a study of two of the 'most influential cities on the planet' (p. xii), both of which spent much of the century striving clumsily to strike a balance between freedom and rights versus order and control. The goal for civic officials on both sides of the Atlantic was to construct modern urban terrains that provided enough freedom to sustain democracy, but enough rules to maintain an orderly everyday life. Many cities, Keller rightly points out, still lack this balance; and it remains unclear whether London or New York achieved it before the nineteenth century's end. But the ground was paved for urban stability and a politically engaged citizenry during the rapid, messy growth of the two capital cities. The banishment of chaos and uncertainty was the first step and it was arrived at by heated negotiation between the city's residents and the state. Keller's book surveys this negotiation, tracing the evolving dynamic between freedom and order, couched as it was in the belief that the right to use public space was a defining aspect of democracy, in five interrelated ways: the demographic and spatial expansion of the cities themselves; the development of police forces to replace militias; the machinations of the protesting public; its commitment to free speech and assembly; and the legislative attempts to mitigate the two. These agents, Keller shows, both managed and caused disorder in the streets and open spaces amid large-scale changes to the landscape and the challenges posed by poverty, class divisions, as well as racial, ethnic and gender prejudices. In the process, Keller finds that London was by and large better than New York at preserving freedom in the relentless contest over free speech and assembly. New York's officials eventually realized that while they could not stop public assemblies, they could authorize them. This was the city's way of controlling crowd events before they happened, Keller argues, even if it rarely prevented violence and riot. Bringing order to New York also meant cleaning up the city; building parks; improving policy, licensing, infrastructure and controls; easing traffic congestion; and cracking down on crime. Of course these same changes were happening in Victorian London at exactly the same time, and contributed similarly to the reordering of the cityscape, but Keller stops short of fleshing out the comparison or showing causal connections between regulation and improvement regimes in either city or how they affected the protesting public. Nor is there a critique here of the actual expressions of dissent. While Keller does quite helpfully show that London and New York were on similar trajectories in 'projecting an image of freedom within a framework of safety and order' (p. 224), it appears by the book's end that issues of order and disorder had more to do with unresolved struggles for space and imbalances between public order, liberty, free speech and assembly that continued into the twentieth century. Matthew K. McKean Carleton University


Walnut is a unique species in both its timber and wood characteristics. Although market conditions vary it is generally considered a valuable species. Because of these factors, setting quality (value) levels for both lumber and veneer can be involved. Lumber grades are quantitative thus straight forward once the system is understood. Determining quality in veneer is much more subjective. This paper will discuss important factors related to quality in both lumber and veneer. Landowners, foresters, researchers, and others concerned with the production of walnut timber for lumber and veneer should consider these factors before proceeding with their work.


Abstract : Over recent years a number of efforts have been undertaken to develop interior ballistics models capable of treating ignition-induced, two-phase flow dynamics in gun chambers. A coincidental requirement was thus generated for experimental data usable for validation of such models. While data have been provided in the past on flame-front propagation as well as pressure- wave development in cased-ammunition guns, no direct information on flames spread in bagged charges was available. The initial confinement of the propellant bed and ignition species imposed by the bag, followed by allowable gas and solid phase mobilities in radial as well as axial directions upon bag rupture, could have a major impact on flamespread and flow dynamics during the early portion of the interior ballistic cycle. Such processes might significantly affect the usefulness of existing two-phase flow models formulated under an assumption of one-dimensional flow. Data are presented which reflect the recent results of efforts to characterize flame-front propagation, propellant-bed mobility and pressure-wave development in bagged charges. Some experimental results are compared to numerical simulations, and inferences are drawn both about the adequacy of the models and about the basic phenomenology of bagged-charge performance.


