O N THE first page of his great treatise Hugo Grotius remarks, as though it were an obvious fact, that "war is waged for the sake of peace." And we, with equal complacency, call the end of war a treaty of peace. Such habits of speech and thought are a tribute to the reasonableness of human aims but they raise the larger question of fact. Do wars lead to peace? Are our treaties the bases of peace, or are they but symbols of armistices? There are those who argue a priori that strife cannot breed peace. There are others who argue on the basis of what they call human nature that man does not fight for peace. There are still others who argue from current experience that whether war can lead to peace, it is not doing so now. All these arguments are more convincing to their preachers than to the bewildered hearers of many voices. The chief ground for this bewilderment of the common man is that, in a world where so many different theories may be right, it is useless to choose any. An appeal to facts is indecisive, for in this case it involves an appeal to the future, which is notoriously full of hopes and fears and which never comes. We are never sure that today ought to be the day of judgment, for tomorrow, we think, may possibly prove beyond doubt what today is hopelessly debatable. Thus we stumble from day to day, from generation to generation, from empire to empire, still hoping to learn from experience what we cannot prove from knowledge. For this blindness in human affairs I can propose no remedy. I do not know whether we are making peace or enduring an armistice. And I doubt even if time will tell, for history throws less light on such general questions than we think it does. History can teach anything and is continually being re-written for that very purpose. I conclude, therefore, that as a general proposition the question whether or not war is waged for the sake of peace is unanswerable. What particular persons gain or lose from particular wars, whether or not these persons anticipated the results, and whether they are satisfied or discontented with the outcome


Problem statement: The purposes of this study are twofold: First, to recommend a range of angles for driving posture comfort from measurement of participants and second, to investigate the relationships between drivers' anthropometric chara cteristics, comfortable postural angles and seat adjustment. Approach: Forty five participants were involved in the study . Both anthropometric data and postural angles were measured and recorded by using the photographic technique and analyzed further using software. During the study, each participant was required to sit on the driver's seat in his or her preferred comfortable driving postures. Images of t he participant's driving posture were taken after 5 min he or she has been in the driving position to allow him/her to adapt with the seat environment and fab rics. The seat adjustment data were measured manually after the seat is adjusted for comfort by the particip ant. Prior to that, 10 anthropometric data of each parti cipant was measured and recorded. Data on comfortable driving postural angles, anthropometry and seat adj ustment were analyzed statistically with Pearson correlation using the SPSS software. Results: From the study, a range of angles are proposed bas ed on the participant's perception on comfort. The ranges of comfortable angles for Malaysian citizen propos ed shows significant different between Caucasian and Korean populations. The relationships between the comfortable postural angles, anthropometric data an d seat adjustment were analyzed and discussed with several outcome shows that taller participants pref erred a driving posture with their arms outstretche d in order to achieve comfort, participants with bigger body dimension have a tendency to sit farther back from the steering wheels and smaller participants p refer to sit closer to the steering wheels with a s lightly greater trunk thigh angle. Conclusion: The result obtained and discussed in this study ca n be applied in the driver's car seat design and construction to en sure comfort and safety.


ABSTRACT This article seeks to re-understand climate change in terms of its constitutive state practices. Existing analyses tend to frame climate change as a security discourse, or as a manner of green governmentality normalising the uneven relations between the Global North and South, but seldom is the practical process realising climate change's logics delineated. Using aviation as an example, this article traces how climate change, as discourse, contingently takes shape through three episodes in aviation's environmental evolution: a) an initial period of conceptual experimentation and consolidation (1992–2005); b) a major policy break catalysed by the EU ETS that destabilised previous discursive formations (2005–2012); and c) diplomatic attempts to re-gain international consensus following the EU ETS's extension to aviation (2012–present). These practices will be charted across numerous spaces, including supra-national forums, national governments, technical bodies, consulting agencies, and political summits. By elucidating this geopolitical praxis across the North-South divide, I demonstrate how climate change cannot simply be reduced to a rationality in green governmentality, but must be understood as an outcome of strategic practices among differently positioned states.


Anastomotic leak is one of the major complications following oesophagectomy and is associated with a prolonged ICU and hospital stay with high mortality. Over the years, endoscopic vacuum therapy (EVT) has an evolving role in managing anastomotic leak. The aim of this study was evaluate our experience in the use of EVT in managing anastomotic leak.

 A retrospective analysis was conducted in patients who underwent elective oesophagectomy at our tertiary centre from May 2021 to April 2022. Patient demographics, complication profiles, length of stay (LOS) and survival outcomes were collected. The details of endoscopic procedure, therapy results, and adverse events were evaluated. Endo-SPONGE® by B Braun Medical Ltd was used at our centre.

 Over the last 12 months, 3 out of 11 patients (27.3%) who had anastomotic leak were treated with EVT. All 3 patients were males and diagnosed with anastomotic leak on Day 8, 9, 9. Two patients were treated with a stent at the time of the diagnosis and the management changed to Endo-Sponge on the subsequent endoscopy as the defect increased in size. They required 3 and 8 times of sponge exchange respectively. One patient was managed with Endo-Sponge at the time of diagnosis and required 7 times of sponge exchange. The successful anastomotic leak healing rate was 100% and none of them required further endoscopic or surgical interventions. The median changing time interval of sponges was 3 days (range 2–5 days). The average sponge exchange rate was 6 times. The median duration of EVT was 25 days (range 18–29 days). No other adverse events occurred during EVT. The average LOS was 49.3 days.

 EVT is an effective and safe treatment option in patients with anastomotic leak post oesophagectomy for oesophageal cancer. With careful patient selection, EVT can be considered as the first-line treatment instead of surgery. Future studies involving a greater number of patients are essential to evaluate the efficacy of EVT.


A free-standing GaN template grown by hydride vapor phase epitaxy has been characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The TEM investigation was augmented by x-ray diffraction, defect delineation etching process followed by imaging with atomic force microscopy and variable temperature photoluminescence. The density of dislocations near the N face was determined to be, in order, 3±1×107, 4±1×107, and about 1×107 cm−2 by cross-sectional TEM, plan-view TEM, and a defect revealing etch, respectively. The same methods on the Ga face revealed the defect concentration to be, in order, less than 1×107 cm−2 by plan-view TEM, less than 5×106 cm−2 by cross-sectional TEM, and 5×105 cm−2 by defect revealing hot H3PO4 acid, respectively. The full width at half maximum of the symmetric (0002) x-ray diffraction peak was 69 and 160 arc sec for the Ga and N faces, respectively. That for the asymmetric (101_4) peak was 103 and 140 arc sec for Ga and N faces, respectively. The donor bound exciton linewidth was a...


The International Court of Justice rejected the objection of incompetence that Chile lodged in its current controversy with Bolivia. To that effect, the tribunal used the classifi cation of obligations according to their content that distinguishes between obligations of conduct and of result, but without expressly mentioning it, as the Court had already done in other disputes submitted to its jurisdiction. With this, the judgment on the merits of this case was limited to a pronouncement of the tribunal on the eventual existence and breach of a pactum de negotiando or of a non-conventional duty to negotiate in good faith, which would not involve the need to reach an agreement. This decision, adopted in a new confl ict derived from the Bogotá Pact, seriously challenges the convenience of the permanence of Chile in that treaty.


A H2 generation system based on the cyanobacterial photosystem I (PSI) reconstituted with 1,4-naphthoquinone-stabilized Pt nanoparticles (PtNPs) was constructed. Irradiating the system with red light (680 nm) and using sodium l(+)-ascorbate as the sacrificial electron donor generated H2, which was detected by GC. The light-induced H2 generation was observed at a maximum rate of 0.026 mol H2 h−1 (mol PSI)−1 using 2,6-dichloroindophenol (DCIP) as the mediator. The H2 evolution was increased to 0.053 mol H2 h−1 (mol PSI)−1 in the presence of cytochrome c (cyt c) as the mediator.


A method is proposed to predict the power generation performance of a pyroelectric generator (PEG) for waste-heat recovery systems in which an external electric field is applied to a ferroelectric material in synchrony with rapid temperature changes. The net generated energy density ND of the PEG at any temperature and electric field is predicted for two thermal-electrical cycles (including the Olsen cycle). This is done by approximating the dependence of the polarization density on temperature and electric field using hysteresis loop measurements. The difference between the predicted and measured values of ND was less than 15%. This method could be used to screen promising candidate materials for PEGs.


COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Black Americans threatens to further magnify racial inequities in COVID-19 related health outcomes that emerged in the earliest stages of the pandemic. Here we shed new light on attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccines by considering intragroup variation. Rather than analyzing Blacks as a homogenous group, we examine the relationship between COVID-19 vaccine attitudes and the extent to which participants are aligned with African American versus White culture (i.e., level of "acculturation"). In a sample of N=997 Black Americans, we find that stronger alignment with African American culture predicts substantially more negative attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination, above and beyond variation explained by age, gender, education, and socioeconomic status. This relationship was substantially attenuated when controlling for suspicion of the healthcare system, but not perceptions that healthcare system treats Blacks unfairly, science knowledge, or cognitive reflection. The intragroup differences among Blacks in COVID-19 vaccine perceptions uncovered here provide insights into designing interventions that provide health information that targets the relevant factors for vaccine hesitancy in differing subgroups.


Depth-variant mapping of P-S conversion points in 3C-3D survey design shows that conversion points are distributed irregularly at the reflector, resulting in highfrequency (bin-bin) fold variations in P-S fold maps if nearest-neighbour binning is used. This binning artifact can be mitigated through the application of a sinc-function interpolator that provides a more robust measure of fold distribution for band-limited seismic data.


