Land use planning decisions involve tackling complex problems and confronting multiple interests. A variety of factors and criteria need to be considered when planning for intricate and multifaceted environments, such as physical, social, economic, environmental, institutional etc. These factors which interact with each other, either in a complementary or conflicting way, cannot always be easily integrated into the decision-making process. Quantitative approaches such as Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) techniques combined with GIS have been developed to conduct land suitability analysis and to support decision-making. Drawing on a completed project within the IPA Cross-Border Programme 'Greece – the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 2007-2013' titled "Soil degradation assessment and rehabilitation strategies for sustainable land use planning" (acronym TERRAMED), the paper presents the application of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), developed by  Thomas L. Saaty  in the 1970s, to produce decision maps in order to define the suitability of future land uses in the western part of the coastal zone of Thessaloniki in Greece. The analyses and scenarios produced constituted the basis for the formulation of specific strategies and actions, within the broader process of developing a master plan for this particular area. The paper stresses the importance of MCDM methods in providing a rational framework for making consistent land use planning decisions, being able to improve the transparency of the planning processes and to contribute to consensus building on policies and actions.


Having won independence from England, America faced a new question: Would this be politically one nation, or would it not? E Pluribus Unum is a spirited look at how that question came to be answered. That the American people introduced a governmental system adequate to check the very forces unleashed by the Revolutionthis, writes Professor McDonald, "was the miracle of the age...The French, the Russians, the Italians, the Germans, all the planet's peoples in their turn, would become so unrestrained as to lose contact with sanity. The Americans might have suffered a similar history had they followed the lead of those who, in 1787 and 1788, spoke in the name ...of popular 'rights.' But there were giants on the earth in those days, and they spoke in the name of the nation..."


Objective To explore the relationship between the level of serum neopterin and liver cirrhosis. Methods The serum neopterin was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in serum samples collected from 52 patients with liver cirrhosis and 30 healthy persons. Results The level of serum neopterin significantly increased in patients with liver cirrhosis compared with the healthy persons (P0.01). The level of serum neopterin in patients with post-hepatitis cirrhosis was much higher than that in patients with non post-hepatitis cirrhosis (P0.05). The level of serum neopterin also was higher in liver cirrhosis patients with second infection compared with those without infection (P0.05). Conclusions The high level of serum neopterin in patients with liver cirrhosis appears to be associated with its etiological factors and infection. Serum levels of neopterin may be a useful marker for distinguishing causes and identifying secondary infection.


In this paper, we describe our systems for the DrugProt task of BioCreative VII. This task is to automatically detect in relations between chemical compounds/drug and genes/proteins. First, we use KeBioLM pretrained language model as text encoders and replace the cross-entropy function with focal loss to alleviate the imbalance in relation samples. Then we run five times with different seeds to obtain our ensemble model. Experimental results on the test set demonstrate our ensemble model achieves the F1-score of 0.7419, which outperforms the mean results of this track by 0.1222. Keywords—biomedical relation extraction, multitask learning, fine-grained markers, ensemble learning


The purpose of this workshop was to bring together scientists pursuing fundamental research into the physiology and pharmacology of the enteric nervous system (ENS) and clinical researchers concerned with drug development for gastrointestinal disease management. The planning of the programme was undertaken by a core group of gastroenterologists and researchers, namely Arnold Berstad, Hans Glise, Hans Graffner, Michael Kamm, Denis McCarthy, and Rune Sjodahl, and the meeting provided a …


AIM
To evaluate the similarity between two chromatographic fingerprints automatically with computer.

METHODS
Chromatogram can be treated as vector of hyperspace, and the similarity between them can be counted according to vectorial angle formula. This process was performed with software written in Visual Basic 6.0. The two main functions of this software are automatic peak tracking in two fingerprints under the same analytic condition and computing the similarity automatically.

RESULTS
The HPLC fingerprints of eleven kinds of Evodia rutaecarpa (Juss.) Benth (a traditional Chinese herb) from different sources were obtained and the similarities were calculated with this software. This method was shown to be a good way to evaluate the similarity between two fingerprints. A sample washed seven times with hot water can be clearly discriminated from other samples of Evodia rutaecarpa (Juss.) Benth with similar results.

CONCLUSION
This method is a good way to evaluate the similarity between two fingerprints and is helpful in quality control of traditional Chinese medicine.


D IAGNOSIS and classification of human cancer has been greatly facilitated by the use of heterologous antisera and, since 1976, monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) made against cell-surface molecules on malignant cells. Because of the accessibility of peripheral blood and bone marrow, the production and characterization ofantibodies to human leukemic cells has been undertaken by numerous laboratories. Given the complexity of the eukaryotic cell surface, it comes as little surprisethat an extraordinary array of specificities has been defined. This review will focus on one cell-surface molecule originally identified and characterized on the surface of acute lymphoblastic leukemias (ALL) and widely designated the common acute lymphoblastic leukemia antigen (CALLA). CALLA was assigned the Cluster of Differentiation number 10 during the First International Workshop on Human Leukocyte Differentiation Antigens,' and we shall use the designation CD1O throughout this review. CD1O has been the focus of numerous clinical and basic studies in hematology and immunology and may well be the most widely studied molecule on the surface of human leukemic cells. We shall overview serologic, biochemical, and functional studies of CD 1 0 as well as therapeutic endeavors using anti-CDIO antibodies. We shall conclude with some thoughts on the function of CD1O on lymphoid cells, given the recent revelation that CD1O is a previously characterized enzyme!


Based on the Mohr–Coulomb yield criterion, an analytical method is presented to determine the plastic zone in an infinite plate weakened by a circular hole and subjected to non-hydrostatic stresses at infinity. It is worth noting that this paper considers the more complicated case that the plastic zone cannot completely surround the hole, namely the elastoplastic interface is non-enclosed. Initially, the non-circular elastic zone in the physical plane is mapped onto the outer region of a unit circle in the image plane by the conformal transformation in the complex variable method. Thereby, determining the elastoplastic interface is equivalent to solving the mapping function coefficients. The nonlinear equations for solving the coefficients are established by considering both the stress continuity conditions along the elastoplastic interface and the stress boundary conditions along the elastic part of the hole. Naturally, the problem can be further transformed into an optimization problem, which is ultimately achieved by the differential-evolution algorithm; what is more, an analytical solution with high accuracy is obtained. Based on the programmed computing, the influences of various parameters on the shape and size of the plastic zone are given.


The paper presents a methodology to diagnose and quanta the damage at element level in a truss structure. The reduction in rigidity of the truss at certain member due to damage results in a change in the local stiffness properties, Subsequently, this change is reflected in the measured static strain properties of the truss. The inverse method proposed here exploits this changing nature of strain data for identification of the truss properties at element level so that damage can be quantified. The proposed method utilizes equation error approach as the basis of identification by minimizing the discrepancies between the theoretical and measured strain values. The theoretical formulation is elucidated by an illustrative example using simulated strain data as well erroneous strain data as inputs. Identified parameters are found in excellent agreement.


The present study was designed to investigate anterior tongue activity during the production of alveolar stop consonants. Specific factors of interest were the distance the tongue moved to and from the consonantal occlusion, the time required for these movements, and the pressure at contact during the occlusion. Measures of these components were obtained from cineradiographic films and tongue pressure transducers. The subject for this study was a female speaker who produced /iti/, /idi/, /ata/, and /ada/ embedded in the phrase "say — again." Distances the tongue tip moved to contact the alveolar ridge were greater for the open vowel /a/ combinations and less for /i/ combinations. The same relationship occurred when tongue moved away from occlusion. Time required to move to occlusion was equal for all utterances, but the time required for the opening movement was greater for /a/ combinations. Amounts of pressure associated with the occlusion showed opposite trend to that found for distance; pressures were ...


The lattice thermal conductivity of single-walled carbon nanotubes(SWCNTs)was cal- culated using the elementary kinetic theory and the phonon dispersion relations of SWCNTs.In the calculation,both Umklapp and Normal process of phonon scattering were considered.The results shows that:the effect of N-process should not be neglected in high temperature;as for(10,0)tube, the thermal conductivity increases rapidly in low temperature and reaches the peak around 90 K,then decreases slowly;the thermal conductivity diverges with the tube length,L,asκχL~(1/2);with the same temperature and tube length,thermal conductivity decreases with the increase of the diameter of tube.


Aim: To study the frequency of HER2/neu overexpression in esophageal, gastric, small intestine and
colorectal adenocarcinomas, to study the association of HER2/ neu overexpression with histopathological
differentiation of esophagus, stomach, small intestine and colorectal adenocarcinomas and identifying its
significance.
Materials and Methods: Cross sectional study was performed on 70 cases which include resected
specimens of stomach, small intestine and colorectal adenocarcinoma and biopsies of esophagus and these
organs. The samples were divided into Group A (Esophagus and stomach) and Group B (Small intestine
and colorectal). The samples were grossed and processed in the pathology department, and sections were
stained with hematoxylin and eosin stain for histopathological confirmation of malignancy and graded
as well-differentiated (gradeI), moderately-differentiated (grade II) and poorly-differentiated (gradeIII )
adenocarcinomas. The confirmed samples were processed for immunomarker study of HER2/ neu.
Results: Over expression of HER2/ neu was found in 17(24.3 %) patients overall. Out of 17 HER2/
neu positive cases, 4(26.7%) were from group a, while 13(23.6%) were from group b. No staining or
membrane staining in
score "0" and considered negative for HER2/ neu overexpression. Faint/barely perceptible membranous
staining in 10% of tumors cells were observed in 5 (7.1 %) patie nts, which were labeled as score
"1" and considered negative. Weak to moderate complete, basolateral or lateral membranous staining in
 10% tumor cells were observed in 2(2.9%) patients, which were labeled as score "2" and considered
equivocal. Strong complete, basolateral or lateral membranous staining in 10% of tumors cells were
observed in 17(24.3%) patients, which were labeled as score "3" and considered positive. Out of 70
patients, 37(52.9%) were suffering from grade-II malignancy, 17 (24.3 %) from grade- I and 16 (22.8%)
from grade-III. According to histologic


