For the two interface cubic cuts: sc(110) and sc(111) we consider the existence regions of interface spin-waves of a ferromagnetic bilayer film on the two-dimensional Brillouin zone as to their size and shape versus the respective interface related parameters (interface exchange coupling and intrinsic interface anisotropy) applying the approximation of a very thick bilayer film and the method of Brillouin zone mapping (the three (100) interface cubic orientations have been dealt with earlier [Phys. Rev. B 51, 16008 (1995)]). Of particular interest to us still remains the emergence of interface spin-waves induced by varying dynamic quantities such as the in-plan propagation wave vector ku. Moreover, in our present investigation, we put especial emphasis on the effect exerted on the Brillouin zone mapping by varying (in the plane perpendicular to the film) the configuration angle 9 of the film magnetization with respect to the film normal. We predict the existence of (at the most two) critical angles 9 ' at which the interface spin-waves emerge. These critical angles are functions of the in-plane wave vector klp of interface spin-wave propagation along the interface. Finally, we discuss the effects due to the presence of critical angles with a view to their exploitation in experimental measurements. PACS numbers: 75.30.Ds, 75.70.Cn


The aim of this study is to investigate the attitudes and motivation of international students learning Turkish as a foreign language. The study used a quantitative research design to investigate research questions. Quantitative data were gathered through a scale consisting of six constructs and developed by Gardner (2010). The study was conducted at a state university with the participation of 99 students. The results of the study showed that students have high motivation to learn Turkish, positive attitudes toward the target community and a relatively low level of anxiety toward learning Turkish. Furthermore, except for language anxiety, female students' mean scores on five constructs were found to be higher than those of male students. However, the difference between their mean scores is only statistically significant in the motivation construct suggesting that female students are more motivated to learn Turkish than male students. Teachers of Turkish as a foreign language, curriculum developers, school managers and other stakeholders are expected to benefit from the results of the study that should be taken into account in the teaching and learning process.


The implementation of product quality detection scheme for China Mobile Communications Group was firstly introduced in this paper. Based on this, the idea, uncertainties and core implementation elements of matrix product quality detection scheme were further expounded according to matrix management. Meanwhile, Boston matrix modeling was introduced mainly because of its simplicity to be easily accepted and applied. Matrix product quality detection scheme can establish comprehensive and complete product quality management system, and achieve the goal of high-quality product.


This paper investigates concepts for visual operator aids required for effective telerobotic control. Operator visual aids, as defined here, mean any operational enhancement that improves man-machine control through the visual system, These concepts were derived as part of a study of vision issues for space teleoperation. Extensive literature on teleoperation, robotics, and human factors was surveyed to definitively specify appropriate requirements. This paper presents these visual aids in three general categories of camera lighting functions, display enhancements, and operator cues. In )_he area of camera/lighting functions concepts are discussed for: (1) automatic end effector or task tracking; (2) novel camera designs; (3) computer-generated virtual camera views; (4) computer assisted camera/lighting placement; and (5) voice control. In the technology area of display aids, concepts are presented for: (1) zone displays, such as imminent collision or indexing limits; (2) predictive displays for temporal and spatial location; (3) stimulus-response reconciliation displays; (4) graphical display of depth cues such as 2D symbolic depth, virtual views, and perspective depth; and (5) view enhancements through image processing and symbolic representations. Finally, operator visual cues (e.g., targets] that help identify size, distance, shape, orientation and location are discussed. OPERATOR VISION AIDS This paper outlines a number of operator aids that can improve visual performance during teleoperation. The techniques discussed here are specifically related to improving the process of human vision under remote conditions. We have not dealt with the larger field of graphical display of sensory data (such as force/torque, proximity, etc.) except as this data directly improves visual performance. This paper presents these visual aids in three general categories of camera/lighting functions, display enhancements, and operator cues. CAMERA AND LIGHTING FUNCTIONS Camera and lighting functions were found to take a significant portion of an operators time. Operator aids could make a significant performance improvement in this area. Concepts discussed are: (1) automatic end effector or task tracking; (2) novel camera designs; (3) computergenerated virtual camera views; (4) computer assisted camera/lighting placement; and (5) voice control. Automatic Tracking of End Effector or Task The function of any automatic tracking aid is to relieve the operator of having to perform additional tasks associated with camera and lighUng movement. Uhrich [1978] reported the first known attempt to track the end effector automatically while performing a task. The camera pan and tilt motions tracked the end effector in only two manipulator Joints of motion, but for limited areas of operation the system kept the end effector centered in the camera view. This simple study showed a subjective improvement in operation (actual experiments were not performed). Uhrich reported that although disorientation problems were anticipated, they were surprised to find that the operators could utilize end effector tracking without disorientation. However, Brooks [1978, Bejczy 1980] found that automatic tracking of end effector motion could create situations in which information normally available to the operator was masked, resulting in operational problems. Specifically, auto-tracking across backgrounds without features or texture gave the operator the impression that the manipulator was not moving, because the end effector remained at the screen center without apparent motion. Under master-slave manipulation, subjects became frustrated due to differences of stimulus-response compatibility (the operator's hand was moving but without apparent effect on the end effector), Additionally, under a non-analogic control such as rate, the 412 https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19930002793 2020-01-22T05:40:17+00:00Z


The initial impact of the international crash of the stock markets, which began in September 2008, was partly felt in certain Arab countries, and to different degrees depending on their openness and involvement in international financial markets. However, the fall in global demand which consolidated in 2009 is having important repercussions in certain countries and sectors. Not only has this downturn been transmitted through the collapse of international finance, with its constraints in investments and credit, but also through the drop in the price of hydrocarbons and the reduction of exchanges at a global level, especially concerning exports, tourism and remittances. The International Monetary Fund (IMF), in its latest report of October 2009, indicated that three main channels by which the crisis was transmitted to the region were "the reduction of remittances, foreign investment and exports".


Evidence suggests that body image disturbance (BID) is common in the postpartum period and that a relationship between body image and mother-infant attachment exists. However, few studies have explored whether BID predicts the strength of the mother-infant attachment. This study aimed to explore the relationship between body image disturbance and perceived mother-infant attachment in the postpartum period. It was hypothesised that body image disturbance will increase over the course of the postpartum period and body image disturbance will predict perceived mother-infant attachment at 6-weeks and 6-months postpartum.
Data was collected from across the UK using both paper forms via GP surgeries and parent-baby groups as well as advertising through various online forums. The survey included the Body Shape Questionnaire- 14 (measuring body image disturbance) the General Health Questionnaire- 28 (measuring maternal mental health) the Maternal Attachment Inventory (measuring perceived mother-infant attachment) and demographic information. Surveys were administered at 6-weeks and 6-months postpartum.
A total of 180 participants completed surveys at T1 and 114 were completed at T2. A complete case sample of 114 was used for the analysis. The findings suggested that maternal mental health was predictive of perceived mother-infant attachment at both 6-weeks and 6-months postpartum. Analysis also found that body image and maternal mental health were correlated at both time points. Body image and feeding method as single predictors did not significantly predict the mother-infant attachment. It was concluded that body image disturbances are common in the postpartum period and are associated with poorer maternal mental health in the postpartum period. Distress experienced by mothers in the postpartum period can negatively impact upon the strength of the mother-infant attachment.
The clinical implications of the study are that mothers may benefit from additional support from health professionals in the postpartum period to assess and offer support with such issues with the aim of improving well-being. In turn this may positively impact upon the perceived mother-infant attachment. Considerations for future research based on the findings of this study are discussed.


Just as biology is divided into systems, organs, and cells, so is the evolution of imaging. In the past, imaging focused mainly on anatomic imaging of systems and organs. The exception was nuclear medicine imaging, which also focused on systems and organs, but the images were based on physiologic principles due to the molecular properties of the radiopharmaceuticals. Being physiologic, nuclear medicine is a natural mesh with current attempts to image down to the smallest level possible––the molecules and even cells that make up the molecules in disease processes. Our field is the cornerstone of molecular imaging. It was the first imaging modality that was physiologically based. Nuclear medicine began with assessing the function of organs by imaging and quantifying iodine uptake in the thyroid gland. The field expanded as we obtained the ability to assess bone metabolism by evaluating the hydroxyapatite system, and the applications of bone scanning were expanded even further as we developed the instrumentation to acquire 2-dimensional whole-body scans. The field then expanded into cardiology, and as our instrumentation continued to progress to tomography, we were able to assess the coronary blood flow and to render a 3-dimensional image of a beating heart. As we are now expanding into oncology, we are performing whole-body scans to assess glucose metabolism or cell proliferation with positron emitters, such as 18F-FDG and 18F-labeled 39-deoxy-39-fluorothymidine (18FFLT), and have the ability to fuse these images with anatomic images. This is the foundation of molecular imaging, but not all nuclear medicine procedures can be defined as molecular imaging. The generally accepted definition of molecular imaging is the visualization, characterization, and measurement of biologic processes at the molecular and cellular levels in humans and other living systems. Molecular imaging starts with visualizing biologic processes, such as cell growth or cell destruction, which lead to biochemical changes. We know from our nuclear medicine training that changes in physiology and biochemistry occur before changes in anatomic structure. PET is being used as a molecular imaging agent when 18F-FDG or 18F-FLT is used for the purpose of visualizing cell metabolism and proliferation during the disease process. These studies can assess whether a tumor is responding to a particular chemotherapy agent. Examples of other techniques that rely on visualizing biologic processes are MR spectroscopy, which can identify proteins produced during the disease process, or bioluminescence imaging, which targets gene expression. Molecular imaging also uses strategies to characterize this biologic activity. For example, these techniques can distinguish rapidly dividing cells from cells in stasis and can depict the formation of new blood vessels, referred to as angiogenesis. Characterization often includes estimating the relative rates of cellular changes and quantifying the changes under observation, leading to measurement of the disease process. This is in contrast to the classic form of diagnostic imaging, which documents findings that show the end effects of the molecular alterations. Measurement is similar to characterization but has a very quantitative aspect. To measure from molecular imaging techniques requires data extraction from the images, not just interpretation of the images themselves. For example, measuring a standardized uptake value on a PET scan involves documenting the exact time of imaging, the patient's height and weight on the day of the procedure, and the counts from regions of interest. From these measurements, the technologist can calculate a relative concentration of activity in a specific target area. This measurement can also be used to quantify how much the concentration in the target area changes over time. The standardized uptake value is completely dependent on excellent technique by the technologist. For this measurement to be useful in monitoring the disease over time, it has to be quantitative and reproducible. Currently, nuclear medicine leads the way and plays a huge role in the clinical practice of molecular imaging. Molecular imaging is made up of many imaging techniques, some of which are used in human studies now, such as MR spectroscopy and PET, and some which have not progressed that far, such as optical imaging. Presently, modalities such as PET, functional MRI, MR spectroscopy, and the use of micro-


Alkaptonuria is a rare metabolic disorder. Symptoms include discoloration of tissues and degenerative joint disease and urinary stones. A 60-year-old man was admitted due to knee and hip pain. Brown lesions on the eye, ear, hand and fingers were visible. Limitation of motion of the hip and knee and elbow was present on both sides. He had history of kidney stones ad Achilles tendon rupture. During hip arthroplasty, black lesions on the greater trochanter and femoral head were visible.


