A last mapping of Mount Kenya's vanishing glaciers was accomplished with a photo flight in September 2004. This invites a documentation of the variations in the course of the past more than a century and closes the sequence of photogrammetric mappings for 1947, 1963, 1987, and 1993. A decades-long glaciological monitoring program has been undertaken on the largest, the Lewis Glacier. Regarding the historical continuity of glaciological observations, Mount Kenya and especially Lewis Glacier are unique within the tropics. In contrast to the other two glaciated mountain regions on the Equator, glacier recession in East Africa began only in the 1880's, concomitant with an abrupt change in atmospheric circulation and decrease in cloudiness and precipitation. Increased net shortwave radiation provided the forcing for the onset of the glacier recession, while the later ice shrinkage on Mount Kenya may be ascribed to greenhouse effects.


There are abundant pyrrolic nitrogenous compounds in oil of Zhenbei Oilfield in Ordos Basin and these compounds are generally of similar distribution in the same formation or different formations. The pyrrolic compounds contain mainly alkycarbazoles and a little bensocarbozoles. The dibenzocarbazoles are not detected. But there are obvious differences between the absolute concentration and relative distribution of the nitrogenous compounds showing the significant fractionation effects of hydrocarbon migration. With the increasing of oil migration effects, the absolute concentration of nitrogenous compounds decreases, whereas the ratio of shielded and exposed or semi-shielded nitrogenous compounds increases. Based on the horizontal distribution of nitrogenous compounds, it is known that the hydrocarbon migration direction in Zhenbei Oilfield is from northeast to southwest for Well Block Zhen 53 and Zhen 221, but from northwest to southeast for Well Block Zhen 218.


Abstract The impact of disciplinary military sanctions on respect for international humanitarian law depends on the extent to which the principles governing that law have been integrated into the disciplinary rules of the armed forces and the range of responsibility of the commanding officer giving an order which breaches international humanitarian law or which does not ensure respect for it. Whereas the armed forces rely on a strong principle of obedience, respect for international humanitarian law depends essentially on the superior officer whose responsibility is subject to sanctions imposed by international criminal judges within a judicial system which aims to make sanctions an effective means of ensuring respect for international humanitarian law.


A sixty five years male presented with stridor and dysphonia in emergency clinic of Govt. CIMS medical college, Bilaspur. Indirect laryngoscopic examination revealed a polypoidal lesion in glottic chink. CT scan evaluation confirmed the findings of clinical examination. Patient was relived of symptoms after emergency tracheostomy followed by surgical removal of polypoidal lesion from right vocal cord by microlaryngeal surgery. Histopathological examination revealed myxoma. Clinical examination after eight months showed significant improvement in hoarseness of voice with no evidence of recurrence of lesion.


Data resulting from behavioral dental research, usually categorical or discretized and having unknown measurement and distributional characteristics, often cannot be analyzed with classical multivariate techniques. A non linear principal components technique called multiple correspondence analysis is presented with its corresponding computer program that can handle this kind of data. The model is described as a form of multidimensional scaling. The technique Is applied in order to establish which factors are associated with an Individual's preference for preservation of the teeth.


Pavement rehabilitation can make great in-roads into the limited funds available to most Engineer's Departments of Town Councils. It is therefore especially important that the priorities of such work be correctly determined and that the best design be used that takes into account factors, such as the existing pavement properties, the expected traffic, environmental effects and practical implementation problems. This paper presents two case studies of pavement rehabilitation design through a systematic and iterative analysis of the total situation in the pavement management context. The simple tools used and the graphical methods of presenting their results provides a picture of the problem that allows engineering, practical and financial issues to be easily weighed up against one another. In both cases the pavements with bituminous bases were found to be preferred above equivalent pavements with granular bases.(A) For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 828827.


OBJECTIVE
It is to study the stimulation and possible active mechanism of miRNA-21 on AGS proliferation of gastric cancer.

MATERIALS AND METHODS
AGS gastric cancer cells were cultivated in vitro and then divided into the blank control group, the PGE2 (prostaglandin E2) group, the anti-miRNA-21 group and the PGE2 + anti-miRNA-21 group and the MTT and the flow cytometry methods were adopted to test the effect of PGE2 or/and anti-miRNA-21 intervention on AGS cell proliferation and apoptosis and the differences to miRNA-21 expression. In addition, the cells were also divided into the blank control group, the PGE2 group, the PGE2 + Perifosine group, the PGE2 + anti-miRNA-21 group and the PGE2 + anti-miRNA-21 + Perifosine group and the MTT and flow cytometry methods were adopted to test the effect of Perifosine intervention on AGS cell proliferation and apoptosis and on PTEN and p-AktmRNA and protein expressions.

RESULTS
Compared with the control group, AGS cell proliferation activity increased significantly, the apoptosis rate decreased and the miRNA-21tmRNA and protein expression increased in the PGE2 group (p < 0.05); compared with the PGE2 group, the AGS cell proliferation rate decreased, the apoptosis rate increased and the miRNA-21mRNA and protein expressions decreased (p < 0.05) in the anti-miRNA-21 group and the PGE2 + anti-miRNA-21 group. In addition, after intervention of Perifosine, the AGS cell proliferation rate decreased, the apoptosis rate increased, the PTEN mRNA and protein expressions increased and the pAktmRNA and protein expressions decreased (p < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONS
miRNA-21 may promote the growth of gastric cancer cells by adjusting and controlling PTEN/Akt signal passage mediated PEG2.


This study explored how a diverse team influences the action research process and what team dynamics emerged when employing the stages of action research when tasked to develop an academic program aimed at inclusive leadership. Tuckman's (1965) stages of group development and an action research design conceptually frame this study. The researchers use a mixed methodology utilizing quantitative data from the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) to assess the team's level of intercultural sensitivity, along with qualitative observations and interviews to determine if the team's diverse composition contributed to the academic development process. The results of the study showed: team dynamics, a safe work environment, and intentionality had the greatest influence on the team's success in academic program development. Findings of this study can be used to inform faculty, administrators, and facilitators on the utility of action research methods when collaboratively developing academic programs and other pertinent initiatives that comprise individuals from diverse backgrounds.


In 1989 the Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order, or Tri-Party Agreement, was signed initiating a 30-yr program to clean up hazardous chemical and radioactive wastes at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Hanford site. A major portion of this program is directed toward the stabilization and remediation of dangerous wastes accumulated in underground storage tanks. Verification of tank structural integrity and characterization of waste stored in the tanks is a high priority of this program. The light-duty utility arm (LDUA) system is being developed to obtain this vital data. This system will provide the capability to perform tank surveillance and inspection, in situ waste characterization, and small-scale retrieval operations. The DOE's Office of Technology Development (EM-50) is sponsoring this work to support Waste Operations (EM-30) missions, including retrieval and separations technology development, tank characterization and surveillance programs, and tank safety assessment.


We have performed molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to investigate self-assembly at water–trichloroethylene (TCE) interfaces with the emphasis on systems containing sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) surfactants and modified hydrocarbon nanoparticles (1.2 nm in diameter, non-charged and negatively charged, respectively). The surfactants and nanoparticles were first distributed randomly in the water phase. The MD simulations have clearly shown the progress of migration and final equilibrium of the SDS molecules at the water–TCE interfaces, with the non-charged nanoparticles either at or in the vicinity of the interfaces depending on surfactant concentrations. The non-charged nanoparticles co-equilibrate with the surfactants at the interfaces at low concentrations of surfactants; however, the surfactants, at high concentrations, competitively dominate the interfaces and deplete nanoparticles away from the interfaces. The interfacial properties, such as interfacial thickness and interfacial tension, are significantly influenced by the presence of the surfactant molecules, but not the non-charged nanoparticles. Interestingly, nanoparticle charge has a significant impact on interfacial assembly, structure and properties. The negatively charged nanoparticles co-equilibrate with the SDS surfactant molecules at the TCE–water interfaces, regardless of the surfactant concentration. Although the inclusion of the charged nanoparticles has a minor influence on the interfacial thickness, it significantly affects the distribution, ordering and effectiveness of the SDS surfactant molecules.


Hanging Off the Edge: Revelations of a Modern Troubadour. By Priscilla McLean. New York: iUniverse, Inc., 2006. [xiii, 279 p. ISBN 0-595-37548-0 $21.95.] Works list, discography, bibliography, endnotes, compact disc. This book could be called a contemporary woman composer's version of Dr. Burney's diaries and travel accounts. It contains fascinating details about people and places throughout the world and also about the obstacles which twentieth-century performing artists encountered. The reader experiences many things with the McLeans: the equipment schlepping; battles with facial shingles; lack of insurance; cross-country travel; prices of food, cars, tuition; interactive performance pieces; composition competitions; MacDowell Colony resident fellowships; an Indonesian videographer; hiking in wildlife parks, rainforests, and mountains; even writing a review for Notes. Priscilla McLean, an electronic music composer/performer and video artist, narrates her autobiography with scattered original poems, philosophical thoughts, and selected diary entries. On 19 September 1974 she and her husband Bart gave their first electronic performance as the McLean Mix at Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana. After several years working at academic institutions, the couple decided to make their living solely as performers. They have received numerous awards, grants, commissions, fellowships, and residencies. The book is organized into four chapters: "Beginnings and Endings" (family heritages of Priscilla Taylor and her husband Bart McLean, adolescent years); "Becoming" (college years, teaching, performing); "The Composing Life" (descriptions and genesis of the fourteen musical excerpts on the accompanying compact disc); and "Dangling Thoughts" (recollections of ten people who made significant impressions on her, reflections on her "troubadour" life). "Beginnings and Endings" inserts recollections from the 1993 cross-country concert tour (when her father died) with McLean's adolescent years. "Becoming" relates college years in Indiana, teaching gigs (including one at the University of Texas at Austin), and diary entries from a 1981 trip to Europe-touring Brussels, attending the Gaudeamus Festival in Holland, visiting IRCAM, serving as Musical America correspondent to the eleventh Muzicki Biennale in Zagreb, and participating in a radio interview in Hilversum. "The Composing Life" includes some entertaining stories, e.g., McLean did not seek copyright permission for her work Variations & Mosaics on a Theme of Stravinsky, until Alexander Broude published the work. This piece was recorded by Jorge Mester and the Louisville Orchestra and nominated for a 1979 Pulitzer Prize. …


The aim of this paper is to present the application of particle filtering to LORAN-C navigation. After consideration of preprocessing treatment, one derives a complete modeling of the global problem. The model of the received wave is particularly adapted to the particle context and allows to reduce the number of particles required. Simulation results are given.


