DescriptorsAFTER SCHOOL TUTORING, BEHAVIOR CHANGE CHANGING ATTITUDES, CONTROL GROUPS, DATA, *DISADVANTAGED YOUTI-t *ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS, GRADES (SCHOLASTIC), *HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS INNER CITY, MASTER TEACHERS PROGRAM EVALUATION, *READING ACHIEVEMENT, READING TESTS, *TUTORIAL PROGRAMS Identifiers-Homework Helper Program, Iowa Silent Reachng Tests, Mobilization for Youth New York City, New York Tests of Growth in Reacing


To investigate the cardiometabolic risk (CMR) assessment and management patterns for individuals with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in Canadian primary care practices.


We were excited to have the opportunity to present this special issue of Psychodynamic Counselling on groups. As members of the Editorial Board, we have been participating in the production of the journal for a number of years. We decided to edit a 'special issue' in order to encourage the Journal's readers to develop an interest in, and a use of, a group modality for teaching, for therapy and for 'thinking group' when working with groups, individuals and organizations. We also wanted to encourage writers to tackle the difŽcult task of writing about groups for the wide and general audience that comprises the readership of this Journal. We are both group analysts. We are also practising individual therapists. As such, we are familiar with the experience of sitting with a client and, at certain points in the session, wishing that there was a group in the room to help the client see and hear him or herself better. This is a particular feeling shared by other practising group therapists. We imagine that such a feeling may not make immediate sense to those readers whose usual modality is working with individual clients. However, human beings spend most of their lives in groups and relate to them in various ways. Being in a group can be a comfortable space, somewhere to belong, to share; somewhere the individual is not alone. It can also be a threatening place, where individuals feel that they will be compelled to conform, be isolated or scapegoated for being different, lose privacy and independence or be re-traumatized. Groups are sometimes advocated for economic reasons, suggesting that seeing several clients at once is cost PSYCHODYNAMIC COUNSELLING 7.3 AUGUST 2001


A tumor is a lump or mass of tissue that forms when cells divide uncontrollably. A growing tumor may replace healthy tissue with abnormal tissue.Approach to Bone Tumor diagnosis Back to Basics a. Bone tumors represent a unique group of pathologic conditions for which little time is assigned.Primary bone tumors are comparatively rare and, therefore, physicians rarely accumulate enough experience in the management of these neoplasias. Due to.


Hypocotyls explants excised from two in-vitro grown sesame species i.e., Sesamum indicum and Sesamum mulayanum were inoculated for callus induction on MS media supplemented with different concentrations and combinations of NAA, 2,4-D, kinetin, AgNo3 and BAP. MS with 0.5 mg/l NAA, 1.5 mg/l kinetin and 1.5 mg/l BAP was found to be effective for callus induction from hypocotyls. After 30–40 days of inoculation, embryo like structures were formed in hypocotyl derived callus on above-mentioned concentrations of media. Light green, healthy and moderately compact callus obtained from the hypocotyl segment/s of sub-culturing for two cycles was taken as small pieces of 1.5 x 1.5 cm2 (no cutting) were inoculated to MS basal media supplemented with different combinations of NAA (1 to 3 mg/l), BAP (1 to 4 mg/l), AgNO3- (5 to 25 μM) and TDZ (1 to 40 μM). Two to three callus pieces were inoculated per flask/bottles and were replicated at least three times for each concentration and the sub-culturing was successful for at least 3–4 generation.


Since only so much of the vast and growing field of diffe rential forms and differentiable manifolds will be actually used in this survey , we shall attempt to briefly review how the calculus of exterior differential form s on vector spaces can serve as a replacement for the more conventional vector calculu s and then introduce only the most elementary notions regarding more topologically genera l differentiable manifolds, which will mostly be used as the basis for the discussion of Lie groups, in the following appendix. Since exterior differential forms are special kinds of tensor fields – namely, completely-antisymmetric covariant ones – and tensors are important to physics, in their own right, we shall first review the basic notions c on erning tensors and multilinear algebra. Presumably, the reader is familiar with linea r algebra as it is usually taught to physicists, but for the "basis-free" approach to linear and multilinear algebra (which we shall not always adhere to fanatically), it would also help to have some familiarity with the more "abstract-algebraic" approach to linear algebra, such as one might learn from Hoffman and Kunze [ 1], for instance.


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We document that short-horizon pricing discrepancies across firms' equity and credit markets are common and that an economically significant proportion of these are anomalous, indicating a lack of integration between the two markets. Proposing a statistical measure of market integration, we investigate whether equity–credit market integration is related to impediments to arbitrage. We find that time variation in integration across a firm's equity and credit markets is related to firm-specific impediments to arbitrage such as liquidity in equity and credit markets and idiosyncratic risk. Our evidence provides a potential resolution to the puzzle of why Merton model hedge ratios match empirically observed stock-bond elasticities (Schaefer and Strebulaev, 2008) and yet the model is limited in its ability to explain the integration between equity and credit markets (Collin-Dufresne, Goldstein, and Martin, 2001).


The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), operated by CERN is currently the largest particle collider in the world with a diameter of 8.5 km. The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) is one of the four experiments of the LHC. For the next years, an update from the LHC to the so-called High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) is planned, increasing luminosity enabling the study of rare decay channels. However, the increase in luminosity also raises the radiation stress on the detectors. Therefore, the so-called CMS phase 2 upgrade is scheduled for the same time as the HL-LHC integration. It includes a full replacement of the silicon tracking system and upgrades for the calorimeters. The replacement is necessary as the detector performance degrades due to the high levels of irradiation caused by current operation. In the most radiation stressed parts of the calorimeter in the endcap, the scintillators are replaced by silicon detectors. This new design called High Granularity Calorimeter (HGCal) allows not only a higher radiation hardness, but also has a high spatial resolution required to handle the increased pile-up and allow particle flow analysis. The total number of silicon detectors for this upgrade is in the order a few ten-thousands, requiring about three years for production. During the sensor development, the optimal layout as well as the process parameters such as doping concentrations are evaluated via extensive tests, both on the sensors itself and via dedicated test structures. The prototyping phase also included irradiation with X-rays and neutrons, followed by electrical characterizations to evaluate the remaining performance. During the production period, a fast and reliable way of testing is required to ensure quality and detecting possible long time drifts in parameters. This is done via the Process Quality Control (PQC), which consists of dedicated test structures together with an associated test setup. To simplify the handling, a fixed contact layout has been defined to make it possible to connect multiple contacts at once with a probe-card. Various test structures are connected to those contacts to extract silicon properties such as layer thicknesses and doping concentrations in a reproducible and non destructive way via electronic measurements. As the whole PQC test structure set requires only a very small fraction of the wafer space, it can be located directly on the production masks, on the segments remaining from the square or hexagonal sensor in the round wafer. The PQC structures as well as the setup have been developed already, however, the exact measurement procedures are not yet fully defined for optimal results. This has been developed in the course of this thesis and also required hardware modifications to the setup. To allow faster characterization, the measurement routines have been optimized for maximum throughput. Furthermore the parameter extraction algorithms were not automatized and required manual verification to ensure successful parameter extraction. This procedure is now automatized to reduce the required manpower and achieve the high throughput planned for the production phase.


Objective
To understand and explore the feelings and viewpoint of obstetrics and gynecology nursing professional degree postgraduates' core competency.

Methods
This study used semi-structured focus group to interview 3 obstetrics and gynecology department nurse specialists and 6 nursing postgraduates who work in the obstetrics and gynecology department. The data was transcribed based on the tape and were analyzed by software Nvivo 10.0.

Results
A comprehensive analysis of the five core competencies: clinical practice competency, research ability,clinic thinking ability, interpersonal communication and psychological counseling skills, self-planning ability.

Conclusions
Setting curriculum on basis of core competency. Quantify the clinical practice plan. Exploring the pattern of clinical education. Tamp the foundation, pay attention to practice, a positive attitude.

Key words:
Obstetrics and gynecology nursing; Professional degree; Core competency; Qualitative study


THE CONCEPT OF the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) and various aspects of its implementation concerning transmission, switching, subscriber interface and signaling are first briefly reviewed. Approaches to the specification of ISDN performance, currently under consideration of the International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT) for standardization, are described. A new parameter, percentage Error-Free Blocks (EFB's), is suggested as an additional measure to be specified at different block lengths. The need for more realistic consideration of the impact of burst errors is highlighted and a procedure is outlined using a specific channel model. Also discussed is the effect of delay when satellite channels are revolved. It is suggested that a joint EFB-delay constraint specification might be useful for network routing internal to ISDN.


Introduction In the last decade, many companies have increased their investment in computer-related technologies to reduce the time-to-market in the hope of gaining greater market share (Rehg, 1994). They have invested substantially in computer-aided design (CAD) for product design and robotic workcells for process design. Companies today experience immense pressure to provide a greater variety of complex products in shorter product development cycles. This need, coupled with a desire to further reduce costs and improve quality, has forced manufacturers to turn their focus toward the integration of product and process design activities. One possible way to achieve this goal is through the use of two current technologies , rapid prototyping and workcell simulation. The purpose of this study was to investigate the crucial roles of rapid prototyping and workcell simulation technologies in achieving the integration of product and process development. The emphasis was placed on the following two areas: (1) to establish the methodology of integration , and (2) to develop a procedure to carry out this integration.