Low cost antiretroviral medications are now available but limited healthcare infrastructure hinders the extension of treatment. Community-based antiretroviral treatment (ART) programs have been successfully implemented in several settings. In 1999 the leaders of various associations of people living with HIV/AIDS (APLWHA) created AIDS Empowerment and Treatment International (AIDSETI) a non-governmental organization to promote community driven development (CDD) to extend sustainable HIV/AIDS care and treatment in resource-limited settings. The World Bank and other agencies designed the CDD model to mitigate the effects of poverty and expand the delivery of non-health care related services in resource-limited countries. AIDSETI has applied the model of CDD to the provision of comprehensive HIV/AIDS healthcare by providing a unifying administrative framework. APLWHA are considered primary stakeholders and entrusted with healthcare resources. We describe the first multinational attempt to implement this innovative model of association-driven care and treatment (ADCT) by the AIDSETI network of APLWHA. (excerpt)


Through diagnostic studies combining space-time scaling analysis of ground-based hydrometeorological observations, radiosonde profiles, METEOSAT and TRMM satellite data, as well as simulations using a Cloud Resolving Model, we were able to identify and characterize the dominant weather systems and associated precipitation processes in the Central Himalayas: a) monsoon depressions; b) wintertime storms; c) stationary orographic gravity waves; and d) ridge-locked convection. Our analysis shows that while the first two regimes are associated mainly with large-scale circulations, and exhibit strong inter-annual variability in frequency, intensity and spatial track; the second two regimes control the diurnal cycle during the monsoon and the spatial distribution of precipitation year round (Barros et al. 2004a-b, Lang and Barros 2004, Magagi and Barros 2004, Barros and Lang 2003, Lang and Barros 2002, Barros et al. 2000). Therefore, a synthesis of Himalayan hydrometeorology is proposed that relies on three principal modes of space-time variability: 1) an inter-seasonal mode linked to large-scale dynamics that explains infrequent events producing significant amounts of precipitation over one-three day periods (wintertime storms and monsoon depressions); 2) a regional mode linked to ocean-land-atmosphere interactions over Northern-India and the Bay of Bengal at time-scales of days to weeks consistent with the succession of rainy and dry episodes during the break and active phases of the monsoon; and 3) an orographic mode that explains the spatial variability of the diurnal cycle on the Himalayan range during the monsoon. Keyword: Himalaya, Precipitation, Monsoon, Climate


Properties of filled n-butyl-α-cyanoacrylates were studied as a function of filler-monomer ratio, time, and curing conditions. Matrix characteristics were determined on amine initiated bulk polymer. Calcium carbonate and mixtures of zinc oxide and zinc phosphate formed reinforced materials with low solubility and disintegration.


A low-energy electron micorscope (LEEM) corrected for spherical and chromatic aberration is proposed which can operate at different imaging modes. The microscope consists of a conical electromagnetic immersion objective lens, a mirror-hexapole corrector, an electron source, and a projector system, which are symmetrically arranged about a compact stigmatically imaging magnetic 90 o beam splitter with quadratic shape


The paper investigates the thermomechanical and electrical properties of a number of thermoplastic copolymers poly(arylene ether ketones) (co-PAEK) containing fluorene groups in the main chain of the macromolecule. Co-PAEKs are being studied for the purpose of their use in the contact system of a solar cell with a transparent conductive oxide (TCO) electrode and a multiwire contact grid. Polymer films are used as conductive adhesives to form an electrical contact between metal wire and TCO. The formation of an electrically conductive contact occurs during lamination at an excess pressure of 1 atm and a temperature of maximum deformation of co-PAEK, while the copolymer switches from the initial dielectric to a stable highly conductive state. Co-PAEKs with the content of fluorene groups ( q ) 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 mol.% are synthesized, having the same molecular weight and the reduced viscosity of ~0.38 dl/g. To select the optimal contact system formation temperature for each coPAEK, the glass transition temperature ( T g) and the peak strain temperature ( T d) were determined from thermo mechanical curves. It was found that with increasing q , the temperature T g increases from 162 to 185°С, and T d from 203 to 223°С. The specific contact resistances (ρС) in the metal wire/co-PAEK/TCO (ITO - In2O3:Sn) system were determined for a round copper wire coated with indium:tin (In:Sn) solder, as well as for tin-plated wire, depending on the content of fluorene groups in the copolymer. The specific contact resistance ρС for wire with (In:Sn) solder varies in the range of 0.56-0.83 mΩ cm2, for tin-plated wire - 0.84-1.43 mΩ cm2, and co-PAEK with q = 5 mol % showed the lowest ρС in both cases. The ρC of wire/co-PAEK/ITO contacts has been studied as a function of the resistivity of ITO grown by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis on silicon substrates. The temperature dependence of the resistivity of the wire/co-PAEK/ITO contact was studied in the temperature range of 5-85°C, and a conclusion was made about the metallic type of dependence. According to the results of microscopic studies of the contact area, the typical minimum co-PAEK layer thickness between the wire and ITO after the formation of the contact was determined, which is in the range of 0.5-2.4 μm.