Arrangement of 90-degree domain walls in the domain structure of the ⟨ 111 ⟩ pc-oriented single crystal plates of BaTiO3 was intentionally modified by combinations of in-plane and out-of-plane steady state electric poling at ambient temperature. It is shown that the annealed, in-plane, and out-of-plane poled samples exhibit markedly different dielectric properties at low temperatures. The difference in low-temperature permittivity behavior is enhanced by the out-of-plane fast-decayed bipolar electric pulse treatment, but the efficiency of this enhancement is strongly dependent on the initial domain structure. The absence of a clear signature of the pulse treatment in optical observations of the domain structure suggests that it might involve mostly changes in the 180-degree domain wall subsystem.Arrangement of 90-degree domain walls in the domain structure of the ⟨ 111 ⟩ pc-oriented single crystal plates of BaTiO3 was intentionally modified by combinations of in-plane and out-of-plane steady state electric poling at ambient temperature. It is shown that the annealed, in-plane, and out-of-plane poled samples exhibit markedly different dielectric properties at low temperatures. The difference in low-temperature permittivity behavior is enhanced by the out-of-plane fast-decayed bipolar electric pulse treatment, but the efficiency of this enhancement is strongly dependent on the initial domain structure. The absence of a clear signature of the pulse treatment in optical observations of the domain structure suggests that it might involve mostly changes in the 180-degree domain wall subsystem.


Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the silences and silencing in the workplace and elsewhere related to women's experiences of perinatal loss.Design/methodology/approach – Qualitative data from in‐depth interviews with 13 women who experienced perinatal losses between 1965 and 1999 are interpreted using Foucault's concepts of power/knowledge as pervasive in social relationships.Findings – Women who experienced perinatal loss were physically divided from others in hospitals. Hospital practices changed over time. Knowledge about perinatal loss has been scientifically classified in medicine, psychology, and related fields. This knowledge has changed between 1965 and 1999. Perinatal loss is rarely mentioned in organizational and professional literatures outside of health care. In addition to experiencing silencing from others, women silenced themselves about their perinatal losses.Research limitations/implications – Data were collected from interviews with women from the Great Lakes region of t...


Provided is a protective film having high transparency, high ultraviolet absorption ability, high weatherability and flexibility, and not being peeled from its coating layers from a plastic film even if irradiated with ultraviolet, the protective film. The protective film comprises a plastic film and a coating layer on the surface of the plastic film, wherein the coating layer comprises a binder and core-shell type zinc oxide particles dispersed in the binder, the core-shell type zinc oxide particles have an average particle size of 50 nm or less and comprises a shell having a thickness of 1.5 nm to 20 nm.


This paper deals with the class of continuous‐time singular linear systems with time‐delay in the state vector. The stabilization problem of this class of systems using a state feedback controller is tackled. New delay‐dependent sufficient conditions on ℋ∞ stabilization are developed. A design algorithm for a memoryless state feedback controller which guarantees that the closed‐loop dynamics will be regular, impulse‐free and stable with γ‐disturbance rejection is proposed. It is shown that the addressed problem can be solved if the corresponding developed linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) with some constraints are feasible. A numerical example is employed to show the usefulness of the proposed results. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Seventy-five years ago, J. Gordon Thomson addressed the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene on the topic of immunity in malaria ([102][1]). In introducing the subject, he made several points. (i) "The literature bearing on this one aspect (immunity in malaria) of the disease in man and


Induction of cellular migration is the primary effect of chemokine receptor activation. However, several chemokine receptor‐like proteins bind chemokines without subsequent induction of intracellular signalling and chemotaxis. It has been suggested that they act as chemokine scavengers, which may control local chemokine levels and contribute to the function of chemokines during inflammation. This has been verified for the chemokine‐like receptor proteins D6 and DARC as well as CCX‐CKR. Here, we provide evidence for an additional biological function of human (h)CCX‐CKR.


Stunting is a condition of failure to thrive in children due to malnutrition for a long time. Thus, the child is shorter than normal children his age and has a delay in thinking. Generally caused by food intake that is not in accordance with nutritional needs. Stunting is a major nutritional problem in Indonesia. Stunting can be caused by lack of nutritious food intake, exclusive breastfeeding, low birth weight, and a history of infection. Stunting can have an impact on motor and verbal development, as well as an increase in degenerative diseases. The purpose of this study is to increase public knowledge about the dangers of stunting and how to prevent it. This activity was carried out in Rantau Mapesai Village, Rengat District, Indragiri Hulu Regency. The method used in this service activity is a qualitative method. Data obtained from interviews in the form of parents' last education level and family income. The data collection technique was carried out by observing the environment of the area affected by stunting and documenting during activities at the Melur Posyandu. Next is a literature study to collect data related to stunting from previous journals.


Wearable technology has become a very popular tool in fitness training. It empowers people to be in charge of their own health and encourages them to exercise more. At the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases we have been offering dedicated inpatient courses for management of spondyloarthropathy patients. Historically this course has helped patients with chronic arthritis to improve their physical well being while also focusing on different extra articular aspects of their condition like fatigue, sleep and pain issues. As part of this programme, we provided patients with Fitbit devices to evaluate whether regular recording of their activity and sleep tracking had an impact on their overall physical activity.

 Patients attending the 2 weeks' residential course from July 2018 to June 2019 were provided with Fitbit devices and were given a paper chart to log their data in. The patients gave verbal permission for their data to be included for audit purposes. The demographic data regarding the patients was collected through electronic patient record system. Bath indices were collected from electronic patient record system and results were compiled through Microsoft Excel.

 Data from 42 patients was collected. Data from 38 patients was analysed. Data for sleep indices was incomplete in 16 patients. 67% participants on the course were male and 33% were female. 90% patients had a diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis, 5% had nonradiographic SpA and the rest had PsA or undifferentiated SpA. Majority of patients (97%) had improvement in their BASMI scores with a mean improvement of 37%. 51% patients improved their physical activity with an average increase in their step count by 13.3% compared to baseline. The participants on average spent 55.67 minutes being active on the course. While resting, majority of patients spent more time being awake or in light sleep (mean 14.3% and 54% respectively) although it might have been confounded by their stay in hospital. The verbal feedback from patients regarding the use of these devices has been mostly positive and it encouraged them to be more active.

 Majority of patients attending the residential course noticed an improvement in their arthritis. The verbal feedback on using Fitbit devices to track daily activity and sleep was positive as it encouraged patients to increase their activity and improve sleep hygiene in future. Further refinement in data collection process and including other variables like pain, stiffness and fatigue scores can be valuable in a more focused discussion regarding management strategies of spondyloarthritis.

 M. Jamal None. S. Saeed None. E. Clarke None. R. Sengupta None.


As one of the main methods of machining cutting of products of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) offers to use microgrinding, instead of two technological operations – micromilling and the subsequent removal of microagnails microgrinding. For research microgrinding for base it is offered to use the stand for research of high-speed methods of cutting. Two directions of researches – establishment of resistance of metal to a deformation and studying of formation risks from single abrasive grain in various conditions of microgrinding are realized. The analysis of the data obtained at traditional grinding with data of microgrinding showed essential difference in the level and character of deformation characteristics of materials. On the basis of formation researches risks from single grain in various conditions of microgrinding it is established that the increase in the area of bulks and emergence of a unevenness of their distribution at machining of samples at more high temperature is in most cases observed.


Nowadays, sustainable development is considered a key concept and solution in creating a promising and prosperous future for human societies. Nevertheless, there are some predicted and unpredicted problems that epidemic diseases are real and complex problems. Hence, in this research work, a serious challenge in the sustainable development process was investigated using the classification of confirmed cases of COVID-19 (new version of Coronavirus) as one of the epidemic diseases. Hence, the data mining predictive modeling method of data handling and predictive or forecasting the spread of COVID-19 virus. This research work mainly works on predicting or forecasting by using fbprophet. Prophet it is a python library package used for forecasting time series data based on an additive model where non-linear trends are fit with yearly, weekly, and daily seasonally, plus holiday's effect. It works best with time series that have a strong seasonal effect and several seasons of historical data. The model helps to interpret patterns of public sentiment on disseminating related health information and assess the political and economic influence of the spread of the virus.


An intersection is a typical emission hot spot in the urban traffic network. And frequent violations such as running the red light have been a critical social problem at signalized intersections in developing countries. This article aimed to quantify the impact of violations (behaviors which will block the fleet) on emissions at signalized intersections. Increased emissions of vehicles affected by violations are of two levels: (1) trajectory level for the first four affected vehicles and (2) traffic flow level for the subsequent vehicles. At the trajectory level, the study focuses on the second-by-second activities of the first four affected vehicles. First, the trajectory model of the first affected vehicle is developed. Then, the trajectory of the other three vehicles is constructed using the Gipps car-following model. At the traffic flow level, a linear emission model is developed to describe the relationship between emission factors and idling time in the one-stop (vehicle stop once) and two-stop (vehicle stop twice) scenarios based on the global position system (GPS)-collected data at 44 intersections in Beijing. Based on the linear emission model, increased emissions at the traffic flow level are calculated as knowing the number of stops and idling time before and after violations. The analysis of the subsequent vehicles is divided into unsaturated and saturated conditions. Under the unsaturated condition, the emissions have barely increased due to the increase of idling time for one-stop vehicles caused by the violations. Under the saturated conditions, the emission increment increases sharply as the one-stop vehicle gradually transforms to a two-stop vehicle because of violations, and the maximum emission increment reaches 45% in half an hour in the case. The increment of emissions decreases steadily as the proportion of two-stop vehicles reaches 100% after violations, while the proportion before violations keeps increasing.