Abstract Over the course of several decades in the mid-twentieth century, the vast majority of Jews living in the Middle East and North Africa migrated to Israel, Europe, and the Americas. Many of them left behind properties and assets that were either seized, sold at a fraction of their worth, stolen, or abandoned. Recently, the question of compensation for these properties has garnered significant attention within the context of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Problematically, the politicized and controversial nature of these claims has obscured the ways in Middle Eastern Jews themselves have understood the issue of their lost assets. This paper focuses on two organizations that offer a lens through which the broader issue of compensation can be understood. In so doing, it argues that the nature of property claims are multidimensional and cannot be reduced to the question of whether they serve Israeli state interests.


Electrical properties of YBazCu307., (YBCO) step-edge junctions were investigated. Steps of height approximately 90 nm were prepared on sapphire substrates by Ar milling. Step angles were adjusted by the angle of incidence of Ar ions. After vacuum deposition of the YSZ buffer layer (50 nm thick) an epitaxial YBCO film was grown by magnetron sputtering. Step edge junctions were prepared by wet etching. The current- voltage characteristics were of RSJ type, with kRn = 0.5 mV at 77 K. Shapiro steps were observed up to 0.2 mV (at 9.2 GHz in the temperature range 4.2-80 K) and compared with the resistively shunted Josephson junction (RSJ) model including capacitance and noise.


Culinology was a mixture between the disciplines of food science and the culinary arts. The development of knowledge, then the culinary field developed by utilizing science that used physics and chemistry. Molecular gastronomy was a field of study that studies chemical and physical reactions as well as the transformations that occur from food during the cooking process and sensory phenomena consumed. One of the applications of molecular gastronomic techniques was the manufacture of fruit spaghetti. Spaghetti is a food that looks like noodles, the ingredients that make spaghetti are wheat flour and eggs. Fruit spaghetti was the spaghetti of fruits, in this case it used red dragon fruit. The purpose of the study to find out: 1) The public interest in dragon fruit spaghetti fruit 2) The content of vitamin C and fiber fruit spaghetti. This type of research is an experiment. The data was analyzed used descriptive of percentages. The results showed: Fondness for fruit spaghetti in aspects of colour, taste, texture and aroma the highest percentage was on the criteria of very like and like in all four sample groups. The more dragon fruit used, the higher the vitamin C and coarse fiber.


Science and technology have multiple values containing material value and spiritual value,objective value and instrument value,meanwhile they produce negative effects.In the process of scientific research and technological development,a lot of ethical problems and moral choices are in the presence of people consequently.It needs the direction of social disciplines.The development of science and technology is selected,adjusted and restricted by society,so scientists and technologists should take social responsibilities.Scientific and technological innovation and application should be directed by the internal,ultimate values of human being,and the criterion should be the full-scale development of human being and harmonious society.


Another often-muted voice, here in the terrain of sexual attraction, is the topic of this chapter, which sets out to bring out the hidden voices of homoerotic in desire in Horace's Odes. Expressions of male-male desire in these poems have traditionally been played down by their interpreters, often treated as 'merely' a Hellenistic literary topos or a vehicle for the poet-speaker's nostalgia. Taking its cue from re-assessments of homoerotic material in Latin literature in more recent scholarship, the discussion zooms in on a range of passages in the Odes where the poet-narrator implicitly or explicitly alludes to homoerotic desires, arguing that closer attention to focalization and perspective show that they convey conformations of desire far less unambiguously 'heterosexual' than is often assumed.


Emotional and behavioural problems have an impact on the lives of many people. Worldwide around 450 million people are affected [1]. The cost impact of these problems is huge, in the UK these problems account for 10% of the total healthcare costs (Department of Health, 2005) and the cost of lost employment and productivity is estimated to be 23 billion (Social Exclusion Unit, 2003). Problems with emotion and behaviour are seen as health problems, treated in a health system with medical (=pharmaceutical) interventions. Given the cost to the people involved and the cost to society as a whole it is vital that these problems are dealt with in the best way possible. In this paper I will come to the conclusion that we are not doing so. The aim of this paper is to make a convincing case that problems of emotion and behaviour (depression, anxiety, schizophrenia etc.) are NOT health problems. The medical perspective is not the best explanatory/intervention model for emotional and behavioural problems and I will argue that a psychological perspective does provide a more productive way of understanding problems with emotion and behaviour. Explanatory models of problems with behaviour, emotion and cognition (what could be called: mental distress or madness) have differed through the ages and between cultures. Since the beginning of the 20-ieth century the medical model has been the dominant explanatory model in western society for these problems. Different models have been dominant in other times and are still dominant in other societies. These 'other' explanatory models have included:


Sensitivity is one of the important parameters to assess the performance of strain sensors. In order to obtain high sensitivity, a novel sensing mechanism made use of circularly-polarized (CP) patch antenna is investigated for strain monitoring. Two-dimensional strain sensing is achieved by a proof-of-concept prototype, namely, a microstrip-line-fed nearly square patch antenna sensor is initiated in this paper. Very encouraging results of high sensitivity were obtained: $+74.2\ \text{ppm}/\mu\varepsilon$ and $-67.5 \text{ppm}/\mu\varepsilon$ for two orthogonal directions whereas the sign indicates the strain direction. The proposed sensor is at least 33 times more sensitive than commercial resistive metal foil strain gages.


Lignin, a lignocellulosic polymer material, is an important active ingredient for the high-value use of renewable resources. Thus, policies for the recovery and high value-added use of renewable lignocellulosic biomass are a realistic engineering approach to address concerns such as the climate and energy crisis. In this work, the mechanical properties, thermal stability and morphology of cellulose/lignin nanocomposites were studied. Nanocomposite films containing different proportions of lignin (2.5%, 5%, 10% and 20%) were prepared. Thermal properties were assessed via thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry, mechanical properties via tensile test and morphological properties via scanning electron microscopy techniques. It was observed that nanolignin and nanocellulose structures are compatible with each other and depending on the main degradation temperature, the thermal stability of 2.5% lignin-containing nanocomposites is higher than that of other composites. From the results obtained, it was determined that the nanocomposite film containing 2.5% nanolignin had high thermal stability, mechanical strength and suitable morphological structure compared to other samples.


Context includes two types: linguistic context and situational context. Some grammatical phenomena are influenced and restricted by context, so when describing it or explaining it must refer to the context. Linguistic context can reasonably interpret deletion, designation and the selection of sentence type, etc. Situational context can illustrate the use condition of the non subject-predicate sentence, define the structure and meaning of ambiguous sentence and judge one sentence whether it is correct or not. Context is important in the study of grammar.


【Objective】SacB gene from Bacillus subtilis will be transferred into wheat cultivars or breeding lines 02-371, 02-207, Zhengmai 9023 and Dongnong 7742 for improving their tolerance to drought stress. 【Method】Using wheat immature embryo calli as explants, SacB gene was transferred into four wheat cultivars by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Transformed plants were detected by PCR and Southern blotting. 【Result】 PCR and Southern blotting analysis showed that the SacB gene has been integrated into wheat genome. One or two copies of integrated transgene were in transgenic plants. The transformation frequencies of Line 02-371, Line 02-207, Zhengmai 9023 and Dongnong 7742 were 0.88%, 1.48%, 1.04%, and 1.23%, respectively. RT-PCR analysis showed that the SacB gene was expressed in some transgenic plants, of which the tolerance to drought stress was significantly improved. 【Conclusion】 SacB gene from Bacillus subtilis can improve the tolerance of transgenic wheat plants to drought stress.


In April this Foundation will award to students of American birth twenty Fellowships for study in the Scandinavian countries during the academic year 1923–24. These Fellowships, — ten for study in Sweden, five for study in Denmark, and five for study in Norway, — will bear stipends of at least $1000 each.


The phonon-configuration mixing in $2^+_1$ and $2^+_2$ states beyond the anharmonic-vibration collectivity explains the universal correlations of $Q(2^+_1)=-Q(2^+_2)$. It also suggests another strong magnetic-moment correlation of $\mu(2^+_1)=\mu(2^+_2)$ for the anharmonic-vibration nuclei, which is further confirmed by our experimental-data survey. The global relation between $|Q(2^+)|$, $E_{2^+_1}$ and $E_{2^+_2}$ is analytically established according to the phonon-configuration mixing scheme, and roughly agrees with experiments. This relation may provide a convenient estimation of $|Q(2^+)|$ only with spectral input. The $N_pN_n$ scheme suggests that the phonon-configuration mixing may be driven by the neutron-proton interaction.


The direct reason causing gas pipeline failure is leaking and fracture of pipeline.Basic factors causing the new gas pipeline leaking and fracture are systematically analyzed and a fault tree of new gas pipeline failure is set up in the paper.Accordingly,the minimum cut set of each order of the fault tree is obtained.In addition,structure importance has been analyzed and sorted to find out the key failure factors of new gas pipeline,and the relevant measures have been presented.


Group key management is a challenge for securing group communications in the networks. This area is well studied in the literature. The strict characteristics of mobile ad hoc networks makes the adaptation of classical existing solutions a real challenge. Elliptic curves cryptography (ECC) became the choice of encryption for wireless ad hoc and sensor networks. It uses very small keys and is mathematically very effective, which makes them ideal in communication for small devices used today. Scalability is a basic factor that determines the efficiency of any group key management protocol. Recent solutions for MANETs are oriented towards hierarchical solutions of group key agreement using clustering. Trust oriented clustering scheme is the most adequate for secure group communication. We focus in this paper on ECC technology and its contribution for group key agreement solutions in mobile ad hoc networks using trust criteria for cluster's formation. We propose a novel solution to reduce the group key establishment overhead. The effectiveness of our solution lies in its avoidance of malicious members from being chosen as group controllers (clusterheads). The performance evaluation of the proposed solution shows that is globally satisfactory.


