The traditional Moroccan women who told the tale of 'Ali and a Spinner Too?' to a large extent were excluded from the public sphere—which included the world of books and writing. The marginal position of these women within their society meant that they could not travel to university centers such as that in Fez to acquire the learning associated with the written word and thus to become theologians and jurists. Rather, they were left to learn what they could at home. However, these women managed to transform the houses in the medina into veritable centers of cultural production, not only through such activities as embroidery and cooking, but also through the narratives with which they became involved. These women both conformed to and also contested the structures within which they found themselves, through their tales, which form part of the oral rather than the written tradition. A tale such as 'Ali and a Spinner Too?' demonstrates that these women had more agency and wit than the image of the meek and harem-bound stereotype of the Muslim woman often projected by Orientalists. The way the woman in this tale takes control of her position demonstrates the extent to which women both questioned and effectively redefined their marginal position. Such women would have been quite aware of the authority of the written word and of the fact that they only would be allowed the possibility to narrate provided they upheld the values of their patriarchal culture. It is perhaps such an awareness that made them realize they had no other recourse but to articulate


Although Xu Fuguan (1903–1982) belongs to the most important representatives of the Modern Confucian intellectual movement he is rather unknown outside China. However, his concept of "concerned consciousness" ( youhuan yishi 憂患 意識) is relevant not only for the recognition of the special characteristics which determine the ideological and political structure of ancient Chinese society, but also for the intercultural elaboration of Jaspers' "axial age" theory. This article introduces the concept to the European academic readership and provides an analysis of its connection to the Modern Confucian hypothesis regarding the absence of an external God (or Deities) in classical Chinese culture.


RESEARCH OVERSIGHTIncrease oversight but keep big government out of biotechnology labs. The National Research Council delivered that message in a report released this week that aims to help prevent bioterrorism while preserving science's open culture.


Ataxia‐telangiectasia (A‐T) is a genetic disease, associated with progressive motor impairment and a lack of functional ATM protein. It has been reported that immunoreactive tyrosine hydroxylase and dopamine transporter are reduced in an Atm–/– mouse model of A‐T. These observations led to a hypothesis that A‐T is associated with loss of nigrostriatal dopamine and prompted the launch of clinical trials to evaluate a therapeutic utility of the anti‐parkinsonian drug, l‐DOPA. To test for dopamine depletion more directly, we measured regional levels of monoamines and their metabolites in the Atm–/– mouse brain. We also measured levels of NAD+, a cofactor for dopamine biosynthesis and substrate of the DNA damage surveillance enzyme, poly(ADP‐ribose) polymerase (PARP). Constitutive activation of PARP has been posited to cause NAD+ depletion. We observed no reduction in monoamine transmitters and no depletion of NAD+, or other high energy phosphate donors in the adult Atm–/– cerebellum, striatum, or ventral mesencephalon. However, our studies did reveal a progressive sensorimotor impairment in Atm–/– mice that may serve as a relevant proxy for progressive neurological impairment in the human disease. Our results call into question the involvement of dopamine in A‐T and the therapeutic strategy of enhancing dopaminergic function with l‐DOPA.


The effects of climate warming on individuals and populations are becoming increasingly apparent (e.g. changes in body mass, species range shifts), however impacts at higher levels of biological organization (i.e. communities and ecosystems) are less understood (Heneghan et al., 2019). Ecological communities comprise many small and few large sized individuals.


Low-temperature and low-pressure plasma was investigated by OES (optical emission spectroscopy) in the range 200-1100 nm. For displaying measured emission spectra and identification of spectrum lines the software Spectrum Analyzer was used. Two modes of glow discharge present in the DC cylindrical magnetron apparatus which were previously researched by a mass spectrometer were studied by OES. The changes in the spectral range 300-600 nm during the transition between discharge modes are contributed to the emission of metal particles sputtered from the cathode material.


This paper presents a proposal for using feature construction in a fuzzy rule-based learning algorithm as a method to avoid working with a fixed set of features to describe a particular problem. The main purpose is to increase the amount of information extracted from initial variables to construct a model that has better prediction capability. This approach iteratively looks for the function that obtains the best adaptation level to the examples covered by a rule. If exists, this function is added both to the antecedent of the rule and to a specific structure called catalog of functions in order to be considered by the learning algorithm. For that, a model of rule is used in order to represent this kind of knowledge in combination with the catalog, which helps us to manage the functions that have ever been considered during the learning process. Finally, a comparative study of the results obtained with this approach is presented.


Countries around the globe are liberalizing their trade policies for the maximum gains due to comparative advantage. Trade is considered as one of the primary tools to increase the economic growth. There are four main channels in literature through which trade liberalization affects economic growth: capital accumulation, equality of factor prices among countries, knowledge transfers and technology transfers. Last two channels are related to the human capital of the country. The more open economy will have larger benefits from trade openness, if country has absorbing capacity of new technology. The present study has been designed to see the impact of trade liberalization on the human capital and economic growth by using panel data analysis. Selected Asian countries (India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, South Korea and Sri Lanka) have been grouped as lower income countries (India, Indonesia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) and higher income countries (Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and South Korea) for comparative analysis. The results show that both developed and developing countries enjoy the trade led growth for the selected period. The impact of trade openness on human capital has been found positive for both groups but found significant only for the developed countries due to well-trained human capital. The fruits of trade openness in form of increased productivity of human capital have not been achieved in developing countries due to their less trained and less skilled workers. The investment in human capital is the dire need of the time for the developing countries to enjoy more beneficial effects of trade openness.


Automated plaque quantification derived from coronary CT angiogragphy (CCTA) datasets provides exact and reliable assessment of coronary atherosclerosis burden.

 To investigate the long-term predictive value of quantified coronary plaque volume (PV) in comparison to Calcium Score (CACS).

 Dedicated software was used to quantify PV in 1577 patients. A combination of cardiac death and acute coronary syndrome was used as endpoint. Incremental prognostic value was tested with c-statistics and continuous net reclassification improvement (NRI). The Morise Score was used to summarize patients clinical risk profile.

 Patients were followed for 10.4 years. The combined endpoint occurred in 59 patients, of whom 36 suffered from cardiac death, 18 had non-fatal myocardial infarction and 5 presented with unstable angina requiring revascularisation. The additive predictive value of PV and CACS was tested against a baseline model (c-index 0.741) including clinical risk and the number of diseased coronary segments (segment-Involvement score). While PV provided additive prognostic value (rise in c-index to 0.763, p=0.01 and NRI 0.247, p=0.03), CACS did not (c-index 0.749, p=0.2 and NRI 0.162, p=0.12).
 A threshold of 110.5 mm3, which was established by a previous analysis of our group, provided excellent separation of patients into low (no PV), intermediate (PV <110.5 mm3) and high (PV >110.5 mm3) risk categories based upon quantified PV (see attached Figure).

 Quantification of PV from CCTA datasets provides excellent prognostic information on long-term follow-up.


It is very challenging to translate proper noun across intra linguistic alphabets. It may not transliterate properly due to insufficient knowledge of the system. Moreover if we translate with supervise approach then overall speed will deteriorate at the time of training and testing due to large search space and searching time which is very challenging to reduce. In this manuscript, we propose an alternative approach to reduce the overall time of conversion compare to existing software approach. This can be achieve with hardware implementation. The hardware implementation for transliteration is the first time in the literature.


In addressing the cosmological constant problem, we propose that the discrepancy between the theoretical and observed values can be ascribed to the inherent uncertainty in the spacetime metric. Mach's principle, which posits that mass shapes spacetime, intersects with quantum mechanics' description of a particle as a quantum cloud, rendering the precise location of a particle's mass unknowable. Consequently, understanding spacetime structure at the quantum level becomes elusive. This connection between quantum and spacetime uncertainty could hold the key to resolving the cosmological constant problem. Intriguingly, the length scale of spacetime uncertainty, aligns with the macroscopic quantum weirdness observed in recent experiments. The spacetime uncertainty can be quantified by the scale factor in the Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) universe.


Statement of the problem. The paper is devoted to the experimental identification of damping for such materials as butadiene rubber (BR) and cis-butadiene low-molecular weight rubber (SKDN-N) based concrete and fiber-reinforced rubber concrete by means of the Impulse Excitation Technique (IET). Results. It was found that BR based concrete with or without fiber-reinforcement shows more obvious viscoelastic properties than the corresponding materials based on SKDN-N rubber. The addition of steel fiber reduces internal friction in the material, while propylene fiber has the opposite effect. This is due to the fact that the fibrous propylene acts as an additional damping material, which enhances energy dissipation under dynamic loading.Conclusion. The internal friction in the rubber concrete and fiber-reinforced rubber concrete was measured for the first time. The obtained data are the additional microstructural characteristics of polymer concrete, which describes its viscosity. The real values of the investigated quantities have been determined, which makes it possible to use the models with fractional derivatives in the calculations of building structures made of rubber concrete and fiber-reinforced rubber concrete for dynamic loads, taking into account the phenomenon of viscoelasticity.


The National Airspace System (NAS) is an ever changing and complex engineering system. As the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) is developed, there will be an increased emphasis on safety and operational and environmental efficiency. Current operations in the NAS are monitored using a variety of data sources, including data from flight recorders, radar track data, weather data, and other massive data collection systems. Although numerous technologies exist to monitor the frequency of known but undesirable behaviors in the NAS, there are currently few methods that can analyze the large repositories to discover new and previously unknown events in the NAS. Having a tool to discover events that have implications for safety or incidents of operational importance, increases the awareness of such scenarios in the community and helps to broaden the overall safety of the NAS, whereas only monitoring the frequency of known events can only provide mitigations for already established problems. This paper discusses a novel approach for discovering operationally significant events in the NAS that are currently not monitored and have potential safety and/or efficiency implications using radar-track data. This paper will discuss the discovery algorithm and describe in detail some flights of interest with comments from subject matter experts who are familiar with the operations in the airspace that was studied.


