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The current situation of recycling of waste rubber at home and abroad was introduced,and the technology progress in recycling of waste rubber were reviewed with 29 references,mainly including retreading technology of rubber tire,production technology of rubber powder,physical regeneration technology and chemical regeneration technology.


In Howard & Jones [J. Appl. Cryst. (1976), 9, 235] the first author's initials should be C.J. and not H.J.


In this research, the relation between the ways of financing and stock returns in the companies accepted in Tehran stock market is investigated. Place and Duration of Study: The statistical community of research includes the companies accepted in Tehran stock market that their financial data are gathered for the years 2007 to 2011. Among the statistical community, 46 companies were selected by considering the criteria determined in this study. The research hypotheses were tested by use of correlation method between variables and the regression equations via panel data method. For the financing, two variables of debt and equity are considered that the result of research indicates lack of relation between equity and stock returns. On the other hand, the investigations conducted in this research indicate that there is an inverse relation between financing via debt and the stock returns.


Introduction: Peripheral neuropathy is a major side effect of chemotherapy. Nerve growth factor induces peripheral nerve regeneration. Retinoids play a significant role in neural growth. This study aimed to investigate the curative effect of either recombinant human nerve growth factor (rh-NGF) or all trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) alone or together on taxol induced peripheral neuropathy. Materials and methods: Fifty two male albino rats were divided into five groups. Group 1was control group. Group 2 was i.p. injected with taxol (2mg/kg) on days 1, 3, 5, and 7. Group 3 received taxol as in group II then at the 10th day it was i.p. injected with NGF (10ug/kg daily for 20 days). Group 4 received taxol as in group II then at the 10th day it was i.p. injected with ATRA (25mgkg daily for 20 days). Group 5 received taxol as in group II then it was i.p. injected with rh-NGF and ATRA at the 10th day with the same previous dose. Neurophysiological assessment was done for sensory and motor nerve conduction velocity and amplitude as well as thermal pain threshold. Sections of sciatic nerve were prepared for immunohistochemichal and electron microscopic studies. Results: Taxol injected animals exhibited signs of peripheral neuropathy at the 10th day after the first dose of taxol. There was a significant decrease in sensory and motor conduction as well as prolongation in thermal pain threshold. Myelinopathy (splitting, ovoid fragments and invagination) and axonapathy (compressed irregular axoplasm, myelin figures and destructed mitochondria) were seen in the histological examination. Glial fibrillary acidic protein immunoreactive positive cells were significantly increased. rh-NGF and ATRA could ameliorate the electrophysiological and the histological changes. Their combined use had the best result. Conclusion: This study concluded that the use of rh-NGF and ATRA combination could improve taxol induced peripheral neuropathy in male albino rats.


Jinan Steel applied"System Concept"to the production process of medium and heavy plates.It made technology problems put into the system frame.By solving the problems in technology,equipment,technology,basic management and other aspect,integrated"management scanning,Six Sigma,lean production"and other tools,it solved the problems of medium and heavy plate production by systemic methods.Various technical indexes were effectively improved,such as the revision rate in the production line reduced to 1.6% from 6.5%,the output per month increased to 125 thousand tons from 96 thousand tons and the lead-time of the products reduced to 11.2 days from 21 days.


To Evaluate the in vitro and in vivo antioxidant potential and hepatoprotective activity of Safoof-e-Akseer-e-Jigar (SAJ). The antioxidant study of SAJ was carried out in vitro by using 1,1diphenyl-2-picryldrazyl (DPPH) free radical scavenging method. Acute oral toxicity was evaluated in Swiss albino mice to determine the maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD). Hepatoprotective activity was evaluated by paracetamol induced liver injured animal model in Wistar rats. Acute oral toxicity study revealed that SAJ is a safe compound as none of the animals died during the observation period and there were no sign and symptoms of toxicity related to it and its MTD>2600mg/kg in mice indicating its high safety profile. SAJ at a dose of 180mg/kg, was found to have significant (p<0.05) hepatoprotective activity by the inhibition of elevated biomarkers of paracetamol induced liver damage viz., SGOT, SGPT, ALP, and SB apart from maintaining normal haemoglobin levels and was found to be comparable with that of Liv 52 which was confirmed by the histopathological examination of liver of rats and also revealed on pathological changes even after administration of SAJ for 7 days. The present studies WORLD JOURNAL OF PHARMACY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES SJIF Impact Factor 6.647 Volume 6, Issue 8, 2203-2219 Research Article ISSN 2278 – 4357 *Corresponding Author


Abstract Let $k$ be a number field. We describe the category of Laumon 1-isomotives over $k$ as the universal category in the sense of M. Nori associated with a quiver representation built out of smooth proper $k$ -curves with two disjoint effective divisors and a notion of $H_{\text{dR}}^{1}$ for such "curves with modulus". This result extends and relies on a theorem of J. Ayoub and L. Barbieri-Viale that describes Deligne's category of 1-isomotives in terms of Nori's Abelian category of motives.


Productivity arrangement is affected by many factors. Characteristics of productivity arrangement in every economic area are simply explained in this paper. Based on the tendency of productivity arrangement under the background of knowledge economy is analyzed. Finally, the author points out the principles of productivity arrangement in our country.


By adding as a stabilizing agent a pharmaceutically acceptable, water-miscible organic solvent or a hydroxyl group of water-soluble polyhydric alcohol or sugar solution reduces polarity to prepare stable, injectable 4 - amino-5-chloro -N- [2- (diethylamino) ethyl] -2 - [(substituted)] alkoxy] benzamide antiemetic aqueous solution.


Investigation of the entrainment of fluids induced by a wavy deformation along walls in a confined falt-plane microchannel is conducted by using the relaxed Navier-Stokes model with velocity- slip boundary conditions. Both no-slip and slip flow cases are presented with the former ones matched with the previous results. Flow patterns tuned by critical reflux values a0 and Reynolds number are demonstrated especially for the free pumping case. a0 decreases due to slip-flow effects after we compared them with no-slip cases.


We present a model for the study of the hysteretic behavior of a disordered ferromagnetic system with an array of parallel Bloch domain walls. We write the equations of motion of the walls under an external magnetic field driving, considering long-range dipolar interactions and disorder. We calculate analytically an expression for the magnetic susceptivity w, and find a logarithmic dependence for w on the number of domains. We study the dynamic hysteresis, which behavior could be explained by the theory of loss separation. r 2007 Published by Elsevier B.V. PACS: 75.60. d; 75.60.Ej; 78.20.Bh


Summary Populations of Larix sukaczewii DYL. in the Southern Urals have been studied using 20 isozyme loci controlling 12 gene-enzyme systems. The heterozygosity observed in populations averaged 0.042± 0.012, with an expected value of 0.043 ± 0.010. The proportion of polymorphic loci was 0.31 ± 0.08 and 0.64 ± 0.07, according to the 95% and 99% criterion of polymorphism, respectively. The average number of alleles per locus was 1.14 ± 0.03. These estimates are less than those reported for larches. Approximately 3% of the total genetic diversity occured among populations and the remainder (about 97%) resides within populations. The mean NEI's and GREGORIUS's genetic distances over all pairs of Larix sukaczewii populations were 0.01 and 0.08, respectively. There was no statistically significant relationship (P < 0.05) between genetic distance and linear geographic distance.


By integrating work-engagement theory with conflict framework, this paper presents a model to demonstrate how 2 types of conflict (task and relationship conflict) affect employees' knowledge sharing through 3 psychological states (experienced meaningfulness, experienced safety, experienced availability) and work engagement. Employees (N = 139) in 2 software development companies in China responded to a survey. The results show that task conflict improved 2 psychological states (experienced safety, experienced availability) and work engagement, which, in turn, increased knowledge sharing. Relationship conflict deteriorated the 3 psychological states and work engagement, which, in turn, affected knowledge sharing. Theoretical and applied implications of these findings are discussed.


Context  In a time of economic austerity, one of the most daunting questions is who decides on healthcare rationing? In the current study, we sought to examine if the public can in fact provide meaningful information regarding healthcare policy issues. Based on theories of public policy, this paper tries to find out if patients behave akin to 'responsible citizens' and can provide differentiated expectations between three healthcare dimensions.


The road freight industry for some time has recommended the wider use of double articulated vehicles (b doubles) in New South Wales. The traffic authority of New South Wales received a number of applications to operate b doubles, and as a consequence formed a working party and project team to review those proposals. A series of trials initially from casula to Canberra were conducted over an 18 month period. Recommendations were made to the traffic authority to approve of the extended use of b doubles in New South Wales under strict operating guidelines. Having regard to likely intervention by the federal government to support wider operation of b doubles, the local government sector must seek intervention to ensure the local road system is not included in future routes of operation. The paper suggests that the local road system should not form part of routes of operation of b doubles, and that very strict guidelines of operation be implemented, with particular emphasis on vehicle speed, driver experience/ training, and hours of operation (a).


Thin films of a-Sb x Se 1-x (x = 0.4, 0.5, 0.6) are prepared by vacuum evaporation technique onto glass substrates. The amorphous nature of as deposited thin films has been checked by XRD technique. The transmittances of the films are measured at various temperature ranges 100-400K in the wavelength range 400-1100 nm. Optical absorption obeyed the indirect transition process. The temperature dependence of the optical energy gaps in this range are fitted with four equations beginning with linear, non linear, Varshni and Bose Einstein equations. The results are best fitted with the Varshni equation. We have found that the energy gap decreases with the increase in Sb percentage in these thin films and an increase in energy gap with the decrease of temperature.


Palladium nanoparticles (Pd NPs) capped with a certain protective group possessing stable reactivity of Pd-catalyzed reactions has been quickly and easily synthesized. The thiol−Pd2+ complexes of C12−Pd2+ and POSS−Pd2+ are prepared by the ligand exchange of acetate groups on Pd(OAc)2 with 1-dodecanthiol and SH-POSS (polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane), respectively. After thermal treatment at 120 °C for 30 min, the C12−Pd2+ and POSS−Pd2+ turn into C12−Pd(0) and POSS−Pd(0) NPs through the reduction of palladium cations with thiol groups. Unlike the well-known metallic Pd NPs with constituent Pd atoms arranged in an orderly repeating pattern, the cores of these thial−Pd(0) NPs are composed of a disordered (amorphous) aggregation of Pd atoms due to the steric hindrance caused by the affinity between in situ Pd atoms and thial groups. The relatively larger gaps between two adjacent POSS moieties, formed by solvent permeation when one isobutyl group approaches another, can be employed as transportation chann...


