STUDIES of the effect of social organisation on the behavior of individual members appear to have gained increasing attention in recent years. Part of the reason is quite clearly the extraordinary examples which have received so much publicity such as concentration camps and brainwashing. While this interest is not new, it seems to have gained added impetus from the type of analysis which has been employed focussing on the organizational characteristics, the analysis of role and authority, the rites of induction, and the form of expectations. This perspective has recently been used by Stanley Elkins to examine the institution of slavery in the southern states.' By bringing together materials from concentration camp records and historical data on slavery Elkins has argued, in brief, that while the camps and the plantations are by no means the same, a similar kind of organization brings with it similar consequences in the behavior of the participants. In a prior, related, thesis Edgar Thompson has proposed that the &dquo;idea of race&dquo; is perhaps a situational lmpe~atgve.2 That there tends to develop in a plantation society a distinction between races because this is a useful, or perhaps necessary principle of organizational control. Arguments of this sort are essentially concerned with the notion that the organizational structure of a social situation will in large measure dictate the behavioral possibilities and that further the organization will be influential in determining the &dquo;world view&dquo; of its members. It is within this general framework of the influence of organization on individual behavior that this paper reports a situation in Hawaii.


The research aims to investigate the effects of digital stories on children. Additionaly, the problems experienced by parents when using digital story platforms and solutions for these problems were also examined. Phenomenology, one of the qualitative research designs, was used in the study. The study group of the research consisted of 14 parents selected by criterion sampling method. A semi-structured interview form was used as a data collection tool. Content analysis was used in the analysis of the data. In the study, parents expressed the positive effects of digital stories on children as gaining reading habits, increasing motivation, improving reading skills, improving vocabulary, facilitating listening comprehension, and improving imagination. Parents stated that the negative effects of using digital story platforms on children are postural disorders, problems with eye health, and score collection anxiety. Parental views on the problems children experience while using digital story platforms are grouped under the categories of system and hardware-related problems and user-related problems. In addition, parents offered solutions for the system and the child regarding the problems encountered in digital story platforms.


Abstract This paper addresses the problem of finding a parametric form for the raindrop size distribution (DSD) that 1) is an appropriate model for tropical rainfall, and 2) involves statistically independent parameters. Such a parameterization is derived in this paper. One of the resulting three "canonical" parameters turns out to vary relatively little, thus making the parameterization particularly useful for remote sensing applications. In fact, a new set of Γ drop-size-distribution-based Z-R and k-R relations is obtained. Only slightly more complex than power laws, they are very good approximations to the exact radar relations one would obtain using Mie scattering. The coefficients of the new relations are directly related to the shape parameters of the particular DSD that one starts with. Perhaps most important, since the coefficients are independent of the rain rate itself, the relations are ideally suited for rain retrieval algorithms.


Soldering experiments of two kinds of devices QFP32 and QFP48 were carried out using diode-laser soldering system and IR reflow soldering method,and the distribution regulations of the tensile strength of QFP micro-joints with Sn-Pb solder and Sn-Ag-Cu lead-free solder were studied by STR-1000 micro-joints tester, and the characteristics of fracture microstructures of micro-joints were also analyzed by SEM. The results indicate that tensile strength of QFP micro-joints soldered with laser soldering system is larger than that with IR reflow soldering method,and tensile strength of QFP48 micro-joints is larger than that of QFP32 micro-joints. Fracture mechanism of micro-joints soldered with laser soldering system is toughness fracture, while fracture mechanism of micro-joints soldered with IR reflow soldering method includes brittle fracture and toughness fracture.


The author analyzes the problem of insufficient power at low speed and fuel consumption increase at high speed that is caused by the short of control circuit of the VTEC mechanism;describes the structural principle and fault detection way of the VTEC mechanism on car HONDA.


Analyzed the free fatty acids and content of ripening cheddar by using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.The results were there are 12 varieties free fatty acids in cheddar and unsaturated fatty acids content was per.75.12.The contents of 9-octadecativenoic and Hexadecanoic acid were very high.


Compressing an image consists of transform and quantization process,

having the character of lossy and lossless. The compression can be undertaken by

discrete cosine transform (DCT), quantization, Run Length Encoding (RLE) and

Huffman algorithm.

The Huffman Compression algorithm is an algorithm used to compress

files. To minimize the number of bits required, the length of code of any character

can be shortened as much as possible, especially these characters that appear more

frequently.

In Huffman algorithm is used a tree for file compression that is called

Huffman tree. It is used to find code of the character after file compression.


In this paper, an encryption algorithm of distributed ledger is proposed in engineering settlement application. In order to solve the problems of unclear settlement objectives in each stage, complex and variable financial operation process, and leakage of important information data transmission, by applying distributed ledger technology to traditional engineering settlement, and optimizing the encryption module, all stages of settlement are made transparent, the efficiency of settlement is improved, and information security can be ensured. The experimental results show that the optimized encryption module can solve the key transport security problem in the symmetric encryption algorithm. It can ensure the password encryption speed and transport security. Meanwhile, the network information security is greatly increased in the construction settlement.


There are several reliability problems, while Cu wire bonding has been used instead of Au wire bonding in microelectronics packaging. A previous work indicated that after autoclave test maintaining at 394 K, 100% relative humidity and 0.2 MPa for 300 h, a maximum shear strength of Cu wire bonding was decreased to about half that of initial Cu. In this work, we study the reason for decrease in a maximum shear strength. From quantification I method which is one of multivariate analyses, it was found that the value of pH in the molding compound has a significant effect on the decrease in a maximum shear strength. Furthermore, Cu wire bonding to Al pad molded by higher hydrogen index (pH=5.8) compound is higher reliability than that by lower hydrogen index (pH=5.1) compound. From SEM, TEM and EDX observation, it is found that oxides are formed in Cu-Al alloy layer between Cu wire and Al pad in specimen having lower pH. It is because that lower pH atmosphere in molding compound during autoclave test enabled Cu-Al alloy to corrode. As a result, these oxides reduced the shear strength of bonding between Cu wire and Al pad.


It is my great pleasure to introduce the second issue of JTR after the successful launch of the journal this spring. In this second issue, we have three interesting articles that focus on the process-related stages and mechanisms of trust-building and trust repair, which are all under-studied areas in trust research. Specifically, in the first of two conceptual articles, the issue of the trust-repair process in the context of interpersonal relationships is studied by Edward Tomlinson, while the issue of the trust-building process in the context of inter-firm alliances is studied by Bo Bernhard Nielsen. The third article, a rare longitudinal empirical study by Roger Meyer and his colleagues, focuses on the issue of dynamic interaction between supervisors' power and influence tactics and subordinates' trust in their supervisors. Further, we have one special-forum article by Reinhard Bachmann on the reframing of institutional trust in contrast to interpersonal trust. I expect this to generate a healthy debate over which form, base, and context of trust is more salient, and, more importantly, if we can integrate the two and other forms, bases, and contexts of trust as multi-dimensional (including multiple elements at the same level as well as multiple elements cross multiple levels). To facilitate a healthy debate and discussion, I have invited a counter-point commentary from Graham Dietz to respond to Bachmann's article. These two articles highlight the diverse, sometimes conflicting, views in trust research, which call for a new frame to take account and even integrate those diverse, often conflicting, views. One good candidate for such a frame is Yin-Yang Balancing, (to emphasise its dynamic nature, I select 'balancing' to substitute 'balance', cf. Li, 2011a, 2011b), which I discussed in my first editorial in JTR's inaugural issue I will discuss three themes in the next three sections: (1) trust as a contextualised process; (2) trust as a multi-dimensional (multi-level) content, and (3) ambiguity as multi-frame (multi-disciplinary in research terms) integration (interdisciplinary in research terms). In the final section, I am proud to recognise our best reviewers for the year.


Radix Codonopsis (RC) was a well-known Chinese traditional medicine. In clinical practice, RC was usually used to cure poor appetite, fatigue, psychoneurosis, inflammatory diseases, etc. Recently, many studies focused on its antitumor, antioxidant, anti-ulter, and antibacterial properties. This paper was a review of the phyto-chemical and pharmacological properties of RC. Moreover, the application prospect of RC was also discussed. Keywords-Radix Codonopsis (RC); Chinese Traditional Medicine; Clinical Practice; Phytochemistry; Pharmacology


Load migration is essential in any distributed SDN control platform due to natural load imbalance and dynamic nature of input traffic. Existing solutions focus on migrating a single switch between two controller instances. Migrating multiple switches requires careful planning due to controller resource constraints, and to ensure minimum service interruption in the network. In this poster, we present a model and a solution for migration scheduling, taking a set of switch migrations as input, generating a migration schedule with respect to controller resource and service interruption constraints.


The effects of the potential shape asymmetry on the nonlinear optical absorption and optical rectification in GaAs double quantum dots under intense non-resonant laser field and static electric field were investigated comparatively using the effective mass approximation and the compact density-matrix formalism under steady state conditions. The obtained results show that: (i) for both systems, the optical spectra are redshifted with the increase of the laser intensity only in the presence of the electric field, exceptions appearing at the highest considered laser intensity for both systems and at low laser field intensity for the asymmetric system; (ii) the augment of the static field intensity blueshifts the optical spectra of both systems; (iii) the spectra of the asymmetric system are displaced toward higher energies and show a shoulder-like feature at a given electric field value; (iv) the optical rectification spectra are more intense for the symmetric system.


