A patient with Klinefelter's syndrome and diabetes mellitus was diagnosed as having myelodysplasia. Cytogenetic analysis of the peripheral blood and the bone marrow cells confirmed the presence of a constitutional 47,XXY chromosome complement. In addition, complex karyotypic abnormalities were present.


1,2-Diferrocenyl-3-(methylthio)cyclopropenylium iodide reacts with malonic acid derivatives (diethyl malonate and malononitrile as the active methylene compounds) to give mainly the corresponding 3,4-diferrocenyl-2-(methylthio)hexa-2,4-dienedioic acid and 2,3-diferrocenyl-4-(methylthio)buta-1,3-diene-1,1-dicarboxylic acid derivatives as well as ethyl 2,3-diferrocenyl-4-(methylthio)-5-oxocyclo-1,3-pentadiene-1-carboxylate or 2-cyano-3,4-diferrocenyl-5-(methylthio)-2,4-cyclopentadien-1-imine. X-ray diffraction data for diethyl (2Z,4E)-3,4-diferrocenyl-2-(methylthio)hexa-2,4-dienedioate and 2,3-diferrocenyl-4-(methylthio)buta-1,3-diene-1,1-dicarbonitrile are presented. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2006)


Tuberculous disease of elbow is a very rare entity and constitutes approximately 2-5% of all cases of skeletal tuberculosis and accounts for 10% of all extra-pulmonary tuberculosis. The disease starts from lower end humerus, olecrenon region or from upper end of radius. We report a case of extra pulmonary Tuberculosis involving left elbow joint. Early diagnosis and intervention is very necessary to prevent serious joint and bone destruction. Although biopsy is required to make definitive diagnosis, it is imperative that Orthopedician understand the typical clinical presentation and radiological imaging. Reviews of literature with emphasis on clinical manifestations, laboratory findings and imaging features are studied.


Objective To investigate the clinical effects of radiofrequency ablation combined with herbal fumigation for treatment of lumbar disc herniation.Methods 80 patients with lumbar disc herniation were equally divided into treatment and control groups with 40 patients: the control group received radiofrequency ablation,and the treatment group received radiofrequency ablation combined with herbal fumigation,all treatment for 4 weeks. Results The excellent rates in the treatment group and the control group were 92. 5% and 75. 0% respectively so that the treatment group was significantly higher than the control group( P 0. 05). The lumbar flexion strength of the treatment group and the control group after treatment were significantly higher than before treatment with statistically significant( P 0. 05). After treatment,the JOA scores were significantly higher than that before treatment,and VAS scores were significantly lower than before treatment,and there were significant differences in comparison with before treatment( P 0. 05),while the JOA and VAS score compared between the two groups after treatment were also statistically significant( P 0. 05). Conclusion Radiofrequency ablation combined with herbal fumigation for lumbar disc herniation can promote the recovery of lumbar function.


The hot gases produced by the internal combustion engines passes through the exhaust valve and causes high temperatures in the exhaust valve and its seat. To avoid damaging the exhaust valve, heat must be transferred from the valve to its seat during the contact they make at the opening and closing cycle. Heat transfer rate from the exhaust valve to its seat is a function of many factors. One of the most important factors is the thermal contact conductance (TCC) between the exhaust valve and its seat. Very few researches have been done about estimation of the TCC between the exhaust valve and its seat in the past. An experimental study has been conducted to determine the TCC between two co-axial cylinders, as the exhaust valve and its seat. Furthermore, the influence of contact pressure and frequency of contact upon the TCC is studied. The results show that the TCC decreases as the frequency of contact increases. The experimental results obtained from the present work are in good agreement with the previous published data.


Objective To analyse the successful cases being treated with selfdrilling min-iscrew pin anchorage implant and prevent the failure.Methods Thirty two malocclusion cases were treated in straight wire appliance and 87 selfdrilling mini-screw implant pins were used to enhance anchorage.The implanting operations were done in standard instruction.The number of firm implant pins were recorded at just having been implanted 2-4 weeks after implanted without load and 4 weeks after loading power and statistic analysis were performed.Results There were 6 implant pins of 5 cases loosen in 87 implant pins of 32 cases.The success rate of implanting was 93.18% and the failure rate of implanting was 6.82%.The loose implant pin was 2 in 2 cases at just having been implanted,1 in 1 case 2-4 weeks after implanted without load and 2 in 2 cases at the 4th week after loading power.Conclusion The success rate of selfdrilling mini-screw anchorage implant is relative to the type,technology,equipment,circumstance of the operation.And the case individual factors,such as age,sex,density of bone,oral hygiene,are also the keys to success.


This paper presents the results of vane shear, laboratory compaction, isotropic consolidation, cyclic triaxial, bender element, and resonant-column tests that were performed to characterize the dynamic properties of an artificial soil called modified glyben. Modified glyben comprises a mixture of glycerin, water, and bentonite that can be used in scaled model tests performed at 1 G or  n G in a centrifuge to study seismic soil–structure interaction. The results described in this paper show that the vane shear strength, coefficient of consolidation, dynamic modulus, and damping ratio are strongly influenced by the viscosity of the pore fluid which can be varied by altering the ratio of glycerin-to-water. In addition, the properties of modified glyben are stable during prolonged exposure to air and multiple largestrain load cycles making it a suitable model soil for scaled model tests involving seismic soil–structure interaction.


The cosmic-ray energy density distribution for the LMC is calculated quantitatively based on the concept of dynamic balance and a scale of coupling between the cosmic rays and matter in a range allowed by present observations. Based on the very slowly varying ratio of the cosmic-ray electron to nucleon energy density ratio with relevant local galactic conditions and the close similarities to the galaxy, the cosmic-ray nucleon density distribution in the LMC is also determined from cosmic-ray electron density distribution deduced from synchrotron radiation measurements in a manner consistent with dynamic balance. It is seen that within uncertainties there is quantitative agreement between the two for a cosmic-ray, matter coupling scale of about 2.5 kiloparsecs both in terms of magnitude and distribution, thus supporting both the concept of dynamic balance and the galactic origin of the bulk of cosmic rays. Future gamma-ray astronomy measurement above 100 MeV will be able to provide a test of this cosmic-ray density distribution for the LMC. 42 refs.


The stability of a power system network is closely related to the characteristics of a load connected to consumer end. The voltage profile of the system bus is considerably affected due to the reactive power consumed by the load. To have a better stability of system voltage, the characteristics of the various loads are very significant. The concept of custom power is to use power electronics controlled devices in power distribution system to supply quality of power as demanded by the sensitive users. These power electronics controlled devices were named as custom power devices because these are used to supply valuable power to the customers. Custom power is intended principally to convene the requirement of industrial and commercial consumers. Most of these are available as commercial products and have good performance at medium distribution levels. The custom power devices are divided into two categories: network reconfiguring type and compensating type. The Voltage Source Converter (VSC) in itself is not a custom power device but forms a major component in many custom power devices like DVR, DSTATCOM, and UPQC. This chapter focuses on principle, operation and working of UPQC for the purpose of power quality improvement in an induction furnace.


We present a set of capabilities allowing an agent planning with moral and social norms represented in temporal logic to respond to queries about its norms and behaviors in natural language, and for the human user to add and remove norms directly in natural language. The user may also pose hypothetical modifications to the agent's norms and inquire about their effects.


We report the neutralization of the shallow acceptors boron and gallium in p‐type silicon to a depth >1 μm after exposure to a H2O plasma for 3 h at temperatures as low as 80 °C. The fact that uncompensated n‐type silicon is unaffected by the plasma treatment means that donor formation is excluded. Exposure to either O2 or H2 plasmas does not lead to acceptor removal; however, sequential treatment in an O2 plasma followed by a H2 plasma produces the same effect as the H2O plasma while the inverse sequence has no effect. Our observations can be explained with a model considering rapidly diffusing atomic oxygen and hydrogen which recombine on acceptor sites forming neutral A−OH+ complexes. The model shows that acceptor compensation kinetics is dominated by the diffusion of atomic hydrogen.


For safe underground injection of liquid waste, confining formations must be thick, extensive, and have low permeability. Recognition of faults that extend from the potential injection zone to underground sources of drinking water is critical for evaluation of confining-bed integrity. Nonproprietary geologic information from ordinary sources can be used to map localities suspected to be injection-insensitive. Materials include remote-sensing imagery, aerial photographs, surface-geologic maps, and subsurface-geologic maps; structural geologic maps, thickness maps and initial-production maps are useful. Persons with limited experience can use data bases and computer mapping to generate well-suited information, but input by experienced geologists is necessary.


Field hospital has to enhance its defense capability to fit in with the complex information circumstance.The author analyzed the characteristics,status and problems of defense of field hospital.Some suggestions were provided to improve the concealed ability,quick response ability and combined combat abilities.


The invention relates to a microorganism which produces and/or secretes an organic chemical compound, wherein the microorganism has an increased expression, in comparison with the respective starting strain, of a polypeptide LpdA having the activity of a transhydrogenase; and also a method for producing an organic chemical compound, using the microorganism according to the invention.


In support of the Southeastern Virginia Urban Plume Study (SEV-UPS), GOES satellite imagery was analyzed for the month of August 1979. The analyzed GOES images provide an additional source of meteorological input useful in the evaluation of air quality data collected during the month long period of the SEV-UPS experiment. In addition to the imagery analysis, GOES digitized data were analyzed for the period of August 6 to 11, during which a regional haze pattern was detectable in the imagery. The results of the study indicate that the observed haze patterns correspond closely with areas shown in surface based measurements to have reduced visibilities and elevated pollution levels. Moreover, the results of the analysis of digitized data indicate that digital reflectance counts can be directly related to haze intensity both over land and ocean. The model results agree closely with the observed GOES digital reflectance counts, providing further indication that satellite remote sensing can be a useful tool for monitoring regional elevated pollution episodes.