Quantitative determinations of the vitamin C content of foods could only be done after 1932 when the vitamin was isolated in the crystalline state. In 1930-2 Tillmans and co-workers (Tillmans, 1930; Tillmans, Hirsch & Dick, 1932; Tillmans, Hirsch & Hirsch, 1932; Tillmans, Hirsch & Jackisch, 193za,b; Tillmans, Hirsch & Siebert, 1932) introduced a simple chemical method for determining vitamin C and then progress in our knowledge about the distribution and behaviour of the vitamin became rapid. This chemical method, the titration of the reduced ascorbic acid with the redox dye 2 :6 dichlorophenolindophenol, has up to the Eresent day continued to be the most usual method, albeit with a number of improvements enhancing the accuracy and specificity. Besides this method, the Roe & Kuether (1943) method based on theyormation of the double-hydrazone of dehydroascorbic acid with 2 :4 dinitrophenylhydrazine has become more generally known. This method is useful especially for the determination of small quantities of ascorbic acid, e.g. in blood. I n the very many investigations on the vitamin C content of foods it has not always been sufficiently realized that a thoughtless application of the titrimetric method may cause great analytical errors, which, in some instances, have led to strange conclusions. What are we to think of the conclusion that was once drawn that potatoes contain no vitamin C, while it was known from animal experiments and from experience gained in human dietetics that potatoes have an antiscorbutic effect and, indeed, that scurvy as a national disease in our countries disappeared when, in the course of the eighteenth century, potatoes had become generally adopted as a common food? What are we to think of the investigations in which it was shown that cooked vegetables had a higher amount of titratable ascorbic acid than raw ones and it was concluded that in raw vegetables a part of the ascorbic acid was bound in a non-titratable form from which it could be liberated by heating or by treatment with strong acid? And finally, what are we to think of the estimation of a large quantity of vitamin C in roasted coffee beans or of the finding of large quantities of vitamin C, in the urine of persons the composition of whose food made this finding highly improbable? These conclusions would never have been drawn had there been a more critical attitude towards analytical work in general and towards the analysis of vitamin C in particular. In determining vitamin C titrimetrically one has to bear in mind that besides ascorbic acid the reversibly oxidized form of the vitamin, dehydroascorbic acid,


N -Phenylhydroxylamines (HL) with an alkylcarbonyl group containing 3 to 10 carbon atoms were synthesized and used for the extraction of several divalent metal ions from an aqueous solution to carbon tetrachloride. The distribution constants, K _D, of these chelating reagents increased with an increase in the carbon number in the alkylcarbonyl group. The increment of the logarithmic distribution constant, log K _D, was about 0.5 per carbon atom in the alkylcarbonyl group. Extracted species CuL_2, CoL_2, PbL_2, NiL_2HL and ZnL_2HL were found for extraction with N -hexanoyl- and N -octanoyl- N -phenylhydroxylamines. The extraction constants for these chelates were evaluated.


A Brassica Parachinensis pot experiment using paddy soil spiked with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons(PAHs) was conducted and plant samples were determined by GC-MS to investigate the effects of various fertilization on concentrations of PAHs in Brassica Parachinensis.The results showed that there existed a significant effect of different fertilization on concentrations of PAHs in Brassica Parachinensis,which was related to PAH pollution levels,PAH compounds,and fertilizer types.Organic fertilizer could effectively decreased concentrations of PAHs in Brassica Parachinensis.


The paper is devoted to the unique phenomenon of Chinas music theatre, which was formed in ancient times. Male dan is translated as performing of a female role by a man. The paper is aimed to form an idea about the phenomenon on the whole and elucidates the activity of eminent masters and their schools in the historical sequence within the chronological frames of Beijing operas existence (from 1840 till modern times).


Following the recent confirmation of the Z+(4430) resonance with J^{PG}=1^{++}, we have re-examined the model of S- and P-wave tetraquarks. We propose a `type-II' diquark-antidiquark model which shows to be very effective at producing a simple and comprehensive picture of the J^{PG}=1^{++} and 1^{--} sectors of the recently discovered charged tetraquarks and of the observed Y resonances. The model is still faced with the unresolved difficulty of explaining why some states seem to have incomplete isospin multiplets.


The late Morton Q. Smith's innovative interpretation of PGM 13.1-734 as containing not merely two but three different versions of the Eighth Book of Moses (hereafter MosesVIII) was built on assumptions which have not been critically examined either in scholarship on that text or in critical discussion of Smith's use of the magical papyri in his book Jesus the Magician . Critical examination of those assumptions would suggest that Smith's negative evaluation of MosesVIII's world-view exercised inappropriate influence both on his translation of the text and on his views concerning its sources and literary structure. As a critical alternative to Smith's views, the present article provides new lines of support for holding, in agreement with pre-Smith scholarship, that only two versions of MosesVIII are present in PGM 13.1-734. A comparative analysis of the two versions is also offered, wherein version B (lines 343-734) is seen as representing the earlier stage in the development of the tradition, and version A (lines 1-343) is contextualized as a fourth-century CE Christianized redaction that belongs in part to the reception history of the New Testament Gospels and Acts.


The influence of sustaining frequency on the discharge of Shadow Mask PDP (SM‐PDP) is been investigated by both experiments and two dimensional simulations. The ratio of VIS/IR and Efficacy/(VIS/IR) is used to illustrate the xenon excitation efficiency and electron heating efficiency respectively.


Globally there is increase trend in caesarean section. Current rate of CS in India has increased from 8.5% in 2005-06 to 21.5% in 2019-20.[NFHS5]. WHO guidelines have recommended a CS rate of 15%. Caserean sections can lead to many significant complications; one of these critical complications is Surgical Site Infection (SSI) [who] according for 38% of hospital acquired infection.


The phototoxicity of methoxsalen (8-methoxypsoralen [8-MOP]) and trioxsalen (trimethylpsoralen) has been compared in humans. Topically, both drugs evoked equivalently intense reactions at low concentrations after exposure to long ultra-violet rays from the filtered xenon lamp. Whereas 60 mg of orally administered methoxsalen produced sharp reactions with occasional blistering, 200 mg of trioxsalen had no effect with long ultraviolet rays. Mild phototoxic responses were occasionally obtained with one-hour sunlight exposures after administration of 200 mg, but not less, of trioxsalen. Since the dose of trioxsalen is usually not more than 20 mg, the claims of therapeutic value in vitiligo probably reflect observer error.


Students whom wish to master high - level thinking skills, creative thinking is one aspect that should be prioritized. Creative thinking in particula r is intended to diversify the solution of a problem to suit the current situation. If a student is unable to find an alternative solution, it shows that they have not been able to achieve the higher - order thinking. Creative thinking can be encouraged thro ugh the use of Socratic learning methods with technology approach. The process of questioning by provoking; the Socratic methods can improve students' creative thinking. This paper will describe how creative thinking can be enhanced through the Socratic me thod of learning with technology approach based on analysis of previous studies. Based on the findings of the analysis of these studies; a specific models to enhance creative thinking by using Socratic methods through technology will be produced.


This work was carried out in Private Farm at Kaffer Saker, Sharkia Governorate, during the period between 2009 and 2010 seasons to study the effect of application with amino acids and vitamin B complex to the rice straw substrate on the growth, yield and its components, physical characters and chemical constituents of oyster mushroom fruit bodies. The obtained results showed that, mushroom cultivated on rice straw +vit. B complex at 200 ppm + amino acids at 200 ppm gave the highest values of cap diameter, stipe diameter, stipe length and cap weight followed by rice straw + vitamin B complex 200 ppm. While, mushroom cultivated on rice straw + vitamin B complex at 200ppm gave the highest values of early yield/ bag, total yield/ bag, early yield / total yield % and biological efficiency% . On the other hand, cultivation of mushroom on rice straw + vit. B complex at 400 ppm + amino acids at 400 ppm gave the highest values of nitrogen , phosphorus, potassium, dry matter and crude protein as well as total carbohydrates followed by rice straw + vit. B complex at 200 ppm + amino acids at 200 ppm. On the contrary, cultivation oyster mushroom on rice straw only (control) produced the lowest values of all studied characters.


The social cost of the gambling industry has always been controversial. In 2015, the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) government initiated a midterm review to evaluate the overall performance of the gambling industry. The objective of the study was to investigate how does the government influence and guide the operators to control their social cost and create value to society. This study applied content analysis and collected data from annual reports, sustainability/social reports, and corporate websites of all gambling operators in Macau from 2005 to 2016. The results were further analyzed by looking into the critical policy documents released and issues occurred during the period. The result indicated that the gambling operators have used CSR reporting as a communication channel with the government, which is consistent with legitimacy theory and stakeholder theory. In addition, most of the companies have reinforced their disclosure related to government policies after the midterm review report. This finding also reflects some insights of the political economy theory.


Ring stent implantation has been widely used to treat coarctation of the aorta (CoA) as an alternative to surgery. Currently adopted stents with uniform geometry may cause uneven stress distributio...


We have surveyed the epidemiology of functional dyspepsia in 7 cases of Children and investigated the therapeutic effect on Functional Dyspepsia following 4 weeks medication of Naesowhajung-tang using Electrogastrogram. The Results were as followings: 1. Sex ratio are 6 males, 1 female; their mean ages, ; length, ; body weight, . 2. Most of subjects have a normal growth state. But one case have severe growth disturbance. Familial tendency for this disease is noted in 85.8%. 3. Abdominal pain was seen in 100% of subjects. The indicated symptom was lowed in order of abdominal pain(100%), nausea vomiting(71.43%), general fatigue(65.34%), vertigo headache(57.14%), belching(55.38%), etc. 4. The EGG finding after treatment was improved in 53%, aggrevated in 43. In cases, postprandial improvement was more remarkable than fasting improvement. Common cold and antibiotics seems to have functioned as an aggrevating factor on gastric motility. From the above results, Naesowhajung-tang seems to have been used in the treatment of functional dyspepsia for children.


