Vertically aligned and highly c-axis oriented ZnO nanorods were epitaxially grown on c-sapphire by dc reactive sputtering of zinc target in argon-oxygen atmosphere. Scanning electron microscopy shows that substrate temperature critically controls the morphology of sputtered ZnO films, eventually causing the formation of laterally oriented ZnO nanorods at higher temperatures (700 °C–750 °C), as confirmed by ϕ-scan measurements. High resolution X-ray diffraction was used to obtain the micro-structural parameters of ZnO columnar films/nanorods from Williamson-Hall plots of ω and ω-2θ scans, and rocking curves of asymmetric reflections. These results show that epitaxially grown ZnO nanorods exhibit substantially superior micro-structural parameters, namely, tilt (0.4°), twist (0.5°), and micro-strain (4 × 10−4), compared to columnar ZnO films grown at 500 °C–600 °C. The reciprocal space maps of (0002), (0004), 10 1 ¯ 1, 10 1 ¯ 4 , and ( 11 2 ¯ 0 ) planes of ZnO nanorods were carried out to obtain the lattice ...


Matrix of domination is a theoretical approach that explores the interlocking systems of oppression in terms of race, gender, class, and other social categories faced by marginalized or othered people. It theorizes power in four domains: structural, disciplinary, hegemonic, and interpersonal. Originally used by Patricia Hill Collins in relation to the discrimination and subsequent struggle for equality of black American women, the theory is grounded in black feminist epistemology. It privileges the voices and experiences of those in the margins.

Keywords:

activism;
discrimination;
empowerment;
epistemology;
intersectionality


A critical test of fungicidal activity against the wound pathogen Glomerella cingulata f.sp. camelliae on camellias involved the application of a conidial suspension to scratches on detached leaves, treated with fungicide 24 h previously. In this test, prochloraz at 250–500 μg/ml a.i. in both EC and manganese WP formulations was highly effective, inhibiting leaf rotting by 90–100% compared with 55% or less in some tests with benomyl, chlorothalonil and captafol at 500–1000 μg/ml and captan at 1200 μg/ml. Prochloraz gave similar protection to leaves when applied to whole plants. Protection was less, especially on older leaves, when wounding and inoculating were delayed by 7 or more days after treatment. Prochloraz did not prevent all infection through comparatively large wounds, e.g. leaf scars, made on stems 24 h after treatment.

Poor control of the disease in a nursery was not due to resistance of the pathogen to benomyl; in vitro tests failed to detect full resistance at this time. Under nursery conditions a statutory policy of destroying infected plants and spraying the remainder with prochloraz or prochloraz manganese (both at 500 μg/ml), alternating with benomyl (500 μg/ml) on a weekly basis apparently prevented spread of the disease to healthy plants.


The biochemistry of lipaemia and its associated pathological conditions have assumed wide interest especially in the aetiology and treatment of coronary artery disease. This thesis deals with some of the biochemical processes underlying possible aetiologies and treatment of coronary artery disease and atherosclerosis. Little attention is paid to the lipaemias associated with absolute upsets of lipid metabolism or lipaemia produced by associated disease.


Abstract This article is an intellectual biography documenting the contributions of Betty Kirke to the field of dress history. It is the story of an author, her methods, her journey, and the ethical and legal ramifications of artifact-based, scholarly research on one designer, Madeleine Vionnet, a beacon for twentieth-century fashion. This article aims to reinsert the concrete to the abstract to convey a balanced perspective permissible through experiential learning. It charts a path for researchers who have nonconventional perspectives exploring dress not only as historians, but as conservators, fashion designers, pattern-makers, and other creative endeavors where one learns through direct engagement as well as later in life following a variety of careers and experiences. This paper shares what has been learned over more than twenty years of personal mentorship and through formal interviews with Kirke. It addresses problems one may encounter through the study of artifacts and the production of non-textual scholarship. By studying the mind of a singular scholar, this author hopes to inspire researchers to follow in Kirke's footsteps and explore materiality further in order to push the boundaries of knowledge in the field of dress history.


The survey has shown that hot-side precipitators may be susceptible to performance-related or structural-related problems. Performance-type problems are attributed to specific coal and ash characteristics. Structural-type problems may be attributed to inadequate provision for thermal expansion, operation above design temperatures, inadequate support structure design, or improper operational techniques. Although mechanical and instrumentation and control problems were reported, they are characteristic of all precipitators (especially weighted-wire designs) and are not specific to only hot-side applications. The applications of the rigid frame precipitator tends to minimize the occurrence of the most prevalent mechanical problems: wire breakage and inadequate rapping. The survey has shown that when sodium content of the coal ash is less than 1/2 percent, the precipitator may be susceptible to performance-related problems primarily due to sodium depletion. The results also indicate that there is no definitive break-point or ''threshold'' sodium oxide level at which problems begin to occur. This is due to the large number of interactive variables, including other coal ash constituents, flue gas conditions and precipitator characteristics. Although recent attention has focused on the severe problems encountered by a few hot-side precipitators, the majority of the problems occur in units burning the low sulfur, very low sodium (0.1-0.3%)more » coals. Hotside precipitators currently can provide an efficient and reliable method of flyash collection when the precipitator is properly designed and operated.« less


Background: Mechanisms that preferentially deliver B cell receptor-antigen complexes to receptive MHC class II molecules are poorly defined. Results: Internalized B cell receptor-antigen complexes associate with class II molecules. Conclusion: In B cells, B cell receptor-antigen complexes associate with peptide-loaded class II molecules, potentially defining sites of class II ligand acquisition. Significance: Antigen-specific B cells control the loading of cognate antigen-derived peptide onto class II molecules. Antigen processing and MHC class II-restricted antigen presentation by antigen-presenting cells such as dendritic cells and B cells allows the activation of naïve CD4+ T cells and cognate interactions between B cells and effector CD4+ T cells, respectively. B cells are unique among class II-restricted antigen-presenting cells in that they have a clonally restricted antigen-specific receptor, the B cell receptor (BCR), which allows the cell to recognize and respond to trace amounts of foreign antigen present in a sea of self-antigens. Moreover, engagement of peptide-class II complexes formed via BCR-mediated processing of cognate antigen has been shown to result in a unique pattern of B cell activation. Using a combined biochemical and imaging/FRET approach, we establish that internalized antigen-BCR complexes associate with intracellular class II molecules. We demonstrate that the M1-paired MHC class II conformer, shown previously to be critical for CD4 T cell activation, is incorporated selectively into these complexes and loaded selectively with peptide derived from BCR-internalized cognate antigen. These results demonstrate that, in B cells, internalized antigen-BCR complexes associate with intracellular MHC class II molecules, potentially defining a site of class II peptide acquisition, and reveal a selective role for the M1-paired class II conformer in the presentation of cognate antigen. These findings provide key insights into the molecular mechanisms used by B cells to control the source of peptides charged onto class II molecules, allowing the immune system to mount an antibody response focused on BCR-reactive cognate antigen.


Fiji is made of many small islands of which Viti Levu and Vanua Leva are the largest. The larger islands were formed due to volcanic activity. The comparatively smaller ones are made of coral reefs and thus unsuitable for habitation. The mountainous rugged relief of Fiji makes agriculture difficult in Fiji. So the economy depends on the resources from the forest and the surrounding water bodies.


School and examinations are inevitable aspects of children in today's world, in which academic stress and achievement motivation are ubiquitous problems. To measure this, 200 Higher Secondary students were selected from two Government higher secondary schools, Coimbatore. The results revealed that majority of the sample (55%) experienced low levels of stress. 14% of the sample experienced Very High stress. Achievement Motivation was low and very low in majority (53%) of the sample. The correlation between stress and achievement motivation was not statistically significant. The male and female students significantly differ in their stress levels.  A statistically significant difference in stress was found between the Tamil and English medium students. The mean difference in achievement motivation of the sample with regard to gender was statistically significant, with regard to medium of instruction, it was not statistically significant.


Any discussionof carcinomaof the skin is incomplete without consideringsecondarylymph-glandinvolvement. I stress the importance of regular follow-up and careful examination of the regional nodes. I do not advocate prophylactic dissection, except perhaps for those lesions occurring on or around the genitalia, and the treatment of secondarylymph-gland involvement is entirely surgical. I am still waiting to see secondarysquamouscarcinoma eradicatedby irradiation from neck, axillre or groins, and I sincerely hope that prophylactic irradiation of these areas is no longer practised. Radiotherapyin the treatment of secondarycarcinomain the sites I have mentioned is entirely palliative. I have not found it possible to deliver an adequate dose; but it remains to be seen whether the advent of supervoltagetherapy will change this picture.


Reproducibility of the techniques used for isolation and separation of non-absorbed lipids present in feces from rats fed with diets containing heated oils are defined.
Highly reproducible results have been found for total lipids, nonpolar fatty acid compositions. Results obtaines from extracted diets demonstrate both the absence of significant alteration and the complete extraction of the fat when compared to those obtained directly from the oils.
Non-absorbed lipids from diets containing thermoxidized oils are characterized by high proportions of unsaponifiable compounds and polar fatty acids.


