This paper examines the presentation of notions of nationality within tourism advertising for the World Heritage Sites by the Greek National Tourism Organisation (GNTO). Heritage tourism is related to historical processes and present day judgements and encompasses issues of identity and political gains. Based on qualitative research, the empirical work succeeds in making a practical and theoretical contribution to the way a bureaucratic state organisation presents the 'nationness' of the state by interpreting various sites and approaching them in a symbolic way. This is an issue that has implications on the way tourism policies legitimise their actions towards such promotions. It reflects the dependence of the bureaucratic industry of tourism on symbols rather than on rationality according to the principles of bureaucracy.


On April 16, Pope Francis authorized the promulgation of decrees concerning miracles in the causes of Blessed Ludocico da Casoria (born Arcangelo Palmentieri, 1814–85), an Italian professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor and founder of the Congregation of Franciscan Sisters of St. Elizabeth, and of Blessed Amato Ronconi (1226–92), an Italian lay member of the third order of the Franciscans and founder of the Hospital-Hospice of St. Mary of Mount Orciale for Poor Pilgrims of Saludecio (near Rimini). Decrees regarding heroic virtues were issued on behalf of the Servants of God Alain-Marie Guynot de Boismenu (1870–1953), a French priest of the Congregation of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and apostolic vicar of Papua, New Guinea; and Wilhelm Janauschek (1859–1926), an Austrian professed priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer.


【Objective】To observe the effects of anaerobic exercise on the activity of Na+,K+-ATPase in Rats'skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum.【Methods】Consulting BEDFORD TG' standards,we established the motion models using treadmill running at different work intensities.Sixteen SD rats were randomly divided into two groups:control group(n=8)and anaerobic exercise group(n=8).Afer 4 weeks'training,Rats'skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum were preparied and the activity of Na+,K+-ATPase were determined.【Results】The activity of Na+,K+-ATPase of anaerobic exercise group are significantly higher than that of control group(P0.05).【Conclusion】The results suggest that the activity of Na+,K+-ATPase in Rats'skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum are protected by fore weeks'anaerobic exercise training.


Objective:To study the advantage of metacarpophalangeal joint reduction at extension position,and fixation with paper splint for the treatment of fracture of the neck of the fifth metacarpal.Methods:Seventy-four patients were randomized to two groups,37 patients in each.Group A was treated with metacarpophalangeal joint reduction at extension position plus external fixation with paper splint,while group B was treated with metacarpophalangeal joint reduction at flexion position and fixation.After reduction and fixation,the patients underwent periodical reviews,and their X-ray and functional recovery were recorded.The curative effect was assessed according to the traumatology and orthopaedic standard of traditional Chinese medicine industry of China.Results:The fixation effect of group A was better than that of group B(P0.05) while the function of group B was better than that of group A upon removing the fixation(P0.0001).However,in the 8th week,function recovery of group A was better than that of group B(P0.01);in the 24th week,there was no remarkable difference between the 2 groups in function assessment(P=0.4364),indicating that there was no significant difference between the two groups in function recovery and that function recovery of group A was faster than group B.Conclusion:The method of metacarpophalangeal joint reduction at extension position plus paper splint with pressure pad has more advantages over the flexion position,and paper splint fixation has relatively good fixation effect and security.


Abstract Penicillin, aureomycin, terramycin and streptomycin have been found to stimulate early growth of turkey poults (Stokstad and Jukes, 1950; McGinnis et al., 1951). Recent experiments conducted to determine whether other antibiotics and bacteriostatic agents would stimulate poult growth to the same degree as the above materials have shown that the substances newly tested do not have this property. Broad Breasted Bronze poults were distributed at random into electrically heated battery brooders when one day old. A basal diet which was regarded as adequate with regard to protein, minerals and known vitamins was prepared; its composition is shown in Table 1. The various materials under study were then mixed into the basal diet at various levels and the experimental diets thus prepared were fed to duplicate groups of 12 poults each. Groups were weighed weekly and the three feeding trials, which were run consecutively, ended at 26 days for trial 1 . . .


This study evaluated the effect of father's feeding practices on biochemical and haematological parameters in children under five in Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria. A cross-sectional study design was used and a structured questionnaire was administered to a sample of 150 fathers. Haematological and biochemical parameters of the children were also determined. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data obtained. Data of biochemical and haematological parameters were subjected to one way analysis of variance and significant difference was established at P˂ 0.05. The results revealed a significant association between father's feeding practices and biochemical and haematological parameters in children under five in Birnin Kebbi. The study concluded that there is a need for health education programs to be designed to improve the feeding practices of fathers in order to improve the biochemical and haematological parameters of the children. This study contributes to the literature on the importance of fathers' feeding practices in the health and wellbeing of children, particularly in developing countries.


This paper presents measurement and modeling of
the energizing of a wind park radial. The measurements in this paper are taken from the Utgrunden wind park that consists of seven wind turbines each of 1.5 MW rated power. This park is connected to the Oland 55 kV grid at the Degerhamn station. The wind turbines in the Utgrunden wind park are of the pitchregulated doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG) type.
The transient voltage and the energizing current graphs are presented and both active and reactive powers are analyzed as the radials to the wind park is connected.
Furthermore, the model of the Utgrunden wind park radial is built using PSCAD/EMTDC software. For the cable model, the frequency-dependent (phase) model built in model is used. A built-in model with the saturation modeling is simulated for the purpose of the transients analysis and the results are compared with measurements.
The results show that the measured resonance frequency agrees well with the measurements while the damping is underestimated in the simulations.


In this paper are introduced its proper choice of carding cloth and its carding technology in producing extra-fine combed yarn of fine cotton blended with long fiber cotton.


The presence of cell‐mediated immunity to dermatophytin antigens was studied in 63 patients infected with dermatophytes and in 31 uninfected controls using intracutaneous tests and the leukocyte migration agarose test (LMAT). Twenty‐eight patients (44 %) showed delayed skin reactions to the dermatophytin antigens, while no delayed skin reactions were found in the selected non‐infected controls. The dermatophytin antigens were found to cross‐react with each other in the intracutaneous test.


This study aims to estimate the effects of a reduction in the difference of human capital accumulation between genders on the economic growth of the Brazilian states for the period 1993-2010. To attain the goal set, we conducted a quantitative study, with the application of the regression model for dynamic panel data and an empirical analysis based on the Solow model of increased growth. Overall, it is concluded that human capital is of relative importance for the economic growth of the Brazilian states and that women's education has increased in comparison with men's education, which would be beneficial for economic growth if women would increase their participation in the labor market, as they are getting better educated than men. Keywords: economic growth, human capital, gender difference.


The purpose of this study was to examine how English Differentiated Instruction is being operated in public middle schools in the Changwon City School System. This study surveyed middle school students' satisfaction regarding the operation, its contents, and the effects of English Differentiated Instruction. In addition, the obstacles facing teachers in implementing English Differentiated Instruction were explored. The results are as follows: First, B middle school was carrying out English Differentiated Instruction curriculum targeting entire classes in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades by establishing an English-curriculum classroom system. English Differentiated Instruction was delivered in the form of 2+1 through reformatting and reorganizing the contents of the textbook into high, middle, and low levels. Second, the students exhibited moderate levels of satisfaction about the operation and had low satisfaction levels regarding the effects of English Differentiated Instruction. The students' satisfaction about English Differentiated Instruction differed depending on gender, but not on school year, and academic achievement. Also, more than half of the students engaged in this survey felt that English Differentiated Instruction was not necessary. This dissatisfaction was caused by their feeling that English Differentiated Instruction did not fall in line with their English level. Third, the teachers responded that it was difficult to conduct effective English Differentiated Instruction due to the excessive tasks they already bear responsibility for, such as the preparation of teaching-learning materials and the development of appropriate evaluation models for English Differentiated Instruction.


In the manufacturing industry in the modern era, several constraints are often encountered in the development and management of warehouses, such as arranging goods that are not neatly arranged so that a lot of free space is not utilized optimally in the warehouse. In this research, the Genetic Algorithm application was discussed in optimizing the arrangement of storage of manufactured goods in warehouses. Genetic Algorithm is a method that is often used in optimizing by relying on natural selection to get the best fitness value; the items used are cubic with different sizes according to the type of thing. The use of Genetic Algorithms in this research aims to find the best fitness value in the allocation of goods in the finished warehouse so that the arrangement and allocation of goods are not done carelessly and can reduce the free space in the warehouse; the results of this study will be displayed in the java application in the form of tables and visualization of placement of goods on the shelf.


The study presented in this thesis investigates the nature of climate accounts of the Bangladeshi state power sector, and how, if at all, the accounts are challenged and influenced by climate counter accounts disseminated by local and global civil society organisations. It also examines which factors impact the disciplinary power of climate counter accounts. While the study notes the success of climate counter accounts in making the power sector climate accounts visible, it finds no evidence to support the disciplinary power of climate counter accounts to bring about substantive change in the power sector's commitment to mitigating the environmental impact of emissions from power generation.


This paper made a study of Wolfe duality for optimization problems with parameters in Banach spaces.In Invex-convexlike hypothesis,weak duality theorem and strong duality theorem for Wolfe duality were obtained.For application,the optimal control theory was also dealt with.


While wireless networking has several advantages over a traditional wired LAN, it introduces security risks that a wired LAN is not susceptible to. Without a robust wireless security solution, organizations leave themselves vulnerable to attack through their WLAN. Although malicious attacks are a non-controllable reality, companies can take action to integrate a solid wireless security solution that prevents unauthorized users from accessing confidential company information.


