In the scenario recently proposed by Arkani-Hamed and Dimopoulos, the supersymmetric scalar particles are all very heavy, at least of the order of ${10}^{9}\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{G}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{V}$ but the gauginos, Higgsinos, and one of the neutral Higgs bosons remain under a TeV. The most distinct signature is the metastable gluino. However, the detection of metastable gluino depends crucially on the spectrum of hadrons that it fragments into. Instead, here we propose another unambiguous signature by forming the gluino-gluino bound state, gluinonium, which will then annihilate into $t\overline{t}$ and $b\overline{b}$ pairs. We study the sensitivity of such signatures at the LHC.


The authors field-tested the core quality indicators and standards for evidence-based practices for single-case design studies developed by Horner and colleagues (2005) by applying them to the literature exploring functional assessment-based interventions conducted with secondary-age students with emotional and/or behavioral disorders (EBD). First, we evaluated this knowledge base by applying the indicators to determine if the studies identified (n = 12) were of acceptable methodological quality. Second, we analyzed studies meeting the recommended quality indicators to determine whether function-based interventions with students with EBD might be considered an evidence-based practice. Results reveal that only 1 study addressed all proposed quality indicators, suggesting that function-based interventions are not yet an evidence-based practice for this population per these indicators and standards. Limitations and recommendations are posed.


A six-member cyclic carbonate with protected functional groups was synthesized from tetramethylolmethane,benzaldehyde and ethyl choroformate.Coplymerization of(D,L-lactide) with cyclic carbonate was carried out through conventional ring-opening polymerization using Sn(Oct)_2 as the catalyst.The effects of different catalysts,polymerization time and monomer-to-catalyst molar ratio on the molecular weight were investigated.The methods of removing protected groups were studied.Results showed the protected groups were effectively removed via catalytic hydrogenation.(Poly(D,L-lactide-co-cycliccarbonate)s) with hydroxyl pendant functional groups was obtained.


Photochemical chlorocarbonylation of heptacyclo[18.104.22.168.2,60.3,130.4,1105,9.010,14]tetradecane ("HCTD", 1), performed by irradiating a solution of oxalyl chloride and 1 in benzene, followed by reaction of the crude reaction product with methanol, afforded a mixture of methyl 1- and 7-(HCTD)carboxylates (i.e., 2 and 3, product ratio 2/3 = 3:1). Reduction of the mixture of cage esters thereby obtained with LiAlH4 afforded the corresponding cage alcohols (4 and 5, respectively), which could be separated via column chromatographic methods. Subsequently, 4 and 5 were converted into the corresponding cage tosylates (i.e., 7 and 13, respectively). Reaction of 7 with CF3CO2H−CHCl3 resulted in solvolysis with concomitant skeletal rearrangement, thereby affording 8a. The corresponding reaction performed by starting with cage tosylate 13 also resulted in solvolysis with accompanying skeletal rearrangement, thereby affording 18a.


The author checked the case histories for 18 months. Antrotomy was performed in 241 cases and radical surgery in 86 cases. On 241 antrotomies, the sinus was exposed 133 times, of which it appeared normal in 132 cases. 127 cases healed without complications, as did those where the sinus was not exposed.


Odontogenic inflammatory processes are among the most common diseases of the face and jaws; their specific gravity is constantly increasing. The rapid development of acute odontogenic inflammation in children often complicates the diagnosis of the disease and the choice of adequate treatment, which is the reason for the frequent forms of chronic osteomyelitis of the jaws. In this regard, it is necessary to search for additional research methods that allow as early as possible to evaluate objective criteria for the essence of acute odontogenic disease.


As geometries in integrated circuits continue to decrease, the elimination of submicron defects caused by particles generated within semiconductor processes becomes more and more critical. These particles can cause surface defects which lead to reduced yield. While 100% inspection of processed wafers during fabrication provides the most accurate means for detecting these anomalies, it is also very time-consuming and costly. This cost can be mitigated through the use of automated in-situ particle monitoring systems (ISPMs) which provided real-time estimates of particle counts in process chambers for different categories of particle sizes. However, the challenge is to correlate ISPM measurements with actual surface defects. In this paper, neural network models are used to estimate the number of particles that are deposited on a semiconductor wafer based on ISPM data collected during processing in a reactive ion etching (RIE) chamber. This particle prediction methodology can lead to reduced resting costs and more accurate defect detection.


AIM
Advanced renal cancer has still a very poor prognosis. We combined wingless-related integration site (WNT) inhibitors with a bi-functional peptide, as previous research has proven their individual efficacy in cancer therapy. Each targets cancer cells differently. We wanted to determine whether they have an additive effect.

MATERIALS AND METHODS
Our bi-functional peptide consists of a target domain (LTVSPWY) and a lytic domain (KLAKLAK)2. We used three WNT inhibitors: Ethacrinic acid, ciclopirox olamine, piroctone olamine and combined each with the bi-functional peptide. They were tested on three different renal cancer cell lines using 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium-bromide (MTT) assay.

RESULTS
We demonstrated a synergistic effect of WNT inhibitors with the bi-functional peptide. The vitality of cancer cells was reduced significantly (p<0.05), while healthy cells were mostly unaffected.

CONCLUSION
The combination of WNT inhibitor and the bi-functional peptide may lead to new treatment options as toxic side-effects can be reduced due to the lower doses of agent required.


Objective To investigate the therapeutic effect of prostatic ablation followed by BCG bladder irrigation for chronic nonbacterial prostatitis.Methods 100 cases of chronic nonbacterial prostatitis patients were divided into 2 groups randomly.50 cases in group A received bladder irrigation by BCG and regular drugs after prostatic ablation.50 cases in group B received the same methods except the BCG bladder irrigation.Results The WBC account,IL-8 and TNF-α levels,and NIH-CPSI score were significantly decreased after treatment in both groups.And in group A,the IL-8 and TNF-α levels and NIH-CPSI score were significantly decreased after treatment comparing with those of group B.Conclusion It provides a more promotional effect of BCG bladder irrigation after prostatic ablation for chronic nonbacterial prostatitis.


The university library,as an important information resources center,ought to shoulder the responsibility to improve the academic atmosphere on campus and help promote the full growth of students' moral values.In this paper,the author makes a close study of the important role of university library in the construction of campus culture,from the angles of the connotation and concrete contents of the campus culture.


Emerging microscale distributed energy technologies offer the opportunity for transformation to a more efficient and sustainable energy future. This will be achieved by delivering energy services from technologies that convert local intermittent renewable energy resources (eg wind, solar, wave), and small, silent generators that produce both heat and power from a range of locally available fuel stores. In particular, distributed fuel based generators can provide firm generation capacity at higher overall supply efficiency than central generation, through heat recovery and the elimination of transmission and distribution losses. There is a need to plan for the impact of these technologies now, because much of the existing electrical supply infrastructure is in need of upgrading or replacement. New microgenerator technologies will become competitive over the next few years, and will affect the economics of system upgrades being carried out now.


Isotretinoin may cause aquagenic wrinkling by increasing autonomic nervous system sympathetic activation, as well as by impairing skin barrier function and water absorption.


This landmark volume publishes for the first time the FBI's exhaustive report on the investigation of the African American community ordered by J. Edgar Hoover in the 1940s, in response to the wave of militant black protest sweeping through the U.S.


Designating a particular scholar as an Akhbārī should ideally be based on an established, agreed set of criteria. The competing conceptions of Akhbarism found in literature originating within the Shīʿī tradition, has led to conflicting accounts of Akhbarism's origins and development. Works dedicated to examining the differences between the two schools became an established genre and invariably included such a list. Development within these lists reflects not only shifts in the focus of the dispute, but also modifications in the self-definition of the Akhbārī school. Early Akhbārī scholarship was primarily reactionary that is, the debate revolved around the faults of the Uṣūlī position, rather than the establishment of a coherent Akhbārī alternative. The early lists reflect this preoccupation, and, accordingly, list the differences between the two schools as mere Akhbārī refutations of Uṣūlī doctrines.Keywords: Akhbārī school; Shīʿī tradition; Uṣūlī school


OBJECTIVE To prepare verbascoside solid lipid nanoparticles(VER-SLN)and to observe the protective effects of VER-SLN on liver-injury induced by carbon tetrachlotide(CCl4)in mice.METHODS VER-SLN was prepared by emulsion ultrasound dispersing method.The formulation of VER-SLN were optimized by the orthogonal design with the entrapment efficacy as evaluation index;animal model of liver injury was induced by0.1% CCl4in mice.The protective effects of VER-SLN on the model were evaluated by the determination of the activity of serum alanine and aspartate aminotransferase(AST and ALT) activity,the activity of SOD and the MDA content in liver,and the hepatic tissue pathology was observed.RESULTS Screening by orthogonal experiment,the obtained VER-SLN was round and smooth particles with average size of(109±17)nm,Zeta potential(-23±0.91)mV and entrapment efficiency 96.66%.The experimental liver injury in mice showed that following the treatment with VER-SLN,AST and ALT activities,and the content of MDA in liver were obviously reduced;the activity of SOD in liver was obviously increased.Furthermore,the pathological changes were also improved significantly.CONCLUSION The preparation technique and formulation are practicable.VER-SLN is up to the quality standard;it has protective effects on the experimental chronic hepatic injury induced by CCl4in mice.


