With Columbus on his second voyage to the New World in 1494 was a young friar named Ramon Pane. The friar's assignment was to live among the 'Indians' whom Columbus had 'discovered' on the island of Hispaniola in order to learn their language and write a record of their lives and beliefs. The culture of these Indians is now extinct - the native population had all but disappeared by 1530 - and the material remnants of their society have only in the last year been 'rediscovered' at locations in Cuba and the Dominican Republic. The written record produced by Pane, however, has survived and is now, for the first time, being published in English as a coherent and independent text in its own right, complete with the latest anthropological research on these early people. Edited by the noted Hispanist Jose Juan Arrom, this current edition is the only surviving direct source of information about the myths, ceremonies, and lives of the New World inhabitants whom Columbus first encountered. Pane's pioneering account contains many linguistic and cultural observations: descriptions of the Indians' healing rituals and their beliefs about their souls after death. He provides the first known account of the use of tobacco and recounts the use of idols in ritual ceremonies. The names, functions, and attributes of native gods, the mythological origin of the aboriginal people's attitudes toward sex and gender, and their rich stories of creation are described as well. With this new edition, Pane's remarkable and unapologetic examination of an indigenous people will enlighten English-speaking students of history, Latin America, and anthropology. Fray Ramon Pane, a self-described "poor friar of the Order of Saint Jerome," arrived in Hispanola with Christopher Columbus in 1494 where he spent the next two years living with and recording the lives of its indigenous inhabitants. Jose Juan Arrom is Professor Emeritus of Latin American Literature at Yale University and the author of numerous books, including Imaginacion del Nuevo Mundo. Susan Griswold is Professor of Foreign Languages at Wofford College in South Carolina and is the translator of The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature.


Liu Yizheng was a famous historian in modern Chinese history.He was working in universities and libraries for a long time and published many books.A History of Chinese Culture was one of them.This book was the first of its kind and had deep influence on later works of Chinese cultural history.


Second World War drastically changed the structure of the world,which made it necessary for Britain to take a different position in world affairs.However,as a result of the continuity of her foreign policy,Britain was reluctant to abandon her status as an empire and endeavored to shoulder her duties as a world power.In this thesis,the author tries to review British foreign policy in the early postwar years and analyze the process of the disillusionment of the empire dream.


The aim of the article is to present and analyze the state of research on the effectiveness of the method of philosophical inquiry with children. The method was developed by the American philosopher Matthew Lipman (1923–2010) in the 1970s and, over the last few decades, has found many supporters and enthusiasts around the world. The dynamic development of the method was related to the implementation of numerous evaluation projects of the Philosophy for children (P4C) program, the aim of which was to examine the effectiveness of this method in the context of the development of cognitive and social competences of students. The article analyzes reports and reviews of the most important research projects related to the P4C method, selected on the basis of the adopted methodology, scope, and subject of the research. The conducted analysis leads to the conclusion that the researches on the effectiveness of P4C done so far, confirming that there exists a relationship between the participation of students in classes conducted with the method of philosophical inquiry and the improvement of educational achievements of these students in the area of cognitive and social competence. As a result of the analysis, it was also found that the previous researches did not include the evaluation of the P4C method in the context of improving the competences of teachers working with this method. The potential positive importance of P4C for the development of teachers' communication and teaching skills is signalled by many theorists and practitioners dealing with philosophizing with children. METAANALIZY BADAŃ EDUKACYJNYCH 216


Offering a comprehensive overview of laboratory research models and practical experimental protocols used in the study of inflammation, this volume discusses the development and therapeutic evaluation of new anti-inflammatory and anti-rheumatic drugs, including details of "in vitro" and "in vivo" models and methodologies. Examines "in vivo" models of acute inflammation and analgesia, and records responses to therapeutic intervention, including changes in cell infiltration, blood flow, and vascular permeability. Also considers "in vivo" models, chronic arthritic models, and ancillary models.


Skin aging is a complex biological process prematurely induced by innate and external factors. We evaluated the anti-aging effects of apigenin, a plant flavone, on human skin exposed to ultraviolet radiation. A total of 25 female subjects applied a 10% apigenincontaining regimen (eye cream, moisturizer, and serum) to the skin of their faces for eight weeks (56 days), twice daily, once in the morning and once in the evening. At day 28 (the four-week mark) and day 56 (the eight-week mark), we analyzed the treated areas for dermal density, skin elasticity; the length and area of crow's feet; transepidermal water loss; facial and skin tone evenness; brightness; moisture retention/hydration; the size, depth, and number of wrinkles; roughness; skin hydration; and barrier function. We also evaluated the subjects' perception and tolerance of the cream. The test regimen was well-tolerated by the study participants for various subjective parameters, including sensory attributes and improvement of overall skin conditions. The anti-aging regimen did not affect the skin barrier function and maintained baseline hydration. The test treatment provided statistically significant improvements in skin roughness and the depth of fine lines and wrinkles for fine wrinkles after 28 days of treatment. Furthermore, significant improvements were measured in skin elasticity for the firmness, maximal amplitude, and extensibility parameters after 56 days of treatment. The anti-aging regimen had a significant effect on skin elasticity. Patient perception of the apigenin containing regimen was excellent. Our findings support the evidence that apigenin can improve several markers of aging. Apigenin use in skin care products may contribute to objectively improved parameters of skin health and subjective appearance of photo-aged skin.


This paper presents an application of the knowledge based expert system to the evaluation of environmental project alternatives, based on Saaty's analytic-hierarchical process. Priorities of criteria and the degree of criterion fulfilment of the alternative were obtained by calculating eigenvectors of matrices, filled by interdisciplinary group of experts. To obtain the overall ranking of environmental project alternatives three combinatorial rules have been used.<<ETX>>


This paper focuses on studying and analysing the Pilot Pioneer drive testing system's the pilot pollution problem, designing and putting forward quantitative analysis and the algorithm with absolute difference on the process of diagnostic analysis, It can effectively locate the pilot pollution area by this analysis method. we can see from the result of network optimization case studying , the method of diagnostic module quantitative analysis can effectively detect the pilot pollution problem that existing in wireless network, it can also effectively locate the occurred area, doting on the geographic view, Compared with the traditional analysis method, this method can efficiently reduce the scope of the problem area, and be equipped with the higher problems positioning accuracy. In the CDMA2000 network program, the system adopts the same frequency networking mode called self-interference, which making CDMA system pilot pollution issues outstanding, especially high-rise buildings having gradually replaced most of the old multi-story buildings, which having added the wireless signal reflection and refraction effects.


In diffusion transport, the flux at a point is typically modeled in terms of the local gradient of a potential. When heterogeneities are present, this local model can break down and it may be more appropriate to model the diffusion flux as a weighted sum of gradients present throughout the domain. Here a discrete nonlocal flux model—consistent with control-volume implementations—is developed. This scheme is referred to as the control-volume weighted flux scheme (CVWFS). The key component is the modeling of the diffusion flux at a given control-volume face in terms of a weighted sum of gradients at that face and at faces up- and downstream. Criteria for choosing the weights are proposed. This results in numerical solution schemes in which the coefficient matrix is diagonally dominant, has positive off-diagonal elements, and zero row sums. For a particular power-law weighting scheme it is shown how the CVWFS is related to the definition of the Caputo fractional derivative and the one-shift Grünwald approximation of the Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative. On developing transients and boundary condition treatments, the accuracy and suitability of the CVWFS scheme is demonstrated by solving a number of problems governed by Caputo fractional diffusion equations.


We live in times of great and diversified thinking. Social changes, our expectations, the risks and possibilities that appear on the horizon are many. For this reason, several areas of knowledge are called upon to provide contributions to understanding these changes and to guide those who experience them daily. Management also changes and, in this process, it seems to get closer to the social sciences – an important point of reference in educating future managers. However, this approximation does not always give positive results, with each area remaining as restricted domains that refract each other. This article aims to precisely discuss the possibilities arising from interaction between management and the social sciences, whether from the point of view of teaching, science or the extent or daily practice in which knowledge from both sides is employed. Without intending to provide answers, more specific questioning about the identity of management in times of accelerated social change is suggested, which reflects itself in the way that its professionals behave and are expected to behave.


Britten's setting of the Chester Miracle Play is an opera for children of any age, but teenagers prevail among its performers, in the orchestra pit as well as on the stage—numerically at least. God's voice, which directs the stage events, is represented by a speaker. Noah, the principal part, is a bass, of course. His wife is a contralto; and she appears as a quarrelsome, comic figure who brings some controversy into a play that otherwise offers little opportunity for dramatic conflict. But the bulk of the cast consists of children: Noah's sons Sem, Ham and Japhet, who have important parts to play; their wives, who help to build the ark; then there is a group of girls from condemned mankind, who are Mrs. Noah's gossips; and finally, there is a big chorus of quadrupeds and birds which Noah is called upon to save.


An early knockback at school only served to spur on Viki Weigh to adopt a lifelong learning approach and carve a successful career path in veterinary nursing, teaching and beyond.


In this paper I am dealing with two phenomenological theories of imagery Husserl has outlined. My interest is not actually a merely historical and philosophical one. In fact, I am going to sketch which properties of imagery a husserlian phenomenological description could bring to the fore, in order to see whether it be possible to put some phenomenological constraints upon the theoretical models about imagery which guide the modern empirical research. To do so, I will compare the descriptions and some consequences of a husserlian theory of imagery with those supported by the theory proposed by Kosslyn and Colleagues.


