It is hard to deny that how Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are used by social movements is an issue of great importance. However, it is equally difficult to ascribe meaning to such use it remains a contested topic within academia and in popular media. In this thesis I develop, demonstrate, and test a unique approach to studying ICT use in social movements. The approach is informed by complexity theory and Bent Flyvbjerg's phronetic social science. Phronetic social science sees the uncertainty contained in issues such as the use of ICTs by social movements as an inherent part of the social, while complexity theorists go on to argue that this means social scientists should concentrate their efforts on producing heuristics – imperfect working principles. In the thesis I advocate using the communicative ecologies conceptual model developed by Jo Tacchi and Don Slater, in concert with the emphasis on processes and mechanisms found in the influential sociological text Dynamics of contention, to produce such heuristics. An emphasis on processes and mechanisms provides specificity as to what ICTs can help social movements with, while the communicative ecologies model provides a holistic framework to understand ICTs as part of a complex system – an ecology – rather than in isolation. Applying this approach to case studies on South African movement Abahlali baseMjondolo and the Australian Socialist Alliance, three heuristics are produced which are then related to other cases of ICT-aided activism. I argue that my approach makes an important contribution to the field of social movement studies by providing am analytical framework that properly accounts for complexity and contingency, producing heuristic statements that are explicitly reliant on certain communicative-ecological conditions. Due to this specificity, when tested the heuristics hold up as expected, supporting my argument.


Background: The purpose of this study is to describe integrated knowledge translation (iKT) partners' experiences with moving knowledge to action within government. In this study, iKT partners emerged from government, academic, and community settings with a shared interest in making changes to policies, programs, and services that would benefit families in poverty. Methods: Interview data were generated with 23 iKT partners who worked within or close to municipal and provincial governments. Partners were asked about how to use research findings to draw attention to and make needed changes within government. Qualitative description was used to answer our research question. An iterative and inductive process of coding, categorizing, and theming characterized our analysis. Results: Partners described how bureaucracy stymied change as well as how bureaucratic barriers could be overcome. In particular, partners described how to create opportunities for research use through an internal-external dynamic/dance, wherein research is strategically poised to address current political priorities. The value-laden nature of poverty also has implications for research use. Conclusion: An interplay of public engagement and socially accountable partnerships are needed to drive change within government. The broad shift in academia to engage with community and government partners warrants further discussion.


ABSTRACT The Piqiang intrusion is one of the two important mafic-ultramafic layered intrusions that host giant Fe-Ti-V oxide deposits in the Permian Tarim Large Igneous Province, NW China. The intrusion mainly consists of gabbro, anorthosite and minor plagioclase-bearing clinopyroxenite in the marginal zone. Disseminated to massive Fe-Ti oxide ores occur as layers and lenses within the gabbro. SHRIMP zircon U-Pb results from both a gabbro from the Piqiang intrusion and a granite from the surrounding granitic dyke yield ages of ~270 Ma. Geochemically, the Piqiang silicate rocks are enriched in light rare earth elements (LREE) and large ion lithophile elements (LILE), moderately depleted in high field strength elements (HFSE), and have a limited range of Sr-Nd-Hf isotopic compositions. The similar mineralogy, mineral compositions, and trace element characteristics of the layered units suggest that all the rocks are co-magmatic. The parental magma is Fe-Ti-rich and is akin to the most primitive diabasic dyke which is associated with the Piqiang intrusion. Partial melting of the Tarim mantle plume with involvement of a subduction-metasomatized lithospheric mantle source best explains the geochemistry and petrogenesis of the parental magmas of the Piqiang intrusion. We propose that the lithospheric mantle source may have been metasomatized by subduction-related materials and the metasomatic enrichment of this source region which may be correlated with oceanic sediment recycling during southward subduction of the South Tianshan oceanic slab during the Early-Middle Paleozoic. Crystal settling and mechanical sorting is the predominant process responsible for the formation of the massive Fe-Ti oxide ores in the Piqiang intrusion. Central to ore formation is a combination of the protracted differentiation history of a Fe-Ti-enriched parental magma and the later addition of external H2O from the country rocks to the slowly cooling magma chamber.


Staphylococcus aureus is a dangerous human pathogen and one of the leading causes of infections worldwide While S. aureus toxin production is highly strain-specific, because most toxins of S. aureus. Some of the genetic diseases that directly associated to the lysis of the cells of the blood. One of the diseases that associated to the genetic level included the sickle cell anemia. This is particularly useful in classifying streptococcal species. A substance that causes hemolysis is a hemolysin. Different effects appeared due to more hemolysis of the cells of the blood by different microbes. βHemolytic streptococci are also detected in laboratory rats but rarely cause disease. Streptococcus pneumoniae and a group of oral streptococci as Streptococcus viridans or viridans streptococci display alpha hemolysis. This is sometimes called green hemolysis because of the color change in the agar. Bacteria are often divided into different families and groups. This division is based in part on the physical appearance of the bacteria as well as some of their chemical and biological characteristics. The organism does not induce hemolysis, the agar under and around the colony is unchanged, and the organism is called non-hemolytic or said to display gamma hemolysis (γ-hemolysis).


Nanometer ZnO doped with Al 3+ was prepared by ISG method,and the structure was studied by XRD medhod.The Nanocrystalline ZnO belongs to Hexagonal System.The gas sensors were prepared by nano-ZnO doped with Al 3+,and the gas sensing properties were investigated towards different concentration of C 2H 5OH and H 2 gases.Results show that the gas sensitivity increases with the increase of gas concentration,and decreased with doping of Al 3+.A composition of 0.5mol% Al-ZnO sensor shows a maximum sensitivity of 127 towards 2000ppm of C 2H 5OH.The physical adsorption and chemical adsorption were discussed and the gas senging mechanism was also studied.


A new class of shock transitions are shown to arise in the transonic solutions of the steady isothermal solar wind equations when, for example, momentum deposition gives rise to multiple critical points in the flow. These shock transitions between critical solutions occur for a certain range of the parameters characterizing the momentum deposition function. In the presence of such shock transitions, the isothermal wind equations admit multiple transonic solutions, namely a continuous solution passing through an inner critical point and solutions involving a shock transition between critical solutions. These multiple transonic solutions have the same flow speed at the base but different supersonic flow speeds at infinity. An additional interesting feature of the isothermal equations is the equivalence of nonradial flow tube divergence and momentum addition in giving rise to multiple critical points and hence to multiple transonic solutions with shock transitions. The physical relevance of these properties for astrophysical systems such as the inner solar wind, flows in extragalactic jets and accretion discs are discussed.


In this paper, a new zero voltage switching isolated buck-boost DC-DC converter with active clamp circuit is proposed. The active clamp circuit in this converter not only absorbs voltage spikes across the main switch but also provides soft switching conditions for all switches. All switches are PWM controlled which simplifies the control implementation. One of the main advantages of this converter is the that it operating can operate at high power levels while soft switching conditions exist in both buck and boost modes of converter operation. Since this converter can operate over a wide input voltage range, it can be employed in power factor correction. The experimental results obtained from a 150W prototype circuit operating at 100KHz are presented to confirm the integrity of the proposed circuit.


Based on participant observation within the organizing committee of a beauty pageant produced by the Filipino Club in Bahrain, this paper explores group interactions within Bahrain's multinational population. More specifically, the paper asks whether semi-public events staged by expatriate community organizations serve as nodes of interaction across boundaries of nationality. The first half of the paper describes the transnational context and expatriate community organizations in Bahrain and the type of activities they host. An important distinction is made between activities hosted on the club premises and/or for club members and performance events that are potentially open to non-members. The second half of the paper uses a beauty pageant organized by the Filipino Club to examine how semi-public performance events provide a venue for both the construction of community identity and its potential presentation to other nationalities resident in Bahrain. By describing the range of activities organized by the Filipino Club—from professional networking to aromatherapy classes from Christmas parties to beauty pageants—this research expands our ideas of the nature of expatriate lives in the Gulf. The ethnographic analysis of the beauty pageant demonstrates that semi-public events may not fulfill their potential for reciprocal inter-group communication.


This memo describes a framework for Traffic Engineering (TE) in the Internet. The framework is intended to promote better understanding of the issues surrounding traffic engineering in IP networks, and to provide a common basis for the development of traffic engineering capabilities for the Internet. The framework explores the principles, architectures, and methodologies for performance evaluation and performance optimization of operational IP networks. The optimization goals of traffic engineering seek to enhance the performance of IP traffic while utilizing network resources economically, efficiently, and reliably. The framework includes a set of generic requirements, recommendations, and options for Internet traffic engineering. The framework can serve as a guide to implementors of online and off-line Internet traffic engineering mechanisms, tools, and support systems. The framework can also help service providers in devising traffic engineering solutions for their networks.


The present invention relates to a kind of instant sea cucumber food and its processing method. Said processing method includes the following several steps: using fresh sea cucumber as raw material, dressing, cleaning, placing dressed sea cucumber carcass into cold water, heating and boiling, taking out sea cucumber carcass, naturally cooling, steaming, softening, naturally cooling and vacuum packaging so as to obtain the invented instant sea cucumber food with rich nutrients.