In this study, we have a research of the development and application of agricultural composting reactor experimental apparatus. In agriculture, conversion of straw, sludge and other junk to agricultural fertilizer have a broad market prospect, it not only benefit solid waste recycling but also increase food production and food quality. Currently, the existing composting reactor had several shortcomings in practical application process, such as uneven mixing, long composting reaction cycle, producing odor and low maturity. Considering of materials and spatial structure, ventilation system, stirring system, we designed and developed a new experimental device aerobic composting reactor with relatively simple structure. We used the material in experimental device to doing a series of experiments, it include stir even, temperature changes, moisture changes, changes of organic matter, ammonia nitrogen change, change of nitrate nitrogen, PH values and so on. Experimental results showed that standard organic fertilizer could be produced by the device. Moreover, it had more complete degradation of organic matter to improve the quality of the compost product. Experiments also showed that compared with other existing devices, using the device could ferment evenly, increase the speed of biochemical reactions and reduce the fermentation time.


With the help of comparative, mathematical-statistical and analytical methods of research, an attempt was made to outline the territorial organization and socio-geographical principles of tourism development through symbiosis of recreational resources and event tourism resources of Lviv region. The Carpathian region has a great potential for the development of various types of tourism. It is characterized by the presence of unique tourist-recreational, natural resources and a rich ecosystem. By the number of mineral water deposits, their diversity and available reserves, Ukraine occupies one of the leading places in Europe. In Lviv region, almost all types of mineral waters are found. In point of fact, these powerful natural remedies are increasingly used in numerous resorts and sanatoria. Lviv region is also rich in ski resorts, which will satisfy any and all tourist's taste, thanks to various slopes, trails, developed infrastructure and beautiful winter sceneries. Despite the rich natural potential of recreation, it is also organically complemented by numerous heritage sites of history, culture, architecture, which is also attractive for Ukrainian and foreign tourists, both for recreation and for health, spiritual and intellectual enrichment. In addition to the historical and cultural resource, the region is rich in event attractions: festyny (feasts), festivals, celebrations, celebrations of religious holidays in their traditions, ethnofestivals and many other events. In order to strengthen the competitiveness of each locality in the region, it is necessary to evaluate the potential market of tourist services, to develop and start implementing a program of active promotion of local tourism products.


The purpose of this research is to find out the influence of marketing mix (product, price, place, promotion, people, process, physical evidence) and word of mouth partially, simultaneously and to find out which one have dominant influence to the purchasing decisions at E–Coffee Surabaya. The analysis technique is using multiple linear regressions to calculate the amount of regressions coefficient in order to shows the influence strength of marketing mix and word of mouth to the purchasing decision at E–Coffee Surabaya. The output result Fcount is 22.579 with sig. level is 0.000 < 0.05 or its significant level is less than 0.05. So the influence of independent variables are simultaneously have significant influence to the purchasing decision. Determination coefficient (R2 ) is 71.8% means the contribution of independent variables to the purchasing decision is great. It is found that the result of t test shows that the product, place, physical evidence and word of mouth variables to the purchasing decision is significant. While the price, promotion, people, and process variables have no significant influence to the purchasing decisions. And, the variable which has dominant influence to the purchasing decisions is product variable that is 22.2%. Keywords: Marketing Mix Service, word of Mouth, purchasing Decision.


Surface magnetoelastic waves are generated using the all-optical transient grating technique. We measure the structural and magnetic degrees of freedom independently and demonstrate resonant excitation of magnetization precession by elastic waves.


Yogyakarta City has a very special history, this city has a lot of cultural heritage, either tangible or intangible which are located on the philosophy axis. Along the philosophy axis can be found a lot of cultural heritage, especially inherited objects physically as important elements surrounded by other supporting elements. Tugu, Malioboro, Zero Kilometer, and South Square have public space as basic of taking the objects on the philosophy axis. The aims of this research were to examine the place attachment against the four objects with the perception of natives, newcomers, and tourists as respondents. This research was conducted using qualitative and quantitative methods. Qualitative methods were done by using descriptive approach to literature review and interviews, as well as field observation. The interviews towards informants, local communities, and tourists. Other qualitative methods by distributing of questionnaires involve the perception of local communities and tourists as much as 327 respondents. Quantitative methods by using a non-parametric test of different test with Mann-Whitney U for test whether there is a difference of perception between two samples. The results of this research, the four objects didn't yet an indication of the place attachment very agreement/high and there was no difference in perception between the natives and newcomers. The results of this research were expected to constitute an important aspect of the place attachment towards all the tangible cultural heritage assets for people against public space to appreciate and to love them as a part of the daily life. The hope of this research, Yogyakarta City could achieve as one of World Heritage City about the culture by UNESCO.


Wireless sensor network localization involves the dataset of physical space and signal space, and its layout accord with the characteristic of manifold. This paper uses the own characteristic of topological structure and signal space ,striving to search a right modeling approach to realize the mapping between these two spaces, thus the usage of locality preserving canonical correlation analysis (LPCCA)is put forward to realize the manifold structure and localization. To further improve the accuracy of localization algorithm, through combining specific positioning problem as regression rather than dimensionality reduction to adapt new application, developed an original wireless sensor network localization algorithm LE-LPCCA (location estimation-LPCCA) which can reflect network topological structure information. Copyright © 2013 IFSA. Keyword: Wireless sensor network, Localization, Algorithm.


In the Dutch sociolinguistic literature it is often noted that the overgeneralization of common gender, that is, the use of the definite article de where het is required, characterizes the Dutch variety(ies) of immigrants. Recent sociolinguistic research shows that this overgeneralization also occurs in the speech of subsequent generations born in the Netherlands who acquire Dutch as one of their first languages. The aim of this paper is to discuss whether the overuse of de can exclusively be ascribed to the effects of bilingual (2L1 /child L2) acquisition. It is argued that although the overgeneralization of de constitutes a linguistic resource for every bilingual child acquirer (and even for monolingual acquirers), it only becomes meaningful in the indexing and reproducing of an (immigrant) "allochtone" identity versus the dominant (indigenous) "autochtone" one. It is used according to a set of language use norms defined by generations of that social group of speakers.


The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of 60% normobaric oxygen (NBO) on neurological function, brain edema and the expression of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α), aquaporin 4 (AQP4) and Na+/H+ exchanger 1 (NHE1) in a rat model of cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury. Male Sprague-Dawley rats underwent transient focal cerebral ischemia via right middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) for 120 min followed by 48 h of reperfusion. The rats were exposed to NBO at 60 and 100% or no treatment during reperfusion for 48 h. Neurological impairment score (NIS) was evaluated prior to the sacrifice of all rats. Hematoxylin-eosin staining was performed after 48 h of reperfusion with NBO treatment. The infarct volume and brain water content (BWC) were determined to assess brain ischemic injury at 24 and 48 h. The levels of HIF-1α, AQP4 and NHE1 expression in brain tissue samples were determined by western blotting and reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis. During reperfusion, the protein and mRNA expression of HIF-1α, AQP4 and NHE1 increased over time (up to 48 h). Exposure to 60 and 100% NBO during reperfusion following MCAO improved NIS, and alleviated BWC and infarct volume after 24 and 48 h, with further improvements in the 100% NBO group, compared with 60%. Additionally, the molecular mechanisms involved in the effects of NBO may be associated with reduced AQP4 and NHE1 expression and increased HIF-1α expression. However, 60% NBO therapy during reperfusion following an acute ischemic stroke did not achieve the same effects as 100% NBO. Further experimental studies should be performed to elucidate the mechanism and beneficial effects of 60% NBO, as it is more cost-effective to use, compared with 100% NBO.


This research aims to investigate investment behavior in Indonesia millennial generation. Three variables are used to explain millennial behavior to have an investment account or unit. Consistent multivariate result finds that financial knowledge is positively associated with investment behavior. The results are found personal factor such as age group and gender have relationship on investment behavior. Junior age group and female have more likely to have an investment account or unit.


The aim of this study was to evaluate the in vitro toxicity of two multi-wall carbon nanotubes on four different cell lines: human alveolar epithelial (A549) cells, hepatocytes (Hep 3B cells), human embryonic kidney cells, and intestinal (P407 cells) cells. The adverse effects of carbon nanoparticles were analyzed after 24 h incubation with different cell lines using the trypan blue dye exclusion method. Incubation of carbon nanotubes with different cells produced a concentration-dependent inhibition of growth of the cells. The TC50 or IC50 values (toxic concentration 50, i.e., concentration of particles inducing 50% cell mortality) of two nanoparticles were (1) found to be in the range 23.5–30.5 µg mL−1, and (2) less than that of quartz (known toxic agent, 28.8–66.9 µg mL−1), indicating the greater cytotoxic effect of carbon nanoparticles than quartz particles.


Wuxi Institute of Technology starts school entrance examination by itself in 2008.At first Microsoft Office EXCEL was used to arrange the examination and Microsoft Visual FoxPro was used to generate report files and print admission card for examination.The number of examinees increases every year,and it is more than 3,000 in 2013.It's really easy to make mistakes to arrange the plan using Excel Table.The school eagerly needs a system for arranging the examination.If the examination arrangements,such as the examination room,seats,are done by simple recycling,it will be complex and time-consuming.The use of particle swarm optimization algorithm,when there are large numbers,has beeen proved that it can greatly reduce the time complexity.


Purpose

The aim of this research is to study the influence of laser additive manufacturing process parameters on the deposit formation characteristics of Inconel 718 superalloy, the main parameters that influence the forming characteristics, the cooling rate and the microstructure were studied.