A 41-year-old woman referred to our institution with a small painful lump in the inferior-outer quadrant of the right breast. She noticed it some months before and she reported hyperaestesia and intense tenderness at that site. No personal or familiar history of breast disease or assumption of hormonal replacement therapy was elicited at anamnesis. On physical examination, a 5 mm smooth, mobile, painful mass was revealed in the inferior-outer quadrant of the right breast. There was no evidence of axillary lymphadenopathy and the patient did not present any feature of Von Recklinghausen's syndrome. Mammography showed bilateral heterogeneously dense breast tissue (ACR breast density category 3) and did not reveal any suspicious finding. In the place of palpable nodule, in the inferior-outer quadrant of the right breast, close to the pectoralis muscle, sonography revealed an oval, well-demarcated lesion of 5 mm, with mixed echogenicity, constituted of a hypoechoic, solid part and an anechoic cystic portion (Fig. 1a). Color Doppler sonography showed very rich parietal vascularization (Fig. 1b). These features led to the suspicion of a papillary lesion and brought us to attempt removal of all evidence of the lesion to obtain histologic diagnosis and pain relief. Ten milliliter of lidocaine was locally injected before the procedure to avoid patient discomfort. In addition, the ''mechanical'' effect of liquid medium allowed the separation of the target lesion from the underlying pectoralis muscle with a better visualization. Biopsy was conducted under sonographic guidance using a 8G VAB system (Mammotome Ethicon (a)


With the development of our country's reforming and opening, negative influence becomes more and more obvious because the "super citizen's treatment "brings.which check and supervision to the independent creative ability of the enterprise.Therefore it is already going necessarily that practicing citizen's treatment and strongthen the independent creative ability of state-owners enterprise to the overseas-funded enterprises.Through speeding to the foreign capital management s,carrying out to support outward of citizen's treatment,and making to then carry out inside the overseas-funded enterprises in the fair competition with inside the overseas-funded enterprises,we promote the health of nation economy develop quickly.


Nucleosides containing oxetane, in particular discloses a non-reducing Pushiko nucleoside oxetane. To the treatment of diseases associated with nucleoside analogs such as diseases such as cell proliferative and infectious diseases, also discloses these oxetane therapeutic applications.


Coal mine underground information management is a large-scale and complicated management process. The applications of modern management means of professional, industrialization, mechanization and informationization have provided sufficient basis of science and technology to the horizontal underground information management level. This paper has introduced the BS/model system to change the present situation of the existing enterprise staff information management which is not perfect. In this paper, the background and the significance in the coal mine management in ultra wide band wireless communication technology based on information management, put forward the purpose and the main content of the mode, function framework with underground staff information management information system and each module, finally the relevant discussion information system application has been made.


Abstract A parasitological survey was carried out to determine the relationships between the helminth fauna and biological traits of the hosts in three Algerian populations of Podarcis lizards belonging to two different evolutionary lineages. Size, sex, and locality of collection, as well as the infracommunities and component communities, were analyzed. Very low values of parasite infection parameters and diversity were found in all three populations. This is in accordance with the feeding habits of these lizard hosts, which only eat animal prey and no plant matter. Spauligodon saxicolae (Nematoda: Pharyngodonidae), a specialist in lizards, is reported here for the first time in Africa. This nematode was the dominant parasite species for the three populations of lizards regardless their phylogenetic lineage, size, sex, and environmental conditions.


In the weeks following Mexico's July 6 mid-term elections, a conventional wisdom has emerged about how to interpret the election outcome: President Fox and his National Action Party (PAN) were the big losers while the PRI (the former ruling party that lost power three years ago – the Institutional Revolutionary Party), the leftist Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD), and Mexican democracy were the big winners.


The present invention discloses a method and a storage means for storing data, the method for the Health Level empty memory cell storing means is divided into at least three levels, comprising: selecting a storage unit in the blank storing means according to the size of the data to be stored; the encoding treated with healthy level corresponding blank memory means for storing the data coded to obtain verification data, wherein the health level for indicating a blank in the data storage unit to ensure reliability on the basis of the stored data can be stored size; the data and check data stored in the blank storing unit. By the above-described embodiment, the present invention can improve the memory utilization means, improve service life and reliability of the memory device, reduce the cost of the memory device.


Road user behaviour is very complex and has been studied in different ways, starting from different scientific backgrounds. But the goal of all these studies has been more or less the same: understanding road user behaviour in order to explain accident patterns and to design and evaluate countermeasures. This paper is a personal reflection on models, theories and research on road user behaviour and presents illustrations of the complexity of this behaviour and of the selective attention by researchers to elements or aspects of this behaviour. The last paragraph shows the characteristics of a conceptual framework for road user behaviour. In no way is this paper a documented review of post and current efforts in this field. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 809367. (Author/TRRL)


In most parts of the world, the semester system is considered more convenient and learning oriented than annual system of education. The present study was carried out to investigate the response of students towards semester system prevailing in various departments and institutes of the University of the Punjab. Overall it was found that the internal system is successful and it meets the international standards. The data confirmed that the semester system has high educative value as far as it satisfies students educational aspiration and develops creative powers in them, broadens their perspective; make the students finish their assignments well in time and keeps the students busy in studies almost all the time. However the study reveals that semester system makes students' workload lighter increases the pass percentage in examination results and some times turns the students into flatters and does not help the students to gain complete mastery over the subject.


Accurate soil carbon field mapping can benefit modern agricultural practices. For creating such maps, soil carbon measurements using neutron-gamma analysis were developed and applied as a better alternative to traditional chemical analysis. Main components of a neutron-gamma analysis system are a neutron generator, gamma detectors, and special electronics. The proposed application of associated particle imaging (API) neutron techniques for soil carbon measurement could improve metrological characteristics (e.g., minimal detectible level of soil carbon, MDL) of our currently used soil carbon analysis system (i.e., Prompt Fast Thermal Neutron Analysis, PFTNA). Neutron stimulated gamma rays in the API mode are acquired in a relatively narrow neutron flux cone defined by an alpha-particle registration cone (alpha particles are produced with neurons in the DT reaction in neutron generators). This measurement mode tends to increase the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of measurements, which in turn tends to decrease MDL. To test applicability of the API technique for soil carbon analysis, an experimental setup including a DT neutron generator (with alpha particle registration capabilities), sodium iodide gamma detectors (10 cm × 10 cm × 48 cm), and nanosecond operated electronics was constructed and tested. This API setup can measure alpha-gamma coincidence (timing) spectra, time correlated energy gamma spectra, and energy correlated timing spectra.The proper working setup and authenticated experimental results were confirmed by definition of the 14.1 MeV neutrons speed from measurement of carbon energy correlated timing spectra. The measured value (5.2 cm/ns) agreed with reference data.Series measurements of timing spectra, time correlated energy gamma spectra, and energy correlated timing spectra of different samples (i.e., ammonia nitrate, sand, graphite bricks, sand-carbon mixtures) at different source-to-samples distances were conducted and are discussed. Measurements demonstrate that the energy correlated timing spectra gives the possibility of defining the time window for time correlated energy spectra measurement with better accuracy than timing spectra for gamma rays in the full energy range. The identification of sample content located at some distance from the neutron source can be accomplished with such measurements. This can be useful for disclosure of hidden objects.From the API mode measurements of sand-carbon mixtures, the carbon MDL of this method was defined and compared with carbon MDL of different PFTNA devices. This comparison demonstrates better carbon MDL for the API mode.Findings from this work clearly indicate that the API method is a quite promising method for agricultural applications, and for soil carbon analysis due to significantly improved MDL.


To the Editor. — We describe a case of an extremely frequent, long-term marijuana smoker who presented with a clinical diagnosis of metastatic epidermoid carcinoma. Postmortem examination identified a tumor pattern most compatible with primary lung cancer. Report of a Case. — A 27-year-old Jamaican-born man presented to the emergency department with bizarre behavior. He had been raised as a Rastafarian, a group centered in the West Indies with whom marijuana smoking, even as children, is an integral part of the cultural experience. The patient admitted to smoking his first "joint" at age 3 years, and since age 11 years had smoked an estimated 20 joints, or 28 g of marijuana, per day (confirmed by two other family members). He also admitted to occasional cocaine use and tobacco smoking for the last ten years. The latter apparently never exceeded one pack per day during this time and often was much


In the present study, we investigate the anisotropic stellar solutions admitting Finch-Skea symmetry (viable and non-singular metric potentials) in the presence of some exotic matter fields, such as Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC) dark matter, the Kalb-Ramond fully anisotropic rank-2 tensor field from the low-energy string theory effective action, and the gauge field imposing symmetry. Interior spacetime is matched with both Schwarzchild and Reissner-Nördstrom vacuum spacetimes for BEC, KB, and gauge fields. In addition, we study the energy conditions, Equation of State (EoS), radial derivatives of energy density and anisotropic pressures, Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff equilibrium condition, relativistic adiabatic index, sound speed, and surface redshift. Most of the aforementioned conditions are satisfied. Therefore, the solutions derived in the current study lie in the physically acceptable regime.


We present a method, called the value-preserving (VP) method for reducing the amount of work when computing the value of a function at regularly spaced points. The VP method uses the fact that if two argument values x and y have p common digits, then the values f(x) and f(y) computed with an on-line algorithm of delay (delta) have at least p-(delta) common digits. We discuss evaluation of polynomials using the VP method and compare its performance with several traditional techniques.


Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were applied to simulate the deformation process of copper with different density of parallel coherent twin boundaries (TBs). It is shown that the strength of perfect copper crystal enhances with increasing coherent TB density. Based on the local hydrostatic pressure analysis, we found that stress concentrations are more likely to form in the interior of the crystal rather than around the TBs. Since the dislocation nucleation is suppressed in the vicinity of the coherent TBs and each TB plane hinders dislocations from propagating, the coherent TBs can be regarded as an intrinsic strengthening phase relative to perfect crystal.