In recent years, manufacturers of high precision mechanical parts have been required to produce increasingly complex designs, in smaller lot sizes, with improved quality. These requirements demand lower process costs, shorter development cycles and more accurate manufacturing technologies. To meet these demands, manufacturers are attempting to both improve process quality and provide better CAD/CAM integration. The technique of on- machine acceptance provides one mechanisms for improving the part inspection and verification process. This approach allows one machine and one process capability model to be used for both fabrication and inspection, reducing capital cost and overall cycle time. However, the on-machine acceptance technique possesses greater potential than as simply an alternative mechanism for verifying part geometry. If the inspection capability information generated by on-machine acceptance processes can be made available to designers, it can be used to create a design-for-inspectability environment and help realize the benefits of concurrent engineering. This paper proposes a novel architecture which integrates on-machine acceptance with an agent-based concurrent design environment, for reducing both the cost and production time for high quality, small lot size, mechanical parts. This work has focused on the production of stainless steel pressure vessels at the Integrated Manufacturing Technology Laboratory manufacturing cell, located at Sandia National Laboratories, California.


retrospect, merits our attention in its own terms. The Zionist critique, centred on the disastrous delusion of the Jewish assimilatory endeavour, leaves unacknowledged that 'soldiers could construct the war as a meaningful, affirming experience' (165). Restoring the integrity of the Jewish soldier's understanding of battle adds a powerful human dimension to the subsequent account of the treatment of veterans, particularly in Germany. Penslar's project seeks to create a more integrated history of Jewish military service, challenging historiographical divides between the diaspora and the Yishuv (settlement), later Israel. This enterprise is most ambitious in the final two chapters, 'The world wars as Jewish wars' and '1948 as a Jewish world war'. While the persuasiveness of the argument is not always sustained, it is probably the perception of continuity – conceiving of these conflicts as battles within a long 'war for Jewish survival' – that is the more important observation. The conclusion that the 'present situation' is understood by many Jews as 'analogous to, even a continuation' (253) of a struggle for existence that began in the 1930s, lends itself to further exploration. Jews and the Military points historians to some interesting material and suggests that we can bridge divides in historical scholarship between the Jewish diaspora and Israel. However, Penslar seems reluctant to pursue the critical interpretation of his material at certain points. This hesitancy may arise from the awareness that such a project is inextricable from contemporary politics – yet engaging with the question of implications would have given the book a more powerful analytic imperative.


From time immemorial, mankind has always been confronted with the issue of the origin of morality. The issue of morality has grouped philosophers such as Protagoras, Callicles, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Epictetus, Aquinas, Augustine, Machiavelli, Thomas Hobbes, Immanuel Kant, Jeremy Bentham, Henri Bergson and Soren Kierkegaard into different camps with divergent views. While some believe that God is the source of morality, others situate morality in man. Friedrich Nietzsche emerged with master-slave morality. He championed as master morality the morality of the strong-willed. The essence of master morality is nobility. Qualities cherished in master morality include, among others, courage, open-mindedness and an accurate sense of worth. Nietzsche referred to the traditional morality, which aims at the common good, as slave morality. It is the morality of the weak. Silly ideas, according to him, like humility and equality are promulgated in slave morality. He, therefore, declared a destructive war against slave morality and called for a revaluation of morals. Revaluation implies that all the stronger motives, which appear in disguised forms, under false name and false valuation, should be uncovered through critical analysis. With this in mind, the emergence of a superman who takes the place of God and serves as an embodiment of master morality becomes inevitable. This is possible by means of the will to power. Possible implications were drawn from master-slave morality in interpersonal relationship. Moral values become relative; irresponsible freedom becomes the order of the day; while anarchy and oppression are celebrated. The specific objectives of this work were to expose the different theories of morality, analyze Nietzsche's moral theory, evaluate the implications of Nietzsche's master-slave morality, determine its effects in inter-personal relationship.


C60 thin films have been fabricated on MoS2 surface by the molecular-beam epitaxy (MBE) and their monolayer coverages on this substrate have been investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). STM study indicates that the C60 molecules pack either in a square lattice with lattice parameter of 11±1 Å or a hexagonal close packed structure with lattice parameter of 10±1 Å. The AFM images show column like structures similar to the square lattice pattern of STM images. Both STM and AFM techniques have been used to make a comparative study of C60 film grown on MoS2. The substrate lattice has also been imaged together with C60 molecular contours by STM in order to determine the epitaxial nature of the film.


The freeze-thaw durability of concrete with various strength immersed in chloride snow-thawing agent solution with different density were studied using CDF method. The influence of surface characteristic,relative dynamic modulus of elasticity,compressive strength and flexural strength of concrete exposed to chloride salt attacks and freezing-thaw cycle were analyzed.The research results showed that the concrete surface damage was accelerated with the increase of freeze-thaw cycles. The 5% density solution has the greatest impact damage after 150 times freeze-thaw deicing in different densities(3%,5%,20%). Appropriate amount of silica fume and high-performance air-entraining agent can improve the salt-freezing-resistance ability of concrete. The deicer-scaling has an important influence to the mechanical properties of concrete.With the freeze-thaw cycles increasing,the strength continues to decrease and the relative dynamic modulus of elasticity also decreases rapidly.


Philosopher Jean Harvey argues for a moral obligation to develop relationships of "loving interaction" with animal companions, "and possibly to enable dogs in general and most cats to enter into such a relationship" (2008, 175; also in Chapter 1 in this volume). Her recommendation to enable relationships offers a striking contrast to the reasons some people report for not having a companion animal in their homes. For example, in a study of the 45 percent of Canadian households that do not have dogs or cats (Perrin 2009, 49), main reasons reported include "I don't want the responsibility" (58 percent) and "I travel too much/they don't fit my lifestyle" (41 percent).1


Two nonmiscible liquids separated by planar interfaces and undergoing shear flow have been simulated with nonequilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD) methods. A homogeneous shear scheme was used for imposing shear flow in the system. The homogeneous shear algorithm needs to be combined with a profile‐unbiased thermostat (PUT) in order to assure meaningful results in our nonhomogenous system. Local values of several quantities such as viscosity, local stream velocity, temperature, shear stress, and rate of entropy production were calculated. Planar Couette flow appears in the ''bulk'' regions of the system with a slip between the two streams of bulk fluid at the interfaces. The shear stress is constant across the system (PUT results) at low strain rates but at high shear rates the shear stress at the interface is lower than in the bulk region. The shear viscosity at the interfaces is lower than in the bulk region showing that the transport of momentum in the former region is less efficient than in the bulk. A...


Through systematic analysis on safe flood detention zone,this paper describes a general blueprint for the safe management for the flood detention zone by GIS technique,discusses some of key techniques in safe management,and gives the details to solve schemes of main problems such as database construction,safe withdrawal and the property loss analysis.This research provides a new idea and method to safe decision and management of flood detention zone.


We prove that quasi-isometries of horospherical products of hyperbolic spaces are geometrically rigid in the sense that they are uniformly close to product maps, this is a generalisation of the result obtained by Eskin, Fisher and Whyte in [7]. Our work covers the case of solvable Lie groups of the form $\mathbb{R}\ltimes (N_1\times N_2)$, where $N_1$ and $N_2$ are nilpotent Lie groups, and where the action on $\mathbb{R}$ contracts the metric on $N_1$ while extending it on $N_2$. We obtain new quasi-isometric invariants and classi cations for these spaces.


Combining ability, heritability and gene action estimates for yield and yield attributes under saline (ECiw: 15 dS/m) and normal irrigated conditions were studied using 8x8 diallel crosses in wheat. Both additive and non-additive gene action were found important in the inheritance of yield and yield attributes under normal as well as saline irrigation conditions. Under normal conditions all the traits were found to be governed by non additive gene action with low heritability, whereas under salt stress, plant height and spikelets/spike exhibited high heritability with importance of additive effects. All other traits under salt stress exhibited medium to low heritability with non-additive gene action. The genotypes Kharchia 65, KRL 19, HD 2189 and KRL 129-1 exhibited high gca and per se performance for grain yield/plant under salt stress. The crosses UP 2338/Kharchia 65 and Kharchia 65/KRL 129-1 were found to be the best combinations under salt stress for grain yield/plant.


Although queer picture books are growing in popularity, research on these texts still tends toward an overgeneralization of the field. This article takes a narrow focus on secondary characters in texts that center boys wearing dresses to see what reactions to boyhood gender nonconformity are supported in this subcategory of texts. Through close readings of various scenes throughout eight picture books, the article highlights gendered and aged patterns in these responses: women are supportive but distant, girls are close allies, men are absent or hesitant to support the boys, and other boys are generally bullies. The article concludes that while these texts are ostensibly queer because of their protagonists' gender performances, they nevertheless fail to disrupt gender norms beyond the lives of their central characters.


Oligopyrroles with increasing chain length and polypyrroles were recently synthesized with new chemical methods. In this paper, we analyze their infrared and Raman spectra. The spectra can be nicely interpreted in terms of recent theoretical concepts of vibrational dynamics of polyconjugated systems. The spectra thus become a tool for deriving information on the structure of these materials.


