The Pt–Cr alloy system has been the subject for investigations on the structural and magnetic properties. The interest stems from the fact that the alloys have various high temperature applications and their versatile uses in the field of modern science and technology. The physical properties of such alloys are strongly dependent on the structure and, therefore, the identification of different phases is considered as an important task in crystallography. It is well known that the ordered phases PtCr3, PtCr and Pt3Cr exist in this alloy system. PtCr3 phase has A15 type ordered structure ( phase) and the existence of L12 type ordered structure in Pt3Cr is established. 2) The L12 type ordered structure in Ptrich Pt–Cr alloy changes continuously to an L10 type ordered one with increasing Cr content. The L10 type ordered structure at an equiatomic composition is tetragonal and the layers of atoms perpendicular to the tetragonal axis are composed of alternately all Pt or all Cr. There are two reports on structural studies of the ordered form and symmetry for the equiatomic PtCr alloy, which were carried out on the powdered and thin film specimens by using the conventional X-ray diffraction method. However, it is not capable to distinguish between the L12 and L10 type ordered structures without using the single orientation of the specimen in general. Further, Waterstrat has obtained the unitcell axial ratio c=a of being unity for the powdered specimen and Baglin et al. showed that the ratio is 0.997 for the thin film specimen. A little inconsistency appears between these two results. In the present paper, we confirm the L10 type ordered structure with the use of selected area electron diffraction/microscopic method and also determine the axial ratio c=a using conventional X-ray diffraction and synchrotron radiation in the equiatomic composition PtCr. An alloy ingot having the composition Pt–50 at.% Cr was prepared by using arc melting furnace under purified argon gas atmosphere. The starting materials, Pt and Cr, were 99.99% pure. In order to ensure the homogeneity of the alloy the ingot was re-melted 12 times by turning it over consecutively. The chemical composition of the alloy determined by electron probe microanalysis (EPMA) was the same as given above. The homogeneity variation of the alloy was found to be less than 1 at.%. The ingot was cut into different sizes and shapes suitable for different experiments such as thin strip shape for X-ray Debye–Scherrer method, thin sheets for electron diffraction and disc shapes for the Xray diffraction study. Heat treatments were performed by putting the samples in the evacuated quartz tube. The specimens were either quenched from 1100 C by dropping into iced water quickly or annealed at 1100 C for 2 days, 800 C for 5 days successively and then gradually cooled to room temperature. The lattice parameter for the quenched specimen was determined as 3.823 ( 0:001) A by analyzing the X-ray Debye–Scherrer photographic pattern. Electron diffraction and microscopic study was performed by using the JEOL 2010 electron microscope, operated at 200KV equipped with a specimen-tilting device. Thin foil specimen of 3mm in diameter for the microscopy was obtained by ion milling (Gatan-Nissei 600N Dou Mill) at the Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science (AML/NIMS). All the diffraction patterns and high resolution lattice images of different crystal planes have been taken at room temperature. The X-ray diffraction patterns ( –2 scan) were recorded using Cu K radiation monochromated by highly oriented pyrolitic graphite (HOPG) by RIGAKU-RINT 2000 diffractometer at room temperature, because Cu K radiation shows singlet and symmetrical diffraction profile. The synchrotron radiation diffraction pattern has also been taken at the beam line BL02B2 of SPring-8 facility organized by Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute. Before obtaining the Xray intensity profile of a thin-strip sample, the preferredorientation effect was checked with taking Debye–Scherrer patterns using an X-ray film at the former experiment and an imaging plate at Spring-8. Nearly continuous Debye–Scherrer lings could be seen without severe preferred-orientation. Figures 1(a) and 1(b) show the selected area electron diffraction patterns for the PtCr alloy parallel to [001] and [100] directions, respectively. The superlattice reflections at hþ k 1⁄4 even and k þ l 1⁄4 odd (h, k and l: mirror indices) positions appear in the diffraction patterns. In the figures, the fundamental reflections have indices with unmixed h, k, l. The extinction rule proves that L10 type ordered structure exists in this composition. Figure 2 shows the high resolution image of lattice fringes along [001] direction, where the distance between two consecutive fringes is 3.8 A. The L10 type ordered structure shows tetragonal symmetry in the structure because the layers of atoms perpendicular to the tetragonal axis are composed of alternately all Pt or all Cr at the equiatomic composition. It is, therefore, necessary to determine the axial ratio c=a by X-ray diffraction method


A rapid method for the determination of organic carbon in marine sediments by potassium dichromate oxidation-ferrous sulphate titrimetry was developed.Some important analytical parameters,such as sample grain size,drying temperature and time,were optimized.The dosage of catalyst as well as the interference from Cl-and the interference elimination were also discussed.This method,derived from the National Standard(GB/T 17378.5—1998) and modified reasonably,can greatly shorten the experimental procedure and reduce the cost.The accuracy and reliability of this method have been proved by analysis of National Standard Reference samples and comparison with other analytical methods.


Abstract An Image-Based Visual Servo (IBVS) control strategy for stabilisation of Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) vehicles with respect to a fixed target is proposed. A visual feature based on the combination of the first order un-normalized spherical moment and the image length of the target image is considered. To avoid the lack of the measurement of the translational velocity of the camera and the thrust of the vehicle, a nonlinear observer-based visual servo controller is proposed. Local asymptotic stability of the system is proved and an estimate of the basin of attraction for the closed-loop system is provided. Simulation results are finally presented to illustrate the performance of the control algorithm.


The article presents the results of field experiments on the influence of the natural frequencies in the soil and constant exposure to the outside over time for stability engineering structures. It is shown that the frequency-amplitude spectrum of the natural oscillations of the investigated multi-storey residential building does not change over time.


This thesis provides an analysis of the embodied experience in Olafur Eliasson's installations Your blind passenger (2010) and Your negotiable panorama (2006). The empirical material was observed in 2011 at ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Ishoj, Denmark, where the two installations were located at the time.

The author argues that the experience of a work of art is done through the beholder's entire body and certain notions can alter the quality of this embodied experience. The study explores how engagement and interaction with an artwork can get influenced by the intertwining relationship, created between the artwork and the beholder in different levels. In the process, the research provides a philosophical discussion about phenomenological methodology toward artworks, while integrating the philosophy with the author's own experience of the empirical material, and Eliasson's approach for his art.

The findings investigate methodological view about experiencing and perceiving works of art, proposing a new concept called phenomenological sphere, which consists of, but is not limited to characteristics and properties of beholders, artwork, and the spatiotemporal surrounding. The thesis concludes that the phenomenological sphere is what determines the extent and quality of the embodied experience; but acknowledges that it is not a rigid notion, and can change depending on each intertwining component of the experience.


The dissolution and precipitation during heating, cooling and tempering of a new kind of semi high speed steel were studied by means of X-ray diffraction analysis, TEM microstructure examination and electron diffraction. The results showed that in the annealed state there are MC,M_6C and M_7C_3 in the steel; M_6C and M_7C_3 are dissolved totally during heating for quenching, MC,M_2C, M_6C and M_7C_3 are precipitated during tempering. The peak hardness of the steel is reached after tempering at 520 ℃. The precipitation strengthening of the Mo_2C is the main factor of strengthening in this case.


An unequivocal synthesis of 2,4-diamino-5,10-dihydrobenzo[g]quinazolines is described, starting from methyl 2-tetralone-3-carboxylates. Condensation with guanidine yielded 2-amino-4-hydroxy derivatives, which were thiated with phosphorus pentasulfide and S-alkylated with dimethyl sulfate. The resultant 2-amino-4-methylthio compounds were converted into 2,4-diamino derivatives by amination at elevated temperature and pressure. Attempted synthesis from 3-cyano-1,4-dihydro-2-methoxynaphthalene and guanidine was unsuccessful.


This experiment was carried out to identify 12 genotypes of apple rootstock (Malus) using AFLP markers in 1996-1997. The materials tested are widely used in China apple production, including CG24, CG57, B9, B490, SH7, SH9, S63, Ottawa 3, Balenghaitang, Shandingzi, Xiaojinhaitang, and Ningxia 8. The enzymes for restriction digestion of genomic DNA are PstI and MseI. Radioisotope method (γ- 33 P ATP) had been used for AFLP detecting. Primer selection was performed after the AFLP analysis system was constructed. It is found that the PstI-AAC / MseI-GAC is an ideal primer combination for AFLP fingerprinting construction of apple rootstocks. The primer had detected 105 sites of the apple genomic DNA, and 67 polymorphic sites among them. The ratio of polymorphic sites to total amplification sites is 63.8%. The fingerprinting map can be divided into three areas. The area I, II and III are long fragment area, middle fragment area, and short fragment area respectively. The polymorphism decreases from I to III area. The AFLP fingerprinting is very clear with brightness background. All 12 genotypes of apple rootstock tested have been identified through their specific bands on the AFLP fingerprinting.


In recent years Many kinds software system of Chinese words segmentation have come out.So far we have not had an evaluating model or a method for this of software.The paper presents an evaluation method to optimize the quality of the software.


e20584Background: As the genomic based personalized medicine has been advanced, biomarker analysis using targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) becomes crucial diagnostic approach for treatment ...


