indicated that EVA/NR/PF/IAMA showed higher value of tensile strength and M100 but lower elongation at break and percentage mass swell compared to EVA/NR/PF composites.


In this article, a novel electromechanical energy conversion model of a piezoelectric cantilever bimorphs micro transducer is proposed. In this new piezoelectric-base power generator modeling, the coupling relationship between the mechanical strain and the piezoelectric polarization, rather than the curvature basis approach, is adopted to deduce the vibration-induced voltage and electrical power. In addition to the working equation for piezoelectric sensors, the damping effect is included to enable the resonance frequency, the maximum induced voltage at the resonance, the conversion power, and the dimensions of the piezoelectric micro power generator to be analytic estimated. The analytic model shows that the vibration-induced voltage is proportional to the excitation frequency and the width of the device but is inverse proportional to the length of cantilever beam and the damping factor. To verify the theoretical analysis, two clusters of micro transducers are fabricated. Experimental results demonstrate that the maximum output voltages and the power conversion are only little derivations from the analytic model.Copyright © 2004 by ASME


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Introduction: The transcription factor NF-κB plays a major role in various cellular functions such as apoptosis, proliferation, and inflammation and is often deregulated in cancer. It is known to regulate the expression of anti-apoptotic genes (e.g. TRAF1, Mcl-1) and to be constitutively active in CLL. Different mouse models indicate a role for NF-κB in CLL pathogenesisand p65 (RelA), a subunit of NF-κB, appears to have prognostic relevance in CLL. Indeed, high binding activity of p65 to its DNA-binding site is predictive of a short time to first treatment, time to subsequent treatment, and overall survival. These data suggest NF-κB as promising treatment target in CLL. Indeed, several NF-κB inhibitors induced apoptosis of mono-cultured CLL cells in vitro . However, the efficacy of NF-κB inhibition has not been tested on CLL cells in the presence of protective microenvironment or in combination with B-cell receptor (BCR) pathway inhibitors. Methods: The specific NF-κB inhibitor Dehydroxymethylepoxyquinomicin (DHMEQ) was used alone (2µg/ml, 5µg/ml) or in combination with the Btk-inhibitor Ibrutinib (10µM), the PI3K-inhibitor Idelalisib (10µM), or the Syk-inhibitor R406 (4µM) on primary CLL cells in mono- or in co-culture with stroma cells (M2-10B4- or HS-5-cell lines, ratio CLL cells : stroma cells = 20:1). Apoptosis measurements were performed using AnnexinV/PI stainings. Protein expression was analyzed by western blot using standard protocols. For measuring the activity of the different NF-κB subunits (p65, p50, c-Rel, p52, RelB) with a DNA-binding ELISA, protein lysates were prepared after 8h of treatment with DHMEQ (5µg/ml). Results: DHMEQ significantly induced apoptosis of freshly isolated CLL cells in monoculture compared with untreated cells (19% vs. 70% live cells, 5µg/ml, n=6) but surprisingly this effect was suppressed when co-cultured with HS-5 cells (81% vs. 85%). This observation was confirmed with M2-10B4 cells. DHMEQ treatment of mono-cultured CLL cells for 48h significantly downregulated the protein expression of the anti-apoptotic factors Mcl-1 and TRAF1 by 43% and 68% respectively (n=9) while increasing PARP-cleavage four-fold (n=9). However, in co-culture with HS-5 cells no change in the expression of these proteins was observed. A time course analysis of protein expression showed that TRAF1 down-regulation occured after 2h before the increase in PARP-cleavage after 8h (n=6). Although the activity of all NF-κB subunits was reduced in both mono- and co-culture with M2-10B4 cells upon DHMEQ treatment, this effect was attenuated by stroma cell presence: the latter reduced DNA-binding activity of p50 and p65 by 29% and 60% in mono-cultured and 13% and 35% in M2-10B4 co-cultured CLL cells (c-Rel: 25% vs. 15% ; p52: 34% vs. 17% ; RelB: 32% vs. 19% ; n=3). Finally, the combined use of DHMEQ (5µg/ml) with Ibrutinib (n=10) or R406 (n=12) on CLL cells co-cultured with M2-10B4 cells led to a significantly higher rate of apoptosis than DHMEQ, Ibrutinib, or R406 alone. A similar tendency was observed with Idelalisib but it did not reach statistical significance (n=10). Conclusions: In contrast to mono-cultured CLL cells, the specific NF-κB inhibitor DHMEQ did not induce apoptosis in stroma-supported CLL cells, suggesting that apoptosis induction by NF-κB inhibition may be impaired by the microenvironment. As seen in the NF-kB activity assay, this could in part be due to maintained high NF-κB activity in CLL cells co-cultured with stroma cells even in the presence of DHMEQ. However, we could also show that the effect of BCR-pathway inhibitors, which are highly effective in the treatment of CLL, was further increased by the use of DHMEQ. To further evaluate these encouraging results, we are currently investigating the molecular basis of these observations. We are also planning to verify the efficacy of DHMEQ combination treatments in a CLL mouse model. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


We prove that the Poisson/Gaudin–Mehta phase transition conjectured to occur when the bandwidth of an N × N symmetric band matrix grows like b = N is naturally observable in the rate of convergence...


