The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [FePd(C5H5)(C11H15NO)Cl(C18H15P)]·CH2Cl2, contains two molecular palladium complexes and two dichloromethane solvent molecules. The Pd atoms have approximately square planar configurations. Intermolecular O—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds stabilize the crystal structure.


Abstract Porcine pancreatic ribonuclease is a glycoprotein in which the associated heteropolysaccharide is distributed among three side chains. The preceding paper describes experiments that established the amino acid sequences of glycopeptide fractions, isolated from a tryptic hydrolysate of the reduced, S-aminoethylated protein, which were representative of those regions of the molecule around the sites of carbohydrate-peptide attachment. In the present communication the isolation of tryptic peptides representative of the remainder of the amino acid residues in the single peptide chain is described. The amino acid sequences of these peptides were determined by conventional methods. The order in which the tryptic peptides occur in the molecule was established by a combined approach that involved the utilization of chymotryptic hydrolysis and selective cleavage with cyanogen bromide. Coupled with knowledge of the pairing of the half-cystine residues, the results establish the primary structure of the protein moiety in porcine pancreatic ribonuclease. Comparison of the structure with the structures of the bovine and rat enzymes clearly reveals those features of the ribonuclease molecule that are conserved during speciation. They comprise the residues of the substrate-binding and catalytic sites and the side chains that contribute to the formation of the hydrophobic core of the molecule.


The aim of the present study is to indicate objective position of a local city other than the prefectural capital location by formulating model of urban power and current condition evaluation. Specific methods are as follows: 1) formulate a model of urban power; 2) evaluate the current situation of Takasaki City; and 3) clarify direction to tackle in order to improve Takasaki City in the future by formulating model of urban power and current condition evaluation. The results obtained in the present study can be summarized as follows: 1) In order to maintain urban power of local cities, it is necessary to industrial activities that create bustling communities such as commerce; 2) It is indispensable to enhance transportation system such as Shinkansen, railway and expressway, and to enhance the bases of home center and department store; and 3) The annual sales of goods value of Takasaki City is larger than that of Maebashi City, the prefectural office location in Gunma, and is considered to be contributed by department store, Shinkansen, and expressway.


In order to assess the actual industrial potential and limitations of SAR interferometry to generate DEM, we have processed several interferometric data and generated several DEM over different regions. In this paper we present several ERS-1 interferograms and interferometric DEM on mountainous, hilly and flat areas. The interferograms have been generated by CNES and we performed the unwrapping and geometric processing in order to get the final cartographic product. This processing chain is described. According to the different geometric and radiometric parameters such as the baseline and the nature of the coverage over each of these regions, we discuss the achieved or achievable final DEM accuracy, the incoherences, the artefacts level as well as the different steps along the processing chain. We describe the actual results compared to SPOT and/or USGS DEMs. The need for the three components of the interferometric products generated by CNES (Amplitude image, Coherence image and Phase difference image) will be demonstrated. Finally we will draw some conclusions in terms of operational accuracies and limitations.


Objective To investigate the expression of protease-activated receptor-1(PAR-1) in human cervical squamous carcinoma,cervical adenocarcinoma and carcinoma in situ tissues.Methods Immunohistochemistry method was used to examine the expression of PAR-1 in 35 specimens of cervical squamous cell carcinoma,25 cervical adenocarcinoma,20 SqCa in situ,and 20 normal cervical specimens.Results The expression of PAR-1 was negative in the normal cervical tissues.The positive rates of PAR-1 in the cervical carcinoma in situ and stage Ⅰ and Ⅱ cervical invasive carcinoma tissues were 20.0% 36.4% and 44.7%,respectively,all significantly higher than that of the normal cervical tissues(P=0.002 8).PAR-1 positive rate was 68.4% in cervical carcinomas with lymphatic metastasis,significantly higher than that without lymphatic metastasis(29.3%,P=0.004 2).Conclusion PAR-1 is closely associated with the development and metastasis of cervical carcinoma.


Multimedia data security is one of the crucial issues for resource-limited systems, such as PAD and smartphones, where some private information is often stored. By taking limited processing power, memory and bandwidth of resource-limited systems into account, a novel video encryption algorithm in H.264 compressed domain is proposed in this paper, which is independent of the video compression and does not need to modify the structure of H.264 standard video codec. In order to optimize the tradeoff between security and computational complexity, the proposed algorithm selectively encrypts the codewords of intra-prediction modes, DCT coefficients and MVD in H.264 bitstream. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm exhibits significant computational efficiency and reliable security, can resist not only perceptual attacks but also brute-force attacks. Moreover, it maintains the format compliance and has no impact on the compression efficiency.


The invention discloses a method for controlling QoS of IP network by setting bandwidth resource reservation points on an existing path, and belongs to the field of network communication. According to the invention, absolute QoS can be realized under a relatively heavy load condition, thereby improving the utilization rate of network bandwidth greatly and reducing implementation cost of a QoS mechanism. The specific method of the invention is that network objects which are short of bandwidth resources on the existing path of the IP network are equipped with resource reservation soft states and maintenance facilities thereof so as to form the bandwidth resource reservation points such as edge devices of a subnet, and resource reservation and admission control are carried out by a signaling detection method, wherein the resource reservation and admission control are directed at the network objects and complexity of the resource reservation and admission control mechanism has nothing to do with the number of data flows loaded. A method of competitive charging is introduced, and charging rate of each flow is the sum of charging rates of the bandwidth resource reservation points on the existing path, and the more lacking the resource is, the higher the charging rate becomes, thereby enabling some users to voluntarily give up communication requests temporarily.


The existence of magnetic activity on the eclipsing binary DV Psc has been known for almost two decades. However, until recently, no evidence of periodic behaviour relevant to this activity had been found. In this study, long-term photometric observations of DV Psc are used to analyze the system's magnetic activity, seek a possible magnetic cycle and determine orbital and physical parameters. The combination of photometric and spectroscopic observations results in a unified model that describes the system over time in terms of variable spot activity. New times of minimum light are determined and an accurate astronomical ephemeris and updated O-C diagram are constructed for a total span of 19 years (1997-2017). The intense magnetic activity, as indicated by strong asymmetries in the light curves (O' Connell effect), and the periodic variation of the O-C diagram are combined to explain the system's behaviour. The existence of a third body, orbiting the eclipsing binary in an eccentric orbit, as well as a magnetic cycle are the most likely scenario.


Quality is one of the main points addressed in an organization, is a differential for its survival. In addition, it has a relevant importance when it comes to customer service and satisfaction. The present study started with the question of how to improve the quality of care provided to users in an emergency care unit. Through studies will be presented in this article internal processes related to hospital care, which will be used quality tools and through the MASP tool and through the PDCA cycle identified problems, through these tools will be suggested corrective and preventive actions.


The Combination of Manga teaching and practice is a model which train composite application talents in need of the development of animation industry. In order to convergent with social development truty, we must do some innovation and research in teaching and the creating of parctice environment. This article did some research and improvement in the preious teaching model, analysised the system and mode of modern chinese animation teaching combined with modern animation teaching concepts, found new animation teaching methods in modern higher vocational institutions, which were the combination of work and project , the combination of teaching and industry, and the comination of school and enterprise, trained practical high-quality mange talents with the unique subject characteristics.


DESCRIBED delivery vehicles comprising a biocompatible encapsulating layer, a layer associated with an amphiphilic INTERNAL ACTIVE AND ACTIVE. Delivery vehicles are biocompatible and capable of solubilizing THE BEGINNING TO RELEASE LIVE A TISSUE AND OTHER Body System. Applications include NMR imaging and as a medicine therapeutic.


There may be differences between this version and the published version. You are advised to consult the publisher's version if you wish to cite from it. 2 We report the measurement of beam-target double-spin asymmetries (ALT) in the inclusive production of identified hadrons, e + 3 He ↑ → h + X, using a longitudinally polarized 5.9 GeV electron beam and a transversely polarized 3 He target. Hadrons (π ± , K ± and proton) were detected at 16 • with an average momentum <P h >=2.35 GeV/c and a transverse momentum (pT) coverage from 0.60 to 0.68 GeV/c. Asymmetries from the 3 He target were observed to be non-zero for π ± production when the target was polarized transversely in the horizontal plane. The π + and π − asymmetries have opposite signs, analogous to the behavior of ALT in semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering.


Space charge formation in polymeric materials can cause some serious concern for design engineers as the electric field may severely be distorted, leading to part of the material being overstressed. This may result in material degradation and possibly premature failure at the worst. It is therefore important to understand charge generation, trapping, and detrapping processes in the material. Trap depths and density of trapping states in materials are important as they are potentially related to microstructure of the material. Changes in these parameters may reflect the aging taken place in the material. In the present paper, characteristics of charge trapping and detrapping in low density polyethylene (LDPE) under dc electric field have been investigated using the pulsed electroacoustic (PEA) technique. A simple trapping and detrapping model based on two trapping levels has been used to qualitatively explain the observation. Numerical simulation based on the above model has been carried out to extract par...