The Australian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) carries out crash testing to provide objective information to consumers on the safety performance of cars. The aims of this project were to estimate the costs of injuries predicted by ANCAP crash tests and to measure the difference between tests of the same vehicle model in different years, and between groups of vehicles. A database of injury costs by body region and injury severity level was developed using insurance company claims data. The probability of injury at each injury severity level was estimated from measurements obtained from the Hybrid III dummies used in the tests. The costs of the predicted head, chest and upper and lower leg injury were summed using an allocation routine, for each of the driver and passenger, then summed again for the total injury cost for each vehicle. In models which were tested at least twice between 1992 to 1997, there was generally a substantial reduction in injury cost, usually, but not always, associated with the introduction of an airbag on the driver's side. Offset tests were associated with lower overall costs than frontal tests. Passenger injury costs were generally higher than driver costs. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see IRRD abstract no. E200232.


With the development of the Internet, the application orientations have become complicated as well as the relevant technologies have become diverse. Contrary to the application of medical treatments, the significance of information technology is to expand the clinical supports in medical information. Digital medical treatments cover the areas of electronic patient records, electronic prescriptions, and medical information system. Furthermore, studies on the data processing structures and the formats in various relevant systems have become mature, but the integration is still insufficient. For this reason, this project proposes an integrative medical information system to securely exchange electronic patient records among medical organizations, to guarantee the privacies of patients and doctors with the design of passwords, and to provide authorities with verification and tracking mechanisms. By doing so, the medical information system can be developed with comprehensive functions to dispense the transfer of manual documents and maintain the security of medical information so that the possible human errors, such as the follow-up nursing, medical preparation, and technical staff, can be reduced or even avoided. Not only can it improve the medical quality, but it can also become one of the inevitable fundamental facilities in medical management. This project aims to strengthen the functions of National Health Insurance IC card and the compatibility with the integrative medical information system, to establish a full-functional electronic prescription system and the integration with medical information system, and to guarantee the privacies of patients and doctors. From the architectural design, it further aims to solve the problem of storing patients' treatment records, provide the design of helping draw medicine mechanisms, and protect the privacies of doctors and patients.


One of the important characteristics of knowledge economy development is that the action of intellectual property right has getting better.Intellectual property right has become an important resource that can keep on developing for the Chinese university.This paper describes the actual state of protecting intellectual property in the laboratories of the Chinese university,and puts forward some countermeasure about protecting intellectual property right.


The objectives of this study are to comprehend the activities of eco-friendly marketing of super deluxe hotels bound for eco-friendly customers, work on what is influential to corporate image and revisit intention from this, and provide the direction for their establishment of eco-friendly marketing. For the analytical approach, such related characteristics were induced as eco-friendly marketing, corporate image, and customer revisit intention based on the literature review. A total of 298 valid questionnaires were collected from the customers of top 11 super deluxe hotels in Seoul, and they were used for frequency analysis, reliability and confirmatory factor analysis, correlation analysis, structural equation modeling analysis. The results from empirical analysese are as follows. All factors of eco-friendly marketing had meaningful effects on corporate image, and corporate image had a significant effect on customer revisit intention. Meanwhile, only eco-friendly product and price out of sub-factors in eco-friendly marketing had significant effects on customer revisit intention. However, as a result of measuring the indirect effect, eco-friendly place and promotion had meaningful effects on revisit intention through the corporate image. The implications with empirical analysis are as follows. Hotel organization should avoid thinking that an eco-friendly marketing activity is burden of expenses and consider it as opportunity of creating benefits to reinforce the competitiveness of their hotels in the future.


Terahertz, abbreviated as THz, (also called T-ray similar to X-ray and γ -ray) is defined as the frequency band spanning from 300 GHz to 10 THz, which is located between the microwave from the electronic side of the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum to mid-Infra-Red (abbreviated as mid-IR) on the photonic side of the EM spectrum. As accelerated research and innovations over the past seven decades have resulted in widespread commercialization of both electronic and photonic components, THz band has remained underdeveloped, underexploited, and mostly unallocated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Though certain definitive merits of EM waves at THz have evoked interests of physicists, chemists, biologists and material scientists to deploy THz in Time-Domain Spectroscopy (TDS), bio-sensing, and classical imaging applications, the field of THz circuits (also known as THz electronics) has continued to remain in embryonic stage due to the speed (fT <1 THz) limitations of conventional Silicon and compound semiconductor devices like Field Effect Transistors (FETs), Hetero-junction Bipolar Transistors (HBTs), and Hot Electron Mobility Transistors (HEMTs). On the other hand, conventional photonic devices cannot be readily adopted to design new THz circuits and systems. Our research vision in THz circuits and systems is to study the meta-material properties of THz


Validation of a Novel, Objective Measure of Occupational Sitting: Gemma C. RYDE, et al. St Lucia Campus, School of Human Movement Studies, The University of Queensland, Australia—


A useful tandem reaction via the Heyns rearrangement and Pictet–Spengler reaction was developed which ensured the synthesis of complex N-heteropolycycles containing tetrahydro-β-carboline with high yield (up to 96%) and dr (99 : 1). The reaction proceeded smoothly with a catalytic Bronsted acid as a catalyst. The reaction mechanism was investigated which demonstrated that the tandem reaction proceeded due to the in situ produced α-amino iminium ions via the Heyns rearrangement.


All-terrain vehicle (ATV) riding is a very popular recreational activity, which has experienced increased participation worldwide since the early 1990s. In the USA alone, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) estimates that nearly seven million four-wheel ATVs were in use in 2004 with some 23 million riders.1 A 2005 statewide random digit dial telephone survey of 1243 West Virginia households provided evidence that ATV riding is a very popular and family-based event in all regions of the state. With a population slightly less than two million, 30% of sampled households own an ATV, and an estimated 460 000 ATVs are in use throughout West Virginia.2

As ATV riding has become an immensely popular family-oriented activity, the availability and use of ATVs has led to increased exposure to hazardous and unsafe conditions that have resulted in hundreds of deaths and thousands of injuries nationally. In fact, the estimated number of deaths associated with ATVs has risen nearly 180% from 276 deaths in 1995 to 767 in 2004 (the most recent year for which annual fatality data are available from the CPSC). Estimated non-fatal injuries requiring emergency room treatment rose over 150% from 53 600 visits in 1996 to 136 700 in 2005.1 West Virginia's 138 deaths during the period 2002–2005 accounted for over 6% of all ATV-related deaths in the country—second only to Kentucky's 143 deaths.1 This proportion and ranking will probably increase with the 52 deaths recorded in the state in 2006 and an additional 19 through May 2007.

Recreational riding often involves not only the driver/operator but passengers as well. There has been little attention directed towards passengers, however. A title and abstract review of over 120 ATV peer-review papers worldwide over the past two decades indicates that there have been no studies that have focused solely …


Liquidity is an important factor for the proper functioning of the securities market. Deeply liquid markets allow investors buy or sell large amounts of securities without affecting their prices. Liquidity of securities may affect their prices and frequency of trades: investors would sell papers with discount or wait for relevant buyers with adequate prices. There is low liquidity of corporate bonds markets in countries with emerging economies. During crisis time in the market the risk of liquidity emerges and bonds become quite difficult to sell, not to mention the sale under usual conditions. From foreign investors' perspective bonds issued in local currency could be risky as well. During market crisis the correlation between liquidity and currency strength becomes positive. On some emerging markets there was a problem of pricing of bonds due to few trades with bonds. Absence of daily quotes for corporate bonds under conditions of low liquidity of government bonds could pose a problem. For instance, in the bond market in Chile despite of institutional investors, there was no daily market value of bonds due to low market liquidity. The author analyzed trades with corporate bonds for the last 5 years. The author found out low frequency of trades and absence of up to date prices for some maturities. As a result, the Kazakhstan securities market operates a fragmented interest rate yield curve with yields on multiple maturities.


The present work treats the fundamental optical signatures of individual, hexagonal GaN quantum dots embedded in AlN. The conducted experiments established the basis for numerous, novel observations, which are not only of interest for this particular quantum dot system, but also of general value for the entire quantum dot community. The presented analysis of the interaction in between quantum dot excitons and charged defects, as well as phonons, culminates in the first-time demonstration of quantum-optical device concepts for the ultraviolet (UV) spectral range. Here, a highlight is constituted by an optically pumped two-photon source based on the biexciton cascade, which maintains its highly promising photon statistics up to a temperature of 50K. Further in-detail studies of this biexciton cascade even lead to the description of so-called hybrid-quasiparticles in this work, with prominent consequences for a wide range of exciton-based quantum light sources. The first part of this thesis is dedicated to the preparation of multiexcitonic states. Based on the conjunction of excitation power dependent and time-resolved micro-Photoluminescence, an entire zoo of multiexcitonic complexes is identified for the first time. Here, the determination of relaxation times presents an observation with direct consequences for applications. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that the initial carrier capture process is predominantly realized by Auger-processes that dominate any multi-phonon contributions. However, in terms of intra-quantum dot carrier relaxation, it is exactly these multi-phonon processes that present the limiting factor, a phenomenon known as the "phonon-bottleneck" effect. As the emission of these excitons in hexagonal GaN is affected by "spectral diffusion", a strong emission line widths broadening occurs, which still limits future applications but also any more fundamental analysis. A line width statistic is obtained by analyzing hundreds of individual GaN quantum dots, allowing an indirect determination of the average, defect-induced electric field, whose fluctuations originate the line widths broadening. A continuative statistical analysis is given for the coupling between excitons and longitudinaloptical (LO) phonons. As a result, the corresponding Huang-Rhys factors and LO-phonon energies are extracted for an elevated number of quantum dots. Finally, a microscopic parameter, known as the exciton-LO-phonon interaction volume was approximated for the first time, based on the presented detailed statistical analysis. Due to this extended, optical analysis of individual GaN quantum dots it was possible to characterize the optical traces of the biexciton cascade over a wide spectral range. Here, for a certain transitional range, a unique balance between oneand two-photon processes is observed, which arises from the biexciton decay and can be tuned means of temperature and excitation density. Especially the two-photon emission is a promising candidate for future applications as its temperature stability is demonstrated up to 50K. Interestingly, the particular case of biexcitonic complexes also forms the basis for the description of an entire new class of hybrid-quasiparticles with so far unknown spin configurations. An extended analysis of the optical properties of these hybrid-quasiparticles presents highly unconventional decay characteristics, demonstrating the outmost importance of the dark-excitons in hexagonal GaN quantum dots based on the present thesis.