With the electrophoretic technique, we studied the Peroxidas (PER),Catalase (CAT), Esterase (ES), Amylase (AA), Citric acid dehydrogenase (CDH) and Glutemate dehydrogenase (GDH) in leaves of 41 plants from 5 populations with different altitudes and habitats of Deutzia multiradiata W. T. Wang which is endemic to Mt. Jinfo of Nanchuan, China. The bands of those isozymes are scored to construct the two-state data matrix which is caculated by Jaccard, Sobal-Sneath and Sobal-Michener association coefficients clustered with UPGMA and WPGMA respectively. The result reveals that individuals from the same populatin are highly homogenous genetically interprated from bands of the six isozymes, while individuals from the different populations show highly dissimilarities in isozyme bands. It is clear that the isozyme bands of a given population are notably correlated with the habitats from which it was collected. Certain populations possess some unique isozyme bands, which can be explained by the distributive pattern and the reproductive features of the species. It distributes as scattered populations which are isolated each other spatially. Such spatial isolation largely inhabites the gene exchange among individuls from different populations and those adapted genetic variations to these habitats are selected and remained in the volutionary process, which makes the genetic divergence among populations more obvious. The habitats here only play the role in selecting and fixing the genetic variations of populations adapted to that habitat. Though the remarkable hybridizations among individuals of the same population lead to more easily gene exchange and can enrich the genetic heterogeneity within the same populaton, the transferring of those rich genetic variation within the same population by means of seeds to their offsprings is nearly impossible because the species are allogamy and or xenogamy but most of the seeds it produced are abortive. The vegetative reproduction of the species causes the stronger isozyme homogeneity among individuals within the same population.


1. Doctor in Marketing from University of Seville – Spain. [email@example.com] 2. Doctor in Marketing from University of Seville – Spain. [email@example.com] Authors' address: University of Seville. Unit: School of Economic and Business Sciences . Department: Business Management and Marketing Avenida Ramon y Cajal, 1 – 41018 – Seville – Spain ABSTRACT With the consolidation of the services sector in the global economy, we need to study further the relationship between customer and service provider. This paper analyzed the validity and reliability of the need for social interaction between customer and service provider. This scale has been made by Dabholkar (1996), from the ideas of Langeard et al. (1981). There are relatively few studies with this scale, therefore this construct should be taken into account in future research about service interaction. This study is based on a sample of 819 undergraduates. The results suggest that the Need of Social Interaction is a brief, simple and reliable scale.


The purpose of this research was to know level of contamination of bacterium of Listeria monocytogenes on beef that were sold at some traditional market in Surabaya. A total of 30 beefs were collected by simple random. The methode used was culturing meats in Listeria enrichment broth, then streaked on Listeria Oxford Agar, then continued with Gram stain and confirmation test covering cultivation at Triple Sugar Iron Agar, Motility Agar, Methyl Red, Voges Proskauer, Catalase test, and Glucosa test. The result indicated that during June 16th until July 7th 2010 were 0% from 30 sample sold at some traditional market in Surabaya was negatively infected by Listeria monocytogenes. It can be concluded that beef sold in some traditional markets in Surabaya not found from the bacterium of Listeria monocytogenes.


Synthetic photonic materials exploiting the quantum concept of parity–time (PT) symmetry lead to an emerging photonic paradigm—non‐Hermitian photonics, which is revolutionizing the photonic sciences. The non‐Hermitian photonics dealing with the interplay between gain and loss in PT synthetic photonic material systems offers a versatile platform for advancing microlaser technology. However, current PT‐symmetric microcavity laser systems only manipulate imaginary parts of the refractive indices, suffering from limited laser spectral bandwidth. Here, an organic composite material system is proposed to synthesize reconfigurable PT‐symmetric microcavities with controllable complex refractive indices for realizing tunable single‐mode laser outputs. A grayscale electron‐beam direct‐writing technique is elaborately designed to process laser dye‐doped polymer films in one single step into microdisk cavities with periodic gain and loss distribution, which enables thresholdless PT‐symmetry breaking and single‐mode laser operation. Furthermore, organic photoisomerizable compounds are introduced to reconfigure the PT‐symmetric systems in real‐time by tailoring the real refractive index of the polymer microresonators, allowing for a dynamically and continuously tunable single‐mode laser output. This work fundamentally enhances the PT‐symmetric photonic systems for innovative design of synthetic photonic materials and architectures.


Face alignment is a critical topic in the computer vision community. Numerous efforts have been made and various benchmark datasets have been released in recent decades. However, two significant issues remain in recent datasets, e.g., Intra-Dataset Variation and Inter-Dataset Variation. Inter-Dataset Variation refers to bias on expression, head pose, etc. inside one certain dataset, while Intra-Dataset Variation refers to different bias across different datasets. To address the mentioned problems, we proposed a novel Deep Variation Leveraging Network (DVLN), which consists of two strong coupling sub-networks, e.g., Dataset-Across Network (DA-Net) and Candidate-Decision Network (CD-Net). Extensive evaluations show that our approach demonstrates real-time performance and dramatically outperforms state-of-the-art methods on the challenging 300-W dataset.,,,,,, To address the mentioned problems, we proposed a novel Deep Variation Leveraging Network (DVLN), which consists of two strong coupling sub-networks, e.g., Dataset-Across Network (DA-Net) and Candidate-Decision Network (CD-Net). In particular, DA-Net takes advantage of different characteristics and distributions across different datasets, while CD-Net makes a final decision on candidate hypotheses given by DA-Net to leverage variations within one certain dataset. Extensive evaluations show that our approach demonstrates real-time performance and dramatically outperforms state-of-the-art methods on the challenging 300-W dataset.


Optical pumping is an efficient method to create electronic orientation in the excited metastable state 2 3 S 1 of helium through the 2 3 S-2 3 P line at 1.08 μm. In the case of 3 He, nuclear polarization builds up in the ground state as a result of hyperfine coupling and metastability exchange collisions. In view of the numerous applications of spin polarized 3 He (magnetometers, targets for nuclear physics, neutron, spin filters and quantum fluids at low temperature), we tried to improve the results of this optical pumping method. The lamp pumped Nd doped LMA lasers were developed. They now deliver up to 5 Watts of continuous power tunable around lμm. The laser activity contains a 10cm long LMA rod doped with 15% Nd and shaped with concave curved ends to compensate for the thermal lensing resulting from lamp heating. A linewidth of 2GHz, matching the Doppler absorption profile of the atoms, is obtained with two uncoated etalons in the laser cavity, tuned by temperature control of the glass. With this laser, nuclear polarizations over 80% were recorded in a gas of pure 3 He at pressures in the torr range. These studies were extended to 3 He- 4 He mixtures. Pumping on one of the 4 He lines results in nuclear polarization of 3 He through metastability exchange collisions between different isotopes. In some cases, higher 3 He polarizations can thus be obtained in 3 He- 4 He mixtures than in pure 3 He. A systematic experimental and theoretical study was carried on with itosopic mixtures of various proportions. One interesting result is the large nuclear polarization obtained at low laser power (over 25% of 3 He polarization per milliwatt of laser power was observed in some situations).


The objectives of this research were to determine effect of substitution level of skim milk powder with whey powder on the quality of soft frozen ice cream and as an information for practician and industry related the research product. The materials of the research were soft frozen ice cream, the treatment were substitution levels of skim milk powder with whey powder (w/w) :W 0 (0%), W 1 (25%), W 2 (50%), W 3 (75%) and W 4 (100%) from solid non fat. The research method was an experiment using Randomized Block Design, with three replication. The variables measured were the overrun, melting rate, and organoleptic quality of soft frozen ice cream. Data were analyzed by analysis of variance and followed by Duncan's Multiple Ranger Test. The result of the research showed that substitution level of skim milk powder with whey powder gave a highly significant effect (P<0,01) on overrun, melting rate and organoleptic quality of soft frozen ice cream. The substitution of skim milk powder with whey powder 75% (w/w) gave the best quality of soft frozen ice cream according to the SNI which had 10% fat, 13% of sugar and 36% of solid. (JIIPB 2010 Vol 20 No 1: 31-37). Keywords : whey powder, skim milk powder, soft frozen ice cream


ABSTRACT Understanding the interaction of human communities and their ecosystem is one of the major goals of archaeological field studies. The climate, unique geographical location, and strategic position of Roshtkhar along the natural corridor between northeastern Iran and Central Asia have attracted the interest of people for some time. The geographical location of Roshtkhar clearly demonstrates the importance of this area, and the need for archaeological studies of north-eastern Iran. In particular, it justifies the importance of undertaking regional archeological research. In order to record the position and shape of topographic features in Roshtkhar, an archaeological field study was carried out, and random sampling of surface findings. In the archaeological exploration of this area, 16 sites belonging to the prehistoric period were identified. The oldest period of settlement dates back to the late Chalcolithic period, but these findings are not definitive, as natural factors such as erosion and sedimentation, along with human factors and potential damage may have affected this area. In this paper, the settlement pattern of Roshtkhar was analysed based upon archaeological studies, and dating of historical sites based upon surface data. Finally, the role of the ecosystem in the formation of Roshtkhar plains was assessed using ArcGIS software.


Utilization of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar photovoltaic has been increasing in the last decades due to high energy demand, elevated pollution and the continuous decrease in fuel reserves. Renewable sources are generally intermittent and variable, therefore energy storage systems have been developed to meet user needs. This scenario led to the concept of microgrid, which is related to the combination of loads, micro-sources and storage devices in a network element that is part of the complex electrical system. More recently, the idea of a hybrid AC/DC microgrid has been proposed and consists in separating AC and DC elements of the microgrid in order to reduce power losses and simplify the control strategy. In this paper, bottom-up methodology is used to design a hybrid AC/DC microgrid. It begins with a simple battery-converter-load system, and ends with a hybrid microgrid formed by two battery banks, a photovoltaic array, AC and DC loads, as well as five power converters. The converters are modeled and controlled by using well-known methods, and the design approach is validated through several simulations under changes in reference and load power.