Aim. To assess the relation of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) by the data of Berlin questionnaire and risk of fatal cardiovascular events. Material and methods. Totally, 275 persons  studied (115 males, 160 females)  age  25-64 y.o., with unknown cardiovascular  complications, underwent structured  interview. The risk of sleep-disordered breathing was assessed by Berlin questionnaire, cardiovascular risk — by SCORE. Anthropometric  parameters  were  studied,   as  lipid profile,  fasting glucose, uric acid, creatinine, C-reactive protein, adiponectin, leptin. Results. The increased  OSAS risk according to Berlin questionnaire was found in 7,3% of the studies. Most (90,0%) common was concomitance of the  components   of OSAS such  as  snoring/stops of respiration  and cardiometabolic disorders. Males more frequently complained on snoring/ stops of breathing — 21,7% vs 6,3% (p=0,001), that determined  higher general risk of OSAS among them comparing to women — 11,3% vs 4,4% (p=0,03).  For males  (1,7%)  and  females  (3,1%)  the  complaints  on daytime sleepiness were less common. Among those 40 y.o. and older the increased  risk of OSAS was found in 9,8%, comparing to 1,2% younger than  40  y.o.  (p=0,01).  In higher  OSAS risk there  was  higher  total cholesterol  — 6,10±0,18  vs 5,53±0,09  mM/L (p=0,05) and low density lipoproteides — 4,17±0,19 vs 3,59±0,08 mM/L (p=0,02); they were more often overweight — body mass  index 31,73±1,19  vs 27,71±0,38  kg/m2 (p=0,001),   and   had   higher  systolic  pressure  —  134,89±4,96   vs 126,72±1,18  mmHg. (p=0,04) and diastolic pressure — 84,26±2,69  vs 78,55±0,80  mmHg (p=0,03).  Respondents with higher  risk of OSAS regardless the  gender,  did not differ by SCORE. While determine  the specific combinations of OSAS components, there was no independent significance of snoring/respiration  pauses  and daytime sleepiness  in the total cardiovascular risk by SCORE. Conclusion. In the Russian population, higher OSAS risk is associated with the signs of metabolic syndrome. Berlin questionnaire does not reveal the subgroups of those who have OSAS risk together with cardiovascular risk.


Soil solarisation is a technique to trap sun's energy helps to increase the temperature of the soil.This higher temperature is unsuitable for most of the plant pathogens results decreased in their population. It's a very beneficial technique for management of pathogen microbes in tropical countries where sunlight is available for a long period in a day time. Soil solarisation also helps to increases the productivity of soil both by suppressing the pathogens as well as by increasing the metabolic rate of soil materials, which helps to enhance the fertility of the soil. This procedure is also enhancing the bulk and bustle of antagonistic microbes. The purpose of present study is to test the effect of soil solarization on population dynamics of two pathogenic soil fusaria i.e. Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.ciceri and fusarium udum causing wilt in chickpea and pigeonpea crops. All treatment comprises treated plots and untreated (control) plots at different depth i.e. 5, 10 and 15 cm on 7, 14 and 21 st days of experiment. It is found that in solarized plots the population of pathogens significantly reduced in compared to control plot. Significant increase in temperature is found in solarized plots in comparison to control with increase in days of experiment.


The basic concept underlying the frequency-resolved optical gating(FROG)pulse characterization technique is reviewed,and the influence of mode-size effect and nonlinear effect of second-harmonic generation medium on femtosecond pulse measurement are discussed in detail.A second harmonic FROG is set up to measure femtosecond laser pulses.The width,field and phase in temporal and spectral domains are retrieved.The temporal width of a femtosecond pulse coming from the resonant cavity directly is 56 fs,with spectral width 27 nm,time-bandwidth product 0.686,and the minimum error 0.001792.The femtosecond pulse is compressed by a prism pair,with pulse duration 27 fs,bandwidth 92 nm,time-bandwidth product 1.27,and the minimum error 0.0093289.


In this manuscript, we study preconditioning techniques for optimal in-domain control of the Navier-Stokes equation, where the control only acts on a few parts of the domain. Optimization and linearization of the optimal in-domain control problem results in a generalized linear saddle-point system. The Schur complement for the generalized saddle-point system is very difficult or even impossible to approximate. This prohibits satisfactory performance of the standard block preconditioners. We apply the multilevel sequentially semiseparable (MSSS) preconditioner to the underlying system. Compared with standard block preconditioning techniques, the MSSS preconditioner computes an approximate factorization of the global generalized saddle-point matrix up to a prescribed accuracy in linear computational complexity. This in turn gives parameter independent convergence for MSSS preconditioned Krylov solvers. We use a simple wind farm control example to illustrate the performance of the MSSS preconditioner. We also compare with the performance of the state-of-the-art preconditioning techniques. Our results show the superiority of the MSSS preconditioning techniques to standard block preconditioning techniques for optimal in-domain control of the Navier-Stokes equation.


A versatile method for synthesizing functionalized amorphous degradable polyesters via step growth polycondensation was investigated. A series of dicarboxylic acids and anhydrides were synthesized by Diels−Alder reactions of fumaric acid and maleic anhydride, respectively, with various dienes. The resulting difunctional monomers were reacted with 1,8-octanediol in the presence of tin octanoate catalyst at 160 °C and 30 mmHg for 24 h to form new unsaturated aliphatic polyesters. Each polyester had molecular weight 〈Mn〉 between 1.0 × 104 and 2.0 × 104 g mol-1 and a polydispersity index near 2.0. All of the materials were amorphous and had glass transition temperatures between −30 and −15 °C. Each polymer repeat unit necessarily featured a double bond, which was exploited to cross-link the materials yielding degradable elastomers. Amine- and ether-containing polyesters were synthesized by using monomers formed from the corresponding polar functionalized dienes. Using this broad cycloaddition scheme, a variet...


This paper discusses the general findings of the Test for Creative Thinking/Drawing Production (TCT/DP) that was administered between 1992 - 1994 to 1050 children and young people aged 7 - 18 as the first phase of the national standardization of this instrument. In the Introduction we describe the content validity of the test as seen from the perspective of art education. Moreover, scoring problems are indicated that question the very high inter-judge reliability ratings reported by the authors. In the Aims and methods section, the sample tested is introduced. We also raise the issue of the equivalence of the two parts of the creativity test and suggest that using one version provides the same results so the test may be reduced to one sheet. In the Discussion, and results of the individual assessment items are discussed for the different age groups . We compare the developmental model based on results of the German sample offered by the authors of the test. The pattern of development as observed in Hungary is quite different from the German one as it does not show a steady increase of performance. It reveals a decline in creativity at age 12-13 similarly to the Torrence model of creative development while Germans manifest a steady growth after age 8. Moreover, a qualitative analysis of the different subcomponents will be given in comparison to a similar analysis offered by the authors about a group aged 5 - 12. In conclusion, results of a small longitudinal study will be given to support the developmental model for the Hungarian sample and underline the importance of longitudinal research for the increase of reliability of the creativity development model provided with the help of TCT/DP.


For about two decades, the focus of corporate planning has been more on internal information than external information. If planners used electronic data bases at all, they were housed in company mainframes that basically contained information on the company's own business units, employees, and customers. The relationship between planners and computers had a relatively narrow field of view.


One exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a method of forming a friction material. The method comprises depositing a plurality of particles so as to provide a groove between the protrusions particles adjacent to the plurality of projections to the substrate. The present disclosure also provides a friction material itself, and to a system comprising mechanical components and friction materials.


Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a highly heterogeneous disease. Genomic and morphological heterogeneity has been well identified in HCC. The overall survival (OS) of HCC patients after hepatic resection (HR) is heterogeneous. The histology-based definition of the morphological heterogeneity of HCC has been modified and refined to treat patients with targeted therapies, but this still cannot solve all the problems. In addition, recent advances in genomic medicine have enhanced the understanding of genetic and epigenetic events occurring in HCC, raising the possibility of personalizing targeted agents in accordance with the genetic make-up of the tumors. In this review article, we aim to give a summary of the recent the development of individualized multidisciplinary treatment for HCC.


Euclid is a medium class mission selected for launch in 2019, with a primary goal to study the dark universe using the weak lensing and baryonic acoustic oscillations techniques. Weak lensing depends on accurate shape measurements, therefore it is beneficial that the effects of radiation-induced charge transfer inefficiency (CTI) in the Euclid CCD over the six year mission are understood and minimised. This paper describes the initial evaluation of the tolerance to radiation induced charge transfer inefficiency (CTI) of the CCD273 produced by e2v technologies plc, making comparisons with the previous CCD selected for Euclid the CCD203. The CCD273 benefits from the inclusion of a charge injection structure for trap suppression and a reduction in the register channel width. The improvement in tolerance to radiation induced serial CTI achieved by reducing the channel width from 50 µ m to 20 µ m was measured experimentally to be a factor of 1.7, which compares well to a factor of 1.9 found using a charge volume model. line to the data points for the CCD204 and CCD273 respectively. Comparing the RDC values for the serial CTI of the CCD204 and CCD273, calculated to be 5.8 × 10 -15 and 3.5 × 10 -15 respectively, the factor of improvement achieved through the reduction in register volume, operating under these conditions, was found to be a factor of 1.7.


Optical system is the core component of autonomous navigation star sensor to realize the collection of star light and high-precision attitude measurement. In this paper, the optical system of high precision star sensor was taken as the research object, the influence mechanism of the accuracy of optical system for detecting different color temperature stars were studied and analyzed. It is difficult to suppress the centroid drift caused by the changes of star color temperature and ambient temperature through later calibration, which needs to be controlled under the stage of optical design. The calculation model and allocation method of optical system design wavelength weight were established, and the performance evaluation was carried out. In addition to the conventional energy concentration, distortion and asymmetric aberrations, the centroid drift of star color temperature and ambient temperature change were proposed as the main index of accuracy evaluation. According to the application requirements, a long focal star sensor optical system based on space satellite platform was designed, with the focal length of 95 mm, the relative aperture of f 2.4, the field view of 8°× 8°, the spectrum range of 450-1 000 nm, and the energy concentration of more than 85% in 3×3 pixels. Based on the regular glass materials, the lateral color aberration of the optical system was corrected under ultra-wide spectral range and long focal. The lateral color aberration of the full field was less than 0.9 μm; The results of accuracy analysis show that the accuracy of centroid position is less than 0.36 μm in the range of 2 600-9800 K, and the change of focal length is less than 2.7 μm in the range of 0-40℃, and the accuracy of centroid position caused by temperature is less than 0.45 μm.