As part of the NSLS Phase II project three insertion devices are planned for the beamlines X−1, X−17, and X−25, namely, a soft X−ray undulator, a superconducting wiggler, and a hybrid wiggler. The effect of these insertion devices on the design of vacuum chambers downstream of these devices is the subject of this paper. (AIP)


The purpose of this study was to examine the emotional intelligence of undergraduates by using an Emotional Intelligence Scale. It was also to compare the gender and grade differences with respect to undergraduates' emotional intelligence. The results indicated that, (1)the undergraduates demonstrated better emotional intelligence in all aspects, but slightly less emotional management. (2)Also, male students exhibited higher emotional management than female students. (3)In addition, the senior students profoundly influenced by the university education had a better show in emotional intelligence, whereas the freshmen expressed less emotional intelligence. Based on these findings, the suggestions for the universities are to attach importance to the education of emotional management, the guidance of the students with emotional problems, and the freshmen emotional intelligence education.


This paper presents a fixed‐time convergent super‐twisting‐like algorithm designed to provide a direct extension, without any additional terms, of the conventional super‐twisting control system, whose state initial condition is unknown and the disturbance initial condition is bounded by a known constant or even completely unknown. The fixed‐time convergent super‐twisting‐like algorithm is first designed for a scalar system and then generalized to a multivariable one. An upper estimate of its convergence (settling) time is calculated in each case. Several examples are provided to illustrate the obtained theoretical results.


To improve the quality service which is given to the customers, BPK RSUD Langsa has done Total Quality Management. From the preface study, it was found that part of employes had no same perception about Total Quality Management concept and the quality service that satisfied less for the external and internal customers of BPK RSUD Langsa. Cause of those reasons, the problems can be concluded that ; What factors inhibited in implementing Total Quality Management in BPK RSUD Langsa, and which factor is the most dominant. The purpose of this study is to identify the inhibiting factors in implementing Total Quality Management, and know the most factor that inhibit the implementing Total Quality Management in BPK RSUD Langsa. Designed of this study is survey with quantitative descriptive approach and evaluative study by using multiple linear regression statistical experiment analysis, and simultant experiment with F distribution, and partial experiment with t distribution. This study is conducted in BPK RSUD Langsa with 90 samples consist of medical specialists, general practitioners, nurses, pharmacists and the assistant, nutrient staff, analyst, radiographer and financial adminstration staff. The outcome of hypotesis experiment reject Ho and accept H1 that all variables have result P 2,000. This study conclusion that the factors of management commitment not continue, inappropriate of quality strategy implementation, failure in training, lack of learn cooperation, inappropriate of quality measurement, failure in empowering employes, inappropriate incentive and prestice acknowledgement, are inhibiting factors in implementing of Total Quality Management in BPK RSUD Langsa. The most dominant factor is failure in empowering employes.


It was described solution to the problem of innovative development of agricultural enterprise on the basis of ecology-oriented approach to the consumption of resources by the example of use of lubricants. It was considered dynamics of changes in the cost of lubricants required for the implementation of agricultural activities. Based on the study of consumption lubricants by agricultural enterprises of the Rostov Oblast, degree of deterioration of agricultural machinery and emerging challenges was substantiated the necessity of the use of the secondary resources for sustainable development of agribusiness innovation. It was offered a conceptual model of a closed cycle of secondary resources. There were considered technologies of used oils recycling, There were presented structure and results of computations to prevent damage due to organize the collection, recycling and reuse of used oils. It was offered as one of the directions of innovative development of the agricultural enterprises the use of secondary materials subjected to regeneration.


Malwares which is also known as malicious software's is spreading through the exploiting the client side applications such as browsers, plug-ins etc. Attackers implant the malware codes in the user's computer through web pages; thereby they are also known malicious web pages. Here in the paper, we present the usefulness of controlled environment in the form of client honeypots in detection of malicious web pages through collections of malicious intent in web pages and then perform detailed analysis for validation and confirmation of malicious web pages. First phase is collection of malicious infections through high interaction client honeypot, second phase is validations of the malicious infections embedded into web pages through behavior based analysis. Malwares which infect the client side applications and drop the malwares into user's computers sometimes overrides the signature based detection techniques; thereby there is a need to study the behavior of the complete malicious web pages.


Electronic Payment Systems have paved long since the pathway for Electronic Commerce and the technologies for Card based and Network based transactions. Variety Cash is yet another Multi purpose electronic payment system which does guarantees a secure incorporation the Merchant, the Bank and the Customer in providing anonymity in e-Money transactions. However there does exist security flaws and redundancies in the cryptographic transaction protocols of the system, which needs be analyzed and altered for achieving a robust and an attack-proof message exchange. The online transactions part of the system, which is Network based is vulnerable to attacks, viruses and other adversary's effects which might infringe on the integrity of the data involved. In this paper a close analysis of the existing protocols is provided followed by an easy implementation of a new, secure protocol which does not involve any redundancies.


The Arboretum's 75th AnniversAry seminAr explored the history and future of restoration—both science and practice. Under the supervision of Joy Zedler, Botany 950 students traced the development of key ecological concepts through history. Under Paul Zedler's guidance, Environmental Studies 992 students brought their interdisciplinary approaches to bear on where the Arboretum could make its greatest contributions in the future. We also asked our guest speakers (featured below) to offer guidance on how restoration might meet the challenges we can expect as land use and climate continue to change over the next 75 years.


Rheumatoid arthritis adsorbents were prepared by immobilizing various kinds of amino acids to cellulose gel beacls. The effects of spacers on adsorption properties were investigated in this article. The results showed that the adsorbents with phenylalanine or tryptophane ligand obtained high adsorption percentage for rheumatoid factors(RFs).The adsorption capacities were significantly increased with the spacers.Adsorbents with the dendrimer spacer obtained higher immobilized amount of ligands and higher adsorption percentage for rheumatoid factors(74% with phenylalanine ligand)compared to those with other kinds of spacers.Hemoperfusion experiments were carried out in vitro with rabbits.It was shown that the adsorbents had little negative effects on blood cells,plasma albumin and electrolyte, the adsorbents exhibited good blood compatibility.


Purpose To investigate the effectiveness of lacrimal silicone intubation for management of epiphora in patients who had undergone a dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) (the Mansoura technique) with anatomical success but with functional failure. Patients and methods The study included 20 patients (six men and 14 women, one of them bilateral) who experienced persistent epiphora after an anatomically successful primary external DCR (Mansoura technique) and who underwent lacrimal silicone intubation through the previous DCR site. Results The mean patient age was 40 years (range 20–60 years) and mean follow-up duration was 10 months (range 6–14 years). Epiphora was resolved in 18 patients following silicone intubation. Conclusion Lacrimal silicone intubation is an easy and effective procedure for patients with epiphora after an anatomically successful external DCR Mansoura T-tube technique.


Silver staining was examined as a means for detecting antigenic polypeptides separated by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS‐PAGE) after recovery from immunoprecipitates produced by crossed immunoelectrophoresis and liquid precipitation. Both precipitin procedures resulted in detection of the expected polypeptides with bovine serum albumin (BSA) and human transferrin as model antigens, as well as microheterogeneity of BSA, whereas antigenic polypeptides were rarely detected with Coomassie Brilliant Blue staining of SDS‐PAGE. The technique is advantageous over the use of radiolabeled antigens in being less expensive and time consuming and over antibody‐blot procedures in detecting antigenic activity prior to the denaturing conditions of SDS‐PAGE. Possible drawbacks are the appearance of antibody polypeptide chains on the electrophorograms as well as other non‐antigenic components when crude extracts of virally‐infected cells are used as antigen.


PVC/GB composites were prepared,which the glass micro bead was dealing with silicon alkane coupling agent(KH792) and the polyether filmogen.The research focused on the effect of the content of glass micro bead on the mechanical properties,heat resistance and fluidity in processing of PVC/GB composites.The results showed that when the content of the glass micro bead was 0%~15%,the glass micro bead was spread equably,the toughness and heat resistance of the composite were increased gradually with the increase of the glass micro bead,the composite could have good fluid properties.


