Body condition scoring (BCS) is a useful management tool for distinguishing differences in nutritional needs of beef cows in the herd. This system uses a numeric score to estimate body energy reserves in the cow. Research indicates that there is a strong link between the body condition of a cow and her reproductive performance. The percentage of open cows, calving interval, and calf vigor at birth are all closely related to the body condition of cows both at calving and during the breeding season. All these factors play an important role in the economics of a beef cow-calf operation and help determine the percentage of viable calves each year. Monitoring body condition using the BCS system is an important managerial tool for assessing production efficiency.


Objective:To assess the influence of age and gender on QT/RR regression factor, which is used for correcting QT interval for the effect of heart rate.Methods:Baseline digital ECGs of 4372 healthy normal subjects—846 children (age: 6–18 yrs; 596 males/250 females) and 3526 adults (age 19–80 yrs; 2100 males/1426 females) were read in a central ECG laboratory using onscreen digital calipers for QT/RR intervals. Age-specific exponential factors for QT correction in different age groups were determined using QTc/RR regression plots for males and females. The derived QTc formulae were compared with the formulae by Bazett and Fridericia comparing the QTc/RR correlation trend line.Results:Exponential factor for QT correction in 6–12 yrs group was 0.357, 13–19 yrs group was 0.341, 20–29 yrs group was 0.325, 30–39 yrs group was 0.336, 40–49 yrs group was 0.389, 50–59 yrs group was 0.431, 60–69 yrs group was 0.451, 70 yrs and above group was 0.427. QTc by Bazett overcorrects for the effect of heart rate in paediatric population.Conclusion:QT correction factors for children are closer to QT correction by Fridericias than Bazett. QT correction factor was similar in boys and girls till age of 13 yrs; it was greater in females thereafter. At all heart rates, Fridericia and age-specific formulae perform better than the Bazett formula. These findings have implications for assessing the long QT syndrome.


Measurements have been made of the viscoelastic properties of some gels formed by adding electrolytes and long-chain alcohols to aqueous solutions of potassium and ammonium oleate. Hexanol, decanol and tetradecanol tend to decrease the viscoelasticity; octadecanol and docosanol tend to increase it. The results have been explained in terms of the formation of secondary micelles containing both soap and alcohol molecules. An estimate is made of their size on the basis of the kinetic theory of rubberlike elasticity.


This paper deals with the theoretical calculation of structural and electronic, properties of AgBr and AgCl compounds using density functional theory within generalized-gradient (GGA) approximation and local density approximation (LDA). We employ the full potential linear muffin-tin orbitals (FP-LMTO) as implemented in the Lmtart code. We have used to examine structure parameter in eight different structures such as in NaCl (B1), CsCl (B2), ZB (B3), NiAs (B8), PbO (B10), Wurtzite (B4), HCP (A3) [Formula: see text]Sn (A5) structures. The equilibrium lattice parameter, bulk modulus and its pressure derivative were presented for all calculated phases. The calculated ground state properties are in good agreement with available experimental and theoretical results. A pressure induced structural phase transition from NaCl (B1) to HCP (A3) phases at 37.66 and 18.11[Formula: see text]GPa for AgBr and AgCl, respectively, and from NaCl to CsCl phase in AgBr and AgCl at 90.55 and 24.4[Formula: see text]GPa, respectively, is also predicted. Furthermore, the band structures are computed. Our results are compared to other theoretical and experimental works, and excellent agreement is obtained.


The striped catfi sh (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) (Sauvage), also referred to as tra catfi sh or sutchi catfi sh, farming sector is an icon of aquaculture development in Vietnam and globally. Over a decade it has developed from a humble backyard operation to one that currently accounts for the production of over one million tonnes, employing over 180 000 rural poor, and generating an export income exceeding US$ 1.4 billion (2010). It accounts for the highest average production, ranging from 200 to 400 t ha?1 crop, ever recorded for the primary production sector. The system is integrated and incorporates seed production, fry to fi ngerling rearing and grow-out, and is concentrated in a few provinces in the Mekong Delta (8°33'–10°55'N, 104°30'–106°50'E), along two branches of the Mekong River. In essence, perhaps, the initial trade restrictions on catfi sh exports to the USA provided the impetus and then the associated developments from 2002 to 2005 of the sector to a great extent in seeking new markets. The explosion of tra catfi sh farming has resulted in many competitive sectors challenging this 'tra catfi sh' invasion into a globalised market. These confrontations still exist with many instances of attempts to discredit the sector and discourage international consumers. However, the Vietnamese catfi sh sector is resilient and has managed to withstand such pressures and continues to thrive. This paper reviews the development of catfi sh farming in the Mekong Delta, its current status and what is required to sustain it as a major food source and livelihood provider.


The introduction into both the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force of the air navigational equipment that is at present envisaged emphasizes the need for a reliable and accurate compass. Further, since no compass can be expected to give completely accurate information in all conditions of use, the errors that are likely to arise and their magnitudes must be known. Before an error can be determined, it is first necessary to define what may be regarded as an error, and then to determine its magnitude as accurately as possible. Gone are the days when an expression such as 'plus or minus two degrees' would be regarded as satisfactory. The determination of compass accuracy to a tenth of a degree is now an accepted requirement.


CNC manufacturing online monitoring technology is a significant method to improve the processing quality and achieve an important part of intelligent processing. Based on OpenGL 3D graphics technology, a Computer Numerical Control (CNC ) Laser Manufacturing 3D model is established; based on the model and the powerful ability of OpenGL, a CNC manufacturing on-line monitoring system is developed so as to achieve the ability of CNC remote real-time online monitoring in different working locations. Remote real-time online monitoring of different position of the CNC is realized. The online monitoring scope of the CNC is enlarged, with more flexibility to meet the demands of practical application, meanwhile the cost of hardware investment is greatly reduced.


It is shown, that reaction between polyacrylic acid and polyvinyl caprolactam leads to formation of wide range of different products. Besides classic interpolymer complexes and physically cross-linked hydrogels, the intermediates are formed. Those intermediates, particularly, include hydrophilic interpolymer associates, i.e. semistable polymer networks existing in dynamical mode, which is characterized by continuous process of formation/destroying of hydrogen bonds. Other intermediate products are relatively stable fragments of the polymer networks or associates stabilized by hydrogen bonds.


Let $p$ be a prime number, $p=2^nq+1$, where $q$ is odd. D. Shanks described an algorithm to compute square roots $\pmod{p}$ which needs $O(\log q + n^2)$ modular multiplications. In this note we describe two modifications of this algorithm. The first needs only $O(\log q + n^{3/2})$ modular multiplications, while the second is a parallel algorithm which needs $n$ processors and takes $O(\log q+n)$ time.


Objective To compare the efficacy and safety of intravenous oxytocin with intramuscular syntometrine in the management of the third stage of labour


We previously reported that statins improve the symptoms of X‐linked nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (X‐NDI) in animal models. The aim of this study was to verify whether the pleiotropic effect of statins on AQP2 trafficking and kidney‐concentrating ability, observed in rodents, was attainable in humans at therapeutic doses. We enrolled 24 naïve hypercholesterolemic patients and measured urine excretion of AQP2 (uAQP2) at baseline and during 12 weeks of treatment with simvastatin 20 mg/day. Simvastatin induced a rapid and significant increase of uAQP2, reduced the 24‐hour diuresis, and increased urine osmolality. These effects were also maintained in patients chronically treated with statins for at least 1 year. This study strongly suggests that statins may effectively enhance the efficacy of current pharmacological treatment of patients with urine‐concentrating defects caused by defective AQP2 plasma membrane trafficking, like X‐NDI.


Theory of Modernity is a theoretical context of both legal profession and modernization of justice, and their common environment of practice are Modernization of Law. The legal profession means lawyers' community constituted where all lawyers have been disciplined by science of law and passed on knowledge of law. The lawyers' community persist in common legal values and skilled in technical abilities of law. As a constituent of Modernization of Law, the modernization of justice advocates and by way of modern judicial system to establish some value principles as judicial independence, due process, efficiency, etc. We can analyse and grasp the relations between legal profession and modernization of justice by ways of relations of law and economy, judicial independence and due process, supply and demand of judicial resources, law as discipline and knowledge system, judicial efficiency, etc.


Using rigorous quantitative analysis, we examined the impact of changeable drivers on students' one-year retention in fully online degree programs. By controlling for other relevant variables and perturbating drivers from the 25th to 75th percentile, we can isolate the effects of realistic changes in the drivers of interest. Program design, course design, assessment strategy, and student behavior are each explored. The report offers actionable recommendations for platform and university teams to raise student retention systematically.


This paper introduces the project profile and engineering geological conditions of Baiyekou Reservoir,expounds the engineering geological features of its tail area's soil mass, evaluates the immersion of its tail area, and through the calculation and analysis on geological section of Baiyekou Reservoir, obtains concrete location and volume of the immersion, which provide reliable data for the design of the tail area of Baiyekou Reservoir.