Two Fcγ receptor (FcγR) subclasses on human neutrophils, FcγRII and FcγRIII, activate different cellular functions. To examine the involvement of each receptor subtype in polymorphonuclear leukocyte activation, Fab and F(ab')2 fragments of subclass‐specific monoclonal antibodies ([mAbs] mAb IV.3 against FcγRII and mAb 3G8 against FcγRIII, respectively) were used to block the binding of low valency immune complexes (LICs) and high valency immune complexes (HICs). Flow cytometry then permitted the simultaneous quantitation of antibody and ligand binding, the elicited intracellular Ca2+ concentration (Δ[Ca2+]int), initiation of the oxidative burst, and/or the phospholipase A activation in the same cell. We have previously demonstrated that subsaturating dosages of HIC bind uniformly to all the cells but elicit an "all‐or‐none" (i.e., dose independent) maximal Δ[Ca2+]int in a dose‐dependent subpopulation of the cells. In contrast, both the proportion of cells responding and the magnitude of the Δ[Ca2+]int transient depend on the subsaturating dose of LIC, even though it too binds uniformly to all the cells, nonresponding as well as responding. These earlier findings have here been extended by single cell flow cytometric analysis to demonstrate that F(ab')2 FcγRIII is the major FcγR involved in HIC binding (and [Ca2+]int mobilization), as well as in oxidative burst and phospholipase A activation. In contrast, both receptor subclasses must be available for LIC‐elicited Δ[Ca2+]int, as blockage by either of the mAb Fab or F(ab')2 fragments abrogates this response, even though LIC binding to the receptors is not decreased. Furthermore, LIC elicited little oxidative burst activity and failed to activate phospholipase A but cross‐linking to achieve multivalency, previously shown to induce [Ca2+]int and oxidative burst responses, elicited phospholipase A activity via FcγRIII. FcγRII's role appears to be modulation of the small, late Ca2+ influx observed at > 1 min, whereas FcγRIII modulates all the earlier larger events. Thus, simultaneous observation of receptor identity, receptor occupancy, and consequent activation parameters in the same cell by flow cytometry permits use to demonstrate that FcγRII is necessary for the small signal transduction elicited by LIC; it plays a relatively small role in polymorphonuclear leukocyte stimulation by HIC. FcγRIII is the main receptor responsible for immune complex‐elicited polymorphonuclear leukocyte responses; its efficacy is greatly enhanced when the receptors are cross‐linked, either by preequilibrated multivalent complexes or by in situ cross‐linking of bound LIC with excess antibody.


Carbapenems are preferred antibiotics for severe infections in ICUs. Its widest antibacterial spectra offers realistic option for monotherapy in ICUs, but in recent year clinical utility of carbapenems are under a serious threat, due to production of Metallo-beta-Lactamase (MBLs). Gram-negative bacterial infections are particular concern, especially MBLs producing in intensive care units (ICUs). Detection of MBLs among Gram-negative bacilli (GNBs) is crucial for the optimal treatment of patients and to control the spread of resistance. This study was conducted to determine carbapenems-resistant and the proportion of MBLs producer among multi-drug resistant (MDR) GNBs isolated from respiratory tract samples of patients admitted in various ICUs. Total 70 non-duplicate GNBs from respiratory tract samples were isolated, identified and subjected to antibiotics susceptibility testing. Isolates were screened for MBLs production and confirmed by phenotypic confirmatory tests. Out of 70 GNBs, 38 isolates were found to be MDR, 31 isolates were found to be imipenem resistant, 34 isolates were found to be meropenem, ertapenem and doripenem resistant. These 34 carbapenems resistant isolates were found MBLs producer by phenotypic screening and confirmatory test, with broad spectrum resistance profile.The results suggested that the resistance to carbapenems agents in the present study is due MBLs production. Considering the emergence characteristic of MBLs, its surveillance becomes important to control the transmission of this resistance mechanism.


The Institute for Atom-Efficient Chemical Transformations (IACT) is an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. IACT focuses on advancing the science of catalysis to improve the efficiency of producing fuels from biomass and coal. IACT is a collaborative effort that brings together a diverse team of scientists from Argonne National Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Northwestern University, Purdue University and the University of Wisconsin. For more information, visit www.iact.anl.gov


This presentation concerns simulation of atmospheric sound propagation, including the backscatter of acoustic waves from moving temperature fluctuations. The model has been developed to evaluate the performance of acoustic wind speed profiling techniques, in particular, the use of pulse coding methods which aim to increase range resolution, accuracy, and data availability. Stepped frequency chirps are propagated through the model and the results used to optimize matched filtering algorithms. Results from simulations are presented and the performance of several different signal detection algorithms evaluated. This methodology provides insight into particular problems encountered by the signal detection algorithm and will be utilized to aid the design of an experimental acoustic wind speed profiler. [Work funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).]


The article focuses on the identification of the concept and the role that corporate social responsibility may play in marketing communication of the companies of the financial services sector. The reflections start with an overview of the essence of corporate social responsibility, and move on to illustrate the relations between CSR and marketing communication. The author's own research is the key part. For the purposes of this publication, an analysis of the website contents of the financial sector companies (operating on the Polish market) was conducted. The companies come from the compilation "Lista 500" of the largest Polish enterprises, published by "Rzeczpospolita" daily in April 2017 (the entities whose PKD classification – Polish Statistical Classification of Economic Activities – was specified predominantly as: financial and insurance activity, were selected). The article describes how the listed entities communicate their CSR activities via the company website. It illustrates selected areas of engagement (5 were highlighted) as well as the relationship between activities of pro-social nature and the activity in the area of marketing communication in a given industry. Moreover, it emphasises the differences in the mode of communication and the area of employing CSR activities between two dominating groups of entities on the financial market – banks and insurance companies. #0#


A changing job market, influenced by different factors such as globalization and demographic growth, urges close monitoring. The digitization of the job market has given the opportunity to researchers to better understand job market needs as job postings/ads become more accessible. However, such postings are submitted in unstructured text and need further processing to identify the required skills. The aim of this survey is to review current research on skill identification from job ads and to discuss possible future research directions. In this study, we systematically reviewed 108 research articles on the topic. In particular, we evaluated and classified the prior work aiming to identify the skill bases used for analyzing job market needs; the type of extracted skills; the skill identification methods; the studied sector and the skill identification granularity. Then, we categorized the existent applications and goals of skill identification. Finally, we present key challenges and discuss recent trends.


Although the organisms of the pleuropneumonia group isolated from man (Paine et al., 1950; Keller and Morton, 1954) and from several species of animals (Tang et al., 1936; Delaplane, 1948; Hoyt et al., 1951; Sheriff and Piercy, 1952) have been cultivated in the chick embryo, the goat pleuropneumonia-like organism (PPLO) recently isolated from goats and reported by us, to our knowledge, has not been studied in this medium. It is the purpose of this paper to describe the chick embryo propagation of a virulent goat PPLO isolated for the first time on this continent (Cordy et al., 1955, in press).


In this Journal, Donnelly et al. [1] reported on a primigravid woman with pheochromocytoma, sickle cell disease and a successful pregnancy outcome. Cases of pheochromocytoma in patients with hemoglobinopathies are rare; however, they require clinical attention. Therefore, we want to contribute another case of pheochromocytoma in sickle cell disease and b-thalassemia with a preceding uneventful pregnancy. In November 2003, a 27-year-old Italian woman (gravida 2, para 2) with a confirmed history of sickleb-thalassemia presented for evaluation of an adrenal mass that had been first discovered on a routine ultrasonography during her second pregnancy in 2001. Endocrine tests had not been performed. On admission to our department, the patient reported that her first pregnancy in 1999 as well as her second in 2001 were uneventful and she delivered by cesarean section at term. A splenectomy and a cholecystectomy had been previously performed. Hints at endocrine disorders were missing. The patient was unmedicated and free of symptoms or signs. Specifically, on questioning, palpitations, unmotivated sweating or intermittent facial pallor were denied. Clinical examination showed a slightly overweight adult female (156 cm, 66.3 kg, BMI 27.2 kg/m) in good general condition. Blood pressure (130/80 mmHg) and pulse rate (68/min) were normal. Routine haematological and biochemical findings showed microcytic anemia (Hb 8.1 g/dl, normal range 12–16; MCH 21.7 pg, normal range 27–34), leukocytosis (13,500/ml, normal range 4,000–9,500) and slight thrombocytosis (465,000/ml, normal range 150,000–450,000). Basal hormone levels and diurnal rhythms of cortisol and ACTH, plasma levels of the androgens androstendione, testosterone, and dehydroepiandrostendione sulfate as well as plasma aldosterone concentration and plasma renin activity were within the normal range. A 24 h urine revealed markedly increased levels of normetanephrine (3377 mg/24 h, normal range 5 350), elevated levels of norepinephrine (254 mg/ 24 h, normal range 5 105) and slightly increased levels of vanillyl-mandelic acid (7.4 mg/24 h, normal range 5 6.5); concentrations of epinephrine, dopamine and metanephrine were within the normal range. CT of the abdomen revealed a right suprarenal mass of 4 cm in diameter (Figure 1) and paraaortal lymph node enlargement. Iodine-131-meta-iodobenzylguanidine (MIBG)scintigraphy showed an area of increased uptake projecting on the right adrenal confirming the diagnosis of pheochromocytoma. Plasma levels of calcitonin and parathormone were within the normal range ruling out multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2. The patient was placed on a 4 week alphafollowed by betablockade with phenoxybenzamine and metoprolol and HbS was lowered below 30% by exchange transfusions. In January 2004, the patient received a right adrenalectomy and a dissection of the paraaortal enlarged lymph nodes by open laparatomy; histology showed pheochromocytoma and lymph nodes with discrete signs of chronic lymphadenitis but without signs of malignancy. Postoperatively, the patient developed a pulmonary edema and a bilateral basal pneumonia despite of perioperative hydration, oxygenation, analgesia, and prevention of hypothermia. Under antibiotic treatment (a combination of


Research in performance characterization at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is focused on providing tools for analyzing and modeling the behavior of parallel algorithms on parallel architectures. The ultimate goal is to attain a deeper understanding of the complex interaction between parallel algorithms and architectures in order to improve performance on existing architectures and to predict performance as an aid to designing new architectures. In this paper, we describe our approach and the current status of the research. 1 ref., 3 figs.


The principal aim of this paper is to study the Banach-Saks property when the speed of convergence of a Cesaro mean sequence can be chosen independtly from the choice of the initial sequence. We establish links between the uniform Banach-Saks property, properties $(A_\infty)$ of Partington and the $p$-Banach-Saks property. We also prove that the $p$-Banach-Saks property and the strong $p$-Banach-Saks property are equivalent. Many examples are given and we apply the results to the symmetric Kottman constant.