For over a decade, all three-year-olds in England have been entitled to a free part-time early education place. One aim of this policy is to close developmental gaps between higher-income and low-income children. However, the success of the initiative depends on children accessing the places. Using the National Pupil Database, we examine all autumn-born four-year-olds attending in January 2011, and ask whether they started attending when first eligible, in January 2010. One in five children did not access their free place from the beginning, and the proportion is much higher among children from families with persistently low incomes. We also find differences by ethnicity and home language, but these factors explain only a small share of the income gradient. We go on to explore associations between non-take-up and local area factors. In areas with higher child poverty rates, take-up is lower overall, but the gap between low-income and other families smaller. There are also various associations between take-up and local proportions of different provider types (maintained, private, voluntary, Sure Start). In particular, the voluntary sector seems to have more flexibility than maintained provision to offer places in January and more success than private providers in reaching children from lower-income backgrounds. The analysis also highlights how take-up overall is relatively high and the gap by income-level is smaller in areas with more Sure Start provision. This suggests aspects of Sure Start facilitated access among low-income families, and could perhaps be replicated as implementation of the free entitlement continues to be expanded.


A variant for the Hilbert and Polya spectral interpretation of the Riemann zeta function is proposed. Instead of looking for a self-adjoint linear operator H, whose spectrum coincides with the Riemann zeta zeros, we look for the complex poles of the S matrix that are mapped into the critical line in coincidence with the nontrivial Riemann zeroes. The associated quantum system, an infinity of "virtual resonances" described by the corresponding S matrix poles, can be interpreted as the quantum vacuum. The distribution of energy levels differences associated to these resonances shows the same characteristic features of random matrix theory.


This paper traces the role of Substance abuse among women in India. In the last few years, attention has shifted from male to female substance abuse in India. As the numbers of female substance abusers perpetuate to elevate, researches and studies deliberate to understand gender-centric etiological factors, ill effects, phenomenology, outcome, and obstruction cognate to treatment with the aim to develop more efficacious treatment programs. Though, because of non-recognition of women substance abusers, the studies on Indian women substance abusers population being sparse. This paper tries to highlight the issues and rising problem of women substance abuse in India.


The main drawback of the current methods used for analyzing stability of leveling points in the reference leveling grid have been defined. The problem of developing a mathematical model of leveling points in the reference leveling grid is being solved. Equal accuracy of measurement in different cycles is expected. Possible subsidences between the reference points are represented by a polynomial of the second degree. In solving this problem, the polynomial coefficients are calculated using the least squares method. Accuracy of the obtained mathematical model used to make a conclusion about the need to identify elevations between the reference points with high accuracy (up to tenths of a millimeter) has been estimated.


The invention discloses a platform and a method for measuring the resistance characteristic of a heat exchange tube bundle. The platform comprises a wind stabilizing system and a test tube bundle, wherein the wind stabilizing system is provided with a flow equalizer and a venturi section, the test tube bundle is mounted on a downstream channel of the venturi section of the wind stabilizing system, and the upstream part of the wind stabilizing system is connected with a centrifugal blower; the test tube bundle adopts a rectangular oval fin air preheater and two arrangement manners, namely, a sequential manner and a staggered manner; a wind channel gate valve is arranged between the flow equalizer and a wind source to control the wind speed of a wind channel; an introduced wind flow passes through the wind stabilizing system, air transversely scours the test tube bundle, and pressure values of an inlet and an outlet of the test tube bundle are measured by a measuring device; two groups of pitot tubes are arranged in the measuring device, arranged at front and back ends of the test tube bundle respectively and connected with positive and negative joints of a micromanometer. The wind stabilizing system consisting of the flow equalizer and the venturi section is adopted, the air with very high turbulence intensity is uniformly distributed in all sub-holes, the uniformity of the flow field at front ends of test tubes is guaranteed, and measurement accuracy of the wind speed and the resistance is guaranteed.


Late adulthood is the stage of life in which individuals are known as the elderly.  This period in human life span is a dynamic phase of development with numerous and unique challenges, one of such is elder abuse. This study examines the social world of the elderly in a bid to ascertain if the elderly in our society are being abused and neglected.  Three hundred male and female persons over 65 years of age from three senatorial districts in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria were randomly selected and used for the study.  A structured questionnaire captioned:  Elder Abuse and Neglect Questionnaire (EANQ) and an Interview Schedule were developed and administered on the selected sample.  The data collected were analyzed using simple percentages, means, t-tests and analysis of variance.  Results indicates that incidence of abuse is prevalent in Akwa Ibom State.  The major forms of abuse were neglect, physical, financial/material and emotional/psychological abuse.  Causes of abuse were identified and strategies mapped out for intervention. It was found that females and elders with no formal education suffer more abuses than males and those with formal education.  Based on the findings, conclusions and recommendations have been proffered towards an improved social world for the elderly. Keywords: Elder Abuse, Physical Abuse, Neglect, Emotional Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Financial Abuse.