In the present experimental work a computerized Single cylinder Diesel engine with data acquisition system was used to study the effects of oxygen enriched air intake on heat release rate. Increasing the oxygen content with the air leads to faster burn rates and the ability to burn more fuel at the same stoichiometry. Added oxygen in the combustion air offers more potential for burning diesel. Oxy-fuel combustion reduces the volume of flue gases and reduces the effects of green house effect also. Engine test has been carried out in the above said engine for different loads and the rate of Heat release with respect to different percentage of oxygen enrichment was discussed.


A method of evaluating the austenitic microstructure of micro-alloyed forging steels during preheating is presented. The measurement of the austenitic grain size is carried out by semi-automatic linear analysis on a suitably prepared specimen. A method of evaluating the chord length distribution of such microstructures is demonstrated on a number of specimens of the steel 27Mn-SiVS6 heat treated at temperatures from 1000 to 1350°C. By comparison with Poisson-Voronoi Mosaics, an uniformity factor can be derived from the linear analysis data as a quantitative determination of irregular grain growth. For the type of steel chosen, the range of temperature over which irregular grain growth occurs is determined to be from 1100 to 1250°C.


Didactics of the Mathematics, as a field of scientific knowledge, provides models and relevant tools to analyse the historical evolution of mathematical knowledge, avoiding the illusion of transparency that impregnates current school mathematical knowledge, which provokes that it appears like something definitive and neglects its historical evolution.

In this paper we will start with a brief approach to Bachelor Perez de Moya and his place in the historical and mathematical context. Then, we will focus on his work Arithmetica Practica y Speculativa, which is the first part of his book Tratado de Mathematicas (1573). A critical analysis of this work through models provided by the Didactics of Mathematics will be carried out.


A new prioritization scheme based on dynamic priority queueing, for processing handover requests in mobile cellular networks is presented. The queues are periodically reordered depending on the radio power levels received by mobile subscribers from base stations and the rate of power degradation. The new scheme improves service quality of the cellular system by reducing handover failure probability as compared to the measurement-based prioritization scheme. Such improvements are demonstrated via simulated experiments.


Hydrates are usually formed during the transportation and treatment of natural gas, resulting in hydrate plugging of pipelines. Hydrates are crystal like structure being formed from the mixture of gas and water. They occur at low temperature and highpressure conditions. These hydrate plugs cost the oil and gas industry significant amounts in revenue cuts and is a major problem for the industry. There are many preventive measures that can be implemented such as inhibitors to avoid the formation of hydrates. This paper aims to highlight the different measures and analyse their effectiveness for hydrate-plug prevention. One such method for the reduction of hydrate formation is the removal of existing hydrates by using different types of inhibitors. The most common method of hydrate prevention in deep-water developments is injection of thermodynamic inhibitors, which include methanol, glycols, and others. If hydrate prevention methods are unsuitable and hydrates are liable to form, the process of dehydration can be used wherein the water gets removed from the gas stream. Electrical heating is also used as a way to dehydrate the pipe. This paper compares a variety of inhibitors and various hydrate preventive methods and discusses their influence in the mitigation of hydrate formation in gas pipelines.


Nausea and vomiting are major adverse reactions in cancer chemotherapy and affect patients'quality of life.Though medical institutions have revised their antiemetic therapy guidelines,there have been few evaluations of the revisions especially for the continuous administration of anticancer drugs.We revised our guidelines for antiemetic therapy in the continuous administration of anticancer drugs and then investigated the effect on the incidence of nausea and vomiting and cost of antiemesis.Our subjects were 39 patients receiving high dose FP therapy (Day 1 : cisplatin 80mg/m2 ; Day 1-5 : 5-fluorouracil 800 mg/m2)for esophageal cancer at Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital.A conventional antiemetic therapy group (conventional group) received granisetron 3mg on Day 1 (20 patients),and a revised antiemetic therapy group (revised group) received granisetron 3mg plus dexamethasone (DEX) 20mg on Day 1 and DEX 4-12mg on Day 2-5 (19 patients).The incidences of nausea and vomiting in the conventional group were 80.0% and 30.0%,respectively and in the revised group 52.6% and 15.8%,respectively.There were significant decreases in the incidences of nausea and vomiting in the revised group as compared with the conventional group on Day 2,3 and 5 and Day 3,respectively.The occurrence of vomiting was 0.80±1.88 times in the conventional group and 0.21±0.54 times in the revised group.The cost of antiemesis for 1 course was 16,701±15,103 yen for the conventional group and 9,691±3,326 yen for the revised group.These results suggested that our revised antiemetic therapy for the continuous administration of anticancer drugs could reduce the incidence of nausea and vomiting as well as the cost of antiemesis in cancer chemotherapy.


. This article discusses modelling and production of new in-silicon power architectures featuring monolithic integration of basic power functions, with specific reference to a high-voltage (600 V) fast diode function. . Integration of this diode with other components in the same chip precludes the use of metal diffusion techniques to reduce carrier life. This would deteriorate the electrical characteristics of the neighbouring components. . A mixed bipolar Schottky structure might provide a solution to this problem. The bipolar Schottky concept ensures limited carrier injection, while thin film technology ensures low doping levels and thickness. The resulting design offers promising static and dynamic characteristics, with integration of the fast diode function.


Aspects of the life history of two species of nocturnal, arboreal gecko were examined in a disturbed and isolated 1 ha woodland in southwestern Australia between 1980-1986. Oedura reticulata occupies, almost exclusively, smooth-barked Eucalyptus trees, while Gehyra variegata occurs on a variety of shrubs, dead trees, and logs. Both species are long lived (>9 yr); have dense and relatively stable populations; weigh the heaviest and lightest in November and December-February, respectively; have relatively low survival during incubation and early juvenile stages, with greatest survival (>75%) as adults; and have an adult sex ratio of parity. Growth rate is similar in yearlings of both species, but 0. reticulata grows significantly faster in the second year. Female 0. reticulata begin breeding in their fifth year at ca. 95% of adult size and lay a clutch of two eggs between late October and late December. Female G. variegata breed in their third year at ca. 90% of adult size and lay a single egg clutch between late October and late January-older females may produce two clutches. Oedura reticulata females are larger than males, but G. variegata is not sexually dimorphic. Both species are out of their rest sites and generally active at ambient temperatures above ca. 15?C. General activity is positively correlated with temperature in O. reticulata, but not in G. variegata.


Acid rain monitoring data of White City in 2007 and 2008 were studied by using regression analysis method in order to obtain the evaluation and analysis on atmosphere environment,and the development trend was forecasted.


Using the modified Sharpe-Lintner capital asset pricing model, this study examines the existence of the systematic risk in the Indian commodity futures markets over the period January 2004 to December 2014. The empirical results reveal that there exists a positive systematic risk on the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) in the case of Certified Emission Reduction, CFI (Carbon Credits), Platinum, Rubber, and Tin and on the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) only in the case Copper, Furnace oil, Mentha Oil, Silver and Zinc futures contracts and in the rest of all other commodity futures contracts there is no systematic risk. On the whole, eight out of sixty five commodities positively significant, this implies that Indian commodity futures should be useful in diversifying, or reducing the return variability for a portfolio of stocks.


Children and adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often have sleep, circadian, and executive function impairments, which can affect daytime quality. Yet, the relationship between sleep or circadian traits and ASD traits is still unknown. Thus, we aimed to determine if sleep and circadian traits were associated with ASD traits, including executive function.

 We studied data from participants with and without ASD enrolled in the family-based study Autism Spectrum Program of Excellence (ASPE), University of Pennsylvania. We used GGIR to analyze actigraphy-derived sleep and circadian traits from 250 participants (219 adults ages 18–87 years, mean 44.2 ± 17.3 years; 31 children ages 4–17 years, mean 11.3 ± 3.9 years). These traits were compared to ASD traits (social impairment and restricted/repetitive behavior via Social Responsiveness Scale, Second Edition) and executive function (Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function) using linear multivariate regression models adjusted for age, age2, and sex via Sequential Oligogenic Linkage Analysis Routines.

 In adults, earlier start time of the 10 hours of highest activity in a 24-hour day (M10 start time; p = 0.02), decreased robustness of the rest/activity rhythm (relative amplitude; p = 0.03), and increased intradaily variability of rest/activity rhythm (p = 0.04) were associated with more social impairment. In children, earlier M10 start time (p = 0.02) and decreased relative amplitude (p = 0.03) were associated with more social impairment. In adults, higher average 5-hour period of lowest activity in a 24-hour day (L5 average; p = 0.03), lower average 10-hour period of highest activity in a 24-hour day (M10 average; p = 0.005), earlier M10 start time (p = 0.02), decreased relative amplitude (p = <0.001), increased intradaily variability (p = <0.001) and decreased sleep efficiency (p = 0.04) were associated with increased executive function impairment. In children, earlier M10 start time (p = 0.006) and intradailty variability (p = 0.008) were associated with increased executive function impairment.

 Circadian traits are significantly associated with ASD traits, including executive function, suggesting the importance of sleep-wake rhythm dysfunction in ASD.

 Anonymous donor; NIH T32HL07713; University of Pennsylvania's Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics


We examine the properties of topological strongly correlated superconductor with bond disorder on triangular lattice and demonstrate that our theoretical ($t$-$J$-$U$) model exhibits some unique features of the Cu-doped apatite $\mathrm{Pb_{10-\mathit{x}}Cu_\mathit{x}(PO_4)_{6}O}$. Namely, the paired state appears only for carrier concentration $0.8 \lesssim n<1$ per Cu and is followed by a close-by phase separation into the superconducting and Mott insulating parts. Furthermore, a moderate amount of the bond disorder ($\Delta t / t \lesssim 20 \%$) does not alter essentially the topology with robust Chern number $C=2$ which diminishes beyond that limit. A room-temperature superconductivity is attainable only for the exchange to hopping ratio $J/|t| \ge 1$ if one takes the bare bandwidth suggested by current DFT calculations. The admixture of $s$-wave pairing component is induced by the disorder. The results have been obtained within statistically consistent variational approximation (SGA).