We report the case of a 48‐year‐old woman, referred to the Intensive Care Unit with community‐acquired pneumonia, who was noted to have stridor of acute onset. Subsequent indirect laryngoscopy revealed bilateral abductor vocal cord paralysis, secondary to unsuspected carcinoma of the oesophagus, requiring immediate tracheostomy. We highlight the importance of visualisation of the vocal cords in cases of stridor of uncertain aetiology.


IBM has announced a variety of communications software and network control products. According to the company, two new releases of the IBM Advanced Communications Function/Virtual Telecommunications Access Method provide support for peer-to-peer communications across and SNA network without host application assistance. ACF/VTAM Version 3 Release 1.2 enables customers using distributed processors running VTAM and VM/SP or VSE to communicate with another Sys-tem/370 processor over both dial and multipoint leased lines. Moreover, ACF/VTAM now also supports 9370 Token Ring local area networks. Enhancements to the NetView products reputedly offer central management of voice and data networks. NetView is IBM's System/370 network management software. Release 2 permits central control of the operations of Systems Netw,-k Architecture and non-SNA networks. It also permits control of local and remote System/370s. enables network control devices to receive commands from the host NetView. The new versions of these IBM products are scheduled for release in 1988. Contact the company for information on pricing.


Universal Aggregates LLC (UA) was awarded a cost sharing Co-operative Agreement from the Department of Energy (DOE) through the Power Plant Improvement Initiative Program (PPII) to design, construct and operate a lightweight aggregate manufacturing plant at the Birchwood Power Facility in King George, Virginia in October 2001. The Agreement was signed in November 2002. The installation and start-up expenses for the Birchwood Aggregate Facility are $19.5 million. The DOE share is $7.2 million (37%) and the UA share is $12.3 million (63%). The original project team consists of UA, SynAggs, LLC, CONSOL Energy Inc. and P. J. Dick, Inc. Using 115,000 ton per year of spray dryer ash (SDA), a dry FGD by-product from the power station, UA will produce 167,000 tons of manufactured lightweight aggregate for use in production of concrete masonry units (CMU). Manufacturing aggregate from FGD by-products can provide an economical high-volume use and substantially expand market for FGD by-products. Most of the FGD by-products are currently disposed of in landfills. Construction of the Birchwood Aggregate Facility was completed in March 2004. Operation startup was begun in April 2004. Plant Integration was initiated in December 2004. Integration includes mixing, extrusion, curing, crushing and screening. Lightweight aggregates with proper size gradation and bulk density were produced from the manufacturing aggregate plant and loaded on a stockpile for shipment. The shipped aggregates were used in a commercial block plant for CMU production. However, most of the production was made at low capacity factors and for a relatively short time in 2005. Several areas were identified as important factors to improve plant capacity and availability. Equipment and process control modifications and curing vessel clean up were made to improve plant operation in the first half of 2006. About 3,000 tons of crushed aggregate was produced in August 2006. UA is continuing to work to improve plant availability and throughput capacity and to produce quality lightweight aggregate for use in commercial applications.


There are two described subspecies of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus): B. p. physalus in the Northern Hemisphere and B. p. quoyi in the Southern Hemisphere. Given their discrete distributions in the North Pacific and North Atlantic, it is widely believed that North Pacific and North Atlantic fin whales should not be contained within the same subspecies. We analyzed ~14K base pairs of the complete mitogenome for 154 fin whales from the North Pacific, North Atlantic (including Mediterranean Sea), and Southern Hemisphere to assess phylogenetic patterns. A Bayesian tree of the resulting 125 haplotypes revealed several well-supported clades representing each ocean basin, with no haplotypes shared among ocean basins. The North Atlantic haplotypes (n = 12) form a sister clade to those from the Southern Hemisphere (n = 41). After calibrating the tree with results from previously published studies, the time to most recent common ancestor (TMRCA) for this clade and 63 of the 72 haplotypes from the North Pacific was approximately 1 MYA. The remaining 9 North Pacific haplotypes formed a well-supported clade within the Southern Hemisphere. The TMRCA for this node suggests that at least one female from the Southern Hemisphere immigrated to the North Pacific approximately 100 KYA. We also demonstrate using Random Forest (RF), a classification tree-based method, to quantify the diagnosability of mtDNA sequence data. This technique correctly classified 99% of the haplotypes to their original ocean basin. To our knowledge, this is the first use of RF on sequence data in a manner comparable to standard morphometric assessments of diagnosability in taxonomic studies. These results provide strong evidence that North Pacific and North Atlantic fin whales should be considered at least separate subspecies, and suggests the need for global revision of the taxonomic status of the species.


OBJECTIVES
Various autoantibodies are detected in the sera of PM/DM patients. Some of them are specific to PM/DM patients and closely associated with clinical manifestations of the diseases. Recently, the anti-CADM-140 antibody was reported to be found specifically in clinically amyopathic DM (C-ADM) patients and to be associated with acute interstitial lung disease (ILD). We assessed the clinical significance of the anti-CADM-140 antibody and then investigated the autoantigen recognized by the anti-CADM-140 antibody.

METHODS
Autoantibodies were screened in 192 patients with various CTDs and 21 healthy controls using immunoprecipitation with [(35)S]methionine-labelled HeLa cells. Immunoabsorbent column chromatography was used to purify an autoantigen that was subsequently subjected to peptide mass fingerprinting.

RESULTS
The anti-CADM-140 antibody was revealed to be specific to DM. Most of the anti-CADM-140-positive patients were C-ADM although some of them showed apparent myositis. The anti-CADM-140-positive patients frequently showed hyperferritinaemia and acute progressive ILD with poor prognosis. The anti-CADM-140 antibody was shown to recognize IFN induced with helicase C domain protein 1 (IFIH1), also known as the melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (MDA5), which is one of the RIG-I-like receptors and plays a role in innate immune responses.

CONCLUSION
The anti-CADM-140 antibody was a marker of DM and intractable ILD and recognized IFIH1/MDA5, which is involved in innate immunity. These findings may give a new insight into the pathogenesis of DM.


Now-a- days, the way of learning is being changed slowly from traditional
methods(Teacher-oriented methods) to modern methods(Student-oriented methods). The student-oriented instruction method is based on the intensive participation of students on the Teaching-Learning programme supported by latest available Information Technology. But shortage and usage of Information Technology materials is the current problem to student community to achieve desired goals. This paper deals with impact of information technology over the Teaching-Learning process in general and particularly in the Technology
Faculty of Jimma University. The study is set to find out how Jimma university Tech. Faculty students are improving their studies with available latest information technology materials and to know awareness of students towards the usage of advanced teaching-learning materials. Data was colleted through a well-designed questionnaire from sample students. Statistical and other Techniques are used to analyze the data. Analysis and Results are drawn using the various statistical Methods. Conclusion, discussion and Recommendations have been made from research findings of this paper. we conclude that Technology students of Jimma University have no awareness of impact of information technology on their studies. Ethiopian Journal of Education and Sciences Vol. 1 (2) 2006: pp. 89-101


For example 180 ° was applied diffusion weighting by a pair of gradient pulses separated by refocusing RF pulse, a magnetic resonance imaging method using a pulse sequence for generating magnetic resonance signals. Magnetic resonance signal is generated as a spin echo by refocusing pulses. Refocusing pulses located next to the correction gradient pulse, a gradient strength of the correction gradient pulses alternating with periodic pattern.


Rails are basic mode of transportation all over the world. In-service railway lines are inspected for cracks on a prescribed frequency for damage diagnostics. The conventional methods of cracks detection of such large structure are either semi- automated or manual which make inspection process time consuming. Non-destructive testing utilizing infrared thermography has been proven additionally useful in structural health monitoring of various structures. Active thermography for the surface crack inspection of railroads is another potential application under exploration. In this work, lateral surface cracks of various dimensions are created on an in-service railroad. Railroad was uniformly heated to temperatures matching the practical conditions. For the crack detection, infrared camera was used to record the infrared radiation which were emitted as a result of applied thermal stimulus on rail road surface. As the surface temperature rises above the ambient condition, the railroad defects became prominent. Subsequently, post-processing was performed on raw infrared images to evaluate the results quantitively. The developed system will provide a robust and inexpensive solution for railway/highway authorities and NDT companies for damage diagnosis. The execution plan is given below:


Objective To study the protective effect of rosiglitazone(ROSI) on acute necrotic pancreatitis(ANP) and pancreatitis associated pulmonary injury.Methods 40 Sprague Dawley(SD) rats were randomly divided into ANP group,prophylactic group,therapeutic group and control group,10 cases of each.ANP group was given intraperitoneal injection of L-arginine to induce ANP model;The prophylactic group was given ROSI before inducing ANP model;The therapeutic group was given ROSI after induction of ANP model;The control group was injected into the same volume of 0.9% saline solution.Observed the amylase(AMY),TNF-α,IL-1β,resistin,Hs-CRP in serum,and myeloperoxidase(MPO) activity,wet/dry ratio(W/D) were evaluated.Results The levels of serum AMY,TNF-α,IL-1β,resistin,Hs-CRP,lung MPO,W/D ratio in ANP group were significantly higher than those of the control group(P 0.01) ;Compared with those of ANP group,the levels of serum AMY,TNF-α,IL-1β,resistin,Hs-CRP,lung MPO,W/D ratio of prophylactic and therapeutic group were significantly lower(P 0.01),while pancreatic and pulmonary pathological injury significantly reduced(P 0.01).Conclusion ROSI can significantly reduce the inflammation of ANP,and also have protective and remedial function on ANP and pancreatitis associated pulmonary injury.