Eight characters from 70 innovated germplasm materials F 1 of Saccharum spontaneum L. were processed by factor and cluster analysis. Results of factor analysis showed that the top three common factors were retained in 8 common factors,and the cumulative contribution rate reached 79. 35%. Yield,sucrose content in cane, stalk number,emergencerate,and tillering rate owned higher loading values in the first common factor. The stalk diameter and plant height played leading roles in the second common factor,and only sucrose content in cane played a leading role in the third one. The variance scores of the 70 innovated materials of the top three common factors were used for comprehensive cluster analysis with the longest distance method. At the genetic distance 2. 4,the materials could be divided into 10 groups,in which five groups i. e. Ⅰ,Ⅳ,Ⅶ,Ⅷ,and X showed the characteristic of high yield,accounting for 50% of the total tested materials. The groupsⅠ,Ⅱ,Ⅳ,Ⅴ,Ⅵ,Ⅶ,and Ⅸ showed the characteristic of high sugar,accounting for 72. 8% of the total,especially the groupsⅠ,Ⅳ,Ⅴ,and Ⅵ,which sucrose content in cane was higher than 12%,accounting for 38. 6% of the total. The groupsⅠ,Ⅳ,and Ⅶ showed the characteristics of high sugar and high yield,accounting for 38. 6% of the total. The classification results provide a scientific basis for targeted utilization of these innovated germplasm materials to breed the parents with high yield and high sugar characteristics.


This paper analyzes the launching strength situation with static method and takes the reinforcement measure for launching of 52500 DWT crude oil tanker after calculation.


In recent work, non-regular streams have been defined corecursively, by representing them with finitary equational systems built on top of various operators, besides the standard constructor. With finitary equational systems based only on the stream constructor, one can use the free theory of regular (a.k.a. rational) trees to get a sound and complete procedure to decide whether two streams are equal. However, this is not the case if one allows other operators in equations, since the underlying equational theory becomes non-trivial, hence equality of regular trees is too strong to guarantee termination of corecursive functions defined even only with the constructor and tail operators. To overcome this problem, we provide a weaker definition of equality between streams denoted by finitary equational systems built on different stream operators, including tail operator and constructor, and prove its soundness.


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Although there are a number of references to prolonged baths in the literature of the latter part of the last century, attention was not focused on this method of treatment until about 40 years ago, when Kraepelin used and advocated it in his clinic. Whereas, prior to his time, such baths had l)een "protracted for an hour or two," Kraepelin was a pioneer in the real continuous bath, as he extended the period of treatment from hours to days, weeks or even months. In the treatment of mental diseases, this therapeutic measure is too well known and widely used to make needful the discussion of its merits in this paper. Its employment, however, has been attended by hazard, and many have been the casualties resulting from its use. The consequences of these unfortunate accidents have been distressing, both to the families of the victims and to the administrative officers responsible for the institutions in which they occurred. Such incidents have tended to discredit this treatment in the eyes of the public, and that it has survived and its use been extended clearly testifies to its real therapeutic value. From the beginning it was generally recognized that to obtain the best results the temperature of the bath should be at or slightly below that of the body, and that it be maintained with as little fluctuation as possible. For many years the temperature of the water in the tub was regulated manually, by the introduction of small quantities of hot or cold water at intervals, following the use of the bath thermometer. Later came thermostatic mixing valves, which supposedly delivered water at a fixed temperature. Some of these mixed hot and cold water, and others water and steam. The latter were particularly lethal, in that upon any failure of the water supply, steam came through without warning. The first-mentioned, however, carefully checked by the hand bath thermometer, served


As the Pacific region has become more strategically contested, regional powers
have intensified their use of defence diplomacy. As a result, the number and scale
of military Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) deployments,
exercises and cooperative security ventures being undertaken in the South Pacific
have dramatically increased. Yet despite the assumption that defence diplomacy
has furthered the political objectives of initiating states and benefitted Pacific
Island Countries (PICs), few studies have examined the reality of these claims. This
lack of research is concerning, particularly considering the long term impacts these
activities may have on regional development, stability and security in the South
Pacific. In this paper, we evaluate defence diplomacy in the South Pacific.
Comparative case studies were undertaken on Australia, China and New Zealand,
as these countries have recently expanded their defence presence in the region.


India is an agrarian country with around 60% of its people depending directly or indirectly upon agriculture. Farmer suicides account for 11.2% of all suicides in India. Farmer suicide in India is the intentional ending of one's life by a person dependent on farming as their primary source of livelihood .There are number of reasons for farmer suicides, such as monsoon failure, high debt burdens, genetically modified crops, government policies, public mental health, personal issues and family problems. There is also accusation of states fudging the data on farmer suicides. In 2012, the National Crime Records Bureau of India reported 13,754 farmer suicides. The highest number of farmer suicides was recorded in 2004 when 18,241 farmers committed suicide. The farmer's suicide rate in India has ranged between 1.4 to 1.8 per 100,000 in the total population, over a 10-year period through 2005. From 1995 to 2013, a total of 296,438 farmers have killed themselves in India, or an average of 16,469 suicides per year. During the same period, about 9.5 million people died per year in India from other causes including malnutrition, diseases and suicides that were nonfarming related, or about 171 million deaths from 1995 to 2013.The present paper made an attempt to analyses the reasons for farmers suicide in India and the State government field surveys (Statistics) on variation of Farmers suicides in Different states. It also focused on Government Response to Farmers Suicide and Effectiveness of government policies.


A cap resistant to impact forces and providing a leak-tight fitting to a container whilst allowing simple and quick release.


ABSTRACT American foulbrood is a quarantine disease of the honeybee Apis mellifera L. in many countries and contributes greatly to colony losses. We performed a label-free proteomics study of exoprotein fractions produced in vitro by Paenibacillus larvae reference strains of the ERIC I–IV genotypes. A quantitative comparison was performed of previous studied protein-based virulence factors and many newly identified putative virulence factors. Among the multiple proteases identified, key virulence factors included the microbial collagenase ColA and immune inhibitor A (InhA, an analog of the Bacillus thuringiensis protein InhA). Both of these virulence factors were detected in ERICs II–IV but were absent from ERIC I. Furthermore, the different S-layer proteins and polysaccharide deacetylases prevailed in ERICs II–IV. Thus, the expression patterns of these virulence factors corresponded with the different speeds at which honeybee larvae are known to be killed by ERICs II–IV compared to ERIC I. In addition, putative novel toxin-like proteins were identified, including vegetative insecticidal protein Vip1, a mosquitocidal toxin, and epsilon-toxin type B, which exhibit similarity to homologs present in Bacillus thuringiensis or Lysinibacillus sphaericus. Furthermore, a putative bacteriocin similar to Lactococcin 972 was identified in all assayed genotypes. It appears that P. larvae shares virulence factors similar to those of the Bacillus cereus group. Overall, the results provide novel information regarding P. larvae virulence potential, and a comprehensive exoprotein comparison of all four ERICs was performed for the first time. The identification of novel virulence factors can explain differences in the virulence of isolates.


The article is devoted to the formation of social and cultural identity in the modern world. The relationship between globalization and deidentification processes are characteristic for the current state of society in different countries is examined. It is concluded that seemed opposite the activation process of local, ethnic, including the interactions which are not so much oppose to the globalization and socialization space as imposed upon them.


Review(s) of: A walk around the pond: Insects in and over the water, by Gilbert Waldbauer (2006), Published by Harvard University Press, ISBN 0-674-02211-4, 286pp. RRP AS40.95 (hardcover).


Over the past year, a number of women whistleblowers have been in the news: Sherron Watkins of Enron, Cynthia Cooper, an auditor at WorldCom, and Coleen Rowley of the FBI are among the most well known. All three made the cover of Time magazine (December 30/January 6, 2003) as "Persons of the Year." Though one might argue that they are not all whistleblowers, I believe that they all are. Certainly they fit the definition of the whistleblowing that I employed in my recent book, Whistleblowers: Broken Lives and Organizational Power, upon which most of my general izations about whistleblowers are based.1 Though all three women made headlines (almost every whistle blower's dream) in the months after my book was published, I interviewed a number of women whistleblowers for my book, and I've interviewed several since, mostly to see how they react to all the attention women whistleblowers have been receiving. Are they proud? Envious? Both? Are more women blowing the whistle? Do they differ from men who blow the whistle? About the first question it is hard to be sure, for reasons to be explained. About the second, I can say that women whistleblowers talk differently about their experience than men.2 In her New York Times (June 6,2002) op-ed piece, Anita Hill, another famous woman whistleblower (she testified against Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas at his Senate confirmation hearings), speculates that more women are blowing the whistle because many have reached high enough positions in the organization to see malfeasance by policy, as it might be called, while still remaining outsiders, not one of the boys. Women work


This dissertation brings sharp social theory, deep history and precise ethnography to illumine the nexus of social and urban structure, human emotions, and power. I draw on Norbert Elias, Emile Durkheim, Marcel Mauss, among other social theorists and historians, to counter dominant views of fear in the social sciences as a sole destroyer of the social fabric with evidence of how and why fear both tears and tightens the social fabric, both destroys and fosters solidarity. Yet with the exception of a few spaces of hope where families of victims of forced disappearances organized to demand justice from the state, this "tightening" of the social fabric did not transcend but rather exacerbated socio-spatial divides. I draw on comparative urban sociology by Teresa Caldeira, Gerald Suttles and Loic Wacquant to trace the revamping of San Pedro, a suburb of the Monterrey Metropolitan Area and one of the wealthiest municipalities in Mexico, as an emerging state within a state for the upper class—an example of a new pattern of urban seclusion taking form in Latin America. This dissertation contributes to the sociology of everyday life in the city and the political sociology of fear and violence by providing a rare case study of cross-class responses to gruesome violence.