The application of an identification and control design to the continuous laboratory plant is presented. The reason of identification is given by the necessity to design the controller, which provides the suitable tracking of the reference signal described by given temperature profile. Used identification algorithm is based on the least-squares prediction error estimation. As a result of identification the parameters of the linear model of continuous system are estimated. This model is further used for computation of the transfer function of the unknown controller. Since in this case at the beginning no controller is available, the identification must be performed in the open-loop configuration.


x) CIIAIYfE ONE: INTRODUCnON 1.1. Background to the study 1 1.2 Statement of the problem f 1.3 Purpose of the study 7 1.4 (Research questions 8 1.5 Significance of the study 8 1.6 . Basic assumptions. 9 1.7 .. Limitations 10 1.8 Definition of terms 10 CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.


IN traditional central place studies it is often necessary to group urban places into discrete classes before attempting to identify hierarchical relationships (Christaller 1966, p. 158; Berry 1967, p. 27; Brush 1953, p. 393; Kenyon 1967, p. 741). These classes are usually given names, such as hamlet, village, town, and city, based on their populations or some other criteria. Frequently the end result is the designation of urban areas as central places of the first, second, and third order. After classifying cities, many investigators have grouped them into hexagonal networks extending at regular intervals in all directions. Much effort has gone into finding empirical evidence to support the existence of these hexagonal hinterlands. When such evidence is found, the networks are used to test theoretical systems like the Christaller and Losch models. In most cases the correlation between these theoretical models and actual landscapes has been low. A ma jor reason for this lack of fit has been the necessity of first classifying cities into higher and lower orders. Although in some areas like southern Germany and southern Ohio the fit is fairly good, most such exercises in spatial taxonomy yield inconclusive results. In his study of central places in Georgia, for example, Kenyon (1967) found little evidence of discrete size groupings among places.


During the celebrated voyage of HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin visited the Falkland Islands twice, in March 1833 and March 1834. He thought the islands bleak and inhospitable, but was much excited during his first visit to discover fossils at Port Louis. These he recognised as brachiopods (a type of shellfish) and crinoids (often described descriptively as 'sea-lilies' but actually animals related to sea urchins); an example of the kind of fossils that he saw is shown in Figure 1.


A bone tissue is modeled at the nanolevel as a composite with a quasiperiodic structure, consisting of the hydroxyapatite crystals, which are embedded into the collagen fibrils. The aim of the research is to analyze the influence of the bone nanostructure on its mechanical and strength properties. Such studies are important for the creating artificial bone-substitute materials. The influence analysis of the morphological characteristics (hydroxyapatite crystals disorientation, sizes and orientation of mineral bridges, shape of hydroxyapatite crystals, mineralization) on the local stress-strain state and mechanical properties of the representative volume element of bone is carried out by means of the direct finite element simulation and homogenization. The comparison of the obtained results with experimental data demonstrates a good agreement.


The article is devoted to studying of language of the Russian national fairy tale. Means of lexical stylistics, in particular epithets are considered. The attention is paid to features of different types of epithets in the magic fairy tale, their functions as a part of appellatives and onyms.


Two novel vanadogermanates [Cd(en)(H2O)2][Cd(en)2][Cd(en)]{[Cd(en)]2[Ge8V12O42.5(OH)5]}·2H2O (1) and [Cd(en)3][Cd(en)]2{[Cd(en)]2[Ge8V12O42(OH)6]}·10H2O (2, en = ethylenediamine) have been hydrothermally synthesized and structurally characterized by elemental analysis, infrared spectroscopy, powder X-ray diffractions, thermogravimetric analysis, UV–vis spectroscopy, and single-crystal X-ray diffractions. Structural analysis reveals that the Ge–V–O cluster anions in the two compounds are derived from the classical saturated {V18O42} cluster by replacing four VO5 square pyramids with four Ge2O7 groups. Especially, the Ge–V–O cluster anion in 2 is a new configuration of Ge–V–O clusters with four Ge2O7 groups and first reported in this work. 1 is the first 1-dimensional (1-D) chain based on the linkage of centrosymmetric dimeric clusters {[Cd(en)]2[Ge8V12O42.5(OH)5]}212– and trinuclearity [Cd3O4(en)4(H2O)2]2– complexes. 2 is an unprecedented 2-D network built from unique {[Cd(en)]2[Ge8V12O42(OH)6]}8– clusters...


Automatic test construction is a typical multi-objective optimization problem,specific to subjects as Software Engineering has characteristics of modular,established test questions library and multi-objective optimization test construction model,by setting different weight coefficient according to importance of different objectives,multi-objective optimization problem can convert into single-objective optimization problem,then use genetic algorithm to solve this problem,for the constraint contains of hard constraints and soft constraints,improved method for working out the feasible solution,using elitist strategy for population selecting,optimize operator of the crossover and mutation.The algorithm testing demonstrates that the algorithm in this paper can satisfy the requirements of automatic test construction both in successful rate and convergence.


The invention discloses a structure of a parallel beam limiting diaphragm based on ion implantation, which relates to an ion implanter and belongs to the field of semiconductor manufacturing. The structure comprises a vacuum chamber (1), an upper diaphragm plate (2), a lower diaphragm plate (3), a servo motor (4), a sliding shaft I (5) and a sliding shaft II (6), wherein the upper diaphragm plate (2) is arranged at the lower end of the sliding shaft I (5), the lower diaphragm plate (3) is arranged at the lower end of the sliding shaft II (6), and the upper ends of the sliding shaft I (5) and the sliding shaft II (6) are connected with the servo motor (4) so that the sliding shaft I (5) and the sliding shaft II (6) carry out uniform speed and opposite adjustment movement under the driving of the servo motor (4) so as to realize the size adjustment of the distance between the upper diaphragm plate (2) and the lower diaphragm plate (3). The upper diaphragm plate (2) and the lower diaphragm plate (3) are sawtooth-shaped, can endure the bombardment of high-power ion beams and have the edge sharpening effect possessed by diaphragms.


Terahertz Spectral Characterization of NIR Nanomaterials

Jillian P. Martin, M.E. Gkikas, C.S. Joseph and R.H. Giles

 Biomedical Terahertz Technology Center, University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA, USA

Near-infrared responsive (NIR) nanomaterials are currently being developed for use in photothermal and photodynamic cancer treatment therapies. The NIR nanomaterials under investigation for such therapies include gold nanorods, gold nanoshells, lanthanide-doped nanomaterials, and graphene oxide. To date, researchers have shown that terahertz (THz) time-domain spectroscopy (TDS) can be used to track the concentration of gold nanorods. In this work, a THz-TDS system is utilized to investigate the terahertz spectral characteristics of various solutions of NIR nanomaterials.


Abstract : The report describes preliminary results of one year R and D effort in writing a string grammar of Modern Russian for application to Russian-English machine translation of scientific and technical texts. The report is presented in two parts. Part I contains a partial description of the declarative center string for the most common word order. Part II describes implementation of the linguistic content of the first part. The program of Part II has not been verified or tested on the computer. (Author)


The Hough Transform is an efficient algorithm in straight line segments detection field, however, there are deficiencies in the classical Hough transform, such as the great deal of operation, the wrong connection of the break-line and etc. By analyzing the principle of the Hough transform, we improve a method to make a threshold to avoid inefficient pixels, and another threshold to segment straight lines. It is proved that, compared with classical Hough transform, this method reduce the complexity of operation, and avoid the lost of short straight lines.


As a gift to Gettysburg College, known as Pennsylvania College at the time, Johann Heinrich Wilbrand Stuckenberg willed his vast estate including an extensive 17th-19th century map collection after his death in London in 1903. J.H.W. Stuckenberg, and his wife Mary, were fond of the college for its progressive curriculum and support of his philosophical endeavors in publication, sociology, religion, and his native politics and culture.Two items that were bequeathed to the college are a pair of small paintings, one a landscape, the other a seascape. [excerpt]


As robotic systems have to solve more and more complex problems, engineers are attempting to create systems that can perform the largest possible set of tasks. To evaluate the needs of the system to be implemented, both the task to be accomplished and the capabilities of the robot must be considered. One critical aspect of the studies is the link between the robot and the environment/object which is the end-effector. Specialised end-effectors are the ones designed with a well defined task in mind and are task specific, as opposed to general purpose end-effectors, which aim to be robust but execute most tasks rather poorly. General purpose grippers are designed to hold a variety of objects but are increasingly required to pick objects in real-world environments in a safe manner. With this in mind, this paper studies grasping methods found in the literature to compare them and emphasize the importance of compliant/soft end-effector compared to the use of force control techniques when interacting with rigid real-world environments.


The photoionization of Ce[sup 3+] in CaF[sub 2] has been reinvestigated with CaF[sub 2]:Ce[sup 3+] and CaF[sub 2]:Ce[sup 3+], Na[sup +]. Irradiation of the singly doped crystals with 308-nm light at room temperature produces Ce[sup 2+]. However, at 80 K, we found no Ce[sup 2+] and observed only that the [ital F][sup [minus]] interstitial charge compensator moved from the (001) site to the (111) site. (Units are [ital a]/2, the unit cell dimension.) In the doubly doped crystals, we observed the production of Ce[sup 2+] at 80 K. Diffusion processes at higher temperatures lead to formation of other color centers. A mechanism that accounts for these observations is proposed.