Software maintenance costs are well-documented as the largest component of software life cycle cost. While significant research attention has been paid to the characterization of maintainability, program understanding, and software organization for maintainability, there is little work published to date on the a priori identification and encapsulation of a software system's volatile points. This dissertation proposes a methodology for identifying the most probable points in software to be developed to experience the highest frequency of change, and use this postulated information as guidance in developing tools, organization, and techniques to make these points easy to change. In order to validate the fundamental behavior of enhancive software volatility, a volatility-oriented maintenance life cycle cost model is presented to describe the relationship between frequency, cost-to-change, encapsulation strategies, and the resulting life cycle cost. The behavior of this model is then correlated against historical change data from systems of a single domain.


*Corresponding author: firstname.lastname@example.com Abstract Weights at 90 days were simulated for Barbarine lambs using various data and pedigree structures. The herd size, number of years and ram pedigree information were modified to cover probable structures of field data: Herds included between 100 and 2000 animals over 4 to 20 years with complete or missing ram information. Direct, maternal, permanent and residual variance components were estimated by Bayesian analysis via Gibbs sampling applied to an animal model that included the fixed effects of year and month of lambing, litter size, the age of the dam and sex of the lamb. A total of 30000 samples were generated. A burn-in period of 2000 rounds was used and then one out of 10 iterations was kept for subsequent analysis. Posterior means of direct and maternal variance effects ranged from 0,83 to 3,86 and from 2,30 to 4,34, respectively. Heritability estimates, in the same order, were between 0,06 and 0,29 and 0,16 and 0,28. In manner similar to direct estimates, maternal component estimates were closer to input parameters (3, 3,5, 9 and 7 for direct, maternal, permanent and residual variance, respectively) for increased herd sizes and number of years and complete ram pedigree.


any human activities affect or are affected by physical and chemical processes occurring in the Earth's atmosphere, ionosphere, and near-Earth space environment. In this article, we review a wide range of remote sensing research activities being carried out within the APL Space Department that have provided a better understanding of these processes. The research, conducted from both the ground and satellites, includes techniques employing optical remote, radar remote, and particle remote sensing. We concentrate on the scientific accomplishments of these efforts with particular emphasis on contributions to atmospheric, ionospheric, and magnetospheric research. (Keywords: Atmosphere, Ionosphere, Magnetosphere, Remote sensing.)


High dimensional variability is inherent in the manufacture of fibre-reinforced composite components. In the aerospace industry, this stems largely from the elevated temperatures needed to process the composite materials, which give rise to residual, or frozen-in, stresses; these are exacerbated by chemical shrinkage of the resin during cure. These stresses can subsequently cause distortion and, in some instances, premature cracking of the moulding, which can only be relieved by expensive reworking and can, in severe cases, result in the structure being scrapped. The work has been aimed to develop reliable and accurate modelling tools to predict distortions in moulded components, ultimately allowing mould tools to be manufactured and curing regimes to be applied, which take these distortions into account. This will therefore result in lower cost and waste generation through 'right-first-time' manufacture.


[The following is the text of a lecture delivered in Cambridge on 19 October 1978 to mark the 250th anniversary of the founding of the Woodwardian Chair.]


Facing the prevalence of "hightech"architectural and interior style in China,this paper studies its possible influence and results from city characters,city environment,architech ture functions and human demand.It also puts forward the problems and solutions when the architec and interior designers adopt fashionable style.


Special Libraries, Special Challenges is a column dedicated to exploring the unique public services challenges that arise in libraries that specialize in a particular subject, such as law, medicine, business, and so forth. In each column, the author will discuss public service dilemmas and solutions that arise specifically in given subject libraries, while drawing links to how such issues affect librarianship in general. Special or subject-matter librarians interested in authoring a piece for this column are invited to contact Melissa K. Aho at firstname.lastname@example.com André J. Nault has been the head of the Veterinary Medical Library at the University of Minnesota since 2005 and an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences. He has a background in wildlife research and veterinary practice management. His current research interests include veterinary informatics and open access. André holds a MLIS from the University of Rhode Island and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com *****


This report provides the preliminary findings of the pilot study on the payment for ecological and environmental services (PES) in the Lashihai Nature Reserve in the Yunnan province of China. The Lashihai Nature Reserve was established in 1998 with the main purpose of protecting the Lashihai wetland, an area of special interest for migratory birds, listed under the Ramsar convention. Major protection measures currently in force include a ban on and inspection of fishing, poaching and hunting, but a potential threat for the lake ecosystem remains, due to increased increasing unplanned tourism and agricultural activities. This report is organized as follows: first chapter, based on a thorough review of the literature, chapter two describes existing PES schemes, and provides an assessment of their effectiveness in maintaining key ecological and environmental services (EES). The main experiences with PES schemes in China are then described in chapter three. Chapter four describes in detail the case study application: first, the problem is set into context; the key ecological services addressed are described, while the methodology adopted to identify the causal links in the model, and potential entry points for altering the behavior of key actors, is described. Chapter five moves on to the quantification of the two EES, first in terms of costs of provision, then the benefits derived. In chapter six, potential design options for the PES scheme are discussed, while chapter seven presents some suggestions regarding the design of the scheme, including participation incentives, payment mechanisms, payment levels, the institutional set up and monitoring strategies. Finally, chapter eight concludes this report.


To understand fully and aware of children's science learning, one should look not only at learning that takes place in the kindergarten and primary school but also in learning that takes place outside the classroom. This paper aims to discuss outdoor education: an alternative approach in teaching and learning science in the Malaysian context. In this 21 st century, the exposure and experience in the field of science and technology are needed in nurturing interest among students who are involved in this field. The advantages of experience-based learning which includes hands-on activities and on-site learning should be empowered. Thus, informal and non-formal science learning plays an important role in assisting all levels of society, regardless of age in exploring science and technology. Informal and non-formal learning of science is a complement to formal learning and occur in a variety of different places through various channels, such as the entertainment media, television and film; science centres and museums; zoos and aquariums, botanical gardens, and etc. This paper discusses the concept of science learning outside the classroom; the non-formal and informal science learning which covers the institutions/organizations involved in the non-formal science learning in Malaysia; and the potential of non-formal science centre setting in complement with the formal science education setting. It is hoped that this paper will provide an insight towards science learning out of school in Malaysian context.


Nanometric powders of Fe 2 VO 4 and Fe 1.84 V 0.92 Co 0.23 O 4 have been synthetised by chimie douce process The cations in the spinel structure can oxidize at low temperatures without any phase transformation leading to cation-deficient spinel with formula Fe 2 VO 4+δ and Fe 1.84 V 0.92 Co 0.23 O 4+δ , where δ is the deviation from stoichiometry, due to a change of the anion-cation ratio, consecutive to formation of vacancies. The oxidation, investigated by thermogravimetry, involves several stages, each stage corresponding to the oxidation of one oxidizable cation, Fe 2+ , V 2+ ,V 3+ on B (octahedral) or A (tetrahedral) sites. Coercivity has also been studied, revealing that the coercive field increases with the rate of oxidation.


Abstract:Scholarly focus on British representatives in nineteenth-century Canada has often seen them as enforcers of a hegemonic English ethnic nationalism. This article challenges that view by showing that Lady Aberdeen, the wife of the seventh Governor General, and well known as an early feminist, was also a consistent advocate of a more pluralistic civic nationalism that supported minority religious, ethnic, and linguistic rights in Canada. It shows that her establishment of the Victorian Order of Nurses and Canada's branch of the National Organisation of Women, along with many of her activities in partnership with her husband, were shaped by her beliefs about religious and ethnic co-existence as well as her feminism and anti-Americanism. In doing so it connects acceptance of diversity with longer-term trends in British governance: Lady Aberdeen's approach to cultural and religious diversity within women's organisations was an important precursor of official multiculturalism in Canada.


The decline of the insulation performance of the transmission line caused by the ice-covered insulator strings is an important factor leading to grid fault.Therefore,the electrical performance of an ice-covered 220 kV composite insulator is studied in this paper.Artificial contamination and ice are put on the anti-icing composite insulator.Then the U50% flashover voltage U50% and standard deviation σ50% of the composite insulator are gained and the potential distribution on the ice-covered insulator is measured.The results show that the icicle bridging time of anti-icing insulator is 5 times more than that of the normal insulator while the ice mess is heavier by 0.6 kg/m.Moreover,the U50% and Eh of the anti-icing insulator are higher than those of the normal composite insulator by 11.4% and 7.8 kV/m in the same condition.It is concluded that the umbrella structure of composite insulator can improve the ice flashover characteristics of the insulator.


The Comprehensive and Alternative Medicine (CAM) to treat Neurodegenerative Diseases (NDs) has attracted attention from healthcare professionals and scientific researchers recently. Although in its early research stage, a good number of studies have been performed to investigate the potential preventive or even therapeutic effects of some medicinal mushrooms on NDs. We reviewed recent scientific publications reporting the extraction and identification of the bioactive compounds in medicinal mushrooms commonly used in Asian countries for their potential protective effects against NDs. Five medicinal mushrooms - Hericium erinaceus, Termitomyces albuminosus, Ganoderma lucidum, Dictyophora indusiata, Mycoleptodonoides aitchisonii- have been covered in this review. In vitro, in vivo, and clinical studies have been conducted to confirm the potential protective effects of these compounds against neurodegen - erative diseases. Because of the limited research, no clear mechanisms of the preventive ac- tions can be proposed. More animal and human studies are needed in the future to confirm the anti-neurodegenerative effects and understand the mechanism of the protective action of these bioactive compounds.


This study identifies and evaluates the quality assessment of radio news in the country. To conduct this research, the researcher first posed the questions and objectives of the research and then, according to the nature of the work, used exploratory and applied research. The researcher consulted with professors from Al-Beroni and Kabul University to choose the research method and used quantitative method to collect information and qualitative content analysis method to analyze and interpret information. The researcher selected 4 half-hour news programs of Afghanistan, Killid, Azadi and BBC radios from the 6 months of news programs of the mentioned media as a sample population and after analyzing them with remarkable and interesting results acquired. BBC Radio follows all principles and standards of journalism and news reporting in radio, but the writing style of BBC Radio vocabulary is not simple and limited, so it is sometimes difficult for listeners to understand the news events or news programs. On the contrary, Radio Azadi's writing style and reporting as well as presentation of news program is very simple, and listeners immediately can get the concept of news items. Independent and private radio stations follow development system as well as social responsibility theory of the media, but foreign media have their specific system of covering the events.