Design/methodology/approach

Orthogonal experiment design method was used to obtain different deposit shape and microstructure using different process parameters by multiple layers deposition. The relationship between the processing parameters and the geometry of the cladding was analyzed, and the dominant parameters that influenced the cladding width and height were identified. The cooling rates of different forming conditions were obtained by the secondary dendrite arm spacing (SDAS).

Findings

The microstructure showed different characteristics at different parts of the deposit. Cooling rate of different samples were obtained and compared by using the SDAS, and the influence of the process parameters to the cooling rate was analyzed. Finally, micro-hardness tests were done, and the results were found to be in accordance with the micro-structure distribution.

Originality/value

Relationships between processing parameters and the forming characteristics and the cooling rates were obtained. The results obtained in this paper will help to understand the relationship between the process parameters and the forming quality of the additive manufacturing process, so as to obtain the desired forming quality by appropriate parameters.


The article describes a mathematical model of finite dynamic automation. The author shows that it is possible to use continuous logic for studying such automation. He also considers the problem of dynamic automation use for the analytical modeling of systems with discrete positions and continuous operation. Such systems are spread in engineering, economics, sociology and other fields. There are given examples of automation models of the following: (1) sociological groups and their dynamic behavior, (2) systems of visual information presentation in different dimension; (3) systems of employment prognostication and provision; (4) pattern recognition.


The importance of trust in business area has long been known. This element is far more important for running the investment management industry. There are three reasons, which determine the critical role of the investment firms' trustworthiness. Most substantially, it derives from the nature of this industry that profits root in other person's money and clients' confidence. Secondly, almost the whole industry is clouded by negative fame, after the frequently happening world-shaking finance scandals of the large international corporations. The fact that investors were disappointed in the market and took their money away stirs up an appeal for rebuilding trust.


"Class Consciousness and Socio-Economical Conflict: A Cognition of Katherine Mansfield's "The Doll's House"" is an attempt to explore class consciousness and socio-economical conflict and prejudice insinuated in Mansfield's short story, "The Doll's Hose". Mansfield lived between 14th October 1888 and 9th January 1923 in New Zealand and is New Zealand's famous writer. The present research paper investigates the notion of class conflict and class prejudice seen Mansfield's society through the socio-economic status of the Kelveys and Burnells. The Kelveys are portrayed as underprivileged and the Burnells are depicted as socially and economically affluent. The social hierarchal structure dealt in the story renders a space to trace the conflicts existing between the classes. The present paper traces the distinct lines that is draw between these two classes. It analyses what made the young minds to prioritize class discrimination and what is the cause behind it. Besides, it ventures to discover the position of grownups in class discrimination and class conflict and their contribution to such social evils.


Abstract This paper describes technology of virtual laboratories in Learning Management System AcademicNT. Answer checking techniques, algorithms and data transfer protocol are examined in this paper.


Joint crime is a special type of committing crime in criminal law. In continental criminal law theory, comprehensive theory of joint crime has been established and there are hot debates among different schools. When dealing with some complex problems of joint crime, mainland China judicial practice has merely depended on the superficial understanding of the provisions of joint crime in the criminal code, while it has neglected some deep theoretical problems. Taking the Gao Minghai and Guo Yonghang case involving the offence of unlawful imprisonment as an example, this article makes a inquiry into some important theoretical problems in joint crime especially in joint principals, including successive joint principals and concurrent joint principals.


Introduction hOCT1 (Human Organic Cation Transporter 1),solute carrier transporter of SLC22 gene family,mediates influx of imatinib into cells.It is seen that intracellular imatinib uptake correlates with hOCT1 expression and may alter clinical outcome in CML.DNA methylation in promoter associated CpG islands is a powerful mechanism of gene silencing.Role of promoter hypermethylation of hOCT1 gene in CML and its effect on response to treatment with imatinib has not been studied much. Material and methods 30 newly diagnosed CML patients aged 18 to 80 years were included in the study before initiation of imatinib.30 healthy volunteers participated as controls.Patients were followed up after initiation of imatinib for 6 to 12 months,haematological and molecular response were assessed.hOCT1 gene expression was studied by Real Time quantitative PCR.Promoter Methylation of hOCT1 gene was studied by Methylation Specific PCR. Results and discussions Cases were divided into 2 groups,high expression(n=15)and low expression(n=15) (median fold change=5.6).Median time to achieve complete haematological response(CHR) in high expression group was 1.93+/-0.62 months,in low expression group was 2.67+/-1.06 months(p=0.046).All 15 cases with high expression had optimal molecular response. In low expression group,out of 15,2 had optimal molecular response,6 failure,7 warning.(p=0.000)Methylation was seen in 83.33%;of CML cases whereas in only 23.33%;of controls.(p=0.001)Methylation was observed in all the 15 patients(100%) with low expression whereas amongst the high expression group,10 out of 15 patients(66.66%)were methylation positive.(p=0.042) No significant association was seen between methylation status and achievement of CHR or optimal molecular response to imatinib Conclusion High hOCT1 gene expression is significantly associated with achievement of complete haematological and optimal molecular response to imatinib.Promoter hypermethylation of hOCT1 gene leads to silencing of gene expression.


It can be readily acknowledged that early childhood personnel in Australia as in other parts of the world are amongst the most hardworking of any professional group. Their role is a demanding one requiring clear thinking, quick responses, is physically demanding and constantly challenging. Early childhood staff in Australia have been required to respond to a number of numerous changes as, for example, when governments have required them in addition to working with children to work with families, to work in the community and to manage all of these with fewer resources. It is to the credit of the profession that teachers have responded positively. It can be said quite clearly that teachers at no other level (primary or secondary) have been required to do what the early childhood profession has had to do! This paper considers the responsibilities, knowledge and skills of the early childhood professional.


Synopsis Acetic, propionic and butyric acids, fed as the calcium salts at a level so that the diet contained about 2.5 per cent of the fatty acid ion, were completely digested. Examination of the contents of gut sections indicated that each acid was completely removed from the ingesta before this reached Meckel's diverticulum.


In this paper, we focus on the speedup of a learning-based light field synthesis pipeline. The pipeline involves a disparity estimation neural network and a light field blending component. The former achieves high speed performance through the use of feature extraction and multi-stage disparity refinement, while the latter warps and merges coarse light fields generated from the left and right disparity maps in a novel and efficient way. The pipeline can produce a full light field in less than 1/10 of a second, while retaining fairly reasonable image quality. The model itself has a very low parameter count, which is ideal for devices with limited computational power.


Proper crop rotation might help to conserve soil fertility among small scale farmers in dry areas. A study was carried out at Tunisia station to evaluate the effect of crops in the rotation on evaluation and some nutrient status. Crops involved wheat, barley, oat, and faba bean. Results showed that fallow maintained the original SOC content during all the cropping season followed by faba bean species. Significant difference was observed in residual SOC content left under fallow and various plant at harvest (P=0.0367) we observed that only fallow maintained the original SOC content at the end of the cropping season. All used crops have decreased the level of the original SOC. fallow maintained the higher total soil nitrogen level than various plant species (P=0.0018) during all cropping system. For the mean of all plant species, the total nitrogen was greater during March 22 followed by in the order of February 7 and March 7. At harvest, total nitrogen was influenced by plant species (P=0.0356), it reduced to 16% in fallow treatment and was 7.2% higher total nitrogen concentration than barley pots 20.7% than oat, 23.4% than wheat and 28.2% than faba bean treatment. The mineralized organic matter was more during the first period from February 7 to April 22.


Abstract Domestic internal security missions have become a centrepiece of Brazil and Mexico's counter-narcotic efforts. Relying on a set of interviews, this article addresses narratives of elites engaged in the decision-making process and implementation of military operations to counter drug trafficking crimes in Rio de Janeiro and Tijuana. In spite of different levels of drug trafficking organisation and international ramification, this article points out the existence of shared narratives of growing insecurity and criminal strength in Brazil and Mexico, justifying state military reaction against a perceived national security threat. The article thus suggests the relevance of civil–military elites' perception in defining public policies' instruments and, ultimately, in upholding the militarisation of security in democratic regimes.


Large-type rotary machinery is the core components of national major projects which is widely used aviation, electric power, metallurgy, energy and construction machinery industries. Surface defects of Large-type rotary machinery such as cracks and pits are usually processed into groove with a certain shape first, and then the processed groove is repaired by manual welding. This manual welding repair method has a low level of automation, and the repair quality of the groove is difficult to guarantee. Therefore, this paper proposes a novel welding method for repairing surface defects of Large-type rotary machinery which uses the Kollmorgen Joint Modular Robot to complete the welding repair of the processed groove. Firstly, the groove point cloud data collected by Line structured light sensor is processed by the designed algorithm to obtain the contour characteristics of the groove. Then, the arrangement of welding pass is completed based on contour characteristics of the groove. Finally, the trajectory of the welding robot is determined by the position of welding pass. The planned trajectory verification is completed on the simulation experiment platform and the result shows the accuracy and reliability of the planned trajectory which has certain theoretical and practical significance for realizing the automation of on-site maintenance of Large-type rotary machinery.


ObjectiveTo explore the effect of Ginkgo encarp polysacharides on learning and memory and MDA content in cortex of brain,SOD activity of hippocampus in the aged model mice.MethodsThe aged model mice was made by D-galactose injection.After six weeks,water maze test,pole-jump test,load experiment were tested and the content of MDA in cortex of brain and SOD activity of hippocampus were measured in each group.ResultsGBEP could raise the ability of discrimination of learning and memory by D-galactose(P0.05),decrease MDA content (1.70±0.34 vs 2.97±0.74,P0.01)and SOD activity of hippocampus (56.00±16.06 vs 44.02±15.68,P0.01).ConclusionsGBEP could improve animal's abilities of learning and anti-oxidation,and delay the aged process.