By the time young persons go to college they seem to be already differentiated with respect to their interest both in subject matter and in method of approach to an extent sufficient somewhat to condition their educability. The emotional appeal of the social sciences cannot be disregarded as a selective factor in drawing students into them or as a psychological factor limiting the attractiveness of the scientific method. Whether this differentiation a d selectivity are due to differences in kind of intellect or to differences in personality are unanswered questions which may ultimately be important in any basic discussion of methodology. Particular methods or techniques are universally available though not necessarily universally applicable; but the general principles of detachment and consensus in the study of observed facts seem indispensable to whatever may be called science, whether natural or social. AN EDUCATIONAL REMINISCENCE AND REFLECTIONS Across the summer of I907 I transferred from Yale, where I had been teaching mathematics to Freshmen in Yale College, to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where I again had Freshmen sections. This gave me an interesting experience in comparing the two groups of young men, both coming from our private and public schools, each of the same average age, each a cross-section of our American youth. I was struck by differences a well as by similarities in the groups. Neither was brighter or more stupid than the other, but they seemed to have a different a titude. The Yale group was, of course, in a liberal arts college with professional training well in the future; the M.I.T. group was at a professional school. If it be granted that these two different environments would in due time make different imprints on the youth, it would still be hard


Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is central to the adaptation and evolution of bacteria. However, our knowledge about the flow of genetic material within complex microbiomes is lacking; most studies of HGT rely on bioinformatic analyses of genetic elements maintained on evolutionary timescales or experimental measurements of phenotypically trackable markers (e.g. antibiotic resistance). Consequently, our knowledge of the capacity and dynamics of HGT in complex communities is limited. Here, we utilize the CRISPR-Cas spacer acquisition process to detect HGT events from complex microbiota in real-time and at nucleotide resolution. In this system, a recording strain is exposed to a microbial sample, spacers are acquired from foreign transferred elements and permanently stored in genomic CRISPR arrays. Subsequently, sequencing and analysis of these spacers enables identification of the transferred elements. This approach allowed us to quantify transfer frequencies of individual mobile elements without the need for phenotypic markers or post-transfer replication. We show that HGT in human clinical fecal samples can be extensive and rapid, often involving multiple different plasmid types, with the IncX type being the most actively transferred. Importantly, the vast majority of transferred elements did not carry readily selectable phenotypic markers, highlighting the utility of our approach to reveal previously hidden real-time dynamics of mobile gene pools within complex microbiomes.


Recent advances in the establishment of the molecular basis of the pathogenesis has been possible after the consideration of the inflammatory reaction as a relevant cause in the development of diseases as different as cancer, neurodegeneration and cardiovascular pathology, among other. In all these cases inflammation has been considered as an original cause of pathogenesis, but also as a consequence in an attempt of the tissue to resolve an inflammatory process as occurs in most cases of fibrosis in the lung, liver and to some extent in the vascular system. In this sense, the identification of the molecular basis of the inflammatory response as well as those pathways that participate in the resolution of inflammation in the cardiovascular system has allowed to open new points of view on the physiopathology of atherosclerosis, and therefore, on the treatment of the cardiovascular diseases.


The "rapid" effects of oestrogens on myometrium mainly result by activating cell membrane oestrogen receptors: ERα and GPER (G protein coupled oestrogen receptor 1). In contrast to the contractile effect induced by G-1 (GPER agonist), effect involving the opening of L-type calcium channels, oestradiol (E 2 ) inhibited until arrest the spontaneous contractile activity and significantly decreased the contraction induced by high K + or oxytocin. The effects of E 2 were not blocked by G-15 (GPER antagonist). We concluded that the "rapid" effects E 2 -induced on myometrium are the result of cell membrane ERα activation and mainly consist of the inhibition of L-type calcium channels. It is a sticking difference between the genomic and non-genomic effect of E 2 on oxytocin-induced signalling pathway. Finally, it is very probable a masking/inhibition (modulator) effect of ERα on cell membrane GPER activity.


The biological perspective has dominated the psychiatric literature since the late 1960s. Today many articles and textbooks are written as though it has been established that major mental disorders are caused by brain disorders. The evidence of which these statements are founded however, is often equivocal. Biological theorists are reductionists. They assume that brain-behavior explanations proceed in one direction, from brain to behavior. Psychosocial factors are considered to be secondary influences, if they are considered at all, in explanations of mental disorders. These theorists tend to overlook two fundamental aspects of reductionistic explanatory models: (1) mental and social phenomena cannot be adequately understood at the level of physical processes, and (2) brain-behavior influences can proceed in either direction. This paper will review the reasons why much evidence of biological causality of mental disorders should be considered to be tentative rather than conclusive. It is argued that adequate explanatory models of mental disorders require adoption of a General Systems Theory model that will allow for the integration of knowledge from multiple levels of analysis, including biological, psychosocial, and cultural influences.


With the deepening of Chinese social transformation, the risk of rural grass-level has been forming rapidly.From the perspective of feasible capability theory, it can easily be found that rural social risk mainly results from farmers'lack of capability, namely the relatively poor ability to improve their living situation and respond to rural social risks. It is primarily due to the deficiency of farmers' health guarantee, self-development, and social participation. Many reasons lead to farmers' insufficient developmental ability, including the effect of innate endowment and policy factor. The latter one is the main cause that results in urban-rural split of public service provision. Therefore, if a virtuous China's rural social risk management is to be achieved, public services in rural areas must be improved to enhance the farmers' feasible capacity.


We extended our concept for fast image acquisition in pulse-echo ultrasound imaging based on sparse recovery (SR) to compensate for the combined effects of absorption and dispersion. Using measurement data obtained from a multi-tissue phantom (A) and a human thyroid (B, in vivo), we demonstrated that image quality can be significantly improved by this extension. Emitting only two steered plane waves, our extended SR-based concept outperformed synthetic aperture (SA) imaging (128 wave emissions), delay-and-sum beamforming (11 wave emissions), and minimum variance beamforming (11 wave emissions) in terms of contrast for object A. Lateral -6 dB-widths were similar to SA. For object B, SR improved the visibility of anatomical contours in contrast to the algorithms used for comparison.


Hardware-based test imposes some constraints like area overhead and processing speed degradation. In addition, with the advance in hardware integration, system-on-achip (SoC) test activities using only automatic test equipments (ATEs) results in an expensive option. The main objective of this work is to investigate and evaluate pros and cons of software-based test. Techniques, such as pattern compaction based on LFSR reseeding are used to minimize some of the drawbacks. Another objective of this work is to introduce a Computer Aided Test (CAT) tool used to generate a C code for testing core-based SoCs. The benchmark c6288 are used to evaluate the proposed tool and test techniques.


This paper uses a theoretical model to demonstrate the existence of a group of equatorially trapped, high-frequency (wave-periods shorter than one week), meso-to-small-scale (wave-lengths shorter than 100 km), baroclinic waves which are embedded in a geostrophic current with only vertical shear. Due to their relatively large vertical and meridional velocities, these high-frequency equatorial waves may play an important role in transporting momentum as well as heat energy in the vertical and transequatorial directions.


In this paper we study the homotopy theory of parameterized spectrum objects in the ∞-category of (∞, 2)-categories, as well as the Quillen cohomology of an (∞, 2)-category with coefficients in such a parameterized spectrum. More precisely, we construct an analogue of the twisted arrow category for an (∞,2)-category C, which we call its twisted 2-cell ∞-category. We then establish an equivalence between parameterized spectrum objects over C, and diagrams of spectra indexed by the twisted 2-cell ∞-category of C. Under this equivalence, the Quillen cohomology of C with values in such a diagram of spectra is identified with the two-fold suspension of its inverse limit spectrum. As an application, we provide an alternative, obstruction-theoretic proof of the fact that adjunctions between (∞,1)-categories are uniquely determined at the level of the homotopy (3, 2)-category of Cat_∞.


Makes an attempt to compare the consumer market ecosystems of the less developed countries (LDC) and the more developed countries (MDC). Says that a so little research and analysis has been done of LDC markets from the consumers' perspective it is logical to set the stage for comparison using the Thai marketplace based on the study. Considers the problems and risks involved in LDC areas affecting both buyers and sellers. Examines in great detail the market system involving the largest and smallest types of Thai transactions in city and village areas. Gives out in great detail all the information within the available parameters and tabulates this is great style. Concludes that the observation of the LDC market systems were used even though these were not always of good repute.


Using a reduced rank regression framework as well as information criteria we investigate the presence of commonalities in the intraday periodicity, a dominant feature in the return volatility of most intraday financial time series. We find that the test has little size distortion and reasonable power even in the presence of jumps. We also find that only three factors are needed to describe the intraday periodicity of thirty US asset returns sampled at the 5-minute frequency. Interestingly, we find that for most series the models imposing these commonalities deliver better forecasts of the conditional intraday variance than those where the intraday periodicity is estimated for each asset separately.


It is well known that large amounts of energy are consumed during road-related works. Many researchers have been attempting to help reduce road-related energy consumption and GHG emissions by developing and applying green road technologies. Engineers trying to apply a green road technology for their work need a tool which enables them to evaluate how much they can reduce energy consumption and GHG emissions. One such tool, G-TIES (Green Highway Technology Investment Evaluation System), is under development in Korea. The authors developed an essential part of this system, i.e. a function for estimating road energy consumption. Since the amount of energy consumption varies with road life cycle and road type, the authors calculated the unit energy consumption for each component of the road life cycle and for different road types using field energy usage data. The authors also estimated national road energy consumption by multiplying the unit energy consumption and road statistics. The results showed that the road energy consumption factors (road types, the number of lanes, and lengths) were well reflected in regional energy consumption estimates. Even though the method needs to be refined by reflecting more cases of road works, it is expected that the outcome of this study will be useful for road designers, managers, and operators.