Objective: To measure the levels of placental growth factor (PIGF) in the serum and synovial fluid of in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients. Also, to evaluate any possible role of high resolution US in the angiogenesis observed in this disease. Methodology: The study was conducted on 25 PsA patients and 10 apparently healthy age and sex matched subjects who served as controls. All subjects were subjected to thorough clinical and laboratory examination. PIGF levels were measured in the serum of all of them with ELISA technique. This was confirmed with Western blotting for PIGF in synovial fluid. Assessment of vascularity of the small joints of the hands and other affected knee joints with high resolution US was performed. Results: The mean value of serum PIGF level in the serum of PsA patients was (66.52 ± 12.44 pg/ml) and that in the synovial fluid was 79.82 ± 14.92). There was a highly statistical significant difference between them and serum/synovial fluid levels in controls (16.20 ± 7.33 and 19.44 ± 8.79 pg/ml) respectively (p<0.001). Moreover, there was a highly significant association (p<0.001) and a statistically significant positive correlation (p<0.05) between serum and synovial fluid levels of PIGF in PsA patients. There was a statistically significant difference between PsA patients and controls as regard Hb levels, ESR and serum uric acid (p<0.05). Also, there was a significant positive correlation between synovial fluid PIGF levels and the onset of joint affection (p<0.05). Role of PIGF &High Resolution US in Psoriatic Arthritis Abdul-Moniem & Mohammad 280 High resolution US can measure the synovial thickness in the small joints of the hands as well as knee joints in PsA patient. It can also detect increased blood flow in joints, so can measure the resistive index and can detect effusion. Our results showed that there was a highly statistical significant difference between PsA patients and controls as regard synovial thickness (p<0.001). Also, there was a significant negative correlation between serum PIGF and resistive index of PsA patients. Conclusion: Angiogenesis plays an important role in the pathogenesis of PsA. This is confirmed by the presence of higher PIGF levels in both serum and synovial fluid. Inhibition of PIGF and its receptor (Flt-1) constitute potential candidates for therapeutic modulation of angiogenesis and inflammatory joint destruction in arthritis. High resolution ultrasound can be very useful to detect early hypervascularization and joint inflammation which guide treatment towards an early or more aggressive therapy.


[ ]in early March, there had been no alteration to elective surgery in either the public or the private sector but the expectation of increased pressure on ward and ICU beds made it clear that a decision would need to be made When the federal and NSW governments made the decision to put category 3 elective surgery such as total hip replacements and cataract surgery on hold, our focus moved to communication and consultation with both the public and private sector on case mix, availability of personal protective equipment (PPE) and workforce issues Empowering our patients in elective surgery through encouraging patient education and prehabilitation programs has a significant impact on patient outcomes4


How to keep damage to a method and nucleic acid damaging leukocytes contained in the blood or blood component, the nucleic acid of pathogens such as bacteria and viruses. The process comprises adding riboflavin effective amount of blood or blood components including pathogens, exposing the liquid to light of the proper wavelength, to damage the nucleic acid of the pathogen, and substantially the damage to nucleic acid of the pathogen maintain and allows for infusion of subsequent to the recipient.


In investigating ship collisions, it is often necessary to estimate the speed of the ship (or ships) at various instants before impact occurred. Frequently, the only data available are those on shaft revolutions at various times. To determine ship speed from these, it is frequently assumed that revolutions and ship speed have a linear relationship and that if the service speed and revolutions are known, any lesser speed can easily be deduced for a particular value of shaft revolutions. But the trials data for most ships actually show that a linear relationship between speed and shaft revolutions does not exist. The assumption of such a relationship could lead to large errors in estimating ship speed, especially at low values of revolutions. The purpose of this article is to present an alternative simple method by which ship speed may be estimated for a given value of shaft revolutions with a high level of confidence in the results.


This paper discusses the urban cemetery as a site of intangible cultural practices and ubiquitous computing as an approach to enhance heritage sites. The paper introduces an experience assessment tool as a mobile phone application that audio-visually augments a heritage interpretation programme, using a contemporary Danish urban cemetery as case. It discusses a number of emerging digital platforms for mourning, heritage and online remembrance that influence the use of the urban cemetery today, and show the potentials of learning and experience from tethering burial sites with augmented mobile mediations of historic heritage information and cultural practices of remembrance. The paper concludes, that an augmentation of the urban cemetery culture points to a high significance amongst citizens, and that experience design through mobile technologies promises an enhanced meaning in an often overlooked urban site. Due to the sensitive subject matter of death and mourning, the participation of the public in general faces challenges that need attention when planning a cultural heritage programme.


This paper reports values of ΔF25, ΔH, and ΔS25 for the association of diphenylguanidine with the isomeric monochlorobenzoic acids and the isomeric toluic acids in benzene from spectrophotometric measurements at 25 and 30 °C, using bromophthalein magenta E (3′, 5′, 3″, 5″-tetrabromophenolphthalein ethyl ester) as the indicator. The results are compared with available data for other donor-acceptor associations in aprotic solvents which include the monomer-dimer equilibrium of benzoic acids, the association of tertiary amines with iodine, and the association of certain oxygen bases with phenols. The comparisons indicate that the value of the ratio ΔH/298ΔS is approximately constant in the following associations in aprotic solvents: (1) Association of phenolic or carboxylic acids with nitrogenous bases to form hydrogen bonded ion-pairs; (2) hydrogen bonding of weakly acidic phenols to nitrogenous bases; (3) association of tertiary amines with iodine. A somewhat smaller value for this ratio seems to apply to most associations of phenols with oxygen bases. Possible applications of these findings include estimation of other thermodynamic constants when one of the constants ΔF, ΔH, or ΔS is known, and clarification of the relative importance of ionic and covalent contributions in hydrogen bond formation.


larger society" (p. 113). Weiss argues that women do have control over minor foodrelated purchases and day-to-day family needs, but most important decisions such as buying a television or a refrigerator are made by men. For Hasina, degree of freedom depended on whether or not a woman could remove her burqa, and most women had no say in whom they married. In the final section, on empowerment and social change, Weiss reflects on the desire of most women in the walled city to bring change. Laila, for instance, does not want to be a passive recipient of a marriage partner. Farida desires to divorce her drug-abusing husband and start a beauty parlor, if she were to find a good man. In conclusion, Weiss provides some practical steps for social change, education being the most important. In 1981, only 13.7 percent of Pakistani women could read a newspaper and write a letter (p. 75). She calls for recasting home-based work as "productive work." She urges us to move beyond categorizations of "informal sector," "urorganized sector," and "black economy." She also suggests strengthening women's informal networks and establishing small credit societies for women as fruitful alternatives—a fine example being that of the Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) in India. Weiss's study is a powerful addition to thinking on the contribution of women to the larger economy and the various forms of subjugation of female productivity and aspirations in developing countries. It brings out a complex story of how domestic life and the informal sector are interlinked to ensure that the labor of women is virtually hidden behind a purdah. SUVARNA CHERUKURI Kansas State University


Objective: Lung cancer patients reported the highest incidence of psychological distress. It is extremely important to identify which patients at high risk for psychological distress. The study aims to develop and validate a predictive algorithm to identify lung cancer patients at high risk for psychological distress. Methods: This cross-sectional study identified the risk factors of psychological distress in lung cancer patients. Data on sociodemographic and clinical variables were collected from September 2018 to August 2019. Structural equation model (SEM) was conducted to determine the associations between all factors and psychological distress, and then construct a predictive algorithm. Coincidence rate was also calculated to validate this predictive algorithm. Results: Total 441 participants sent back validated questionnaires. After performing SEM analysis, educational level (β = 0.151, P = 0.004), residence (β = 0.146, P = 0.016), metastasis (β = 0.136, P = 0.023), pain degree (β = 0.133, P = 0.005), family history (β = −0.107, P = 0.021), and tumor, node, and metastasis stage (β = −0.236, P < 0.001) were independent predictors for psychological distress. The model built with these predictors showed an area under the curve of 0.693. A cutoff of 66 predicted clinically significant psychological distress with a sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of 65.41%, 66.90%, 28.33%, and 89.67%, respectively. The coincidence rate between predictive algorithm and distress thermometer was 64.63%. Conclusions: A validated, easy-to-use predictive algorithm was developed in this study, which can be used to identify patients at high risk of psychological distress with moderate accuracy.


Leading on from this notion of parody as "a distorted irnitation of a known text with conscious and recognizable humour" and also the one given by Linda Hutcheon in A Poetics of Postmodernism ("repetition with difference, not necessarily comic"), this paper is going to deal with the analysis of parody firstly regarding previous war American novels, secondly as represented by Yossarian, the protagonist of Heller's Catch-22 (1961), thirdly in the story of the novel ("the romance quest") and finally in relation to Ernest Hemingway' s A Farewell to Arms (1929).


