In developing a new theory of political and moral community, J. Donald Moon takes questions of cultural pluralism and confronts the problem of how community can be created among those who have very different views about the proper ends of human life. Experiencing such profound disagreement, can we live together in a society under norms we all accept? In recent years, traditional ways of examining this query have come under attack by post-modernists, feminists and thinkers concerned with pluralism. Engaging their critiques, Moon proposes a reformulated liberalism that is intended to overcome the problems they have identified. The solution he proposes, "political liberalism", seeks to accommodate pluralism by basing the norms governing public life on widely shared values that, just because they are widely shared, will necessarily be "thin". At the same time, it seeks to provide space within which individuals and groups can live rich lives, pursuing their own distinctive ends and expressing their own particular identities. This ideal of political community, however, may sometimes encounter tragic conflicts which cannot be resolved without repressing some differences, without excluding some perspectives. Because there is no final solution to the problem of political community, political liberalism seeks to remain open to the way in which any particular set of practices and institutions may silence certain voices.


Plexitonic nanoparticles offer variable optical properties through tunable excitations, in addition to electric field enhancements that far exceed molecular resonators. This study demonstrates a way to design an ultrabright surface‐enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) signal while simultaneously quenching the fluorescence background through silica encapsulation of the semiconductor–metal composite nanoparticles. Using a multistep approach, a J‐aggregate‐forming organic dye is assembled on the surface of gold nanoparticles using a cationic linker. Excitonic resonance of the J‐aggregate–metal system shows an enhanced SERS signal at an appropriate excitation wavelength. Further encapsulation of the decorated particles in silica shows a significant reduction in the fluorescence signal of the Raman spectra (5× reduction) and an increase in Raman scattering (7× enhancement) when compared to phospholipid encapsulation. This reduction in fluorescence is important for maximizing the useful SERS enhancement from the particle, which shows a signal increase on the order of 104 times greater than J‐aggregated dye in solution and 24 times greater than Oxonica S421 SERS tag. The silica layer also serves to promote colloidal stability. The combination of reduced fluorescence background, enhanced SERS intensity, and temporal stability makes these particles highly distinguishable with potential to enable high‐throughput applications such as SERS flow cytometry.


This trial is conducted to study the composition of fatty acid in longissimus muscle of Hezuo swine.25 gilts are selected for slaughtering at 3 stages(6-month-old,12-month-old and 18-month-old).The results show as follows:the major fatty acids of Hezuo swine are fatty acids of C16 and C18.Palmitic acid(C16∶0),stearic acid(C18∶0),oleic acid(C18∶1) and linoleic acid(C18∶2) are the great majority,and tridecanoic acid(C13∶0),pentadecanoic acid(C15∶0),heptadecanoic acid(C17∶0),nonadecanoic acid(C19∶0) have the certain comparison about 10%.With the growth of age,nosatruration fatty acid becomes less and less,whereas satruration fatty acid becomes more and more.PUFA/SFA(P:S) of Hezuo swine are equal to or more than the best ration(0.45) in human nutrition.


Time series k-means (tsk-means) is a k-means type smooth subspace clustering model for subsequence clustering. Indeed, on the basis of weighted k-means algorithm, tsk-means constraints the weights of time stamps in order to produce a smooth subspace in the process of clustering. In other words, tsk-means produce subspaces of which each of time stamp amplitude is not too different from only its next time stamp amplitude, while each of time stamp amplitude depends on all its neighboring time stamps amplitudes, and degree of dependency to further time stamps amplitudes decreases. To address this problem, we revised tskmeans. In our proposed model, subspaces are extracted such that each of time stamp amplitude is not too different from its neighboring time stamp amplitude, and the importance of nearer neighboring time stamps are considered to be more than further neighboring time stamps. Experimental results on five real datasets, i.e. "SyntheticControl", "Trace", "FaceFour", "ECGFiveDays" and "CBF", confirm that the clustering purity of our proposed method is better than that of tsk-means except for the dataset "ECGFiveDays".


as well as two anonymous reviewers and senior editor Olav Sorenson. We also thank Sahangsoon Kim, Clare Lee, Michelle Ie, Daphne Teh, and Yuhanis Yusoff for research assistance and INSEAD for financial support. A Working Paper is the author's intellectual property. It is intended as a means to promote research to interested readers. Its content should not be copied or hosted on any server without written permission from firstname.lastname@example.com Find more INSEAD papers at Abstract Bank panics attract scholarly interest because they reflect distrust of each bank that experiences a run as a result of diffusion of information whereby rumors about bank runs trigger additional runs elsewhere. However, the contagion of bank runs is highly selective for reasons that are unrelated to the financial strength of the individual banks. This presents a puzzle that extant theories on institutions and reputations cannot fully explain. To solve this puzzle, we turn to the characteristics of the community in which the banks operate. We develop theory on how communities with diverse affiliation structures and economic inequality have weaker community cohesion and communication, making such communities less likely to experience widespread distrust and hence bank runs. We test hypotheses on the effects of community ethnic diversity, national origin diversity, religious diversity, and wealth inequality using data from the great bank panic of 1893, and find strong community effects on bank runs. The findings suggest that the contagion of distrust in organizations following adverse events is channeled by community differences as well as organizational differences. 3 The recent turmoil in financial markets has been a reminder of how the banking system that sits at the core of modern economies is vulnerable to events involving a breakdown in trust. The economic crisis caused by undisciplined management of financial institutions undermined public trust in the banking system. Indeed, according to the Financial Trust Index (Guiso, Sapienze and Zingales forthcoming), the U.S. public's overall trust in the nation's financial system has significantly declined since the financial crisis in late 2008. Because trust in financial institutions is essential for financial intermediation, actions resulting from distrust, such as increased fund withdrawals from banks and reduced investment activity, have led to a deepening downturn in the economy, with consequences that are still unfolding. In the past, breakdowns in trust tended to occur between depositors and banks, leading to mass deposit withdrawals—often referred to as a ‗bank run' (Smith 1991; Wicker 2000). …


Abstract The paper is an interdisciplinary medical and engineering approach that aims to optimize the accuracy of the High Tibial Osteotomy surgical intervention. The axial deviations of the human inferior limb are presented in the first part of the paper. Without altering the shape of the bones, these deviations cause the wear of the knee's articular cartilage by gonarthrosis. One of the most common and effective treatment modalities for eliminating axial deviations is High Tibial Osteotomy. Because the surgical procedure involves 3D spatial bone cutting, the accuracy of the procedure and thus the success of the operation and the recovery of the patient is dependent on the execution of these cuts. Within this paper, a specialized device is proposed that makes it possible to guide the surgical saw and to accurately perform the correction angles. In the last part of the paper, customization possibilities and fabrication of the main elements of the cutting device using Additive Manufacturing processes are presented.


Durability index of high-strength plain concrete structure of Vanke Center is put forward according to analysis of environmental effect and calculation of service life of concrete structure.During construction,concrete protection layer is enlarged and concrete is wrapped in plastic film for curing.The re-evaluation result of concrete structure service life after practical construction proves that the concrete structure built by using such construction method can satisfy the safety requirements and can guarantee the 50 years' expected service life of concrete structure.


ZnMgO pleated nanosheets and quasinanotubes were synthesized in the same region on Si substrate using [Mg(H2O)6](NO3)2 and zinc diethyl as the reactant source. The nanosheets are periodically pleated with the angles of 120° and 60° between two adjacent pleats. Some of the nanosheets fold into quasinanotubes. Homoepitaxial interconnections are observed at the boundaries of the pleats, and the whole pleated nanosheet is a single wurtzite crystal. The growth mechanism is discussed, which is proposed to be a combination of vapor-solid process of two-dimensional growth of the (1¯21¯0) planes and their random along the ⟨101¯0⟩ directions.


This study explores whether differences in Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples' risk of reincarceration can partially be explained by their social experiences prior-To-prison and their prison-life experiences. Using administrative and self-report data from 1,238 incarcerated Indigenous (n =303) and non-Indigenous (n = 935) people in Australia, we conducted a series of Cox proportional hazards regressions. We found that Indigenous people had a significantly increased risk of reincarceration compared to non-Indigenous people, and that this can partially be explained by social experiences prior-To-prison. However, after conducting multivariate analyses, the association between prison life-experiences and reincarceration was attenuated to the null. The implications for policy and theory are discussed.


Stringent requirements on modern software systems dictate evaluation of dependability qualities, such as reliability, as early as possible in a system's life cycle. A primary shortcoming of the existing design-time reliability prediction approaches is their lack of support for modeling and analyzing concurrency in a scalable way. To address the scalability challenge, we propose SHARP, an architecture-level reliability prediction framework that analyzes a hierarchical scenario-based specification of system behavior. It achieves scalability by utilizing the scenario relations embodied in this hierarchy. SHARP first constructs and solves models of basic scenarios, and combines the obtained results based on the defined scenario dependencies; the dependencies we handle are sequential and parallel execution of multiple scenarios. This process iteratively continues through the scenario hierarchy until finally obtaining the system reliability estimate. Our evaluations performed on real-world specifications indicate that SHARP is (a) almost as accurate as a traditional non-hierarchical method, and (b) more scalable than other existing techniques.


Abstract I argue that Teresa of Cartagena's Grove of the Infirm offers a recalibration of the wisdom emergent from suffering by moving from a cruciform spirituality to an intellectual 'scientia,' which benefits specific marginalized groups (prolonged sufferers) by establishing new paths of agency (through distinctive cooperative virtues) for those who suffer. I show that by disengaging suffering's spiritual meaning from the Franciscan focus on the cross, Teresa is able to amplify the relationship of virtue to wisdom while maintaining the validity of the painful experience endured. I argue that Teresa's focus on wisdom challenges the diminution of sufferers' experiences and elevates their spiritual wisdom as applicable to the church writ large. Teresa's work opens new spaces of agency for the most sidelined and secures the lasting significance of the wisdom of suffering.