The worldwide prevalence of anemia in children under 5years of age is estimated to be 42.6%..(WHO, 2015)Not surprisingly, itis more often found in low and middle-income countries, with South East Asia and Africa being the most affected. This study aimed atTo identify the prevalence and factors associated with anemia in children attending geziratelfeel center. Analytical, cross-sectional study with a representative sample of 208 children obtained by stratified cluster sampling, with random selection. Data collection was conducted through interviews with parents, assessment of iron intake by direct food weighing, and hemoglobin measurement using the finger-stick test. data were collected using especially designed questionnaire for child and parent. The result shows that the prevalence of anemia was 60% the result shows that statistically significant differences in the prevalence of anemia according to gender in favor to male gender according to maternal education in favortoillitricy, according to diet in favor to low high protein diet. According to Low and moderate socioeconomic status in favor to low socioeconomic status the result of study were presented in tables figures and percentage . in conclusion In terms of public health, the prevalence of anemia is characterized as sever problem in the studied population and demonstrates the need for coordination of interdisciplinary actions for its reduction in catchment area.


This study aimed to reveal the reality of the teaching performance of faculty members at the Faculty of Education in Shaqra in the first lecture from the perspectives of its students. A 48- item questionnaire was distributed to (215) female students from three academic disciplines: Kindergarten, Psychology, and Special Education in the College of Education in Shaqra. The results of the study showed that the teaching performance of the faculty members in the first lecture is generally moderate. The field of communication the professor alone got a high evaluation level, while the rest of the fields got moderate evaluation level. They also showed that there were statistically significant differences in the responses of the sample members in the field of starting teaching the course in the first lecture due to the academic specialization in favor of the Psychology specialization. In the field of introducing the course, its objectives, and the content area of the course plan for the benefit of Special Education.


SDS-PAGE was used in characterization of HMW and BLMW GS composition of 40 Triticum genotypes. Six alleles at Glu-A1 expressing four x and three y type subunits were scored. At Glu-A3 seven alleles were found. Tetraploid accessions showed three HMW GS of different electrophoretic mobility as well as a null Glu-A1 allele and ten HMW GS encoded by seven Glu-B1 alleles. Analysis of B LMW GS revealed eight specific electrophoregrams. Three to six LMW GS, encoded by Glu-A3 and Glu-B3 loci, characterized each phenotype. The obtained results represent a rich source of new variation in wheat storage proteins.


Multiaxial reinforcement is one of the fastest growing materials in composite industry at present and has found wide use in marine, wind energy, infrastructure, sports goods and industrial applications. This article introduces the developing background, product types, main advantages and major producers of multiaxial glass fabrics in the world for reference of China's fiberglass industry to promote the growth of this material.


The introduction of low molecular weight heparins (LMWHs) has opened new possibilities for the costeffective management of the thrombotic risk associated with surgical procedures, allowing prophylaxis – and sometimes even treatment of established deep vein thrombosis – on a out-patient basis. This article gives a brief overview of the pharmacological and clinical features of LMWHs, focusing on the differences with unfractionated heparin (UFH), which allow great simplification of dosing regimens and settings without disadvantages in terms of efficacy or safety. In fact, some data indicate that LMWH might be better tolerated than UFH. The overcoming of the need for hospitalization for pre- and post-surgical thromboprophylaxis has important economical implications and is leading to a different formation of health care costs in these patients. The clinical and economical consequences of the pharmacological differences between LMWHs and UFH are analyzed with a "value matrix", a pharmacoeconomical technique for preliminary evaluations. The last section examines Italian drug acquisition costs and compares the economical values of the recommended dosing regimens of LMWHs available on the national market for the prevention and the treatment of deep vein thrombosis. Bemiparin is the most convenient LMWH for all approved indications. In the management of surgery-associated thrombotic risk, no clinically relevant differences among LMWHs have been demonstrated. Thus, bemiparin appears to be the most logical choice in a costminimization strategy.


In order to culture? the High-level,high-skilled compound talents of the modern manufacturing,engineering training learning center of our school constructes modern engineering practice platform,explores practice teaching methods of modern manufacturing technology,achieve metalworking、vocational skills training、engineering training、multi-level pattern of practice teaching combine with innovative education.


The features of the creation artificial land plots are indicated by legislation in the field of urban planning and cadastre in the Russian Federation at the present stage. However, in the Earth sciences there are no methodological provisions for the integrated organization of alluvial territories. Based on the legal activities and works of scientists on the designated research topic, the authors proposed an approach and a scheme for the integrated organization of alluvial territories. This scheme ensures the integration of urban planning, land management and cadastre institutions. According to the authors, the creation of artificial land plots on a water body should be based on an assessment of the rationality for creating such a plot using multicriteria analysis, which includes three groups of criteria: social, economic, environmental. In addition, the article tests the author's methodological approach to the integrated organization of alluvial territories in St. Petersburg. According to the results of testing, two projects ("New Coast", "Bay of Islands") were recognized as irrational. Thus, it is necessary to approve an integrated approach for the organization of alluvial territories.


This PhD dissertation is focused on astrology as a discipline during the Italian Renaissance and studies the case of the astrologer, philosopher, theologian and physician Marsilio Ficino (1422-1499). Through the example of Ficino, we study the survival of the ancient astrology derived from Greek and Roman practices. This dissertation proposes a genealogy of astrological humanism and studies the relationships amongst the political theology and the economic theology supported by Ficino. An archaeology of Renaissance humanism is followed by a study of the survival of the ancient model of make sexuality in the Medici culture and we propose a research about the sources of Ficino's astral magic and in order to nuance Frances A. Yates's hypotheses which defend the importance of the Corpus Hermeticum in Ficino's magic.


Challenges in computational simulation of the mechanical behavior of soft tissues and organs for clinical applications are related to the reliability of the models with respect to the anatomy, the mechanical interactions between different tissues, and the non linear (time dependent) force deformation characteristics of soft biological materials. In this paper a 3D finite element model of the face and neck, which has applications in surgical devices optimization and surgery planning, is presented. Bones, muscles, skin, fat, and superficial muscoloaponeurotic system (SMAS) were reconstructed from magnetic resonance images and their shape, constraints and interactions have been modeled according to anatomical, plastic and reconstructive surgery literature. Non linear time dependent constitutive equations are implemented in the numerical model, based on the Rubin‐Bodner model. For the present calculations a simplified hyperelastic formulation has been used. The corresponding model parameters were selected according to previous work with mechanical measurements ex vivo on facial soft tissue. For determination of model parameters, in particular the ones corresponding to the time dependent behavior, an instrument for measuring the relaxation behavior of the face tissue in vivo was developed. The experimental set‐up is described and results are presented for tests performed on different locations of the face (jaw, mid‐face, parotid regions) and neck. The measured "long term" reaction force of the facial soft tissue is compared to numerical results. (© 2009 Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)


Introduction: Obesity increases the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in hospitalized medical patients. Standard chemoprophylaxis in these patients may be suboptimal, potentially leading to increased VTE. The objective of this study was to compare the rate of VTE in obese (body mass index [BMI] ≤30 kg/m 2 ) medical patients receiving standard VTE prophylaxis with rates in non-obese patients (BMI 17-29.9 kg/m 2 ). Hypothesis: Obese patients will suffer from a higher incidence of VTE within 90 days of hospitalization. Methods: In a single-center retrospective cohort study, patients admitted to all medical units between November 2007 and November 2013 were evaluated for eligibility if they received an initial dose of VTE prophylaxis within 48 hours of admission. Appropriate prophylaxis was heparin 5000 units subcutaneously (SQ) every 8 to 12 hours or enoxaparin 30 mg SQ twice daily or 40 mg SQ once daily. Exclusion criteria included hypercoagulable states, therapeutic anticoagulation, and admission for trauma or surgery. The primary outcome was 90 day VTE defined as deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism using ICD-9 codes. Secondary outcomes included in-hospital VTE, 30 day VTE, and 90 day mortality. Univariate and multivariate analyses were used in calculating p-values and odds ratios (OR) for the primary outcome. Results: There were 17,525 patients eligible for inclusion. The final cohort included 4,237 obese patients and 4,990 non-obese patients (median BMI 36 and 25 kg/m 2 , respectively). Obesity increased the risk of in-hospital VTE (5.6% vs. 4.4%; p=0.01), 30 day VTE (5.7% vs. 4.6%; p=0.013), and 90 day VTE (5.9% vs. 4.8%; p=0.028) on univariate analysis. However, using multiple logistic regression, obesity was not an independent predictor of 90 day VTE (OR 1.0; p=0.83). Variables which independently increased 90 day VTE were Charlson Comorbidity Index (OR 1.09; p=0.003), prior VTE (OR 36.35; p Conclusions: The incidence of VTE at 90 days in hospitalized medical patients is significant, but it is uncertain if obesity independently contributes to this.


The hydrolysis of pyro- and tripolyphosphates was run in formic acid–water, acetic acid–water, dioxane–water, and water solvents with an initial concentration of 0.025 mol/l. The hydrolysis of both the phosphates followed first-order kinetics with respect to the concentration of the phosphate under all the conditions studied. The rate of the hydrolysis of both the phosphates in the formic acid–water and acetic acid–water solvents is slower, and that in dioxane–water solvent is faster, than in water. From the results, it has been concluded that, in the formic acid–water and acetic acid–water solvents, the nucleophilicity of the water molecule may decrease on account of the hydrogen bond of the water molecule with these acids, while, in the dioxane–water solvent, since the scission of the hydrogen bond between water molecules may occur by the interaction of the dioxane and the water molecules, the nucleophilicity of the water molecule may increase. The activation energy of the hydrolysis of the phosphates w...


Intellectual disability (ID) affects approximately 1-3% of the population and is defined as having an IQ below 70 as well as a significant limitation in adaptive behavior.The implementation of chro ...