A group of 39 storage battery workers was evaluated in terms of pertinent biochemical parameters with regard to duration and degree of occupational exposure to lead. Twenty-two of the group had recognized toxic blood lead levels of greater than 60 mcg/100 ml, but fully 31 exceeded the Center for Disease Control's upper limit of normal for erythrocyte protoporphyrin. Other abnormal values found were decreased hemoglobin, increased serum and whole blood copper, increased serum uric acid, decreased serum inorganic phosphate and increased blood spermine, a new lead-related parameter not reported on previously. The severity of lead poisoning among these workers as revealed by blood lead and several other parameters was not related to the duration of exposure (number of years employed), but only to the degree of exposure (job location within the plant). The battery workers were placed on a regimen of vitamin C and zinc. Twenty-two


Of outputting at the optical continuum source means for providing a pulse compression (advantageously used in spectral slicing applications) comprising: a higher-order mode (the HOM) fiber segments, which exhibits at least a portion of the predetermined wavelength range and an effective area greater than the predetermined dispersion of 40μm2, the dispersion of the HOM fiber selected to compensate for dispersion by the optical continuum source introduced. Since the output of HOM fiber generates a pulse compression. Input mode converter for converting the generated continuum higher-order mode for performing pulse compression HOM fiber supports the fundamental mode of the conventional continuum sources associated. A bandpass filter for bandwidth continuum signal is limited to a range of conversion efficiency of a mode converter and HOM fiber desired dispersion characteristic bandwidth associated.


We present an experimental observation on particles adsorbed to a whispering gallery mode (WGM) optical resonator produced from a glass sphere of about 100 micro meter in radius. For spherical adsorbates of radius about 100 nm, we find a striking nonlinear dependence of the induced wavelength shift on the adsorbed particle density, whereas for Rayleigh particles with dimensions much smaller than the infrared wavelength the dependence is linear with particle density. An explanation of the anamalous effect based on optical coupling between meso-optic adsorbates is suggested.


Based on the atmospheric data from LAPS(local analysis and prediction system),a torrential rain process caused by a southwest vortex in July 2008 in China was analyzed.The probable precipitation,instable energy of stratification,convective precipitable precipitation,mean wind speed of water vapor weight,water vapor flux divergence,the total cloud water and cloud ice and its flux divergence,vertical velocity and condensation function precipitation rates and so on were calculated and diagnosed.The results indicate that the torrential rain from"a southwest vortex shear line system"occurs in the ascending areas due to meso-scale wind field convergence between the warm-wet air mass and cold air mass and is located on the side of warm-wet air mass of unstable stratification.The calculation of the meso-scale vertical motion and the field of the condensation function precipitation rate show that the grade of precipitation rate reaches the heavy rain to rainstorm.The calculated precipitation rate of water vapor flux convergence is not entirely consistent with that of the condensation function.The water vapor flux convergence not only produces meso-scale"rain",but also large-scale"cloud",and cloud moisture and cloud ice flux convergence or divergence is their positive or negative"collection growth"and then forms incremental hydrometeors(precipitation rate),which helps to produce a heavy rain.Thus,the synoptic reasons for the heavy rain in Xiangfan include the meso-scale and small-scale convective rain mass produced by the field of the condensation function precipitation rate,the water vapor,the flux convergence of cloud moisture and cloud ice,the cloud particle"collection growth",the energy release from unstable stratification,the possible"secondary circulation"stimulated by forcing,and the transportation of water vapor,cloud moisture and cloud ice.


SummaryA modified McMaster method has been used for the diagnosis and estimating helminth egg load in human faecal samples obtained from random consecutive patients in the areas non-endemic for helminth infections (Slovak Republic, North West Russia). Both positive and negative findings were in a 100 % concordance to those obtained with a reference method accepted in clinical diagnostic laboratories (microscopy of the native stool smear). The McMaster method was efficient in detecting nematode eggs in patients' stool samples with egg load varying from very low (15–60 epg for T. trichiura) to moderate (1650–4500 epg for A. lumbricoides). Therefore, this method may be successfully (and with a better technical feasibility) used for the diagnosis of intestinal helminth infections in non-endemic areas, with further quantitative analysis of the sample when required.


The theory of operation, construction, and performance data of an infrared detector based upon the PEM effect in InSb are presented. Theoretical derivations of the spectral noise equivalent input, noise equivalent power, and responsivity are made which show the dependence of these figures of merit upon the electrical properties of the semiconductor, sample thickness, surface area, front and back surface recombination velocities, and magnetic induction. Performance of the detector operating at room temperature shows a spectral response extending to 7.5 microns and a response time of less than 1 microsecond. The noise equivalent input of a detector having a 0.71‐mm2 sensitive area has a minimum value at 6.6 microns of 6.7×10−10 w.


1, 5-Naphthyridine (I) and 1, 8-naphthyridines (III to VI) were synthesized by the reaction of 3-or 2-aminopyridines with glycerol, in the presence of sodium m-nitroben-zenesulfonate, boric acid, and ferrous sulfate, in sulfuric acid. Application of the same method to 3-and 4-aminoqinolines afforded 4, 6-phenanthroline (VIII) and 5-methyl-1, -6-phenanthroline (IX). 1, 6-Naphthyridine (II) was obtained in a high yield by the reaction of 4-aminopyridine and glycerol, in the presence of sulfo-mix, boric acid, and ferrous sulfate.


A self consistent system of Bianchi type-I space-time in Kasner form gravitational field and a binary mixture of perfect fluid and dark energy in a modified theory of gravity are considered. The perfect fluid is taken to be the one obeying the usual equation of state, i.e., p = γρ , with γ ∈ [0, 1] whereas, the dark energy is considered to be either the quintessence like equation of state or Chaplygin gas. The exact solutions to the corresponding field equations are obtained for power-law and exponential volumetric expansion. The geometrical and physical parameters for both the models are studied.


Objective To establish an RP-HPLC method for the determination of gallic acid in Weitai Jiaonang.Meth ods A Shim-pack VP-ODS C18(4.6 mm×250 mm,5 μm)column was used.The mobile phase was methanol-0.05% phosphoric acid =4∶96,the detection wavelength was 270 nm,and the flow rate was 1.0 mL·min-1.Results The linear range of gallic acid was 23.06-184.5 ng,r=0.999 7,and the average recovery was 99.7%.Conclusion This method has good repeatability,flexibility and high sensitivity,which can be used for the quality control of Weitai Jiaonang.


Introduction: The second wave of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 pandemic in April 2021 had a sudden deluge of moderate to severe patients getting admitted to the orthopedics block, due to scarcity of beds in the medical wards, high dependency and intensive care areas of the hospital. This study is an analysis of these patients managed in the orthopedics block by orthopedic surgeons, which may be useful to formulate guidelines for the management of patients in future waves of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Methods: The data of patients were collected by orthopedic residents from the Google sheet which was uploaded daily as part of the hospital data. The data from Google sheet were downloaded and compiled into an excel workbook and analyzed for patient progress, outcome, comorbidities, treatment given, oxygen management, and death analysis. Results: The data of 319 patients admitted from April 17, 2021 to May 20, 2021 in orthopedic block depicted successful recovery and discharge of 160 patients, worsening and transfer to higher wards for 126 patients and 33 deaths. The average age of these patients was 53.43 years with male preponderance (71% male). At the time of admission, 78.05% were reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction/rapid antigen test positive and 21.9% were COVID suspects. The patient's disease status on arrival was found to be mild in 21.3%, moderate in 43.8%, and severe in 34.7%. The most common comorbidity was hypertension in 39 patients followed by diabetes in 29 patients. The average number of days of hospital stay was 5.48 days. Conclusion: Medical professionals other than critical care medicine can be frontline care providers who can guide the ancillary departments at the peak of pandemic waves. Adherence to the standard operating protocols and interdepartmental coordination need to be effectively managed. This study can be used to formulate guidelines for further improvement in COVID patient care in case of future waves of this pandemic.


An orthodontic assembly comprising: an orthodontic system including a set of brackets and a part connected to the brackets elongated archwire; an interarch appliance for repositioning the lower dental arch relative to the upper dental arch, the interarch appliance has a connector with an arm; and means connected to the orthodontic system fastening device, said fastening device comprises a body having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion has a passage that receives the archwire, the first portion being substantially in the direction of the length of the archwire is not rotatable relative to the archwire, and wherein the second portion has an opening that receives the arm of the connecting piece rotatable.


What attributes and qualities are needed by your staff to navigate an uncertain professional future? How do we keep up with the pace of technological change and prepare our teachers for educating the students of tomorrow?

A case study is described that illustrates how one school is in investing in staff professional learning, including the building of a new state-of-the-art Centre for professional learning, as key to a future-focussed, adaptable staff.

The model of the Osmosis of Innovation (Buchan, 2014) is presented that moves innovation beyond just a buzz word. It provides a simple but practical foundation to ground strategic planning and staff professional learning programs in research and evidence-based practice.

This presentation targets leaders, change agents, teachers, educators and trainers (in primary, secondary & tertiary sectors), who are tasked with professional development and ensuring that their staff and colleagues meet teaching standards, but are adaptable into the future.


Each language system is determined by two factors: the first of them is a set of terms forming lexis whereas the second comprises the collection of relationships building syntax. The aim of this article is the attempt to analyze semantic relationship types of vocabulary in the text of the normative character on the basis of the French civil code. For this purpose, the description of the hypernymous and meronymous relationship, typical for specialist corpora will be presented. On this basis we will try to analyse selected corpus and demonstrate that the knowledge of the abovementioned semantic relations between the words-forming part of one semantic field is essential both for a lawyer and a linguist to avoid any conceptual inaccuracies.


Let B = (Axx, x2) + (Ax2, xf); if B is real, then the system (1), (2) describes an ellipse (intercepts ±1, ±1) and a hyperbola (intercepts + \1/2) and clearly possesses (four, since | Re(xi, x2)| <1 by Schwarz's Inequality) solutions. But B can always be guaranteed real by using an appropriate (scalar multiple of) xx; i.e., explicitly, use x'x = uxx, where xi = a+ib satisfies (1') | xi\ 2 = a2+b2 = 1 and (2') Im B(x[) = a Im P(xi)+& Re{G4xi, x2) — (Ax2, xx)} =0, a system clearly possessing (two) solutions. Remarks. For background and (some) previous proofs, see [l][6]; our approach (used in a less simple way in [7], from which the demonstration above evolved) of continuity arguments utilizing conic sections is also present in [6] and is certainly not new as a general technique.