Lesson Concepts: Students will read an article on one effect of climate change (global warming) in small groups. They will answer questions on this article and fill in a graphic organizer. The graphic organizer will be presented to the class. After all presentations, each group of students will develop a graphic organizer that looks at the causes, implications, and solutions to the eight different effects of global warming discussed in the articles. Learning Objectives — Students will be able to: • Explain how climate change affects hurricanes, wildfires, animal populations, human health and allergies, and sea levels. • Present information to their peers. • Read and understand information on how to combat the effects of climate change. California Science Standards: HS Earth Science 6.c. Students know how Earth's climate has changed over time, corresponding to changes in Earth's geography, atmospheric composition, and other factors, such as solar radiation and plate movement. HS Earth Science 6.d. Students know how computer models are used to predict the effects of the increase in greenhouse gases on climate for the planet as a whole and for specific regions. Education and the Environment Initiative Educational Principles and Concepts Principle IV: The exchange of matter between natural systems and human societies affects the long-term functioning of both. As a basis for understanding this principle: Concept a. Students need to know that the effects of human activities on natural systems are directly related to the quantities of resources consumed and to the quantity and characteristics of the resulting byproducts. Concept b. Students need to know that the byproducts of human activity are not readily prevented from entering natural systems and may be beneficial, neutral, or detrimental in their effect. In the film we visit Dr. Robert Mulvaney at the British Antarctic Survey Programme in Cambridge, England. Dr. Mulvaney is an international ice core expert. He links his ice core research to climate change. Climate change is a result of the increased production of greenhouse gases and has long-reaching and severe effects.


Abstract Teacher educators arguably fulfil several roles in their professional context: they can be seen as role models or teachers of teachers, and have additionally been characterised as researchers, mentors, gatekeepers, brokers, and curriculum developers. To address a perceived gap in the literature on the latter role, a quantitative and qualitative exploratory study into educators' own perceptions of their role as curriculum developers was conducted at a large teacher education department in the Netherlands. Seventy-five educators completed a digital questionnaire. Their responses reveal that the participants generally consider themselves to be curriculum developers, are aware of the responsibilities this professional role entails, and can pinpoint concrete practices in which the role becomes visible. The findings furthermore suggest that educators have been prepared for and develop professionally in this role in a variety of ways, mostly through informal learning with their colleagues at the workplace. Based on these findings, recommendations are made to inform educational practice, policy, and research.


A small group of children are sitting around the teacher. Timmy is reading. "Then the dog ran down the road with the stick." "Thank you, Timmy. Karen?" Karen was the next child sitting in the circle. There is a pause, "Please read, Karen." There is a longer pause. "Weren't you following along?" There is the longest pause. "Karen, I'll have to speak with your mother about this. You never know the place when it's your turn to read."


It is advantageous in mechanics to identify experiments that correspond to tractable boundary value problems-this facilitates data reduction and interpretation. Increasingly more situations are arising, however, wherein experimentalists cannot dictate the geometry or applied loads during testing. Inverse finite element methods are, therefore, becoming essential tools for calculating material parameters. In this paper, we present numerical and experimental results that show that one such inverse finite element method is very useful in characterizing the mechanical behavior of neo-Hookean (rubber) membranes subjected to axisymmetric and nonaxisymmetric finite inflations.


In this paper, an efficient generation of river navigation maps based on user input on the Web is described. XML-based approach can provide concepts and solutions to significantly improve the overall quality of the Web application relating to map maintenance, performance and usability problems. Therefore, dynamic map generation capabilities of the chosen Internet GIS are analyzed in order to optimize the application system architecture. The main principles and components of XML-based map generation are explained. Web application for efficient presentation of waterway signs and river navigation marks was developed by using the XML-based approach in agreement with the European Inland ECDIS standard for creation and exchange of digital maps. The application architecture is based on the three-tier client-server architecture for the Web. Detailed application flow procedures are described. The concrete application examples concern information about the position, characteristics and functioning of different waterway signs and river navigation marks. These activities are part of the Croatian programme for River Information Services (CRORIS).


Dictionary learning often use ℓp-norm (p <; 2) for sparsity. In this paper, we use a different structure of regularizer, i.e. mixed ℓ1,2-norm regularizer for group sparsity. We propose a method based on a decomposition scheme and alternating optimization that can turn the whole problem into a set of subminimizations of univariate functions, each of which is dependent on only one dictionary atom or the coefficient vector. The ℓ1,2-norm regularizer induces sparsity over each coefficient vector rather than single coefficients. Although the subproblem with respect to the coefficient vector is still nonconvex, remarkably, it becomes much simpler and it has a closed-form solution by introducing a technique that is proximal operator. Hence, we propose a fast and efficient algorithm for learning overcomplete dictionary using the mixed ℓ1,2-norm regularizer. Due to the usage of the proximal operator, the proposed algorithm can achieve a nonliner convergence rate. The main advantages of the proposed algorithm is that, as suggested by the simulation study, it is faster and more efficient than state-of-the-art algorithms with different sparsity constraints.


ported in a total of 7 studies of 32 patients, was high (65.6%) [4] . This fits the concept that there are numerous differences between HS and acne, at least in therapy [5, 6] , and in addition, that the term acne inversa (as well as HS) appears to be also a misnomer [6] . A possible explanation for the limited therapeutic response of isotretinoin may be the absence of any significant sebaceous gland involvement of HS [4, 5] . However, there are patients who respond well to isotretinoin [1–4] . What specific group could this be? It is suggested that the acne-prone HS patients should try isotretinoin [1] . It is well known that acne and HS can occur in the same person. This clinical overlap has led to the inclusion of inhomogeneous patients in the treatment groups. It concerns 2 possible different types of HS: firstly, the classical HS patients (typical lesions on typical locations, i.e., axillary and inguinal involvement) and secondly, the classical HS type with acne affecting the face and the back. The latter disease has also been called acne ectopica or acne tetrad. It has been suggested that patients of these 2 types would respond to isotretinoin in a different way [7–9] . The HS response rates to isotretinoin in a total of 7 studies of at least 11 patients (the number of patients in 2 studies was unspecified) with acne and coexisting HS were at best equivocal compared to the excellent results in acne treatment [8, 9] . In the same patients the acne seemed to clear completely or was much improved, while in most case reports the HS lesions remained and showed only limited response. A follow-up period was never mentioned [9] . In addition, in the retrospective


In this paper we address the problem of schedulability analysis of distributed real-time transactions under EDF, where each transaction is a chain of precedence constrained tasks. We propose a new efficient methodology and a set of algorithms that explicitly take into account the offsets of the transactions. We show, with an extensive set of simulations, that our methodology provides improved schedulability conditions with respect to existing algorithms. Finally, we apply the methodology to an important class of systems: heterogeneous multiprocessor systems, with a general purpose processor and one or more coprocessors (DSPs).


We investigate how tri-party repo transactions are intermediated and priced in the post-crisis period using proprietary transaction-level data of all tri-party trades. Computing the daily average repo rate and borrowing amount, we show that the non-primary dealers that are less active in general tri-party market pay higher borrowing rate than U.S. and foreign primary dealers that are more active. The repo volume of foreign primary dealers decrease sharply at quarter ends because of regulation-induced balance sheet reductions, which may constrain their intermediation capacity between general tri-party repo market and GCF market. The repo volume of U.S. primary dealers increase at quarter ends, but the associated repo rate shoots higher, which may hinder their intermediation capacity henceforth.


The invention relates to a mining machine capable of compound rotary cutting. The mining machine has high pick cutting efficiency, comprises a compound drill or a compound roller, a driving rotary pick or a driven rotary pick, a pick sleeve, a joint tray, a gear wheel, a gear seat, a reverse drive device and a power arm, and is characterized in that part of picks arranged on drills or rollers of various mining machines can be dismantled from the pick sleeve, can be fixedly connected together with the pick sleeve and actively rotate; a gear is connected on the pick sleeve or a gear tooth is integrally arranged on the pick sleeve; a shaft, a shaft sleeve or a bearing is arranged on the picks or the pick sleeve and is connected together with the driving rotary pick, the pick sleeve connected with the gear or integrally provided with the gear tooth and the drills or rollers of the mining machine capable of compound rotary cutting via a bearing block; the gear or the gear tooth arranged on the pick sleeve is connected together with a main engine of the mining machine via a drive device or the reverse drive device; the reverse drive device is connected together with the gear connected on the pick sleeve of the driving rotary pick or the gear tooth integrally arranged on the pick sleeve; dustproof water pipes are arranged in the drills or the rollers and spray water via a nozzle.