Abstract The carcasses of 24 Aberdeen Angus steers were obtained from an experiment examining the effects of implantation with oestradiol benzoate plus progesterone on rate of liveweight gain. There were eight animals in each of three groups (control, autumn-, and springimplanted). Bone-in carcass conformation was assessed by two methods of jointing, by carcass measurements and quality scores, and by derivation of a carcass wholesale value Index in pence/lb. Implanted animals, which made faster weight gain than controls, produced heavier carcasses. Weights of individual cuts tended to increase proportionately with carcass weight. Adjusted for carcass weight, controls yielded more Kidney and Channel Fat than implanted, and autumn- more than spring-implantation. Group differences were also evident for combinations of"Good Cuts", and carcass measurements revealed only that controls were fatter, and heavier in relation to their length, than the carcasses of implanted steers. Carcasses from controls were of le...


Traditionally, conventional dividers and sliding calipers, analog or digital, have been used to measure dental casts manually. Today, several digital methods are available for measuring tooth size. The digital methods of measurements were gathered by transforming the 3D dental plaster casts into 2D form. Scanners, Photocopy machine, Digital camera are means to make this transformation. OBJECTIVE: This research was to find out which method of dental casts measurement is the best accuracy and reliability. METHOD: Mandibular dental casts of 10 patients, mixed gender, taken after finishing orthodontic treatment were formed by using 3 different dental stones color. The variables (tooth size, intercanine width, intercanine depth, intermolar width, intermolar depth) were measured using 7 methods. All data were analyzed statistically. Anova, followed by independent t-test, were applied to test the difference of variables measured in sexes, colors and methods. Alpha Cronbach was used to test the reliability among methods. To compare the accuracy among methods, we applied sensitivity, specificity and ROC test of variables among methods. Regression analysis was applied for several variables that showed significantly different (p<0.05) as a result of different measurement methods compared to gold standard. RESULT: Colors did not play important role for the result of measurement gathered from different methods. Sexes should be considered taking part for different value of measurement. CONCLUSION: 3D measurement still gave the best measurement result, despite the difficulties in handling the dental casts. With some mathematical equations derived from regression analyses, 2D measurement could give almost the same result as 3D measurement.


With the increase in population and the reduction of available land, more and more construction of buildings and other civil engineering structures have to be carried out on weak or soft soils. Owing to such soils of poor shear strength and high compressibility, a great diversity of ground improvement techniques such as soil stabilization and reinforcement are employed to improve mechanical behavior of soils, thereby enhancing the reliability of construction. As a good stabilizing agents, lime and cement are extensively applied in soil stabilization of foundation soils or road subgrades. However, lime+cement treated soil can be used for subgrade as an alternative to the traditional "remove and replace" strategies commonly utilized and is found to be satisfactory in the laboratory evaluation. Hence the author has added an optimum content of lime and cement to marine clay and further used the treated marine clay as subgrade over laid by different alternative subbases to study the performance of treated marine clay under cyclic load conditions.


Ceramic materials are used as composite structural components for various high-temperature applications such as advanced automobiles, marine and aerospace applications. Strength, toughness and fracture are the reliable parameters for the assessment of fracture resistance that are appropriate for service-life prediction under various environmental conditions. In the present work, the bending fracture behavior of three different SiC whisker-reinforced Al2O3 matrix composites are characterized and compared with monolithic Al2O3 over a temperature range from room temperature up to 1400 degrees C. The whiskers surface treatment effect on the fracture properties is considered. The load-displacement curves, KR curves, critical stress intensity relations, as well as the fracture toughness values are obtained. Straight and Chevron-notch specimen types are used. The crack growth resistance increment is attributed to the closure stresses in the wake zone associated with grain binding. The whiskers' surface treatment is found to change the toughening contribution at various temperatures. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E204495.


The research aims at studying the behaviour of isolated footings on expansive soils subject to saturation, whenever they are placed directly on the clay or provided with sand cushion beneath them. The object is to explore the advantageous role of sand cushions and the mechanism by which the swelling of the underlying clay is controlled, and also to determine the most effective dimension of the cushions used. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 287689. (TRRL)


Immunochemical analysis of polyclonal antisera from Lewis rats immunized with peptide analogs and sub‐peptides of residues 72–84 of guinea pig myelin basic protein (MBP) indicated that there were four main epitopic specificities involved: one represented by residues 76–80, one by residues 72–74, one by 81–84‐Gly, and one involving 74–76 in a heteroclitic way even when the immunogen contained a tetraleucine spacer between residues 74 and 75. The affinities were all relatively low, ranging from 3 × 104M−1 to 7.2 × 106M−1, ad each affinity population was very restricted with respect to heterogeneity. The result were commensurate with out hypothesis that autoimmune responses to homologous encephalitogenic neuropeptide determinants reflect an evolutionarily imposed degeneration of the overall response, and were also i agreement with our hypothesis that the affinities of autoantibodies against epitopes in the molecular neighbourhood of an encephalitogen would be necessarily low. I t was also found that peptide 69–81‐Gly(S67) in solution would not interact in liquid phase radioimmunoassays with any of the above antibody populations, thus indicating that its preferred conformation did not allow the expression of autoreactive epitopes. There was no evidence that S67 in solution, even in the presence of S53, would express any epitopes reactive with autoantibodies. How this finding for a B cell product correlates with T cell‐mediated immunologic responses is not totally understood, but it will be recalled that S67 by itself does not induce T cell‐mediated experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE), that S53 (residues 75–84‐Gly) induces only clinical symptoms of EAE without attendant pathological disease, but that the two together induce classical EAE. Thus, it is hypothesized that residues 76–80 (Gln‐Arg‐Ser‐Gln), modulated by Asn‐84, form the B cell determinant essential for subsequent activation of T cell responses to 72–77 to produce the full expression of EAE disease.


With the mixture of public law and private law in modern society,the norm for the establishment of Real Right Law is not completely limited to the field of private law but involves various major issues in the field of administrative law.To improve Real Right Law,the following measures should be taken: relevant law and regulations should be made and complemented;restructuring of administration should conform to the regulations of Real Right Law;public interests should be determined with the help of administrative law;relief system should be promoted to meet the requirements of protection;public property system should be established.


This method enables digital optical discs to store the cineangiograms with an equivalent recording density to that of HDTV (high-definition television) VTRs (video tape recorders) under the premise of preserving original image quality. The data volume of the cineangiograms is compressed by approximating the image with a smooth function and storing its coefficients. For efficient compression, the cineangiogram is decomposed into three regions in advance. Each region is then compressed by a difference operation and an adaptive approximation with smooth functions. The performance is tested on 20 cases on actual clinical cineangiograms. The specifications are verified for a spatial resolution of 1000 TV lines, a dynamic range of 60 dB, an SNR of 40 dB[p-p/rms], volume compression into 7% of the original one, and 0.19 s/frame for decoding on a 1.7-MFLOPS machine.<<ETX>>


With the financial risk in universities is becoming more and more prominent, the correct evaluation of the early warning mechanism of financial risk and the proposition of the feasible evaluation methods of financial risk in universities is one of the important and urgent research directions. This paper analyzes the causes of the financial risk, expounds the design principles and specific requirements of early-warning indexes of financial risk in universities. From the perspectives of debt paying ability, operational performance ability, income ability and development ability, the paper establishes the early-warning system of financial risk in universities and puts forward prevention and control measures of financial risk in universities. Reasons for Financial Risk in Universities New Campus Construction due to Expanding Enrollment. Since the enrollment expansion, the number of students in colleges and universities has increased year by year. The construction of new campus and research facilities in some universities and colleges are implemented in the condition of in-debt management. However, the university or college does not reach the level of putting up new specialty or establishing new schools. It not only wastes the capital cost of universities, but also restricts the further development of the university. After the enormous land expenditure of basic construction of universities, the universities always cannot meet the demand of infrastructure construction funds. The loans become the first choice. The commercial credit loan is to solve the land requisition, funds for the new campus, infrastructure construction and housing construction for the purpose of scientific research. The huge demand for funds produce high interest rates of a large number of large loans. Huge Investment for the Improvement of Teaching Conditions. If universities want to develop in a long term and improve their teaching quality, they must optimize the existing educational conditions. All the optimization needs a lot of money. In recent years, the ministry of education in China has carried out undergraduate teaching evaluation work. The ministry of education has clearly defined the teaching investment evaluation indicators, including the students' teaching equipment value, the campus area, the average size of the sports field, the land area of per student and other new evaluation indicators. Under the premise of the expansion of students' enrollment, the primary task of creating economies of scale and ensuring the passing the assessment of the university is to increase the investment in the construction of teaching infrastructure. The main purpose of adopting financial credit loan is to ensure that the university can pass through undergraduate evaluation. However, huge scale debt and high interest rates are great burdens for colleges and universities. Relatively Declining Financial Appropriation. Over the years, although the state or local financial investment in higher education funds has increased year by year, the increase rate is not high. Especially for combined colleges of provinces, students of expanded enrollment have not got proper financial allocations, which have greatly affected the survival of colleges. Some of the funds have been overrun every year, and the basic constructions cannot obtain the financial investment of the 3rd International Conference on Economics, Social Science, Arts, Education and Management Engineering (ESSAEME 2017) Copyright © 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, volume 119


ABSTRACT: Missing rainfall data from a time series or a spatial field of observations can present a serious obstacle to data analysis, modeling studies and operational forecasting in hydrology. Numerous schemes for replacing missing data have been proposed, ranging from simple weighted averages of data points that are nearby in time and space to complex statistically‐based interpolation methods and function fitting schemes. This paper presents a technique for replacing missing spatial data using a backpropagation neural network applied to concurrent data from nearby gauges. Tests performed on a sample of gauges in the Middle Atlantic region of the United States show that this technique produces results that compare favorably to simple techniques such as arithmetic and distance‐weighted averages of the values from nearby gauges, and also to linear optimization methods such as regression.