The increase in the production of heterogeneous and multi-source digital data over last years raises several issues regarding their management and use. Hence, users can face some difficulties in selecting the adequate digital resources and combining them to reach their objectives in a given activity. In this paper, we focus on digital resources design and management in order to enhance their retrieval, interoperability, adaptation and collaboration within an adaptive system. In practical terms, our work consists in a new method for digital resource design and management capable of enhancing their usability. It relies on RESTful web service-based methodology and platform thinking approach. We have implemented our method in an interactive and adaptive PLE to assist researchers in using and managing their digital resources, called PRISE for PeRsonal Interactive research Smart Environment. We have also undertaken some experiments with PRISE platform in our laboratory. The result showed that modeling digital resources with RESTful and platform thinking concept enhances digital resource usability in terms of retrieving, interoperability, adaptation and collaboration.


Aflatoxins are highly toxic cancer causing fungal metabolites known to cause immune-system suppression, growth retardation, liver disease, and death in both humans and domestic animals. Human exposure to aflatoxins is limited by regulations that prohibit the use of crops containing excess quantities of aflatoxins for foods and feeds. Aflatoxins are regulated in part per billion (ppb) ranges with the maximum allowable level varying with country and intended use of the commodity. The quantity permitted in U.S. foods ranges from 0.5 ppb to 20 ppb. Aspergillus flavus, the asexual species responsible for most aflatoxin contamination of many crops, is composed of many genetic groups, called vegetative compatibility groups, that vary widely in several characteristics. Aspergillus flavus is not sufficiently aggressive as a pathogen to cause meaningful losses in yield. However, infection of crop components predisposed by stress, insect damage or the environment can result in high aflatoxin levels. Relatively small proportions of a crop infected with highly toxic isolates can result in unacceptable crop aflatoxin content. Isolates of A. flavus belonging to different vegetative compatibility groups may produce widely different quantities of aflatoxins and fungal communities resident in different areas frequently vary in average aflatoxin-producing potential. Some naturally occurring isolates of A. flavus produce no aflatoxins and are called atoxigenic strains. Certain atoxigenic strains have the ability to competitively exclude aflatoxin-producing strains during crop infection and thereby reduce aflatoxin contamination. One of these, AF36, has been registered as a biological control for the competitive exclusion of aflatoxin producing fungi from cottonseed. The registration process for AF36 that began in 1993 and extended over a decade succeeded in facilitating treatment of over 100,000 acres (Figure 1). The process was greatly facilitated by the IR-4 which served as a liaison and helped prepare and file submissions to EPA.


In the article different types of labor law defects: antinomies (contradiction of rules), duplications, gaps, irrational flow of rules, imperfection of legal constructions, and logical incompletion of labor rules are analyzed. The author suggests particular ways to fight some defects.


On October 24, 2002, the Second Senate of the Bundesverfassungsgericht (German Federal Constitutional Court) issued its ruling in the Geriatric Nursing Act case. The eagerly expected judgment not only puts an end to the discussion on the Federation's legislative powers in the field of geriatrics, which has occupied German politicians and constitutional scholars since the mid-1980s, when the drop in the number of applicants for geriatric nursing jobs and the steady growth of the elderly population have led to calls for a standardization of the education for geriatric nurses at Federal level. More importantly, the decision brings clarity to the question of the justiciability of the so-called Erforderlichkeitsklausel ("necessity clause") laid down in Article 72 para. 2 of the Basic Law.


The Dakar Conference on Education organized by UNESCO in 1972 led to the formation of a commission on education chaired by Edgar Faure. In 1996 the commission released what later on became known as Delores' Report on Education as a framework or philosophy on which member countries of UNESCO could base their education systems. The framework consists of four basic principles: Learning to be, Learning to know, Learning to do and Learning to live together. This article discusses how to learn to become a person from the home, to the school and throughout life (lifelong Learning) in Africa. The focus is on Africa because it is one continent where education does not seem to be making a significant impact, as it is doing in other parts of the world – preparing the people to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century


Yaws is a treponematosis which is rare in Europe. Tertiary stages may present with tumor-like lesions predominantly in the face. These manifestations are called rhinopharyngitis mutilans and goundou. A 40-year-old woman with goundou is presented.


PHYSTAT2003 brought statisticians together with particle physicists, astrophysicists, and cosmologists. This paper, which is taken from the text of the keynote address, concerns the uneasy relationship between Bayesian and frequentist statistics, with particular attention to the "neutrino problem": how to set confidence limits for a parameter known to be non-negative. Model selection, an objective Bayes technique, gives a different answer than the classic Neyman confidence construction.


With the rapid development of the economy, the construction waste generated by urban construction has increased year by year, causing many environmental and social problems. The introduction of the Public-Private Partnership model has become an important institutional arrangement for promoting China's new urbanization and strengthening urban infrastructure construction. The actual operation of the PPP model involves complex contractual relationships, in which the contractual relationship between the government and private enterprises is the most critical. This paper will take the government and private enterprises as the main body, establish a cooperative residual rights allocation model based on risk sharing and interest compensation factors, optimize the contractual relationship between the government and private enterprises, and propose optimization strategies.


In order to control system transient stability and improve TSCOPF's computational efficiency, the paper, based on analyzing the existing problem of multiple faults' transient stability constrained optimal power flow trace sensitivity, introduces strict judgment of transient stability in TSCOPF model and can improve computational efficiency by applying track sensitive technology. The paper adds malfunction screening process in transient stability constraint, which can leave out calculating parts of trace sensitivity, do away with inoperative constraint in time and improve computational efficiency. Meanwhile, for instable malfunction, it has no need to look for critical stable track, so as to save lots of simulation time. It can better control system transient stability and satisfy actual power grid's demands on stability. Simulation results on the system verify effectiveness of algorithm. Introduction Stability range probably has a very important role on many engineering fields, especially for electrical power system [1, 2]. Previous literatures have proposed many methods to estimate stability range. However, some of them just estimate a subset of stability range, but have conservative problems. Though some of them describe the constitution of stabile boundary perfectly in mathematics, there are actual computational problems. Alternating current transmission and direct-current transmission have totally different characteristics, but both of them have an extremely closed relation and very complicated interaction in actual power grid operation. The interaction between alternating current transmission and direct-current transmission is an important aspect in the study of power system stability, as well as one of the most concerned problems in power engineering sector. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out an extensive and in-depth study on this topic. In the past ten years, multiple serious power outages happened around the world. These have caused serious consequences for national economy and social life. Scholars at home and abroad introduce advanced theories of complicated system, etc. to the electrical power system, carry out detailed researches on cascading failure and related topics of blackout, and obtain lots of breakthroughs and achievements. Nowadays, researches on cascading failure and blackout exist some problems inevitably, mainly including dynamic behavior, which doesn't consider system integrity, and few researches aiming at AC and DC system. Transient Stability Range Simulation and Element Model Basically, electrical power system is constituted by alternator, excitation system, prime motor, speed controller, network and load. Their interrelation is shown in Fig. 1. �ref is the given rotate speed of electric generator. The meaning of rest variables sees below. When electrical power system is received large-disturbance motion, input mechanical power of electric generator m and output electromagnetic power will lose their balance and cause the alternation of speed �and angle ξ. Meanwhile, units swing relatively. In the large-disturbance motion, the ability to maintain voltage level by this system is called as large-disturbance motion voltage stability. Dynamic behavior of system and load, system continuous and discrete control protective effect determine the voltage stability. Time frame of voltage stability lasts several seconds to tens of minutes. Moreover, International Conference on Automation, Mechanical Control and Computational Engineering (AMCCE 2015) © 2015. The authors Published by Atlantis Press 1428 different dynamic response time with components has relations with element model. Transient stability often has the interaction and correlation with voltage stability. Three-phase synchronous generator is the power supply of electrical power system. Its function is to transform mechanical power of prime motor (turbine and water turbine, etc.) transmitted by spindle into electric power. Meanwhile, it is the important power supply to provide reactive power (lag) in electrical power system. (1) The paper selects four –phase model used by time-domain simulation. Electromagnetic power e of electric generator is: ) ( ) ( 3 2 di qi ai di di qi qi ei I I r I V I V P + + + = (1) Voltage equation of generator stator: di ai qi qi di di I r I X E V − + = ' ' (2) qi ai di di qi qi I r I X E V − + = ' ' (3) rk q Figure 1 Schematic Diagram of Electrical Power System Basic Composition d and d′are d-axle synchronous reactance and transient reactance; q and q′ are q-axle synchronous reactance and transient reactance; ais the resistance of generator stator winding on the ith set; d′and q′are the electromotive force on the d and q-axle; d and q are the components on the d and q-axle of alternator terminal voltage fundamental exchange. (2) Mathematic model of excitation system transfer function block diagram is: terminal voltage of electrical generator g suffers from measurement through time constant �r and makes a comparison with reference voltage �ref, of voltage regulator. Its deviation will be enlarged after entering into the voltage regulator. Output voltage rof voltage regulator is regarded as exciter exciting voltage, so as to control exciting voltage fof electric generator. min ri V and max ri V are the top and bottom limitation of r. ri mi gi mi T V V V / ) ( − = (4) ai i r fi fi fi i r mi ref ai ri T V T E k V V V K V / ) ) / ( ( 1 2 1 , . − − − − = (5)


In this study, we investigated the spatial distribution of macrozoobenthos in the estuarine sandy flat, the Bongam tidal flat located in Masan Bay during March, 2004. A total 13 species were identified at 12 stations within the tidal flat. The mean density was , and mean biomass was . Dominant species in the Bongam tidal flat were all polychaetes: Prionospio japonicus (, 57.8%) and Polydora ligni (, 19.4%) of spionoid polychaete, and Neanthes succinea (, 16.9%) of nereid polychaete. The most dominant species, P. japonicus distributed evenly all stations in the tidal flat. But N. succinea showed high density at the upper area of the tidal flat. Species diversity index (H') was in the range of 0.6 to 1.2 which is relatively low due to the prominent of P. japonicus and few species richness at each station. The study area was divided into two station groups (group A and B) based on the cluster analysis and MDS ordination, and the spatial distribution of macrozoobenthos on the Bongam tidal flat seemed to be in the influence of exposure duration from tidal levels and specific geological topography.