The aim of the current study was to describe prescription medication sharing behaviours (i.e. borrowing and lending) among adults living in Saudi Arabia.


Incident electron beam parameters of Monte Carlolinear accelerator model are typically determined by comparing computed profiles and depth‐dose curves with measurements. Several variations have been suggested in literature: Sheikh 2002 used kerma equivalent off‐axis factors while van der Zee 1999 used cross profiles in large water phantom. In this study, we compared both methods. The BEAMnrc and DOSXYZnrc codes are used to simulate 6MV and 25MV photon beam from medicallinear accelerator Elekta SL25. The mean energy and radial width of the incident electron beam intensity distributions (assumed Gaussian and cylindrically symmetric) are derived by both in air and in water technique. Excluding region of electronic disequilibrium (build‐up and penumbra) local dose difference between simulated and measured curves must be under 2% to found agreement. The statistical uncertainties on calculated dose at each point is about 0.7% (or better) at 1 sigma level. We show that off‐axis curves are more sensitive to mean energy of electron beam than depth‐dose curves. The matching mean energy and radial parameters of the incident electrons beam (6MV & 25MV) for both in air and in water technique converge within 6%. Particular attention is also devoted to measurement in air and their consequences on matching parameters.


Cpd 5 (2-(2-mercaptcethanol)-3-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone,Compound 5) is a potent growth inhibitor and apoptesis inducer in several tumor cell lines in vivo and in vitro. The mechanisms of cell in-hibition are partialy elucidated. Cpd 5 arrests cell cycle progression, affects the expression of some related genes by inhibiting PTP (protein tyrosine photophatase), specially Cdc25, and inducts the prolonged phosphorylation of ERK (extracellular signal-regulated kinase), then results in cell growth inhibition. Cpd 5 inhibits CREB (cAMP response element-binding protein)and phesphorlation of pp90RSK, which inhibits expression of genes mediated by cAMP response element and cell growth. Furthemore, Cpd 5 activats caspaso passway and induces apoptosis of the cells. Cpd 5 is a promising novel anticancer drug.

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Neoplasms;  Apoptosis;  Cpd5


We demonstrate co-crystallization of analogous phenolic polyene molecules that form non-isomorphic single-component crystal structures for nonlinear optical applications. The analogous polyene molecules form similar main supramolecular hydrogen-bond interactions with neighboring molecules resulting in polar linear molecular chains, but form different crystal space groups in single component crystals, which have a different orientation of these molecular chains due to subtle variations of weak intermolecular interactions. The resulting co-crystal structure is isomorphous with one of the single-component crystals. In co-crystallization with competition between two analogous crystal structures, the solubility plays an important role to select the equilibrium crystal structure of co-crystals. The phenolic polyene co-crystals retain optimal molecular ordering with large macroscopic nonlinearity of single component crystals for nonlinear optical applications.


Novozym-435 Lipase-catalyzed transesterification of glucose with 11-dodecenoic ethyl ester in ionic liquids was investigated. The effect of substrate ratio, lipase content, and temperature on the activity and stability of lipase was also studied. The highest yield of sugar ester was obtained in 1-buty-3-methyl imidazolium tetrafluoroborate [Bmim][BF4] under such conditions as the reaction temperature of 55℃, the enzyme concentration of 20 mg/mL, the mole ratio of glucose/11-dodecenoic ethyl ester of 1:2, the water content of the system of 2%, Lipase Novozym-435 can use repeatedly 7 times. The structure of production was characterized by FTIR, HPLC, MS and NMR. The results show that the production is 6-O-(11-dodecenoic)-glucose ester.


The influence of two saprotrophes — isolates of Hypholoma fasciculare and Phlebiopsis gigantea on the growth of thirty three root pathogen strains — Heterobasidion annosum was analysed. Two methods were used. The different reaction in paired cultures among saprotrophe and pathogen isolates suggest, that one isolate of H. annosum is not enough to study the interaction between this pathogen and saprophytes in vitro irrespective of the method used.


Abstract Introduction: This study is a prospective, assessor-blinded, parallel-group, randomized controlled pilot trial to explore the effectiveness of 12-week adjuvant moxibustion therapy for arthralgia in menopausal females at stage I to III breast cancer on aromatase inhibitor (AI) administration, compared with those receiving usual care. Methods/design: Forty-six menopausal female patients with breast cancer who completed cancer therapy will be randomly allocated to either adjuvant moxibustion or usual care groups with a 1:1 allocation ratio. The intervention group will undergo 24 sessions of adjuvant moxibustion therapy with usual care for 12 weeks, whereas the control group will receive only usual care during the same period. The usual care consists of acetaminophen administration on demand and self-directed exercise education to manage AI-related joint pain. The primary outcome is the mean change of the worst pain level according to the Brief Pain Inventory—Short Form between the initial visit and the endpoint. The mean changes in depression, fatigue, and quality of life will also be compared between groups. Safety and pharmacoeconomic evaluations will also be included. Discussion: Continuous variables will be compared by an independent t test or Wilcoxon rank-sum test between the adjuvant moxibustion and usual care groups. Adverse events will be analyzed using the chi-square or Fisher exact test. The statistical analysis will be performed by a 2-tailed test at a significance level of .05.


According to the project practice,the paper sums up the radiant heating design,construction points and operation methods for the low-temperature hot water floor,which is adopted in multi-floor buildings,and points out the construction problems and precautious measures in the adoption of the ground heating.It is proved by the practice that the heating construction of the high-rise building meets the expected effects.


Embodied models argue that social cognition (e.g., understanding others' affective states, reacting to a mistreatment) is grounded in representations of basal sensory-affective experiences, such as pain and disgust. However, it is unclear whether the information accessed relates to sensory-specific representations of the first-hand state or instead to broader (supra-ordinal) dimensions that act orthogonally between different states, such as unpleasantness, arousal, or salience. In this thesis, I examined the role played by two qualitatively different (but comparably unpleasant) first-hand experiences of pain and disgust on emotional facial processing (Study 1), social exclusion (Studies 2 & 3), and the combination of the two (Study 4). I analyzed behavioural, physiological and neural responses (using fMRI) from healthy participants, which were engaged in a new experimental set-up developed for assessing whether pain and disgust influenced (or were influenced by) social behaviour in dissociated or comparable fashion at sensory-specific or supra-ordinal (unpleasantness) level.


Being able to successfully identify and solve problems is one of the most important functions required of managers in both for profit and non-profit organizations. A five-step model of problem-solving is presented to help businesspersons make the best possible decisions in the workplace. Citation: Karlins M, Welker RF (2018) Want to Solve Problems on the Job? Then Take This Problem-Solving P.L.A.N.E. to Work. J Bus Fin Aff 7: 351. doi: 10.4172/2167-0234.1000351


To start with, the following assumptions may be made: First, Palmer's heredity was not shown to be bad. Second, his homesurroundings were of the best, his parents being eminently respectable. Third, he was the subject of various forms of epilepsy from his infancy, up to the time of the homicide. Fourth, he was kept away from school and intercourse with other children, which probably had some influence in developing him less-mentally and socially-than would be the case ordinarily. Fifth, he was weak morally, but not vicious. He was amiable, and not ugly in disposition. Sixth, for truthfulness and honesty and good intentions he bore an excellent reputation up to the time of the homicide. Seventh, therefore there were less a priori grounds for assuming that he was a malingerer, and not the subject of the disease assumed, than might have been the case had he been of the criminal class. The first of my two examinations of Palmer was made in company with Drs. George F. Jelly and Edward Cowles at the county jail in Howard, R. I., in May, I8 , three months after the homicide. The following report of these examinations of Palmer, to ascertain whether or not he presented indications of defect or degeneration, were necessarily made before the trial to which I have alluded in the foregoing; but the evidence presented at it in every way corroborated the conclusions at which I arrived. I had not had a very detailed description given to me previous to my visit of his appearance, and I was struck by the contrast


The family Hyaenidae includes four species, three of which are heavy set, dog-like carnivores that possess similar husbandry needs. For purposes of this discussion, there are three species of hyena: the striped or common hyena, Hyaena hyaena; brown hyena, H. brunnea; and spotted hyena, Crocuta crocuta. An additional hyaenid, the aardwolf, Proteles cristatus, is represented as a mono-specific genus which, because of its unique morphology and insectivorous diet, is considered unique enough by some to be placed within its own Family, Protelidae. In view of its external similarity to the striped hyena as well as limited acceptance of this separate family (Corbet and Hill, 1991), aardwolves will also be included in this discussion.


Capacitor voltage transformer(CVT) contains capacitors and nonlinear inductances,so primary-side isolator operation may cause abnormal secondary voltage to influences normal operation of relay devices in substation,or even to lead misoperations of over-excitation protection for main transformers.This paper establishes equivalent circuits models of CVT and the substation via ATP,and simulates CVT secondary voltage as primary-side isolator operates for determining the main factors which impact the amplitude of secondary voltage,and determining the reasons for misoperating over-excitation protection of main transformers.The result shows that misoperation of over-excitation protection for main transformers will not happen in normal operation.


Propofol was used for the induction and maintenance of anaesthesia in a 4‐year‐old girl with hepatitis A and haematemesis. The anaesthetic was uneventful with no postoperative sequelae.