Forecasting in pandemics and disasters is one of the means that contribute to reducing the damage of this pandemic, and the Corona virus is reportedly the most dangerous pandemic that the entire world is suffering from. As a result, we aim to use a deep learning algorithm to predict confirmed and new cases of Covid-19 in our study. This paper identifies the most essential deep learning techniques. Long short-term memory (LSTM) and gated recurrent unit (GRU) were shown to forecast verified Covid-19 fatalities in Malaysia, Egypt, and the U.S. using time series data from 1 January 2021 to 14 May 2022. The first section of this study examines a comparison of prediction models, while the second section examines how prediction and performance analysis may be enhanced using mean absolute error (MAE), mean absolute error percentage (MAPE), and root mean squared error (RMSE) Metrics. On the basis of the regression curves of two two-layer models, the data were split into training sets of 80% and test sets of 20%. The conclusion is that the outputs of the training model and the original data greatly converged. The findings of the study indicated that, for predicting Covid-19 cases, the GRU model in the three nations is superior than the LSTM model.


The most prominent feature of this case was a large, ring-shaped, nonpigmented mass that occupied almost the entire limbus. Neither the clinical nor the gross examination of the enucleated eye, including the use of a dissecting microscope, aided in making the correct diagnosis. Microscopic examination revealed the limbal mass to be an extra-scleral extension of an extremely diffuse malignant melanoma of the uvea. The unique appearance of this limbal extension from an uncommon form of malignant melanoma prompted this case report. Report of Case A 70-year-old man had been seen one year prior to enucleation, with a one-month history of a blind, painful eye. At that time he had refused enucleation. When he returned with the same complaints, the examination revealed a large, elevated, doughnutshaped limbal mass. This lesion had not been noted previously. In addition corneal edema, a heavy aqueous flare, posterior synechiae, a mature cataract, and secondary


The result of the experiment on plastic film mulching cuttage breeding of the seedling of Populus hopeiensis Hu et Chow showed that the nutritional content of the seedling of Populus hopeiensis Hu et Chow could be increased and its growth and the growth of its root could be promoted by a proper delay of collecting the seedling.The effect of the black film and colorless film on the survival ratio of the cuttage-bred seedlings was little and the effect on the growth was significant.The different bedding approaches had no effect on the survival ratio of Populus hopeiensis Hu et Chow and had a significant effect on its growth.The quality of the seedling of Populus hopeiensis Hu et Chow could be upgraded and the survival rate of the cuttings could be promoted by reducing the times of the bud picking and the control of irrigation.


Summary A review of early Ordovician volcanism in SW Dyfed, Wales is presented in the light of recent work. There were a number of major and minor volcanic episodes within the area during Arenig and Llanvirn times. For the most part, submarine volcanism occurred within a restricted basin, in which black muds were deposited and to which coarse terrigenous material had very limited access. Basic and intermediate magmas were generally erupted as flows. Acidic magmas were also erupted quietly, to produce thick, frequently autobrecciated flows and domes. Volcaniclastic rocks resulted by deposition from sediment gravity flows originating on unstable flanks of lava domes. Evidence for occasional episodes of explosive activity is provided by sediment gravity flows carrying a high proportion of pyroclastic debris. Subaerial or shallow water conditions are suggested only for the oldest volcanic rocks on Ramsey Island. Numerous basic and less frequent intermediate and acid high-level intrusive sheets have a close temporal, spatial and genetic relationship with the volcanic rocks.


The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence human factors of Charitable Children's Institutions on child safety in Kisumu Municipality, Kenya. The objectives of this study were, to examine the extent to which staff competency and staff commitment in a charitable children's institution influence their safety, to assess how staff competencies in charitable children's institutions influence child safety. This study was conducted through descriptive survey design methodology. It employed stratified sampling, simple random sampling and purposive sampling techniques. The main tools for collecting data included questionnaires, and interview schedule. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and findings presented in tables. Key findings of the study indicate that Charitable Children's Institutions in Kisumu Municipality are able to provide the children with meals at least three times a day though some lack health and nutrition programs. Most have not fully embraced children's rights specifically on the right of participation. Their children have diminished opportunities for their psychosocial needs to be met and are not prepared to cope with disasters like fire. The majority of the children were happy with the services they receive from the staff who were widely experienced in their work. However professional staff in all areas of service is missing in these institutions. Some institutional policy statements that were meant to protect the wellbeing of the children were taken for granted by staff and management. Psychosocial needs of the children should be addressed by providing opportunities for quality interaction among the children and with professional children workers. Disaster preparedness plan that include practical drills with the children must be in place. Staffs must be adequate, competent and experienced.


Objective. The objective of the article is to study the world experience of socially responsible business and research the ways of its implementation into domestic business practice.

Methods. The article uses the following methods and techniques for studying economic phenomena and processes: analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, a comparison method, an expert estimation method, dialectical and historical approaches, an abstract-logical method, system and comparative analysis.

Results. According to the results of the study, Ukraine's accession to the global process ofsus- tainable development requires the introduction of a model of socially responsible business, which strengthens the mutual responsibility of organizations, enterprises for the impact of decisions and actions on society and the environment through transparent and ethical behaviour. It is emphasized that social business responsibility (SBR) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the system of public relations of Ukrainian society is not a conscious and applied norm in contrast to the world experience of developed countries, where it is regulated at the state level. Peculiarities and directions of socially responsible activity of the leaders of The Global Corporate Responsibility Rep Trak Study rating and the best CSR and CSR programs of the enterprises-leaders of the corresponding branches and spheres of economy of Ukraine are analyzed. The main directions of socially responsible activity of world ranking leaders are determined, in particular: children development; environmental programs and solutions of environmental problems; improving working conditions; cybersecurity; support for local communities; overcoming inequality and poverty; and companies-leaders of the Ukrainian economy, in particular: labour relations; consumer relations; development of regions anti-corruption practices; environmental responsibility. It is proved that Ukrainian companies perceive social responsibility mostly as a policy of development and improvement of staff working conditions; investment in regional development and consumer protection and support; at least as a fight against corruption and assistance to displaced persons. The practical significance of the obtained results is in the possibility of their use in the development of appropriate measures of sustainable development policy in order to create a national model of responsibility.


The single observer location based on radial moving range is usually explained through the kinematics of uniform circular motion,but it is difficult to be understood because the radial acceleration is a virtual parameter without practical sense.In this paper,the TDOA/FDOA analysis model on single observer locaiton based on radial moving range was novelly put forward.In the new model,TDOA measure was equivalent to the direction finding and FDOA measure was equivalent to the radial range.The point of intersection for TDOA and FDOA curves was the object position.The good precision of this model was demonstrated throught the simulation,when the distance between two observers was approximately the 1/100of the object range.


Background: The ankle‐brachial index (ABI) is widely used to diagnose subclinical peripheral artery disease (PAD) in the general population, but data assessing its prevalence and related factors in different chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages are scarce. The aim of this study is to evaluate the prevalence and associated factors of pathological ABI values in CKD patients. Methods: NEFRONA is a multicentre prospective project that included 2445 CKD patients from 81 centres and 559 non‐CKD subjects from 9 primary care centres across Spain. A trained team collected clinical and laboratory data, performed vascular ultrasounds and measured the ABI. Results: PAD prevalence was higher in CKD than in controls (28.0 versus 12.3%, P < 0.001). Prevalence increased in more advanced CKD stages, due to more patients with an ABI ≥1.4, rather than ≤0.9. Diabetes was the only factor predicting both pathological values in all CKD stages. Age, female sex, carotid plaques, higher carotid intima‐media thickness, higher high‐sensitivity C‐reactive protein (hsCRP) and triglycerides, and lower 25‐hydroxi‐vitamin D were independently associated with an ABI ≤0.9. Higher phosphate and hsCRP, lower low‐density lipoprotein (LDL)‐cholesterol and dialysis were associated with an ABI ≥1.4. A stratified analysis showed different associated factors in each CKD stage, with phosphate being especially important in earlier CKD, and LDL‐cholesterol being an independent predictor only in Sage 5D CKD. Conclusions: Asymptomatic PAD is very prevalent in all CKD stages, but factors related to a low or high pathological ABI differ, revealing different pathogenic pathways. Diabetes, dyslipidaemia, inflammation and mineral‐bone disorders play a role in the appearance of PAD in CKD.


This article provides current information about the consumer buying behaviors for fresh packaged food in Tunisia, and studies the Tunisian consumers' attitudes and perceptions of fresh packaged food quality. Based on this study, a potential marketing strategy can be introduced or improved to attract the consumer to purchase fresh packaged food. In this article, the quantitative method was applied by categorical regression which resulted in two models based on the consumption of fresh packaged food and the quantity purchased of the product.


The repetitive-pulsed non-chain HF lasers initiated by e-beams and fast discharges were studied respectively.The e-beam initiated HF laser characterized by an all-solid-state generator was developed.A large area repetitive uniform e-beam was obtained and the Faraday cup was used to diagnose the uniformity of e-beam into the laser gas cell.The output characteristics of the laser were studied and the maximal energy of 4.8 mJ was obtained with gas mixture C2H6∶SF6=0.035.The e-beam initiated HF laser could operate at the repetition rate of 30 Hz.The discharge initiated non-chain HF laser was designed by using the technologies of peaking capacitor and UV pre-ionizing.The discharge characteristics and stability of SF6 gas in repetition mode were studied.The results show that the discharge includes main discharge(volume discharge) and arc discharge,between which the voltage maintains and no evident discharge is visible.The maximal output energy of 600 mJ is achieved under the condition of 28 kV charging voltage and 12 kPa gas pressure with 8% C2H6.Specific output energy of 8.5 J/l and laser electrical efficiency of 2.5% are obtained.In repetition mode,the laser can operate in the repetition rate from 1 Hz to 50 Hz.The first pulse energy is above 500 mJ,and the stable output energy of the laser at the repetition rate of 10 Hz is about 200 mJ.