Abstract Severely closed-head-injured patients (n = 39) received either memory strategy training or drill and repetitive practice on memory tasks; a control group received no treatment. The treatment procedures were evaluated by subjective ratings, by memory tasks on which an effect of the use of strategies was expected and by reaction time tasks to control for spontaneous recovery or motivational factors. Tests were administered before and after two 3-week periods of training and at follow-up 4 months after the end of therapy. Neither treatment procedure showed significant effects on reaction time measures. Both groups of trainees subjectively rated the effects of therapy on their everyday memory functioning as highly positive, although significant effects on objective memory performance scores could only be demonstrated in the strategy training group. These results appeared most clearly at the 4-month follow-up.


This research looks at how digital and wearable technology can be used to visualise the phenomena of memory in order to understand the evolving concept of identity.


Occupying two academic extreme together with Mo Zi,Yang Chu′s theory takes Mo Zi as its main debating object.While,the theory of Yang Chu′s disciples is mainly reflected in Liezi ·Yangchu,whose debating object changes and latently points at Confucian.Its reason lies in the alter of cultural environment.


Purpose: To establish the accuracy of the newly released biometer Ocuscan RxP (Alcon, USA) by comparison with the established Ultrasonic Biometer Model 820 (Allergan Humphrey, USA), and to compare the accuracy of contact and immersion biometries. Methods: This is a prospective study involving 27 patients (40 eyes) who were scheduled for cataract surgery and had axial lengths measured with an Ocuscan RxP biometer using both contact (Method 1) and immersion (Method 2) techniques. As a reference, a contact type Ultrasonic biometer 820 (Method 3) was also used. IOL(Intraocular Lens) power for the cataract surgery was calculated using this result. An axial length which would have caused no post-operative refractive error was reversely calculated from the difference of target diopter and post-operative refractive error. This length was compared with the axial lengths obtained via Methods 1, 2 and 3. Results: The means and standard deviations for the measurement sets were compared. Methods 1 and 2 showed no significant difference (23.220.68, 23.240.69 mm, p=0.55). The axial length measured by Method 3 was 23.320.67 mm. The difference between the target refraction and post-operative refractive error was 0.290.60D. The axial length was reversely calculated from the difference (23.070.84 mm). The differences between the reversely calculated axial lengths and those of Methods 1, 2 and 3 were 0.15 0.31, 0.170.31 and 0.240.28 mm, respectively. Conclusions: Biometric results from Methods 1 and 2 caused less refractive error than did Method 3. The contact and immersion methods are both accurate for IOL power calculation if performed by a well-skilled examiner.


I write to register my deepest concerns regarding this proposed development. The Southampton Road was changed not so long ago - which in itself was a major headache for the City - and this proposal appears to want to make matters worse. I am especially concerned about 1. the additional traffic along the Southampton Road - already severely hampered by the layout - which this proposed development would bring. 2. further out of town development at the expense of the City-centre businesses 3. the impact on the flood plain and all that may result from that regarding flooding etc. This could be an environmental disaster. 4. Tesco already have a massive store on that side of the city - why have a Sainsbury's when there is perhaps a need for a supermarket on the West or North East of the City where new housing is being considered. 5. Would Sainsbury's keep their inner city store?


themselves" (p. 135). One may ask if that was the reason why he escaped the papal censure which fell on the Modernists, or was there a reason of policy rather than principle ? As regards the Anglo-Catholic movement itself, the author regards the intrusion of the modernist intellectual element as likely to be its undoing unless there is a return to "Catholic intellectual principles" (p. 141). He himself recognizes no possible reconciliation or compromise between modernism or liberal Protestantism and Christianity as embodied in Catholicism. Much as I as a liberal Protestant disagree from the author's own standpoint, and the movement he has so excellently described and appreciatively estimated, I can recommend his work as an interesting and valuable contribution to a subject now commanding the interests of many. For readers of this Journal the activity of the Anglo-Catholic movement in the sphere of social reform and service should be an additional reason for interest and study of such a book as this is.