Representatives of 150 UN member‐states participated in the International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development, which was held in New York from 24 August to 11 September, 1987. More than 180 non‐governmental organizations contributed to the work of the Conference. Among them was the Medical Association for Prevention of War (MAPW) of the UK, whose written statement to the Conference is reprinted here.


An elliptical, coccoid green alga, 4-11 μιη long, was observed in live and fixed samples from the Skagerrak and in several cultures started from water originating from the area. Cells were solitary, with two or mostly four cells attached to a parent cell wall, or occasionally in larger colonies. They grew at salinities between 0 and 33 psu. Using HPLC pigment analysis, neoxanthin, violaxanthin, lutein, zeaxanthin and chlorophyll a and b were detected, typical of algae belonging to the Chlorophyceae. The alga is similar to the three described fresh water species belonging to the genus Quadricoccus. It differs in ecology and because typically two autospores are attached at each end of the tubular parent cell wall. Old cultures of Q. euryhalinicus resemble syrup in consistency as each cell or colony is surrounded by mucus.


Chinese (Tionghoa) is one of groups of citizen that based on the rule article 131 IS have civil law.  Being  involved  in  that  law,  there  are  some  difficulties  faced  by  the  Chinese  (Tionghoa).  The difficulties are in line to the sistems of cultures and belief they have which are very different from the European.  The aims of this  research are to find out the way of giving heritage from the ascendance or the tendencyto decide it that has been done by the Indonesian-Tionghoa in Pekalongan and the ways to solve the problems caused by it.  This  is  a  descriptive  qualitative  research  approach.  the  researcher  found  out  the  primer  and secondary  data  in  descriptive  ways  to  have  the  objectives  of  the  research.  The  result  of  the research shows that the way of giving heritage done by the Indonesian-Tionghoa in Pekalongan based on the law used is that the position in family level between men dan women is the same so that they will have the same opportunities and qualitities of wealth from the ascendances. If there are problema due to the heritage giving, the family will have a discussion to solve it. If it cannot be solved well so they can bring it to court.   Key word : heritage giving, Tionghoa, vicil law.


We report the development and application of a microfluidic random access memory (RAM) that enables fully programmable formulation of an array of 95 nanolitre-scale reactions and subsequent random access to any reaction for addition of reagents or selective extraction of reaction products. This functionality is enabled by a novel droplet docking mechanism that exploits the physics of droplet flow through a channel to control the precise location of droplet immobilization. We have applied this device to the genetic analysis of single cells by isolating single bacteria and performing both quantitative PCR and whole genome amplification (WGA).


Hussain Sagar the freshwater man made lake, situated between tl e twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad bas been facing tbe severe threat of Organic and Industrial pollution for the last one and half decades. The hypereutrophfcation of the lake is consequently affecting the biota both qualitatively and in abundance. The present investigation deals with the systematic account of net Zooplankton species and their abundance in response to the environmental stress, viz. Orga nic and Industrial pollutants. The studies reveal that the copepodes and clado cerans form the dominant net zooplankton component followed by rotifers. Significant diversity in the abundance of netzooplankton species has been noticed at different sampling stations in the Hussain~agar lake. the results have been supported with the physico-chemical characteristics of the lake water collected simultaneously.


. . , , The Competency based Tiaining Progradis a threb , Part,'threesphase package: It" contains: (1) a research document; *.(2) a set of 18-programed units and; (3 cassettes to accompany two specific units. The-program phases require thAt: (1) the participant and a,training advisor jointly perform a needs assessment activity ' , . . and select appropriate units from the program; (2) that the participant perform the activities and exercises specified in phase . one; and (3) that,,,the participant meet with the trainiwg,adVisor for assessment of competency in that area upon completionof the prescribed Units Chapter one of the report discusses the development' of the:prOgram. Chapter two presentS the methdd, philosophy, and field-tested results; and chapter three is concerned with t e results, conclusions, and ,,,xplanations of the 'program compo ents. ,Each unit of the program is designed to develop skills and understanding in a specific competency area. It'lists ,the unit objectives, presents the pxerCises, and evaluation activities. The. units are listed as A throughIR, and cassettes accompany units D and Q. Topics covered by the units are: Self-Assessment of Attitudes by Educational Leaders; Organization and Operation of-Anne Arundel County Pu*blic Schools; Making Classroom Observations; Professional, Conference; Identifying Lear ing 'Resources; Establishing Goals, Objectives, & priorities; De eloping Curridulum Knowledge; Improving .-Relationship Skills* Writing as Communication; Interviewing Prospective Personnel; New Teacher,Orientation,; Master Schedule; Department.Schedule; Selecting, Planning, arid evaluating Use of Personal Time; Departmental: unds and Expenditures; Understanding' ; Your School Community; Evalu ting:of Learning; and, What Goes on in a 'Grou.. (DMT) . . . s *******************************************************A**********Or**** Documents acquired by ERIC include many informal unpublished *materials not available from other sources. ERIC makes every effoft *' * to obtain the best copy available. Nevertheless, items -of marginal_ '* '* reproducibility are often encountered and thiS affects the quality * * of the microfiche and hardcopy reproductions ERIC makes,availabe * * Via the rtIC Document Reproduction Service (ED,RS). Eng is..not . * responsible for the quality of the 'original document. ,Reproductions , v * * supplied by ETAS are the best that can be made from the ori4inal.' * *********************************#*** ******4***********************.,


In article directions of waste regaining with elements of the innovative approach, having the maximal ecological-economic efficiency for such technogenic intense region, as Kuzbass are presented.


Idaho Springs has a predominately tourism and service based economy with sales tax being the primary revenue generator. Clear Creek County, the City of Idaho Springs, and Colorado as a whole provides recreation to millions of people yearly. Some of these recreational opportunities include skiing, fishing, hiking, camping, rafting, mine tours, and scenic driving. The world class recreational opportunities of the ski industry is accessed by I-70, heavily traveled all year, with the City of Idaho Springs being the first mountain town between the Denver Metro Area and the high country. Idaho Springs is well situated to capitalize on outdoor recreational activities.


Jacques Barchilon, the founding editor of Marvels & Tales, speaks with Anne E. Duggan about his work as a fairy-tale scholar as well as his experience in World War II. Barchilon's career takes us from the early stages of the field, when little research had been carried out on the important conteurs and conteuses of seventeenth-and eighteenthcentury France, to the foundation of Merveilles & contes/Marvels & Tales.


An innovating technique of atomizer has been proposed to supply and to atomise molten materials. Both of a simple geometry of nozzle and an improved nozzle have been fabricated in the present study. With these nozzles, characteristics of the suction and disintegration have been empirically investigated. The important conclusions are as follows; In the case of a simple nozzle: 1) Although the sucking up and supplying of molten materials are available, the applications of powder metallurgy are limited. 2) It is concluded that the more air flow rate, or the shorter the height of air nozzle from the surface of supplied water, , the more the atomizing mass of liquids, . In the case of an improved nozzle: 3) The stable liquids can be supplied due to cut off the passage of surrounding air entrainment by air jets. 4) The atomizing mass of liquids, has affected not so much on the height of nozzle from the surface of supplied water, as that from the orifice, hc.


a combination of statistical testing and researcher judgment in drawing causal conclusions from the analyses. The model of change that forms the basis for the entire monograph is a simple regression model with independent variables and a lagged dependent variable-a model Finkel calls the static-score, or conditional-change, model. The author's central thesis is that causal inference in the context of panel data is not simply a matter of specifying staticscore models, estimating causal effects through ordinary least squares (OLS) regression, interpreting the effects of the independent variables on the dependent variable, and controlling for the effects of the lagged dependent variable. Three major errors in model specification often render OLS regression inappropriate for panel analysis: reciprocal causation, measurement error, and spurious association resulting in autocorrelated errors. The majority of the monograph is devoted to specifying, estimating, and interpreting models when these issues are relevant. Two-stage least squares and LISREL are the primary analysis techniques used, and Finkel assumes the reader has familiarity with these techniques. Real-world examples, mostly from sociology and political science, include a 1987-1989 panel of West Germans that was undertaken to model individual participation in political protest activities, a 1980 American National Election panel study measuring voters' attitudes toward presidential candidates, and the National Youth Survey of American youths between the ages of 12 and 17, which measures delinquency and drug abuse, as well as their antecedents. The monograph complements an earlier monograph in the series, Analyzing Panel Data (Markus 1979). The original monograph contains an introduction to panel analysis with discrete panel data (see also Plewis 1985), whereas Finkel's work focuses exclusively on metric dependent variables. Finkel does not address validity issues in panel research, such as mortality and selection bias; however, Kessler and Greenberg (1981) and Menard (1991) treat these topics. Likewise, Hsiao (1986) discusses heterogeneity bias in panel data models and analyzes models in which slope and intercept coefficients vary across people, over time, or both. The monograph is clearly written, well organized, and nontechnical in its presentation. It is suitable as a textbook supplement in the classroom and as a reference for researchers in need of ideas for handling reciprocal causality, measurement error, and spurious association in panel data models. The book provides enough detail on model specification that a researcher could easily perform the required estimations, assuming he or she has familiarity with LISREL and possibly two-stage least squares. Despite the high quality of this monograph, it is not obvious that it would be useful to the JMR audience. The panel data structure assumed here is that observations are equally spaced over time, and published marketing applications using this type of data are relatively rare. Most modem applications of panel data in marketing are of the scanner data variety, in which observations are spaced at irregular intervals. Likewise, the methodology suggested by the monograph is nothing new. Marketing researchers have used models of reciprocal causation and measurement models to investigate causal relationships for more than a decade now. The latent factor model underlying Finkel's analysis of spurious association and autocorrelated errors, which has been 377


We compute the Fourier transform (ρ(L)) of the quantum mechanical energy level density for the problem of a particle in a two-dimensional circular infinite well (or circular billiard) as well as for several special generalizations of that geometry, namely the half-well, quarter-well, and the circular well with a thin, infinite wall along the positive x-axis (hereafter called a circular well plus baffle). The resulting peaks in plots of |ρ(L)|2 versus L are compared to the lengths of the classical closed trajectories in these geometries as a simple example of the application of periodic orbit (PO) theory to a billiard or infinite well system. We then solve the Schrodinger equation for the general case of a circular well with infinite walls both along the positive x-axis and at an arbitrary angle Θ (a circular "slice") for which the half-well (Θ=π), quarter-well (Θ=π/2), and circular well plus baffle (Θ=2π) are then all special cases. We perform a PO theory analysis of this general system and calculate |ρ(L...