Climate change, the greatest environmental challenge of current era, affects human health badly. Natural hazards such as storms, droughts, excessive rains, floods, droughts and increasing temperature always threaten human health. South Asian rural women bear more household responsibilities than men in terms of fetching water and burning biomass fuel for cooking and heating. To obtain these resources women have to go out and are more exposed to outdoor environment and the increased exposure make them more amenable to the effects of changing climatic and weather patterns. The objective of this study is to document women health impacts under climate change in District Rawalpindi, Pakistan. We find that climate change increases the incidence of diseases which affect physical health. In developing countries, extreme weather patterns disproportionally affect vulnerable population like women, children and others bear burden of illness. Pakistan also faces heat waves fluctuation during summer and extreme rainfall pattern which have severe effect on overall health of individuals. We conclude that climatic changes (increasing heat intensity, dry spells, unusual rains and others) affect women health badly. The state has to improve our climate by offering effective policies. This may include reforestation, plantation in and outside homes and environmental friendly policies like renewable energy that is a shift from coal and oil investing energy projects. Increase of green areas within urban localities is also needed.


Without the introduction of any external atom, the heterojunction band offsets can be modified by the interface configuration. This phenomenon has been studied, for III–V (100) heterojunctions, from both theoretical and experimental points of view (experiments refer to the lattice‐matched GaInAs/InP and GaInP/GaAs systems). The modulation of the band offset is of the range of about 100 meV and only appears when the constituents share neither common anion nor common cation. From a theoretical point of view, the variation of the band offset is related to the modification of interface dipoles due to the chemical rearrangement and to the strain redistribution around the interface.


Introduction: Simulation is an educational tool that consists of artificial replication of phenomena, processes or real situations in order to achieve an established academic goal. The aim of this study is to describe the pedagogical elements and the organizational model used in activities simulating endoscopy at an internatio- nal convention of digestive endoscopy in order to compare them with the categories currently accepted for Medical Education Based on Simulation. Methods: This is a qualitative, cross-sectional study. Data were collected during five hours of simulation workshops attended by six instructors and 40 students. Data were collected through observation, notes, chec- klists, oral and visual records, interviews with instructors and student surveys. The information was analyzed and compared using five categories accepted in previous work and related to Medical Education Based on Simulation. Results: Five workstations were designed for the acquisition and development of individual technical skills. The allocation of time and the design of the workshops led to overcrowded work stations, unequal opportuni- ties, and a five hour long stretch of work. This was, stressful for both students and instructors. Nevertheless, students perceived the simulation exercises of the convention as positive activities. Conclusions: This study allows us to propose suggestions for improving activities at future events. First, it is essential that all components of the simulation be planned, designed and implemented according to esta- blished learning objectives. Second, all simulations should be accompanied by some kind of feedback. Third, it is recommended that highly structured formats be used during all stages of the simulation when participants do not have sufficient prior experience in education based on simulation.


Australian dairy farmers are facing decreasing availability of land and water and declining terms of trade. In this context, systems that are able to increase milk production per ha from home-grown feed, beyond the potential of pasture only, are sought. The complementary forage system (CFS), combining an area with a rotational sequence of two or three forage crops per year with an area of pasture in 35 and 65% of the farm area, respectively, was developed for this purpose. A 2-year whole-farm study with 100 milking cows on 21.5 ha evaluated the feasibility of achieving 25 t DM/ha.year of home-grown feed and converting this into 35 000 L of milk/ha.year by the implementation of such CFS. Utilisation and nutritive value of all forages and milk yields of individual cows were measured daily, body condition and bodyweight weekly, and milk composition fortnightly. Over 26 t DM/ha.year was utilised over the whole CFS farm for the 2 years of the study. This utilised forage had a mean metabolisable energy value of 10.2 MJ/kg DM and crude protein content of 20.5% DM. From this, a total yield of 27 835 L of milk/ha.year from home-grown feed was obtained, which is higher than any other whole-farm study reported in the literature. Daily pasture intake was the variable with the highest impact on milk yield, and significant differences were found in body condition and milk yield of cows calving in either autumn or spring. This study warrants further investigation to determine the environmental and economic sustainability of the implementation of the CFS.


In 2010, Randriantoanina introduced von Neumann algebraic techniques to fixed point theory which simplifies many proofs and unifies many theorems. Inspired by his ideas, we use von Neumann algebraic techniques to show if the reduced Fourier-Stieltjes algebra $B_{\rho}(G)$ of a second countable locally compact group $G$ has either weak fixed point property or asymptotic center property, then $G$ is compact. These give affirmative answers to open problems raised by Fendler and et. al. in 2013. Our results help us to show a second countable [AU]-group is automatically compact, so we improve a theorem of Taylor. We also construct a compact scattered Hausdorff space $\Omega$ for which the dual of the scattered C*-algebra $C(\Omega)$ lacks weak* fixed point property. This gives a negative answer to a question of Randrianantoanina in 2010. In addition, we prove that if a C*-algebra has weak fixed point property, then it must be non-unital. Thus, the scattered unital C*-algebra $C(\Omega)$ also provides a counter example to an open problem posed by Lau and et. al. posed in 1997. We also prove a variant of Bruck's generalized fixed point theorem for the predual of von Neumann algebras. Meanwhile, we give an example of a group $S$ acting separately continuous (but not non-expansive) on a compact space $K$ for which, every $s\in S$ has a fixed point, but $S$ still does not have a common fixed point.


The Agentcities network provides an opportunity to test the interoperation of multi-agent systems that are distributed and implemented across a variety of platforms whose only common factor is adherence to the FIPA protocols. In this context we aim to test our agent platform, Opal, which employs some new techniques for agent information exchange that we believe can make agent interaction in heterogeneous environments such as Agentcities more effective. The new agent interaction techniques supported by Opal involve (a) ontology and ontology-specific content language representation in the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and (b) dynamic exchange of interaction protocols. We will be testing the Opal system in the areas of tourism and distributed healthcare, both of which are significant application areas in New Zealand.


In this study, a linear analysis of the Gradient Drift Instability (GDI) applicable for horizontal wavelengths longer than 10 km in the E region is presented. By analytically solving the non-local differential equation for the polarization potential, analytical forms of the dispersion relation and growth rate, hosting new contributions from non-local effects, are obtained. The new growth rate and the amplitude of polarization potential are examined for a wide range of wavelengths that reveal the positive growth of GDI for wavelengths of (cid:2) 25 km. These characteristics raise the possibility of the formation of unstable structures of vertical size (cid:2) 20–30 km in the upper E region, often observed during twilight hours. Published by AIP Publishing. https


For satisfying calibration request of radon measure in the laboratory,the calibration apparatus for radon activity measure is designed and realized.The calibration apparatus can auto-control and auto-measure in three models: sequent mode,pulse mode and constant mode.The stability and reliability of the calibration apparatus was tested under the three models.The experimental result shows that the apparatus can provides an adjustable and steady radon activity concentration environment for the research of radon and its progeny and for the calibration of its measure.


Abstract Research background: Business support organization's positive influence on innovation activity seems so obvious, but it is thought to find the systemic research that confirm such phenomenon form the one side. The author did not find papers with specific statistical interaction between them from the other one. Purpose: The main research goal is to assess the systemic importance of relationships between business environment institutions and the type of innovative activity in Poland. Research methodology: The survey was conducted in the years 2013–2017 on a group of 6,283 industrial companies in Poland (the primary database contained nearly eighty thousand active manufacturing enterprises with a 9% survey success rate). The author used multiregression logit models to describe the statistical significant relations between business support units and innovation activity in enterprises. Results: The positive feedback from the logit models show us homogeneity of the country system from the one side (the same direction influence) and heterogeneity from the other (differences between support units) that flows from these interactions. The impact of the BSO units were statistically significant, strong and positive in most cases, excluding some exceptions. Novelty: Appointment of systemic strength, direction and odds ratio of the impact the support units have on innovation activity in Poland.


The effects of enhanced UV-B radiation and soil drought on pigments contents,photosynthesis,biomass and yield of spring wheat were investigated under the field condition of pot cultivation.The radiation or drought,simply or combination,led to the decrease in foliar flavonoid content,but only there is statistically significant under the condition of the combination.Both stresses caused the reduction of chlorophyll a,chlorophyll b and carotenoids.Compared with water stress,the UV-B radiation had stronger role in inhibiting the pigments.Various treatments could inhibit the photosynthesis,and the ordination is controlcombinationUV-Bdrought.The total biomass and yield were averagely declined up to 15% comparison to control under UV-B or drought stress,the order from high to low was controlcombinationUV-Bdrought.The composition of spikes was also negatively impacted.The results showed that there were interactive between UV-B radiation and soil drought,suggesting that one stress factor might alleviate the inhibitory effect of another stress on spring wheat.