In this study, the rheology, fluidity, stability, and time-varying properties of cement paste with different substitute contents of silica fume (SF) were investigated. The result showed that the effects of SF on macro-fluidity and micro-rheological properties were different under different water–cement ratios. The addition of SF increased the yield stress and plastic viscosity in the range of 2.61–18.44% and 6.66–24.66%, respectively, and reduced the flow expansion in the range of 4.15–18.91%. The effect of SF on cement paste gradually lost its regularity as the w/c ratio increased. The SF can effectively improve the stability of cement paste, and the reduction range of bleeding rate was 0.25–4.3% under different water–cement ratios. The mathematical models of rheological parameters, flow expansion, and time followed the following equations: τ(t) = τ0 + k0t, η(t) = η0eat, and L(t) = L0 − k1t, L(t) = L0 − k1t − a1t2. The SF slowly increased the rheological parameters in the initial time period and reduced the degree of fluidity attenuation, but the effect was significantly enhanced after entering the accelerated hydration period. The mechanism of the above results was that SF mainly affected the fluidity and rheology of the paste through the effect of water film thickness. The small density of SF particles resulted in a low sedimentation rate in the initial suspended paste, which effectively alleviated the internal particle agglomeration effect and enhanced stability. The SF had a dilution effect and nucleation effect during hydration acceleration, and the increase of hydration products effectively increased the plastic viscosity.


Modifications of hydrogen recycling due to a rotating helical magnetic perturbation (RHMP) in long time tokamak discharge from the view of edge plasma structure and plasma-wall interactions are investigated. In employing the RHMP, it is observed that an effective recycling wall area increases so that the wall pumping may be enhanced more than that in the absence of the RHMP by a rotating poloidally periodic edge magnetic field structure. However, a toroidally inhomogeneous response of neutral gas pressure variation has also been observed. It is turned out by comparing the experimental results with one-dimension numerical modeling that an inhomogeneous contact between the plasma and the wall makes such an inhomogeneous recycling property.


A new reaction of oxidative alkoxylation of tetraphosphorus in the presence of copper(II) sulfates and carboxylates is investigated by 31 P NMR and IR spectroscopy, gas chromatography, potentiometry, and volumetry. The major products of the reactions involving primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohols are trialkyl phosphates and trialkyl phosphites; dialkyl phosphites; and monoxyl phosphites, respectively. The reaction proceeds via two key stages: (1) the reduction of Cu(II) to Cu(0) by tetraphosphorus giving alkyl phosphates and phosphites and (2) the oxidation of Cu(O) by oxygen. The manner in which the concentrations of Cu(II), tetraphosphorus, oxygen, alcohol, and water, pH; and temperature affect the rates and directions of the key stages is examined


The Chaplygin gas (CG) and the generalized Chaplygin gas (GCG) models, proposed as candidates of the unified dark matter-dark energy (UDME), are tested with the look-back time (LT) redshift data. We find that the LT data only give a very weak constraint on the model parameter. However, by combing the LT with the baryonic acoustic oscillation peak, we obtain, at the 95.4% confidence level, 0.68 ≤ Ac ≤ 0.82 and 0.59 ≤ h ≤ 0.65 for the CG model , and 0.67 ≤ As ≤ 0.89 and −0.29 ≤ α ≤ 0.61 for the GCG model. This shows that both the CG and the GCG are viable as a candidate of UDME. Within the GCG model, we also find that the Chaplygin gas model (α = 1) is ruled out by these data at the 99.7% confidence level.


Significance Total nightly sleep is a potentially important and underappreciated behavior supporting academic achievement. First-year college students from three independent universities provided sleep actigraphy for a month early in the academic term, across five separate samples. Lower average nightly sleep early in the academic term predicted lower end-of-term GPA, an effect that held even when controlling for factors known to predict end-of-term GPA, including previous-term GPA, daytime sleep, and overall academic load. Every hour of lost total average nightly sleep was associated with a 0.07 reduction in end-of-term GPA. These findings help establish nightly sleep duration as an important factor for academic success in the formative first year of college.


The synthesis of intramolecularly hydrogen-bonded dendrons with stereogenic terminal groups derived from (1S,2S)-(+)-thiomicamine up to the third generation is described. Circular dichroism (CD) studies reveal that the equilibria interconverting two diastereomeric helical conformations (M and P helices) relating a pair of anthranilamide termini depends on solvent, temperature, and dendrimer generation. A conformational preference for M-type helicity along the periphery of the dendrons increased with increasing dendrimer generation and in poor solvents as observed by CD. Equilibration of these diastereomeric helical conformations is rapid at the first generation in all solvents and at all temperatures investigated; however, at the second generation the equilibrium begins to bias a single diastereomeric helical conformation along the periphery that becomes maximal at low temperatures and in poor solvents. At the third generation, the helical bias is intrinsically higher so that the conformational preference...


The path‐integral formulation of quantum mechanics in terms of the density matrix proposed in a previous paper is here extended to quantum field theory. The corresponding classical field equation is derived as the deterministic classical limit by imposing an appropriate mixed‐state initial condition. Relativistic invariance is insured by construction of ten generators of the inhomogeneous Lorentz group.


Gait analysis and passive ROM are frequently assessed in patients with knee complaints and gait abnormalities have been observed in children with hypermobility syndrome (HMS) (Adib et al 2005). Repeatability of walking patterns has been described in healthy children (Gorton et al 1997) but not in children with HMS. Therefore, this study investigated the test-retest repeatability of knee kinematics during walking and also knee ROM measurements in both healthy children and those with HMS.


Mr. PSlya treated the integral functions g(z) which take integral values for all integral values of z and called them "ganzwertige ganze Funktionen ,,1. I have tried to extend this idea in the following way: 1. Let us consider a set of positive integers z: (,, ,, ) and a function g(z), which takes integral values (in the rational corpus or imaginary quadratic corpus) for all z,. Denote by ,(n) he number of z,'s which is not greater than n and put Max g(z)--M(r). We


Skin cancer, which is one of the most common types of cancer in the world, is a malignant growth seen on the skin due to various reasons. There was an increase in the number of the cases of skin cancer nearly 200% between 2004-2009. Since the ozone layer is depleting, harmful rays reflected from the sun cannot be filtered. In this case, the likelihood of skin cancer will increase over the years and pose more risks for human beings. Early diagnosis is very significant as in all types of cancers. In this study, a mobile application is developed in order to detect whether the skin spots photographed by using the machine learning technique for early diagnosis have a suspicion of skin cancer. Thus, an auxiliary decision support system is developed that can be used both by the clinicians and individuals. For cases that are predicted to have a risk higher than a certain rate by the machine learning algorithm, early diagnosis could be initiated for the patients by consulting a physician when the case is considered to have a higher risk by machine learning algorithm.


We have developed a method to reduce leakage current density through a SiO2 layer of Si-based metal–oxide–semiconductor structure. In this method, a ∼3-nm-thick platinum (Pt) layer is deposited on the SiO2 layer, followed by the heat treatment at 300 °C in oxygen. After the removal of the Pt layer, the density of leakage current for this structure is decreased to less than 1/1000 with no increase in the thickness of the SiO2 layer. The reduction in leakage current density is attributed to (i) a decrease in the density of defect states such as Si dangling bonds and suboxide species, and (ii) improvement of the uniformity of the oxide thickness, both of which are caused by dissociated oxygen ions injected from Pt to SiO2.


If a computer user could refer the situation of his/her own past task later, he/she would be able to recall procedures of that task. Based on these information, he/she can hit upon the useful idea for the ongoing task. In order to refer such situation, he/she can explore the situation in the log, sequence of situations, which consists of his/her activities on the computer. We call this log"task history". However, because he/she might not always recall the proper keywords about the target situation explicitly, he/she might waste huge effort to explore the task history. In this paper, we propose THES(Task History Explore System)for supporting to explore the task history. THES shows a user cues step by step to recall the detail about the target situation. THES shows two kinds of cues,"activity cues"that prompts to recall the memory about the activities performed in the target situation and"time cues"that prompts to recall the memory about the time of the target situation. As a result of a 5-week experiment, THES was effective for the task history exploration.


The invention relates to water-soluble graphene used for a super capacitor electrode material and a preparation method thereof. The water-soluble graphene comprises the components of graphite oxide, 1-ethyl-(3-dimethyllaminopropyl)carbodiie hydrochlide, 4-dimethylaminopyridine, ethanediamine, crylic acid, sodium p-styrenesulfonate, an initiating agent and a reducing agent through reactions. The water-soluble graphene of a super capacitor electrode material has the advantages: a great amount of negative charges are grafted on the surface of graphene by performing covalent grafting modification on the graphene surface by using an ionic polymer, and graphene can be well dissolved in water through the principle of negative-negative charge repulsion; and meanwhile, the contact between electrolyte and the graphene can be enhanced through the covalently grafted polystyrolsulfon acid, the electrochemical properties of the graphene based capacitor are greatly improved, and the graphene has broader application prospects in the fields of super capacitors, solar cells and the like.


Radical surgical resection is the mainstay of curative treatment for oesophagogastric malignancy. However, survival and recurrence rates remain poor. Theoretical data suggests that the inflammatory response to surgery can promote tumour recurrence. The local and systemic inflammatory response to radical oesophagogastric cancer surgery has not been fully characterized. We aimed to measure this response, particularly factors associated with tumour implantation.