Today's world thrives making human life easier than it already is with every passing moment. Creating a smart cart that takes care of comfort while shopping is another step taken in the same direction. Product acquisition in large grocery stores with wide range of products is a tedious and time consuming process. The smart shopping cart explores the mini computers and automatic identification technology. Instant billing without queuing and keeping track of the expenditure is the main but not the sole motive of this intelligent cart. The paper is based on development of a project with the aim to reduce the time spent in the store and to make shopping of day to day items an experience instead of a headache. This cart uses modern and cheap technology like RFID and mini computers to make it intelligent and time saving. It helps the consumers to utilise the time saved in other fruitful activities instead of wasting their time by standing in long queues at the checkout counter.


Background Digital HIV interventions (DHI) have been efficacious in reducing sexual risk behaviors among sexual minority populations, yet challenges in promoting and sustaining users' engagement in DHI persist. Understanding the correlates of DHI engagement and their impact on HIV-related outcomes remains a priority. This study used data from a DHI (myDEx) designed to promote HIV prevention behaviors among single young men who have sex with men (YMSM; ages 18-24 years) seeking partners online. Objective The goal of this study is to conduct a secondary analysis of the myDex project data to examine whether YMSM's online behaviors (eg, online partner-seeking behaviors and motivations) are linked to participants' engagement (ie, the number of log-ins and the number of sessions viewed). Methods We recruited 180 YMSM who were randomized into either myDEx arm or attention-control arm using a stratified 2:1 block randomization. In the myDEx arm, we had 120 YMSM who had access to the 6-session intervention content over a 3-month period. We used Poisson regressions to assess the association between YMSM's baseline characteristics on their DHI engagement. We then examined the association between the participants' engagement and their self-reported changes in HIV-related outcomes at the 3-month follow-up. Results The mean number of log-ins was 5.44 (range 2-14), and the number of sessions viewed was 6.93 (range 0-22) across the 3-month trial period. In multivariable models, the number of log-ins was positively associated with high education attainment (estimated Poisson regression coefficient [β]=.22; P=.045). The number of sessions viewed was associated with several baseline characteristics, including the greater number of sessions viewed among non-Hispanic YMSM (β=.27; P=.002), higher education attainment (β=.22; P=.003), higher perceived usefulness of online dating for hookups (β=.13; P=.002) and perceived loneliness (β=.06; P=.004), as well as lower experienced online discrimination (β=–.01; P=.007) and limerence (β=–.02; P=.004). The number of sessions viewed was negatively associated with changes in internalized homophobia (β=–.06; P<.001) and with changes in perceived usefulness of online dating for hookups (β=–.20; P<.001). There were no significant associations between the number of log-ins and changes in the participants' behaviors at the 90-day follow-up. Conclusions DHI engagement is linked to participants' sociodemographic and online behaviors. Given the importance of intervention engagement in the intervention's effectiveness, DHIs with personalized intervention components that consider the individuals' differences could increase the overall engagement and efficacy of DHIs. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02842060; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02842060.


Abstract : Recent years have witnessed strong progress in understanding how people make decisions in operational settings. The emerging field of Naturalistic Decision Making (NDM) is at a point to afford system developers (including design engineers, human factors engineers, ergonomics specialists) different tools and methods for designing interfaces/systems that will better support decision making in those settings. Decision requirements can be identified from the early conceptual design phase through redesign. The NDM framework attempts to describe the way in which people handle difficult conditions within the context of the overall setting or task. This SOAR describes various decision strategies used by individuals and teams to assess a situation, diagnose a problem, and select a course of action. The impact of stress upon these strategies is also considered. To help understand what people are thinking as they perform difficult tasks, the procedures for conducting Cognitive Task Analyses to examine design requirements are also examined.


Sustainable luxury is an emerging concept that has gained traction in the industry. However, limited studies have explored the preferences of consumers towards sustainable luxury products. Therefore, the first objective of this research was to identify the sustainable luxury attributes that appeal to the consumers, while the second objective was to segment consumers based on their sustainability and luxury preferences. Data were collected from 354 consumers in Thailand and Taiwan; preferences were determined using a choice-based conjoint analysis. K-means clustering was performed to identify sustainable luxury consumers as customizers, perfectionists, legacy lovers, zero-waste warriors, transparency trackers, and green operators. This research is the first to shed light on the multiplicity of sustainable luxury consumers. It also indicates the role of sustainable information in decision making.


The aim of this article is to reexamine the hagiographic dossier of Bishop Godehard of Hildesheim (1022-1038). From this, it appears that Vita Ia (BHL 3581) must be considered to be a "preparatory work" compiled during the life of the saint, which enabled its author, Wolfhere, to compile a veritable saint's Life (BHL 3582) in about 1054. This Life was complemented in the 1070s by a collection of miracles (also BHL 3582). As far as the other texts of the dossier are concerned, only two hagiographical undertakings are notable: the composition in about 1132 of the Translatio (BHL 3584), which was later complemented by some individual miracles, and in the 14th century the composition of Vita IIIa (BHL 3590), the main component of which is the Miracula in vita patrata (BHL 3583), which until now had never been dated and which have generally but erroneously been considered to be individual work.


Soldier of Christ: The Life of Pope Pius XII. By Robert A. Ventresca. (Cam- bridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. 2013. Pp. 405. $35.00. ISBN 978-0-674-04961-1.)This is clearly the most extensive biography of Pope Pius XII yet written. Based on original sources in the Vatican, Rome, Germany, Britain, and the United States, and written in clear narrative style, it will not totally please either side in the "Pius Wars." It does, however, give us greater understanding of the man at the center of the most turbulent pontificate since the French Revolution.Canadian historian Robert A. Ventresca argues that the dispute over Pius has led us to see the pope as less a man than an institution. His aim is to cor- rect this tendency. This is not an easy thing to do, for inevitably the author has to answer the troublesome questions that have been asked for years about Pius, both as man and institution. The most important of these are his prob- lematic relations with Germany, his silence on the Holocaust, and his alleged connivance in the ratlines that abetted the escape of Nazis and fascists after 1945.Thus, the book falls into three periods. The first takes up Eugenio Pacelli as a Roman with a strong sense of family loyalty in a Rome that was under- going cultural modernization. It carries through to his years in the seminary, the papal diplomatic corps, as nuncio to Bavaria and Germany, and finally to his years as papal secretary of state where he faced his most challenging prob- lem in dealing with Nazi Germany. According to Ventresca, the German bish- ops, who feared Bolshevism and were concerned with political stability, guided Pacelli's relations with Germany in a period that dated before the Nazi rise to power and ended after their defeat. These bishops counseled restraint in dealing with Adolf Hitler, and Pacelli adopted their approach. It became the chief means of Vatican diplomacy during the war-a policy of maintaining neutrality along with guarded criticism so as to preserve diplomatic relations with the warring powers. As secretary of state and as pope, he carefully worded all public statements, for "he simply saw no practicable alternative" (p. 157). Instead of speaking out forcefully on wartime problems, he favored allowing bishops on the scene to decide whether to speak out or not.When the war began shortly after he became pope in 1939, his first concern was to lessen the agony of the Poles under both German and Soviet domination. Ventresca states that the long-suffering Poles wanted a papal declaration-"a simple but powerful exposition of the Christian message"- but instead, because of Pius's fears of German reaction, they received "the cerebral casuistry of an academic and the diplomatic propriety of a statesman"(p. 176).On the central question of the Holocaust, Ventresca uses the published documents skillfully. He portrays Pius with "a limited ability to perceive the precise nature of the Nazi war against the Jews" (p. …


Abstract This article investigates the robust stabilization and control of the inverted pendulum on a cart against disturbances, measurement noises, and parametric uncertainties by the LFT-based LPV technique (Linear-Fractional-Transformation based Linear-Parameter-Varying). To make the applying of the LPV technique possible, the LPV representation of the inverted pendulum on a cart model is developed. Besides, the underactuated constraint of this vehicle is overcome by considering both degrees of freedom (the rotational one and the translational one) in the structure. Moreover, the selection of the weighting functions that represent the desired performance is solved by two approaches of evolutionary algorithms; Genetic Algorithms (GA) and Evolutionary Strategies (ES) to find the weighting functions' optimal parameters. To validate the proposed approach, simulations are performed and they show the effectiveness of the proposed approach to obtain robust controllers against external signals, as well as the parametric uncertainties.


Selections from empirical migration research published in German are reviewed with a focus on migration from a psychological point of view. Sections are included on cultural contact employment orientation and the process of choosing a job foreign childrens level of success in school a model for the sociology of the guest worker problem the interpretation of differences as deficits the interpretation of deficits as being caused by deprivation and acculturation. The geographic focus is on the Federal Republic of Germany. (ANNOTATION)


Government Regulation No. 71 Year 2010 about government accounting standards, shopping is is recognized when an expense is made from the State / Region general account. Shopping accounting is structured to meet accountability requirements in accordance with the provisions. This study aims to Evaluate the Implementation of  Shopping Accounting System at office of Social, Manpower, and Transmigration of District South Minahasa Province in accordance with Regulation No.71 Year 2010.  The object of office of Social, Manpower, and Transmigration of District South Minahasa. The method used in this research is qualitative descriptive analytical method. The result of the Social Service Research of Manpower and Transmigration is always guided by the existing regulations and in the Implementation of Shopping Accounting System, has applied or has been in accordance with Government Regulation No. 71 of 2010 on Government Accounting Standards. Keywords : Implementation, System, Accounting, Shopping


Permeability plays an important role to achieve the desired therapeutic outcomes. Present study was designed to investigate the permeability of ciprofloxacin from ultrathin polyvinyl alcohol nanofiber through different biological membranes. Results of the permeability studies indicated that nanofibers exhibit higher drug permeability than plane drug. Intestinal tissue shows maximum permeability followed by eye, trachea, sublingual, rectal, and skin. Permeability studies also inferred a steady-state release of drug of the nanofiber, whereas a high degree of fluctuations was observed in plane drug. Nanofiber being 2D nanoscale material provides numerous advantages to be used as an encapsulated carrier system to improve the therapeutic effectiveness.