The study focuses on reforms in Ukrainian modern education industry, in particular, on the attempt to outline the functional state of one of the most important phenomena of changes, i.e. the concept of "education quality". The authors point to the possibility of analysing the phenomenon from several perspectives: terminological, conceptual and ideological. They envisage that such an approach can help to parameterize the contemporary educational phenomenon, which is too complex to define unequivocally. The text of the article demonstrates the complexity of the problem to analyse in one way as it is multicomponent and multidimensional. Most researchers engaged in assessing education quality within the contemporary Ukrainian educational space focus their attention on two or more dimensions, which is projected on educational activities in terms of analysing its process or its outcome. According to the authors, strategic inaccuracy and blurred approach to the phenomenon are the reasons for numerous attempts to conceptualize a complex concept unidimensionally at the same time losing its multidimensionality. One of the reasons for this is the dynamics of educational processes under the conditions of information society formation. The authors consider the problem of "education quality" concepts functioning against the background of rapid development of educational communication processes during modern digital epoch. Most current approaches used to define the concept of "education quality" give grounds for justifying the multidimensionality of the phenomenon, which can be explained by reforming the educational communication itself, the dynamics of global processes of cognition and information change in the methods of interaction between educational process participants. The dynamics of information process development in modern society requires systematic and reasonable steps in regard of implementing educational innovations, and the matter of "education quality" phenomenon necessitates a new and integrated target-driven research in order to establish clear boundaries of this too broad and multidimensional concept. Key words: education, education quality, information technologies in education, pedagogical communication, information society, terminology.


9504Background: T-DXd is an antibody-drug conjugate composed of an anti-HER2 antibody, cleavable tetrapeptide-based linker, and topoisomerase I inhibitor payload. In a phase I trial, patients (pts)...


treatment despite guideline-based surgical indications and low usage of novel imaging techniques. The results of this study will provide a better insight to physicians in respect to their adherence to clinical practice guidelines.


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Scattering of a plane harmonic SH wave by an arbitrary number of inclusions of general shape and placements within an elastic half-space is investigated by using a direct boundary integral equation approach. The integral equations have been reduced to a system of linear algebraic equations by using the linear elements. The structure of the resulting algebraic system is investigated and compared to the single-inclusion model. For convenience the multiple-inclusion models are assumed to consist of the reference and the auxiliary inclusions. The reference inclusion has the same shape, placement and the material properties as those of the corresponding single-inclusion model. The auxiliary inclusions then surround the reference inclusion assuming different patterns.

Extensive testing of the proposed solution is performed. These tests include the transparency and the single-inclusion tests. In the former the material properties of the inclusions are assumed to be the same as those of the half-space and the surface response is found to be equal to the free field one. In the single-inclusion test the material properties of the auxiliary inclusions are assumed to be the same as those of the half-space while those of the reference inclusion are different. Then the resulting surface response is found to reduce to that of the single-inclusion model.

For different number of multiple inclusions the surface motion atop the reference inclusion is compared with that of the corresponding single-inclusion model. In particular, a specific measure is introduced to assess accurately the importance of the multiple scattering upon the surface response. The effect of the auxiliary inclusion locations with respect to the reference inclusion upon the surface motion is investigated for two-, three- and nine-inclusion models. The results clearly show the importance of the interactions between the inclusions for a wide range of parameters present in the problem (e.g. nature of the incident wave, geometry of the model and the number of inclusions). For the problems considered here it appears that by ignoring these interactions, that is, using the single-inclusion model, will result in underestimation of the peak surface motion amplification.


Batu City has a high potency of landslides disaster. According to data from disaster management agency of Batu City, Badan Penanggulangan Bencana Daerah (BPBD), in a range time from 1th of January, 2016 to 31th of July, 2016, it was revealed that 39 landslides gained material loss up to 2,8 billion rupiahs. The early detection system of landslide disaster installed by BPBD of Batu City currently cannot work optimally so that the decision outputs produced by the system were inaccurate. In order to solve these problems, in this study, we propose a Real Time Landslide Monitoring System Based on 3D WebGIS and Embedded System, to anticipate the landslides disaster. A prototyping-based software model development was employed to build the software model. The initial step of this study was marked by DEM data extraction and processing spatial data such as digitizing, survey data extraction, manual digitation of the building, building 3D maps, and visualizing 3D Maps into WebGIS. We employed unit testing of white-box testing and sensor accuracy as a testing method. According to unit testing results, it was shown that all components of the program unit have the desired output results by mean all features can run properly. Whereas, the sensor accuracy test results show a high degree of accuracy. In another word, the data published by the system is valid.


The joint spectrum of operator groups is an important and challenging research direction in operator theory. In this paper, we study the projective joint spectrum of operator tuples. The main result of this paper is giving an affirmative answer to an open question raised by He et al. (2017) and constructs relevant examples by using the truncated Toeplitz operator.


Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the X model, which is an inputs – processes – outputs (IPO) model well suited to describing and assessing individual projects. It argues and illustrates that this kind of model is appropriate for project control. It shows that X models can be used on the macro level by presenting the typical Norwegian project of 2008 based on several X models.Design/methodology/approach – The theoretical justifications (systems and socio‐technical theories) for IPO models, and the X model in particular, are presented. Empirical data in the form of X models from 54 Norwegian projects are used to illustrate the application of X models.Findings – The findings are on two levels. For the single project, the paper demonstrates that the X model provides an insight into the situation of a project and causal relationships usually not available with other forms of project control. On the macro level based on the sample of X models, the paper presents the situation for the typical No...


The present paper proposes a combined method for the global optimization of realistic engineering problems using radial basis functions and a deterministic approach. A die mold model for orientation of magnetic powder is optimized to show the effectiveness of the proposed method.


Knowledge of mothers about the use of Maternal and Child Health (MCH) books, which is still considered only as a health record book for health workers, is an obstacle in shaping the health behavior of pregnant women about the importance of routine pregnancy check-ups, understanding the danger signs of early pregnancy, the importance of taking Fe tablets regularly, as well as daily health care. According to the initial survey of the service team, we see that knowledge and understanding have an impact on the awareness of pregnant women about the contents of the MCH book, especially now that the MCH book has been revised so that the importance of health education on MCH books needs to be explained again in the independent practice of the midwife of the love of Gorontalo. The method of service is through lectures/counseling, discussion and question and answer. As a result of our dedication, we get the enthusiasm of pregnant women in listening to our explanations and asking important things they want to know


Dispersion pre-distorted 40-Gbit/s 16QAM transmissions over 800-km standard-single mode fiber (∼13300 ps/nm) using delay detection is demonstrated with large tolerance to laser phase noise (1- MHz linewidth DFB laser source) and pre-distortion error (±40-km SSMF).


The solubilities of methylbenzoic acid isomers in supercritical carbon dioxide were measured by using a phase equilibrium apparatus over the temperature range from 313.2 to 333.2 K at pressures up to 24.6 MPa. The measured solubilities were correlated using the model proposed by Chrastil. The calculated results show good agreement with the experimental data


an extreme, leading to exclusion or some accommodation policies can turn out to be assimilationist in practice. Second, attaching more agency to non-core groups in the making and remaking of the host state's nation-building policies is important. This will also problematize the assumption of states as unified entities and shift the emphasis to divisions and struggles among ruling elites in host states, external powers, and non-core groups. Third, the case of the Turkish/Muslim minority in Bulgaria also shows the importance of not only external powers but also the interstate system. It is the attempts of forming the Balkan Pact as a way to contain revisionist claims and Bulgaria's unwillingness to be part of it that intensified the tensions in Turkish-Bulgarian relations, which was in tum reflected in exclusionary nation-building policies toward the Muslimffurkish minority. In the Balkans, it is not only one external power influencing nation-building policies but overall alliances and competitions among various states that explain shifts among state policies toward noncore groups. Mylonas acknowledges the existence of more than one external power in the cases of Tibet and China's non-core groups and posits the impact of regional integration on nation-building policies as an important future research question (186). As is clear by now, my comments on The Politics ofNation-Building do not challenge the main tenets of the study. Rather, they are invitations to expand the scope and develop distinctions for future applications of this brilliant theoretical approach. It is certain that Mylonas's combination of international and national factors to understand nation-building policies will be used in many other studies focusing on different regions and time periods.


Molding and at the same time the liquid is the more to the front end of the container body (A) made of a thermoplastic material, which is filled with a sealed distal end side, and formed in the inner diameter of the recess of the concave portion (6b) of the conical bottom increases, the recess ( 6b) instilling hole (6c) of smaller diameter for controlling the liquid drop quantity by setting the amount of extrusion from the container unit (a) is formed on the bottom surface of the through. Eye drop, a container, a dropping amount of water, dropwise, administration, concave, molded, liquid, plastic, instilling


Anemia is a common finding in lymphoma. There are few data available regarding the erythropoietin (EPO) levels in conjunction with ferritin in lymphoma patients. We prospectively evaluated 55 patients diagnosed with malignant lymphoma during the peri 2006 and March 2008 at the King Abdullah University Teaching Hospital, Jordan. Our data showed that 74.4% of lymphoma patients were anemic. Furthermore, serum EPO and ferritin levels were higher in lymphoma patients compared with the he observed versus predicted EPO ratio showed also significantly higher levels in anemic lymphoma patients compared to healthy controls (p=0.03). There was an improvement in lymphoma patients who were treated with newly-diagnosed patients. An adequate increase of EPO levels was observed in anemic lymphoma patients and notably associated with higher ferritin levels and improvement of Hb (p<0.001). Our findings suggest that ferritin estimation in lymphoma patients may predict the level of erythropoiesis and possibly the degree of anemia. Further studies to confirm these findings are warranted. Introduction: Anemia is common in patients with cancer, especially Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) and non


The aim of this study is to examine the fluctuation in atmospheric pressure caused by the volcanic eruption of Hunga Tonga - Hunga Ha'apai volcano on January 15, 2022, at 04:14 UTC. In the study, it was predicted that the wave created by the explosion would move at a constant speed of sound and it was calculated that it would arrive in Türkiye in 13 hours and 22 minutes. According to this situation, it was calculated that the first lamb wave could come to Türkiye as of 15 January 2022 17:36 UTC. In the second stage, 1 minute pressure data of 12 Meteorological Station (Automated Weather Observation System, AWOS) in Türkiye was analyzed. In the analyzes and evaluations made, a sharp upward movement was observed in the pressure measured at 18:38 on January 15, 2022, at the Van Meteorology Station, which is the easternmost station. It was calculated that the lamb wave arrived at this station at an average speed of 303.2 m/s in 15.1 hours.