This paper develops a wavelet interpolation Galerkin method (WIGM) for solutions of the boundary value problems in 2D Static Electromagnetic field, which is based on the use of the autocorrelation functions of Daubechies's compactly supported wavelets. In this method, several techniques are discussed to deal with complex boundary conditions and to treat the domain with several media. The method is presented and some numerical results demonstrate its validity.


The modified Leung-Griffiths model of Rainwater and Moldover is used to correlate vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE) surfaces in pressure, temperature, and density for binary mixtures in the near-critical region. The systems studied are butane-pentane, propane isopentane, butane-hexane, and ethane-butane. The model, which has also successfully fit several other mixtures, is based on scalinglaw equations of state expressed in terms of field variables. It incorporates a variation of the principle of corresponding states as well as the coupling of density and composition change across the phase boundary. As the width of the dew-bubble curves increases, additional parameters are required to obtain successful VLE correlations.


The mini-rhizotron technique was used to study oil palm root turnover and longevity. Preliminary data collected over a three-month observation period was not sufficient to determine oil palm root longevity since the total root length was not constant. Root length replacement was high in tertiary roots about 11% more than secondary roots. Root observation has to be done over a long extended period in order to take account of the changing season that can affect root turnover and longevity. Further work is needed to determine the optimal number of observation tubes to represent the soil bulk proliferated by oil palm roots.


In the second half of the 18th century, some groups of German Judaism opened up to the culture of the Enlightenment. As a result of this, they demanded that an end be put to Jewish political and social discrimination and that full civil rights be given to them. In 1799, a strong debate arose about the question whether civil rights should be granted to the Jewish people if, and only if, they first converted to Christianity. Amongst others David Friedlander (1750-1834) and the young Friedrich Schleiermacher participated in this debate. Theologically, the crucial point was whether the Protestant Church was able to apply the (especially Lutheran, but also Reformed) distinction between the spiritual and the secular authorities to the modern principle of the freedom of worship. Referring to the history of modern society, the problem was related to the more general questions of whether and how modern societies were able to shape the intrinsic pluralism they had created themselves and, on the other hand, whether and how social groups such as Judaism could adapt without losing their identity under the pressure of conformity, which had emerged from their opening up to the cultural environment. This essay sketches the history of these aspects up to the present day, with special attention to the renewal and increase of discrimination under Nazism which destroyed all - assimilated and non-assimilated - Jewish culture in Germany.


The Abuja Declaration on Roll Back Malaria in Africa on 25th April 2000 by 44 African heads of state and government adopted the use of insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) as a preventive measure against the adverse effects of malaria among pregnant women in Africa. Similar optimism is expressed for the coverage of intermittent presumptive treatment (IPT) of Malaria infection among pregnant women across the continent. We conducted a community-based survey of recently pregnant women randomly selected from eight communities of Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria in June 2016, to study the level of knowledge of rural dwellers on the use of insecticide-treated bed nets by pregnant women. Among 300 households surveyed, 76.5% stated their high knowledge of and use of insecticide-treated bed nets during pregnancy. A greater population of women of these communities (88.5%) knew the dangers of malaria in pregnancy and to the unborn child. The coverage of a nationally recommended strategy to prevent malaria during pregnancy was high across all the communities studied. More sensitization and expansion of access to this service are required to meet the fullest meaning of the name "ROLL BACK malaria to where it came from". The sealing up of malaria prevention programs through antenatal care (ANC) services should be encouraged with 78.2% of women still indulging in self-treatment of malaria during pregnancy. Issues of commodity supply and service-free costs to clients should be encouraged and sustained.


The temperature dependence of the dielectric parameters e and tan δ for the entire x range of barium lanthanide titanate solid solutions (BLT ss) using the general formula Ba6−xLn8+2x/3Ti18O54 (Ln=La, Nd, Sm, Gd) was measured over wide frequency and temperature ranges. The results show the presence of diffuse regions of e(T) and tan δ(T) anomalies, which are located below (in the La- and Nd-containing solid solutions) or above (in the Sm- and Gd-containing solid solutions) room temperature. However, no evidence of a structural transition responsible for these anomalies could be determined by differential scanning calorimetry and x-ray diffraction analysis. To examine the nature of the abnormal temperature behavior the dielectric parameters in the systems studied were considered in terms of a simple oscillator model. Within the framework of this model correlations among the average size of the A-site ions, tilting of the oxygen octahedra, and the lattice strain are discussed, and the effect of crystallogra...


This study discusses the way different numerals and related expressions are currently annotated in the Universal Dependencies project, with a specific focus on the Uralic language family and only occasional references to the other language groups. We analyse different annotation conventions between individual treebanks, and aim to highlight some areas where further development work and systematization could prove beneficial. At the same time, the Universal Dependencies project already offers a wide range of conventions to mark nuanced variation in numerals and counting expressions, and the harmonization of conventions between different languages could be the next step to take. The discussion here makes specific reference to Universal Dependencies version 2.8, and some differences found may already have been harmonized in version 2.9. Regardless of whether this takes place or not, we believe that the study still forms an important documentation of this period in the project.


The two different diet of nutrition plane feeded small tailed han sheep lamb. The results indicated that the nutrition plane of treatment group (The nutrition plane of treatment group was DM 9.35MJ/kg,CP 7.11%,Ca 0.66% and P 0.45%, and control group was DM 9.48MJ/kg, CP 7.11%,Ca 0.10% and P 0.31%) improved effectively depraving appetite and molting appearance,and increased obviously daily gain.


THE INVENTION IS RELATING TO PHOTOGRAPHY. THE SILVER BROMOIODIDE EMULSION COMPRISES A DISPERSION MEDIUM AND SILVER BROMIOIDIDE TABULAR GRAINS. THESE GRAINS, WHICH HAVE A THICKNESS LESS THAN 0,5 MM, A DIAMETER OF AT LEAST 0,6 MM, AND AN INDEX OF MEDIUM SHAPE (DIAMETREEPAISSEURS DES GRAINS) GREATER THAN 8: 1, REPRESENT AT LEAST 50 OF THE TOTAL SURFACE PROJECTED SILVER BROMIOIDURE GRAINS. THE DIAMETER OF A GRAIN IS DEFINED BY THE DIAMETER OF A CIRCLE OF A SURFACE EQUAL TO THE PROJECTED SURFACE OF GRAIN. THE EMULSION OBTAINED TO IMPROVED PHOTOGRAPHIC PROPERTIES, PARTICULARLY THE NETTETE AND AFTER CHEMICAL AND SPECTRAL SENSITIZATION, IT PRESENTS A REPORT RAPIDITEGRANULARITE AND A BLUE BLEUMINUS SEPARATION BETTER.


Objective To apply Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) on the patients injured in Sichuan Earthquake.Methods COPM was applied to evaluate 51 patients in hospital before and 1 months after treatment.The first evaluation confirmed the problems on occupational activities for them.Then the plan was made to solve the problems.The second evaluation was to assess the effect of the treatment.Results The problem of self-care activity is more than that of productive activities and leisure activities(P0.01).Total scores of performance of occupational activity and satisfaction improved(P0.01,P0.01)Conclusion COPM is helpful to confirm the problems of occupational activities and contribute to develope the primary goals for rehabilitation and treatment programs.


The mosquito family (Diptera: Culicidae) contains several species of great public health relevance due to their role as vectors of human diseases. Aedes aegypti, is responsible for transmitting some of the most important vector-borne viruses that affect humanity, including Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika. The widespread and intensive use of chemical insecticides has caused significant adverse environmental effects and contributed to the emergence of populations, reducing their efficiency. Therefore, it becomes urgent to develop new alternative tools for vector control. In this context, our study aimed to trace the profile of the main secondary metabolites, followed by determining the larvicidal action against the A. aegypti mosquito lineage; and in vitro safety, through cytotoxicity in eukaryotic cells. The extracts were obtained by maceration with better yields for leaves, in relation to the phytochemical profile, the presence of different classes of secondary metabolites was identified, such as triterpenes, flavonoids, tannins, saponins and alkaloids. Low larvicidal lethality was observed at the concentrations tested (250-1000 ppm). The analysis of the cytotoxic potential showed a low toxic activity after direct exposure of the extracts to Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells, even though the species was classified as toxic. The study presented results not determined in previous research of this species, providing an innovative, relevant and significant character for future research.


A case of type II autosomal dominant osteopetrosis is presented. The boy was admitted to the hospital at the age of 7 years and 6 months due to bilateral leg pain. Apart from radiography no pathology has been found.


Inflexible suffixes that have been seen all period of Turkish, are faced in modern Turkish dialects widely. In this article was studied the inflexible suffixes in Kazakh Turkish. It was invastigated that in which suffixes and with which examples was seen inflexible suffixes, and the sort of the words that were appeared after becomed inflexible.


ABSTRACT Though the premature failures of wind turbine gearboxes are often attributed to bearing fatigue from overloading, there is compelling evidence that wear from underloading is a significant contributor. Here we attempt to gain insight into the relative contributions of over- and underloading by assessing planet bearing reaction forces from the Gearbox Reliability Collaborative (GRC) standard gearbox within a typical utility-scale wind turbine under realistic conditions. The results demonstrate that non-torque load sharing by the planetary stage increases and decreases planet bearing reaction forces at different locations within each rotor cycle regardless of wind speed. Planet bearing reaction forces exceeded the fatigue limit at wind speeds above 12 m/s and fell below the minimum load rating at wind speeds below 7 m/s. Based on analyses of published wind spectra from 10 U.S. sites, the expected fatigue life of the planet bearings ranged from 42 to 529 years even after accounting for non-torque load sharing. At the same 10 sites, planet bearings were underloaded (below 2% of the dynamic load rating) once per rotor cycle 40–70% of the time. Underloaded bearings are susceptible to surface damage when suddenly exposed to common transient events, such as yaw, wind gusts, braking, and grid faults. The resulting surface damage can initiate premature failure via wear (e.g., micropitting) or by reducing bearing fatigue life. The results suggest that carrier bearing clearance, non-torque load sharing, and planet bearing underloading are significant contributors to the premature failures of wind turbine planet bearings.