With the development of modern technology and high education, the mobile phone is not only an essential piece of equipment to use in life but also becomes an ideal tool for students to improve their knowledge, so it cannot be denied that students can use mobile phones to improve their English effectively. Therefore, mobile-assisted language learning is considered a new multidisciplinary field of educational technology. We hope that the results of this study could serve as the basis for other researchers to do research on the effects of mobile phones when improving English in an academic environment and provide people who have an interest in this topic with the relationship between students and the necessity of using mobile phones to support learning in classes, especially in English. This study could be helpful for teachers to pay more attention to developing a new way to bring knowledge to their students instead of focusing mainly on the old method like books, boards or fundamental theories.


Two test plots for onion maggot control were planted on Elba (Apr 19) and Oswego (May 9 and 12) mucklands, two major onion growing areas of New York. Plots consisted of single row 30-ft treatments, 15-inches apart, replicated 4 times in a randomized complete block design. From each 30-ft row only the middle 20-ft was used to record data. All treatments were applied in the furrow with a hand operated cone seeder, planting 9 seeds/ft and delivering 75 gals H2O/A through a gravity fed system. Dithane M-45 (80 WP) at the rate of 3 lbs formulation/A accompanied each treatment for control of onion smut. After emergence, stand counts were taken. Counts to check for thepresence of damaged (flagged) plants started in Jun and continued until plant mortality ceased in July. Each injured plant was inspected for maggot damage and removed from the plot area. On Aug 23 at Elba and on Sep 13 at Oswego the onions in the center 20 ft of each row were harvested. Each treatment was topped, counted and weighed.


Lepromatous leprosy (LL) is a systemic illness which involves various organs either directly due to Mycobacterium leprae or as a part of lepra reaction. Nail changes occur in leprosy with variable frequency but may not have a direct causal relationship with leprosy. Hereby, we are describing a case of untreated LL presenting with twenty nail dystrophy and a direct causal relationship of the same due to M. leprae.


none — Breaking a wine glass with sound is a visually striking achievement and a great way to get potential students inter-ested in Physics. The goal of this project is to not only break the wine glass but to build an apparatus that is portable and easily setup for lecture room demonstra-tions as well as outreach. The apparatus should also provide enough visibility for a room full of observers to easily see the resonance. Thus we constructed an enclosure using clear plexiglass, attached to two compression driver, hooked up to an amplifier and then hooked up to a signal generator. Until now our experiment has only been approached from one angle which is the utilization of a strobe light apparatus as the way to view the different modes of the wine glass. Moving forward with the experiment we began to explore different ways of viewing the modes of the wine glass. After receiving a generous loan from University of Mississippi in the form of a high speed camera, it is now possible to capture the modes without the use of a high speed strobe light. The apparatus should also provide even better visibility than previously achieved for a room full of observers to easily see the resonance. In a larger setting a camera could be used to relay the relatively small image of the wine glass to a projector for better visibility, only now there is a possibility to enhance the quality of those pictures and videos. From a more technical stand point, the project will provide an opportunity to experiment with resonance on a variety of different capture methods. In order to prepare for the final demonstration, many different wineglasses will be tested in the test chamber as well as different capture methods


The distillation process is the most widely used separating process in the chemical process industry. The optimal design of the distillation units can lead to reduced capital costs and improved energy utilisation. This is particularly the case for structured packed distillation column where design methods tend to over-predict the column efficiency. This work seeks to contribute to the development of a reliable mass transfer model for structured packing. A gas phase mass transfer correlation was developed based on the evaporation of pure components into an air stream. The mass transfer rates were measured in a short triangular wetted wall channel with a corrugated surface wall. The influence that the geometric configuration as well as surface structure has on the mass transfer rates was investigated. The channel geometry and surface wall structure resembled that of the structured packing (Flexipac 350Y). The influence of the channel geometry on the gas mass transfer rates was not significant except at low flow conditions. The liquid phase resistance was investigated for binary mixtures in the triangular wetted wall channel. It was found that the overall mass transfer rate decreased with increasing composition of the volatile component. The enhancement of the gas phase mass transfer rate masked the presence of the liquid resistance. ii The gas phase mass transfer correlations were used in the mass transfer model to predict the separation efficiency of a structured packed distillation column. The structured packing used to validate the mass transfer model was high-capacity Flexipac 350Y and normal Flexipac 350Y. The binary distillation experiments were done at total reflux conditions for the pressure range O.33-1atm. The accuracy of the separation efficiencies of the mass transfer model improved with increasing pressure for both materials. The mass transfer model was able to predict the variation of separation efficiencies with column loadings. http://scholar.sun.ac.za/


Recent studies suggest that Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin sensitization is a risk factor for asthma. However, there is a paucity of epidemiologic evidence on adult‐onset asthma in community‐based populations.