Background: On April 25 2015, a magnitude of 7.8 earthquake struck in central Nepal, causing a huge physical and social disturbances. Physical impacts comprised casualties with deaths and injuries and damage to infrastructure, cultural heritage and natural environment while social impacts are demographic, psychological and economic consequences. We report our experience in treating victims who were brought at our centre via different means.Objectives: to provide an overview the caseload and provide analysis of earthquake victims for improving the future strategies in similar scenarios.Methods: A retrospective study of the clinical characteristics and patterns of hospitalised patient after the 2015 earthquake was conducted. Demographic evaluation, surgical procedures and morbidities were reviewed. The patients were followed up for an average of 24 months, detail records were kept on their recovery and function.Results: A total of 85 patients were treated with subsequent follow-up. The proportion of males admitted was similar to that of females (49.4% and 50.5% respectively). The highest number of admitted age group ranges (17- 45) was about 37.64%. Most injured site was lower limbs (68.23%) where fracture tibia and fibula had the highest incidence (56.89%). Out of all, 14.11% of cases were open fractures. Trauma severity was assessed with injury severity score and most of them categorized as mild one (95.29%). The most common procedure performed was closed reduction and pinning (n=28), followed by open reduction and fixation (n=24). Overall, mortality rate was 2.35% (2 of 85). Total 25 implants were removed within three years of period and 28.6% of patients were not returned to date.Conclusions: The injury epidemiology reported in this study showed quite congruence with most other earthquake related studies. Analysis profiles of injuries and clinical features of earthquake victims will definitely impact rescue efforts and treatment of fracture injuries in possible future natural calamities.


Managing investigations of official misconduct committed by one's superiors is a particularly fundamental problem of administrative ethics. Frequently, such investigations include testing the integrity of the leader's senior followers, including one's closest colleagues. Shakespeare's Macbeth dramatizes the situation confronting senior executives who are convinced that their leader is corruptly abusing power but are uncertain how far this corruption has reached down into their own ranks. Macbeth's opponents have to work out ways of testing the integrity of those who claim to be on their side. Shakespeare's play includes a pioneering study of "integrity-testing" that remains relevant and instructive today.


Evidence-based correction is based on empirical study of the imprisonment correction effectiveness.Through the investigation of 196 criminals sample analysis in China's S prison,the results show that the prison correction overall efficiency is low. In the five dimensions of the correction effectiveness,the educational correction and labor correction was mainly. The management correction and execution of punishment correction effectiveness are low,and psychological correction status is not conspicuous.This structure is not conducive to the realization of correction effectiveness. China 's prison correction measures on re crime prevention,correction is not more effective than first offender recidivism. There was a negative correlation between the degree of the prison correction effectiveness and the offenders 'criminal personal danger.


In the last century, the fields of Health Care System and Academics, there have been significant progress. The experience of implementing community oriented medical education for more than last five decades at Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (MGIMS) Sewagram based on Gandhian Ideology has helped us to develop a mutually beneficial partnership with local health system & Community and discharge our social responsibility. The institute has made several innovations in its academics & health care to raise the social consciousness of medical students as well as to equip them to work in rural areas. We are sharing the innovations along with our experience of working in partnership with Public Health System & Community for their further replication elsewhere.


Sexual harassment is an old problem for the women who are its victims but is relatively new as a social issue. Studies carried out in South Africa and internationally indicate that sexual harassment is a problem in virtually every organisation and that a substantial proportion of working women are the recipients of unwanted sexual attention in the workplace. A number of misconceptions, myths as well as stereotyping regarding sexual harassment in the workplace have added to the frustration female employees experience in trying to have their sexual harassment complaints recognised. Like many organisations, the South African Police Service (SAPS) knows the problem exists, but is unaware of its full extent or the destructive effects it has on employees and the workplace. As sexual harassment usually occurs in private, the women in the SAPS who are being harassed usually do not know how to react or how to handle the harassing situation and conseq uently suffer in silence. Most female employees despair of having the traditionally male dominated management component in the SAPS understand how much sexual harassment humiliates and frustrates them. They also despair of having the support of managers in addressing the problem of sexual harassment in the workplace. Even though the SAPS has a sexual harassment policy, the problem of sexual harassment continues to occur in the workplace. The only protection for the organisation and its employees, is prevention, or lacking that, immediate and appropriate action, following notification of a sexual harassment complaint. Prevention is only likely when the sexual harassment policy has been well communicated to all parties and enforced consistently and fairly. Inher capacity as a social worker in the SAPS, the researcher became aware that even though managers and employees are aware that this type of misconduct occurs, they avoid addressing this sensitive issue because of a lack of proper guidelines. Therefore, the aim of the study was to present guidelines for the composition of a training programme for the implementation of the existing policy document regarding the handling of sexual harassment in the SAPS. The purpose was to ensure that intervention and prevention of sexual harassment in the SAPS will be handled more effectively. Existing literature on the subject of sexual harassment was studied and presented in a theoretical framework. The history, legislation and dimensions of sexual harassment in the workplace i.e. internationally as well as in South Africa and the SAPS, were discussed. The development and consequences of sexual harassment for the organisation and all employees concerned were emphasized. Preventative measures and implementation guidelines for addressing sexual harassment in the SAPS, were explored. The prevalence of sexual harassment in the Stellenbosch University http://scholar.sun.ac.za


Objective To evaluate the value of transvaginal ultrasonography in diagnosis of ovarian pregnancy. Methods Ultrasound features of 21 cases of ovarian pregnancy were retrospectively studied in comparison with those of surgery and pathology. Results All the cases were diagnosed extrauterine pregnancy and suggested 3 cases with the lesion localizing inside the ovary,3 cases superficial to the ovary, 1 case unclear localization and 2 cases misdiagnosed as tubal ectopic pregnancy, the correct localization was made in 66.7 % of 9 unruptured cases by endovaginal sonography. Twelve ruptured cases were unclear localization by endovaginal sonography. The sonographical appearance of ovarian pregnancies showed normal or little bigger uterus, empty uterine cavity, a gestational sac or inhomogenous strong echoes interior or superior to the ovary, or complex mass in the adnexal area with abundant free fluid in the pelvic. Conclusions Transvaginal sonography is of diagnostic value in ovarian unruptured pregnancy.


The article provides an ethnographic study of the lives of the 'dangerous class' of drug users based on fieldwork carried out among different drug using 'communities' in Tehran between 2012 and 2016. The primary objective is to articulate the presence of this category within modern Iran, its uses and its abuses in relation to the political. What drives the narration is not only the account of this lumpen, plebeian group vis à vis the state, but also the way power has affected their agency, their capacity to be present in the city, and how capital/power and the dangerous/lumpen life come to terms, to conflict, and to the production of new situations which affect urban life.


The aim of this study is to determine the burden of diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) and to assess the relative associations with some precipitating factors. Subjects for this study were diabetic patients with foot ulcers/gangrene. Their case files were retrieved and information obtained with regards to age, sex, duration of diabetes mellitus (DM), precipitating factors of diabetic foot ulcers, length of hospitalization and outcome of the ulcer/gangrene. Investigations done included wound/urine microscopy, culture, and sensitivity. The data obtained were analyzed using the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). The student t-test was used and p< 0.05 was considered as statistically significant. The results showed a male preponderance in the ratio of 1.9:1 and a mean age of 54.9 years ±6.5. The mean DM duration was 7.8 years, mean length of hospitalization was31.6days amp;± 8.6, while the prevalence of amputation was 24.3%. DFU was more prevalent among subjects in the 51-60 years age group and among males than females (p<0.05). Amputation appears to be significantly associated with precipitating/risk factors of DFU. Thus, good foot hygiene, provision of specialist foot wear and prompt treatment of DFUs are strongly encouraged to reduce the increasing prevalence of handicapped diabetics in our society. Keywords : Diabetic burden, Foot ulcers, Aba, Nigerians.


On the Verdet constant and Faraday rotation for graphene-like materials Mikkel Haggren Brynildsen (Aalborg) We present a rigorous and rather self-contained analysis of the Verdet constant in graphene-like materials. We apply the magnetic perturbation theory to a tight-binding model and obtain a relatively simple and exactly computable formula for the Verdet constant, at all temperatures and frequencies. Moreover, for our nearest-neighbor model of graphene we show that the transverse component of the conductivity tensor has an asymptotic Taylor expansion in the external magnetic field where all the coefficients of even powers are zero. Joint work with H.D. Cornean. Eigenvalue estimates for non-selfadjoint Dirac operators Jean-Claude Cuenin (Imperial College London) We present eigenvalue bounds for the one-dimensional Dirac operator with a non-hermitian potential in terms of its L-norm. Operators of this type arise for example as Lax operators in the focusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation or in the problem of resonances via the method of complex scaling. Joint work with Ari Laptev and Christiane Tretter.


Primary Objective To verify whether a prospective collection of data would allow more accurate information on T-cell lymphomas to be achieved. To better define the clinical relevance of the new WHO Classification, the role of FDG-PET in staging and response assessment, the prognosis of different entities, the genomic landscape of different subtypes, and to investigate the most optimal treatment strategies for these neoplasms in the realworld population.


A total of 11 rainfall simulations were conducted on four different plots (ranging in area from 22.10 to 26.20 m) in a sugarcane field (with slopes varying from 1-9% and a groundcover variability of bare – 100% cover) in the Mackay region of Northern Queensland. The objectives of these rainfall simulation experiments were many, but this paper discusses the measurement methodology and data quality of rainfall generated and subsequent runoff.


The paper deals with the weed communities of cereals in the continental part of Croatia. Three associations were established. They are: Kicxietum (Linarietum) spuriae Krus et Vlieg. 1939, Papaveretum argemone (Libb. 32) Krus. et Vlieg. 1939., and Aphano-Matricarietum chamomillae Tx 1937. em Pass. 57.


We propose an approach could be used to select the right order of moving average model. We used simulation study to compare four model selection criteria with and without the help of our approach. The comparison of the four model selection criteria was in terms of their percentage of number of times that they identify the right order of moving average model with and without the help of our approach. The simulation results indicate that overall, our approach showed improving in the performance of the four model selection criteria comparing to their performance without the help of our approach, where the Schwarz's Bayes information criteria (SBC) criterion provided the best performance for all the cases considered in the study. The main result of our article is that we recommend using our approach with SBC criterion as a standard procedure to identify the right order of moving average model.