Massive open online courses (MOOCs) require registered learners to be autonomous in their learning. Nevertheless, prior research studies showed that many learners lack the necessary self-regulated learning (SRL) skills to succeed in MOOCs. This research study aimed to gain insights into the relationships that exist between SRL and background information from MOOC learners. To this end, a series of three MOOCs on computer programming offered through edX were used to collect self-reported data from learners using an adaptation of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire. Results show significant differences in general learning strategies and motivation by continent, prior computing experience and percentage of completed MOOCs. Men reported higher motivation than women, whereas pre-university learners needed further guidance to improve their learning strategies.


MENTAL ILLNESS IN TWINS Mental illness has to-day yielded relatively few of the secrets of its more common forms, and, though the theory of de oniacal possession and the wages of sin may have given place to dianetics and the importance of guilt-feelings, the proportion of theory to observation is often still very high. The only antidote to this is sound observation, and for those who can tolerate the pains of scientific doubt the unsolved problem of the major psychoses has acted as a stimulus to the gathering of reliable information, to consideration of predisposing and exciting causes, and to planned observation of the natural history of the morbid process. In this respect the progress of research into schizophrenia and cancer-to take two common diseases-is remarkably similar; there are advances in empirical treatment and accumulation of much information, but the main problem awaits solution. In both the constitutional approach has led indirectly to advances in the science of genetics, because it was a necessary preliminary to establish the extent to which inherited factors could predispose to disease and the extent to which a morbid predisposition could be modified by factors occurring during life and by the effects of treatment. In the same way, also, it has been necessary to investigate genetic factors in normal tissue growth and, in the study of the mental disorder, the inherited factors in the growth of normal personality, of which that of the schizophrenic is a caricature. It is seventy years ago since Francis Galton' gathered information about the intellect, temperament, and character of twins and showed that identical twins were more alike in these respects than binovular ones or siblings of different age. In 1926 Dahlberg2


S (Organized by Colloquium Session and Abstract Number) Session 1. What are we Breathing and how can it Best be Characterized? ~ DEVElOMENT OF A CONTINUOUS MONITORING SYSTEM fOR PM10 AND COMPONENTS OF PM2.S· M Lippmann, J Q Xiong and W l ei . Depl of Environmental Mcdicin~. New York University, Tuxedo, NY. We have assembled, tested, and wi ll be val idating an ambient particulate matter (PM) monitoring package. It will provide records of concentration data as a fundion of time for thoracic particles IPM1Q) and eight of its components, including coarse mode particles IPM1Q·PM2.s i. fine particles IPM2.si. ultrafine particles (PMo.lsi and the constituents of the accumulation mode aerosol (PM2.sPMo.l si of primary interest, including sulfate IS04=), nitrate (NOf J. ammonium (N H4 +), hydrogen IH+), and particle associated water IH20J. For aerosol sulfur, we usc a flame photometric detector. For NH4 + and NOf, we use a two-channel chemilumincscent NO detector, catal ytically converting NH4 + to NO in one channel while converting N03to NO in the second. These systems have been installed in an instrument cart housing all of the other componcnl5. Lab evaluations of detectors for particle asscx:iated water are underway. A mass monitor for the ultrafine particles has been developed in prototype, and its technical feasibi lity was demonstrated for measuring very low mass concentration of ultraf.nc particles in ambient air over one to several hours. Since particle number concentration and mass concentration arc highly correlated for ultra fi ne particles (but not for larger particles), it wi ll be possible, to conveniently examine the correlations betvveen the ambient PM0.15 and health effects measures such as daily mortality, hospital admissions, emerb'ency room admissions, and respiratory fundion in time-series analyses. The monitoring system has been designed to suppon: 1) studies of particulate rnauer (PM) exfX)sures and their health effects; and 2) studies of PM source attribution and comrol efficacy. Such studies are needed for the periodic review of the National Ambient Ai r Quality Standard INAAQS) for PM. ~A REAL· TIME SAMPLER, RAMS, FOR THE DETERMINATION OF PM,_, INCLUDING SEMI-VOLATILE SPECIES. D) Eatough, F Obeidi, Y Pang and NL Eatough, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Brigham Young University, Provo UT. The RAMS is a real-time ambient monitor for the determination of fine particulate mass, including the volati le comfX)nents. The RNAS has a p.1rticle concentrator, followed by a Nafion diffusion dryer to remove water, di ffusion denuders to remove gas phase comfX)unds which can be absorbed by charcoal, a second Nafion dryer to remove water, and a "sandwich r.lter" containing a Teflon coated fllter to collect particles and a charcoal impregnated filter ro retain volatile components which can be lost from the particles during sample collection. Semi-volatile fine particulate material retained on the "sandwich (iltcrH includes ammonium nitrate and semi-volatile organic compounds. The "sandwich filter" is located at the tip of the tapered oscillating element of a TEOM moniror and mass retained on the "sandwich filter" is measured as a function of time. The various dryers and denuders of the RAMS are designed to remove gas phase organic compounds, nitric acid, sulfur dioxide, nitro{, 'en dioxide, ammonia, ozone and water, each of which can be absorbed by the charcoal portion of the "sandwich filter". The concentrations of these species are reduced to acceptable (> 20pf¥m '). but not zero concentrations prior to the collection of particles on the TEOM 137 probe. Therefore, a second, para llel system preceded by a filter is used to obtain an active blank for the correction of the RA!v15 monitor data. The results obtained for the continuous determination of PM, with the RAMS have been validated by comparison wi th results obtained frorn diffusion denuder integrated samples to determine the mass of fine particulate material retained on a filter and the semi-volatile organic material and ammonium nitrate lost from the filter during sampling. This has included comparisons with sampling periods for the denuder samplers as short as 2 hour. Results obtained wi th RAMS and denuder samplers show that semivolatile fine particulate species can ~ continuously and accurately monitored with the RA/v\5. The research reported here was supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Ah>ency STAR Program, the Electric Pmver Research Institute. and Rupprecht and Patashnick, Inc. ~ SEMI-VOLATILE SPECIES IN PM,..: CONCENTRATIONS IN URBAN ATMOSPHERES AND SAMPLING ERRORS USING THE PM,.. FRM. Y Pang. NL Eatough and DJ Eatough, Department of 01emistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT USA C Al len, P Babich and P Koutrakis, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston MAUSA Fine particles in urban atmospheres contain substantial quanti ties of semi-volatile material (e.g. ammonium nitrate and semi-volatile organic comfX)unds) which can be lost from particles during collection on a filter. The extent to which these species will be lost during sampling with the PMH FRM is not well known. However, it can be expected that the FRM wi ll substantially under-measure PMH in environments where significant concentrations of semivolatile particulate material is present. These semi-volatile fine particulate components can be more accurately sampled using diffusion denuder techniques. We have compared the concentrations of PMu determined using PMB FRM samplers, Harva rd PM,_ filter packs and HEA DS, and annular denuder and PCBOSS denuder samplers. Results obtained with these variOliS samplers are compared for six-vveek sampling programs in Riverside CA in the summer, Bakersfield, CA in the winter and Provo UT in the winter. The results indicate that PM15 mass measured by a single Teflon filter sampler is often less than 3/4 of the PM,_, actually present in these urban atmospheres, averaging 61%, 76% and 78% of the total for samples collected in Riverside, Bakersfield and Provo, respectively. The PC-BOSS results indicate that about one-half of the fine ~rticulate organic material is semi-volatile and is lost during coUectJon on a fil ter. There is a clear need for independent vahdauon of these results. The fraction of ammonium nitrate lost varies from above 50% to negligible and is a function of the ambient RH and temperature. The va riations in both ammonium nitrate and fine particulate semi-volatile organic material lost from particles dunng sampling with single Teflon filter samplers will be presented. The research reported here was supported by the Electric Pmver Research Institute, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency STAR Program, and Rupprecht and Patashnick, Inc. §2]DESIGN AND EXPERIMENTAl CHARAGERIZATION OF A PM, AND A PM,.. PERSONAl SAMPLER. Constantinos Siouras, Ming-Chih Chang and Seongheon Kim,


In this study, peptide fractions with strong antioxidant activity were obtained from Roselle seed protein hydrolysates. Pepsin followed by pancreatin were used to digest Roselle protein at different time in order to produce hydrolysate with antioxidant activity suitable for conversion to high-value products. The hydrolysates obtained after different hydrolysis times were analyzed for antioxidant activity using 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical scavenging method. The 3 h hydrolysate showed the highest antioxidant activity therefore, it was separated into four fractions (I, II, III, and IV) by gel filtration on Sephadex G-15. The antioxidant efficacies of the 3 h Roselle seed protein hydrolysates and its fractions were investigated using different in vitro methods. All fractions were effective antioxidants, with fraction III showing the strongest antioxidant activity. The fractions were then analyzed for amino acid composition. The analysis revealed that fraction III contained higher amounts of Serine, Glycine, Arginine, Alanine, Tyrosine, Valine, Phenylalanine, and Proline compared to the other fractions. Most of these amino acids have been reported to show antioxidant activity. The results showed that the hydrolysate derived from Roselle seed protein, particularly fraction III, could be a natural antioxidant source suitable for use as a food additive.