Arc attachments to cathode, as well as to anode, had been investigated with the bulk arc plasma between the coaxial electrodes with short-exposure-time ICCD imaging. The images captured suggests that multiple cathodic spots and diffuse attachment to the anode and cathode might contribute to the stability of rotating annular plasma dispersed by strong external coaxial magnetic field.


Complex chemistry operates within converter catalyst beds, and chemical agents introduced to the process upstream of the converter can upset the carefully established equilibria, with unintended consequences on performance.


A simple approach to the consideration of torsional effects on the ductile seismic response of buildings is suggested. Instead of increasing torsional strength, the control of twist, which may amplify local inelastic translational deformations, is emphasised. This may be achieved when assuring in the design that some residual stiffness in ductile systems is available. To this end a classification in terms of torsional restraint is suggested. It is postulated that traditional codified techniques, based on the evaluation of torsional effects on elastic systems, are largely irrelevant to ductile structural response. The primary consideration of inelastic deformation demands rather than strength is advocated. The presentation addresses foremost concepts of torsional behaviour and their relevance to routine seismic design, rather than advancement in analytical techniques.


Electrical and environmental stresses are the two dominant contributors in aging and failure of power semiconductor devices. Insulated gate bipolar junction transistors (IGBTs) and metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs) are two most commonly used switching devices in power converter circuits. A significant portion of research effort is given in inventing innovative methods to estimate the degradation and fatigue in these devices. Until today, no other existing techniques can determine the number of lifted bond wires and their locations in a live IGBT module, although this information is extremely helpful to understand the overall state of health of an IGBT power module. In this paper, we have proposed a reflectometry-based technique to overcome this hurdle. The RL-equivalent circuit to represent a bond wire has been developed for the device under test and simulated in CST Studio Suite to measure the reflection amplitudes. Experimental results were obtained using a prototype reflectometry hardware, and both the simulation and experimental results have been compared. These results prove that with these two sets of measurements, it is possible to locate the aged device inside a module and detect the number of bond wire lift-offs associated to that device.


In the minimum fill-in problem, one wishes to find a set of edges of smallest size, whose addition to a given graph will make it chordal. The problem has important applications in numerical algebra and has been studied intensively since the 1970s. We give the first polynomial approximation algorithm for the problem. Our algorithm constructs a triangulation whose size is at most eight times the optimum size squared. The algorithm builds on the recent parameterized algorithm of Kaplan, Shamir, and Tarjan for the same problem. For bounded degree graphs we give a polynomial approximation algorithm with a polylogarithmic approximation ratio. We also improve the parameterized algorithm.


Sound pressures required for various levels of detection performance, in the absence of external masking, are summarized in iso‐detectability contours. Each such contour shows, for frequencies from 125 to 4000 Hz, the SPL of 150‐msec tone pulses which yield a specific probability of correct decisions in a two‐alternative, temporal, forced‐choice psychophysical procedure (2ATFC). Detection in the absence of externally introduced masking noise is found to differ in no qualitative ways from that in the presence of noise. Additional results suggest a spectrum of "internal noise" which is essentially a critical ratio below the sound pressure level of low‐detectability (d′ = 1.0) tones in the quiet. Iso‐detectability contours for detection performance of 55% and 99% correct in the 2ATFC procedure are found to enclose the range of sound pressure levels currently accepted as audiometric zero (ISO). [Work supported by the National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, U. S. Department of Health, Education a...


This paper uses analysts' forecasts to estimate a share's equity duration, a measure of a company's average cash-flow maturity. We find that short duration equity is associated with high expected and realized returns, which cannot be attributed to the shares' systematic risk exposure as implied by the market beta. Instead, we show that equity duration is a priced risk factor with similar properties as the Fama-French value factor B/M ratio. Our analysis suggests that the value premium might be a compensation for the value firms' higher exposure to cash-flow risk.


We recently established a study to evaluate the effects of several riparian restoration treatments on degraded streambanks located on the Finger Lakes National Forest (FLNF) in western New York. A legacy of cattle grazing has led to soil compaction, invasion by non-native invasive plant species (NNIP), as well as heavy nitrogen loading and increased bacterial levels in riparian corridors on the FLNF. These characteristics slow the conversion of non-native grassland to closed-canopy forest, a FLNF management goal for these sites. We are testing two planting treatments: tree vs. mixed tree and shrub plantings, and a mulch vs. no mulch treatment. We hypothesize that plantings with tree and shrub species will be better able to competitively exclude NNIPs than plantings without shrubs included, and that the mulch treatment will reduce the reinvasion of NNIPs by decreasing the C:N ratio and increasing soil fungi diversity and abundance. Indicators of restoration success will include successful establishment of planted and naturally regenerated seedlings, reduced reinvasion of NNIP, reduced soil nitrogen and bacterial levels, and increased diversity and abundance of insects, an indicator of bird habitat quality. The study is also designed to evaluate the establishment success of Dutch-elm disease (caused by Ophiostoma ulmi and O. novo-ulmi) -tolerant American elm (Ulmus americana) on degraded riparian sites. Before the arrival of Dutch elm disease, American elm was a dominant component of riparian corridors and floodplains throughout the eastern half of the United States. Its tolerance of soil compaction, its ease of transplanting, and its competitive ability may enable American elm, when incorporated into mixed-species plantings, to effectively reclaim riparian sites invaded by NNIP.


Let n \equiv 0 \pmod{8} . Then there are two self-dual binary codes of length n having only the zero and all-one vectors in common, having all weights divisible by four, and having minimum distances asymptotically the same as that given by the Varshamov-Gilbert bound.


Owing to the recent intensified awareness towards protection of the earth's environment, the use of aluminium alloys has been increasingly extended, having drawn attention in the fields in which their lightness and recyclability can be exploited. In terms of welding execution, this expansion of their applications has prompted the need for an improvement in weld quality and welding speed, and hence expectation has been growing for laser welding processes which are presumed to improve the weld quality and the welding speed. Compared with iron and steel materials, however, aluminium alloys are difficult to fuse and inclined to the occurrence of cracking and porosity at the welded joint. Therefore, the actual applications of laser to the welding of aluminium alloys are very limited. For this reason, it is very important to investigate the conditions in which defects can be reduced, so as to improve the weld quality. By executing CO2 laser welding tests for various aluminium alloys, our Institute has been studying the effect of laser beam modes and light deflecting directions on fusibility, and the influence of laser irradiation conditions and shielding gas conditions on fusibility and porosity formation. It has also been aiming at establishing higher quality laser welding processes by investigating the method of monitoring fusibility through the observation of welding plasma, and the laser welding processes with the use of wires. In the previous report, a study was made of the effect of the conditions of shielding gas and laser irradiation on porosity formation. In this report, studies will be made of how much porosity formation is influenced by the state of the butt-welded surface, the oxygen concentration in the Ar shielding gas and the anodised oxide films when penetration depth is even deeper and when penetration welding is executed. Incidentally, the word 'Poroshiti (porosity)', which is often used as a synonym to 'Kiko (pore)', is a nominal form of 'porous' and in a real sense the word to express the condition in which small holes exist ('Takosei'). Therefore, in this paper, the word 'Poroshiti (porosity)' will be used in this sense, whilst the word 'Kiko (pore)' will be used when individual holes or the number of holes are discussed. Apparatus and methods used in the experiment


A recent advance in the performance of FPGA devices is creating an industry trend toward an energy efficient, high-performance computing paradigm. In response to this trend, major cloud providers have begun to offer FPGA-as-a-Service (FaaS). Unfortunately, most of the current FPGA services and researches are inefficient in resource utilization, that they assign an FPGA per process which cannot be shared among users. In this paper, we propose a partial reconfiguration (PR) based virtualized FPGA (vFPGA) system with OpenCL compatibility. Moreover, we propose a run-time management system and dynamic resource allocation scheme to efficiently allocate resources in the system. With our system, FPGA resources can be fully utilized and shared by multiple users. Experimental results show that our proposed vFPGA system can accomodate multiple users with high resource utilization and low service latency. We suggest that our system is suitable for the current trend of cloud computing towards the mobile edge computing (MEC) cloud.


The Analysis of the Fisheries Subsector Contribution to Gross Regional Domestic Product and Employment Opportunity in Sleman regency, supervised by Juarini and Daru Retnowati. This research aims to Knowing the fisheries sub-sector contribution to Gross Regional Domestic Product Sleman regency and fisheries sub-sector role in Sleman regency of compared with Yogyakarta province. And Knowing the fisheries sub-sector's role in supporting employment in Sleman. The method use descriptive method. Method location selection with purposive method. Sources of data derive from secondary data time series as long as the year 2008 – 2013, from literature, Badan Pusat Statistika, and servicefisheries and marine in Sleman Regency. The analysis technique use contribution analysis, least square method or trend analysis and employment absorption elasticity. The result of this study show that the fisheries sub-sector contribution to Gross Regional Domestic Product Sleman regency is not significant. The fisheries sub-sector contribution not significant because be based on least square method or trend analysis a significant value more than big alpha. The analyze of employment absorption elasticity that the role of fisheries sub-sector to employment absorption is small, beecause a value of Eptk < 1.
Keywords : Gross Regional Domestic Product , Fisheries Subsector Contribution, Employment Absorption Elasticity.