Objective:To examine the relationship between the genetic polymorphisms of GSTM1,GSTT1 and the risk of cervical cancer.Methods:A hospital-based case-control study was conducted.125 cases with cervical cancer and 125 controls with hysteromyoma diagnosis by pathological in Shanxi Tumor Hospital were involved in this study.The genotypes of GSTM1 and GSTT1 were detected by multi-PCR method.Results:The frequencies of GSTM1 null genotype in cases(58.4%)was significantly higher than that in controls(43.2%);The frequencies of GSTT1 null genotype in cases was 53.6%,while in controls was 44.0%;The risk for cervical cancer in those with both GSTM1 null and GSTT1 null genotype was significantly higher than that in those with GSTM1 nonnull and GSTT1 nonnull genotype,with OR was 2.59.Conclusions:GSTM1 null genotype or both GSTM1 null and GSTT1 null genotye could increase the risk of cervical cancer.


Abstract. P ALMOXYLON ENOCHII SP . NOV . FROM THE O LMOS F ORMATION ( UPPER C AMPANIAN - LOWER M AASTRICHTIAN ), C OAHUILA , M EXICO . Different types of flowering plants and conifers have been collectedin the Olmos Formation, Upper Cretaceous (upper Campanian-lower Maastrichtian). A stem represents anew species of Palmoxylon Schenk (Arecaceae), P. enochii sp. nov. The stem portion known of this newplant has vascular bundles organized in radial strands; each vascular bundle has 2 or 3 metaxylem and 3to 9 protoxylem vessel elements. The ground tissue consists of thin-walled cells forming a not compact tis-sue with intercellular spaces, rarely described in Upper Cretaceous palms. The diversity of palm trees ofthe Olmos Formation flora further supports the presence of a diverse paleovegetation that later contribu-ted with important elements to the humid and dry tropics during Cenozoic time in southern NorthAmerica and northern and central Mexico. Resumen. En la Formacion Olmos, Cretacico Superior (Campaniano superior-Maastrichtiano inferior), sehan recolectado diferentes tipos de plantas con flor y coniferas. Un nuevo estipite representa una nuevaespecie del morfogenero


Objective: To evaluate the expansion of the Family Health Program in the city of Jacarei 2004-2011, and the indicators that constitute the Pact for Life. Material and Methods: Data relating to primary health care in the city of Jacarei from 2004 to 2011 were collected from the databases SIAB data, SINASC, SIH, SISVAN and IBGE. Results: The number of registered families in the period increased by 54.69%, resulting in an increased number of registrations from 32,497 to 50,295. The number of monitored diabetic and hypertensive patients also increased by 152.31% and 160.22%, respectively. In the period 2007-2011, the proportion of people registered by the Family Health Program decreased from 14.56% to 13.13%, but the percentage of beneficiary families of the "Bolsa Familia" followed-up by primary care increased from 22.87% to 33.02%. The proportion of live births to mothers with seven or more prenatal consultations also increased from 64.78% to 77.07%, leading consequently to a decrease in the percentage of underweight children under five years (3.37% to 1.84%). The hospitalization rates due to diabetes mellitus and its complications decreased from 7.63% to 5.21%, unlike to stroke which increased from 6.13% to 10.77%. Conclusion: During the period evaluated there was a significant expansion of the Family Health Program in the city of Jacarei and a considerable improvement of the indicators that constitute the Pact for Life.

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Family Health Strategy. Primary Health Care. Public Health.


TPS539Background: Small bowel adenocarcinoma (SBA) is extremely rare tumor. Surgery is broadly applied as a standard treatment for localized SBA. However, the patients with localized SBA have poor prognosis even after curative resection (5-year survival: 40-65%), and most of them experience relapse. To prevent relapse, postoperative therapies are considered as most promising. However, there is no prospective study of postoperative therapies for curatively resected SBA patients and which regimens improve prognoses is unknown. For metastatic SBA, fluoropyrimidine and oxaliplatin is now regarded as global standard chemotherapy. Therefore, Japan Clinical Oncology Group (JCOG) planned a multicenter randomized phase III trial to confirm the superiority of postoperative capecitabine and oxaliplatin (CAPOX) to observation for curatively resected SBA under the Advanced Medical Care System of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan. This study is a counterpart trial of BALLAD trial conducted in Internatio...