Objectives: Although dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) with aspirin and clopidogrel is currently recommended in patients after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), this practice is not supported by sufficient evidence. This study was performed to compare DAPT to single antiplatelet therapy (SAPT). Methods: An electronic search was completed of PubMed, Embase, Ovid Medline, Web of Science, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials. Studies comparing DAPT versus SAPT in patients undergoing TAVI were included. Results: Seven studies incorporating 1,445 patients were eligible for the present meta-analysis. There were no significant differences on 30-day all-cause mortality (OR 1.19, 95% CI 0.63–2.25, p = 0.593), 6-month all-cause mortality (OR 1.11, 95% CI 0.49–2.53, p = 0.796), or 1-year all-cause mortality (OR 1.19, 95% CI 0.63- 2.25, p = 0.593). DAPT was associated with an increased risk for 30-day (OR 2.91, 95% CI 1.85–4.58, p < 0.01), 6-month (OR 2.54, 95% CI 1.26–5.10, p < 0.001), and 1-year major and lethal bleeding (OR 2.65, 95% CI 1.04–6.77, p = 0.041) based on 896, 337, and 583 patients, respectively, compared to SAPT. Conclusion: Compared to SAPT, DAPT was not shown to be superior in reducing thrombotic events, but presented an increased risk of major/life-threatening bleeding. More randomized controlled trials are needed to provide further evidence.


Assistant Calculator: an expert system to facilitate eligibility and savings determination for a state sponsored drug insurance program ABSTRACT This article describes the development and piloting of an expert system which provides a preliminary eligibility and savings determination statement for the flew York State Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC) program. EPIC is a drug insurance program for senior citizens with modest financial resources,moderate drug expenses, and no other form of druy insurance coverage. The EPICExpert Assistant Calculator is an expert system, a type of computer program, designed to support this very specific task or problem solving process. 1. INTRODlKTION The EPIC Expert Assistant Calculator provides a detailed and customized report which enumerates the mlatiue costs and savings associated with participating in the state sponsored EPIC program. The Calculator prompts the user for relevant information and processes the data against a knowledge base of eligibility criteria, arithmetic calculations and simple heuristics. The Calculator serves to facil-itateprofessional andclientdecisionmakingrelated to joinir,g EPIC. As an application of Information Technology in the HumanServices, the EPICExpert Assistant Calculator must be understoodagainst thebackdrop ofa changing society. Put quite simply, the Unites States is transforming from an industrial to an information and service oriented economy and culture. In a post-industrial, information oriented society, the ownership of capita? recedes to the background1 as the ability to acquire, organize and use information becomes paramount. In such a society, information is transformed from a mere 'economic commodity' to a precious 'social resource' with implications for a welfare state: " Each historical stage of economic development has its unique class structure...It would be a great waste if we enter the information society by repeating the injustices of the past. Our present trajectory will produce, by the end of the ceqtury, a new underclass-the information poor. o&L Permission to copy without fee all or part of this material is granted provided that the copies are not made or distributed for direct commercial advantage, the ACM copyright notice and the title of the publication and its date appear, and notice is given that copying is by permission of the Association for Computing Machinery. To copy otherwise, or to republish, requires a fee and/or specific permission. The profession of Social Work has long bssn identified with meeting the needs and affirming the rights of disenfranchised populations. As a practice-based profession committed to social justice and equality, Social Work nust be ale to practically sld concretely …


The remarkable effect of anions on the transition from supramolecular gel to crystalline phases posesss various application in various field.[1] An amino acid-based metallohydrogel was transformed into different metal-organic frameworks using halide anions. The metallogel and the resulting metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) were thoroughly characterized. The results demonstrated a controlled access over binding of particular anion to selectively form a particular MOF. Within this context, gel-based materials have been used as a matrix for the controlled growth of important pharmaceutical crystals.[2] Herein, we report a highly efficient synthesis of different MOFs through the introduction of selective anion(s) into a common metastable gel phase. Cadmium sulfide (CdS) quantum dots (<10 nm in size) have now great potential for use as diagnostic and imaging agents in biomedicine and as semiconductors in the electronics industry, since they have strong photoluminescence and tunable optical capabilities. Thus synthesis of CdS quantum dots in various medium with tunable size is important for various catalytic processes. Our group has shown that CdS quantum dots can be synthesized in situ in gel matrix without any capping agent. Size of the CdS QDs in gel matrix is easily tunable and possesses various color change with different size. Therefore, ordering of nanoparticles in gel matrix as well various properties of such system are less studied and need to explore. Similar size stabilization of CdS quantum dots can be achieved by means of a unique room-temperature conversion of the CdS incubated gel to CdS incubated MOF crystals.


The paper covers the history of Reclamation's hydraulic laboratory from its inception in 1930 at Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station, Fort Collins, Colorado to the present. Emphasis is placed on the laboratory's historical role in developing new design concepts for hydraulic structures to meet Reclamation's everincreasing challenges over the past seventy years. The paper presents the design challenges associated with specific structures such as: Hoover Dam side channel spillway, Grand Coulee Dam spillway bucket, Hungry Horse Dam tunnel spillway, and more recently the aeration slot design developed for Reclamation's tunnel spillways to prevent cavitation damage. During the 1950's and 1960's Reclamation's hydraulic laboratory initiated an extensive research program to develop standard designs that eventually led to engineering monographs and manuals coauthored by hydraulic laboratory staff. The paper concludes with the hydraulic design challenges facing Reclamation in the next century. The water management issues associated with fish passage and water conservation as well as infrastructure security at numerous dams in the western U.S. are some of the hydraulic challenges in Reclamation's future. BACKGROUND The Bureau of Reclamation was established in 1902. In its first ten years eighteen dams were built. By 1930 fifty dams had been constructed. The first irrigation projects were fairly simple, consisting of a diversion dam, headworks, canals, and turnouts. These early projects involved no special challenges other than those peculiar to each site. To optimize water basin development, dams of increasing height were required and their design and construction created new problems and provided serious challenges for Reclamation's engineers. The 1906 Congress introduced the function of hydropower when it authorized the sale of excess power generated at Reclamation projects. In 1928 Congress passed the Boulder Canyon Project Act (The name Boulder Dam was changed to Hoover Dam April 3, 1947 by joint congressional resolution). This act inaugurated a new era in the conservation and utilization of western water. Hoover Dam would be the principal structure of the Boulder Canyon Project and would introduce a new concept in western water development referred to as multi-purpose development. Other projects soon followed: the Central Valley Project, Columbia Basin Project, Colorado-Big Thompson Project, and the Missouri River Project. These multipurpose projects optimized utilization of water and land resources in large areas of entire river basins. Rhone states the quarter century between 1948 and 1973 was especially productive when more than half of Reclamation's dams were constructed. THE EARLY YEARS In the early years before 1930, many of Reclamation's design engineers were recruited from Reclamation's parent organization, the U.S. Geological Survey. The 1 1 Founding Member EWRI of ASCE, Water Resources Consultant, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, supervisory staff of the design units maintained extremely high engineering standards for their personnel. Typically, each design leader assembled and maintained a design manual based on their training and experience; these informal manuals were passed on to subordinates who, in turn, added to the standards and through their new knowledge and experience became even better qualified designers. When Reclamation completed the construction of Shoshone Dam (100 m) in Wyoming in 1910, it was the highest dam in the world. In the next 25 years Reclamation held this record three more times with the construction of Arrowrock Dam (106 m) in Idaho in 1915, Owyhee Dam (127 m) built in eastern Oregon in 1933, and finally Hoover Dam (221 m) on the Colorado River in 1936. RECLAMATION'S HYDRAULIC LABORATORY Reclamation's hydraulic laboratory was established in the early 1930s expressly to solve the technical challenges presented in the design of these large structures. With the anticipation of designing Hoover Dam there came the recognition that this structure would impose design and construction challenges well beyond the textbooks and experience of the day. The tremendous construction costs associated with these large structures required careful attention to the preliminary design and required hydraulic model testing before one could finalize design and start construction. Although the name "hydraulic laboratory" is relatively modern, the concept has been around for a long time. Scholars as early as Leonardo da Vinci recognized the importance of experimentation when dealing with the flow of water. He is quoted as saying, "Remember when discoursing on the flow of water to adduce first experience and then reason". 2 The purpose of the hydraulic model is to use the tool of similitude to demonstrate the behavior of flowing water at reduced scale. Typically, models are used to study rivers and waterways of hydraulic structures and equipment such as: spillways, outlet works, stilling basins, gates, valves, and pipes associated with large dams. Agreement between model and prototype has proven very satisfactory. 3, 4 At the turn of the 20 century, some European universities and especially universities in Germany recognized the value of experimental model studies to solve hydraulic challenges such as those posed by dam spillways and outlet works, siphons, tunnel inlets, and bridge constrictions on rivers. John R. Freeman (1855-1932), a hydraulic engineer from the United States, felt very strongly that we should develop similar hydraulic laboratories to those being utilized in Europe. In 1924 he visited laboratories in Berlin, Dresden, Brunn and Karlsruhe. He had a significant influence on the development of hydraulic laboratories in the United States. Freeman writes in 1929, "Nowhere, yet, in America has the writer found the acceptance and reliance upon the doctrines of similitude which he has found at substantially all of the great European engineering universities, and which have been developed there wholly during the past 30 years, and mainly during the past 10 years." 5 Beginning in the early thirties, laboratory activity in engineering schools in the United States greatly increased. Freeman describes some of the early work conducted in laboratories in the United States: Cornell University (1899), State University of Iowa (1919), Alden hydraulic laboratory of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1910), and several commercial laboratories conducting experimentation


There are many publications on the biochemical aspects of fibrinolysis and therapeutic effects of thrombolytic drugs in occlusive vessel diseases such as myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular thrombosis and venous thrombosis predisposing to pulmonary embolism. Fibrinolysis is, however, physiological phenomenon, which is constantly operating together with the coagulation system to secure the sufficient blood flow to peripheral organs or tissues. We have examined effects of various physiological parameters on the fibrinolytic enzyme system, which will be reviewed together with results reported from other laboratories.