As part of the interdisciplinary project Atlas of Dreams, I created a series of artistic maps, that both show the places where 400 dreamers recounted their memorable dreams and also depict the emotional impact of these narratives in the grid of cities in the San Francisco Bay Area. Atlas of Dreams aims at uncovering the emotional life of cities. I present, from my perspective as both a visual artist and an ethnographer, how the embodied art practices of dérive and the Surrealist techniques of frottage contributed to recreate the dream process, as well as to the creation of a multimodal ethnography.


Abstract The study of a graph theory model of certain telecommunications network problems lead to the concept of path-pairability, a variation of weak linkedness of graphs. A graph G is k-path-pairable if for any set of 2k distinct vertices, si, ti, 1 ≤ i ≤ k, there exist pairwise edge-disjoint si, ti-paths in G, for 1 ≤ i ≤ k. The path-pairability number is the largest k such that G is k-path-pairable. Cliques, stars, the Cartesian product of two cliques (of order at least three) are 'fully pairable'; that is ⌊n/2⌋-pairable, where n is the order of the graph. Here we determine the path-pairability number of the Cartesian product of two stars.


The authors describe and evaluate a series of historical demographic methods that fall between family reconstitution and aggregative methods and that were developed during a study of the demographic impact of early industrialization on the processes of fertility, nuptiality, and migration in Verviers, Belgium. The methods involve the use of truncated fertility histories for the first few years of marriage rather than complete fertility histories. The authors suggest that the methods proposed are an effective means of reducing the cost of accumulating data while increasing the number of cases studied.


In the multivariate linear regression model,the least square method is a commonly used method to estimate the parameters of the regression equation. Total sum of square criterion and the most greatly absolute dispersion minimum criterion are the two substitution criteria for the least square method. An objective function is established by using linear programming to convert the model to a linear programming model. The obtained parameters of the model are then used for forecast. The results of a case study indicates that the linear programming model eliminates the unusual statistical data influence on the regression equation effectively and has a good forecast effect.


The organic silicone oil applied over the surface of a fused silica glass or Kaliumdihydrogenphosphat (KDP) nonlinear optical crystal was changed to an inorganic glass by the photochemical oxidization using a Xe2 excimer lamp in the air. As a result, the thin film acquired a characteristic of high power laser tolerance equivalent to quartz. Dimethylsiloxane silicone oil was spin-coated on the surfaces of a fused silica substrate and KDP to form a film of 100-nm thickness; which were irradiated with the Xe2 excimer lamp light (wavelength 172 nm, power density 10 mW/cm2) for 60 minutes in oxygen atmosphere. The films were further irradiated with the Nd: YAG laser of ω (1.06 μm) or 2ω (0.503 μm), and the laser damage test (J/cm2/10 ns) was conducted. The laser damage threshold of the photo-oxidized 100 nm thick film formed on the fused silica substrate was 72 J/cm2 in ω and 107 J/cm2 in 2ω. On the KDP substrate, the laser damage threshold of the thin film was 32.4J/cm2 in ω and 32.6 J/cm2 in 2ω.


A new magnetic method for measurement of eye movement is presented. It is based on measurement of differential inductance variations of two C-shaped coils due to the movement of a conical ferromagnetic ring which fits on the sclera. High sensitivity over a wide dynamic range is obtained by using a tuned bridge and synchronous detector. Separation of the detector coils from the magnetic field source improves the resolution and stability, and enables a two-dimensional measurement with one pair of C-coils.


The Rucker-Gable Educational Programming Scale (RGEPS) was designed to measure a respondent's attitude toward the knowledge of appropriate program placement for handicapped students, and has been used to evaluate in-service workshops and university courses. Nonetheless, a recent investigation by Graham and Henry (1981) found that, even though the average correlation among items within the scale was substantial, the cross-correlation between similar halves of the RGEPS varied considerably over a short period of time. The present study was designed to determine if the reduction in reliability was due to either one of two factors (i.e., content inequivalence or attribute instability). The findings replicated, in part, the results obtained by Graham and Henry. In addition, it appears that the construct or constructs measured by the RGEPS are unstable over short periods of time.


This article describes how the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) is rethinking and modifying its program and business relationships with its members to reflect the significant changes occurring in the utility business. They are in the midst of changes as profound as any the (electric utility) industry has ever seen, according to Kurt Yeager, EPRI`s new president and CEO. The renewed availability of natural gas for power generation, along with the development of more efficient gas turbines, have been important factors. The ability to better manage the delivery system has contributed to the arguments in favor of increased competition, although the application of the management tools, such as flexible ac transmission systems (FACTS), is not coming as quickly as many had expected. And new digitally controlled electrotechnologies have made electricity a growth business again, creating a third wave of growth driven by technologies that allow more precise and efficient control of industrial processes.


The majority of existing robotic systems can be decomposed into five distinct subsystems: locomotion, control/man-machine interface (MMI), sensors, power source, and manipulator. When designing robotic vehicles, there are two main requirements: first, to design for the environment and second, for the task. The environment can be correlated with known missions. This can be seen by analyzing existing mobile robots. Ground mobile systems are generally wheeled, tracked, or legged. More recently, underwater vehicles have gained greater attention. For example, Jason Jr. made history by surveying the sunken luxury liner, the Titanic. The next big surge of robotic vehicles will be in space. This will evolve as a result of NASA's commitment to the Space Station. The foreseeable robots will interface with current systems as well as standalone, free-flying systems. A space robotic vehicle is similar to its underwater counterpart with very few differences. Their commonality includes missions and degrees-of-freedom. The issues of stability and communication are inherent in both systems and environment.


Chapter 11 Doing Psychoanalysis of Normal Development: Forward Edge Transferences Marian Tolpin, M.D. This paper develops the idea of a "leading edge" transference, which was mentioned by Heinz Kohut in his supervision of Jule Miller (see Miller, 1985). In the early stages of developing his theory of selfobject transferences in his lectures to candidates (see Tolpin and Tolpin, 1996), Kohut also occasionally referred to patients' overlooked "forward moves," which remobilized still healthy strivings and needs of the child and adolescent self. For the time being, at least, I use the term forward edge childhood strivings and transferences—"leading edge" having been rendered less useful by its frequent use in advertising. I have also considered describing the transference remobilization of the "growth edge" or "growing edge" of development, loosely analogous to the normal functioning of the epiphyses (growth centers of the long bones) before their closure ends further growth. There may be other felicitous terms for what I have in mind. It is my impression that the theory of forward edge or growth transferences that I am proposing has validity for all psychoanalytic theories, not only for the theory of the self that informs this work. For example, Racker (1968, p. 150-154) described a "total transference," including a "prospective" element that has been overlooked.


This review is devoted to the comparative analysis of anatomy of the liver and biliary tract of human beings and rats, as well as the determination of the specificity of their organohistogenesis. In the morphogenesis of the liver and biliary tract in rats during their prenatal development the formation periods similar to those in the human body take place which are continuously passing one into another. Despite the relatively large mass of the liver, the greater number of hepatic lobules and the absence of the gallbladder in rats show that microscopic organization of the liver and cytophysiological hepatocytes peculiarities of rats and human beings do not differ fundamentally. The review presents data demonstrating the homology of the liver and biliary tract of human beings and rats, which is the basis for extrapolation of the results of the experimental studies on laboratory rats onto humans.


This report covers the effort for the third quarter on the Waste Isolation Program Evaluation Assistance Project at LLNL. The effort included preparation of Managing by Decisions (MBD) portrayals of the proposed licensing procedures for the disposal of high-level radioactive wastes in geologic repositories. Some of the legislation considered by the 96th Congress was also portrayed by MBD. These representations were then used to identify issues that could lead to changes in the NWTS Program. Information generated to date by the preparation of MBD representations of nuclear waste disposal plans was used to analyze the potential institutional and non-technical impacts of Intermediate Scale Facilities (ISF) on the NWTS Program. Preliminary results are given.


We have theoretically and experimentally demonstrated the anomalous negative reflection at the boundary of a well-designed two-dimensional phononic crystal. This exotic phenomenon is attributed to the selective enhancement of −1st order diffraction mode with the zero-order diffraction mode being dramatically suppressed. After material and structural optimization, the negative reflection can be maintained in a broadband of frequencies and for a wide incident angle range. Our system can be employed to design Littrow configuration to realize perfect broadband and wide-angle blazing. The study gives a possibility to achieve greater flexibility and stronger effects in manipulating reflected acoustic waves, which has potential applications in underwater communication, medical ultrasonics, etc.


Objective: In the present study, phytochemical constituents of Drosera spatulata var. bakoensis have been evaluated, and antimicrobial activity was screened against respiratory tract infectious microbes. Methods: The phytochemicals present in D. bakoensis by qualitative phytochemical assays and aqueous, ethanol, methanol extracts of thick roots, open flower, and hair of D. bakoensis against this pathogenic bacteria and fungi showed a high zone of inhibition which estimated by disc diffusion method as well as minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) manifestation by the broth microdilution assay followed minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) and biofilm inhibitory concentrations (BICs) were determined against Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Staphylococcus pneumoniae the causative organisms of pulmonary infections, mainly effects the nasal pharynx, trachea, and lungs as well as Aspergillus niger. Results: The values of MIC, MBC, and BIC obtained were between 0.3-0.9, 0.36-2.25, and 0.12-0.37 mg/mL, respectively. In the antibacterial and antifungal activity, results revealed that ethanol and methanol extracts significantly showed activity against the tested respiratory disease causing bacteria and antifungal properties to the zone of inhibition showed more than aqueous extracts at very low concentrations. Conclusion: The plant extracts of D. bakoensis have high potential even at low concentrations values against bacteria and fungi cultures, and these results validated by the presence of high amounts of alkaloids, quinones, anthraquinones, and flavonoids in the plant extracts which have tremendous impact against respiratory infectious microbes.


Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) are complex biopolymers produced by a wide array of microorganisms for protection against dessication, aggregation, adhesion, and expression of virulence. Growth associated production of EPS by Ni-resistant Cupriavidus pauculus KPS 201 was determined in batch culture using sodium gluconate as the sole carbon source. The optimum pH and temperature for EPS production were 6.5 and 25°C, respectively. Optimal EPS yield (118 μg/mL) was attained at 0.35% Na-gluconate after 72 h of growth. Cupriavidus KPS 201 cells also utilized glutamate, acetate, pyruvate, fumarate, malate, malonate, formate, citrate, and succinate for EPS production. Although EPS production was positively influenced by the increase of nitrogen and phosphate in the growth medium, it was negatively influenced by nickel ions. Compositional analysis of the purified EPS showed that it is a homopolymer of rhamnose containing uronic acid, protein, and nucleic acid. Presence of lipids was also detected with spectroscopy. Non-destructive EPS mediated biofilm formation of KPS 201 was also visualized by epifluorescence microscopy.


We wsed fresh changshan-huyou as the main material,a percentage of mango juice and Chinese was added wolfberry juice,and through the flavor taste adjustment and prevent stratified stability test,we carried on changshan-huyou composite health beverage processing developed.The results showed that according to mixing the proportion of 50% changshan-huyou juice with 15% mango juice and 20% Chinese wolfberry juice,then adjust the flavor taste by adding 5% sugar,4%honey and 0.12% lemon acid,and use the composite stabilizer made of 0.2% CMC-Na and 0.3% gelatin,can get a better production.


Forensic interviewers are taught to pair yes–no questions with open-ended requests for recall in order to reduce the likelihood that they will be misled by false "yes" responses. However, yes–no questions may elicit false "no" responses. Questioning 112 6- to 11-year-old maltreated children about three innocuous events (outside activities, yesterday, last birthday), this study compared the productivity of paired yes–no questions about perceptions, conversations, and actions involving the hands and mouth (e.g., "Did you say anything?") with wh-questions (e.g., "What did you say?"). The wh-questions presupposed that children had content to provide, but did not specify that content. Children were twice as likely to deny content and half as likely to provide novel information when interviewers asked them yes–no questions. Younger children were more inclined than older children to deny content and give unelaborated "yes" responses. The results support further research into the potential for suppositional wh-questions to increase child witnesses' productivity.


MSc in Cartography, data visualization, geovisualization, maps, education Abstract: The Department of Cartography and Geoinformatics at Eotvos Lorand University (Budapest, Hungary) was founded in 1953 and the first graduates on Cartography finished their studies in 1957. With the introduction of the Bologna system for higher education in Hungary in 2006, a new curriculum was adopted, divided into a three-year long BSc level on Earth Sciences (including geographical subjects that are essential for cartography), and a two- year long MSc degree on Cartography. In our Master degree, Digital Cartography and Geoinformatics play a relevant role, together with more "traditional" subjects as Mapmaking, Thematic cartography and others. One of our main aims is the learning and use of solutions for more appropriated data visualization with high cartographic quality, teaching our students to validate the principles developed through centuries by the traditional cartography when they use digital techniques. They have the opportunity to learn different graphic and cartographic software, emphasizing the difficulties that they may face during the process of visualization of geographic and cartographic data, and updating the content of the subjects according to the newest results reached in cartography (3D solutions, mobile cartography, etc). The present work is illustrated with maps made by the students.


The present invention, soybeans, cotton, canola, hemp, lentil, rice, sugar beet, sunflower, tobacco, wheat, and for controlling weeds in corn, one or more other herbicides optionally B and / or one or more safeners combining C, formula (I) [wherein, the variables R


The academic quality of periodicals embodies in the academic quality of papers.Based upon the analysis on these characteristics,it is pointed out that to preserve and improve the quality of a periodical,the key is to strengthen the examination of contributed papers.


This chapter addresses shifts towards 'New Nollywood' or 'New Nigerian cinema' and its relationship to established conceptions and practices of Nollywood video films. A close analysis of Biyi Bandele's adaptation of the Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's novel Half of a Yellow Sun charts the development, marketing, and reception of the film in comparative media contexts.


The simulation of tree species migration suffers from many sources of uncertainty. In our study we examined the influence of species parameter uncertainty on simulated tree species migration, using the spatially linked dynamic forest landscape model TreeMig. The impact of uncertainty becomes especially apparent under critical conditions arising from the interaction of species sensitivities to climate, species competition and spatial fragmentation. Therefore we examined the differences in migration success and speed in a realistic scenario including these critical conditions. The south-north migration of the submediterranean tree species Ostrya carpinifolia through the highly fragmented and climatically heterogeneous landscape of the Swiss Alps was simulated for 27 different species parameter sets covering the plausible range of species parameters for O. carpinifolia. To account for the additional uncertainty introduced by the stochastic representation of future climate variability, each species parameter set was simulated with multiple repetitions. We found that migration success and speed resulting from simulations with the different sets varied highly. The current situation of rapid climate change and high landscape fragmentation due to human land use could create critical conditions comparable to the simulated scenario for various species. We therefore recommend testing for species parameter sensitivities and – if indicated – to repeat simulations with different parameter sets when projecting future tree species distributions with explicit simulation of migration.


Broadband microphone array provides an important means of hands-free speech acquisition via spatial beamforming techniques. There are many different approaches for the design of near-field broadband beamformers. One method is based on the wave propagation model using a direct path transfer function. However, as signals are corrupted by different interfering noise, room reverberation plays a particular important role for indoor applications even if there is no another speaker around. Image-source method is one simple but effective approach for room acoustic simulation. It is also possible to employ a wave-based model for the simulation. In this paper, we will study different room simulators and employ them for the design of indoor beamformers.


Giving the facts, that Romania is following the adhering process to the E.U., one of the most important criterion which Romania has to accomplish is the economic one, which suppose the existence of a functional market economy. Even if the term of functional economy is rather ambiguous and subjective, it is unanimously accepted that between the fundamental elements of the market economy we can find the phenomenon of going out of the market; in the context of an absence of legal, political and administrative barrier which could maintain on the market unavailable companies. The process of going out of the market can be defined especially by the process of insolvency, which has an important role in the reassignment of the resources and the cleaning of business environment. Through the fact that Romania is making hard efforts to accomplish the demands which can provide the adhering to the E.U., the area of applying the process of insolvency should suffer an important modification by adapting a new law of insolvency which should annul the current law 64/1995.


Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) has been regarded as an emerging technology, which can significantly enhance the coverage and capacity of next-generation wireless networks. An accurate and easy-to-use channel model is essential to the deployment and evaluation of IRS-assisted communication systems. In this paper, we propose a 3D geometry-based channel model for the IRS-assisted multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) communications, and its corresponding parameters are obtained by channel measurement to better capture the underlying propagation characteristics. First, a cascaded channel model considering the relationship between the reflection amplitude and the angle of signal is presented. With the cascaded channel model, a channel coefficient generation procedure based on the 3GPP technical report 38.901 is proposed for IRS-assisted communication systems. To generate the cascaded channel, a response function that satisfies the reciprocity of uplink and downlink channels is derived. Then a channel measurement campaign at 3.7GHz is carried out to obtain some small-scale parameters for the IRS scenario. Finally, the proposed statistical channel model is implemented on a system-level simulation platform and some channel characteristics are analyzed to validate its rationality.


BACKGROUND Personality traits are considered as risk factors for substance use and their assessment plays an important part in deciding prognosis and treatment outcome in opioid use disorders. The study aimed to find the prevalence of personality traits in opioid dependent patients and their association with treatment outcome . METHODS 100 consecutive opioid dependent male patients visiting Swami Vivekananda Drug De-Addiction and Treatment Centre were included in the study. Sociodemographic data was collected and personality profile of the patients was assessed using Big Five Personality Inventory. Patients were followed for 3 months to find treatment outcome. Association of personality traits of patients with treatment outcome was found. RESULTS It was found that majority of opioid dependent patients were high on Neuroticism (70%) and Extroversion (62%) and lower on Conscientiousness (68%) and it was significantly associated with high relapse rate. Early identification of personality traits could be useful in decreasing the possibility of relapse.


[Objective] The purpose was to optimize formula of entire powder drink of Pteridum aquilinum var.latiusculum and production technologies and conditions.[Method]With Pteridum aquilinum var.latiusculum as experimental materials,the optimal formula and production technology were made sure by orthogonal experiment.[Result]The results indicated that the excellent protection color and Vc conservation effect were gained when concentration of acetate-zn-solution for color-protecting was 500 mg/L and pH value of color protection solution was 6.The optimal formula of producing entire powder drink of with P.aquilinum var.latiusculum were that addition amount of P.aquilinum var.latiusculum,Jasminum sambac,cane sugar,citric acid and PGA were 45.0%,2.0%,28.0%,3.0% and 13.0%,respectively.The scores of sense evaluation were 97.[Conclusion]This study will provide the references for handily producing entire powder drink of with P.aquilinum var.latiusculum.