 Key words: Time series, moving average process, information criteria, MCB Procedure.


We analyze a novel principal--agent problem of moral hazard and adverse selection in continuous time. The constant private shock revealed at time 0 when the agent selects the contract has a long-term impact on the optimal contract. The latter is based not only on the continuation value of the agent who truthfully reports but is also contingent upon the continuation value of the agent who misreports, called the temptation value. The good agent is retired when the temptation value of the bad agent becomes large, because then it is expensive to motivate the good agent. The bad agent is retired when the temptation value of the good agent becomes small, because then the future payment does not provide sufficient incentives. We also compare the efficiency of the shutdown contract and the screening contract and find that the screening contract can bring more profit to the principal only when the agent's reservation utility is sufficiently small. This paper was accepted by Wei Xiong, finance.


We propose a flexibly tunable seed source broadening scheme by binarized multi-frequency signal design and high-order phase modulation. Flat-top spectra with different bandwidths up to 20GHz and a 1.5-fold improvement of SBS threshold is achieved.


In practice, it may be difficult to accurately measure some structural external excitations such as earthquake excitations to structures. Therefore, it is important to study algorithms for the identification of structures under unknown earthquake excitation. Based on the extended Kalman estimator approach recently proposed by the authors, a time domain algorithm is presented in this paper for the identification of multistory shear‐type buildings under unknown earthquake‐induced ground motion using partial measurements of structural absolute acceleration responses. In the absolute coordinate system, the unknown earthquake excitation is applied as an unknown external input to the first floor of the building. The recursive solution for structural state vector and structural parameters above the first story is estimated by the extended Kalman estimator approach, and the unknown input to the first floor is subsequently estimated by least‐squares estimation. Then, the first story stiffness is estimated based on the structural eigenvalue, and the expansion of the determinate of the structural eigen matrix. Finally, the unknown ground motion is estimated by solving a first‐order differentiation equation based on the Newmark‐β method. Both numerical simulation and experimental investigations validate the efficiency of proposed algorithm in the identification of multistory buildings under unknown earthquake excitation with partial output measurements of structural absolute acceleration responses. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Considering the merits of the flexible exch ange rate and its ability to absorb asymmetric macroeconomic shocks, results on the basis of a two-variable SVAR model suggest that this ability was lacking in both Hungary and Romania, as regardless of the data used more than 80% of variability in the nominal (real) exchange rate over a four-quarter horizon can be explained by neutral structural shock. Variability in output is determined mainly by non-neutral (permanent) structural shocks. As for Poland and, to a lesser extent, the Czech Republic, the evidence supporting the stabilising properties are somewhat stronger, with up to 30% to 40% of changes in the nominal (real) exchange rate being explained by the permanent (output) shock. However, the results are sensitive to the data used.


here is considerable conviction today that the military strategy which has sustained the Atlantic Alliance for the past generation has reached the end of its tether; that it is no longer adequate in the deterrence of Soviet attack, nor reassuring to the societies which continue to rely upon it. This belief that our traditional strategies have been deeply compromised—on the one hand by the growth of Soviet power, on the other by basic changes in the outlook of Western societies—has sparked a wide range of proposals for fundamental change. Some want to renounce the threat to use nuclear weapons first in the event of a Soviet conventional attack in Europe; others want to alter radically the bases of NATO's conventional strategy. Still others believe that the time has finally come to begin withdrawing American forces from Europe, that Europe must now assume a military and political role commensurate with its economic power. These proposals for fun damental change are not novel. They are variations on themes that have formed part of the American strategic debate since the foundation of the Atlantic Alliance in 1949. Some reach much further back in time, calling forth a vision of American security profoundly at odds with core assump tions of postwar American strategy. The disparate remedies calling for fundamental change and the diagnoses stressing the inadequacy of current arrangements reflect views closely related to one another. Unless one can plausibly show that serious defects exist in current NATO strategy, the argument that it should be transformed necessarily appears much weaker. These defects, however,


The aim was to explore the possibility to diagnose retained placental tissue and other placental complications with 3D ultrasound and to investigate the impact of previous caesarean section on placentation in forthcoming pregnancies.3D ultrasound was used to measure the volumes of the uterine body and cavity in 50 women with uncomplicated deliveries throughout the postpartum period. These volumes were then used as reference, to diagnose retained placental tissue in 25 women with secondary postpartum haemorrhage. All but three of the 25 women had retained placental tissue confirmed at histopathology. The volume of the uterine cavity in women with retained placental tissue was larger than the reference in most cases, but even cavities with no retained placental tissue were enlarged (Studies I and II).Women with their first and second birth, recorded in the Swedish medical birth register, were studied in order to find an association between previous caesarean section and retained placenta. The risk of retained placenta with heavy bleeding (>1,000 mL) and normal bleeding (≤1,000 mL) was estimated for 19,459 women with first caesarean section delivery, using 239,150 women with first vaginal delivery as controls. There was an increased risk of retained placenta with heavy bleeding in women with previous caesarean section (adjusted OR 1.61; 95% CI 1.44-1.79). There was no increased risk of retained placenta with normal bleeding (Study III).Placental location, myometrial thickness and Vascularisation Index were recorded on 400 women previously delivered by caesarean section. The outcome was retained placenta and postpartum haemorrhage (≥1,000 mL). There was a trend towards increased risk of postpartum haemorrhage for women with anterior placentae. Women with placenta praevia had an increased risk of retained placenta and postpartum haemorrhage. Vascularisation Index and myometrial thickness did not associate (Study IV).In conclusion: 3D ultrasound can be used to measure the volume of the uterine body and cavity postpartum, but does not increase the diagnostic accuracy of retained placental tissue. Previous caesarean section increases the risk of retained placenta in subsequent pregnancy, and placenta praevia in women with previous caesarean section increases the risk for retained placenta and postpartum haemorrhage.


Abstract : The results obtained from tests of 59 samples of various materials are presented. The samples were exposed to the high-temperature plasma discharge produced in an air-stabilized electric arc. The sample shape, test conditions and test procedure, and the material behavior are reported upon. (Author)


Abstract The role played by the conservation of the generalized magnetic linking conditions in the nonlinear evolution of the two‐dimensional collisionless, magnetic field reconnection is investigated in the framework of a drift‐kinetic description of the electron response. The time‐evolution of the electron distribution function at fixed parallel canonical momentum allows us to establish a clear analogy between the fluid and the kinetic regimes of the collisionless reconnection instability in terms of the advection and mixing of Lagrangian invariants.


A simple, rapid and efficient method for the preparation of polyfunctional quinoline derivatives by the reaction of 2-aminobenzophenone with ketones or 1,3-diketones in the presence of silica chloride under heterogeneous, solvent-free and sonic condition is reported. The significant features of this method are short reaction times, high yields of the products, mild reaction condition, solvent-free reaction, economy, non-toxicity and reusability of


In an Australian first, a coal miner has been ordered to offset any additional greenhouse emissions from a mine expansion. The implications could be profound.


Let G be a graph with the vertex set V (G) and S be a subset of V (G). Let cl(S) be the set of vertices built from S, by iteratively applying the following propagation rule: if a vertex and all of its neighbors except one of them are in cl(S), then the exceptional neighbor is also in cl(S). A set S is called a zero forcing set of G if cl(S) = V (G). The zero forcing number Z(G) of G is the minimum cardinality of a zero forcing set. Let cl(N [S]) be the set of vertices built from the closed neighborhood N [S] of S, by iteratively applying the previous propagation rule. A set S is called a power dominating set of G if cl(N [S]) = V (G). The power domination number γp(G) of G is the minimum cardinality of a power dominating set. In this paper, we present some families of graphs that their power domination number is 1 or 2.


The paper describes laboratory investigations of the effects of temperature, strain rate, and specimen age on the shear strength of sand stabilized with cationic bitumen emulsion. The shear strength parameters C sub u and phi sub u were determined using standard triaxial testing equipment. The effect of mixing, curing, and testing temperatures on both C sub u and phi sub u were separately resolved. The effect of increased temperature during either mixing or curing was to improve particle coating and cohesive strength. Triaxial tests carried out over a vide range of strain rates showed that C sub u for identical specimens increased as the nth power of the rate of strain, where n is a constant that varies with the bitumen content, whereas phi sub u decreased linearly with the logarithm of strain rate. Unconfined compression tests on specimens of varying ages showed that strength increased significantly with age and that, at ages exceeding 12 weeks, specimens having the highest bitumen content had the highest strength. The effect of decreasing testing temperature, increasing strain rate, and increasing specimen age were analogous in increasing the cohesive strength measured.


and MHR (p=0.003) than Group D(results in table). Conclusion: LV dysfunction is progressive in most of patients and requires reg- ular follow-up once they developed. Uric acid, monocyte count and MHR are elevated in SLE patients with LV asynergy. Since MHR elevation was reported as useful marker of endothelial dysfunction 5 , our future goal is to analyse involvement of monocyte activation and endothelial dysfunction in LV asynergy of SLE patients. Numbers median (interquartile Mann-Whitney Background: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a life-threatening auto- immune disease that affects many women of child-bearing age, with potentially severe consequences on pregnancy outcome. SLE flare-ups may occur during pregnancy and the post-partum period. Previous studies documenting the incidence and risk factors of flare-up of SLE during pregnancy and puerperium had partially discordant results. Objectives: We aimed to delineate the pregnancy complications of women with SLE, as well as neonatal outcomes of their offspring, and hoped to clarify the incidence and risk factors of SLE flare-ups during pregnancy and puerperium. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of SLE patients with previous records of pregnancies in our institution. Flare events during pregnancy and puerperium were documented. The pregnancy outcomes recorded include live births, intra-uterine fetal death (IUFD), premature delivery (< 36 weeks of gestational age), NICU admission, and small for gestational age (SGA, <10 th percentile). Univariate logistic regression was performed to determine the factors associated with disease relapse and pregnancy outcomes.