In the ring coupling model the criterion for substorm onset is the narrowing of the auroral oval to some critical limit. The auroral oval is taken to be the annulus bounded by Rings 1 and 2, corresponding to the locations of the Iijima-Potemra Regions 1 and 2 Birkeland currents. It is shown that this criterion is met following both southward and northward turnings of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF). The behavior of the rings in response to typical variations in the north-south component of the IMF produces a variety of observed substorm sequence patterns. The energy source for substorms in the model is the solar wind energy stored in the magnetotail, whereas the energy for geomagnetic storms comes directly from the solar wind. The model is consistent with the half-wave rectifier response of the magnetosphere to the IMF.


Terminal Sensitive Projectile is a sensitive type of Picture ammunition, which use the advanced sensor technology and EFP technology together. The text is introducing the Monte Carlo Method to analyses and simulation the characteristic of Terminal Sensitive Projectile's damage rate, using of picture and simulation picture of the result to explain the influence factor of Terminal Sensitive Projectile's damage rate. The data well assesses the performance of Terminal Sensitive Projectile efficacy, and simulation results further illustrate the effect factor of munitions damage rate.


The steephead streams we studied are springfed, relatively high gradient, and have greater substrate diversity than is typical of most Coastal Plain streams. The study objectives were: 1) to describe the physical characteristics of the streams and quantify the seasonal biodiversity in several streams draining managed forestlands, and 2) test and adapt rapid bioassessment methods. Our results show these streams to have high invertebrate diversity throughout the year with the highest occurring in winter and early spring. The streams and their valleys had a regionally unique assemblage of plants and animals. Bioassessment values indicated water quality to be fair to good when sampling with the fixed area modified Hess sampler and good to excellent when sampling multiple habitats using a D-frame kicknet. The values were calculated using the rapid assessment methods adapted by SaveOur-Stream (SOS) and the Hilsenhoff Family Biotic Index (FBI). The results of the bioassessment values indicate that the streamside management zones (SMZ's) implemented in these areas of silvicultural activity are effective in maintaining adequate water quality standards and supporting diverse and abundant aquatic life.


This report describes the role of radioactive heat-of-decay in the the performance of the Yucca Mountain Facility. Waste package and waste form degradation due to water contact is described.


Voltage-controlled oscillator in suppressed-carrier detector acquire carrier frequency and phase quickly with help of frequency-discriminator arrangement. To obtain discriminator function, filter bandwidth in quadrature (Q) leg of detector is widened with respect to bandwidth of filter in inphase (l) leg.


Sunspots are the most obvious feature on the disturbed surface of the photosphere above the solar atmosphere and appear to play a key role in major solar and terrestrial disturbances. The solar source activity varies with a 11-year sunspot cycle. During solar activity maximum years, maximum transient solar activity (i.e. solar flares, solar proton events and coronal mass ejections) is released from the Sun and enters the earth's magnetosphere which is found to be responsible for producing large geomagnetic storms. In solar activity minimum years, a few geomagnetic storms are observed due to the presence of coronal interaction regions. We have studied the general characteristics of past solar cycles 1-23 and predicted about the present sunspot cycle 24. We conclude that sunspot cycle 24 is similar to sunspot cycle 22, peaking between September 2012 and February 2013. Solar maximum of sunspot cycle 24 may pose a great risk to satellite communication, space weather and result in geomagnetic hazards.


Condensation heat transfer characteristics of ammonia in a horizontal tube have been investigated experimentally. The horizontal test section is composed of smooth SUS316 tubes for refrigerant flow and surrounding annulus for water flow. The test tube is 4 m long, which is divided into 4 equal parts for measurements, with inner and outer diameters of 7.73 ㎜ and 9.52 ㎜(3/8 inch) respectively. The refrigerant mass flux and saturation temperature were varied. The results show that the heat transfer coefficient increases in proportional to mass flux and the effect of the saturation temperature is not negligible. A new correlation is proposed based on the results.


Compared with the grass individuals of alpine steppes community fenced for twenty years, the variation of morphological characteristics of four good herding grass species(Stipa purpurea, Agropyron cristatum, Poa pratensis, Artemisia scoparia) and three miscellaneous poison grass species (Dracocephalum heterophalum, Thermopsis lanceolata, Stellera chamaejasme) under grazing stress is studied, we find that the responses of good herding grass individuals to long-term grazing are not consistent with the responses of miscellaneous poison grass individuals. Good herding grass individuals show "Individual Miniaturization Phenomenon", but miscellaneous poison grass individuals do not become miniaturized, especially for aboveground biomass. Different individual morphological variations result in the change of the ability to utilize environmental resources, so the environmental spaces and resources (hypervolume niche) each population occupies in the community become "reshaped", and those of most good herding grass populations become "contracting " and they are "extending "for most miscellaneous poison grass populations. Therefore, the status of plant populations in the degraded grassland community changes,and the dominant species alternates. This is the individual morphological principles of the degradation of alpine steppes community.


The central contention of this article is that contemporary liberal theory is without an account of what legitimates coercing those who reject liberalism that is consistent with its own stipulations of the conditions of political legitimacy. After exploring the nature of the liberal principle of legitimacy, and in particular how it is intended to function as a way of protecting individuals from domination and oppression by reconciling freedom and public law, the article considers four different possible accounts of what might legitimate coercing non-liberals. While some of them have independent plausibility, the article argues that none of them meets the requirements of liberal legitimacy. The final section of the article considers the implications of this theoretical gap for liberal theory more widely. The argument is made that liberalism must accept that even liberal politics will necessitate the oppressive use of coercive power, i.e. compelling people to live according to wills other than their own, and that insofar as this is a position central to the recent burgeoning literature on political realism, liberalism ought therefore to be more realist.


In the accounting standards which were promulgated by chinese ministry of finance in february,2006,the re-introduction of fair value became a highlight and caused a wide range of concern in the accounting circle.This paper,starting with the definitions of fair value,discusses the outcome,development and application of fair value in China,and analyzes the advantages and existing problems of measurement model of fair value.In the end,corresponding countermeasures are presented.


This study was carried out in the plant tissue culture laboratory of the College of Agriculture - University of Karbala for the period from 2021 to 2022. The study included the use of plant tissue culture technique to obtain vegetative branches of rosemary using physical and chemical stimuli as well as plant growth regulators, the experiment was done by cultivating sterile branches tips With a length of 2 cm on MS medium prepared with different concentrations (0, 10, 20, 30) mg.L-1 SA, Then the cultivated plants were exposed to ultraviolet rays at different intervals (10, 20) minutes for each concentration of SA. The results of the study showed that the concentration of 10 mg.L-1SA achieved the highest rate in the number and length of branches that reached (7.45 branches.Plant-1, 3.63 cm) respectively, while the concentration of 20 mg.L-1 achieved the highest average for the number of leaves and the fresh and dry weight of the shoot, and the average concentration of chlorophyll and carbohydrates in the shoot reached (16.86 leaves.plant-1, 3424 mg.gm-1, 2373 mg.gm-1, 3.57 and 4.28 mg.gm-1) respectively, and the effect of UV rays at 20 minute exceeded in achieving the highest average of the measured traits, which included the number and length of branches, number of leaves, fresh and dry weight of the shoot, as well as the average concentration of chlorophyll and carbohydrates in the shoot (7.24 branches.plant-1, 4.04 cm, 16.89 leaves.plant-1, 3374 mg.gm-1, 2141 mg.gm-1, 3.67 and 4.32 mg.gm-1) respectively, while the comparison treatment achieved the lowest rate It reached (3.59 branches.plant-1, 2.39 cm, 14.21 leaves.plant-1, 2810 mg, 1366 mg, 2.56 mg.gm-1, 3.38 mg.gm-1) respectively.


This paper explores different perspectives in the education of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) in light of recent developments in Sociocultural Learning Theory. It advocates for a view of learning as participation in socially mediated activities, which has the potential of helping the field overcome the pervasiveness of the habitus that characterizes it. This habitus can be understood as those collective, yet individualized and internalized structures that help us define, interpret, and judge our lived experience. The paper argues that two main traditions (one practical and one theoretical) have polarized the field and rendered it difficult to modify. However, the emergent adoption of a Sociocultural Perspective by many teacher educators can prove to be a plausible alternative to the status quo that may help resolve some of the conundrums the profession is experiencing.


The transesterification reaction could be used to the technical production as it forms an in-situ compatibilizer during the processing of polymer blends. Thus, TR-4,6(poly(tetramethylene-4,4'-terephthaloyldioxydibenzoate-co-hexametylene-4,4'-terephthaloyldioxydibenzoate), one of thermotropic liquid crystalline polymers was synthesized and was blended with PBT(polybutylene terephthalate), one of engineering plastics, to study the transesterification reaction. The transesterification reactions between two components, TR-4,6 and PBT, were monitored by IR, DSC and and analyzed by a statistical treatment method. Also, the reaction rates and the sequence distributions of repeating unit were (calculated and) invesitigated.


Poynting flux shows peaks around auroral zone AND inside polar cap. Energy enters IT system at all local times in polar cap. Track-integrated flux at DMSP often peaks at polar latitudes- probably due to increased area of polar cap during storm main phases. center dot lon temperatures at DMSP show large increases in polar region at all local times; cusp and auroral zones do not show distinctively high Ti. center dot I on temperatures in the polar cap are higher than in the auroral zones during quiet times. center dot Neutral densities at GRACE and GOCE show maxima at polar latitudes without clear auroral signatures. Response is fast, minutes from onset to density peaks. center dot GUVI observations of O/N2 ratio during storms show similar response as direct measurements of ion and neutral densities, i.e. high temperatures in polar cap during prestorm quiet period, heating proceeding from polar cap to lower latitudes during storm main phase. center dot Discrepancy between maps of Poynting flux and of ion temperatures/neutral densities suggests that connection between Poynting flux and Joule heating is not simple.