This study examines the employment-related returns to migration among married mothers in Canada. Based on a 1987 sample of migrant couples this analysis shows that wives most often defer to their husbands in the decision to move. A subsidiary role for wives was most apparent when husbands indicated an employment reason for moving and was also positively associated with the annual income of the married couple....The odds of obtaining postmigration employment were substantially decreased for those wives who deferred to their husbands in the reason to move. It is argued that these findings can be conceptualized by gender-role theory which emphasizes the familial roles husbands and wives have been socialized to accept. This is a revised version of a paper originally presented at the 1990 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (see Population Index Vol. 56 No. 3 Fall 1990 p. 459). (EXCERPT)


: Jidoka is one of the main pillars of the TPS. The TPS is presented as a house with two pillars. One pillar represents just-in-time (JIT), and the other pillar the concept of Jidoka. Take away any of the pillars holding up the roof, and the entire system will collapse. Take out quality, and there is no TPS. Jidoka is a principle of building quality for customers—not inspecting quality. Building quality mean making it right the first time. If you are making defective products or using unacceptable quality standards and filtering these defects out through an inspection system, there is no building quality—and no Jidoka. You are just catching the mistakes made in the manufacturing process. This cost a lot of money and resources and puts the business at risk. Yet many companies focus on the mechanisms of implementation--one-piece flow, pull production, takt time, standard work, kanban--without linking those mechanisms back to the pillars that hold up the entire system. JIT is fairly well understood, but jidoka is key to making the entire system stick. A lot of failed implementations can be traced back to not building this second pillar. The principle's origin goes back to 1902 when Sakichi Toyoda invented a simple but ingenious mechanism that detected a broken thread and shut off an automatic loom. That invention allowed one operator to oversee the operation of up to a dozen looms while maintaining perfect quality. But the system goes much further.


This volume presents thirty-two essays on a wide array of topics in modern philosophical meaning in life research. The essays are organized into six parts. Part I, Understanding Meaning in Life, focuses on various ways of conceptualizing meaning in life. Among other issues, it discusses whether meaning in life should be understood objectively or subjectively, the relation between importance and meaningfulness, and whether meaningful lives should be understood narratively. Part II, Meaning in Life, Science, and Metaphysics, presents opposing views on whether neuroscience sheds light on life's meaning, inquires whether hard determinists must see life as meaningless, and explores the relation between time, personal identity, and meaning. Part III, Meaning in Life and Religion, examines the relation between meaningfulness, mysticism, and transcendence, and considers life's meaning from both atheist and theist perspectives. Part IV, Ethics and Meaning in Life, examines (among other issues) whether meaningful lives must be moral, how important forgiveness is for meaning, the relation between life's meaningfulness (or meaninglessness) and procreation ethics, and whether animals have meaningful lives. Part V, Philosophical Psychology and Meaning in Life, compares philosophical and psychological research on life's meaning, explores the experience of meaningfulness, and discusses the relation between meaningfulness and desire, love, and gratitude. Part VI, Living Meaningfully: Challenges and Prospects, elaborates on topics such as suicide, suffering, education, optimism and pessimism, and their relation to life's meaning.


1.6 - 2 billion people in developing countries live in dark homes, without access to electricity, and 2.4 billion rely on traditional biomass for their daily energy services, such as cooking, heating and lighting. Lack of electricity and heavy reliance on traditional biomass are hallmarks of poverty in developing countries, and women and children in particular suffer enormous health problems due to open fire places. The high migration and urbanization rates in developing countries will continue, forcing governments to focus more on urban energy service provision and extension. That widens the gap between poor and rich, highlighting the relationship between poverty and access to electricity further. Nepal, with the majority of its people living in difficult to access areas with no roads is a typical example of that. Belonging to the poorest and most undeveloped countries, the per capita electricity consumption is among the lowest in the world. The geographical remoteness, the harsh climatic conditions, low population density with minimal energy demand and low growth potential, are some of the reasons why rural electrification costs in Nepal are prohibitive and the isolated rural mountain villages in Nepal will not be reached within the foreseeable future through grid extensions alone.

Nepal is not rich in fossil fuel resources but it has plenty of renewable energy resources, in particular water that is running down from the vast Himalayan mountain ranges in over 6,000 rivers. With 300 sunny days a year, the sun's freely available solar energy can also be converted into electricity.

In some of the most remote Himalayan valleys in Nepal, among the poorest and most marginalized groups of people, some encouraging steps have been taken in regard to elementary rural village electrification. The local available, renewable energy resources have been tapped into, and through Remote Area Power Supply (RAPS) systems, miniscule amounts of power, in the "watt" range rather than "kilo-watt", has been generated for elementary rural village electrification. In this way several villages have been electrified, for lighting purposes only, through different types of village integrated solar photovoltaic systems and the smallest kinds of hydro power plants, called pico hydro. The lights considered most appropriate and sustainable are 1 watt energy consuming white light emitting diodes (WLED), providing a minimum, but just sufficient light output.

This paper aims to highlight the urgency for appropriate and sustainable elementary rural village electrification in Nepal, in order to create opportunities to bring light into the dark, smoke filled homes of the poorest of the poor. It discusses the possible, appropriate technologies, such as solar PV systems for single homes and whole villages, pico hydro power plants and small wind generators, for small scale rural village power generation schemes. It describes and discusses some of the implemented village solar PV and pico hydro power plant projects, including the experiences gained and the lessons learned.


Of late years it has often been assumed that the temperature of the crater forming the positive pole of the electric arc is that of the boiling of carbon. The most modern determinations give this point as about 3300°—3500° C. Solar physicists have thought that the photosphere of the sun consists of a layer of clouds form ed of particles of solid carbon. As the temperature of these clouds is certainly not below 8000° C., it seems very difficult to explain how carbon can be boiling in the arc at 3500° and yet remain in the solid form in the sun at 8000°.


Various live organisms have specific needs in different chemical elements, they selectively absorb and accumulate those elements in certain organs, tissues and cells, and then excrete them into environment. At the same time for the normal vital activity not only regular supply of macro- and microelements is extremely necessary, but also their right ratio. Two experimental groups in the period beginning from 21st till 33d week of living were getting a ration with the supplement of the following probiotics: 1st experimental group: bifidumbakterin, the dose was 10 ml/kg of forage; 2 nd experimental group - sporobacterinum the dose was 10.8 ml/kg of forage. The purpose of this research is the evaluation of the influence of probiotics using specific and nonspecific microflora on metabolism of vitally important and toxic elements such as Zn, Cu, Cd and Pb in the host. These facts clearly show the ambiguous influence of probiotics preparations on the allocation of elements in the host, which leads to the authentic loss of toxic elements and to the correction of essential elements in the hens' bodies.


Two new species of the family Cantharidae from Baltic amber are described and illustrated: Sucinorhagonycha fabrizioi sp. nov. (Cantharinae, Cacomorphocerini) and Cantharis (Cantharis) samsocki sp. nov. (Cantharinae, Cantharini). The former is particularly notable because it has 12 antennomeres, a characteristic that is relatively rare among the world's extant beetles, particularly in soldier beetles. This fascinating characteristic and why it may have evolved are explored here.


The cognitive play of audience involvement is at its most engaged when viewers come to identify with characters, sharing their commitment to beliefs and values: 'The process of identification ... is central to the success of soaps' (p. 54) and, this reviewer would suggest, more Widely underwrites 'the crucial pedagogic and moral role of television' (p. 200). For, Mullan argues defiantly, it 'is unquestionably true that television calls forth imitative behaviour' (p. 39). Tony Wilson


Zinc deficiency enhances experimental esophageal tumor induction. Vitamin A supplementation inhibits carcinogenesis in animals. Plasma zinc and plasma vitamin A levels are reduced in several human squamous cancers, but have not been studied in a US population with esophageal cancer. Therefore, we measured plasma zinc and vitamin A in patients with newly diagnosed esophageal cancer. In addition, we assessed hepatic and nutritional status and attempted to control for other factors known to influence plasma zinc and vitamin A levels. Plasma zinc and vitamin A were both significantly less in esophageal carcinoma than in age‐matched healthy controls (plasma zinc 65.7 ± 3.3 μg/dl [mean ± SEM] in esophageal cancer versus 80.5 ± 2.4 μg/dl in controls, P < 0.01; plasma vitamin A 32.6 ± 3.4 μ/dl in esophageal cancer versus 60.2 ± 4.2 in controls, P < 0.001). Overall, 15 of 17 patients with esophageal cancer had decreased plasma zinc and/or decreased plasma vitamin A. Our findings are compatible with a hypothesis that zinc or vitamin A deficiency may be co‐factors in the induction of human esophageal carcinoma.


To meet the development needs of rail transit, steel beams are more widely used in bridges, which brings more significant vibration and noise problems. In this paper, the dynamic characteristics of a steel beam of groove profile are investigated through field test and numerical analysis. Firstly, under the hammering excitation, the vibration response of the slabs in a descending order are right web, left web and bottom slab. The vibration response is related to the distance from the response position to the excitation source and the stiffness of slabs. Then, a numerical model of the steel beam is established based on the hybrid FE-SEA method. The results of field test are consistent with the numerical simulation, which confirms the effectiveness of the hybrid FE-SEA method when analyzing the steel beam. Finally, by comparing the sound power level radiated from different slabs in three zones, it can be concluded that the sound power level is related to the distance from the test position to the excitation source. The overall sound power level will increase when canceling transverse connection system, and center excitation has a more significant effect than off-center excitation.


We consider the oscillations of numerical solutions for the nonlinear delay differential equations in the control of erythropoiesis. The exponential -method is constructed and some conditions under which the numerical solutions oscillate are presented. Moreover, it is proven that every nonoscillatory numerical solution tends to the equilibrium point of the continuous system. Numerical examples are given to illustrate the main results.


Speech emotion recognition (SER) often experiences reduced performance due to background noise. In addition, making a prediction on signals with only background noise could undermine user trust in the system. In this study, we propose a Noise Robust Speech Emotion Recognition system, NRSER. NRSER employs speech enhancement (SE) to effectively reduce the noise in input signals. Then, the signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR)-level detection structure and waveform reconstitution strategy are introduced to reduce the negative impact of SE on speech signals with no or little background noise. Our experimental results show that NRSER can effectively improve the noise robustness of the SER system, including preventing the system from making emotion recognition on signals consisting solely of background noise. Moreover, the proposed SNR-level detection structure can be used individually for tasks such as data selection.


