Romania's progress demands to be included the principals of sustainable development in it's development strategy. Within this framework the importance of studying and analyzing the tourism evolution can be noted. The need of knowledge regarding the fluctuations canned by the results of the tourism related activities allowed the approach of the issue related to the correlation stage of the accommodation capacity and the number of tourists arrived within the accommodation structures in Romania during the 2000-2008 period. The mutual involvement relationship, existence, direction form and intensity of the connection between the two indicators are analyzed within this paper. The conclusions following the analysis of the obtained results, shape as an upper phase in filling in the image of the Romanian tourism, bearing in mind the establishment and application of sustainable development strategies.


We have developed a new algorithm to retrieve tropospheric column ozone on a daily basis directly from the measured total ozone mapping spectrometer (TOMS) albedos at a spatial resolution of about 50 km. This new algorithm is applied to the retrieval of tropospheric ozone over the region bounded by 20°W and 60°E longitude and 20°S and 0°S latitude during the 1989 biomass burning season when tropospheric ozone approaches 20% of total ozone. We find that for the conditions of high tropospheric ozone during biomass burning, the archived TOMS data underestimates total ozone over cloud free regions and overestimates ozone over the marine stratocumulus cloud off the west coast of Africa. This error can be as high as 15 Dobson units. Thus previous methods which derive tropospheric ozone from the TOMS archived ozone data are subject to error. Details of the algorithm and an analysis of the expected error are presented.


The 'traditional' conception of toleration, understood as the putting up with beliefs and practices by those who disapprove of them, has come under increasing attack in recent years for being negative, condescending and judgemental. Instead, its critics argue for a more positive, affirmative conception, perhaps best captured by Anna Elisabetta Galeotti's idea of 'toleration as recognition'. In this article, without denying that it is not always the most appropriate form of response to differences, I defend the traditional conception of toleration against its critics. Two principal arguments are advanced in defence of it: the first articulates its role as part of a viable and realistic political theory of modus vivendi, while the second argues that it is only the traditional conception of toleration that makes possible the mutual accommodation of some values that are genuinely antithetical and hostlie to each other. Thus, there remains an important place for the traditional conception of toleration in both political theory and practice.


Atomic diffusion at nanometer length scale may differ significantly from bulk diffusion, and may sometimes even exhibit counterintuitive behavior. In the present work, taking Cu/Ni as a model system, a general phenomenon is reported which results in sharpening of interfaces upon thermal annealing, even in miscible systems. Anomalous x-ray reflectivity from a Cu/Ni multilayer has been used to study the evolution of interfaces with thermal annealing. Annealing at 423 K results in sharpening of interfaces by about 38%. This is the temperature at which no asymmetry exists in the inter-diffusivities of Ni and Cu. Thus, the effect is very general, and does not require concentration dependent diffusivities of the two constituents, as reported in the literature. General nature of the effect is conclusively demonstrated using isotopic multilayers of 57Fe/naturalFe. Nuclear resonance reflectivity measurements show that annealing at suitably low temperature results in sharpening of the isotopic interfaces. Since chemically it is a single Fe layer, any effect associated with concentration dependent diffusivity can be ruled out. The results highlight the role of fast diffusion along triple junctions.


Lamivudine (LMV), a cytosine derivative and a reverse transcriptase inhibitor, faces the challenge of inefficient purification after its chemical synthesis. Currently available methods of purification involve salt formation (salicylate or oxalate) followed by treatment with a toxic base, triethyl amine (TEA), to neutralize the protonated LMV. Any reduction in the use of TEA will make the purification process greener and more economical. In this context, we designed and successfully isolated a new and elusive 4:1 CAB cocrystal between LMV and oxalic acid (OXA) that has the potential to significantly improve the efficiency of the LMV purification process. The new CAB cocrystal of LMV was efficiently produced by carefully controlling the ratio of LMV to OXA in the crystallization medium. Compared to salts currently used for purification, much less TEA is required for the 4:1 CAB cocrystal (LMV/LMVH+/OXA2– at 2:2:1 mole ratio) because only half of the LMV is protonated that requires TEA treatment.


Climate‐induced range expansion ultimately implies recruitment at sites that were previously unoccupied by a species (i.e. colonization events). Using evidence on abiotic conditions and biotic interactions at these migration sites, we aimed to identify migration pathways from northern temperate to boreal forests for species showing northward range expansion.


The second wave of food access interventions, or Food Access 2 0, focused on expanding groceries in underserved areas across the country 2 Distant grocery stores make shopping for healthy foods difficult because of added costs and inconvenience, especially in cities with a poor transportation infrastructure and a low rate of car ownership 3,4 In New Orleans, Louisiana, food access disparities worsened in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina,5 heightening awareness of the problem and precipitating a multistakeholder response that helped lead this wave Federal disaster funds were eventually used to support the first locally directed, healthy food retail incentive program 6 Perhaps because of the existential nature ofthe disaster or the delayed and muted federal response, rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina generated an unprecedented degree of citizen involvement Coalitions, such as the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network and the National Black Food and Justice Alliance, use food system entry points to build community, transform structural inequities, and promote food and social justice (for references, see the Appendix [available as a supplement to the online version of this article at http://www ajph °rg]) [ ]the Community Food Projects Competitive Grants Program, run by the US Department of Agriculture, provides funds that promote comprehensive responses to local food access, farm, and nutrition issues


The article is devoted to the questions of international relations and international education of students in the academy. The methods of solving of national question were looked through.


Based on the present situation of comprehensive resources utilization of mine water,fly ash,slag,kaoline and coal gangue,according to relative theories about circular economy,we analyzed the technological process of comprehensive utilization of resources of Xuzhou Mining BusinessGroup Co Ltd.Existing high-performance of the company was recongnized and suggestions for future development of the company were put up in the paper.


Two cases of gastric carcinoma which were as small as not more than 2mm and 1mm in maximum diameter and which were confined to the gastric mucosa, respectively, were found by protease lavage cytologic diagnosis. These cases have been presented, with special reference to the courses of their diagnoses. Clinico-pathologic problems in the diagnosis of minor gastric carcinomas difficult to grossly distinguish have been discussed.


President Chirac's discussions with school-students in Tunis on 5 December 2003 marked an important shift in French state policy. Previously reluctant to address the issue of the 'veil', Chirac now expressed his views with provocative clarity. 'La France ... s'est sentie en quelque sorte agressée par l'affirmation de signes religieux ostentatoires ... Il est un fait que dans notre enseignement public, la présence du voile a quelque chose d'agressif ... Les Français étant ce qu'ils sont, le port du voile, qu'on le veuille ou non, est une sorte d'agression.' His remarks were immediately noted by the French media, and swiftly relayed to French readers. In late autumn 2003 the public began to suspect that the Stasi Report would suggest something more than a minor rectification of educational regulations. A protracted debate followed. Hundreds of newspaper articles concerning the voile were printed over the next months: many discussed the Debré report and the Stasi Report (both published in December 2003). This cycle of debate came to an end with the reports concerning the International Women's Day march in Paris on 6 March 2004: however, it seems likely that the debate will begin again in September 2004. During the three-month period from December 2003 to February 2004, the veil was headline news. It even became the strapline for articles, as in the Figaro of 5 February 2004: 'Voile: le PS convaincu, l'UDF renâcle'. Supporters of the proposed new legislation used the term 'voile' fairly consistently, while its critics, less consistently, preferred 'foulard' or some other, more qualified phrase. In other words, by default, this term was at the centre of the vast, confused debate that spluttered through reports, parliamentary speeches and press articles and—because of its ubiquity—I will use it here. But 'le voile', as used by French commentators, certainly hid more than it revealed. The term performed two important functions. First, its imprecision allowed an easy confusion between the relatively unconstricted head coverings that appeared in a few French schools in the 1990s and the highly restrictive clothing requirements imposed by groups such as the Taliban: the term confused rather than informed the reader, and worked to provoke an antipathy to French veil wearers. Second, by insisting on one term for a wide variety of practices and customs, the phrase encouraged simplistic forms of essentialism.


How to cite this paper: Safavi, B., Nakhjavan, B., Mirnezami, S., & Alizadeh, M. (2018). Effect of inflation uncertainty on price dispersion in Iran. Risk Governance and Control: Financial Markets & Institutions, 8(1), 24 – 35. http://doi.org/10.22495/rgcv8i1art3 Copyright © 2018 The Authors This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC


We compared the influence of aerobic and resistance exercise on cardiac remodelling, physical capacity and skeletal muscle oxidative stress in rats with MI‐induced heart failure. Three months after MI induction, Wistar rats were divided into four groups: Sham; sedentary MI (S‐MI); aerobic exercised MI (A‐MI); and resistance exercised MI (R‐MI). Exercised rats trained three times a week for 12 weeks on a treadmill or ladder. Statistical analysis was performed by ANOVA or Kruskal‐Wallis test. Functional aerobic capacity was greater in A‐MI and strength gain higher in R‐MI. Echocardiographic parameters did not differ between infarct groups. Reactive oxygen species production, evaluated by fluorescence, was higher in S‐MI than Sham, and lipid hydroperoxide concentration was lower in A‐MI than the other groups. Glutathione peroxidase activity was higher in A‐MI than S‐MI and R‐MI. Superoxide dismutase was lower in S‐MI than Sham and R‐MI. Gastrocnemius cross‐sectional area, satellite cell activation and expression of the ubiquitin‐proteasome system proteins did not differ between groups. In conclusion, aerobic exercise and resistance exercise improve functional capacity and maximum load carrying, respectively, without changing cardiac remodelling in infarcted rats. In the gastrocnemius, infarction increases oxidative stress and changes antioxidant enzyme activities. Aerobic exercise reduces oxidative stress and attenuates superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase changes.