After this study of the compensatory action we are forced to conclude thati. The compensatory action means an alternating standard. 2. The compensatory effect is felt only during the time of alternation. 3. When the alternative standard has been reached, the compensatory action ceases, and the monetary standard is subject to all the market fluctuations of a single standard. 4. Compensatory action always results in the substitution of a lower standard, which is naturally the one liable to the most violent fluctuations. ROBERT F. HOXIE.


Disclosed is a gas liquid or gas solid separating device which is composed of a folded plate separator, a vertical tube, a separating plate and a shell body through welding, flanges or screw links. The utility model is a folded plate gas liquid or gas solid separating device. From the aspects of device structure, plate properties, separation effect, and folded plate material, the utility model solves the problems of various gas liquid or gas solid separating devices that are now widely used in such industries as chemical engineering, petrochemical industry, medicine, light industry, and environmental protection. The utility model is compact in structure and high in separating efficiency, which can separate spray spittle or solid with small dimension of particle diameter, with reduced resistance and enhanced operational flexibility. The utility model is uneasy to be blocked, wide in application range and long in operational cycle, which can be applied to environments of various pressures, temperatures and erosion.


In this paper we examine dynamic load sharing in limited access distributed systems. In this class of distributed systems all servers are not accessible to all sources, and there exist many differe...


1. The five toxigenic and one non-toxigenic species of Pseudomonas differed with respect to three characteristics: (a) the relative frequency of nutritionally deficient mutants obtained by irradiating cells with ultraviolet light and the spectrum of mutants with specific requirements, (b) growth or lack of growth of methionine-requiring mutants when a number of organic sulfur-containing compounds were added to the defined medium, and (c) Rf value of exotoxins obtained from the toxigenic species. 2. Mutation rates from sensitivity to resistance to streptomycin were not significantly different for the six species; streptomycin-resistant mutants were toxigenic. 3. Growth of P. tabaci in media containing 6 x 10-3 M allylglycine, an antimetabolite for cysteine, provided an in vitro test to distinguish this species from P. angulata, which was inhibited in growth. 4. The relation between P. tabaci and P. angulata was briefly discussed on the basis of the simulation of the latter species by non-toxigenic variants of P. tabaci.


Clones of human B lymphocytes, obtained after immortalization with Epstein‐Ban virus (EBV) of single CD 19+ B cells and expansion in the absence of human T lymphocytes, produced mRNA for the T cell cytokines interleukin(IL)‐2, IL‐4, and interferon(IFN)‐γ. As detected by reverse transcriptase‐polymerase chain reaction, IL‐2 mRNA was expressed only after stimulation with the combination of phorbol 12‐myristate 13‐acetate (PMA) plus ionomycin. IL‐4 mRNA was constitutively detectable in all (10/10) EBV‐transformed B cell clones, and the mRNA for IFN‐γ was constitutively present in half of the clones. In contrast to IL‐2 mRNA, the expression of IL‐4 and IFN‐γ mRNA could be increased by PMA alone. Most of the clones produced IL‐2 bioactivity and immunoreactive protein, but neither IL‐4 nor IFN‐γ protein secretion was detected. The intriguing question raised by these results is whether IL‐2 secretion could contribute to the immune control of EBV‐infected B lymphocytes by cytolytic T cells, and whether normal B lymphocytes can potentially be induced to express certain cytokines including IL‐4 in response to the appropriate activation signals.


Purpose of review This review describes the historical rationale for ostomy creation at the time of intestinal transplantation (ITx), examines the utility of endoscopy in graft monitoring, details the limitations and potential complications of endoscopy in this patient population, highlights preliminary reports of ITx without surveillance biopsy or stoma formation, and emphasizes the importance of novel biomarkers for graft monitoring. Data will be discussed from contemporary publications in the field, as well as the Intestinal Transplant Registry. Recent findings Significant improvements have been made in early outcomes following ITx, yet long-term survival remains challenged by rejection. Although endoscopy and biopsy are the gold-standard for graft monitoring, some centers have performed ITx recently without surveillance endoscopy or stoma formation with similar success. Others have touted the need for less-invasive, timely and accurate biomarkers as essential to help improve results. Summary The review provides a thorough overview of the emerging debate in the field of ITx regarding the importance of surveillance endoscopy and stoma formation in ITx recipients.


PURPOSE: A manufacturing method of an electrophoresis display is provided to make a multi-stage process for manufacturing the electrophoresis display continuously or semi-continuously perform a roll-to-roll process, accordingly to mass-produce in a low price, and to supply a bistable-reflective display having an excellent color addressability, a high contrast ratio, and a quick switching speed by arranging cells having a well-defined shape and size and an aspect ratio. CONSTITUTION: A manufacturing method of an electrophoresis display includes a top-exposing process through a photomask(50) moving at the same speed with a web substrate. The web substrate includes a conductive layer(52) on a plastic substrate(53) and the conductive layer is coated with radiation-inductive materials. The conductive layer is ITO(Indium Tin Oxide). The cell is filled with charge pigment particles dispersed in a solvent.


Using three-layer back propagation(BP)artificial neural networks(ANN),a numerical model for predicting hardenability of steel was proposed,and then a predicting system for medium-and-low-carbon steel was correspondingly developed using Visual Basic programming language.The predicted results of steels 45,35Mn2,48CrMnMo,and 30CrMnNiMo by the BP-ANN system were compared with experimental values and with simulated results of other models.It is shown that the BP-ANN system can predict the hardness values at particular points precisely,though these values are independent of each other,and the prediction is not based on microstructure-hardness relationship;on the other hand,the modified non-linear model can predict the shape of whole end-quench hardness curve quite well,and can predict the corresponding microstructure with the aid of Maynier model.Thus,the quality of prediction can be further improved by combining BP-ANN model and modified non-linear model.


Using culture as a core in the shaping of moral sensitivity of any given period, the paper analyzes various health-related activities from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century. There were three main stages in shaping of attitudes toward poverty relief: medieval Christianity (founding hospitals), Enlightenment (education), and the huge leaps in fighting poverty in the scientific revoulution in the 19th c. These points are illustrated by examples from Croatian history, medical texts, fiction and art. All elements of culture play an important part in reinforcing a welfare state and shaping responses to various problems linked to and caused by poverty.


Liquid Composite Moulding (LCM) covers a class of manufacturing processes of high quality fibre reinforced composites, where the liquid resin is injected under pressure into the dry fibre reinforcement placed in a rigid cavity. Finite Element Methods (FEM) allow the optimisation of liquid moulding of composite parts by virtual process simulation, however due to costs and feature drawbacks, they are hardly used in practise. myRTM is a simulation software based on the principle of Cellular Automata to predict resin injection processes and serve as a preliminary process design tool. Simulation results are compared against sLIP, a mathematically correct finite element simulation software. The results show a good agreement in terms of filling pattern and the prediction of potential air entrapments. Fill time and pressure distribution are not accurately predicted and therefore still object of research for future releases of myRTM. Gion A. Barandun, Markus Henne, Erwin Giger, and René Arbter 2


Summary: The illnesses of the locomotor apparatus are often causes of disability or death and hip fractures are among them. Objective: to determine the behavior of hip fracture in the aged in our community. Method: a longitudinal descriptive study was carried out, the universe matched the sample, 92 patients who underwent surgery for hip fracture in the Provincial Hospital and at "Martin Chang Puga" General Teaching hospital in Nuevitas in a five-year period, they were assisted in the community. Results: most of the patients were between the ages of 70 and 89 with a predominance of females in a ratio of 6.6:1. Osteoporosis was the most relevant related illness and inflammatory pneumopathy predominated over the other postoperative complications. A high mortality rate of this illness (41.3 %) was observed and 32.6 % of patients died before a year after the operation. Inflammatory pneumopathy and heart diseases are among the leading causes of death, only 44,4 % of autopsies was performed. 68,4 % of the patients were able to walk within a period of 3 to 6 months after the operation. Conclusion: surgical treatment and rigid and stable fixation should be performed in the first 24 hours. Early


This document summarizes the amounts of radioactive contamination discharged to ground from chemical separations and laboratory facilities through December, 1966. Detailed data for individual disposal sites are presented on a month-to-month basis for the period of January through December, 1966. Previous publications of this series are listed in the bibliography and may be referred to for specific information on measurements and radioactivity totals prior to January, 1966. Several changes in crib nomenclature were made during 1965. These changes are noted on the individual tables so reference may be made to them in previous reports.


The patterning of graphene by a 30 kV Ga+ focused ion beam (FIB) is studied by in-situ and ex-situ Raman spectroscopy. It is found that the graphene surrounding the patterned target area can be damaged at remarkably large distances of more than 10 μm. We show that scattering of the Ga ions in the residual gas of the vacuum system is the main cause of the large range of lateral damage, as the size and shape of the tail of the ion beam were strongly dependent on the system background pressure. The range of the damage was therefore greatly reduced by working at low pressures and limiting the total amount of ions used. This makes FIB patterning a feasible alternative to electron beam lithography as long as residual gas scattering is taken into account.