The $n$-hypercube, denoted by $Q_n$, has a vertex for each bit string of length $n$ with two vertices adjacent whenever their Hamming distance is one. The minimum number of colors needed to color $Q_n$ such that no two vertices at a distance at most $k$ receive the same color is denoted by $\chi_{\bar{k}}(n)$. Equivalently, $\chi_{\bar{k}}(n)$ denotes the minimum number of binary codes with minimum distance at least $k+1$ required to partition the $n$-dimensional Hamming space. Using a computer search, we improve upon the known upper bound for $n=9$ by showing that $13 \leq \chi_{\bar{2}}(9) \leq 14$.


Traditional contour plotting method, limited by linear interpolation, has much error in studying regional variables,. It is advanced in this paper by utilizing nonlinear interpolation and triangles mass points interpolation methods, which greatly improve the fitting precision. New contour plotting method is validated in meteorological early-warning system of geological disaster in Guangdong XiBeiJiang region and the verifying result is satisfied.


This paper describes a new path planning method for car-like robots using predesigned steering sets including three trajectory types: straight, right and left. A trajectory using a zigzagged path planned by grid-based shortest path search (A* method or Dijkstra) is not suitable for car-like robots. Path planning with steering sets is used to generate trajectories with smooth changes in direction. We made a simulator of the path planner, logged planning data using single and combine steering sets. We searched for steering set parameters and obtained an effective steering set. And we compared a trajectory of extended A* planner with our planner's.


This paper uses a Bernsteinian analysis to argue that vocational education and training (VET) qualifications in Australia deny students access to theoretical knowledge that underpins vocational practice. Australian VET qualifications are based on training packages, which are the equivalent of English National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs). Training packages are developed for broad industry areas (such as community services) and consist of qualifications at different levels that comprise 'industry'-specified units of competency. In 2005, 69% of all publicly funded VET provision was based on training packages (NCVER 2006: Table 4). The introduction of training packages caused fierce debate within Australia, particularly around the extent to which they provide students with access to 'underpinning knowledge'. Supporters of training packages argue that they merely specify the outcomes of training and the criteria that are used to assess whether those outcomes have been achieved. In contrast, I argue that training packages do shape curriculum and have consequences for teaching and learning, and consequently for the extent to which students are able to navigate the transition between formal and informal knowledge and formal and informal contexts. This argument is illustrated through comparing the current Diploma of Community Services (Community Development) with the Associate Diploma of Social Sciences (Community Development), which was the qualification that existed prior to the introduction of the Community Services training package. The first section of this paper outlines a Bernsteinian analysis of the nature of disciplinary knowledge and its relationship to workplace knowledge and practice. The second section considers the extent to which training packages constitute curriculum, while the third compares and contrasts the two qualifications.


The European Respiratory Society (ERS) mission is to promote respiratory health in order to alleviate and prevent suffering from respiratory disease. To achieve this mission there remains a number of challenges to be addressed. We need: 1) a better understanding of the burden of lung disease and its natural history, as well as of the fundamental mechanisms underpinning disease; 2) validation and application of accurate diagnostic tests, patient-centred outcomes and biomarkers; and 3) development and testing of new pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions and their optimal implementation in clinical practice. To address these challenges adequately requires collaborative working between clinicians, allied health professionals, scientists, technology and pharmaceutical industries, regulators, healthcare providers and, most importantly, patients. The ERS Clinical Research Collaborations (CRCs) programme provides support to projects in different areas of respiratory medicine, to build and maintain pan-European and/or global collaborations. CRC applications can be submitted annually by October 15. http://ow.ly/34s730lxgnw


Social norms have been used to explain a variety of legal subjects, from family law to tax law. I assert in this Article that a social norms construct may help us understand the current public debate (or lack thereof) over whether the United States should make reparations to African Americans. Specifically, I find that reparative ideas are incongruent with norms of socially acceptable behavior. My first task is to explain why there is a norm against public support for slavery reparations. I identify three sources of social norms'; norms derived from culture; norms instigated by individuals; and norms derived from the law; and explain how each source conflicts with reparative ideas and thus contributes to a norm against supporting reparations. Next, I discuss public debate over reparations in light of a norm against reparations. Specifically, I argue that an anti-reparation norm has stifled public discussion of reparations to African Americans. Predictably, it has become increasingly impossible for supporters of reparations to be open and honest. Finally, I take the liberty to look back on my argument at its weakest links.


A 1.6kJ compact plasma focus source operated in neon at 5 Hz was demonstrated as an electron source for microlithography. LIthographs were obtained by exposing the resist (PMMA) to an electron beam emitted from the plasma focus through an extraction channel in its anode with a mask in contact with the resist. The total energy in the beam was estimated from the lithographs to be > 20mJ per shot with electron energy > 20kV, and > 1J with electron energy approximately 10keV. The electron beam from this plasma focus is able to expose greater than 1 cm2 of resist placed 17cm from the source. Many samples with good resolution have ben obtained. An exposure can be mae on PMMA with only 10 shots over a period of 2 seconds. It is expected that with a higher sensitivity resist, an exposure can be made with a single shot.


9021 Background: METamp is a common resistance mechanism developed in patients (pts) with EGFRm NSCLC treated with osimertinib. MET tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) such as tepotinib may be effective in treating these pts after osimertinib. Here we report interim data from the INSIGHT 2 study evaluating tepotinib + osimertinib in EGFRm NSCLC with METamp previously treated with osimertinib. Methods: In this open-label Phase II study (INSIGHT 2, NCT03940703), pts with advanced EGFRm NSCLC with METamp after progression on 1L osimertinib received tepotinib 500 mg (450 mg active moiety) + osimertinib 80 mg once daily. METamp was centrally detected in tissue biopsy (TBx) by FISH ( MET gene copy number [GCN] ≥5 and/or MET/ CEP7 ≥2) and/or in liquid biopsy (LBx) by NGS ( MET plasma GCN ≥2.3; Archer). The primary endpoint was objective response by Independent Review Committee in tepotinib + osimertinib treated pts with centrally detected METamp by FISH (FISH+). Efficacy data are reported for pts with ≥3 months' follow-up, and safety for all pts who received one dose of tepotinib + osimertinib by Sep 26, 2022 (data cut-off). Results: Among 472 pts prescreened, 451 pts had METamp results by either TBx FISH and/or LBx NGS, of which 175 (38.8%) were positive for METamp. 122 pts received tepotinib + osimertinib (median age 61 years [range 20–84], 59.8% female, 59.8% Asian, 68.0% never smoker, 72.1% ECOG PS 1). In 98 pts with FISH METamp (29.6% had < 12 months on 1L osimertinib; median GCN 11 [range 5.0–50.6]; mean ± SD sum of target lesion diameters [SOLD] 73.2 ± 47.1 mm), objective response rate (ORR) was 43.9% (95% CI 33.9, 54.3), median (m) DOR was 9.7 months (95% CI 5.6, ne), mPFS was 5.4 months (95% CI 4.2, 7.1), and mOS was not reached (95% CI 11.1, ne). Of the 98 pts, treatment is ongoing in 42 pts. In 31 pts with METamp detected by LBx NGS, of which 24 were also FISH+ (mean ± SD SOLD 93.9 ± 51.4 mm), ORR was 51.6% (95% CI 33.1, 69.8), mDOR was 5.6 months (95% CI 2.9, ne), mPFS was 4.6 months (95% CI 2.7, 6.9), and mOS was not reached (95% CI 6.8, ne). Of 122 pts treated with tepotinib + osimertinib, any grade treatment-related AEs were reported by 99 (81.1%) pts including 34 (27.9%) Grade ≥3. Most common ( > 15% pts) treatment-related AEs included diarrhea 46.7% (0% Grade ≥3), peripheral edema 34.4% (4.1% Grade ≥3), paronychia 20.5% (0.8% Grade ≥3), decreased appetite 18.0% (3.3% Grade ≥3), and nausea 16.4% (1.6% Grade ≥3). Treatment-related AEs led to a dose reduction in 21 (17.2%) pts, following either or both treatments and led to treatment discontinuation in 7 pts (5.7%). Conclusions: In this interim analysis of INSIGHT 2, tepotinib + osimertinib was highly active with durable responses, and was well tolerated in pts with EGFRm NSCLC with METamp after progression on 1L osimertinib. Tepotinib + osimertinib provides a potential chemotherapy-sparing oral targeted therapy option in this population with a high unmet need. Clinical trial information: NCT03940703 .


Abstract In the present methods to estimate seafloor topography from gravimetric data, some parameters need be computed in advance from the known bathymetric data, which leads some uncertainties in applying the methods. To overcome such uncertainties, an analytical method to estimate the seafloor topography from the vertical gravity gradient (VGG) is introduced in the paper. Based on the expression of VGG generated by a cubic prism, the observation equations for the seabed depth are established firstly. Then, the simulation results show that the observation equations established are solvable. Especially, the piecewise bilinear interpolation is introduced to separate the influence of the far-field anomalous bodies on VGG. In addition, some imitation arithmetic examples are given in order to examine the solvability of the observation equations and estimate the accuracies of their solutions. Finally, an actual seafloor topography located in South China Sea (117.6-118.25°E, 17-17.65°N), is estimated by the method proposed in the paper, and compared with ship depth sounding, the root mean square (RMS) error of bathymetry prediction is 77 m.


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..\BSTIL\CT. A brief sumIrlary of the selfeonsistent field method leading to a four-index matrix dielectric fUllction, as the one of the randorn phase approximatian, for a quasi-two-dimensional eleetran gas is reminrled. General expressions for the form factor concerning electron-electron interaction in single heterostructures and qUilntum welIs are derived when different dielectric constants on each side of an interface are considered alld, besides, the envelope functions in the ('onfinernent direction can penetrate into the barrier regions. This problern is tightly connecterl with lIumerical calculations for lllultisubband transport in inversion layers and semiconductor heterostructures, as well as for other phenomena itl this kind of systems where screening of ill\'oln'd interaction in intersubband scat.tering I1l1lsthe t.akcn into account.