The viscous losses in vibrating micromachined cantilevers, similar to those used for ambient sensing and biological detection, are computed using several methods: existing semi-analytical models, quasi-steady solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations with and without slip boundary conditions, and unsteady solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations with and without slip boundary conditions. The results are compared to experimental data for two geometries: a 40 μm wide, 5 μm thick, and 200 μm long cantilever vibrating at 1.04 x 10 s, and a 100 μm wide, 5 μm thick, and 600 μm long cantilever vibrating at 1.15 x 10 s. The quasi-steady solutions fail to capture observed characteristics of this damping, including strong pressure dependence. Semi-analytic solutions give pressure dependence weaker than that encountered experimentally. At pressures between 10 KPa and 70 KPa, the unsteady solution of the Navier-Stokes equations computes damping consistent with that observed experimentally. Use of a slip boundary condition changes the computed viscous loss by several percent, and appears to of much less importance than unsteady effects. The quality factor is then computed as a function of frequency for a 10 μm wide, 5 μm thick cantilever vibrating at atmospheric pressure at frequencies between 4.14 x 10 and 8.46 x 10 s. The results agree with experimental data over a range of frequencies, suggesting that unsteady computational fluid mechanics provides a reliable method for prediction of the performance of micro-resonators.


In order to resolve the distortion of large gray area enhancement through dark channel prior algorithms,an improved method based on adaptive histogram threshold priori algorithm is proposed. At first,the large gray area by image histogram is detected and marked. Secondly,the marked area is calculated to obtain adaptive coefficients β. Finally,the picture is fixes by the dark channel prior algorithm with β. The results show that the dehazing images with the proposed method in this paper have better sharpness,color restore degrees. the image detail is enhanced and the quality is improved.


Comparison between the effect of sonographic guided and blind knee injection of hyaluronic acid has been evaluated in this study.


The electricity requirement of the world including India is increasing at alarming rate and power demand has been running ahead of supply. During recent year due to increase in price of conventional fuels we are reverting back to renewable energy sources.The main aim of this project is to save electricity by providing sustainable powered to movable refreshment shop by tracking the sun rays. In case of rainy days, the power will be provided to shop with the help of dynamo which is coupled to paddle of shop.To maximize the sun tracking we can use the multiple reflection technique by placing the mirror near the solar panel.


A friend, Evelyne Ongogo, a budding poet who had an anthology of her poems titled, 'Dichol and Other Poems' and 'Breaking the Burdens' published by non-mainstream publishers a few years back, sent me two of her latest anthologies titled, 'The eye of the smiling sun' and 'Beautiful shards of the maiden pot'. Both these collections are published by what we would call fringe publishers – this could be a euphemism for self-publishing. I read the three collections and was struck by the quality of the writing. However, a nagging thought refused to melt away; the fringe publishing company. I wondered about poetry; the creation, writing, publishing and marketing. I stopped to reflect on the last time a major publishing house operating in Kenya had released an anthology of poetry.


The utility model discloses a parallelly connected leveler of double pump double motor hydraulic drive system that traveles, including transfer case, oil tank, two single pump list motor closed hydraulic circuit and a two for two solenoid valve and the 2nd two for two solenoid valve, two single pump list motor closed hydraulic circuit all include driving pump, pump sloping cam plate control pneumatic cylinder, a electric proportional valve, the 2nd electric proportional valve, first safe overflow valve, second safety overflow valve, overflow valve, benefit oil -overflow valve, shuttle valve, slippage pump, flushometer, motor variable control pneumatic cylinder and the variable displacement motor that goes. The simple structure of this system can realize infinitely variable, freely turn to and synchro control.


Taking benefit from the experience of the AREVA NP group, a new tool for the inspection of rod control cluster assemblies (RCCA) was jointly developed by Intercontrôle and AREVA NP Fuel Division. The valuable know-how of R/D Tech (today Zetec) engineers in the field of UT signal spectrum analysis was a key factor of success in the development. JASPER (an acronym for Joint Advanced System for Performant Examination of RCCA) combines three measurements, one of which is an innovation: Profilometry using a time of flight measurement, for the outer dimensions of the clad Eddy current detection of cracks Direct measurement of the rod wall thickness by spectrum analysis of the UT echoes, thus adding considerable interest in the examination process. UT measurements are performed on the whole length of the rod, including the weld of the lower cap. ET measurements are performed on the lower length of the rod. UT data are systematically recorded and analysed for detection and characterization of indications, with no retest. ET measurements are triggered upon request of the Utility, depending on the age of the rod. Data acquisition and processing thus require a constant duration for each assembly; the inspection duration is actually shortened by a 20% factor. The technique was qualified in-house by a number of tests.


The dilution enthalpies of formamide in aqueous ethylene glycol solutions were determined by using a CSC- KG-1/54400 isothermal calorimeter at 298.15 K. The homogeneous enthalpic interaction coefficients in the range of ethylene glycol mass fraction(0%\_40%) were calculated according to the excess enthalpy concept. The results show that enthalpic pair interaction coefficients h_ 2 of formamide are negative in aqueous ethylene glycol solutions and pass through a minimum at w≈0.20 of ethylene glycol in mixed solvents.


In order to improve somereproduction indices, we need to implement a farm management that uses atoptimum levels the artificial insemination time depending on oestrus period insows because in the classical oestrus identification programme there aresignificant differences between fecundity and prolificacy in oestrus femalesidentified as such and artificially inseminated in the morning. In ourmanagement programme, females identified in oestrus twice a day andartificially inseminated at shorter time intervals produced higher fecundityindices (88.90±2.51 compared to 87.40±1.25) with similar prolificacy.


Recently, unmanned aerial vehicles onboard synthetic aperture radar (UAV-SAR) have been developed by many institutions to provide high-resolution, real-time data acquisition and local emergency observation. The SAR system remains the issue to realize the system with the high resolution, lightweight, minimalized payload, power efficiency, high altitude operation, extreme environment, long-duration flight, and full polarimetric mode. For this purpose, our research group plans to develop the X-band circularly polarized UAV-SAR for disaster and environmental monitoring using the 25 kg payload of the UAV. The SAR system requires a broadband antenna and full circular polarization for precise observations. The antenna for the SAR systems requires a small size, lightweight, high gain, broadband for chirp pulse, and good antenna isolation and axial ratio (AR). For this purpose, we proposed the $4\times4$ ax-shaped radiator array antenna. The proposed antenna was simulated, fabricated, and measured in an anechoic chamber. Furthermore, the indoor polarimetric scattering SAR experiment was conducted using canonical targets to investigate the polarimetric SAR capability of the system with the proposed antenna. The result proves the performance of circularly polarized SAR.


Background: Benzene is a confirmed organic carcinogen, and one of the most common environmental pollutants. However, the mechanism underlying benzene-induced hematotoxicity and leukemogenicity has not been fully elucidated. Our study aimed to explore whether benzene exposure has an effect on the plasma microRNA (miRNA) expression.
 Methods: In the discovery stage, we used a microarray assay to detect the miRNA expression profiles of two pooled plasma samples from ten healthy benzene-exposed individuals and ten non-benzene exposed controls. Subsequently, we conducted an expanded validation of three candidate miRNAs in 118 healthy benzene-exposed individuals and 91 non-exposed controls.
 Results: In the discovery stage, 5 miRNAs demonstrated at least a 1‑fold higher expression, and 12 miRNAs showed at least a −1‑fold lower expression in the exposure group as compared with the expression levels in the control group. In the expanded validation stage, the plasma level of miR-638 was significantly up-regulated (2.68±0.12 vs. 1.38±0.10, P vs. 1.44±0.12 for miR-221-3p and 1.91±0.10 vs. 2.86±0.13 for miR-122-5p, P Conclusions: Our investigation suggested that benzene exposure might be related to elevated expression of miR-638 and decreased expression of miR-221-3p and miR-122-5p in human plasma.


The utility model discloses a security bag making machine comprising a bag body conveying part, a release paper conveying part, a rubber belt conveying part, as well as a bag body, a release paper and an adhesive tape gluing guide roller, wherein the bag body conveying part comprises a bag body unwinding mechanism, a doubling mechanism, a vertical sealing mechanism, a material-pulling mechanism No. 1, and a dividing and cutting mechanism for opening the front side of the bag body, which are arranged according to work sequence; a printing and coding mechanism and a splitting and parting mechanism are arranged between the material-pulling mechanism No. 1 and the dividing and cutting mechanism; the release paper conveying part comprises a release paper unwinding mechanism and a release paper folding mechanism; the adhesive tape conveying part comprises an adhesive tape unwinding mechanism and a waste rolling mechanism; behind the gluing guide roller, the security bag making machine is further provided with a material-pulling mechanism No. 2, a floating guide roll set, a photoelectric tracking device, a material-pulling mechanism No.3 and a heat-sealing and hot-cutting mechanism, which are arranged according to work sequence. The security bag making machine is used for security bag production and has a simple structure.