This paper, the fruit of problem solving on Caledonian's off-machine coater presents a new approach for investigating the role of water retention agents and their effects on the runnability of base paper - particularly in the area of the flying splice. The method considers the rate of penetration and its effect on the runnability of the base paper instead of the amount of dewatering and its effect on the runnability of the coating colour. Mill experience has shown that, as the flying splice passes through the coating head, deformation or displacement of the blade can take place, allowing coatweights of up to 10 times the target to be applied. This excess of coating can cause failure of the splice in tension due to wetting out.


With the deepening of open-up and reform and rapid growth of economy,commercial banks in a variety of equities grow rapidly,including joint-stock commercial banks operated nationwide,local commercial banks,solely foreign-funded banks,and Sino-foreign equity joint banks,greater risk coming along.This paper discusses how the internal audit should play a bigger role in safeguarding the sound operation of banking business in terms of theory and practice.


: Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune inflammatory demyelinating disease of brain & spinal cord. Conventional MRI (T1, T2, FLAIR, enhancedT1) provides information of morphology of demyelinating plaques, but irrelevant to give details about normal WM tracts which are involved pathologically in the MS process. Diffusion MRI, DTI are widely used non-conventional MRI techniques which provide better solution for studying normal appearing white matter. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) reflects water diffusion within tissues therefore any white matter fibers alterations will be visible within it before conventional techniques . Aim of the work: evaluation of normal appearing white matter of the brain in MS patients by diffusion tensor imaging examination thus assessing its ability to detect early abnormalities. Patients &Methods: the study included 30 patients; 21 females and 9males having MS (between 22 and 48 years of age) with 25years control healthy volunteer. MR examination was in standard 3 Tesla units (Acheiva, Philips). Technique included: Conventional MR examination and Diffusion Tensor imaging. Results: our study showed that DTI provide details about early affection of normal appearing white matter in MS cases when no visible plaques are detected in conventional MRI. Conclusion: There is a strong relationship between clinical status of patients & diffusion tensor imaging readings especially in case of deterioration in course of disease & no new visible changes can be detected in conventional MRI.


The pressure to prescribe also exists in community pharmacy. In Scotland the minor ailments scheme, which is available to children registered to a GP practice, provides the opportunity …


Some functions of XIB-integration platform of EDI system,electronic commercial informationapplication system are expounded,the outstanding characteristics of which lies in that it can realize system integration connection and process multiple data formats and communication protocols,so it possesses the capability of transformation,integration and rational application of the data from both the existed systems and the new Internet application software packages.


Construction projects will affect numerous actors with various interests, needs and demands.
Different project will affect different actors where their specific interests will vary depending
on project type but also throughout the projects execution. These actors are today referred to
as a project's stakeholders. A project's stakeholders can be defined as the individuals, groups,
or organisation, who may affect, or be affected, by a decision, activity, or outcome of a
project. Every identified stakeholder must be considered and take into account by the project
manager in order to provide successful projects. However, to meet and address all interests is
not always appropriate or not even feasible and limitations in resources entails that managers
must prioritise certain stakeholders and ignore others. The key objective in today's projects
management is therefore to achieve satisfaction among, and create as much value as possible
for, the projects stakeholders. Stakeholder's can have a positive as well as a negative impact
on a project and managers must therefore plan for projects that maximize the positives and
prevent or minimise the negatives.
The stakeholder concept plays an important role in todays project management. Managers
must be well aware of who the project's stakeholders are, what interest they have, as well as
their potential impact on the project, to be able to correctly manage the stakeholders. The
general stakeholder management process consists of stakeholder identification and gathering
relevant information, analyse stakeholders and their potential impact, and at last, developing
adequate management strategies. Stakeholder analysis is often used as a tool in the
stakeholder management process to gathering adequate stakeholder information in order to
determine how different stakeholders should be managed. Stakeholder participation is a
common management strategy. Participation can improve projects designs and effectiveness
and it increase the projects sustainability. It can also create a more cost-effective
implementation since the project cost to some extent can be shared with some of the
stakeholders.
This research has adapted the stakeholder concept to construction projects in slums and
informal settlements. These types of projects is often referred to as slum upgrading, which is
a process that include all the physical, social, economic, organizational and environmental
improvements of the slum. This study focuses on the actors that living in these settlements
and participation involvement of these actors (community participation). The purpose of the
study is to analyse and contribute with understanding in how suitable stakeholder
management and adequate participation processes can increase upgrading projects success.
The aim is to develop a participatory strategy suitable for the community stakeholders and
provide key factors that are essential for slum upgrading to be successful.
The general research process aims at identify relevant stakeholders, to obtain stakeholder
information, and to analyse stakeholders' potential impact in a project. Based on this a
community participation strategy has further been developed. A literature review was
undertaken in the beginning of the study to create awareness to the subject and gain
understanding in slums, informal settlements, and stakeholder theory. A case study was used
as a method to identify the stakeholders and to gain knowledge on the community's view on
slum upgrading and participation as well as gathering relevant stakeholder information. A
stakeholder analysis was carried out in order to understand and determine identified
stakeholder impact and influence. The specific case was the on going slum upgrading in
Nairobi's biggest slum, Kibera.
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Following community based stakeholders have been identified in this study:
• Beneficiaries
• Residents in vicinity
• Representatives
• Resources
• Key actors
Firstly, beneficiaries of the projects and residents in vicinity are actors that have been
included in the analysis and considered as community stakeholders. In addition to these, the
study proposes three community-based actors; representatives, resources and key actors
which been distinguished through their resource potential (resources), activeness
(representatives) and relevance (key actors). These actors have been defined so they can be
analysed, regardless project type. Each and every identified stakeholder's impact and
influence was than determined in different project phases and a suitable community
participation strategy was developed. The study also explain why the stakeholder approach is
particular important in slum upgrading and how community participation increasing slum
upgrading projects sucess.
The study concludes by proposing three key factors that are essential for slum upgrading to be
successful. These factors have been developed based on the empirical study, observations, the
literature, and the stakeholder analysis and can be summarized as:
• Adequate stakeholder analysis
• Efficient participation
• Information and communication
The study can show the major impact adequate stakeholder analysis have in slum upgrading
projects. To correctly identify, manage and analyse stakeholders entails that for the project
valuable information and data can be obtained. In the lack of such processes, project will
struggle to address major interests and relevant stakeholders.
The study can also show the great benefits of having the community participating throughout
the projects. The community possess information, skills and expertise that could be of great
value for the projects execution. Different projects however, have different actors, and have
different aims and objectives. Some actors may not be needed in certain projects or phases
while others are crucial. An efficient participation strategy must therefore be well suited for
the projects purpose and for the relevant actors.
At last, information and communication is a crucial part in the on going slum upgrading.
Without efficient communication channels and reliable information flows the community will
feel neglected and mistreated. This increases the risks of unnecessary opposition and
irritation, which in turn can have major impact on the projects execution.


The edge-face chromatic number Xe / (G) of a plane graph G is the smallest number of colors assigned to the edges and faces of G so that any two adjacent or incident elements have different colors. Borodin(1994) proved that L1( G) ~ Xe/ (G) :::; L1( G) + 1 for each plane graph G with ~(G) ~ 10 and the bounds are sharp. The main result of this paper is to give a sufficient and necessary condition for Xe/(G) = L1(G) + 1 if L1(G) 2:: IGI-2.


With the urbanization process goes further,the number of rural migrant workers who became part of city residents later is increasing,which caused the "hollow villages" phenomenon tends to be an upsurge problem in some areas.Under this background,most rural areas in China begin to explore village combination and to carry out the large-village structure reform.Increasingly,large-village structure reform becomes a tendency in new age of new socialist countryside construction and the appeal of super ministry system and township reform.However,it should be concerned about the large-village structure reform rationally under government orientation when the villager's self-governance system hasn't been improved and perfected.


We report the synthesis of a gold–carbon dot nanocomposite and its utility as a recyclable catalyst for the reduction of aromatic nitro groups. The presence of carbon dots on gold nanosurfaces enhanced the reduction rate by two-fold.


The power cycle reliability of IGBT Modules is paid more and more attention because of its widely use.In this paper,the failure mechanism of power modules is introduced,and the aluminum wire bond lift-off is the cause of the power cycle failure of power modules.FEA was used to investigate the temperature distribution and change of the module during power cycle;stress and strain of module is computed based on the result of thermal simulation.According to the result of stress and strain of module,lifetime of aluminum wire bond is estimated.It is shown that the heel of the aluminum wire bond is the fatigue danger zone of the module.With the increase of thermal dissipation of IGBT chip,the range of the chip's temperature increases,and the lifetime of power module decreases rapidly.


Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are the predominant power source for portable electronic devices, and in recent years, their use has extended to higher-energy and larger devices. However, to satisfy the stringent requirements of safety and energy density, further material advancements are required. Due to the inherent flammability and incompatibility of organic solvent-based liquid electrolytes with materials utilized in high energy devices, it is necessary to transition to alternative conductive mediums. The focus is shifting from molecular materials to a class of materials based on ions, including ionic liquids (ILs) and their derivatives such as zwitterionic ILs, polymerized ILs, and solvated ILs, which possess high levels of safety, stability, compatibility, and the ability to rationally design ILs for specific applications. Ion design is crucial to achieve superior control of electrode/electrolyte interphases (EEIs) both on anode and cathode surfaces to realize safer and higher-energy lithium-metal batteries (LMBs). This review summarizes the different uses of ILs in electrolytes (both liquid and solids) for LMBs, reporting the most promising results obtained during the last years and highlighting their role in the formation of suitable EEIs. Furthermore, a discussion on the use of deep-eutectic solvents is also provided, which is a class of material with similar properties to ILs and an important alternative from the viewpoint of sustainability. Lastly, future prospects for the optimization of IL-based electrolytes are summarized, ranging from the functional design of ionic structures to the realization of nanophases with specific features.