Background: CDK4/6 inhibition combined with anti-HER2 therapy is currently being explored in HER2-positive (HER2+) BC. Here, we report the efficacy, safety and genomic analysis of STAGE 1 of the PATRICIA phase II trial evaluating palbociclib in combination with trastuzumab (TTZ) in advanced HER2+ BC. Methods: PATRICIA is an exploratory, prospective, open-label, multicenter phase II trial. Patients (pts) had received 2-4 prior lines of anti-HER2-based regimens. Treatment consisted of TTZ 6 mg/kg every 3w and palbociclib 200 mg daily for 2w and 1w off. The study was based on a Simon 2-stage design comprising 3 cohorts: estrogen receptor (ER)-negative (cohort A), ER+ (cohort B1) and ER+ with letrozole (cohort B2). Pts ER+ were randomized to cohorts B1 or B2. The trial included a safety run-in phase of the first 12 pts. For part 1 to be successful, at least 6 pts of 15 had to be progression-free at 6 months (PFS6R of 40%) in each cohort. Secondary objectives included safety and the association of the research-based PAM50 intrinsic subtyping with PFS. PAM50 was performed from FFPE samples using the nCounter platform. Multivariable Cox regression analyses evaluating PAM50 subtypes, age, performance status, treatment line, type of biopsy and endocrine treatment were performed. Results: A total of 45 pts were recruited (n=15 in each cohort). Median age was 59.5y, and median number of prior lines was 3.0. The PFS6R in cohorts A, B1 and B2 were 33.3% (5/15), 40.0% (6/15) and 53.3% (8/15), respectively. Regarding safety, grade 1-2 and 3-4 toxicities occurred in 97.7% and 84.4% of pts. The most common grade 3-4 toxicities were neutropenia (80%) and thrombocytopenia (17%). Dose reductions were required in 60% of pts. Regarding PAM50, a total of 40 (83.9%) tumors samples (22 primary and 18 metastasis) were profiled. Subtype distribution was as follows: 92.9% HER2-enriched (HER2-E) and 7.1% Basal-like in cohort A, and 46.2% HER2-E, 23.1% Luminal B, 19.2% Luminal A and 11.5% Normal-like in cohorts B1+2. No significant differences in PFS were observed across the 3 cohorts. In cohorts A+B1+B2, Luminal disease defined by PAM50 showed a higher median PFS compared to non-luminal disease (12.4 vs. 4.1 months; adjusted hazard ratio=0.37; p-value=0.052). Clinical Benefit Rate (CBR6) was 73% in Luminal Vs. 31% in non-luminals (p=0.031). In cohorts B1+B2, Luminal disease defined by PAM50 showed a higher median PFS compared to non-luminal disease (12.4 vs. 4.1 months; adjusted hazard ratio=0.30; p-value=0.025). CBR6 was 73% in Luminal Vs. 25% in non-luminals (p=0.022). No clinical-pathological variable was found associated with PFS or CBR6 in all pts or in cohorts B1+B2. Conclusion: Palbociclib in combination with TTZ is safe and active in TTZ pre-treated HER2+ advanced BC, specially within ER+ disease. Identification of the non-luminal subtypes by PAM50 might help identify pts who might not derive a large benefit from this treatment strategy regardless ER status. Our results might have important implications for current and future clinical trials evaluating CDK4/6 inhibitors in HER2+ disease. In Part 2, a total of 92 pts in cohorts B1 and B2 will be included to better assess the efficacy of this treatment strategy. Citation Format: Ciruelos E, Villagrasa P, Pare L, Oliveira M, Pernas S, Cortes J, Soberino J, Adamo B, Vazquez S, Martinez N, Perello A, Bermejo B, Martinez E, Garau I, Mele M, Morales S, Galvan P, Pascual T, Canes J, Nuciforo P, Gonzalez X, Prat A. SOLTI-1303 PATRICIA phase II trial (STAGE 1) -- Palbociclib and trastuzumab in postmenopausal patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2018 Dec 4-8; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(4 Suppl):Abstract nr PD3-03.


This study examined differences between Latter-day Saint (LDS) and non-Latter-day-Saint (non-LDS) females in desire to engage in substance use and eating behaviors in response to negative emotion. Additionally, differences between LDS and non-LDS females regarding body image, as well as body image differences between LDS females residing inside Utah and outside Utah, were explored. Findings suggested that non-LDS females were more likely to experience increased urges to use substances in response to negative emotion than LDS females, consistent with LDS doctrine teaching the aviodance of substance use. LDS females also did not appear to substitute LDS-sanctioned eating behaviors for substance use in response to negative emotion. Additionally, LDS females were found to have a more postive body image than non-LDS females generally, although LDS females in Utah have less postive body images than LDS females residing in other states. Implications of these findings for the prevention of substance abuse and body image dysfunction are discussed.


PURPOSE: An apparatus of measuring the height of the ionosphere and a method thereof are provided to improve the reliability of measuring the height of the ionosphere. CONSTITUTION: A signal transmitter(101) transmits short wave band signal to the ionosphere through a transmitting antenna in real time. A plurality of signal receivers(102) receive the reflected signal from the ionosphere and performs time synchronization with the signal transmitter to calculate the height of the ionosphere based on the traveling time of the shot wave band signal between the signal transmitter and the signal receivers. A server(103) stores the delivered height data of the ionosphere and supplies it to a position detecting device in real time.


Pleomorphic adenoma of the middle ear is an extremely rare disease. This case report demonstrated a patient of recurrent pleomorphic adenoma of the middle ear with emphasis on differential diagnosis from middle ear adenoma. Possible sources of disease were discussed. Immunohistochemical examination plays significant role for making a defined diagnosis.


Abstract—The web's increased popularity has included a huge amount of information, due to which automated web page classification systems are essential to improve search engines' performance. Web pages have many features like HTML or XML tags, hyperlinks, URLs and text contents which can be considered during an automated classification process. It is known that Webpage classification is enhanced by hyperlinks as it reflects Web page linkages. The aim of this study is to reduce the number of features to be used to improve the accuracy of the classification of web pages. In this paper, a novel feature selection method using an improved Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) using principle of evolution is proposed. The extracted features were tested on the WebKB dataset using a parallel Neural Network to reduce the computational cost.


Objective To study the killing effect of ricin on Meloidogyne incognita. Methods Ricin seeds were shelled,de-fat,and stired in phosphate buffer solution with ice bath for 2 h for extraction of Ricin. Ammonium sulfate was used to precipite crude ricin protein,and saphdex G-200 column was used to separate and purify ricin. The concentrations of crude ricin protein and purified ricin were calculated respectively. Lobular plate method was applied to determined the killing effect of the ricin on South Meloidogyne incognita. The hemagglutination activity of the ricin was also detected. Results By using Saphdex G-200 column,we found three fractions in the ricin. Fraction 2 is stronger than fraction1,and the killing rate of fraction 3 is low. Conclusion Ricin can kill the the South Meloidogyne incognita,indicating that the substance can be used as a pesticide.


The objectives of the research were: (1) to develop lesson plans for problem -solving skill development onthe topic of "Possibility" of mathematic department of grade 11 by using TAI cooperative learning model andlearning packages based on the 75/75 standardized criteria efficiency; (2) to assess learning effectivenessof the 11th grade students for problem -solving skill development by an achievement test; (3) to compare theabilities of the students in problem-solving skills before and after using the TAI cooperative learning model andlearning packages; and (4) to study learning behaviors of the students toward the TAI cooperative learningmodel and learning packages. The samples were twenty eight 11th grade students at Wangluangpitayakhomsecondary school under Secondary Educational Service Area Office 27 in the secondary semester of 2014.The instrument was eight lesson plans, learning packages, 30 items of problem-solving sill test and an 5-pointrating scale questionnaire on learning behavior. The statistics used were the percentage, mean and standarddeviation, and t-test (Dependent Sample) was used for hypothesis testing.Results of the research were as follows: (1) the results showed that the efficiency of lesson plans for problem-solving skill development of the 11th grade students on the topic of "Possibility" of mathematic departmentby using TAI cooperative learning model and learning packages was 88.44/89.52 which higher that theestablished standardized criteria; (2) the results indicated that the learning effectiveness of the lesson plansby using TAI cooperative learning model and learning packages for grade 11 was .7348. In the other word,the knowledge improvement of the students after using the lesson plans by using TAI cooperative learningmodel and learning packages was 73.48%; (3) the average problem-solving skill of the students after usingthe lesson plans by using TAI cooperative learning model and learning packages was significantly higherthan that before using the lesson plans and learning packages at the .05 level; and (4) Regarding learningbehaviors of the students, the findings showed that the students always studied further and concentrated onthe subject in classroom and out of classroom. They usually reviewed the previous lessons and studied thenext lesson in advance. Lastly, they always prepared themselves for the tests. They usually improved theirlearning strategies for the better learning outcomes.


The theory research of Street-level Bureaucrats is mainly about Policy Implementation and Administrative Discretion, and the basic characteristic of Street-level Bureaucrats is Administrative Discretion which is mainly be focused .These focus are concerned with Verification influencing factor and control, which focused on organizational characteristics, customer characteristics and individual decision-makers. Domestic researches give more attentions to law enforcement, which are fundamentally different Western with western theories, and also few dialogue are given.


Background: It is a chalange to build a program thatbehave intelligent like human. Specially how to build aprogram that able to learn in order to solve a specificproblem. In this reserarch will be developed a computerprogram implementing an artificial neural network thatlearns to recognize handwritten digits. The focus onhandwritting recognition because it is an excellentprototype problem for learning about neural network ingeneral.Aims: Building an intelligent program that able torecognize hand written number (digits).Methode: Artificial Neural Network withBackpropagation architecture and Stochastic gradientdescent learning algorithm wich is implemented in Pythonprogramming language.Result: The program can recognize handwritten digitswith an accuracy over 96 percent, without humanintervention.Conclusion and Advice: A good learning algorithm thatbe learned with bad learning data will perform worse thana simple learning algorithm that be learned with goodlearning data. It is suggested that this research to beimproved with capability to recognize handwritten letter.


Objective: Research the therapeutic effects of Huatan Huoxue Tang on the alcoholic liver disease(ALD).Methods: 60 patients were divided in to treatment group(30 persons) and control group(30 persons) randomly.Patients in control group were treated with traditional therapy,while the patients in treatment group were given the Huatan Huoxue Tang in addition,1bag/day,tid,for 90days a course of treatment.The changes of the level of ALT、GGT and blood fat of the two groups before and after the treatment.Results:Huatan Huoxue Tang could lower the levels of ALT,GGT,TG,TC significantly.Relieve the clinical symptoms.Improve the B ultrasonic imagesof the liver.


The invention discloses a method for dynamically balancing broadband access server load in the wireless local area network. The wireless local area network is composed of a wireless controller (Access Controller, AC), a wireless access point (Access Point, AP) and a virtual router composed of multiple broadband access servers (Broadband Access Server, BAS); the method comprises the following steps: when users access the wireless local area network, the AP informs about the user access to the AC and the AC determines a certain BAS according to multiple BAS performance data for forwarding data from the users.