A single‐ended gate mixer with a high conversion gain, low dissipated power, wide dynamic range and good isolation factor is designed and tested. The mixer is composed of a hairpin‐line band‐pass filter, an input/output matching circuit, a GaAs MESFET transistor, and a lumped element low‐pass filter to convert the radio frequency (RF) into an intermediate frequency (IF). In the non‐linearity analysis of a GaAs MESFET, the novel method with a harmonic balance technique is used to analyze the operating characteristics of a mixer circuit. The designed mixer outperforms a general mixer for a down converter in wireless applications. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 35: 189–193, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.10553


Car club participation is located in the broader context of car use in this area. The car is found to have an important role in managing family life with some key lifestyle differences identified between those who own and don't own cars. Any attempts to reduce car use need to take the role of the car in the family into consideration.


Investigation was performed on the relation between the electrocardiographic findings in the cardiac patient of any etiology and pathologic findings of the specially made specimen of the heart after their death and to infer the relation between electrocardiographic pattern and the functional state of the heart muscle. Edematous degeneration of the heart muscle and the epicardium yielded in epicardial electrocardiogram ST elevation, and necrosis of the heart muscle Q wave. Prominent notching of QRS wave in such leads as I, II, V5 and V6 indicated diffuse myocardial changes in the heart. In the case showing depressed ST segment and lowered or inverted T wave, there were found scattered fibrosis and edematous degeneration of the myocardium in the subendocardial layers of the left ventricle. In the case with hypertrophic pattern of electrocardiogram also showed the same changes.


A recursive two-step method to recover structure and motion from image sequences based on Kalman filtering is described in this paper. The algorithm consists of two major steps. The first step is an extended Kalman filter for the estimation of the object's pose. The second step is a set of extended Kalman filters, one for each model point, for refining the positions of the model features in the 3D space. The initial guess is a planar model formed under the assumption of orthographic projection on the first image. These two steps alternate from frames to frames. The planar model converges to the final structure as the image sequence is scanned sequentially. The performance of the algorithm is demonstrated with both synthetic data and real world objects. Comparisons with different approaches have been performed and show that our method is more efficient.


Efficient thermal design of microwave power transistors is critical for realizing reliable operation of high-power modern electronic circuitry. In an effort to improve thermal performance and enhance reliability, a systematic study is made to quantify transistor package thermal behavior. A series of two-dimensional finite element thermal analyses was completed of a transistor side view. These analyses provide trends for the temperature field and internal thermal resistance components as functions of material properties and geometry. Results from the analyses are shown as isothermal contour plots, plots of temperature drop across the flange and carrier, and plots of temperature versus time.


Secretion clearance is an important respiratory treatment for patients, who cannot cough out secretion spontaneously. Aiming at the disadvantages of existing secretion clearance technologies, in this article, we proposed two mechanical in-exsufflation secretion clearance systems (namely, pressure-controlled secretion clearance system and volume-controlled secretion clearance system) with a volume-controlled ear. To illustrate the dynamic characteristics of the two secretion clearance systems, a dimensionless mathematical model of the two secretion clearance systems was set up. After that the mathematical model was verified through experimental studies. To improve the efficiency and security of secretion clearance of the two secretion clearance systems, secretion clearance airflow dynamics of the two secretion clearance systems were studied and compared. Finally, influences of key parameters on the dynamic characteristics of the two secretion clearance systems are obtained. This article lays a foundation for the optimization of the two secretion clearance systems.


We report on two patients, successfully treated by the combination therapy of S-1 and 24-h infusion of cisplatin (CDDP), who were initially diagnosed with unresectable stage 4 advanced gastric cancer. Each patient had a very good clinical response and underwent curative gastrectomy after completion of 14 and 10 courses of S-1/CDDP chemotherapy, respectively. A microscopically detailed examination of surgically obtained specimens showed the complete disappearance of malignant cells in the two cases. S-1/CDDP combination therapy can, therefore, be highly active in incurable advanced gastric carcinoma.


Processing of materials in jewelry either new or pre-existing is highly developed. Starting from material, examples of natural waste materials. One of them is tutut or often called Rice field snail. Rice field snail or Tutut in Bahasa (Pilla Ampullacea) is a type of freshwater snail and is easily found in rice fields, ditches and lakes. The population is very large because of rapid its poliferation make the farmers worried. It would destroy rice plants. Snail fields eat the bottom of the rice fields and cause the rice to destroyed. As a result many farmers suffer losses and try to overcome snail fields such as snail fields as food and eradicate them with pesticides. Based on that background, this research recommend some processing and experimenting tutut's shell waste. The method used in this research is experimental method which is done by exploring the material physically and chemically in order to get visual approach. The potency of the product of tutut's shell waste will be analyzed as the result of this reseach. Based on that background, this research recommend some processing and experimenting with physical approach to explore tutut's shell waste into the basic material of accessories in terms of managing and reduce the waste.


The optimal harvest time was chosen by comparing three alkaloids contents in Coptis teeta Wall at different collecting period and different parts.HPLC was employed to study the changes of active ingredient content of root,fibrous root and leaves in Coptis teeta Wall at seven different collection periods by means of analyzing the contents of berberine,jatrorrhizine and palatine.It was concluded that the contents of effective components was the highest in the roots,followed by fibrous roots,and the lowest in leaves.The content of effective components in the roots reached the highest in October and November which were the optimal harvest time.


We consider the ⊤-Stein equation X = AXB + C, where the operator (·)⊤ denotes the transpose (⊤) of a matrix. In the first part of this paper, we analyze necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence and uniqueness of the solution X . In the second part, a numerical algorithm for solving ⊤-Stein equation is given under the solvability conditions.


This article outlines various concepts of the Apocalypse and their relationship to such political ideas of modernity as socialism, liberalism and conservatism. Eschatology is based on the idea that time is striving to elaborate itself and fulfil its own meaning and is therefore directly related to the concept of history as the link between the present, past and future. Different versions of the Apocalypse have become the basis for certain political perspectives: the aspiration to eradicate the old world and establish the Kingdom of God is related to the ambitions of emancipatory and revolutionary movements, while liberalism derives its coherence from a Kantian ethics in which the eschatological assumption provides the foundation for personal moral autonomy. However, the attempts of revolutionaries to realize the meaning of history and the eschatological "fulfilment of time" have become a key element in the criticism of emancipatory movements by conservatives. Contrary to the widespread idea that eschatological expectation and politics are opposed, the author argues that the very notion of politics is impossible without addressing certain concepts from the Apocalypse. The similarity of their eschatological tropes should not be taken as a suggestion that socialist, conservative or liberal ideas (which continue to be in a state of fundamental conflict) may possibly converge; but it does indicate a deep connection between politics as such and the notion of the end of time. These foundations of the political are now threatened by a post-politics associated with the disappearance of the experience of time — an "eternal present" in which the multitude of catastrophes we constantly experience devalues each of them as a unique event and inscribes the idea of the Apocalypse in the reproduction of the existing order of things.


Triple Graph Grammars (TGGs) are a technique for defining the correspondence between two different types of models in a declarative way. The power of TGGs comes from the fact that the relation between the two models cannot only be defined, but the definition can be made operational so that one model can be transformed into the other in either direction; even more, TGGs can be used to synchronize and to maintain the correspondence of the two models, even if both of them are changed independently of each other; i. e., TGGs work incrementally.


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q0 -37 -4 -106.5t-4 -98.5q0 -18 2 -30t10 -27t28 -23.5t51 -10.5v-29z"/> 1.5]·(H 2O), where Ln = La(III), Pr(III), Nd(III), Sm(III), and Gd(III) at pH 5. The complexes have been characterized by elemental analysis, IR and UV-visible spectroscopic, thermal and X-ray diffraction studies. The IR data reveal that the acid moiety in the complexes is present as dianion due to the deprotonation of COOH groups by lanthanides in these complexes, leaving –SH group unionized and hydrazine as bidental neutral ligand showing absorptions in the range of 945–948 cm −1. The thermoanalytical data evince that the complexes are stable up to 103°C and undergo complete decomposition in the range of 550–594°C resulting in metal oxides. SEM images of La 2O 3 and Gd 2O 3 residues show their nano sized clusters suggesting that the complexes may be used as precursors for nano La 2O 3 and Gd 2O 3, respectively. X-ray powder diffraction patterns show isomorphism among the complexes. The kinetic parameters of the decomposition of the complexes have been computed by Coats-Redfern equation.