Background Delayed heart rate (HR) and blood pressure recovery after exercise test is known as the reliable indexes of autonomic dysfunction. Here we tried to evaluate the serial changes in various indicators during exercise test and correlations among them in a normotensive healthy middle-aged group. Methods A total of 122 patients without hypertension or diabetes was enrolled (mean age, 55.6 ± 11.0; male, 56.6 %; mean blood pressure, 124.8 ± 16.6 / 81.5 ± 9.6 mmHg). Treadmill test was performed for evaluation of chest pain. Patients with coronary artery disease, positive treadmill test result, left ventricular dysfunction or renal failure were excluded. Heart rate recovery was calculated by subtracting the HR in the first or second minute of recovery period from the HR of peak exercise (HRR1 or HRR2). Systolic blood pressure in the 4th minute of recovery stage (SBPR4) was used to show delayed blood pressure recovery. Results Metabolic equivalents (METs) and HR in stage 2 to 4 were significantly correlated with both HRR1 and HRR2. Multiple regression analysis of HRR revealed significant correlation of METs and SBPR4. SBPR4 was significantly correlated with both HRR1 and HRR2 (HRR1, r=-0.376, p<0.001; HRR2, r=-0.244, p=0.008). SBPR4 revealed significant correlation with SBP in the baseline to stage 3 and pulse pressure (r=0.406, p<0.001). Conclusions Delayed BP recovery after peak exercise test revealed significant association with autonomic dysfunction and pulse pressure in normotensive middle-aged healthy group. It can be a simple and useful marker of autonomic dysfunction and arterial stiffness.


This paper gives details of a predicted splitting of the superconducting transition temperature in Sr 2 RuO 4 as a function of applied uniaxial stress. We also give formulas for the discontinuities in certain thermodynamicproperties such as the specific heat, the thermal expansion coefficients, and the elastic compliance coefficients at various superconducting transition temperatures.


This chapter presents results from a study of non-traditional applicants experiences of applying for higher education, namely applicants employing the Swedish 25:4 scheme, which granted eligibility ...


One of the important problems of the theory and practice of spectroscopy of live biological objects is determination of mechanisms of photochemical and biological processes under the influence of light irradiation. As a part of this the revelation of relationship between chemical peculiarities of photosensitizers, their photochemical behavior, and their biological influence character is significant.


Polyhedral oligosilsesquioxanes (POSS) have recently attracted attention as scaffolds for the synthesis of multivalent bioconjugates. The synthesis of glycosyl‐octasilsesquioxanes (glyco‐POSS) using a copper(I)‐catalyzed azide‐alkyne 1,3‐dipolar cycloaddition approach is reported. The problems associated with the use of bases or aqueous media in their preparation are investigated and a comprehensive study of the multivalent interaction between the mannosyl‐octasilsesquioxanes and a model lectin, concanavalin A (Con A), using an array of complementary biophysical techniques is presented. The possibility to modulate the half‐life of POSS conjugates in aqueous solution and the low toxicity of their constituent monomeric organosilanes offers an advantage over other scaffolds in vivo, preventing bioaccumulation and saturation of complementary receptors (lectins). Despite the hydrolysis in water, the octamannosyl‐POSS studied shows a 50‐fold higher binding affinity to Con A than methyl α‐D‐mannopyranoside. These experiments suggest that the novel glyco‐POSS are attractive compounds for in vivo applications that require multivalent display of glycans.


Malware is the most significant threat to computer security. This paper aims to overview the malware detection field, focusing on the recent and promising hardware-based approach. This approach leverages the Hardware Performance Counters already available in modern processors and the power of Machine Learning, offering attractive advantages like resilience to disabling the protection, resilience to unknown malware, low complexity/overhead/cost, and run-time detection. The approach is deeply analyzed in light of a generic hardware-based detection framework. Some challenges related to the approach are presented: the necessary accuracy improvements, how to deal with the classification error, better correlating the hardware events behavior with the malware, and essential improvements on the hardware performance monitor.


Delayed hypersensitivity to purified protein antigens in incomplete Freund's adjuvant is of a transient nature in guinea pigs. This decrease in delayed reactivity can be transferred adoptively to a sensitized recipient with lymphoid cells from the spleens and peritoneal exudate of donors 8 days after sensitization with ovalbumin. When such mixtures of donor lymphoid cells are adoptively transferred at subsequent times after sensitization, the delayed hypersensitivity of the recipient is not suppressed. When a hapten-protein conjugate, such as para-aminobenzoic acid-azo-hen egg albumin is used as a sensitizing antigen in the donor, and when the donor cells are removed at various time intervals after the decline in delayed skin tests to the carrier protein as antigen, such as 10 to 23 days after sensitization, adoptive transfer of lymphoid cells into sensitized recipients suppresses the elicitation of delayed skin hypersensitivity to the carrier. When spleen cells are compared with peritoneal exudate (PE) cells in their suppressive capacities, only the spleen cells show suppressive action. The duration of delayed responses varied inversely with the dose of the immunosuppressive drug in guinea pigs treated with varying doses of cyclophosphamide 72 hr before sensitization. In view of the observations that PE cells are an enriched source of T cells and that the particular schedule of treatment with cyclophosphamide affects rapidly dividing cells, the suggestion is made that a suppressor B cell may regulate the activity of a T cell in the expression of delayed skin hypersensitivity.


We propose vibration controller design using positive position feedback (PPF) control. The five pairs of electromagnetic actuators and sensors are used to control strip vibration. Strip was modeled using finite element modeling (FEM). To reduce the order of the large scale model, the Krylov subspace technique was used. To control the vibration, PPF control was applied. The stability condition for MIMO system was derived to calculate the controller gain. Which shows the relationship between the DC gain of the controller and that of the strip system. Experiments shows the effectiveness of the proposed controller compared to convetional PID controller.


Cefixime trihydrate belongs to third generation cephalosporin having poor water solubility. In the present study, nanocrystal suspensions of cefixime trihydrate were prepared with the objective of providing enhanced solubility and stability with reduced particle size and thus improving the bioavailability potential. Nanocrystal suspensions were prepared by high pressure homogenization technique and evaluated for particle size, polydispersity index, zeta potential, and drug release. 2 factorial design was used for the formulation designing purpose. Particles of average size 143.5nm having PDI of 0.269 were produced. Zeta potential was found to be -36.6mV and the formulation was found stable on the basis of results obtained from differential scanning calorimetry and scanning electron microscopy studies. The drug release and ex-vivo permeation studies revealed enhanced permeation of drug, as desired, indicating its potential for an attempt towards successful nanocrystal formulation. INTRODUCTION: A major challenge in oral drug delivery is the low bioavailability of water insoluble therapeutics 1 . Two known mechanisms to increase the bioavailability of water insoluble drugs are to increase the surface area and to create stable amorphous forms 2 3 . A major hurdle that has prevented the commercialization of many promising poorly soluble drugs is dissolution rate limited bioavailability. Many approaches have been developed to improve solubility and to enhance the dissolution rate and oral bioavailability of poorly soluble drugs e.g. salt formation 4 6 solid dispersion 7 9 inclusion complex 10 . QUICK RESPONSE CODE DOI: 10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.9(1).114-22 Article can be accessed online on: www.ijpsr.com DOI link: http://dx.doi.org/10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.9(1).114-22 Cefixime trihydrate, an orally active third generation cephalosporin antibiotic, is extensively used for treatment of urinary tract infection (UTI), upper and lower respiratory tract infection, acute otitis media, and Gonococcal urethritis 11 . On an oral administration, it gets slowly and incompletely absorbed from GIT. Antibacterial activity of cefixime exhibited by interfering with bacterial peptidoglycan synthesis after binding to the β-lactam binding proteins 11 12 . Cefixime fall in a low solubility and low permeability antibiotic drug. Bioavailability of drug is restricted due low solubility and due low solubility of cefixime, its bioavailability is only 30-40% if given orally and show maximum peak plasma concentration within 2-4 hours 13 14 . Here, it is necessary to realize that an ionic charge on cefixime creates difficulty to cross mucosal membrane of the intestine, resulting in poor bioavailability of 40 50% 15 16 .


With thr further research of COPD,in the later stage of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases(COPD),not only the phenomena that the changes of pulmonary interstitial fibrosis(PIF)is replacing the innate changes of emophysematous architecture gradually has attracted attention of many scholars,but also the view that COPD and PIF are two interdependent disease type is changing.The double pathology will make the lung tissue damage,hypoxia and diffusion function more severe,aggravate the pathogenetic condition of COPD,which is now the hot nut that doctors must be faced in clinic,but the correct diagnosis and feasible therapy maybe increase the patients′ quality of life and prolong their life span.The article reports the current study status of COPD complicating pulmonary fibrosis about its epidemiologic feature,pathogenesis,diagnosis,management of PF-COPD in order to deepen the cognition of this kind of disease as well as to provide the new idea about its prevention,diagnose and the therapy of anti-inflammatory combined with anti-fibrosis of PF-COPD for clinic.


A semi-alicyclic dianhydride monomer, 4,4'-dihydroxybiphenyldicyclohexanecarboxylate-3,3',4,4'-tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride (HTA-BP) was prepared according to a modified procedure reported in the literature with trimellitic anhydride as the starting material. A series of semi-alicyclic polyimide (PI) resins were synthesized from HTA-BP and aromatic diamines, including 4,4'-bis[(4-aminophenoxy-2-trifluoromethyl)] biphenyl (6FBAB) for PI1, 2,2'-bis[(4-aminophenoxy)phenyl]hexafluoropropane (BDAF) for PI-2, 4,4'-diaminobenzanilide (DABA) for PI-3, and 2-chloro-4,4'-diaminobenzanilide (Cl-DABA) for PI-4 via a two-step chemical imidization procedure. The derived PI resins are easily soluble in polar aprotic solvents, such as N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAc), and -butyrolactone (GBL). High-whiteness PI ultrafine fabrics with the yellow indices lower than 4.0 were successfully prepared by the electrospinning procedures from the PI solutions in DMAc. The PI fabrics exhibited good thermal stability with the 5% weight loss temperatures over 400 oC and glass transition temperatures higher than 190 oC.