Teaching students concepts about mobile and stationary robotics is difficult because there are few environments available for elegant and robust demonstrations. To aid student's understanding, robotic concepts need to be demonstrated not only in the lab but in the classroom. Since it is usually difficult to bring the equipment from the lab to the classroom, an environment for controlling and viewing the robots from the classroom is presented. The environment has several features: control from a distance, visually monitoring of actions, and feedback from different levels of system. A complete environment incorporating these features for teleoperated control of mobile robots and robot arms is detailed.


Background:
 Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) have a higher risk of heart failure (HF). While metabolic dysregulation has been well-established in HF and DM separately, molecular mechanisms associated with diabetic HF are incompletely understood. Thus, we sought to test the overarching hypothesis that cardiac metabolic programming is distinct in diabetic HF compared to DM and HF individually.

 Methods:
 RNA-sequencing and targeted metabolomics profiles were completed on human myocardial tissue from 54 unique individuals received from the Duke Human Heart Biorepository and the University of Colorado. Multi-omics profiles of cardiac tissue from 4 groups were compared: a) controls with no clinical evidence of DM or HF (n = 12), b) DM-only (n = 15), c) HF-only (n = 10), and d) HF+DM (n = 17).

 Results:
 After using statistical criteria to prioritize genes, we looked for genes that function together or modulate the same activity. Genes encoding producers of reactive oxygen species (ROS), DUOX2, DUOXA2, and DUOXA1, were differentially upregulated in diabetic-HF, compared to DM or HF alone (FDR HF+DM vs DM-only/HF-only = 6.6 x 10
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 , respectively). Gene set enrichment analysis supported our focus on these genes; top enriched gene sets included mTOR signaling and processes related to oxidative stress response. In our metabolomics data, long chain acylcarnitines (AC) and ceramides (Cer) are decreased in diabetic-HF. For example, C20:1 AC can be converted to C20:1 Cer and accumulation of both is diminished in diabetic-HF (FDR = 0.0032 and 0.035, respectively).

 Conclusions:
 We found that diabetic-HF was characterized by a distinct omics profile consistent with increased ROS production, diminished AC and Cer accumulation, and modulation of mTOR signaling. The fact that ceramide accumulation has been previously associated with oxidative stress and also linked to ERBB and PI3K pathways suggests that these data may reveal a unique regulation of these pathways in diabetic-HF.


A conventional microstrip ring resonator consisting of a polycrystalline ferrite substrate is demonstrated. This resonator produces improved tunability compared with other available versions. Resonators with tunability approaching 31% at a minimum insertion loss of 11.17 dB in a magnetic field of 3 kG applied longitudinally along wave propagation have been demonstrated using LiZiTi ferrite composition. Tunability of 31% is the best reported for any tunable structure.


The handoff in LEO satellite networks makes TCP protocol retransmit packet blindly,and decline TCP performance.The reasons of retransmitting packet blindly are analyzed.A pre-handoff method is used and an algorithm of routing is proposed to avoid the packet being retransmitted blindly.The simulated results by OPNET indicate that the algorithm can efficiently avoid the packet being retransmitted blindly and improve the performance of TCP.The method has good compatibility with the Internet on the terrestrial network.


The unprecedented growth in production and exchange of multimedia over unsecured channels is overwhelming mathematicians, scientists and engineers to realize secure and efficient cryptographic algorithms. In this paper, a color image encryption algorithm combining the KAA map with multiple chaotic maps is proposed. The proposed algorithm makes full use of Shannon's ideas of security, such that image encryption is carried out through bit confusion and diffusion. Confusion is carried out through employing 2 encryption keys. The first key is generated from the 2D Logistic Sine map and a Linear Congruential Generator, while the second key is generated from the Tent map and the Bernoulli map. Diffusion is attained through the use of the KAA map. An elaborate mathematical analysis is carried out to showcase the robustness and efficiency of the proposed algorithm, as well as its resistance to visual, statistical, differential and brute-force attacks. Moreover, the proposed image encryption algorithm is also shown to successfully pass all the tests of the NIST SP 800 suite.