19002 Background: Preliminary data suggesting positive clinical outcome in patients treated with adjuvant granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) following surgical resection of s...


Objective:To study the therapeutic effects of hepatic artery chemo-embolization,and through intra-arterial mesenterica superior infusion of anti-cancerous agents or lienalis infusion to portal vein indirectly as called as"double intra-arterial infusion.Method:92 cases of hepatic tumors,percutaneous intra-arterial femoralis 5F RH or Yashiro catheter by the Seldinger's technique,hepatic artery was infused chemo-embolization,and group A 58 cases intra-arterial mesenterica superior infusion of anti-cancerous agents or group B 34 cases lienalis infusion to portal vein indirectly.Results:The survival rates for 1,2,3 years were 62 5%,41 6%and 23 4%respectively .There were no significant different between group A and group B.Conclusion:"Double intra-arterial infusion of anti-cancerous agents"infused main supply artery of hepatic carcinoma.It is a new interventional treatment method,treatment effects are good,and have practical clinical usefulness in treating hepatic carcinoma.


This paper looks back on the evolution of architecture in 20th century and comments on topics such as the origin,the modern architect,growth of new style and the diversity.


WT5"BZ]The Dongzhuang Water Conservancy Complex Project is located on the downstream of the Jinghe River in Guanzhong Area of Shanxi Province. Jinghe River is a grade II tributary of the Yellow River and its downstream converges into the downstream of the Weihe River, which lies within the Sanmenxia Reservoir area. It is required to give a full consideration to the sedimentation effect on Weihe downstream river channel caused by the operation of Dongzhuang Reservoir, which is to be built on Jinghe River downstream. In the design procedure of the Dongzhuang Water Conservancy Complex Project, a long series numerical simulation for flow and sediment to the reservoir downstream river was conducted by using the mathematical model, which applies to the sedimentation calculation for sediment laden river channels. By calculation, the effect of the sediment movement on the downstream river channel for operation of the project was predicted, which provides an analysis basis for the optimum design of the project. [WT5HZ]


The estimation of parameters and obtaining an accurate and comprehensive mathematical model of the polymerization process is of strategic importance to the control engineering purposes in the polymerization industry. It is characteristic for these processes a grate non-linearity and many difficulties applying traditional estimation techniques. This paper describes an approach based upon neural-fuzzy representation of the model. A concrete model is constructed with the Sugeno fuzzy inference technique and a fuzzy-neural network is used to model the dynamic behavior of the polymer process. Such neural-fuzzy models of polymer quality could be used successfully for optimization and control of polymerization processes. Short example for such implementation is included with additional results for modeling of Mn and Mw.


We developed one‐cell type double‐Sided reflective LCD (DSRL) which is optimized for a mobile environment. DSRL is a reflective LCD for good readability in the outdoor environment and a low power consumption display with no backlight unit. We fabricated 2.2 inch and 15 inch DSRL panels. Although DSRL panel has a low physical resolution, it shows much better visual resolution achievable by using image processing technology. An original image should be downsized to remove aliasing and to minimize color error. Generally, the color reproduction ratio in the reflective mode of a transflective panel is around 5% NTSC. In contrast, the performance of DSRL panel reaches 10% NTSC. In addition, reflection ratio of DSRL exceeds 20%, compared to generally known reflection ratio of 5% in the case of conventional transflective LCD.


A method for transmitting digital data via a line includes the steps of providing a clock signal and of transmitting the digital data in synchrony with the clock signal, the clock signal having a frequency that is variable over time.


International  Diabetes  Federation  (IDF) reported that the number of diabetes mellitus patients worldwide increases every year. Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease due to damage to the pancreas in producing enough insulin and characterized by impaired metabolism of fats, increased blood sugar, carbohydrates and protein both absolutely and relatively. Diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) are among the most common complications in diabetic patients and are associated with high mortality, morbidity, and health costs.   This study was to determine the effect of health education on knowledge improvement about diabetic ulcers in the regional hospital of Tidore Islands.  This research is a quasi-experimental type with a pretest-posttest without a control group design. The research sample consisted of 30 respondents who met the inclusion criteria. Data were analyzed using a paired test and processed with statistic version 21. Based on the research results, there was an improved knowledge in pre and post-health education counseling, where the average score before health education counseling was 11.6. After health counseling, the average value was 15.0. The results showed the effect of knowledge in the prevention of diabetic ulcers with a p-value =0,000.  Health education is an effort to improve patient's ability to prevent diabetic foot ulcers that have been proven in several scientific studies. Health education methods provide additional information so that patients who previously wondered about their disease can directly ask health workers. Health education affects the knowledge improvement of Diabetes Mellitus patients in the Regional hospital of Tidore Islands


Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)/attapulgite (AT) nanocomposite fibers have been prepared by wet spinning. The morphology and mechanical properties of the modified PVA fibers have been characterized with transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), birefringence measurements, and mechanical testing. The PVA/AT nanocomposite fibers show much higher tensile strength, initial modulus, and work to break than pure PVA fibers with the same draw ratio. SEM observations demonstrate that the AT nanorods can align orderly along the fiber axis by stretching and have good adhesion to the fiber matrix. The results of birefringence measurements prove that the modified fibers have higher orientation than pure PVA fibers after stretching. The results of DSC analysis indicate that the crystallinity of the PVA fibers can be increased by the addition of AT. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 44: 1995–2000, 2006


This article presents aspects of the way Pinocchio is known and understood in Poland, based on the availability and use of Italian literature in primary and secondary schools in that country since the Second World War. It focuses on the paratexts and contexts of the last two translations of Collodi's masterpiece, particularly the translation by Jaroslaw Mikolajewski with illustrations by Roberto Innocenti, published in 2011.


A classical one-dimensional gas of charges ei=+or-1 with interaction potential - Sigma eiejIn(1+ mod xi-xj mod ) is shown to undergo a transition from a metallic (or plasma) state at high temperature to an insulating (or dielectric) state at low temperature due to the formation of pairs of oppositely charged particles. This transition is the 1D analogue of the pairing transition of a 2D Coulomb plasma. The early method (Baxter 1964) of mapping real gas statistics in 1D to ordinary quantum mechanics is applied, and is demonstrated to work fairly well even when the latter involves an infinite number of degrees of freedom. By variational treatments of this quantum mechanics a first-order phase transition is obtained. At small fugacity z the transition line starts perpendicular to the inverse temperature axis at beta =2 and turns to the right for large z. An exact relation is derived between the dielectric constant and the effective mass of a Bloch band problem. On the insulator side the dielectric constant is argued to be identical to one. The equivalence of the model gas to a sine-Gordon type theory is also established and soliton solutions of the latter are given. By function space analysis the gas is again found to be metallic at sufficiently large fugacity but arbitrary temperature.


Patients with hyperphenylalaninemia (HFA) must follow a restricted protein diet, which deprives them of natural dietary sources of polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFA) that lead to neurological deficits, not related to high phenylalanine blood levels. There is strong evidence of the benefits of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) supplement, a long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid (LC-PUFA) that has several essential roles in the brain and in the retina. More studies are required to determine the DHA dosage and its sources at different stages of life in this HFA patients.


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 Providing resources that aid in detection and identification of serious childhood illness helps parents feel better equipped to assess their child's health and significantly changes parental health-seeking behaviours. Some of these resources are limited by accessibility and scalability. Remote locations and staffing limitations create challenges for parents aiming to access health information about their child. Mobile health (mHealth) apps offer a scalable, accessible solution for improving health literacy by enabling access to health information through mobile devices.

 To systematically identify all Canadian and US child health apps for parents.

 We used an environmental scan approach – a review designed to summarize information for decision makers. The Android and Apple app marketplaces were used as search platforms. We built a list of search terms and used these platforms to search for apps targeted at parents, related to pediatric illnesses in US and Canada. Then once we determined that the app met the inclusion criteria, each included app was assessed using the Mobile App Rating Scale (MARS), a validated tool for assessing health apps. The MARS examines apps on five domains: engagement, functionality, aesthetics, information quality, and subjective quality.

 650 unique apps were screened and 53 apps were included. On a scale of 1-5, the 53 apps assessed had an average Engagement score of 2.82/5 (θ = 0.86), Functionality of 3.98/5 (θ = 0.72), Aesthetics of 3.09/5 (θ = 0.87), Information quality of 2.73/5 (θ = 1.32), and Subjective quality of 2.2 (θ = 0.79). App scores ranged from 2.2/5 to 4.5/5 (µ= 3.2, θ =0.6).The top three apps were Baby and Child First Aid (4.5/5), Ada (4.5/5), and HANDi Paediatric (4.2/5). Taken together, the top three apps covered topics of emergency pediatric first aid, identification of (and appropriate response to) common childhood illnesses, a means of checking symptoms, and a means of responding to emergency situations. There was a lack of Canadian-based app content available to parents in both marketplaces. In addition, published evidence of the included apps' impact was poor: only 5/53 apps had an evidence base showing the app had been trialed.