Nanostructured porous silicon is very promising for RF applications by overcoming the high-frequency losses originating from the bulk silicon substrate. RF performance and non-linearity analysis of different silicon substrates including, porous (PSi), trap-rich (TR) high resistivity (HR) types are explored experimentally. The investigation is done by means of coplanar transmission lines (CPW) fabricated on these substrates. RF measurements of transmission lines demonstrate the successful reduction of the permittivity and increase of the resistivity of the PSi substrate. It also demonstrated that the insertion losses and linearity are efficiently enhanced.


Background: In-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) is a significant public health problem with a low survival rate of approximately 15-20% in general hospitals. However, few data are available on the clinical outcome of patients following IHCA in the center hospital for cardiac and cerebrovascular diseases. Methods: Between June 2006 and May 2013, Utstein style resuscitation data were prospectively collected on 535 consecutive patients aged 18 years or older who developed IHCA in National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (Osaka, Japan). Of these, we excluded 95 patients with multiple cardiac arrests (only the first episode was included) and also excluded 9 patients due to the lack of 30-day follow-up data. We finally assessed the data of the clinical characteristics and 30-day survival of 428 patients. Results: The number of patients who were hospitalized due to cardiac diseases and cerebrovascular diseases was 293 (68.5%) and 84 (19.6%), respectively. The location of hospital where IHCA developed was intens...


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The purpose of [this volume] is to introduce students to demographic methods and concepts on the basis of South African examples.... Three themes underlie all the chapters. The first is that population dynamics in South Africa reflect the demographic situation in other countries of the world. The second theme is the interrelatedness of economic social political environmental and population variables. The third is the need for demographers to treat available data with care and to assess information and adapt it where necessary to different situations. (EXCERPT)


This article discussed the business values of enterprise self-developing potential management talent,and focus on the analyzed the features and implementation polices of three important self-developing patterns such as Management Trainee Program,Succession Planning and Acceleration Pool. It hopes to provide the right choice to self-developing potential management talent for the enterprises.


The strain physical field in level rolling process of inversion casting was analyzed by ANSYS program. Plastic strain, stress and displacement were gained. The results show that only surface strain takes place; the maximum stress exists in the geometrical deformation zone; In the deformation transition zone and the part leaving the rollers, different stress exists. The rolling force estimated with ANSYS program corresponds to those measured.


A conducting composite of polyaniline, poly(o-toluidine) and poly(aniline-co-o-toluidine) using incorporation of TiO2 and SiO2 was prepared by electrochemical polymerization. The films were electro-polymerized in solution containing 0.1 M monomer(s), 1 M sulphuric acid as supporting electrolyte and 10−5 M TiO2 and SiO2, applying a sequential linear potential scan rate of 50 mV/s between −0.2 and 1.0 V versus Ag/AgCl electrode. The characterization of the composites was done by cyclic voltammetry, UV-Vis spectroscopy, electrical conductivity and thermogravimetric analysis. It is observed that the UV-Vis peaks are appearing in the region of conducting emerladine salt (ES) phase. In overall study, the polymers prepared using TiO2 have higher conductivity than SiO2, with the highest conductivity observed for the polyaniline–TiO2 conducting composite. The composite does not lose its colour at higher temperature and, hence, can be utilized as conductive pigments required for anti-electrostatic applications.


Tramcars account for the largest quantity and maintenance in mine transportation equipment.Wheel is one of the most important parts on the tramcar,and the wheel bearing damage has a large share of the tramcar damage.From the tramcar structure and operating conditions,the common faults and causes of wheel bearings have been analyzed in this paper,and the improvement methods have been presented which will improve the reliability and service life of wheels.


This invention discloses a kind of saccharomyces cerevisiae engineering mildew J(Saccharomyces cerevisiae J) and its appliance, whose fermentation and fragmant characteristics are as follows: culture it in YEPD liquor medium for 24h, and then access it in fermentation medium to fermentat at the temperature of 36 deg C. the weightlessness of CO2 is 8. 36(g); the alcoholicity is 6. 43%(v/v) 20deg C; the best fermentation temperature is 34-38deg C and the total ester content is 0. 64(g/L). The saccharomyces cerevisiae engineering mildew made through this invention has characteristics of high alcohol yield, strong ester output capacity and high temperature resistance. It is suitable for bran-spirit manufacture, because it can not only recyle distiller's grain resource, but also can add jowar and other vintage raw materials. Using this engineering mildew, the agitating sand wine and breaking sand wine can be prepared, which has certain sauce-smelling wine color.


Groundwater and soil samples were collected to determine NO3− and N levels at different locations in two villages and to investigate probable reasons for the occurrence of high nitrate concentration in groundwater. The soil of the study area was loamy sand throughout the profile up to 15 m except sandy loam at depth of 8.1 to 10.8 m. All the groundwater samples collected during different time periods (pre-monsoon and post-monsoon) showed nitrate concentration of about more than twice the maximum acceptable nitrate concentration for drinking water standards (45 mg L−1). Water quality with respect to nitrate concentration in the pumped groundwater was determined for different pumping rates and time periods after the start of pumping. The nitrate concentration did not change considerably with the discharge and time during the pumping. Lower nitrate concentration (1.44 me L−1) in groundwater was observed at shallow depth (5.45–8.1 m) as compared to 1.56 me L−1 in relatively deep (10.8 to 15 m) groundwater. Total nitrogen content in subsurface profile to a depth of 15 m was found to vary from 0.13 to 0.18%. Wide variation in nitrate content (56.19 to 91.36 mg L−1) was observed among tubewell water of two contiguous villages.


The present study examined the benefi ts of students using personal FM systems in their own classroom and in the home. Eleven students aged between 5 and 15 years participated in the study. All participants had a sensorineural hearing loss ranging in degree from moderate to profound. During the study, the students used the FM system combined with their hearing aid at school and at home for three months. Performance was documented using measures of oral language comprehension in the student's daily classroom combined with self-report measures obtained from the parents, teachers and students. Results indicated a signifi cant benefi t for the use of the FM system combined with the hearing aid over the hearing aid alone in the real classroom. Parents and students reported a signifi cant benefi t for use of the FM system at home. Teachers, parents, and students identifi ed an improvement in specifi c situations of need. This study supports the recommendation of combining a personal FM system with the student's hearing aid to improve speech understanding in school and in the home.


The carbody steel structure for Qingzang generator cars is described.Measures for solution are given for the difficult points of carbody strength,rigidity and weight reduction in designing and the test verification has been passed.


The article reviews activities of the Russian-American non-profit organization Tahoe-Baikal Institute and describes the initial stage of its formation. It provides the information on the important role of land use, landscape recultivation and restoration of destroyed natural sites in the Tahoe-Baikal Institute Summer Environmental Exchange. It describes the participation of ecologists and other specialists from Russia, the USA and other countries in the Institute's programs.


This review investigated the effects of vermicompost tea on plant pest control. Vermicompost teas were prepared using various extraction methods (non - aerated, aerated, with additives) with various ratios of compost and water for several days to week. In aerated vermicompost teas, water and nutrient additives greatly increase microbial populations. The aerated, vermicompost 'teas' suppressed the plant diseases. Vermicompost 'teas' also suppressed population of plant roots nematode parasite, spider, mite and aphids significantly.


Among transgenic mice with ubiquitous Cre recombinase activity, all strains to date excise loxP‐flanked (floxed) alleles either at or before the zygote stage or at nondescript stages of development. This manuscript describes a new mouse strain, in which Cre recombinase, integrated into the Esrrb locus, efficiently excises floxed alleles in pre‐implantation embryos at the onset of the four‐cell stage. By enabling inactivation of genes only after the embryo has undergone two cleavages, this strain should facilitate in vivo studies of genes with essential gametic or zygotic functions. In addition, this study describes a new, highly pluripotent hybrid C57BL/6J x 129S1/SvImJ mouse embryonic stem cell line, HYB12, in which this knockin and additional targeted alleles have been generated. genesis 54:53–61, 2016. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


A promoter element called the amino acid response element (AARE), which is essential for the induction ofCHOP (a CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein-related gene) transcription by amino acid depletion, has been previously characterized. Conversely, the human asparagine synthetase (AS) promoter contains two cis-acting elements termed nutrient-sensing response elements (NSRE-1 and NSRE-2) that are required to activate the gene by either amino acid deprivation or the endoplasmic reticulum stress response. The results reported here document the comparison between CHOP and AStranscriptional control elements used by the amino acid pathway. We first establish that the AS NSRE-1 sequence shares nucleotide sequence and functional similarities with theCHOP AARE. However, we demonstrate that theCHOP AARE can function independently, whereasAS NSRE-1 is functionally weak by itself and instead requires the presence of NSRE-2. Furthermore, AS NSRE-2 can confer endoplasmic reticulum stress responsiveness to theCHOP AARE. Using activating transcription factor-2-deficient mouse embryonic fibroblasts, we also show that lack of this transcription factor does not abolish the amino acid inducibility of AS transcription, but this transcription factor is necessary to obtain the full AS response to amino acid starvation. Collectively, these results document that there are significant differences in the molecular mechanisms involved in the transcriptional activation of CHOP and AS by amino acid limitation.