The promise of high-rate low-density parity check (LDPC) codes to substantially reduce the overhead of fault-tolerant quantum computation depends on constructing efficient, fault-tolerant implementations of logical gates on such codes. Transversal gates are the simplest type of fault-tolerant gate, but the potential of transversal gates on LDPC codes has hitherto been largely neglected. We investigate the transversal gates that can be implemented in hypergraph product codes, a class of LDPC codes. Our analysis is aided by the construction of a symplectic canonical basis for the logical operators of hypergraph product codes, a result that may be of independent interest. We show that in these codes transversal gates can implement Hadamard (up to logical SWAP gates) and control-Z on all logical qubits. Moreover, we show that sequences of transversal operations, interleaved with error correction, allow implementation of entangling gates between arbitrary pairs of logical qubits in the same code block. We thereby demonstrate that transversal gates can be used as the basis for universal quantum computing on LDPC codes, when supplemented with state injection.


: Osmotic evaporation (OE) was applied to grape juice to increase the sugar content and thus to improve the quality of wine obtained after fermentation. The use of aqueous solutions of glycerol as extractant avoids corrosion and scaling, which are the main problems in OE with brines. Preliminary experiments were performed on lab scale using water or glucose solutions as feed, and NaCl or glycerol as extractant. The runs with NaCl allowed measurement of the membrane transport properties, whereas glycerol was used to quantify the concentration polarization phenomena involved. The extract side concentration polarization severely limited the flux achievable for glycerol concentration above 50% wt, while the extract side concentration was negligible in the OE with NaCl. The feed side concentration polarization played a minor role for glucose content up to 40% wt. Experiments with grape juice were performed on pilot scale equipped with plate and frame modules. The performance were in good agreement with lab results on glucose model solutions, the lower flux observed was due only to the low temperature of operation. The process was tested on 3 types of grape juice (white, rose, and red). Treated and control juices were fermented, and corresponding wines were analyzed for selected parameters and evaluated by sensory analysis. The OE treatment removed water from grape juice and increased both the total soluble solids and sugar content of juice, thus ethanol content and dry extract in wine always increased. The osmotic evaporation significantly improved sensory quality of red wine that was judged as having a full body, more structure, and persistence.


The scincid lizard Ateuchosaurus pellopleurus (Hallowell, 1861) has been recognized as a single species widely distributed in the Osumi, Tokara, Amami, and Okinawa Groups of the Ryukyu Archipelago, southern Japan. However, a recent molecular phylogenetic study suggested that this skink should be divided into two species: one distributed in the Osumi to Amami Groups, and another distributed in the Okinawa Group. For A. pellopleurus, two extant syntypes collected from an island of the Amami Group were confirmed. Therefore, we identified the species in the Osumi to Amami Groups as A. pellopleurus sensu stricto by designating one of the syntypes as the lectotype for this species. For the species in the Okinawa Group, we resurrected A. okinavensis (Thompson, 1912), of which the type locality is on Okinawajima Island in the Okinawa Group. Ateuchosaurus pellopleurus and A. okinavensis can be differentiated by the following characteristics: usually separated frontonasal and frontal, 8–14 subdigital scales on the fourth toe (mode = 11), and usually two or three pairs of dorsal median scale rows with black stripes in A. pellopleurus; usually fused frontonasal and frontal, 10–16 subdigital scales on the fourth toe (mode = 13), and usually no stripe on the dorsal scales or a pair of dorsal median scale rows with black stripes in A. okinavensis.


Chemical fertilizers (125: 80 : 80 kg/ha) and FYM were given to the Karchoor at NBPGR, R/S Bhawali Nanital. The FYM 150 q/ha was found to the best dose for maximum rhizome yield/plant, rhizome diameter, fresh herbage yield/plant, herbage yield/plot, plant height and plant spread. Therefore, above said FYM dose which is beneficial for the rhizome yield through high herbage production for application in Karchoor in rain fed sub temperate hills conditions of UttaraKhand.


Despite the innocuousness of the book's title, Lynette Hunter's Critiques of Knowing constitutes an ambitious and groundbreaking critique of the dominant modes of knowledge and textuality in the West, specifically "in the political context of the liberal democratic social contract" (3) in Britain and North America. Hunter undertakes a comprehensive analysis of dominant (post-Cartesian) theories of language and textuality, making every effort along the way to foreground the kinds of knowledge these approaches to language leave unarticulated and to situate each approach socially, historically, and politically. Her analysis, ultimately, lays bare the messy network of connections that link knowledge and textuality to systems of ruling powers-connections that are often "obscured by institutional systems" (1) and yet whose visibility is vital to the re-assessment and potential change of those same systems. The breadth of Hunter's scholarship is refreshing: her analysis moves across several disciplines (politics, science, computing science, AI, the arts & humanities) and her analytical approach is a fusion of several critical perspectives (contemporary social history of science, the history of rhetoric, and feminist standpoint theory). While the interdisciplinarity and kaleidoscopic ambition of her scholarship can, at times, be daunting, these same qualities make Critiques an essential text for anyone interested in the rhetorics and politics of communication across the disciplines. In particular, the breadth of Hunter's analysis allows her to recognize that all disciplines have a tendency to develop ideological "blind spots"-telling silences that mark positions excluded or denied by an institutional system of representation. Such "blind spots," Hunter argues, are necessarily present in any given representational system-textuality, she argues, is always already and necessarily incomplete. However, these "blind spots" should not go unexamined; rather, they should be negotiated, articulated, and as-


Male and female neonatal sepsis was included in this study. Positive blood culture was observed in the study with positive male cases 43.53% than female 41.17%. The gram positive isolates 82.6% were found more than gram negative isolates 16.4%.The most common isolates were Staphylococcus aureus 66 (86.9%), Klebsiella pneumonia 9 (60%) and others. Staphylococcus aureus showed resistant against penicillin G, ceftazidime, cephalexin, cefixime, ampicillin, ofloxacine, ceftriazone, imipenem, azithromycin used antibiotics.


In "Lifting the Veil: The Feminine Face of Science" Linda Jean Shepherd writes: This book is a personal journey, embarked upon to discover and honor the emerging Feminine in myself and in our culture.... I learned early in life what it meant to be a scientist.... Without realizing it, my reality was defined by science. I believed that if science had not proven something then it did not exist. I had faith that, given enough time and money, scientists could solve all our problems and answer all of our questions.... My idea of being feminine meant wearing ribbons and frilly blouses, and pursuing quiet activities like cooking and sewing.... [N]othing women did—mothering, teaching, nursing, being a secretary— seemed valued. Science, on the other hand, sparkled with power.... Not until seven years ago did I seriously question what it meant to be a woman.... Although I made more money as a scientist in ...


We study a coupled system of multi-term Hilfer fractional differential equations of different orders involving non-integral and autonomous type Riemann-Liouville mixed integral nonlinearities supplemented with nonlocal coupled multi-point and Riemann-Liouville integral boundary conditions. The uniqueness result for the given problem is based on the contraction mapping principle, while the existence results are derived with the aid of Krasnosel'ski${\rm{\mathord{\buildrel{\lower3pt\hbox{$\scriptscriptstyle\smile$}} \over i} }}$'s fixed point theorem and Leray-Schauder nonlinear alternative. Examples illustrating the main results are presented.


In the practice of the new mineral prospect specification in recent years several problems are felt.They are mainly low degree of quantitativationd low degress of operation,multi-solution and vagueness of the keywards,especially the space distance of geological reconnaissance,the uneasily understandable and mastered reserves estimation that always lead to simplification of geological works.


The building thermal capacity can be used for shifting on-peak load and reducing peak cooling/heating in commercial and residential buildings. The optimization of the pre-cooling/pre-heating is a complicated problem of several major factors, including utility rates, load profiles, building storage characteristics and weather conditions. This paper introduces an intelligent search algorithm, Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), to find the near optimal solution. A simulation model of a single floor with multi-zone based on a real lab building in Carnegie Mellon University is built with Energyplus to simulate the proposed algorithm. By using MLE+, the EnergyPlus model of the building becomes an S-function block in the Matlab/Simulink, and all available Matlab toolboxes can be used for control and optimization purposes. Simulation results demonstrate the feasibility and the effectiveness of the proposed method.