In this paper, the Schrödinger operator −y′′+q(x)y=λy,x∈(0,π)y(0)=0,y′(π)=0, where the potential q(x) is single‐well with transition point a=π2 is considered. Suppose {λn}n ≥ 1 is the set of eigenvalues for the previous Schrödinger operator and the potential q(x) possesses an additional condition, we show that the first two eigenvalues λ2 and λ1 satisfy λ2−λ1≥2.


Task Persistence in Early Childhood Education by Thomas Richard Stephenson, Doctor of Philosophy Utah State University, 1973 Major Professor: Dr. David R. Stone Department: Psychology This study was designed to discover developmental trends in task persistence (TP). It was hoped that the results would suggest when and for what groups a task persistence (TP) curriculum is crucial. To study this development a sample of two, four, and six year old children were given a "work" task. The task required 120 subjects (Ss) to sort and fold 33 items of clothing and linen. After the task instructions and demonstration, the experimenter did not intervene with reinforcers or further directions. The dependent variables investigated were time spent on the task, time spent away from the task, and number of tasks completed. The independent variables were age, race (Black and White), sex, and social class (advantaged and disadvantaged). The data were analyzed with analysis of variance, Pearson's Product-Moment Correlation, and chi square. The results indicated that older children spent significantly more time on task and significa~tly less time away from task than younger children. Black children spent significantly more time (than White children) on and away from the task at all ages. Advantaged children x


This paper divided the evolution of modern Chinese vernacular architecture (1949–2010) into 3 stages: early exploration, confine and confusion, and modern development, by taking time line as the clue, vernacular characteristics of modern architecture in Xi'an during different phases as the support, and combining literature research and field investigation. On this basis, it reviewed historical background, relevant context and typical features of modern vernacular architecture in Xi'an during different phases, and further concluded the evolution laws and research level of modern Chinese vernacular architecture.


With the growing popularity of social media platforms like Facebook, human interaction in online environments is increasing. As a result, social perceptions of the individuals "behind the screen" has become a topic that needs to be explored. The present study explores how the media platform (specifically Facebook post versus Video) affects perceptions of an individual with a controversial opinion. Potentially, the same content in a video format may increase the likability of the presenter in contrast to reading the same opinions in Facebook posts. The present study examined the role of alignment of opinion (agree vs. disagree with presenter) and content modality (Facebook video vs. Facebook text post) on participants' perception of likeability towards the online persona. In this study, three hypotheses were tested. The first hypothesis is that video posts will generally yield more likability for the presenter about a controversial issue than the same content in a Facebook post. Second, people who agree with the presenter's position of a controversial issue will find the person posting more likable. Finally, an interaction is expected such that likability will be most affected for the participants who disagree with the presenter; specifically those participants who disagree will be more likely to like the presenter in the video condition, whereas format will matter less for those who agree with the presenter's opinion. The dependent variables of the present study are the Interpersonal Adjective Scale (IAS, Trapnell & Wiggins 1990) and scores on the Basic Empathy Scale in Adults (BES-A, Jolliffe and Farrington, 2006).


Over its 50 years of existence, the 3Rs principle has become a tremendous success. As an idea it is widely known and generally well accepted, it has made its way into many legislative texts and guidelines and it is often referred to in communication with the public and with potential critics of animal experimentation. the principle seems to unify the concern for better science with the concern for higher ethical standards. And the principle seems so clear and comprehensive that it is tempting to believe firstly that its full implementation is merely a practical and technical matter and secondly that once it is implemented it only takes good communication skills to achieve a wide public consensus about laboratory animal use. However, we think that both these beliefs are deceptive. Firstly, we argue that underneath the seemingly clear surface of the 3Rs principle are both ambiguities and dilemmas which have clear ethical significance. Thus it is unclear what counts as reduction – is it in absolute or in relative numbers? Also the choice of species gives rise to questions in relation to refinement – is it always a refinement to move from a "higher" to a "lower" species? Between the 3Rs there are some obvious dilemmas. In fact, those working with the development and implementation of the 3Rs have more or less divided into two tribes – one focusing on replacement of live animal experiment and the other on reduction and refinement of actual animal experimentation – with rather limited contact between the two. Another obvious dilemma is between reduction and refinement where often researchers must choose between trying to cut down on the number of animals used or to limit the amount of discomfort or suffering imposed on the affected animals. Secondly, we argue that there is a need for a more explicit ethical discussion concerning how to deal with the aforementioned dilemmas. this discussion will both link up with a wider discussion regarding our right to make use of animals to further human goals, and it will relate to specific principles regarding animal use. For example there may be a tension between a principle aiming to minimize the number of animals harmed and a principle of fairness focusing on improving the lot of the animals most badly affected. Our main conclusion will certainly not be to question the usefulness of the 3Rs principle. Rather it will be a call for a greater awareness of the underlying ethical issues and the need for an explicit discussion of these issues. II-6-533 The 3Rs principle – mind the ethical gap! I. A. S. Olsson 1,2 and P. Sandøe 2 1Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Porto, Portugal; 2Danish Centre for Bioethics and Risk Assessment, Frederiksberg, Denmark


The shape we perceive from a rendered surface depends on the true surface shape, but also on the surface reflectance, the illumination, the surface motion, and the viewer's position. Here we present an experiment that addresses how perceived shape depends on shading and specular reflections, where the latter include highlights [Blake and Bülthoff 1990] and environment mapped mirror reflections[Fleming et al. 2004].


The regional disparity in Iran is now a matter of serious concern. Measuring development has been a matter of debate for nearly half a century. The conventional way of assessing development by social and economic indicators only has been challenged many times during this period. Accelerated urbanization in developing countries and the concentration of activities and population in some regions, have led to regional imbalances. This is one of the important characteristics of the third world countries. This characteristics is affected by pole growth policies that have led to a concentration of facilities in one or more of several regions. In this case, regional planning science offers beneficial patterns to resolve problems. The first step is the identification of socio-economical disparities in these regions. However, this article attempts to survey development disparities in the East Azarbaijan province. In this survey 44 indicators were selected for the comparison of the counties, and the Numeric Taxonomic & Cluster Analysis methods were used to rank the regions. Finally this article presents priority of counties for investment in order to achieve social justice. According to the results of this research the west area of the province is prosperous and east area has a low degree of development.


Ultrahigh axial resolution OCT is demonstrated in human cells and other human biopsies for two fiber broadened femtosecond light sources, achieving 0.5μm axial resolution in the visible and 1.4μm in the in the 1300nm wavelength region.


3031 Bev is an important inhibitor of VEGF, a mediator of tumor-induced angiogenesis. Inhibiting generation of dendritic cells (DC) from blood and tissue precursors, VEGF is also a crucial immunosuppressive agent in anti-tumoral immunotolerance. Beyond anti-angiogenesis, inhibition of VEGF may results in an improved antineoplastic immune response, which may be further improved by GM-CSF known to effectively stimulate DCs. GM-CSF has formerly be shown to induce objective responses in refractory gynecologic and breast carcinomas [Kurbacher et al. Oncology 2005]. This ongoing prospective clinical trial was initiated to investigate the combination of Bev and GM-CSF in patients (pts) with heavily pretreated solid tumors. Toxicity was documented according to the NCI-CTC scale, responses were recorded according to the RECIST or the Rustin criteria. Statistical pre-study considerations forced termination of the trial if no responses were observed among the first 12 pts recruited. Until now, 10 pts are included: e...


The present invention provides an idle mode in a location update on about that, broadband wireless access communication system in a location update method in the position to update the conditions are right case, this the mode in the location update request to the ranging request message to the mobile station from the received the method comprising the steps of: checking whether there is downlink traffic to the process with the mobile terminal, when the downlink traffic exists, is destined to the mobile terminal, heading to the mobile communication pending (pending) that is the also the downlink traffic exists generating a ranging response message including information and characterized in that it comprises the step of transmitting the ranging response message to the mobile terminal. Broadband wireless access communication system, an idle state (idle mode), the location update (location update), the downlink traffic (downlink traffic), ranging request message (RNG-REQ), the ranging response message (RNG-RSP)


When you arrive, you fall in love with China. The first thing you see is the yellow river swept clean of all floating rubbish by the scavenger boats. It is so clean that even the seagulls leave. There is nothing, even for them. When you wake there is the rising and falling chant of the coolies unloading. Together they chant hay ho, ho hay, hay hay, ho hay. In the little Shanghai streets, there is a mixture of smells; the girls, in their long slit Manchu gowns, slide past so sleek and so slim; the cookshops concoct the most peculiar things to eat amid the feet of the passersby; and the men wear nothing but pyjama trousers, cut a little short by Western standards. It was disappointing to see so few pigtails. Evidently, in these enlightened times, only a few ignorant countrymen wear them anyway.


Abstract Rhodanine structural scaffolds are an important class of sulfur-containing heterocycles with a broad spectrum of applications in medicinal chemistry. Highly functionalized piperidine scaffolds have shown profound impact in drug discovery research owing to its important bioactivity. The green and high-yielding synthesis of rhodanine structural scaffolds from readily available materials remains is a hot topic research for the synthetic chemistry community. In this review, we discuss the recent various synthetic procedures reported in the literature for the synthesis of rhodanine structural scaffolds. Graphical Abstract Examples of biologically active rhodanine derivatives.