INTRODUCTION Amid rising costs for higher education, the expense for textbooks has become a main source of financial burden for many college students. According to the Government Accountability Office, textbook prices increased by 82 percent from 2002 to 2012, while the overall consumer price inflation was 28 percent during the same period. The issue of textbook costs is a major concern for stakeholders of higher education including students, parents, faculty, school administrators, and elected officials. In late 2013, United States Senators Al Franken and Dick Durbin introduced the Affordable College Textbook Act, aiming to control textbook costs through the use of affordable options such as open access textbooks ("Sen. Franken's Bill to Rein in Rising Textbook Costs Backed by Big Ten Student Group", 2014). The proposed bill gained support from a number of student organizations such as the Association of Big Ten Students and the National Association of Graduate and Professional Students. To cope with skyrocketing costs of textbooks, many students buy older editions, buy used books, rent books, and sometimes skip the text altogether. Instructors also applied various strategies such as recommending previous editions, negotiating volume discounts from publishers, using open access textbooks, or not using any textbook in their courses. Digital textbooks offer another increasingly popular alternative to traditional printed textbooks (Chesser, 2011; Baek & Monaghan, 2013). According to a survey conducted by e-textbook publisher bookboon.com in 2013, 65% of students in the United States have bought their first e-textbook, and half the students read e-textbooks on multiple devices (Tschiesche, 2013). The market share of e-textbooks is also growing at a rapid rate, with expectation to achieve 25% by 2015 (Reynolds, 2012). Research has shown that e-textbooks receive the highest acceptance rate among business school students. For instance, in a study of students from 127 universities in the United Kingdom, Nicholas, Rowlands, and Jamali (2010) discovered that business and management students were the most likely group to use e-textbooks according to page views, titles of the most used e-textbooks, and time spent on reading the books. Recently, business schools have become the pioneers of large-scale e-textbook adoption initiatives, where e-textbooks, often from a single vendor or platform, are used throughout the entire curriculum of an academic program or school. These projects often involve the use of e-readers. For example, all students enrolled in the executive MBA program at Purdue University Calumet receive an iPad, with e-textbooks replacing printed textbooks for all courses (Zhao & Abuizam, 2013). In 2010, the Reginald F. Lewis School of Business at Virginia State University adopted an e-textbook program in collaboration with Flat World Knowledge, a digital textbook provider. All business students pay $19.95 per book to receive the textbooks of eight, later expanded to thirteen, core business courses in digital formats downloadable to PCs, laptops, iPads, and smartphones ("About Us", n.d.; Gorski, 2010). While there has been an active body of research on use of e-textbooks in individual classes, large-scale e-textbook and e-reader initiatives, which undeniably has more profound impacts on course effectiveness and student learning, have received little attention in the literature. Therefore, in this paper, we report an exploratory study of students' assessment of a school-wide e-textbook and e-reader initiative. Specifically, students enrolled in a Systems Analysis and Design class performed feasibility analysis, a method used by professional systems analysts for conducting a well-rounded assessment of a proposed information technology project, on a potential e-textbook and e-reader project for a business school. The results of this exploratory study could help decision makers understand both the benefits and challenges of a wholesale adoption of e-textbooks. …


The overall sales growth of men's sportswear surpassed women's in the U.S. by 2% in 2019. With this trend, the purpose of this study was to identify preferred sportswear brands; relationships among body types; exercising routines and sportswear sizes were examined to provide basic information for designing effective men's compression sportswear. The targeted population was men aged 18-35. The data of total 120 respondents were used for statistical analyses by using 11 close- and open- ended questions. The results indicated that the primary body locations (i.e., chest, shoulder, abdomen, waist, back, and knee) were found to be important for providing intensive compression for fitness. The three sportswear brands, Nike, Adidas, and Under Armour, were preferred by the majority of participants. No significant differences among BMI ranges based on the vertical fit evaluations were found. Therefore, future studies should concentrate on horizontal body dimensions in correlation to the BMI ranges.


The invention discloses a salifying method of lurasidone hydrochloride. The salifying method particularly comprises the following steps: with isopropanol as a salifying solvent, carrying out a salifying reaction on ((3aR, 4S, 7R, 7aS)-2-[(1R, 2R)-2-[4-(1,2-benzisothiazolo-3-yl) piperazine-1-yl-methyl] cyclocaproyl] hexahydro-1H-4,7-methylisoindo-1,3-diketone) represented by a formula II and hydrochloric acid to obtain the lurasidone hydrochloride (3aR, 4S, 7R, 7aS)-2-[[(1R, 2R)-2-[[4-(1,2-benzisothiazolo-3-yl) piperazine-1-yl-methyl] cyclocaproyl] hexahydro-1H-4,7-methylisoindo-1,3-diketone hydrochloride represented by a formula I. The salifying method disclosed by the invention is simple and easy to implement and simple and convenient for operation and is applied to large-scale industrial production.


Associative word knowledge changes throughout our lives (Anderson, 1983). Thus, the organization and use of this knowledge may vary as a function of cognitive development. However, there are no associative norms that provide information about associative representation of Spanish speaking children. The aim of the present study was to obtain normative data on the associative knowledge of children ranging from 8 to 13 years of age. Thus, 58 words were presented to three groups of 100 children varying in ages (8-9, 10-11, 12-13). Participants were asked to provide the first associate to a presented word that came to mind. Results indicated that there is an increment in the percentage of associates, an increase in the number of idiosyncratic responses and a decrease in strength of the associates as the ages of the children increased from 8 to 13. Comparisons with adult normative data are also provided. Results are interpreted as supporting evidence for developmental changes in knowledge organization. Associative norms have been widely used with adult subjects to study the way in which knowledge influences performance in memory and linguistic tasks (e.


This full research paper presents a study of longitudinal data on female students at a research-intensive (R1) public minority-serving institution (MSI). Despite increased focus by state and federal governments and other business entities in the United States, most higher education institutions have yet to reach parity with women's participation in engineering and computing. Of note, the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) stated that women earned 22% of bachelor's degrees, 27% of master's degrees, and 24% of doctoral degrees in engineering as of 2018 meaning that there is a continuation of the decade long upward trend in the proportion of women earning engineering degrees across the educational spectrum. For instance, regarding engineering bachelor's degrees, women have seen a 53% increase in degrees awarded between 2010 and 2018. For the purpose of this study, the target institution's College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) has partnered with industry organizations to enhance their understanding of experiences among female students within engineering and computing programs. The overarching goal of those partnerships is to improve graduation and retention rates of female students and faculty. Using intersectionality as the conceptual framework, the goal of this research study is to deeply examine longitudinal data centered on outcome metrics linked to female students within engineering and computing over an 11 to 12-year span. Results will be used to answer research questions on how metrics have changed over time for female students in areas such as enrollment by department and ethnicity. Results showed an overall upward trend for enrollment and graduation rates across departments and by ethnic groups. On the other hand, some areas showed slight dips that will require additional research. Additionally, the results highlighted the need for future research including collecting qualitative data to help explain the findings from this study. Results will be shared with institutional leadership to promote the recruitment, retention, and graduation of more female students within engineering and computing academic programs.


ABSTRACT Seeds subjected to abiotic stresses may have their physiological performance compromised, impairing the multiplication of species. Thus, the objective was to evaluate the germination and initial development of Tabebuia aurea seedlings subjected to water and salt stresses. Water stress was simulated with two osmotic agents (PEG 6000 and mannitol) at five osmotic potentials (0.0, -0.2, -0.4, -0.6 and -0.8 MPa). For salt stress, three osmotic agents (NaCl, KCl and CaCl2) were used at five concentrations (0, 6, 12, 18 and 24 dS m-1). The experiments were conducted under a completely randomized experimental design, with four replicates of 25 seeds, in a factorial scheme (osmotic agents × potentials), and the data were subjected to analysis of variance and regression. The variables analyzed were germination, first germination count, germination speed index, root and shoot length, and seedling root and shoot dry mass. The results showed that water and salt stresses reduced the germination and vigor of T. aurea seeds, with water stress being more harmful to the species, especially when induced by PEG 6000. Of the salts used, the one that most harmed the species was CaCl2, followed by NaCl and KCl.


This article surveys the scope of protection for television programme formats under English intellectual property law. It discusses what is meant by a 'TV format' and the growth in this phenomenon, ...


Internet of Things (IoT) networks of sensors, mobile phones and other smart devices are providing researchers, practitioners, and end users with an unprecedented amount of data to enable new services, inform decisions and create added value. According to [36] the number of smart phone users was predicted to top three billion by the end of 2018. Other wearable devices such as watches, eyewear, and garments have become increasingly ubiquitous, with a projected 245 million units expected be sold in 2019 alone [22]. In the public sector, smart cities leverage IoT technologies to design better policies, create efficiencies, and manage growth sustainably [31]. Urban areas around the world have made substantial investments to deploy 'smart connections' for everything from buses to street lights to buildings, which fuel data analytics. While developers have focused on improving sensor accuracy and devising advanced methods to store, manage and analyse IoT data, public authorities soon realised that technology is just one, albeit a crucial component of their smart city strategy, which could help them achieve their wider development goals and be more responsive towards residents' needs [35]. A smart city is hence commonly understood as a people-centric city, delivering services that matter to citizens and empowering communities and businesses to engage in decisions that will affect them. Human involvement enhances technology as well. More than a decade of development in big data and data science, experts agree that the best solutions employ a combination of machine and manual processes [9] for example, a state-of-the-art machine learning model can handle roughly 80% of a problem, while approximately 19% of cases require some form of human input, and the remaining 1% is random [4]. Augmenting technology is particularly helpful to:


The 1950s saw the very first stoma care post at St Bartholomew′s Hospital, London. Since then the speciality of stoma care has gone from strength to strength. There are now approximately 450−500 stoma care nurse specialists throughout the UK.