Due to the influence of other factors,it is difficult to analyze damage measurements of materials directly using CT image.In this paper,firstly,beginning from computing angle of mass attenuation coefficient of mixture.By analyzing the calculation principle of mass attenuation coefficient.Getting the other one equivalent expressing;The formula among density variations induced by microcracks.CT image value and volume percent of crack defects is obtained under service environment;finally obtained the formula between volume percent of crack defects and damage variable.This lay a theoretical foundation for material fatigue life prediction by using CT.


Subjective reports of cancer‐related cognitive impairment often far exceed that documented using in‐person neuropsychological assessment. This study evaluated whether subjective cognition was associated with real‐time objective cognitive performance in daily life versus performance on an in‐person neuropsychological battery, as well as fatigue and depressed mood.


A 42-year-old man presented with a 2-week history of red, painful and 'bulging' right eye. His past medical history included congenital toxoplasmosis resulting in bilateral microphthalmos, congenital blindness in the right eye and choroidal retinal lesions in the left eye with subsequent complete retinal detachment and loss of vision. The patient also had cerebral palsy, epilepsy and intellectual impairment secondary to congenital cerebral toxoplasmosis. There was no perception of light bilaterally. The right conjunctiva was injected with a large superior intraocular mass protruding anteriorly from the eye under the right upper eyelid (Fig. 1a). Bilateral corneal stromal opacities and vascularization, and hypopyon in the right eye were also noted. The right eye was tender to palpation. Enucleation was recommended for diagnosis and treatment. An intraoperative B-scan confirmed an intraocular heterogeneous mass related to the superior aspect of the right globe. Intraoperatively, the right ocular mass was noted to be vascularized, pigmented, with overlying scleral thinning (Fig. 1b). The attachment of the superior rectus to the globe was splayed and displaced superiorly. The right eye was removed in total with an intact optic nerve stump, followed by a primary orbital implant insertion. Histopathology revealed massive proliferation of astrocytes in the retina, completely replacing vitreous with focal extension superiorly into the sclera and episclera (Fig. 2a). Focal hyalinization of the blood vessel walls was present. Mild nuclear pleomorphism and occasional scattered multinucleated astrocytic giant cells but no mitoses were seen. The astrocytic proliferation extended up to the lamina cribrosa but not beyond. There was some nodular calcification and osseous metaplasia of the retinal pigment epithelium within the globe inferiorly. Immunohistochemistry showed strong diffuse reactivity for glial fibrillary acid protein (GFAP) and low Ki-67 proliferation index less than 1%. Synaptophysin was negative. (Fig. 2b). This case demonstrates massive retinal gliosis occurring in the context of congenital oculocerebral toxoplasmosis and is the first case in the literature to show extrascleral extension. Massive retinal gliosis refers to an extensive pseudoneoplastic proliferation of retinal glial cells. It is often associated with previous retinal damage such as trauma and retinal detachment as well as phthisis bulbi, congenital malformations and retinopathy of prematurity and neurofibromatosis-1. Yanoff et al. characterized massive gliosis of the retina by three histopathological features: (i) overgrowth of glial tissue replacing the retina; (ii) abnormal blood vessels; and (iii) glial proliferation obliterating retinal architecture. Most recently, Jakobiec et al. reviewed previous published cases and presented another 18 cases of intraocular gliosis and proposed a new classification of retinal tumoral gliosis with three categories, based on the degree of overgrowth and suggesting progression from focal nodular gliosis, submassive gliosis to massive gliosis. The natural history of retinal gliosis was demonstrated in a case report by Hudson et al.; left untreated, a focal nodular gliosis can progress to massive retinal gliosis. Massive Figure 1 (a) Preoperative examination of right eye. (b) Intraoperative view of scleral mass.


This paper links the relevance of the research on communicative strategy in the frameworks of current university education and national public school system as a whole to fill the gap within both scientific Scholarship and pragma studies that reflect on novelty and changes of conditions and tasks for the development language education in the polyphony of the cultural information and educational spaces as a dominant value of social life of man and the society. This manuscript presents for consideration and discussion some of the authors' findings of personification of training and learning as a priority of recurrent education and of axiology that involve and constitute the comprehensive model of a) transformations of the requirements for language proficiency of an individual, b) changes of structural, functional and communicative approaches to teaching/training and learning goals, c) selection of knowledge content and methodology of programming and planning in terms of integration processes. In conclusion, the statement of development of functional literacy of a personality in the chaotic space of the multicultural world of global communication and pluralistic essence of the era of postmodernism is suggested as of prior significance.


A relatively high speed method for increasing the bulk density of the coal particles without the impact of coal particles, and means for compacting coal for the preparation of a metallurgical coke used. The method includes depositing coal particles charging plate external to the coke oven. The charging plate has side walls and at least one movable end wall, so as to provide said dried charge plate having an upper surface of the uncompacted coal bed elongate. By vibratory compactor cylindrical along the uncompacted coal bed coal traveling sufficient thickness to less than the original thickness of the uncompacted coal is about 80% of the process time and uncompacted coal compaction. The vibratory compactor cylindrical having a length to diameter ratio in the range of from about 1.4 to about 2:1.


MARTINS, L. V. C. A Two-Stage Particle Competition Model for Unbalanced Community Detection in Complex Networks. 2020. 79 p. Dissertação (Mestrado em Ciências – Ciências de Computação e Matemática Computacional) – Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação, Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos – SP, 2020. The usage of Complex Networks has proved to be an excellent tool in reveling prevalent information from complex systems due to its ability to describe spatial, functional, and topological relations among the data. One inherent characteristic of Complex Networks, which is an excellent source of information, is its community structure–commonly defined as a set of nodes more densely connected than to other nodes of the networks. In order to extract this information, many techniques have been proposed. One interesting technique is the Particle Competition method, which is a bio-inspired approach in which a set of particles are inserted into the network and must compete with themselves to capture as many nodes as possible. Competition, here represented as a stochastic dynamic system that controls the particles, is a behavior widely encountered in nature when there is a shortage of resources, such as water, food, or mates—the nodes of the graph are the limited resources each particle must conquer. However, unbalanced communities commonly appear in real complex networks. Although many community detection techniques have been developed, and some of them possess a certain degree of tolerance to unbalance, there is still lacking an explicit and efficient mechanism to treat this problem. In this document, we proposed a Two-Stage Particle Competition model to detect unbalanced communities. At the first stage, named Competition, the particles compete with themselves to occupy as many nodes as possible. At the second stage, a diffusion-like regularization mechanism is introduced to determine the dominance level of each particle at a neighborhood of each node. The two stages work alternatively until the regularization process converges. In the original Particle Competition model, all particles have the same behavior; therefore, there is no way to correctly occupy the communities with different sizes or structures by the particles. In the proposed model, the regularization mechanism makes each particle to have a different behavior according to the network structure. Consequently, communities with different sizes or structures can be correctly detected by the particles. Computer simulations show promising results of the proposed model. Moreover, the regularization mechanism improves both the accuracy and computational speed of the method as fewer iterations are required until convergence when compared to previous Particle Competition methods.


This paper introduces a new delivery method for electronic grocery shopping. This method involves a peer-to-peer matching system in which customers (carriers) who shop at a grocery store are assigned other customers (clients) who have ordered groceries online. Carriers deliver groceries to the clients' homes, in return for an incentive. The authors' proposed system matches carriers with clients to minimize the total travel time on the network. In order to examine how this new delivery method performs, the authors compare it with existing methods of grocery shopping and delivery. The authors' proposed system performs well in terms of reducing total travel time and has the potential to be implemented alongside the two current methods of grocery shopping; regular shopping and truck delivery. While the matching system reduces total travel time compared to regular grocery shopping, it does not outperform truck delivery service. The performance of the matching system is best when the number of carriers is equal to the number of clients.


Thad Starner, who has been wearing a "homebrew" computer with a head-up display as part of his daily life since 1993, discusses why it has taken so long for wearables to capture consumer interest. He discusses the various challenges of designing wearable systems and presents five different phases of head-mounted displays, illustrating how improvements in technology allowed progressively more useful and usable devices.


The purpose of this new 11-page publication of the UF/IFAS Horticultural Sciences Department is to present options for commercial operations handling fresh broccoli in Florida and is written for growers/packers/shippers, Extension faculty, and allied industry representatives. Written by Steven A. Sargent, Merce T. A. Santana, Carina Theodore, Lincoln Zotarelli, Jeffrey K. Brecht, and Adrian D. Berry.https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/hs1453


6H- and 3C-SiC layers were grown using a sublimation based process. The polytype balance is mainly given by the substrate orientation and growth temperature. This paves the way to use 6H- and 3C-SiC in optoelectronic applications.


THE general details about arachnodactyly and the accompanying ocular anomalies in a case of Marfan's syndrome given by Pahwa and Gupta (1962) were very complete and detailed, but it is possible that some suggestions on the subject of treatment in cases of lens displacement may be worth while. All those who have attempted needling the lens in cases of arachnodactyly will be well aware of the difficulty involved, partly owing to the abnormal mobility of the lens and partly because opening the capsule often produces nothing but a small localized opacity. My first experience of this complication was gained when two children-a brother and sister in their early 'teens-both affected in the same way with upward displacement of the lens came to Moorfields about the mid 1930s. I attempted to needle the lens in one eye of the boy, but repeated attempts produced only a localized effect and I then thought of doing an iridotomy below. I employed a method which was, I think, shown to me by Mr. A. C. Hudson, and has definite advantages over the better-known optical iridectomy.