Procymidone has previously been shown to be effective against white rot (2, 3). Fungigation was applied with 6mm water through drip lines. All other plots were irrigated with 6mm water at the same time. The single boom spray treatments 1 and 3 were applied straight after irrigation. Infected onions were counted prior to treatment and at 7-14 day intervals between treatment and lifting. At harvested the number of infected and healthy onions were recorded.


The influence of thickness of sputtered palladium layer on the radiation enhanced diffusion (RED) in silicon power P-I-N diode and resulting electrical parameters is studied. Impact of the variation of Pd layer thickness in the range between 2 and 50 nm is evaluated close to the optimal annealing temperature (650°C) in terms of device electrical parameters. It is shown that the dependence of leakage current, carrier lifetime, forward voltage drop and reverse recovery on the thickness of Pd layer is negligible in agreement with profiles received from spreading resistance measurements. On the contrary, static breakdown voltage slightly increases with the thickness of Pd layer, but this growth is small in comparison with that of the annealing temperature during RED. The results acknowledge that the parameters of low-doped P-layer in RED diode cannot be controlled by the thickness of Pd layer deposited by traditional techniques like evaporation, sputtering or spraying. On the other hand, the usage of these techniques can guarantee stable process in terms of resulting electrical parameters of processed devices.


The history of the dispossession of the Mairremmener People is an analogue for the histories of indigenous peoples in all those lands seized by the British under the cloak of the ideology of imperialism and the conceit of the superiority of Western culture. In Van Diemen's Land in the years between 1803 and 1832, the Mairremmener People suffered the brunt of colonial expansion, and were its prime victims. Their history is the substance of this thesis.


Abstract The global South, as the collective for the peripheries of mainstream development is known, is often regarded as merely a beneficiary of Northern-borne notions in the field of organisational communication. The problem is that the Southern context and circumstance do not always mirror those of the North, meaning that these dominant, revered theories are not necessarily applicable. One Southern context is that of the South African mining and construction industries, which is seen as notoriously dangerous, plagued by various obstacles to internal organisational communication (such as illiteracy and diversity), and what Le Roux and Naudé (2009, 29) refer to as 'historical baggage'. The research question of this article is whether congenital Northern communication theories can be adequately incorporated into the unique global South, in order to fulfil the important task of communicating safety information to employees. The article explores the appropriate implementation of the principles of the excellence theory, the stakeholder theory as well as the relationship management theory, and the research methodology includes interviews, focus groups and quantitative questionnaires at two organisations. The result of the empirical research is the amalgamation and reworking of these theories' principles into a model for internal safety communication applicable to the South.


B ehçet disease (BD) is a recurrent inflammatory disease involving multiple systems with a classic triad of aphthous stomatitis, uveitis, and genital ulcers. Vascular involvement of BD is characterized by peripheral arterial occlusive disease, aneurysmal dilatation, and venous occlusion. Early recognition of BD in patients with peripheral arterial occlusive disease is important, as it allows for the prompt initiation of immunosuppressant therapy, and also because percutaneous transluminal angioplasty


A report is given on a case of bilateral carotid occlusion in which on one side a sufficient blood supply of the right hemisphere developed spontaneously via extra-intra-cranial anastomoses. On the opposite side, after proving an insufficient blood supply, an extraintracranial arterial bypass between the parietal branch of the A. temporalis superficialis and the cortical A. angularis was established micro-neurosurgically. The result was a reperfusion of the left aspect of the media and a clinical improvement of the neurological symptoms.


Analyzing the high-pressure broken cylinder of 6MD32 compressor,the paper applies the method of fracture failure analysis,carries on appearance analysis(fracture appearance,crack appearance and structure appearance),performance analysis(machine performance,physical performance and chemical performance),material composition analysis,process analysis.By analyzing,the crack′s extending disciplination is discovered,and the type of failure is determined.On the basis of the above work,the paper analyzes the reasons of fracture failure,provides basis for solving the broken of compressor′s high-pressure cylinder.


A foldable refrigerator shelf and a refrigerator equipped with same. The refrigerator shelf comprises a forward panel (1) and a rear panel (2), said forward panel (1) and rear panel (2) being stackable and the rear edge of the forward panel (1) being provided with a forward connector component; the forward edge of the rear panel (2) is correspondingly provided with a first rear connector component which, when the forward panel (1) and rear panel (2) are arranged in parallel, matches the forward connector component; the rear edge of the rear panel (2) is correspondingly provided with a second rear connector component which, when the forward panel (1) and rear panel (2) are stacked one upon the other, matches a component of the forward panel (1). The forward panel (1) of the present foldable refrigerator shelf is able to slide forward or backwards so as to allow said forward panel (1) and the rear panel (2) to be arranged in parallel or stacked one upon the other. A user is thus able to efficiently arrange the space within a refrigerator according to personal requirements. The forward panel (1) and rear panel (2) are structurally simple and very easy to manipulate, and can be very conveniently arranged for use in a refrigerator; they are also easy to remove for easy cleaning.


Experimental and numerical methods were used to study heat transfer enhancement in a round tube with a new type of insert:cross over disk(COD).Pressure drop experiments were carried out in the round tube with maltose.The correlation of friction factor for Reynolds number was given under Re range from 2×10-4 to 4×104.The pressure drop in the round tube with COD was 7—40 times bigger than the empty tube.Heat transfer experiments were performed both in vertical and horizontal tubes with COD.The maltose was heated by steam in the tube.The heat transfer correlations were obtained.In the creeping flow,the heat transfer enhancement for the horizontal tube was about 2—3.5 times bigger than the empty tube,and about 2.5—4 times for the vertical tube.The influence for geometrical parameters,such as r/R and l/d on heat transfer and pressure drop was examined by computational fluid dynamics software Fluent and correlations to describe the effect of these parameters were obtained.These correlations could be used in optimal design of the heat transfer system using COD as insert.


The ethinic costume culture is the main part of China' s culture. The dress culture of Water Race plays an important role in Chinese dress. The history and culture of Water Race will provide us reliable plot and proof to research on Chinese history and culture.


The high penetration of renewable energy sources, combined with a limited possibility to expand the transmission infrastructure, stretches the system stability in the case of faults. For this reason, operators are calling for additional control flexibility in the grid. In this paper, we propose the deployment of switchable reactors and capacitors distributed on the grid as a control resource for securing operations during severe contingencies and avoiding potential blackouts. According to the operating principles, the line reactance varies by switching on or off a certain number of distributed series reactors and capacitors and, therefore, the stabilizing control rule is based on a stepwise time-discrete control action. A control strategy, based on dynamic optimization, is proposed and tested on a realistic-sized transmission system.


'Either you had no purpose', Eliot writes in his wartime Little Gidding, 'Or the purpose is beyond the end you figured / And is altered in fulfilment'. The work of a poet concluding a career of unparalleled significance, Eliot's Four Quartets speculate continually about what it would mean to make a good end, where an end is an objective or a conclusion, an intended destination or just a termination – and perhaps, but not necessarily, both. So if I begin this book by saying that its subject is the end of modernism, I mean 'end' in Eliot's double sense: the end of modernism signifies both its realisation and its dissolution. Vindicated, certainly, but melancholy in its vindication, the mood of late modernism in England resembles the watershed event that it recorded: the Second World War, too, was both a win and a winding up. In the chapters that follow, I suggest that the correlation between late modernism in England and the world-changing circumstances with which it overlapped amounts to more than a historical coincidence. It would be hard to overstate the continuing centrality of the war in contemporary English culture – this is always just 'the war', colloquially, as if there had been no other – 'remarkably resonant', as one historian summarises it, 'appearing in many different sites of memory and permeating just about every level of national, local and personal culture'. The reasons why the war should have accrued this tenacious importance for the national imaginary speak directly to late modernism's characteristic preoccupations. In geopolitical terms, a conflict that had initially been deferred because of the virtual impossibility of protecting an empire sprawling across potential war fronts on the Atlantic, Pacific and


A program has been initiated to investigate the effects of varied welding positions on such weld qualities as deposit soundness and uniformity, bead geometry, chemical composition, and mechanical properties. Automatic MIG welds have been prepared in positions ranging from flat (0 degrees) to 35 degrees both upslope and downslope, using standing welding procedures as weld speed in inches per minute, weld current and voltage, torch lead angle, and shielding gas delivery rates. Progressive changes in bead geometry occur as the weld plane angle is varied from 350 upslope to 350 downslope. Generally, upslope welds are characterized by a narrow weld deposit with a high crown, while downslope welds are wide and flat. The fused cross section area is found to be greater and to contain somewhat greater amounts of copper (from welding 2014-T6 aluminum alloy) in downslope welding, indicating that more of the parent plate is melted when welding in this plane. Nondestructive inspection indicates that fewer surface and internal defects are produced by welding upslope as opposed to downslope. Upslope welds made at 25° and 35° angles are completely free of defects. As the weld plane angle is reduced through the flat position to a 350 downslope angle, both surface and internal porosity become


This paper describes an approach to reasoning with incomplete information in a resource-limited environment. Approaches to date either assume infinite resources and proceed to enumerate a large inference space, or assume few resources and ignore the missing information. They do not reason about resource constraints and the inference methods admissable under them. A hearsay-Il-like system is described where each knowledge source is a separate production system. During rule evaluation, a rule antecedant is evaluated using minimal - resource methods. A rule antecedant is evaluated to true, false, or an expected resource cost to acquire the information necessary to complete its evaluation. If conflict resolution chooses a partially evaluated rule, it posts a goal asking other knowledge sources to provide the missing information, suspends the knowledge source, and informs the knowledge source's manager about the suspension and accompanying goal. The manager decides whether the goal is worth pursuing now, the amount of resources to apply to the task, what knowledge source to apply, and when to give up. The knowledge sources that attempt the goal can implement a variety of inferential and knowledge acquisition techniques.