Abstract : First-principles quantum chemical calculations are used to predict the initial steps of decomposition in solid FOX-7 (1,1-diamino-2,2-dinitroethylene). Three possible reaction paths were studied: (1) intra- or inter-molecular hydrogen transfer; (2) nitro-nitrite rearrangement and (3) scission of the C-nitro bond. These computational studies suggest that the preferred path for FOX-7 decomposition will depend upon the conditions which cause initiation. For example, under gentle heating (thermolysis), intermolecular hydrogen transfer is likely, resulting in the production of reactive radical intermediates and water. Conversely, scission of a C-nitro bond requires a large energy input to cause electronic (singlet-to-triplet) excitation of the molecule, suggesting that this reaction is more likely to occur under the high-pressure/high-temperature conditions typically generated by shock or impact.


This chapter opens with the anecdote's claim that disability may be a kind of generative overplus. It focuses on one play in particular, the unattributed The Fair Maid of the Exchange (c. 1602, printed 1607), whose central character, Cripple, defies a concept of disability reducible to either commonplace impairment or wondrous difference. Distinguished by his "crutches" (1.1.107) and his "crooked habit" (4.1.31), Cripple works in his shop drawing patterns, moonlighting as a supplier of verse to would-be suitors, and reengineering the romantic preferences of the female characters. Unlike humorous figures of feigning in plays such as George Chapman's The Blind Beggar of Alexandria and John Fletcher and Philip Massinger's Beggars' Bush, Cripple is actually impaired and can work, the legal standard for distinguishing disability. The chapter argues that Cripple's character reveals disability as a fundamental inability to impersonate in a world that demands the transformation it claims to punish. It explores how Cripple's reproducibility gesture to unequal punishment for feigning, and demonstrates how mimetic representation blurs the distinction between seeming and being.


In this research, carbon paste electrode (CPE) was modified with MgO/SWCNTs nanocomposite and 1methyl-3-octylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (MOCITFB) and then used as a highly sensitive analytical approach for the determination of morphine in drug samples. In this study, the MgO/SWCNTs was synthesized using the simple precipitation method. The TEM image displayed the decoration of MgO nanoparticles with diameter ⁓ 40 nm at surface of SWCNTs. In addition, the electrochemical behavior of morphine was also investigated at surface of MgO/SWCNTs/MOCITFB/CPE with different pH values. The findings displayed an electro-oxidation mechanism in the presence of one electron and one proton. Moreover, the oxidation signal of morphine showed a linear calibration curve in the concentration range of 3.0 nM to 320 μM with the detection limit pf 0.8 nM at surface of MgO/SWCNTs/MOCITFB/CPE. Moreover, the MgO/SWCNTs/MOCITFB/CPE was successfully used for the determination of morphine in injection sample with recovery range of 98.41% to 102.49%.


Objective: Study is to analyze the factors that influence the performance of lecturers in carrying out the teaching and learning process, especially in the internship and thesis programs in the Public Health Study Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lambung Mangkurat and efforts that must be made to improve lecturer performance and service in the guidance process to college student. Sample: The sample in this study was taken from a total population of 30 permanent educators/lecturers. Methods: The study also used the survey method with the aid of the questionnaire as the main instrument of data collection. Results: The most age groups as scientific papers and Internship supervisors are the 30-37 year age group (47.3%). The education of respondents who are mentors for internships and Eastern Indonesia is mostly educated S2 (73.7%). The working period of the respondents who become the intern and guidance counselor as large is included in the old category (78.9%). The perception of scientific papers guidance performance shown is the perception of performance in the good category (100%). The perception of the performance of apprenticeship guidance shown is the perception of performance in the good category (100%). Perceptions of motivation of respondents who become mentors for internships are all in the high category (100%). The guiding satisfaction by the respondents is all in the category of feeling satisfied with the benefits received (100%). Perception of scientific papers guidance supervision and internships all have good perceptions of scientific papers guidance and internships (100%).


The number of breast cancer incidence in Sumatera Barat Province has increases. There are 303 cases in 2017, increased to 422 cases in 2018 with a death rate of 22 cases. Based on preliminary study, there are 18 of 30 female college students were aware about the effort of Breast Self Examination (BSE) to prevent breast cancer, but there are 14 students had never done BSE. The utilization of technology is needed in helping health promotion, one of them is by using Whatsapp Messenger application. The large number of whatsapp users in Indonesia can be used to promote about BSE. The purpose of this study is to measure the effectiveness of BSE health promotion through whatsapp on the variables of knowledge, behaviour, and perceived usefulness of technology in non-health female college student at Andalas University. This research is quasi experiment with non equivalent pre test post test design. The sample of the research are 58 non-health female college students from Andalas University. The intervention is carried out for 10 days and the result of data collection is analyzed using Wilcoxon test. The result of the study are there is an increase of average knowledge score, behaviour and perceived usefulness of respondents after being given BSE health promotion using whatsapp (p value <0.005). Whatsapp can be used as an effective health promotion media for college student groups. It is recommended that to take advantage of whatsapp group feature to carry out BSE health promotion in female college student.
Keywords:  Health promotion, Breast Self Examintation (BSE), WhatsApp.


The author and publisher are to be congratulated on producing a work of art; the reproduction of the 442 Figures, mainlyelectron micrographs, is of a very high standard indeed. What a pity that these efforts were not steered into fields which were closer to the everyday use and misuseof polymers. However, this compilation is a massive' step forward in collecting many of the structural aspects of polymers into one volume. The price may seem high, but the quality is excellent. After an initial chapter outlining the main features of polymer structure, (and containing the inevitable error in a repeat unit; this time PMMA lacks an oxygen atom). Chapter 2 addresses sample preparation, but the fare is meagre, and the result disappointing. A further aggravation to this reviewer was the use of 'lamellas' as the plural of lamella; the demise of classics studies is having its effect. After Chapter 2, the succeeding chapters are dedicated to:


Rantapelkonen Ahlberg, Jaana. 2010. Social Media Marketing. Case: Comparison of Social Media Marketing Approaches of B2C Companies for Company X. Master's Thesis. KemiTornio University of Applied Sciences. Business and Culture. Pages 42 (74). The objective of this thesis is to provide insights on how Company X can use Social Media as a marketing and branding tool in consumer marketing in the Swedish market. More specifically, this study attempts to define what kinds of social media are used in Sweden and which opportunities and challenges the use of them in marketing creates for Company X. Moreover this study aims to illustrate the role social media has on customers purchase decisions, and to describe how the Company X can influence on the buying behavior through Social Media. In addition, this study describes the objectives, strategies and tactics that can be used for social media marketing activities. Finally, the goal of the study is to specify which key performance indicators Company X can use in measuring the impact of marketing and branding activities through social media. The theoretical framework rests on literature of social media marketing and as well as previous studies on social media marketing. The research method is a case study with exploratory approach. The empirical data was gathered by conducting five semi-structured interviews mostly at corporate top management level in October and November 2010. As a result of the thesis, suggestions for social media marketing actions were introduced to the company. As a conclusion, the case company is recommended to move forward with the suggestions for next steps in social media marketing. Chapters 4 Empirical Findings, 5 Analysis and Discussion, and 6 Main Findings and Conclusions are no published in their full length in the Library version because they are confidential.


Bearing clearance is the number of free ball bearing movements before installation. Bearing clearance is very influential on rolling resistance values. The greater the clearance value, the smaller the rolling resistance value. Rolling bearings are resistance to ball bearings that will and have been rolled due to friction. This study uses bearing types 6301 ZZ C3 and 6301 ZZ C4 with rotational speeds of 290 rpm, 310 rpm, 330 rpm, and given a load of 165 N, 175 N, 200 N. Bearing testing is carried out experimentally using rolling resistance test equipment. The test results found that bearing with type 6301 ZZ C4 has a smaller rolling resistance value of 0.22 N than bearing type 6301 ZZ C3. The rolling resistance value of the 6301 ZZ C3 bearing is 1.15 N and the rolling resistance value of the 6301 ZZ C4 bearing is 0.93 N.


Objective To provide the evidence for clinical treatment of bacterial infection by investigating the isolated bacteria from patients admitted to our hospital in 2012 and their drug resistance.MethodsThe bacteria were identified and their drug sensitivity was tested with the VITEK microbial analyzer.Their drug resistance was analyzed using the WHONET5.4.ResultsAmong the 2 698 bacterial strains isolated in 2012 from patients in our hospital,the most common microorganism was E.coli(13.8%),followed by P.Aeruginosa(12.4%),C.albicans(12.3%),K.pneumoniae(9.7%),A.baumannii(8.5%),S.aurcus(7.2%),C.glabrata(4.2%),S.epidermidis(3.8%),S.marcescens(3.0%) and E.cloacae(2.4%).Of these bacteria,Gram-negative bacteria,Gram-positive bacteria,fungus,and methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) accounted for 57.6%,22.9%,19.5% and 65.6%,respectively.The resistance of MRSA to β-lactams and other antimicrobial agents was significantly higher than that of methicillin-sensitive staphylococcus aureus(MSSA).No staphylococcus was sensitive to Vancomycin and linezolid.The resistance of enterococci to vancomycin was 3.8%.The resistance of E.faecalis to most antibiotics was significantly lower than that of E.faecium.The resistance of E.coli to imipenem and meropenem was significantly lower than that of K.pneumoniae(0.6% and 0.8% vs 8.3% and 8.9%).The resistance of P.aeruginosa to imipenem and meropenem was significantly higher than that of cefepime(41.3% and 32.7% vs 20.4%).The resistance of A.baumannii was significantly higher to imipenem,meropenem and different antibiotics than to amikacin(61.8%,61.4%,50% vs 30.3%).The detection rate of pan-drug resistant P.aeruginosa was 2.1% in 2012.The sensitivity of Candida albicans was the highest to VOR and no resistant Candida albicans strain was isolated.ConclusionRegular bacterial drug resistance monitoring contribute to understanding its change and can thus provide the evidence for rational use of drugs in clinical practice.