A familiar theme in discussions of science and religion is the impact of scientific progress on our conception of ourselves. Of particular concern in understanding this impact is the question of how our view of human dignity is affected by scientific progress-or even influential scientific theories, whether or not they are ultimately well confirmed. I include here theories in the cognitive science of religion (CSR), but my concern is wider. It has been said that Darwin unseated our sense of our uniqueness in the biological realm and that Freud undermined our sense of rational self-control. Even supposing these claims are true and that they weaken or eliminate two of the pillars of human dignity, they do not by themselves undermine the possibility of justified theistic beliefs or other justified beliefs that support the view that human persons have a kind of dignity. Granted, the bare truth of theism does not imply that we are free and autonomous in the sense widely taken to be most relevant to human dignity, but some versions of theism-such as those implying that God would not have created persons who are not free and inherently valuable-tend to support the view that we have a kind of dignity. If, as many philosophers and others believe, scientific findings undermine both arguments for theism and, even apart from that, some cherished views about the uniqueness and rationality of human beings, the idea that human beings have dignity is deprived of one source of support. This paper will explore whether developments in CSR might threaten our positive selfconception and, independently of that, the idea that there is a rational basis for theism. Might the results and likely developments of CSR undermine the idea of human dignity as implying-in normal adult human beings- minimally, on the psychological side, free rational agency and a good measure of autonomy and, on the normative side, moral rights and a capacity for moral agency, i.e., roughly, for action based on moral judgment or cognition?1Scientists tend to presuppose, and philosophers widely agree, that our mental life depends on our neural life. Researchers in CSR tend to assume that their results can be accommodated by whatever is learned about the neural underpinnings of cognition, but most of them apparently proceed as if certain cognitive and broadly social-scientific concepts are adequate for scientific explanation of human behavior.2 This raises the question whether CSR is committed to the reducibility of the cognitive properties and laws crucial for its explanations to physical properties and correspondingly physicalistic laws. If not, it apparently presupposes a kind of autonomy on the part of those properties and laws. This, in turn, implies that the cognitive concepts and properties cmcial for religious expression and commitment might also have autonomous explanatory power, a kind that does not depend on taking them to be identical with any physical counterparts.Neutrality about reduction does not entail rejection of reducibility in principle. But it is not clear that anything essential in CSR precludes maintaining the irreducibility of psychological properties to physical ones (I hereafter assume that mentalistic concepts are not reducible to physicalistic ones and that in any case our main questions in this paper require considering reducibility only for properties and laws). If CSR does not entail such reducibility, then a kind of dualism important-even if not essential-for most religions cannot be attacked by naturalistic proponents of CSR as inconsistent with their scientific endeavors. If, however, CSR presupposes that physical (including neurobiological) properties and laws are explanatorily basic, it faces the problem of how to connect its own findings, at least in outline, with an underlying physicalistic theory. Section I will indicate some areas in which results in CSR bear on the issues sketched above. Section II will consider the relation between these results and a materialistic conception of the human person. …


Glass with embedded metal and sulfides (GEMS) are amorphous silicates included in anhydrous interplanetary dust particles (IDPs) and can provide information about material evolution in our early solar system. Several formation processes for GEMS have been proposed so far, but these theories are still being debated. To investigate a possible GEMS origin by reduction of interstellar silicates, we synthesized amorphous silicates with a mean GEMS composition and performed heating experiments in a reducing atmosphere. FeO-bearing amorphous silicates were heated at 923 K and 973 K for 3 hr, and at 1023 K for 1–48 hr at ambient pressure in a reducing atmosphere. Fe grains formed at the interface between the silicate and the reducing gas through a reduction. In contrast, TEM observations of natural GEMS show that metallic grains are uniformly embedded in amorphous silicates. Therefore, the present study suggests that metallic inclusions in GEMS could not form as reduction products and that other formation process such as condensation or irradiation are more likely.


Mrs. Smith arrives in the emergency room from a motor vehicle accident. She is known to have a long-standing history of hypertension and non-insulin dependent Type II diabetes, but she appears to have only minor injuries-cuts, scrapes, and contusions. The elderly woman admits to being increasingly tired, without her usual appetite. Mrs. Smith also reports occasional morning nausea and nighttime itching. She attributes these symptoms to a bout of flu one month ago. Initial basic chemistry and blood count panels are remarkable for BUN (85 mg/dl), creatinine (6.5 mg/dl), hematocrit (24 percent), and hemoglobin (6)-far from laboratory values considered normal for women (10-20 mg/dl, .2-1.5 mg/dl, 40 to 45 percent, and 13-15, respectively).


The use of wound drains in arthroplasty patients is controversial. Previous work including a meta analysis looking at closed drainage systems has shown no benefit in their use. It is postulated that retransfusion drains may offer an advantage over closed drains and cut allogenic transfusion requirements and aid wound healing. This study was designed to assess the use of retransfusion drains in hip and knee replacement patients and prove the null hypothesis that there is no difference in post op haemaglobin levels or transfusion with their use. Following an initial pilot audit of blood drainage in such patients we designed a protocol for a prospective trial. In a prospective randomised controlled study we evaluated the use of retransfusion drains in primary hip and knee arthroplasty patients. Eighty patients were randomised to removal of the drain at six or twenty-four hours post op, to assess the most efficient and beneficial use of such drains. The rate of blood drainage, post-operative haemaglobin (Hb) levels, blood transfusion, hospital stay, complications and rehabilitation observed. The two groups were comparable, have a follow up of two years and all attempts to control variables were made. The drop in haemaglobin, hospital stay, complications and rehabilitation between both groups revealed no significant difference in all respects. Wound healing appeared better in six-hour group for hip and knee patients. There is no effect of type of joint or age on the drop in Hb. The TKR patients drained sig. more blood than the THR patients. The rate of blood loss is discussed. The amount of blood drained that was retransfused was 94% efficient. The allogenic transfusion rates were higher in the six-hour knee group. Three patients required post operative antibiotic but at latest follow up all patients were reported as having no problems and no evidence of infection. This study concludes that retransfusion drains offer no advantage in the arthroplasty patients' care.


The invention provides a multi-fiber section tunnable optical filter. The tunable optical filter is formed by the longitudinal alignment of two opposing end sections of single-mode optical fibers. On at least one of the end sections is a collimator fiber section which is formed from a section of a graded-index, multimode optical fiber which is an odd number of quarter pitches long. The collimator fiber section has an angled end surface which joined to the reciprocally angled end surface of the at least one single-mode optical fiber end section. Piezoelectric material controls the separation between the first and second single-mode optical fiber end sections and sets the wavelengths of optical signals carried through the first and second single-mode optical fiber end sections.


In today's oil prices scenario, industry's focus is shifting towards Brownfield projects having low CAPEX utilizing existing Oil & Gas assets. Towards this objective, de-bottlenecking of existing flare system becomes inevitable for facilities up-gradation. The spare capacity of existing flare is utilized to accommodate additional relief loads from new facility, thus avoiding installation of new flare. Dynamic simulation approach provides significant advantages over conventional approach in terms of realistic estimation of flare capacity and optimal use of existing plant assets.
 The conventional steady state approach assumptions provide conservative relief loads considering sum of instantaneous peak flows of relieving devices irrespective of their opening time. Flare operations are inherently dynamic in nature and dynamic simulations provide more realistic relief loads and presents optimal approach to de-bottlenecking of existing flare system.
 Latest API approach to determine relief rate based on Fire Response Analysis using vessel rupture acceptance criteria also provides additional benefits in terms of relief load optimization as compared to conventional API approach to reduce the system pressure to 50% or 100 Psig in 15 minutes.
 Dynamic approach also accounts for the packing effect in flare network, system operating pressure at which blow down will initiate and sequential opening of blow down valves for each isolatable section. Thus, dynamic approach provides better understanding of the dynamic behavior during blow down scenario. The flare system of offshore gas processing platform was originally designed based on steady state approach, commonly used being a conservative design which is more appropriate for green-field projects. In this approach, the total flare design load is established by adding all individual loads; assuming that peak flow from all sources will occur at the same time resulting in overdesign of flare system.
 A dynamic simulation model was developed to analyze the behavior of flare system during emergency relief scenario incorporating the actual volumes of Flare KOD, sub/main flare header and actual opening time of blowdown valves. The dynamic approach accounts for the packing phenomena in the overall flare system network which significantly optimizes the design of flare system and associated equipment.
 The results of dynamic approach are compared with conservative conventional approach. The study concludes that dynamic approach for flare system design provides more accurate estimation of peak flare load.


Through the analysis of water sample from of water radon observation of Qicun Hydrochemical Station,Xinzhou,Shanxi and blank sample,the reason for both appearing at the same time and its dynamic characteristics are discussed.Then,the method for getting rid of water radon disturbance and identifying water radon anomaly is proposed in this paper.


Bryozoans are clonal and colonial organisms that have a species-specific biological potential to perform tactial (reactive) growth alterations. These biological potentials subdivide encrusting bryozoan morphotypes into several different pathways of individuality of morphoprocesses, a term introduced by V. N. Beklemishev (1890–1962), and applied to bryozoans with various degrees of colony integration. The frequency distribution of these morphotypes (z-/m-/c-/s-laminae) has been studied in bryozoans occurring in the vicinity of 5 Japanese marine biology stations, located along the latitudinal gradient in Japan from cool-temperate to (marginally) tropical. With increasing light influx and temperature, substrate occupation and thickness of biofilms increase, and filamentous microalgae and cyanobacteria gradually replace diatoms. Likewise, the warmer the water, the more frequent became s- and c-laminae. Both are the morphotypes with the best relative potential to perform tactical response and to overgrow biomats. In warmer water, bryozoan coverage tends to decrease benthic microbial diversity. In cool waters, the opposite is often the case. This indicates that biofilms contribute to differentiate the substrate surface into various bryozoan microhabitats, and thus contribute to the overall bryozoan diversity present in Japanese waters.