The invention provides an electro-acoustic drum kit having an auxiliary playing function. The electro-acoustic drum kit comprises a drum module, auxiliary playing triggers and multiple drums. The auxiliary playing triggers and the drums are connected with the drum module, multiple auxiliary playing fragments are pre-stored inside the drum module, and the auxiliary playing triggers are used for triggering the drum module to select to play the auxiliary playing fragments. The auxiliary playing fragments comprise ornamentations, preludes and codas, and the auxiliary playing fragments are pre-stored inside the drum module according to playing styles. Before playing, a drummer sets the playing styles through the drum module; in the process of playing, through the auxiliary playing triggers, the drum module is triggered and controlled to play one or more of the preludes, the codas and the ornamentations of the corresponding playing styles. The electro-acoustic drum kit is suitable for drummers with the elementary level and professional drummers, improves the playing level and enriches the playing mode.


The purpose of this study was to examine learners' attitudes towards isiZulu at the former House of Delegates high schools, in view of them having the option of choosing between Afrikaans as a first additional language and isiZulu as a second additional language. A questionnaire comprising of closed and open-ended questions was completed by Zulu mother-tongue learners and by non-Zulu-speaking learners. Survey results indicate that the majority of Zulu mother-tongue learners and non-Zulu learners have positive attitudes towards isiZulu. Many schools have developed their language policies in accordance with the stipulations of the Schools Act of 1996. In some schools, isiZulu is offered exclusively to Zulu mother-tongue learners; non-Zulu learners are not given a chance to learn the language – even if they show a desire to do so. Some Zulu mother-tongue learners stated that they were forced to study their mother tongue as a second additional language – a linguistic scenario they do not find challenging at all.


This study investigates a new hybrid energy storage system (HESS), which consists of a battery bank and an ultra-capacitor (UC) bank, and a control strategy for this system. The proposed topology uses a bi-directional DC-DC converter with a lower power rating than those used in the traditional HESS topology. The proposed HESS has four operating modes, and the proposed control strategy chooses the appropriate operating mode and regulates the distribution of power between the battery bank and the UC bank. Additionally, the control system prevents surges during mode switching and ensures that both the battery bank and the bi-directional DC-DC converter operate within their power limits. The proposed HESS is used to improve the performance of an existing power-split hybrid electric vehicle (HEV). A method for calculating the parameters of the proposed HESS is presented. A simulation model of the proposed HESS and control strategy was developed, and a scaled-down experimental platform was constructed. The results of the simulations and the experiments provide strong evidence for the feasibility of the proposed topology and the control strategy. The performance of the HESS is not influenced by the power limits of the bi-directional DC-DC converter.


Objective To analyse curative methods and effects of hepatic lobectomy and segmentctomy for hepatolithiasis.Methods Clinical outcome of 169 case of hepatolithiasis were analysed from july 2000 to july 2005.Results The operation mortality was 0%.The residual stone rate was 13.61%(23/169).145 case were followup with.3 cases reoperation.and 13 case of postoperative cholangitis.Not serious cholangitis of postoperation 8.97%(13/145).Operative excellent and good result rate was 92.4%(134/145).Postoperative complication rate 21.3%(36/169).including bile linkage,hemibilia,infection of hepatic resction surface.Conclusion hepatic lobectomy and segmentctomy are effective methods for hepatolithiasis with lower rate of residual stone and recurrence and better clinical outcome.


Four carboxylic acids with different acidities and chemical structures were applied to produce carboxylic cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) with the assistance of ultrasonication. The effects of acid c...


Forty percent of underage drinkers in the US get free alcohol from adults, according to new survey results, and 6% receive it from their parents.


For pt.II see ibid., vol.16, no.16, p.2871 (1983). The circular orbit method (COM) which has been proposed in parts I and II is extended to coupled oscillator systems. The authors also develop a new method (they call it the phase correlation method (PCM)) which enables one to calculate a particular state manifold. They apply the COM and PCM to calculations of state energy in the Henon-Heiles and Barbanis potential systems and examine the efficiency of them.


This paper describes a deep learning method that provides an improved image quality for single focal spot CT scan. An experiment with convolutional neural network learning is based on 30 clinical head datasets of flying focal spot images and the corresponding single focal spot images. The generated antialiasing images reduce streak artifacts and noise granularity, and improve the contrast of bony structure, which potentially meet with the high diagnostic criteria in clinical applications. At the same time, the CT system simplicity and stability properties are easier to maintain compared to a system with the flying focal spot system. Further, results for applications such as inner ear and extremities are also of diagnostic quality.


The article reveals W. Davenants new ideas presented in his play The Siege of Rhodes which have influenced the origin and development of the Restoration heroic play.


We read with interest the results of the A1chieve study (1), a noninterventional, observational, 24-week study examining the safety and effectiveness of insulin analogs (detemir, aspart, biphasic aspart 30 [all Novo Nordisk, Bagsvaerd, Denmark]) alone or in combination in routine clinical use in 66,726 people with type 2 diabetes. The mean change in HbA1c level was 22.1% (SD 1.7%) (–23 mmol/mol [19 mmol/mol]) in insulinnaive participants and 21.8% (1.7%) (–19 mmol/mol [19 mmol/mol]) among insulin users. The factor explaining most of the variance in HbA1c change was baseline HbA1c level, which accounted for approximately half or more of the improvement in HbA1c levels in univariate analysis and around two-thirds in multivariate analysis. Baseline insulin regimen had limited predictive power in the A1chieve study, both in insulin-naive people (r5 0.007) and prior insulin users (r 5 0.004). This was quite unexpected: Intuitively, the more aggressive the insulin treatment, the greater may be the HbA1c response. This was what we observed in our analysis of 87 randomized controlled trials (RCTs), with 135 arms and 38,803 patients (2). The weighted variance (r) using baseline HbA1c as independent variable was 0.485, a little lower than that reported byHomeet al. (1). However, there was a significant variation among insulin regimens that ranged from r 5 0.178 for the basal to r 5 0.719 for the basal-bolus insulin regimen. The baseline HbA1c level of the entire A1chieve cohort was 9.5% (1.7%) (80 mmol/mol [19 mmol/mol]), somewhat higher of the 8.7% (median, interquartile range 8.4–9.1%) found in the 87 RCTs. As the authors correctly stated, previous analyses between studies have noted that baseline HbA1c level is a strong predictor of response to glucoselowering agents, including insulin. In the A1chieve study, it is stated that for each increase of 1.0%-units (11 mmol/mol) of baseline HbA1c level there was a 0.7–0.8%-units (8–9 mmol/mol) greater fall. This estimate was very similar to what we found in another analysis comprising 137 study arms and 39,100 patients with type 2 diabetes treated with insulin analogs. At baseline HbA1c 7.5–8%, the response to insulin (any analog, any regimen) was 20.61% (8 arms with 1,250 patients), increasing to 21.29% at baseline HbA1c 8.5–9% (55 arms with 21,350 patients) and to 22.29% at baseline HbA1c 9.5–10% (16 arms with 6,317 patients). The difference in HbA1c response was 0.7% between lower and middle and 1% between middle and higher baseline HbA1c levels. Ironically, the median duration of the studies included in our analysis (3) was 24 weeks (interquartile range 20–26 weeks), exactly the same as the A1chieve study. This was reassuring as predictors of HbA1c responses derived from meta-analyses of published RCTs are similar, at least in the present case, to those emerging in routine clinical care around the world. At the very least, a look at the baseline HbA1c level may be enough.


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Breast cancer represents the highest percentage of cancers that affect women with 450000 deaths each year in the world. In Tunisia, it represents 30% of cancers diagnosed in women, thus occupying the first place in front of that of the cervix. In fact, it is important to identify breast cancer at an initial phase to decrease the death rate. In mammograms, the automatic mass recognition and classification remains a significant challenge and plays a critical role in helping radiologists to make a precise diagnosis. Recent improvements in the analysis of biomedical images using neural networks based on deep learning can be utilized to improve the CAD systems (computer-assisted diagnostic) performance. This paper presents the main deep learning approaches used for mammographic images, which can help us to identify research problems in current studies.


The mercury injection capillary pressure (MICP) method and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) relaxometry provide insight into the pore radius distribution (PRD) either of pore throats (MICP) or pore bodies (NMR) of rocks. A variety of permeability (k) prediction models is based on the knowledge of the PRD. We evaluate the quality of k-prediction models using a sample set of Eocene sandstones with known values of measured permeability. The Swanson method relates the apex point of the capillary pressure curve to k. Although this widely acknowledged method uses only a single point of the PRD, it provides a predictive quality with an average ratio between measured and predicted permeability lower than a factor 3. The pore throat radius of the apex point proves to be a good proxy of the effective hydraulic radius. We demonstrate that an improved k prediction can be achieved if a larger section of the PRD is considered in the proposed generalized model. Using reliable values of surface relaxivity, the NMR relaxation time distribution is transformed into a PRD. We show that a characteristic apex point can be determined from NMR data, too. This characteristic point enables a good k prediction for the set of Eocene sandstone samples. In contrast to MICP, the predictive quality cannot be improved by applying an integration over a larger section of the PRD. Further test with samples of different pore structure and lithology should demonstrate the potential of the proposed models.