In this work, multiphase digital low-dropout (MP-DLDO) regulators are designed with resonant rotary clocks (ReRoCs) in order to improve on the tradeoff of conventional DLDOs between current efficiency and transient response speed. The proposed DLDOs are multiphased, coined MP-DLDOs, designed with a clock-gated control technique to provide high current efficiencies along with transient response improvements at GHz frequency levels. The multiple phases within the MP-DLDO are served with ReRoCs that provide: 1) a robust high-speed low-power resonant clock distribution solution for the synchronous elements in the multiphase DLDO architecture and 2) improve the transient response characteristics [dynamic voltage scaling (DVS) speed and voltage ripple] while saving power in the controller circuitry. The proposed MP-DLDOs are distributed across the chip to achieve low voltage ripple. SPICE simulations are performed on post-layout, parasitic-extracted models to evaluate the MP-DLDO architecture on open-source digital cores, with performance metrics that include the voltage ripple reduction, transient response speed improvement, and power savings in the control logic. The proposed MP-DLDO architecture, evaluated on an RISC-V design, demonstrates a DVS speed of 6.5 V/ $\mu \text{s}$ and an output voltage ripple of 21.1 mV (38% reduction when compared to a conventional DLDO) with a sampling frequency of 2 GHz.


abstract Adopting a critical lens towards the institution of marriage as a highly gendered institution, all the articles in this special issue open up a host of questions about what the union of two people means, what it has become, and what it could stand for? In trying to liberate the marriage institution from its patriarchal content and heteronormative building blocks that serve to uphold it, the authors critique the marriage institution by providing answers to the following question: Is marriage a risky business or a safe haven? Speaking from a variety of positions and standpoints, feminist theory and critical discourse analysis, the authors reflect on change and transformation in their experiences of marriage or outside of it. The methods adopted range from survey-oriented and behavioural studies to case studies and experiential narratives along with judicial pronouncements. A predominant feature that emerges throughout this critique, and which is teased out in many of the themes, is a call for addressing the gender-blindness and complicity in a range of social practices which have emerged under the broad rubric of what could be termed marriage-based violations.


Everyone who enters the gate of married life through marriage certainly wants the creation of a family or a happy, prosperous, and spiritual home and to obtain the salvation of life in the world and later in life. From this happy, prosperous family will come to be a harmonious, peaceful and just society of material and spiritual prosperity. This family and community life is the goal and goal of national development. In order for these ideals and goals to be carried out with the best, then the husband and wife who play a major role in creating a happy family prosperous, need to increase knowledge or education about how to foster family life in accordance with religious guidance and the provision of community life, expected every family member especially the husband and wife able to create the stability of household life filled with tranquility and peace.


The aim of our study was to assess mRNA levels in visceral fat tissue and to correlate them with clinicalbiological parameters in morbidly obese patients. 38 morbidly obese patients were selected and 8 cases of non obese subjects. The expression levels of adiponectin mRNA were determined through RT-PCR. Also we assessed biochemical parameters like seric glucose level, total cholesterol and triglicerides. The expression levels of adiponectin mRNA were correlated with demographic parameters (age, sex, BMI) and with clinical parameters (HTA, hypothyroidism and type 2 diabetes). This study showed significant correlations between adiponectin mRNA levels with obesity, age, triglicerids, total cholesterol and hypothyroidism. In conclusion, the expression level of adiponectin could be used as a molecular marker in the management of obesity.


Aging population threatens economic conditions in Japan which results in a condition of labor shortage, furthermore the government provides Womenomics' and accepting migrant workers policy to solve the issue. This research aims to give an understanding about Japan's labor shortage condition and how it can be solved by Womenomics and accepting migrant workers. Therefore, this research emphasized the labor shortage conditions and the failure factors of Womenomics' and accepting migrant workers in Japan. Essentially, this study applied the qualitative case study method by referring to the literature review conducted by previous studies. The findings of this research are meant providing suggestions to Japan's government about how important it is to enforce appropriate policies to tackle labor shortages and to minimize policy failure of policy implementation.


ABSTRACT Toleration is usually regarded as a pivotal democratic virtue that should be cultivated in the educational systems of liberal democracies. The concept of toleration, however, is marked by deep ambivalence. Power-theoretical criticisms of toleration as a political and educational ideal have emphasized that discourses of toleration are entangled with societal power struggles, and tend to naturalize social hierarchies and reify individual and collective identities. Given this criticism, toleration refers not just to justificatory problems concerning the limits of political or pedagogical authority, or to the peaceful negotiation of conflicts that pervade pluralistic societies. On the contrary, toleration itself seems to create and perpetuate precisely those political conflicts that it is meant to contain. This contribution develops a defence of toleration as a coherent and sound aim of public education and as a democratic virtue against the power-theoretical critique.


Anthropologists working on native title cases in Australia are commonly asked to identify the Aboriginal 'society' that holds the body of laws and customs that confer land ownership rights on certain groups of people. In this paper I investigate how the early documentation of bora initiation ceremonies is relevant to understanding contemporary Aboriginal societies and the normative laws and customs that give rise to rights and interests in land. The vast ethnographic oeuvre of R.H. Mathews (1841–1918) includes detailed documentation of bora gatherings, which allows the reconstruction of the wider social reaches of people's networks in the lower Darling Downs of eastern Australia, and can in turn be understood as the 'society' so often sought in current native title case law.


Introduction: Bone impaction grafting (BIG) is a surgical technique for the restoration of bone stock loss in revision total hip arthroplasty (rTHA) by impaction of allograft bone particles (BoP) into the bony defect. BoP are considered to be the gold standard, although many alternative materials have been developed, most of them being ceramic based. Important properties of these synthetic materials are surgical handling characteristics (impactability) and primary stability of the reconstruction. Furthermore, optimal porosity of reconstructive materials should combine limited cement penetration with long term stabilization by ingrowth of bone tissue. Previous studies showed that porous biphasic bioceramic particles (CeP) have to be mixed with bone grafts to limit cement penetration and to prevent pulverization during impaction. In order to create a full bone graft substitute for impaction grafting, a more deformable material was chosen to overcome the mechanical limitations of CeP. The goal of a series of in-vitro and in-vivo experiments was to assess the suitability of porous titanium particles (TiP) for application as a full bone graft substitute to be used in rTHA. Methods: In-vitro: Impactability and graft layer elastic properties after standardized impaction were studied in a confined compression chamber model with TiP (commercially pure titanium; density before impaction 0.5 g/ml; Fondel Medical BV, Rotterdam, The Netherlands), CeP and BoP. Realistic cemented in-vitro acetabular reconstructions (n=8) (Sawbones Europe, Malmö, Sweden; AAOS type 2 defects 60 mm; Exeter Contemporary cup, Stryker Orthopaedics, Exeter, UK) were made with TiP and with BoP to evaluate handling and cement penetration and to measure initial migration, rotation, and shear force resistance with a servo-hydraulic MTS machine and radiostereometric analysis (RSA). Realistic in-vitro femoral TiP reconstructions (n=7) (Sawbones Europe, Malmö, Sweden) were used to evaluate the applicability in the femur. Subsidence was measured during prolonged cyclic loading (300.000 loading cycles) and potential micro-particles that were released from the graft layer due to impaction or loading were analyzed using laser diffraction techniques (Malvern Mastersizer  2000, Malvern Instruments Ltd, Malvern, UK). In-vivo: Mature Dutch milk goats (Capra Hircus Sanus) with a mean body weight of 55 kg were used for all in-vivo experiments and all procedures were approved by the Animal Ethics Committee of the University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands. TiP (with or without a bioceramic coating) were tested under unloaded conditions in a femoral condyl study (n=12) and compared with BoP. To test TiP under realistic and loaded in-vivo conditions, acetabular defects (AAOS type 3 defect, repaired with a wire mesh, n=10) were reconstructed with impacted TiP acting as a full bone graft substitute in combination with a cemented total hip prosthesis (custom downsized contemporary cup, doubletapered polished Exeter sheep stem, Stryker Benoist, Girard, France). Blood samples were taken throughout the experiment to assess the release of Ti-ions into the blood. Goats were killed after fifteen weeks for histological analysis. Statistical analysis: Multivariable analysis of variance (alfa level 0.05) was used to study differences between groups or differences in time. Results are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. Results: In-vitro: The confined compression chamber test showed that TiP were more deformable than BoP. TiP created an entangled graft layer and did not fracture whereas CeP were pulverized during impaction. The elastic modulus of the graft was lower in TiP specimens than in CeP specimens but higher than in BoP specimens. Acetabular in-vitro testing showed that TiP stick together well during impaction (density of impacted TiP: 1.1 g/ml). Bone cement intrusion was found about 1.0 mm deeper in BoP graft layers than in TiP graft layers (p<0.02). TiP reconstructions showed better primary stability. Cup migration and rotation were about three times larger in BoP reconstructions than in TiP reconstructions (p<0.01) and shear force resistance was about four times larger in TiP reconstructions compared to BoP reconstructions (lever-out moment 12±4 Nm respectively 56±12 Nm, p<0.001). Good primary stability and limited cement penetration were reproduced in realistic in-vitro femoral reconstructions (density of impacted TiP: 1.1 g/ml). Average subsidence rates of the stem relative to the bone were low and reproducible (0.59 mm ± 0.41 mm after 300,000 loading cycles) and much smaller than subsidence seen in femoral bone impaction grafting [1]. Impaction generated 1.3 mg titanium particles per gram TiP, with a particle diameter range of 0.7-2000 μm and a trimodal size distribution (particle diameter at peak volume: 11 μm respectively 33 μm respectively 380 μm). The amount of particles collected at the end of loading was too small for analysis by laser diffraction. In-vivo: a thin bioceramic coating (10-40 μm) increased osteoconduction of impacted TiP. Bone ingrowth speed and distance were comparable between coated TiP and BoP. Cemented acetabular revision arthroplasty in goats (with 5-10g TiP) reproduced the findings of in-vitro and in-vivo studies: despite the limited penetration depth of the cement (408±309 μm) reconstructions were stable both at the cement-TiP interface and at the TiP-bone interface (Fig. 1). Two failures occurred at the cup-cement interface without affecting the TiP layer or gait of the goats. As a result these failures were unnoticed until post-mortem retrieval. Reconstructive layers of TiP had a mean thickness of 4479±566 μm (Fig. 1). Bone ingrowth occurred early (within four weeks) and was also present in very small TiP pores (Fig. 2, pink staining). Mean bone ingrowth distance after fifteen weeks was 2824±837 μm. A thin fibrous tissue interface with a mean thickness of 91±110 μm separated the cement from the TiP. After reconstructions with BoP in the same model this interface is ca 1 mm thick. Serum titanium concentrations increased gradually on a logarithmic scale from 0.60 ± 0.28 parts per billion (ppb) before operation to 1.06 ± 0.70 ppb at the end of the study (p=0.18).