Sample Recipes: Chocolate Mud Cake, Danish Pastry Dough, Cooks Academy Carrot Cake, Focaccia, Gluten Free Lemon and Blueberry Loaf, Guinness Brown Bread, Chocolate Caramel Squares


The quality of police PE teaching influences the achievement of public education goals. Evaluating police PE teaching frequently and appropriately will help to support the teaching and thus improve its quality. The evaluation of police PE teaching should be based on the laws and features of this course and it can be evaluated from many contents such as the teaching plan, teaching method, exercise density, sports load, etc..


The complex permittivity of thin plates of hardened cement paste has been determined within the frequency range of 50 Hz to 300 kHz. The temperature has been changed from room temperature to —155°C. The moisture content and as a consequence the mean thickness of adsorbed water films has been widely varied. All tested specimens were prepared with a water/cement ratio of 0.5 and stored under sealed conditions and at room temperature for 20 days. The BET-surface of the hardened cement paste was 120 m2/g. At high water content (thick layers) the results can be understood by applying Debye's theory. In the range of one or two molecular adsorbed films, the interpretation of the experimental results is based on the dynamic molecular concept. The activation energy has been calculated and the values obtained are discussed.


The invention discloses a method for domesticating daphnia magna and a water ecological restoration method through the same inventive concept. According to the method for domesticating the daphnia magna, toxic substances are added to a culture pool, and the method for domesticating the daphnia magna is achieved through specific domesticating methods. According to the water ecological restoration method, the daphnia magna domesticated through the toxic substances is adopted and put into water rich in algae and toxic substances such pesticides, therefore, the water is purified, and underwater ecological balance is restored so as to achieve water ecology self-purification.


The kinetics of the high-temperature gas-phase oxidation of hexafluoropropene with molecular oxygen was investigated in an isothermal tubular reactor operating under laminar flow. Measurements were conducted at a total pressure of 450 kPa and over the temperature range from 463 to 493 K. A reaction scheme involving eight reactions was proposed to model the oxidation process. The initial steps are addition of oxygen to hexafluoropropene to yield hexafluoropropene oxide and some acid fluorides followed by thermal decomposition of the epoxide, radical recombination, and secondary oxidation reactions, giving three major products, viz. hexafluoropropene oxide, carbonyl fluoride, and trifluoroacetyl fluoride, as well as polyoxadifluoromethylene oligomers. Rate parameters for each of the reactions were determined through weighted nonlinear data regression. A plug flow approximation was used for modeling the reactor, as all radial concentration profiles in the long and narrow coiled reactor tube were found to be practically uniform. The proposed kinetic model of hexafluoropropene oxidation is in satisfactory agreement with the experimental observations, including carbon and oxygen element balances as well as thermochemical constraints.


ABSTRACT Wereport here a rapid evaporation methodthatproducesinhighyieldgiantunilamellarvesicles upto50 ,um indiameter.Thevesiclesareobtainedafter only 2minandcan be prepared from different phospholipids, including L-a-phosphatidylcholine (lecithin), dipalmitoleoyl L-a-phosphatidylcholine, and fJ-arachidonoyl y-palmitoyl L-a-phosphatidylcholine. Vesicles can be produced in distilledwaterandin Hepes, phosphate, andboratebuffers in the pHrange of 7.0 to 11.5 with ionic strengths up to 50 mM.Theshort preparation time allows encapsulation oflabile molec-ular targets or enzymes with high catalytic activities. Cell-sized proteoliposomes have been prepared in which y-glu- tamyltransferase (EC 126.96.36.199) was functionally incorporatedinto the membranewall.Liposomes consisting of single phospholipid membranes (unilamellarvesicles) areexcellent modelsystemsfor studying the dynamics and structural features of many cellular pro-cesses, including viral infection, endocytosis, exocytosis, cell fusion,


The principle of evidentiary adjudication means that the fact-finding must be based on the evidence and fact-finding can't be carried out without evidence. The evidence of the principle of evidentiary adjudication must have the statutory form, have the credibility of evidence, via the process of evidence-investigating and reach the standard of proof. Considering on the practice of the criminal procedure of our country, we should give the principle of evidentiary adjudication broad sense. As the principle of evidence law, the principle of evidentiary adjudication can be applied not only the trial stage but also the pretrial stage when all kinds of verdicts are being brought in with evidence, and it regulates not only the proof of substantive law facts but also the proof of procedural law facts. The principle of evidentiary adjudication can be realized by rigorous proof and proper proof.


Wetting routes of droplet upon patterned hydrophilic surface Majorana chiral modes in a superconducting hybrid structure Conjugate coupling-induced spontaneous symmetry breaking Purcell-Dicke enhancement of the Casimir-Polder potential


The oral cavity is recommended as a biotope for the evaluation of microecological disorders in cancer patients. The set of indicator microorganisms has been defined. Investigations of functional characteristics of bacteria are needed for more accurate diagnosis of disbacteriosis


Recently, most network communication chips are powered; which causes power consumption a heavily constraint. Since, there are a lot of expectations on TPM to have a high performance in terms of authentication of its device. During the design process there is a need to estimate the security of the design but it always when the chip has already been manufactured. This paper designed a power consumption control monitor in TPM device which evaluate the voltage drop during processing of use. Therefore we will analyze the power consumption profile. The result shows that the voltage drop leads to vulnerability of the system to attackers during communication process.


Variation in the longevity of French bean and cowpea seeds under ambient (20–43°C) and accelerated ageing conditions were studied in ten French bean and five cowpea lines differing in seed size and seed coat colour. Significant differences in the storability among the genotypes, storage periods and the interaction genotype and storage periods were observed. Germination%age in the various French bean genotypes ranged from 0–67% after 15 months of storage under ambient conditions and by 30 months most genotypes were dead. In cowpea all genotypes, except IC 45409, retained germination values ranging from 66 to 96% after 3 years of storage under ambient conditions. Seed germination after accelerated aging was positively correlated with that after natural ageing under ambient conditions and negatively with seed weight. Under ambient storage conditions French beans are poor storers as compared to cowpeas.


Emission of Green House Gases (GHG) and other industrial pollutants like CO2, SO2 , NOx is one of the major issues in industrial sectors.This analysis report concludes that control of these gases is especially important using gasification technology to reduce both CO2 and non-CO2 greenhouse gases. Coal gasification found to have some environmental benefits relative to conventional mining including like reduced sulfur emissions, reduced discharge of ash, Hg and tar, and the additional benefit of carbon capture and sequestration. Gasification of carbonaceous industrial residues will contribute to both electricity and thermal applications in gas and oil industry. Fluidized bed gasification system facilitates Gas-solids reactions, catalytic and non-catalytic reactions, drying and in petroleum industries for hydrocarbon cracking and reforming. The objective of present work is to make a note on the critical importance of gasification techniques and gaseous product with controlled emission to safeguard the atmosphere.


Highly specific isolation of a toxin from an extract of burned skin was achieved by means of antibodies immobilized on nonsoluble carrier (immunosorbent). The stability of the pure toxin distinctly decreased on storage. The interrelations were studied between manifestations of the biological activity of the toxin preparations and immunochemical purity of the toxin as well as addition of serum albumin.


The fruit yield of apple trees per unit area of trunk cross-section is shown to be very closely related to the author's estimate of the amount of bloom. Trees with maximum bloom score produced 46.48 kilograms of fruit per 100 square cm. of trunk cross-section, and lower percentages of bloom showed a linear relationship between the amount of bloom and yield of fruit.


Chemical doping is a promising scheme for sustainable development of green and economical cement manufacturing related to global energy and environmental concerns. Understanding and controlling doping effect on reactive cement components is the prerequisite. This study aims to propose effective theoretical methods to reveal the correlation between hydration reactivity of doped clinker crystals and their electronic structures. Four dominant Portland cement clinker phases with copper doping are comparatively investigated by the state-of-the-art ab initio calculation. It finds that Cu ions doped in silicate and aluminate phases shift the nucleophilic reactive sites from Ca-centered regions to defect sites by decreasing the effective charges of Ca ions, which accounts for the hydration retardation of these phases. Exceptionally, the reactive sites in ferrite phase are scarcely changed by Cu doping due to the intense band-edge localization of Fe 3d state, which implies the relatively lesser influence on hydrat...


Blaine County is in the central part of northwestern Oklahoma, on the northeast flank of the Anadarko basin, and it covers an area of approximately 950 square mlles. Permian strata, 1,200 feet thick, chiefly of the El Reno and Whitehorse groups, comprise all the pre-Pleistocene deposits exposed at the surface of the county. With the exception of the youngest beds, all the rocks dip 14 feet per mile southwest. The strike changea from north-northwest in the northern part of the county to westnorthwest in the southern part.


Abstract This article discusses in its introduction the concept of political Islam as it first developed during the final years of the Ottoman Empire, and Nursi's reaction to politics. The bulk of the article then focuses on Nursi's stance concerning politics. As a prolific author, scholar, and activist, Nursi has a unique place among his contemporaries and the article deliberately elaborates on why Nursi coined his famous statement, 'I take refuge in God from Satan and politics.' It also presents a limited comparison between Nursi's interpretation of some qur'anic verses and Sayyid Qutb's interpretation of these same texts.