A cloud is a type of distributed system, it consist of, collection of interconnected and virtualized computers. It offers pool of resources like data, software and infrastructure etc, to the user. So the efficient utilization of cloud resources has become a major challenge in cloud computing. Scheduling in cloud is responsible for selection of best suitable resources for executing a task, by considering some static and dynamic parameters like makespan, cost, resource utilization; speed etc.The Min-Min algorithm first executes smaller tasks [1]. So the Min-Min algorithm does not provide better performance when the number of smaller tasks is high, in this case the Max-Min algorithm outperforms Min-Min algorithm in terms of parameters like makespan and load balancing. So in order to overcome the limitations of Min-Min algorithm the improved version of MinMin algorithm has been proposed. It randomly selects the task for execution based on the values of average completion time and standard deviation of existing tasks. Even though the improved Min-Min algorithm avoids the limitations of Min-Min algorithm; still it takes more time to execute large number of tasks. So the future work is to enhance the performance of improved Min-Min algorithm to execute large number of tasks within in a small time and also to use this algorithm in any one of the network technique to schedule packets in a cloud environment in an effective manner.


Abstract The first partition of Poland occurred in 1772, the second in 1793, and the third in 1795. As a result ofthese events, Poland ceased to exist as an independent nation, her territory and population being divided amongst the Austrian, Prussian and Russian empires. Thus, by the nineteenth century, Poland was not represented on the political map of Europe, but Poles did not forget their aspirations to independence. Every now and then, national insurrections would break out, during which the revolutionaries looked for military help and moral support for the Polish cause from the countries of Western Europe.


Protoplasts isolated from Avena sativa L. leaves undergo progressive senescence when incubated aseptically in 0.6 M mannitol with or without added nutrients. This senescence is manifested by morphological deterioration snd ultimate lysis of protoplasts, by a decrease in incorporation of I3Hluridine and [3Hjleucine into macromolecules, and by a sharp increase in ribonudease activity. The presence in the incubation medium of L-arginine, L-lysine, certain polyamines related to these amino acids (cadaverine, putrescine, spermidine), Ca2+, or streptomycin stabilizes the protoplasts. Protoplasts incubated with 10 mM L-arginine or L-lysine show an initial inhibition of [3Hjuridine incorporation, but with time, incorporation is restored to levels greater than In control protoplasts. The rise in ribonuclease activity of protoplasts is completely inhibited if the protoplasts are incubated with 10 mM L-arginine. Greater incorporation of [3HJuridine into RNA of aging protoplasts is also maintained by


The North American catfish Ameiurus melas is recorded for the first time in Portugal. Its presence in the Tagus River Basin is probably due to natural spread of individuals from Spanish populations, while episodic translocation could explain its occurence in the previously non-invaded Guadiana and Sado River basins.


This paper provides examples of recent developments in binder characterization, as new sophisticated analytical tools are emerging with impacts on binder selection and modification. This trend emerges from a common need in developed countries to move towards performance related specifications (PRS) for more durable pavements, as well as increased recycling of old pavements. Hence the need for research and development efforts towards more engineered bituminous binders that can satisfy life cycle cost constraints.


To solve the multi-pose ear recognition problem under the different illumination condition, a novel method which combines phase congruency with kernel discriminant analysis (KDA) is proposed. The phase congruency of ear image is first calculated using Log-Gabor filter with 5 scales and 8 orientations, and then the phase congruency of different orientation is constructed as high dimensional vector including ample information. The high dimensional vector is mapped to kernel space to acquire discriminant feature. Experimental results show that the proposed method obtains higher recognition rate compared with the other related methods. The method of the phase congruency can eliminate the influence of illumination and phase congruency with KDA is effective to multi-pose ear recognition.


ing a few sentences from Holmes we find the two things Louis especially taught were: "(1) Always make sure that you form a distinct and clear idea of the matter you are considering. (2) Always avoid vague approximations where exact estimates are possible." Louis showed by strict analysis of numerous cases that bleeding did not cure acute diseases, more especially pneumonia, a knowledge which was at that time not a reform but a revolution. By it he did a great -work for practical medicine. "Modest in the presence of nature, fearless in the face of authority, unwearying in the pursuit of truth, he was a man whom any student might be happy and proud to claim as his teacher and as his friend." He continues: Louis taught us who follow him the love of truth, the habit of passionless listening to the teachings of nature, the most carefid and searching methods of observation, and the sure means of getting at the results to be obtained from them in the constant employment of accurate tabulation. He was not a showy, or eloquent, or, I should say, a very generally popular man, though the favorite, almost the idol, of many students, especially Genevese and Bostonians. But he was a man of lofty and admirable scientific character, and his work will endure in its influence long after his name is lost sight of save to the faded eyes of the student of medical literature. His pupil, Bowditch, has this to say


The motivation of reading the academic text, especially in the English language, has been a problem for students of higher education. Whereas, reading ability is one of the important factors of students' successful learning. This research aims to analyze the role of student's self-efficacy in the level of motivation to read the textbooks in the English Language. This research applied quantitative approach. The population of this research is the whole students majoring in Management, Faculty of Economics, Universitas Islam Indonesia, that take Basic Academic Reading course in the first semester. The research's primary data was collected by closed questionnaire, and supported by structured interviews (by 90% response rate). Meanwhile, the sampling technique used is purposive random sampling, and data analysis method used is Pearson Product Moment's correlative coefficient. The result of this research revealed that students' Self-Efficacy (SE) has a significant positive influence on their Motivation in Interest Aspect (MI), Motivation in Dedication Aspect (MD), and Motivation in Self-confidence Aspect (MC).


ABSTRACT We examined the diet of big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) during an emergence of 17-y cicadas (Magicicada spp.) in May and Jun. of 2004 in Indiana. We collected guano from a maternity colony of big brown bats and compared the diet during the cicada emergence to the diet during the same period of a non-cicada year. In contrast to previous studies, homopterans (predominantly 17-y cicadas) were a common food item (22.9–23.6% volume) during the peak of cicada abundance. Scarabaeidae (13.8–48.5%), Carabidae (7.3–36.9%) and hemipterans (19.4–29.3%) were also common prey items during the cicada emergence. Although periodical cicadas constituted a fair amount of the diet during the emergence, the dietary diversity of big brown bats during the emergence was similar to that of non-cicada years. Our results demonstrate that big brown bats forage on 17-y cicadas during a cicada emergence. However, despite the superabundance of cicadas, big brown bats do not specialize on cicadas to the relative exclusion of other prey types.


The result of crystal structure analysis of two Zn - Cu bimetallic complexes are reported. Poly-[diammine-zinc (II)-tricyanocuprate (I)], C 3 H 6 N 5 CuZn, [Zn(NH 3 ) 2 Cu(CN) 3 ] ∞, M r = 241.03, monoclinic, space group P2 1 /n, a = 6.395(2), b = 6.827(2), c = 17.296(5) A, β = 98.55(2)°, V = 746.7(3) A 3 , Z = 4, D m = 2.12, D x = 2.14 Mgm -3 s, λ(CuK α ) = 1.54178 A, μ = 6.72 mm -1 , F(000) = 472, T = 293 K, R = 0.0487 for 856 observed reflections (F ≥ 4σ(F)). The polymeric structure is formed by [(NH 3 ) 2 Zn(NC)Cu(CN)] 2 rings linked together by bridging cyano groups bonded to the Cu(I) atoms


The photodegradation kinetics of regioregular poly-3-hexylthiophene (P3HT) thin films (∼150 nm) upon illumination with both visible light of 525 nm and UV light of 365 nm has been studied using UV/vis and FTIR spectroscopy in order to probe both the disruption of the π-conjugated system and the chemical product evolution. Reaction effectiveness and product evolution turn out to depend strongly on the wavelength of the incident light. Under UV light, the π-conjugated system and the hexyl side chain are degraded almost simultaneously, involving Norrish-type reactions that lead to complete disintegration of the alkyl chains. Under visible light only the π-conjugated system is destroyed, whereas the aliphatic side chains are hardly affected. While the reaction under UV light is consistent with a radical reaction starting at the α-carbon of the alkyl side chain, the reaction under visible illumination is more likely to involve a photosensitized species that primarily attacks the π-conjugated system of the polymer.


An investigation has been performed on the phenomena associated with hypervelocityparticle penetration of manned space station structures. Test specimens consisted of multisheet barriers with various types of low-density insulative fillers. The data show that the penetration of the first barrier element forms a neat round hole, but the typical penetration of the inner barrier sheets will be a large irregular hole with petaled edges. This type of damage will precipitate an emergency situation; repair of such holes will be a major undertaking.


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Silius Italicus (ca. 25–103 ce) was a long-lived and adaptable politician and poet, whose principal achievement was the composition of the Punica, an epic poem in seventeen books about the Second Punic War .

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By taking the apparent velocity along the boundary as the parameter instead of the angle of incidence, the equations for the different wave amplitudes may be put in more symmetrical forms. In this way, it is more convenient to discuss both the body waves and the Rayleigh waves at the same time. A difficulty in the plotting of the square root of the wave intensity against the angles is also discussed. When the reflection or refraction coefficient is not real, the meaning of the intensity, as obtained by squaring the absolute value of the latter quantity, needs clarification.