Higher trait optimism and/or lower cynical hostility are associated with healthier behaviors and lower risk of morbidity and mortality, yet their association with health care utilization has been understudied. Whether these psychological attitudes are associated with breast cancer screening behavior is unknown. To assess the association of optimism and cynical hostility with screening mammography in older women and whether sociodemographic factors acted as mediators of these relationships, we used Women ' s Health Initiative (WHI) observational cohort survey data linked to Medicare claims. The sample includes WHI participants without history of breast cancer who were enrolled in Medicare Parts A and B for ≥ 2 years from 2005 – 2010, and who completed WHI baseline attitudinal questionnaires (n = 48,291). We used survival modeling to examine whether screening frequency varied by psychological attitudes (measured at study baseline) after adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics, health conditions, and healthcare-related variables. Psychological attitudes included trait optimism (Life Orientation Test-Revised) and cynical hostility (Cook Medley subscale), which were self-reported at study baseline. Sociodemographic, health conditions, and healthcare variables were self-reported at baseline and updated through 2005 as available. Contrary to our hypotheses, repeated events survival models showed that women with the lowest optimism scores (i.e., more pessimistic tendencies) received 5% more frequent screenings after complete covariate adjustment ( p < .01) compared to the most optimistic group, and showed no association between cynical hostility and frequency of screening mammograms. Sociodemographic factors did not appear to mediate the relationship between optimism and screenings. However, higher levels of education and higher levels of income were associated with more frequent screenings (both p < .01). We also found that results for optimism were primarily driven by women who were aged 75 or older after January 2009, when changes to clinical guidelines lead to uncertainty about risks and bene fi ts of screening in this age group. The study demonstrated that lower optimism, higher education, and higher income were all associated with more frequent screening mammograms in this sample after repeated events survival modeling and covariate adjustment. Abbreviations: BMI = body mass index, CES-D = Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, CT = clinical trial, FDA = Food & Drug Administration (U.S.), FFS = fee for service, HCPCS/CPT = Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System/Common Procedural Terminology System, HR = hazard ratio, LOT-R = Life Orientation Test-Revised, MET = metabolic equivalent, OS = observational study, SES = socioeconomic status, USPSTF = U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, WHI = Women ' s Health Initiative.


How did Milton and his contemporaries Interpret the Aristotelian term peripeteia, and to what extent did he exploit this de vice in his own poetry? Though recent scholarship) has noted instances in both Samson Agonistes and Paradise Regain'd, its approach has tended to be anachronistic. Thus Tillyard has credited Milton with anticipating Butcher's conception of Peripeteia s a "Reversal of Intention": A peripeteia happens, not wben there is a mere change of fortune, but when an Intention or action brings about tbe opposite of what was meant. Now Milton made Samson Agonistes answer so closely to this Interpretation of peripeteia that I believe it was his own Interpretation too...


Electrons and photons reconstruction and identification is an issue of great importance for many physics analyses at LEP2. The variety of topologies and energy ranges in which they can appear required an improvement of the previous LEP1 pattern recognition. The REMCLU package has been built in order to improve the previous tools for the barrel part of DELPHI, and to provide an efficient general purpose algorithm for the forward part of the detector.


In this paper, we have considered the problem of velocity and range estimation for an UAV using camera and the knowledge of total speed through a GPS device. Together with [5], we have shown that this problem can be solved using a reliability-based motion computation and a optimization problem that is well-posed. If the velocity in the body frame is known, then the problem results in a straight-forward solution. For the more complicated case, when only the total speed is known, we assume that the component of the linear velocity along the axis of the camera is positive. We show that these assumptions form minimal additional information required to solve the problem of ego-motion and range estimation.


The utility model discloses a parking space lock. The lock comprises a radio frequency identification (RFID) controller arranged on a vehicle and a base on a parking space, wherein a control box and a blocking rod are arranged on the base; a power supply box is arranged on one side of the control box; a storage battery is arranged in the power supply box; a singlechip is arranged in the control box and connected with an RFID receiver, a motor driving circuit and an alarm; the RFID controller is communicated with the RFID receiver through a wireless radio frequency signal; the motor driving circuit is connected with a motor; the motor is connected with the blocking rod; and the singlechip, the RFID receiver and the motor driving circuit are connected with a solar photovoltaic panel. By the lock, the problem that own parking spaces are occupied can be effectively solved, and the parking spaces are conveniently managed by a property management company; and the lock is reasonable in structural design and convenient to use, is automatically unlocked when the vehicle arrives and is automatically locked when the vehicle leaves.