This study is an investigation of the effect of an artificial model's (pedagogical agent) vocal expressiveness, when demonstrating the use of a novel software, on affective and cognitive learning. Pedagogical agents, used as behavior models, proved to be beneficial for self-efficacy beliefs and task learning (Fountoukidou et al., 2017). However, the voice, as a nonverbal communication characteristic, can be further explored (Veletsianos, 2009) resulting in a lack of specific guidelines on effectively designing artificial models. We build on previous research on behavior modeling and immediacy derived from teacher-student interaction (Bandura, 1969; Mehrabian, 1987). The question we aim to answer is; what is the effect of an artificial models' vocal expressiveness on learning? And whether motivation and attention mediate this effect. We first hypothesized that a vocally expressive pedagogical agent, as compared to a vocally monotonous, will have a significant effect on both affective and cognitive learning. Secondly, we hypothesize that state motivation and attention will mediate the effect. A total of 144 participants, in their majority young students of the TU/e, took part of the 2X1 between-subjects study were the artificial agent, Eric, gave a ten-minute video lesson with the same wording and activity but different voice expressiveness; 1). Vocally expressive (N=78) and 2). Vocally monotonous and flat (N=66). Through specific speech parameters (i.e., speech rate, pitch, emotional prosody) the experimental manipulation was achieved. Results: The difference between the two groups showed to be significant for affective learning in all three measured dimensions. For cognitive learning, there are stronger learning outcomes for the first indicator, but not for the second one, leading to partial support for our hypothesis on cognitive learning. State motivation mediates the effect on affective learning but not on cognitive learning. Furthermore, attention does not mediate any learning outcome. Thus, the study provided some evidence that an artificial model using higher voice expressiveness affects learning outcomes. The agent appeared on screen demonstrating the task (modeling behavior) and was assessed by all participants as 'likeable' and significantly more under the vocally expressive condition.


The performance of load frequency control (LFC) for isolated multiple sources of electric power-generating units with a proportional integral derivative (PID) controller is presented. A thermal, hydro, and gas power-generating unit are integrated into the studied system. The PID controller is proposed as a subordinate controller to stabilize system performance when there is a sudden demand on the power system. The particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm is used to obtain optimal gain values of the proposed PID controller. Various cost functions, mainly integral time absolute error (ITAE), integral absolute error (IAE), integral squared error (ISE), and integral time squared error (ITSE) were used to optimize controller gain parameters. Furthermore, the enhancement of the PSO technique is proven by the performance comparison of conventional, differential evolution (DE) algorithm- and genetic algorithm (GA)-based PID controllers for the same system. The results show the PSO-PID controller delivers a faster settled response and the percentage improvement of the proposed technique over the conventional method is 79%, over GA is 55%, and over DE is 24% in an emergency in a power system.


The New Urban Agenda acknowledges the centrality of food security and nutrition in our quest for Sustainable Cities in this fast-urbanizing African continent, and more so, if our efforts towards achieving the SDGs of the United Nations are well directed. Climate events such as droughts and floods with persistent poverty and now Covid-19 continue to pose a great challenge to sub-Saharan food systems. Like its neighbor South Africa, with no official measurement of food insecurity in the Kingdom of eSwatini (formerly the Kingdom of Swaziland), the ongoing threat to food systems continues to heighten the difficulty of accessing safe and nutritious food for majority of the population, and remains a challenge to measure and monitor. This paper contributes to the urban food security debate by exploring how missed different data sources can be employed to maximise the ability at national level to monitor the effects of drought, poverty and access to food on low income urban households in the economic capital city of Manzini. By arguing that the rich insights from sub-national statistical surveys remain a largely untapped resource for understandings of the contextual experience of food insecurity, drawing from data collected from 145 households in the kaKhoza informal settlement, this paper isolates common and some less common indicators that help to monitor the effects of drought, poverty and access to food on low-income communities of eSwatini by comparing some of the emerging factors contributing to food insecurity in low income urban spaces. These include reducing the quantity and frequency of free or low priced rural-urban food transfer, reverse food flows from urban to rural areas and the economic impact of the drought-food price cocktail on businesses and job security of people at Manzini. The paper further argues that while different measures of food insecurity confound a comparative analysis of food insecurity and attempts to demonstrate through its own household survey, the need for the identification of a common set of indicators to measure, monitor and evaluate the impact of drought, poverty and food insecurity in a country of just over 1, 3 million people. The paper recognises the missed opportunities for policy insight caused by food security gaps and attempts to make a contribution towards a data-sound urban food security policy framework that will recognize the role and importance of the informal sector in enhancing access to food and to regulate food prices in the informal food outlets.


Knocking-in of a foreign gene on a tissue-specific genomic region has not been reported in livestock. In this study, we constructed two knock-in vector cassettes specific for the bovine beta-casein gene which is expressed only in the mammary gland during lactation. The targeting vector cassettes, pBCKI1 and pBCKI2, have homology regions for the bovine beta-casein gene and contain 13.1 kb and 9.1 kb targeting arms with different long arm lengths, respectively. The targeting vector cassettes have unique restriction enzyme sites for insertion of foreign therapeutic genes in front of the neo gene which was inserted into the vector as a selection marker. The human thrombopoietin (hTPO) gene was inserted into the restriction enzyme sites of both targeting vectors, which were named pBCTPOKI1 and pBCTPOKI2. When the two targeting vectors were transfected into bovine ear skin fibroblasts using Lipofectamine (Invitrogen, Seoul, South Korea), 6.3% of neo resistant clones (2/32) were homologously targeted with the pBCTPOKI2 vector. Cells from the targeted colonies were nuclear-transferred into enucleated bovine oocytes and cultured to the blastocyst stage. A total of 66 blastocysts were generated of which 46 were transferred into recipients. No offspring have been produced at this time. Here we first describe knock-in vectors specific for a bovine beta-casein gene, which will be employed to generate animal bioreactors that produce therapeutic proteins secreted into the milk.


The development of a multidisciplinary product (having a strong software component) is a complex task with multiple constraints, especially during the design phase. The mastery of the design phase is a necessary condition for the product development success and therefore assuring its competitiveness on the market. To contribute to this mastery, the formalization and modeling of the process design is imperative. We aim in this article, the formalization of multidisciplinary product's design methodology with an organizational character, throughout the modeling of the product design process's different aspects: structural, behavioral ..., which can be exploited by business stakeholders or software analysts. We used two modeling standards: UML and BPMN and we made a comparative study between models obtained by these two standards


Plastic mulch increased minimum temperature of soil, accelerated plant height, early growth, early yield, and bring satisfactory weed control without any application of herbicides. This experiment was laid out on three-factorial Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications during 2008-2010 at the National Rice Research Institute, Rasht, Iran using three kinds of mulches (Transparent and black PE and rice straw). Results showed that garlic total yield, bulb ash percent, TSS, vitamin C and flavonoids content were affected by mulching. Although mulching could improved some quality indices in garlic but no effect on forcing was observed. Due to two years experiment and interaction between year and mulches the usage of rice straw in rainy and cool season and plastic mulch in low rain fall and warm season recommended increasing garlic quality as second crop in rice field.


This research seeks to dismantle the fetter of patriarchal hegemony and resistance carried out by female characters in the short story Bulan Kuning Sudah Tenggelam by Ahmad Tohari. Gramsci's theory of hegemony and Walby's thoughts on patriarchy are used as analytical tools. The method used is qualitative-descriptive. The findings of this research: The fetter of patriarchal hegemony experienced by Yuning's character occurs because of the hierarchical relationship between her and Raden Barnas as her father and his wife in the family structure. In truth, Yuning has shown resistance to the fetters she has experienced. However, it is anti-climatic because of the forgiveness of her husband's infidelity. At the same time, this condition marks the position of Yuning's figure being re-fettered by patriarchal hegemony, both in the family system and in the order of a country.


Mitchell's notion of representation independence is a particularly useful application of Reynolds' relational parametricity -- two different implementations of an abstract data type can be shown co...


Every road has to be designed for enabling a defined speed by driving the vehicle and tendering a comfortable feeling of the passengers in these vehicles. To reach these goals the use of the proper dimensions of lane-width and geometrical elements and mutual harmony of them must bet aken into consideration. For the estimation of the quality if road-axis has not been designed using a computer, the data preparation for the computing takes a lot of time. That is why this kind of the estimation is abandoned as a rule. In the time, before the computer was born, a test by flexible-wire was used. Guided around fixed points the flexible- wire, due to its mechanical characteristic, self-forms a line, which shape is almost identical to the line of the vehicle-track on the road. This method could be use today also. The task in to found out which thickness of flexible-wire among the commercial sold ones is well enough to carry out the test on the layout, drawn in normal scale 1:1000, how great is its curving (minimal arc-radii) before the wire plastically deforms, and which kind of geometrical elements appears in dependence of the largeness of the distance between two neighbouring circles. the most important findings are: - the most usable is the wire the 4 mm thickness, - by larger distances between two circles the central part of the wire forms a straight line and - the flexible-wire should be even today an applicable device for the estimation of the harmony of the road axis elements.


Although the use of non-burial methods can be traced to the early 1950s, this conceptual paper seeks to define the agency of the community members of Puerto Berr�o (Department of Antioquia, Colombia) engaged in the recovery of human remains from the Magdalena River since the 1980s. Covering the preservation of the remains salvaged from these liquid graves, their �baptism� using fabricated names, and the �adoption� of their souls in exchange for small favours, this complex practice is political. This community-level meaning activism arises as a consequence of the harm-amplifying reality of a pathological state and is a form of resistance to (in)formal rules of necro-governmentality imposed by the non-state armed groups, the state, and the Catholic Church. We conclude that, despite the fact that relatives recognise the precarity of the legal�bureaucratic administration of forced disappearance, they have expressed a renewed expectation that the search, location, and identification be part of a new �virtuous state� in light of the 2016 Final Peace Agreement.