The invention relates to a three-degree-of-freedom self-walking minitype shield machine comprising a cutting head, a drive motor, a propelling oil cylinder, a supporting oil cylinder, a spiral conveyer, an inner support frame, an outer support frame, a hydraulic valve bank and a shield. In the invention, the cutting head adopts pick-shaped teeth cutting and realizes three-degree-of-freedom rotary cutting through an adjusting oil cylinder; a rock crush principle is as follows: coal rocks are subjected to crushing treatment through the pick-shaped teeth cutting and a secondary crushing mechanism by adopting a secondary crushing technology; a propelling system adopts two double-acting oil cylinders, a supporting and obstructing system adopts cross type double-acting oil cylinders, and rear support-front propelling and front support-rear contraction type stepping walking is realized through the control of a hydraulic system; a deslagging mode is as follows: slag and muddy water are conveyed into a conveying pipe by adopting the spiral conveyer, and deslagging is carried out by combining with negative pressure suction. According to the invention, the directional control and the large curvature radius curve walking of the three-degree-of-freedom self-walking minitype shield machine disclosed by the invention are realized; the slant stagger of a drill hole is prevented; the autonomous walking of the three-degree-of-freedom self-walking minitype shield machine is realized; long-distance hole drilling is ensured; and the problem of difficult deslagging of a pipe jacking technology is solved, and therefore, the gas is more sufficiently discharged.


the way for keeping good condition and lowing maintenance cost of newly-built mattess through appropriate arrangement of repair and maintenance. Through the analysis of data from 1998 to 2005 of national highway No.106,which in Fogang town,and the observance of several typical national and provincial highway in Qingyuan city,the author brings forward some fresh ideas about the mattess repair and maintenance. The statistical data of mattess repair and maintenance have been quoted from the late seven years. Therefore,the article aims to bring the importance of experience summarization in mattess repair and maintenance to other's attention.


The committee's investigations of child. labor in the soft coal region have extended over sections of Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia. The field thus far studied does not justify us in attempting any estimate of the number of children employed. Child labor in the bituminous industry differs from that in the anthracite, as in the former there is no slate picking and the children employed are inside the mine. They work as runners, drivers, door boys and couplers, while perhaps the larger percentage are employed with their fathers in loading coal. In one Pennsylvania mining borough where from 1,000 to


We propose a new solution for the flexible widget layout (FWL) problem, formulating this problem as a fuzzy constraint satisfaction problem (FCSP) in the field of artificial intelligence. Widget layout performed by computers is one of the most important challenges for automatic generation of graphical user interfaces (GUIs). In the field of model-based user interface design, the widget layout is more complicated because the process of selecting widgets is needed. The FWL, we named, is the automatic GUI generation, which requires both (1) deciding which widget types and their alignments are used and (2) completing the layout in a certain time especially when the system generates them in run time. Our system automatically selects appropriate widgets and lays them out in certain rectangles. We formulate the desirability of the selection straightforward as fuzzy constraints; therefore, we can utilize existing technique of FCSP for the FWL. We divide the layout process into three phases, and using an existing FCSP algorithm, we realize the layout in a short time enough not to keep users of the generated GUI waiting.


The Emergency Medicine Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), passed by Congress in 1986, mandates that hospitals conduct a medical screening exam for all patients presenting for care in the emergency department (ED) regardless of their citizenship, legal status, or ability to pay. Hospitals vary widely in the services they offer to care for patients with acute and chronic medical problems. When a hospital does not have the ability or capacity to handle a patient's condition, the decision often is made to transfer the patient to another acute care hospital.


We calculate holographically arbitrary n-point correlators of the boundary stress tensor in three-dimensional Einstein gravity with negative or vanishing cosmological constant. We provide explicit expressions up to 5-point (connected) correlators and show consistency with the Galilean conformal field theory Ward identities and recursion relations of correlators, which we derive. This provides a novel check of flat space holography in three dimensions.


Since the reform and opening up, China's economy and society have developed rapidly and achieved great construction results. However, the rough development has brought a series of bad consequences, especially the ecological environment is getting worse and worse, so it is especially important to promote green development. Green development is to focus on the common development of economy, ecology and natural environment, to save resources and to adhere to the road of sustainable development. With the development of the times, the green consumption mode has become a new way of consumption. This mode is complementary to green development and follows the principles and concepts of green development. Green consumption is also a concrete embodiment of this concept. The purpose of this paper is to summarize the challenges faced by the implementation of green consumption policy in China and to put forward some feasible suggestions.


Review(s) of: Orofacial pain: Understanding temporomandibular (TMJ) Disorders, by Gibilisco JA, McNeil C, and Perry HT, Published by: Quintessence Publishing CO Inc, Chicago, ISBN 0-86715-21 1-7, Price: $ US 28.


The study is devoted to the preparation of student youth involved in various sports to create a future family. The subject of the study is the identification and analysis of the opinions of students and female students athletes, making up a pedagogical forecast for the ideal image of their future family. Currently, the problem we have raised is relevant in connection with serious changes in the socio-economic and social sphere in Russia, and as a result of these circumstances, the creation of a specific attitude of student youth, including student athletes, to the upcoming marriage. The purpose of our research is in pedagogical forecasting of the image of future family by students-athletes who are subjects of the educational process on the part of teachers and coaches in sports at the Derzhavin Tambov State University. The main methods of our research: study and analysis of scientific and methodic sources; written questionnaires of unmarried students (15 boys) and unmarried female students (17 girls) of the second, third, fourth courses, who go in for one or another kind of sport; quantitative and qualitative interpretation of the data obtained, followed by discussion of the results with the subjects.


The e.s.r. of the known 1:1 molecular oxygen adduct with Co(3-methoxysalen) and a newly discovered, reversible 1:1 oxygen adduct with Co(salen) have been observed.


A comprehensive experiment of water treatment engineering——complexation/ultrafiltration treatment of copper-containing wastewater worth studying was introduced in this paper.Through this comprehensive experiment,we can understand the complexation-ultrafiltration membrane water treatment technology development,master the process of complexation-ultrafiltration system and method of process operation parameters,be familiar with the analytical methods of large instrument,and figure out the method of ultrafiltration membrane cleaning and protection.


A 3D mathematical model of the human body was developed to simulate responses of pedestrians in car impacts. The model consists of fifteen body segments connected by fourteen joints, including two human-like knee joints and two breakable-leg segments. The anthro pometrical data for the model were generated by the GEBOD program, and characteristics of the body segments and the joints were defined based on available biomechanical data. The validity of the model was evaluated against full-scale impact tests with pedestrian substitutes and an experimental car in terms of the kinematics of the pedestrian substitute, bumper impact forces, accelerations of the body segments, and failure description from anatomical investigations of the pedestrian substitutes. The sensitivity of the model to input variables was studied at impact speeds of 15 and 40 km/h with the following car-front parameters: bumper height, bumper stiffness, bumper lead distance, height of hood edge, and hood-edge stiffness. The validated model demonstrated its capability in simulations of car-pedestrian impacts for the assessment of responses of pedestrians, prediction of risks of pedestrian injuries and for the development of safety countermeasures.


One of the recommended preventive plans against the wide area disturbances is WAP, Wide Area Protection, through controlled system splitting or separation. In this paper, authors are proposing three simple algorithms that are intended to be operating online, analyze data from wide-area PMUs placed in different parts of the grid, process the system state and lines' status and issue disconnecting actions to certain lines in the grid to form islands with minimum imbalances of power between generation and loads. First a simple approach is introduced which performs an extensive search for proper splitting strategies. The authors then present modified approaches which could make the whole system act within much shorter times. All the presented algorithms are analyzed and comments are made on ways to enhance their performances. This will emphasize on how such WAP systems would be designed and developed and if necessary tailored to fit specific systems or applications.


Electrocatalytic properties of electrochemically deposited Pt ultra-thin films on Au single crystal electrode surfaces for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) were investigated. Although it was reported that the order of activity of low index faces of the Pt single crystal electrodes increased in the sequence Pt(100) < Pt(111) < Pt(110), the order of activity of Pt ultra-thin films electrodeposited on the low index faces of the Au single crystal electrodes increased in the sequence Pt/Au(111) < Pt/Au(110) < Pt/Au(100), which was same trend of the Au single crystal substrates.


A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of
University of Wolverhampton for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy


OBJECTIVE
To determine the prevalence and impact of common disease and non-battle injuries (DNBI) among the military personnel deployed to the operations of the United Nations (UN) in Burundi from June to December 2005.

MATERIALS AND METHODS
The study population consisted of 175 Thai military personnel. A pre- and post deployment questionnaire assessing demographic data, general health, dental problems, underlying disease and health risk behaviors was performed. The information of DNBI was collected weekly. Data on initial visits for 27 DNBI categories were complied at the unit and event data on morbidity measures for each DNBI category were aggregated for all reporting units on a weekly basis. Anxiety and depression were assessed using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression (HAD) scale.

RESULTS
The majority of the troops was in good health at pre- and post deployment. The total weekly initial visit DNBI rate was 337.6 visits per 1,000 persons, which was rather high compared to the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) reference rate. The most common DNBI categories were respiratory illnesses (21.9%), medical/surgical injuries (19.8%) and recreational injuries (15.5%).

CONCLUSION
The present data indicated that despite modern preventive medicine measures, illnesses and non-battle injuries were still common, which had a significant impact on military readiness and operational efficiency.