This thesis investigates the rise of the cultures and music of hip-hop and rap in the West and its
effects on its female listeners and fans, especially those in academia. The thesis consists of two
parts. First I conducted a content analysis of 95 lyrics from the book, Hip-Hop & Rap: Complete
Lyrics for 175 Songs (Spence, 2003). The songs I analyzed were performed by male artists
whose lyrics repeated misogynist and sexist messages. Second, I conducted a focus group with
young female university students who self-identify as fans of hip-hop and/or rap music. In
consultation with my former thesis supervisor, I selected women enrolled in interdisciplinary
programmes focused on gender and race because they are equipped with an academic
understanding of the potential damage or negative effects of anti-female or negative political
messaging in popular music.
My study suggests that the impact of hip-hop and rap music on young women is both positive
and negative, creating an overarching feeling of complexity for some young female listeners who
enjoy music that is infused with some lyrical messages they revile.
The attraction to hip-hop and rap music and cultures by young women in academia seems to be
largely contingent upon an appreciation of the aesthetics of the genre and music, including its
rhythmic flow, melodic structure and the general appeal of the artists. Therefore, even when the
messaging comes across as antagonizing or antithetical to the well-being of the young female
academic listener, her enjoyment of the music remains intact.
By organizing a discussion group and candid dialogue between young academic women who are
self-described hip-hop and/or rap fans, I was able to obtain an intimate understanding of their
personal struggle between this appealing musical aesthetic and the sometimes-violent messages
of hip-hop and rap.%%%%EDD


Modular multilevel converter (MMC) has been widely used in medium/high-voltage direct current transmission, motor drive, and renewable energy power generation. The reliability requirements of the MMC system, which is composed of numerous sub-modules (SMs) as building blocks, are getting crucial. However, the testing for reliability of SMs in a full MMC system is time-consuming and costly. In this paper, a mission profile emulator for SMs in the MMC system is therefore focused; by using this mission profile emulator, the SMs can be tested individually without building a full MMC system. Simulation results have shown that arm current and capacitor voltage of the SM under test agree well with the SM in a complete MMC system. A scaled-down experimental platform is built and experimental results have proved the validity of this emulator.


The aim of this study is to investigate the yellow pigments based on lead, tin, and antimony produced according to the ancient treatises, recipe books, and literary sources. The pigments considered in this study are lead/tin yellow type I (Pb2SnO4), lead/tin yellow type II (PbSn1−xSixO3), lead antimonate or Naples yellow (Pb2Sb2O7), and lead/tin/antimony yellow (Pb2SnSbO6,5). Color was measured by X-Rite reflectance spectrophotometer to investigate the chromatic characteristics of the produced pigments in relation to the recipes. The pigments were chemically characterized by scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive spectroscopy, and micro-Raman analysis to investigate the influence of reagents, temperature, and melting modalities in the compositions of the produced powders. A part of the study was devoted to the study on the use of these yellow pigments in the art history especially concerning the modus pingendi of Italian artists between 14th and 18th century. The results of this study highlighted the possibility to obtain pigments with different colors and compositions according to the reagents, to the temperature, to the melting modality, in particular if single or double firing was used. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Col Res Appl, 41, 226–231, 2016


One of the most ancient systems of medicine-Ayurveda, developed thousands of years ago, even today continues to stun the scientific faculties all over the world by its highly evolved concepts. Psychiatry is the branch dealing with the disorders of mind and its management. Among the eight branches in Ayurveda, 'Bhutavidya' is the Ayurvedic psychiatric branch. Ayurveda adopts a comprehensive psychosomatic approach, for the management of the diseases. Ayurveda can be adopted as an effective mode of intervention in depression.


In this article, I examine the evolution of corporate governance reforms in the emerging economy of China. I first describe the importance of corporate governance for development and driving forces behind governance reforms in china. After summarizing the evolution of governance reforms in china ,I identify major obstacles that impede their implementation in china namely (A)Highly Concentrated Ownership Structure (B) Lack of Incentives (C) Power of the dominant shareholder (D) Lack of Independence among Directors (E)Underdeveloped external monitoring systems (F) Corruption (G) Frequent Insider Trading (H)Falsification and Fabrication of Financial Data (I) Immature Capital Market (J) Shortage of qualified independent directors (K) Insider Control of Corporate Affairs (L) Weak Supervisory Board (M) Weak Auditing Profession


period. Given the large number of stone tools and their potential to yield behavioral information, this is clearly an area that needs expansion in future Middle Paleolithic studies. Chapter 5 concerns the procurement and distribution of raw materials and their implications for social structure and mobility patterns with examples from a wide variety of open-air and cave/rockshelter sites. The chapter discusses evidence for raw material procurement, transport, use, and evidence for specialized extraction sites, and concludes with a comparison to Upper Paleolithic patterns.


While multiculturalism and hockey are two features that are often said to define Canadian identity, they do not often overlap. This paper explores the Twitter discourse surrounding Harnarayan Singh's 2021 debut sports broadcasts on Hockey Night in Canada and Sportsnet. Singh is the first Sikh person to call play-by-play in English in a national broadcast. We analyse this against the backdrop of racist remnants of colonialism in hockey resulting in the current majority presence of white players and sportscasters. Viewers' reactions to Singh's broadcasts mostly demonstrate positive alignment with Singh and support for inclusivity in hockey, however we find a pattern of race-related ideological assumptions embodying the existing tensions between movements to increase diversity in hockey while acknowledging a historic culture of racism in the sport.


In this paper,the corrosion behaviors of Alloy 600 effected by the anions,including OH-,SO42-,S2O32-,PO42-,Cl-,were investigated by AC impedance technique and Tafel technique.And the machanism of electrochemical corrrosion behavior of Alloy 600 was analysed roughly.The results show that anions could accelerate corrosion velocity of Alloy 600 markably;And the effect to the corrosion of Allay 600 ranks as S2O32-,PO42-,SO42-,OH-,Cl-.


This paper outlines the methodology to develop a Distributed Control System (DCS) to control eight pilot plants, namely industry control plant, liquid to liquid extraction plant, chemical reactor, water purification plant, distillation plant, PH control plant, gas absorption plant and three phase (oil/gas/water) separation in an oil and gas training center in Doha, Qatar. Also included in the paper is a description of how Piping and Instrument Diagrams (P & ID) are developed from principle of operations. From P & ID, how all digital inputs and outputs, analogue inputs and outputs are determined based on the specific kinds of transmitters. Internal architecture of field mounted DCS systems is described and finally how these DCS can communicate when a remote control center is included.


The 22-acre site under study was at one time a part of the Air Hitam Forest Reserve. It was cleared for planting with rubber probably in the 1940's by Serdang Estate which at that time owned most of the land on which the University Farm is now situated. The area was purchased with other land by the University in 1966; and in late 1968 it was mechanically cleared. The trees were felled and the trunks were sawn up for wood and removed from the site. The remaining roots and stumps were collected into large heaps and burnt after which the area was ploughed and rotovated three times. Remaining roots were hand removed and burnt; and after a short period of dry weather, planting holes measuring 2' X 2' X 2' and spaced 40' X 40' apart were


The accuracy of the quantlitatlon of a given species of messenger RNA Is dependent on the equality of the amounts of total RNA in the various samples transferred on the filter after Northern blotting. For this purpose a labelled probe for a messenger which is assumed to be present at the same level in all the samples is often used. However, one can never be sure that the level of this ubiquitous messeger will never vary depending on the cell type. One the other hand. ribosomal RNA is a better reflect of total RNA, since it represents more than 80% of it Hybridizatlon with labelled RNA probes can then be used but it is usually performed only after having probed for the messenger of interest. In this work , we show that, after staining of RNAs on agarose gel with ethidium bromide and transfering on nylon filter, the transferred ribosomaIRNA can be visualized by submitting the rilter to the UV light A photograph of the filter allows the determination of their relative amounts In the different studied samples ).We have controlled that this method interferes neither with RNAs transfer, as it was priously reported with nitrocellulose filters nor with hybridization with a labelled It also allows an accurate determination of the size of the studied mRNAs. This method is not only much faster but also more accurate than when labelled RNA probes are used.


The device is particularly suitable for the distribution of materials ASSEMBLY AND MATERIALS CONSUMPTION MECANIZACION. INTERIOR IS IN A SYSTEM OF FERRIS WHEEL MECHANICS WITH NUMEROUS 19 SECTIONS ARRANGED ROWS IN FORM 17 ROTARY, which can be moved into a power-SERIES DOOR KNOB 18. A keyboard 24 for positioning ROWS RESPECTIVE GROUP PLACED BEFORE SERIES DOOR LEADS ALSO PLACED unlocking the door 13 SECTION CHOSEN. The editing apparatus 11 on a remote transmission 26 is connected to a processing facility 33, Registrant THE SOCKET AND IF ANY, SOLUCIONA subsequent shipping, billing, etc.