In recent years, breast cancer is considered as one of the most predominant causes of death among women in the world. This also accounts for the 11.7 % of the total cancers diagnosed among ladies in Kazakhstan. The survival chances of the patients can significantly be improved if the disease is detected at its earliest stage. At the present time, mammography is found to be the most common technique for the purpose of detecting the breast cancer. However, this method is very expensive, and the diagnostic ability of this imaging technique fails when it comes to the detection of tumours of small sizes, in addition to its harmful side effect. The IR thermography is inexpensive without any harmful side effect, and promises to be more precise than conventional techniques of detecting breast cancer at its earlier stage. In this study we propose a comprehensive method that includes FEM modelling based on heat transfer principles and requires 3D scanning and IR imaging for disease diagnosis. Here we report the first part of our study, which develops an experimental procedure to generate experimental results for the validation of FEM models for the simulation and detection of breast cancer.


The trajectory optimization of automatic spraying robot is still a challenging problem, which is very important in the whole spraying work. Spray trajectory optimization consists of two parts: spray space path and end-effector moving speed. A large number of spraying experiments have proved that it is very important to find the best initial trajectory of spraying. This paper presents an automatic spray trajectory optimization that is based on the Bézier surface. Spray the workpiece for Bezier triangular surface modeling and find the best initial trajectory of the spraying robot, establish the appropriate spraying model, plan the appropriate space path, and finally plan the trajectory optimization along the specified painting path. The validity and practicability of the method presented in this paper are proved by an example. This method can also be extended to other applications.


Laboratory experimentation is a critical final link for a thorough understanding of scientific and engineering theories. Development of the laboratory components plays a significant role in the enhancement and completeness of the engineering courses and programs. Twelve experiments are presented for adaptation in undergraduate mechanical and civil engineering programs. These experiments are related to topics in mechanics of materials and dynamics of machinery. Enthusiastic undergraduate students have been participating in the processes of research, design and development necessary for materializing all components of the Model Laboratory. Their understanding of group dynamics and appreciation for cost-effective and superior designs has enhanced. A comprehensive and user-friendly web site is constructed to provide all necessary information for fabrication and application of these experiments and their associated apparatuses. This includes the outline of the experiments, the required equipment and time, complete set of blueprints, detailed parts list, reliable sources, cost analysis, and degree of difficulty and the time involved in machining and fabrication for each of the experiments. The cost-effectiveness, diversity, and high caliber of the proposed experiments make them suitable for use in the majority of undergraduate programs nationwide. As a package, they may lay the foundation for a starting laboratory course or selectively, each may be added to the existing archives of experiments at many undergraduate engineering programs.


Abstract : Refractive index structure parameter data (c) recorded at 4, 8, 16, and 32 m heights over a desert basin three test periods of about two hours each near sunrise or sunset were analyzed. C between 4 and 8 m was found to be relatively constant. C at 8, 16, and 32 m were least-squares fit to c=c sub 0 (z/z sub 0) to the MTH power over 5 and 15 minute averaging periods.


A new type of poly(nickel phthalocyanine)benzimidazole was prepared by the condensation reaction between nickel (11) 4,4′,4″,4″′-phthalocyanine tetracarboxylic acid dihydrate and 3, 3′-diaminobenzidine. The reaction was investigated by both the melt and solution condensation methods. This polymer showed good thermal and thermo-oxidative stability. Also noteworthy is its high thermal stability with a char yield of 88% at 800°C in nitrogen. No catastrophic decomposition was observed up to 1100°C. A qualitative study of decomposition in both air and nitrogen is presented. Elemental analyses agreed well with the proposed structure. Infrared (IR) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) studies were performed to characterize this polymer, and isothermal gravimetric analysis was done to determine its long-term thermal stability. The apparent activation energies for the thermal degradation in air and nitrogen are given.


BACKGROUND: Early intervention in the diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) can prevent irreversible changes that may result in ventricular dysfunction and lead to sudden cardiac death. The 2010 revised ARVC/D diagnostic Task Force Criteria (TFC) has increased diagnostic sensitivity for ARVC while remaining highly specific. However, certain conditions continue to mimic ARVC and therefore warrant careful attention, especially when dealing with pediatric populations. We present six cases in which clinical presentation has confounded the diagnosis of congenital heart disease (CHD) versus ARVC. METHODS: We reviewed medical charts for clinical, electrocardiographic and imaging data. The results were anonymized, tabulated and evaluated using the revised diagnostic criteria for ARVC. RESULTS: We identified five patients in whom the presentation of undiagnosed or seemingly unimportant CHD was initially attributed to ARVC. RV or RVOT dilation was present in all, with or without wall motion abnormalities. Filtered QRS was prolonged in four cases. Significant ventricular extrasystole was noted in two cases. Three of our cases demonstrated increased Qp:Qs. The final diagnosis was most often partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (PAPVC). Despite an initial high index of suspicion for ARVC, in all cases we eventually attributed RV structural and functional changes, depolarization/conduction abnormalities and arrhythmias to left-to-right shunts secondary to CHD. In contrast, we identified one patient in whom mild CHD masked the likely diagnosis of ARVC. This patient presented with similar findings, including: RV dilation, prolonged filtered QRS, significant ventricular extrasystole and increased Qp:Qs. Despite closure of the ASD, RV dilation persisted and she developed episodes of loss of consciousness, increasing suspicion of underlying ARVC. CONCLUSION: ARVC poses a diagnostic challenge, especially in pediatric populations where findings may overlap with CHD. Cases of CHD with left-to-right shunting may lead to structural and electrophysiologic findings consistent with ARVC. In some cases, the findings are quite compelling and may even meet the revised diagnostic criteria for ARVC. On the other hand, underlying ARVC may co-exist with and be masked by mild CHD. Despite a high index of suspicion for ARVC, careful echocardiography and MRI are essential to detect covert CHD in the pediatric evaluation of ARVC.


The Tensleep Sandstone and Madison carbonate reservoirs at Wertz and Lost Soldier fields, southern Wyoming, were the subject of a fracture distribution study as part of a tertiary development study. A fracture classification scheme for the reservoirs was developed, and foot-by-foot fracture description of 15 cores throughout the two fields were generated. The core fracture classifications and descriptions were digitized for computer use. A computer-generated second-derivative map of the Tensleep structure accurately reflected fracture distribution as described from cores in both the sandstone and carbonate reservoirs. Computer-generated crossplots of number of fractures per foot versus a variety of petrophysical rock parameters identified structural position and lithology as the key factors governing fracture distribution and intensity in the Tensleep and Madison reservoirs.


Detecting protein complexes is critical for studying cellular organizations and functions. The accumulation of protein-protein interaction (PPI) data enables the identification of protein complexes computationally. Although various computational approaches have been proposed to detect protein complexes from PPI networks, most of them ignore the signs of PPIs that reflect the ways proteins interact (activation or inhibition). As not all PPIs imply cocomplex relationships, taking into account the signs of PPIs can benefit the detection of protein complexes. Moreover, PPI networks are not static, but vary with the change of cell states or environments. However, existing protein complex identification algorithms are primarily designed for single-network clustering, and rarely consider joint clustering of multiple PPI networks. In this study, we propose a novel partially shared signed network clustering model (PS-SNC) for detecting protein complexes from multiple state-specific signed PPI networks jointly. PS-SNC can not only consider the signs of PPIs, but also identify the common and unique protein complexes in different states. Experimental results on synthetic and real datasets show that PS-SNC outperforms other state-of-the-art protein complex detection methods. Extensive analysis on real datasets demonstrate the effectiveness of PS-SNC in revealing novel insights about the underlying patterns of different cell lines.


This article is an examination of the intercultural alliances that made use of performative methods during the 1980s and 90s to protect the Stein Valley from industrial logging. This work historicizes the questions this special issue asks about non-Indigenous strategic disruptions of
 settler colonial systems and beliefs to demonstrate festival organizing and the creation of a subjunctive experiences of sovereignty using "communitas" in order to protect biotas and Indigenous relations to land and waters.


It is complex and a manufacturing method of the metal components and the resin composition part to improve firmly integrally joined to stainless steel and resin. You can use a stainless steel component in an appropriate rough surface by a chemical etching. Injection insert the movable pattern plate (2) and complete the surface treatment in the cavity formed by the fixed-side molds (3) stainless steel slabs (1) of the forming die 10, and the integrated product obtained by injection molding a specific resin. A number of weeks of the resin composition (4) shares used may be a PBT, PPS, or aromatic polyamide resin. For the PBT resin composition is to cause a composition is a high bonding force, including injection as PET and / or polyolefin resin solution, the PPS has a polyolefin-based resin, aromatic polyamide resin, the kinds of the aliphatic polyamide resin component if. Stainless steel, resin, integrally, joined, complex


With regard to the theme of Bai Juyi′s Song of Eternal Sorrow,there were several points of view including parable,romantic love,and dual themes.The author believes that,the themes of Song of Eternal Sorrow were changed with the change of Bai Juyi′s psychology during his creation.The sequence of ideas for the change of themes involved satire,sympathy,grief,and extol ideal romantic love.The cause of this change was Bai Juyi′s complicated feelings evolving in the course of his creation.


Polybenzoxazole (PBO) aerogels have such valuable properties as excellent thermal and chemical stability, good fire resistance, and electronic transmission. However, the current processes to produc...