Introduction: Stroke is a sudden emergency in the neurological system and is one of the leading causes of disability and death in the world. Post-stroke patients will have an increased risk of falling which can result in worsening their health condition. This study aims to analyze the factors that influence the risk of falling in families who have post-stroke patients at the Neurology Polyclinic, Kediri District Hospital. Method: This study used an analytical observational design with a cross-sectional approach. The sample of this study were 187 families who had post-stroke patients who were in the Neurology Polyclinic of the Kediri District Hospital. The sampling technique was purposive sampling, with inclusion and exclusion criteria. Chi Square test was used for data analysis with a significant level (α) = 0.05. Result and analysis: The results of data analysis showed that there was a significant effect on the risk of falling in families who had post-stroke patients. Logistic regression test showed that family assignment is the most influential factor on families who have post-stroke patients with Exp value. (B) of 0.000. The role factor showed an insignificant value, while the family task and family support factors significantly affected families who had post-stroke patients, but family duties were the most influential factors on families who had post-stroke patients, compared to 2 other factors.


A b st r Act. Melanesians had no experience of towns until Europeans developed them, and for several decades 'town' remained a distant place far-flung 'villagers' could only try to imagine. Conversely, early colonial officials applied the term 'village' indiscriminately to local habitats that often bore no resemblance to one. In this article I interrogate the development and resilience of the discursive town-village dichotomy from the colonial period to the present day, and the popular imagery especially of 'villages' with its implications of cultural integrity grounded in egalitarianism, communalism, and tradition. This imagery is found not only in development-aid literature and foreign media representations of villages, but also in the discourse of contemporary Melanesians. I contrast this representation with a variety of research findings that disclose the relationship between towns and so-called village society, and its changing nature over a number of decades.


Resonant inverters are connected to high frequency AC (HFAC) bus, through which power is delivered to different locations for points-of-use power management. Such a system is subject to more perturbations and load uncertainty than inverter with a single load, while the fast response of the resonant inverter is mandatory. A high frequency full-bridge resonant inverter with series-parallel resonant tank is proposed with a novel voltage control method. A one-cycle controlled (OCC) phase shift modulation (PSM) is proposed to effectively compensate the input line variations and load perturbations. The uncertainty model of the high frequency resonant inverter is analyzed for resonant tank component tolerance, input line and load variations. A voltage feedback controller is designed based on the robust control theory, and implemented with analog discrete devices. The proposed control scheme has the advantages of fast response to the input line and load perturbations. The approach of control design guarantees the robust stability and performance of the system. The system performance is verified with both simulations and experimental results in a prototype resonant inverter of 150W, 1MHz and output voltage 28V.


The toponyms Syunik and Artsakh mentioned in the bibliographic information are important for understanding many historical, linguistic and geopolitical issues in general. From the point of view, there is important information in the work of Gukas Sebastassi "David Beck or the story of the Kapantsi". From the study of the place names mentioned here, it becomes clear that after the 15th century, various Muslim tribes began to settle in the territory of historical Syunik and Artsakh. In this work, the location and adjustment of some settlements were made, for example, the name Zeva was given to the Armenian settlements where there were sanctuaries (Arabic: zāviya (زاوية) "place of worship"), Mount Okuziyarat is located in the village of Tandzatap, and it was sanctuary. There are geographical names which have been changed by copying, distorting old names, foreign words.
From the etymology of toponyms, it becomes clear that the name of the Tatar River comes from the Indo-European root *dhor- "jump". The name of the Kulaberd province is dialectal and is made up of the words kul "stone" and berd, probably the fortress was built for blows from a slingshot. The Yeritsvank-Artsvanik toponym received the following development: *arg՛- (Indo-European region) > arș (Urartian region) > arets (արէծ) (pre-Grabar period) yerets (երէծ) (Grabar period) > erits (երից) (Middle Armenian period) > ertc (երց) (early Ashkharabar period) > arts (արծ) (new literary Armenian period, from the 19th century). The toponym Urduar-Ordubad has a primordially Armenian composition: in the dialect of Agulis, urd means "field stream", and var means "to lead". The place name Agulis is old and comes from the Greek word ἐκκλησία ("church" in Armenian).
It becomes clear from the statistics of the Gazar Sebastassi toponyms mentioned that 92% are native or Armenian words created on the territory of Armenia, 3% are new foreign toponyms, 5% are toponyms of unknown origin. According to references and period, toponyms have the following image:
BC. 3rd millennium - 5th century: 14%, Early Middle Ages: 5th-9th centuries: 10%, Middle Ages: 9th-13th centuries: 29%, Late Middle Ages: 14th-17th centuries, 47%.
In fact, the penetration of Turkic and Kurdish tribes into Syunik began in the 15-16th centuries, and already in the 18th century this phenomenon forced the indigenous population to fight against the invasion of Turkic troops and tribes.


The area of the urgencies and emergencies, assisted from all levels and care settings raises, if possible, patterns of work and ways that collaboration between professionals and teamwork make nurse prescription, often pharmacological, a legislative needs in response to increased s c i e n t i fi c e v i d e n c e a n d t h r o u g h internationally accepted performance algorithms. Enabling the nurse to act according to these concepts and beyond any "doubt and suspicion" of illegality. Taking a c o n s e n s u s n e c e s s a r y t r a i n i n g a n d development and according to professional specialization and differentiation in this area and as arguments to remove any doubt still remains the subject without enclosing any sense and in many sectors.


In this paper, several types of iterative learning control (ILC) schemes for hard disk drive (HDD) control, including previous cycle learning (PCL), current cycle learning (CCL) and their combination, are designed and analyzed under the sampled-data environment. The feedback loop of the CCL stabilizes the system in time domain while the PCL guarantees the convergence along the iteration axis. Therefore, the combination of these two schemes is applied and the effectiveness of the scheme is illustrated through simulations and experiments.


Abstract : This project was one of four aircrew training development projects sponsored by the Naval Training Equipment Center (NAVTRAEQUIPCEN) in continuing study of the methodology, effectiveness, and resource requirements of the Instructional Systems Development process. It was Phase II effort covering the ISD tasks from authoring through implementation and evaluation of the instructional system. Project goals were to study the effectiveness, feasibility, and resource requirements of full-scope ISD, and to support the Fleet Readiness Squadron in its training program development efforts. Instructional materials were authored and subjected to a review process, produced in a tryout form, and subjected to a tryout with typical students. Revisions were made as appropriate to the instructional materials, following which they were produced in a form suitable for the implementation and evaluation of the entire instructional system. An evaluation plan was written to support evaluation for small-scale tryouts and for the large-scale tryout, and an implementation plan was written to prescribe the procedures and practices to be observed during management of the instructional system in actual use.


We are going through the era of information. While going through this era, this has become nearly impossible to achieve the desired goals without using emerging information technologies. In third world countries, this is becoming very hard to run with the pace at which new technologies are emerging and changing our lives over a night. Third world countries are facing a lack of resources problems in the field of information technologies. This lack of resources has increased the importance of resource sharing between different organizations, specially the educational establishments. When we discuss the resource sharing, the idea of Cloud computing is originated. This paper will focus on the user's general perception and what sort of issue they can face while using cloud computing. To carry out this research work a survey questionnaire method is adopted. This work involved group of users from different universities of Faisalabad, Pakistan.


A modified version of Norris–Reynolds (NR) k–equation turbulence model is proposed to account for the distinct effects of low– Reynolds number (LRN) and wall proximity. The turbulent kinetic energy k and the dissipation rate are evaluated using the k–transport equation in conjunction with the Bradshaw and other empirical relations. The eddy–viscosity formulation maintains the positivity of normal Reynolds stresses and preserves the anisotropic characteristics of turbulence in the sense that they are sensitized to rotational and non–equilibrium flows. The modified NR (MNR) model is validated against well–documented flow cases yielding predictions in good agreement with the direct numerical simulation (DNS) and experimental data. Comparisons indicate that the MNR model offers some improvement over the original NR model and competitiveness with the Spalart–Allmaras one–equation model. c © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Peer-review under responsibility of organizing committee of the 6th BSME International Conference on Thermal Engineering (ICTE 2014).


Losing Hahnemann The announcement that Hahnemann Hospital would soon close came as a shock to many people. Is the hospital a casualty of the push to optimize the distribution of limited resources —...


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The title POM-based organic-inorganic hybrid compound consists of one PMo12O403- polyoxoanion, three symmetrically independent glycinium cations and five solvated H2O molecules; several N-H…O and O-H…O hydrogen bonds between organic cations, inorganic anions and solvated H2O molecules in the crystal lattice lead to a 3-D supramolecular framework.


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We report on the spin relaxation in GaAs-based quantum wires and wells studied at 50 K<T<180 K by analyzing the circularly polarized photoluminescence transients. A 3.5-times shortening of the electron spin relaxation time is observed in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wires compared with that in quantum wells at 180 K. The observed results suggest that a spin flip in the quantum wires is caused predominantly by the D'yakonov-Perel' effect due to spin-orbit interaction. The strong quantum confinement of electrons in the reduced dimensionality of the quantum structure leads to a larger spin splitting energy and a stronger temperature dependence of spin relaxation.