 There is a need for evidence-based apps of Canadian origin related to childhood illnesses. The results of this scan created a picture of the health app landscape by examining trends in apps related to pediatric health that are readily available to parents, and by identifying gaps in app design that can be addressed.


This paper considers the regular and impulse -free problem for a class of s ingular interval systems.It first derives a uncertain descripto r systemfroma interval systems.Then,necessary and sufficient conditions for the singular interval systems to be be re gular and impulse -free are establis hed.Finally numerical example is pr e-sented to illustrate the main result.


Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to assess Marx's enduring significance in the center of his thought, the first volume of Design/methodology/approach - Based on Kliman's refutation, a logically coherent interpretation of Marx's theory is on hand. The paper therefore aims to bring out the philosophical character of Marx's critique of political economy, to which the terms and relations of value theory are essential. It is rooted in the abiding humanism he first discovered through his critical appropriation and transformation of Hegelian philosophy. Findings - Following Raya Dunayevskaya in Originality/value - This paper shows that, thinking historically, Marx works out the "notion" of capital from the standpoint of its negation. As if seen through a camera obscura, capital is the domination of alienated, past, objectified, abstract, and dead labor over living labor power. In conclusion, emphasis is placed on the subjective as well as the objective condition necessary to the revolutionary transcendence of the law of value.


The features of using laser strainmeters and laser meters of hydrospheric pressure variations for recording tsunamigenic earthquakes and their generated signals are described. When analyzing the records of various tsunamigenic earthquakes using laser strainmeters, the prospects for creating tsunami warning systems are considered.


Simple Summary With an ever-growing acceptance by the radiation oncology community, stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) has become an increasingly common option for localized prostate cancer in recent years. However, such high doses per fraction require the specific management of the inter- and intrafraction movements of the target. In this work, synchronized motion-inclusive dose distributions using intrafraction motion data provided by a novel electromagnetic transmitter-based device were reconstructed and recomputed on deformed CTs reflecting the CBCT daily anatomy to represent the actual delivered dose. To our knowledge, there have been no previously published studies where the dosimetric impact on the target and organs at risk (OARs) of both intrafraction prostate motion and interfraction anatomical changes was investigated together in dose-escalated linac-based SBRT. Moreover, treatments that would have been delivered without any organ motion management (non-gated) were simulated to also evaluate the dosimetric benefit of employing continuous monitoring, beam gating, and motion correction strategies. Abstract The dosimetric impact of intrafraction prostate motion and interfraction anatomical changes and the effect of beam gating and motion correction were investigated in dose-escalated linac-based SBRT. Fifty-six gated fractions were delivered using a novel electromagnetic tracking device with a 2 mm threshold. Real-time prostate motion data were incorporated into the patient's original plan with an isocenter shift method. Delivered dose distributions were obtained by recalculating these motion-encoded plans on deformed CTs reflecting the patient's CBCT daily anatomy. Non-gated treatments were simulated using the prostate motion data assuming that no treatment interruptions have occurred. The mean relative dose differences between delivered and planned treatments were −3.0% [−18.5–2.8] for CTV D99% and −2.6% [−17.8–1.0] for PTV D95%. The median cumulative CTV coverage with 93% of the prescribed dose was satisfactory. Urethra sparing was slightly degraded, with the maximum dose increased by only 1.0% on average, and a mean reduction in the rectum and bladder doses was seen in almost all dose metrics. Intrafraction prostate motion marginally contributed in gated treatments, while in non-gated treatments, further deteriorations in the minimum target coverage and bladder dose metrics would have occurred on average. The implemented motion management strategy and the strict patient preparation regimen, along with other treatment optimization strategies, ensured no significant degradations of dose metrics in delivered treatments.


FIELD: physics; radio. SUBSTANCE: present invention pertains to wireless communication and can be used for generating required amplitude-frequency and phase-frequency response of phase-manipulated, amplitude-manipulated as well as amplitude-phase-manipulated signals in a given frequency band and frequency transformation. The device for modulating amplitude and phase of radio-frequency signals comprises a source of radio-frequency signals, a two-terminal controlled element, a four-terminal network, made from resistive two-terminal elements, a load for the transmitted amplitude and phase modulated radio signals with vector impedance. The parameter values of the resistive elements are chosen from the condition of meeting the required phase of the transmission constant in the first state and from the condition of attaining the value of the modulus of the transmission constant in the first state of the two-terminal controlled element, as well as the condition providing for the ratio of the moduli and phase differences of the transmission constant in two states of the two-terminal controlled element, defined from two extreme values of the low-frequency control signal chosen from a given mathematical expression. EFFECT: provision for manipulation of the amplitude and phase of the intermediate line signal in two states of the two-terminal controlled element in a wide frequency band. 5 cl, 6 dwg


The invention relates to a multifunctional exchange platform and belongs to the technical field of medical equipment. The multifunctional exchange platform solves the problem that the wounded are difficult to carry at present. The multifunctional exchange platform comprises an exchange platform lower base, the upper portion of the exchange platform lower base is sleeved with an exchange platform transition base, and an exchange platform top is hinged to the upper portion of the exchange platform transition base. By automatically controlling a power device of the multifunctional exchange platform and manually controlling a handle of the multifunctional exchange platform, the exchange platform top and the exchange platform transition base can perform left-right translation, the exchange platform top forms an inclined plane, and the carrying and movement of the wounded are facilitated.


This paper investigates the design, dynamics, and control of a two Degrees-of-Freedom (DOFs) spherical Parallel Mechanism (PM) that was first built at Laval university. The geometric and inertial parameters of the model are obtained via a CAD software in order to reduce the weight and also to avoid the interference between the two limbs movements. The dynamic analysis used in this paper is based on a judicious concept in detaching the whole mechanism into several subsystems and consecutive synergies between kinematic analysis, Lagrangian and Newtonian approaches. The proposed approach performance for the dynamics of this mechanism is analyzed by means of several test trajectories for the end-effector and the results are put into contrast by the ones obtained with a dynamic analyser software. The results obtained by both approaches are coherent which affirms the correctness of the proposed algorithm. Finally, a co-simulation between MATLAB and MD-Adams has been accomplished in order to control this mechanism via computed torque method. The latter method has led the end-effector to follow the desired trajectory.


The work is focused on the safety of motorcyclists, the comparison of the Czech Republic with abroad, discover the most frequent types of accidents, setting dangerous road sections in the country. Further analyzes the passive and active systems used to increase the safety of motorcyclists and possible improvements which will lead to increase the motorcyclists safety.


In this paper,two typical fluorinated acrylic copolymers of dodecafluoroheptyl methacrylate(DFHM) with butyl acrylate(BA) and methyl methylacrylate(MMA) were prepared by semi-continuous seed emulsion polymerization and solution polymerization,respectively.One was BA/MMA/DFHM latex,and the other was P(BA-MMA-co-DFHM) solution.The resulting fluorinated acrylic copolymers were used as protective materials for ancient stone buildings by capillary absorption,spray and brush method.The results obtained showed that P(BA-MMA-co-DFHM) solution,due to its low molecular weigh,exhibited relatively good protective efficiency in reducing absorption of water after freeze/thaw and UV aging cycles with respect to BA/MMA/DFHM latex.


This study aimed to analyze the characteristics and determinants of rural part-time workers in Southeast Sulawesi Province. This study focuses on the socio-demographic attribute that can influence a person to become a part-time worker. Part-time workers are part of non-full workers, which is considered not a problem. Part-time workers are absorbed in less decent jobs. Young age groups dominate them because they are less experienced in the complexities of job search, less intense in wage negotiations, less financially secure, and more vulnerable to psychological stress. Part-time workers are those who work below standard hours but are not looking for work and are not available for work. This study uses secondary data from the August 2021 National Labor Force Survey (Sakernas). Samples used in this study were 3,540 part-time workers spread throughout Southeast Sulawesi Province. Two thousand eight hundred six part-time workers are in rural areas, and 734 are in urban areas. In this study, the dependent variable is part-time workers. While the variables of age, gender, position in the household, marital status, education level, and field of business are independent. The analytical method used in this study is binary logistic regression. This study shows the characteristics of rural part-time workers are dominated by those of the primary working age, female, ordinary household members, married, low education, and working in the agricultural sector. Based on the determinants, part-time workers are more likely to occur in those of young working age, have ever-married status, those with middle and low education, and work in the agricultural sector. Efforts are needed to reduce part-time workers to improve their welfare.


The effects of impurity ions on the trapped electron mode (TEM) in tokamak plasmas are numerically investigated with the gyrokinetic integral eigenmode equation. It is shown that in the case of large electron temperature gradient ( ηe), the impurity ions have stabilizing effects on the TEM, regardless of peaking directions of their density profiles for all normalized electron density gradient R/Lne. Here, R is the major radius and Lne is the electron density gradient scale length. In the case of intermediate and/or small ηe, the light impurity ions with conventional inwardly (outwardly) peaked density profiles have stabilizing effects on the TEM for large (small) R/Lne, while the light impurity ions with steep inwardly (outwardly) peaked density profiles can destabilize the TEM for small (large) R/Lne. Besides, the TEM driven by density gradient is stabilized (destabilized) by the light carbon or oxygen ions with inwardly (outwardly) peaked density profiles. In particular, for flat and/or moderate R/Lne, ...


Abstract Problem Based Learning (PBL) approach is an active methodology for teaching and collaborative learning, which considers the student as being the center of the learning process. In this paper, we consider the application of PBL approach for student learning in a Supply Chain Management discipline of a regular course of Business with emphasis in Logistics. In order to improve the application of this approach, an innovative way is to consider the use of Lean principles such as PDCA, 5W1H and A3 Report; this last one allows students improving visually the logic of presentation of final results. A simple example is presented to show how the A3 report can be aligned with PBL approach. Particularly, this study was implemented successfully in a postgraduate course of Logistics. Students who participated of the experiment were challenged to use their creativity by using audiovisual resources from the A3 Report.