ABSTRACT
Name of Institution: De La Salle University-Dasmarinas
Address: Bagong Bayan, Dasmarinas City, Cavite
Title: The Resiliency of Instituionalized
Children in Conflict with the Law in
Bahay Kalinga.
Authors: Fuentes, Alexis Diane R.
Mariano,Ma.Kimberly P.
Punongbayan, Vanessa Carla Nova V.
Tabora, Wesley G.
Funding Source: Parents
Cost: 5,000php
Date Started: June 2011
Date Finished: March 2012
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Scope and Coverage:
The study focused on the institutionalized children in conflict with
the law. The researchers gathered 23 respondents (boys and girls), having an
age bracket of 13-18 years of age. The respondents in this research were the
institutionalized children in conflict with the law in Bahay Kalinga.
Methodology:
In this research, the Descriptive Research Design was used to
gather all the necessary information. The researchers used survey. Survey
was utilized by the researchers in this study to identify the resiliency through
the Resiliency Test which is a form of survey wherein the participants scaled
themselves from 1 to 5; 1 is the lowest and 5 is the highest.
The respondents of this study were twenty-three (23)
institutionalized children in conflict with the law in Bahay Kalinga, selected
through purposive sampling.
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Findings:
Problem No. 1: What is the demographic profile in terms of: age, gender,
length of stay in Bahay Kalinga, and crime committed
The demographic profile of the respondents was obtained through
interview. The names of the respondents were changed to secure the
confidentiality of the identity of the respondents. There were 23 respondents
in this study. 21 of them were males and 2 were females, whose ages ranged
from 13 years to 18 years old. 15 years old (9) got the most number, followed
by 17 years old (6), 14 years old (3), 16 years old (2), 18 years old (2), and
13 years old (1).There were 8 different kinds of crime committed such as
theft, robbery, rape, murder, frustrated murder, slander, physical injury, and
riot. The most numbered crime was theft, wherein 11 of the respondents
committed it, followed by 3 cases of rape, 2 cases of murder, and 2 cases
with two different kinds of crime committed. 1 respondent for each remaining
crime was not mentioned. Two of the respondents had been staying in Bahay
Kalinga for 2 to 3 weeks, one for 1 week and the rest for a month to 1 year
and a half.
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Problem No. 2: What are the problems encountered of the children in
conflict with the law?
The researcher found out three areas of problems such as in the
family, with friends, and in the community. 8 out of 23 respondents came from
a broken family, 7 of the respondents had no problem with their families, but 3
respondents had conflict with the members of the family.1 of the respondents
said that money was also his problem. Abusive parent(s) was also part of the
problems of 2 of the respondents. The findings also showed that 2 of the
respondents had parent(s) who had passed away. The respondents had
similar story as how they became broken families. In the case of having
conflict with the members of the family, 3 of the respondents said that they
were often scolded by either their brother, uncle, aunt or father whenever they
would do wrong things. Furthermore, 2 of the respondents said that they had
an abusive parent(s). 2 of the respondents had problem because one of the
parents had passed away. The findings also found that 7 respondents had no
problem with their family.
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Problem No. 3: What is the level of resiliency of the respondents as
measured by Resiliency Test?
Most of the respondents of the resiliency test got a score ranging
from 2.60 to 3.39. According to their scores, they belong to moderate
resiliency level with a percentage of 60.87. Only 5 of the respondents belong
to the high resiliency level with a mean score ranging from 3.40-4.19 and a
percentage of 21.74. Four of the respondents fall down to a result of low level
of resiliency that has a percentage 17.39 out of 23 respondents.
Conclusion:
The researchers concluded that the problems encountered by CICL
and their length of stay in the institution have an impact on their level of
resiliency. The longer the CICL stay in the institution, the more they become
resilient. Also, the researchers concluded that children have ability to bounce
back in spite of the struggles in life and overcome traumatic experience.
Recommendations
Children in conflict with the law (CICL). They should be given programs
that can help them to process themselves about the uncertainties that have
happened to them.
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Parents of CICL. Parents should go through group process, together with
their children, so that they can establish better relationship and to be able to
resolve some problems that the family is going through.
Bahay Kalinga staff. The staff should be given seminars in connection
with the behaviors of CICL and trainings that will help the staff in handling
CICL. They should also create programs that can help the children to become
more resilient.
Local government unit/Communities. They should have seminars in their
Barangay regarding prevention of crimes among children. Through seminars,
the community can understand how they can take good care of their children
in order to prevent crimes.
Future Researchers. They should have different institutions so that the
results of their research can be compared to the results of this study. Also,
future researchers should expound their studies about CICL.


Hannah Arendt's writings concerning individual responsibility create an important – and under-examined – context for reading J. M. Coetzee's oeuvre, particularly his novel Waiting for the Barbarians. For Arendt, when a society fails to offer ethical codes of conduct to follow, people should determine those codes by themselves, since morality concerns people in their individuality during totalitarian times. Arendt's ideas bear important similarities to Coetzee's representation of the magistrate in the novel, as this character struggles to live with his conscience in a totalitarian regime. In Arendt's world, introspection is only needed when the world around us fails to guarantee moral laws, and even then one should not focus on oneself only, but instead try to focus on the world around us. Coetzee, however, shows through the character of the magistrate how this internal dialogue easily becomes torturous in its nature. If political action is the most important aspect of Arendt's thinking, then Coetzee shows through the character of the magistrate how modern, conscientious humans cannot just act politically; instead, their action is always marked by their personal weaknesses, including their feelings of inadequacy. Nevertheless, even if Arendt emphasises political action more than Coetzee, who shows that such action is necessarily marked by individual doubt, self-questioning and other personal inadequacies, the reliance on radical thinking, which is at odds with conformism, is a concern they share.


Abstract Background Neuroendoscopy is gaining popularity and is reaching new realms. Young neurosurgeons are exploring the various possibilities associated with the use of neuroendoscopy. Neuroendoscopy in excision of parenchymal brain tumors is less explored, and young neurosurgeons should be aware of the realities. The present article is an approach to put forward the difficulties faced by a young neurosurgeon and the lessons learnt. Objective To report the experience of surgical excision of parenchymal brain tumors, in selected cases, using pure endoscopic approach and to discuss its feasibility, technical benefits, risks and comparison with conventional microscopic excision. Method Eight patients of variable age group with parenchymal brain tumors were operated upon by a single surgeon and followed up for a period varying from 6 months to 2 years. Data regarding operating time, illumination, clarity of the field, size of craniotomy, blood loss and course of recovery was evaluated. All of the tumors were resected using rigid high definition zero and 30° endoscope. Results Out of eight cases, seven had lesions in the supratentorial and one in the infratentorial location. The age group ranged from 27 to 74 years old. Near to gross total resection was achieved in all except two cases. All of the patients recovered well without any significant morbidity or mortality. Hospital stay was reduced by 1 day on average. Conclusion Excision of parenchymal brain tumors via pure endoscopic method is a safe and efficient procedure. Although there is an initial period of learning curve, it is not steep for those already practicing neuroendoscopy, but the approach has its advantages.


The invention relates to a medical device for delivering a therapeutic agent to a tissue. The medical device has a layer overlying the exterior surface of the medical device. The layer contains a therapeutic agent and an additive. In certain embodiments, the additive has a hydrophilic part and a drug affinity part, wherein the drug affinity part is at least one of a hydrophobic part, a part that has an affinity to the therapeutic agent by hydrogen bonding, and a part that has an affinity to the therapeutic agent by van der Waals interactions. In embodiments, the additive is water-soluble. In further embodiments, the additive is at least one of a surfactant and a chemical compound, and the chemical compound has a molecular weight of from 80 to 750 or has more than four hydroxyl groups. In a preferred embodiment, the additive comprises ascorbyl palmitate, polyglycerol-10 oleate, octoxynol-9, p-isononylphenoxypolyglycidol, tyloxapol, niacinamide, thiamine hydrochloride, nicotinic acid, 2-pyrrolidone-5-carboxylic acid or albumin.


IRMA ANDRIANI. Physicochemical Characterization of Resistant Starch Type V (RSV) from Manggu Type Cassava (Manihot esculenta) of Oil and Fatty Acid Modification. Supervised by DIDAH NUR FARIDAH and FALEH SETIA BUDI. Resistant starch type 5 (RSV) is results in complex formation between amylose and lipids. In this research, manggu type cassava starch modification using palm oil (MS), coconut oil (MK), stearic acid (AS) and lauric acid (AL) with a concentration of 10%, 20%, 30%, characterization of physicochemical properties, and compared between oil and fatty acids modification. Modification of the oil and fatty acid significantly lowers the value of the digestibility of starch 18.98% to 51.00% Native has the highest starch digestibility value amounted to 89.42%, while the starch digestibility was lowest for the treatment of starch with 30% stearic acid (AS30) amounted to 38.42%. This was also supported by increased levels of resistant starch on AS30, which reached 37.87% and decreased levels of amylose up to 13.11%. The results are greater concentrations of oil or fatty acid used will increase the levels of resistant starch and decrease digestibility and amylose content in starch. Crystal type determination by XRD, native starch has shown type A, AS30 show peak at 7.50 indicated amylose lipid complex, meanwhile the other modified starch not shows peak at 7.50, 12.70 and 19.90 which is crystal type V, amylose lipid complex. Thermal properties using DSC shown melting point in AL30 (Tp = 104.52 0C, To = 98.78 0C, Tc = 106.61 0C, ΔH = -83.83 J/g). Pasting properties using Rapid Visco Analyzer (RVA) have shown that addition of fatty acids decreased value of breakdown, setback and peak viscosity. AS30 had the lowest breakdown and setback of 153 cP and 135 cP respectively, while peak viscosity was 1329 cP. Starch morphology analysis using SEM has shown that native starch had oval-shaped starch granule rather than clump-shaped starch granule of modified starch and there are some whole granules which is not completed gelatinization. Meanwhile, oil and fatty acid modification of starch significantly increased fat content of modified starch (p<0.05).