The utility model relates to an otic cleaner, in particular to an otic which can suck water accumulation and cerumen in ears through the principle of producing vacuum negative pressure by a centrifugal impeller drove by a miniature motor. The utility model comprises a cleaner shell, in which a motor and a battery are arranged, an impeller is fixed on the output shaft of the motor, a screened is arranged at the opening of the shell in front of the impeller, and the opening is covered by a cap which is connected with the shell and equipped with an extension portion, so a trumpet-shaped suction opening can be constructed by the extension portion and the cave of the cap. The extension portion is connected with a silica nozzle and the bottom portion of the shell is connected with a base. The otic cleaner uses the power to suck water accumulation and cerumen in ears, can avoid the injury caused by overexerting or excessive frequentness during normal artificial operation, and has the advantages of safety and convenient use, excellent cleaning effect, reasonable design, small and skillful modeling and can be easily carried along with. The utility model is highly suitable for the using of daily life, travelling and barber and beauty shops.


Evidence that patients with rheumatic heart disease were not receiving adequate prophylaxis led to an investigation of the reason for this neglect. A series of 101 patients with rheumatic heart disease or past rheumatic fever were studied, first with regard to the severity of their condition and second with regard to the measures they were taking to prevent recurrences. No evidence was found to indicate that either the patient's age or the severity of his heart disease influenced his observance of a program of prophylaxis. The most definite factor increasing the likelihood of such observance was his exposure to the influences of a teaching hospital. In a few instances private physicians seemed to be unaware that a free supply of penicillin was available. Both physicians and patients need to be educated about the need for prophylaxis and the means available.


The traditional Chinese medical science on the concept of immune therapy of cancer is being challenged by the worldwide new idea of`Cancerbeinggenetic disease'.Under the premise of no violating the principle of syndrome differentiation treatment inChinese traditional medical science,Chinese medicine keeps the pace with the time and continuously updates their concept.The Chinese medical science utilizes Chinese medicine of anti-free radical to reverse cancer gene and cancercell by adding dialectical theory to syndrome differentiation treatment principle,which is not only a great breakthroughin the conceptand method ofChinese medical cancertherapy,butalso a radical newscientific explanation of the reasonwhy Chinese medicine herb can treat cancer.The regular Chinese Medicine for therapy are astragalus,ginkgo,ginseng,schisandra,wolfberry fruit,gardenia,perilla leaf and so on.


This research evaluated the dynamics and distribution of Cu (II), Cr (III), Pb (II) and Fe (III) in samples of surface water in the streams Capivara and streams Bacuri in Imperatriz city, Maranhao state, Brazil. There were two water sampling points upstream and downstream of the city of Imperatriz to evaluate the influence of urbanization. Were analyzed the potentially toxic metals (Cu (II), Cr (III), Pb(II) and Fe(III)) and the following physical and chemical parameters: pH, total dissolved solids, turbidity and electrical conductivity. Measurements of Cu(II), Pb(II) and Fe(III) were made by means of atomic absorption spectrometry in the flame (FAAS). The variations observed for the physical and chemical parameters (pH, Conductivity and Total Dissolved Solids Turbidity) indicate changes in water quality due to human actions. We observed the systematic presence of all metals investigated over the sampling points. The results showed that Cu (II), Cr (III), Pb (II) and Fe (III) are preferentially associated with suspended particulate matter (SPM). The variations observed for the physical and chemical parameters and concentrations of the metals investigated indicate a contribution of anthropogenic character associated with the lithology region, which along with the seasonality and diffuse and point source contribute to the deterioration of surface water body of water


The application of design of experiments in manufacturing has been proposed and developed by Genichi Taguchi for quality improvement. An automated design of experiment package (ADOE) has been developed for this purpose. The scope and application of ADOE in manufacturing development and research, particularly for high technology industries are described. This package differs from other available packages in that it deals with both classical and Taguchi methods for quality improvements. Experimental data can be analyzed in several alternative ways, including graphical techniques. The extension of Taguchi's signal-to-noise ratio has been made for experiments, with several responses having different performance objectives. The package allows the engineer to bypass analysis, if so desired, for obtaining decisions for process optimization.<<ETX>>


Network management tools are usually inherited from one generation to another. This was successful since these tools have been kept in check and updated regularly to fit new networking goals and service requirements. Unfortunately, new networking services will render this approach obsolete and handcrafting new tools or upgrading the current ones may lead to complicated systems that will be difficult to maintain and improve. Fortunately, recent advances in AI have provided new promising tools that can help solving many network management problems. Following this interesting trend, the current article presents LEASCH, a deep reinforcement learning model able to solve the radio resource scheduling problem in the MAC layer of 5G networks. LEASCH is developed and trained in a sand-box and then deployed in a 5G network. It has been evaluated under different numerology settings. The experimental results show that it is both numerology-agnostic and efficient when compared to conventional baseline methods in many key performance indicators.


As one kind of special cultural form,the campus sports culture has rich education function.Its importance has direct influence on college student sports behavior consciousness,and enhances their quality.Campus sports cultural construction depends on the teacher and student's jointly effort,it should develops the campus sports consciousness culture,speeds up the campus sports facility,enlarges the extracurricular sports organization and management,develops the high-level sport team,and creates one kind of harmony,humanities campus sports environment.


Some practical application of natural smoking ventilation system in civil buildings is put forward according to the practice of smoking ventilation in China,based on the local standards in Beijing.


Abstract : Recent genetic understanding has identified the gene NF1 to be disrupted or mutated in patients affected with NF1 resulting in reduced expression of the protein neurofibromin. One function of NF1 has shown that it acts to negatively regulate, or turn off, positive signals in the cell that direct the cell to proliferate. Specifically, NF1 turn the positive signals relayed by a protein called Ras. However, other studies have shown that NF1 may negatively regulate cell proliferation by mechanisms other than through inactivation of Ras. These other mechanisms however, are currently unknown. The purpose of the proposed study was to determine what changes in gene expression occur in cells from a patient with neurofibromatosis when we force these cells to express neurofibromin. The study was designed to identify and determine genes deregulated by NF1 in a Ras-dependent and Ras-independent manner. Taken together, these studies were designed to contribute to our understanding of the function and downstream effects NF1 has on the cell. In addition, determining the downstream nuclear events that occur in response to NF1 may provide novel targets for the treatment of NF1 associated cancers.


To the Editor: We readwith interest the paper of Santos et al. (1) reporting the first Huntington's disease-like 2 (HDL2) patient from Brazil who appeared initially tonot havedirectlyAfricanancestry.Wewould like to draw attention to the fact that a Brazilian patient with HDL2 was reported in abstract form (2). The family of this patient initially alsodenied anAfrican ancestry, nevertheless after thorough evaluation, a probable African ancestor was later found (3). As a significant proportion (44.6%) of the Brazilian population has African ancestry (4), it is probable that the allele (CTG)47-(GACA) came from an unknown African ancestor. To try and clarify this problem, we wonder whether it would be useful to perform the insertion/deletion polymorphisms' method in the relatives of the patient's father, verifying whether the polymorphisms found are more suggestive of an African ancestry. Besides these two cases, three other Brazilian families have been identified to date (5), suggesting that HDL2 may be the most important cause of the HDL phenotype in HD-negative patients in Brazil, similar to that reported in the African population (6). This study reports a patient with confirmed HDL2 and an intermediate CAG expansion on Htt gene. This illustrates that HDL2 may occur in patients with non-pathological expansions on Htt gene. Cases previously described as having HD with intermediate expansions (7, 8) are likely to have other illnesses caused by mutations in other genes.


Speech-based training agents can be described as virtual humans posing as interactive training characters with the capability to communicate in a spoken conversational manner. While creating this technology, developers face two stumbling blocks: 1) modeling the agent and its training knowledge is a time-consuming and tedious task, and 2) modern speech recognition software suffers from high Word-Error Rates caused by noisy environmental conditions. This paper presents a dialog management architecture that addresses these problems using the Context-Based Reasoning paradigm. The system minimizes the time necessary to build the training knowledge in the instructional agent, as well as tolerates the relatively high Word-Error Rates related to automatic speech recognition. Ultimately, these advantages lead to quick development of speech-based training agents. The dialog manager was directly implemented into the LifeLike Avatar, an embodied conversational agent funded by the National Science Foundation. A set of quantitative results is presented to reflect the effectiveness of the system.


Compressive sensing is an emerging sampling theory proposed in recent years.The principle of CS was firstly introduced.Then the application of CS on speech signal processing was presented.Based on the speech signal's sparse representation,the speech signal was compressed using random filtering.The correlation of random measurements was also studied to allow adaptive compressing.Finally the framework of adaptive speech signal compressive sensing was constructed.


Nano-particles of polyacenic semiconductor material(PAS) were used as a novel filler instead of carbon black and graphite to prepare PAS/polypropylene(PP) composite,which has antistatic and flame retarding properties. The percolation threshold of PAS/PP composites was confirmed and the phenomenon of percolation threshold was investigated. The effects of content of PAS in the composite on volume resistivity and surface resistivity were discussed in detail. The result of resistivity test shows that the composites were in percolation threshold,when the mass fraction of PAS was between 16.7% and 28.6%. When the mass fraction was 28.6%,the volume resistivity decreased to 2.09×107 Ω·cm. In addition,flame-retarding property was studied too. Experimental result shows that PAS/PP composites could flame out after ignition in the air when the mass fraction of PAS was more than 23.1%.


A convolutional neural network (CNN) is sometimes understood as a black box in the sense that while it can approximate any function, studying its structure will not give us any insights into the nature of the function being approximated. In other terms, the discriminative ability does not reveal much about the latent representation of a network. This research aims to establish a framework for interpreting the CNNs by profiling them in terms of interpretable visual concepts and verifying them by means of Integrated Gradient. The interpretability profiling has been done by evaluating the correspondence between individual hidden neurons and a set of human-understandable visual semantic concepts. An integrated gradient-based class-specific relevance mapping approach is proposed that verifies interpretability profiling. Moreover, it is insightful to examine the correlation between the different input classes in terms of an overlapping set of highly active neurons. The result suggests the existence of a structured set of neurons inclined to a particular class. Finally, network ablation is performed to illustrate the performance of the network based on our approach.