Here we report, comparison of two different saturation pulse types with different shapes, Gaussian pulse and Reburp pulse. Pulses are comparatively used in a series of STD-NMR experiments for determine which one is more effective for saturation and also saturation transfer for ibuprofen and COX1 mixture. Both pulses have been comparatively studied, and they are applied to identical samples in identical experimental conditions to see the difference. Also they are examined over different pulse parameters, like lengths and powers. Finally it is shown that, re-burp pulse gives more intensive STD-NMR signals than Gaussian pulse shape under same conditions and same samples. That means Reburp pulse shape causes more effective saturation than Gaussian pulse shape for COX enzyme and ibuprofen. Results are in accordance with literature.


This research aims to learn more about the nature and scope of the speech disorder problem among first graders in the perspective of both classroom teachers' and students' experiences with available interventions. The descriptive approach was relied on to achieve the study's objectives with its quantitative and qualitative methods. The study consisted of two instruments: the first tool was a questionnaire prepared by researchers. It consisted of (40) paragraphs divided into four areas. It was distributed to a sample of (47) primary school teachers in Nablus and Amman. They were selected most feasibly. The data was statistically analyzed. The stability coefficient was (0.87), which is a good stability coefficient that satisfies scientific research purposes. Concerning the second tool, it was an interview that consisted of (4) questions through which methods of treating speech problems were reached. The survey found that, from the perspective of their teachers, pupils in Nablus's first primary stage have a significant amount of difficulty with pronunciation. It was found that there are no statistically significant differences at the level of significance (α≤ 0.05) between the responses of the study sample members about the prevalence of pronunciation problems among the first primary stage students in the point of view of their teachers due to each of the variables (gender, years of experience). The most important methods of treating pronunciation problems were to practice pronouncing some words and sounds and continuing to repeat them and evaluation by teachers and parents, working to provide a set of exercises for the child to practice at home constantly, and training the child on how to output the sound to make speech clearer and giving different ways for family members to communicate with the child. The most important recommendations were that the curriculum developers introduce many activities encouraging students who suffer from pronunciation problems to use the correct pronunciation.


The results of studies of the effect of a two-phase contact filler (Pb-PbS) on the electrophysical properties of a system based on a copolymer of styrene with ..cap alpha..-methylstyrene (SAM) are reported in this article. The x-ray phase analysis (XPA) was conducted on a DRON-2 diffractometer. The surface of the filler particles was studied by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The electric resistance of the samples was measured in a thermostated cell. The complex character of the concentration and temperature dependence of the electric conductivity of the (Pb-PbS)-SAM composite system related to the composition of the filler was thus elucidated and it was shown that materials with different electrophysical properties can be prepared from the same composite system by using different amounts of the starting components.


In the context of a simplified leptophilic dark matter (DM) scenario where the mediator is a new charged fermion carrying leptonic quantum number and the DM candidate is either scalar or vector, the complementarity of different bounds is analyzed. In this framework, the extra lepton and DM are odd under a Z2 symmetry, and hence the leptonic mediator can only interact with the DM state and Standard Model leptons of various flavors. We show that there is the possibility to characterize the DM spin (scalar or vector), as well as the nature of the mediator, through a combined analysis of cosmological, flavor and collider data. We present an explicit numerical analysis for a set of benchmarks points of the viable parameter space of our scenario.


METZGER, BRIAN. Glycerol Combustion. (Under the direction of William L. Roberts). As worldwide production of biodiesel fuel increases, a growing concern is the abundance of waste glycerol. The price of crude glycerol has fallen drastically and many large biodiesel producers are currently paying to landfill this large waste stream. In the search to find a value-added alternative, glycerol combustion may be one of the simplest solutions. Heat recovered from glycerol oxidation could easily be used to reduce heating costs inherent to large-scale biodiesel production. It has been stated "Combustion of glycerol would be an elegant solution, if it worked" (journeytoforever.com). Clean combustion of glycerol is difficult due to its high viscosity, high auto-ignition temperature, and concerns of hazardous emissions. In particular, most in the biodiesel producing community share a fear that burning glycerol could produce acrolein, an aldehyde which is a thermal decomposition product of glycerol and is toxic at very low concentrations. This thesis will detail the design of a burner that can safely and easily burn crude glycerol for process heating. Emissions measurements in the burner using glycerol sources of varying quality confirm that this burner design completely oxidizes the glycerol into CO2 and H2O with very low levels of pollutants, typical of other hydrocarbon fuels. These results show that safe, clean, and efficient combustion of a wide range of glycerol purities is possible with a properly designed burner.