The present invention may be stored under a long period of time at normal temperatures for transport and / or hot temperature environment than Japan, it relates to a drill entry sheet exhibiting an excellent hole position precision and, more particularly, the metal support foil and the metal supporting foil at least comprising, a water-soluble resin, a water-soluble lubricant and a straight-chain unsaturated water-soluble resin composition comprising a fatty acid salt layer formed on one surface and a layer of a water-soluble resin composition, an end cooled in the cooling start temperature 120 ℃ ~ 160 ℃ at 25 ℃ to ~ 40 ℃, 60 seconds, is formed by cooling a 1.5 ℃ / sec cooling rate or more, and a degree of crystallization of the water-soluble resin composition is 1.2 or higher, the standard deviation of the surface hardness of the layer of the water-soluble resin composition σ is 2 or less and , the surface hardness is directed to a laminate or multilayer panyong drill entry sheet characterized in that not more than 8.5N / mm


The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) is a 14-channel imaging instrument operating on NASA's Terra satellite since 1999. ASTER's visible–near infrared (VNIR) instrument, with three bands and a 15 m Instantaneous field of view (IFOV), is accompanied by an additional band using a second, backward-looking telescope. Collecting along-track stereo pairs, the geometry produces a base-to-height ratio of 0.6. In August 2019, the ASTER Science Team released Version 3 of the global DEM (GDEM) based on stereo correlation of 1.8 million ASTER scenes. The DEM has 1 arc-second latitude and longitude postings (~30 m) and employed cloud masking to avoid cloud-contaminated pixels. Custom software was developed to reduce or eliminate artifacts found in earlier GDEM versions, and to fill holes due to the masking. Each 1×1 degree GDEM tile was manually inspected to verify the completeness of the anomaly removal, which was generally excellent except across some large ice sheets. The GDEM covers all of the Earth's land surface from 83 degrees north to 83 degrees south latitude. This is a unique, global high spatial resolution digital elevation dataset available to all users at no cost. In addition, a second unique dataset was produced and released. The raster-based ASTER Global Water Body Dataset (ASTWBD) identifies the presence of permanent water bodies, and marks them as ocean, lake, or river. An accompanying DEM file indicates the elevation for each water pixel. To date, over 100 million 1×1 degree GDEM tiles have been distributed.


We demonstrate photonic millimeter-wave generation at 100-GHz using a dissipative Kerr soliton microcomb and a modified uni-traveling carrier photodiode. A maximum output power of 6.7 dBm and 5.8 dB enhancement over sinusoidal excitation are achieved.


In this work, we introduce a new heuristic TEMCQ (Tabu Exponential Monte-Carlo with Counter) for solving exam timetabling problems. This work, an extension of the EMCQ (Exponential Monte-Carlo with Counter) heuristic that was originally introduced by Ayob and Kendall. EMCQ accepts an improved solution but intelligently accepts worse solutions depending on the solution quality, search time and the number of consecutive non-improving iterations. In order to enhance the EMCQ heuristic, we hybridise it with tabu search, in which the accepted moves are kept in a tabu list for a certain number of iterations in order to avoid cyclic moves. In this work, we test TEMCQ on the un-capacitated Carter's benchmark examination timetable dataset and evaluate the heuristic performance using standard proximity cost. We compare our results against other methodologies that have been reported in the literature over recent years. Results demonstrate that TEMCQ produces good results and outperforms other approaches on several benchmark instances.


a distinguished heritage in South Asia, from the time of the Lokayatika challenge to Vedic authority into the early modem songs of Raidas ('jaat paat na puch koi/hari ko bhajc, so hari ka hoi'). Deli6ge recognises that he has little to say about contemporary movements against untouchability (Chapter 9 on 'positive discrimination' is pedestrian), but he does offer a useful chapter on Ambedkar (Chapter 8). An account of the role of nonBrahman movements, Periyar for instance, may have helped highlight some of the


In earlier days sharing your salt with someone meant sharing your freindship, and the spilling of salt was taken as a sign that the friendship was going to end. However, salt has long been used as a protection against evil, and the throwing of salt over the shoulder cancels the evil effect of upsetting the salt.


Objective: Comparison of the bioequivalence of three pharmaceutical formulations of fluticasone propionate nasal administered with a nasal spray (FANS). Materials y Methods: A randomized, open-label, single-dose, three-way crossover study in 60 healthy volunteers of both sexes between 18 and 55 years old. Subjects received a single intranasal dose (800 mcg) of FANS, Flonase , and Flixonase in 5 visits: screening, 3 dosing visits, and end of study. Forty-eight hours to 7 days were allowed between dosing visits. Blood was drawn for pharmacokinetics analysis at appropriate intervals. The primary pharmacokinetic parameter for determination of bioequivalence of the formulations was the area under the plasma concentration-time curve (AUC 0-t ). Secondary parameters included the maximum plasma concentration (C max ). FANS was compared to Flonase and to Flixonase separately. Results: Bioequivalence between FANS and Flonase (n=55) was demonstrated by the inverse log transformed AUC 0-t (ratio FANS to Flonase = 1.021; 90%CI, 0.88 to 1.19), and C max , (ratio = 0.995; 90% CI, 0.92 to 1.07), which are within the acceptable range of 0.80 to 1.25. Bioequivalence between FANS and Flixonase (n=54) was also demonstrated for AUC 0-t (ratio = 0.949; 90%CI 0.81 to 1.10) and Cmax (ratio = 0.939, 90% CI, 0.87 to 1.02). Active treatments were well tolerated and there were relatively few adverse events. Conclusions: A single dose of FANS 800 mcg is pharmacokinetically bioequivalent to both Flonase and Flixonase when administered to healthy subjects. The safety profile of FANS was consistent with that noted for Flonase and Flixonase.


Two types of uncertainty enter into the migration decision. First, current conditions in the destination region may not be observable. Second, the future evolution of conditions in both the origin and destination regions may be unknown. The first type of uncertainty can encourage speculative or "try your luck" migration, whereas uncertainty about the future acts in the opposite direction, deterring relocation. This paper presents a dynamic optimizing model of migration that incorporates both types of uncertainty. The model shows that in equilibrium uncertainty about the future is likely to be more important than uncertainty about present conditions in the decision to relocate.


Equations are derived to model installed exhaust ventilation systems using measured diameters, flows, and pressures. The system of equations does not require knowledge of system components or their loss coefficients except for those components that will be replaced. The approach also allows detection of physical changes in existing systems. Measurement errors limit the accuracy of predictions. The nonquadratic relationship between flow and friction loss limits the accuracy of predictions when there are extreme changes in duct velocities. The modeling procedure is demonstrated for an example problem in which "observed" values are created for "initial" and "final" conditions from velocity pressure loss coefficients.


Monomolecular films of polymers with a hydrophobic side group show an experimental pressure-surface equation of state which often depends on the previous history of the film. We attempt to interpret this behaviour in terms of entanglement points where two chains cross over. Because of the side groups, these entanglements are essentially fixed and the system is expected to behave like a gel; we construct a plausible equation of state for these gels, based on a generalisation of the Flory Huggins theory where double occupation of each site is allowed. The entanglements are thus simulated by doubly occupied points, and their number is kept constant. We find qualitative agreement with some recent data on poly-n-octadecyl methacrylate films. LE JOURNAL DE PHYSIQUE TOME 37, FEVRIER 1976, Classification Physics Abstracts 5.620


IN 191 I, Dr P. Watson-Williams directed attention to the possible errors in diagnosis of antral disease based on the transillumination test. He cited two cases in which, although the antra gave clear illumination and good pupil reflexes, they were found to contain pus. With a dark room at hand the test can be performed simply and rapidly: and it is of interest to inquire what proportion of error may occur in a procedure which is acknowledged to be only approximate. For this purpose I have examined the records of all in-patients at the Throat Department of the Bristol Royal Infirmary between 1909 and 1917, and have found 259 in which examination of the antral walls or contents has allowed the results of the test to be checked. The test was performed in a dark room with a light of moderate intensity. The result is expected to exclude disease in those cases where both antra illuminate well and equally, and with good pupil reflexes. Unequal illumination was regarded as a sign of disease. From Table A we infer that a diagnosis of disease based on unequal illumination is correct in five cases out of six.


We deduce an inequality using elementary methods which makes it possible to prove a conjecture regarding the upper bound of the elliptic integral of the first kind, furthermore we also improve the lower bound.


Objective:To explore the effect of endothelim(ET) on brain injury.Methods:We observed the changes of plasma ET of 15 cases of heavy brain injury and 16 cases of low-middle brain injury at 24 hours,in one week and two weeks.Results:The results showed that ET level increased at 24 hours in injury groups and ET contents of heavy injury group significantly were higher than that of low-middle injury group(P0.01).ET level decreased after one week in injure groups,but ET contents of severe injury group were still higher than that of control group(P0.05).After two weeks,ET level return to normal in injury groups.Conclusion:We analysed the factor of changes of ET and its pathophysiologic significance.The results suggested that ET may be a useful clinical biochemical indicator for judging brain injury degree.


In this work we are concerned with the conceptual design of large-scale diagnostic and health management systems that use Bayesian networks. While they are potentially powerful, improperly designed Bayesian networks can result in too high memory requirements or too long inference times, to they point where they may not be acceptable for real-time diagnosis and health management in resource-bounded systems such as NASA's aerospace vehicles. We investigate the clique tree clustering approach to Bayesian network inference, where increasing the size and connectivity of a Bayesian network typically also increases clique tree size. This paper combines techniques for analytically characterizing clique tree growth with bounds on clique tree size imposed by resource constraints, thereby aiding the design and optimization of largescale Bayesian networks in resource-bounded systems. We provide both theoretical and experimental results, and illustrate our approach using a NASA case study.


Obesity is a condition where excess body fat accumulation occurs. This has become an increasingly progressive problem and the prevalence in Indonesia continues to increase every year. This pathological condition also triggers various metabolic and other non-metabolic disorders. Insulin resistance is one thing that underlies various diseases related to obesity. In obesity, adipocytes experience hypertrophy and will lose their physiological functions. The active products of these two products trigger an increase in the production of Nitric Oxide (NO) and the formation of peroxynitrite derivatives (ONOO), which in turn separates IRS-1 from the activation of PI3K and Akt which are key to translocation of glucose transporters (GLUT4) to the cell surface and activation of glucose transport in glucose myocytes, resulting in insulin resistance. Effective therapy that can be done in obesity is weight loss by doing routine physical activity that can indirectly prevent pathological conditions associated.