Objective To investigate the role of inflammatory factors like serum leptin,adiponectin,interleukin-6(IL-6),and C-reactive protein (CRP) in the systemic inflammatory response of smoking-induced COPD.Methods Thirty male Wistar rats were randomly divided into three groups,ie.a high-dose smoking group,a low-dose smoking group,and a control group.Serum leptin,adiponectin,IL-6,and CRP levels were measured by ABC-ELISA.Results The serum leptin and adiponectin levels in both smoking groups decreased significantly compared with the control group(P0.05),while the difference was not significant between the two smoking groups(P0.05).The serum IL-6 and CRP levels in both smoking groups increased significantly compared with the control group(P0.05),which were higher in the high-dose smoking group than those in the low-dose smoking group(P0.05).Conclusions Smoking increases the serum levels of IL-6 and CRP,but reduces the serum levels of leptin and adiponectin in rats.These results suggest that leptin,adiponectin,IL-6,and CRP may be involved in the systemic inflammatory response of smoking-induced COPD.


We test for recently reported momentum profits in New Zealand using a practitioner technique that we have not yet seen in the academic literature. This technique simultaneously weighs returns, risk and transactions costs at each portfolio rebalance, rather than blindly chasing returns and then accounting for risk and transactions costs after the fact. We reverse the findings of the earlier literature because our gross profits are more than fully consumed once transactions costs are properly accounted for. Although we focus on momentum trading in New Zealand, our practitioner technique is broadly applicable to investigations of trading anomalies.


The invention relates to a remote control method for power distributor units. In the method, a power distributor unit automatically transmits information to a server when being connected with the server through a network, when a user logs into the server and requests to carry out remote control on the power distributor unit belonging to the user, the user needs only to input the sequence number or identifiable information of the power distributor unit belonging to the user, and the server will immediately and automatically search all power distributor units of the user and provides a grouping management interface for the user to control on/off of the power distributor units by grouping the power distributor units with the same location or those having power supply equipment of the same property. By doing so, the user can easily control the power distributor units with different locations at a remote end without knowing IP addresses of the power distributor units.


T he following critique of Dr. Edmund Storms' recent observations and theory, " Cold Fusion from a Chemist's Point of View, " can be called un-critical, in the sense that his arguments appear to be fully defensible, at least within a narrow focus. There is little to dispute within what Storms pres-ents—but the problem, if there is one, goes to the validity of any underlying premise of simplification, which can be called " parsimony " or " Ockham's razor. " Specifically, having a single operational method or model which excludes all others, especially when based on a low probability kind of reaction (in the case of proton-proton fusion), limits the application of theory to a specific type of experiment where it has been seen, or limits it to a subset of all reactions where it applies. Thus, the theory may adequately explain only a small fraction of experimental results in the broader field. On the other hand, since the overwhelming assumption in physics is that there cannot be many similar-but-separate novel reactions with hydrogen— all of which lead to energy anomalies (yet none of them were appreciated prior to 1989)—Storms is on solid ground with his narrow focus. That search for simplicity is essentially what Ockham's razor is all about; but as a guiding principle , it seldom stands up to close inspection. Storms' theory can be summarized as moving the locus of the thermal anomaly from the " lattice " (solid crystal inter-stices within a metal host) to " cracks " or fissures (larger geometry) not unlike fracto-fusion, and then further suggesting that protium fuses to deuterium directly and in a way similar to deuterium fusing into helium. If one had to choose a single hypothesis or theory amongst the many which have been floating around for over two decades, Storms' would likely be at the top of the list (for many observers in the field), since it is " comfortable " and comes with the reputation of a pioneer experimenter who backs his conclusions with high quality lab work. Additionally, it is derivative and evolved from other models which have been circulating for years, and not too far removed from hot fusion in energy expectation, per fusion event. But is it exclusive? Within the community of LENR experimenters, there will be the usual complaints—to the extent that one cannot easily rationalize the total lack of gamma radiation with …


Preface Abbreviations 1. Introduction 2. The possibilities of irony in courtly literature 3. Irony and chivalry 4. Irony and love 5. Irony and narrative technique 6. Verbal irony 7. Irony of the narrator 8. Dramatic irony 9. The irony of values 10. Structural irony 11. The reasons for irony in the medieval romance Bibliography Index of passages discussed General index.


Interconnected communication system facilitating home automation is becoming increasingly popular Internet of Things' (IoT) domain. One such application is a smart lock. Today, physical locks are being replaced by electro-mechanical ones, with limited network and power capabilities. A physical key is replaced with software that can be operated remotely from a mobile device. Since, these systems widely rely on the wireless network, they are more vulnerable to a security breach. Therefore, development of a network of connected system that ensures reliability and security is fundamental to the field of IoT. Often, securing mechanism requires using complex decision-making algorithms. However, the foundation of a robust system is laid during the design, and development of such a critical embedded system. Thus, it is important to identify, and prioritize the curial system requirements and the steps to engineer them. This paper presents our work that identified and addressed this issue. As part of the research, a proof of concept, of a network of connected devices serving as a secure smart lock, is implemented. It utilizes Message Queuing Telemetry Transportation (MQTT) protocol to enable message transmission between the users and lock. It is light weight, uses less memory on devices and network usage is at par with quality of services that are already available in the market. This paper describes the requirements and design, the technical details of the implementation and the performance aspects of this system.


see dangers in the economic disparities found in each. There is little optimism regarding Cambodia where past devastation and present political, security, and economic problems make the democratic experiment fragile. Neher and Marlay see little evidence of Western democracy in Brunei, Indonesia, Laos, or Vietnam, although they see these states as swimming against the tide of democracy in Asia. They particularly see the emerging economies in these regimes as offering long-term challenges to their maintenance of power. Singapore and Malaysia provide the most interesting cases for those attempting to evaluate democracy in Southeast Asia. Both provide free elections and the opposition has won seats in parliament and even control of state governments in Malaysia. Yet, the authors see restrictions on democracy, calling Singapore a semidemocracy in one place and semiauthoritarian in another, and terming Malaysian democracy incomplete and semidemocratic. The final chapter assesses that perennial question in comparative government, the relation of development to democracy. The results of this analysis for Southeast Asia are not clear, with a mixture of patterns. There is finally an effort to use the data from previous chapters to quantitatively rate the region. The results of that analysis show three semidemocratic regimes (the Philippines, Malaysia, and Thailand), three semiauthoritarian (Indonesia, Singapore, and Cambodia) and four authoritarian (Burma, Brunei, Laos, and Vietnam). Obviously, other observers may have different perspectives. Some Southeast Asian readers may find fault with the authors' bias in favor of the Western definition of democracy, although there is a description of Asian criticisms of the Western version. This reviewer questions more the results of the quantitative rating of democracy in the conclusion; even the authors note that their categorization is only suggestive. For example, it is difficult to accept putting Singapore, Cambodia, and Indonesia in the same category of semiauthoritarian. In the first of these the opposition received two-fifths of the vote in recent elections, there has been a free, internationally supervised election in the second, and only controlled elections to a legislature with limited power in the last. However, this is a useful book that would provide a solid basis for a course in contemporary Southeast Asia.


Abstract This essay provides theological reflection, theoretical resources, ethnographic data, and pastoral theological proposals regarding religious environmentalism as a form of intersystemic care that can connect social and ecological justice-making pursuits. The religious environmental praxis of the Central Texas Episcopal Church demonstrates how this form of religious praxis represents efforts at an ecologically inclusive relational justice, a key norm for pastoral theologians. This article explores theological and contextual rationales for pastoral theological engagement with ecological issues as a more thorough way of addressing structures of violence that impede the flourishing of both people and planet.


Research development and advantage of Zn-based alloys for die was introduced in this paper. The existing problems of traditional Zn-based alloys for die were analyzed. It will strive in alloy component,technology and treatment of later stage in the future. Products that are small batch and variety are required in the market. Zn-based alloys for die will be extremely developed.


In the title compound,$C_{26}H_{18}F_{2}N_{2}O_{4}$, the dihedral angle between the amide groups is $57.1(3){^o}$. The crystal structure is stabilized by N—H O hydrogen bonds and C—H...${\pi}$ interactions.


INTRODUCTION Telehealth is a broad umbrella that covers the technologies that provide clinical and administrative support for patients and physicians. The Office of the Advancement of Telehealth defines telehealth as the support provided for long distance clinical healthcare, patient and professional health-related education and public health and health administration by the use of electronic information and telecommunication technologies.1-2 Examples of telehealth include non-clinical services comprising administrative meetings, provider training and continuing medical education along with clinical services. Other examples of telehealth also include live-interactive videoconferencing, remote monitoring, and store-and-forward imaging.3 Telemedicine, on the other hand, refers to the remote delivery of clinical care through electronic communications. The term was coined in the 1970s by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a mode of valid exchange of medical information pertaining to diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease and injuries via information and communication technologies with the goal of improving patients' health status. Telemedicine cannot be considered a separate medical specialty; on the contrary, it is considered a tool to be used by healthcare providers to disseminate the traditional medical practice beyond the walls of the typical medical practice.4-5 Telemedicine has continued to broaden as more specialties are able to use this approach and the technology itself becomes more pervasive and affordable. Telemedicine applications and services include email, two-way video, wireless tools, smart phones and other communication technology tools.8 Examples of telemedicine include group therapy, nursing interactions, education and training, televisits to community health workers, and medical image transmission. This also includes… ABBREVIATIONS: WHO - World Health Organization, NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration, ECG – Electrocardiogram, ICU - Intensive Care Unit


The article analysis the achievements of China over the past 35 years since the beginning of the ambitious reform. The article presents principal features of the country's modernisation, which was carried out in accordance with the mentality of the Chinese people.