In this paper, a method to estimate the position of the rotor supported by active magnetic bearings (AMBs) is proposed, which is based on the direct estimation of the ripple current slope of the coil driven by a switched power amplifier. Firstly, the current equation of the stator coil applied with PWM voltage was derived. Then a method to measure and estimate the current slope with the rising or falling edge of the ripple was presented, and the position of the rotor could be obtained further with the estimated current slope. Finally, experiments were carried out on a test rig and the results showed good accuracy of the estimated position in static. This method is simple to be implemented with modern DSPs or FPGAs, and can simplify the design of the AMB control system.


The Library Association of China (LAC) has announced its White Paper to Library Development - ROC 2000 in April 2000 to serve as a guideline for the future direction of library/information services in the 21st century. It took five long years for this document to reach its completion. The drafting of the document was initiated by Professor C.K. Wang at his Presidency of LAC in 1994, and accomplished by Dr. Margaret Fung at her Presidency of LAC in 1999. Announced by Professor S.H. Huang, the current President of LAC, in April 2000, and wished to promote the legislative process of Library Law in Legislative Yuan. Library Law was passed in January, 2001. White Paper to Library Development has played an vital role in this movement. This paper highlights the essence of the document.


The literature on urban spatial structure tends to focus on the distribution of residents within metropolitan areas. Little work, however, has explored population density patterns within the city. This paper focuses on a particularly important time and place in urban economic history: 1900 Manhattan. We investigate the determinants of residential spatial structure during a period of rapid population growth. We explore the effects of environmental factors (such as historic marshes and elevation), immigration patterns, the location to amenities, and employment centers. While environmental features and amenities were significant, their effects were dominated by the location choices of immigrants. On the supply side, we also explore how the grid plan affected density. key words: population density, Manhattan, spatial structure, immigration JEL Classification: N3, N9, R2 ∗We thank Eric Sanderson for sharing his data on Manhattan's historical ecology. We thank Brian Engelmann for his help with creating the shapefile for 1900 Manhattan. We appreciate Froozan Makhdoom's help with data collection. We also appreciate comments from Jan Brueckner, Gergely Baics, Troy Tassier, Francesc Ortega, Michael Edelstein, and the seminar participants at Fordham University and CUNY Queens. All errors belong to the authors. †Corresponding author. Department of Economics, Rutgers University Newark, Newark NJ 07012. email: firstname.lastname@example.com.


A wideband active bias low noise amplifier with 0.48 dB noise figure is presented.By employing the 0.5μm GaAs enhancement-mode pHEMT process,the LNA has achieved low noise,high gain and high linearity.The LNA is housed in a 2.0mm×2.0mm×0.75 mm miniature package with 8-pin dual-flat-lead(DFN).It is believed that this LNA is an ideal choice for GSM and CDMA cellular infrastructure.


This paper presents an innovative approach to apply wide-area control actions in real-time and prevent emerging instability. A software platform has been further developed, which utilizes Real Time Digital Simulator (RTDS) technology to prevent scenarios leading to power system instability. The software platform receives phasor measurement unit (PMU) data at a high repetition rate for full system observability. The PMU data serves as input for methods capable of analyzing the steady state torque balance for each individual generator and to determine available power reserves and possible remedial actions. The capabilities of the software platform were demonstrated by testing the methods on the Nordic32 test system and the results show that the methods can determine an active power re-dispatch and apply the countermeasures in real-time and prevent aperiodic rotor angle instability.


Terrorism is a very complex phenomenon; rivers of ink have been used to explain what might spark the use of this kind of violence against society. Although the main body of work about terrorism focuses on root causes and addressing grievances, there are some other important factors worth analyzing since they furnish important information about the factors that provide strength and resilience to terrorist groups and we may find there a way to remove these groups' source of oxygen for their bloody enterprise.


Treated with 2,3-dimethyl-2,3-bis-(hydroxylamino)-butane, aldehydo-dialdofuranoses (1) gave a mixture of two compounds: a 1,3-dihydroxyimidazolidine (2) and a 1-hydroxyimidazoline (3). Oxidation (PbO2) of compounds 3 gave stable free radicals having the structure of 2-C-Glycosyl-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazolines 1-oxyl (4), whereas 2-C-Glycosyl-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazolines 3-oxide 1-oxyl (5) were formed by oxidation of 2. The ESR. spectra of compounds 4 and 5 establish the structure of the imidazoline part of these radicals and provide informations on the sugar moiety.


Abstract The aim of this work was to investigate the electrophoretic properties of emulsion droplets of aliphatic hydrocarbons containing C6to C16carbon atoms in hydrocarbon chains. As it was observed experimentally, the emulsion droplets of hydrocarbons C9to C16revealed a completely different course of changes of the ζ potential due to pH than then-alkanes of shorter hydrocarbon chains (C6to C8). They revealed a negative value of the ζ potential, lower by almost twice. The ζ potentials of emulsion droplets of then-alkanes, fromn-nonane ton-hexadecane, do not practically depend on the length of the hydrocarbon chain but, first of all, on the pH of aqueous solutions. The cause of the origin of the negative zeta potential ofn-alkane droplets lies in the selective adsorption of−OH ions, causing the gathering of the excessive negative charge at the oil–water interface. As it was assumed, the stability of oil-in-water emulsion droplets in the solution, i.e., the time of collection of liquid hydrocarbons C6H28on the surface of aqueous solutions, is the criterion of the life of emulsion droplets ofn-alkanes. The observations indicate a close correlation between the emulsion droplets stability of the tested aliphatic hydrocarbons in water and the value changes of the ζ potential.


Usually inner material effects damage the system internally before those effects can be detected visually at the material. Hence, an optical (surface) inspection cannot reveal the inner state-of-damage. Once the surface is affected e.g. by a crack, the normal reactive monitoring and maintenance procedures may not prevent the systems' failure. Therefore a need to develop reliable and efficient condition monitoring systems able to detect damage, determine the actual state-of-damage, realize diagnostics and predict the remaining use time occurs. The goal of this paper is to introduce a system for online classification and examination of wear phenomena in metallic structure based on the application of the acoustic emission (AE) technique and time-frequency analysis. In this purpose, short-time Fourier transform (STFT) and wavelet transform (WT) were applied to AE signals indicating tribological effects occurred during the process. The results obtained from the two signal processing techniques were compared, good results with respect to advanced applications for fault detection as well as diagnostic purposes are obtained.


melanotrophin, and also has a close neural relationship with adrenal medullary tissue. There also seems to be a subtle balance between the hypothalamic/pituitary system and the pineal gland. If one of these (opposed) endocrine systems suffers a deficiency or lesion, the other will show hyperfunction. This could explain the increased HVA andVMA values in the child. We saw a similar case, but in a young man, showing increased VMA values and also operated on for a suspected pheochromocytoma, which was negative (Visser and Axt, 1975). Through morphometric techniques we proved a new clinicopathological entity, 'adrenal medullary hyperplasia', causing overproduction of catecholamines. The increased HVA values in the infant discussed were always higher than the VMA values, suggesting a combined hyperfunction of both pineal gland and adrenal medulla caused by hypopituitarism. In conclusion, we expect that in the infant under discussion there existed (a) a lesion of the adenohypophysis, contracted in the seventh month of pregnancy by pneumonia and possible hypoxia of the mother; (b) subsequent hyperpinealism responsible for the production of HVA and VMA combined with hypertension (probably intermittent) during life; (c) (relatively) increased weight of cerebrum and heart; and (d) dis-turbed cortico/medullary volume ratios in the adrenals.


The present invention relates to a color of the CRT color plane, wherein the width of the upper plane of the frame for fixing the shadow mask and tension increased, and therefore, CRT shadow mask without chatter noise effects influence the productivity, and the shadow mask welding, and the frame can be simplified. Mask assembly comprising: a shadow mask having an effective area valid grooved and non-grooved in a peripheral area; and a frame fixing member, which is used to tension the mask; wherein the mask is welded to a main the outermost end of the frame effective area and an invalid shortest distance t between the junction region


This study is the first empirically based analysis of business bankruptcy to be conducted in Australia. It aims to identify key differences between debtors who declare business bankruptcy and those who declare non-business or "personal" bankruptcy, and to explore the extent to which there might be a "hidden" population of business debtors among those formally identified as personal debtors. This question is significant in light of the Commonwealth Government's imminent changes to bankruptcy law, which will reduce the period of bankruptcy from three years to one in a bid to promote entrepreneurship. Some commentators suggest that these reforms should only apply to business debtors. However the authors find strong evidence that there are clusters of "personal" debtors whose bankruptcies are in fact wholly or partly business-related. The authors conclude that any changes to the bankruptcy regime should apply to all debtors. Given the difficulty of drawing sharp distinctions between business and personal bankruptcy, this is both more practical and more desirable, as a matter of public policy.