Trauma is arguably the most comparative and least ambiguous of palaeopathological lesions. As such, it is an ideal vehicle for exploring the respective contributions and differences between historical and osteological approaches to health in the past. A direct comparison between historical and osteological assemblages is often impossible due to the lack of comparable data, or complicated by the very different perceptions, motivations and pre-occupations of past writers and present researchers. Nevertheless, where genuine opportunities exist to compare and contrast the alternative strands of evidence, it may lead to a much richer and more nuanced understanding of the past. This study uses trauma in the late 18th- to early 19th century British Royal Navy (R.N.) to explore the differences between the two disciplines, and through this process to come to a deeper understanding of the physical effects of a maritime lifestyle on the health of late 18th- to early 19th century R.N. seamen and marines. The 18th- and early 19th century R.N. is one of the best documented institutions of its day, with a large corpus of records accessible in the National Archives in Kew. Recent archaeological excavations in the burial grounds of the three R.N. hospitals of the 18th century in Britain- the Royal Hospitals Haslar in Gosport, Stonehouse in Plymouth and Greenwich Hospital in South-East London- have made available over 300 skeletons of seamen and marines, who were treated but died in these institutions. This study explores the osteological evidence for fractures and joint trauma patterning in 300 of these skeletons. Eighteenth century accounts of the privations and dangers of sailing a fighting ship are well supported osteologically by the presence of 926 fractures and 14 joint dislocations. Osteological trauma patterning was compared with historical data collated from the Haslar and Plymouth Hospital musters (1792-1824) and Entry Books of Greenwich Hospital (1749-1765). The most probable aetiology of injuries was explored using insights from modern medical and forensic research, and 18th century sea surgeons' journals. Falls accounted for a very high proportion of injuries in both datasets, as did crush injuries, and to a much lesser extent, battle trauma. Extremely high rates of nasal fractures, Bennett's fractures of the first metacarpal, and anterior rib fractures in the skeletal assemblages strongly suggest very high rates of casual interpersonal violence. Interestingly, these injuries were very seldom recorded in either sea surgeon or hospital records, possibly due to seamen's fear of punishment for transgressing official naval regulations against fighting. Several unusual fractures (such as Shepherd's fractures of the talus, and third metacarpal avulsion fractures) and bony modifications (such as shallow and unstable hip and shoulder joints, os acromiale and Eagle's syndrome) appear to be the consequences of engaging in a maritime lifestyle, often beginning in childhood or adolescence. Trauma is arguably the most comparative and least ambiguous of palaeopathological lesions. As such, it is an ideal vehicle for exploring the respective contributions and differences between historical and osteological approaches to health in the past. A direct comparison between historical and osteological assemblages is often impossible due to the lack of comparable data, or complicated by the very different perceptions, motivations and pre-occupations of past writers and present researchers. Nevertheless, where genuine opportunities exist to compare and contrast the alternative strands of evidence, it may lead to a much richer and more nuanced understanding of the past. This study uses trauma in the late 18th- to early 19th century British Royal Navy (R.N.) to explore the differences between the two disciplines, and through this process to come to a deeper understanding of the physical effects of a maritime lifestyle on the health of late 18th- to early 19th century R.N. seamen and marines. The 18th- and early 19th century R.N. is one of the best documented institutions of its day, with a large corpus of records accessible in the National Archives in Kew. Recent archaeological excavations in the burial grounds of the three R.N. hospitals of the 18th century in Britain- the Royal Hospitals Haslar in Gosport, Stonehouse in Plymouth and Greenwich Hospital in South-East London- have made available over 300 skeletons of seamen and marines, who were treated but died in these institutions. This study explores the osteological evidence for fractures and joint trauma patterning in 300 of these skeletons. Eighteenth century accounts of the privations and dangers of sailing a fighting ship are well supported osteologically by the presence of 926 fractures and 14 joint dislocations. Osteological trauma patterning was compared with historical data collated from the Haslar and Plymouth Hospital musters (1792-1824) and Entry Books of Greenwich Hospital (1749-1765). The most probable aetiology of injuries was explored using insights from modern medical and forensic research, and 18th century sea surgeons' journals. Falls accounted for a very high proportion of injuries in both datasets, as did crush injuries, and to a much lesser extent, battle trauma. Extremely high rates of nasal fractures, Bennett's fractures of the first metacarpal, and anterior rib fractures in the skeletal assemblages strongly suggest very high rates of casual interpersonal violence. Interestingly, these injuries were very seldom recorded in either sea surgeon or hospital records, possibly due to seamen's fear of punishment for transgressing official naval regulations against fighting. Several unusual fractures (such as Shepherd's fractures of the talus, and third metacarpal avulsion fractures) and bony modifications (such as shallow and unstable hip and shoulder joints, os acromiale and Eagle's syndrome) appear to be the consequences of engaging in a maritime lifestyle, often beginning in childhood or adolescence.


This book was edited by Helen M. G. Watt, an educational psychologist at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, and Jacquelynne S. Eccles, a developmental psychologist at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Both editors are well known for their contributions to the field of gender and occupational outcomes. Watt contributes both the introductory chapter and an additional chapter on the role of motivation in the choice of a career. Eccles is coauthor of 2 of the 12 chapters. The theoretical basis followed in several of the studies, including those in Chapters 4, 7, and 8, is the Eccles expectancy-value theory of achievement motivation (Eccles et al.,1983). Eccles et al. collected data in six waves, from 1983 to 2000, for the Michigan Study of Adolescent and Adult Life Transitions (MSALT). MSALT data covered participants of both sexes, beginning in the sixth grade and ending when participants were young adults dispersed into a variety of educational, family, and employment roles. Data were collected from teachers and parents, as well as participant students, using both surveys and interviews and are broadly representative of social class. Eccles's (1987, 2007) research findings as well as those of her associates shed important light on how career-related interests and values develop in children as they interact with their environments. The secondary analyses of MSALT data presented in this book focus on factors predicting interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) occupations. MSALT data are available to other researchers through the Harvard archive system, accessible at www.hmdc.harvard.edu. Other feminist theories of women's career development and occupational choices introduced in the 1980s include those of Gottfredson, updated in Brown (2002), and of Betz and others, updated in Walsh and Heppner (2005). Extensive research in the early 1970s, following the passage of sex-equity legislation, addressed women's unequal representation in the U.S. labor market (Farmer & Backer, 1977). By the 1980s, some progress had been made for women with respect to increased access to many formerly male-dominated occupations. However, there was one occupational area that remained strongly dominated by men, and that was the STEM occupational field. This inequity became a priority for research at the National Science Foundation more than two decades ago (National Science Foundation, 1997) and some gains have been made since then (Klein, 2007; Walsh & Heppner, 2005) but there is a continuing lack of parity in educational opportunities, employment, salary, and promotion policies related to STEM occupations (Brown, 2002; Klein, 2007; National Science Foundation, 2004; Walsh, & Heppner, 2005). A majority of the studies reported in Watt and Eccles's book examine the reasons for the continuing gender gap in STEM occupations. Among these are math as a critical filter, parents' gender-typed beliefs about appropriate occupational choices, and the continuing lack of equal sharing of responsibility on the part of men for raising children and running a household. Findings reported in the book indicate that many of the reasons for the lack of gender parity in STEM occupations are common to such countries as the United States, Canada, and Australia, whereas some unique aspects of the STEM gender gap are identified in countries such as Germany, Turkey, and Japan. The title of the book might lead the reader to believe that the studies are addressing occupational outcomes. In fact, most of the studies begin with boys and girls in high school and end with data from the same participants in their senior year or, occasionally, when they are in some form of postsecondary education. The occupational choices made at this stage in their development are aspired occupational choices, and there is ample research to show that career aspirations frequently change in later years (Farmer, Wardrop, & Rotella, 1999). Exceptions are the studies in Part IV of the book that focus on employed women and the disparities on a variety of dimensions between men and women in STEM fields. These international studies reported from Turkey, French Canada, Japan, the United States, and 15 countries in the European Union provide evidence of cultural similarities with and differences from the United States. The reader should be cautioned not to expect all studies to be representative of broad socioeconomic and cultural groups. The exception is studies using MSALT data. Two chapters in the book add variety to the focus of most of the research studies presented. Chapter 5 illustrates the


ABSTRACT
Pertiwi, Dwi Indah, 2018. Analysis of Differences in Composite Stock Price
Index (CSPI) Before and After Surabaya Bombing (Case Study on the Indonesia
Stock Exchange). Thesis, Financial Management Study Program, Faculty of
Economics, Majapahit Islamic University (UNIM).

Advisor I : Hartono, SE., MM
Advisor II : Rahayu, SE., M.Si
 This study is included in the type of event study research (event study),
where the aim is to analyze the differences in JCI before and after the bomb
events that occurred in Surabaya on May 13, 2018.
Data obtained from the official website of the Indonesia Stock Exchange,
www.idx.co. id. The observation period in this study was 60 days before and
after, 30 days before and after, and 10 days before and after, so that the number
of JCI studied was 120 days. The data is then tested by descriptive statistical
tests, Kolmogrov Smirnov normality test, and hypothesis testing using Paired
Sample T-Test if data is normally distributed and Wilcoxon for data that are not
normally distributed.
Based on the analysis using Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test against JCI 60
days before and after and JCI 30 days before and after showing a significant
difference in JCI. While the results of the JCI 10 days before and after being
tested using the Paired Sample T-Test showed a significant difference.

Keyword : JCI, before and after, bomb events Surabaya.


The Internet is witnessing explosive growth in traffic due to bulk content transfers, such as multimedia and software downloads, and online sharing and backups of personal, commercial, and scientific data. Wide-area network bandwidth is expensive and this cost is forcing many ISPs to deploy middle boxes to contain bulk traffic. As a result, many Internet bottlenecks today are economic rather than physical. That is, for many links interconnecting distinct organizations, there is often plenty of available physical capacity. However, the cost of actually transmitting across these link is based on peak levels of utilization, for instance as measured by the 95% link utilization. Thus, there are incentives to perform traffic shaping across these links to limit peak levels of utilization. In light of these trends, this paper makes the following contributions. We show that appropriate inter-ISP traffic shaping mechanisms can dramatically reduce peak levels of utilization with no impact on interactive applications and only minimal degradation of bulk data transfers. This suggests that in the future, it is in the self-interest of every ISP to perform such traffic shaping at the edges of its network. Unfortunately, we show that the local incentives to perform traffic shaping will result in dramatically negative global slowdown of bulk transfers, with the degradation growing as a function of the distance between the source and destination. Essentially, geographic time zone differences and the associated offsets in the local times of peak utilization mean that bulk transfers traveling sufficiently far will always be throttled by some ISP between the source and destination. Our findings suggest that once traffic shaping becomes predominant, alternative data transfer mechanisms will be needed to efficiently deliver bulk data across the Internet.


ABSTRACT
 The whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), a major pest of protected and outdoor crops worldwide, has developed resistance to a wide range of insecticides including organophosphates (OPs) and carbamates (CBs). The biochemical target of OPs and CBs is acetylcholinesterase (AChE). The objective of this study was to optimize AChE bioassay conditions including enzyme concentration, substrate concentration, pH, temperature and reaction time in order to quickly and accurately monitor specific activity of AChE and monitor resistance of B. tabaci to insecticides. The results of an orthogonal array test showed that the optimum combination of levels was A3B3C4D5E1 in which the enzyme concentration was 20 adults/mL, substrate concentration was 7.0 × 10-4 mol/L, pH was 7.5, temperature was 45 °C, and reaction time was 5 min. The specific activity of AChE from B Biotype B. tabaci was 41.23 nmol · min-1 · mg-1 under this set of conditions. This optimum combination proved to be reliable and accurate for testing the specific activity of AChE.


Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) is known to be a potent endogenous vasodilator of the ductus arteriosus (DA) [1], which is an essential bypass artery between the aorta and the main pulmonary artery. In some types of congenital heart diseases (CHDs) such as hypoplastic left heart syndrome or pulmonary atresia, blood flow through the DA is required for systemic or pulmonary circulation. Life-threatening conditions such as shock and severe acidosis would progress when the DA constricts a few hours to days after birth. Therefore, PGE1, a synthetic analog of PGE2, is widely used to maintain DA patency in neonates with ductus-dependent CHDs [2]. Although there is considered to be no serious side effect of PGE1 for short-term use, fever and apnea are known to be common side effects [2]. Administration of PGE1 is thought to be a palliative treatment before surgical intervention. However, in some cases, PGE1 might be continuously required for a longer duration. Therefore, long-term side effects of PGE1 should be taken into account.


Summary Introduction. Insulinoma belongs to the most functional pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms, with specific problems in their diagnosis, localization and treatment. Aim. The aim of our study was to describe diagnostic problems, clinicians cope to correctly determine insulinoma. Material and methods. We included 74 patients (52 females and 22 males) admitted to the Department of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, University of Nicolaus Copernicus in Torun between 2001 and 2010, because of clinical suspicion of insulinoma: weakness, sweating, blured vision, confusion and dizziness. They all were sub- jected to a 72-hour-fasting test, which is considered as the gold standard to recognize insulinoma. Results. In our study the Whipple's triad (neurologic symptoms of hypoglycemia, blood glucose levels less than 40 mg/dl and immediate alleviation of symptoms after glucose ingestion) was present only in 10 of 74 patients (8 females and 2 males). We implemented ultrasonography, computed tomography, somatostatin receptor scintigraphy and endoscopic ultrasonogra- phy. Only in one of the patients with diagnosed insulinoma a single tumor (2 cm), situated on a border of head and corpus of pancreas, was localized with the use of the computed tomography. Also in two of the patients with the use of the endoscopic ultrasonography an insulinoma was recognized. Conclusions. Treatment strategy of insulinoma is surgical removal of the tumor. A simple enucleation of the tumor is suc- cessful in over 90% of cases. The diagnosis of insulinoma is very difficult, despite available investigative methods.


Pepper presented, a novel, simple, low cost and elastic way of serving cloud platform. It is built by leveraging Hadoop and Zookeeper. The design of Pepper demonstrates its ability to run web applications in isolation and scale dynamically on a cluster. Pepper was designed using older version of Hadoop and hence has fewer limitations when compared with YARN. This paper discusses limitations of running Pepper over YARN and presents alternative approaches.


For a class of discrete weakly nonlinear state-dependent coefficient (SDC) control systems, a suboptimal synthesis is constructed over a finite interval with a large number of steps. A one-point matrix Padé approximation (PA) of the solution of the initial problem for the discrete matrix Riccati equation is constructed based on the state-dependent Riccati equation (SDRE) approach and the asymptotics by the small-step of the boundary layer functions method. The symmetric gain coefficients matrix for Padé control synthesis is constructed based on the one-point PA. As a result, the parametric closed-loop control is obtained. The results of numerical experiments illustrate, in particular, the improved extrapolation properties of the constructed regulator, which makes the algorithm applicable in control systems for a wider range of parameter variation.


Abstract 3401 Background: Early identification of children with deep venous thrombosis (DVT) of the limb, whoare at heightened risk for post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS), is important in order to evaluate therapeutic interventions aimed at decreasing the risk and severity of PTS. Objective: We sought to evaluate prognostic factors for PTS in children following DVT of the limbs. Methods: In this bi-institutional mixed cohort study with prospective ascertainment of PTS using a validated pediatric instrument, we collected data on patient/thrombus characteristics, thrombophilia testing results, and outcomes in children ( Results: Median age at presentation was 13 years (range, 0–18 years). Cumulative incidence (i.e., risk of PTS) was 23%, at a median follow-up duration of 33 months (range: 13.2–65 months). The presence of a lupus anticoagulant by dilute Russell Viper venom time (dRVVT) testing within two weeks of DVT diagnosis was associated with markedly increased odds of developing clinically-significant PTS (OR 16.8, 95%CI (1.60–176.2); P=0.02). The presence of an infectious or inflammatory condition at DVT presentation was neither associated with PTS risk nor dRVVT positivity. Conclusions: An acutely positive dRVVT following diagnosis of limb DVT appears to be a significant prognostic factor for development of clinically significant PTS in children. Larger collaborative cohort studies are required to substantiate these findings, evaluate other prognostic factors, and determine whether the present association is modulated by persistent dRVVT positivity or beta-2-glycoprotein-I dependence. Disclosures: Goldenberg: Eisai Inc: Research Funding; Pfizer Inc: Membership on an entity9s Board of Directors or advisory committees; CPC Clinical Research: Consultancy.


This article examines the phenomenon of spontaneity of consciousness from the perspective of Dzogchen philosophy – one of the doctrines of Tibetan Buddhism. It views spontaneity as the initial and intrinsic, but at the same time latent quality of human consciousness. Liberation in Dzogchen, first and foremost, is related to person's achievement of spontaneous state. It becomes possible through revelation and support of this state of mind. However, the method of achieving of this state, as well as such understanding of liberation drastically differ from many other traditions and ways of self-improvements, including those accepted in other schools of Buddhism. The goal of this article consists in determination of possible interpretations, as well as demonstrated importance of the concept of spontaneity in Dzogchen, its role in the philosophy and practices based on the traditional views of this doctrine. In the course of the research, comparison is conducted  on comprehension of the problematic of spontaneity in Dzogchen and classical Western philosophical thought in the context of consideration of the question of spontaneity and freedom of Kant's philosophy of mind, determining parallels and common grounds between them. The conclusion is made on substantial similarity in understanding of the qualities of human consciousness, possibilities of its freedom and ways towards its achievement.


One of the great achievements of education in the XX century has been to bring into sharp focus the presence of the subject and its relationship with the context. From this perspective we have developed great educational theories such as post-structuralism, those derived from cognitive psychology, cultural studies and critical pedagogy. Simultaneously, communication studies, with a similar aim, have been interested in complex contexts through discourse analysis, foundation theory and others which have in common the explanation of differencial aspects and their relations with meaning and significance (Ballon; Campodonico, 1990)). The text is placed at this intersection studying qualitative analysis through which music contents are affecting the social construction of the child's consciousness (Hargreaves and North, 1999; Vygotsky, 1995). The paper reviews the music of film and television and its relationship with the listener, indicators and methodological approach. The findings may be of interest to give visibility to music education in the context of the social sciences, education, heritage defence and identity. All of which are considered a construction currently mediated by major mass media.


This paper describes an information extraction system de- veloped by team Hitachi for "Disease/Disorder Template filling" task or- ganized by ShARe/CLEF eHealth Evaluation Lab 2014. We approached the task by building a baseline system using Apache cTAKES. We sub- mitted two separate runs; in our first run, rule based assertion module predict the norm slot value of assertion attributes excluding training data knowledge. However assertion module is changed to machine learning- based in second run. We trained models for Course modifiers, Severity modifier and Body Location relation extractor and applied a variety of rule based post processing including structural parsing. We performed two layer search on UMLS dictionary for refinement of body location. Eventually, we created rules for temporal expression extraction and also used them as features for model training of DocTime. We followed a dictionary matching technique for cue slot value detection in Task 2b. Evaluation result of test data showed that our system performed very well in both subtasks. We achieved the highest accuracy 0.868 in norm value detection, strict F1-score 0.576 and relaxed F1-score 0.724 in cue slot value identification, indicating promising enhancement on baseline system.


The number of passbands of the bandpass filter increases with the increasing of the difference of the propagation constants of the three waveguides of the directional coupler (i.e. electro-optically controlled). The allowed wavelengths (signals) which can be transmitted through the coupler's waveguides (wavelength division demultiplexer, WDDM) become very large with asymmetric electrooptic materials. Then the problem of length of WDDM is treated by electro-optical control. In case of symmetric electrooptic materials of the three waveguides, the maximum number of the allowed signals occurrs with BaTiO3. BaTiO3, LiNbO3 and BaTiO3 are the best asymmetric materials. The design procedure of WDDM is done. The numerical results with five different electrooptic materials are presented as design curves.


High intakes of sodium may increase the risk of hypertension or cardiovascular diseases. According to the 2010 Korea National Health and Nutrition Survey, the average intake of sodium was 4,878 mg/day with salt, kimchi, soy sauce, fermented soybean paste and Ramyeon being the five main sources of sodium. In order to identify solutions to reduce the intake of sodium, we investigated the intake patterns and eating behaviors of Ramyeon among 347 college students (male 146, female 201) using survey questionnaires. The average age of study subjects was 23.7 years for males and 20.5 years for females. The average Body Mass Index (kg/m ) was 21.9 for males and 20.1 for females. The average frequency of Ramyeon intake was 2.0 times/week. The main reason for eating Ramyeon was convenience (56%), followed by good taste (27%), low price (11%) and other reasons (9%). The criteria for choosing Ramyeon were taste (72%), convenience (14%), price (7%), nutrition (1%), and the other factors (2%). Males' average intake of Ramyeon soup (61%) was higher than that of the females (36%). The estimated intake of Ramyeon soup by survey showed a positive correlation with the measured intake of Ramyeon soup. Sodium contents of Ramyeon were measured separately for the noodles and the soup, which were 1,185 mg/serving and 1,148 mg/serving each. Therefore, the amount of sodium intake can be reduced if students eat less Ramyeon soup. Also, we observed that dietary behaviors and soup intakes of Ramyeon between the sexes were different. Appropriate nutritional education for proper eating habits may help decrease the intake of sodium. (Korean J Community Nutr 18(4) : 365~371, 2013)


Using a variety of oxidising agents, nitro-2-chlorotropones are converted into m-hydroxybenzaldehydes in which all the substituents of the original tropone are retained. Thus, 2-chloro-7-nitrotropone gives 4-chloro-3-hydroxy-2-nitrobenzaldehyde, and 2-chloro-5-nitrotropone, gives 2-chloro-3-hydroxy-6-nitrobenzaldehyde. 2-Chloro-5,7-dinitrotropone, obtained by nitrating 2-chloro-5-nitrotropone, gives 2-chloro-3-hydroxy-4,6-dinitrobenzaldehyde as the sole aldehyde when treated with oxidising agents, but in aqueous acetic acid elimination of chloride competes with oxidation and 5-hydroxy-2,4-dinitrobenzaldehyde is obtained. Deuteriation studies have shown that when 2-chloro-7-nitrotropone is converted into 4-chloro-3-hydroxy-2-nitrobenzaldehyde, C-6 becomes the aldehyde carbon.