The data on growth peculiarities and physical properties of GaAs insertions embedded in AlGaAs nanowires grown on different (1 1 1) substrates by Au-assisted molecular beam epitaxy are presented. The influence of nanowires growth conditions on structural and optical properties is studied in detail. It is shown that by varying the growth parameters it is possible to form structures like quantum dots that emit in a wide wavelengths range. These quantum dots show sharp and intense emission lines when an optical signal is collected from a single nanowire. The technology proposed opens new possibilities for integration of direct-band AIIIBV materials on silicon platform.


The possible reactions for the photoproduction of two pions from hydrogen are (1) gamma + p yields p + pi /sup 0/ + pi /sup 0/, (2) gamma + p yields p + pi /sup +/ + pi /sup -/, and (3) gamma + p yields n + pi /sup +/ + pi /sup 0/. T hese reaCtions are of interest for the study of the isobar model, pi -nucleon forces, and pi - pi forces. The Cornell synchrotron bremsstrahlung beam was used to observe (1) and (3) by detecting the two pi 's in coincidence. A photon from the decay of a pi /sup 0/ enters the totally absorbing lead glass Chererkov counter, producing a pulse proportional to its energy. A diagram is given of the experimental arrangement showing the incident gamma -ray beam and the Chererkov counter. The results are given in graphical and tabular form. Reaction (1) seems to be isotropic while reaction (3) shows a strong forward peaking of pi /sup +/, particularly for forward pi /sup 0/ angles. (B.O.G.)


The present invention discloses a novel combination therapy for the treatment of B-cell lymphoma, which in particular comprises administering an anti-CD20 antibody to a patient with low, intermediate or advanced non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.


Background: Astrocytoma is the most common primary intracerebral tumor in adults and causes high morbidity and mortality. Most patients with astrocytomas, especially diffuse gliomas, have a poor prognosis. Recent genetic and epigenetic studies have shown that mutations in the Isocitrate Dehydrogenase (IDH) gene play an important role in the pathogenesis and prognosis of gliomas, thus facilitating IDH1 mutations in the population to become an important marker, not only to assist in the diagnosis and prognostic factors of these gliomas but also to develop therapeutic targets as currently available. This study aims to see differences in the expression of the IDH in each astrocytoma classification.
Methods: A cross-sectional analytic study was conducted at the Anatomical Pathology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Hasanuddin, from October 2020 to August 2021. The research sample came from 65 paraffin block preparations for primary brain tumors with the diagnosis of Diffuse Astrocytoma (DA), Anaplastic Astrocytoma (AA) and Glioblastoma (GB). The immunohistochemical staining was performed using the monoclonal antibody IDH1-R132H. The microscopic assessment was carried out using a light microscope. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20 for Windows.
Results: There was a significant relationship between the expression of IDH1-R132H in each astrocytoma classification (p=0.008). The prevalence of astrocytoma with negative IDH1-R132H expression (IDH-wildtype) is lower by 21 samples (32.3%) compared to astrocytoma with positive IDH1-R132H expression (IDH-mutant), which is 44 samples (67.7%).
Conclusion: There are significant differences in the expression of IDH1-R132H in Diffuse Astrocytoma, Anaplastic Astrocytoma and Glioblastoma, where the proportion of IDH-mutant status is higher than IDH-wildtype and IDH1 mutation status has a significant relationship with tumor grade.


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The repetitive control technique is widely adopted in AC systems, because it can achieve excellent tracking performance and low total harmonic distortion (THD) when regulating periodic signals. This paper proposes an improved repetitive control scheme for three-phase systems. The proposed scheme adopts one-sixth of the fundamental period as the delay time in the positive-rotating and negative-rotating synchronous reference frames (SRF), and can achieve fast transient response and 6n±1 harmonics compensation. In this paper, the proportional-integral (PI) regulator and the plug-in repetitive control are combined in the control loop, to improve the even harmonics compensation under the unbalanced system. And the design methodology for the auxiliary function of the repetitive control is discussed to maintain its performance when one-sixth of the ratio of the sampling frequency to the fundamental frequency is not an integer. The effectiveness of the proposed scheme is confirmed by simulation and experimental results finally.


Textile and Textile dyestuff industries discharge effluent having high Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) and colour, making it difficult to treat the effluent completely. Several Physical, Chemical and Biological treatment methods are available to treat such an effluent. However, in recent year's biological treatment with focus on bacteria have been drawing a tremendous attention due to their ability to degrade complex structured dyes and hence treat waste water. In the present study, Soil and Water samples collected from textile dye effluent contaminated sites of Ankleshwar, Gujarat was studied for screening and isolation of bacteria capable of decolorizing and degrading textile dyes. A bacterial consortium ETL-A was selected on the basis of rapid dye decolorization. Bacterial consortium exhibited 93% decolorization ability within 30 h under static conditions at 35oC in presence of Glucose and Yeast Extract as cosubstrates. 16S rRNA gene amplification was carried out for the sequencing and identification of these strains. The degradation of dye was confirmed by HPTLC and FTIR analysis. Considerable decrease in COD of the dye (above 85%) was indicative of conversion of complex dye into simple oxidizable products. *Corresponding author: Shah M, Industrial Waste Water Research Laboratory, Division of Applied and Environmental Microbiology Lab, India, Tel: +919099965504; E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Received October 07, 2016; Accepted October 28, 2016; Published November 09, 2016 Citation: Shah M (2016) Microbial Degradation of Reactive Orange M2R Dye by Bacterial Consortium ETL-A. J Microb Biochem Technol 8: 483-487. doi: 10.4172/1948-5948.1000329 Copyright: © 2016 Shah M. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.


Objective:Changes in cardiac function due to sepsis have been widely reported. However, the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. In the mammalian heart, myocyte function and intracellular calcium homeostasis are closely coupled. In this study we tested the hypothesis that alterations in cardiac calcium homeostasis due to sepsis underlie the observed myocyte dysfunction. Design:Randomized prospective animal study. Setting:Research laboratory. Subjects:Male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing 250–275 g. Interventions:We induced sepsis by cecal ligation and puncture in the rat, which mimics the type of infection caused by perforation of the intestine in humans. Measurements and Results:Forty-eight hours after cecal ligation and puncture, isolated cardiac ventricular cardiomyocytes demonstrated a 57% decreased peak systolic [Ca2+]. The time constant of the Ca2+ transient increased 71% and 57% in myocytes obtained 24 hrs and 48 hrs after cecal ligation and puncture, respectively. The average shortening of cardiomyocytes 48 hrs after cecal ligation and puncture was significantly decreased. To investigate the cellular mechanisms of altered Ca2+ transients and myocyte shortening, we measured Ca2+ sparks, the spontaneous local Ca2+ release events in cardiomyocytes at resting states. The Ca2+ spark frequency progressively increased in myocytes 24 hrs and 48 hrs after cecal ligation and puncture. The total activity of sparks also increased compared with sham-operated animals. The overall leakage of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ in resting states was increased in sepsis and resulted in reduced sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ content. Conclusions:Abnormal Ca2+ leakage from the sarcoplasmic reticulum contributes significantly to the depressed myocyte shortening in sepsis. In the future, modalities that prevent this Ca2+ leakage may prove beneficial in the treatment of sepsis-induced myocyte shortening.


Over the past decade, venture capital funding of real estate and construction-related companies in the U.S. has increased dramatically, outpacing growth in other industries and more than doubling its market share. Real estate technology rms, such as WeWork and Airbnb, have seen meteoric growth and the home search process has been revolutionized with all home purchases reporting that they conducted some of their search online, an option unavailable to them 20 years ago. On the other hand, labor productivity in construction of single family homes by far the most common form of housing has been at, or even decreased since the turn of the century. Housing remains una ordable to many; both in the rental market and the owner-occupied market, where real estate brokers continue to command commissions north of 5 percent on home sales. In this chapter, Kung documents this varied landscape and provides some insight into the market structure that has prevented most of the real estate industry from seeing large gains from innovation, and why the impact of the technology in the areas where it has become prominent is so hard to decipher.


Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to provide empirical evidence of the relationship between intellectual capital (IC) and economic performance, with focus on social cooperative enterprises (SCEs) that work in non-profit sectors.

Design/methodology/approach
A survey was developed and administered in Italy. A final sample of 151 SCEs participated in the study. Data were collected on IC measures, social enterprise activities and economic and mission-based performance outcomes.

Findings
Two hypotheses that proposed a positive association between IC sub-components (i.e. human capital, structural capital and relational capital) and the economic and mission-based performance of SCEs were tested. Findings highlight that human capital contributes to explain economic performance which is positively affected by the presence of graduate employees and value added per employee. However, economic performance is negatively affected by the yearly training per employee. In addition, human and relational capital contribute to explain mission-based performance which is positively affected by yearly training, the value added per employee and the quality of relationships with customers. However, mission-based performance is negatively affected by the relationships' quality with the reference territorial community. Therefore, relational capital would seem to affect only mission-based performance, and human capital influences both dimensions of corporate performance. Structural capital does not affect social cooperatives' performance.

Practical implications
Some of the results in this study are particular to this research setting. It is therefore important for senior leaders of SCEs to take the results of general IC literature with a grain of salt. Whereas most of the academic literature generally supports the positive relationship of all IC sub-components (i.e. human, structural and relational capital) with performance outcomes, this is not the case in this particular study.

Originality/value
This is the first empirical study that has examined the linkages between IC sub-components and performance outcomes in SCEs in Italy.