COMPOSITION FOR AT LEAST ONE REMOTE Preparative an installation (1), ACTING THROUGH A RED TELEFONICA (2) lines to which INSTALLATION AND DISTANT TELEMATICO least one device (3) ARE LINKED TO REMOTE. The composition has, LOCALLY installation level, a deliveryman DOMOTIC (4), organized around a control logic (18) MICROPROCESSOR AND LINKED BY A PARTY TO THE ORGANS OF PREPARATION (23, 24, 25) to control INSTALLATION AND FURTHERMORE A YEARBOOK terminal (5) FOR YOUR EQUITY TELEMATICO communication with the device THROUGH THE RED TELEFONICA, TELEMATICO DEVICE IS COMPATIBLE WITH TERMINAL YEARBOOK.


Partial conductivity-type conversion has been observed in monocrystalline p-type CuInSe2 samples after heat treatment in argon at atmospheric pressure at a temperature of 500 °C. The hole concentration in the samples at room temperature was about 1017 cm−3. The depth of the outer converted n layer in the original p-type material, as determined by hot probing and etching, increased approximately as the square root of the annealing time. This variation suggested an outdiffusing acceptor with a diffusion coefficient at 500 °C of about 7.3×10−7 cm2 s−1 and a compensation donor/acceptor concentration ratio in the original p-type material of less than 10%. Auger profiles recorded on similar stoichiometrically prepared monocrystals, after annealing at 350 °C for 2 h, indicated a 2%–4% loss of Se, thus identifying this element as the main outdiffusing agent.


The changes of L-ascorbic acid and L-dehydroascorbic acid during the processes of dehydrated broccoli were studied.The results showed that: the saving of ascorbic acid dealed with steam blanching were higher than treated by hot water,and treaed broccoli 2 min with hot water in 80 ℃ had the thinkable result.Broccolis cooling with ice-water were better than natural cooling to the saving of ascorbic acid.The ascorbic acid could be saving to the maximize retention treated with vacuum freeze-dried,which wass better than treated with microwave drying and hot air drying,and could maintain the shape and the color of broccoli.And treated broccoli 6 h in-25 ℃ was the best method.


Let p be an odd prime, and let m be a positive integer satisfying p ≡ 3 (mod 4). Let Fpm be the finite field with p elements, and let R = Fpm [u]/ 〈 u 〉 be the finite commutative chain ring with unity. In this paper, we determine all constacyclic codes of length 4p over R and their dual codes, where s is a positive integer. We also determine their sizes and list some isodual constacyclic codes of length 4p over R.


Purpose The purpose of this work was to determine the extent of disease and disease severity in the conventional MR normal-appearing gray matter (NAGM) and white matter (NAWM) in patients with relapsing-remitting (RR) and secondary progressive (SP) multiple sclerosis (MS) utilizing quantitative magnetization transfer ratio (MTR) histogram analysis. Method Twenty-seven patients with MS (16 RR, 11 SP) and 16 healthy control subjects were studied. MTR was calculated in the totally segmented GM and WM without T2 lesions in each group. Results Each of the RR and SP MS patient groups had significantly smaller MTR histogram mean values in NAGM and NAWM than the healthy subjects (p ≤ 0.0015). SP MS patients had a significantly lower first quartile and MTR histogram peak height for NAGM only (p ≤ 0.004) when compared with both RR MS patients and healthy subjects. The T2 lesion load had a modest negative correlation with MTR values in both RR and SP MS, but only in NAGM. Conclusion Separate analysis of GM and WM MTR histograms may allow better detection of subtle damage and better understanding of the natural history of MS disease and ultimately the response to therapeutics.


When nanometric, noncoplanar spin textures are coupled to itinerant electrons, they endow the quasiparticle wavefunctions with a gauge field, termed Berry curvature, in a way that bears analogy to relativistic spin-orbit coupling (SOC). The gauge field is measurable as a sideways deflection of moving charge carriers, the geometrical (or topological) Hall effect. Previous experimental studies modeled the geometrical Hall effect as real-space motion of wavepackets under the influence of a quantum-mechanical phase. In contrast, we here compare the modification of Bloch waves themselves, and of their energy dispersion, due to SOC and due to noncoplanar magnetism. Using the canted pyrochlore ferromagnet Nd2Mo2O7 as a model compound, we describe how SOC impartially mixes electronic bands with equal or opposite spin, while noncoplanarity is much more effective for opposite spin band pairs. This phenomenology is expected to be ubiquitous in materials with densely packed spin textures, e.g. in skyrmion hosts. Our work guides the ongoing quest for correlated topological materials with novel charge transport and magneto-optical features, such as the sought-after quantized topological Hall effect.


Despite rising interest amongst students and the general public in social enterprise, it is often taught as an add-on along with sustainability in more general entrepreneurship courses. This has led to under-equipping students with the skills and knowledge they need to start a business in this area. We spoke to both academics and students, using semi-structured interviews, about their views of current social enterprise inclusion and what could be improved. The research found that entrepreneurship academics included social issues in their courses as part of entrepreneurial education, however, this was at introductory level and students were frustrated there was little opportunity to follow up on this interest, especially those in their final year, with no clear path for those interested. Focus varied between institutions and it was suggested that the institutional focus on employability statistics could be harmful for social entrepreneurship education. We suggest that more institutions have social enterprise modules which are able to be accessed university wide to allow multidisciplinarity, and separated out from general entrepreneurship at a higher level to fully focus on these issues to fully prepare those who are interested in starting or joining a social enterprise.


The k-means clustering and hierarchical agglomerative clustering algorithms are two popular methods to partition data into groups. The k-means clustering algorithm heavily favors spherical clusters and does not deal with noise adequately. To overcome these problems, the profile Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) were used to establish a model for each cluster. However, this mixture method still randomly assigns the training data to one of the k clusters, which might cause the problem of generating empty groups. To solve this problem, we proposed a hybrid clustering method by using agglomerative hierarchical clustering algorithm to pre-cluster molecular sequences into k clusters and use the pre-clustered data to generate the HMM profile for each group. Experiments on a molecular sequence dataset demonstrate the effectiveness and the efficiency of the proposed clustering algorithm.


The Bologna Declaration acknowledges the crucial role of the higher education community for the success of the Bologna process. However, there are some obstacles to convergence in Spain, such as the need to achieve a change in teaching methodologies. This new approach will require the active participation of the academic staff. The Engineering Accreditation Commission mentions the criteria which are intended to assure quality and to foster the systematic pursuit of improvement in the quality of engineering education that satisfies the needs of constituencies in a dynamic and competitive environment. In the third criterion which describes what students are expected to know and be able to do by the time of graduation, the following skills, knowledge and behaviours should be underlined: an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams; an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility; an ability to communicate effectively, the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context; a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning; a knowledge of contemporary issues; an ability to use the techniques, skills and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice. According to Career after Higher Education, a research project involving 11 countries of the European Union, a higher quality training and better professional preparation is a real need at many Spanish Universities. Within this context this chapter focus on describing and applying the new teaching methodologies based on European Higher Education Area and its implementation on engineering subjects, such as, lecturing, laboratory instruction, cooperative learning, problem based learning, tutorial strategies, project and learning contract and the effective integration of Information and Communication Technologies.


A low cost ECG machine and research on ECG features with its implementation has been presented in this paper. The features presented can help in classifying the signals. This paper attempts to achieve the same functionality as a traditional ECG machine but based on three leads, hence reducing the size and cost as compared to a 12-lead ECG machine. The live data was obtained on the PC using a sound card oscilloscope. The offline data was studied on MATLAB. Various methods were used to detect the PQRST points of the ECG signal. This paper will also discuss in detail how ECG signals from the body are obtained and are amplified and sent to the PC for analysis.


This study designed a teaching unit in a chemistry course to engage students in discussing the complex issue of renewable energy development. In the 11-week learning activities, 66 ninth-grade students experienced individual exploration, group collaborative learning, and the operation of a web-based instant response system. Their learning outcomes were measured by the scientific conceptual test and the scientific literacy questionnaire, while their decision-making and argumentation processes were recorded using the instant response system. Results indicated statistically significant gains on the scientific concepts regarding solar cell and energy sources, as well as on the scores of scientific literacy. Likewise, students performed a substantial increase in argumentation skills, especially for those related to evidence-based arguments. Different science achievers showed a mixed pattern in proposing evidence to support their arguments. Using web technology in teaching argumentation on environmental issues is promised to raise students' interest in acquiring scientific knowledge to deal with relevant issues.


ABSTRACT In order to determine the relationship between those courses students yished to take and those in which they actually enrolled,'students were asked to indicate their course preference during fall 1977 registration. For each day of the registration process, the desired classes were compared with the number of students enrolled in each class. Results indicated that approximately 600 (over one-fourth) of the course sections were desired by more students than were actually able to enroll in them. Over 16% (361) of the sections were courses which less than one-half of the students enrolled had selected as first choice. The course which had the highesAkiumber of students wishing to enroll in relation to the number of registrants was Beginning Ballet Techniques. Tables of ratio frequencies and a selection from the. total list of specific class sections identified by ratio are included. (MB)


This project involves discovering does urban gardening interests the people that lives in an urbanized area and the perception they have on value added design of an ergonomic bamboo seating structure. The goal is to gives more awareness on urban gardening for the people that lives in an urbanized area and to propose ways on saving space by using bamboo which is sustainable as a seating structure when gardening. This project has been done by handing out questionnaires around Plan B area in Ipoh, Perak. Upon collecting data in the study area, it becomes clear that 59% of respondents do not have awareness on urban gardening. Next, regarding the design of bamboo seating structure proposed, Design 2 was the most selected by all of the respondents that is by 57.8%. Furthermore, it was respondents in early age that have the most interest in urban garden, so with this project done, it is hope that there will be more individual consider to practice urban gardening in the future while knowing how to use the limited space.