Discussion centered on the role of women in Egyptian society in terms of marriage patterns and household living arrangements. Womens autonomy within marriage is affected by early family influences and womens views on gender issues. Autonomy is viewed from within the family in decision making and within the work force. An index of autonomy was constructed from data available from the Demographic and Health Survey 1988 and the 1991 Survey of the Characteristics of the Household and the Role of Egyptian Women in the Family. The mean level of autonomy was 1.8 out of a score of 5. Education was the most important factor related to womens autonomy and ranged from 1.4 for illiterate women to 3.2 for women with a high school education. Levels of autonomy were positively associated with age education urban residence and more affluent living conditions. The discussion of womens level of autonomy and the implications for gender roles focused on childbearing and domestic tasks the contribution to family maintenance and reproductive intentions and fertility decision making. As womens role is changing in Egypt from a strictly segregated one men to varying degrees are taking over some domestic responsibilities. Women with more autonomy tend to receive more help from husbands but still 59% of husbands of educated women do not help. Womens earnings contribute substantially to family support. 95% of working women are working to support their families and more than 75% make decisions on how to spend money without interference from husbands. More than 50% of urban working women are responsible for all household expenses and about 25% pay for their own personal expenses with their earnings. The receipt of personal benefits from earnings is dependent on economic circumstances childcare burden and exposure to modern influences. Fertility preferences have declined most among women with family decision making but even women with low autonomy have small family preferences. Further declines in fertility preferences may be dependent on improvements in womens education and economic conditions. Policy should focus on investments in these areas as well as on programs to reduce underage marriage and family planning services.


In smart home environments, each inhabitant has their own habits, these habits have certain periodic and time-varying characteristics. According to these characteristics, an improved Time-varying LeZi algorithm (TALZ) is proposed, which is based on Active LeZi algorithm (ALZ). Compared to other models, the results show that TALZ has smaller time complexity, higher prediction accuracy of laboratory data acquisition, and it is suitable for real-time, accurate position prediction in smart home environments.


Industrial sector is one sector which is very important in improving the income of a country, especially developing countries such as Indonesia. One of the promising Indonesian industrial sector is textiles. However, the textile industry was not only a positive impact economically, but also produce negative impacts, especially impacts on the environment. Environmental damage caused by activities of the factory can create a negative image of the company. This negative image can impact the loss of short-term and long-term loss of the company. Therefore it is important for the company to build a positive image of textile companies in the sustainability effort, the company through public relations make approaches to the community. This approach can be done by implementing the role of Public Relations . Keywords:  Textiles, Public Relation, Role of Public Relation.


Due to interatomic collisions, the ground state of a Bose-Einstein condensate of dilute atoms is not, as is commonly assumed, a coherent state. First recognizing this point, Lewenstein and You concluded that the condensate is actually an amplitude quadrature eigenstate. We have extended this work by studying the quantum state for two condensates with a linear coupling provided by either spatial tunneling or laser coupling between magnetic substates. As the system is closed, the ground state is unambiguously a pure state, and as we deal only with relative phases, there is no need to invoke broken symmetry.


In order to determine the stress singularity in tips of three-dimensional anisotropic multi-material wedges,a special one-dimensional finite element approach was proposed to determine the stress singularity at the interface wedge of the bonded dissimilar anisotropic materials in a generalized plane strain state.Based on the principle of minimum total potential energy,the problem of determinating the stress singularity is changed to a problem in a circumferential coordinate system through the coordinate transformation and variable separation technology.A three-node one-dimensional isoparametric quadrilateral element was used to mesh the degenerated linear region.The numerical results agree with the analytical solutions very well,which indicates that the proposed approach has high efficiency and accuracy.


This bibliography on Christian theology and ecology provides additional material to an indexed bibliography published previously in Scriptura (September 1993, 47, 52-104).  Some features of the new bibliography are explained briefly in Part I of this article.


The targeted drug delivery aims at targeting dugs as well as to maintain therapeutic concentration of drug at the site of action. Drug targeting to the brain is unsuccessful as most of the drugs are unable to cross the blood brain barrier (BBB) due to their large molecular size, less lipid solubility. Moreover most of the drugs undergo phagocytosis. Ultimately, it makes a poor availability of drug in brain. To overcome these problems so as to have an efficient drug delivery to brain, several strategies have been followed. Among these strategies, polymeric nanoparticles are successful in targeting drug to the brain. This review article is based on the ability of polymeric nanoparticles in brain targeted delivery.


On the basis of analysis of scientific pedagogical literature we have investigated the notions of «professional competence» and «professional military competence», also defined the category of professional competence of border guards in the Republic of India which is combination of professional knowledge, skills, and attitudes; and determines readiness of an expert of border agency to carry out professional activities efficiently. The essential condition of formation of professional competence of border guards is an integration of all its structural components described in the article. Having found that there are similar threats at the border in Ukraine and the Republic of India we have come to the conclusion that it is important to investigate the system of professional training of border guards in the Republic of India, professional competence of border guards in the Republic of India in particular, in order to reveal its strength with possible creative implementation in Ukraine.


Based on the compensation theory and power flow calculation results,this paper proposes a series of systematic compensation methods to evaluate the influence of non-planned outage for power grid and economic compensation of power company is also obtained.Taking Shanghai power grid as an example,the simulation results show that the new method is effective and can assure power grid stability operation during the outage period.


Dear Editor, The recent expansion of supermicrosurgery has fostered novel approaches to lymphatic surgical treatment, soft tissue reconstruction, hand surgery, and other microsurgical interventions (Badash, Gould, & Patel, 2018). However, since insufficient clinical case volume and costly simulation resources yield little opportunity to enhance microsurgical skills, intensive laboratory training has become an indispensable component of mastery. Microsurgery training must evolve to efficiently simulate operations in submillimeter caliber structures that make clinical supermicrosurgery outstandingly difficult. Currently reported supermicrosurgical training models are few in number and focus on free flap or lymphaticovenous procedures in rats (Yamashita et al., 2008, Yamamoto et al., 2017). They exploit saphenous, femoral, and tail vessels, yet lack in meeting complex, individual reconstructive needs (Bas et al. 2017). Establishing a comprehensive training curriculum can promote widespread adoption of supermicrosurgical approaches to reconstructions unamenable to traditional microsurgery (Liu, 2013). At the Microsurgical Training and Research Laboratory at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, we believe performing various anastomotic configurations with the live rat superficial inferior epigastric artery (SIEA)


Present knowledge of the rate of formation of gossypol in cotton seeds as related to the accumulation of oil, protein, and certain other constituents of the cotton plant has been discussed and summarized in previous publications (^, 3).^ The present investigation is a continuation of these studies of gossypol, and deals with the changes in sugar, oil, and gossypol which occur at different stages in the development of the cotton boll. The method of procedure used in this investigation offered a means of testing the validity of previous findings oij the development of oil in the seeds and afforded an opportunity to observe chemical changes during much shorter intervals of growth than had previously been reported.


Dynamic preshaping is important especially for a high speed capturing robot to catch a moving object successfully. This paper discusses an issue on dynamic preshaping for a capturing robot driven by a single wire. To control the finger posture while increasing the wire tension, there are three essential factors, wiring, spring distribution among joints, and mass distribution in each finger link. Giving the final link posture of finger, mass distribution, and tension with respect to time, we explore how to determine the spring distribution. We first show how to find it under a quasi-static motion, where all dynamic effects are neglected. We further explore an approach to find it under a dynamic motion where the tension increases fast enough.


Use of an ACE inhibitor in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension, characterized in that the medicament is administered by inhalation.


1. FAZ, 10.7.2013; on the occasion of a state visit by German President Gauck to Estonia Ilves called on Germany to 'take a more decisive lead in Europe and to be less willing to compromise with the indebted states of southern Europe'. 2. Le Monde, 24.5.2013 (http://www.lemonde.fr/europe/article/2013/05/23/a-leipzig-hollande-loue-les-reformes-menees-en-allemagne_3416355_3214.html). 3. FAZ, 26.6.2013; the quotation comes from the recording of a telephone conversation with chairman of the board David Drumm, the topic of which was how urgently needed deposits could be obtained from large investors to shore up the struggling bank. Model or liability? The new career of the 'German model'


Epoxy/CaCO3 nano composites were prepared by mechanical mixing of DGEBA epoxy resin having epoxide equivalent weight (EEW) of 180 g/eq and varying concentrations of nano CaCO3 ranging between 1-10 wt% followed by sonication for 30 min. The prepared Epoxy/nano CaCO3 mixtures were used for casting films of 100 microns and subjected to curing at 110oC for 1 hr and post curing at 80oC for 5 hrs. The prepared nano composite films were exposed to different acids, alkalies, artificial sea water and solvents for a period up to six months. It was observed that the film containing 5 wt% nano CaCO3 in epoxy matrix showed maximum resistance to these chemicals. The nano composite films were also tested for various mechanical properties viz. impact resistance, scratch hardness, adhesion & flexibility test. It was found that film containing 5 wt% nano CaCO3 in epoxy matrix showed maximum resistance to impact, scratch hardness, adhesion and flexibility as compared to other composition of nano composite films and neat epoxy matrix.