The invention discloses a power transmission tower comprising a tower body. Two parallel steel plates are fixedly connected to one side of the body. The upper portions of the two steel plates are fixedly provided with a motor and a pulley, and a sliding rail is arranged between the two steel plates. A lift car is also arranged on one side of the body, a steel wire rope is fixedly connected with the top of the lift car, and the other end of the steel wire rope passes the pulley and then is connected to the motor. The lift car is abuts against the two steel plates, and a slider matched with the sliding rail is fixedly arranged on the side face, close to the two steel plates, of the lift car so that the lift car can move up and down along the sliding rail during ascending and descending. A controller is arranged in the lift car and connected with the motor through a signal line. The controller is used for controlling the motor to operate so as to ascend or descend the lift car to preset positions.


This paper presents the design and implement of a video monitor display interface based on SoPC and Gigabit Ethernet technology.Long-distance video signal can be received and displayed on the video monitor by using this display interface.In order to construct Gigabit Ethernet system quickly and improve the integration and stability level,we use Altera SoPC solution and integrate the main modules on a single piece of FPGA device.The interface makes full use of the Gigabit Ethernet technology in transmision of video signal.Compared to other solutions,it has the advantage of high data rate,low cost and packet data.


Objective: To study the chemical constituents of Incarvillea mairei var.granditlora(Wehrhahn) Grierson.Methods:Isolation and purification were carried out by macroporous absorption resin and silica gel column chromatography,and twelve compounds were identified by spectral and chemical methods.Results:Twelve compounds were obtained from alcohol extract and were determined as o-hydroxy benzoic acid,palmitic acid,hexacosanoic acid,β-sitosterol,daucosterol,oleanolic acid,ursolic acid,quercetin,vincetoxicoside B,p-hdroxy benzoic acid、3-mthoxy 4-hydroxy-benzoic acid,sgmasterol.Conclusion:All of 12 compounds were obtained from the plant for the first time.


Maritime patrol aircraft has been an important part of anti submarine forces for long time, and is the the main aircraft type in modern anti submarine combat system. In this paper, the development of new generation maritime patrol aircraft in the world was reviewed, its operational tasks and ability were analyzed, and the development trend in the future was put forward.


The article presents the concept of multifaceted management of tourism in a region by implementing the European Tourism Indicator System for Sustainable Destination developed by the European Commission. This comprehensive approach seems to be an innovative solution to the question of management of tourism which is a priority sector for the regional development, in the strict meaning of the word, for many regions of Europe. The article presents the structure of ETIS and the idea of its implementation – understood as a process – along with the notes from the regions which participated in the pilot phase of the project. The parallel assumption of the article is to disseminate the idea of sustainable tourism management in a region via the implementation of ETIS, which uses an interdisciplinary approach, thus enabling the competitiveness of the region to increase on the present-day, highly saturated, global tourism market.


"Bringing more women on boards is not just the right thing to do. More women on boards is the bright thing to do!", argues Viviane Reding, the Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship in 2009-2014 when promoting European Union quota law. And then she adds: "…I do not like them (quotas) either. But I like the results they bring." The debate for higher female representation on corporate boards has become particularly intensive during the recent financial crisis. Scholars advocate that women are more risk-averse, more engaged with longer-term issues and tend to draw more attention to governance and ethics. Thus, it is suggested that due to the behavioural differences between men and women, more gender – balanced boards would have prevented a number of financial collapses. This assertion has triggered more detailed analyses of current statistics for women on boards in the European Union. The numbers that are found follow the global pattern. Women are well underrepresented on boards and even less visible as CEOs or chairpersons of companies. In particular, at the end of 2013 women held 17.8% of the seats on boards in Europe, 16.6% in the US, 12.3% in Canada, 12.3% in Australia and 17.1% in South Africa. Women serve as chairpersons on 3.2% of the biggest companies in Europe, 3.1% in the US, 4.2% in Canada, 3% in Australia and 5.5% in South Africa. The country in the world that excels with the highest number of female directors on boards is Norway, which has achieved 42% women on boards by 2013. These strikingly low ratios and the general finding in the empirical literature that women bring positive change to firms' performance have generated a phenomenal drive for promoting initiatives that strive to increase the number of women on boards.


Excessive accumulation of salts from improper soil and water management is a common problem in irrigated rice ecosystems. The problem if not properly addressed will be a major hindrance on efforts for irrigated agriculture expansion. Farmers' perceptions on salt affected soils, existing management practices and preferences for rice cultivars are major inputs to management plans and rice breeding research. The study was conducted in two villages of Korogwe district-Tanga Region, using both participatory rural appraisal and structured interviews. A total number of 100 farmers were randomly selected from two villages, interviewed individually and in groups. Results showed that 88% of the total respondents were aware of the problem and 48% claimed that the problem was increasing. The average of 25% and 50% regarded the problem in "very bad" and "bad" category respectively. Major varieties grown included: 1R56, IR54, IR64 and TXD 306 (SARO 5). These varieties are preferred for their high yielding, medium plant stature, early to medium maturity but claimed to be susceptible to salt damage. Improving these varieties for tolerance to salt and drought would enhance productivity with likely positive impact on food security in salt-affected


The current energy issues lead us to consider and exploit all sources and all possible energy carriers. Confidence in a civilization based solely on oil shows its limits, both economically and environmentally or geopolitically. The society must evolve to the principle of sustainable development where the diversification of energy in particularly renewable appears as the way forward. Fuel cells systems are particularly interesting for the production of ''clean'' electricity from the chemical energy released during the combustion hydrogen. The marketing of fuel cell type PEMFC (Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell) will increase by raising the scientific and technology, particularly at the active layer of membrane-assembly Electrode (MEA). The MEAs consist of two electrodes (an anode and a cathode), which are the locator of chemical reactions that can proceed without the presence of catalyst. The phenomena of catalysis occurring at the surface of platinum, the challenge is to increase the developed area and reduce the volume of catalyst. Platinum nanoparticles are now used for this purpose. They are dispersed in porous support materials of nanometer size often based on carbon. The grafting of a polymeric synthon to the surface platinum nanoparticles allows the creation of new architectures catalyst layers that promote both the ionic conduction the solid electrolyte and the electronic conduction to the carbon support. The integration of chemistry at the polyfunctional catalyst, whose properties can be adjusted depending on synthesis parameters allows optimize the electrical, chemical and mass transfer to electrodes and also reduce the overhead platinum (metal rare and expensive). In this oral communication, we will report the synthesis of complex macromolecular platinum supported on nanometer and their physico- chemical and electrocatalytic.


In this paper, an active fault-tolerant control for a robot manipulator based on synchronous sliding mode is proposed. As the synchronization errors approach zero, the joint errors tend to become equal and also approach zero. Therefore, the synchronization technique is inherently effective for a fault-tolerant controller. To demonstrate such a system, the following implementation is presented. First, an estimator was designed with an extended state observer to estimate uncertainties/disturbances along with faults/failures. The estimator signal was used for an online compensator in the controller. A fault-tolerant controller with a combination of synchronous sliding mode technique and estimator was proposed. The stability of the system was established using Lyapunov theory. Finally, fault tolerant control was implemented in a three degree-of-freedom robot manipulator and compared to the conventional sliding mode control. This comparison shows the effectiveness of the proposed active fault-tolerant control with synchronous sliding mode technique.


Abstract In 2015 an ethnoarchaeological survey of standing earthen buildings took place near the city of Celano in central Italy's Abruzzo region. The study provided observations relevant to archaeologists interpreting earthen architectural remains in many areas of the world: insights on structural function and the longevity of such buildings.


IN this paper I propose to call attention once more to a type of chronic colitis which, although in my experience quite common in the tropics as well as in the temperate zone, is very little known. This colitis is due to a group of bacilli which I have called the "meta-dysentery bacilli." This is not the place in which to give a description of these organisms: I have described them in several previous papers. It suffices to state that they are similar to the true dysentery bacilli (Dysentery-para-dysentery: Shiga-Kruse, Flexner, Hiss-Russell) in that they produce no gas in any sugar, but differ from them in producing acidity in lactose, and in coagulating milk. The production of acidity in lactose and the coagulation of milk may be exceedingly slow and may not take place before the fifteenth day of incubation at from 356 to 370 C. There are several varieties of these bacilli; the following two chief tvpes maybe separated: (1) ceylonensis A type. (2) ceylonensis B type. The organisms of -the ceylonensis A type produce acidity in lactose slowly-at times extremely slowly-and the acidity is often in very small amount; coagulation of milk is very slow, indol is often negative. The bacilli of the ceylonensis B type produce acidity in lactose rapidly, and the coagulation of milk is usually fairly rapid. The principal species of bacilli belonging to the meta-dysentery group are the following: (1) Bacillus coli-anaerogenes of Lembke. In 1896 Lembke isolated from the excreta of dogs a coliform bacillus producing acid, but not gas, in glucose and lactose media, which he called B. coli-anaerogenes. Nabarro at one time was inclined to identify with it all the meta-dysentery bacilli. In an interesting paper published in the Journal of Pathology (I. B. 1923, v. 26, p. 429) he says:


Hair dyes containing at least one compound from the group of AGEs (advanced glycosylation endproducts), their synthetic precursors and / or the lipofuscins.