Dynamics of self-affine fractal surfaces and interfaces, F. Family scale asymmetry - a tool to detect developmental instability under the fractal geometry scope, C.L. Alados et al pitfalls in the fractal characterization of real microscopic surfaces by frequency analysis and proposal of a new method, E. Anguiano et al fractal growth and optical behaviour of cosmic dust, J. Blum et al fracture energy of brittle and quasi-brittle fractal cracks, F.M. Borodich synoptic visualisation of brain electrical activity during a cluster of 11 epileptic seizures, E.T. Bullmore et al multifractal spectra of short range ising spin glass, S. Coutinho et al multifractals and order-disorder transitions in biopolymers, T.G. Dewey fractality and the anomalous dimension of quantum chromodynamics, I.M. Dremin self-organized criticality with finite input - Kolmogorov scaling and mode-coupling theory, F. Family species diversity as a fractal property of biomass, S. Frontier fractal analysis in electron microscopy, R. Gauvin and D. Drouin time-resolved light scattering studies on protein precrystallization fractal clusters, Y. Georgalis et al finite-difference methods in the analysis of transport phenomena in fractal structures, M. Giona et al the pressure-diffusion equation in the darcy regime - scaling analysis and anomalies on fractals, M. Giona and A. Viola Klafter-Blumen apparent dimension in a randomized sierpinsky carpet, A.T. Giz and O. Pekcan multifractal dimensions of growing branched clusters, T.C. Halsey and K. Honda the role played by migration and diffusion on the morphology of 3D silver electrodeposits, A. Hernandez et al fractal dimensions for percolation and phase transition models - theory and new Monte Carlo calculation method, C.-K. Hu streaklines in an open hydrodynamical flow, C. Jung and E. Ziemniak fractal properties of DNA sequences, S.V. Korolev et al multi-parameter transition to chaos and fractal nature of critical attractors, A.P. Kuznetsov et al fractal characterisation and computer modelling of herpes simplex virus spread in the human corneal epithelium, G. Landini et al the vibrations of fractal drums and waves in fractal media, M.L. Lapidus image analysis through multifractal description, J. Levy-Vehel and J.P. Berroir optimization of fractal functions using genetic algorithms, J. Levy-Vehel and E. Lutton an optoelectronic technique for estimating fractal dimensions from dynamical poincare maps, A. Namajunas and A. Tamasevicius on a fractal and an experimental approach to turbulence, J. Peinke et al geometric concept of flow over immersed body in non-laminar conditions, M. Puncochar and J. Drahas explicit bounds for the Hausdorff dimension of certain self-affine sets, R. Riedi multifractal generation of self-organized criticality, D. Schertzer and S. Lovejoy. (Part Contents).


Carbon dioxide is a known respiratory stimulant. The effects of different CO2 concentrations on sleep have not been determined, although we demonstrated previously that hypocapnia reduces the amount of REM sleep. In this study, we sought to determine the effect of hypercapnia on sleep architecture and breathing. Three cats were studied during 3‐hours sessions while breathing carbon dioxide added to room air. The animals breathed different concentration of carbon dioxide (0%, 2%, 4% and 6% CO2) each day over 4 weeks according to a 4 x 4 Latin Square design. Respiration was measured using pneumatography, and electroencephalograms and pontogeniculo‐occipital waves were recorded from implanted electrodes to discriminate states of sleep and wakefulness. When breathing 2% inspired CO2, total sleep duration increased by 16% compared to control. Both NREM and REM sleep increased in duration (15% and 19%) and frequency (7% and 23%). Sleep latency decreased by 47%. However, when breathing higher levels of CO2 (4% and 6%), total sleep duration decreased. Both NREM and REM sleep decreased in duration and frequency. Tidal volume, minute ventilation, effort (tidal volume/duration of inspiration) and inspiratory duration increased proportionally in all states with increasing levels of CO2. Tidal volume increased by 52.9%, 133.2% and 196.2% with 2%, 4% and 6% inspired CO2, respectively. We conclude that a mild hypercapnic stimulus can stimulate breathing and sleep.


Mendes CT. Lithium and gene expression: implications to Alzheimer disease [Doctoral Thesis]. São Paulo: Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas da Universidade de São Paulo; 2008. The increased systemic expression of active GSK3b in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients apparently is associated with the formation of senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, the hallmarks of this important disease. Due to its central role in the pathogenesis of AD, GSK3β is currently a promising target of the pharmaceutical industry. Lithium salts have been used in the prophylaxis and treatment of depression and bipolar disorder for >50 years. The direct and indirect inhibitory effects of lithium over GSK3 activity have been documented by several groups. However, the effects of lithium on the mRNA transcription of GSK3 have not yet been addressed. In this study we used quantitative PCR to evaluate the transcriptional regulation of Gsk3a and Gsk3b in lithium-treated primary cultures of rat cortical and hippocampal neurons. We found a significant and dose-dependent reduction in the mRNA levels of Gsk3b, which was specific to hippocampal cells. This same effect was further confirmed in vivo by measuring GSK3 expression in different brain regions and in peripheral leukocytes of adult rats treated with lithium. Seeking the comprehension about the effect of lithium on neurons cells we used subtractive hybridizations and two-dimensional electrophoresis patterns of culture of hippocampus neurons treated with lithium. Our results suggested the differential expression of 88 genes and 8 proteins, whose expression varied at least 50% among treated and untreated cells. These observations suggest new regulatory effects of lithium over GSK3β and suggest new potential lithium targets, contributing to the better understanding of its mechanisms of action and reinforcing its potential for the inhibition of key AD pathological pathways.


Mono-dispersed sub-micron sized hydrotalcite-like compounds (HTlcs), [Mg1−xAlx(OH)2](CO3)y·2H2O, were synthesized by the urea hydrolysis method. The as-prepared compounds display platelet-like primary particles with a hexagonal shape. The breadth to thickness ratio can be varied by changing the synthesis conditions such as the precipitation rate or the medium nature. The factors influencing the secondary particle morphology (or aggregates) are also discussed. The results are compared to the constant pH coprecipitation method, commonly used for HTlcs.


Equipment for increasing water inflow to the well is proposed, which affects the aquifer by seismic vibrations. The method is based on accelerating the filtration process in soils, exposed to vibration. The equipment can work in conjunction with a submersible pump and has the ability to pump liquid through the working chamber of the generator. Generators can be combined into a group and driven by one electric motor to increase the efficiency of vibration treatment. This method is built into the existing technology of dewatering and pits drainage. The dynamics of the vibration source operation of an unbalance type with a liquid-filled inner chamber was studied in laboratory conditions, on a test. The vibration source was attached to the stand frame and was in a vertical position coaxially with the electric drive, thereby simulating its location in the well. The unbalance was unwound by an electric drive with a rotation frequency of 10 to 50 Hz in 5 Hz steps and seismic vibrations, generated by a vibration source, were recorded. Based on the experiments' results, the amplitude-frequency characteristics of an unbalanced vibration source in the low-frequency range with a dry and liquid-filled inner chamber were obtained. In order to prevent the bearing assemblies from jamming, their heating was monitored with a thermal imager and temperature sensors.


The Relativistic Electron-beam Experiment, or REX accelerator, is a pulsed-power source capable of driving a 100-ohm load at 5 MV, 50 kA, 45 ns (FWHM) with less than a 10-ns rise and 15-ns fall time. This paper describes the pulsed-power modifications, modeling, and extensive measurements on REX to allow it to drive high impedance (100s of ohms) diode loads with a shaped voltage pulse. A major component of REX is the 1.83-m diam x 25.4-cm-thick Lucite insulator with embedded grading rings that separates the output oil transmission line from the vacuum vessel that containing the re-entrant anode and cathode assemblies. A radially tailored, liquid-based resistor provides a stiff voltage source that is insensitive to small variations of the diode current and, in addition, optimizes the electric field stress across the vacuum side of the insulator. The high-current operation of REX employs both multichannel peaking and point-plane diverter switches. This mode reduces the prepulse to less than 2 kV and the postpulse to less than 5% of the energy delivered to the load. Pulse shaping for the present diode load is done through two L-C transmission line filters and a tapered, glycol- based line adjacent to the water PFL and output switch. This has allowed REX to drive a diode producing a 4-MV, 4.5-kA, 55-ns flat-top electron beam with a normalized Lapostolle emittance of 0.96 mm-rad corresponding to a beam brightness in excess of 4.4x10/sup 8/ A/m/sup 2/-rad/sup 2/[1,2].


This research aims to find out the influence of Chain Drill Technique in teaching speaking to the tenth grade students at SMAN 1 Poso, particularly in describing an object. This research is quantitative in nature and the design was pre-experimental. The researcher applied pre-test and post-test in collecting the data. The result of data analysis shows chain drill technique in teaching speaking can increase students speaking achievement in describing an object. Keywords: chain drill, technique, speaking achievement


— This work is part of the TERMIS project for an integrated Hall sensor able to operate at temperature exceeding 225 C. This note describes the details of implementation of critical blocs of the circuit integrated 2001. Namely the sensor bias and chopper modulation, the amplifier stage and chopper demodulation, as well as the A/D converter stage are presented. Measurements results of these circuits from an earlier prototype integrated 2000 are presented as well.


Mathematical programming models are widely used in agricultural sector analysis. Lack of micro-level data and computational reasons necessitate aggregation of individual producers into regional representative units when working at sectoral level. This usually leads to unrealistic and extreme specialization in supply responses. McCarl (1982) introduced the 'historical crop mixes' approach to avoid extreme specialization. This paper extends the crop mix approach by generating additional synthetic crop mixes based on estimated supply response elasticities and systematically varied market prices. While avoiding extreme specialization this approach provides sufficient flexibility when future supply responses can be drastically different from past responses.


Operation under partially detached divertor (PDD) plasmas is a hopeful way in order to reduce the divertor heat load in the next generation tokamaks. The physical mechanism of PDD plasmas, however, has not fully been understood yet. We have studied them with a multi-layer one-dimensional divertor model. The PDD plasmas are successfully reproduced by introducing a neutral gas puffing model. Effect of the cross-field heat transport on the PDD plasmas is investigated. It is found that cross-field heat transport both in the SOL region and in the divertor region prevents detachment fronts from moving upstream in a detached flux tube.