In this issue, Pappas et al 1 report outcomes of duodenumpreserving pancreatic head resection and longitudinal pancreaticojejunostomy (Frey procedure) for painful chronic pancreatitis associated with pancreas divisum. In the context of a small case series, the outcomes of the Frey procedure appear similar to the comparison group of patients with alcoholic and idiopathic chronic pancreatitis as well as to longterm outcomes from a randomized trial of surgical treatment for chronic pancreatitis.2 These data should not be extrapolated to patients with pancreas divisum who also have abdominal pain without severe chronic pancreatitis.3 Recent data reported by Bertin et al in 2012 indicate that "Pancreas Divisum Is Not a Cause of Pancreatitis by Itself but Acts as a Partner of Genetic Mutations."4 These data demonstrate that patients with pancreas divisum are more likely to harbor genetic causes of chronic pancreatitis involving defects in CFTR, SPINK1, and PRSS1.4 The causes of the association between pancreas divisum and chronic pancreatitis remain unknown, but speculation exists that separated pancreatic ducts may actually improve the drainage of inspissated pancreatic secretions.5 Although the Frey procedure for the "separated" pancreas exhibiting features of severe chronic pancreatitis may produce results equivalent to previously published indications, these results are limited to the context of symptomatic chronic pancreatitis. The current data do not demonstrate that the Frey procedure is indicated for patients with recurring or chronic abdominal pain who also have pancreas divisum. Current guidelines recommend that patients with pancreatic-type abdominal pain and pancreas divisum undergo gene mutation testing and smoking cessation before any consideration of endoscopic or surgical intervention. The majority of patients with pancreas divisum do not exhibit symptomatic chronic pancreatitis with resulting fibrosis and should not be considered candidates for the Frey procedure.


BACKGROUND Minimally invasive approaches to severe panfacial fractures are being used increasingly to reduce surgical trauma and the related complications. In this study, it was aimed to determine the ideal surgical approaches in severe panfacial fractures. METHODS Sixteen patients with severe panfacial fractures were included in this study. Minimally invasive approaches were used for Le Fort III fracture in six patients, for Le Fort II fracture in four patients, and for bilateral maxillary and orbital floor fractures in six patients. We used subciliary, intraoral vestibular, lateral eyebrow, and open skin incisions to reach orbital, maxillary, zygomaticomaxillary buttress, and nasoethmoidal fractures, respectively.


This paper focuses on measuring the efficiency of container yards in container terminals in Busan and Gwangyang using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach . It analyses the relative efficiency of 11 container terminals based on the data for the period between 2006 and 2009 to offer a fresh perspective. The applied framework assumes inputs to be container cranes, transtainer cranes and yard tractors and output as container transshipment volume. Through the analysis, the differences between the impact of using of container cranes, transtainer cranes and yard tractors, top handler & reach stacker on container yard efficiency are measured. Moreover, the associations between the three input factors are analyzed as well. This paper also employs heteroscedastic Tobit model to show the impact of explanatory variables on container yard efficiencies. I took into consideration the strategies for operation of container cranes, transtainer cranes and yard tractors in container yard.


We report the synthesis and properties of indeno[1,2,3,4- pqra ]perylene, which was prepared by the fusion of one anthracene unit with one naphthalene unit via three carbon-carbon bonds. The synthetic route through two-fold C-H arylation enabled not only the synthesis of unsubstituted indenoperylene, but also rapid access to its arylated derivatives on the gram scale. Indenoperylene is a medium-sized aromatic hydrocarbon with the composition C 24 H 12 that is isomeric to coronene. Nevertheless, its absorption covers the entire visible region owing to its small HOMO-LUMO gap. Furthermore, indenoperylene exhibits high stability despite the absence of peripheral substituents. We propose that the unique electronic structure of indenoperylene originates from the coexistence of an electron-withdrawing subunit (benzoaceanthrylene) and an electron-donating subunit (perylene). The electronic properties of indenoperylene were modulated via post-functionalization through regioselective bromination. The current research demonstrates that indenoperylene is a promising candidate as a main skeleton for near-infrared-responsive and redox-active materials.


Project-Based Learning (PBL) has been implemented in the first year of the Industrial Engineering and Management programme at the University of Minho, Portugal, since 2004/2005. The purpose of this paper is to analyse and discuss teachers' experiences in PBL in this programme and to explore its implications for student learning and for teaching practices in higher education. For data collection, the research method used was written narratives to these teachers, at the end of the PBL semester. Findings suggest that teachers express a positive view of PBL as a learning approach. They identify student motivation and engagement, along with a better understanding of the application of concepts in real-life situations, as important outcomes of the project for students. Besides this, teachers also highlight the importance of the development of transversal skills by students throughout the project. Recommendations for future work and implications for practice will also be discussed.


By reading, you can know the knowledge and things more, not only about what you get from people to people. Book will be more trusted. As this mathematical software icms 2010 third international congress on mathematical software kobe japan september 13 17 2010 proceedings lecture notes in computer science, it will really give you the good idea to be successful. It is not only for you to be success in certain life you can be successful in everything. The success can be started by knowing the basic knowledge and do actions.


In this paper, combining with the semiclean rings and f-clean rings, the notion of f-semiclean rings are defined. The properties of extension f-semiclean ring and the other properties are introduced. Some properties of semiclean rings and f-clean rings extend to f-semiclean rings.


The article covers the problem of multidimensional examination of children with complex disorders. An emphasis is put on the exposure of individual psychological features and determination of potential possibilities for development of children of this category.


Discusses the importance of conserving the remnant ecologically important vegetation on church-owned properties. The study found that not only is ecological awareness low within Church organizations, but that the Church itself is not aware of the exact property that it owns and its significance to nature conservation.


BACKGROUND
Intermittent preventive treatment aims to maximize the protective effects of malaria chemoprophylaxis while minimizing the deleterious effects.

METHODS
In Gabon, 1189 infants received either sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP; 250 and 12.5 mg, respectively) or placebo at 3, 9, and 15 months of age. Children were actively followed-up until 18 months of age.

RESULTS
In the intention-to-treat population at 18 months of follow-up, 84 children (17%) in the SP group had > or =1 episode of anemia, versus 108 (21%) in the placebo group (protective efficacy, 22% [95% confidence interval {CI}, -1% to 40%]; P=.06). In the intervention group, there were 66 episodes during 485 person-years at risk, compared with 79 episodes during 497 years in the placebo group (protective efficacy, 17% [95% CI, -24% to 45%; P=.36). The effects were similar at 12 months of follow-up. The study drug was safe and well tolerated.

CONCLUSIONS
The intervention was efficacious, producing a reduction in risk for anemia but a smaller effect against malaria. It is a valuable additional tool to control malaria in a highly vulnerable age group. Remaining important questions are currently being addressed in further studies.

TRIAL REGISTRATION
ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00167843.


We propose and demonstrate a survivable WDM PON with simple ONUs. By employing our proposed alternate-path switching scheme, traffic can be restored promptly under feeder and distribution fiber link failures as well as the AWG failure in the RN simultaneously.


Taking account of the influence of stochasticness, reliability optimization model of DH106 dynamic box is established. Penalty function method transfer constrained condition into unconstrained condition. Reliability optimization of DH106 dynamic box is studied using gentic algorithm. Crossover and mutation search may avoid local solution in bigger extent. Effect of optimization is obvious.


study aims to analyze how the effectiveness of The Power of Two on learning achievement of Islamic Religious Education subjects in class V SDN Lemahbang Sukorejo. This study uses a quantitative approach. The pre-experimental, namely by using the one group pretest-posttest design. The independent variable in this study is the learning method and the dependent variable is the learning outcomes of the fifth grade students of SDN Lemahbang II Sukorejo. The primary data of this study were obtained from the results of the pre-test and post-test using The Power of Two Method, and the secondary data of this study were sourced from books, journals, previous research and other related sources. The population in this study were all students of class V SDN Lemahbang II Sukorejo, totaling 25 students. The sample used is class V SDN Lemahbang II Sukorejo. In this study, the data collection techniques used were Test and Documentation. The results showed that The Power of Two able to improve student achievement in Islamic Religious Education subjects in class V SDN Lemahbang Sukorejo this was evidenced by the results of the paired sample test , the results of the sig (2-tailed) were 0.000 and it was known that the significance value (2-tailed) of 0.000 < 0.05. The results of this study are expected to be the contribution of education providers to utilize the power of two method in the teaching and learning process in order to be a solution to the problem of student achievement under the KKM.