The invention relates to a dosing mechanism for an injection device with an adjusting element (4) and a rotary sleeve (1) that is connected to the adjusting element (4) and is provided with an external thread (1a) and an internal thread (1b) which has a different pitch than the external thread (1a). One thread (1a, 1b) of the rotary sleeve (1) engages with a part of the injection device, especially a housing (2), while the other thread (1a, 1b) engages with an advancing member (3) such that an adjusting movement of the adjusting element (4) can be geared up or down into a dosing movement of the advancing member (3) by means of the two thread engagements.


Abstract The Highway Design and Maintenance Standards Model (HDM-III), developed by the World Bank,has been used extensively for the economic evaluation of road projects over a period of approximately15 years. The Highway Development and Management Tools (HDM-4) was released early this year(2000) as the result of a process of upgrading and extension of the HDM-III. Both these models wereapplied to a case study, the Nsoko-Maloma road in Swaziland, in order to gain insight on the changesand improvements achieved in HDM-4. The paper provides an overview of the development of theHDM-III and HDM-III Manager (which was used for the analysis), and the improvementsimplemented in HDM-4. A description of the case study and data required for the economic evaluationprocess are then addressed. The output of the two models is compared. It is shown that with regard tothe sub-models the most important effect is the lowering of vehicle operating costs and the increase intravel speed which result from the adjustment of the sub-models for the improvement in the efficiencyof motorised vehicles. The HDM-4 consequently produced lower values for the benefit-cost ratio andinternal rate of return on the case study. When compared to the justification level, however, thisreduction did not influence the economic viability of the project. In conclusion the improvements ofHDM-4 as observed in the analysis are summarised. These are a modern-day programming style andwider options with regard to the definition of the vehicle fleet, upgrading choices, pavement types, sealtypes and other maintenance actions. 5th International Conference on Managing Pavements (2001)


A wide area protection system (WAPS) based on the "three defensive lines", as defined in relevant standard for power system stability control, is proposed to meet the operation safety and reliability requirements of large-scale interconnected power grid and to prevent the occurrence of cascading trips and outages. This WAPS can obtain wide area operation information of power system via power communication network to implement different protection and control functions according to various operation statuses. These defensive lines in WAPS will operate harmoniously and cooperate with each other instead of operating independently. It is possible to study protection and control criteria with superior functions and performances by obtaining wide area operation information of power system. A wide area relay protection criterion based on the relationship factor and the action factor of protection intelligent electronic device (IED) is proposed. Case study shows that this protection criterion can locate faults rapidly and exactly, and can overcome the drawbacks of long operation time delay and large fault-affected regions as brought by the maloperation of protection IED, thus greatly enhancing the operation security and reliability of large-scale interconnected power grid.


Apparatus for treating blood, comprising a blood processing path for conducting blood through the device; a plurality of pumps for controlling the flow of blood through the path; at least one control circuit is electrically coupled to the pump and controls the operation of the pump; a reservoir in the path, wherein the reservoir has a volume; a first sensor coupled to the reservoir for detecting fluid and electrically connected to the control circuit; a control program for performing a verification of pump ratios between at least two of said pumps by causing a first pump fluid in a first direction pumps with respect to the reservoir and a second pump fluid in a second direction pumps with respect to the reservoir and finding a ratio of the action of the first pump to the second pump.


Land surface emissivity, which varies widely with surface type, is important for the assimilation of microwave satellite data. The fast radiative transfer model RTTOV-7 developed by ECMWF had been introduced into the Global/regional assimilation and prediction system (Grapes)-3Dvar, a new three dimensional data assimilation system developed by the Research Center for Numerical Meteorological Prediction, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, to assimilate ATOVS microwave satellite radiance directly. To improve the accuracy of land surface emissivity, the NOAA/NESDIS microwave land surface emissivity model developed by F. Weng is merged into RTTOV-7 and an adjusted parameter scheme is designed to provide the surface parameters for the microwave land surface emissivity model. These surface parameters are produced from a global data assimilation system (GDAS) including a boundary layer model in NOAA/NESDIS. The result shows that the accuracy of land surface emissivity for a variety of land types is improved. It results in the improvement of the accuracy of simulated satellite radiance. Following the satellite microwave radiance operating near the window regions, which are affected strongly by land surface emissivity, could be utilized in the assimilation system to investigate their impact on numerical weather forecast.


Our goal is to provide quality and safe health care to our Veterans. Urgent Care Centers are used to treat minor illnesses or injuries and are not open 24/7. Coatesville VAMC does not provide 24/7 emergency services but will provide full urgent care services during its weekday hours of operations to include pharmacy, radiology and laboratory. Community emergency rooms are available at all hours for life-threatening conditions. See page two for more information about VA payment for emergency care.


Markedly lower breast cancer incidence rates in Asians than Caucasians are not explained by established adult risk factors. Migration studies suggest the importance of early-life exposures, including perhaps the in utero period. Concentrations of steroid hormones and insulin-like growth factors (IGF) were measured in umbilical cord sera from pregnancies in Shanghai, China (n = 121) and Boston, MA (n = 111). Pregnancy characteristics were ascertained by interview and medical records. Means and percent differences in hormone concentrations comparing Chinese with Caucasians and 95% confidence intervals were estimated from linear regression models. Cord concentrations of androstenedione (91.9%), testosterone (257%), estriol (48.6%), and IGF binding protein-3 (21.1%) were significantly higher in the Chinese than U.S. samples, and cord prolactin was lower (−14.9%). Cord estradiol and IGF-I concentrations did not differ by race/ethnicity. With adjustment for gestational length, maternal age, pre-pregnancy weight, and weight gain, androstenedione (60.5%), testosterone (185%), and IGF binding protein-3 (40.4%) remained significantly higher in the Chinese, whereas the higher estriol and lower prolactin concentrations were attenuated. In addition, estradiol levels became lower in the Chinese (−29.8%) but did not reach statistical significance. Results were generally similar when restricted to first full-term pregnancies, with reduced estradiol concentrations in the Chinese reaching statistical significance after adjustment. These data are consistent with the hypothesis that elevated prenatal androgen exposure could mediate reductions in breast cancer risk. The meaning of the change in findings for estrogens after controlling for factors related to the pregnancy is unclear with regard to explaining international breast cancer differences. (Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008;17(1):224–31)


This paper presents the determination of heat conditions in the motor protection switch, with consideration to the air flow inside the switch. The finite-element method (FEM) was used for the calculation of the temperature conditions. Because of the temperature-dependent material properties and the geometrical peculiarities of the model, a sequential procedure for the calculation of the heat circumstances was developed. The specificity of the model is that the inside air is separated into two domains. These two domains are physically completely separated, but they have an indirect influence on each other through the thermal conductivity of partition walls


Abstract Co-authored by the English dramatists Beaumont and Fletcher, Love's Pilgrimage (c. 1615–1616) is a stage adaptation of Las dos doncellas (The Novel of the Two Maidens) (1613), an exemplary novel penned by the renowned Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes. Produced at a time when Anglo-Spanish relations were marked by an ambivalent state of religiopolitical hostility and cultural fascination, the play offers a bitterly farcical representation of the perceived ethos and social norms of the source culture. At the same time, it engages with the target culture's political and ideological matrix, offering – oblique – commentary on the authors' own society. This article provides a comparative study of both works, to assess both the playwrights' representation of Spain and their stance on certain political and ideological contingencies that shaped Jacobean England.


Drought is a prolonged shortage in the water supply and considered to be the most complex but least understood of all-natural hazards. The current study utilizes 47 years of data for drought assessment to understand drought patterns and severity. All drought-prone districts in the study area experience famine that is still slow-onset, creeping, and a recurrent occurrence. The spatio-temporal behavior of meteorological drought was investigated by calculating the Standard Precipitation Index (SPI) and spatial distribution of droughts by ArcGIS software. The SPI index is useful for the determination of drought conditions at diverse time scales and monitoring different types of drought. This index captured the collected deficit (SPI 0) of precipitation over a specified period. In the current investigation, 1972, 2000, and 2014 chosen as representative drought years based on negative SPI trends. The spatial pattern shows the area of agricultural drought increased during the kharif crop season (June - Oct). Based on the acquired result it is reveals that the SPI is an indicative parameter for assessment of agricultural drought in the Marathwada region. It also provides useful information to create a decision support system for agricultural drought or arid condition avoidance, mitigation, along with irrigation management improvement.


Today's digitized world urgently needs Big Data integration and analysis. Healthcare records are responsible for generating petabytes of data in a single day. Such data is heterogeneous in nature, captured in different files and formats, and varies from hospital to hospital. By integrating data from different sources and extracting meaningful information for the medical community, we can improve the overall quality of patient care. Our research targets the problem of integration for health records. To start, we already developed the Integrated Radiology Image search (IRIS) engine, which could represent a data integration framework for the healthcare domain. IRIS provided support for multiple public data sources and incorporated medical ontologies which would help radiologists and improve search interpretation by considering the meaning of the search query terms. In this paper, we describe a case study of data integration for radiology data sources. While the need for data integration is self-evident, we learned that rather than being a single step, data integration is an iterative process that requires continuous integration of metadata and additional supporting data sources. Our results show that an each step of data integration further improved IRIS engine results.