Understanding the physics of the L-H transition power threshold scaling dependencies on toroidal field and density is critical to operating and optimizing the performance of ITER. Measurements of longwavelength (k⊥ρI<1) turbulent eddy dynamics, characteristics, flows, and flow shear in the near edge region of DIII-D plasmas have been obtained during an ion gyro-radius scan (varying toroidal field and current) and density scan in a favorable geometry (ion ∇B drifts towards the X-point), in order to determine the underlying mechanisms that influence the macroscopic L-H power threshold scaling relations. It is found that the integrated long wavelength density fluctuation amplitudes scale with ρ* approaching the L-H transition, suggesting a stronger drive of zonal flows that may trigger the transition at lower toroidal field. The turbulence poloidal flow spectrum evolves from Geodesic Acoustic Mode (GAM) dominant at lower power to Low-Frequency Zonal Flow (LFZF) dominant near the L-H transition, and the effective shearing rate correspondingly increases. An inferred Reynolds Stress, ! vr t ( ) ! v! t ( ) , from BES velocimetry measurements is found to significantly increase near the L-H transition. Similar observations are made with the Langmuir probe measurements. At lower electron density, a clear increase of the LFZF is observed prior to the L-H transition, which is not evident at higher density. Taken together, these results are qualitatively/semi-quantitatively consistent with the electron density and toroidal field scaling of the L-H transition power threshold.


Hogan Lovells International LLP, Kennedydamm 24, 40476 Dusseldorf, Germany *Author for correspondence: Tel.: +49 211 13 680 E-mail: andreas.vonfalck@ hoganlovells.com For many years, it was common ground within the patent community in the EU that it is very difficult for owners of pharmaceutical patents to obtain effective protection by way of a preliminary injunction (PI) against patent infringements by generic pharmaceutical companies. Where generic market entry is imminent, it is essential for the patentee to protect its position by way of effective legal and procedural remedies, particularly where the patent (or SPC) term is coming to an end and lengthy main proceedings will not have the desired effect. Early launches of generic medicines often lead to an immediate decrease in price levels that cannot usually be fully recovered through damages or through a later (permanent) injunction. While the threshold for obtaining PIs is still high, there is recent case law from various jurisdictions in the EU, in particular from the UK and Germany, indicating that owners of pharmaceutical patents may be in a better position when it comes to protecting their patent rights against unlawful generic competition, in particular towards the end of the patent term.


Introduction: Benign hematological disorders (BHDs) such as anemias and sickle cell disease have a major burden of disease in Saudi Arabia (SA). Their prevalence is estimated to exceed 50% of the total population. and they are responsible for one fifth of total hospital admissions. Although treatable, most of these hematological conditions are of chronic nature and remain without a cure. The chronicity of these conditions poses a great risk of developing depression among patients, especially among those who experience symptoms. The development of depression, besides its own social and psychological burden on patients, it further worsens the impact of these BHDs as it negatively affects patients' compliance and adherence to treatment leading to worse prognosis.
 One of the biggest challenges in managing depression, among those with BHDs, is its detection by the treating physician. This study aims to examine physicians' perception and attitude towards depression among their patients.
 Methods: A cross-sectional study, in which an anonymized survey was distributed to 29 physicians who are working in SA who treat BHDs. Physicians who cannot read English, are no longer practising or not dealing with patients with hematological conditions were excluded from the study.
 The survey had 2 sections to assess physicians' knowledge of depression and their attitudes towards it e.g. willingness to attend mental health training, discussion in current practice and updating working guidelines. A knowledge score (K score) and an attitude score (A score) were calculated based on their survey responses to a maximum of 16 and 4, respectively.
 The distribution of K and A scores were determined using Shapiro Wilk Test. Multivariate analysis was used to compare K and A scores according to the independent physicians' variants. Correlations were determined using two-tailed Pearson's correlation coefficient. Statistical significance was denoted at a P value less than 0.05. This study was approved by Taibah University College of Medicine Research Ethics Committee.
 Results: Twenty-nine physicians were enrolled in this study, of which 27% were female (n=8). The median physicians' age was 27 years (range 24 - 50 years old). Female physicians were significantly older than male physicians, and subsequently their years of experience was significantly longer (P value < 0.0001). The physicians' specialties included Family Medicine (n=10), Internal Medicine (n=10), Pediatrics (n=2) and others (n=7). All but one physician completed their medical education in SA, and only 2 physicians completed their training outside SA.
 Sixteen physicians have referred patients to a mental health specialist in the last 3 years, of which only 2 female physicians (25% of the total female physicians) as compared to 14 male physicians (~67%).The median K and A scores for the cohort was 9 (out of 16) and 2.5 (out of 4), respectively. There was no significant difference between the K score of the male and female physicians, however, female physicians had significantly lower A score. Using 2-way ANOVA to assess if physicians' gender and their referral of patients to mental health specialists affect any of the scores, it was found that gender significantly influence A score (P value < 0.05). There was no statistical difference in K and A scores between physicians based on their place of work, the number of patients seen daily or whether they referred a patient to a mental health specialist in the last 3 years.
 Both K and A scores correlated negatively with physicians' years of experience, however, only A scores correlated significantly with years of experience (r=-0.4, P value < 0.01). Upon further grouping of physicians based on their years of experience (<1 year; 1-5 years and > 5 years), physicians with less than 1 year of experience had the highest K and A scores compared to the rest of the cohort.
 Conclusion: This study demonstrates that early career physicians are more knowledgeable and have a better attitude towards depression, predominantly among male physicians. These findings indicate that undiagnosed depression among patients with BHDs can be attributed to physicians' knowledge and attitude towards depression. Training programs and practice guidelines should prepare physicians to adopt a holistic approach in dealing with patients with BHDs and actively screen for depression among their patients.

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Background: The rapidly evolving pandemic has stretched the healthcare system of Pakistan and outpaced the capacity of hospitals to meet demand for vital medical resources. As the numbers are  increasing, healthcare providers are playing a central role in tackling this issue in the face of several challenges. This crises situation necessitates investigating frontline healthcare workers experiences of the barriers and enablers to manage Covid-19 cases.

Methods: We conducted an exploratory qualitative study using a purposive sampling approach, at a private tertiary care teaching hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. Key-informant interviews were conducted with senior management and hospital leadership and in-depth interviews were conducted with front line healthcare providers. Study data was analysed manually using the conventional content analysis technique.

Findings: A total of 31 interviews (KIIs=19; IDIs=12) were conducted, between April and May 2020. Three overarching themes emerged. The first was 'challenges faced by frontline healthcare providers working in Covid-19 wards. Healthcare workers experienced increased anxiety due to the fear of acquiring infection and transmitting it to their family members. They felt overwhelmed due to exhaustive donning and doffing process, intense work, and stigmatization. The second theme was 'enablers supporting healthcare providers to deal with Covid-19 pandemic'.  Front-liners pointed out several enabling factors that supported hospital staff including a safe hospital environment, adequate trainings, strong system of information sharing and supportive management. The third theme was 'recommendations to support healthcare workforce during the Covid-19 crisis'. Healthcare workers recommended measures to mitigate current challenges including providing risk allowance to front-liners, preparing backup health workforce and establishing a platform to address the mental health needs of the frontliners. The study emphasises on the factors that are necessary to improve overall experiences of health-care providers dealing with Covid-19 pandemic.

Interpretation: This study provides initial evidence base of healthcare providers' experiences of managing Covid-19 patients in the early stage of the pandemic and highlights measures needed to address the encountered challenges. It offers lessons for hospitals in LMICs to ensure a safe working environment for front line workers in their fight against Covid-19.

Funding Statement: None.

Declaration of Interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

Ethics Approval Statement: Ethical approval for this study was obtained from the Aga Khan University Ethical Review Committee (AKUERC) – [2020-3694-9056].


Based on the importance of dry powder in fire suppression,a new type of gas-solid composites composed of bromotrifluoropropene and zeolite 13X composites was studied.The composites were fabricated with a simple pressure swing absorption method.Composition and morphology of the composites were characterized with a series of instruments of X-ray diffractometer(XRD),scanning electron microscopy(SEM) and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy(NMR).Performance of the composite powders with different BTP content was investigated through laboratory-scale fire suppression tests.The results show that the composites with BTP loaded exhibited much better performance than that of commercial dry powders in fighting gasoline fires,consuming much less amount of powders and shorter fire extinguishing time.


Lung India • Volume 35 • Issue 3 • May-June 2018 269 ground glass attenuation are rare. Pneumothoraces, pleural effusion, and mediastinal adenopathy may be concomitantly present. Lung biopsy reveals multiple cysts and multifocal nodular proliferation of immature smooth muscle cells and perivascular epithelioid LAM cells which are positive on human melanoma black-45 staining. Serum vascular endothelial growth factor-D has been recently proposed to be a highly specific test for LAM.


Public security colleges undertake the responsibility of training applied talents with high quality. Continuously bringing innovative teaching ideas into classroom and laboratory is one of the tasks of police security education reform. The author presents some suggestions on the improvement of experimental teaching in accordance with the existing problems in public security colleges.


AIM: To modify the techniques of orthotopic renal transplantation in rats and to observe the acute allograft rejection of renal transplantation in Wistar rats. METHODS: Orthotopic renal transplantation in 46 Wistar rats which had received SD renal grafts was performed by using techniques improved in vascular anastomoses and the procurement of donor grafts. The 36 rats which survived more than 7 d after transplantation were randomly divided into the control group (n=18) and the therapy group (n= 18). FK506 0.1 mg/(kg·d) was subcutaneously injected in therapy group daily for 1 week after operation. The acute allograft rejection of all renal transplanted rats was observed. RESULTS: In the 46 operations, 36 (78.3%) rats survived more than 7 d after transplantation and 10 rats died. The operation time was 2-2.5 h, including the warm ischemia time (5-10 min), the cold ischemia time (15-30 min), the time of vascular end-side anastomosis for inferior vena cava (5.0-10.5 min), the end-side arota anastomosis time (8.5-12.0 min). The control group all died 7-14 d after transplantation and the histopathologic examinations showed acute allograft rejection. But the FK506 therapy group survived more than 14 d. CONCLUSION: The improved techniques can increase the survival rate of renal transplanted rats. The acute allograft rejection frequently occurs in the 2 weeks after operation. FK506 therapy can effectively enhance the allograft survival rate after transplantation.