In 2012, Ministry of Public Health of Thailand introduced a policy to improve the standard of facilities involved in food processing. It also set the regulations that all processed food in containers ready for sale must comply with the minimum standard for food processing (primary GMP). This policy aims to improve the standard of the food processing facilities. The objectives of this study were to improve all food processing facilities in Prakhonchai District in order to meet the minimum standard of the primary GMP set by the Ministry of Publci Health. It was conducted as a quasi-experimental research during the period from October 2012 to December 2015. The study samples were all 30 regular processed food producers in the District who produced food for sale. The study method included: (1) investigating and collecting data on the processed food producers, and improving knowledge, skill and motivation of the food producers; (2) improving the licensing system; and (3) visiting and evaluating the facilities of processed food producers every 6 months. Implementation activities were performed by all responsible stakeholders in the district. Data were collected through site visit records ; and were analyzed by using descriptive analysis. It was found that at the beginning of the study (October 2012), there were 9 processed food producers who passed the minimum standard. The maximum score was found to be 86.80%, minimum score - 30.45%, and the mean score - 60.87%. In October 2015, after the 3-year intervention, significant improvement was observed. The number of processed food producers who met the minimum standard increased to 26 (86.67%); and the maximum score was 95.00%, the minimum was 37.73%, and the mean was 78.39%. In conclusion, the study demonstrated that the cooperation among all stakeholders with multiple interventions played a key role in improving the number of processed food producers meeting the primary GMP standard. Recommendations from this study included continued development, regular follow-up and evaluation in order to achieve sustainable development on food processing improvement program. Key words: processed food in containers ready for sale, primary GMP


Australia's industrial relations system has entered a period of unprecedented change. The swing to enterprise bargaining and decentralised wage fixing is well advanced. A new Federal Government is certain to hasten and extend this trend with the greatest change to established laws and institutions since Federation. Likely outcomes from imposition of these laws are uncertain. Occurring simultaneously, and largely driving the shifts in our labour law and practices, is a labour market crisis which is creating devastating unemployment across the industrialised world. Deliberate action to shed jobs and displace workers is an epidemic in corporations here and overseas. But signs are emerging that international opinion leaders are now concerned about the threat to social and political stability that the preoccupation with 'downsizing' represents. This paper argues that more serious attention to the creation of work is essential if changes to industrial relations and the labour market are to prove effective in ge...


We are developing laser-polarized noble gas nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) as a novel biomedical imaging tool for ground-based and eventually space-based application. This emerging multidisciplinary technology enables high-resolution gas-space magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (e.g., of lung ventilation) as well as studies of tissue perfusion. In addition, laser-polarized noble gases (He-3 and Xe-129) do not require a large magnetic field for sensitive detection, opening the door to practical MRI at very low magnetic fields with an open, lightweight, and low-power device. We are pursuing two specific aims in this research. The first aim is to develop a low-field (< 0.01 T) instrument for noble gas MRI of humans, and the second aim is to develop functional MRI of the lung using laser-polarized Xe-129 and related techniques.


Through the analysis of the comic phenomenon, which was proposed by M. Henri Bergson in The Laughter, this work focuses in the intuitive method, which is the course of Bergson s thought. In that sense, this text is above all things, a thought exercise, an effort to revitalize a philosophical attitude facing the problems of philosophy. he question for the real experience, in this case of the comic situation, is the spirit that gives meaning to Bergson s work. In that sense, his philosophical effort is to stay and persist in the curve of the real experience. To resist in the dynamism of existence do not means ontemplate life from utside. After be amazed by the world arises a desire to grab the world, is the eagerness of absolute possession. Therefore, this paper is not a simple description of the comic experience, this text attempts to cross beyond the terms of comic experience, not in order to build something like the conditions of possibility of all laughable experiences, but with the intention to reinstate to he curve of comic all the small elements that enrich it and make the laughter an actual human experience. This integration is the extreme path of philosophy and is this spirit that we have earned for undertake this research. Life and concept have to become really close. That for, the thought shoot dive in the mobility of things, not from the distance of the transcendent, but from a dynamism which must be immanent to thought itself.


Kalojan Hoffmeister and Juuso Jarviniemi explain the idea behind the conference, and discuss JEF-Europe's expectations for what should be done next.


Rapid time cadence observations of the quiet Sun extreme ultraviolet emission, observed by the cds instrument on soho, are discussed. Numerous transient brightenings are observed in network features in both a transition region line (Ov 629.73 ˚ A) and a chromospheric line (Hei 584.33 ˚ A), in- dicating a dynamic coupling between the chromospheric and transition region network. Their durations are between 80 and 200 s and dimensions 6 000-10 000 km. A wavelet analysis re- veals a tendency for semi-periodic behaviour, with excess power at a frequency of about 4 mHz. The variations are much less ev- ident in the internetwork or cell regions, although they are again semi-periodic. Relative line-of-sight velocities have also been derived from the data, the cds spectral resolution allowing a precision of between 4.7 and 6 km s 1 . There is a clear asso- ciation of brightenings in the network with downflows of � 13 km s 1 at 250 000 K with some events having velocities of up to � 20 km s 1 , these being measured relative to the aver- age quiet Sun emission. Within the internetwork, we also find a weak correlation between events seen in the Hei (584.33 ˚ A) and the Ov (629.73 ˚ A) lines. In this case, the events have a smaller size (� 2 000 km), amplitude (both in terms of their intensity and velocity), and also show a higher frequency of about 6 mHz. The apparent differing properties of network and internet- work events implies that both these regions are heated by two distinct mechanisms. In the case of the internetwork, these results further confirm that acoustic waves propagating up from the photosphere and forming shocks in the overlying atmosphere are the most likely heating mechanism. For the network, it is apparent that the heating required must be in excess of that supplied by acoustic shocks. Our view is that the network events are produced by nanoflare-like magnetic reconnections in the corona, or possibly excitation due to a spicule-type event in which there is a repeated rebound.


Postural hypotension (PH) is a feature of autonomic failure that may result from various causes and can be very difficult to treat. Recently, we and others (1, 2, 3) have shown that some patients with severe symptomatic autonomic neuropathy from type 1 diabetes (type 1 DAN) have a normocytic anemia associated with erythropoietin (EPO) deficiency. The treatment of these patients with EPO rapidly corrects their anemia (1) and improves their overall well-being. Preliminary observations by Hoeldtke et al. (3) of the effect of a maximum of 9 weeks of EPO treatment on blood pressure (BP) demonstrated a positive response in four cases of PH in type 1 DAN patients, but evaluation of BP was limited to only two to three readings before and after EPO treatment. These results stimulated the present study, in which we investigated the effect of EPO treatment for 3 months on supine and standing BP in four anemic EPO-deficient type 1 DAN patients.

The patients were treated with recombinant human EPO (25 IU/kg s.c. thrice weekly). All four patients were women (48, 41, 30, and 30 years of age with a duration of diabetes of 13, 24, 19, and 11 years, respectively) and each had normocytic anemia with inappropriately low serum EPO levels. The known causes of anemia were excluded. All of the patients included in the study had pronounced symptomatic PH and at least one other symptom of autonomic neuropathy. …


Abstract : The receiver for the Advanced Radar Experimental Systems Technology (AREST) is discussed. Functions of the receiver and basic specifications are given. The operation and design of the Automatic Gain Control (AGC) Circuit is described in detail.


To support the theory that has been studied, practical becomes an essential part of the process to prove the theory they have learned. Limitations of equipment and space become an obstacle in doing a practicum if the number of students a lot. In this final module is designed to support practical learning in a lecture theory. This module consist of setting up and monitoring system of dc motor speed that can be operated wirelessly. In this module, students and faculty can be possible to do lab work in the thorical lectures. Data communications software on the serverand client is done without wires (wireless). Thus, designing a controller for dc motor plant can be applied directly through the client software without having to provide a dc motor plant in the lecture theory and the respone of the plant can be observed. In the controller use P, PI dan PID at the final project, the P controller is better applied to the plant. In the reference speed of 700 rpm provided the controller with value of P 0,86 kp can generate a table condition for dc motor speed at this plant. Keywords : Motor DC, Monitoring, Nirkabel.


A silicified Palaeocene peat layer discovered in a lignite bed in western North Dakota, U.S.A., has proved to be excellent material for studying the transformation from peat to lignite. Detailed anatomical structures are well preserved in the peat and similar to the level of preservation of Carboniferous coal balls. A compaction of 4: 1 results when the peat is converted to lignite. Loss in volume is primarily caused by the loss of cellular cavities and intergranular spaces and consequent loss or redistribution of moisture. Huminite formed from secondary xylem and phloem sclereids differs in appearance under the microscope from huminite derived from periderms and young cortical tissues. Resinites are formed from fillings of resin canals, secretory cells and sclereids of secondary phloem and may also originate from resinous materials occurring in the palisade and spongy mesophyll of leaves. Cutinite can form from either cuticles or from compressed cortical tissues of young roots. Charred leaves and charred secondary xylem and phloem comprise an important portion of the fusinitic and semifusinitic fractions of the coal. Pyrite grains tend to occupy the cell cavities of early wood and ray cells. Differences between collinite and telinite developed during the peat stage, while progressive coalification tends to accentuate the lack of structure in the collinite.