PURPOSE: To prevent residue from fixing to an inner wall of a high pressure container by adopting a high pressure container which is specularly finished to adequate flatness as a high pressure container to be charged with reactive gas. CONSTITUTION: A first container 2 and a second container 3 are used for refining of silane and a third container 4 becomes a high pressure container charged with reactive gas which is actually connected to a CVD device during film formation, etc. A stainless container whose inner side is specularly finished to adequate flatness having a structure which resists a pressure as far as 150kg/cm 2 is used as the high pressure container 4. Thereby, it is possible to prevent remaining fine powder as well as adsorbed matter such as oxygen and carbon from fixing to a recessed part of an inner wall and from becoming difficult to be removed. Furthermore, when adsorbed oxygen, adsorbed hydrogen and further remaining fine particle in an inside of a container are removed, containers 2, 3, 4 are heated and evacuated. COPYRIGHT: (C)1993,JPO&Japio


Resin cage (20) tapered roller bearing having an annular portion (21) of small diameter, an annular portion (22) of large diameter and a plurality of land portions (23) which are arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction (the annular portions 21; connect 22) and pockets (24) for holding the tapered rollers (13) interposed between the annular portions (21; 22) and adjacent land portions (23) are formed, comprising wherein each of said web portions (23) includes a pair of extending in the circumferential direction of side surfaces (25) each comprising a roller guide surface (25c) and an inner peripheral surface (26) of the inner side, and wherein each of said pockets (24) has a roll holding part (Ar) in which a pocket width (W1) on a radially outer side and a pocket width (W2) to a radially inner side between the opposed, extending in the circumferential direction side surfaces (25) of the adjacent land portions (23) smaller than a diameter (D) of the tapered roller (13), characterized, in that a circumferential width of the inner circumferential surface (26) of the inner side is on a large-diameter side is smaller than on a side of the annular portion (21) of small diameter of the annular portion (22), that the roller guide surface (25c) is formed as a flat surface ...


Objective To explore expression changes of sex hormone binding globulin in GDM placental tissue and its significance.Methods Detecting SHBG mRNA,SHBG protein and SHBG concentration in GDM placental tissue respectively used RT-PCR,the Western blot and ELISA.Results GDM group compared with controls:SHBG mRNA(1.839±0.827 vs 2.485±1.950),SHBG protein(1.852±0.645 vs 2.522±0.842)and SHBG concentration(2.071±0.417 vs 2.495±0.529) were significantly reduced(P 0.05).Conclusion SHBG exist in GDM placental nourish cells but its synthesis and secretion were reduced.This played an important role in the pathogenesis of GDM.


Aflatoxins (Afs) are the most important and naturally occurring health hazard mycotoxin which is carcinogenic and mutagenic found mainly in cereal grain food and feeds. Disease caused by ingestion of aflatoxin through food and feed are called aflatoxicosis. They cause hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), or liver cancer mainly in humans and some animals. Considering its significant impact on human, animals and poultry health, the main aim of the present review is to provide a comprehensive overview on Afs affecting human food and animal feed of wheat from Pakistan. Afs are principal toxic secondary metabolites produced by toxigenic fungal plants (viz., Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus) on host crops either before harvest or post-harvest mainly during grain storage period. Research focuses that there are two main external factors e.g. humidity and temperature which affect the incidence of Afs producing Apergillus species. Warm and humid climatic condition prevails in most of the agricultural land of Pakistan. Humidity encourages Aspergillus to attack the wheat grains. Favorable condition for its growth is high temperature and high moisture content (>7%). The optimum temperature for Afs production is recorded as 30C. In Pakistan very little information regarding Afs status of cereal grains is available on toxicological data in general and wheat grains in particular. But few researchers highlighted the presence of Afs in wheat food and feeds. Based on their limited published work I found a mixed trend regarding the status of Afs in wheat food and feeds. Some analyzed samples were found above, and some were below the health hazard limit or permissible limit as proposed by European Union (EU) and FDA (US Food Drug Administration). Therefore, more research is needed to be carried out on the potential threats to human beings, animals and poultry after consumption of Afs contaminated wheat food and feeds.


In most countries the prevailing rule of liability for medical injuries is some form of negligence rule (Schwartz, 1992). Many countries, including the UK, the US, and Canada, are increasingly dissatis fied with this traditional system. In theory, the tort system is designed to deter medical negligence and to compensate patients injured as a result of negli gent care. The evidence suggests that it performs these functions imperfectly, at best, and at high cost, including high overhead costs. Although rough estimates suggest that the frequency and cost of malpractice claims is several-fold higher in the US than in other countries (Danzon, 1990), there is a common concern over the frequency of medical injuries and claims, and the costs of compensation and of malpractice insurance premiums.


This study describes observations and measurements of viscous properties of different types of model drilling fluids when these fluids are imposed to vibrations of different frequencies and amplitudes. These vibrations simulate the motion on a shale shaker. Our experimental data shows clearly a reduction in shear stress and gel strength caused by vibrations in drilling fluids where particles build the structures in the fluids. For purely polymeric drilling fluids no effect was seen when imposing vibrations.


This article addresses three problems that arise in coverage scheduling for wireless sensor networks subject to bandwidth constraints. The first problem focuses on minimizing the total breach under a lifetime constraint, where a breach occurs when some targets are not covered by active sensors. The second problem aims at maximizing the network lifetime under a breach constraint. Finally, the problem of computing the possible trade‐offs between breach and lifetime offered by the sensor network is also addressed. An exact approach based on a column generation algorithm is proposed for solving these problems, and a heuristic is also derived from it and briefly presented. The use of a genetic algorithm within the column generation scheme appears to significantly decrease computation time. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. NETWORKS, 2012


: In this paper, a method to infer global depth ordering for monocular images is presented. Firstly a distance metric is de fi ned with color, compactness, entropy and edge features to estimate the difference between pixels and seeds, which can ensure the superpixels to obtain more accurate object contours. To correctly infer local depth relationship, a weighting descriptor is designed that combines edge, T-junction and saliency features to avoid wrong local inference caused by a single feature. Based on the weighting descriptor, a global inference strategy is presented, which not only can promote the performance of global depth ordering, but also can infer the depth relationships correctly between two non-adjacent regions. The simulation results on the BSDS500 dataset, Cornell dataset and NYU 2 dataset demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach.


This report aims to catalogue and briefly describe Distributed Cluster Computing Environments (DCCE)as well as newly established Cluster Management Software (CMS) projects. The document started out aspart of a review commissioned by the UK government on Cluster Computing [1], and followed twoother reports: a historic review of Cluster Computing produced by the Manchester Computing Centre[2], and a critical review of Cluster Computing projects funded by the NTSC [3] and produced by theUniversity of Southampton. Whilst gathering the information to produce the Cluster Computing Review it became evident thatsoftware for cluster computing fell into one of two camps:1. Cluster Management Software (CMS) - this software is designed to administer and manageapplication jobs submitted to workstation clusters. It encompasses the traditional batch and queuingsystems.


The 2009 Andrew Tannahill Lecture

This lecture explores the rich relationship between Scottish writing and visual art. This extends from visual responses to Macpherson, Burns and Scott to artists working with Gaelic poetry in our own time. While the focus is on Scottish art the effect of Scottish literature on visual art internationally is also to be noted.


Sir,?Having read in the January Number of the Review your notice of my Second Edition, I beg your insertion of the subjoined statement. You observed that there is an identity of the second and first impressions of my work ? On the Diseases of Women,' in all except the First Part?(208 pages.) The explanation is a very simple one. The work appeared (for my convenience) in Parts, one thousand of each having been printed. Now, as a long time elapsed between the publication of the first and third portions, it was found, when the whole of the complete books had been sold, that there were left on hand about 250 copies of the third, and somewhat less of the second parts. At this time, as there was not a copy in the trade, Mr. Highley suggested, to prevent the book being long out of print, that the first part, comprising 203 pages, should be rewritten, and by this means a small second edition would be obtained, and the demand for the work temporarily supplied. 1 beg to thank the profession for their good opinion of the book, and to assure them that no pains shall be spared to make it worthy their continued approval. I am, Sir, yours respectfully,


Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which came on the heels of violent domestic protests in January 2022, elicited powerful reactions in postsocialist Kazakhstan. For the past thirty years Kazakhstan has been a close economic and political ally of Russia but in the aftermath of the invasion, the relations between the two countries are fragile. Kazakhstanis are split over the war in Ukraine along ethnic and generational lines. The pro-Russia camp is anxious about Kazakhstan moving away from Russia while Ukraine supporters are concerned about Kazakhstan's territorial integrity and their future in Russia's "sphere of influence." While outside observers have focused on Russian TV broadcasting as the main means of Kremlin propaganda in Kazakhstan, ethnographic data suggests that it is but one of many tools of information warfare. Social media emerged as a powerful means for pro-Ukrainian and pro-Russian supporters to exchange information, communicate with like-minded people, and filter out opposing views.


The discussion of the issue of whether a rocket under constant acceleration can exceed the speed of light is best resolved by applying the rules of relativistic mechanics to the problem, determining the equations of motion of the rocket, and allowing the outcome to be resolved by the result. The results indicate that the rocket does not exceed the speed of light in the "rest" coordinate system or in the coordinate system moving with the rocket, even if infinite time is allowed. The assertion has been made that if a rocket simply accelerates long enough it will exceed the velocity of light. For example a rocket accelerating at one gravity (980 cm/sec 2 ) for one year will have a velocity of sec / 10 05 . 3 365 24 60 60 980 10 cm x = ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ exceeding the velocity of light sec / 10 00 . 3 10 cm x . To see if this is true one needs to solve for the equations of motion of the rocket and determine its velocity using the principles of the theory of relativity. The problem has been solved by several authors. Misner, Thorne and Wheeler, Gravitation, 1973, pp. 166-167 give the following solution. A detailed solution of the problem is available in a separate paper entitled "Solution of the Constant Acceleration Problem".


Black habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense Jacq.), is a crop grown in small areas of the Michoacan coast, despite its economic importance given by its high deg...