The optical film comprises a layer of substantially non-absorbing and non-scattering of simultaneous biaxially oriented polyolefin film for at least one visible light polarization state. The layer had x, y, and z orthogonal direction refractive index, at least two are not equal in these orthogonal directions refractive index. Layer has an absolute value of the following plane retardance and 55nm or more plane retardance 100 nm.


The aim of the present study was to investigate the water quality and the ecosystem health of a segment of Pescara river (Abruzzo-Italy) with the aid of an integrated approach. Sixteen priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heavy metals were determinated in water and chub samples in order to calculate the bioconcentration factor. Biochemical, physical and microbiological characterisation were also carried out on water samples. Moreover, real and synergic effects of water pollution on biota were investigated by genotoxicological tests. Water samples were tested by Salmonella mutagenicity assay, whereas micronucleus assay on chub  was used to evaluate environmental genotoxic effects on fish. The characterisation of  water samples did not reveal any relevant contamination of Pescara river, but some analytical results obtained for biota were remarkable. In particular, the comparison between the site downstream from the industrial area of Chieti and the control site showed significant differences in chub micronuclei frequencies.


In this article basic results of theoretical and experimental research and monitoring data are given, which make it possible to demonstrate the need of woodland conservancy construction on recreational and sports facilities. The undertaken study demonstrated the effectiveness of the usage of geo-compositional systems, allowing to achieve topsoil stability on the surface of a slope, to establish favorable conditions for development of plant root system and to slow down overland flow. The usage of such systems is directed to achieve sustainable development of recreational and sports complexes as natural-industrial systems. The photographs of the objects are presented.


【Task】 Regenerated absorbent, or lean absorbent, and to produce a CO A The rich absorbent, by heating the dilute absorbent reboiler at the base of the regeneration column, effected in countercurrent with at least partially generated steam, where the released CO Dilute or regenerated absorbent is withdrawn from the base of the column was vaporized in the upper vaporization valve, vapor is returned to within the playback column is compressed in the vaporization chamber, and against rich absorbent flows is separated into a liquid phase containing mainly lean absorbent is cooled by heat exchange, the gas phase and / or lean absorbent is heat exchanged against the low temperature heat medium after leaving the vaporizer valve that. .The


[article extract] The increasing globalization of asset markets and international investment has made the accurate assessment of country risk important. A simple technique to characterize country risk is in the context of the market model beta and the capital asset pricing model.


The A. describes magic acts of burying various objects on the land or in the buildings of neighbours in order to harm them, their crops, livestock, etc., registered in the rural environment of Eastern Slovenia in 2000-2002.


The Back Cover picture shows the crystal structure of a sulfonic acid-functionalized 2D covalent organic framework (COF) and its application as a highly effective solid acid catalyst with excellent catalytic activity and chemoselectivity for the conversion of fructose into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and 2,5-diformylfuran (DFF). A sulfonated 2D crystalline COF, termed TFP-DABA, is synthesized directly using 1,3,5-triformylphloroglucinol (TFP) and 2,5-diaminobenzenesulfonic acid (DABA) via a Schiff base condensation reaction followed by irreversible enol-to-keto tautomerization. This COF is highly efficient for fructose conversion with remarkable yields (97% for HMF and 65% for DFF). This study provides encouragement for further exploration of COFs as heterogeneous catalysts for bio-based chemical conversion and related applications. More details can be found in the Communication by D. Zhao et al. on page 3208 in Issue 19, 2015 (DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201500755).


Being aimed at the phenomen on of Wuliwan chang 6 reservoir has entered medium water-cut stage,gradual change in multiphase flow,reduce the efficiency of Water flooding,to slow rate of water rise,improve the ultimate recovery,carried out the Profile control and flooding technology,and composite oil displacement technique study of enhanced oil recovery.It aims at that the problems and difficulties in oil displacement technique and its application,with systematic theoretical analysis and a variety of experimental techniques, breakthrough at key points,explore the effective ways and means of oil production Plant3 of Changqing Oilfield Company in water injection to enhance oil recovery.Through the reservoir description,optimization of well selection,carried out a well field test in wuliwan area,well test results.


We demonstrate for the first time optical parametric amplification (OPA) operating at GHz rate in near-IR using hydrogenated amorphous silicon waveguide. The strong gain at this repetition rate shows its potential for telecommunication applications and a GHz-rate optical parametric oscillator.


According to the multidisciplinary characteristics of placement machine, a development sys- tem of the digital prototype on the placement machine is built. In the design phase, the multidisci- plinary design and simulation are performed to check and test the product functionality and perfor- mance. The various system parameters are coordinated to make our products meet the design indica- tors, and the conflict and interference between the various disciplines are solved and the best coupling is achieved. This will significantly shorten the product development cycle, reduce the product develop- ment costs, and improve the product quality and the system performance.


This study focuses on the different factors influencing social marketing programme implementation of legal assistance in Indonesia. The variables being examined are variables in theory of planned behaviour (attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control) and additional variables influencing attitude and intention (perceived costs, perceived needs, perceived risks, perceived benefits). The study utilizes both qualitative and quantitative research method. The first stage of this study is a qualitative research consisting of interviews with advocates and keypersons of legal assistance service providers (lembaga bantuan hukum). On the second stage, a cross-sectional quantitative study will be conducted involving the targeted audiences of legal assistance programme in Indonesia. The findings of the first stage of this study reveal some variables posited to influence intention of the targeted audiences to use legal assistance programme. The second stage of the study is expected to provide more insights on the variables influencing intention to use legal assistance programme.


Objective: In this small pilot study, the association of comorbid anxiety with the treatment of ADHD is studied. Methods: Eighteen volunteers from a pediatric clinic are tested for ADHD and anxiety and assessed for behavioral and cognitive ADHD symptomology. Response to methylphenidate as treatment for ADHD symptoms is measured 2 to 3 weeks, and again 4 to 6 weeks following the diagnosis of ADHD. Results: Methylphenidate proves effective for treating ADHD symptoms (both behavioral and cognitive). Participants are categorized into two groups, those with ADHD and comorbid anxiety and those with ADHD alone. Behaviorally, no statistically significant differences are seen in response between the two groups; however; cognitively, the non-anxious group improves significantly more than the anxious group. Conclusion: Although anxiety may not affect behavioral response to stimulant medication in ADHD, it does appear to affect the medication response of more subtle symptoms of cognitive performance in ADHD patients. (J of Att. Dis. 2010; 13(4) 414-419)


In this work the main characteristics of transient photocurrents on disordered multilayers, as obtained by the time-of-flight technique, are simulated and compared to experimental data from the literature. The origin of the double-peak shape adopted by the photocurrents is discussed in this work, and it is shown that each peak is directly related to the time delay of charge carriers at the layer-layer and contact-layer interfaces, respectively. Two mechanisms of conduction are involved in the transport of carriers through the multilayer structure.


Disclosed is an aqueous copolymeric polyvinyl ester dispersion comprising A) 100 parts by weight of a copolymer derived from A1) from 34.9 to 95 wt .-% Vinylestern of aliphatic, saturated carboxylic acids, A2) from 4.9 to 65 wt .-% maleic acid esters and / or fumaric esters of monohydric aliphatic alcohols with a chain length of C A3) 0.1 to 10% of at least one comonomer having at least one stabilizing nonionic or ionic group as well as A4) optionally other comonomers, wherein the sum of components A1, A2 and A3 and where appropriate wt .-% yield A4 100 B) 0.1 to 4.5 parts by weight based on the total amount of monomers used, preferably 0.5 to 3.5 parts by weight of at least one protective colloid, preferably polyvinyl alcohol, C) 0.1 to 10 parts by weight, based on the total amount of monomers used, preferably 0.5 to 5.0 parts by weight of a nonionic emulsifier, and D) optionally further additives suitable for the coating of food. The dispersion is prepared by free radical emulsion polymerization and is suitable for coating foods. The films from these dispersions are characterized by a low water vapor transmission rate.


Caratteristiche del lavoro e qualita della vita lavorativa: effetti sull'engagement e sulla propensione all'innovazione - Research have shown that characteristics of the work environments are related to employees' well-being, performance and individual innovation. The study, carried out in a small manufacturing company (N = 32), using the Karasek's model and a longitudinal research design, shows that characteristics of the work environments influence workers' engagement and the frequency with which employees experienced positive emotion on the job. The level of employees' innovativeness at T1 predicts job demands perceived at T2. Work characteristics are not related to employees' performance and to employees' propensity in suggesting ideas. Instead, an high level of control and a low level of demands fostering ideas implementation.


Rural resilience is not only a comprehensive reflection of "thriving businesses, pleasant living environments, social etiquette and civility, effective governance, and prosperity". It is also the unity of resilience in industry, ecology, culture, organization and livelihood. This paper uses the entropy weight-TOPSIS method to measure the rural resilience level in 31 regions in China and analyzes the configuration of influencing factors with the Fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA). The results of the study are as follows: (1) The level of rural resilience in China showed a stable increase from 2010 to 2019, but the overall level was low, with large regional disparities, showing a significant positive spatial correlation. (2) In the high-level rural resilience explanatory path, labor-driven, cultural-driven and market–labor–technology linkage-driven play a core role, while administrative force is not playing a significant role. In the explanation path of non-high level rural resilience, the market–labor absent, administrative–market absent and cultural absent hinder the improvement of rural resilience. In summary, we put forward the following suggestions. Policy renovation and support should be strengthened. Adaption to local conditions should be considered in order to achieve sustainable and differentiated development. Development should be coordinated and balanced in different regions so as to achieve an overall resilience level in rural areas.