Abstract Human physiology and behavior are characterized by a daily internal temporal dimension. This so-called circadian rhythmicity is present for almost all variables studied to date, persists in the absence of external cycles, and is synchronized to the external 24-h world by an internally generated circadian rhythm of light sensitivity. The light-sensitive circadian pacemaker, presumably also in humans located in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus, drives the endogenous circadian component of rhythmicity for a number of variables including plasma melatonin, alertness, sleep propensity and sleep structure. Overt rhythmicity and the consolidation of vigilance states are generated by a fine-tuned interaction of this circadian process with other regulatory processes such as sleep homeostasis.


Summary This study shows that all lambs given single or repeated doses of the third stage H. contortus larvae were unable to withstand the pathophysiological consequences of the infection. Although adult sheep that were naturally infected with gastrointestinal nematodes including Haemonchus contortus and treated with Ivermectin at the dose of 200 μg/kg b.wt. were highly resistant to the infection with repeated triple dose of 300 L3 H. contortus. This indicates that treatment with Ivermectin did not abolish the acquired immunity resulting from natural infection.


The mission of the NASA Langley Research Center is to increase the knowledge and capability of the United States in a full range of aeronautics disciplines and in selected space disciplines. This mission will be accomplished by performing innovative research relevant to national needs and Agency goals, transferring technology to users in a timely manner, and providing development support to other United States Government agencies, industry, and other NASA centers. Highlights of the major accomplishments and applications that have been made by Langley researchers and by our university and industry colleagues during the past year are presented. The highlights illustrate both the broad range of research and technology (R&T) activities supported by NASA Langley Research Center and the contributions of this work toward maintaining United States leadership in aeronautics and space research. Some of the Center's most important research and testing facilities are also described.


Abstract How is the historical development of mathematics to be understood sociologically? The writings of Mannheim and Wittgenstein suggest two contrasting approaches which may be evaluated through a detailed analysis of the development of the number concept. Five main number systems can be distinguished of which the most basic is the system of whole numbers and, given that importance attaches to generalizing power, there can be shown to be a tendency for the number concept to be progressively augmented. This process may be understood by reference to the basic pre-Darwinian evolutionary idea of "unfolding." Complementing this intrinsic element, in actual historical instances a variety of extrinsic factors may be seen to be operative, facilitating or retarding development. To explain historical change fully an elaborate normative structure must be analyzed incorporating a macroinstitutional level, the "rules of the mathematical game," notational considerations, and relations internal to mathematics itself...


The purpose of this study was to compare how three kinds of emotionally different music impacted on the emotion and arousal by measuring EEG. The research method was to compare the measurement of the background EEG on Fp1 and Fp2 before, while and after listening using a 2-channel EEG device with various experimental groups aging from 20s to 50s. The results were as follows. 1) At both Fp1 and Fp2, the amplitude of alpha(8-13Hz), SMR(12-15Hz), low beta, high beta, and α/-βsignificantly increased in all music, while at Fp2 only, theta and ??/SMR increased meaningfully.2) At right prefrontal cortex(Fp2), all bands of EEG predominated while and after listening to all songs over Fp1 except for the delta of funeral march which predominated while listening to Fp1.3) The music with a noticeably high alpha value and increased activity was Prelude. These results suggested that Prelude induced brain activity along with relaxation, and the emotionally heavy burden of funeral march decreased the activity of the left brain. This research revealed that feeling emotional change by listening to music was due to the fact that music influenced the brain activity inducing the change of emotion and arousal.


The era of industrial revolution 4.0 drives the competition among companies to be more aggressive. Companies are competing to increase the valuation in order to draw investor's attention. Based on that situation, a research is conducted aiming to examine whether or not liquidity, profitability, solvability, and dividend policy are influential toward the stock price in LQ45's indexed company that is listed in Indonesian Stock Market (BEI). This research uses secondary data which is an annual report published in the official website of BEI. The sampling technique used is purposive sampling method which collects 105 companies for the last 3 years. The secondary data is measured using the ratio of CR, ROA, DER, and DPR which is then processed with SmartPLS software and analyzed using multiple linear regression by utilizing t test and F test to seek result based on the problem formulation. Results show that the significance value of probability is 0.009 meaning that profitability influences positively and significantly towards the stock price in LQ45 list of BEI. Meanwhile, the significance value of liquidity is 0.634, solvability is 0.417, and the dividend policy is 0.757 which means that liquidity, solvability, and dividend policy do not influence the LQ45 stock price in Indonesian Stock Market (BEI).


Fenton Oxidation of the polyethylene glycol model wastewater was studied. The experimental conditions were optimized with COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand) removal rate as the indication, and used the organic model wastewater containing different molecular weight PEG. The experimental results showed that: PEG with the same concentration and different molecular weights were investigated under the same oxidation condition. Fenton oxidation of the polyethylene glycol model wastewater can be up to 50% at the condition of pH = 3 and the best dosage of H2O2/Fe2+; COD removal rate of the PEG2000 was degraded 82% in the conditions, PEG4000 was 62.3%, PEG6000 was lower at the same conditions, was 59.3%, PEG10000 was 61.2%.


How is it possible to derive the superior IT investment portfolio? One main identified research objective in IT portfolio management (ITPM) is to manage a set of IT assets, similar to manage a financial portfolio to attain the superior return and risk. Among various IT assets, the investment in IT project is particularly critical. In finance, the concept of portfolio selectivity generally refers to the degree to which managers are able to select the superior set of assets to invest. Nonetheless, since IT project investments and financial assets seem to involve very different characteristics in many aspects, the research that investigates the mechanisms of leading to the selection of the superior IT project investment portfolios remains unclear in both literature and practice. Accordingly, this study aims to investigate whether some sets of candidate IT project investments can be really superior to others and, if so, how to profile those critical characteristics? Next, this study defines the characteristics for profiling any set of candidate IT project investment in portfolio composition. First, the aggregated investment allocation specificity, as one characteristic, refers to the degree to which the overall candidate IT project investments involve specific use in portfolio composition. Second, the aggregated investment allocation granularity, as the other characteristic, refers to the degree to which the overall candidate IT project investments involve more than Yes/No decision making units in portfolio composition. This study thus proposes the following profiles and argues that it is most likely to derive the superior IT portfolios from a set of candidate IT project investments with high investment allocation granularity and low investment allocation specificity (profile A) as compared to a set of candidate IT project investments with medium investment allocation granularity and medium investment allocation specificity (profile B); it is least likely to derive the superior IT portfolios from a set of candidate IT project investments with low investment allocation granularity and high investment allocation specificity (profile C).


When using a hand-held 3D laser scanner to collect target object data, due to factors such as personnel operation, collection environment and equipment itself, a large number of external noise points are often produced. This will seriously affect the processing and reconstruction accuracy of later point cloud data. According to the data analysis, these external noise points are divided into two categories: flying points and cluster points. Aiming at this phenomenon, a point cloud model noise removal algorithm combining statistical filtering and pass-through filtering is proposed. Firstly, the flying points are eliminated by statistical filtering, and then the remaining large area cluster points are removed by through filtering. The experimental results show that the algorithm can quickly and accurately identify external noise points and eliminate them completely.


Abstract To face changes in economic context, companies develop a mode of management of activities implemented to run engineering processes: "Engineer-To-Order". The paper deals with the identification of main information flows and critical activities in the context of Engineer-To-Order. First Engineer-To-Order is defined and characterized. Then, a model of main information flows and critical activities is proposed. Finally, activities are integrated in a decisional model built on the GRAI method. The aim of the research presented in the paper consists in modelling decisional flows in order to propose a reference model of Engineer-To-Order as a diagnosis tool.


Marion had to relinquish care of her daughter to the Department of Family and Community Services to get appropriate treatment for her 13-year-old daughter Charlotte.


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The islanding problem in grid-connected photoltaics system was analyzed and several methods of detecting islanding effect were compared.There was non-detecting zone problem in the conventional methods of islanding detection,and the islanding detection method based on the power balance of small changes frequence was proposed.This method has the advantages of no undetected zone,high response speed and no influence on the output active power of the system.The simulation results by Matlab/Simulink show the method is effective.


The design and operation of a one kilohertz diode pumped all solid-state Nd:YAG master oscillator power amplifier system with a phase conjugate mirror is presented. The setup allows high power scaling without reduction in beam quality.


We propose ϵ -Exploring Thompson Sampling ( ϵ - TS), a modified version of the Thompson Sampling (TS) algorithm (Agrawal & Goyal, 2017) for multi-armed bandits. In ϵ -TS, arms are selected greedily based on empirical mean rewards with probability 1 − ϵ , and based on posterior samples obtained from TS with probability ϵ . Here, ϵ ∈ (0 , 1) is a user-defined constant. By reducing exploration, ϵ -TS improves computational efficiency compared to TS while achieving better regret bounds. We establish that ϵ -TS is both minimax optimal and asymptotically optimal for various popular reward distributions, including Gaussian, Bernoulli, Poisson, and Gamma. A key technical advancement in our analysis is the relaxation of the requirement for a stringent anti-concentration bound of the posterior distribution, which was necessary in recent analyses that achieved similar bounds (Jin et al., 2021b; 2022). As a result, ϵ -TS maintains the posterior update structure of TS while minimizing alterations, such as clipping the sampling distribution or solving the inverse of the Kullback-Leibler (KL) divergence between reward distributions, as done in previous work. Furthermore, our algorithm is as easy to implement as TS, but operates significantly faster due to reduced exploration. Empirical evaluations confirm the efficiency and optimality of ϵ -TS.