Recommended Citation Charles F. Sabel, Dara O'Rourke & Archon Fung, Ratcheting Labor Standards: Regulation for Continuous Improvement in the Global Workplace, HARVARD UNIVERSITY JOHN F. KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT FACULTY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER NO. RWP00-010; COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL PUBLIC LAW & LEGAL THEORY RESEARCH PAPER NO. 21; COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL, THE CENTER FOR LAW & ECONOMIC STUDIES WORKING PAPER NO. 185 (2000). Available at: https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/faculty_scholarship/1234


The Committee on Contract Law (A4005) studies and reports on issues in the field of contract law, including procurement, award, contract administration, dispute resolution, and litigation of construction claims. State and federal highway agencies are now exploring ways to accelerate project delivery, modernize standard construction contracts, implement innovative contracting and procurement practices, participate in partnering, and improve the contract dispute resolution process to reduce claims and litigation. Today's transportation lawyers are an integral part of the modern transportation agency. Transportation lawyers draft contract provisions and legislation, provide legal counsel, administer or assist in the administration of construction contracts and the resolution of disputes, and, if necessary, litigate construction matters. This paper discusses some of the innovative practices and issues that transportation lawyers will face in the field of contract law in the new millennium.


The invention relates to a multi-function control device formed by a rotary push button connected electronically to at least one electronic equipment of the vehicle that is adapted to control, further comprising at least three pressure sensors integral with a support fixed relative to the button, actuated by lateral pressure on the button and connected to an electronic circuit for defining a movement in all directions by comparison of the different pressures received by each of the sensors to each other.


In this paper, we study an impulsive robust control of the uncertain systems, using the comparison principle to determine the stability of the original dynamic systems by studying the stability of the corresponding comparable system. The result provides less conservative robust stability conditions for impulsive systems as compared to the classical results in the literature. A numerical example is given to illustrate the result obtained, embodying the superiority of the conclusion.


It is shown, that differing interpretations of the terms reconstruction and well-workover operation in various normative documents leads to disputes between business entities, rating authorities and state control authorities, which is unacceptable.


By analyzing the computation methods of thermal efficiency of heating furnace suggested by the current standard,when the sensible heat of input cool air is regarded to be one part of total input energy,the variation of thermal efficiency of heating furnace is discussed.The thermal equilibrium model,which can really reflect utilization results of energy of heating furnace,is presented,and the advantages and disadvantages of two methods in the expectation of benefits of energy saving are compared.


Georgia's $350,000 cap on noneconomic damages in malpractice cases gives doctors special protections that other professions don't enjoy, and is therefore unconstitutional.


This paper is to the blind signal separation algorithm applied to acoustic echo cancellation. This algorithm doesn't degrade the performance of echo cancellation even in the double-talk. In the closed echo environment, the mixing model of acoustic signals has multi-channel, so the convolutive blind signal separation method is applied. And the mixing coefficients are computed by using the feedback model without directly calculating the separation coefficients. The coefficient updating is performed by iterative computations based on the second-order statistical properties, thus estimating the near-end speech. Many simulations have been performed to verify the performance of the proposed blind signal separation. Simulation results show that the proposed acoustic echo canceller operates safely regardless of double-talk, and the PESQ is improved by 0.6 point compared with the general adaptive FIR filter structure.


In this paper, I will discuss the clothed architectural body and how it simultaneously experiences and constructs architectural space. For this purpose, I will analyse [In]Corporeal Architecture, an art experiment that I conducted at an outdoor exhibition space called Testing Grounds in February 2018 as part of my current PhD studies in Melbourne, Australia. [In]Corporeal Architecture challenges relationships between the body, cloth and architecture. To address this complexity, I draw on Gins and Arakawa's book Architectural Body. Article received: December 18, 2018; Article accepted: January 23, 2019; Published online: April 15, 2019; Original scholarly paperHow to cite this article: Karaičić, Danica. "[In]Corporeal Architecture: On the Clothed Body and Architectural Space." AM Journal of Art and Media Studies 18 (2019): 89–105. doi: 10.25038/am.v0i18.302


The utility model discloses a gas-filling stirring device comprising a motor (1) and a main shaft (2), wherein one end of the main shaft (2) is connected with the output end of the motor (1), and the other end is provided with a rotor (3) which is provided with a gas-liquid mixed body flow guiding port (4); and rectangular air cutting sawteeth (5) are vertically arranged below the rotor (3) in a cross shape. In the gas-filling stirring device, the structure is simple, the stirring function, the gas filling function and functions of emulsifying bubbles, prolonging the overflowing path of the bubbles and forming various circulating collision road by liquid are integrated into a whole, the strong collision of all parts of the slurry is guaranteed, the air utilization rate is improved, and the energy consumption is greatly saved. The gas-filling stirring device can be widely applied in the industrial fields of metallurgy, chemical engineering, environmental protection and the like, and is particularly applicable to application of oxygenated treatment of waste water, slurry preparation of a floatation factory and reactors of chemical products.


Most practical as well as theoretical works in image process ing and mathematical imaging consider images as real-valued functions, u : X → Rg, where X denotes thebase spaceor pixel spaceover which the images are defined and Rg ⊂ R is a suitablegreyscale space . A variety of function spaces F (X) may be considered depending on the application. Fractal image cod ing seeks to approximate an image function as a union of spatially-contracted and greyscale-modified cop ies of subsets of itself, i.e., u ≈ Tu, whereT is the so-calledGeneralized Fractal Transform(GFT) operator. The aim of this paper is to show some recent developments of the theory of generalized fractal transfor ms and how they can be used for the purpose of image analysis (compression, denoising). This includes th formulation of fractal transforms over various spaces of multifunctions, i.e., set-valued and measure-valued functions. The latter may b e useful in nonlocal image processing.


The use of composite materials in the automotive industry aims to create new material that have advantage of good mechanical properties, environmentally friendly and cheaper. Composite is a combination of two or more materials that have good physical properties and good mechanical properties. Reinforcement materials commonly used in polymer composites are natural bamboo strips can be used as reinforcement materials and matrix used was epoxy resin polymer. The research phase began with the manual cutting of bamboo into bamboo strips using a knife with a thickness of 0.5-0.8 mm and width of 4.0-6.0 mm bamboo strips. Bamboo strips were given 5% alkaline treatment for 72 hours, after alkaline treatment is complete the bamboo strips are washed with clean water flow and dried at room temperature for 48 hours. Reinforcement that is used is plain weave type using bamboo strips. The composite manufacturing process uses the hand lay-up method. The configurations of orientation angle that is used are 0°/0°/0°; 0°/45°/0°; 0°/90°/0°. Compressive test with ASTM D3410/D3410M-16 and observe microstructure using SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope). Composite with configurations of orientation angle of 0°/0°/0° have the highest average impact value of 0.216 J/mm2 and an average compressive strenght of69.740 MPa with average modulus of elasticity of 41.660 GPa. The result of observe using SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope) are given initial signs of specimen damage, delaminate and buckling.


In this paper, the main factors that affected the unqualified factors of blood samples in clinical medical examination were discussed, and provided favorable theoretical basis and control countermeasures for the teaching reform and development of clinical laboratory mathematical statistics in medical colleges and universities. From January 2020 to October 2020, 1355 unqualified blood samples were analyzed. The results of mathematical statistics analysis showed that the common factors of unqualified blood samples were included: hemolysis 279 cases (20.64%), coagulation 238 cases (17.60%), anticoagulant incomplete 146 cases (10.80%), improper blood collection test tube 137 cases (10.13%), insufficient specimen volume 194 cases (14.28%), inadequate preparation of 127 cases (9.39%), delayed submission for examination 98 (7.17%), 72 cases (5.33%) of blood sampling from the same side of infusion, and 64 cases (4.66%) of other factors. There were many reasons for unqualified blood samples, but some of them sometimes could completely be avoided. This required that each department should improve the blood sample control system, and at the same time enhanced the sense of responsibility and professional skills of the staff, so as to reduce the unqualified rate of samples as much as possible, which could make the test results more accurate, and have a great help for early diagnosis and differential diagnosis.


PURPOSE AND SCOPE In an effort to understand the mechanism of the February 9, 1971, San Fernando earthquake in relation to seismic observations and regional geology, we have gathered information on the occurrence and amount of ground displacement by surface faulting. Most of the field data were obtained within the first 4 days after the earthquake, because we wished to describe the fault features as much as possible in their pristine state. Systematic observations were made only in the area generally east of Sylmar and Olive View Hospital, that is, in the eastern part of the area strongly affected by the earthquake, where manifestations of surface faulting were particularly well developed. While our description of faulting is therefore limited to this area and while there doubtless are fault features that we have missed in the area studied, our results are presented here as a contribution to the general body of knowledge about the earthquake.


The analytical performance of low cost air pollution sensors under real-world conditions is a key fac- tor that will influence their future uses and adoption. In this study five different electrochemical gas sensors (O 3 , SO 2 , CO, NO, NO 2 ) are tested for their performance when challenged with cross interfer- ences of water vapour and other gaseous co-pollutants. These experiments were conducted under both controlled laboratory conditions and during ambient air monitoring in urban background air at a site in York, UK. Signal outputs for O 3 , SO 2 and CO showed a positive linear dependence on relative humidity (RH). The output for the NO sensor showed a negative correlation. The output for the NO 2 sensor showed no trend with RH. Potential co-pollutants (O 3 , SO 2 , CO, NO 2 , NO and CO 2 ) were introduced under controlled conditions using gas standards and delivered to each sensor in series along with variable RH. A matrix of cross-interference sensitivities were established which could be used to correct sensor signals. Interference-corrected sensor responses were compared against reference observations over an 18-day period. Once cross interferences had been removed the corrected 5 min averaging data for O 3 , CO, NO and NO 2 sensors showed good agreement with the reference techniques with r 2 values of 0.89, 0.76, 0.72, and 0.69, respectively. The SO 2 sensor could not be evaluated in ambient air since ambient SO 2 was below the sensor limit of detection. © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).