A theory of elastoplastic deformation is used to consider the problem of the distribution of the pressure in a material undergoing a phase transition and compressed by plane-parallel rigid anvils. An analysis is made of the mechanism responsible for the experimentally observed anomaly in the form of a step in the dependence of the pressure on the radius near a phase boundary. The size of the step is determined. It is shown that an anomaly in the form of a step and other possible anomalies are due to volume discontinuities as a result of the phase transition. The results are compared with experimental data


High-strength adhesive bonding of polymer composites can be achieved by surface treatment with an excimer laser. A sheet moulding compound (SMC) was used for the laser surface treatment for adhesive bonding. By subjecting the SMC surface to excimer laser source, the epoxy matrix was selectively removed by ablation, whereupon the glass fibres stood exposed, without any inherent damage to their surface. Controllability was proved to be admirable by optimising the processing parameters. A significant improvement in joint strength was found in the excimer laser treatment. Selective ablation of the polymer matrix resulted in a maximised surface roughness, and an interlocking effect of glass fibres at the joints. It is also possible that capillary effect draws the adhesive between the mating surfaces. 7 refs.


Application programs for data processing as well as for activities regarding the leasing sector in a movie rental transaction is an important thing to note, because information can be provided in the rental of a film can reduce errors in recording data. This application program is expected to simplify and accelerate the process of working in film rentals and Real so the system could run an effective and efficient. This application is made by using Delphi 7.0 and for making its database using Paradox 7.


Ru-incorporated TaN (Ru-TaN) films were investigated as a Cu diffusion barrier material. Ru-TaN films were prepared by sequential deposition of Ru and TaN using plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD). The film composition was controlled by the number of Ru unit cycles. While the resistivity of Ru-TaN films was increased abruptly at low Ru composition (∼0.06), the resistivity of Ru-TaN films was decreased gradually as the Ru composition increased after that composition. The crystal structures of Ru-TaN films were amorphous at the Ru composition range from 0.19 to 0.52 due to disturbance of grain growth. However, the Ru-TaN films had TaN-like structure below this range and Ru-like structure above this range. The amorphous Ru-TaN films had nanocrystallite embedded structure in an amorphous matrix. This amorphous Ru-TaN barrier showed a better Cu diffusion barrier property (∼700°C) than the TaN barrier (∼650°C) because the Cu diffusion through the grain boundary was suppressed by the amorphization. In addition, the Ru-TaN barrier exhibited good adhesion to both Cu and SiO 2 .


Quantitative method and multiple statistical methods were used to compare the effect of folic acid and its related metabolites on risk assessment and prediction of neural tube defects.First,a previously established HPLC-MS/MS method was employed to determine the levels of these metabolites in maternal serum samples of 121 cases and 118 controls.Then two-sample t test(p0.05) was used to obtain differential metabolites between these two groups.At last,Logistic regression and receiver operating characteristic(ROC) analysis were employed to calculate the odds ratio,sensitivity and specificity,positive and negative predictive rate of these metabolites.Results showed that among the 4 differential metabolites,5-methyltetrahydrofolate and homocysteine both got higher odds ratio,positive and negative predictive rate than folic acid.The method was suitable for screening and assessment of disease biomarkers.


Mounting member includes a first clamping member and a second clamping member disposed relative across the door impact beam, the first clamping member (41) in a mounted state of the door impact beam (21) the door impact beam (21) in contact with the claw portion to be elastically deformed (47) is formed, on at least one of the door impact beam of the first clamping member (41) or the second holding member (21) together are bonded, the first clamping member (41) and the second clamping member are joined so as to be energized, the door impact beam (21) relative to the pawl portion (47) of contact with the mounting member is a door impact beam while characterized in that attached to (21).


Te Papa museum opened in Wellington, New Zealand in 1998. This paper examines its impact on economic growth in Wellington and New Zealand. It argues that Te Papa's outstanding achievements in visitation numbers and reception have been pivotal to the transformation of Wellington into an attractive tourist, leisure and working destination. Te Papa's exogenous wealth has been considerably boosted by a high overseas visitation rate. In addition, its popular, accessible exhibition programs, augmented by extensive education and outreach programs to arts and education institutions, business people and the general public, have provided a cultural milieu that attracts both arts and business practitioners to Wellington.


Objective: To determine the frequency of perinatal depression in pregnant women utilizing Edinburgh Postnatal depression scale (EPDS). Study Design: Cross-sectional study Settings: Out-patient Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Combined Military hospital, Lahore. Duration of study: 1st November 2018 to 30th April 2019 Total 254 patients were selected. Patients were questioned according to EPDS scale and information recorded on prescribed form. Data was stratified for age, parity, gestational age, education level, and income group. Pregnant women with an EPDS score of ≥9 were considered to be suffering with depression. Results: In this present study a total of 254 women were interviewed for perinatal depression. The mean age of the patients was 27.64 ±8.89 years with minimum and maximum ages of 20 years and 34 years respectively. The mean gestational age of the patients was 38.31±2.16 weeks with a minimum and maximum gestational age of 37.40 and 40.02 respectively. In the study a total of 254 women were assessed for perinatal depression. 19.2% of women were found to be suffering from perinatal depression. Conclusion: "The results of our study demonstrate that, both antepartum and postpartum depression, in pregnant women are significantly prevalent." Keywords: "Edinburgh Postnatal depression scale (EPDS), perinatal depression, low-income countries (LIC), high-income countries (HIC)."


The pollution of the raw gold ore roasting system has resolved successfully after re-design and modification, on the other hand, the usage of heat exchanger reduces the coal consumption.


The current East African Community (EAC) was formally launched in 2001 comprising of Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. In 2007, the community expanded to include Rwanda and Burundi. Within this regional framework, the grouping has achieved two primary stages of integration: a Customs Union (2005) and Common Market (2010). Nevertheless, despite apparent economic progress, there are inter-state agreement and national implementation challenges which have negatively impacted upon further bargaining between the EAC partner states. Against this backdrop, hopes for imminent political integration, known as the East African Federation (EAF) appear illusive. This paper will draw attention to the national implementation challenges of the EAC by exploring Tanzanian public opinion towards the economic and political goals that the EAC continues to grasp for.


Measurements on the η meson production in proton‐deuteron collisions have been performed using the COSY‐11 facility at COSY (Julich). Here we present preliminary results on total and differential cross sections for the pd→3He η reaction at five excess energies between Q = 5.1 and Q = 40.6 MeV. The obtained angular distributions for the emitted η mesons in the center of mass system expose a transition from an almost isotropic emission to a highly anisotropic distribution. The extracted total cross sections support a strong η‐3He final state interaction and will be compared with model predictions.


To study quantum computation, Moore and Crutchfield (Theoret. Comput. Sci. vol. 237, pp. 275-306, 2000) proposed quantum versions of finite-state and push-down automata, as well as regular and context-free grammars. In this note, we show that the languages generated by regular quantum grammars are equivalent to the languages generated by regular grammars. Therefore, from the perspective of generating languages, regular quantum grammars are not more powerful than classical regular grammars. This implies that it may be necessary to look for more well-formed definitions of quantum grammars and maybe those of quantum automata.


Preliminary results from research into natural hazard fatalities in Australia, currently being carried out at the Natural Hazards Research Centre, Macquarie University, are given. Databases on tropical cyclones, bush fires, lightning strikes, heat waves, landslides and floods have been or are in the process of being created from various government agencies and the literature, and from a comprehensive review of the Sydney Morning Herald. To date, it appears that heat waves are the most important natural hazard in terms of lives lost. During a period of time covering the early 1800s up to the 1990s, heat waves have been responsible for at least 4,287 fatalities. Tropical cyclones have accounted for something in the order of 2,000 fatalities, while floods have killed at least 2,125 people. Bush fires have killed 678, lightning strikes 650 and landslides 32. Spatial, temporal, gender/age and death rate trends are given for some of the above hazards. From these trends, it would seem that attention needs to be focussed on the efficiency of warnings broadcast to the public, and hazards education in general.


This paper presents an algorithm for interactive adaptation to new user using dynamically calculated principal components. In this algorithm, new user is adapted based on the matching score of face recognition method that use dynamically calculated eigenvectors and eigenvalues from known training face dataset. User adaptation method measures the trueness of known and unknown person using the recognition result from specific number of consecutive face images. If the value of trueness for un-known person is greater than specific threshold then the robot informs the person is unknown and asks the person name and culture information to preserve in the knowledge-base through interaction. In case of known person the system greets with that person based on his/her predefined culture. The system increments the training face dataset by including any unknown face image and subsequently recalculates the eigenvectors and eigenvalues to form new PCA. The algorithm is tested by implementing a human-robot greeting scenario with a mobile robot.


We find that minimizing the number of fine tuning relations in non-supersymmetric models can determine the scales at which some gauge symmetries beyond the standard model must break. We show that $SU(2)_R$ and $B-L$ gauge symmetries of the minimal left-right symmetric model must break at a scale $10^{15} GeV$ or higher, determined by the hierarchy problem and small ratios of quark masses, if parameters that break chiral or $\mu$-symmetries (and therefore can be naturally small), are not fine-tuned. This provides the $raison \ d'\hat{e}tre$ for the seesaw scale $\sim 10^{15}GeV$ indicated by neutrino experiments. Small ratios of fermion (quark) masses, which are natural in the standard model due to approximate chiral symmetry, will have to be fine tuned in minimal left right model if $SU(2)_R \times U(1)_{B-L}$ breaks at a lower scale.