Concept maps have been proposed as a tool that can help develop and exercise higher-order thinking skills, including critical thinking, reflective thinking, synthesis, analysis, among others. In this paper, we review how the different aspects of constructing a concept map can help develop and exercise these skills, and discuss why most students never reach the level of concept mapping skills required to exercises their higher-order thinking skills, in what we propose is a case of pedagogic frailty involving the 'Pedagogy and Discipline' and 'Locus of Control' dimensions.  https://doi.org/10.34105/j.kmel.2017.09.021


Hepatocellular carcinoma is the third most common cancer of gastrointestinal in Southeast Asia with incidence 626.000 cases every year worldwide. AFP level ≥400 ng/ml and USG result can be used as diagnosis parameter of hepatocellular carcinoma. Because of that, this study designed to analyse the AFP level's profile in hepatocellular carcinoma. Descriptive methods used in this study with collected data from medical records on patients that fulfilled inclusion criterias in Dr.Soetomo General Hospital during the periods of January 1st 2013- December 31st 2015. Researchers used various variables such as age, gender, etiology and size of tumor, number of nodul, hepatic function with Child classification, staging BCLC,and also AFP level.This study found that from 98 patients of hepatocellular carcinoma with high AFP level or >400ng/ml dominated with younger patients and the average age is 49.91 years, the etiology is hepatitis B (56.8%), bad result of laboratory test (SGOT,SGPT), patients with all level hepatic function based on Child-Pugh classification and staging B of tumor(70.5%). Patients with normal AFP ≤20ng/ml dominated with etiology other, and staging BCLC A and C, and female patients. There is no difference of AFP level based on number of nodul and size of tumor. In conclusion,the most common patients with high AFP level is which has hepatitis B as etiology, younger age, male gender, high SGOT level and staging BCLC B.


This thesis develops the theory of effectuses as a categorical axiomatic approach to quantum theory. It provides a comprehensive introduction to effectus theory and reveals its connections with various other topics and approaches.


In relation to food security, there are some vital elements that have maximal impact on the food supply such as the obtainability, right to use and stability. It is one of the major tasks to reduce the issues linked with it and in the existing paper, the information is gathered about agricultural productivity, a set of various tools for measuring productivity in the agricultural sector and also the importance of agricultural productivity.


This study aims to contribute a comparison of various simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) algorithms that have been proposed in literature. The performance of Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) SLAM, Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF) SLAM, EKF-based FastSLAM version 2.0, and UKF-based FastSLAM (uFastSLAM) algorithms are compared in terms of accuracy of state estimations for localization of a robot and mapping of its environment. The algorithms were run using the same type of robot on Player/Stage environment. The results show that the UKF-based FastSLAM has the best performance in terms of accuracy of localization and mapping. Unlike most of the previous applications of FastSLAM in literature, no waypoints are used in this study.


To the Editor: Pain from the sacroiliac joint (SIJ) is estimated to account for 15% to 25% of axial low back pain conditions. Many patients do not respond to conservative treatments. As a result, radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of nerves thought to supply the SIJ has gained popularity in the last few decades. Although the exact nociceptive innervation pattern of the SIJ remains unclear, it can be inferred from anatomical studies that there is no absolute, consistent universal innervation pattern among all humans. This lack of universality has led to numerous approaches to treating SIJ pain. Nonetheless, most authors agree that the innervation of the posterior SIJ arises from the L4 and L5 posterior primary rami and the lateral branches of the upper sacral dorsal rami. Techniques using variousmodes of RFA have been described. We have accumulated early experience with the "palisade" approach to the treatment of SIJ complex pain using bipolar RFA, as initially described by Cosman and Gonzalez. Our technique has essentially followed the approach described in their publication except that we applied a single monopolar lesion at the L5 sacral ala instead of applying monopolar RFA to both the L4 and L5 dorsal rami. After institutional review board approval at the University of California, Davis, we conducted a retrospective review of 23 RFA procedures of the SIJ (19 patients with 4 receiving bilateral procedures) in 2012 from January through December. Each RFA procedure followed patient report of 50% or greater pain relief from diagnostic blockade consisting of depositing local anesthetic at the S1–S3 lateral branch nerves and the L5 dorsal ramus nerve. The Numerical Rating Score (NRS) was compared before the procedure and at the first postprocedure follow-up visit. Time to the first postprocedure follow-up visit varied between 4 and 33weeks (mean, 9.65 weeks; median, 9 weeks). Fifty-two percent of patients reported greater than 50%NRS reduction and 74% reported someNRS reduction. The only known complication occurred in one patient who reported temporary numbness over the gluteal area on the same side as the injection, which fully resolved. Thus, our case review reproduced the bipolar palisade RFA approach for SIJ complex pain described by Cosman and Gonzalez with a low complication rate. Analogous to a defensive fence, the "palisade" lesion should cover the entire region of nerves thought to innervate the posterior SIJ by creating a continuous lesion zone. Relative to other RFA approaches, potential advantages of bipolar RFA include fewer and smaller gauge needles that may produce less insertion trauma, less expensive resources, potentially less procedure time because multiple locations can be ablated at once using more than 2 electrodes, and less difficulty in identifying the dorsal sacral apertures given that electrodes are placed in a straight line lateral to the sacral foramina (Fig. 1). Although these retrospective cases are not sufficient to demonstrate efficacy, they suggest that bipolar palisade RFA for SIJ pain is feasible and potentially safe, and may have advantages over other approaches; therefore, further study is warranted.


We report an experimental demonstration of the magnetoelectrocaloric effect (MECE) in multiferroic $\mathrm{GdFeO_3}$. The temperature of the magnetic material changes when an external electric field is suddenly changed. MECE is the largest below the ordering temperature of Gd moments and modifiable by a magnetic field, suggesting that the ferroelectric transition affects MECE. The observed MECE shows a higher energy efficiency than typical magnetocaloric effects and adiabatic nuclear demagnetization. The present findings provide a proof of concept of MECE in multiferroics.


The numbers of light rain, moderate rain, heavy rain process generated in daytime and the numbers of the longest continuous non - precipitation day are analyzed, using the precipitation data within fifty years from being founded to the year of 1997 of fifty stations in Henan province. The light rain and moderate rain can generate in any season. The heavy rain mainly generates between March and November,in winter they only generate in some stations located in south of Henan. Further more the number of every type process vary evidently with season, it is the least in winter, the most in summer. Their distribution vary with latitude,elevation and landform. The number of the longest continued non - precipitation day vary with season as well, the maximum lies in winter, the minor in spring and autumn, the least in summer,the difference in distribution is obvious too.


The controversy between Literature Research Society and Mandarin Duck——Butterfly School had never been on the same intellectual background and the same theoretical horizon. The reason why Literature Research Society took an active part in the controversy lies in the fact that it aimed at integrating the theories inside the society so as to define its modern standpoint.


The article describes historical documentary materials on the organization, regulation and operation of military investigative and punitive bodies as a tool to fight criminality among military units of the Russian army on the territory of the Right-Bank Ukraine in the middle of the 19th century.
The problem of Russian military presence on the territory of the Right-Bank Ukraine is multifaceted and diverse, and therefore it requires special attention from researchers. The occupational nature of the presence of Russian troops in the region was not limited to purely military realities, like the dislocation of the regiments in the settlements, conducting maneuvers, food and fodder supply, etc. It was accompanied, at the same time, by the process offormation, improvement (modernization) and further development of the repressive apparatus of the military-judicial and investigative bodies constituting the institutions and bodies of military administration existing in separate military units.
The above mentioned funds of the State archives of Ukraine contain a sufficient information array. That is why the involvement of these records, previously little used, gives the opportunity to consider the activities of the military courts from a new perspective. In particular, it makes sense to analyze materials of definite cases, to determine the links between the crime and the punishment, and to consider the practice of criminal law application in different types of criminal acts.


S100A9 belongs to a family of low-molecular-weight calcium-binding proteins and is involved in many biological processes including inflammation, cell migration and angiogenesis. It has been reported that S100A9 knockdown reduced myeloid-derived suppressor cell (MDSC) accumulation and Multiple Myeloma (MM) cell growth in MM models. MDSC are a heterogeneous population of immature myeloid cells and contribute to MM disease by immunosuppression, induction of angiogenesis and secretion of cytokines and growth factors. S100A9 is therefore proposed as an attractive drug target and compounds inhibiting the interaction of S100A9 with its receptors RAGE and TLR4 have been developed. In this study we evaluated the therapeutic relevance of S100A9 inhibition in MM using the preclinical immunocompetent murine 5T33MM model and two different small molecule inhibitors for S100A9 interactions (Active Biotech AB, Sweden). The presence of S100A9 was investigated in different cell populations. S100A9 is expressed in monocytic and granulocytic MDSC in murine and MM patient derived bone marrow (BM) samples, as demonstrated by western blot analysis and flow cytometry. S100A9 levels were higher in granulocytic MDSC compared to monocytic MDSC. Human MM cell lines and patient derived MM cells demonstrated low S100A9 expression, while no expression could be observed in 5T33MM cells. Treatment of 5T33MM mice with 30 mg/kg/day ABR-215757 (paquinimod) (quinoline-3-carboxamide analog) or ABR-238901 (N-(heteroaryl)-sulfonamide derivate) significantly diminished tumor cell percentages in the BM with ABR-238901 being the most potent one (27% relative reduction, p In conclusion, according to our study S100A9 is not involved in direct MDSC accumulation and activity; however it influences the expression of IL6 and IL10 by MDSC and act as a chemoattractant for MM cells. Interestingly, blocking S100A9 interactions in vivo affects angiogenesis and reduces tumor load especially in combination with bortezomib. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