The symptom of monetization has changed the rural organizations and social institutions, including the tradition ofnyumbang (gift giving). Gift giving tradition has an important meaning for the rural community to negotiate socialinteractions. This study aimed to examine how the reciprocity portrait in gift giving tradition was in a Java rural atrural monetization. This research use of qualitative methods and took the location of Sub- Banyumas Javanese culture(represented by the rurals in the district of Banyumas and Purbalingga district). The result showed that gift givingtradition still had its strength as institutions of reciprocity. It was characterized by the persistence of megari whichcontroled and ruled the fl ow of giving (foodstuffs). By giving this foodstuffs, rural women built the solidarity of sharing.Therefore, although the monetization of giving had long lasted in many areas, the rural women of Banyumas were stilldiffi cult to adapt to the money giving. However, the gift giving of foodstuffs transformed from subsistence products orlocal products (agricultural) to become market economy product in line with the transformation of women s work fromfarm to non-farm sector.


This paper presents a model of vertical restraints with unobservable contracts in a market where retailers compete in price and service. The equilibrium contracts under the franchise and the resale price maintenance arrangements are shown to differ in the way they lessen competition between retailers. The franchise contract is more effective for lessening competition in price while the RPM for collusion in service. Consequently, the equilibrium of the manufacturers' vertical restraint selection game depends on the nature of their strategic interaction. An increase in retailer's risk aversion and/or demand uncertainty favors RPM


The bachelor's thesis deals with the representation of British Muslim immigrants in the British newspapers using the method of critical discourse analysis. It explains the methodology of critical discourse analysis and applies its principles on chosen articles of The Daily Telegraph and The Independent in order to find out whether the newspapers are biased against British Muslim immigrants. It also provides a comparison between the representation of British Muslims in both newspapers.


showed a typical protein ultraviolet Low-molecular-weight p32 components, like P32-PEP, were separated from P32-HPr by and studies with Sephadex gels showed subjecting 25 sl of the samples to high-voltage electrophoresis (65 v/cm) in 0.05 M citrate buffer, pH 6.5 for 20 min. The product remained closew.to the origin; all radioactive areas were from the paper strips and counted counter. when 0.5-ml samples of peaks 2 and 3 were pretreated with 0.25 ml of 4 N S2SO4 at 400 for 30 min, all of the p32 was measurable as inorganic phosphate. Histidine (-0-0-) measured fluorometrically,18 was not detectable in any of the peaks, but was found in peak 2 after the acid treatment described above. Histidine, and 3 or 4 other amino acids were found in peak 3, using paper chromatographic methods, after 6 N HCl hydrolysis (12 hr, 1000), of the pooled fractions. Peak 3 was not observed when the 3 M NaOH hydrolysis was conducted for 12 rather than 7 hr, and there was a con-comitant increase in peaks 1 and 2.


1. What are this patient's most striking clinical and laboratory findings? 2. How do you explain this patient's most striking clinical and laboratory findings? 3. What condition(s) is(are) suggested by this patient's most striking clinical and laboratory findings? 4. How is(are) this patient's condition(s) typically treated? 5. Which laboratory test(s) is(are) used to assess the therapeutic response in individuals with this patient's condition(s)?


Synthetic molecular communications (SMC), as one of the most promising communication paradigms for nano-networks, is expected to advance many revolutionary areas. Many of the envisioned applications of SMC are in micro-scale. However, the state-of-the-art SMC testbeds reported in the literature are mostly in macro-scale. The lack of micro-scale communication testbeds is its key technology hindrance. To solve this issue, we propose a micro-scale SMC receiver. The proposed micro-scale SMC receiver senses the concentration of information DNA molecules and converts such biological signal into an electric binary signal by electrochemical reaction. To examine the effectiveness of the proposed receiver, experiments are performed and verify that the proposed receiver is capable to successfully receive signals with a bit rate of 0.2 bit/min. This work would help SMC to advance from theoretical research towards practical applications.


Of the many problems facing smaller colleges, the most difficult may well be the selection of a philosophy adequate for these changing times. While financial difficulties cannot be disregarded, these are probably easier to understand than it is to provide educational opportunities which attract students. I have in the course of the past twelve years visited over 100 colleges. In many of these I was asked what the college should do about the hyperactive computing field which was customarily regarded as a threat by the mathematics faculty. The major handicap seemed to be in the interpretation of the role which computer science education might conceivably have in a liberal arts college. The interpretations of computer science amounted to regarding it as vocational training rather than as a possibly vital component of a liberal arts education. Being a graduate of a liberal arts college myself, I have some idea of the ideals which such colleges have. I shall accordingly address myself to the roles which computers and computer science might play in colleges and, conversely, what the colleges may contribute to this new area.


In this paper, a set of topological basis realization is presented. By acting on the different subspaces, we obtain the new nontrivial six-dimensional (6D) and four-dimensional Temperley–Lieb matrix representations. Then it is shown that XXZ model can be constructed from the Temperley–Lieb algebra (TLA) generators. The eigenstates of XXZ model can be denoted by combinating the set of topological bases. It is interesting that the ground state is closely related to parameter Δ.


A remote control unit and a remote operation method thereof are provided to allow a user to perform watching reservation or recording reservation by using EPG information, even when a video apparatus is turned off. A unit for remotely controlling an external device to the remote comprises the followings: a key input unit having a plurality of keys; a wireless communication module(206) for transceiving data with the device; a memory in which key codes for controlling operations of the device and EPG information transmitted from the device are stored; a display unit(212) on which the EPG information is shown; and a controller(208) for controlling so that the EPG information stored in the memory can be outputted through the display unit in case a special key of the key input unit is inputted, and controlling so that program information selected by a manipulation of the key input unit can be transmitted to the device through the wireless communication module.


The Epigenetic Basis for Centromere Identity.- The Centromere-Drive Hypothesis: A Simple Basis for Centromere Complexity.- Centromere-Competent DNA: Structure and Evolution.- The Role of ncRNA in Centromeres: A Lesson from Marsupials.- Evolutionary New Centromeres in Primates.- Structure and Evolution of Plant Centromeres.


Boiler tube basically consists of (drum), which closed at the end of the trial stem, where on the inside of the drum there are pipes that serves to drain water or hot gases. In boiler operations are expected not to crash (damage) but the fact is still an interruption in its operations, this led to the cessation of company activities that result in the loss to be borne by the company. The purpose of this study was to analyze the condition of the boiler drum upper material that has been operating in the intervening 10 years. Microstructural examination showed that the damage (cracks) that occur are due to stress corrosion cracking (SCC), as characterized by the formation of the branched cracks (cracks braching). Factors cause of SCC is the tensile stress flow equally with corrosive environment. Residual voltage source is from the welding process in the boiler drum during plugging. In addition, residual stress may also occur due to the influence of corrosive environment forming. And cold, is caused by the influence of boiler feed water. SCC due to KOH (caustic) can be avoided by not doing the welding in the drum, and adjust the pH to be safe areas.


A facile photoreduction strategy to attach silver nanoparticles on filter paper (AgNPs@FP) to form surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate array was proposed and examined. As prepared, SERS substrate array was applied to detect low concentration of adenine and other nucleobases in aqueous solutions. In addition, the formed SERS substrate array allows mass analysis of aqueous samples with a requirement of only 10 μL in sample volume. To optimize and understand the parameters in preparations, factors such as the concentrations of citrate and silver nitrate, photoreduction time, and concentration of sodium hydroxide were varied and examined. Para-nitrothiophenol was used as a Raman probe molecule and scanning electron microscope (SEM) images of the substrates were used to explore the influences of experimental factors in the preparation of SERS array. Results indicated that silver ions could be effectively reduced and deposited in/on filter paper with the presence of citrate. The formed AgNPs@FP exhibits a three-dimensional structure as the particles formed on and beneath the surface of the cellulosic fibers could be observed. Deposition of analyte on restricted substrate array rendered reproducible results and the spot-to-spot SERS intensity varied within 8%. At optimal conditions, the substrate enhancement factor approached 107. We demonstrated that the filter paper-based SERS substrates can be used as a suitable tool for biological analysis, and a limit of detection better than 160 nM was obtained in detection of adenine molecules in aqueous solutions with a linear range up to 20 μM. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


The Wise pattern is a convenient tool for marking the outlines of the areola recipient site, and for marking the lower skin flaps of the "skin brassiere" in most of the currently used operations for mammary hypertrophy and ptosis. We find it useful, at times, to draw the pattern outline before making a final decision on which procedure to do. Rather than limiting the surgeon's judgement, these preoperative marks leave a wide spectrum of options open to meet the esthetic requirements, while keeping the basic landmarks properly located.


Transplanting of paddy is a labour intensive operation, requiring about 300–350 man-h/ha, which is roughly 25 per cent of the total labour requirement for the crop. Transplanted paddy require low seed rate (50 kg/ha) as compared to other methods like drilling (100 kg/ha) and broadcasting (130 kg/ha). Four-bar linkage mechanism of a power tiller operated 8-row rice transplanter was analyzed and accordingly modified. The maximum acceleration and velocity at modified link lengths were found to be 1928.40 cm/s2 and 140.10 cm/s respectively at 125 rev/min crank speed. Total distance travelled by the finger in the vertical direction was found to be 20.05 cm. A manually operated new model of 2 - row rice transplanter was developed using the modified four-bar linkages and tested in the puddled field. The average hill-to-hill spacing, depth of planting, no. of seedlings per hill, height of seedlings, missing hills and visible damage were found to be 21.68 cm, 6.98 cm, 3.68, 20.21 cm, 0.085 and 0.27 respectively. The missing hills and floating hills were found to be 8.54 per cent and 3.66 per cent respectively. The actual field capacity and the efficiency of the developed rice transplanter were found to be 0.14 ha/day (8 hrs) and 85.5% respectively.