Based on computational fluid dynamics/infrared radiation(CFD/IR) numerical calculations,the effects of different structures and nozzle pressure ratio(NPR) on the aerodynamic and infrared radiation characteristics were revealed for a single expansion ramp nozzle(SERN).The results show that:with increase of ramp angle,the thrust-vector angle is enlarged and axial thrust coefficient is decreased rapidly;with increase of nozzle pressure ratio,the axial thrust coefficient increases firstly and then decreases,meantime,the thrust-vector angle reduces;as the length of sidewall increases,axial thrust coefficient improves slightly.The ramp of nozzle can significantly shield the infrared radiation of plume and inner-wall of nozzle.The radiation detected from underside of nozzle is only 10% of that from upside of nozzle.With increase of nozzle pressure ratio,the infrared radiation from underside of nozzle is reduced.


A most common use of a zig-zag transformer connection is to provide a grounding source for a three-wire delta connected distribution line. When a ground fault occurs on a delta line since there is no ground return path it is impossible to detect that the fault has occurred. In such cases a zig- zag transformer can be connected at the source to provide a path for the ground current to flow back to the source. This paper describes the basic zig-zag transformer and develops a general model that includes the grounded wye-delta bank and the zig-zag transformer. Results of power-flow and short circuit analyses are included using a new test feeder that is like the IEEE Four Node Test Feeder.


A security verification method for a mobile device is provided and the mobile device comprises a processing unit, a memory unit, an output unit, a motion sensing unit and a button unit. The method comprises the following steps: at least one instruction that indicates a particular motion from a memory unit, to output the instruction, to generate an operation signal according to operation from a user via one of a motion sensing unit (14) and a button unit (15), to obtain the operation signal from one of the motion sensing unit and the button unit (15) and to determine whether the operation signal conforms with the motion corresponding to the instruction, and to generate a confirmation signal indicating that the mobile device (1) is verified when the determination thus made is affirmative.


Allowing the space for conscientious reflection is essential if harm is to be minimised—for professionals as well as for women, writes Sandy Goldbeck-Wood


In oncogenic osteomalacia, the causative tumor is almost always difficult to find. A novel diagnostic approach is presented that facilitates a precise and rapid localization of the associated lesion by PET‐CT co‐registration using the radiotracer 68Ga‐DOTANOC.


HE ACHIEVED what no other known man has ever achieved," wrote James Agee. "To watch his work is like being witness to the beginning of melody, or the first conscious use of the lever or the wheel; the emergence, coordination, and first eloquence of language; the birth of an art: and to realize that this is all the work of one man." The man was D. W Griffith. The work climaxed in a single movie, The Birth of a Nation, "the first, the most stunning and durably audacious of all American film masterpieces," wrote Arlene Croce, "and the most wonderful movie ever made." Birth joined aesthetic invention to mass appeal. Nothing like it had ever been seen before, and it was seen by millions more people than had ever seen any other movie, more than would see any other movie for half a century. A Variety poll of two hundred film critics voted The Birth of a Nation the greatest motion picture in the first fifty years of the industry.' Griffith's inspiration was The Clansman, a best-selling novel by Thomas Dixon. When his assistant Frank Woods brought him The Clansman, as Griffith told the story, he "skipped quickly through the book until I got to the part about the Klansmen, who according to no less than Woodrow Wilson, ran to the rescue of the downtrodden South after the Civil War. I could just see these Klansmen in a movie with their white robes flying.... We had had all sorts of runs-to-the-rescue in pictures and horse operas.... Now I could see a chance to do this ride-to-therescue on a grand scale. Instead of saving one little Nell of the Plains, this ride would be to save a nation."2 American movies were born, then, in a racist epic. "The film that started it all" (Herman G. Weinberg)3 builds to its sustained climax from two attempted rapes of white women by black men. It depicts, after the triumph of death in the Civil War and in Lincoln's assassination, a nation reborn from the ride of the white-robed Knights of Christ against black political and sexual revolution. Celebrants of Birth's formal achievement, with few exceptions, either minimize the film's racialist content or separate its aesthetic power from its negrophobia. Against the evidence before their eyes, they split Griffith's "gift for making powerful emotional connections" from "Thomas Dixon's racial message." They imitate Griffith's split between good and evil, white and black, by blaming Dixon for the perversions in Griffith's movie. Griffith and his audience, in that view,


Based on petrography,microthermometry and LRM analysis of fluid inclusions in garnet,diopside,quartz and calcite,this paper has discussed characteristics and evolution of ore-forming fluids in the Dongguashan copper deposit.The ore-forming fluids of Yanshanian magmatism evolved from high temperature,high salinity and K-rich fluids via moderate-high temperature and CO2(CH4)rich fluids to moderate-low temperature and low salinity fluids.The analytical results suggest that the dominant volatiles in the ore-forming fluids are H2O,CO2 and CH4,with minor C2H6,H2S,N2 etc.Na+,K+ as well as Ca2+,Mg2+ are dominant cations whereas Cl-and SO42-are major anions.High K and CO2(CH4)constitute the main feature of the ore-forming fluids related to Yanshanian magmatism.


The current study wants to accomplish a comparative analysis of the juridical system applicable to the honorary consular offices in a treatment comparative to the status of the career consular offices and by both to the international and national legislation in this field. Finally, the article aims to extend the limited diplomatic literature base on honorary consuls for both academics and practitioners.


Aims: The pathophysiology of Plasmodium falciparum infection is most often associated with anemia and immune deficiency. Given the important role of vitamin D in the synthesis of hemoglobin and in the stimulation of the immune system, it would be essential to assess the vitamin D status of patients with malaria in order to improve the quality of treatment management.
Methodology: A thick drop and a blood smear were used to determine parasite density and parasite species respectively. The complete blood count was performed using an automated analyzer labelled Sysmex XN 1000i. Biochemical parameters such as calcium and phosphorus were determined using the Cobas C311 Hitachi. The Vidas was used to determine the concentrations of 25 (OH) -vitamin D.
Results: The results showed a decrease in 25 (OH) -vitamin D concentrations in relation to the parasite density and anemia observed in patients with uncomplicated malaria.
Conclusion: Vitamin D status in patients with uncomplicated malaria could represent an essential biomarker in the monitoring of antimalarial treatment.


Comparing effects of Silver sulfadiazine, Sucralfate and Brassica oleracea extract on burn wound healing (Article)
Hassanzadeh, G.a , Hajmanouchehri, F.b, Roi, A.B.c, Hassanzadeh, N.d, Shafigh, N.e, Barzroudipour, M.f, Baazm, M.f, Choobineh, H.ag
a Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
b Department of pathology, School of Medicine, Qazvin university of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran
c Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Qazvin university of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran
d School of medicine, Shahid Beheshti university of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
e School of medicine, Qazvin university of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran
f Department of Anatomy, School of medicine, Arak university of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran
g Zoonosis Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of Silver sulfadiazine, Sucralfate and Brassica oleracea extract on second degree burns. 80 female Sprague dawley rats (220± 10g) were randomly divided into 5 groups (n=16/group). Deep second degree burns were induced by metal stamp and effects of Silver sulfadiazine, sucralfate, Brassica oleracea and base cream were evaluated. We studied the histological features of burn area and fibroblasts, macrophages, neutrophils and blood vessels were counted in each group by optika software.There was not any significant difference among study groups at the end of first week but a dramatic difference was seen after second week. Re epithelialization and vascularization were accelerated in sucralfate and Brassica oleracea groups. Welfare percentage was about 100 % in sucralfate and Brassica olerace groups, whereas, the other groups were not completely healed.In conclusion, Sucralfate and Brassica oleracea have positive effects on burn wound healing.
Author keywords
Brassica oleracea; Burn wound Healing; Silver sulfadiazine; Sucralfate


Report is focused on identification the specialities of the
basic parameters of voice, speech and communication how they
appear to the partners in formal and informal working
communication. Aim of considerations and research investigation
is improvement communication training techniques and work with
voice in the context of communication situations of professions
in which is voice one of the working tool (education, care,
leading, operating, therapy)


This paper considers the problem of engine-to-slip dynamics modeling in a sport motorbike. Instead of using the classical approach of multibody modeling, this work takes the challenge of directly estimating the input/output slip dynamics by black-box identification, using data collected with experiments specifically designed for this purpose. The proposed identification protocol allows to derive dynamic models suited for the design of traction control systems for two-wheeled vehicles. After the description of the experimental setup, the fundamental issue of signal processing and data analysis are discussed in detail. The effects of two different control variables are studied: throttle position and spark advance. Although it is common belief that throttle action is not fast enough for slip control, the experimental data analysis – performed in the frequency and time domain – shows that slip control through throttle is only marginally slower than spark advance. This analysis opens the way to the design of advanced traction control systems for two-wheeled vehicles.


Studies conducted previously on the role-played by age in association with perceived organizational politics (POP) with different outcomes of job calls for more attention toward this domain. The current piece of research observes the effect of POP on job outcomes that include turnover intentions (intent to leave), job stress, and job satisfaction. It also sheds light on the age moderation in the POP association with job outcomes. The data used in this research were diverse and collected through self-administered and cross-sectional questionnaires. Multiple regression analysis was used as data analysis technique. Precisely, this research discovered that POP has a positive connection with job stress and intent to leave, while having no connection with job satisfaction. Moreover, POP impacts on job satisfaction and job stress was found to be positive in younger employees whereas in older employees, it affected both these variables negatively.


The invention belongs to a preparation method of a functional polymer and relates to a preparation method of a polyether-ether-ketone/graphene oxide nano-composite film. The polyether-ether-ketone/graphene oxide nano-composite film is prepared by blending graphene oxide treated by a silane coupling agent, and sulfonated polyether-ether-ketone by a tape casting method, and has high strength and good anti-wear and friction reduction effects. The polyether-ether-ketone/graphene oxide nano-composite film obtained by the preparation method solves the problem of organic and inorganic interface dispersion caused by other preparation methods, and realizes organic/inorganic nano-material compounding in a molecular level. The preparation method has simple processes, is convenient for operation, can be industrialized easily, and has potential application values in fields of structural materials, friction materials, heat-resistant materials and barrier materials.