The study is investigating the effect of the announcement of dividend policy to company's share price in a capital market in Indonesia. Specifically, the study is examining the implied productivity of retention and the share price around the announcement of company's dividend policy. Through the research question "Are the implied productivity of retention and stock price related?" the study is analyzing the correlation between the implied productivity of retention and company's share price. The study is also investigating the correkation between the implied productivity of retention with the moving price, which is the price before the announcement and after the announcement of divedend policy. The data used is gathered from all companies paying cash dividend from 2000-2008. After selecting all criteria, there are 210 companies with 635 company-days of announcement to analyze. As the research is quantitative correlation study, the data is analyzed using a statistical tool, the Pearson-bivariate correlation analysis using SPSS series 12.0. The study resulted that there is a negative but not significant correlation.


The time spent by employees to complete their activities is an indicator widely used to calculate costs in companies. This situation is more frequent in service activities where hired labor charges are significant. However, the indicator "time" is not guaranteed to be reliable. Concepts of "time" and "service" are complex and interfere in the measurements made. Tests carried out in an insurance company-s call center show that even in activities where time taken in production can be stabilized, the customer can have a significant influence on the time spent finishing an activity; the standard time associated with each activity loses its meaning when there are multiple demands; idle times cannot be considered unproductive and it is hard to relate them with services; the use of computers does not necessarily increase the relevancy of observations. This situation leads us to question the quality of costing system designs based on indicators of "time."


The National Development Goals of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2030, defined by the decree of the President (2020), corresponding to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), which were adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015. The Russian Federation conducts systematic work to implement SDG, including Goal 4, "Quality education". The article presents a brief outline of the history of the created in 1970 Scientific Council on environmental education of the Russian Academy of Education (previously it was called Problem Council on informal environmental education of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of the USSR), the main directions of its activities and contribution to the SDG through the development of scientific and methodological support of environmental education (in contemporary wording, of the environmental education for sustainable development). With the participation of members of the Scientific Council, federal and regional textbooks on sustainable development for secondary and higher schools were published, and several monographs and dissertations were prepared. Issues of environmental protection and sustainable development are included in federal state educational standards. The Concept of general environmental education for sustainable development is prepared. The Interregional network partnership "Learning to live sustainably in a global world" is functioning. Currently, designing of the national set of SDG 4 indicators, and, particularly, an indicator 4.7.1 related to training in sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, is on the way.


Nowadays,social anxiety has become the world's third killer of bothering and destroying people's psychological health.Social phobia,also called anthropophbia,refers to the neurosis,that is,when one sees people out of his family members,he will feel nervous and fear and then avoid touch with them,which is one kind of the common psychological obstacles among adolescent group.Together with social phobia,there is the symptom of high anxiety.Therefore,doctors should distinguish and cure respectively in the clinical diagnosis and treatment.Cognitive behavior therapy has obvious psychological intervention and improvement to the common patients.Systematic desensitization,together with behavior learning technology and pulse therapy,can resolve the patients' fear thoroughly.


Shows arrangement of text. Letter signed by M A Tasker (President) and A Frame (Hon Secretary) asking for an extension of the Award so as to include all those employed long hours in private houses. The aim was : "to popularise a womanly vocation; Bring the domestic worker under state protection ...; Raise the status of those employed in household work; Encourage out girls to enter into domestic duties". The letter concludes in saying the the Union was in favour of the immigration of domestic workers "of the right stamp".
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Courses
 This semester-long project can be included in a general health communication course, a health campaigns course, upper-level mass-media courses, and advanced courses on communication and social justice. This can also be used as a semester-long assignment in a course that fulfills a diversity requirement.
 Objectives
 After completing this project, students should: (a) develop a deep understanding of a health disparity in the United States and the social determinants associated with it, (b) create a public service announcement (PSA) that considers and incorporates research on effective health messages and structural oppression, and (c) present their work to a peer audience demonstrating the potential positive impact of their PSA.


In a sealing sleeve for a pipe association with at least two inner tubes for containing electrical conductors, such as cables, and a flexible, which surrounds at least two inner tubes envelope comprising at least two of the tubular bandage encompassing sleeve shells, in particular sleeve half-shells, defining an insertion opening and a tube outlet opening, a in the longitudinal direction of the sealing sleeve split seal mat, a gasket for sealing the pipe outlet opening with at least two passages, of which each an inner tube can take up to form a circumferential closed inner pipe sealing surface and an outer attachable to the sleeve shells clamping means for clamping the sleeve shells and for radially pressing the sealing mat against the envelope of the tube dressing is provided that the sealing mat a plurality of circumferential, radially inwardly extending annular beads on the enclosure for sealing the insertion opening un d formed a circumferential annular groove between two annular beads, in the dodge the respective annular beads elastically deformed during tightening so that a circumferential closed envelope sealing surface between at least one annular bead and the sheath is formed.


Nanocrystalline transition metal oxides (NTMOs) have been successfully prepared by three different methods: novel quick precipitation method (Cr2O3 and Fe2O3); surfactant mediated method (CuO), and reduction of metal complexes with hydrazine as reducing agent (Mn2O3). The nano particles have been characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) which shows an average particle diameter of 35 – 54 nm. Their catalytic activity was measured in the thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate (AP). AP decomposition undergoes a two step process where the addition of metal oxide nanocrystals led to a shifting of the high temperature decomposition peak toward lower temperature. The kinetics of the thermal decomposition of AP and catalyzed AP has also been evaluated using model fitting and isoconversional method.


Due to stringent regulations, there has been considerable effort to reduce NOx emissions. In this study, we numerically investigate the details of NOx reduction in a mid-/large-sized combustion system employing a new novel flue-gas internal recirculation burner is thoroughly studied with emphasis on the effects of buoyancy and thermal radiation. The NOx emission in the flue-gas internal recirculation combustion system is observed to be half the value in the non-flue-gas internal recirculation system due to lowered temperature. The present combustion system is large enough for the natural convection to be established and as a result the buoyancy effects become remarkable even though the fuel and air are introduced in the transverse direction. Interestingly, the buoyancy augments the NOx formation in the non-flue-gas internal recirculation system, whereas it reduces the NOx emission in the flue-gas internal recirculation system. Contrary to the thermal radiation, the buoyancy effects in large-sized combustion systems have not been systematically studied yet. Also, the numerical prediction of NOx emission with computational fluid dynamics is accurate only when the buoyancy and thermal radiation are considered together. The present finding about NOx emission, buoyancy, and thermal radiation is expected to be very useful in innovating the ultra-low NOx combustion systems.


The prestress losses of presstressed steel bar caused by friction between the bar and its hole wall are studied by theoretical analysis and experimental research. Measurements for reducing the prestress losses in constructing process are brought forward.


The invention discloses a blocking cover for an oil pipe flange port. The blocking cover comprises a sealing disc (6) and movable clamping columns (1), wherein the movable clamping columns (1) are rotationally connected onto the circumferential side surface of the sealing disc (6) through rotating shafts (2); threaded through holes are formed in the movable clamping columns (1); clamping studs (9) are arranged in the threaded through holes; knobs (7) are arranged at upper ends of the clamping studs (9); a port groove (4) is formed in the upper end surface of the sealing disc (6); and a drainage threaded hole (5) is axially formed in the middle of the sealing disc (6). The blocking cover for the oil pipe flange port is simple in structure, convenient to clamp, very convenient to mount and dismount, high in practicability and capable of saving manpower and material resources and shortening the maintenance time.


Laboratory observations indicate that spawning of Pacific herring (Clupea harengus pallasi) involves very similar if not identical behavior in males and females, and no identifiable behavioral interactions between the sexes. The presence of a sexual pheromone in herring milt is indicated because spawning behavior is rapidly initiated in ripe (ovulated and spermiated) herring of either sex following exposure either to herring milt or to a filtrate of ripe herring testes. Exposure to herring eggs or to filtrates of hake (Merluccius productus) or Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) testes did not elicit such responses. Four components of spawning behavior induced by herring testis filtrate are identified and described: rising and milling, papilla extension, substrate testing, and substrate spawning. Testis filtrates also elicited rising and milling in spent, developing, and mature (unovulated and unspermiated) fish but rising was not followed by papilla extension, substrate testing, or substrate spawning in fi...


This article aims to discuss the power relations arising from the modes of articulation proposed by some researchers between the different mathematic rationalities and school mathematics. For this purpose, eleven utterances of the IV Brazilian Congress on Ethnomathematics were divided into two groups and subjected to a process of analysis, considering the theories of Wittgenstein, Foucault, and Deleuze/Guattari. In the first group we find that the "encounter" of the "other" mathematics with school mathematics serves to facilitate the learning and development of concepts pertinent to mathematics education, motivating learning and giving meaning to school mathematics. In the second group we find a condition that seems much more problematic and concerns the need for an "exercise of translation" aiming to "qualify and legitimize" the different mathematics through the possibility of turning them into scientific knowledge. Considering these two capture operations we propose the encounter of different mathematics – the "other" mathematics, school mathematics and academic mathematics – from the logic of the encounter of flocks, without fear of risks, so that one does not impose its logic on another. However, for this encounter to take place one must consider the need for academic mathematics and school mathematics to take a less arrogant position vis-a-vis other mathematics. Key words: ethnomathematics, state science, minor science.