Sustainability reporting reflects business contribution to sustainable development. Indonesia seeks to engage in sustainable development by assessing the companies using the PROPER scale. The study aims to determine whether environmental performance (assessed by the PROPER scale) affect sustainability reporting of companies in Indonesia. The research population includes companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange that have published annual and sustainability reports within five consecutive years. This study employs WarpPLS to analyze data from 85 observations. The results show an increase in the disclosure of sustainability reports when the audit committee and the board of directors hold regular meetings. Companies without governance committees focus more on improving governance rather than disclosing sustainability reports. Environmental performance, when associated with the type of industry and governance committee, will increase sustainability reporting. However, a company with good environmental performance will make the audit committee and directors focus on other responsibilities because the community already understands that a company with a good PROPER rating properly manages its environmental impact and is aware of the importance of sustainable development. This study concludes that environmental performance measured by the PROPER scale positively affects sustainability reporting considering the type of industry, governance committee, audit committee, and board of directors of companies in Indonesia. The Indonesian government must support, facilitate, and encourage companies to achieve the gold category in the PROPER scale and promote higher disclosure of sustainability reports to contribute to sustainable development.


Although 'go-social' becomes an important part of the public's daily life in China, online users suffer from information overload increasingly when they get exposed to different online contents shared through various social media communication channels today. To compete on digital audience's attention and increase online communication effectiveness, online influencers are commonly employed by communication practitioners. However, questions like how powerful online influencers are and to what extent digital audience can be motivated by online influencers have not be answered appropriately. Hence, a 2x2 online experiment was used in this pilot study to identify how the use of online influencer endorsement with various social powers affected virtual audience's response toward the message and their decision-making. A total of 86 participants were voluntarily recruited from mainland China. The study indicated that the use of referent power and expert power could positively predict virtual audience's perception toward the promotional message. However, if online campaign would like to call for action and influence audience's behavior, the use of online influencers with expert power could be more effective than that with referent power.


This paper proposes an enhanced approach for the power engineering course, as part of the undergraduate electrical engineering curriculum, using the PowerWorld power system simulator. In order to assist students' better understanding of complex phenomena in power systems, steady-state power system analysis using the advanced visualization techniques was performed. The visualization techniques helped students better understand the power system analysis problems as a supplement to traditional lectures. This paper introduces such advanced power system visualization techniques as animation, 3-D display, contouring of power flows and map data projections. Those techniques were applied in the power system course (ELEG 3163) of the electrical engineering department at Arkansas Tech University. Students' outcomes and evaluation of this class supported the learning effectiveness of this course.


This paper proposes a Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) Fuzzy controller to substitute the two PI current regulators present in conventional sensorless direct field oriented control (DFOC) scheme. The proposed controller calculates the reference quadrature components of the stator voltage vector in rotor-flux-oriented reference frame. The rule base for the proposed controller is defined in function of the stator current direct and quadrature component errors. Constant switching frequency and low torque ripple are obtained using space vector modulation technique. Performance of the proposed sensorless DFOC scheme with T-S fuzzy controller is analyzed in terms of rise time, settling time and torque ripple considering different operating conditions. The fast torque response and low torque ripple are obtained with the proposed scheme as is shown through numerical simulation results.


The comparative analysis of defects of medical aid and civil liability of health-care establishments at rendering of free medical aid and paid medical services in traumatology is carried out.


Successful implementation of school-based management (SBM) begins with effective principal leadership. This paper describes findings of.a study that examined the principal's role in implementing school-based decision making. Ethnographic data were collected over a 3-year period in 4 elementary schools that implemented SBM. Methods included observation and 66 formal interviews With principals, teachers, parents, and program facilitators. Findings indicate that a facilitative leadership style was most compatible with SBM. A facilitative principal shares decision-making responsibilities on issues related to school management and administration, encourages the development of leadership within the nonadministrative staff, and fosters a school climate of trust and efficacy. The principal also needs the support of some committed staff. Female principals tended to have greater success with facilitative leadership than did male principals, perhaps because women tend to utilize less hierarchical leadership styles. Another reason might be that subordinates perceive facilitative male leaders as weak. Three figures are included. (Contains 39 references.) (LMI) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * from the original document. *********************************************************************** A PROCESS OF LEARNING: THE PRINCIPAL'S ROLE IN PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT Karen Haskin Northwestern University Department of Sociology 1810 Chicago Ave Evanston IL 60208 (708) 475-4306 (home) (708) 467-1149 (office) Internet: email@example.com Paper prepared for the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, April 1995. U.S. DEPAR. ME. OF EDUCATION Office of Edurahonal Research and Improvement EDUC A TIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) nte document hes been reproduced as received born int. °Orson or orgamtefion onginating d C' ',Amor changes have bsen made to improve reproduclion [lushly Points olviee or opmrOns statedin this docu mstrit 110 not necenardy represenl othcup OERI 005i1r05 Or P0hCV 'PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) 2 BEST COPY AVAILABLE Karen Haskin Page 1 A PROCESS OF LEARNING: THE PRINCIPAL'S ROLE IN PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT ABSTRACT: Leadership is important to the successful implementation of schoolbased management. Ethnographic data from three years of implementation in four elementary schools implementing participatory management indicates that successful implementation of school-based management begins with effective principal leadership, and that the style of principal leadership which is most compatible with school-based management is a facilitative leadership style. A facilitative principal shares decision-making on issues related to school management and administration, encourages the development of leadership within the non-administrative staff, and fosters a climate of trust and efficacy in the school. The principal also needs the support of some committed staff. Preliminary analysis indicates that female principals tend to have greater success with facilitative leadership than male principals, perhaps because women tend to less hierarchical leadership styles, or perhaps because subordinates accept facilitative leadership more readily from women while it is perceived as weakness among men. Leadership is important to the successful implementation of schoolbased management. Ethnographic data from three years of implementation in four elementary schools implementing participatory management indicates that successful implementation of school-based management begins with effective principal leadership, and that the style of principal leadership which is most compatible with school-based management is a facilitative leadership style. A facilitative principal shares decision-making on issues related to school management and administration, encourages the development of leadership within the non-administrative staff, and fosters a climate of trust and efficacy in the school. The principal also needs the support of some committed staff. Preliminary analysis indicates that female principals tend to have greater success with facilitative leadership than male principals, perhaps because women tend to less hierarchical leadership styles, or perhaps because subordinates accept facilitative leadership more readily from women while it is perceived as weakness among men. THE PROGRAM: This paper describes the implementation of a school-based management program (pseudonymonously referred to as the Participation Program) in several elementary schools in a Midwestern city. The program is intended to alter the management structure of inner-city schools so that the adults in the building will begin to work together towards the common purpose of serving children's needs. The program utilizes a participatory management model of governance, a popular model of organizational reform which involsfes staff from all sectors of the organization in decision making. In this case, the program involves both staff and parents in decision making processes. The Participation Program has three teams which meet on a weekly, bi-weekly or monthly basis (at the school's discreticn): a parent team, which brings together any interested parents


Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the major cause of global warming. Many countries including Pakistan have signed the Kyoto Protocol agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) and agreed to control the release of CO2 and to increase the CO2 sequestration. Agroforestry sector can contribute efficiently in carbon sequestration. This study was carried out to determine the status and potential of agroforestry and its role in carbon sequestration under semi-arid conditions. Data was collected through a multi-objective and pre-tested questionnaire from 250 village farmers in tehsil Sumandri, Pakistan. Height and girth of trees were measured from 250 randomly selected 0.405 ha farm plots. Soil samples from each cropping pattern were collected and analyzed. The whole study area has 2069.19 Mt of above ground carbon stocks and has sequestered a total of 7579.46 Mt of carbon dioxide at the rate of 186201.85 t CO2 yr . Furthermore, the study area has the potential of stocking 3607.61 Mt and sequestering 13214.67 Mt of CO2 at the rate of 327232.46 t CO2 per year. According to calculations, increasing the number of farm trees/ha, average CO2 sequestration rate of the study area can be increased from 2.05 t CO2 ha yr to 3.59 t CO2 ha -1 yr. The role of agroforestry as C sink in not negligible and it should be given a dire consideration in policies, especially, in low forest countries like Pakistan to meets the melinium goals of atmospheric C reduction.


–  We used laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry line scans to determine the elemental composition of otoliths, pectoral fin rays and scales of Arctic grayling. Elemental signatures of otoliths and pectoral fin rays effectively provide life-history information on individual fish, important for management of grayling, and potentially all freshwater teleosts. Bulk elemental signatures measured in the otoliths and fin rays were highly correlated to the stream chemistries where the fish were captured. A surprising result of this study was that fin rays showed the strongest relationship with water chemistry for strontium. Scale strontium concentrations were not correlated to water chemistries suggesting that other physiological mechanisms, or remobilisation, may be influencing the deposition of trace elements within scales. Linear discriminant function analyses for otolith and fin ray elemental signatures (and intriguingly also for scales) separated fish from different rivers for all three structures; thus, this technique can be used effectively as a means to discriminate origin of capture.


AbstractThe aim of this study was to evaluate the advantage of superselective embolization of uterine fibroids versus panembolization of the uterine artery in respect to control of symptoms, ratio of regression of fibroids versus loss of myometrial and endometrial tissues, impact on hormonal levels,


Code assignment is important for handling large amounts of electronic medical data in the modern hospital. However, only expert annotators with extensive training can assign codes. We present a system for the assignment of ICD-9-CM clinical codes to free text radiology reports. Our system assigns a code configuration, predicting one or more codes for each document. We combine three coding systems into a single learning system for higher accuracy. We compare our system on a real world medical dataset with both human annotators and other automated systems, achieving nearly the maximum score on the Computational Medicine Center's challenge.