Various redox properties and electron-transfer reactions of myoglobin have been studied, but very few of these studies have dealt with reactions between myoglobin and other redox proteins. We report kinetics of two such photoinduced bimolecular reactions-reduction of cupriplastocyanin by the triplet state of zinc myoglobin (the forward reaction) and oxidation of cuproplastocyanin by the cation radical of zinc myoglobin (the back reaction). A widely-used version of Debye-Huckel theory reproduces the dependence on ionic strength of the forward reaction but not of the back reaction


We use the principle of adiabatic invariance of the action to find semiclassically the rotational fine structure of asymmetric top molecules. We show that by adiabatically switching the moments of inertia of a prolate or oblate symmetric top molecule, we may determine the asymmetric top energy levels even when crossing a separatrix boundary.


The Standard Model predicts that the Higgs boson couples to the fermions in the mass eigenstates. We consider the effects of lepton flavor violating (LFV) Z boson couplings in the case where the Higgs boson has flavor non-diagonal Yukawa interactions with the muon and the tau lepton generated from physics beyond the Standard Model. We list the formulae of the couplings of the effective interactions among the τ lepton, the muon and the Z boson. Using these formulae, we calculate the branching fractions of various leptonic and hadronic LFV τ decays, and the LFV Z boson decay: Z → τµ. Although the Z-boson contributions to LFV tau decays cannot be ignored in terms of the counting of operator dimensions or chirality flipptings, it turns out that they are not very significant for τ → 3µ and τ → µρ decays. We also calculate the branching fractions of the processes, τ → µπ, τ → µη (′) and τ → µa1, which are dominated by the Z-boson exchanges due to the spin and the parity of the hadrons.


George Richards Minot will be remembered for his ability as a teacher and clinician, but of all his contributions to medicine, the introduction of liver in the treatment of pernicious anemia was the greatest. By so doing he provided the means whereby patients with this otherwise inevitably fatal disorder could survive in a good state of health for a normal span of life. For this he was the co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in 1934. This monumental discovery is an excellent example of how much can be accomplished by a man if he has a comprehensive knowledge of medicine, persistence, abundant enthusiasm, dogged determination, and an inquiring and restless mind. In his thoughts he was constantly casting here and there for the solution of some clinical problem, often, but not always, of a hematological nature. But he did not usually conclude such speculalations without putting his thoughts into action. In


Objective To understand the epidemiological characteristics of public health emergencies of infectious diseases in Shenzhen,preventing effectively the occurrence of public health emergencies events and enhancing the ability of responding to public health emergencies events. Method The public health emergencies of infectious diseases reported from 2006 to 2011 in Shenzhen were analyzed. Results From 2006 to 2011, a total of 199 infectious diseases emergencies events were reported in Shenzhen , accounting for 95.22% in all public health emergencies. And 6 460 cases were recorded including 20 dead cases with a fatality rate of 0.31% . Unclassified emergencies events were accounted for 66.83% (133/199), classes C infectious diseases were accounted for 51.76% (103/199). The peak months appeared in April, June, September and December, accounting for 56.06% of the total. The majority of public health emergencies were outbreaks that occurred mainly in schools and kindergartens. Conclusions The public health emergency of infectious diseases was the major events among all the public health emergencies in Shenzhen , which mainly occurred in schools and kindergartens. It is necessary to strengthen the prevention and control of infectious diseases in in schools and kindergartens, especially of respiratory diseases and enteric diseases.


This paper analyzes the main existing problems of Zhangweinan canal drainage area water resource.By reinforcing the unified management of water resource,making the integrated plan well,strengthening the protection of water resource,throttling and opening source together and so on,it also explores the reinforcement of Zhangweinan canal drainage area water resource management and give out the countermeasure to solve the problems.


The optimal path of the consecutive chemical reactions xA⇔yB⇔zC (x, y and z are the orders of chemical reactions) is analyzed numerically by taking temperature as a control variable, using the optimal-control theory based on Bak et al's work (2002 J. Phys. Chem. A 106 10961–4). Starting with pure A and maximizing the yield of B at the end of the given process duration, the optimal path starts with a branch at infinite temperature. A curve in which switching from this temperature to a lower temperature is possible is derived. For given parameters, there is a unique 'maximal useful time' that results in the highest possible yield of B. If a duration longer than this is specified, all reactions should be shut off during that excess amount of time in the optimal path. A numerical example for the optimal path is provided by the Taylor method. Finally, the results obtained are compared with the results of A⇔B⇔C (the orders of chemical reactions are all equal to 1) (Bak et al 2002 J. Phys. Chem. A 106 10961–4). When the orders of chemical reactions are taken into account, the optimal time sequences of the concentrations change markedly, the maximum obtainable yield is smaller, the initial values of co-state variables are bigger and the optimal phase trajectory changes.


This quality improvement project explored whether participation in an evidence-based practice (EBP) course influenced the use of EBP in day-to-day nursing practice. Data from two focus groups highlighted the impact of the EBP course, areas for further development, and potential barriers to the utilization of EBP. The authors found that educational offerings that remove barriers to EBP (knowledge and time) improve nurses' utilization of EBP. Ongoing professional development support is needed to foster the use of EBP in practice.


Variation in the mortality of the insect Culex Fatigans Wied when exposed to DDT have been reported by Koshi and Ranganathan, with the help of data collected every fortnight in the Defence Research Laboratory(stores), Kanpur beginning September, 1949. The statistical analysis of the analysis of the data is presented in the present paper. It appear from the analysis that over and above the significant influence of humidity and the influence, though not significant, of temperature on mortalities , there is a marked seasonal pattern exhibited by the mortalities.


The purpose of this study was to develop and validate the Multicultural Dispositions Index (MDI), which measures diversity awareness levels of educators. Evidence of the instrument's face validity was gained through a three-year pilot study of 477 teacher and counselor candidates at a Midwestern metropolitan university, followed up by a five-year principal study of 1,092 students from the same institution. The result is a 22-item, 4-subscale assessment tool that passed statistical tests for construct validity and inter-rater reliability. Respondent ratings of the MDI (M = 7.52, SD = 1.73) (t(1060) = 64.62, p <.0005, d = 1.47) and the practice of adopting dispositional self-assessment as a program completion requirement (M = 7.22, SD = 1.36) (t(1038) = 47.42, p <.0005, d = 1.98) were significantly greater than the median score of 5. The MDI can be used to assess changes in multicultural perceptions over the span of a semester or across a program of professional preparation to help candidates determine if teaching and counseling are appropriate professional matches.


This study describes an implementation and verification of an efficient and reliable correction for the finite-size effects of pressure probes. The performance of the correction in application to the highly three-dimensional flow downstream of the linear cascade is scrutinized through a detailed side-by-side comparison with corresponding cross hot-wire data. The influence of the correction on all three velocity components, flow streamlines and streamwise vorticity fields is thoroughly examined. The study demonstrates that the correction lead to a significant improvement of the velocity data. A very good performance of the correction for the finite-size effects of pressure probes presented in this study allow us to recommended it as a mandatory step in postprocessing procedures for multi-hole pressure probes.


Abstract. The present paper describes the results of the numerical simulations performed by means of the "EcosimPro" software, aimed at reproducing the operative conditions of the regenerative thrust chamber "DEMO-0A" designed by the Italian Aerospace Research Center. The operative conditions simulated are both cold flow and firing conditions. A validation of the numerical cold flow results has been performed by comparing them with the experimental data gathered during a cold flow campaign. Once validated the cold flow numerical model, various hot test conditions of the demonstrator have been simulated by considering different heat wall exchange coefficient correlations, in order to obtain information about the thermal power released during the combustion process and to assess the simulation capabilities of the "EcosimPro" software in predicting the behaviour of the demonstrator in firing conditions by modelling it with a 1-D approach.


The natural abundance 13C n.m.r. spectra of a series of para-substituted ethylbenzenes, 4-substituted-1-ethylnaphthalenes and a limited series of 6-substituted-2-ethylnaphthalenes have been examined at low dilution in deuterochloroform solvent. The ethyl carbons and Cipso in the phenyl series (i.e. have been assigned, and substituent chemical shifts for these carbons calculated and analysed by the Dual Substituent Parameter treatment. (Chemical shifts of all ring carbons have been obtained, but not assigned). Generally speaking, electron-withdrawing substituents lead to positive (i.e. downfield) substituent chemical shifts for CH2 and negative substituent chemical shifts for CH3, i.e. 'normal' and 'inverse' behaviour respectively. Cipso in the phenyl series exhibits a 'normal' dependence. The dependences of the various substituent chemical shifts on inductive and resonance parameters are discussed, and compared with the behaviour of side chain carbons in other substituted benzene systems.