The Indian Oil sardine, Sardinella longiceps is one of the important exploited fishery resources along the Tamil Nadu. The bulk of oil sardine were landed along the coast by the bag-net, Eda valai while lesser quantities were caught by the gill nets, Kavala valai and Thattakavala valai. Unusually heavy landings of oil sardine by the Eda valai units have been recorded at Cuddalore and Pazhayar fisheries harbours and Kaveripattinam during certain months of the period, 1989-'90. Abundance of juvenile oil sardines of the size group 110 - 114 mm was noticed during May - June, '90 at Pazhayar and in July at Kaveripattinam. Larger size groups of 175 - 179 mm predominated in September, '89 whereas in the same period of the succeeding year, 165 – 169 mm length groups supported the fishery. The unprecedented heavy landings of the oil sardine in most of the centers did not benefit the fishermen monetarily to any significant extent. Due to lack of demand for fresh fish, the bulk of catches was sun dried. Oil sardine catches are obtained along the east coast of India in areas close to harbours, backwaters and river mouths and this discontinuous distribution of fish appears to indicate its affinity, particularly juvenile phase, to areas where there is admixture of fresh and brackish water.


Pollen tetrads within Amaryllidaceae are reported for the first time for Stenomesson elwesii. Tetrads were examined with light and scanning and transmission electron microscopy. The tetrads are tetragonal in shape. Tetrad-members are rounded-triangular in equatorial view and elliptic in polar view. Average polar diam is 50.1 Am; average longest equatorial diam is 62.5 Am. Morphology of the aperture is monosulcate. Exine sculpturing of the intectate pollen is gemmate. Systematic implications are briefly discussed.


Working in a safe working condition is one of the important requirements for every female employee. There are numerous challenges which are faced by working women at a workplace on all the positional levels. Women faces the challenges in terms of insecurity which is generally related to kind of output required which they are not able to deliver due to diverse commitments towards family and society. Though significant strides have been made toward securing equal rights for women in the workplace, women continue to face discrimination and gender stereotyping on the job. Additionally, women are paid less than men for the same or comparable work. The paper will be based on both primary and secondary data. The purpose of this research was to explore the perception of female employees towards compensation management practices prevailing in the software industry .This research adopted a quantitative methodology and administered a survey to understand how the employees perceive the different compensation management practices and their importance in the organization. Descriptive statistics like percentage is used for comparative study of compensation management practices of sample companies.


OBJECTIVES: to characterize organizational access to motor rehabilitation services for children with cerebral paralysis. METHODS: a descriptive, retrospective, censusbased study, carried out between January and June 2009, at three rehabilitation services in Recife. The study covered 38 children aged less than five years, with the disorder, residing in Recife. A questionnaire was used to obtain information from the individual accompanying the child and the child's medical records. The variables were organized according to current service, first service used, and number of services used. RESULTS: of the people accompanying the children, 94.7% were one of the child's parents or legal guardian (76.3% mother) and 68.4% of the children were aged between 25 and 59 months. Half had attended more than one service, in 28.2% of cases simultaneously. For 28.2% rehabilitation was commenced more than six months after diagnosis. The children were mostly referred to the service by a doctor (75.8%) and 86.4% had a maximum waiting time of 30 days for the first consultation with a physiotherapist. The parents or legal guardians generally found it difficult to schedule the first consult (68.4%). Greater difficulty in continuing physiotherapy was found among those who used more than one service. CONCLUSIONS: there appears to be a hidden demand. Use of more than one service (at times simultaneously) suggests dissatisfaction with the level of care. Political and organizational processes relating to the referral/counter-referral system should be accorded high priority.


There are some significant parallels between the environment in the island of Guernsey and that of coastal and island environments in Scotland. Although Guernsey enjoys milder temperatures in the summer months, the winter season experiences stormy weather fronts from the Atlantic and heavy rainfall. This research examines the temporal variation in nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels in Guernsey and the hospital admissions of pre-existing asthmatics. Whilst air quality in Guernsey is generally good, the levels of NO2 exceed Scottish standards in several locations. The evidence indicates that people suffering from asthma have exacerbation of their symptoms if exposed to elevated levels of NO2, although this research has never been carried out in Guernsey before. For the first time in Guernsey, this research has examined NO2 levels in correlation with asthma patient admissions to hospital. The data showed a temporal correlation between NO2 levels and the number of hospital admissions. Statistical analysis of the data shows a direct correlation for both these variables. The relationships established should aid our understanding and serve as a base for directing future studies in this research area of improving health outcomes for asthmatics, and the respiratory health of the wider population. Introduction and background Asthma is a debilitating ill-health condition caused by the inhalation of an allergen which causes an allergic reaction. The symptoms that follow include sneezing, coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath, which can be mild or more severe and can occasionally lead to death. There are three variations in symptoms: these are airway obstruction, inflammation and airway irritability (Cameron and Oduyemi, 2009; WebMD, 2017). A huge amount of research has been undertaken into the impacts on respiratory health from ambient (outdoor) air pollution such as particulates and gases from road traffic emissions and industry (Beverland et al, 2007; Prescott et al, 2000). The evidence indicates a direct inverse correlation with the spatial and temporal levels of pollutants and the respiratory health of the local population. As the level of air pollutants increase, the respiratory health of the population decreases (Di Giampaolo et al, 2011). It therefore follows that interventions in the environment to improve air quality will bring about a direct improvement in the health and wellbeing of asthmatics, and the respiratory health of the wider population. Whilst one would expect a direct correlation with hospital admissions for respiratory disorders with increases in ambient air pollution, this may well be contributed to by other exposures indoors. The research will examine the correlation between hospital admissions for asthma and air quality measurements recorded in Guernsey from 2010-2015 to establish and validate the nature of any temporal correlation. This work will add to our understanding, prediction, and management of the health of pre-existing asthmatics. There is a large body of evidence about many of the air pollutants that impact on asthmatics, especially particulate matter (Beverland et al, 2007; Asthma UK, 2017; HSE, 2008; Prescott et al, 2000), although exposure of asthmatics to NO2 is less well researched. NO2 is therefore the air pollution indicator used in this present study. In addition, it should be noted that the study of NO2 dispersal, distribution and impact is related directly to the current research into the impacts on the respiratory system from ultra-fine particles (i.e. less than PM1) as it is assumed the ultra-fine particles are likely to disperse in gaseous fashion. In Guernsey, although the UK NAQS does not apply directly, the standards are used as a benchmark until local legislation is passed to implement local air quality controls. NO2 is the only environmental pollutant in Guernsey that is likely to exceed NAQS ambient air quality standards (States of Guernsey, 2010) and there are three locations currently where this is happening due to traffic congestion namely; Fountain Street, Bulwer Avenue and the Bridge (see Figure 2). These areas are the most highly populated on the island and therefore, exceedances in air quality objectives and standards, have the greatest impact on population health. Fountain Street, Bulwer Avenue and the Bridge experience high traffic flows during peak times, usually between 8-9am and 4-6pm, and the resulting higher concentrations of NO2. NO2 is a gas that causes irritation of the airways often leading to mucous production. In some studies, mucous production leading to infection of the respiratory tract has demonstrated an increased likelihood of asthma attack in children. (Linaker et al, 2000).


A novel solid acid material, magnetically separable and SO3H-functionalized porous carbon nanosphere, was facilely synthesized by a simple activation route. The SiO2 layer protected the magnetic core from dissolving during the process of activation with ZnCl2, and retained the highly magnetic property. The obtained materials were characterized by N2 adsorption–desorption technology and transmission electron microscopy, and the results indicated that this solid acid material possessed an excellent spherical morphology and a superior porosity with high surface area and large pore volume. The results of X-ray diffraction, fourier transform infrared spectra and energy dispersive X-ray spectra demonstrated the preservation of the magnetic core and the successful modification of –SO3H functional groups. The solid acid activated at a low temperature (400 °C) showed the highest acidity of 1.98 mmol H+ g−1, which was estimated by an indirect titration method. The high surface area, large pore volume and high acidity endued this solid acid material excellent catalytic performance for esterification and transesterification reaction. Besides, the solid acid catalyst possessed remarkable stability and recycling property.


Background.More than half of those infected with the new coronavirus infection COVID19 carry the disease in a mild or asymptomatic form. Patients over 60 years of age and those with comorbid chronic diseases, such as respiratory, cardiovascular, diabetes, oncological and autoimmune diseases, are susceptible to more severe forms of the disease. Aim.The aim of the study was to demonstrate the stages of clinical picture development, methods of diagnosis and treatment of the new coronavirus infection COVID19. Material and methods. We present a clinical case of a new coronavirus infection COVID19 in a 73yearold patient with autoimmune polyglandular syndrome. Results and its discussion. Aggravating background represented by arrhythmic syndrome and autoimmune polyglandular syndrome contributed to the development of a severe form of new coronavirus infection COVID19 in the patient. Complex multivector therapy aimed at pathogenetic and symptomatic treatment, according to the guidelines, in combination with magnesium and potassium medications, as well as immunemodulating therapy contributed to the patient's recovery and rehabilitation. Conclusion. Treatment with glucocorticoids for new COVID19 coronavirus infection significantly improves the outcome of the disease. At the same time, glucocorticoid therapy can lead to progression of arrhythmic syndrome, development of druginduced hypercorticoidism, and «withdrawal» syndrome. Prevention and treatment of heart rhythm disturbances is the application of potassium and magnesium medications in sufficient doses. Gradual withdrawal of glucocorticoids over a long time under the supervision of an endocrinologist will help to restore the hypothalamicpituitaryadrenal axis.