Objective To observe the influences of Huiyang Shengji Gao and its modified formulas on wound healing,interleukin-8(IL-8) and tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α) in rats with chronic skin ulcer.Methods SD rats(n=44) were randomly divided into model group,group of whole formula of Huiyang Shengji Gao(whole formula group),group of modified Wenyang Yiqi formula(Wenyang Yiqi group) and group of modified Huoxue Shengji formula(Huoxue Shengji group).The rat model of chronic skin ulcer was established by using compound factor superposition method of hormone intervention-dermal deficiency-bacterial infection.The general condition and wound healing rate were observed.The content of serum IL-8 and TNF-α were detected respectively 3 days and 7 days after medication.Results The modeled rats showed the basic features of syndrome of spleen-kidney yang deficiency.The wound healing rate was higher in Wenyang Yiqi group and Huoxue Shengji group than that in model group(P0.05) 2 days after medication,and that was higher in whole formula group than that in model group(P0.05) 4 days after medication.The content of IL-8 was higher in whole formula group and Wenyang Yiqi group than that in model group(P0.05)3 days after medication,and the comparison between Huoxue Shengji group and model group had no statistical signficance(P0.05).The content of TNF-α was higher in whole formula group and model group than that in Wenyang Yiqi group(P0.05)and Huoxue Shengji group(P0.01)3 days after medication.Conclusion Huiyang Shengji Gao and its modified formulas all can improve wound healing in rats with chronic skin ulcer,and the effects of modified Wenyang Yiqi formula are related to improving local inflammatory reaction and stimulating the secretion of inflammatory factors.


On the basis of analyzing the behavior factors which influence on-line consumption in our country, the paper reveals the common rules of psychological activities of consumers by analyzing characters of consumers' psychology. The paper put forward the countermeasures that enterprises of our country should be adopted in E-commerce environment.


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The level set model is an advanced method in image segmentation, which has a better effect in medical image segmentation. Feature fusion strategy has been widely introduced into the frame work to improve the processing performance of complex images such as high noise and chaotic texture. The traditional image segmentation methods have the problem of uneven image gray scale. Therefore, we propose a deep feature fusion method based on dark channel for medical image segmentation in this paper. For the region feature of the images, the saliency feature of medical image is introduced. A deep edge feature extraction method based on dark channel is proposed. Based on the fusion result of region and deep edge features, the proposed method introduces the distance regularization term to normalize the level set function to enhance the stability of the evolution of the level set function. The new model is applied to medical image segmentation, and the experimental results show that the new model achieves more robust segmentation results and higher segmentation efficiency.


Peri-menopause, menopause and associated symptoms can be a source of distress to women, particularly as it heralds the end of the reproductive life of a woman.  Oestrous cycle disorders frequently affect the quality of life of peri-menopausal women and can be indicators of serious underlying problems. This study examined the changes in the oestrous cycle and uterine histology of aged albino wistar rats. Twenty-five female albino wistar ratsdivided into Groups A, C, D, and E consisting of aged irregularly cycling rats and Group B consisting of young regularly cycling rats were used for this study. Extract administration of L. lanceolata and A. cordifolia to the treated groups was for 21 days and cycling of the rats was carried out during this period. The animals were sacrificed on the 22nd day (pro-oestrus phase) and the uterus was dissected out for tissue processing. The findings in this study showed oestrous cycle was regularized in most of the rats in all the treatment groups. The features of the histology of the uterus were consistent with normal expectations in the pro-oestrus phase of the cycle. In conclusion, treatment with L. lanceolata and A. cordifolia restores normal cyclicity in aged irregularly cycling rats, therefore it may be used in the management of menstrual cycle abnormalities, and sub-fertility associated with the peri-menopause, and other unpleasant symptoms associated with the perimenopause and menopause.


Objective To investigate the role of CT in the diagnois of superior vena cava syndrome secondary to pulmonary carcinoma. Method Fifty patients with pulmonary carcinoma resulting in SVCS were confirmed by pathological examinations. Relationship between anatomical distribution and gross type of pulmonary carcinoma and modes of pulmonary carcinoma resulting in SVCS were analyzed retrospectively and statistically. Correlation among obstructive degree of SVC, opening of collateral pathway and swelling of chest wall was analyzed retrospectively and statistically. Results For modes of pulmonary carcinoma resulting in SVCS, direct invasion of pulmonary carcinoma was 7 patients, metastasis of lymph node was 16 patients and both of the two was 27 patients.Modes of pulmonary carcinoma resulting in SVCS were different for different gross types of pulmonary carcinoma in different pulmonary lobes ( x2 = 30.012,P < 0.05). On CT appearances of secondary lesions, cases of simple constitution and opening of collateral pathway, simple swelling of chest wall, both of the two and neither of the two were 14 patients, 12 cases, 15 patients and 9 patients in order on CT. With SVC obstruction at different extent,constitution and opening of collateral pathway and swelling of chest wall were different ( x2= 12.881, P < 0.05).Conclusions SVCS resulted from pulmonary carcinoma can be diagnosed by contrast enhanced CT.

Key words:
Pulmonary carcinoma;  Superior vena cava syndrome; Tomography; Computerized tomography


Characterization of a quartz resonator operating at 553 MHz in a closed loop oscillating system has been performed under various drive levels to characterize its nonlinear behavior. The voltage and current were measured across the resonator using differential active probes and used to calculate the magnitude of the admittance under drive. Our results show that nonlinear resonator operation widens the bandwidth of low phase noise operation. At the low frequency end of the operating range, where overall phase noise is degraded, phase noise improvement is ~ 20dB. However, the overall phase noise levels do not improve significantly over the linear case.


A magnetic recording medium with a dual-layer lubricant for better and faster mobility of a lubricant to ensure rapid healing of areas of the medium that have been depleted of the lubricant is disclosed.


0.1. Let G be a reductive algebraic group defined over Q and σ an involutive Qautomorphism of G. Denote by H the subgroup of G of elements fixed by σ. We consider the Symmetrie space X = G/H. A connected component XQ of the set X(i?) of real points is an affine Symmetrie space of the identity component of G (i?). If X0 is Riemannian, then for an arithmetic subgroup Γ of G, one can define the Selberg-Langlands Eisenstein series, which is a real analytic function on Γ\Χ0 (cf. [L], [HC]). In general, X(i?) may contain a connected component XQ that is not a Riemannian Symmetrie space. The action of an arithmetic subgroup Γ on such a component X0 is not properly discontinuous and we can no longer expect to define real analytic Eisenstein series on F\XQ.


High dose Rate (HDR) brachytherapy utilises a HDR remote afterloader unit to deliver a high activity Ir-192 radioactive source directly into the tumour treatment volume. Since such high source activities are employed for this treatment type, special Quality Assurance (QA) measures need to be employed to ensure accurate radiation dose delivery as calculated by the treatment plan. Real time verification of the remote afterloader and pre-treatment patient specific treatment plan verification should be fundamental to a high dose rate (HDR ) brachytherapy quality assurance program. Such QA programs should have real time capabilities of accurately measuring static source dwell positions, precisely measure the time at each dwell location, display real time analysis of error in source positing/timing in comparison to the treatment plan, capable of evaluating transit velocity, track source movement and ideally, real time dosage evaluation and mapping of dose distributions for direct comparison to the treatment plan. This thesis proposes the development of a new HDR QA smart system so named BrachyPix. The instrumentation and procedures associated with the development of this phantom is designed to address the requirements of an idealistic QA program for HDR brachytherapy. This instrument includes an innovative phantom specifically designed to provide a patient specific, pre-treatment confirmation that a treatment is being delivered according to patient plan. The thesis will focus upon characterisation of epitaxial diodes response to the Ir-192 HDR source for brachytherapy and will continue on to assess the feasibility of the Magic Plate (MP), an innovative CMRP two dimensional silicon detector array, for HDR source tracking and performance


Indigenous epistemologies acknowledge the individual journey of lifelong learning as a pathway, a sacred way of moving toward completeness or fully becoming one's potential and gifting this essence to the multitude of unique essences which make up our world. In this process one is poised between an environmental ecology and a spiritual ecology (Cajete, 1994). The implicit goal of Finding Face (identity), Finding Heart (passion) and Finding Foundation (vocation) is the destination to which the various pathways of indigenous education ultimately lead (Cajete, 1994). This paper explores autobiographical inquiry in relation to teacher/researcher's lived experiences of life writing, visual art activities, and action research in the context of indigenous epistemologies.


The full story of William Foxwell Albright's introduction to biblical archaeology is not simply an archaeological one. While the story of the young child reading an archaeology book in Chile is part of Albright lore, the other influences affecting him during his parents' mission there are less well known. Similarly, life in Iowa when the Albrights returned to America has been a lacuna in his legacy. This article seeks to fill that gap by examining Methodist Albright's life within the Catholic context of both Chile and Iowa in the 1890s and early 1900s. As will be seen, the Methodist language of Catholic condemnation in these two locations bears a striking resemblance to the condemnations of the Canaanites later expressed in biblical archaeology.


Findings: The studies were published 1981-2014. All of the studies were articles published in nursing journals and used quantitative methodology. Five of the studies were conducted in the United States; three in the United Kingdom, and the remaining six studies were conducted in Australia, Canada, Egypt, Taiwan, and Turkey. A total of 11 studies were conducted with undergraduate nursing students, two with graduate students, and one with both levels.


This report discusses current regulations governing election campaigns and potential new threats to campaigns that may require new regulations or policies.


Let E be a directed graph and K any field. Let LK (E) denote the Leavitt path algebra with coefficients in K. We determine the 𝒰-projective resolution of simple LK (E)-modules V[c∞] and V[p], where c∞ be a rational infinite path of E and p be an irrational infinite path of E.Let E be a directed graph and K any field. Let LK (E) denote the Leavitt path algebra with coefficients in K. We determine the 𝒰-projective resolution of simple LK (E)-modules V[c∞] and V[p], where c∞ be a rational infinite path of E and p be an irrational infinite path of E.


Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory (MRAM) is based on magnetic tunnel junction devices integrated with standard CMOS, resulting in high-speed read and write, unlimited endurance, and the highest reliability of any non-volatile memory. The first commercially available MRAM product, Freescale's 4Mb MR2A16A Toggle MRAM, was released for production in 2006 and is now in volume production. In this paper we provide an overview of Freescale's MRAM technology and describe the performance and reliability attributes of the MR2A16A.


Abstract : Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) have been used to characterize the atomic level structure of electronic properties, reactivity and wear of metal dichalcogenide materials that are or have potential as solid state lubricants. Single crystals Of MoS2, Ni(x)Mo(l-x) S2, MoS(2-x)Se(x) and MoS(2-x)Te(x) have been prepared to determine how chemical modifications affect the local structure and electronic properties of this lubricant. STM images of Ni-doped MoS2 show localized electronic states due to the Ni atoms, while images of Se- and Te-doped materials indicate that anion substitution is electronically delocalized. AFM studies of Te-doped MoS2 show, however, that the tellurium dopants form atomic scale structural protrusions that may reduce sliding friction. AFM has also been used to characterize nanometer scale wear and oxidation on MoS2 and NbSe2 surfaces. In atmosphere at room-temperature AFM studies showed that NbSe2 wears approximately three times faster than MoS2. Furthermore, oxidation studies demonstrated that NbSe2 was significantly more reactive than MoS2 with molecular oxygen. These results indicate that the intrinsic stability of the MoS2 surface make it an effective lubricant, AFM was also used to elucidate the growth of MoO3 on the surface Of MoS2 during oxidation, and to study wear properties of these MoO3 crystallites. The AFM tip was used to define lines with 10 nm resolution in MoO3 and to manipulate distinct MoO3 structures on the MoS2 surface. In addition, metal- substitution in TaS2 has been studied systematically using STM and theoretical methods.


: Objective : This research study was conducted to calculate the efficiency of MRI in staging of endometrial carcinoma, & analogy with surgery and histopathological findings. Methods : The research was conducted in the duration of one year from February 2018 to February 2019 in Mayo Hospital Lahore at the department of radiology. 52 participants with examine of endometrial carcinoma, referred for MRI to the department of radiology and had undergone surgery were included. Results : The sensitivity of MRI result was found up to 79%, 85% limited & 80% perfect for organizing endometrial carcinoma while PPV were 97% & NPV were 66%. Conclusion : MRI is excellent, compatible, efficient and noninvasive imaging modality in staging of endometrial carcinoma. This experience of therapy was used first time for the patients with endometrial carcinoma.


In 1987 British Petroleum Exploration Colombia (BPXC) began exploring for oil in a remote part of Colombia which only recently was designated the Department of Casanare, in 1991. This evaluation of BPXC's operation aims to answer the following questions: a) What were the prevailing corporate objectives with respect to the social aspects of BPXC's operations throughout the past decade? b) What were the motivations behind corporate commitments to addressing social concerns? c) What were the approaches to addressing social concerns? d) How were obstacles to socially responsible behavior overcome, and what was the nature of these obstacles? e) What level of efforts was involved in managing social concerns, and what were the costs? f) How did stakeholders measure the results achieved against the objectives? g) How did the various stakeholders view the outcomes of the corporation's social interaction and initiatives? The evaluation focused on the project stakeholders, the interplay among them, the chronology of corporate decisionmaking, the extent of stakeholder involvement, and the social political, and corporate cultural context throughout project development. One overall conclusion the evaluation clearly points out is that if the goal is to sustain the benefits from BPXC's social investments and to promote better stewardship of the substantial incomes generated by royalties, effective partnerships need to be developed between government, BPXC, and civil society.


Objective To study the effect of chest wall vibration therapy on bronchiolitis. Methods A total of 64 patients with bronchiolitis were divided into an experimental group and a control group, the former included 34 cases and the latter included 30 cases. The experimental group received both routine treatment and chest wall vi- bration, while the control group only received routine treatment. PaO_2, PaCO_2, SaO_2, Heart Rate (HR) and Respi- ration (R) were observed, respectively, in the experimental group and the control group at the beginning and the end of the third day. Time needed for expectoration and length of hospital stay in the two groups were observed. Results It was shown that PaO_2, PaCO_2, SaO_2 , HR, R were significantly improved at the end of the third day when compared with those at the beginning in both groups(P0.01 ). When comparing the results of PaO_2, PaCO_2 , SaO_2 , HR, R at the end of the 3rd day, it was shown that significant differences existed between the experimental group and the control group (P0.01 ), with the PaO_2 and SaO_2 reached the normal range in the experimental group. The time needed for expelling sputa and length of hospital stay of the experimental group were shorter than those of the control group (P0.01 ). Conclusion Chest wall vibration is particularly effective for treating broncbiolitis and can im- prove the function of aeration and ventilation.


Myocardial infarction (MI) and ischemic heart failure (HF) are associated with immune activation in the bone-marrow and the lymphoid tissues. Our studies also show that spleens lose 58% of their weight by 1-day post-MI as compared to sham-operation. Flow cytometric analysis further showed that, as compared to sham-operated mice, spleens of 1d post-MI mice contained 2-3-fold lower numbers of leukocytes (16.9X106 vs. 47.7X106), CD11c+ dendritic cells (DCs; 0.22X106 vs. 0.56X106), Ly6G+ neutrophils (0.45X106 vs. 1.08X106), CD11b+ myeloid cells (1.2X106 vs. 2.8X106), and Ly6C+ monocytes (0.4X106 vs. 1.0X106). Activation of antigen-presenting innate immune cells would also suggest activation of adaptive immune responses. Thus, using flow cytometry we also measured CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells in the spleens of 1d MI and sham mice and found that both of these cell types (2.2X106 vs. 5.7X106 for CD4+ T-cells and 1.5X106 vs. 3.8X106 for CD8+ cytotoxic T-cells) were also decreased. These data suggest that damage-associated signals from the infarcted heart are communicated to the splenic innate and adaptive immune cells leading to their efflux and trafficking to the heart. However, the communication vehicles that relay these damage-associated signals from the heart to the spleen are unknown. We further hypothesized that these signals are carried by the exosomes, small (100-200 nm) extracellular vesicles released by all cells. To test our hypothesis, we isolated exosomes from the plasma of 1d MI and sham mice, injected them into the tail-veins of naïve mice and using echocardiography measured their cardiac function at 8 weeks post-injection to assess if they developed HF-like systolic dysfunction. We found that, at 8 weeks, mice injected with 1d MI exosomes developed significant systolic dysfunction with increased end-systolic and end-diastolic volumes, and decreased ejection fraction. These changes were not seen in mice injected with 1d sham exosomes. Further, using flow cytometry we also measured different splenic immune cells in the recipient mice. Our data show that spleens of mice injected with 1d MI exosomes, as compared to 1d sham exosomes, contained higher numbers of activated immune cells and showed increased levels of proinflammatory monocytes (without any changes in anti-inflammatory monocytes), CD11c+ conventional and monocyte-derived DCs and helper T-cell subsets such as T-regs, Th1, Th2, Th17. Our results suggest that exosomal signals could be a novel potential mechanism by which cardiac injury is communicated to the lymphoid tissues to affect immune cell recruitment following MI. This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health grants to. Dr Shyam S. Bansal (R00 HL132123 and R01 HL153164). This is the full abstract presented at the American Physiology Summit 2023 meeting and is only available in HTML format. There are no additional versions or additional content available for this abstract. Physiology was not involved in the peer review process.


Objective] Combine tumescent anesthesia with simple mastectomy through a periareolar incision for gynecomastia . [Methods] In the 6 years we treated 65 cases (113 sizes ) of gynecomastia with simple mastectomy through a periareolar incision and tumescent anesthesia. [Results] The tumescent anesthesia was effective.About 100~600 grams breast tissue was resected from one breast .There have been no severe postoperative compications ,such as nipple or areola necrosis. Follow-up from half a year to three years showed satisfactory results. [Conclusion] The new operation for gynecomastia with simple mastectomy through a periareolar incision and tumescent anesthesia is a good ,reliable and convenient technique.


Reduction of monophosphacobaltocenium 1 (E1/2=−0.74 V in thf, SCE) and monophospharhodocenium 2 (E1/2=−1.27 V, thf) salts1,3 leads cleanly to the corresponding purple (3, Co) and green (4, Rh) paramagnetic 19ve phosphametallocenes. Cyclic voltammetry (thf) implies that the corresponding monophosphairidocene is unstable. For 3, NMR, xray, PES, and ADF analyses give a classical metallocene structure having a SOMO node at phosphorus. 1H NMR suggests a similar structure for 4.


560 Background: Breast cancer is one of the most frequently diagnosed malignancies among women. Early detection and multidisciplinary treatment including surgery leads to an overall excellent outcome. Axillary lymph node status is the most significant prognostic factor in these patients. We have demonstrated equivalent axillary staging using the technique of sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy, which is less invasive and allows a more focused assessment for occult metastasis. In 1995 we abandoned routine axillary dissection for patients with histologically negative SLNs by hematoxylin and eosin and immunohistochemistry staining. The purpose of this study was to determine the patterns of recurrence in patients following a negative SLN biopsy.

METHODS
The records of 732 breast cancer patients who underwent successful lymphatic mapping (LM) and SLN identification (approximately 70% of whom were operated on by a single surgeon) as part of standard practice at the John Wayne Cancer Institute between 1995 and 2002, and demonstrated a histopathologically tumor-free SLN were reviewed.

RESULTS
After a median follow-up of 46 months, 20 (2.7%) patients developed recurrent disease as follows: 9 local, 1 axillary, 8 distant and 2 local with distant recurrences. Among these patients 5 had received adjuvant chemotherapy, 10 received hormone therapy and 15 had postoperative radiotherapy. Median patient age was 54 years (range: 34 to 80 years) and median tumor size for this group was 1.4 cm (range 0.1 to 2.7 cm). Seven patients had poorly differentiated tumors, 18 were ER positive, 10 were PR positive and 5 were positive for HER2/Neu over-expression. All had negative margins following primary tumor excision.

CONCLUSIONS
This study represents the most comprehensive prospective follow-up analysis to date of early-stage breast cancer patients following LM and SLN identification. These findings demonstrate that patients with histologically negative SLNs have extremely low rates of recurrent disease following multimodality therapy. More importantly, axillary failure following a successfully performed SLN dissection is remarkably uncommon. No significant financial relationships to disclose.