Accidents of commuting vehicles for kindergarteners and nursery school students continue to occur despite various safety policies from the government. In order to minimize such accidents, it is necessary to use both the vehicle-mounted safety commutation management software which can be easily operated by the driver, and the mobile app to manage the safe schooling of the children that can inform such information to parents timely. In this paper, we describe the design and implementation of the safety management software architecture.


Objective
To explore the training mode of ophthalmological specialty nurses, and promote the development of ophthalmological specialty nurses.

Methods
We developed a personalized, targeted, and standardized training model according to the specific circumstances of the department.

Results
The professional theory and skills of nurses increased statistically after the training (P<0.05) . Meanwhile, the patient satisfaction degree and the quality of nursing were all improved.

Conclusions
Systematic professional theory and professional skills training could improve the professional ability of ophthalmic nurses. It could also meet the needs of children and their parents for clinical quality nursing services, as well as benefits the cultivation and development of ophthalmic specialist nurses.

Key words:
Ophtalmology; Inservice training; Specialty nurses


This paper entitled 'Effectiveness of Using Realia in Teaching English Vocabulary for ESL Learners'.The researcher is interested to discuss the process of teaching English vocabulary to ESL learners because learning English vocabulary is very important for the second language learners at different academic levels.This paper deals with teaching English Vocabularyby using realia for ESL learners, to recognize the advantages and disadvantagesof using real objects in teaching English vocabulary.Researcher realized that some suggestions and recommendations are needed to achieve better teaching and learning process. Researcher hopes this project will give benefit for everyone who cares in the field of ESL second language teaching and learning.


The utility model provides a flaring mould of a pipe fitting, which comprises a mould core and a flaring expanding block, wherein the mould core is penetrated through the middle of the flaring expanding block. The flaring mould is characterized in that one end of the mould core is in the shape of cone, and the inner surface of the end of the flaring expanding block is provided with a cone which corresponds to the mould core. A piston of a flaring machine drives the flaring expanding block to move to and fro along the mould core, i.e. the flaring expanding block is shrunken and the machined metal pipe fitting is sheathed out of the flaring expanding block when the piston is withdrew; and the flaring expanding block moves to be expanded along the cone-shaped mould core and the port of the metal pipe fitting is cold extruded and flared to be shaped when the piston is pushed outwards. The flaring mould has the characteristics of being simple in structure, convenient in operation, and high in work efficiency.


In the latter part of the nineteenth century, the three largest life insurance companies had a presence in more than forty countries. In the 1880s they turned their attention to the Australian colonies, in which life insurance markets were expanding. The venture, however, was met with unexpected market resistance, and the expectations of the Big Three were never fully met. An eclectic paradigm provides an explanatory tool, which is applied to an investigation of the experiences of American companies. These companies were not able to realize the ownership and location, or internalize the advantages, needed to build a sustainable presence in the Australian life insurance market.


The planned addition of a distributor road parallel to the Krakelingweg provides the municipality of Zeist the opportunity to convert the Krakelingweg to a parallel access road. The new distributor road will remove through-traffic from the existing road, separate residence accesses, and allow higher traffic volumes to reflect the intended use of the link as a distributor road. The redesign of the existing road to an urban access road has led to a draft design with the preferred solution having a cross section with mixed traffic and removing the separate bicycle path. A number of residents opposed to the proposed solution, preferring the existing separate bicycle path to mixed traffic. The residents have developed their own design. Because of this difference of opinion, SWOV was requested to evaluate the road safety implications of the proposed designs and to formulate conclusions in this regard. The proposed construction of the new Krakelingweg and the redesign of the existing Krakelingweg to a "Zone 30" with mixed traffic will improve the safety of the current situation. Keeping in mind the new distributor road, the designation as "Zone 30" of the existing Krakelingweg, the continuity of its cross section, and its low traffic volumes, the proposed design is the preferred alternative. The conclusion drawn from the assessment is that the layout proposed by the residents provides a slightly lower level of safety than the design of the municipality and provides less of a match with the requirements of a sustainably safe traffic system. This report provides an independent review of the choice to maintain or discontinue the separate cycle path along the existing Krakelingweg. This review is limited to this aspect of the design and is not a complete road safety audit. No review of the overall design of the new Krakelingweg is provided. This report may be accessed by Internet users at: http://www.swov.nl/rapport/R-2008-03.pdf


A retrospective investigation by ABR and COG was performed to children with bain impairment determined by neurological follow-up out of children who had hearing screening test, and the relationship with the presence or not of hearing loss was analyzed. The results obtained are as follows. 1) The failure rate in COG test was 46.3% in the brain impairment group. It was significantly higher than in the hearing loss high-risk group and the low-risk group. However, 20% of 101 children with brain impairment ware cases in which the COG test could not be performed. Presumability, this is due to the special character of COG test. 2) In the brain impairment children group, the rate of true positive, true negative and false negative by COG as to the presence or not of hearing loss stood at 68. 8%, 31. 3%, and 0% respectively. Since, however, 32.4% of the children who failed to pass COG had hearing loss, the usefullness of COG can be said to be high. 3) The incidence of hearing loss was significantly high at 15. 0% in the brain impairment group compared with other groups. In contrast, the rate of true positive was significantly high, the rate of true negative sigsaficantly low and no false negative was noted in the low-risk group. So COG was considered appropriate as a hearing screening device that can be used from the neonatal period. 4) In the brain impairment group, the rate of true positive by ABR was high at 86. 7%, but the rate of true negative was 13%. That is cases that have no hearing loss but do not pass ABR were noted in the brain impairment group. 5) As for the cases that failed inioial ABR and were suspected of hearing loss but eventually diagnosed as having no hearing loss, they all passed COF performed earlier. As for the cases of hearing loss, they all failed to pass COG. So, judgement of "pass" in the preceding COG can be a foundation on which to rule out hearing loss. 6) Eleven out of 13 children in the brain impairment group who failed to pass both COG and ABR had hearing loss. The effciency of hearing loss screening could be raised by combining the tests.


In an indoor environment, where GPS signal is not available, localization typically relies on triangulation or fingerprint (or radio map) algorithms. These algorithms require the availability of three or more anchor points (or reference points). In this paper, we propose a novel localization algorithm, which can derive the location of moving users with high accuracy based on measuring the technologically feasible displacement vector in an environment where only one anchor point is needed. The proposed localization algorithm can locate a user in a 3dimensional space and has been tested on a smartphone to verify its feasibility and accuracy.


Abstract : The report includes detailed manufacturing plans for the fabrication of major structural components of the ADCA aircraft and their final assembly. A survey of existing tooling/manufacturing technology is presented to highlight areas requiring further development. A corrosion-control plan and quality-control plan are presented to show their relevance to the manufacturing plan. Based on a comparison to current metal aircraft, the design/manufacturing philosophy was established to reduce composite program costs, by striving to reduce part/fastener count.


This work offers a new algorithm for the fusion of images for improving the spatial resolution of multispectral images, using the concepts of entropy of information and a priori probability. The algorithm is based on Jaynes' maximum entropy method and starts from a previous modelling of the fusion of data as an operation in which a series of probabilities are designated at a micro-scale in terms of average statistical values at a macro-scale, which are those recorded by the image with the lowest spatial resolution. The theoretical base of the model is presented, its practical implementation is explained, a complete description allowing reproduction of the analysis is offered and the results of fusing Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) images with IRS-1D Pan are shown.


Structural variation in retinal blood vessels is associated with global vascular health in humans and may provide a readily accessible indicator of several diseases of vascular origin. Increasing evidence suggests variation in retinal vasculature is highly heritable. This study aimed to identify genetic determinants of retinal vascular traits. We reported a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for quantitative retinal vascular traits derived using semi-automatic image analysis of digital retinal photographs from the Genetics of Diabetes Audit and Research in Tayside (GoDARTS) (n=1736) and the Orkney Complex Disease Study (ORCADES) (n=1358) cohorts. We identified a novel genome-wide significant locus at 19q13 (ACTN4/CAPN12) for retinal venular tortuosity (TortV), and one at 13q34 (COL4A2) for retinal arteriolar tortuosity (TortA); these two loci were subsequently confirmed in three independent cohorts (n=1413). In the combined analysis in ACTN4/CAPN12 the lead single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) was rs1808382 (n=4507; Beta=−0.109; standard error (SE) =0.015; P=2.39×10−13) and in COL4A2 it was rs7991229 (n=4507; Beta=0.103; SE=0.015; P=4.66×10−12). Notably, the ACTN4/CAPN12 locus associated with retinal TortV is also associated with coronary artery disease and heart rate. Our findings demonstrate the contribution of genetics in retinal tortuosity traits, and provide new insights into cardiovascular diseases. Author Summary Retinal vascular features are associated with wide range of diseases related to vascular health and provide an opportunity to understand early structural changes in vasculature which may help to predict disease risk. Emerging evidence indicates that retinal tortuosity traits are both associated with vascular health and highly heritable. However, the genetic architecture of retinal vascular tortuosity has not been investigated. We therefore performed a genome-wide association study on retinal arteriolar tortuosity (TortA) and retinal venular tortuosity trait (TortV) using data from two independent discovery cohorts of 3094 individuals of European-heritage. We found a novel associations at 19q13 (ACTN4/CAPN12) for TortV, and one at 13q34 (COL4A2) for TortA at discovery stage and validated in three independent cohorts. A significant association was subsequently found between lead SNPs at 19q13 and coronary artery disease, cardiovascular vascular risk factors and heart rate. We also performed genome-wide association studies for retinal vascular calibres and optic disc radius (ODradius) and replicated previously reported locus at 10q21.3 for ODradius. Our findings highlight genetic impacts on retinal venular tortuosity and it is association with cardiovascular disease. This may provide a molecular pathophysiological foundation for use of retinal vascular traits as biomarkers for cardiovascular diseases.