Background: Antenatal (ANC) and Safe Delivery Incentive Program (SDIP) of Nepal is implemented with the view to increase institutional delivery, thereby improving maternal health. The program has been a public issue regarding its information cum. incentive received by the clients and reimbursement to the health facilities. The study aimed to identify and assess the knowledge with financial benefits received by mothers from 4ANC visits and institutional delivery. Methods: Descriptive study was conducted among six villages of Syangja district, Nepal in December 2013. Data was taken from mothers who had delivered during the last one year of study. Full concern was adapted to consent, anonymity, confidentiality and validity. Epi-data and SPSS were used for analysis and interpretation of data. Results: Among the total 414 mothers, 60.6% and 82.9% were aware on 4ANC incentive and SDIP respectively. Total, consulted, mothers who had delivered in health-facility (n=212) received delivery incentive. Comparing the delivery benefits with ANC (n=212), 65.4% of mothers were deprived from ANC incentive though they practiced scheduled ANC visit. As an interesting fact, some other cases of non-ANC visit (n=3) and less than four/non-scheduled visit (n=8) were benefited from the ANC incentive as opposed to the rule of scheme. Analysis has shown that mothers who were aware on ANC incentive scheme were 5.2 times more likely to receive incentive than those of unaware one. Conclusion: The utilization of ANC incentive is found to be the result of its level of awareness. Government and concerned authority should valuably focus on ANC incentive program to increase its utilization like SDIP.


In Japan, low-level waste (LLW) from the operation of nuclear power plants (NPPs) has been contained in the 200-liter drums with solidification materials and converted into the waste packages. The waste packages have been disposed in the near-surface disposal facilities of Rokkasho LLW Disposal Center. In the near future, the large-size radioactive waste with higher radiation level will arise from the decommissioning of NPPs and the operation of reprocessing plant. Therefore, we studied a concept of the disposal facility which can reduce radiation exposure to the public, compared to the above-mentioned near-surface disposal facilities. For the purpose of more efficiently processing and containing of the waste from the decommissioning of NPPs and the operation of reprocessing plant, waste producers have considered the use of a cubic container (1.6 m on a side) for the packaging of the waste, instead of the 200-liter drum. Additionally, the waste packages are expected to have higher surface dose rate. Thus, we concern about the increase in radiation exposure to the public caused by direct or skyshine gamma-rays. From the viewpoint of reducing the radiation exposure to the public, it is effective to adopt not a pit-type facility but a box-culvert-type facility with higher shield effect. In consideration of the adaptation of the box-culvert-type facility, the waste packages will be emplaced horizontally by forklift truck, not vertically by crane as used in Rokkasho LLW Disposal Center. There are the following advantages of the box-culvert-type facilities over the pit-type ones: Lower radiation exposure to the public; All weather operation; Expectation of use a candidate area effectively, in the case of multi-layered structure.


In this article I apply the methodology of the Subaltern Studies group, especially Ranajit Guha's theory of negative consciousness, to an instance of indigenous insurgency in Mesoamerica. During the Caste War of Chiapas, 1867–69, the Maya apparently crucified a boy and, emboldened by this "Indian Christ," they swept out of the hills killing non-Indians indiscriminately. I argue not only that Guha's "elementary aspects of peasant insurgency" (1983) aid in understanding the ferocious mimesis of the Mayan crucifixion, but also that the Caste War has a disruptive history that challenges theories of resistance as well as the relation of the historian and the ethnographer to the subaltern and to the "colonizer" subject.


Thomas H. Lee Partners LP said Wednesday that it has acquired a majority stake in Healthcare Staffing Services via a recapitalization. Financial terms weren't announced. Altaris Capital Partners was the seller. Healthcare Staffing provides healthcare...


The background of the problem in this research is the lack of class V student learning result Christian Elementary School 04 Salatiga Eben Haezer. This study aims to improve student learning outcomes using learning model Think Pair Share technique Gallery Walk. This type of research is a classroom action research (CAR) conducted in two cycles. Each cycle consists of four stages: action planning, action, observation and reflection. The results of this study showed an increase in the value of student learning outcomes with minimal completeness criteria (KKM) is ≥70. It can be seen from the students' prior to action, of 25 fifth grade students there are only 11 students who achieve the KKM with a percentage of 44%. Then the action on the first cycle to 20 students who achieve the KKM with a percentage of 80%. In the second cycle of learning outcomes is increasing, reaching the KKM 25 students with a percentage of 100%. So it can be concluded that the use of the learning model Think Pair Share with Gallery Walk techniques to improve learning outcomes in social studies.


The present invention relates to intelligent cooking process with automatic material charge. The intelligent cooking process includes the following steps: adopting automatic material charge unit to unpack the food material and to charge the food material into cooker and/or container; and utilizing the power regulator to regulate automatically the heating power or burning fire for the cooker and to regulate heating strength continuously or in stepped mode. The present invention can control cooking heating strength precisely to realize various cooking technique, especially Chinese cooking technique.


"Food is life. Today, food and life are being hijacked by corporations—and our earth, our farmers, and our health are sacrificed for the sake of corporate profits. Foodopoly [is] a story we must hear in order to create food democracy and food freedom." This quote on the back cover from Dr. Vandana Shiva, long-time food system critic and articulate opponent of globalization, clearly sums up the essence of Foodopoly. Although there are many recent books about corporate control and resulting fragile sustainability of the food system, two things set Wenonah Hauter's book apart. One is her frequent reference to historical milestones in the evolution of farm policy in the United States, a valuable way to build perspective and understanding of current dilemmas. The other is her practical call to action, a talent honed over more than two decades of grassroots organizing with Public Citizen and Union of Concerned Scientists. She brings the additional credibility and insight of a small farm owner. The result is a book with a compelling message. In Foodopoly, the reader is impressed immediately by focus on challenges: six parts of the book relate to problems of policy, consolidation, "big organics," food safety, factory farms, and corporate control of genes. It is only in part seven that emphasis is placed on solutions, and particularly building the political will and power to induce change in the system. The priority on exploring in depth the problems in our food system is justified because current challenges are immense, and they are imbedded in a political and economic system that is strongly biased toward the industrial model. Only now is opinion shifting toward implementing concrete steps that can return power to consumers and how the general population can both control and benefit from a future food system. First the challenges. The author describes a system in which a "handful of corporations . . . control our food systems from seed to dinner plates" (2). She chronicles a century of agricultural policies that have enabled our failing food system and places the blame on a handful of large corporations that have benefited from lack of governmental regulations to ensure market competition. To support this thesis, she draws from scientific studies, legislative proceedings, and


Coagulase negative staphylococci (CNS) are a kind of bacteria normally found on human skin (resident bacteria) and include Staphylococcus epidermidis, S.capitis and 16 other species. In this study, the relationship between isolated species of CNS and the ABO blood type of the host on which they were found was investigated. For this purpose, 200 CNS colonies were isolated from hosts of each blood type and identified by the method of API-STAPH system. One hundred and eighteen strains (59%) of Staphylococcus epidermidis ,28 strains (16%) of S.capitis and 54 strains (25%) of other CNS species were isolated from hosts with blood type A. One hundred and fortysix strains (73%) of S.epidermidis, 8 strains (4%) of S.capitis and 46 strains(23%) of other CNS species were isolated from hosts with blood type B. One hundred and twentythree strains (62%) of S.epidermidis, 17 strains (9%) of S.capitis and 57 strains (29%) of other CNS species were isolated from hosts with blood type AB. Thus, S.epidermidis was isolated at high frequency (over 50 %) and S.capitis was isolated at low frequency (under 16%) in hosts with those three blood types. On the other hand, 50 strains (25%) of S.epidermidis, 49 strains (25%) of S.capitis and 101 strains (50%) of other CNS species were isolated from hosts with blood type O. Three hypotheses were proposed and experiments were carried out to explain the data showing a lower isolation rate of S.epidermidis and a higher rate of S.capitis in hosts with blood type O. It was found that S. capitis combined more easily with O type chicken red blood cells and also easily utilizes the O type specific sugar, fucose, better than S.epidermidis These data indicate that S.capitis has greater tendency to reside on hosts with O type blood.


Health parameters play a vital role in determining the remaining useful life of engine components, ensuring safe and confident continual test trials during the development phase. Although enough care is taken to obtain the health parameter data throughout the engine test duration, there are chances of missing out a few for reasons beyond control. This paper aims at providing a feasible solution to mitigate the data loss by regenerating the health parameter trend. Least square approximation, data mapping with threshold and interpolation techniques have been attempted via software development for trend regeneration. Two tier data fusion software has been developed to gather the data required for trend regeneration. Considering strain for case study, using actual test trial data, software has been verified. Interpolation technique with the least error emerged as an optimal choice and ensuring acceptance of its estimated strain trend resulted in its confident usage enabling intended progressive research.


Ion-solvent interaction in solutions of some tetraalkylammonium and common alkali metal iodides in ethylene carbonate, from the point of view, of electrical conductance and the derived Walden product, has been examined in this communication. The Debye-Huckel-Onsager equation appears to hold good for all the salts in the temperature and concentration range studied here. Dependence of the Walden product on temperature and radius of cation reveals that the R4N+ ions do not interact appreciably with the solvent but Li+, Na+, K+, and Rb+ ions appear to be solvated.


An Act to confer power to return certain cultural objects on grounds relating to events occurring during the Nazi era. [12th November 2009]