Objective To evaluate the value of tissue Doppler imaging(TDI) for diagnostic of the regional left ventricular wall motion abnormalities in myocardial infarction(MI) and myocardial ischemia in contrast to two-dimensional(2D) echocardiography.Methods 22 patients with acute myocardial infarction(AMI) and 48 health persons were examined by 2D echocardiography in advance.In six views such as: ap4cv,ap2cv,alax,pslax,pssax(CT) and pssax(PM),the regional left ventricular wall motion was observed according to 16 segments and abnormal movement was recorded.Having switched to TDI in each view,velocities of all segments' motion were measured or calculated by pulsed TDI.The diagnostic result of TDI for detection of myocardium motion in MI and in myocardial ischemia was compared with that of 2D echocardiography and the data of TDI was test in repeatability.Results The total positive rate of pulsed TDI for detection of abnormal motion was significantly larger than that of 2D echocardiography(P0.01).The accuracy(P0.05) and the sensibility(P0.05)of pulsed TDI for detection of myocardium in MI and in myocardial ischemia were larger than those of 2D echocardiography,but the specificity of pulsed TDI was smaller than that of 2D echocardiography.The data repeatability of TDI was better.Conclusion The diadynamic value of TDI for detection of ventricular wall motion abnormalities in MI and in myocardial ischemia is more excellent than that of 2D echocardiography.


Roland Barthes didn't deny the subject and the author in his later years,instead he insisted upon his author subjectivity more and more steadily because he was not afraid of divulging his "imaginary object" any more which was his secret sexual inclination,his real feeling and his private life and belonged to kristeva's "the semiotic".Before that Roland Barthes being afraid of "the symbolic" dared not stand out to express himself until his beloved mother passed away.All Barthes' life is a gigantic text full of conflict and if we want to analyse him we should begin from his "imaginary object".


Bicomponent melt blown is a new technique with promising future. The production process and principle of bicomponent melt blown technology is introduced, the bicomponent melt blown technologies of Hills Company and Nordson Company are analyzed. The application prospect of bicomponent melt blown products is discussed.


Today computer as well as security of information is the most significant challenge. Authorized and genuine users should access the system or information. Authorization and verification can't occur without authentication. For this authentication various techniques are available. According to this method images (pictures) are used as a password instead of text. The Psychological study says that human can easily remember images than text. These graphical passwords are easy to remember and difficult to guess. But due to graphic nature, nearly all the graphical password techniques are vulnerable to shoulder surfing attack. In this project, a new graphical password authentication technique is proposed which is resistant to shoulder surfing and also other types of possible attacks to some extent. This is a combination of recognition and recall based approach.


Methods We obtained 5 studies for for ELF and LF EMF, for which we had all of the microarray data and 3 studies where the manuscript contained enough information to extract significantly altered genes (see Table 1). In addition, we obtained 13 full data sets and 5 literature datasets for RF EMF (see Table 1). Plausible links between exposure to ELF/LF and RF EMF, and human diseases were identified using a three‐ step process: a) linking genes associated with classes of human diseases to molecular pathways; b) linking pathways to ELF and RF EMF microarray data; and c) identifying associations between human disease and EMF exposures where the pathways are significantly similar.


We would like to thank the editors of Journal of Teacher Education (JTE) for the opportunity to respond to Leah Wasburn-Moses's thoughtful response to our article, "Diversity in Teacher Education and Special Education: The Issues That Divide." In our article, we identified what we believe are fundamental differences in how dominant voices in the special education and general teacher education diversity communities think about human differences and suggested that these differences represent a "divide" that has proved difficult to bridge. We argued, for example, that the dominant discourse in special education is underpinned by cognitive perspectives on teaching and learning that contrast sharply with the sociocultural theories of learning that inform the work of many general teacher educators working from a social justice perspective. We were careful not to claim, however, that the positions we ascribed to "dominant" voices in special education apply to all special educators, a point Wasburn-Moses raises. The work of some special educators is informed by the same sociocultural theories that underpin our work, and certainly there are more than a few researchers in the general teacher education community whose work is informed by cognitive theories of learning. We recognize that in any field, there are many voices, but in the case of special education, the dominant discourse continues to be strongly influenced by cognitive theories of learning and the theoretical divide between the special education and general teacher education diversity communities has made collaboration between (many) special educators and general teacher educators nettlesome. Similarly, we did not--and would not--claim that social justice is an issue that is of interest only to general teacher educators. We can think of many special educators who have long-held commitments to social justice, including Janette Klingner, Beth Harry, Marlene Pugach, Mara Sapon-Shevin, Tom Skrtic, Steve Gelb, and Kathy McMahon-Klosterman (one of Wasburn-Moses's colleagues at Miami University) among others. Lou Denti (Denti & Whang, 2012), a special educator at California State University-Monterey Bay, edited a recently published volume specifically devoted to issues of social justice, a volume to which Curt Dudley-Marling contributed a chapter. And, of course, there are many general teacher educators with no particular commitments to social justice. Again, as this is a major point raised in Wasburn-Moses's response to our article, we want to be clear that we are not claiming that there is one perspective shared by all and only special educators or by all and only general teacher educators. Clearly there are overlaps between these groups. However, at this point in time, dominant discourses in these two communities represent a "divide" that has been difficult to span. Space limitations do not permit us to respond to all of the points Wasburn-Moses raised in her critique of our essay. Here we elaborate on a few of the most important issues she raised. Our Charge First, we agree with Wasburn-Moses that polarizing the work that relates to diversity in general teacher education and special education ultimately does not serve either field very well. However, it is important to understand the argument in our essay in terms of the task we were asked to take up in the JTE special issue edited by Marleen Pugach, Linda Blanton, and Lani Florian (2012), which explored diversity and disability in teacher education. The editors titled the editorial that introduced their special issue "unsettling conversations," and they characterized the issue's aim as "unravel[ing] the thorny problem of why ... there has been comparatively little discussion about the role of special education within the larger discourse of diversity of race, class, culture, and language" (p. 235). They called for an "honest, difficult, and much-needed dialogue" across diversity communities, which they anticipated would engender "inherent discomfort" as we crossed into "unfamiliar territory" (p. …


It DESCRIBED an insert OPHTHALMIC bioadhesive MORE PARTICULARLY FOR PROLONGED AND CONTROLLED RELEASE OF A DRUG SUBSTANCE. The insert consists of a matrix polymer composed MATERIAL IN WHICH JOINS drug substance. MATRIX COMPOSITE POLYMER MATERIAL INCLUDING A biocompatible polymer HIDROSOLUBLE well as a biocompatible polymer BIOADHESIVE AND, IF NECESSARY, A biocompatible polymer water insoluble.


II Under in vitro conditions, cyclic day/night temperatures of 25/20 o C were optimum for sporulation and germination of the pathogen whereas 30/25 o C favoured the mycelial growth and germ-tube elongation. At 25/20 o C a minimum leaf wetness period of 6 h was required for infection to occur. Leaf wetness of 12 h resulted in appearance of light infection whereas 24 h wetness promoted severe infection in excised NLL leaves under controlled environment conditions. The results of the in-vitro and controlled environment studies were supported by results for spray inoculated seedlings under glasshouse conditions. Both infested trash and infected seed can carry over inoculum between seasons. Spore trapping and trap plant bioassays showed that the pathogen within infested trash remains infective for at least 12 months and that conidia release and seedling infection are closely linked to rainfall events. A weather-driven disease risk model was developed based on data collected from the laboratory, controlled environment, glasshouse and spore trapping studies. The model used weather parameters of temperature and rain days per week to predict disease development and therefore the comparative risk of GLS disease across lupin producing regions of WA for three seasons (2010-2012). Infection risk varied between sites and seasons. The region of greatest risk was identified as the western coastal zone between Perth and Geraldton. Strategies to avoid the pathogens associated with GLS or to manage the risk of disease development can be devised as a direct outcome of this research project.


of polyhedra ". The asymptotics of solutions of the Knizhnik—Zamolodchikov equation was studied by means of the correspondingcompactificationof a suitable real simplex. This leads to the so-called Stasheff polyhedron admitting rich combinatorial properties. Applications to the representation theory of braid groups and Hecke algebras were also discussed. sharpening of certain classical Lyapunov, Perron, and others obtained now-classical results on the conditional stability of solutions of differential systems in first approximation and on the asymptotic properties of solu- tions in dependence on the linear part and on the non-linearity. The lecturer introduced classes of so-called weakly hyperbolic linear systems, which include both regular and hyperbolic systems. Results are obtained concerning the conditional stability of solutions, depending on the coeffi- cients of weak hyperbolicity of the linear part and on the order of smallness of the non-linear perturbation. These results are generalizations of theorems by Lyapunov and Perron. A logic program is a set of expressions called rules. Stable models of logic programs are defined as fixed points of the antimonotone operator associated with the program on sets of atomic symbols. The notion of a stable model was first introduced to describe the behaviour of the programming system PROLOG. In recent years it led to the developmentof a new approach to the solution of search problems. It was shown in the talk how certain notions of graph theory can be described in terms of stable models.


Reactive ion etching of silica in a hollow cathode reactor using a CHF3/Ar gas mixture has been studied as a function of masking material, rf power, sample temperature, and O2 and CF4 additions. Etch rates in excess of 0.5 μm/min are typically obtained with a selectivity over amorphous silicon and photoresist of more than 10. The sidewall roughness for etching with an amorphous silicon mask is of the order of 0.05 μm, whereas for a photoresist mask, under similar etching conditions, the sidewall roughness is up to 0.1 μm. For the a‐Si mask a further improvement in the sidewall roughness down to 0.02 μm can be obtained by adding O2 to the discharge or elevating the sample temperature, however both parameters cause lateral etching of the a‐Si mask and therefore linewidth loss. Nonetheless, when using sample temperature as a control parameter, a process window was found which allows smooth sidewalls to be obtained without dimension loss. In the case of O2 additions such a process window was not found. Possib...