: Knowledge elicitation from experts is a major problem in the development of expert system. This paper sunmarises some of the difficulties inherent in the process and suggests that in certain situations induction can help. The algorithm considered Quinlan's ID3, because this is used in abailable software.


An experimental study on behavior of reinforced concrete short column strengthened with carbon fiber sheet(CFS) has been performed. Six short columns have been tested under cyclic lateral load and constant axial loads. One column has been tested in an as built condition to investigate the shear failure mode. Five other columns, strengthened with same amounts carbon fiber sheet(CFS), have been tested under different axial compression ratio, percentage of ties, and loading condition. The test results show that the as built column suffered shear failure at low displacement ductility, however, the retorted columns developed hysteretic responses with stable hysteresis loops up to moderate ductility levels.


Background: Shoulder arthroscopy has been performed as a diagnostic tool and also as a therapeutic maneuver. Interscalene approach to the brachial plexus is the most suitable block for shoulder arthroscopy. It has a lot of complications like inadvertent epidural or intrathecal injection, vertebral artery injection, recurrent laryngeal nerve block and phrenic nerve block that may need mechanical ventilation especially in patients with respiratory compromise. Ultrasound-guided supraclavicular block was reported to be safe for shoulder arthroscopy. This approach when used for shoulder surgeries by injecting the usual volumes of local anesthetic solutions; may be unsatisfactory, so this block is augmented by block of the suprascapular nerve by ultrasound guidance. The aim of this study is to compare between the combination of ultrasoundguided suprascapular and supraclavicular nerves block versus ultrasound-guided interscalene brachial plexus block for shoulder arthroscopy as regards the efficacy of the block and the incidence of complications. Methods: 60 patients ASA physical status I–II patients were scheduled to undergo elective shoulder arthroscopic surgery. Patients were randomly assigned to one of two groups using a computer-generated table. Group A patients received a combination of ultrasound-guided suprascapular and supraclavicular nerves block. Group B patients received ultrasound-guided interscalene nerves block. In all patients, ultrasound-guided nerve blocks were performed by using a high frequency (10-15 MHz) linear probe, sterilization of the area of skin, sterile gel for the probe and a 22-gauge spinal needle for injecting the local anesthetic solution which was a 0.25% bupivacaine solution. Success of the block and additional analgesic requirements (fentanyl increments of 50µg) were recorded. If the block was failed general anesthesia was given. Any complication such as hoarseness of voice, pneumothorax, phrenic nerve affection (diagnosed by reversible shortness of breath starting within 30 minutes after injection with normal chest x-ray to exclude pneumothorax) or any other complications were recorded. Postoperative visual analogue score for pain was recorded every 4 hours for the first 24 hours. The time of first analgesic dose and total analgesics administered was recorded in the two study groups. Results: Comparison between the two study groups as regards the success rate of the ultrasound-guided block to perform shoulder arthroscopy was statistically non-significant


A 42 years old woman (G2, P2) was discharged home, doing fine, after giving birth to a healthy baby after an uncomplicated vaginal delivery. Her cardiovascular risk factors were: a family history of CAD and nicotine addiction, five days post partum she came to our emergency room for acute chest pain, this symptom started the day before with several transient episodes. The EKG showed an ST elevation in the anterior leads. At the echocardiography there was an apical hypokinesia and the ejection fraction was 45-50%. An urgent coronary angiography was performed and it showed a severe lumen narrowing in proximal and middle tract of left anterior descending (LAD) and circumflex arteries (Cx) without stagnation of contrast. (Fig a). The right coronary was normal. The reduction of caliber was irreversible despite the use of intracoronary nitrates.


Background: It would be worthwhile to investigate if it is possible to obtain an anti-inflammatory effect with a lower dose of etoricoxib after it has been combined with calcium, the effect of which is equivalent to higher dose of etoricoxib. Hence the aim was to study effect of calcium and calcium gluconate on the anti-inflammatory activity of etoricoxib. Methods: Animals were distributed in five groups each group containing six rats. Experiments were conducted between 9:00 to 16:00 hours. All animal procedures were performed in accordance with the recommendations for proper care and use of laboratory animal .The doses of drugs employed in the study were based upon the human dose after conversion to that of rat. Results: The results of present study indicate that calcium gluconate (50 mg/kg) combined with etoricoxib (5 mg/kg) possesses significant anti-inflammatory property both in acute and subacute models of inflammation which was comparable to that of etoricoxib (8 mg/kg). Conclusions: From the present study it is concluded that calcium gluconate (50 mg/kg) possesses an antiinflammatory activity. Lower dose of etoricoxib (5 mg/kg) if combined with calcium gluconate (50 mg/kg) can produce significant anti-inflammatory effect. The advantages of such combined preparations are obviously a reduction in the dose of etoricoxib that could still produce significant anti-inflammatory action and a possible protection against COX -2 inhibitor induced prothrombotic events. It is worthwhile to evaluate such preparations through clinical trials.


Introduction Next-generation sequencing of microbial cell free DNA (mcfDNA-seq) has emerged as a promising diagnostic method for blood stream infection (BSI) and offers the potential to detect pathogens before blood culture. However, its application is limited by a lack of clinical validation. Methods We conducted sequential mcfDNA-seq on blood samples from ICU participants at high risk of BSI due to pneumonia, or intravascular catheterization; and explored whether mcfDNA-seq could diagnose and detect pathogens in advance of blood culture positivity. Blood culture results were used as evaluation criteria. Results A total of 111 blood samples were collected during the seven days preceding and on the day of onset of 16 BSI episodes from 13 participants. The diagnostic and total predictive sensitivity of mcfDNA-seq were 90% and 87.5%, respectively. The proportion of pathogenic bacteria was relatively high in terms of both diagnosis and prediction. The reads per million of etiologic agents trended upwards in the days approaching the onset of BSI. Discussion Our work found that mcfDNA-seq has high diagnostic sensitivity and could be used to identify pathogens before the onset of BSI, which could help expand the clinical application of mcfDNA-seq.


This paper proposes an improved variable step-size (VSS) algorithm for the recently introduced affine projection sign algorithm (APSA) based on the recovery of the near-end signal energy in the error signal. Simulation results demonstrate that, compared to the previous VSS for APSA, the proposed approach provides both more robustness to impulse interference and better tracking ability of echo path change.


Parents need information about children's activities and learning outcomes in school. Academic information system is one way that information about the results of learning activities can be delivered more easily and quickly by the school and can be well received by parents as guardians of students. Therefore, an academic information system is designed that is able to provide information about student learning outcomes and activities so that parents can still supervise learning activities in schools. The system is expected to be able to be a material for evaluating children on the results of their learning in school so that children are able to become outstanding students. The purpose of this study is so that parents can find out the results of children's learning, namely grades and other learning activities in school. This research uses a qualitative approach where data collection is obtained from interviews, observations, and documentation. In addition, this system is designed using the waterfall method with stages of analysis, design or design, implementation, verification, and maintenance. The result of the research is the application of a web-based academic information system capable of being a means of parental supervision of the results of children's learning activities so that it has an impact on increasing student achievement.


This research aimed to identify the factors that influence farming households' decisions on adaptation strategies and the highest priority strategy in South-Western coastal Bangladesh. Seven unions in Koyra Upazila were surveyed, and 60 households were interviewed from each union. The binary logit and multinomial logit models were used to analyse the data. The findings indicate that 58.6% of farming households adopted climate-related adaptation strategies, with seasonal migration being the most top priority. Similarly, the data suggested that years of education of the household heads, number of household members, land tenure, farming experience, climatic event risk perception, and farmer-to-farmer extension influenced both farming households' adaptation decisions and the likelihood of choosing the highest priority adaptation strategies. Public–private partnerships (PPPs) can integrate funds, knowledge, and power structures. It can also balance expenses, liabilities, and opportunities. So, the development of PPPs may promote suitable adaptation strategies.


Background: variceal bleeding (VB) is a medical emergency. Endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL) performed quickly is beneficial. Evenafter EVL, somatostatin is still utilized in the VB band for 2–5 days. The advantage of continuing somatostatin after EVL is uncertainsince EVL is the main method for achieving hemostasis.Aim and objectives: to determine if continuing somatostatin after EVL is effective in reducing mortality and rebleeding.Subjects and methods: In this study, 75 patients with variceal bleeding were divided into two treatment groups (TG); TG2 & TG5,which received somatostatin (250 micrograme bolus + a continuous infusion of 500 micrograme/h) for two days and five days,respectively, and one control group (TG0), which received 0.9 percent normal saline and was monitored for six weeks.Result: There were a total of 8 rebleeds; they happened more often in the TG0 (4%) and TG2 (2.6%) and TG5 (4%) groups, albeit notstatistically significantly (P=0.751). The treatment group substantially experienced more adverse drug reactions (ADRs) than the controlgroup (P=0.003). Diarrhoea was the most frequent ADR, followed by hyperglycemia and bradycardia, with 14 patients mentioning twoor more ADR. In comparison to the control group, ADR was considerably greater in the treatment groups. As the days of somatostatinmedication increased, the length of the hospital stay rose considerably (P=0.041).Conclusion: We conclude that in acute VB, there is no justification for continuing somatostatin after EVL since it had no beneficialeffect on preventing rebleeding and, instead, increased the risk of ADR and length of hospital stay.