Phaseolus aureus sucrose synthetase, purified to homogeneity, was assayed in the presence of a variety of biological compounds to test for possible regulatory effectors. The oxidized form of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, as well as indoleacetic acid, gibberellic acid, and pyrophosphate were found to activate the forward reaction (sucrose degradation) and inhibit the reverse reaction (sucrose synthesis). The reduced form of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate antagonizes the effect of the oxidized form. Fructose 1-phosphate and divalent cations inhibit the forward and activate the reverse reaction. Pyrophosphate and fructose 1-phosphate are effective only in the presence of magnesium chloride. Uridine triphosphate inhibits both the forward and reverse reactions. All effectors except gibberellic acid are active only in the millimolar range of concentrations; maximal stimulation for any effector is approximately 2-fold. The effects of combinations of effectors are roughly additive. Using pyrophosphate in the presence of magnesium chloride as an effector, results of kinetic studies offer a model by which an effector can activate an enzymatic reaction in one direction and inhibit in the reverse direction. Delmer and Albersheim (2) studied the distribution of sucrose synthetase in seedlings of the mung bean, Phaseolus aureus, and found that levels of this enzyme were high only in nonphotosynthetic tissues of the plant. Such a result suggests that sucrose synthetase, at least in P. aureus, functions predominantly in the degradation of sucrose translocated from leaves to the nonphotosynthetic tissues. A similar suggestion has been made by Gibbs (5) and by Pavlinova (11). The enzyme has been reported to exist in a wide variety of plant tissues, most of which were nonphotosynthetic (3, 7). Furthermore, the results of many workers (1, 8-10, 13, 14) have suggested that sucrose synthetase may play a major role in the conversion of sucrose to starch in ripening seeds. Recently this author (3) has succeeded in purifying to homogeneity a sucrose synthetase from etiolated R. aureus seedlings and has characterized the physical as well as some basic kinetic properties of the exzyme. The purified enzyme can catalyze the following reversible reactions. I This study was supported by National Science Foundation Grant GB-27386-X. f Sucrose + nucleoside-DP = nucleoside-DP-glucose + fructose r where the nucleoside may be uridine, adenosine, thymidine, cytosine, or guanidine. Kinetic data (3) indicate a random mechanism for the enzyme. The Km values for all five possible nucleoside diphosphates are similar, but the Vmax of the forward reaction is markedly higher when UDP is the substrate. For the reverse reaction, the Vma. is similar regardless of substrate, but the Km for UDP-glucose is 10-fold lower than for the other nucleoside diphosphate glucoses (6). Since the enzyme is potentially capable of catalyzing the synthesis of many of the major precursors for plant polysaccharides (or, alternately, of sucrose synthesis), it seemed important to search for possible modes of regulation of this enzyme's activity. It was of particular interest to see if one could find effectors which might differentially affect the catalytic efficiency for the various nucleoside diphosphate substrates or which might differentially alter the reaction rates of the forward and reverse reactions. A number of effectors of the enzyme's activity have been found, and this paper presents the results of these studies. MATERIALS AND METHODS


Objectives : This study is designed to evaluate the effect of Hyun-Ga therapy for the scoliosis patient with Lumbago. Methods : After treatment with Hyun-Ga therapy compared with Cobb's angle and Visual Analog Scale (VAS). Results : After six treatments with Hyun-Ga therapy in one case, significant decrease in Cobb's angle and Visual Analog Scale (VAS) was observed. Conclusions : Hyun-Ga therapy might be effective for the scoliosis patient with Lumbago. It will be attempted to more patients in the future.


Staff training in counseling techniques is an essential component to ensuring contraceptive continuation and compliance. Basically counseling entails listening to and talking to clients in a way that helps them to relax learn about their bodies make informed choices about contraception and use birth control effectively to achieve their child spacing goals. To counsel effectively family planning personnel must believe in the value of family planning have correct and up-to-date information on available methods be able to help clients identify their feelings and support clients in making their own contraceptive choices. Research consistently confirms that when clinic workers take the time to listen to their clients worries and concerns contraceptive use improves. Unfortunately it is more common for health personnel to lecture rather than listen to clients and to reprimand them when they do not follow instructions. This manual prepared for family planning staff in Cairo but applicable in all settings gives information on how to listen to and question clients ways of reflecting back feelings techniques for combating misconceptions and fear and explaining the range of contraceptive alternatives. In addition the manual provides detailed information on the mode of action effectiveness advantages and contraindications of the most commonly prescribed methods of fertility control.


This paper presents the features of a multicomputer simulator (DiST))5, 9] and discusses its advantages in terms of exibility and cost as a teaching and research tool. DiST supports two major programming models (shared and distributed memory) by providing a sophisticated compiler front end. Language features provide user level access to hardware synchroni-sation instructions (TSET, TCLR), as well as providing high level facilities for the generation, relocation, and coordination of parallel executionn4]. DiST also allows students and researchers to investigate the software performance implications of a wide range of architectural parameters. Choices include, cache-line size, cache size, cache consistency scheme, network topology, relative clock speeds for network and cpu, invalidation directory size, and shared or distributed memory. A distributed shared memory architecture model is also availablee11]. Teaching using DiST allows us to adopt a much more hands-on approach to learning. This has resulted in a change of approach within the course to focus on learning through practical experience. Lectures concentrate on providing techniques which help to solve problems that students encounter in a carefully chosen series of practical exercises. 1 The result is increased student competition and self motivation. Direct experience with problems like interference, data partitioning, load balancing, race conditions etc helps to focus the class on the solutions presented in the lectures and reinforce their assimilation. In addition students have increased conndence in their ability to solve parallel programming problems as a result of their experiences. Students also feel more positive about the course, in comparison to the more theoretical course they were previously undertaking.


Peptidic compounds with units of proline and lysine, and methods for preparing such compounds and their derivatives hydrogenation. THE peptide compounds, including their salts, are of the formula: PREPARE THE PROCEDURE FOR HYDROCHLORIDE comprises reacting (L) -PROLINATO BENZYL or a salt thereof with N2- (1S) - (1-ethoxycarbonyl-3-phenylpropyl ) N6-trifluoroacetyl- (L) -lysine or its N-carboxy anhydride. If desired, the product obtained can be transformed into a salt thereof. The process for preparing derived from hydrogenation of said compounds of formula (II) comprising catalytically hydrogenating thereof or a salt thereof. Hydrogenation DERIVATIVES OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR PREPARING lisinopril, which is a product INHIBITOR angiotensin converting enzyme.


This study aims to determine the effect of profitability, leverage and firm size on bond ratings in banking companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI) for the 2014-2019 period. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling, in order to obtain a sample of 14 companies. This study uses logistic regression data analysis with the help of the eviews application. The results of this study indicate that profitability has no effect on bond ratings, leverage has no effect on bond ratings, firm size has no effect on bond ratings.


Oscillations in machines' rotor angle due to power system disturbances can result in power swing phenomena in the electrical networks. South Sulawesi 150 kV system in Indonesia consists of two sub systems that are connected by long transmission line. North side sub system contains big generation plants, whereas south side sub system is the load center. This condition often causes oscillation if there are major changes in the system that will lead to power swing phenomena. In this study, the dynamic power swing is simulated by using ATP Draw - EMTP software for some cases. The result of voltage and current measurements in each terminal are used for scanning distance relay setting performance in respond with swing condition and for finding the electrical center of the network with Transview software. At the end, out-of-step relay setting recommendation is suggested in the electrical center to avoid either total blackout of the system or equipment failure.


OBJECTIVE
To study the chemical constituents of Salicornia europaea.

METHODS
The chemical constituents were isolated and purified by means of several chromatographic techniques and their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods.

RESULTS
Five compounds were isolated and identified as syringaresinol 4-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside(1), icariside B2(2), erythro-1-(4-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-3,5-dimethyoxyphenyl)-2-syringaresinoxyl-propane-1,3-diol(3), longifloroside B(4), 7-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-6-methoxychromone(5).

CONCLUSION
Compounds 1-4 are obtained from this genus for the first time.


The paper provides the results of the studies of the domestic and imported fluoroelastomer O-rings for cylinders with antifreeze cooling. It revealed that the imported materials were more efficient as they featured better compressive strain properties since they provided the acceptable sealing ability when subjected to antifreezes at elevated temperatures, as compared to the domestic materials. The different properties are explained by significantly different filler components and fluoroelastomer chemistry. The comparative analysis showed that the domestic O-rings had a higher compression set both in the coolant medium and in air. The high compression set and subsequent loss of the sealing effect can be caused by low quality of the rubber and inadequate formulation of the rubber mixture.


Entrepreneurship is a necessary catalyst of financial growth and work opportunities in all circles of society. A successful entrepreneur is someone who conceives industrial enterprise ideas in his mind and also perform activities related to the advancements of the business. Therefore, the entrepreneur like-minded students can be successful future entrepreneurs who can contribute to the development of nation. In the present study, the entrepreneurial mind-set of students were compared with existing entrepreneurs. To know the mind-set of the students and entrepreneurs, a questionnaire using Likert scale-5 was prepared which was further validated using Cronbach's alpha test. On the basis of questionnaire, data were collected. Findings indicate that the entrepreneurial directed approach had broadened students entrepreneurial understandings, however, the difference with little similarity were observed in the opinion of students and entrepreneurs.