Simple Summary Ovarian cancer ranks among the most frequent causes of death in women since the prognosis is greatly influenced by the disease's stage. Since ovarian cancer is largely asymptomatic in its early stages, it is frequently detected in its late stages. One of the hallmarks of ovarian cancer is genomic instability. Although ovarian cancer is divided into several clinical subtypes, each subtype exhibits significant genetic and progressive diversity. In this paper, we concentrate on epithelial ovarian cancer, which is typically discovered when it is already advanced because there is no reliable screening method. Although numerous biomarkers have been researched and used to monitor its status and progression, we still lack drug therapy effectiveness in this subtype. Network biology has recently offered unprecedented opportunities for understanding disease mechanisms from integrative angles. The dysfunctions caused by diseased genes are carried out by a complex network of physical and metabolic interactions. The topological characteristics of these disease genes in the interactome are of particular importance to the systematic comprehension of their activity. We present a systems biology approach to finding miRNAs and complicated disease genes in an integrated biomolecular network in this paper. Abstract Ovarian cancer is the eighth-most common cancer in women and has the highest rate of death among all gynecological malignancies in the Western world. Increasing evidence shows that miRNAs are connected to the progression of ovarian cancer. In the current study, we focus on the identification of miRNA and its associated genes that are responsible for the early prognosis of patients with ovarian cancer. The microarray dataset GSE119055 used in this study was retrieved via the publicly available GEO database by NCBI for the analysis of DEGs. The miRNA GSE119055 dataset includes six ovarian carcinoma samples along with three healthy/primary samples. In our study, DEM analysis of ovarian carcinoma and healthy subjects was performed using R Software to transform and normalize all transcriptomic data along with packages from Bioconductor. Results: We identified miRNA and its associated hub genes from the samples of ovarian cancer. We discovered the top five upregulated miRNAs (hsa-miR-130b-3p, hsa-miR-18a-5p, hsa-miR-182-5p, hsa-miR-187-3p, and hsa-miR-378a-3p) and the top five downregulated miRNAs (hsa-miR-501-3p, hsa-miR-4324, hsa-miR-500a-3p, hsa-miR-1271-5p, and hsa-miR-660-5p) from the network and their associated genes, which include seven common genes (SCN2A, BCL2, MAF, ZNF532, CADM1, ELAVL2, and ESRRG) that were considered hub genes for the downregulated network. Similarly, for upregulated miRNAs we found two hub genes (PRKACB and TAOK1).


Abstract In this study, coated pre-oxidized fiber felt composites were prepared using the PU2540 polyurethane as a matrix and adopting a coating technology on the pre-oxidized fiber felt. Firstly, influences of wave-absorbing functional particles on the dielectric properties and shielding effectiveness of single-layer coated pre-oxidized fiber felt composites were analyzed and compared. Secondly, influences of the graphene content on the dielectric properties and shielding effectiveness of graphene coated pre-oxidized fiber felt composites were discussed. Results showed that values of the real and imaginary parts and loss tangent value of the dielectric constant for graphene coated pre-oxidized fiber felt composites were all larger than those of graphite coated pre-oxidized fiber felt composites, that is, the former had a stronger polarization ability, dissipation ability and attenuation ability to electromagnetic waves than the latter. However, the shielding effectiveness of the latter was larger than that of the former, that is, the shielding ability of graphite coated pre-oxidized fiber felt composites was better than that of graphene coated pre-oxidized fiber felt composites. When the graphene content was 15% of the mass of the polyurethane, the value of the imaginary part and loss tangent value of the dielectric constant for graphene coated pre-oxidized fiber felt composites were both the largest, and the dissipation ability and attenuation ability to electromagnetic waves were both the strongest.


The patent trusts not only is a system innovation,but also a kind of management innovation.How to maximally utilizes patent value and make use of trust system in patent,is an important topic that the patent will make use of a strategic research from now on.The paper explains the concept of patent trusts,as well as analyzes the main functions and exercise domain of patent trusts in China.


The purpose of this research is to ascertain how poverty affects Surabaya's ability to develop economically. In this research, the degree of poverty, economic development, inflation, and unemployment in Surabaya are covered. The data used in this research are quantitative, or provided as numbers, making them first simpler to understand or compare. The data analysis approach in this research involves multiple linear regression to gather data and information, while SPSS22 is used to analyse the data. By employing software to verify the statistical significance of variables, data analysis was completed. The author additionally makes use of secondary data, data collection methods, and the documentation method while gathering and processing information from Surabaya City's Central Statistics Agency (BPS).


Objective To evaluate the clinical value of CT-guided percutaneous needle lung biopsy in the diagnosis of peripheral lung cancer. Methods 38 patients with suspected peripheral lung cancer received CT-guided percutaneous needle biopsy,and 32 patients in the control group received transbronchial lung biopsy. The biopsy diagnosis rate and the incidence of complications were compared between the two groups. Results The diagnosis rate in CT-guided percutaneous needle lung biopsy group and trans- bronchial lung biopsy group was 89.47% and 46.88%,respectively,the difference between 2 groups was statistically significant(P 0.05); The incidence of complications in the patients of CT-guided percutaneous needle lung biopsy group and transbronchial lung biopsy group was 18.42% and 15.62%,respectively,the difference between 2 groups was not statistically significant(P 0.05). Conclusion CT-guided percutaneous needle lung biopsy has high diagnostic accuracy rate and fewer complications for the diagno- sis of peripheral lung cancer.


We investigate a monolithic algorithm to solve the problem of time dependent interaction between an incompressible viscous fluid and an elastic solid. The continuous formulation of the problem and its discretization is done in a monolithic way, treating the problem as one continuum. The Q2/P dis 1 finite elements are used for the discretization and an approximate Newton method with coupled multigrid linear solver is developed for solving the equations. We discuss possible efficient strategies of setting up the resulting system and its solution. A 2-dimensional configuration is presented to test the developed method. It is based on the older successful DFG benchmark flow around cylinder for incompressible laminar fluid flow. Similar to this older benchmark we consider the flow to be incompressible and in the laminar regime. The structure is allowed to be compressible or incompressible and the deformations of the structure are periodic and significant in terms of displacement. This configuration can be used to compare different numerical methods and code implementations for the fluid-structure interaction problem qualitatively and particularly quantitatively with respect to efficiency and accuracy of the computation.


The air-turbo-ramjet engine(ATR) is a kind of combined air-breathing engine with the characters of broad velocity and altitude envelope.the application characters of ATR engine,the ATR engine with the turbofan engine their propulsion characters and basic flight performances of a certain aircraft platform.The results axial-overload and economic-climb-rate etc obtained.The results show that ATR engine can upgrade the aircraft maneuverabilit and flight envelope.


This is, unglamorously, an invalid form of reasoning that was brought to light by one question, or more accurately, one counterexample. To draw this conclusion (#2) my neighbor would need least one more premise, such as "Ghosts exist and they are the only things that could have moved those items." Although his reasoning was in error, it is, unfortunately, not unheard of for people to make an assertion and not make an argument. In this article I will define an argument, describe how to construct a basic argument, and discuss some important critical thinking terms related to making arguments.


Purpose: To assess the performance of computer‐extracted morphological and kinetic features in differentiating different types of breast lesions, specifically ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC), in DCE‐MRI. Method and Materials: Breast MR images were obtained with a T1‐weighted SPGR sequence using Gd‐DTPA on a 1.5T GEMRI scanner. Each case has one precontrast and five postcontrast series at intervals of 68 seconds, and each series contains 60 coronal slices. The database contains 83 benign breast lesions and 98 malignant breast lesions including 24 DCIS, 32 IDC, 18 combined DCIS/IDC, 10 invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) and 14 non‐categorizable lesions. All lesions were verified pathologically. Only pure DCIS and IDC lesions were used. Each lesion was segmented and its characteristic kinetic curve was extracted using the fuzzy c‐means method. Twenty‐nine features including textural, morphological, kinetic, and variance kinetic features were extracted and stepwise linear discriminant analysis using a Wilks lambda cost function was used for feature selection. The selected features were merged using round‐robin Bayesianneural network and the classification performance was evaluated using receiver‐operating characteristics (ROC) analysis. Results: Distinguishing DCIS lesions from IDC lesions using selected features gave an AUC value of 0.95. AUC values of 0.85 and 0.87 were obtained in differentiating between DCIS and benign lesions, and between IDC and benign lesions with merged features, respectively. Conclusion: Computer‐aided diagnosis for breast MRI can be extended from malignant vs. benign classification to distinguishing different subcategories of breast carcinomas, in particular DCIS and IDC.


A theoretical analysis is made of the process of isotopically selective excitation of atoms in the field of opposite waves when the compensation of the Doppler broadening is incomplete. The density matrix formalism for a homogeneous steady-state case is used to obtain expressions for the total probability of the excitation of resonating and nonresonating isotopes and for the selectivity of the process defined as the ratio of these probabilities. In some cases analytic expressions are obtained and these make it possible to determine the nature of the dependence of the total probability of the excitation and selectivity on the temperature of a vapor, buffer gas concentration, ratio of the Rabi transition frequencies, detuning from a resonance, and isotopic shifts. Numerical estimates are obtained of the atomic parameters for transitions in potassium and rubidium atoms. It is shown that the adopted method is more promising for the separation of the isotopes of alkali metals than is one-photon excitation.