Objective: To explore the clinical manifestations and treatment of peripheral nerve injury attributed to anticol cough syrup abuse. Methods: Clinical manifestations, as well as laboratory examinations, including electromyography, muscle biopsy and sural nerve biopsy were analyzed, whereby clinical diagnosis and the underlying mechanism were assessed.Results: The patients showed the drug dependence caused by long time anticol cough syrup abuse. Electromyography indicated the obvious features of peripheral neurogenic injury. Muscle biopsy revealed that the damage of muscle fibers and scattered lymphocytes and monocytes infiltration, ultrastructural changes included the cloudy structure of sarcomere and the vacuolar degeneration of mitochondria. Nerve biopsy indicated the swollen myelinated fibre loose lamellar structure and damaged axon in sural nerve. Immunofluorescent staining further confirmed the destroyed axon and thinning myelin.Conclusion: Anticol cough syrup abuse may cause peripheral nerve injury. In addition to drug treatment, the symptoms could be alleviated by Vitamin B administration.


p25, a degradation product of p35, has been reported to accumulate in the forebrain of patients with Alzheimer's disease. p25 as well as p35 are activators of cyclin‐dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5) although p25/Cdk5 and p35/Cdk5 complexes have distinct properties. Several mouse models with high levels of p25 expression exhibit signs of neurodegeneration. On the contrary, we have shown that low levels of p25 expression do not cause neurodegeneration and are even beneficial for particular types of learning and memory [Angelo et al., (2003) Eur J. Neurosci., 18, 423–431]. Here, we have studied the influence of low‐level p25 expression in hippocampal synaptic plasticity and in learning and memory for each sex separately in two different genetic backgrounds (129B6F1 and C57BL/6). Surprisingly, we found that low‐level p25 expression had different consequences in male and female mutants. In the two genetic backgrounds LTP induced by a strong stimulation of the Schaffer's collaterals (four trains, 1‐s duration, 5‐min interval) was severely impaired in male, but not in female, p25 mutants. Furthermore, in the two genetic backgrounds spatial learning in the Morris water maze was faster in female p25 mutants than in male transgenic mice. These results suggest that, in women, the production of p25 in Alzheimer's disease could be a compensation for some early learning and memory deficits.


Introduction Selecting a suitable wound dressing for patients with partial-thickness burns (PTBs) is important in wound care. However, the comparative effectiveness of different dressings has not been studied. We report the protocol of a network meta-analysis designed to combine direct and indirect evidence of wound dressings in the management of PTB. Methods and analysis We will search for randomised controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating the wound-healing effect of a wound dressing in the management of PTB. Searches will be conducted in MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, the Cochrane Wounds Group Specialised Register and CINAHL. A comprehensive search strategy is developed to retrieve articles reporting potentially eligible RCTs. Besides, we will contact the experts in the field and review the conference proceedings to locate non-published studies. The reference lists of articles will be reviewed for any candidate studies. Two independent reviewers will screen titles and abstracts of the candidate articles. All eligible RCTs will be obtained in full text to perform a review. Disagreement on eligibility of an RCT will be solved by group discussion. The information of participants, interventions, comparisons and outcomes from included RCTs will be recorded and summarised. The primary outcome is time to complete wound healing. Secondary outcomes include the proportion of burns completely healed at the end of treatment, change in wound surface area at the end of treatment, incidence of adverse events, etc. Ethics and dissemination The result of this review will provide evidence for the comparative effectiveness of different wound dressings in the management of PTB. It will also facilitate decision-making in choosing a suitable wound dressing. We will disseminate the review through a peer-review journal and conference abstracts or posters. Trial registration number PROSPERO CRD42016041574; Pre-results.


This paper explores the consequences of a difference in the levels of public inputs accumulated over time in a small open economy model where capital tax revenues are used exclusively for the provision of public inputs, while the government sets the capital tax rate in way to maximise its country's natio nal income. It is shown that in this case the optimal capital tax rate in a country is a decreasing func tion of its stock of accumulated public inputs. The model thus implies that capital tax harmonisation could actually be detrimental to the so-called core EU member states as it could fix their capital tax rates at an in-optimally high levels and thus hinder their ability to dampen undesirable capital out flows.


The invention discloses a headrest type suspended anesthesia device in the anesthesia department. The headrest type suspended anesthesia device comprises a box, an installing plate is arranged at one side of the box, a fixing plate is connected with the surface of the installing plate through a guide rod, a lead screw is arranged between the installing plate and the fixing plate, the two ends of the lead screw are connected with the installing plate and the fixing plate through bearings respectively, the bottom end of the lead screw penetrates through the installing plate and is connected with a servo motor, the servo motor is fixedly connected with the bottom face of the installing plate, the side face of the lead screw is connected with a movable block through a threaded pair, the guide rod penetrates through a through hole in the movable block, a cross rod is fixedly connected with the side face of the movable block, and a respirator is connected to the bottom of one end, away from the movable block, of the cross rod. An inspiration mask can recover overflowing anesthetic gas and prevent the anesthetic gas from affecting doctors, and the headrest type suspended anesthesia device is convenient to use, saves time and can improve working efficiency.


The evolution of the European Court's interpretation of freedom of expression is interesting. The journalists brought the case to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, alleging that, through the judgment of its Supreme Court, Denmark had violated their freedom of expression. Jersild versus Denmark and Pedersen and Baadsgaard versus Denmark , like other judgments laid down by the European Court of Human Rights, are examples of the most significant judicial revolution that has taken place over the past four hundred years. For Europe the Universal Declaration had special significance. In connection with the creation of the Council of Europe, in 1950 European states ratified the European Convention on Human Rights. An enormous number of cases have for some years been pending before the European Court of Human Rights. Keywords: Council of Europe; Denmark; European Convention on Human Rights; European Court of Human Rights; Jersild; Strasbourg; Supreme Court


The past two decades have seen a steady increase in the labour force participation of women with young children. This has made child care an important policy issue. This paper describes the development in 1996 of a prototype model of Australian child care services and subsidies — CHILDMOD. It was developed by NATSEM at the request of the then Department of Health and Family Services. The primary use envisaged for CHILDMOD was to estimate the immediate distributional effects of simulated child care policy changes in Australia. Although in its current form CHILDMOD has been successfully benchmarked to 1996 administrative data, further validation as well as updating would be needed before it could be used to analyse policy issues of current interest.


The objective of this study was to assess the potential of an amphiphilic chitosan derivative, namely N-hexanoyl-O-glycol chitosan (HGC) as a carrier agent for herbicide atrazine. The physicochemical properties of HGC were characterised using several analytical instruments. The critical micelle concentration (CMC) of HGC was determined using a Fluorescence Spectrometer. A High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) was used to determine encapsulation efficiency and loading capacity of atrazine in the amphiphilic chitosan derivative. Research findings found that the addition of hexanoyl and glycol groups to the chitosan backbone has improved the thermal stability of chitosan. TEM observation confirmed that HGC can form self-aggregation in the solution with spherical shape. The CMC values determined for HGC was 0.008 mg/mL. HGC also exhibited excellent encapsulation efficiency and loading capacity. The release profiles of atrazine loaded in HGC showed that it has different release behaviour than the pure herbicide in solution. In conclusion, the results from the study suggest that the amphiphilic chitosan derivative is applicable to be utilised as carrier agent for herbicide atrazine in pesticide formulation.


In article results of long-term researches of a problem of iodic deficiency and his(its) influence on health of children are submitted. The epidemiological criterion of iodic deficiency frequency неонатальной гипертиреотропинемии for the first time is analysed. During mass preventive maintenance ЙДЗ frequency транзиторного неонатального гипотиреоза (ТНГ) has made 0,2% and corresponded(met) to an easy degree of weight of iodic deficiency. From communication(connection) with the termination(discontinuance) йодирования bread as one of methods not I of preventive maintenance ЙДЗ, is marked negative dynamics(changes) increase ТНГ and a craw at schoolboys.


Our daily life is changing by the smart objects, such as smart watches, smart phones etc. They make the cyber world and the physical world integrated by their abundant abilities of sensing, communication and computation etc. Focusing on a wide range of the integrated network, a statistical based strategy was introduced to get a special kind of link between objects, the statistical probability communication link. To get a maximized information spread probability for grouped people, this paper introduced a distributed, yet efficient algorithm naming DMPID algorithm, for finding a sub-network to spread people oriented inforamtion. The DMPID algorithm take the size of the selection and the information spread probability into account, and made a balance between the two parameters. Extended simulation showed that the DMPID algorithm performs well in different distributed networks.


In this paper we present an initiative born within the Spanish Human- Computer Interaction Association (AIPO). Our aim is the creation of a groupwork to discuss the basic contents of an introductory course to HCI and to design a common-core syllabus of curriculacontents in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) in Spanish, using the Internet as the medium ofsharing contents. It is an initiative to promote and allow a free access of HCI curricula to the Spanish community and the Latin American community. It is open to all interested contributions from any educational institution. As an example we present the experience of the application of the virtual course Introduction to H CI made at the Universities of Lleida, Granada, Carlos III and Castilla-La Mancha.


Highlights the existence of other factors in the local museum context that can be proactively addressed to help ensure local museums are not under-utilised resources in under-resourced communities. The potential benefits of more constructive relationships between museums and communities are established, via a case study of a specific relationship - the Museum of Victoria and the Victorian Pacific migrant community(ies).


Over and over again we, in the Institute (this year we are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Institute's establishment and its functioning *1985), we want to follow the opportunities offered by our conference, which are the current exchange of experiences and transfer of the knowledge, and especially the development of archival theory and practice as well as of the archival science in all geographical areas, where archives, which are indisputably important cultural, scientific and educational institutions, operate.