Introduction
 Follicular lymphoma (FL) is an indolent lymphoma derived from germinal center B cells, covering approximately 20% of all lymphomas. The malignancy is generally considered an incurable condition, hence with a median survival time exceeding 10 years. A portion of patients experience early progression or histological transformation (HT) to a more aggressive lymphoma, typically diffuse large B cell lymphoma which occurs in up to 45% of FL patients, reducing the median survival after transformation to 1-2 years. Early detection of reliable predictors of HT would allow pre-emptive therapeutic intervention strategies and aim at improved survival for patients with transformed FL. In this study, we focus on the two glycolytic enzymes, Aldolase A and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH). Both proteins have previously been found to be upregulated at diagnosis in various solid cancers and associated with poor survival. In addition to its glycolytic effects, GAPDH has been recognized for its non-glycolytic effects including regulation of DNA replication and repair, RNA nuclear export and apoptosis.
 Aim
 The aim of this study was to identify biomarkers predictive of HT in patients with FL, by investigating the correlation between intratumoral aldolase A and GAPDH expression levels with the risk of transformation in pre-therapeutic tumor samples from FL patients.
 Materials and Methods
 Immunohistochemical aldolase A and GAPDH expression levels were quantified using digital image analysis in pre-therapeutic tumor tissue from FL patients at time of diagnosis for patients without (n=51) or with (n=41) subsequent HT, as well as in sequential samples at time of transformation (n=41). Staining intensities were assessed as area fractions (AFs) of the stained area normalized to the region of interest on whole biopsy sections.
 Results
 At time of initial FL diagnosis, FL patients with subsequent transformation had significantly higher levels of aldolase A and GAPDH expression compared to patients with no subsequent transformation, (p<0.001 and p=0.005). High levels of aldolase A expression (75th percentile cut-off), were found to be associated with a significantly shorter transformation free survival (TFS) (p=0.015) and progression free survival (PFS) (p=0.001). Furthermore, high levels of GAPDH expression were found to be associated with a significantly shorter TFS (p<0.001), PFS (p=0.034) as well as overall survival (OS) (p=0.018).
 Conclusion
 These results suggest that at time of initial FL diagnosis, aldolase A expression and GAPDH expression, maybe as indicators of high metabolic turnover, may be predictive of the patient's risk of subsequent histological transformation.

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Spaghetti squash (Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. pepo) is a yellow-skinned squash that forms translucent spaghetti-like strands when cooked. California leads the nation in total squash production, the majority of which is grown in the San Joaquin Valley. In October of 2019, severe fruit rot of C. pepo L. subsp. Pepo (C. pepo) was observed in fruit harvested from seven cultivated fields in San Joaquin County, California. Infected fields incurred up to 30% postharvest losses. At harvest, fruit appeared healthy. After ten days in a shaded storage shed, scattered buff to tan ringed lesions extending into the flesh of infected fruits were observed. Lesions had visible sporodochia at the center that were variable in size and continued to expand in storage. Tissue (∼1 mm3) from the lesion margins of symptomatic fruit (n=8) was surface sterilized in 75 % ethanol for 1 min then 0.6% sodium hypochlorite for a minute, and aseptically transferred to half strength acidified potato dextrose agar (0.5 APDA) and incubated at 22-25 °C. Fungal colonies which grew from the pieces were light yellow, with mycelium that was flat and mucoid. Sporodochial conidia were falcate and robust with 3 to 5 septa and measured from 44.2 to 51.6 × 4.6 to 5.9 μm (average 46.3 × 5.2 μm). Aerial conidia were profuse, borne on short monophialides, ovoid to reniform, and measured 5.1 to 12.6 μm × 3.2 to 5.6 μm (average 4.2 × 6.1 μm). DNA extracted from two isolates, was amplified with primers ITS1/ITS4, and EF1-728F/EF1-986R using PCR, to obtain sequences from the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) (White 1990), and elongation factor 1α (EF1α) (Carbone et al. 1999) genetic regions. Sequences from both isolates were identical. Sequences from isolate MVAP50001827, GenBank nos. MZ081401 (ITS) and MZ102267 (EF-1α) matched 100% to sequences of representative isolates of Fusarium petroliphilum (Q.T. Chen & X.H. Fu; Short et al., 2013, MB 802539) from Cucurbita species, MF535516 (ITS) and MF580776 (EF-1α) respectively (González, V. et al. 2018). To fulfill Koch's postulates, conidia were harvested from a culture of isolate MVAP50001827 and grown for 7 days on 0.5 APDA at room temperature (22-25 °C). A 3-cc syringe with a 25-gauge needle was used to wound and inject 200 μl of 1 × 106 conidia ml-1 into three equally spaced points 1 mm deep into the rind of C. pepo fruit (n=4). C. pepo fruit (n=4) serving as negative controls were treated similarly with 200 μl of sterile deionized water. Fruit was incubated in a growth chamber at 27 °C under 12-h diurnal cycle lighting conditions. Ten days post inoculation, lesions densely covered with white sporodochia had expanded to 7 cm diameter and 5 cm deep on average (average fruit size 31×11 cm). Twenty days post inoculation, severe fruit rot was observed. F. petroliphilum did not grow from the controls, and was successfully reisolated from the symptomatic inoculated fruits, completing Koch's postulates. Seeds inside the inoculated fruits were completely colonized and covered in conidia. Twenty-five seeds from the source seed lot was tested for F. petroliphilum by surface sterilizing and plating onto 0.5 APDA. No F. petroliphilum grew from tested seed. Postharvest fungal diseases can affect profitability of winter squash, which is often held in storage, and sold when market prices are optimal. To our knowledge, this is the first report of Fusarium petroliphilum infecting spaghetti squash (Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. pepo) in California.


nous with the heart's action, and a marked expansion, were recognised both by the eye and hand ; they ceased on the application of pressure over the humeral. M. Yelpeau determined to adopt the method of M. Pravaz, and to endeavour to obtain coagulation of the blood in the sac, by the injection of perchloride of iron. On the 21st of May the operation was performed in the following manner :?Pressure having been applied over the fore arm, as well as to the arm at the level of the inferior insertion of tlie deltoid, the surgeon made a small incision at the highest part of the tumor, through which he passed a trocar armed with a canula. To the canula he adapted a syringe filled with the liquid of M. Pravaz, and the piston of which was arranged in such a manner as to expel one drop at each turn of a screw. Eight drops of the perchloride of iron were injected in this manner, and the syringe was withdrawn after a few minutes. It seemed at this time that the tumor had be-


Metaheuristic techniques are being successfully used as optimisation methods in various application areas. This paper presents modification in one such metaheuristic called as harmony search HS that is inspired from music improvisation process. The two parameters, harmony memory consideration rate HMCR and pitch adjusting rate PAR, in HS play important role in improvisation of new harmony. Instead of keeping the parameters fixed, as reported in many existing algorithms, these are being allowed to change dynamically during the process of improvisation in the proposed algorithm. This paper further examines the effect on the results when K-means is initialised with solution returned by the proposed algorithm. The effect of harmony memory size has also been investigated on proposed approach. The experiments are performed for data clustering on nine benchmark datasets. The clustering performance of proposed algorithm is compared with K-means, fuzzy C-means, genetic algorithm, and four recently proposed variants of HS. The results are encouraging and demonstrate that the proposed algorithm provides much better values in terms of precision, recall, G-measure, inter-cluster and intra-cluster distances.


ABSTRACT In this paper we consider the monoid of all partial isometries of a star graph Sn with n vertices. Our main objectives are to determine the rank and to exhibit a presentation of . We also describe Green's relations of and calculate its cardinal.


Calculating the amount of calories in a given food item is now a common task. We propose a machine-learning-based approach to predict the amount of calories from food images. Our system does not require any input from the user, except from an image of the food item. We take a pragmatic approach to accurately predict the amount of calories in a food item and solve the problem in three phases. First, we identify the type of the food item in the image. Second, we estimate the size of the food item in grams. Finally, by taking into consideration the output of the first two phases, we predict the amount of calories in the photographed food item. All these three phases are based purely on supervised machinelearning. We show that this pipelined approach is very effective in predicting the amount of calories in a food item as compared to baseline approaches which directly predicts the amount of calories from the image.


How to enhance the return on investment in education is an issue well worth our study in the current endeavor to develop intelligence. Since the founding of the People's Republic, educational undertakings in Fujian have made great progress. But compared with the whole nation, Fujian still lags behind in major indexes of educational level. And this is particularly so in primary and secondary education. Let us have a look at table 1.


We extend existing results on multiple hypothesis testing (HT) in view of rejection option. The model has many different applications. Errors in testing of M hypotheses regarding the source distribution with an option of rejecting all those hypotheses are considered. The source is discrete and arbitrarily varying (AVS). The tradeoffs among error proba bility exponents/reliabilities are investigated and the optimaldecision strategies are outlined. Then the main result is specialize d for discrete memoryless sources (DMS) and studied further. Geometric interpretations of the optimal decision schemesare given for the current and known bounds in multi-HT for AVS. I. I NTRODUCTION In many applications such as biometric and object identification areas [14], HT within a model of M hypothetical distributions/patterns and another alternative of "rejec tion all hypotheses" is a core problem. Motivated by those practical aspects, we consider the problem within the frames of the works by Hoeffding [1], Csiszár and Longo [2], Blahut [3], Haroutunian [6], Birgé [4], Fu and Shen [9], Tuncel [10], Grigoryan and Harutyunyan [13], and want to formulate the corresponding asymptotic bounds for error probabilities. A in those papers, we assume that the observations upon which the decision making is performed are available from the source without noise. A further expansion of this subject could strengthen the conditions of decision making based on corrupted samples of the source. The cited papers do not treat the option of rejection. In particular, [3] character iz s the optimum relation between two error exponents in binary HT and [6] (see also advances [11]) and [10] study the multiple (M > 2) HT for DMS's in terms of logarithmically asymptotically optimality (LAO) and errors exponents achievabili ty, respectively. The binary andM -ary HT for a more general class of sources – AVS's, are the subjects of [9] and [13], respective ly. The latter derives also Chernoff error bounds for HT on AVS's and extends the finding by Leang and Johnson [8] for DMS's. Our current work is further extension of M -ary HT for discrete sources and direct generalization of [13] in terms of errors occurring with respect to rejection decision. A similar mod el of HT with empirically observed statistics for Markov sourc es has been explored by Gutman in [5]. II. M ODELS OF SOURCE ANDHT Let X andS be finite sets: the alphabet of an information source and its states, respectively. Let P(X ) be the set of all probability distributions (PD) onX . The source in our focus is defined by the following family of conditional PD's Gs depending on arbitrarily and not probabilistically varyin g source states ∈ S: G △ = {Gs, s ∈ S} (1) with Gs △ = {G(x|s), x ∈ X}. An output source vector x △ = (x1, ..., xN ) ∈ X N has a probability dictated by a state vectors ∈ S measurable as follows G (x|s) △ = G s (x) △ = N


The aim of the program is to provide training in the use of plastic waste and to improve the effectiveness of children in ketapang in managing plastic waste into attractive, useful and valuable crafts. This training was conducted in Tanjung Ketapang village on 18 to 19 Febuarai 2020. In this training there were 10 participants and 11 students. This method of training used the technique (1) of socialization for material delivery to the participants, (2) The implementation of plastic waste management practices into flower pot-shaped handicrafts, (3) reflections made to evaluate the activities. The result of this community devotion is handicraft in the form of flower pots from used plastic material. This training enhances the creativity of children from works that have an artistic value that has a variety of motives.