This study's goal is to examine the connection between foreign direct investment (FDI) and Corruption Perception Index (CPI) in ASEAN-5 including the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam, during the period 2001-2019. Furthermore, we examine the link between FDI and macroeconomics variables, such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Interest Rates. Panel data with a fixed effect model (FEM) are used in this investigation to examine the relationship between variables. The findings of this investigation suggest that the corruption perception index and gross domestic product have an impact on foreign direct investment that is both positive and significant. Meanwhile, foreign direct investment is significantly and negatively impacted by interest rates.


Nanostripes with very high (g20) aspect ratios of a two-dimensional manganese oxide phase are grown on the Ag(100) surface using a physical vapor deposition method and thoroughly characterized via low-energy electron diffraction and scanning tunneling microscopy. Despite the square pattern of the substrate, symmetry breaking is produced by the structural anisotropy of the kinetically stabilized, metastable Mn surface oxide phase. As rationalized by a first-principles analysis, the resulting asymmetry in edge diffusion and attachment energies and the difference in adsorption energetics between Mn and Ag adatoms leads to the kinetic formation of such strikingly anisotropic structural domains: they feature nanoscale width (\ensuremath{\approx}5\char21{}20 nm), mesoscopic length (up to \ensuremath{\approx}1 \ensuremath{\mu}), very low defect density, and grow along the high-symmetry directions of the Ag(100) substrate.


The high speed movement of the ballistic missile has brought enormous challenge to the tracking and guiding radars in ballistic missile defense system.In this paper,an optimal search beam order model of phased array radar based on probability trajectories is proposed.In this method,the distribution of the position and velocity of the target is treated equally as several trajectories,along each of which the target will fly with certain probability,and these are so-called probability trajectories.The fallen in probabilities of targets can be obtained dynancically with recursive calculation and refresh of the probability of each trajectory in real time.Based on above,the search beam order can be decided using the rule of maximal cumulative detection probability.Finally,simulation results are given,which adequately validate that the model proposed in this paper has performances under the condition of high speed targets is better than that of the traditional optimal search model.


The macro and micro nutrients of the samples gives the information about the fertility of the soil, and accordingly the crop production are correlated. In this Physico-chemical study, soil samples of four states like Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab of north India is collected and tested for number of parameter like available Organic Carbon (OC), pH, Electrical Conductivity (EC), Phosphorus (P2O5), Nitrogen (N), Sulphur (S) and Potassium (K2O). This study builds an understanding about state wise variation of micro nutrients in agricultural land which can be further correlated with the crop production and its economy. The finding of the study reveals that out of four selected states, Haryana takes lead in pH value, Rajasthan takes lead in EC, K and S, and Uttar Pradesh takes lead in OC, P.


A number of material coatings were investigated, specifically for 316-grade stainlesssteel electrodes, for use with alkaline water-splitting electrolysis. The aim was to enhancelongevity, particularly with respect to the highly intermittent usage that is typical of renewableenergy generation, and to increase activity. Long-term experiments were conductedover many thousands of cycles of on-off accelerated ageing at constant current density. Theeffects of ageing were analysed using chronopotentiometry, cyclic voltammetry (CV), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersivex-ray spectroscopy, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and gas chromatography. It was foundthat titanium nitride did not have high activity for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER),and underwent rapid oxidation and destruction if used as an anode. A new version ofelectrodeposited Raney nickel was developed that demonstrated improved activity, includingan overpotential for the HER at 10mAcm-2 of just 28 mV. As a bifunctional catalystit demonstrated an overpotential at 10mAcm-2 of just 319 mV, making it the second mostactive catalyst known, and certainly the simplest to deposit. This activity was traced to theincreased electrochemical surface area of the coating, which was higher as deposited, andincreased by up to a factor of three after ageing. During surface-area measurements, anapparent anomaly was discovered between results obtained for the same electrode via EISand CV. New methods of equivalent circuit fitting to transient waveforms were developed,and the anomaly was explained by time-domain simulations of the constant-phase elementrepresentation of the double-layer capacitance. A zero-gap electrolyser was constructed inorder to investigate its performance, and it was found that woven stainless-steel mesh couldoperate as a gas-separation membrane.


The activities of the Yokohama Chapter of Young Astronauts Club-Japan are introduced as an example of space education. The main theme of the workshop is atmosphere of the earth. In the workshop, they learned of the history of the earth, compared the earth with other planets, studied the material cycle, and gained a good feel for the course of the earth up to the present. The workshop shows that thinking "on a universe scale," the most essential characteristic of space education activities, produces great educational effects.


A novel refrigeration compressor with an integrated method of capacity modulation for use in domestic refrigerators/freezers is proposed and analyzed here. The compressor is called bowtie compressor due to its two sector-shaped, opposing compression chambers forming a bowtie. The bowtie compressor modulates the cooling capacity by changing the piston stroke without changes of the clearance volume for better thermodynamic efficiency. The new compressor includes a unique off-center-line mechanism so that the piston stroke can be varied without changes in motor rotation. To investigate the feasibility of the proposed compressor, a simulation model has been developed. A detailed description of the bowtie compressor and its simulation model are presented in this paper.


One of the main reasons that strategy implementation is the number one challenge for executives and managers worldwide, is the financial impact on an organisation's bottomline. Research by the Corporate Strategy Board has found that as much as 37% of the potential value of a strategy is lost during strategy execution.


The aim of this paper is to analyse the effects of the attribution of service failures on consumer satisfaction. We analysed direct effects as well as indirect effects through cognitive processes and variables such as quality perceptions and overall quality evaluation. Basing the analysis on the attribution theories and information processing theories, four hypotheses are suggested. These are tested on a sample of 293 service encounters in which some type of failure is present (attributed to the firm or to some environmental factor). The results show that the attribution of the failure to the service firm causes a systematic reduction in all of the quality perceptions (even in service aspects not linked to the failure). But attribution also shows direct effects on satisfaction beyond the effect through perceptions. Attitude-based processes as well as attribute-based processes are affected by attribution.


Genuine physicists—that is to say, physicists who make observations and experiments as well as theories —have always felt uneasy about 'relativity'. As Bridgman said, "if anything physical comes out of mathematics it must have been put in in another form". The problem was, he said, to find out where the physics got into the theory (Bridgman 1927).


We are submitting this corrigendum to correct a few minor errors and add more detail about the bioinformatics method for mRNA half-life analysis in this paper. We are also adding Dr. Jeffrey T. Chang, who performed the related bioinformatics analysis for panels C and D of Figure 7 and is providing these corrections with additional information, as a coauthor (Dr. Chang was previously credited in the paper ' s " Acknowledgments " section). These changes do not affect the interpreta-tions of the data and conclusions of the study. The changes are detailed as follows:


The essential oil of Acanthopanax trifoliatus (L.) Merr. from Vietnam, was investigated using combination of capillary GC, GC–MS and carbon-13 NMR spectroscopy after fractionation by column chromatography. More than 60 compounds, representing 97.4% of the total amount were identified. The main components were α-pinene (23.9%), sabinene (14.9%), terpinen-4-ol (9.0%), β-pinene (7.7%) and p-cymene (5.8%). Carissone, an eudesmane derivative, was identified as a minor component by carbon-13 NMR. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


In the paper the problem of a stress wave reflecting in the wall of a spherical thick-walled reservoir loaded with a time depending internal pressure was investigated. The material of reservoir wall was assumed to be linearly elastic and isotropic. The stress wave generated on the internal surface of reservoir propagates towards outside and reflects on the external surface, generating the reflected component of wave which superimposes on the incident one due to the linearity of the problem. Consecutive reflections of the wave front generate the successive components of wave. The Laplace transforms determining solution independently for every reflected component of the stress wave were presented. The case of the step pressure, which describes the simplest model of immediate detonation, was considered. Due to the complex form of functions determining in the domain of time the analytical solutions for further reflections, the problem was integrated numerically. It was shown that for the selected finite number of reflections the describing equations can be solved together as one ordinary differential equations system. From the introductory analysis of results it follows that the summed up displacements of particular spherical layers of reservoir wall oscillate around their static values, despite the fact that the amplitude of particular components of wave approaches infinity.


coverage, per capita home space) was used for data collection. Data were obtained via telephone interview with households. Findings: The average age of people died of cardiovascular diseases was 73.33±13.49 years. The prevalence of mortality showed a positive correlation with age. The rural/urban ratio for cardiovascular mortalities was 2. (OR=2.4-1.8). Of total deaths, 67% were related to illiterate people and mostly in farmers of whom 69.7% were within the two low income percentile. The ratio of mortality prevalence in people of the first cluster income (with incomes in the three low 10%) to those in the third higher income cluster was 18. Conclusion: According to our findings, it seems that the newly established family physician plan, based on referral system and preventive measures, should be followed up and supervised more seriously. In this way, training plans, promotion of health literacy and case finding especially in vulnerable groups of the society (illiterates, farmers, and low income people) both in urban and rural areas must be the focus of more effort and control.


The paper deals with the modelling, optimization and control of the IPS buoy wave energy converter, a two-body point-absorber oscillating in heave, consisting of a floater rigidly connected to a long submerged vertical acceleration tube open at both ends within which a piston can slide, forcing the motion of the inside water below and above it. Energy is converted from the relative motion between the piston and the buoy-tube pair. The modelling is performed in the frequency domain (including reactive phase control), in order to provide some kind of geometry optimization, and also in the time-domain to allow the simulation of a more realistic high-pressure-oil power take-off system.