The mixed-ligand [Ge(HMal) 2 (bipy)]·bipy·2H 2 O ( 1 ) and mixed-ligand-heterometallic [Ni(phen) 3 ][Ge(OH)(HMal) 2 ] 2 ·12H 2 O ( 2 ), [Ni(bipy) 3 ][Ge(OH)(HMal) 2 ] 2 ·12H 2 O ( 3 ) germanium complexes with malic acid (H3Mal) and heterocyclic amines 2,2'-bipyridine (bipy), 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) were obtained for the first time. It was established that in the IR-spectra of 1-3 stretching vibrations of aromatic rings n(C-CАr) ~ 1598-1493 cm -1 , ν(C-N) ~ 1315 cm -1 , ν(C-N) ~ 1315сm -1 , and also n(Ge-N) = 655 сm -1 (for 1 ), n(Ni-N) = 420 сm -1 (for 2 , 3 ) are presented. This evidences about the presence of bipy or phen in the molecules of compounds. The absorption bands n(C=O) ~ 1708 сm -1 , ν as (СOО-) ~ 1671 сm -1 , ν s (СOО-) ~ 1448 сm -1 are specific for the vacant carboxylic and monodentate protonated carboxylate groups (Dn = ν as (СOО-) – ν s (СOО-) ~ 220 сm -1 ). The absorption bands ν(C-O) ~ 1130 сm -1 of the alcoholic group ν(Ge-O) ~ 778-725 сm -1 have been also detected in the IR-spectra of 1-3 . The feature of heterometalic complexes 2, 3 is presence of deformation vibrations band of the bond Ge-O-Н ~ 855 сm -1 . In the mass-spectra of anions 2 and 3 the formation of same fragmentation ions [Ge(OH)(HMal)]·H 2 O and [Ge(HMal) 2 ] with m/z ~ 243 and 337. In the compounds 1-3 malic acid coordinates in the monoprotonated form, one hydroxyl and one carboxyl groups take part in the formation of bonds with Ge(IV) atom, the second carboxyl group stays vacant. In the complex 1 the octahedral coordination polyhedron of Ge is formed through the bidentate coordination of 2,2'-bipyridine (bipy). Complexes 2,3 are of cationanionic type with the electrostatic interaction between their cations and anions. In 2,3 Germanium has coordination number 5 and saturates its coordination sphere by binding to the OH-group, and as the result similar complex anion with the composition [Ge(OH)(HMal) 2 ] - is formed. Cations [Ni(bipy/рhen)3]2+ are formed through the coordination three molecules of 2,2'-bipyridine (bipy), 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) by nickel atom.The mixed-ligand [Ge(HMal) 2 (bipy)]·bipy·2H 2 O ( 1 ) and mixed-ligand-heterometallic [Ni(phen) 3 ][Ge(OH)(HMal) 2 ] 2 ·12H 2 O ( 2 ), [Ni(bipy) 3 ][Ge(OH)(HMal) 2 ] 2 ·12H 2 O ( 3 ) germanium complexes with malic acid (H3Mal) and heterocyclic amines 2,2'-bipyridine (bipy), 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) were obtained for the first time. It was established that in the IR-spectra of 1-3 stretching vibrations of aromatic rings n(C-CАr) ~ 1598-1493 cm -1 , ν(C-N) ~ 1315 cm -1 , ν(C-N) ~ 1315сm -1 , and also n(Ge-N) = 655 сm -1 (for 1 ), n(Ni-N) = 420 сm -1 (for 2 , 3 ) are presented. This evidences about the presence of bipy or phen in the molecules of compounds. The absorption bands n(C=O) ~ 1708 сm -1 , ν as (СOО-) ~ 1671 сm -1 , ν s (СOО-) ~ 1448 сm -1 are specific for the vacant carboxylic and monodentate protonated carboxylate groups (Dn = ν as (СOО-) – ν s (СOО-) ~ 220 сm -1 ). The absorption bands ν(C-O) ~ 1130 сm -1 of the alcoholic group ν(Ge-O) ~ 778-725 сm -1 have been also detected in the IR-spectra of 1-3 . The feature of heterometalic complexes 2, 3 is presence of deformation vibrations band of the bond Ge-O-Н ~ 855 сm -1 . In the mass-spectra of anions 2 and 3 the formation of same fragmentation ions [Ge(OH)(HMal)]·H 2 O and [Ge(HMal) 2 ] with m/z ~ 243 and 337. In the compounds 1-3 malic acid coordinates in the monoprotonated form, one hydroxyl and one carboxyl groups take part in the formation of bonds with Ge(IV) atom, the second carboxyl group stays vacant. In the complex 1 the octahedral coordination polyhedron of Ge is formed through the bidentate coordination of 2,2'-bipyridine (bipy). Complexes 2,3 are of cationanionic type with the electrostatic interaction between their cations and anions. In 2,3 Germanium has coordination number 5 and saturates its coordination sphere by binding to the OH-group, and as the result similar complex anion with the composition [Ge(OH)(HMal) 2 ] - is formed. Cations [Ni(bipy/рhen)3]2+ are formed through the coordination three molecules of 2,2'-bipyridine (bipy), 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) by nickel atom.


Abstract : This article is devoted to the formulation of a mechanical constitutive theory accounting for deformation-induced material degradation, such as that resulting from the growth of small flaws. As in a previous investigation by the authors, the degrading material is modeled here as an effectively materially-uniform, simple body in the sense of Noll, 'damage' being interpreted as a permanent alteration in the stress-functional of this effective continuum. The authors' previous theory, which did not account for continued damage at constant strain, is shown here to provide a measure of damage incurred during a given strain history relative to the equilibrium configuration defined by the current value of strain. It is then shown that this 'relative damage functional' can be used to generate an absolute measure of damage if it is accepted that no damage can accrue in the absence of stress. In view of the physical assumptions introduced here, the present formulation appears to encompass fatigue and spallation phenomena as well as the slow deformation of most composite materials.


Recent studies have highlighted the contribution of education to the productivity and viability of the Irish agricultural sector. This paper explores the training needs of agricultural educators within the vocational education and training sector by examining educators' experience in their role based on educator qualification, availability of continuous professional development and opportunities for development. The study was conducted in Ireland using a mixed methods explanatory sequential design. The study sample consisted of the national population of agricultural educators within the vocational education and training sector, i.e. agricultural colleges. Data collection methods included a national survey and three focus groups. The findings highlight a challenge across Irish agricultural colleges in how educators are trained to teach, in their motivations for the role, and their long-term desire to remain teaching. It also demonstrates the importance of continuous professional development and the need to enhance training, particularly, pedagogical training, to agricultural educators. It can be concluded that stronger supports are required at both recruitment and throughout an educator's career for development and progression. This study is one of the first studies in Ireland to investigate the continuous professional development needs of agricultural educators within the vocational education and training sector. The paper explores the pedagogical underpinnings of agricultural education, with the aim of developing teaching and learning needs in parallel to technical expertise.


Based on equity theory (Adam, 1965), we proposed a fairness trickle- down model to explain how leaders' perceived fairness may impact their followers' prosocial motivation. A time-lagged study from 82 group leaders and 906 subordinates in Mainland China supported our trickle-down model. First, our results indicate that leader perceived fairness had an indirect, positive effect on subordinate prosocial motivation through its negative impact on leader self-interested behavior. Second, both leader narcissism and follower narcissism were found to moderate the fairness trickle-down effect. When leader narcissism is high, the negative relationship between leader perceived fairness and leader self-interested behavior is stronger. Moreover, when follower narcissism is high, the negative relationship between leader self-interested behavior and follower prosocial motivation is strengthened. Finally, both leader narcissism and follower narcissism positively moderates the mediating effect of leader self-interested be...


Permafrost conditions in the Slave Geological province are not well understood. Thaw of permafrost and associated ground ice can reduce ground stability, which modifies terrain and drainage patterns and affects terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. This presents
critical challenges to northern resource development and societies where thaw of ice-rich permafrost negatively affects the integrity of ground-based infrastructure. In an effort to address this knowledge gap, this report presents a digital georeferenced database of landforms identified in
permafrost terrain using high-resolution satellite imagery and provides information on geomorphic indicators of ground ice presence and thaw susceptibility. Digital georeferenced databases compiled from sedimentological and cryostratigraphic records are also provided. The landform database is
focused on mapping within a 10 km-wide swath of land (8576 km2 area of interest) centred on the proposed corridors for the 773 km-long Slave Geological Province Corridor Project, NT, and the Grays Bay Road and Port Project, NU. The geomorphic features were classified and digitized using
high-resolution (0.5 m) satellite imagery following an existing protocol, which was modified by using a very high-resolution (2 m) digital elevation model (DEM), and by including mapping criteria for additional features. A total of 1393 geomorphic features were mapped comprising 10 different types,
which were categorized into 3 classes that include periglacial (1291), hydrological (88), and mass movement (14) features. Data from 254 geotechnical boreholes and 2243 granular deposits were compiled. Information from the compiled databases was analyzed with surficial geology information. Results
indicate that the distributions and densities of mapped landforms varied substantially according to surficial geology. High ground ice contents may be quite common in glaciofluvial deposits where creep of frozen ground affects about 30% of eskers. And ground ice may be more extensive overall
than the available geotechnical data indicate. Borehole and granular deposit data suggest that overburden thickness above bedrock was up to 25.5 m, and visible ground ice contents were generally between 10% and 30%, but were up to 60% in glacial blanket and glaciofluvial
sediments.


The experiment of Ar+Au reactions at 30 MeV/u have been performed using the Compact Spectrometer for Heavy IoN Experiments (CSHINE) in phase I. The light-charged particles are measured by the silicon stripe telescopes in coincidence with the fission fragments recorded by the parallel plate avalanche counters. The distribution properties of the azimuth difference $\Delta \phi$ and the time-of-flight difference $\Delta TOF$ of the fission fragments are presented varying the folding angles which represents the linear momentum transfer from the projectile to the reaction system. The relative abundance of the light charged particles in the fission events to the inclusive events is compared as a function of the laboratory angle $\theta_{\rm lab}$ ranging from $18^\circ$ to $60^\circ$ in various folding angle windows. The angular evolution of the yield ratios of p/d and t/d in coincidence with fission fragments is investigated. In a relative comparison, tritons are more abundantly emitted at small angles, while protons are more abundant at large angles. The angular evolution of the neutron richness of the light-charged particles is consistent with the results obtained in previous inclusive experiments.


Malaria is a parasitic infectious disease in humans caused by the plasmodium parasite which consists of  plasmodium falcifarum, plamodium vivax, plasmodium malariae, and plasmodium ovale. Malaria disease is transmintted through anopheles sp. Mosquito bites and can also be through bllod or syringe transfusions are contaminated with plasmodium and from pragnant women who  suffer from malarious to her baby. A definite diagnosis of malaria can be done by microscopic examination of, but has a disadvantage that other checks are needed to support malaria diagnosis, This study aims to determine the description of the number of lymphocyte cells in malaria patienrs who are infected with plasmodium falcifarum. This research is a descriptive research witht, Which consisted of 30 samples infected with plasmodium falcifarum, the results howed from 30 samples (13%) infected with plasmodium falcifarumthere were 17 men (56%), 13 women (44%), children 6 (2%), and 2 (0,6%) children under five. Of 30 samples (13%) had an increase in the number of  lymphocytes above the reference value.