Abstract : Post operative pain management can be done in two ways: a pharmacological and non pharmacological. Tackling pain pharmacologically done in collaboration with physicians in the delivery of analgesic. While the non-pharmacological measures one of which is to provide a relaxation techniques post operative patient. The Purpose of this study was to determine the effect of relaxation techniques to changes in the intensity of post operative pain in patient fraktur. This study in an analytical research approach Quasi Experiment. Is the pre-experiment research design(one group pre and post design). Sampleof 20 people. Data processing test result analysis using by paired sample t-test using SPSS program at significance level 95% (α=0,05). The resultshowed there is the influence of relaxation techniques to changes in the intensity of post operative pain in patient fraktur in the department of Prof. Irina A BLU RSUP Dr. R. D. Kandou Manado. Analytical results obtained p-value = 0,000 (p<0,05). Keywords : Relaxation Techniques, Pain, Fraktur Abstrak : Penatalaksanaan nyeri post operasi dapat dilakukan dengan 2 cara yaitu secara farmakologis dan non farmakologis. Menangangi nyeri secara farmakologis dilakukan kolaborasi dengan dokter dalam pemberian analgetik. Sedangkan tindakan non farmakologis yaitu salah satunya adalah dengan memberikan teknik relaksasi pada pasien post oeprasi.Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh teknik relaksasi terhadap intensitas nyeri pada pasien post operasi fraktur. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian analitik dengan pendekatan Quasi experiment . Sampel 20 orang. Teknik pengolahan data dianalisis dengan uji paired sample t-test mengunakan program SPSS. Hasil penelitian menunjukan ada pengaruh teknik relaksasi terhadap intensitas nyeri pada pasien post operasi fraktur di ruang Irina A BLU RSUP Prof. Dr. R. D. Kandou Manado. Hasil analisi diperoleh nilai p = 0,000 (p<0,05). Kata Kunci : Teknik Relaksasi, Nyeri, Fraktur


Methods for the reduction of harmful substances in the laser smoke produced during laser treatment in medicine are reported. It is concluded that the increase of the oxygen content in the laser tissue interaction zone leads to a significant reduction of harmful components in the laser smoke and to an increase of carbon dioxide emission.


This research aimed to study the effects of temperature and ammonia on the health status of Acropora sp., Turbinaria sp., and Porites sp. by using acute toxicity testing (50% Lethal Concentration: LC50). The acute effects were monitored at temperatures of 30°C and 33°C at 24 and 48 hrs. The concentrations of ammonia varied at 0 0.05 0.07 and 0.1 mgN/L, respectively. The active polyp percentages of Acropora sp. was analyzed with comparison to the health status percentages. According to the findings at 30°C (24 and 48 hrs) and 33°C (24 hrs), the LC50 could not be investigated because the mortality percentages was not below 50%. On the other hand, at 33°C (48 hrs), the LC50 could be evaluated because the mortality percentages exceeded 50%. Therefore, the LC50 at 48 hrs of Acropora sp., Turbinaria sp., and Porites sp. were equal to 0.043, 0.075 and 0.054 mgN/L, respectively.


Fever is an infection or inflammation caused by bacteria, viruses, or other pathogens that stimulate the release of endogenous pyrogens (interleukin, tumor necrosis factor, and interferon). The effects of fever on children include dehydration, lack of oxygen, and fever above 42oC which can cause neurological. Children under 5 years old (toddlers) especially age 6 months to 3 years are at risk of febrile seizures. Fever is often accompanied by other symptoms such as headaches, decreased appetite, weakness and muscle aches. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the number of fever cases worldwide reaches 16-33 million with 500-600 thousand deaths each year. There are two nursing interventions to reduce fever, which are non-pharmacological therapy by giving warm compresses and onion compresses; both can be used for non-pharmacological therapy in reducing fever in children. This case study aims to find out the effectiveness of applying warm compresses and red onion compresses to a decrease in a child's body temperature with fever. This design of the study was descriptive study including patient profile, the study of fever in 4 patients when doing a warm compress and onion compress including 2 warm compresses and 2 onions compress. The subject of the study was children aged 1-5 years, patients with fever, and warm compresses and compresses onions were carried out. Based on the observation after warm compresses were carried out on 2 children and onion compresses on 2 children with an average temperature of 38.1oC a decrease in the average warm compress was 1.1oC while a decrease in red onion compresses was 1.35oC so a significant decrease was found in compress onion. It can be concluded that there is an effect of onion compresses on decreasing fever in children.

Keywords: Warm compress, onion compress, fever


Novel peroxy niobic acid catalyst was prepared with Nb 2O 5 as the precursor.In a system with alcohol as solvent and aqueous H 2O 2 as oxidizer,the catalyst peroxy niobic acid can catalyze cyclopentene to prepare glutaraldehyde with high efficiency.Under optimal reaction condition,the conversion of cyclopentene is up to 100% and the yield of glutaraldehyde is up to 72%.


Massam (2001a) points out that familiar notions of subject and predicate from languages like English are not immediately applicable in Niuean. The ergative case system means that agentive subjects do not receive uniform case marking, and the basic VSO word order entails that the traditional predicate (the verb and its complement) is not a continuous constituent on the surface. Moreover, Massam (2001b et seq.) has argued convincingly that the EPP in Niuean attracts an argument-evacuated VP (or some projection embedding it) rather than an argument DP, leaving both arguments inside the extended verbal projection, in multiple specifiers of vP. Niuean thus lacks familiar external arguments altogether.


A version control approach to maintain cache coherence is proposed for large-scale shared-memory multiprocessor systems with interconnection networks. The new approach, unlike existing approaches for such class of systems, makes it possible to exploit temporal locality across synchronization boundaries. As with the other software-directed approaches, each processor independently manages its cache, i.e., there is no interprocessor communication involved in maintaining cache coherence. The hardware required per processor in the version control approach stays constant as the number of processors increases; hence, it scales up to larger systems. Furthermore, the new approach incurs low overhead. The simulated results of several schemes for large-scale systems show that the new approach achieves a data cache hit ratio closest to maximum possible.


Experiments on electroplating of Cu-Sn alloys under various conditions were carried out in the plating solution composing mainly of copper cyanide and sodium stanate, of which five kinds were used varying the ratio of Cu/Sn from 7/10 to 16/1.The results of X-ray diffraction examination are as follows:1. Sn content in the electrodeposited Cu-Sn alloys varies from 10 to 78%. Phases in the alloys are classified into four groups, namely, (a) α only, (b) α+η, (c) η only, and (d) θ+ξ.2. In the electrodeposited alloys, the phase of (η+ζ), which exists in the equilibrium phase diagram of Cu-Sn alloy, can not be seen, and the region of this phase is displaced by η and (θ+ξ) phases.3. β, δ, and e phases, which exist in the phase diagram at high temperature, also can not be seen in the deposited alloy.4. In the electroplated alloy of speculum plating, only (α+η) or η phase is crystallized and the number of diffraction patterns in this case is significantly small as compared with that in the other cases.5. The composition of the deposited alloy is decided mostly depending upon the composition of plating solution, but not mach upon other plating conditions such as current density, stirring, etc.


South Norfolk Council has started a mass data checking exercise on a Council Tax discount scheme which could save thousands and cut fraud.


Practices that participate in the National Practice Benchmark and are engaged in the management of their business in their local market will exhibit greater resilience, adaptability, and transformability than those who do not actively measure and manage.


Abstract The sorption of bromacil and simazine by the surface soil (0–15 cm) sampled at various positions along an 8% slope citrus grove (Candler fine sand; Typic Quartzipsamment) and at various depths (0–200 cm) at upper, middle, and lower positions along the slope were investigated. The sorption of both herbicides by the top 15 cm soil decreased considerably from the upper to mid position along the slope and increased at the lower position. The organic matter content and concentrations of Ca, Mg, K, P, and Cu in the soil showed evidence of transport of organic matter and mineral nutrients from the mid position on the slope and accumulation in the lower position. The differential sorption of herbicides by the soil samples taken at various positions along the slope was closely related to changes in organic matter content. Although sorption of bromacil and simazine varied considerably at various positions along the slope, the sorption of bromacil was very similar at depths below 30 cm regardless of positio...


A method for preparing rare earth permanent magnets, rare earth permanent magnet was prepared and apparatus for preparing technology relates to the preparation of sintered rare earth permanent magnet having a high coercive force. Wherein: wherein the methods of preparation can be in communication with each other, the two chambers may each be performed by a vacuum apparatus under reduced pressure treatment and heat treatment, the evaporation material is first placed in a first crushing chamber; member to be processed into the second chamber, two-compartment of the vacuum, so that a considerable degree of vacuum in the first chamber; member to be processed is transferred to the first chamber, a thermal diffusion treatment in the first chamber; Save the first chamber pressure, so that a considerable degree of vacuum of the second chamber; member to be processed is transferred back to the second chamber, the aging process in the second chamber. The present invention is not residual in the surface of the magnet powder, metal powder is evaporated, the evaporation efficiency is greatly improved, can be realized with less heavy rare-earth material with high remanence high coercivity magnets, and the magnet having a strong corrosion resistance .


The training literature affirms a model which views training and development as a system. Most references to such a model indicate that it is a multi-step model which begins with a needs assessment step and ends with a training evaluation step. However, both employers and students struggle with understanding and implementing the steps of the complete model. The case of the mentoring Ernst & Young provides an excellent illustration of training and development using all steps in the acknowledged model. This article identifies this acknowledged training and development model, applies the facts of the Ernst & Young example to the model, and examines implications in today's learning environment.


Anthropogenic climate change promises to bring existential changes to human society in the coming years. One such example of these changes is the increasing frequency of extreme weather, capable of causing significant damage. Despite this, many Americans are acutely unaware of the relationship between climate change and extreme weather events, perhaps due to a lack of direct messaging about it. This study analyzed the effects of natural disasters on climate change discussion sentiment and volume through news media and Twitter posts. The study hypothesized that specific major natural disasters would lead to increases in the number of climate-change-related Twitter posts and news articles, as well as more positive climate sentiment, indicative of belief in the severity of global warming. Through an analysis of almost 35 million climate-change-related tweets and 300,000+ news articles, along with the collection of over 130 million natural-disaster-related tweets published in the United States between 2010 and 2020, media volume rose an average of 10% around specific extreme weather events, corroborating the first aspect of the hypothesis. The ratio of positive to negative sentiment tweets, however, decreased, suggesting the tendency of extreme weather to elicit more response from climate change deniers than supporters. Thus, increased climate change discussion around major natural disasters represents a missed opportunity for continuing to drive forward climate change messaging and awareness in the United States.