Abstract : Combat produces stresses which may result in psychiatric casualties. Commanders need to be aware of how to assess the psychological readiness of their units and of the means to develop cohesion. The results of three workshops on combat stress and related issues are reviewed. In addition, future directions are discussed. (Author)


The Recognition Lecture is an annual honor awarded by the Association of American Veterinary Colleges (AAVMC) to an individual whose leadership and vision have made significant contributions to academic veterinary medicine and the veterinary profession. In 2012, this prestigious honor was bestowed upon Dr. Malcolm Getz, who has advanced the understanding of the economics of academic veterinary medical higher education and the private practice veterinary profession. Dr. Getz is an associate professor of economics in the department of economics at Vanderbilt University. He has been a faculty member in economics at Vanderbilt since 1973. He was Director of the Jean and Alexander Heard Library (1984–1994) and Associate Provost for Information Services and Technology (1985–1994). An accomplished writer, he has authored four monographs, two textbooks, and many essays. He earned his BA in economics from Williams College in 1967 and his PhD in economics from Yale University in 1973. In his lecture to attendees of the AAVMC Annual Meeting in March of 2012, Dr. Getz discussed the relationship between education and earnings across health professions. Dr. Getz has reviewed the economics of several different health science professions including medicine, dentistry, nursing, and physician assistants, as well as veterinary medicine. His breadth of understanding the strengths, weaknesses, and trends of these different professions provides insights into the future and subsequent modifications that will take place to sustain the benefits each profession offers to society at a reasonable cost. All health professions are facing challenges, economic and otherwise. By reviewing these challenges, the veterinary profession can avoid circumstances that are not economically viable for society to bear. Dr. Getz makes intriguing arguments for modification of educational programs, resulting in lower educational costs while still meeting the needs of society. —Bennie Osburn, DVM, PhD, DACVP, DAAVI, DAVES (hon.), Former Interim Executive Director, AAVMC; Dean Emeritus, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis


The 1960s and 1970s in Japan saw an extraordinary flourishing of avant-garde theatre, performance art, dance and visual arts. These artistic products were created in the period of high economic growth in the 1960s and 1970s which followed Japan's defeat in the Second World War in 1945, the period of Allied Occupation from 1945 to 1952, the program of economic reconstruction which culminated in the 'income doubling' policy of the 1960s, and in parallel with attempts to create a viable left-wing alternative politics. The art works of the period were produced in the shadow of the unresolved history of the Second World War, with a consciousness of Japan's alignment with the forces of liberal capitalism in the East Asian region (Munroe, 1994). The period of activity of the underground theatre is also bisected by the rise of women's liberation and other forms of feminism from the early 1970s.


The paper describes two cases of occupational ill-health in individuals working asjiggers in the chromium electroplating industry. Much has been written about theeffects of chromic acid on the platers who may work directly over the plating baths,but a literature search failed to identify any reports of ill-health in those who workalongside platers preparing the items to be placed into the baths. One case ofnasal ulceration and one of nasal septal perforation are described. Reference ismade to the role of the 'responsible person' in health surveillance for such workersto allow early identification of occupational^ acquired ill-health and prevention offurther cases.Key words: Chromium plating; jiggers; nasal perforation; nasal ulceration.


Preparation techniques and properties of Bi‐Sr‐Ca‐Cu‐O thin films are reported. The optimization of the substrate temperature in ozone atmosphere and the shuttering of molecular beams on an atomic scale enabled us to prepare thin films of Bi2Sr2Can−1CunOy (n=1, 2, 3, 4, and 5). These films showed superconducting transition with the exception of the n=1 phase and resistivities showed strong temperature dependence without heat treatment after deposition. Reflection high‐energy electron diffraction showed sharp streaks, which suggest the growth of films with flat surface on an atomic scale.


Abstract The present paper describes the performance of glass fibre reinforced polymers (GFRP) with integrated piezoelectric transducers formed by aligned piezoceramic fibres (50 μm, type A) or microrods (120 μm, type B), both terminated by an interdigital electrode. The following results have been obtained experimentally: demonstration of electromechanical coupling of a 5 cm × 12 cm vibrating plate via transducers A and B; demonstration of impact sensing capability of transducer A integrated in a 19 cm × 20 cm plate and demonstration of passive piezoelectric damping using a shunted transducer B with relative dissipation of power (e.g. related to the power stored within the transducer) of 12 %.


This study discussed  the psychological condition  of STIQ Amuntai students in learning Arabic and the factors that  affect the psychological condition of STIQ Amuntai students in learning Arabic. This study aimed  to determine the psychological condition of students of the Al-Quran College of Science in learning Arabic, both students with  religious education background such as Aliyah/Islamic boarding schools and students with public schools background such as high schools, vocational schools. This study also  discussed the factors that  influenced  the psychological condition of students during learning  Arabic. This research is a qualitative descriptive study. The  data  were collected by  observation, interviews, and documentation. The process of data analysis is by examining all observed data from  related to Arabic learning, checking the validity of the findings by author participation. The conclusion from  this study can be argued that the psychological condition of STIQ Amuntai students in learning Arabic was  not good, they were less enthusiastic and confused when learning Arabic. It is due to several factors, namely:  diverse school backgrounds and lack  insights about Arabic such as a lack of management of Arabic learning materials. Beside that they were  faced with various other subject matter and the obligation to memorize al-Quran, thus the interest and enthusiasm gradually diminished. The  lecturer background  is in accordance with their education and the syllabus is in line  with  the campus syllabus.  The  teaching methods were not suitable for students abilities. Campus environment that did not  use Arabic both from superiors and students. There were inadequate facilities and infrastructure, such as language laboratories that were not used according to their function.


This study aimed to determine the channels through which external debt transmits its impact on economic growth in sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. To this end, panel data comprising 30 SSA countries were investigated for the period 1985–2019, using the system generalized method of moments (GMM) estimation technique. The study identified public investment, private investment and total factor productivity as channels transmitting the non-linear effect from external debt to economic growth. Furthermore, the interest rate was also confirmed as a channel but with a direct effect. Contrariwise, the estimates indicated that savings are not a channel of transmission from external debt to economic growth in SSA. These findings call for urgent action from SSA countries to reduce their external debt stocks and implement alternative macroeconomic non-debt strategies to improve the identified channels to counteract the negative effect of high external debt on them.


: The location and changes in NAD(P)H have been monitored during oscillatory growth in pollen tubes of lily using the endogenous fluorescence of the reduced coenzyme (excitation - 360 nm; emission - > 400 nm). The strongest signal resides 20-40 µ m behind the apex where mitochondria (stained with Mitotracker Green) accumulate. Measurements at 3 s intervals reveal that NAD(P)H-dependent fluorescence oscillates during oscillatory growth. Cross correlation analysis indicates that the peaks follow growth maxima by 7-11 s or 77-116 0 , whereas the troughs anticipate growth maxima by 5-10 s or 54-107 0 . We have focused on the troughs because they anticipate growth, and are as strongly correlated with growth as the peaks. Analysis of the signal in 10 µ m increments along the length of the tube indicates that the troughs are most advanced in the extreme apex. However, this signal moves basipetally as a wave, being in phase with growth rate oscillations at 50-60 µm from the apex. We suggest that the changes in fluorescence are due to an oscillation between the reduced (peaks) and oxidized (troughs) states of the coenzyme, and that an increase in the oxidized state (NAD(P) + ) may be coupled to the synthesis of ATP. We also show that diphenyleneiodonium (DPI), an inhibitor of NAD(P)H dehydrogenases, causes an increase in fluorescence, and a decrease in tube growth. Finally, staining with 5-(and-6)-chloromethyl-2',7'-dichlorohydrofluorescein acetate (CM-H 2 DCFDA) indicates that reactive oxygen species (ROS) are most abundant in the region where mitochondria accumulate and where NAD(P)H fluorescence is maximal.


Consideration of QoS values for accurate web service Selection process has been highlighted in our previ ous survey paper. Further to that work, we claim that the best pe rformance can be achieved by considering both functional and QoS properties. In this paper, we highlight the applicat ion of ontology to represent the non-functional requirements in web service discovery. We emphasize how Ontology if built and r efined by domain experts can be used for web service discovery process with the purpose of reuse and improved design. Consid ering the importance of QoS and Ontology we present a new frame work for web service selection which considers dimensionle ss matrix for web selection and promises to deliver desired ra nking of web services according to user preference QoS. Keywords— Non-Functional Requirements, QoS, Web Service s, Service Discovery, Ontology.


BESM is the name given to the largest digital electronic computer of the U.S.S.R. The machine, which is of parallel-action type, can operate with numbers ranging from 2?31 to 2+31. The calculations are carried out up to the 9th decimal digit, this being the accuracy required in solving the great majority of scientific problems. Both arithmetic and logical operations are carried out by a single universal parallel-action arithmetic unit, which consists of two receiving registers and an adder. Special cathode-ray tubes are employed for the operative memory. Besides these, the computer is provided with magnetic-drum and magnetic-tape storage. The numbers and instructions are put into the machine from a punched tape. The results of the calculations are recorded on magnetic tape, and a photoprmter, an independent device, is utilized to print them afterwards on a film. The BESM contains about 4500 valves, the average life of which is about 10000 hours. The machine operates 24 hours per day, 20% of the time being spent on checking in order to guarantee the reliability of the computer. The useful operating time of the machine is 72%, and the error losses total 8%. When solving complex problems on the machine the average operation speed is from 7000 to 8000 three-address operations per second.


Housing price comovements are an important issue in economics. This study focuses on monthly housing prices of 99 major cities in China for the years 2010–2019 by using correlation-based hierarchical analysis and synchronisation analysis, through which one could determine interactions and interdependence among the prices, heterogeneous patterns in price synchronisations and their changing paths over time. Empirical results show that the degree of comovements is slightly lower after March 2017 but no persistent drop is found. Several groups of cities are identified, each of which has its members showing relatively strong but volatile price synchronisations. Certain cities show potential of serving as price leaders within a group. Results here could be useful to policy analysis regarding housing price comovements.