The present research investigated how Biblical literalism – a dimension of post-critical beliefs that concerns with a literal interpretation of religious objects and events – relates to the ways parents communicate with their children about religion and science in religious families, and its implications for children's attitudes toward science. This question was investigated in two studies: one exploratory study (N = 119), and one preregistered replication to confirm Study 1 results, with data collected from adult "child" subjects (N = 653) and their parents (N = 220). Findings from both studies showed that, for those with parents who endorse biblical literalism, parents' support for children's religious autonomy contributed to children's religiosity and greater endorsement of biblical literalism. Endorsement of this belief correlated negatively with children's interest in science and perceiving science as useful. By shedding light on how religious cognition is passed down from parents to children, the present research suggested that Biblical literalism – although a rigid system of belief – could be internalized and in turn shapes the way individuals interact with information outside of their religion.


The immune system faces constant attacks from the outside and within its boundaries: bacteria, viruses, parasites, venoms, allergens and cancerous cells of the self all pose a serious threat to the host organism. In order to defend the host, the immune system must successfully control an incredibly complex network of different cells that work in cooperation and equilibrium. In the heart of this immune cell network is signaling by small messenger molecules called cytokines. If the control of immune functions fails, the immune responses may become directed towards innocuous antigens or the cells and tissues of the host itself and the end result is allergy or autoimmunity. In this study, we aimed to elucidate the mechanisms how the immune system controls allergic responses. We have focused on cytokine signaling and myeloid cells, especially mast cells and dendritic cells. In the first part of the study, we utilized peritoneal mast cells and a transgenic DsRed reporter mouse to demonstrate that mouse mast cells require a two-step signal in order to produce efficiently interleukin (IL)-13. IL-13 is a key cytokine in allergic inflammation, mediating many of the physiological changes associated with allergy. We discovered that these two signals are provided by IL-3 and IL-33. In the second part, we studied how thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) signals in dendritic cells. TSLP is produced mainly by epithelial cells (ECs) in response to danger signals, such as allergens, and it is thought to drive allergy-associated type 2 responses through dendritic cells. We found that IL-4 induces the upregulation of IL-7 receptor α (IL-7Rα), a subunit of the TSLP receptor complex that is needed for TSLP signaling, both in vitro and in vivo. Lastly, we investigated in a knockout mouse model how the deficiency of R-Ras might affect allergic immune responses caused by papain. R-Ras is a small GTPase that has recently been associated with the formation of the immunological synapse between dendritic cells and T cells. In our experiments, R-Ras knockout mice were able to mount immunoglobulin (Ig)E responses comparable to those of wild type mice and R-Ras was dispensable in this context. To our knowledge, this was the first study to explore the role of R-Ras in allergy. Collectively, our results offer a few more pieces to the puzzle of allergic inflammation. While we could not find a place for R-Ras in the induction of allergic inflammation, we revealed important details of the induction of IL-13 by mast cells. Our findings also introduce a new mechanism for the regulation of TSLP signaling. As the prevalence of allergic diseases has risen dramatically in western and westernized countries during the last few decades reaching a point where these disorders have become a substantial burden on the individual and societal level – all effort is needed in investigating the underlying molecular mechanisms.


Mycolactone structural variants, produced by Mycobacterium ulcerans and related mycobacteria, are caused by rearrangements among the highly homologous domains and modules within the MlsB polyketide megasynthase, that in turn alter the immunosuppressive and cytotoxic potency of these natural products.


This study was carried out to investigate the parasite fauna of Chub, S qualius turcicus  De Filippi, 1865 from the Siah, Neka and Haraz rivers of the Southern Caspian Sea basin in Iran, during 2015. Individuals of S. turcicus were caught by nets during the spring to winter of 2015. Fish were transferred to specific laboratory alive and then were used for parasitological investigations. Total percentage of parasites infection of Chub in the Haraz, Siah and Neka rivers were 48.7, 71.8 and 57.4%, respectively. Different parasite species including monogenean ( Gyrodactylus mutabilitas, Dactylogyrus vistulae and Paradiplozoon ), protozoa ( Ichthyophthirius multifiliis and Trichodina sp.) and myxozoa ( Myxobolus muelleri ) were identified in the fish gill, intestine and skin. Significant differences were observed in the parasites' prevalence among the rivers and seasons. Such differences may be due to impact of environmental conditions, especially water quality, on fish parasite fauna. This is the first report of M. muelleri in the intestine of S. turcicus in Iran.


The background to the introduction of B Double vehicles into New South Wales is given. A trial to assess their likely impact and determine appropriate conditions for their operation is outlined. The trial indicated that B Doubles could be introduced without adverse effects on the road traffic system provided that there was some form of control over their operation. A route specific permit system was adopted, and comprehensive guidelines were developed to specify the requirements for routes, vehicles and drivers, and set out permit procedures. The guidelines and the issues of safety concern raised during their development are outlined. Associated issues and influences concerning the future for B Double operations are discussed. It is concluded that the trial and subsequent developments ensured that B Doubles could be introduced with no loss of traffic safety or efficiency (A).


ends up dissatisfied. Russia and Eastern Europe are bravely treated in a single chapter. Zauberman indicates that East Central Europe in the interwar period was more closely linked with western Europe than with Russia. He notes (without indicating the nationality, much less the corporate or banking connections) how significant "foreign capital" was to Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, and especially Rumania. These two books attempt to be comprehensive, although Portugal, Greece, and Ireland are neglected. Since the orientation is national development, one needs to have Volume 5, the thematic volume, on hand to fill gaps. The business historian who wants twentieth-century background data will find these two books useful additions to his library. There is much of value. Regrettably, the statistical appendix has no independent table of contents and must be thumbed through. On the other hand, the business historian will find Volume 6 wanting in details on business history. As we have indicated, the chapters do contain occasional materials on the roles and strategies of modern European business enterprise, but such data seem far too meager for purposes of the business historian.


This essay proposes applications of design thinking in automobile product development from the perspective of adaptability, which in term enhances capabilities to fix info structure, opening up a set of alternatives to design improvements that are game changing. Case study on the design of Ford Motor Company focused on its capabilities for the development of in-vehicle features which are instrumental in the customer experience that is delivered by Ford automobiles. This case provided explanation on a systems thinking approach for large complex systems and is aligned to Ford Motor Company objective of changing the way the world moves. Besides, methodologies on how design thinking can be utilized for this disruptive adaptation are elaborated in later paragraphs. It aims to explain a desired future state of the capabilities to develop an unparalleled customer experience in Ford vehicles.


Large deformation and large displacement is the feature of Plate rolling.According to that,elasto-plastic finite element method is used for analyzing the process of plate rolling.By analyzing it,finite element model of thin plate cold-rolling is created.The model is accounted by using the software for finite element analysis-LS-DYNA.The whole process of plate rolling is emulated,and the stress-strain model of rolled piece and roller is achieved.Based on the rolling process simulation,rolling optimal conditions may be acquirable,so as to obtain more precise quality control.


This study develops an e-counseling application as an effort to improve the provision of guidance and counseling services at Senior High School 1 Jeneponto. The purpose of this study is to determine: (1) Knowing the field needs of the e-counseling application (2) Knowing the prototype of the e-counseling application as an effort to improve the provision of guidance and counseling services at Senior High School 1 Jeneponto, (3) Knowing the validity of the e-counseling application. as an effort to improve the provision of guidance and counseling services at Senior High School 1 Jeneponto. This study used the Borg and Gall Research and Development (RnD) method but only reached the Second Revision stage. This research was conducted at Senior High School 1 Jeneponto with 6 students as research subjects. The data collection technique used was the Material and Media Expert Validation Sheet to determine the validity of the media and the student response questionnaire. The analysis technique used is descriptive analysis technique. So the results show that the e-counseling application developed has been valid and practically used for the provision of guidance and counseling services at Senior High School 1 Jeneponto.


The paper describes the design and realization of the security gateway for network computer rooms in schools and explains the key techniques such as the network data selection based on the "promiscuous mode",the network authentication "based on users",network access control based on Linux firewall,and embedded web server.


The reproductive activity parameters of the teleosts Pimelodus maculatus Lacepede, 1803, Leporinus amblyrhynchus Garavello & Britski, 1987 and Schizodon nasutus Kner, 1859 was evaluated at a newly formed reservoir in the Araguari River, Parana River basin, Southeast Brazil. The fishes were captured by gill nets bimonthly from November 1997 to November 1998 at three sampling stations. The stages of gonad development were identified macroscopically in the field and then confirmed by histological analysis in the laboratory. The females of all species reached larger standard length than the males. Pimelodus maculatus in reproductive activity were captured only in November, 1997 and January, 1998 whereas L. amblyrhynchus and S. nasutus were in activity throughout the year. The gonadosomatic index reached the peak during the advanced maturation stage in all species, but the hepatosomatic index and coelomic fat index exhibited distinct tendencies. Length at first maturity was 9.5 cm SL for amblyrhynchus females and 17.1 and 13.0 cm SL, respectively, for S. nasutus females and males. L. amblyrhynchus and S. nasutus are partial spawners. The size at first maturity and type of spawning of P. maculatus were not possible to determine in this work.


THE EFFECT OF RESERVOIR CHARACTERISTICS ON METHANE PRODUCTION FROM HYDRATE BEARING FORMATIONS SACHIN GANDRA Demand for natural gas is ever increasing and according to DOE , by 2040, 10 Tcf/yr of gas has to be imported. Interest in the potentially large deposits of natural gas hydrates and hydrate capped gas reservoirs is increasing because a conservative estimate of gas hydrate reserve potential of US exclusive economic zone is 200,000 Tcf [2, . If 1% of this were recovered, that would be greater than the cumulative gas reserves of conventional gas sources (1000-1500 Tcf). Even 1% production of this recovered gas per year would make USA the exporter of gas. Gas hydrates are solid, crystalline ice like inclusion compounds in which gas molecules are trapped inside voids in hydrogen bounded lattice structure of water molecules formed generally in high pressure and low temperature conditions. Generally, occur in the subsurface of many permafrost regions as well as in oceanic sediments. Approximately 180 scf of gas is produced per unit volume of hydrate. Currently, most of the work is based on the laboratory studies since an important part of developing commercial gas production technology is predicting the methane production rates for various field operating scenarios using models. The objective of the proposed work is to study the effect of various reservoir properties (water saturation, hydrate permeability, rock permeability, thickness of the reservoir, porosity) on the production of gas from a hydrate-bearing reservoir. A mathematical model was developed to study production concepts for natural gas hydrate accumulations.