Backyard chicken production is an integral part among rural families in the tropics like the Philippines. However, it has been declining as it continues to suffer low productivity with its small-scale operations. Among its production inputs, feeds remain to be the top cost driver, as well as the top contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that result in global warming potential (GWP). In a prior experiment, 50% inclusion of Azolla Pinna was recommended in feed ration due to its favourable and comparable growth performance of Dominant DZ backyard chickens. Hence, this study further evaluated the inclusion in terms of environmental performance. The 50% inclusion resulted in reductions of CO2 by 35%, N2O by 22.32%, and CH4 by 4.74%. The gross effect of this reduction of conventional feeds is a climate change mitigation equivalent 28.47% of GWP kg CO2 -eq./1,000 birds. The potential impacts indicate that Azolla Pinnata can be a cost-effective and sustainable feedstuff in backyard chicken rearing system especially that it requires simple propagation method. The environmental impacts and savings can encourage more livelihood activities in rural.


Chapter 3: Confronting the Limits of Dialogue: Charlottesville, 2017 in Libraries Promoting Reflective Dialogue in a Time of Political Polarization. Edited by Andrea Patricia Baer, Robert Schroeder, & Ellysa Stern Cahoy. Published by Association of Research and College Libraries. ISBN 978-0-8389-4652-7


In an attempt to improve the synchronization of the feed requirements of the breeding ewe with the onset of spring pasture growth, lambing was delayed one month (mean lambing date August 31 us. October 1) in a 3-year experiment with 5-year-old ewes stocked at two rates (21.3 vs. 27.7 ewes/ha). There was no effect of stocking rate or lambing date on annual pasture growth. However, the later Iambing groups had higher available pre-grazing DM yields in late pregnancy and early lactation. This resuited iu higher pasture allowances and pasture intakes in late pregnancy (+ 0.6 and -I0.3-0.5 kg DM/ewe/day) and in early lactation (+ 1.4 and f 0.3-0.9 kg DM/ewe/day), respectively. The late lambing ewes were 5 kg and 1.5-2.0 kg heavier pre-lambing and 4 weeks postlambing, while their lambs were 0.7-1.4 kg heavier at 4 weeks. Compared with the early groups the later lambing ewes lost more weight and their lambs had lower growth rates from weeks 4 to 10 of lactation, although pasture allowances and intakes were similar to the early groups during the same lactation period. The poorer performance of the later lambing groups ov-er this period appeared to be associated with a decline in pasture digestibility.


Sports cardiology is a part of the general cardiology and examines the positive and negative changes in the circulatory system, arising under the influence of intense physical activity, also addresses issues of diagnosis, treatment and prevention of pathological changes that result from excessive physical exertion. A correct understanding of the sports heart physiological mechanisms, i.e. heart, which has a high ability to adapt, allows sport doctors to make a diagnosis "healthy", an objective assessment of the cardiovascular system of athletes and observe favorable changes appearing in the rational ongoing training load. Proper understanding of the ways and laws of development of pathological "sports heart" development, provides the ability to timely diagnosis, management and early treatment and prevention of pre-pathological conditions and pathological changes in the circulatory system of athletes arising during various unfavorable conditions, of the physical labor associated with sports activities.


This study aimed at (1) identifying the content word stress pronunciation of the students of class XI D of SMA Semesta Semarang, (2) identifying the strengths and the weaknesses of the students in the pronunciation, and (3) finding the alternative ways to overcome the students' weaknesses in content word stress pronunciation. This research was a descriptive qualitative case study. The subject of this study was the students of class XI D of SMA Semesta Semarang. The object of the study was the students' content word stress pronunciation in the textbook. The instruments of collecting the data were pronunciation test and interview. The instruments were tried out by an expert judgement. The data were collected by recording the students' pronunciation and the interview. The data were analyzed by transcribing the recording of the pronunciation test and the interview. The researcher used the criterion mastery of Grounlund (1981) to measure the students' content word stress pronunciation. The findings of the study showed that (1) the students' level of pronunciation achievement was categorized 'unsatisfactory'. It could be seen by the class attainment score which was only 23.11%; 2) the strengths of the students in pronouncing content word stress were bisyllabic words and the weaknesses of the students were polysyllabic words; 3) the alternative ways to overcome the weaknesses were: 1) the teacher should be the model for the students; 2) the teacher should be creative in teaching word stress, for example by playing game;3) the students should practice more; 4) there should be a specific course to learn word stress, 4)the teacher should teach the students word stress pattern material. The conclusion of this study was that the students of class XI D of SMA Semesta Semarang have to learn and have to practise word stress more in their speaking activities. One way that could be done to improve the students' pronunciation is by introducing the students with the word stress patterns.


1. Observations are presented on an Endamœba living in the opalinid ciliates from anuran hosts.2. Large numbers of frogs and toads from widely separated regions have been examined. The endamœbae have been found in some of the opalinids collected from the United States (Arizona and Utah), Panama (Panama City), Brazil (states of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro), Chile (near Coquimbo), Uruguay and Ceylon. In a given locality, only certain species of anurans and a certain percentage of individuals of a given species contain the parasitized opalinids.3. Within some individual anuran hosts, 91 per cent of the ciliates are infected. There may be a single, a few, many, or over a hundred of these amœbae within a single opalinid. Usually in any one ciliate all the amœbae are in the same stage of development, either cysts or trophozoites.4. The amœbae seem to produce no serious effect on the opalinids, as the latter swim actively about in the saline solution and were seen to undergo binary fission even though heavily paras...


This article analyses the use of Scotist terminology within the Jewish philosophical tradition, in particular by 'Eli Habillo of Monzon (15th century). Translator from Latin into Hebrew of philosophical texts and original philosopher, Habillo displays a peculiar use of many technical terms of the Latin Scotist tradition translating them into Hebrew. The article examines some exemplar cases of Habillo's approach and Hebrew rendering of the terms, pointing out the peculiarities of his attitude.


The research aimed to examine effects of Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd. (Candlenut) Seed Flour used in feed toward egg quality and cholesterol contents of egg-laying native chicken. The research method used was Completely Randomized Design and was continued with Duncan's test if significant different present. There were 5 treatments comprising of R0 = 100 % of Basal Diet (BD), R1 = 98.5% of Basal Diet (BD) + 1.5 % of Candlenut Seed Flour (CSF), R2 = 97 % of Basal Diet (BD) + 3% of CSF, R3 = 95.5% of Basal Diet (BD) + 4.5 % of CSF, R4 = 94% of Basal Diet (BD) + 6 % of CSF and replications, of which each replication consisted of 8 egg-laying native chickens. In addition, 50 eggs derived from egg-laying native chickens were taken weekly for quality analysis. Variables of this research were egg weight (g/egg), albumen (g/egg), yolk colour, yolk weight (g/egg), egg yolk cholesterol (mg/100g), blood cholesterol (ml/dl), blood LDL (ml/dl), blood HDL (ml/dl), and blood triglycerides (ml/dl), and egg shell's weight (g/egg) and thickness (mm). As a result, the effects of CSF up to 6 percent of feeding had significant result (P<0.01) to egg's weight, albumen, yolk colour, yolk weight, cholesterol, blood cholesterol, blood LDL, blood HDL and blood triglycerides, but not significant (p>0.05) on egg shell's weight and thickness. Therefore, the use of 6 % of Candlenut) Seed Flour in feed had positive effects to improve egg quality and cholesterol contents of egg-laying native chicken.


Oxidation of carbon/carbon(C/C) composites limits their applications as the high-temperature structural materials in aeronautics and aerospace fields.Coating is a logical method for protection of C/C composites against oxidation at high temperature.The research status of several oxidation resistant coatings,including glass,metal,ceramic and composite coatings are reviewed.Development of the traditional preparation technologies and exploitation of new methods for the preparation of oxidation resistant coatings are introduced.The present problems and the potential development direction on the investigation of oxidation resistant coatings for C/C composites are also proposed.


In the first part of these studies, we have performed standard microsurgical procedures provide a solution for long standing bone and soft tissue defects, even in cases of longstanding osteomyelitis of long bones. When long bony segments are missing, the microvascular bone transfer provides a reliable method. In smaller soft tissue and bone defects, the application of a descending genicular osteomyocutaneous flap provides an option with low donor site morbidity. In the second part, we have focussed on reducing the donor site morbidity and expanded on the application of tissue engineering methods. MSCs derived from bone marrow can be injected percutaneous or be combined with an autologous bony scaffold for treatment of delayed union and nonunion. The outcome of our studies, however, limited in number of patients, clearly showed the possibilities and advantages of this new approach. A multimodality approach is essential, but it can provide promising solutions. Well-established microvascular and modern biotechnology methods will improve patient satisfaction and functional recovery in severe limb trauma, often the result of high-energy motorcycle accidents.


After analyzing the fundamental principle of lower synchronous cascade SR that constitute of uncontrolable rectifier and active power inverter.The hardware and software of MCS-51 Monolithic computer controlled system are studied, and the paper makes the conclusion that the system has a simple structure, a low cost and an excellent property .