The most prominent and pronounced form of casteism that prevails in the Nigerian society is the discrimination against Osus. Osu is a caste determined by heredity irrespective of the individual's religious faith and practices. Though coming from a society where individual merit and achievement entitles one to the highest indigenous title and social prestige, Osus cannot aspire to one for their stigmatized caste status. Under the colonial influence, Osus became the first people to be educated, which made them the earliest Nigerian-Igbo elites, but this privileged class status too could not provide them an inroad into the mainstream of the Igbo society, which makes the Osu identity paradoxical. In this article, we attempt a reading of how the exclusionary practices of Igbo marriage ritual contribute in constructing the Osu identity as perpetually marginalized and, in doing so, how the Igbo society throws its preoccupation with individual merit and achievements as the keys to social respectability to the wind through Buchi Emecheta's third novel The Bride Price. The novel is a study in different forms of marginalizations and liminalities, which raises questions about agency as it exposes the paradoxes on which the social life of a tribe is riveted.


This study aimed to do an analysis of traditional assyrian-chaldean sequences from the directory of the liturgy services of this tradition, and to bring out the modal systematic.
Before suggesting it, there was a limited historical approach of the assyrian-chaldean origin and a brief reminder of the main axes of this church's liturgy, and its most important schools. A three-steps-transcription of the sequences was suggested - as performed by Monsignor 'Afrām B(e)di- that's: etic, coded emic and coded modeled score. Then the musical analysis with the intonation formulas, the cadences, and a degrees' count that helped finding out the scale with the help of a software called PRAAT.
At the end, a synthetic outline of the directory's modal typology was proposed. It turned out the melodies' subjugation to the common norms of the Near and Middle-East, particularly the predominance of the zalzalian gender (that divides the exact fourth into two neutral seconds and a major one) and the organization of the modal topography in tetra-cords.


This recent addition to a growing literature on the 'quality' debate signals its focus in the title: it is a book for managers about their roles, their potential within the public sector to effect change; it is about their choices. Yet, curiously, there is no attempt to set out this approach within a context of 'power' differences between those who manage and those who are 'managed'. This emphasis on the role of the public-sector manager reveals both the strength and, eventually, the weaknesses of the book. By identifying the role of managers, and the choices they make, Lucy Gaster relegates to the sidelines an emerging critique of quality and the public sector concerned with the role played by community organizations as they seek to influence the part played by this emerging class of new managers. There are two separate but interrelated points here. First, there is an ambiguity in this study concerning the extent to which Lucy Gaster has taken account of the need for community organizations to have a 'voice' or 'dialogue' with managers. There are some references to it, as we describe later; on balance, however, we feel that Lucy Gaster ends up on the side of the status quo and is more concerned with the exploration of change from the perspective of the manager. To this extent she marginalizes those who are keen to examine the implications for managers if they seek to give space to those who are excluded (by design or default). Second, there is the issue of whether the emerging managerial paradigm is itself able to take account of those organizations and groups who wish to exercise a 'voice'. Current practice and the language of new managerialism posits itself as part of the 'listening' or 'responsive' managerialism. Yet, the legitimacy given to groups is, in our view, mixed, and has increasingly been overtaken by a typology which gives credence to 'consumers' or 'purchasers' but to little else. Community groups, tenants' groups or activists are being asked to redefine themselves to secure 'entry' to the process-this debate is almost entirely absent here. As a consequence, the 'voice' of communities is peripheral to the concerns of managers, who are seen as the ones who have to make 'practical' or 'policy'


Ferrocene-containing polymers are an important member in the class of redox- responsive polymers, changing e.g. their solubility or conformation upon external stimuli. We present a study of their vibrational spectra using inelastic neutron scattering, focusing on the central building block of these polymers, the organometallic ferrocene complex. The vibrational modes of a bulk ferrocene sample are compared to those of poly(vinylferrocene), poly(ferrocenyldimethylsilane) and poly(ferrocenylmethylsilane). In the former polymer, the ferrocene complex is laterally attached to the polymer chain and the vibrational spectrum shows a slight shift and broadening of the fingerprint modes in the range of 100-800 cm−1 except for the ring-metal-ring stretching mode which was not detectable anymore. The latter two polymers, where the ferrocene complex is part of the polymer backbone, exhibit larger differences to the vibrational spectrum of bulk ferrocene. Moreover, several contributions to the spectra caused by methyl groups in these polymers could be identified. In order to study the influence of oxidation on ferrocene and redox-responsive polymers, we investigated the ionic compound ferrocenium triiodide and oxidized poly(vinylferrocene). It is observed that the weakening of the η5-complex bond by a missing electron leads to a significant shift of the fingerprint modes to lower frequencies.


: In the 21st century, people's cognitive level continues to improve, and a lot of excellent literary works gradually come into view. Literary works are the art created by language, and literary translation is the use of another language tool to convey the artistic conception of the original work, so that readers can be enlightened, inspired and immersed in translation. Translation should not be a simple technical language change, but rather requires translators to deeply understand the artistic creation process of the original author by reproducing the language of the original work, thus finding content that is more in line with the original work in their own thoughts, emotions, and life experiences. The foregrounding concept is a key for translators to do well in literary translation. It means that the foreground (the most prominent and important part in the text) is reflected in the translation process, so as to achieve a better translation effect. In literary translation, foregrounding can make the translation more vivid, accurate, and faithful to the original, while also enhancing the reader's reading experience and improving the readability and comprehensibility of translation. Therefore, this paper explores the specific application of foregrounding in literary translation, aiming to provide better theoretical guidance for translators.


In this paper we study different types of planar random motions (performed with constant velocity) with three directions, defined by the vectors d j = (cos(2πj/3), sin(2πj/3)) for j = 0, 1, 2, changing at Poisson-paced times. We examine the cyclic motion (where the change of direction is deterministic), the completely uniform motion (where at each Poisson event each direction can be taken with probability ) and the symmetrically deviating case (where the particle can choose all directions except that taken before the Poisson event). For each of the above random motions we derive the explicit distribution of the position of the particle, by using an approach based on order statistics. We prove that the densities obtained are solutions of the partial differential equations governing the processes. We are also able to give the explicit distributions on the boundary and, for the case of the symmetrically deviating motion, we can write it as the distribution of a telegraph process. For the symmetrically deviating motion we use a generalization of the Bose-Einstein statistics in order to determine the distribution of the triple (N 0, N 1, N 2) (conditional on N(t) = k, with N 0 + N 1 + N 2 = N(t) + 1, where N(t) is the number of Poisson events in [0, t]), where N j denotes the number of times the direction d j (j = 0, 1, 2) is taken. Possible extensions to four directions or more are briefly considered.


Increased emphasis has been placed on the treatment of paper mill waste water discharges, and the smaller non integrated mills are facing the pos sibility of costly cleanup programs. Recent pilot plant studies for the Es leeck Manufacturing Company and the Strathmore Paper Company of Turners Falls, Mass., have revealed that co agulation of the excess white water (the major part of the wastewater from both mills) followed by microstraining successfully removed most of the solids and turbidity. The pilot studies utilizing micro straining or coagulation and micro straining were undertaken after it was determined that : 1. The companies could not dis charge untreated wastewaters to an adjacent power canal. 2. It was not economical and there was not sufficient space to construct clarifiers and sludge-handling facilities for primary treatment. 3. The town of Montague did not have capacity in its municipal plant to accept the wastewaters. Because it was necessary for the companies to provide "equivalent sec ondary treatment" in order to meet the Class B river classification for the Connecticut River, as defined by the Massachusetts Water Resources Commission, Division of Water Pollu tion Control, some type of treatment was indicated. Class B waters should


This document concerns the relationship be tween the Church and the Jewish people. Its aim is partly to provide some basic reflections, made after many years of dialogue between represent atives of the Church of Sweden and of Judaism, and partly to formulate starting points—from this perspective— for continued work in the Church of Sweden concerning its own faith, confession and teaching. It is important to clarify from the very begin ning that in this context, when using the terms «the Jewish people» and «Judaism», we do not primarily mean historical phenomena. Rather, we speak of a contemporary people and the faith of this people, the millions of men and women now living who call themselves «Jews», and the traditions— biblical, theological, ethical, ritual, historical, political— that are at the core of Jewish religious and ethnic identity. The World Council of Churches (WCC) has worked for almost half a century with the issue of the relationship between the Christian faith and Judaism. A presentation of this process was given in The Theology of the Churches and the Jewish People: Statements by the WCC and its Member Churches.1 It gives the following sum mary of the fundamental consensus found in official documents from the Churches:


Agreement on technical cooperation between the Electoral Superior Court of Brazil and the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States for the implementation of a pilot plan for voting automation. Brasilia, 17 July 2002


We have been working on a bibliographic analysis of the Portuguese academic agenda, thus far in what concerns Atlantic crossings between Brazil and Portugal. This task included an exhaustive listing of research produced in the country about migratory movements from and towards Portugal. To be specific, we reviewed, in particular, the studies analyzing Portuguese emigration to Brazil and the Brazilian immigration to Portugal. By crisscrossing the texts listed, it became apparent that Portugues...