For a graph G , let µ ( G ) denote the size of the largest subset of V ( G ) that induces a cograph. Erd˝os and Hajnal made the conjecture that, for every graph H , there exists c > 0 such that µ ( G ) ≥ | G | c for every H -free graph G ; and they proved that this is true with | G | c replaced by e c We prove a strengthening: that for every graph H , there exists c > 0 such that for every H -free graph G with | G | ≥ 3. Indeed, we prove the corresponding strengthening of a theorem of Fox and Sudakov, which in turn was a common strengthening of theorems of R¨odl, Nikiforov, and the theorem of Erd˝os and Hajnal mentioned above.


The intermediate-temperature electrolyte with perovskite-type La Sr Ga Mg O (LSGM) was synthesized using glycine- 0.8 0.2 0.85 0.15 32d nitrate combustion method. The formation process of the LSGM phase was investigated using DTA-TGA and XRD, and the thermal and electrical properties of the sintered samples were studied by thermal expansion and ac impedance technology. The research results show that the formation process of the LSGM phase suffered several different reaction stages. The perovskite phase was formed essentially at a sintering temperature of 1200 8C. The stable perovskite phase was formed completely after a sintering temperature of 1400 8C. The sinterability shows that the sintering temperature of the sample, which was synthesized by glycine-nitrate combustion method, is at least 100 8C lower than that of the conventional solid state method that was reported previously. The thermal expansion coefficient of the LSGM is somewhat higher than that of the YSZ. Impedance spectra indicate that the grain boundary resistance of the LSGM synthesized by glycine-nitrate combustion method is smaller. The conductivity of sample sintered at 1500 8C is higher than that at 1550 8C. The


Based on practical work of rural microfinance companies in Jiangsu province,systematically summarizes the rural microfinance companies operating characteristics,analyzes the existing problems in the process of operation in rural microfinance companies,pertinently puts forward the countermeasures to promote the sustainable development of rural microfinance companies.


This paper intend to propose a comparative analysis of three major theoretical framework engineers and creative companies frequently use. All of them propose to help users to break psychological walls hiding creative solutions. Beyond the individual preferences and the mimesis effect, studying what is the DNA, often fruit of the History of Europe, behind these theories and analyzing how they are or not connected allows us to understand how we come to the future society of knowledge.


Abstract : This report summarizes a three year study of magnetic variations measured near the footprint of the magnetospheric cusp in conjugate hemispheres. During that time data were collected from fluxgate and induction magnetometers and compared with optical data from all sky cameras and meridian scanning photometers. The spectrum of fluctuations observed near the cusp spans a frequency range from near dc to, and above, our instrument Nyquist frequency of 50 millihertz. While the spectral power is known to diminish with frequency, there are two spectral bands which carry important information concerning the physical processes taking place along cusp field lines. In the lowest frequency band, ranging from dc to approximately 10 millihertz, are a collection of signals which show the dominant spectral power. In the central cusp there occur incoherently superposed wavelets which are observed simultaneously in both hemispheres. Our analysis, and that of our colleagues, shows these to be the resonant response of the outermost portions of the geomagnetic field near the magnetopause to the impulsive pressure variations carried by the solar wind. To the morning and evening sides of the cusp are poleward traveling pulses which appear to be line currents connecting the ionosphere with the magnetopause. We conjecture that these field aligned currents are driven by reconnection events at the magnetopause. The second important frequency band ranges from 10 millihertz to our Nyquist (and above). This band contains a collection of coherent and incoherent oscillations. The coherent oscillations are short-lived packets which are believed to be generated in the upstream solar wind. The incoherent portion of the spectrum have been shown to be due to modulated electron beams impacting the ionosphere. Modulations of the beam intensity produce a quasi-periodic modification of the ionospheric c


In this study, the analysis is to measure lighting performance of single pendentive dome type and pyramid roof type in mosque design built during the Ottoman Empire in Istanbul, Turkey and Mostar, BosniaHerzegovina. The selected case studies are the Firu zaga and Orhan Gazi Mosques as single pendentive dome styl and Neziraga Mosque as case study for the pyramid roof type. This analysis aims to have a research finding to show that Turkish style's peden tive dome mosque design provides efficient indoor daylighting in the Orhan Gazi Mosque in comparison with the Firuzaga Mosque and Neziraga. This assessment is simulated during winter solstice occu rred when the sun is perimetering at its most south ern position along the Tropic of Capricorn. This study applies simulation analysis using Autodesk software known as 3D Studio Max Design 2011 programme. The simulations were done by the program using weather data file to provide the weather informatio n and climate changes of the study area. The analys is shows that both mosques have mostly an evenly distr ibuted illuminance level with Scales 1 to 5. The Or han Gazi Mosque has slightly higher illuminance levels compared to those of the Firuzaga Mosque and bothe of the pendentive dome mosques have butter illuminance level than the pyramid roof mosque. The study concludes that the pedentive dome mosque design has an effect on the mosque indoor daylighting. Having excellent illuminance level distributed at all the locations is one of the crucial reasons why the mos ques with pedentive dome roof cover are built by Ottoman master builders.


PART I: THE DIPLOMATIC ESTABLISHMENT PART II: DIPLOMACY AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE PART III: PUBLIC POLITICS AND DIPLOMATIC PROTOCOL PART IV: DIPLOMATIC ENCOUNTERS PART V: REPRESENTING THE REPUBLIC PART VI: OUTSIDERS IN THE DIPLOMATS' WORLD


This report is part of the Web-at-Risk project. These policy and planning documents typically guide collection management within libraries and archives. Some familiar concepts and practices from collection development for non-digital materials easily transfer to collection development for web-based materials while some new concepts and unfamiliar practices are introduced. To effectively manage web collections, it is good practice to either create new policies and plans or modify existing collection policies and plans.


Essential shift of a vector of industrial policy in Russia in the conditions of a new geopolitical and geoeconomic situation on the state support of the branches making import-substituting production defines importance of definition of the most effective forms of integration of the enterprises. And industrial and innovative associations to carry out such tasks, have to be created in those spheres of industrial production where the high potential of production of a competitive domestic production is saved already up.In article from a position of effective realization of policy of "reasonable" import substitution the tools of an assessment of expediency of creation in the region (taking into account its potential) an industrial cluster in branches, most "ready" to production of import-substituting production are offered. The considered economic-mathematical models allow to carry out such assessment not only from a position of certain potential participants of a cluster, but also the region as economic supersystem. Approbation of model on the example of branch of agricultural mechanical engineering in the Rostov region allowed to draw almost significant conclusion on expediency of creation of a production and innovative cluster of this profile which "kernel" the largest producer of quality agricultural machinery in the south of Russia can act as JSC «Rostselmash».


Immunohistochemistry and RT-PCR were applicated to detect the expression of six markers in different primary and secondary cancers. Conclusion: There is a "homing effect" in the invasion and metastasis of cancer cells. This is the key mechanism of cancer metastatic organ specificity.


Innovations are crucial for the survival of firms in an ever faster moving environment. But how should a firm organize its knowledge management for tacit and explicit knowledge? Where to focus? How to ensure transfer of knowledge from customer into the firm? In this paper we first develop a list of critical factors for knowledge management (KM), using different theoretical frameworks. We identified four levels which were common to most models: Management Promotion, Infrastructure, Strategy and Evaluation. Conducting four case studies from firms in the chemical industry allowed us to compare our factors with empirical data. We found that involvement of top management is crucial for implementation of knowledge management, whereas evaluation seems to be less important. In all cases knowledge management was seen as a continuous development process. However, one of our most interesting findings is that an incentive program seems to be necessary for a successful implementation of KM in the culture and processes of an organization. We also found the customer interface to be critical for a firm. This interface is important for the development of successful and customer driven innovations.


A simple, sensitive, precise and specific reverse phase high performance liquid chromatographic method was developed and validated for the determination of Asenapine in bulk and tablet dosage forms. It was found that the excipient in the tablet dosage forms does not interfere in the quantification of active drug by proposed method. The HPLC separation was carried out by reverse phase chromatography on Shimadzu HPLC, 10-At detector with hypersil ODS C18 Column 250 X 4.6 mm (particle size of 5μ) and constant flow pump. Rheodyne injector with 20μl loop with a mobile phase composed pure methanol at flow rate 1.0 ml/min. The detection was monitored at 270nm. The calibration curve for Tamsulosin was linear from 2-10mg/ml. The interday and intraday precision was found to be within limits. The proposed method has adequate sensitivity, reproducibility and specificity for the determination of Asenapine in bulk and its tablet dosage forms. LOD and LOQ for Asenapine were found to be 0.4329 and 0.1311.Accuracy (recoveries: 98.07-101.28%) and reproducibility were found to satisfactory.


Graphene functionalization by hydrogen and fluorine has been proposed as a route to modulate its reactivity and electronic properties. However, until now, proposed systems present degradation and limited hydrogen adsorption capacity. In this study, combining first-principles calculations based on density functional theory (DFT) and reactive molecular dynamics, we analyze the tuning of hydrogen adsorption and electronic properties in fluorinated and hydrogenated monolayer graphenes. Our results indicate that fluorine adsorption promotes stronger carbon$-$hydrogen bonds. By changing the concentration of fluorine and hydrogen, charge density transfer and electronic properties such as the band gap and spin-splitting can be tailored, increasing their potential applicability for electronic and spintronic devices. Despite fluorine not affecting the total H incorporation, the $\textit{ab initio}$ molecular dynamics results suggest that 3% fluorinated graphene increases hydrogen anchoring, indicating the hydrogenated and fluorinated graphenes potential for hydrogen storage and related applications.