As intermediate bus voltages decrease, a corresponding increase in line card load currents further complicates the design of power distribution and control sub-systems in networking equipment. As one part of the overall power system, designers need a hot swap solution capable of performing its required functions while reliably surviving both normal module operation and fault conditions. But as load currents reach 60 A, 80 A, or even more, protecting power supplies on one end, loads on the other end, and the pass FET's between them becomes increasingly tricky. This application note presents one solution for robust hot swap of such a high-current plug-in module, operating at a nominal 12-V input, with a 100-A fault trip threshold. The solution schematic is given, along with component selection criteria and equations, such that the reader can appropriately scale the solution to his own requirements. The document also provides several scope waveform captures from an actual implementation, under various operating scenarios. As intermediate bus voltages decrease, a corresponding increase in line card load currents further complicates the design of power distribution and control sub-systems in networking equipment. In some applications, 24-V and even 12-V primary power busses have replaced the historical 48-V supplies or batteries. Blade servers are one example of systems migrating to these lower bus voltages. One function adversely impacted by this migration is the hot swap capability crucial to meeting the high up-time ratios required of these systems. As load rail currents reach 40, 50 and even 80 A, the details of the hot swap circuit design become ever more critical. Hot swap solutions for these applications are faced with a variety of technical issues. A number of integrated 12-V controllers are available on the market, but many have insufficient pin voltage ratings to survive the large transients which can be encountered when interrupting such high currents. The high currents drawn by line and interface cards, which can be upwards of 80 A, suggest parallel FET's to reduce the I2R losses and dissipate the associated heat. However, the nuances of paralleling FET's must be understood, especially if the FET's will be periodically subjected to linear mode operation, such as during inrush limiting. With some controllers, insufficient gate drive voltage leads to greater-than-optimal RDS(on) characteristics for the selected FET type. This application note presents a hot swap solution which addresses these issues and many more. SLUA500–January 2009 A Robust Solution for 100-A Hot Swap of 12-V Supply Rails 1 Submit Documentation Feedback 2 A 12-V, High-Current Solution 3 Design Requirements A 12-V, High-Current Solution www.ti.com The hot swap circuit presented here is based on the Texas Instruments (TI) TPS2490 High-Voltage Hot Swap Controller integrated circuit. Designed as a hot swap controller for positive 48-V systems, its wide operating voltage range makes it suitable for controlling a 12-V rail. The 100-V absolute maximum pin voltage rating exceeds realistic needs; however, with a shortage of suitably-rated devices available between the 12-V and 48-V application spaces, this rating makes it extremely robust in this low-voltage/high-current environment. Also, the typical 14-V gate drive voltage, (gate-to-source, or output ) fully enhances the pass FET's, ensuring the application achieves the FET manufacturer's advertised RDS(on) characteristic. The solution schematic is shown in Figure 1. In the schematic, the TPS2490 is shown controlling five IRLR7843 N-Channel MOSFET's. The number and type of pass FET is easily tailored to the load requirements of the target application. Load current magnitude is fed to the TPS2490 SNS pin via the scaling network of R1, R2 and R3. The current sense network determines the circuit threshold for fault current detection and limiting. Other circuit parameters (turn-on voltage threshold, fault timer interval) are programmed by the passives to the left of the U1 symbol (i.e., R7, R8, R9, C1). Output sensing, inrush control, and a fast gate pull-down circuit are to the right (i.e., Q6, R17, C3, D2, R23, and Q7). The details of component selection and sub-circuit operation are discussed in detail in later sections of this document. Finally, the bank of large capacitors connected across the output (P12V) to GND (C5 – C10) represents the load capacitance which may be present as the input bulk capacitance of downstream circuitry, such as Point-of-Load (POL) converters. The circuit presented in Figure 1 was designed for the following system requirements and load description: Table 1. System Requirements PARAMETER VALUE Input supply voltage, VIN 12 V, 10% Maximum steady-state load, IL(max) 80 A Load input bulk capacitance 10,000 μF, ± 20% Output turn-on threshold 10.5 V maximum Logic-level PowerGood (PG) output active-high, LVC/ALVC CMOS compatible, 3.3-V system Max. ambient operating temperature 60°C No external heat sinks A Robust Solution for 100-A Hot Swap of 12-V Supply Rails 2 SLUA500–January 2009 Submit Documentation Feedback


did little in this genre (e.g., Daisy Scudamore and Roy Redgrave, parents of Sir Michael, in chapter 9 with Maud Jeffries and others). Julius Caesar, as well as being a star vehicle for Asche (Brutus, of course), lurks behind many stories of heroic resistance to tyranny in more recent epochs and behind more innocent pastimes. (See page 42 for Kelly's riff on the pub lic enthusiasm for dressing up in bedsheet togas and effortlessly incorporating Caesar into British history.) The opening chapters on costume drama culminate in a study of Julius Knight, wellranked London player and, south of the equator, crowdstopping "prince of romantic actors," who spent twenty years in Australasia playing Marcus Superbus in The Sign of the Cross. Knight in fact gets two chapters (4 and 5), written in very different styles: the first addresses "cultural memory," while the sec ond is a more orthodox stage biography. Here and elsewhere, Kelly's two some what different goals of reclaiming undeservedly forgotten actors, in cluding women (Brayton, Jeffries, Scudamore, Brune), and explaining the power of his tori cal melodrama unfortunately sometimes leads to essential information about a subject being provided long after its first mention or, conversely, being repeated several times in almost exactly the same words. One of that endangered species, a good editor, would have helped; but this is small criticism of a major and invaluable cultural history.


The number of experimental investigations into the performance of structural members constructed using a combination of high performance materials have been increasing with recent years. One of the main advantages of high performance materials over conventional building materials is their resistance to corrosion. This research program examined the behaviour of innovative hybrid beams composed of different Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) materials as well as Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC) under cyclic flexural loading. Three beams were tested and it was found that the hybrid beams were capable of sustaining comparable strength under fatigue loading as to when subjected to monotonic loading. The findings also indicated that design considerations should be made for the occurrence of increased strains and deflections during the initial 40,000 cycles of testing as well as for the residual deformations and softening that occurs in the hybrid beam during the period prior to ultimate failure, most probably due to the initiation of internal microcracking in the matrix of the FRP material.


Abstract 1553 Background: Most pts with AML will achieve complete remission (CR) following therapy with cytarabine and an anthracycline. Early clearance of blasts in peripheral blood (PB) has been shown to be an important prognostic factor in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. We explored the dynamics of PB blasts in pts with AML undergoing induction chemotherapy with AI (ara-C 1.5g/m2x3d and idarubicin 12mg/m2x3d) at our institution and their impact in long-term outcomes. Patients & Methods: We reviewed the dynamics of PB blasts (i.e. PB blasts=0%) or WBC (i.e. WBC≤0.1×109/dL) clearance in pts with AML receiving AI (n=486). Patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia were excluded. Pt characteristics were as follows: median age 55 yrs (range, 19–73), pts Results: The overall response rate (ORR=CR+CRp) was 65% (58%+7%). Forty-four (30%) pts were resistant to induction therapy. To evaluate the dynamics of PB WBC and PB blast clearance, we divided all pts in 5 groups depending on the day they cleared their WBC or blasts from PB: group 1 (0–1 days), 2 (2–3 days), 3 (4–5 days), 4 (6–8 days), and 5 (beyond day 8). A total of 21, 34, 25, 4, and 3 pts were included in groups 1 through 5. No differences in CR rates were observed across all 5 groups according to the time of clearance of PB WBC (p=0.653). Likewise, similar median overall survival (OS) rates were observed in all 5 groups regardless of the timing of PB WBC clearance (0.2). However, the timing of PB blast clearance was associated with a distinct probability of achieving CR, being 73%, 74%, 65%, 24%, AND 60% for groups 1 through 5 (p=0.003). This translated into distinctly different median OS for the 5 groups (p=0.03) (Figure 1A). When groups 1, 2, and 3 were merged and compared with the merge of groups 4 and 5, the ORR for the resulting two new groups was 71% and 32% (p Conclusion: We have shown in a large cohort of uniformly treated pts with AML that early clearance of PB blasts (but not WBC) is an important risk factor for achievement of CR and for OS. Clearance of PB blasts should be considered in prognostication schemas for pts with AML. Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


The pumpkin is a kind of natural fall sugar health care food whice has the potential and development valve. This paper system described the nourishment of the pumpkin contens and health care function. Pumpkin in the fight against diabetes,insect,protecting vision,lower cholesterol,prevent cancer,cancer,heavy metal removal has good medicinal value. Status of the development proposed by pumpkin and problems.


Chemistry, such as dissociation of acids, can even be triggered at ultracold "stardust conditions" in the absence of radiation. Chemical reactions at ultralow temperatures are of fundamental importance to primordial molecular evolution as it occurs on icy mantles of dust nanoparticles or on ultracold water clusters in dense interstellar clouds. As we show, studying reactions in a stepwise manner in ultracold helium nanodroplets by mass-selective infrared (IR) spectroscopy provides an avenue to mimic these "stardust conditions" in the laboratory. In our joint experimental/theoretical study, in which we successively add H2O molecules to HCl, we disclose a unique IR fingerprint at 1337 cm−1 that heralds hydronium (H3O+) formation and, thus, acid dissociation generating solvated protons. In stark contrast, no reaction is observed when reversing the sequence by allowing HCl to interact with preformed small embryonic ice-like clusters. Our ab initio simulations demonstrate that not only reaction stoichiometry but also the reaction sequence needs to be explicitly considered to rationalize ultracold chemistry.