* An earlier version of this paper was delivered as the keynote lecture at the 2003 "Only in America" conference at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America to celebrate the opening of the Milken Archive of American Jewish Music. 1. El Libro de los Acuerdos, edited and translated by Lionel D. Barnett (Oxford, 1931), 3; see Herman P. Salomon, "Joseph Jesurun Pinto (1729–1782): A Dutch Hazan in Colonial New York," Studia Rosenthaliana 13 (1979): 18–29. The Question of Music in American Judaism:


ABSTRACT Purpose of the research: To identify the gaps between the rhetoric and reality of the role of citizen participation and its role in maintenance and monitoring of heritages and resources (including biodiversity monitoring), we analyzed the discourse of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS) at municipality level. Methods: As an analytical framework, text mining is applied to interviews of officers at the municipal level of GIAHS in Noto which was amongst the first sites in Japan. The identification of such gap is critical for sustainability and to prevent conflicts from tourism, agriculture or educations. Results: The results reveal that (1) there is a gap between the official goals of that designation at the international level and local needs, (2) role of citizens is emphasized in the applications and action plans at rhetorical level but remain rather limited in practice and that (3) municipalities composing the GIAHS often have different priorities, even within the very same GIAHS sites, some municipalities even calling themselves "just a transition point to other destination municipalities." Conclusions: It is critical for municipal officers to collaborate with various stakeholders, especially citizens. As such, citizen science is a bottom-up approach to promote biodiversity conservation and facilitate GIAHS managements.


Oligoinosinates up to a pentamer were synthesized by the polymerization of inosine-5′-phosphorimidazolide in aqueous solution using Pb2+ ion. 2′–5′ Internucleotide linkage was preferentially formed. The yields of the 2′–5′ linked dimer, trimer, and tetramer were 14.8, 4.5, and 1.6%, respectively. A small amount of linkage isomers of oligoinosinates with 3′–5′ linkage was obtained. The products were characterized by sequential enzyme tests.


The purpose of this study is to identify the levels of financial literacy, money attitude, self-esteem, financial capability and financial well-being of young employees, to explore the differences in financial well-being based on demographic characteristics of young employees and to identify the determinants of financial well-being among young employees. The sample consists of 508 of young employees aged 40 and under in central zone of Malaysia, which selected through multi stage sampling technique. Data were collected through self-administered questionnaires. Financial literacy, domains in money attitude and financial capability had significant influence toward financial well-being whereby financial capability become a major contributing factor to the financial well-being. By understanding more about the determinants of financial well-being, it is hoped to help young employees to become financial prudence and in the long-run could decrease the number of young employees declared bankruptcy.


Twenty-eight patients highly responsive to topically administered corticosteroids were subjected to various corticosteroid preparations keeping frequency and duration of administration constant. Topical administration of dexamethasone demonstrated a dose-response relationship for concentrations of 0.1%, 0.005%, and 0.001%. One half of the patients showed greater than 5 mm Hg elevations of intraocular pressure after two to six weeks of therapy with the 20 times dilution (0.005%) of dexamethasone. Dexamethasone 0.001%, hydrocortisone 0.5%, and tetrahydrotriamcinolone 0.25% produced less ocular hypertension. Medrysone 1.0% had the smallest effect on intraocular pressure.


Based on the Kubo–Luttinger linear response theory, we discovered that the low-T Seebeck coefficient for Mott variable-range hopping in a d-dimensional system varies as S ∝ Td/(d+1), which is different from S ∝ T(d−1)/(d+1). In addition, the experimental data for S of CuCrTiS4 at low T are in excellent agreement with our prediction S ∝ T3/4 (d = 3).


Lipomatous tumors of uterine origin are unusual benign neoplasms. The histological spectrum includes lipoleiomyoma, fibrolipomyoma,angiomyolipoma, pure lipomas and leiomyoliposarcoma depending open various compositions of mesodermal tissue. The tumor consists of long intersecting bundles of bland, smooth muscle cells admixed with nests of mature fat cells and fibrous tissue.They are typically found in postmenopausal women and are associated with ordinary leiomyomas. However, giant lipoleiomyomas more than 20 cm are rare and cause diagnostic dilemma on imaging studies as they need to be differentiated with ovarian dermoid cyst. We report this unusual case of uterine lipoleiomyoma because of its rarity and giant size.


2. INDOOR MAPPING AND LOCALIZATION We developed a prototype to generate maps of different indoor environments, as shown in Figure 1. Internet photos of indoor environments are used as the input of the system. Based on the APIs provided by photo sharing sites, photos of indoor environments can be downloaded by their key words. 3D models can be built in the form of 3D point clouds from Internet photos using Structure-from-Motion (SfM) techniques [2]. The obstacles are extracted from the point cloud by flattening it after removing the points at the ground level. Subsequently, the shapes of obstacles can be extracted by generating non-convex polygons out of unordered 2D points [3]. An indoor map is generated by extruding all shapes towards the up-facing axis and placing them on a ground plane.


Based on the atomic characteristics and connectivity in molecules,the characteristic value(δQi) of atomic was defined.The modified topological locating index was set up with mQt,which had high structural selectivity and easy computation,the quantitative structure-retention relationships(QSRR) model between chromatography retention value of chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbon and its derivatives on diverse chromatographic stationary(SE-30/160 ℃,SE-30/100 ℃,CW20M/100 ℃,DB-5,SE-54,OV-101) and mQt were built by stepwise regression method,with high correlation coefficient,R0.98(R≥0.99(54.55%),0.95≤R0.99(45.45%)).The results showed that the models could better indicate the change rules of retention indices for the chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbon and its derivatives.And it had high relative coefficients,good predictability,good reliability and good stability.


A method for performing in the properties of indoor navigation, the mobile device based on the microphone from the ambient sound captured to deduce the location of the mobile device. The method is particularly adapted to operate in the smart phone, which is used to capture the human hearing frequency range to capture the voice sound microphone. The method based on the identification of the audio signal to determine the location of the mobile device in the place of monitoring the position of the mobile device, and when the position of the mobile device is in the inner position based on the alert location associated with a pre-determined, the mobile device generating an alarm based on location on the output device. Location network comprises a signal transmitting source array having a unique signal characteristic of the unique characteristic may be detected in the captured by the sensor (such as a microphone of a mobile telephone handset) on the mobile device signals.


WEEKS, TRACY SAVELL. A Critical Analysis of the Representation of Race in Secondary Social Studies WebQuests. (Under the direction of Dr. Alan Foley.) This study critically examines how race is constructed and represented in a sample of high school social studies WebQuests. The study is located within instructional technology and instructional design and framed within critical theory, critical race theory, and multicultural education. The discussion is constructed as an examination of the role of multicultural education within the field of instructional technology as opposed to the role of instructional technology within the field of multicultural education. The sample includes twelve secondary social studies WebQuests selected based on their high level of multiculturality according to Gorski's multicultural web site evaluation criteria. Critical discourse analysis is used to examine how the sample of WebQuests constructs race and the role that Internet resources and instructional design play in that construction. The topics, images, roles, and external Internet resources included in the WebQuests are the focus of the analysis. The Internet resources are examined with respect to the categories of resource, the sources of knowledge the resources represent, and how the resources are used to construct knowledge within the WebQuests. The findings show that white topics of interest and methods dominate the sample WebQuests. The topics were divided into three categories: explicit references to race, implied references to race, and those that ignore race altogether with the final category containing the largest number of WebQuests. Further, the images present in the sample WebQuests overwhelmingly represent white people. Roles defined for cooperative learning only specify race when referring to people of color and are limited in number in comparison to roles which do not specify race. The external Internet resources in the sample WebQuests rely on sources of knowledge that provided information as a third person retelling of the events and usually did not acknowledge any bias or worldview that formed the lens through which the information was provided. Resources that contained first person stories were stories from white men in almost all cases. Stories and counter stories from people of color were largely absent from the sources of knowledge. A Critical Analysis of the Representation of Race in Secondary Social Studies WebQuests


This paper presents an analysis of framing strategy deployed in public discourse across two leading daily mass news media in the neoliberal economy of Ireland, during the Global Financial Crisis. Framing is a technique for shaping perceptions of an event by discursively constructing it in elsewhere, n-avoidable necessity, making opposition to the policy appear irrational. However, a successful framing strategy is one which is most applicable political economy. This study finds that Irish Government actors strategically favoured a second ame policy strategy is driven by local political economic considerations, namely that many politically-connected financial institutions that received would have foregrounded this fact, making opposition more likely. Thus, this study highlights that successful framing strategies must adapt to local socio-spatial conditions of applicability.


Abstract : A density gauge for use in the 20-90 km range of the atmosphere has been designed and fabricated. It is based on beta-ray forward scattering and uses a Pm-147 beta source. Estimated accuracy is plus or minus 6% or better for launch on na Arcas having apogee near 90 km. The flight model is now ready for integration into a rocket sonde. A flight program for the sonde is recommended, and techniques offering potential for application of the method up to 100 km are discussed. (Author)


The paper highlights the alienation and separation produced by science—technology between man and nature, and between man and man. The principal thesis in this paper is that such separative mentality is the root cause of the deterioration in ethics even in unexpected quarters. Warnings about this were foreseen by a number of Indian livers (those who live the thought) and thinkers during the early twentieth century. Their prophecies seem to be unfortunately coming true. After sharing this sample of opinions, several recent cases of vicious unethicalities all over the world have been presented. This is followed by a brief survey of Western thought over the past six decades which too was mature enough to caution us about the blind onslaught of technology. The paper concludes by arguing for a complete overhaul of the vocabulary of modern discourse from the objective to the subjective.