WSNs plays an important role in many of the applications like patient health monitoring, battlefields surveillance, traffic control, environmental observation, home automation and building intrusion surveillance. WSNs are convenient, cost effective, and give ease of integration with other networks and their components. However, wireless technology also produces new threats. Since WSNs communicate by using radio frequencies therefore the risk of interference is more than with wired networks. If the message to be passed is not in an encrypted form, or is encrypted by using a feeble algorithm and the attacker can easily read it, and it is the compromise to the confidentiality. Security objectives include: protecting confidentiality, assuring integrity, providing authentication and supporting availability of the information and information systems. In this paper we describe the types of existing DoS attacks and how existing techniques can be used to prevent or mitigate these attacks in WSNs. General Terms WSN Security, DoS Attack, Defenses.


statement as evidence in chief. Implementation has been gradual since 1 April 2005 and the last tranche will be on 1 April 2008, when the measures are introduced for vulnerable adults in summary criminal (no jury) cases. Measures have been available since 2005 for children in solemn criminal (with jury) cases and children's hearing court cases; since April 2006, for vulnerable adults in solemn criminal cases; since April 2007, for children in summary criminal cases; and since 1 November 2007, for children and vulnerable adults in all civil cases.


Tesla bladeless expanders are promising in energy harvesting and small-scale power generation applications due to their lower cost and simplicity in design. Although such expanders exhibit very high rotor efficiency (analytical total to static efficiency ~ 90%), it shows poor performance when coupled with a stator (experimental total to static efficiency ~30%) due to losses present in the stator and stator-rotor interaction. This paper presents the design and experiment of a novel, high-efficient Tesla bladeless expander concept. The concept arises from the loss phenomena in the stator-rotor interaction in conventional bladeless expanders, which are among the main causes of the low performance. This concept is believed to bring the bladeless expanders to the same performances as the traditional ones with vanes, compared to which however the bladeless machines boast greater simplicity, robustness, and the absence of performance decay as the size decreases, competing even in the contexts for traditional turbomachinery. The high-efficient bladeless expander prototype with water as a working fluid is designed and developed, representing the similitude case for a liquid butane heat pump. The available isentropic power across the throttling process in the butane case is 3.3 kW @10000 rpm. The turbine consists of 24 nozzles and 150 disks separated by 0.1 mm spacers. The turbine shaft is connected to the high-speed electric generator. The performance test on the expander is carried out at rotational speeds ranging from 3000 rpm to 6200 rpm and with differential pressure across the expander up to 14 bar. Experimental ventilation loss is characterised and its effect on the performance of the expander is discussed. The preliminary results of the expander under investigation showed satisfactory production of power with an acceptable efficiency range. It is also shown that the present concept is promising and able to address the major i.e., stator-rotor interaction which is the major source of loss in the traditional bladeless expander.


The characteristic patterns of ethnic variation of the human face are seldom explicitly described. This paper addresses the question of how these characteristics may be explicitly described. A lexicon of 77 discrete 3D facial attributes has been developed for purposes of describing ethnic differences. While conventional descriptors are usually discrete-valued (categorical), these attributes are continuous-valued, each interpolated within a bounded range represented by a pair of basis shapes. They are also quasi-orthogonal, allowing for arbitrary combinations to reconstruct the shape of a mesh face to represent any of a large space of ethnicities. Unlike holistic representational schemes used for facial recognition, these attributes are local and 'semantic' (human-understandable), providing an intuitive basis for describing and visualizing the space of ethnic variation.


The province of British Columbia began exploring and supporting applications for digital imaging in pathology and telepathology in 2004. Each of the six Health Authorities has been engaged in evaluating different possible applications for whole slide imaging, streaming imaging and static images. Fraser Health Authority has had the most comprehensive project, evaluating all three modalities across 11 sites in anatomic pathology, hematopathology and medical microbiology. In anatomic pathology wholeslide imaging and streaming, imaging has been evaluated in a variety of settings including frozen sections, grossing, rounds, consultations, conferencing and quality assurance projects. This talk will be based on our experience, specifically, and that of other Health Authorities in the Province. In addition, comments about the future for digital pathology will be based on observations of other projects underway in Canada and elsewhere in the world.


Bladder reconstruction using detubularized intestinal segment has been a well established procedure. Although urodynamic changes in enterocystoplasty and neobladder have been widely reported, there is little information with respect to the comparison among various methods of bladder reconstruction. Herein we compared the physiological changes in three different bladder reconstructions including 6 augmentation cystoplasties, 11 Kock pouches, and 7 urethral neobladders constructed by a detubularized terminal ileal segment of the same length. The augmentation cystoplasties had the largest bladder capacity soon after removal of the catheter, Kock pouches ranked second, and urethral neobladders the last. The order was the same in the increase of bladder compliance and the decrease of peristaltic pressure. However, all bladder reconstructions became stable within 6 months and the final bladder capacity and compliance showed no significant difference in the 12 month follow-up. Bladder outlet resistance is believed to play the most important role in their physiological development. We conclude that the detubularized terminal ileum is an ideal bowel segment for any kind of bladder reconstructions. For a segment of 40 cm ileum, a final capacity of 500 to 600 ml can be achieved as long as the outlet resistance is adequate.


With office automation and network fast development,the Personnel Management System has been widely used by more and more institutions and enterprises.This paper mainly discussed the selection of development platform,the systems architecture design and the implementation methods of the main function modules in Personnel Management System development process.


Inevitably the greatest obstacles to deep energy savings and mainstream market transformation include complexity and cost. Currently there is a tremendous marketplace gap between the need for widespread integrated lighting solutions and the capacity of the market to provide them. This paper will describe how a new USDOE commercial lighting program provides a multi-faceted strategy to provide the needed "how to" guidance in support of the numerous mandates and programs that are reaching far beyond codes and standards. The program provides lighting energy-efficiency solutions using high performance products, daylighting, and lighting controls. These lighting solutions are widely applicable to common spaces and are delivered via an interactive webtool, making them scalable to the mainstream market. Complexity is reduced by providing pre-designed vignettes and controls strategies that can be reviewed and selected by the end user or design team. The webtool provides analysis and documentation to show performance against energy goals in support of end-user applications for incentives, which addresses the cost obstacle. Utilities and Energy Effiency Program Sponsors (EEPS) benefit by having actionable guidance for customers and energy analysis sufficient to create programs designed around kWh rather than LPD or component-based rebates. The program is organized around the major commercialmore » market sectors: retail, commercial real estate (e.g., offices, developers, lodging), and institutional (e.g., healthcare, education). This allows design solutions to be developed specifically for each sector with the input of the appropriate end users. The partnership model for the program is robust (including end users, design professionals, manufacturers, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO's), and EEPS) and provides the network by which feedback is gathered, lighting solutions are deployed, and performance is measured.« less


A methodology is developed in DNA-TR-85-317 whereby DoD participants in the CONUS atmospheric nuclear tests are screened to determine whether or not they received a bone dose commitment less than 150 millirem from internally deposited radionuclides. The algorithms that were developed to relate the internal dose commitment to external dose parameters are expanded to cover unique exposure conditions pertinent to oceanic operations such as long-term exposure resulting from fallout on residence islands or ships. Application of the methodology shows that most oceanic test participants received bone dose commitments less than 150 millirem.


The phenomenon of congestion in a big city is generally caused by the large number of vehicles while roads do not develop every year. The growth in the number of vehicles on the highway contributes to a large number of causes of congestion. Congestion often occurs at red light intersections. Various solutions have been implemented such as limiting the number of vehicles based on odd-even numbers by date, limiting motorized vehicles such as motorbikes that are not allowed to pass through the main road, increasing the number of public vehicles and arranging the departure schedule for school children and office employees. The solution has been carried out but there are still long queues of vehicles. One of the reasons for this is because the number of vehicle queues is long while the timer that shows the time to walk or the green light is short. Intelligent systems technology-based approach can be used to overcome these problems. Because humans have limitations to do so, the task can be done by computers. The result of this activity is that the right camera position is next to the traffic timer and the best time to read the image is during the day


There is a rising interest in the production of composite cements due to mounting environmental awareness and the diminishing natural resources. In composite cements considerable parts of the clinker is replaced by supplementary cementitious materials. Within two STAR's we will focus on the fly ash and limestone as replacements for part of the clinker. This second part will discuss the influence of limestone on cement hydration and will conclude with a short overview on the available studies on the combined use of fly ash and limestone. Limestone filler addition accelerates the hydration of cement, or more precisely the C3S phase, by acting as nuclei for CH and CSH precipitation. This accelerating effect can give rise to higher compressive strength at early age at moderate clinker replacements (≤10%). The higher the fineness of the limestone filler, the stronger the effect. Part of the CaCO3 interacts with the hydration products. The reaction mechanism of C3A is changed and calcium carboaluminates form in competition with calcium sulphoaluminates. The hydration of C3S in the presence of carbonate results in the formation of calcium carbosilicate hydrates. It was observed that limestone filler replacements up to around 10 % (depending on the fineness) led to a more homogenous structure of the cement paste. This was attributed to a better dispersion of the hydration products as limestone particles served as precipitation sites. This denser structure could result in an improved durability performance of the cement. Fly ash and limestone filler seems to be an interesting combination. Limestone filler can improve the early strength development, as it accelerates the hydration, and fly ash contributes to later strength development thanks to its pozzolanic reactivity. Recent studies confirm the potential of this combination. A not exploited area is the chemical interaction of fly ash and limestone. The addition of fly ash provides an additional amount of aluminate which could interact with sulphate or carbonate, and form extra binder phase, in the form of calcium carboaluminate hydrates or calcium sulphoaluminate hydrates. These phases can densify the matrix. The fineness of the limestone powder and the fly ash, the ratio between gypsum and limestone powder and the activation of the fly ash to promote the liberation of aluminate are key parameter in this research topic.