This research presents object-based design and implementation techniques to build a Microcontroller-based Multi-channel Modbus Master for industrial automation systems. The proposed Modbus Master is designed to support various kinds of slave devices. It can communicate to multiple types, vendors, protocols and communication properties of the target slave devices. The master device can choose and communicate to a target device by considering the slave information stored in object property fields. The object-based design technique is chosen to design proper objects of different slave devices. The system is designed to support multi-channel communication. Each channel (network) uses different communication port. Therefore, the master can independently communicate to slaves which are connected in different channel at the same time. The master is implemented in a 16-bit microcontroller having two UARTs communication ports. The communication ports are converted to RS-485 and used as Modbus networks. The master has its own storage memory (two MMC/SD cards), used as data storages. In addition, it can communicate to host computers and other devices through a USB port or LAN port. A special real-time event-driven kernel is design and used as an operating system to make the system operate appropriately. Also, some device drivers and utility functions are made. Because of the program is designed and implemented based on stand C language, so that it can be easily ported to other platforms of microcontrollers and computers. The proposed Modbus master is evaluated on real-time power monitoring system which has three different brands of digital power meters, Siemens, Panasonic and Iskra connected to the networks.


SUMMARYSome life table parameters of colonies of Aphis gossypii were studied in a controlled chamber (25±2°C; 16 h light, 8 h darkness). Colonies showed seasonal physiological variations such that individuals from summer and autumn colonies have shorter life cycles, reproduce 6-7 d after birth, and have higher reproductive ability, compared with spring colonies. Regardless of season, field colonies tend to be ephemeral, reproduce earlier, and have a higher fecundity than glasshouse colonies. Thus the higher infestation rate of A. gossypii in glasshouses might not be a consequence of a high fecundity rate, but a result from a complex interaction of a probable prolonged longevity of individuals and other co-existing factors.


Triplicate warrant and receipt from Kindred Watkins, Anderson County Texas, paid to cover taxes for 1857. The document was filed March 17, 1859.


Abstract Despite a growing body of literature on program implementation networks, most studies have focused on understanding the network structures involving the implementation of initial or inceptive public programs. Little attention has been paid to what network structures actors create to pursue spinoff effects. Spinoff effects are defined as offshoot projects that take place ex-post the completion of the initial public projects or programs. Framing postproject collaboration between communities (villages) and organizations for spinoff projects as social networks, this research examines the network structures that drive postproject collaboration. The network data on postproject collaboration came from a field survey of 62 communities from Nepal that were engaged in building ties with organizations to mobilize resources for spinoff projects. The results from bipartite exponential random graph models applied to the network data show that postproject collaboration ties are influenced by network centralization around communities, or a greater variance among communities in the number of ties with organizations, reflecting differences in the communities' needs for spinoff projects. In addition, communities use network bridging, or indirect ties to other communities through the partner organizations, to access new information valuable to spinoff projects. Given the widespread use of public programs, these findings provide important insights to communities and managers as they advocate postproject collaboration to realize spinoff effects and thereby to sustain the impact of public programs.


Summary.  Square contingency tables with matching ordinal rows and columns arise in particular as empirical transition matrices and the paper considers these in the context of social class and income mobility tables. Such tables relate the socio‐economic position of parents to the socio‐economic position of their child in adulthood. The level of association between parental and child socio‐economic position is taken as a measure of mobility. Several approaches to analysis are described and illustrated by UK data in which interest focuses on comparisons of social class and income mobility tables that are derived from the same individuals. Account is taken of the use of the same individuals in the two tables. Additionally comparisons over time are considered.


The primary purpose of this work was to study and analyze the MSB's training with respect to building fire protection and propose changes in training. The area studied is operational aspects of building fire protection, ie how this protection affects the ability to implement effective response from fire service organizations. The main conclusions were that the training must distinguish between new constructions, where current rules are valid, but which is a small amount of buildings / constructions, and existing buildings, where the current rules are not valid, but which are in a clear majority on the issue of the amount of buildings. Also, internal training should take place, for the teaching staff regarding building fire protection, including how fire develops and spread of fire in different types of materials and volumes. In addition, it was suggested that there should be a clarification with regard to the purpose of building fire protection in various training courses and create a thread through the courses. Joint training concept, training modules and training devices should be developed. Finally, one should consider a review of current educational system.


Obesity is associated with changes in left ventricular (LV) structure and
function. Bariatric surgery can favorably improve cardiac remodeling. The
effects of the procedure in LV diastolic and systolic function have not been
clearly defined. The aim of this study was to evaluate the changes in left
ventricular structure, systolic and diastolic function in obese patients who have
undergone bariatric surgery. We evaluated twenty-three patients (16 women, 7
men; 32,9 ± 8,9 years) with body mass index above 40 submitted to bariatric
surgery. Clinical and echocardiographic evaluation were performed
preoperatively and 3-7 months after the surgery. After a mean follow-up of 4,7
months, body weight was significantly reduced from 126,3 ± 25 to 97,7 ± 19 kg
(p < 0,001) and body mass index from 46,7 ± 5,3 to 36,2 ± 4,7 kg/m2 (p< 0,001).
Systolic blood pressure was reduced from 138,6 ± 14,9 to 118,8 ± 8,9 mmHg (p <
0,001) and diastolic blood pressure from 85,8 ± 10,4 to 79,7 ± 6,5 mmHg (p
0,002). Echocardiography showed decrease of the interventricular septum and
left ventricular (LV) posterior wall thickness (10,3 ± 1,4 to 8,9 ± 1,2 mm and 9,3
± 1,3 to 8,4 ± 1,1 mm, respectively; p < 0,001). After surgery, there was a
reduction in left ventricular mass (LVM) (absolute value: 168,7 ± 35,2 to 149,8 ±
40,7 g, p 0,008; value indexed by height: 45,1 ± 11,3 to 39,7 ± 10,3, p 0,006) and
in LV relative wall thickness (RWT) from 0,39 ± 0,06 to 0,34 ± 0,04 (p<0,001).
The prevalence of normal left ventricular geometry improved from 60,9%
before surgery to 91,3% at follow-up. Tissue Doppler imaging detected
improvement in the LV diastolic function (mitral E' lateral 0,16 ± 0,03 m/s preoperative
vs. 0,17 ± 0,03 m/s at follow-up; p 0,026). There was no significant
difference in LV systolic function measured by ejection fraction and fractional
shortening. Bariatric surgery promotes improvement in left ventricular
structure and diastolic function. There were no changes in left ventricular
systolic parameters.


IgG4‐related disease (IgG4‐RD) is a unique inflammatory disorder in which Th2 cytokines promote IgG4 production. In addition, recent studies have implicated the Toll‐like receptor (TLR) pathway. This study was undertaken to examine the expression of TLRs in salivary glands (SGs) from patients with IgG4‐RD.


The complexity of modern weapon equipment is a great challenge for equipment support.An effective way to solve the problem is to build up an intellectualized integrated support information system.But how to construct such a complex system is an important prob-lem,we must faced with in the equipment support informatization construction.The Agent technology in the field of DAI is introduced,and the architecture model of the ILS information system is presented.The structure of the basis agent unit is described.Finally,the communication mechanism among many Agents is elaborated.


A series of out-of-pile experiments were conducted on local temperature rises due to non-heat generating blockages in 37-pin bundles. In the central blockage experiment, the central 24 subchannels of the bundle were blocked with a 5 mm thick stainless-steel plate at up-stream end of a grid spacer. The blocked area was 27% of the total flow area. In the edge blockage experiment, a stainless-steel plate blocked 39 subchannels of a 1/2 edge part of the cross-sectional area. In both cases of the central and the edge blockage, the pin surface temperature attained a local peak in the grid spacer behind the blockage and decreased with the distance from the blockage. The mass exchange rate and the coolant residence time in the wake rigions were evaluated from the observed temperature rises. The mass exchange rate per unit interface area behind the edge blockage agreed fairly well with that behind the central blockage. The dimensionless coolant residence time was found independent of Reynolds number except in the low number range, and the value obtained in the edge blockage experiment was about 2.4 times as much as that obtained in the central blockage experiment. when experimental results were extrapolated to the reactor condition, an edge blockage of more than 30% might cause local boiling in the wake region, while a central one would not cause local boiling in any blockage ratio less than 60 %. The temperature rises in the blocked grid spacer were also discussed.