This study aims to analyze the factors causing low interest of MSMEs in Pamijahan District in choosing financing for Islamic banks. The study was conducted using quantitative research methods with primary data from the secondary. Primary data was obtained through a questionnaire survey of the Pamijahan community. The sample, a number of 25 UMKM in the Pamijahan Subdistrict neighborhood, was taken proportionally puporsif. The study period was three months in the April-June 2018 period. Based on the partial test (t test) shows that promotion has a positive influence on the interests of UMKM in Pamijahan District. Based on the simultaneous test (test f), products, financing procedures, promotion and profit sharing together have a positive effect on the increasing interest of UMKM in Pamijahan District in choosing financing in Islamic banks (R2 0.609). The most dominant factor influencing the increasing interest of UMKM in Pamijahan District, choosing Islamic bank financing is the promotion factor.


Abstract Analyses of distribution, diversity, endemism, and taxonomic effort for Rubiaceae are reported, based on queries from a World Rubiaceae Checklist database. Rubiaceae are widespread and occur in all major regions of the world except the Antarctic Continent, but are predominantly a group in the tropics with greatest diversity in low- to mid-altitude humid forests. A count of Rubiaceae species and genera is given (13,143 spp./611 genera), which confirms that this is the fourth largest angiosperm family. Psychotria L. is the largest genus in the Rubiaceae (1834 spp.) and the third largest angiosperm genus. Most genera (72%) have fewer than 10 species and 211 are monotypic. Calculation of relative species diversity and percentage endemism enables areas of high diversity and endemism to be enumerated, and identifies areas where further field collecting and taxonomic research are required. Endemism is generally high in Rubiaceae, which supports data from recent studies showing that many species have restricted distributions. Given the assumed ecologic sensitivity of Rubiaceae, in combination with a range of other factors including restricted distribution, we suggest that species in this family are particularly vulnerable to extinction. The rate at which new species are being described is inadequate; more resources are required before the diversity of Rubiaceae is satisfactorily enumerated.


The title compound (Fig. 1) is a synthetic intermediate designed to be a cyclic dimer of a natural acyclic polyamine, spermine, for a better understanding of its function in a cell system.1 Details concerning the synthesis of the molecule will be reported elsewhere. In order to elucidate the ring conformation, the crystal structure was determined by an X-ray analysis. Single crystals were grown in a chloroform-methanol solution. A colorless transparent needle having a size of 0.18X0.23X0.70 mm was used for the data collection with graphite-monochromatized Mo-Ka radiation (2_ 0.71073). No decay or absorption corrections were applied (μ=0.196 mm 1). Table 1 summarizes the crystal and experimental data. The hydrogen atoms were located by successive difference Fourier synthesis. The structure was refined with anisotropic temperature factors for all non-H atoms and isotropic ones for the H atoms. The atomic parameters are given in Table 2. The molecular structure and bond parameters are shown in Figs. 2 and 3, respectively. The molecule has a center of symmetry. The ring conformation is a considerably deformed rectangular


It is known that titanium carbide based cermet containing nitrogen(N) in the form of TA or Ti (C, N) shows excellent creep resistance compared with that of N-free cermet. It is expected that when N-free cermet is nitrified during raising temperature and subsequently sintered, it also shows excellent creep resistance. The object of this study is to clarify the above subject experimentally. It was made clear that the creep characteristics of N-free cermet sintered after nitrification under an adequate condition were superior, as expected, though the N content of nitrified cermet was lower than the value of TiC-TiN-Mo2C-Ni cermet.


Dictionary entries and speech context representing use / nonuse of anglicisms in the Internet language are objects of the research; original and borrowed resources to nominate new concepts are subjects of the research. Objective of the research is to demonstrate features of modern Slovak lexis in the context of worldwide globalization processes. The research involves methods of observation, comparison, and description. The research results in the identification of anglicisms and their national linguistic equivalents in the lexical and semantic system of the Slovak language. Practical implication of the research results is possible in terms of studying dynamic processes of lexical and semantic systems of the Slavic languages and practices of certain Slavic countries while solving the problems of anglicisms. Conclusions are as follows: 1) under the modern globalization conditions, lexical level of the language, being characterized by higher dynamics, demonstrates considerable influence of anglicisms; 2) borrowing process has both its advantages and disadvantages: on the one hand, it diversifies and enriches vocabulary of the speakers, on the other hand, it expels proper linguistic structures; 3) the Slovak language is rich with different linguistic tools to define various culture-bound items surrounding the speakers with the active use of both word-forming and semantic (including metaphoric transitions) resources for the process of nomination; 4) in terms of lexical and semantic system of the Slovak language, interaction of the original and borrowed resources is rather obvious, their parallel existence shows prospective and harmonic development of the Slovak vocabulary.


Observations of 15 solar-type stars in the intermediate-age open cluster NGC 752 are reported. A lower resolution analog of the Mount Wilson S index is shown to yield absolute chromospheric surface flux values for these stars with about 60 percent of the sensitivity of the Mount Wilson system. Absolute chromospheric surface fluxes of solar-type stars in eight clusters ranging from 10 million yrs to six billion or more years in age are presented. Two heuristic forms are shown to fit the data about equally well, with no indication of a discontinuity at intermediate ages. These relations can yield chromospheric ages for any G-type dwarf or subgiant with a Mount Wilson S index. The usefulness of this lower resolution approach for studies of chemical and dynamical evolution of the Galaxy as well as of the stellar birth rate is pointed out. 24 references.


During the last two decades, the study of biological activities of pyrazolone derivatives has been the main focus area of many researchers. Looking to the importance and usefulness of pyrazolones, a series of 5-pyrazolone derivatives were synthesized by refluxing ethyl ?-(4-chloro-2-methyl phenyl azo) aceto acetate and acid hydrazides of malon anilic acid in acetic acid medium or by heating under microwave irradiation. In this paper two of the newly synthesized compounds were characterized by elemental analysis, IR, 1H NMR spectroscopy. The synthesized compounds were used as efficient precursors for the synthesis of new heterocyclic compounds with expected biological activities. We have also concluded that the reactions described have proceeded to completion in a much shorter time when irradiated in a focused microwave oven. Theoretical study of the compounds and their IR spectra data have been determined by performing DFT molecular orbital calculations. Keywords :  Pyrazolone, refluxing, microwave, synthesis, biological activities


Assessment of contaminated rivers and effective remediation of streams affected by acid mine drainage require a thorough understanding of the dominant mechanisms controlling particle and contaminant dynamics. Studies of the fate and transport of these reactive substances are generally complicated due to the complex coupling of hydrologic and geochemical processes, which vary spatially and temporally. The importance of hyporheic exchange has becoming increasingly recognized because of its important role in regulating the transport of particles, contaminants, and ecologically relevant substances. In this presentation, fundamental mechanisms controlling hyporheic exchange processes, overall study approaches including modeling and experimental methodology, and accomplishments of understanding these transport processes will be reviewed. Implications of these results on determination of ecological risk along with the current and future research will be discussed.


Spherical silicon nanoparticles were prepared by laser ablation of a single crystal Si wafer immersed in 95% ethanol with a pulse duration shorter than the time of electron−phonon relaxation (from 35 to 900 fs). The size distribution depends on the pulse duration as well as the width of the size distribution, which increases with the increase of the laser pulse duration. High resolution transmission electron microscopy performed on 20−40 nm particles showed polycrystalline particles made up mainly of silicon (α-Si) crystallites with the diamond structure and in some cases cubic silicon carbide (SiC) inclusions. Electron energy loss spectroscopy data on the large particles are very similar to bulk Si. Raman analysis extended to small frequencies showed a downshift and an asymmetrical broadening of the first-order Si optical peak with respect to bulk Si in good agreement with a spatial confinement in 5−10 nm crystallites. The photoluminescence spectra present a maximum of emission band at about 640 nm.


C16H20N204, monoclinic, P21, a = 6.270 (1),b= 11.119(3),c= ll.640(4)A, fl= 100.7 (2)°,Dm = 1-27 (flotation), Dc = 1-26 Mg m -3, Z = 2. The structure has been refined to a final R value of 0.041 for 1584 independent counter-measured reflections. The oxazolone ring in the molecule is nearly planar. The exocyclic O atom is 0.065 A out of the plane defined by the other four atoms in the ring belonging to the lactone group. The difference in length between the two
adjacent C-O bonds in the ring is small, but significant.
The crystal structure is stabilized by van der Waals interactions and a N--H... N hydrogen bond.


We present a theoretical study of doubly resonant three-photon ionization with radiation of sufficiently broad bandwidth to overlap all hyperfine levels of the resonant intermediate states. We demonstrate that isotopic selectivity in ionization is apt to occur under a variety of circumstances, although the degree may vary from negligible to quite significant, depending on the relative values of atomic and radiation parameters. Our theory provides a satisfactory quantitative interpretation of recent experimental data in Sn.


This issue contains 25 articles submitted by experts from across the world and deals with the epidemiology of many diseases, including avian, sheep, goat, cattle and swine diseases. It also addresses health policies and provides updated information about animal welfare education. Other topics include FMD vaccination, surveillance and risk assessment, and the mental and physical distress of field veterinarians during and after the 2010 FMD outbreak in Japan. Expected in December 2015.


In2Se3 films were pulse electrodeposited on tin oxide coated glass substrates at different duty cycles for the first time. The films were single phase with crystallite size in the range of 15 – 40 nm. The strain and dislocation density decreased with increase of duty cycle. Post annealing increased the crystallite size from 40 nm to 115 nm. The films exhibited photoconductivity.