Abstract Objective. To describe the frequency and characteristics of antibiotic prescribing for different types of contacts with the Danish out-of-hours (OOH) primary care service. Design. Population-based observational registry study using routine registry data from the OOH registration system on patient contacts and ATC-coded prescriptions. Setting. The OOH primary care service in the Central Denmark Region. Subjects. All contacts with OOH primary care during a 12-month period (June 2010–May 2011). Main outcome measures. Descriptive analyses of antibiotic prescription proportions stratified for type of antibiotic, patient age and gender, contact type, and weekdays or weekend. Results. Of the 644 777 contacts registered during the study period, 15.0% received an antibiotic prescription: 26.1% resulted from clinic consultations, 10.7% from telephone consultations, and 10.9% from home visits. The prescription proportion was higher for weekends (17.6%) than for weekdays (10.6%). The most frequently prescribed antibiotic drugs were beta-lactamase sensitive penicillins (34.9%), antibiotic eye drops (21.2%), and broad-spectrum penicillins (21.0%). Most antibiotic eye drops (73%) were prescribed in a telephone consultation. Most antibiotics were prescribed at 4–6 p.m. on weekdays. Young infants received most antibacterial eye drops (41.3%), patients aged 5–17 years and 18–60 years received most beta-lactamase sensitive penicillins (44.6% and 38.9%, respectively), while patients aged 60 + years received most broad-spectrum penicillins (32.9% of all antibiotic prescriptions). Conclusion. Antibiotics were most often prescribed in clinic consultations, but, in absolute terms, many were also prescribed by telephone. The high prescription proportion, particularly antibacterial eye drops for young infants, suggests room for improvement in rational antibiotic use.


The direct reaction field (DRF) force field gives a classical description of intermolecular interactions based on ab initio quantum-chemical descriptions of matter. The parameters of the DRF force field model molecular electrostatic and response properties, which are represented by distributed charges and dipole polarizabilities. The advantage of the DRF force field is that it can be combined transparently with quantum-chemical descriptions of a part of a large system, such as a molecule in solution or an active site in a protein. In this study, the theoretical basis for the derivation of the parameters is reviewed, paying special attention to the four interaction components: electrostatic, induction, dispersion, and repulsion. The ability of the force field to provide reliable intermolecular interactions is assessed, both in its mixed quantum-chemical-classical and fully classical usage. Specifically, the description of the water dimer and the solvation of water in water is scrutinized and seen to perform well. The force field is also applied to systems of a very different nature, viz. the benzene dimer and substituted-benzene dimers, as well as the acetonitrile and tetrachloromethane dimers. Finally, the solvation of a number of polar solutes in water is investigated. It is found that as far as the interaction energy is concerned, the DRF force field provides a reliable embedding scheme for molecular environments. The calculation of thermodynamic properties, such as solvation energy, requires better sampling of phase space than applied here. (C) 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.


The creation of applications of Virtual Reality enabled with Haptic interaction and dynamic simulation requires usually to cover many implementation details that increase the development time and the effectiveness of the application itself. This work presents one game application that has been developed using a Haptic toolkit for the rapid application development, that integrates 3D graphics,haptic feedback and dynamic simulation.The resulting application can be easily deployed on the Web directly to the final user.


Introduction Lymphosarcoma, while noted with some frequency in other species of animal and in man, is relatively rare in horses. A detailed review of the literature and a description of cases seen at the Ontario Veterinary College has been published. However, the total amount of literature is small and it is still desirable that new cases be documented (1, 2). The following report described a case occurring in New Brunswick in which the clinical pathology and post mortem findings differed somewhat from other descriptions.


This chapter focuses on 4QFour Kingdoms (4Q552553), a fragmentary composition, the DJD edition of which was recently published by mile Puech, who distinguishes fragments of three manuscripts: 4Q552 (4QFour Kingdoms a ), 4Q553 (4QFour Kingdoms b ) and 4Q553a (4QFour Kingdoms c ). It analyses the 4QFour Kingdoms ab by studying its linguistic, literary and theological characteristics and comparing them with Daniel and the other Aramaic writings of the Qumran Daniel cycle. This comparative analysis will deal with the question of how the contribution of 4QFour Kingdoms to Danielic tradition may best be characterized: in terms of a parabiblical elaboration on the book of Daniel, an interpretation of specific features within the Qumran Daniel tradition or in broad terms of pseudepigraphical composition. Close examination of the fragments of 4QFour Kingdoms ab may further indicate whether and how this composition draws on underlying textual variety in the Daniel tradition. Keywords: 4QFour Kingdoms AB ; Aramaic writings; Book of Daniel; fragmentary composition; pseudepigraphical composition; Qumran Daniel Cycle


A new species, Akanthomyces neocoleopterorum, which was isolated from an infected ladybug, is introduced. Morphological comparisons with extant species and DNA-based phylogenies from analysis of a multigene dataset support the establishment of the new species. It differs from other species by having mononematous and verticillium-like conidiophores, longer phialides, and mostly cylindrical conidia. Both the morphological identification and phylogenetic analysis of combined ITS, LSU, RPB1, RPB2 and TEF sequence data support A. neocoleopterorum as a new species in the genus Akanthomyces.


New methods were developed for studying risky decision making in children as young as age five. Each child was given a block of 'gain' trials, for example, a choice between a sure gain of one prize and a 50:50 chance of gaining either two prizes or no prize, and a block of 'loss' trials, for example, a choice between a sure loss of one prize and a 50:50 chance of losing either two prizes or no prize. We were thus able to compare risky choice for gains and losses at the level of the individual child. In each of two experiments a variety of individual difference variables were measured, including in Experiment 2, the child's parent's scores on the same task. Across experiments, the preponderance of choices was of the risky option. However, most children and adults made more risky choices in the domain of losses than in the domain of gains. Predictors of individual differences in children included shyness, impulsivity, and the risk taking of the child's parent. We suggest that methods are now in place to encourage further studies of decision processes in young children. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


In this chapter, we review the use of TCE in the study of interfirm relationships. An extensive literature in economics and business strategy delves into interfirm governance choices. In our review, we focus on accounting and non-accounting studies to assess how TCE has contributed and can further contribute to the understanding of accounting and control in interfirm settings. We structure this discussion according to the different stages of interfirm relationships and highlight, for each stage, the importance of accounting and management control.


The embodiment of the invention discloses a data paging method and device and relates to the technical field of information. By the adoption of the data paging method and device, resources consumed during data paging are reduced, and data paging efficiency is improved. The method comprises the steps of extracting users the number of which is equal to the number of data records to be displayed on a page from a first user list according to page display information, obtaining a second user list, acquiring the data record corresponding to each user in the second user list, generating a first data record list, and finally extracting and displaying data records from the first data record list according to the number of data records to be displayed on the page.


It is our mournful duty to record the death of Dr. Richard A. D. Robb, which took place at his residence, 8 Carlton pl^ce, on the 18th May last. This intimation will no doubt come with sad surprise to those of our readers who may have seen Dr. Robb but very recently going about in his apparently robust health and jovial good spirits. But, when he was confined to his room about the end of March last on account of what he thought at first was only a feverish cold, it was found that he was suffering from a malignant tumour of the abdomen. o O


X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) measurements have been made on the K-edge of copper in some of its biologically important complexes involving tetramethylethylenediamine (tmen) as primary ligand. Other inorganic anionic ligands are oxalate anion (ox), acetylacetonate anion(acac), glycinate(gly) anion and ethylenediamine(en). Various X-ray absorption parameters in the near edge region, e.g., chemical shift, i.e., shift of K-edge of copper in complex with respect to K-edge of copper metal, energy position of the principal absorption maximum and edge-width have been determined. The K-edge has been found to split into two components, i.e., K1 and K2 in the complexes. This feature suggests square planar geometry for the complexes. The chemical shift data suggests that in the complexes copper is in oxidation state +2 and that the relative ionic character of the complexes is in the following sequence: Cu(tmen)(ox).4H2O < Cu(tmen)(acac)(ClO4) < Cu(tmen)(gly)ClO4 < Cu(tmen)(en)SO4.4H2O. For these four complexes, we observe that the sequence of variation of chemical shifts follows the same trend as obtained in the available spectrochemical series, i.e., oxalate < glycinate < ethylenediamine. The effective nuclear charge has been estimated from the chemical shift data.


Following light absorption, the retinal chromophore of bacteriorhodospin experiences very large dipolar changes in the vertically excited state. This light-induced dipole is at least 50% larger than that of the retinal chromophore in films or in solution. We have studied the origin of the protein effect by applying second harmonic generation measurements of artificial bacteriorhodopsin pigments derived from synthetic retinal analogues, characterized by a modified polyene chain length and ring−chain conformation. The studies demonstrated a significant influence of a protein domain in the vicinity of the retinal β-ionone. We suggest that tryptophane residues (specifically Trp 138 and 189) enhance the light-induced dipole in bacteriorhodopsin. The data also point to another protein domain (Trp 182) influencing the retinal chromophore. The effect of these tryptophane residues appears not only to stabilize the light-induced charge redistribution but also to enable the migration in the excited state of the posi...


Tourism resource is plentiful but tourism industry is behind in Zoucheng city. One of important seasons is no a clear tourism figure. Based on study of theory and practice ,the paper puts forward a tourism figure in Zoucheng city, that is a sacred place of the mother teaches child, the capital of rest. The highly finished tourism products should be produced, such as mother culture field of zhonghua, museum about geomancy, capital of rest, garden of oddity stone.


The first-order approximation to the partial annihilation rate in a hypothetical monovalent metal having a nonspherical Fermi surface has been evaluated numerically by utilizing a many-body theory associated with the two nearly-free-electron bands. The nonsphericity was introduced by a pair of zone faces to which the Fermi surface is attracted to from pair of short necks. The rotational symmetry around the reciprocal-lattice vectors relevant to those zone faces was also assumed. The result gives higher enhancement of the partial annihilation rates of the neck electrons than that of the other ones. A careful examination of the present computation shows that the higher enhancement is attributable to the smaller gradients of the change in energy near the necks. Similar effects may be found also in more general cases.