The Future According to Pogo "Direct Satellite-to-Home: Just Around the Corner?" This is the title of an article in the October 22, 1979 issue of Television/Radio Age. It estimated that between 2,000 and 3,000 downlinks existed and that the cost of a barebones earth station package was around $10,000. The article speculated on the development of $2,000 downlink packages, but stated "even at that price is does not seem likely that they will sell in numbers great enough to materially affect that broadcast audience size." Today, as reported in the October 7, 1987 issue of Satellite Times, there are 1.8 million home satellite downlinks. Though not massive, this market is clearly significant. I would estimate that students at nearly 1,000 sites, coast-to-coast and border-to-border, are currently enrolled in high school, credit-bearing, satellite-delivered programs in science, mathematics, language (foreign and English), the arts and social studies. And these programs are delivered by only two vendors--a private corporation, TI-IN Network, on the one hand, and the Arts and Sciences Teleconferencing Service (ASTS) of a large public university, Oklahoma State University, on the other. Concurrently, engineers and scientists in dozens of corporate locations are receiving credit towards advanced degrees, relying upon programming generated by the 24 participating universities of the National Technological University. And finally, the federal government has funded the multimillion-dollar "Star Schools" program to expand the delivery of televised educational services to an even larger audience of schools. Why are we now seeing a rebirth of interest in the nationwide dissemination of instruction via TV? The reasons are many, and somewhat dependent upon the audience being served; but the market is certainly need-driven and highly entrepreneurial. LEt me cite two examples. Raising the Requirements In 1982, faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences at Oklahoma State University (OSU) voted to raise the requirements for obtaining a degree. Part of the "package" stipulated that a student must either present evidence of two years of a single foreign language taken in high school or take one year at the university level. Many students took this to mean that they had to have two years of foreign language for entry into the university. This posed no particular problem for the larger school districts, but Oklahoma has many rural schools. It has 611 school districts, 75 percent of which have an Average Daily Attendance (ADA) of less than 800. So the university heard screams of anguish from the smaller districts. Their objections were of three types: there was an inadequate supply of foreign language teachers; there were too few students to justify hiring a teacher; and/or they couldn't afford to hire another teacher. Having generated the problem, the college felt obligated to seek a solution. Fortunately the solution was close to home: a newly constructed, multimillion-dollar telecommunications center at OSU, complete with a 10-meter C-band uplink. A meeting with a group of superintendents during the Fall of 1983 elicited the commitment from ten districts to participate in a distance-learning experiment. Let me emphasize the need-driven nature of this cooperative effort. The superintendents had next to convince their boards of education to spend approximately $10,000 of the district's money for equipment and an additional $1,600 for a course fee. In effect, they gambled that OSU could deliver on its promise to provide effective programming for their students, using a delivery method that neither the university faculty nor the public schools had any familiarity with! Consider, moreover, that universities have historically been highly unreliable in their dealings with the public schools, and you will quickly recognize that without their urgent need it is unlikely that superintendents would have been willing to participate in such a chancy enterprise. …


In the early 1980s Perth was probably the most important city in Australia for Cultural Studies. Through that decade many intellectuals who became leaders in Australian Cultural Studies and important players in Cultural Studies outside of Australia worked in Perth. Among them were John Fiske, John Frow, John Hartley, Tom O'Regan, Lesley Stern, Graeme Turner and, a decade later, Ien Ang. This essay discusses the presence of these academics in Perth and advances some reasons why Perth became so important to Cultural Studies in Australia. It also discusses the kind of Cultural Studies that became privileged in Perth and considers some of the reasons for this. Perth Cultural Studies in the 1980s was primarily text-based and focused on screen-related popular culture, especially television programs and popular film. Cultural Studies in Perth developed in a city thought of as marginal to Australia, in institutions that were either not universities or, in the case of Murdoch University, was a very new university, by cosmopolitan academics who mostly came from either elsewhere in Australia or from the United Kingdom.


Introduction: The implementation of evidence-based care relies on timely recognition of sepsis. Virtual reality (VR) represents a new simulation modality that can evaluate pediatric sepsis situation awareness. Methods: We evaluated situation awareness through a multiuser immersive VR experience (Fig. 1). A physician/APRN and nurse donned VR headsets to assess and provide initial management for a pediatric patient with sepsis during a team-based clinical simulation scenario. Participants were paused at 3 time points and asked to independently complete open-ended questions, including "what is the most likely cause for the patient's clinical condition?" We compared experienced providers (nurses with ≥5 years' experience and critical care or emergency medicine APRNs, fellows, or attendings) and novice providers (nurses with <5 years' experience and pediatric residents) recognition of sepsis. Odds ratios were calculated for sepsis recognition with group differences assessed via the T test. Results: From January to July of 2021, 144 participants (72 physicians/APRNs and 72 nurses) participated in the experience (Table 1). When assessing for recognition of sepsis at the 2-minute time point, 81% of experienced nurses (N = 48) and 50% of novices (N = 24) recognized sepsis for, on odds ratio (OR) of 4.37 (1.28–14.96), P = 0.019. For physicians/APRNs, 92% of experienced (N = 37) compared to 71% of novices (N = 35) recognized sepsis [OR, 4.61 (0.87–14.97), P = 0.078]. When combined, 85.9% of experienced clinicians (N = 85) and 62.7% of novices (N = 59) recognized sepsis [OR, 3.70 (1.15–9.07), P = 0.004]. Conclusions: These data provide validity evidence for use of this immersive VR experience for assessment and training; potentially addressing a remaining barrier to improving pediatric sepsis outcomes.