Abstract : New concepts for the future air-land combat have been defined, which are based on a system of systems approach and take advantage on the recent technological advances such as robotic vehicles and miniaturized sensors or systems. In order to explore the various concepts and to start the feasibility and definition phase of the main systems addressed, simulation proves to be a critical tool. We discuss in this paper our simulation-based approach and prove on the way its cost-effectiveness.


Eid al-Fitr or Lebaran is one of the biggest national holidays in Indonesia. It is a day in a year where most people, usually urban citizens, goes back to their parents or childhood home. In normal condition, this high mobility culture has many positive social and economic aspects, but in pandemic situation, it is the opposite. Mobility reduction is a key in controlling emerging Covid-19. Unfortunately, big events or big holidays tend to overcome the pandemic crisis in terms of people's mobility. In this study, we use movement range index data to analyze the dynamics of people's mobility in Indonesia around national holidays, especially Lebaran 2021. A deep learning approach is applied to create prediction of people's mobility based on past behavior and other variables such as Covid-19 daily cases and government regulation. It is shown that Eid al-Fitr effect on people's desire to move surpasses pandemic condition or even government regulation.


Shows a view looking towards a group of men and boys standing outside the buildings of the railway station at Cape Foulwind. Rail tracks and carriages can be seen at the far right.
Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard..
Physical Description: Photolithograph, on postcard 89 x 138 mm.


Golf ball aerodynamics is significantly multifaceted as compared to other sports balls due to the presence of small dimples, which serve as a source of surface roughness and drag reduction. Overall aerodynamic performance of a golf ball is influenced by flow behavior over these dimples. Consequently, flow phenomena over the dimples is effected by various dimple characteristics, of which dimples geometry, size, shape, depth, and pattern are considered significant. Dimple characteristics continue to be an active area of research because the results thereof, affect the assertions, sales, and the performance of different commercially available golf balls. Dimples on the other hand also enhance the intricacy of flow over a golf ball; and due to this fact aerodynamics of a golf ball is yet to be fully recognized despite of considerable amount of available literature. Previous studies focused on overall aerodynamic performance of the golf ball through experimental analysis and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations; however, available literature still lacks detailed analysis of pertinent dimple characteristics. In this paper, dimple depth effect on the drag performance of a golf ball has been examined by employing numerical simulations, followed by validation through bench mark wind tunnel results of F. Alam (Procedia-2011). CFD simulations in ANSYS Fluent ® have been carried out for 5 balls with varied dimple depth over various velocities (wind). It has been established that golf ball drag coefficient varies considerably as the dimple geometry is varied. The results specify a direct relationship between dimple depth ratio and transitioning Reynolds number. As the depth ratio is increased the transitioning Reynolds number is lowered and this also serves to increase the drag coefficient in transcritical regime. A positive linear relationship was also established between coefficient of drag and relative roughness.


The function of asphalt treated permeable base was analyzed, and the design requirement,structure layer design and mechanical properties with their influencing factors of asphalt stabilized base course mixture were discussed.The shortcomings of asphalt treated permeable base were proposed to promote research and use of asphalt treated permeable base.


In this work, a single-stage filtration was developed for the first time as an effective protocol for the purification of oily wastewater via diatomite/carbon composite microfiltration membranes. The microstructure and property of microfiltration carbon membranes (MFCMs) were modulated by varying the diatomites dosage for purifying oily wastewater with single-stage filtration. Results demonstrated that the diatomite addition was favorable for the thermal stability of precursors and the structural compactness of resultant MFCMs. The maximum oil rejection can reach 98.9%, along with the permeation flux of 147.86 kg m–2 h–1 by a single-stage filtration of MFCMs. In addition, the adoption of post-oxidation can further greatly improve the permeation flux and antifouling ability of MFCMs for oily wastewater.


ABSTRACT This paper describes research exploring discursive constructions of gender and discursive/material intra-actions in two PreK classrooms in the United States, specifically through documentation of children's play. Using a feminist poststructuralist lens, the research illustrates ways in which children are subjected through performative iterations of heterosexual gender norms. Extending these insights, we consider the effect of non-human agentic matter, such as spaces and objects in intra-action with children in constituting gender and identity. The research shows how children's performances of gender, and especially their enactments of the heterosexual matrix, were often in relation to the material play items and the adult-deemed acceptable discursive topics for four-year-olds. The heterosexual matrix was both (re)inscribed and resisted in relationality to open and subversive spaces as children brought 'difficult knowledge' into their play. It is proposed that gender fluidity be supported in open and subversive spaces and that gender binaries can be challenged and renarrativized to incite more gender fluid knowings and becomings in early childhood education and care.


Introduction: We aimed to investigate whether long-term body weight variability (BWV) is associated with late-life dementia and to further assess their potential temporal relationships. Methods: In 5,547 participants in Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a population-based prospective cohort, we quantified BWV as coefficient of variation using self-reported body weight from 1992 to 2008 and followed their dementia status from 2008 to 2016. Results: A total of 427 incident dementia cases were identified. Larger long-term BWV was significantly associated with higher risk of dementia (HR comparing extreme quartiles: 2.01, 95% CI: 1.48-2.72; HR of each SD increment: 1.21, 95% CI,1.10-1.32; p-trend<0.001). This significant association was even observed for BWV estimated approximately 15 years preceding dementia diagnosis (HR of each SD increment: 1.13, 95% CI: 1.03-1.23) and was more pronounced for that closer to diagnosis. Discussion: Our findings suggested that large BWV could be a novel risk factor for dementia.


The heavy mineral fraction of sedimentary rocks and sediments can provide important information about provenance in sedimentary basins studies because some minerals or group of minerals can be traced to a source rock or terrain of specific composition. This work is a provenance study based on heavy mineral analyses of samples collected on the Rio Grande do Sul (southern Brazil), Uruguay and north of Argentine continental shelf (between 29o30´ and 37o 30´ south latitude and 48o 30´ and 56o 30´ west longitude). The fine and very fine sand fractions (2-4 Φ) were selected for heavy mineral analysis employing bromoform (S.G.= 2.65). The quantitative analysis was made using a microscope for the mineral identification and the counting of 300 grains from each sample, in a total of 106 samples. Multivariate data analysis was applied for mineralogical analysis, principally the RQ- mode vector. Four principal assemblages were defined applying this technique revealing the main source as well as the dispersal patterns for the sediments. The first component was dominated by augite indicating a panpean-patagonic source. The second component was dominated by hornblende and hypersthene minerals, indicating a provenance from Precambrian terrains with basaltic influence. The third component was marked by the dominance of tourmaline, staurolite, epidote and kyanite reflecting a source from the Precambrian metamorphic terrains. Finally, the four components with apatite, zircon and sillimanite minerals were dispersed by the Rio de La Plata system.


AbstractChromosome counts are reported from five species of Antarctic hepatics belonging to five genera and four families. The chromosome numbers in the genera Herzogobryum (H. teres n = 9) and Paehyglossa (P. dissitifolia n = 9) are reported for the first time. The first chromosome count from Lophozia excisa, n = 27, is the highest reported from Lophozia. A diploid number, n = 18, is reported for the first time from Barbilophozia hateheri; a second count, n = 9, agrees with earlier reports. The commonest Antarctic liverwort Cephaloziella cf. exili[lora has n = 18 and this agrees with earlier reports for the genus.


According to a Reporting of population of United Nations, it is oerdicted that Korea will enter into "Aging Society" after decade,...


Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System(TDRSS) plays the role of communication bridge between medium or low orbit spacecraft and its ground station.It transmits real-time information and improves the response ability in emergency.In order to evaluate the quality and efficiency of TDRSS scheduling service,a method of TDRSS real-time visualization simulation and its system realization based on Satellite Tool Kit(STK) communication component(STKX) are presented.Simulation results show that the STK-based system satisfies the requirements of TDRSS real-time task monitoring and the evaluation of mission scheduling on ground terminal.


Microstructure and interfacial reactions of Al2O3 joints brazed with Al2O3-particulate-contained composite Ag-Cu-Ti filler material were researched by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), electron probe microscopy analysis (EPMA),energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The interfacial reaction layer thickness of joints brazed with conventional active filler metal and active composite filler materials with different volume fraction of Al2O3 particulate was also studied. The experimental results indicated although there were Al2O3 particulates added into active filler metals, the time dependence of interfacial layer growth of joints brazed with active composite filler material is t1/2 as described by Fickian law as the joints brazed with conventional active filler metal.


"The Talking Book and the Talking Book Historian" explores scholarship located at the intersection of African American Studies and the History of the Book. While the two fields have a great deal to offer one another, I argue that there has, until recently, been only fitful dialogue between scholars from each camp, a phenomenon I trace in part to the schism between enumerative and analytic bibliographers at the beginning of the twentieth century. Surveying scholarship on topics ranging from the noetics of orality to Oprah's Book Club, I conclude that scholars of African American culture and of print culture have much to gain from a sustained dialogue and that, increasingly, exchanges are taking place.


Reactions between AgC2Ar (Ar = Ph or C6F5) and RhCl(PPh3)3 or IrCl(CO)(PPh3)2 have given hexanuclear heteroatom cluster compounds M2Ag4(C2Ar)8(PPh3)2 (M = Rh or Ir), and the zwitterionic complexes {[Ag(PPh3)]+ [M(C2C6F5)4(PPh3)2]-} and {[Ag(PPh3)]2+ [Rh(C2C6F5)5(PPh3)] 2-}.The structures of these complexes are described and discussed, together with possible reactions by which they may be formed.