The neuropathological abnormalities in the spinal cord in this case have been agreed by all observers, but Salazar et al2 considered that non-specific, age-related, spongiform change can be confused with specific Creutzfeldt-Jakob changes and assigned this patient to such a category in their 1983 publication. In our opinion, the cortical spongiform change observed in this case is specific though of mild degree. The pathogenesis of the neuropathology in the amyotrophic form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is probably similar to that observed in scrapie in which the infection can be specifically anatomically targeted, thus determining clinical and pathological abnormalities.' This anatomical variation may be the result of differing routes of entry of the agent to the CNS. Various infectious agents have been postulated in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Intracytoplasmic spiroplasma-like bodies have been described5 7 in the axoplasm, primarily in presynaptic terminals in this disease. These loosely spiral structures measured up to 1000 nm in length and varied from 40-137-5 nm in width. Although we described' a number of unidentifiable structures including one which was tightly coiled, intranuclear, and which measured 570 nm in length by 45 nm in width, no spiroplasmalike shapes were seen. Also, Leach et als were neither able to cultivate spiroplasmas from brains of 18 cases nor to detect antibody to seven strains of spiroplasma in sera from 15 patients. From all the available evidence it is unlikely that spiroplasmas are involved. Since this patient's brain contained a transmissible agent which produced Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in an inoculated squirrel monkey the combination of dementia and motor neuron disease should now be included in the transmissible CreutzfeldtJakob group.


Directing against the drawbacks of the traditional city community logistics service mode,a kind of joint pattern of city community logistics services is constructed in this paper according to logistics common theory.It contains city logistics center and community logistics center these two stage logistics facilities.There are four basic processes: manufacturers-the city logistics center-the community logistics center community residents.This paper puts forward implementation strategies concerning the joint of city community logistics services from four aspects: goal setting,infrastructure construction,operation management and supervision management.


Elevation of renal venous pressure in pentobarbitalized laparotomized dogs elicits renal vascular constriction. Part of the vasoconstriction appears to be dependent upon a venous-arteriolar reflex. The reflex pathway is not distributed locally. A portion of the vasoconstriction is dependent upon still unrecognized local factors.


Concerns over the increasing divorce rate and the negative effects of divorce on the standard of living of women and their children have resulted in a growing body of literature on both the causes and consequences of divorce. While several studies discuss the determinants of divorce, few examine the effects of state-level variables on individuals' decisions to divorce. In this study, state-level variables including AFDC and food stamp payments, property distribution laws, waiting periods, and two measures of conservatism are merged with a micro data set in order to examine the effects of these variables as well as individual-level variables on the probability of divorce. Event history analysis indicates that the effects of the individual-level variables are consistent with previous work. Among the state-level variables, only the percentage of regular church-goers and the percentage of fundamentalists in the state have a significant impact on divorce. These results reject notions that liberal divorce laws ...


The generation of realistic interactive synthetic streaming media workloads is of great importance for the effective evaluation of alternative media distribution techniques. This paper fills a gap left by previous studies and proposes a hierarchical model that captures key aspects of media user behavior and workloads, in particular, interactivity and heterogeneity. It also introduces GENIUS, a highly flexible and realistic streaming media workload generator that implements the proposed model and is parameterized with results from an extensive characterization of a rich set of real media workloads. Preliminary experiments show that our generator accurately captures workload aspects of key impact to system performance.


This paper described the status quo of current international risk assessment of veterinary drug residue in food of animal origin,mainly including hazard identification,hazard characterization,exposure assessment and risk characterization.The significance is to provide a theory of reference for risk assessment of China's agriculture products safety.


AIM
To test the hypothesis that skeletal and dentoalveolar effects are both important in skeletal class II malocclusion corrected with the Forsus fatigue-resistant device (FRD).

MATERIALS AND METHODS
A total of 35 patients (16 females and 19 males; age 12.0 ± 0.6 years) with skeletal class II malocclusion treated with the Forsus FRD were included. Lateral cephalometric radiographies before and after treatment were collected. Cephalometric analysis and superimpositions were applied. Pancherz's analysis was performed to discover the skeletal and dentoalveolar effects on all patients and 60% contribution was set as a milestone to classify. Statistical comparisons were performed by paired t testing (p < 0.05).

RESULTS
The mean treatment period of the Forsus FRD was 6.4 ± 0.2 months. All patients (AG) have been corrected to class I molar relationship in three mechanisms: 15 patients in the skeletal group (SG), 10 patients in the dentoalveolar group (DG), and 10 patients in the skeletal and dentoalveolar group (SDG). Four groups showed a significant change in skeletal sagittal relationship improvement (p < 0.05). The AG, SG, and SDG showed a significant improvement in the growth of the mandible (Co-Go, Go-Pog, and Co-Gn, p < 0.05). The DG showed a significant improvement in the growth of the mandibular body (Go-Pog, p < 0.05).

CONCLUSION
Three mechanisms were found in skeletal class II malocclusion corrected with the Forsus FRD. Skeletal and dentoalveolar effects are both important in skeletal class II malocclusion corrected with the Forsus FRD. And skeletal and dentoalveolar effects played differential roles in different cases.

CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE
The mechanism of skeletal class II correction with Forsus FRD may divide into mandibular growth, dentoalveolar effects, and both.


With the advancement of communication technologies and knowledge technologies, many activities are changing in our daily lives. The tremendous growth in the number of internet users has led to a new business plan, a digital code to improve the business concept, of marketing, buying and selling. Cryptocurrency represents important and potentially transformative objects electronically in a wide range of networks and applications such as online social networking sites, social media platforms, global platforms and peer networks. In recent years, the use of digital money in various forms like Bitcoin has become very widespread. This paper studies about the prospect of cryptocurrency. It also investigates the confidence of users in the trading of cryptocurrency specially Bitcoin. Also, the paper examines the regulations related to use of the crypto currency in India. In addition, this paper aims to measure the prevalence of the use of cryptocurrencies to obtain a vibrant picture. This paper analysis how different countries have responded to cryptocurrency rules and laws to have a clear impact of India's regulatory laws.


........................................................................................................... x CHAPTER 1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION ........................................................ 1 BACKGROUND ................................................................................................ 1 METHODS FOR ASSEMBLING TALENs. ...................................................... 7 OVERALL GOAL AND RESEARCH AIMS ...................................................11 DISSERTATION ORGANIZATION ................................................................ 12 REFERENCES ................................................................................................. 14 CHAPTER 2. PREDICTING SUCCESS OF OLIGOMERIZED POOL ENGINEERING (OPEN) FOR ZINC FINGER TARGET SITE SEQUENCES .............................................................................................. 16 ABSTRACT ...................................................................................................... 16..................................................................................................... 16 Background: .................................................................................................. 16 Results: .......................................................................................................... 16 Conclusion: ................................................................................................... 17 BACKGROUND .............................................................................................. 17 RESULTS .......................................................................................................... 19 DISCUSSION ................................................................................................... 25 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................. 27 METHODS ....................................................................................................... 28 Definition of active and inactive ZFP target sites based on B2H assays ...... 28 Datasets of experimentally validated ZFP-target sites .................................. 28


We give necessary and sufficient conditions for a random vari- able X with values in a uniformly convex Banach space B to satisfy the law of the iterated logarithm. Precisely, we show that a B-valued random vari- able X satisfies the (compact) law of the iterated logarithm if and only if £{||A-||2/i2||X||} < oo, the family {|i*(X)|2; x* 6 B*,||i*|| = 1} is uni- formly integrable and Sn/a,n —► 0 in probability. 1. Introduction. Let B be a Banach space with topological dual B* and norm || • ||. By random variable with values in B, we mean a measurable map X from some probability space (0, 7, P) into B such that the image of P by X defines a Radon probability measure on the Borel cr-field of B. We may assume equivalently that X takes almost surely its values in a separable subspace of B. Given a B-valued random variable X, we denote by (Xn)new a sequence of inde- pendent copies of X and let, as usual, Sn = Xx H-h Xn. We write Lt to denote the function max(l,Logi) and use L2t to denote L(Lt) (t G R+). We set further Or, = (2nL2n)1/2. The random variable X is said to satisfy the bounded law of the iterated logarithm (LIL) if the sequence (Sn/an)n€\s is bounded with probability one, and the compact LIL if this sequence is almost surely relatively compact in B. It is well known that if X satisfies the compact LIL, there is a compact convex and symmetric set K in B such that


All-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) is effective in approximately 90% of the cases of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) with a low incidence of adverse effects. We report a patient with APL who developed skin ulcers of the scrotum concomitant with high fever during treatment that included ATRA. Severe fever was promptly alleviated with discontinuation of ATRA, while the ulcers improved gradually over 3 months. As the clinical features are similar to those of Sweet's syndrome, we should be aware of the possibility that this rare adverse effect may occur in the treatment with ATRA.


The design of a moderate gain embroidered antenna using the resonant cavity concept is presented. The patch as the main radiator and the partially reflective surface (PRS) structure as the superstrate are realized using an industrial embroidery machine. The PRS consists of periodic cross-slots (9 × 9 unit cells) in order to have a durable embroidered structure. The groundplane is made of a conductive woven fabric. The fabricated antenna has a relatively broad 1 dB-gain-bandwidth (10%) and a directive pattern (3 dB beam-width of 40° at the center frequency). Despite the higher losses in the conductive thread due to the resonant cavity effect, this antenna has a maximum realized gain of 6.8 dBi, which is typically 3 to 6 dB more than other embroidered single patch antennas.