Acknowledgements Introduction: Questioning What Makes the EU Viable The Problem of Viability in a Compound Polity Developing an Analogical Comparison between the EU and the Antebellum US Republic Comparing how the Rules of the Game are Contested The Struggle to Maintain a Compound System: Creating and Contesting the Rules of the Game in European Integration Contrasting and Explaining the Viability of Two Compound Systems The Future Evolution of the EU Compound Polity: The Obstacles to Voluntary Centralization Conclusion: Implications for EU Studies and the Debate over the Future of Integration Notes Bibliography Index


Pathogenic variability studies of 26 isolates of collar rot pathogen (Aspergillus niger) of groundnut collected from different districts of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states were conducted under greenhouse conditions by using two groundnut cultivars TMV-2 and JL-24. The mean seedling mortality ranged from 29.7 per cent (MBNRAn-1 (Palkapally)) to 94.4 per cent (ATPAn-1 (Jogannapet)). All the isolates of A. niger showed differential reaction with regard to seedling mortality on JL-24 and TMV-2 cultivars. Similarly genetic relatedness among eight virulent isolates (two isolates from each district) of A. niger from groundnut was assessed by using RAPD analysis. The similarity index values among the A. niger isolates varied from 0.571 (between WGL An-2 and CHT An-3) to 0.229 (between MBNR An-3 and WGL An-2).


A method for providing mutual capacitance type touch panel of the input sensing device. The mutual capacitance type touch panel may include a plurality of nodes a plurality of capacitors arranged in a matrix form. The sensing device includes a charge pump input, for determining whether there is a user input on the touch panel based on an output signal from the charge pump. The second electrode of the output signal from the at least one capacitive node in response to the sensing signal by a first capacitor electrode of the at least one node is used as the charge applied to the source of at least one pump.


We describe the functional capabilities of the time-resolved photothermal common-pass interferometry method. For two thermo-optical effect-based methods, photothermal common-pass interferometry and time-resolved photothermal common-pass interferometry, the achieved detection limit for absorption measurements in ultrapure quartz glasses (5 × 10−7 cm−1 and 2 × 10−9 cm−1, respectively) is given. The problem of calculating the variation of the refractive index tensor under local heating trigonal-symmetric crystals of class 32 by a focused laser beam is considered. For these crystals, it is shown that the problem of the influence of deformations on the measured signal is reduced to determine a thermo-optical parameter (an analog of dn/dT). The calculation of this parameter does not require a complete solution to the strain problem when the crystals are heated locally by laser radiation. The formulas for calculating the thermo-optical parameter P and its numerical values are presented. They are required to calibrate absorption measurements in crystalline quartz using the time-resolved photothermal common-pass interferometry scheme. For a full understanding, formulas of the theory of equilibrium deformations used in this study are presented. An analysis of the relevance of improving the thermo-optical method sensitivity for concentration measurements of pollutant inclusions in crystals, ultrapure quartz glasses, and ambient air is presented.


The effect of quantum well states on the magnetic anisotropy of Co films grown on vicinal Cu(001) substrates was studied by in situ magneto-optic Kerr effect in a temperature range of 5 K to 365 K. The uniaxial magnetic anisotropy is found to oscillate as a function of Co thickness with a period of 2.3 atomic layers, modulated exactly as theoretically predicted by L. Szunyogh et al. [Phys. Rev. B 56, 14036 (1997)] and independently by M. Cinal [J. Phys. Condens. Matter 15, 29 (2003)] and M. Cinal and A. Umerski [Phys. Rev. B 73, 184423 (2006)]. Sub-monolayer Au coverage was used to fine-tune magnetic anisotropy and to provide convenient experimental access to anisotropy oscillations. The anisotropy oscillations, which are present up to room temperature, are attributed to quantum well states in the minority d band at the Fermi level of Co.


We explore the semantics and typology of functional morphemes encoding apprehensional , i.e. negative prospective, meanings through a detailed case study of the adjunct uses of =sa'ne  'APPR' in A'ingae (or Cofan, ISO 639-3: con, an Amazonian isolate). We provide one of the first formal accounts of apprehension: In a structure [ p [ q=sa'ne ]], =sa'ne  'APPR' encodes a modal semantics where the goal worlds of the actor responsible for p avoid a salient situation r => q . Finally, we reveal two inherent asymmetries among apprehensional functions ( precautioning asymmetry and timitive asymmetry ), thus making substantial predictions with regards to typological patterns in apprehensional morphology.


Analgesic drugs or painkillers are one of the drugs that are often used independently by the community without a doctor's prescription, this causes the emergence of several side effects of analgesi drugs.  Analgesic drugs commonly used by the public are nonopioid analgesic drugs such as aspirin, mefenamic acid and paracetamol because nonopioid analgesic drugs are not as  addictive as opioid analgesic drugs. Analgesic drugs have side effects including hypersensitivity reactions, stomach and intestinal disorders, damage to the kidneys, and can cause liver damage if consumed in excessive doses. Several studies have shown that the level of public knowledge is closely related to the rational use of pain medications or analgesics. The higher the level of knowledge,   the   better   and   more   appropriate   in   using analgesic drugs and vice versa, so that the more rational the community uses analgesic drugs, the fewer side effects that can arise. Self-medication or self-medication is a community effort to deal with pain that occurs  mainly  acutely  or suddenly.  Self medication can be a source of  medication errors due to the limited knowledge of the community about drugs and their use. If self-medication can be carried out correctly by the community, then self-medication can have a large positive impact on both the community itself and the government in terms of national health care


In the modern world of work, there has been growing concern regarding the adequacy of traditional job redesign approaches in serving the changing nature of work. It has specifically been argued by Frese and Fay (2001) that in the modern world of work, jobs require a higher degree of initiative due to factors such as global competition, faster rate of innovation, new production concepts, and changes in the job concept. The modern world of work poses a number of challenges which include increased levels of initiative by employees in order to develop their knowledge and skills in order to remain 'current', creative ideas, and an increased need for employees to make more and more decisions on their own. In order to survive in today's challenging market place, employees thus should show high levels of proactivity and initiative. Job crafting is the process by which individuals make physical and cognitive changes to the task or relational boundaries of their work (Wrzesniewski & Dutton, 2001). It is proactive behaviour requiring adaptation to challenges and constraints presented by the working environment. It thus would be useful to be aware of the most important factors that contribute to the occurrence of such proactive behaviours. The objective of this research study therefore was to test whether salient job and personal resources, and job demands as depicted by the Job Demands-Resources model account for the variance in job crafting for a sample of employees working within the financial services industry. A literature review was conducted and hypotheses were formulated, and tested by means of an ex post facto correlation design. Data was collected from a sample of 236 employees employed by a company within the financial services industry. A selfadministered web-based survey was used for the purpose of collecting the data and participation in the study was voluntary. The data collected was strictly confidential and anonymous. A number of separate measurement instruments to measure the specific latent variables were carefully selected for inclusion in the survey based on their reliability and validity. The research findings specifically illustrate that employees who receive feedback on their performance as well as those who are engaged in their jobs, are more likely to Stellenbosch University http://scholar.sun.ac.za


dominance, which plagues modern democratic governments, John McCormick's Machiavellian Democracy aims to establish nothing less than a new paradigm for Machiavelli studies as well as contemporary democratic theory. In this new democratic paradigm, the enemy is no longer contemporary liberal democracy with its premise that liberty is not connected with democratic rule, but modern republicanism's pretensions to provide a ''progressive, antihierarchical political theory'' of democratic control as a remedy for elite domination and the atrophy of popular political participation (10); and the hero is a much more democratic Machiavelli than we've ever seen. Against contemporary proponents of republicanism such as Philip Pettit and Quentin Skinner, whose theories give social and political elites the decisive upper hand in ruling, ''Machiavelli enjoins us,'' McCormick writes, ''to theorize ways to approximate the direct judgment that the citizens of many ancient, medieval, and Renaissance democratic republics and governi larghi exercised in assemblies'' (162). As McCormick has demonstrated in a number of previously published articles and chapters that form the basis of the book (American Political Science Review [2001]; Political Theory [2003]; ''Tempering the Grandi's Appetite to Oppress: The Dedication and Intention of Machiavelli's Discourses,'' in Politics and the Passions, 1500–1850, ed. Kahn, Saccamano, and Coli [2006]; American Political Science Review [2006]; Political Theory [2007]), Machiavelli loathed the aristocratic tradition of republican political theory from Cicero to Bruni and Guicciardini, which, he believed, did not provide real political participation for the common people or institutional mechanisms for contesting elite rule. By way of a careful, historically informed interpretation of Machiavelli's account of the Roman constitution in his Discourses and his proposals for reforms of the Florentine constitution, Machiavellian Democracy aims to transform the widely-accepted Cambridge School-constructed image of Machiavelli as the spokesman of ''republicanism'' into the heir and last, lone advocate of a strong medieval Italian guild tradition of populist political action and thought (11, 100–103, 147, 165–66). In the spirit of Italy's more widely participatory guild republics, Machiavelli advocated a democratic form of republicanism marked by a concern to empower common people with class-specific offices that would enable them to deliberate and decide upon laws and policy themselves, to decide political trials, to appoint magistrates, and to hold elites accountable. However, Machiavelli's idea was not merely to reignite the class-dynamism of the Italian republics of the thirteenth century, McCormick emphasizes, but to correct their mistakes by way of the example of Rome's governo largo. Following the example of Roman constitutional arrangements, Machiavelli emphasized the need to have tribunes, provosts, or councils of guildsmen as well as a senate. Without the former, popolo-specific institutions, government would be elitist; but without a senate and perhaps other noble-specific institutions it would be perpetually unstable (102–3). Such is the democratic vision of Machiavellian Democracy, a paradigm-shifting book that makes a compelling case that Machiavelli wrote to convince his readers of the political advantages of more popularly inclusive democratic republics based on institutionalized class conflict.


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A 14-year (1977-1990) record of global solar radiation measurements performed in Athens, Greece, has been utilized to determine the distribution of radiant energy in the various wavelength bands. The monthly mean values of the irradiation ratios in the spectral intervals, blue (0.380-0525 pm), green-orange (0.525-0.630 pm), red (0630-0.710 pm), and photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) (0.380-0.710 pm) and the global irradiation (0.3-24 pm) compare favourably with values reported in the literature for different locations over a wide geographical area. The irradiation ratios exhibit seasonal variations attributable to changes in local air-mass climatology. It is observed that the proportion of the radiant energy in the various spectral bands relative to the global solar irradiation increases as sky conditions change from 'clear' to 'partly cloudy'. Finally, the observed seasonal dependence of the broad-band spectral energy distribution is essentially caused by changes in the composition of the air masses (turbidity, airborne pollutants, clouds) in residence at the measurement site in the course of the year.