ABSTRACT In general, the legal subject which is commonly known in penal law is person. However, as of the development of law, another legal subject starts to take place, which is corporation. That means corporation is treated as if it is an ordinary person that has criminal liability. The acknowledgement of corporation as a penal law subject is recognized in various particular legislations in Indonesia, including taxation law. This concept is known in term as corporate crime and corporate criminal liability. One example of how this concept is applied in Indonesian law can be seen in the Supreme Court verdict no. 2239 K/Pid.Sus/2012 which convicted Asian Agri as a corporation for committing tax crime. While the Indonesian penal law system acknowledges the existence of corporation as a legal subject, such condition causes legal implication which is not simple. This is due to the nature and characteristic of corporation which are basically different from the nature and characteristic that we can find in a person. The consequence is that the theories of criminalization which are the theoretical basis to convict should be distinguished between corporation and person because they are also based on different paradigms. In the Supreme Court verdict no.2239 K/Pid.Sus/2012 Asian Agri is sentenced to pay a fine of 2.52 trillion rupiahs as a form of corporate criminal liability. Despite so, the verdict itself is not without weaknesses in its application of law. Those weaknesses are as follow: Asian Agri is not a party in that case, Suwir Laut as the accused is not a director of Asian Agri, the fine sentence as a trial condition, and the establishment of the fine amount by the Supreme Court. Key words: corporate crime, corporate criminal liability


:- Hemodialysis is one of the most widely accepted treatment modalities in patients with chronic renal failure. Although Hemodialysis can prolong life it can lead to several complications. The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of intradialytic stretching exercises on fatigue and muscle cramps among patients undergoing Hemodialysis at NIMS Hospital, Neyyattinkara, Kerala. The objectives of the study are to assess the level of fatigue perceived among clients undergoing Hemodialysis before and after intradialytic stretching exercise in both experimental and control group, To assess the frequency and severity of muscle cramps among clients undergoing Hemodialysis before and after intradialytic stretching exercise in both experimental and control group and to determine the effect of intradialytic stretching exercise on fatigue and muscle cramps among clients undergoing hemodialysis in control and experimental group. Orlando's Theory of Deliberative Nursing Process was used as conceptual framework in this study. Quasi experimental pretest posttest with control group design was used in this study. The data was collected from 60 samples. Data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The present study reveals that majority of the clients undergoing Hemodialysis experience moderate to severe fatigue. Intradialytic stretching exercises proven to decrease fatigue at the level of significance (p<0.01). The study also reveals that there is significant improvement in frequency and severity of muscle cramps after implementing intradialytic stretching exercises.


Based on a mangbody expansion of shortrange interatomic force,the fourbody interactions in compressed solid helium are computed by ab initio HartreeFock selfconsistent field technique and the atomic cluster method. It is concluded that fourbody terms give a repulsive contribution to the binding energy. By combination of the present manybody expansions with Aziz's longrange attractive potential, the equation of state(EOS) (T=0K) is calculated and compared with available experimental data. Results emphasize the importance of the fourbody interactions in compressed solid He. If only twobody interactions are included such as in the description of the helium gas, the pressure is much overestimated. Good agreement with experiments can only be extended up to about 10 GPa when the threebody corrections are added to; however, the predicted compression curve is obviously lower than that obtained in recent experiments at above 10 GPa. Our study shows that fourbody corrections can bring the calculated EOS into a good agreement with experimental data at pressures of 10\_27GPa. Our result also implies that the higherorder manybody effects should be taken into account at higher pressures.


Stable isotope variability and fractionation associated with transformation of precipitation/accumulation to firn to glacial river water is critical in a variety of climatic, hydrological and paleoenvironmental studies. This paper documents the modification of stable isotopes in water from precipitation to glacier runoff in an alpine catchment located in the central Tibetan Plateau. Isotopic changes are observed by sampling firnpack profiles, glacier surface snow/ice, meltwater on the glacier surface and catchment river water at different times during a melt season. Results show the isotopic fractionation effects associated with glacier melt processes. The slope of the δD‐δ18O regression line and the deuterium excess values decreased from the initial precipitation to the melt‐impacted firnpack (slope from 9.3 to 8.5 and average d‐excess from 13.4‰ to 7.4‰). The slope of the δD‐δ18O line further decreased to 7.6 for the glacier runoff water. The glacier surface snow/ice from different locations, which produces the main runoff, had the same δD‐δ18O line slope but lower deuterium excess (by 3.9‰) compared to values observed in the firnpack profile during the melt season. The δD‐δ18O regression line for the river water exhibited a lower slope compared to the surface snow/ice samples, although they were closely located on the δD‐δ18O plot. Isotope values for the river and glacier surface meltwater showed little scatter around the δD‐δ18O regression line, although the samples were from different glaciers and were collected on different days. Results indicate a high consistency of isotopic fractionation in the δD‐δ18O relationships, as well as a general consistency and temporal covariation of meltwater isotope values at the catchment scale. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Objective To investigate the inhibitional effect of MRPI-shRNA on expression of MRP1gene in K56.2/AS2 cells resistant to arsenic trioxide. Methods Three pieces of MRPI-shRNA were designed,synthesized and transfected into K562/AS2 cells with lipesome. Expression level of MRPI mRNA were determined by real time fluorescent quantitative PCR. MRPI protein expression and intracellular accumulation of DNR were assayed with flow cytometry. Results After treated with MRPI-shRNA, the expression level of MRPI mRNA and MRPI protein in K562/AS2 cells decreased significantly(79.1±0.07) % and (62.48±0.86) %,respectively (P <0.05). The intracellular accumulation of DNR increased significantly(P < 0.05). Conclusion MRPI-shRNA can down-regulate the expression of MRPI gene in K562/AS2 cell line.

Key words:
RNA;  Arsenicals;  Drug resistance, neoplasm;  Genes, MRP1;  K562 cells


In the web economic environment, the Chinese four basic accountings are assumed as "main accounting part", "project liquidation", "transfer in time" and "currency on line" so that the currently used one-way information transfer mode (two-dimensional) may become "three-dimensional" inter-transfer mode.


Aiming at different understanding of corporate intensive management mode,this article looks for its concept from the sources and analyzes in detail its causes.Combined with the current background,the paper gives a new definition of corporate intensive management mode,offers its basic forms and works out some key issues in the implementation process.


The potential for Web applications to bring educational multimedia to remote learner locations is sometimes limited by the realities of hardware and networking. In trying to weigh these pragmatic issues against the value of live communication and interactive tools for stimulating learning, the authors have developed a series of networked multimedia CD-ROMs to support virtual classroom settings. This format allows delivery of rich interactive activities containing animation as well as real-time information and communication. Additionally this format allows users to use archived information in the event their network connection is unavailable. The Internet-activated CD-ROM provides: Internet access to current information as prescribed by the authoring content expert; the ability to provide elaborate interactive multimedia activities with no wait for download and to modify, the behavior of those activities with simple commands from Internet servers; the capacity to couple the CD-ROM based multimedia with a server database to provide a personalized learning environment; and communication of usage statistics directly to research database. This approach offers new opportunities for educational research and is an accessible medium for development of educational multimedia.


Folly is as old as Adam and Eve and as new as today's headlines. How can we combat this perennial blight? Here is a handy guide on how to avoid it, mostly by being aware of the tricks the mind can play ….


guage. These essays have not been reprinted in the French since the 1935 Rouart editions. On the whole, Prof. Evans has done a very competent job, especially in the technical Scholastic discussions in Art and Scholasticism. This strict literal fidelity results in a few awkward renderings, but in all, Prof. Evans' translation is thoroughly reliable, reads well, and is set in a very handsome edition.


Yes Associated Protein 1 (YAP), an integral component of the Hippo pathway, plays critical roles in mechanotransduction, organ size control, and regeneration. Using live imaging of CRISPR-knockin cell lines, we show that endogenous YAP undergoes concerted fluctuations between the nucleus and the cytoplasm in diverse signaling contexts. Additionally, using nascent-transcription reporter knockins we show that these spatiotemporal YAP oscillations are strongly correlated to transcriptional outputs from endogenous YAP targets. Maximal transcriptional responses are preceded by a spatial 'reset' characterized by bulk exit of YAP from the nucleus followed by re-entry. Transcriptional enhancement through spatial reset of YAP could be achieved by targeting Src-kinase, releasing store-operated Ca2+, and cell division. Transformed cells exhibiting much higher import and export rates of YAP and diminished interaction with bulk chromatin lacked spatial resets, pointing to an escape from compartmentalization based control of target gene expression.


About five years ago, and worried about the erosion of knowledge related to the process of food production, access and safety, an agroenvironmental vegetable garden was established and named "Un pasito en grande" (A large baby step), where the use of agrochemicals (fertilizers, insecticides, herbicides, etc.) are forbidden. Everything takes place with the participation of boys, girls, fathers and mothers of the Colegio Ateneo nursery school of Tezoyuca, State of Mexico. Childrens' participation has helped spread the word about the experience and little by little, the strategy has spread to other educational spaces. The school garden has become a space to raise ecological and environmental awareness that is strengthened with daily activities and specific activities that are implemented. The school garden is based on a series of philosophical principles that help reflect upon our learning-doing; in methodological terms, its implementation is based on ethics and on the principles of permaculture.


The author describes the problems and constraints experienced when researching an in-house team of system developers working on a groupware project. These constraints partly shaped the approach to field work and led to the need to use multiple methods of data collection. The developers themselves used many ways of coordinating the project which cut across established team structures and cultures. Multiplicity of datasets is therefore intrinsic to the subject of the study. Template analysis is being employed as a technique to analyse the diverse datasets.


LPD as a driver of economic development in the traditional village environment has an important role to improve the welfare of rural communities in particular manners. The existence of LPD in Badung regency has increased. These developments must be followed by good financial performance in which the views of the ability to generate profit by LPD. Inconsistencies regarding the profitability derived from the results of previous studies, the researchers aimed to investigate the effect of capital adequacy, efficiency rate, credit and liquidity risk on profitability. The study was conducted in LPD Badung with proportional random sampling method in order to obtain a total sample of 94 units of LPD. The analysis technique used is multiple linear regression analysis. Based on the test results it can be concluded that the capital adequacy ratio (CAR) has no effect on profitability (ROA), the level of efficiency (ROA) negative effect on profitability, credit risk (NPL) negative effect on profitability (ROA), and liquidity (LDR) has positive effect on profitability.


Incorrect usage of prepositions and determiners constitute the most common types of errors made by non-native speakers of English. It is not surprising, then, that there has been a significant amount of work directed towards the automated detection and correction of such errors. However, to date, the use of different data sets and different task definitions has made it difficult to compare work on the topic. This paper reports on the HOO 2012 shared task on error detection and correction in the use of prepositions and determiners, where systems developed by 14 teams from around the world were evaluated on the same previously unseen errorful text.