In this paper,density-functional calculations of the change of magnetoelectric effect is porformed when the ferromagnetic component is changed,and the composite structure of ferroelectric and ferromagnetic components are found,which show more remarkable magnetoelectric effect.


A method of highly precise comparison for frequency received via a broadcasting satellite (BS) has already been proposed. The problem with that method, however, is that the orbit data required to make corrections are unavailable to general users.This paper proposes a method of highly precise frequency comparison that can eliminate the effect of doppler shifts from color sub-carrier frequencies received via the BS without orbit data. This method is a kind of data processing using a Fourier series to express the doppler shifts versus time characteristics. With this proposed method, 1) The effect of doppler shifts can be suppressed to less than approximately 30 (dB), 2) Deviations in frequency can be detected with a precision on the order of 10-11, This paper also discusses the nature of color sub-carriers received via the BS in comparison with color sub-carriers received via the VHF band of television system.


We present a novel experimental technique to study compound stress–strain relaxation of thin freestanding gold films at room temperature. The films were 125 nm thick with an average grain size of 50–60 nm. Both static experiments and time-dependent relaxation experiments were performed inside a field emission scanning electron microscope using a micro- electromechanical system (MEMS)-based test bed which is only 3 mm × 10 mm in size. The thin film specimens used in these experiments are co-fabricated with the micromechanical loading device and hence do not need to be externally aligned and gripped. We observed a significant effect of stress relaxation on Young's modulus of gold thin films and modeled the relaxation behavior using a three-parameter standard anelastic solid. The freestanding nature of the thin film also provides us with information about the mechanical behavior of thin films without any substrate effects.


Abstract ABSTRACT Degradation of acoustic signals during transmission presents a challenging selection pressure for animals dependent on vocal communication. Sound transmission properties differ among habitats and may drive the evolution of vocal signals in different directions. Urban habitat is expanding worldwide and an increasing number of species, including many birds, must now communicate around buildings and over concrete. Urban habitats are evolutionarily new, although to some extent they may acoustically resemble rocky habitat such as cliffs and canyons. Neither urban nor these natural habitats have been studied in any detail for the selection pressure they may exert on animal communication. Dark-eyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis) commonly inhabit montane pine forests across North America, but for about 25 years an isolated population has been successfully breeding in an urban environment in southern California. We investigated potentially divergent selection pressures on junco songs, using sound transmission experiments with artificial sound stimuli, in natural forest habitat and in this urban habitat. Transmission properties differed significantly, resulting in tails of reflected sound with gradually declining amplitude in the forest and in multiple discrete echoes in the urban environment. We expected environmental selection in urban habitat to favor shorter songs with higher frequencies and slower trill rates. Despite the presence of relatively short urban songs, there was no significant shortening overall. There were also no differences in trill rates, but we did find a significantly higher minimum frequency in the urban junco population compared to three of four forest populations. Although the pattern of song divergence was not consistent and it is difficult to draw firm conclusions from this single urban population, our transmission results suggest that echoes could be important in shaping urban birdsong.


The crack growth initiation behavior in delayed failure under superposed cyclic mode II stress of various stress wave forms was investigated on the precracked specimens of Ni-Cr-Mo steel quenched and tempered at 673K. When the range of mode II cyclic stress intensity factor ΔKII was superposed on the static stress intensity factor KI, the crack growth initiation time tg decreased with an increase in ΔKII, the degree of which increased with an increase in applied stress increasing period at a constant frequency; i.e. tg decreased most under cyclic load with positive saw tooth wave, followed by those with negative saw tooth wave and trapezoid. The intergranular fracture ratio ψ of crack growth initiation surface was affected little by stress wave forms of ΔKII. The reason why the crack growth initiation time tg decreased when the stress wave form of mode II had a long stress increasing period seems to be that the corrosive reaction is activated during the stress increasing period, since the protective film in the vicinity of crack tip is destroyed mechanically by cyclic stress.


Banking industry in Pakistan has become highly competitive, bankers are putting enhanced efforts to acquire and retain customers by incorporating innovative customer relationship management (CRM) techniques. Due to rapid technology penetration, customers have rapid entrance and options to multiple financial products/services. Present study focuses on measuring customer satisfaction in the result of Bank's CRM efforts. Research is based on the fact and evolve the theme of the study, that is to find the significant factors affect customer satisfaction, that is a center of customer relationship management (CRM) for controlling the excessive competition in Quetta banking industry. Two structured questionnaires are used based on quantitative view and hand out on a stratified sample. First questionnaire is having a data of 31 employees in the sampled banks to measure the CRM suitability while second one is having a data of 302 customers from the sampled banks to count the level of customer satisfaction. The findings show that the selected banks apply the CRM components and found that these are positively associated with customer satisfaction. Respecting the results of the bank survey, the level of CRM implementation and the relevance of its elements be unlikely from one to another bank. Findings confirm that in Quetta banking sector there is a tough competition going on as every bank (public, private) is trying its best to capture more and more customers. Banks have to bring change in their strategies to build and strengthen relationship with their customers because it is one of the major competitive advantages.


Even though the most recent proposal to change the architecture of internet from network-based to data-based, called Named Data Networking (NDN) is rapidly evolving, mobility support is still an open issue. Mobile IP-enabled devices are currently in the billions and increasing; as a consequence, mobility represents a challenge to overcome for the success of NDN. In this paper, we target NDN on a widespread mobile content delivery problem: highway-restricted path mobility. We propose a solution on the infrastructure side using selective interest forwarding to neighbouring nodes, and furthermore, we show that this strategy reduces the delay and increases the hit rate compared to the standard NDN approach.


Divalent metal ions are known as the negative control factor for production of gassericin T (GT) produced by L. gasseri LA158. In this study, initial pH of MRS broth was focused as a new production factor, and the effect of initial pH on GT production was verified. After cultivation of LA158 in MRS broth containing lactic acid and HCl (pH 5.5), respectively, antimicrobial activity of the cell-free supernatants (CFSs) was measured. Then, LA158 was cultivated in MRS broths (pH 6.0 and 5.5), and the culture turbidity and the bacteriocin activity of CFSs were measured. Compared to the control, antimicrobial activity of GT in CFSs obtained from the cultivation through MRS broths with lactic acid or HCl was decreased. Furthermore, each GT activity in CFSs obtained after incubation of LA158 at initial pH 5.5-6.0 was decreased in proportion to initial pH, while there was no significant correlation between antimicrobial activity and turbidity. These suggest that new


PURPOSE: An image sensor and a manufacturing method thereof are provided to improve an electrical property by reducing junction stress between a photo diode and a barrier layer. CONSTITUTION: A semiconductor substrate comprises a readout circuit. A wiring and an interlayer dielectric layer are formed on a semiconductor substrate to be connected to a readout circuit. An image sensing unit(200) is formed on the interlayer dielectric layer. The trench is formed on the image sensing unit to correspond to the wiring. A buffer layer(260) is formed on the sidewall of the trench. The barrier pattern is formed on the buffer layer and selectively exposes the bottom of the trench. The via hole passes through the interlayer dielectric layer and the image sensing unit under the barrier pattern to expose the wiring. A metal contact(300) is formed inside the via hole.


We got an important information on the Ankur Tiwari's great discovery of the division by zero $1/0 = \\tan (\\pi/2) = 0$ on $ 2011$. Since the information was not known for us and among many colleagues, we would like to state our opinions on his great discovery.


2) Figure 8 caption was incorrect. The correct caption is as follows: Figure 8. Inflammatory IL-1b, TNF-a (A,B) and anti-inflammatory IL-10 (C) levels were measured in serum samples of each animal in all groups. Data are presented as mean value ± standard deviation. , symbolizes the significant differences between the groups mentioned above and the naïve group. #, symbolizes the significant differences between the groups mentioned above and the naïveþHepB group.


DAVID HUME'S Natural History of Religion aroused controversy even before its publication in 1757. Bishop Warburton wrote to the publisher of the work, Millar, asking that it be suppressed on the assumption that its purpose was "to establish naturalism, a species of atheism, instead of religion." Reverend Caleb Fleming defended Hume's work on the grounds that Hume had "finely exposed superstition and popery: professeth himself an advocate of pure theism, and as far as he is a theist, he cannot be an enemy to pure Christianity."1 Hume's avowed purpose, in his introduction to the work, is purely scholarly and apparently disinterested: "What those principles are, which give rise to the original belief [in religion], and what those accidents and causes are, which direct its operation, is the subject of our present enquiry."2 Modern commentators have accepted Hume's claim at face value. H. E. Root, though he points out the one-sidedness of Hume's presentation, says "There is no question here of Hume's philosophical sincerity and honesty."3 J. 0. Higgins views the work similarly: the Natural History of Religion (NHR) "is what its title suggests, not anti-religious propaganda, although it contained a good deal that was critical of religion or, as Hume termed it, 'popular religion,' but a natural history in the eighteenth-century style, intended to


The purpose of this paper is to look at how foreigners with advanced Korean
skills translate 이/가 and 은/는 in original Korean text in the...