Taking Maduo County,located in the headwater region of the Yellow River,as a study area,and TM remote sensing images and a DEM as test data,the classification system of wetlands were determined firstly based on the definition of wetlands,and the analysis of imaging mechanisms and geographical features.Then,the effective features for wetlands information extraction,including spectrum,texture,terrain and configuration,were studied.Finally,a method for wetland information extraction based on object-oriented technology was developed.The experimental results show that the method has a total precision of 90.13% and a Kappa coefficient of 88.33%.It greatly improves the precision compared with the maximum likelihood supervising classification method and decision tree classification method,and it also can reduce workload and subjectivity.


Crop evapotranspiration (ET_0) is a key parameter in agricultural irrigation management. There are many methods to calculate it. In this article, compared the two results from Penman-Monteith(1990)and temperature based on 21 weather stations of Xinjiang data during 1981~2000. It indicates that the result from two methods has a good relationship. The number of calculating ET_0 data are 126, and the relative coefficient is 0.925. Evaluating the ET_0 model by modifying Temperature method is simple method and useful in water management and evaluation of crop yield.


The invention concerns a cermet structural element comprising a tribological ceramic layer which is substantially made up of Al2O3 and through which a metallic Al phase consisting predominantly of aluminides is drawn. The invention further concerns a method of producing a cermet tribological element in a single operation, wherein, in a pressure or pressure-casting device, liquid Al or Al alloy is pressed into a precursor which consists of or contains a ceramic matrix, has at least one tribological layer and contains at least one oxidic compound which can be reduced by Al as well as optionally further non-oxidic compounds or elements. The structural element is then optionally re-annealed until the aluminide and Al2O3 have formed.


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The use of metal materials to support human life continues to grow along with the rapid development of science and technology. This greatly influences the technology to process it into a ready-to-use product. Among the production techniques used to make a product is the welding process. Welding is a method of joining that is widely used in steel building construction and machine construction. Another connection method used on metal joints is bolts and rivets. Welding technology, besides being able to be used to join and cut metal, can also be used to fill holes in castings, make hard coatings on tools, thicken worn parts, and other kinds of repairs.
AISI 1037 is a carbon steel with a carbon content of around 0.37%, which is classified as Medium Carbon Steel. The tensile strength of AISI 1037 is 650 MPa with a yield stress of 350 MPa. A test has been carried out on AISI 1037 with the welding method, where the welding method used is the 1G and 1 F welding process. With this method compared to the mechanical properties of the welding results, the seam used is seam V with an E 6013 electrode with a diameter of 2.6mm. The welding process refers to the AWS D1.1 standard with the SMAW welding type with a plate thickness of 5mm.


Poster: "ECR 2015 / C-2287 / CT Evaluation of Pulmonary Hypertension: To See, or Not To See, That is the Question…" by: "M. Kul, N. Hursoy, S. Kirli, C. Uzun; Ankara/TR"


An introduction to an article that focuses upon evidence that lung and bronchus cancer is detectable at early stages with low-dose CT is presented.


Data pertaining to progeny of 46 sires calved during 1987 to 2006 maintained at the Buffalo Research Centre (BRC), Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar were considered for the present study. The sire effects and ranks of the 46 sires were estimated on the basis of their daughters' performance. The progeny group size of the sires ranged from 3 to 16. The sires were evaluated for fi rst lactation 305 day milk yield (MY305), and ten fi rst lactation test day (TD) milk records. Best linear unbiased procedure (BLUP) was used to estimate the breeding values of sires. The estimated breeding values (EBV) for MY305 and test day milk records ranged from -284.18 to 276.42; -0.82 to 0.65; -0.87 to 0.97; -1.25 to 0.88; -0.78 to 1.15; -1.24 to 1.13; -0.82 to 0.73; -0.79 to 1.08; -0.91 to1.18; -0.66 to 1.16 and -0.98 to 0.73 kg for TD 1 , TD 2 , TD 3 , TD 4 , TD 5 , TD 6 , TD 7 , TD 8, TD 9 , and TD 10 , respectively. The product moment correlations were low to high and the highest (0.71) product moment correlation was obtained between MY305 and TD 6 . The highest rank correlations (0.91) were obtained between TD 1 and TD 10 . The results indicated that sire coding 33, 06 and 49 were good and can be used for future breeding purpose.


This paper assesses the promise of the supported bargaining (SB) stream of multi-employer bargaining to address persistently low wages in feminised industries. Introduced in 2022 amendments to Australia's Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), the SB stream replaces the failed low-paid bargaining stream which also sought to widen access to collective bargaining for low-paid workers. We outline the substantive changes introduced by the SB stream: in the contexts of the historical failure of enterprise bargaining to achieve wage increases for women workers; and of gender equality reforms introduced in the 2022 amendments. In assessing the SB stream's potential, we highlight the less restrictive criteria for inclusion and a more active role for the Fair Work Commission in approving and facilitating multi-employer bargaining. We conclude that the continuing primacy of single-enterprise bargaining in the Fair Work Act, the restriction of SB to multi-employer rather than sector-wide bargaining, and the weakness of underpinning awards will limit the effectiveness of SB in achieving meaningful pay increases in feminised sectors. However, the 2022 gender equality reforms offer other potential mechanisms to address low wages in feminised industries, both in wage-setting in annual minimum wage reviews and in award variations through equal remuneration or work value claims.


This study aims to 1) find out the technique of writing short stories with the "CANTIK" learning model, 2) improve students' skills in writing short stories. In this study, the subjects were teachers and students of class XI MIPA1 SMA N 1 Tawangsari in the even semester of the 2019/2020 school year. The object of research in general is the implementation of learning to write short stories. The data obtained by the technique of giving short story writing assignments, observation and documentation. The data were analyzed using a qualitative description method, namely data presentation and conclusion drawing/verification. The results showed that learning to write short stories in class XI MIPA1 SMA N 1 Tawangsari in the even semester of the 2019/2020 school year was carried out based on the 2013 Curriculum, the Indonesian language learning syllabus for class XI, and was carried out according to the Indonesian RPP for short story text teaching materials. The obstacles faced in learning to write short stories are 1) the implementation of the right learning model in learning to write short stories, 2) the low motivation of students in participating in short story writing lessons, 3) decreased concentration of students when learning Indonesian is scheduled in the final hours. learning. The ways to overcome these obstacles are 1) the application of learning methods to write short stories that are appropriate and interesting for students, 2) provide motivation and enlightenment to students about the benefits of having the ability to write short stories in everyday life. 4) variations in the allocation of learning schedules for writing short stories.


This study aims to determine: 1) the character of cageur, bageur, pinter as part of the Al Ma'soem culture; 2) Tadarus activities at Ma'soem University; 3) The role of tadarus in developing the esprit de corps of employees. The research method is qualitative with an ethnographic approach in order to reveal the social and cultural meaning behind tadarus activities. Data collection techniques were carried out by participatory observation, in-depth interviews, literature studies and documentation studies. Determination of the sample using purposive sampling where sampling is done with certain considerations. Data analysis using the Spradley Model, was carried out in four stages: domain, taxonomy, componential, and cultural themes. The results showed that: 1) Cageur, bageur, pinter characters are the embodiment of the pioneering philosophy in order to create a balance between habluminalloh and habluminannas., 2) The benefits of tadarus for friendship, launch and get used to reading holy verses, the heart becomes calm and gives birth to a group of pioneers and followers, 3 ) Tadarus activities as organizational habits that are not directly related to work specifications can be a source of strength for the birth of the corps spirit of employees.


OBJECTIVE: To develop a simple predictive model which will allow us to determine, whether an individual patient has a greater risk of cognitive impairment and need to be further cognitive evaluated.
 BACKGROUND: Patients with DM have higher risk of cognitive impairment and dementia.
 DESIGN/METHODS: Three hundered patients were included (283 DM type 2, 17 DM type 1, 138 women). Cognitive status was evaluated using Clock Drawing Test. Patients who scored 3 out of 4 points or less were considered cognitive impaired. A predictive model using binary logistic regression was developed. In the model we included age, gender, duration of DM, level of education and presence of chronic limb pain.
 RESULTS: Mean age was 64.2 years (SD 10.5). Mean duration of DM was 12.5 years (SD 9). Majority of patients had 12 years of education (61.8%), 24.6% had 8 years or less and 13.6% had 14 to 18 years. Mean Clock Drawing Test score was 2.9 (SD 1.2). Less than half of patients (46%) scored 4/4 points. Patients without cognitive impairment were younger (61.1 years [SD 10.4] vs. 66.8 [9.9] years; p<0.001) and had shorter DM duration (10.9 [7.7] years vs. 13.9 [9.8] years; p=0,005).
Statistically significant variables in logistic model (constant B:-4.96) were: gender (B: 0.6), age (B: 0.05), duration of DM (B: 0.03), primary education (8 years or less) (B: 0.91) and presence of chronic limb pain (B: 0.97).
I.e. a chance for cognitive impairment in 70 year old man with primary education (8 years), 10 year DM duration and chronic limb pain is 71%.
 CONCLUSIONS: Cognitive impairment is common among DM patients in our group (54%). Two important mile stones are age of 61 years and DM duration of 11 years or more. Particularly vulnerable are older, low educated men, with long term diabetes and chronic limb pain. Disclosure: Dr. Rakusa has received personal compensation for activities with Pfizer Inc. as a speaker. Dr. Rakusa has nothing to disclose. Dr. Cokolic has nothing to disclose.


The washed and dried porous silica gel was soaked in water glass of moderate viscosity, then mixed with nanometer TiO 2, stired until TiO 2 has been uniformly distributed on the porous silica gel. After dried naturally, it was calcined at 300 ℃ for 1 h to give the immobilized nanometer TiO 2 which was mechanically and chemically stable, and can be reused. Under the illumination of high pressure Hg lamp, the X 3B dye could be degraded almost quantitatively(98%) in a solution containing the photocatalyst, Fe 3+ and H 2O 2 with bubbling of air.