This paper presents the process of how partnerships are established between an urban residential community and an academic institution in Malaysia by employing community-based participatory research, which involves researchers, community members, and organizational representatives as coresearchers. The research process encompasses colearning, power sharing, and coconstructing of knowledge, with the community members driving the research direction. The research paradigm is grounded on conducting research with the community. This paper highlights the experience and lessons learned while applying the principles of community-based participatory research that promotes social participation of older persons living in a residential community. Two pertinent challenges surface in the research process. The first challenge involves the complexity noted in the gap between the emancipation of community-based participatory research and the hierarchical social structure of the society. The second challenge is the prevalence of unspoken yet subtle domination that undermines the local cultural values affecting the process of coconstructing knowledge with the community. Recommendations for addressing these challenges include future partnerships with other Malaysian communities as well as cross-border research partnerships.


1058 terval 2 mm; matrix 128 x 128; nex 1) covering the cerebral hemispheres was acquired 40 times during 1 min and 21 sec. Meanwhile a Gd-chelate at the standard dose of 0.1 mMol/ Kg b.w. followed by 15 ml of a saline solution was administered through an 18 gauge needle placed into the ante-cubital vein using an automatic injector. In the postprocessing the signal intensityversus-time curves were obtained and the relative time of contrast medium arrival (TA) and function width at half of its maximum height (FWHM) were calculated for regions of interest (ROIs) placed into both the lesion and the normal-appearing white matter (NAWM) of the opposite hemisphere at the corresponding site. Differences between the values registered in damaged and normal-appearing white matter were calculated for both TA (∆TA) and FWHM (∆FWHM) and were compared to enhanced T1-w images in order to define their ability in depicting lesion activity.


Incompletely thawed layer have a greater impact to the soil erosion of spring thaw period. Based on the black soil in northeast as the research object,by indoor simulation rainfall tests,analyzed the different initial thaw depth on the total impact of soil erosion and rainfall process to the erosion rate.Results: in the chosen level,erosion amount of soil with low moisture content reduced with the initial thaw depth increases. High moisture content soil,the total erosion is most when the thaw depth of black is 10 mm;Erosion rate increased first and then showed a decreasing trend,in 20 min period of rainfall,there was always appeared a peak erosion rates,and the peaks appeared different with the difference of the depth of the initial thawing depth. time is not initial thawing peak time also does not appear peak depth exactly the same;Incompletely thawed layer of water has a obvious effect when h=5 mm and h=10 mm,difference between the amount of erosion,mainly in the initial pilot phase,that is,soil moisture content is only played a certain role in the initial stage,with the increase of infiltration amount,the soil gradually reaching saturation,the difference between the level of erosion was reduced,on the contrary,at this stage the role is not incomplete thawed layer of isolation has been fully embodied.


This study developed dilute manganese-doped ZnO (D-(Zn,Mn)O) nanowires using a low temperature hydrothermal method. The material properties of the resulting nanowires were examined using field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). We investigated the optoelectronic properties and energy band transformation of ZnO nanowires doped with various concentrations of Mn according to the photoluminescence (PL) spectrum, Raman spectra, X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES), and absorption spectrum. UV sensors with individual D-(Zn,Mn)O nanowires were then fabricated using a focus ion beam (FIB) system. The resulting sensor demonstrated outstanding photoelectric performance with faster response speed and short recovery time than those of devices using pure ZnO nanowires. The efficacy of the sensors was evaluated according to the light on–off ratio (ΔI = Ilight/Idark). We also proposed a possible mechanism for the UV response of the proposed D-(Zn,Mn)O nanowires and investigated the possibility of using numerical simulation to predict the characteristics of D-(Zn,Mn)O nanowires, via a novel application of density function theory.


AbstractFlow cytometry advanced during the decade of the 1980s. Portability, as well as technological advances in the instruments, now allows the simultaneous study of chemical and biological parameters within intact cells both at sea and in the laboratory. Here we report on photoadaptation, fluorescence quenching, metabolic activity, and photosynthetic products (lipids). Endocytosis can also be monitored over time. Flow cytometry enables observation of many and various parameters of individual particles that cannot be obtained from bulk measurements alone.


The performance evaluation of the fiscal credit guarantee funds should be carried out on the basis of the principle of classification implementation and multi-angle observation.According to the operating situation of the fiscal credit guarantee funds and the evaluation model,it is better to bulid a performance evaluation system consisting of three forms,two levels and fifteen indexes.This paper carries out the empirical analysis of the fiscal credit guarantee funds in Xiuzhou district in Zhejiang,and then puts forward some counter measures.


Since twelve years the researchers of the Roman area organize the European Researchers' Night, a project funded by European Commission to discover science and meet researchers through an Europe-wide public event dedicated to fun learning. Since the first edition in 2006, when the National Laboratory of INFN's in Frascati hosted 4000 visitors the project is always grown up to 50,000 attendees and more than 50 scientific partners. In the last edition, The Frascati Scienza association, which was born to coordinate the event, operated in over 30 Italian cities from south to north of the peninsula. In addition, the Made in Science project - European Research Week 2016/17 - has been the one of the largest project funded by the European Commission and it's often referred to as a model for organization and communication to the general public. The 12 yeas data collected and results obtained, as well as some of the most important experiences in public communication of science will be shown.


A study was carried out to determine the maximum intake of mosquitoes' larvae within a twenty four hours period by two species of indigenous Anabantoids. The species used were Betta pugnax and Betta anabantoides and for each species five adult male fish were used. The feeding of the mosquito larvae every twenty four hours period was observed continuously for three days for each species. The mean standard length of the Betta pugnax and Betta anabantoides were 3.8cm and 3.7cm respectively and for the mosquitos' larvae, the length varies from 5 – 6mm. The mean intake of mosquitoes larvae counted for every twenty four hours for 3 days was 24.5 larvae for Betta pugnax and 16.7 larvae for Betta anabantoides. From this study it was concluded that Betta pugnax has a significantly (P<0.05) higher predatory capacity as compared to Betta anabatoides.


This investigation sought to identify the perceptio n of students concluding the course in occupation therapy at the State University of Para regarding research competence and ability. A questionnaire, composed of open and closed questi ons was administered to 46 concluding students (fourth and fifth year). The data pointed out important aspects related to directives implemented in a pedagogic project, containing crit eria for the final course thesis. Finding revealed that research abilities related to investi gative planning, procedures, and text preparation were poorly developed. The data also sh owed that many ingredients were considered necessary for effective training in rese arch design. Among others, the development of a "research culture", access to current bibliogr aphy and the internet, capable teaching, a systematic teaching-learning process, and the activ e participation of students in the academic community. © Cien. Cogn. 2009; Vol. 14 (3): 145-159 .


In this work the concept of Artificial dielectric layers (ADL) has been utilized for the design of integrated slot antennas. ADL possess inherent property of enhancing the dielectric constant of the host dielectric materials, over extremely wide frequency ranges. They are realized by means of periodic metallic stratifications in a standard dielectric substrate. For the proof of concept, ADL have been used as an add-on component between a standard dual slot antenna and a dielectric lens. More than an octave of -10 dB impedance bandwidth has been achieved. The far-field radiation patterns are usable over approximately 60% of the impedance bandwidth.


Colin Mumford debates whether trauma to the central nervous system (CNS) may cause multiple sclerosis (MS), or aggravate or accelerate the progress of MS in an established case (Mumford 2002). Trauma may result in breach of the blood–brain barrier. This allows the immune system access to the CNS, and therefore provides a mechanism for trauma to be relevant to the exacerbation of MS. Mumford appropriately asks, 'how severe should the trauma be?' but omits to give the answer, 'severe enough to damage the blood–brain barrier'. Clearly, this must be trauma to the CNS itself, and not to some other part of the body. Attention is drawn to the case of O'Leary in which the Appeal court had the advantage, in Mumford's view, of Sibley's data (Sibley et al. 1991). This was tested in court in the case of Nixon, to which Mumford also refers. In this case, the


This paper presents a simulation of a grid-connected photovoltaic power system. A complex model of power distribution system is developed in MATLAB Simulink, then it will be simulated to determine an amount of power delivered to the grid based on irradiance and temperature. Solar irradiance data collection is conducted using a solar irradiance meter. These weather data (solar irradiances and temperatures) are transformed into signal inputs and model through a grid-tied Photovoltaic (PV) model system which consists of PV, incremental conductance Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) method, DC-DC boost converter, inverter, voltage source converter (VSC) control algorithms, and grid equipment. The output variables can be related to current, voltage or power. However, tracing of the current-voltage (I-V) characteristics or power-voltage (P-V) characteristics are the vital need to grid-tied PV system operation. Changes in solar irradiance and temperature imply changes in output variables. Detailed modelling of the effect of irradiance and temperature, on the parameters of the PV module and the output parameters will be discussed. With the aid of this model, one can have a feasible idea about the solar energy generation potential at given locations. This comprehensive model is simulated using MATLAB/Simulink software.


In this autoethnographic inquiry, I examine the dominant disability discourses that inform practice and research in science education for individuals with disabilities. Guided by my experience as a practitioner-researcher, I use reflexive vignettes and photo elicitation to discuss and critique disability discourses (e.g., the medical and social models of disability) that construct students with learning disabilities (LD) as disadvantaged learners. For example, the medical model of disability pathologises students with LD by focusing on their individual deficits and blaming them for their academic struggles and failures in science. In contrast, the social model of disability locates the problem solely within the students' environment (e.g., teaching strategies) and does not consider within-individual issues (e.g., cognitive deficits). By navigating through these discourses, I found my voice as a practitioner-researcher in Bronfenbrenner's (2005) ecological model, which recognises that individuals' barriers stem from their characteristics as well as their complex, multilayered environment. This article, embedded within a reflexive process, illuminates my journey of self-transformation as a practitioner-researcher while transforming and bringing educational changes to the academic lives of my students with LD.