This paper examines Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) that took place in an emerging market such as Tunisian Stock Exchange. On the basis of a sample of 53 companies that went public during the period 1994-2013, research results show that underwriters, who are involved in the firm as shareholders or as group's subsidiaries i.e. self-marketed IPOs, are likely to exert a dominant influence on the offer and market prices, thereby reducing the cost of underpricing. Moreover, according to the principles of mental accounting, Tunisian IPO firms are willing to accept large underpricing when the perceived wealth gain is greater than the cost of underpricing. Finally, we find significant support that Tunisian issuers and their underwriters use discounted offer prices by setting prices below that warranted by its intrinsic valuations, to entice the uninformed investors to take part in the offerings for the purpose of successfully IPO implementation


In recent years, cross-modal scene retrieval has attracted more attention. However, most existing approaches neglect the semantic relationship between objects in a scene together with the embedded spatial layouts. Moreover, these methods mostly apply the batch learning strategy, which is not suitable for processing streaming data. To address the aforementioned problems, we propose a new framework for online cross-modal scene retrieval based on binary representations and semantic graph. Specially, we adopt the cross-modal hashing based on the quantization loss of different modalities. By introducing the semantic graph, we are able to extract wealthy semantics and measure their correlation across different modalities. Further more, we propose a two-step optimization procedure based on stochastic gradient descent for online update. Experimental results on four datasets show the superiority of our approach over the state-of-the-art.


1-Department of physiology and pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Baghdad University 2Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Baghdad University, Iraq Summary Mono Sodium Glutamate (MSG) is a food additive commonly consumed as a flavor enhancer. However, both animal models and human clinical reports have established its harmful effects. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of MSG consumption on some hematological parameters and histological sections of brain, small intestine, liver and testis tissues of Swiss Albino mice. Albino mice (n=15) of average weight 27.4gm were randomly assigned into three groups A, B and C in each group (n=5). Treatment groups (A & B) were given 3g and 6g per Kg of body weight of MSG (amount of MSG in a single sachet consumed by human is 3g) respectively. The mice were sacrificed on day fifteenth of the experiment. Brain, small intestine, liver and testis were carefully dissected out and immediately fixed in 10% formalin for routine histological procedure. Blood samples were analyzed for hematological parameters. Histological findings of small intestine in the treated groups showed evidence of cellular hypertrophy and increased number of goblet cells. Large nuclei with multi nucleoli were seen in liver sections, while prevascular and preneuronal edema were seen in brain sections and thickening of basement membrane of semineferons tubules. Vacuolation of spermatogonia were seen in testicular tissue sections. Blood analysis showed a significant increase at P>0.01 in lymphocytes count compared to the control which can be considered indication of a compromised immune status and poisoning in the treated animals. Packed Cell Volume (PCV) hemoglobin (Hb) and red blood cells count (RBCs) were all indicative of an anemic condition in the treated animals. Significant increase in body weight at P>0.01 was seen in both treatment groups (A & B). All above findings indicate that MSG has some deleterious effects on some hematological parameters and caused histological changes of examined organs as well as on body weight. It is recommended that further studies aimed at corroborating these findings to be carried out.


Psychosocial morbidity can persist for many years following breast cancer surgery. Most women make a reasonable recovery. Close supportive social relationships are beneficial, although a residual impact on women's body image and perceived sexuality persists. Residual treatment symptoms are significant barriers to resuming normal life for these women. Psychosocial and physical outcomes after surgery for breast cancer: a 5-to-6-year follow-up


Approximately 1 in 3000 children is born with arthrogryposis, a muscle disorder characterized by multiple joint contractures. The most common type of arthrogryposis is distal arthrogryposis (DA) which involves contracture of the hands and feet. Although mostly sporadic, DA is also inherited within genetic syndromes such as Freeman– Sheldon syndrome (FSS/DA2A; OMIM 193700) and Sheldon–Hall syndrome (SHS/DA2B; OMIM 601680). Historically, FSS and SHS have been difficult to diagnose due to considerable phenotypic overlap. Now, however, Toydemir et al. have identified 15 novel mutations in the embryonic myosin heavy chain gene MYH3, each specific to either FSS or SHS, for the first time allowing molecular genetic differentiation of these two syndromes. Camptodactyly of the hands, ulnar deviation of the wrists and fingers, and clubfoot are features of both FSS and SHS. Orofacial contractures are also present in both syndromes but are more severe in FSS and manifest as prominent pinched lips and H-shaped' dimpling of the chin. Calcaneovalgus deformities, on the other hand, are more often present in SHS patients. SHS was first positionally cloned to chromosome region 11p15.5 using multiple kindred analyses. Sequencing candidate genes within this region revealed mutations in both TNNI2 and TNNT3, encoding two troponin isoforms, which were linked to 10% of SHS cases (Fig. 1). These troponin isoforms are involved in the troponin–tropomyosin complexes of fast-twitch muscle fibers and are likely candidates for DA syndromes in virtue of their role in intracellular Ca sensing and regulation of muscle contraction. No mutations in either of these genes, however, were found in FSS patients. Toydemir et al. have now identified mutations underlying FSS by sequencing fetal or perinatally expressed myosin heavy chains (MYH1, MYH3, MYH4, and MYH8) in 28 FSS probands. The majority (20/28) were found to have missense mutations in MYH3, encoding the embryonic myosin heavy chain (predicted R672C or R672H). Of the eight remaining cases without an Arg672 mutation, three probands exhibited unique de novo (predicted E498G, Y583S) or familial (predicted V825D) missense mutations in MYH3, three additional sporadic cases shared a de novo substitution (predicted T178I) in MYH3, while the two remaining FSS individuals showed no pathogenic MYH3 mutations. Overall, this suggested thatMYH3 coding region mutations could account for an astounding 93% of FSS cases evaluated. Toydemir et al. further identified uniqueMYH3 mutations in 12 out of 32 SHS cases that lacked mutations in either TNNI2 or TNNT3 ( 32% of all studied cases). Of these mutations, only one (T178I) was shared between FSS and SHS, suggesting a nearly perfect genotypic distinction between these two syndromes. This one mutation shared between FSS and SHS patients, however, suggests genetic or environmental modifiers in these conditions. This is further supported by the large phenotypic variability seen among individuals with the same mutation. Mutations in SHS and FSS both affect the structure of the myosin head. Interestingly, all the MYH3 mutations linked to FSS (except V825D) lie close to a groove between the ATP-binding sites of the myosin head. Crystal structure analysis predicted that these mutations would affect the conformation of the nucleotide-binding site or the domain–domain interactions required for ATP hydrolysis, probably perturbing the normal function of myosin in muscle contraction. In contrast, the MYH3 mutations linked to SHS are predicted to affect actin and/or troponin binding (Fig. 1). Mutations in several myosin heavy chain genes other than MYH3 have been associated with


Objective To consummate the data of ethnological dermatoglyphics in China,and to explore the characteristics of the male fingerprint parameters among Dong,Jing and Mulao nationalities in Guangxi,China.Methods 400 sheets of the male fingerprint rubbing by printing ink among Dong,Jing and Mulao nationalities(the Dong 200 sheets,the Jing100 sheets and the Mulao 100 sheets) had been obtained from Guangxi,China.It had been analysed with statistics,referred to "The Standard Items In Study and Observation of Dermatoglyphics". Results Among the nationalities studied,both types of whorl(W) ulnar loop(Lu) had higher occurrence frequencies,both type radial loop(Lr) type arch(A) had lower occurrence frequencies.Occurrence frequencies of "W","Lu" and "A" differed significantly(P0.01).With high similarity among the three nationalities that the same fingerprint patterns appeared on the corresponding fingertips of left and right hands.Finger ridge count(FRC) ranking from high to low among the three nationalities showed as thumbfourth fingermiddle fingerfifth fingerfore finger.In total finger ridge count(TFRC),there were no significant differences among the nationalities studied(P0.05).It could be suggested that the main shapes of the fetal pads were the symmetric prominence or the unsymmetrical middle prominence which the top of the prominence were tilted radial side,but the symmetric plane upheavals or the unsymmetrical middle prominence which the top of the prominence were tilted ulnar side were seldom found,during the fingerprint patterns were configured among the three nationalities.Conclusion The parameters of the items of the fingerprint which had been studied are almost similar,yet there are some differences among the males of three nationalities.And the shapes of the fetal pads are homologous.


In an essay written in 2000, Adrian Martin provocatively expresses his discomfort with theories of cinematic excess. For Martin, the problem with Kristin Thompson's (to whom I will return below) ar...


Previous reports concerning the effects of human, bovine, and porcine growth hormone on carbohydrate and fat metabolism are disparate. Growth hormone has been variously stated to be without effect, to increase, to depress, and to have a biphasic action on glucose uptake of excised rat hemidiaphragm (1-5), on isolated perfused rat heart (6, 7), and on the blood glucose concentration of man and rat (8, 9). With respect to effects on fat metabolism, injection of growth hormone consistently provokes, within a matter of hours, a rise in plasma free fatty acids (FFA) (10, 11), but in those experiments where earlier effects have been looked for, an initial hypolipacidemia has been reported (12, 13). These observations have been difficult to reconcile with reports of poor or erratic lipolytic activity displayed by growth hormone preparations on excised rat adipose tissue (14). Much of the conflicting literature may arise from use of impure pituitary extracts, inadequate recognition of species specificity for growth hormones, and use of pharmacologic doses of the


By the methods of the scanning electron microscopy the role of the imposition of electric potential on a change in the surface of the decomposition of A85 aluminum, destroyed under creep conditions was analyzed.