Abstract : Much of the extensive literature on shell theory centers around the computation of on curves, usually thought of as the roots of a determinant D which relates the angular frequency w to the wave numbers for free waves traveling on the shell. For a cylindrical shell, the free wave paths are actually helical curves on the surface of the shell, having both a circumferential and an axial wave number. In this case, it is useful to indicate explicitly that the dispersion relation is a function of three variables, i.e., D(w, m, n) = 0, where m is the number of half wavelengths of a wave traveling in the axial direction, and n is the number of full wavelengths of a wave traveling around the shell. We shall refer to this function D(w, m, n) as the dispersion volume density, since it is a function of three variables. Normally, one sees various two-dimensional displays of the dispersion relation, which are created by plotting any two of these variables against each other, while holding the third variable fixed. Target strength, Martsam Active surveillance,


Through optimizing pass design and billet structure,and improving roll material and looper,the material yield is greatly increased in Jigang.The yield has reached the advanced level in China,improved from 100.69% in 2004 to 101.8% in 2005.


A set E equipped with a partial, commutative and associative operation ⊕, containing elements 0 and 1, in which the existence of a unique inverse element x′ to any x ∈ E is guaranteed, and a⊕ 1 is admitted only if a = 0 is well known as effect algebra. Effect algebras were introduced by Foulis and Bennet [3] and simultaneously by Kopka and Chovanec [7] as D-posets. An effect algebra equipped with partial order 6 can form a lattice called a lattice effect algebra. This structure generalizes both orthomodular lattices, i. e. the effect algebras in which x⊕ x is not defined for any non-zero x ∈ E, and MV-effect algebras, i. e. effect algebras with all pairs of elements being compatible [6], and it is applied as a carrier of probability of unsharp or fuzzy events. In connection with existence of states on lattice effect algebras properties of the subalgebra of sharp elements and the subalgebra of central elements are studied. The following definitions are consistent with the ones in [2].


FIELD: food-processing industry, in particular, preparing of fish-and-vegetable canned foods. SUBSTANCE: method involves freezing shredded cabbage; providing mixing of garnish without oxygen access; feeding cutlets for packaging in crude state. EFFECT: increased digestibility of base product.


Online Gender-Based Violence (GBV), such as misogynistic abuse is an increasingly prevalent problem that technological approaches have struggled to address.Through the lens of the GBV framework, which is rooted in social science and policy, we systematically review 63 available resources for automated identification of such language. We find the datasets are limited in a number of important ways, such as their lack of theoretical grounding and stakeholder input, static nature, and focus on certain media platforms. Based on this review, we recommend development of future resources rooted in sociological expertise andcentering stakeholder voices, namely GBV experts and people with lived experience of GBV.


Objective To compare the response to treatment, medium survival time, and cumulative survival rate of high dose chemotherapy under support of autologous peripheral blood stem-cells with these of conventional chemotherapy (CDCT) in the treatment of SCLC the treatment-related toxicity of high dose chemotherapy(HDCT)was evaluated.Methods 39 patients of age ≤65 yrs SCLC entered this study. 19 patients were given high dose of CTX (3.0 g/m 2),Vp16(750 mg/m 2), Carbaplatin (400 mg/m 2) and cisplatin (60 mg/m 2) with autologous peripheral blood stem cell support after 1-3 cycles of conventional chemotherapy. 20 patients were given 2 cycles of conventional chemotherapy of IVP,CVpP,IVpP.Results The response rate to conventional-dose was 85 %, to high-dose chemotherapy was 100% ( P 0 05). The medium survival times of these two groups were 11 months and 8 months respectively, The cumulative survival rate of HDCT was statistical better then CDCT( P 0 05).The severe toxicity of HDCT was Ⅳ° granulocytopenia and thrombocytopenia.Conclusion High dose chemotherapy with support of autologous peripheral blood stem cells is a more effective therapy for SCLC as compared with conventional dose chemotherapy, as the response rate is increased and the cumulative survival rate is significantly improved.


Features of subsistence agriculture in two districts of Nepal, Sindhu Palchok and Kabhre Palanchok, are outlined, includ- ing population, land use and levels of agricultural production, cropping patterns employed, and animal husbandry. Some features of the forests, including types and area, are reviewed before considering impacts of subsistence agriculture on these forests and their effects in recent historical time. While the nature of these impacts can be described, the exact determination of usage and productivity of the forest is very difficult, if not impossible, to quantify so that many of the published estimations are known to be subject to error. The use of fuelwood and timber for buildings and implements has undoubtedly had adverse impacts which, although quite serious, cannot be seen as the prime cause for much of the deforestation in recent historical time. Gathering of leaf material for fodder and for animal bedding is the main impact of subsistence agriculture on the forested land. In the historical past timber cutting for the building of Kathmandu and other urban areas nearby as well as ore smelting for military purposes impacted very adversely on the forests, but these uses ceased many decades ago. The main strategy of development activities must be aimed at increasing the capacity of the non-cultivated land to produce fodder and bedding materials for animals if the present agro-ecosystem is to be sustained.


This paper presents the transient stability enhance of DFIG-based offshore wind farm connected power system network using STATCOM. The studied system is simulated in MATLAB/Simulink platform for study the effect of transient disturbances like, three phases to ground fault, sudden load change, voltage sag & swell. A fully aggregate model of wind DFIG is used for simulation study of system. The DFIG based wind generator, more sensitive to the grid faults than other wind generators. During transient disturbances DFIG terminal voltage reduced below the critical value and hence DFIG trips. The external reactive power support is required for stabilization of wind farm during the transient disturbances. In studied system STATCOM is used to fulfil the reactive power requirement to stabilize the wind farm. In presence of STATCOM, DFIG does not trip during transient disturbances of power system and all bus voltages & DFIG terminal voltage are also improved.


The physical nature of the emission-current mechanism involved at each heterojunction when m.o.s. components are irradiated is discussed by the authors. They test the validity of this mechanism with an overall experiment, and analyse its practical consequences on the form of the ΔVG(VG) degradation curve.


Theres one guy who has been amazing me for some time now. His name is Ben Wynne and hes running a straight edge / hardcore punk website called xMore ...


Abstract : The operation and circuitry of a correlator, which forms a portion of a lock-in system, is discussed in detail. Clipper amplifiers convert analog input signals to digital signals. Polarity coincidence detectors act as multipliers, and binary counters serve as integrators to give a digital output representing a single point on a correlogram.


This discussion of Dr. Kathy Marks's paper, In the Nick of Time: Motherhood and the Analytic Pair, centers on a patient's need to probe the analyst's subjectivity. Clinical processes involving the therapeutic dyad mutually bearing and transforming shame are described. The place of motherhood (or non-motherhood) within our western culture and within psychoanalysis is explored. The very nature of a maternal sensibility is described. I argue that through writing the paper, Marks embarked on a journey to discover and consolidate her own maternal identity.


Although technological determinism is an inadequate description of change, it remains common, if implicit, in much information science literature. Recent developments in science and technology studies offer a social constructivist alternative, in which technology is seen, not as autonomous, but as the result of interests. However, the stability of these interests can be argued to privilege social factors in the same way as technological determinism privileges technological factors. A second alternative is to shift to a relativist stance and analyze discourse as interaction, rather than as a neutral carrier of information, or communication. The focus of the discourse analyses of interview interactions presented in this article is on two aspects of discursive structure, the indexical category of research, and interest management, which refers to the ways that participants manage their own and others' stakes in particular accounts. The article concludes by noting how formal scholarly communication acts as a category entitlement in interviews, and how technological determinism works as a dilemma for this entitlement that participants (including researchers) negotiate at the very local level of their interactions and accounts.


This literary study of Sohrāb-e Sepehrī's poetry begins with a detailed chronology of his life (pp. 5-8) and an overview of the evolution of his poetic style and thought, focusing on the mental apperception of the world reflected in his language (se'r va jahān-e Sohrāb Sepehrī, pp. 9-16). A chapter is then devoted to each of his eight books, including a literary analysis of some of the more salient and important poems in each book, followed by the complete text of the poems discussed. These e...


As a kind of cluster mode of enterprises, alliance has been an important organization way in new economic era. This paper, taking it as a complex system, puts forward a new idea to qualitatively describe, reason and forecast enterprise's group behavior based on qualitative Bayesian networks, studies on the characters of enterprise's group behavior, and gets a result matches the real system.


The relation between Libya and Sub Sahara Africa has
been complex during Muammar Gaddafi's era and
culminate in 2011. On February 2011, civilians began to
have a demonstration demanding an end to the leader of
Libya at that time, Muammar Gaddafi in his 41 years
term of government, wherein that demonstration a lot of
victims became a target of mass atrocities of government
armed forces. The intervention of African Union toward
Libya crisis 2011 will be the main discussion in this
thesis. Violence by the Libyan government got the
attention from international communities. International
and regional organization have a responsibility to protect
people in Libya from violence through political,
economic, and military matters, including African Union
as the regional organizations. In 2011, African Union
was legally mandated for an intervention in Libya crisis,
to protect people from war crimes, genocide, and crime
against humanity. This thesis has the aim to describe and
analyze the African Union Response to Libya Crisis in
2011. Moreover, the method of data collection in this
thesis will use qualitative data and relied on what African
Union did in form of missions, and the African Union's
action toward Libya crisis 2011, looking for the solution
of African Union in form of peacekeeping mission
toward Libya crisis and concludes by providing the
suggestion and recommendation for African Union in
strengthening their peace and security mission for the
future African crisis, in the case of Libyan in 2011.


turbomachine equipment (10), such as an electronic module (18) having a wall (28) whose inner surface defines at least one channel (26) for passage of a ventilation air flow whose output ( 32) opens on an outer surface (34) of the wall for the discharge of ventilating air flow to outside the module, characterized in that it comprises, at said output, means ( 50, 50 ', 60, 62) deflecting and / or guiding at least a portion of the discharged air flow over at least a portion of said outer surface of the wall.