The writer introduced to the US religious and academic circles the concept of harmony in China,i.e.each culture and civilization has its own beauty,which should be appreciated and hopefully well recognized by each other.That means different civilizations should seek common ground while maintaining differences,to achieve harmonious coexistence.And different cultures should respect,communicate with and understand each other.Otherwise,it will lead to cultural tense,cultural anxiety,or even cultural confrontation.


Abstract Splenic artery aneurysms are among the more frequently diagnosed intra-abdominal aneurysms and are not infrequent in patients with raised portal venous pressure often requiring endovascular or surgical therapy. A 36-year-old female patient with Non-cirrhotic portal fibrosis and portal hypertension was diagnosed with multiple large splenic artery aneurysms for which she was initially operated which resulted in substantial blood loss during dissection that required embolotherapy. Initial attempts at coil embolization proved unsuccessful due to the wide aneurysmal neck and flow characteristics. Following which the aneurysmal sac was packed with multiple guidewires to act as a scaffold for further coil embolization. Subsequently, hemostasis was achieved and the patient underwent splenectomy later thereby demonstrating that embolization of large aneurysms can be accomplished with reasonable efficacy using guidewires.


The extended equal area criterion (EEAC) succeeds in expressing critical clearing time, stability margin and their sensitivity coefficients in algebraic forms. Single phase switching and reclosing are widely used in China to enhance the stability performance under asymmetrical contingencies. This makes direct methods to face new challenges and provides the motivation to enhance EEAC further to deal with all kinds of single asymmetrical contingencies and some double asymmetrical contingencies. While keeping the previous simplicity, accuracy and fast speed, this new extension makes the EEAC method even more powerful.<<ETX>>


One of the main challenges in designing information fusion systems is to decide on the structure and order in which information is aggregated. The key criteria by which topologies are constructed include the associativity of fusion rules as well as the consistency and redundancy of information sources. Fusion topologies regarding these criteria are flexible in design, produce maximal specific information, and are robust against unreliable or defective sources. In this article, an automated data-driven design approach for possibilistic information fusion topologies is detailed that explicitly considers associativity, consistency, and redundancy. The proposed design is intended to handle epistemic uncertainty—that is, to result in robust topologies even in the case of lacking training data. The fusion design approach is evaluated on selected publicly available real-world datasets obtained from technical systems. Epistemic uncertainty is simulated by withholding parts of the training data. It is shown that, in this context, consistency as the sole design criterion results in topologies that are not robust. Including a redundancy metric leads to an improved robustness in the case of epistemic uncertainty.


Waardenburg syndrome (WS) is a deafness-pigmentary disturb ance syndrome with an estimated incidence rate for all types of the syndrome of 1/42 000 births. 1 The syndrome is classifi ed into WS type I, WS type II regarding of dystopia canthorum (lateral displacement of the inner canthus of each eye) and other rare types. In 1992, the Waardenburg Syndrome Consortium proposed diagnostic criteria for WS type I. Individuals should be considered affected with WS type I if they have two major criteria or one major plus two minor criteria from the diagnostic criteria. The major criterium were: congenital neurosensorial deafness, pigmentary disturbances of the iris, hair hypopigmentation, affected fi rst-degree relative, dystopia canthorum. The minor ones were: several areas of hypopigmented skin, synophrys or medial eyebrow fl are, broad high nasal root, hypoplasia of alae nasi and premature graying of hair. In 1995, individuals with two major features who do not have dystopia canthorum are considered to have WS type II. 2,3


On March 18, 1965, a Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States was submitted to the member governments of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for signature and ratification. By September 14, 1966, 46 governments had signed the Convention and 20 had deposited their instruments of ratification. The Convention has entered into force on October 14, 1966.1


Using data from the fifth wave 0/ the World Values Survey, this study analyzes the origins of postmaterialism and how it might affect people s support for environmental protection on the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. Our empirical results show that the level of postmaterialism in China is no less than it is in Taiwan. Age and education are two essential predictors for postmaterialism at the level of individual analysis. Middle class intellectuals in China are more concerned about postmaterialist issues than their counterparts in Taiwan. In addition, we .find that the Chinese demonstrate higher levels of support for environmental protection than the Taiwanese do, whereas Chinese postmaterialists are less likely to be concerned about the environment than Taiwanese postmaterialists. Therefore, we suggest a revised version of Inglehart's hypotheses to explain support for environmental protection. The paper underlines the effect of political institutions on shaping cultural values, in contrast previous studies that give too much weight to economic development.


Peer review as an instrument for the self-regulation of science. Peer review as a target for criticism: the reliability of manuscript reviews fairness in manuscript review - subjective judgmental tendencies and publication bias the validity of manuscript evaluation summary and assessment of criticism levelled at the peer-review process. The journal angewandte Chemie: the category "Zuschriften" (communications) the refereeing of communications evaluation form and comment sheet. Communications received during the year 1984. Initial internal evaluation, external review and editorial decisions. The reviewers for angewandte Chemie. The reviews. Reliability of manuscript refereeing: statistical measures for chance-corrected agreement reviewer agreement low levels of reviewer agreement - statistical artifact or a result of the process by which reviewers are selected? Fairness in manuscript evaluation: lenient and strict reviewers judgmental tendencies of reviewers and publication bias academic title of the corresponding author - reviewer judgments and editorial decisions subject matter - reviewer judgments and editorial decisions nationality of the corresponding author - reviewer judgments and editorial decisions. The validity of manuscript review: the fate of the rejected manuscripts comparison of mean criterion rates for accepted manuscripts and rejected manuscripts published elsewhere - the predictive validity of editorial decisions the predictive validity of initial judgments and reviewer recommendations. Suggestions for reform of the peer-review process.


PREFACE 1. THE RATIONALE FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION 2. THE PAST AND PRESENT OF THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAMME IN INDIA 3. IMPLEMENTATION OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROVISIONS 4. THE QUOTA DEBATES 5. ASSESSMENT OF THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAMME 6. QUOTAS AND BEYOND LIST OF REFERENCES APPENDIX INDEX


Highly crystalline ZnS nanoparticle was prepared by hydrothermal method.Its structure,particle size and physicochemical properties were characterized by XRD,FT-IR,TEM and UV-Vis DRS.The photocatalytic activity for degradation of methylene blue was investigated under UV and visible-light irradiation,respectively.The primary results demonstrated that the synthesized powder of ZnS was due to hexagonal crystal system.Its particle size is about 10 ~ 20 nm.The nanoparticles exhibited excellent photocatalytic activity.Its decolour rate of methylene blue not only under UV but also under visible light irradiation is excellent.


Objective: To reveal socio-psychological features of the personnel of Russian enterprises with different levels of resilience. The theoretical framework: The theories by T.Parsons, K.Cameron and R.Quinn. Empirical basis: Research period: 1999-2015. Subjects: not less than 20 senior managers, 120 mid-level managers, 360 lower-level employees annually. Results. Organizational conditions of successful high-technology enterprises (H-TE) and ordinary enterprises (OE) with long time modernization difficulties are characterized by specific types of organizational culture, leadership and managerial interaction. The staff of these enterprises differ in the following parameters: susceptibility to organizational stress, value priorities of organization development, balance of work and day-to-day motivation of managers and staff, levels of responsibility and transparency of their decisions, mutual confidence, susceptibility to pre-reform stereotypes, balance of value and instrumental components in determination of conflict behaviour, ratio of the main strategies of conflict behaviour and stress coping. Sets of these parameters form two types of psychological resilience (PsR): perspective at the H-TE and situational at the OE. Perspective psychological resilience is a factor of company development, is of an open form and is characterized by stress resistance in the conditions of change and personnel readiness towards innovation acceptance. Conclusion. The H-TE staff is characterized by forward-looking (strategic) type of PsR, while the OE staff – by situational (tactical) type. Ethical implications. Ensuring the right PsR of the staff in enterprises by managing organizational conditions can enhance the resilience both enterprises and traditional society.


This research study designed to assess the perception of teachers on multi-tasking practices, taskbased management style of classroom leaders and its impact on teachers' performance and productivity. The research is intended to deal with the difficulty of teacher in handling numerous multiple assignments/tasks aside from the usual teaching loads. The following are the compelling objectives in the conduct of the study: determine the perceptions of teachers on multi-tasking practices and taskbased management style and find out the impact on classroom leaders' performance and productivity of teachers having multi-tasking practices. This study is generally a descriptive designed research. The statistical tools that were used to analyze the data are the weighted mean, frequency distribution, percentage, standard deviation and Pearson r. Results revealed that teacher-respondents perceived multi-tasking in terms of instructional task, academic functions, co-curricular and community service as well as task-based management style as "very highly practiced". They also perceived the level of their performance as "very highly performed" based on the Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers and they were also very highly productive in their job and other tasks. Based on the findings the following conclusions are drawn: There is a significant relationship in the perceptions of teachers as to the multitasking practices to teachers' performance and productivity therefore the null hypothesis is not supported. There is a significant relationship in the perceptions of teachers as to the task-based management style to teachers' performance and productivity therefore the null hypothesis is not supported.


Purpose: To report a case of ankyloblepharon filiforme adnatum in a newborn male. Case summary: A 4-day-old male was referred for fused right eyelids with unremarkable other pediatric examinations. Ocular examination under general anesthesia revealed partial fusion of his right upper and lower eyelids by a 4 mm-wide band of tissue which arose from the skin of the upper and lower eyelids. The adhesion was separated by sharp scissors and no other ocular abnormalities were revealed. Conclusions: Ankyloblepharon filiforme adnatum is a rare congenital malformation. In this case, the band of tissue connecting the upper and lower eyelids arose not from the eyelid margin but from the eyelid skin, which is even rarer, thus sup-porting the theory that this condition is due to the fusion of eyelids at abnormal positions, and not due to problems during the separation of eyelids.