Curvatons are light (compared to the Hubble scale during inflation) spectator fields during inflation that potentially contribute to adiabatic curvature perturbations post-inflation. They can alter CMB observables such as the spectral index $n_s$, the tensor-to-scalar ratio $r$, and the local non-Gaussianity $\;f_{\rm NL}^{\rm (loc)}$. We systematically explore the observable space of a curvaton with a quadratic potential. We find that when the underlying inflation model does not satisfy the $n_s$ and $r$ observational constraints but can be made viable with a significant contribution from what we call a savior curvaton, a large $\;f_{\rm NL}^{\rm (loc)}$ is inevitable. On the other hand, when the underlying inflation model already satisfies the $n_s$ and $r$ observational constraints, so significant curvaton contribution is forbidden, a large $\;f_{\rm NL}^{\rm (loc)}$ is possible in the exceptional case when the isocurvature fluctuation in the curvaton fluid is much greater than the global curvature fluctuation.


This essay looks into the paradoxical friendship of Jacques Maritain, a Catholic philosopher, and Saul Alinsky, a radical community organizer. Commentators Bernard Doering and Charles Curran have used the fact of this friendship to draw the erroneous conclusion that Maritain approved of Alinsky's philosophy. However, a closer look at their respective writings shows that Maritain and Alinsky retained profound disagreements on basic philosophical issues. Particular attention is paid to Maritain's letter in response to Alinsky's Rules for Radicals, in which Maritain raised objections to many of Alinsky's ideas. Thus, Maritain did not compromise his Christian worldview.


The marine environment is an exceptional reservoir of bioactive natural products, many of whichexhibit structural/chemical features not found in terrestrial natural products. A small number of marine plants,animals and microbes have already yielded more than 12,000 novel chemicals with hundreds of new compoundsstill being discovered every year.


Coteaching involves 2 or more teachers teaching together. This article describes how to set up coteaching and the advantages for teachers and students associated with it. Cogenerative dialogues are conversations among participants about shared experiences—often in a classroom. The participants include teachers; 2 to 3 students; and, when possible, representatives from other groups such as school administrators and teacher educators. Participants identify contradictions and negotiate agreements on how to resolve them, leading to changes to enact in future lessons and shared responsibility for improving the quality of teaching and learning.


This article intends to show how Philippe Claudel, like Jean Giono in A King Without Distraction, is a master of the elliptical narrative in Brodeck's Report. Brodeck, caught between a painful past and a worrying present, will take the reader through two versions of his report, one official and other clandestine, two writings by which he seeks to understand, link and reconstruct the facts, report whose content will never be uncovered to the reader. In our study we will follow the trail of those gaps in the narrative, so typical in Jean Giono, but also featured in the structure of modern novel with the enigmatic and initiatic construction of Brodeck's Report by Philippe Claudel.


We suggest that text readability plays an important role in driving consumer engagement on social media. Consistent with a processing fl uency account, we fi nd that easy-to-read posts are more liked, commented on, and shared on social media. We analyze over 4,000 Facebook posts from Humans of New York , a popular photography blog on social media, over a 3-year period to see how readability shapes social media engagement. The results hold when controlling for photo features, story valence, and other content-related characteristics. Experimental fi ndings further demonstrate the causal impact of readability and the processing fl uency mechanism in the context of a fi ctitious brand community. This research articulates the impact of processing fl uency on brief word-of-mouth transmissions in the real world while empirically demonstrating that readability as a message feature matters. It also extends the impact of processing fl uency to a novel behavioral outcome: commenting and sharing actions.


Under the digitized environment of web, design, compilation, transmission、display and being utilized repeatedly of garment construction CAD is one of the significant technique in the process of garment teaching resources building. A solution WCADSD1.0 is put forward in the paper about web garment construction CAD based on the technique of XML、ActiveX、JAVA.


The spacing pattern and jumping activity were compared for 3 different stocks of juvenile ayu, reared under identical hatchery conditions for about 3 months after fertilization, which were the offspring of landlocked fish from Lake Biwa (LAKE), amphidromous type from the Kiso River (RIVER), and the 14th generation hatchery strain kept at Gunma prefecture (HR-G). LAKE dispersed widely in an experimental tank (95cm in diameter) during the daytime, while HR-G formed a tight aggregation and/or schooling with the mean diameter of 48cm. Jumping activity was the highest in LAKE (4.0 times per individual), followed by RIVER (3.3) and HR-G (3.0). These results suggest that parental origin, or genetic factor, controls the spacing and jumping behaviours of the ayu, and thus upstream migration of this species since these behaviours are known to have a close relationship with a tendency to migrate upstream.


Bacterial communities play essential roles in multiple ecological processes, such as primary production and nutrient recycling in aquatic systems. However, although the composition, diversity and function of bacterial communities have been well studied, little is known about the interactions and co-occurrence characteristics of these communities, let alone their seasonal patterns. To investigate the seasonal variations of bacterial community interactions, we collected water samples from four seasons in Lake Taihu and applied network analysis to reveal bacterial community interactions. Bacterial community networks were non-random in structure, and interactions among bacterial taxa in the networks varied markedly in different seasons. The autumnal bacterial network was the largest and most complex among obtained networks, whereas the spring correlation network was the simplest, having no module hubs or connectors. The important species of the networks were the dominant bacterial phyla/classes (e.g., Alphaproteobacteria and Bacteroidetes), although their relative abundance varied among seasons. The relationships between species and measured environmental variables changed over seasons; fewer environmental factors were correlated with bacterial species in the spring bacterial network, while we observed a greater number of species-environment correlations in the winter network. Our study highlights the seasonal differences in bacterial community interactions and expands our understanding of freshwater microbial ecology in systems affected by aquaculture.


Monitoring of fish communities near windmills in the Belgian Part of the North Sea (BPNS), which should be considered artificial reefs, revealed that pouting (Trisopterus luscus) and cod (Gadus morhua) were present in high densities in the vicinity of the windmills during part of the year (Reubens et al., 2010). This study documents the first results of acoustic telemetry to investigate spatial and temporal migration patterns of cod in a wind farm in the BPNS. The main objective is to gain a better understanding in the daily and seasonal migration patterns. These first results on fish behaviour and habitat utilization nearby Belgian offshore windmills already suggest that, although major differences in individual cod behaviour were detected: • Individual cod may be attracted to offshore windmills and their surrounding erosion protection layers as shown by the high residency of some tagged specimen. • The spatial fine scale distribution (i.e. habitat choice) of individual cod nearby the windmills tends to be influenced by the diurnal cycle for some individual cod. It should be noted that this is work in progress. The results are limited and refer to a period of 88 days (06/08/2010 01/11/2010).


Conducted Attitude by employees is very determining whether individual will safe or not in working. Because if attitude to positive working safety hence will emerge result which are positive and also on the contrary. Attitude do not happened by itself or with just anything. Forming of it ever take place in human being interaction, and with reference to certain object. Individual behave to fulfill requirement. Caused by requirement of security at individual self in working. One of that requirement is save in work threat. In working for to get security required an attitude, one of them is attitude at commemoration marking. Attitude at commemoration marking is tendency of individual to react based on assessment had
in looking at positive and negative, like or not at commemoration marking. While safety need is lacking of individual both for representing exasperation and also having psychological character. There are two kinds of requirement of security that is requirement of soul security and requirement of security of money. Research population is 52 employees of PT. Industri Sandang Pangan Nusantara part of production who taken by using Random Sampling Technique. Data collecting by using two scale that is Safety Need scale and employees attitude scale at commemoration marking. While method analyze data which used in this research is correlation of product moment. From result of research which have been done by researcher and from data which have been got to earn conclusion that there is positive correlation and significant ( r=0.698, P=0.000) between safety need and employees attitude at commemoration marking, it is means if value at variable of safety need is increase will follow also by increase of attitude at commemoration marking, so also if safety need is decrease will follow also by decreasing of attitude at commemoration marking. As for effective contribution of variable of safety need at employees attitude in commemoration marking is 48,7% which seen from determinant coefficient ( ) is 0.487. It is means that variable of safety need render 48,7% to employees attitude at commemoration marking while the rest 51,3% representing other variable which do not check


Sijesh C. Aravindhakshan is a graduate research assistant, Francis M. Epplin is Charles A. Breedlove professor. And Charles Taliaferro is Professor Emeritus. This material is based on work supported in part by USDA Special Research Grant award 2008-34417-19201from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The project is also supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Hatch grant number H-2574. Support does not constitute an endorsement of the views expressed in the poster by the USDA.


Zhu‐Tokita‐Tachenouchi‐Kim syndrome (ZTTK) is a recently recognized malformation syndrome presenting with craniofacial dysmorphism, developmental delay/intellectual disability, seizures, anomalies involving brain white matter, and other body‐organs. In humans, the disorder is linked to the loss‐of‐function variants in the SON gene (MIM# 617140). Herewith, a new case of this syndrome is reported in a 2‐year‐old Caucasian child who presented the classical clinical features of the ZTTK syndrome in association with hydrocephalus and Chiari malformations type 1 an anomaly previously unreported. Exome analysis showed a de novo heterozygous variant in SON gene. Literature review of similar cases is reported.


The invention discloses a deflection tool for assembly welding of a cable saddle and an assembly welding method, and belongs to the machining field of assembly welding. The deflection tool comprises a base and a supporting part which comprises a reinforcing rib plate and a pair of supporting rib plates, wherein the supporting rib plates are arranged at equal intervals. The bottoms of the pair of supporting rib plates are fixed to he base; the tops of the pair of supporting rib plates are provided with mounting holes for inserting mounting pins; mounting holes in the pair of supporting rib plates are arranged oppositely; the mounting pins are used for fixing lifting lugs on the cable saddle; and the reinforcing rib plate is fixed between the pair of supporting rib plates. The deflection tool solves the problem that the welding quality of the cable saddle is low.