This paper presents a computation method for pole assignment with eigenvalue and stability robustness. The robustness measure is constructed to balance the tradeoff between an eigenvalue sensitivity measure and a stability robustness measure, both defined in terms of the non-differentiable spectral norm. It is established that the robustness measure can be minimized asymptotically via a sequence of smooth unconstrained minimizations involving some auxiliary objective functions. Moreover, the sequence of minimizers converges to the set of minimizers of the robustness measure. A numerical algorithm with analytical formulae of the gradient of the auxiliary objective functions is provided. Through a numerical example and comparing with other methods, the idea of using a combined robustness measure in the design is illustrated and the effectiveness of the computation is demonstrated.


I have been banging on for some months now about how Britain's secret services need to improve their public relations. Now after the Crevice trial there are signs of a better communications policy.


Virginia Woolf's fiction has been retrospectively investigated as developing a number of specifically queer strategies in its representation of, in particular, gender. However, her most experimental novel, Orlando (1928), is yet to receive the same kind of attention as her more celebrated novels. Not only does Orlando represent an early engagement with camp aesthetic, it also radically engages with notions of gender performativity and transsexualities. This paper aims to draw attention to Orlando, by paying particular attention to two ways that Woolf, in Orlando, engages with notions of gender performativity, thus 'queering' the text.


Storage rack is one of the hospital equipment that functions to store medical record documents with the availability of medical record document storage racks in accordance with the storage capacity of medical record documents, there will be no buildup of documents on the floor. This study aims to determine the number of shelves needed for storing medical records of patients at the Pertamedika Pendopo Main Clinic in 2021. This research used a quantitative descriptive method by describing the results of the research and comparing it with the theory then conclude it. The study was conducted in June 2021 at the Pertamedika Pendopo Main Clinic. The population and sample used are storage shelves and all patient medical record documents. The instruments used in data collection include observation and interviews. The results of this study indicate that the number of visits of all patients at the Pertamedika Pendopo Main Clinic in 2020 was 5,197. The number of storage shelves needed at the Pertamedika Pendopo Main Clinic in 2021 amounted to 35 storage shelves with a length of 103 cm and a height of 224 cm. And the amount of space needed to accommodate 35 storage racks with a space between 90 cm and a distance of 150 cm is a room area of 157.59M ^ 2 with a length of 15.3 m and a width of 10.3 m. So that the shelf needed can be fulfilled and can accommodate all the patient's medical record documents systematically and does not complicate the officer in the process of storing and searching the patient's medical record document.


Abstract In a screenhouse experiment, rice plants of eight varieties were artificially infested at the early tillering and booting stages with African striped borer, Chilo zacconius Bleszynski, one Iarva per tiller. In the mature plants there was found to be a reduction in height and an increase in tiller number among susceptible varieties and, to a lesser extent, among the resistant varieties. Additional tillers gave rise to panicles which had not matured by the time the uninfested tillers were harvested; as a result there was a significant reduction in grain yield and grain weight among the susceptible varieties. In a separate field trial some plots were protected with 3% carbofuran at 13 kg/ha. Infestation by the stem borers Maliarpha separatella Ragonot, C. zacconius and Sesamia spp. was consistently higher in protected susceptible varieties than in unprotected and protected resistant varieties. Yields were about twice as high in protected as in unprotected plots of susceptible varieties, but there wa...


Due to its unique position in Islamic epistemology, various viewpoints and opinions have naturally arisen in the Muslim society regarding the interpretation and analysis of hadith. According to Islamic belief, hadith as a whole, holds the status of a kind of wahi or divine revelation. How to interpret revelation is a very old question in Abrahamic religions. There is a long discussion and debate about this among different sections of the Muslim society. Especially between the traditionalist hadith scholars and the rationalist community, the disagreement on this issue is quite strong and long. After the fourth century of the Hijri, this disagreement dwindled a little, but at the end of the nineteenth century, under the influence of European colonization, this debate started in a new form by the hands of modernist Muslim thinkers. It is at this stage that the discussion of determining the acceptability of hadith based on meaning becomes important. In this essay, the views and practices of prominent people of both communities are presented in a descriptive manner and their thoughts are evaluated in an analytical manner. This write up has portrayed that judging the meaning of hadith is extremely difficult. For this reason, the article argues that opportunity exists for adherents of both schools of thought to reconsider their stance in the light of history and reality.


By using the method of orthogonal polynomials, we analyze the statistical properties of complex eigenvalues of random matrices describing a crossover from Hermitian matrices characterized by the Wigner-Dyson statistics of real eigenvalues to strongly non-Hermitian ones whose complex eigenvalues were studied by Ginibre. Two-point statistical measures [as, e.g., spectral form factor, number variance, and small distance behavior of the nearest neighbor distance distribution p(s) ] are studied in more detail. In particular, we found that the latter function may exhibit unusual behavior p(s){proportional_to}s{sup 5/2} for some parameter values. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}


Polycarbosilane (PCS) fiber was irradiated by electron beam at low dose in a flowing N2/O2 mixture with O2 concentration of 1%. After the pyrolysis of the irradiated precursor fibers, SiC fibers with high strength of 2.4 GPa were obtained. Microstructural evolutions of the resultant fibers were explored. It was found that during the irradiation, free radicals were formed in the PCS and were oxidized by oxygen as Si–OH groups. The Si–OH groups then transformed into Si–O–Si linkage and resulted in further cross-linking of the PCS during pyrolysis. A remarkable structure gradient along the fiber diameter was formed under the coupled effects of irradiation and oxidation. The content of oxygen decreased from the fiber surface to the core, whereas the crystallinity of β-SiC increased in the same direction. The electrical resistivity of the as-prepared ceramic fiber was 80.7 Ω cm, showing good potential for being as electromagnetic wave absorber.


The invention discloses a bending-prevention limiting energy-dissipation supporting component with a steel pipe with baffles inside and an I-shaped inward contracting type variable-section inner core, and belongs to the technical field of bending-prevention limiting energy-dissipation supporting components. The I-shaped steel core sequentially includes a non-variable-section section a, section-decreasing sections b and a connecting section c from the two ends to the middle, wherein the section-decreasing sections b are respectively near the two ends of the external limiting steel pipe, limiting grooves correspond to the section-decreasing sections b, a T-shaped-section baffle is welded to each limiting groove, the section-decreasing sections b of the I-shaped steel core contract inwards at the rope angle of 60 degrees, the T-shaped-section baffles are inserted into limiting groove web plates and are parallel with a cross steel core of each section-decreasing section, and intervals are reserved in the web plates of the T-shaped-section baffles and the section inward contracting position of the I-shaped steel core. When the bending-prevention limiting energy-dissipation supporting component is stressed, the steel core dissipates energy and yields firstly, when yielding deformation of the steel core is limited by the baffles arranged inside the outer steel pipe, the outer steel pipe and the yielded steel core are jointly stressed, the rigidity of the outer steel pipe is large, the rigidity of the yielded steel core can effectively limit overall lateral movement of the structure formed after the steel core yields, and the limiting effect is achieved.


A project was devised to develop a number of user interfaces to an experimental online public access catalogue which could then be evaluated in a series of user tests. BRS/Search commercial software, mounted on a large 16‐bit microcomputer, was used to create the interfaces; this saved time and effort in producing the software. The database was small, consisting of only a few thousand records obtained from the education section of a real library catalogue. Particular attention was paid to the average person's understanding of Boolean logic and terms when searching an online catalogue. It is hoped to investigate the design and format of browse screens in online catalogues. The software and hardware used in this project are described at some length. The problems and advantages of using commercial software for this research are discussed.


This research paper studies different classification algorithms with the aim of finding the best Machine Learning (ML) classifiers for medical datasets to help Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS). This will help physicians in making more accurate and early diagnoses. Many studies used single medical dataset to evaluate ML classifiers but its unsatisfying and doesn't reflect the capability of the classifier on different medical datasets. In this research paper, eight ML classifiers experimented on five medical datasets gathered from UCI machine learning repository. The Random Forest (RF) classifier obtained the highest accuracy average with 83.822 %, also Logistic regression (LR), Decision Tree (DT) and Gradient Boosting showed similar performance with 81.666%, 81.364%, 81.034%, while AdaBoost and Gaussian Naïve Bayes (GNB) obtained 79.504% and 78.126%, Moreover, the last two classifiers in this research obtained the lower accuracy averages are K Nearest Neighbor (KNN) with 68.208% and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) with 55.49%.


A series of experiments has shown that the mechanisms by which the metabolism of ethanol occurs are strongly influenced by the partial pressures of the oxygen present in the aerating medium. For the most frequently used gas mixture, 95% O2 + 5% CO2, the ethanol consumption was abnormally large, and proportional to the concentration of ethanol in the perfusate. However, when the system was aerated with 18% O2 + 5% CO2 + 77% N2 the consumption of ethanol was similar to that found in the intact rat. The perfusate concentration of glucose, acetone, and acetic, pyruvic, and lactic acids was measured in all experiments. When ethanol was consumed at these two different rates, increases in the lactic: pyruvic ratio and acetate levels of the perfusate were noted in both types of experiments. However, the utilization of glucose by isolated perfused liver was inhibited, and acetone levels increased markedly, when ethanol was consumed at abnormally rapid rates, although no effect was noted in the perfusate levels of ...