We compare several different calculations of the atmospheric neutrino flux in the energy range relevant for contained neutrino interactions, and we identify the major sources of difference among the calculations. We find nothing that would affect the predicted ratio of n e /n m , which is nearly the same in all calculations. Significant differences in normalization arise primarily from different treatments of pion production by interactions of protons in the atmosphere. Different assumptions about the primary spectrum and treatments of the geomagnetic field are also of some importance.@S0556-2821~96!04621-8#


The need for long-term projections of global food demand blossomed in recent years following the rising food prices and subsequent turbulences of world agricultural markets. Demand projections, largely driven by population and economic growth, show how food demand may develop in the future if population and income follow the assumed paths. These assumptions are, however, subject to revisions in regular time intervals. Also, future uncertainty allows for several quite different baseline scenarios (e.g. the SRES or SSP scenarios of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change).The specification of the demand system and its parameterization can also affect the projections and can explain differences across studies up to a certain extent. There is consensus that for projections until 2030 or 2050 income elasticities for most commodities should follow Engel's law and decline when income grows, whereas the type of food consumed can also depend on the level of income. For example, animal-based products can be normal goods at low income but may turn into inferior at high income levels, because consumers turn towards healthier and more sustainable diets. An endogenous determination of the parameters of the demand system helps to reflect alternative and updated macroeconomic assumptions in a systematic way.

This paper uses the multi-regional and multi-commodity partial-equilibrium model GAPS to look at how global food supply and calorie intake as well as food prices may evolve until 2050. The demand system of the model has been modified to allow for an endogenous determination of income demand elasticties following Engel's law. Moreover, the shares of various food types are endogenously determined as a function of income. The scenarios considered take recent data sources and alternative socioeconomic pathways into account, as discussed above, while the results are discussed in comparison to the latest FAO long-term projections.


The purpose of this study is to estimate the collective occupational radiation exposure at US nuclear power plants which is attributable to new Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requirements and changes in existing requirements, and to identify the specific regulatory requirements which contribute most significantly to this exposure. In order to obtain a statistically meaningful estimate and to observe trends, the study is based on five years of data, collected at 10 representative nuclear power stations, containing a total of 16 operating units. The time period 1979 through 1983 was selected because it encompasses the years during which most of the plant modifications resulting from the Three Mile Island (TMI) Action Plan were made. The results indicate that over the five-year period 1979 through 1983, 40% of the total occupational radiation exposure at light water reactors (LWRs) was attributable to NRC-initiated multi-plant actions. Based on the doses of record for LWRs, this percentage represents approximately 99,000 person-rem of collective exposure. The exposures attributable to NRC-initiated MPAs at pressurized water reactors (PWRs) and boiling water reactors (BWRs) over the five-year period were roughly comparable: 38% (more than 47,000 person-rem) at PWRs and 42% (more than 51,000 person-rem) at BWRs.


Successful working memory (WM) requires the engagement of relevant brain areas but possibly also the disengagement of irrelevant areas. We used magnetoencephalography (MEG) in order to elucidate the temporal dynamics of areas involved in a somatosensory WM task. We found an increase in gamma band activity in the primary and secondary somatosensory areas during encoding and retention, respectively. This was accompanied by an increase of alpha band activity over task-irrelevant regions including posterior and ipsilateral somatosensory cortex. Importantly, the alpha band increase was strongest during successful WM performance. Furthermore, we found frontal gamma band activity that correlated both with behavioral performance and the alpha band increase. We suggest that somatosensory gamma band activity reflects maintenance and attention-related components of WM operations, whereas alpha band activity reflects frontally controlled disengagement of task-irrelevant regions. Our results demonstrate that resource allocation involving the engagement of taskrelevant and disengagement of task-irrelevant regions is needed for optimal task execution. Published as: Haegens, S., Osipova, D., Oostenveld, R., & Jensen, O. (2010) Human Brain Mapping, 31(1), 26-35.


This research aims to analyze the influence of return on assets (ROA), non-performing financing (NPF), and financing-to-deposit ratio (FDR) on murabahah financing at Islamic Commercial Banks (ICB). This quantitative research uses secondary data from the annual Islamic Banking Statistics (IBS) report published by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for 2015-2021. The population and sample in this study consisted of all ICBs in Indonesia registered with the FSA, namely 15. The sampling technique used saturated samples. Meanwhile, the data used is the overall financial condition of ICB in the research year consisting of 12 months x 7 periods = 84 data. The data analysis technique uses the partial least square-structural equation model (PLS-SEM). The research results show that ROA does not influence murabahah financing, while NPF and FDR influence murabahah financing negatively and significantly. The implications of this research complement the existing theory, and practically, it can be a reference for Islamic banks in increasing ROA, reducing NPF, and increasing FDR through third-party funds so that murabahah financing can increase and more people are helped.


OBJECTIVE
This study aimed to review a series of 18 patients with malignant infratemporal fossa tumors who presented with otalgia as the primary symptom.

STUDY DESIGN
This was a retrospective case analysis.

SETTING
All patients were evaluated and treated at a tertiary care academic medical institution.

PATIENTS
Eighteen patients evaluated for otalgia in a normal-appearing ear, between July 1988 and July 1996, who were found to have a malignant infratemporal fossa tumor participated.

INTERVENTIONS
Diagnostic testing included radiographic evaluations and tissue sampling through fine-needle aspiration cytology. Treatment methods were histology dependent.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES
The time between the onset of otalgia and the tumor diagnosis was recorded. Overall treatment outcomes were reviewed.

RESULTS
The period between the onset of otalgia and tumor diagnosis ranged from 4-21 months with a mean of 7.5 months. Adenoid cystic carcinoma was the most commonly seen tumor in this series of patients.

CONCLUSIONS
The infratemporal fossa is a relatively protected region that may be the site of malignant neoplasms causing the isolated symptom of otalgia.


The present invention relates to a diesel fuel filler pipe for a tank, having blocking means for blocking a nozzle (9) having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the nozzle minimum error diesel filling, comprising two control rods (2) the control spring (5), the blocking lever (4), the blocking latch (3) and the blocking latch spring (6), the member according to the present invention interaction.


DOI:€10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.10.006 Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:735-737 and Yasuhiro Umezu Kazuma Okamoto, Issei Kiso, Yoshihito Inoue, Hideki Matayoshi, Ryuichi TakahashiNative Anterior Leaflet Left Ventricular Outflow Obstruction After Mitral Valve Replacement Preservinghttp://ats.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/full/82/2/735 located on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information and services, is


Beginning from the second half of July 2005, some cities in the eastern and southern areas of China appeared a widely and severely short situation of oil products supply lasting for more than one month. This was caused not only by such the factors as higher world's oil price,leap increase of oil consumption in peak season and oil products transport hindered by typhoons, but also related to the weak links in production and transport such as irrational distribution of oil products production and the construction lagging behind of oil transportation channels.


The archetype of the vessel, declined ontologically as heterotopia and etymologically as trait d'union of a community, becomes the pretext to propose the restoration of Venice's citizenship through a "poetics of reuse". The relationship between ephemeral architecture and historical heritage is analysed according to the three criteria identified by Pierre Pinon. The concept of reutilisation is declined through building materials. Reconversion is identified through examples of radical change of use of historic military buildings. Reappropriation is associated with the temporary expansion of the potential of public space through architectural installations. Case studies corresponding to each category are identified, and from the primary sources the three-dimensional redesign of these projects is contextualised in the historical surroundings, in order to deduce considerations regarding the relationship between the two frameworks. Since the case studies are very extensive and rather heterogeneous, the novelty lies in the transversal reading approach that returns the Biennale's magnificent centenary activity directly to the city and its inhabitants, subverting the negative connotation that cultural tourism has acquired on the island. The research aims to create an atlas of ephemeral architecture, define a taxonomy and draw up a document containing guidelines for future experiences of ephemeral architecture in the city.


Power generation system turbine (5) it is anchored in the water or attached to the top of the tower (4). Turbine (5) includes a rotor (6) having a main blades coupled to the rotor hub (9) (7) and the extension section (2). Adjusting device, to position the extension blade between an extended position to expose the storage position in the main blade (7), some of the rotor in the fluid flow. In both when the rotor blade extension blade portion (2) is extended and when stored, by extending the structural beam of a base blade portion of the rotor blade (8) to the blade stretching module, extendable the rotor blade structure comprises a support for the airfoil shell.


Mullerian duct anomalies are reported in literature, but maldevelopment of fallopian tube in isolation is rare. Accessory fallopian tubes can present as infertility, ectopic pregnancy, in association with urinary tract anomalies. We observed a case of tubal pregnancy where fallopian tube has two fimbriae with normal looking uterine and fallopian tube on the opposite side. we report a case of tubal pregnancy with accessory fallopian tube with literature review.


Methods for synthesizing rutile, anatase, or a nano-sized TiO The method 1) comprises forming a Ti- peroxo complex by mixing the H The primary particle diameter of the synthesized TiO The main feature of this method, it is cold method, it is high density synthetic, is that a high production yield of 90%.


Music transcription is the process of recovering the pitches and timings of notes in a piece of music from a recording of the music. This can be accomplished by a trained human musician, but automated music transcription, performed entirely by computer, has been a difficult task. For this project, I am exploring the problem and the potential applications of machine learning therein. I have examined the problems reducing the effectiveness of other groups' work on the subject and developed a structure for a new algorithm that can eliminate these problems.