Abstract : The economic relationship between the United States and Japan has undergone significant changes recently, causing changes and repercussion beyond international economics, including U.S. military budgeting. The U.S. Navy's present system of budgeting for overseas activities assumes stable exchange rates. Fluctuating exchange rates are now basic to the operation of the International Financial System. It is proposed that budgeting be done using a target rate, with fluctuations above and below that rate going into general Treasury receipts or supplemented by a specific appropriation, as the case may be. Otherwise, local overseas commanders have budgets nearly totally dependent upon exchange rates, which can convert the original intent of the granted budget when the dollar's value varies in either direction. This problem is particularly acute in Japan when the dollar's value has changed drastically and often, and where the Navy has a significant presence. (Author)


The paper investigates a two-level completely conservative finite-difference scheme for solving gas dynamics equations in the Euler coordinates. It is proved that the rate of convergence in the levelwise norm w£h of the difference solution to the smooth solution of the original differential problem is of order τ + h under the conditions that the mesh steps are sufficiently small and τ ̂ Ch. The problem of an additional error caused by the round off errors due to the algorithm implementation is analyzed. The paper considers the cases of one, two, and three space coordinates. Construction and analysis of nonlinear finite-difference schemes are of importance from both practical and theoretical points of view. Stability and convergence of nonlinear finite-difference schemes are mainly analyzed for particular formulations of differential problems [1,2,8], A general approach to the justification of convergence of nonlinear finite-difference schemes is proposed in [3], it is based on the presentation of a finite-difference scheme in the form of an operator equation and on the existence theorem for the solution of the operator equation in the vicinity of a known element. The main convergence condition is the uniform stability of the linearized scheme with respect to the equation coefficients. The application of this approach to the analysis of particular finite-difference schemes was demonstrated in [3,4]. At the same time the straightforward investigation of some nonlinear finitedifference schemes using the energy method (for example, for gas dynamics equations [5,9,10] and equations describing flows of viscous gas [12-14]) yields that under some conditions on the original differential problem and the mesh steps the norm of the error of the numerical integration satisfies a quadratic recurrent inequality. In [12] a method for deriving a linear inequality from the quadratic one was suggested which requires no additional constraints on the parameters of the difference problem. Then to derive an error estimate of the numerical integration it remains only to apply the difference counterpart of the Gronwall lemma to this linear inequality. Note that the coefficients of the quadratic inequality should satisfy certain conditions. This paper investigates the completely conservative finite-difference scheme constructed in [7]. In the case of an isotermal gas flow we consider the Cauchy problem for the gas dynamics equations. Note that the results obtained remain valid for the equations describing a flow of an ideal gas even in the case of the complete system of equations. The equation for the temperature is not taken into account only for simplicity of manipulations. We assume that the differential problem has a unique solution periodic in the spatial variables in the classic sense which possesses a sufficient smoothness. Under the conditions that the mesh steps are sufficiently small and that τ < Ch we derive the estimate of accuracy of the difference solution of order τ + h in the W^h levelwise norm on the segment [Ο,Γ], where the existence of the


Basic concept of SISMA for integrity monitoring of Galileo system was analysed,corresponding mathematical model of SISMA and data processing method was discussed,SISMA for integrity monitoring of global and China region with 30 GSS designed by Galileo system and 28 CORS in China region was computed by emulational Galileo orbits and GPS precise orbits.The result showed that: the precision of SISMA of GPS was slightly higher and better-proportioned than that of Galileo system;The precision of SISMA computed in China region was higher than that in global region;In China region,SISMA computed by 58 stations was commonly prior to 5cm,had a higher precision and was well-proportioned.SISMA computed by 28 China regional stations was commonly prior to that of 30 stations in Europe.


The engineering and physical principles of a novel multispectral, multifusion, optical imaging system, based on all-active interrogation of targets surrounded by scattered media, using the Mueller matrices-based formalism, are presented. Specifically, the uniqueness of this innovative imaging system consists in the fusion of dual-energy subtraction principles, with multispectral rotating retarder, complete Mueller matrix-based polarimetric principles, implemented with other parameters. The experimental results indicate clearly that, high-contrast images can be obtained by backscattered photons from several embedded targets, in scattered media, by means of the presented principles


Aim To observe the effects of lysophosphatidic acid(LPA) on system generation of adrenomedullin(ADM) with its receptors:calcitonin receptor like receptor(CRLR) and receptor activity modifying protein(RAMP),and the effects of ADM on proliferation of the vascular smooth muscle cells(VSMC) induced by LPA.Methods VSMC of rat aortic were cultured by explant method.DNA synthesis of VSMC were measured by 3H-TdR incorporation.The ADM concentration in VSMC were determined by radioimmunoassay.Results LPA stimulated the production of ADM on vascular smooth muscle cells in rats.LPA up-regulated the expression of mRNA of ADM and its receptors CRLR,RAMP2 and RAMP3 in VSMC.ADM can inhibit 3H-TdR incorporation of rat VSMC stimulated by LPA.ADM inhibited activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase(MAPK) in VSMC induced by LPA.Conclusions ADM and its receptors inhibit VSMC proliferation which involves in its inhibition on MAPK activity.


This paper reviews the application status of remote sensing technology in China,including the main application fields and relevant organizations. Through comparing with the development of remote sensing in other industries,this paper focuses on its inspiration for the development of China maritime administrative sector and maritime remote sensing. Finally,several suggestions are proposed.


Right paraduodenal hernia (RPH) is a type of internal hernia and is frequently associated with intestinal malrotation. The preoperative diagnosis is often difficult. We report the case of a


We present experimental results of using a high-resolution wavefront sensor for digital imaging through deconvolution from wavefront sensing. We show that our system can image objects containing high spatial frequencies and that it is more flexible than traditional imaging systems in accommodating different uncharacterized optical aberrations or imaging setups.


ABSTRACT Faced with competition from electronic communications, ICT and social media firms, and confronted with multi-sided platforms occupying numerous gatekeeping positions, media firms have to rely on others to create value. Competing means collaborating and supporting others to innovate and create joint value. Taking these changes into account, the use of "ecosystem", in addition to allied concepts such as platform, became more prominent. Ecosystems allow actors to create value that none of them is able to do on their own. This article explains why the concept of media ecosystem can be useful in media management research and in practice and defines and operationalises the concept in a model that can be used for empirical research and in practice.


Degradation of direct scarlet 4BS in dying wastewater by ultrafiltration coupling with photocatalysis was studied. Photocatalytic process of the 4BS was firstly investigated on pH, the dose of catalyst TiO2 in solution and the initial concentration of 4BS to get their optimal values. Then different kinds of ultrafiltration(UF) membranes were used to remove the suspended nano-TiO2 particles in water.Results indicated that there was a maximal adsorption of dye on TiO2 at pH 5.5. The initial reaction rate was 3.128×10-7 mmol·L-1·min-1 and the rejection of 4BS was over 99% after 90 min when dose of TiO2 was 1 g·L-1 and the initial concentration is 50 mg·L-1. PAN700 and PVDF700 ultrafiltration membranes were installed in the UF separation units. The recycle rate of TiO2 was all over 99% for both membranes, and PAN700 showed a lager flux under the same pressure than PVDF700.


Groundwater risks driven by population growth and industrialization in metropolitan cities have become a worldwide problem. Faisalabad is Pakistan's third largest city with a population of more than 2 million and is renowned for its diverse industries. Many factories in the area dump their untreated effluent into nearby drainage systems, having a direct negative effect on the marine ecosystem. This research focuses on the Madhuana drain and Khurrianwala industrial region of Faisalabad to investigate groundwater quality status. Sixty water samples from groundwater bore wells and open wells were obtained, and all these samples were subjected to lab experiments for physical and chemical analysis. Sixteen physiochemical parameters, namely, electrical conductivity (EC), pH, total dissolved solids (TDS), total suspended solids (TSS), turbidity, carbonate, Ca2+, Fe, HCO3−, Cl−, Mg2+, SO24−, As, Cr, Cu, and Mn, were examined. To provide a comprehensive picture of water quality from a human perspective, we calculated the water quality index (WQI) by integrating 16 physiochemical criteria. The results revealed that a larger proportion had poor drinking quality due to direct releases of toxins by industries. It was observed that 87% of the water samples showed an unsuitable status of groundwater for drinking purposes in terms of pH, EC, Fe, Mn, Cu, and Cr. The results of this study could be used to build and construct wastewater treatment plant facilities for the Madhuana drain, reducing pollution loads on the drain and river, as well as contaminant seepage rates into groundwater. The research's resulting maps will help policymakers to manage groundwater supplies more efficiently for sustainable development.


It DESCRIBED A APARTO TO DEPOSIT chemical vapor plasma to form a thin film amorphous thin film MICROCRISTALLINE or a polycrystalline thin film on a surface of a substrate made of anticathode USING A glow discharge generated by a power supplied from a source of ENERGIA, comprising a reaction vessel (31) means (37) for supplying a reactant gas into the tank REACTION (31), discharge means (38) TO DOWNLOAD A GAS RESIDUAL GAS reactant OUT OF DEPOSIT OF REACTION ( 31), an electrode (32) as SCALE FOR GENERATING WILLING discharges within the reaction vessel (31), a power source (36) for supplying a high frequency power between 30 and 200 MHZ AL-shaped electrode SCALING (32) to generate a glow discharge, a heater (34) to heat and maintain a substratum of anticathode (33), heater (34) is disposed within the Reaction vessel (31) PARALLEL WITH shaped electrode SCALE (32) for generating SHOCK, and a distributor of energy (60) to evenly distribute energy of high frequency shaped electrode SCALE (32) DOWNLOADS GENERATING THROUGH A CABLE OF POWER SUPPLY (43A, 43B, 43C, 43D).


Compared to other topological indices, molecular connectivity index has good structural selectivity and correlation.According to the molecule's 2D and 3D topology file, we conducted research on the mol2 format file to consider how to convert the ASCII file into the adjacency matrix. Based on the adjacency matrix, we analyzed the relevant algorithm to calculate the molecules' molecular connectivity index through adjacency matrix. As a molecular descriptor, the molecular connectivity index can be used in QSAR.