Data on the proportions in each of the labour force status categories sum to one and form a composition. Using the log ratios of the parts and a transform to orthogonal coordinates in a lower dimension provides a consistent way of handling this constraint. This paper emphasizes that a composition is a vector of values not a single number and shows a coordinate for employment participation is directly associated with a coordinate defining the level of search by those without jobs.The model is extended to deal with heterogeneity due to gender and current status and to generate a new analysis of the gross flows data. The associations observed provide evidence that micro decisions can be strongly modified by the macro situation and a Keynesian demand driven framework fits very well.


This study aimed to formulate a conceptual framework regarding the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) location choice made by corporations and identified the motivational factors of the FDI location choices. The framework and associated hypotheses were empirically tested in Thailand. The framework was derived from existing FDI literature and consists of market, resource and efficiency seeking motives as well as institutional factors and general macroeconomic indicators towards the FDI location choice in Thailand. The objective of this research was to extend the understanding of FDI location decisions and hence provide more informed recommendations to Thai policy makers and business practitioners, as well as contribute significant knowledge to academic literature about the most influential determinants for FDI location choice in Thailand. The approach was a quantitative analysis as this provided an overview of the determining factors of FDI inflows into Thailand. Data from a number of companies was collected by using a questionnaire. In order to ensure the reliability of the proposed survey, quantitative techniques such as Cronbach's Alpha and Item-Objective Congruence were applied. Furthermore, descriptive statistics and a multiple linear regression analysis were used to determine the influence of the independent variables obtained from the conceptual framework of this research study. The research study identified that macroeconomic indicators, market-seeking motives and efficiency-seeking motives have a significant positive influence towards the FDI location choice of Thailand. Notably, resource-seeking motives and institutional factors did not have a significant influence. To the best of my knowledge this research study contains no material previously published or written by another person except where due reference is made in the text of the examinable outcome.


Objectives: To determine whether occupational exposure to heavy metals (chromium (VI), iron, nickel, lead) and welding fumes is associated with the risk of kidney cancer and to describe whether other occupational exposures included in the Job Exposure Matrix of the Nordic Occupational Cancer (NOCCA) study are associated with the risk. Materials and methods: Nested case-control study among individuals registered in population censuses in Finland, Iceland, and Sweden in 1960–1990. A total of 59,778 kidney cancer cases, and 298,890 controls matched on sex, age, and country. Cumulative occupational exposures to metals (chromium (VI), iron, nickel, lead), welding fumes, and 24 other occupational exposure covariates, lagged 0, 10, and 20 years. Results: Overall, there was no or very little association between kidney cancer and exposures studied. The risk was elevated in individuals with high exposure to asbestos (OR 1.19, 95%CI 1.08–1.31). The risk was significantly decreased for individuals characterized with high perceived physical workload (OR 0.86, 95%CI 0.82–0.91), high exposure to ultraviolet radiation (OR 0.85, 95%CI 0.79–0.92), and high exposure to wood dust (OR 0.82, 95%CI 0.71–0.94). The risk of kidney cancer under the age of 59 was elevated in individuals with high exposure to nickel (OR 1.49, 95%CI 1.03–2.17). The risk of kidney cancer in age 59–74 years was elevated for individuals with high exposure to iron (OR 1.41, 95%CI 1.07–1.85), and high exposure to welding fumes (OR 1.43, 95%CI 1.09–1.89). Conclusions: The only markedly elevated risks of kidney cancer were seen for the highest exposures of nickel and iron/welding fumes in specific age strata.


Autopsy and Case Reports (A&CR) completes three years of uninterrupted publication this month: March 2014. During these initial years, significant advancements have been made in the process of consolidating a reference journal in the fields of autopsy pathology, anatomoclinical correlation, and medical education.


The second part of considerations concerning groups and fields. It includes a definition and properties of commutative field F as a structure defined by: the set, a support ofF , containing two different elements, by two binary operations +F , ·F on this set, called addition and multiplication, and by two elements from the support of F , 0F being neutral for addition and1F being neutral for multiplication. This structure is named a field if 〈the support ofF , +F , 0F 〉 and〈the support ofF , ·F , 1F 〉 are commutative groups and multiplication has the property of left-hand and right-hand distributivity with respect to addition. It is demonstrated that the field F satisfies the definition of a field in the axiomatic approach.


In 2015, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation recommended  'A HPV-MSM immunisation programme should be introduced for MSM up to and including the age of 45 years who attend GUM and HIV clinics, subject to procurement of the vaccine and delivery of the programme at a cost-effective price'. Public Health England invited some genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics to take part in a pilot study to evaluate the acceptability and feasibility of …


The complex cavity is one of essentially structures of air vehicles, e.g., inlet duct and tail nozzle. Therefore, the scattered fields from the cavity are one of the most important scattering sources, which can be used to identify these kinds of structures. A scattering center (SC) modeling approach for complex cavities is introduced in this work, where geometrical optics (GO) with the full-wave numerical methods are used to obtain the locations and amplitudes of the SCs in the complex cavity. Two complex conducting cavities are investigated. The built models are validated through the comparisons between the simulated results by the models and those computed by full-wave numerical method. These results show that the models are of high precision in describing the signatures of cavities in the high resolution range profiles (HRRPs).


A tunnel proposal named SMART is put forward to solve the problem of flood discharge in raining seasons and to mitigate the traffic congestions in downtown area of Kuala Lumpur.The tunnel,with 9.7 km length,has an internal diameter of 11.8 m.In non-flood seasons,the 3 km-long central section of the tunnel is also used as motorway tunnel with 4 lanes in bi-directions.In the paper,the critical issues involved in the course of proposal conceive,project design and construction are briefly presented,which can provide reference for similar projects in the future.


We present a generalized approach to obtain improved Raman intensity profiles from in-depth studies performed by confocal Raman microspectroscopy (CRM) with dry objectives. The approach is based on regularized deconvolution of the as-measured confocal profile, through a kernel that simulates optical distortions due to diffraction, refraction and collection efficiency on the depth response. No specific shape or restrictions for the recovered profile are imposed. The strategy was tested by probing, under different instrumental conditions, a series of model planar interfaces, generated by the contact of polymeric films of well-defined thickness with a substrate. Because of the aforementioned optical distortions, the as-measured confocal response of the films appeared highly distorted and featureless. The signal computed after deconvolution recovers all the films features, matching very closely with the response expected. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Turbine housings for automotive turbochargers are complex castings that are subjected to transient thermal stress from exhaust gas temperature and flow variation under complex duty cycles. A fatigue model based on a cumulative damage approach (Chaboche model [1]) is used to predict crack initiation. As the stress varies with temperature, a modified Chaboche model based on a normalized stress is proposed. To determine the transient stress and temperature distributions due to the high rates of convection from the gas, and the complexity of the design, conjugate heat transfer CFD simulation is performed. The tongue of the turbine housing is a critical region in which cracks initiate within a short time. Heat transfer coefficients ( HTC ) and bulk temperature predictions from CFD, in general, can be validated by thermal measurement. But because of the geometry and the location of the tongue, it is impossible to measure the metal temperature. For this work 2 methods were presented: HTC calibrated by thermal measurement and HTC from CFD heat transfer Conjugate method, steady state analysis. Heat transfer Coefficients and bulk temperatures obtained with those 2 methods are different. The heat transfer from CFD analysis with 15 layers has an important HTC which is 3000 W/ m2 °C, it is equal to 1200 W/m2 °C for the calibrated method, but the bulk temperatures are not the same. A sensitivity study on predicted life shows that this difference results in no more than a 2 hr change for a total predicted life of 50 hrs. In the industrial approach this difference is quite acceptable. The design of a turbine housing is optimized based on this TMF methodology and shows very good results in testing, as presented here.Copyright © 2007 by ASME


Drawing on social identity theory, we aimed to investigate the role of perceived communication quality, and the interplay between team identification and professional identification, in predicting ...


This paper first analyzes the talent demand situation of mechanical majors and the existing problems of current graduation design.According to the social economic development tendency and the local industry advantage,we conducted a series of exploration and practice on how to improve the quality of graduation design,and the paper puts forward some effective measure about improving the quality of graduation design.


Whole-school reform models frequently include instructional coaching, yet instructional coaches typically spend relatively little time working with teachers on instruction. Using survey and interview data from district leaders, school administrators, and instructional coaches in one urban school district, this mixed-methods analysis asks how district- and school-level policies and expectations were related to coaches' time use. Coaches accountable to district leaders spent more time working with teachers on instruction than their school-hired counterparts, who devoted more time to administrative and teaching duties. However, all coaches had limited opportunities to work with teachers in ongoing ways. Also, as district accountability systems became more robust, all coaches engaged in more administrative work. Implications for school and district policy are discussed.


Voice recognition systems, which today is one of gradually started to gain importance. In this study, using a PIC18F452 microcontroller, two registered words, compared with a voice command input. Registered with the sound of the word overlap as a result of the exit sign is active. Recognition of the audio signals zero crossing for the count and time was examined. In general, the voice recognition process, sound recording and determination of the expression; processing of sound, making comparison and integration of rest; finally, the expression was created with the realization of the corresponding functions. Developed in this system, without sounds recording of audio signal processing are performed simultaneously. In this system, not a waste of time for this situation may be many advantages to the system. Work is relatively simple and economically cheap.