Wireless positioning systems are used for determining the distance and position through network of nodes.Compared to methodologies for instance the time of arrival and angle of arrival for the position location, wireless positioning has gained advantage in terms of localization.A wireless positioning system consists of a number of nodes whose locations are known (known nodes) and one or more nodes whose pos itions are to be found (unknown nodes).Typically a node is defined as a communication endpoint. Incase the known nodes are at a fixed location they are termed as anchor nodes.To cite this beacons are the one which are at fixed location.Moreover satellites are the one which donot have afixed location.An unknown node may be mobile or it may be stationary depending upon the condition .The hub of the wireless network is the base station.A common RSSI localization consists of two nodes,a fixed node wich are used as the reference points when the distance is to be calculated,and other is t he mobile node which depicts the postion to be found.The received signal strength indication (RSSI) provides the clue of the command level received by the radio after the antenna and possible cable loss. Thus in order to have a higher RSSI number the signal strength should be s tronger. That is indicative that RSSI value closer to 0, represents a stronger signal.


Response surface methodology(RSM)was used to optimize the extraction technology of polysaccharide fromJasminum nudiflorum lindl.On the basis of single factor test,a central composite design(CCD)experiment was conducted and the response surface analysis was employed to investigate the influence of three main factors including extracting time,power and ratio of raw to solvent material on the yield of polysaccharide,and then a regression model was established.The optimum conditions were as follow:time:16min,power:125W,and ratio of raw to solvent material:1∶16g/mL.Under these conditions,the yield of polysaccharide was 16.92%,higher than the traditional reflux extraction,and the extracted time was significantly reduced.


Previous studies have indicated the occurrence of nine species of Palaemon in Brazil. However, the extensive variability in their diagnostic characters and the geographic distribution of some species raises doubts about the validity of some taxa, potentially indicating the occurrence of species not yet reported from Brazil or even not described. To solve taxonomic issues with Palaemon species in Brazil, we carried out a multigene analysis by using partial fragments of 16S and COI mitochondrial genes and the nuclear H3. Phylogenetic relationships were inferred by maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference. The external morphology corresponding to the terminal clades obtained in the molecular phylogram was analysed to identify diagnostic characters that allow the recognition of the groups and the correct taxa assignment. The combined analysis of molecular and morphological data confirms the existence of nine species of Palaemon in Brazil, five from the "Palaemon" lineage (P. mercedae and four Palaemon stensu stricto—P. argentinus, P. octaviae—first record in Brazil, P. northropi and P. paivai) and four of the "Alaocaris" lineage (P. carteri, P. ivonicus, P. pandaliformis and P. yuna). The possibility of further cryptic speciation is also pointed out. In addition to confirming the validity of the nine species, the results indicate the need for taxonomic adjustments and corresponding changes in the geographic distribution of Palaemon species occurring in Brazil.


: In this study, the hydrothermal carbonization behavior of bamboo in hot-compressed water (HCW) using a batch-type reactor at 180-300 o C was observed to investigate the effective utilization of bamboo as a biomass resource. Polysaccharides (hemicellulose and cellulose) in the bamboo were changed to water soluble products. At 180-220 o C, hemicellulose (arabinoxylan) was first hydrolyzed to xylooligosaccharides and then to xylose that was further decomposed to various organic acids and furfural. However, most of the cellulose was not decomposed and was recovered as a solid residue at this temperature range. Cellulose began hydrolyzing to glucose at temperatures above 240 o C. The glucose was further decomposed to various organic acids and 5-HMF. The recovered oligosaccharides and monosaccharides can be used as functional food, food additives, and feedstocks for ethanol and lactic fermentation. Furthermore, organic acids and furans can be used as various chemicals. More hemicellulose and cellulose, which have relatively low carbon content in the bamboo, were decomposed and dissolved in water. As a result, the solid residue consisted mainly of lignin, which has higher carbon content compared to cellulose and hemicellulose. Hence, the heating value of the solid residue increased at higher temperature during treatment and the residue could be considered as a solid fuel.


The article presents a critical review of Russia's energy efficiency policies in agriculture since 2008 till 2016. First, we focus on the general background of energy efficiency policies in Russia, clearly indicating the place of agriculture in such policies. Second, the article reviews all the documents adopted on the federal level in Russia with respect to energy efficiency in agriculture. Third, the indicators used by the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation to evaluate energy efficiency performance in agriculture are analyzed. Finally, we critically review the existing energy efficiency policies in agriculture on the basis of the following criteria: (a) overall goals and priorities, (b) a government management system, (c) a technological regulation in agriculture, and (d) financial incentives and funding. The review clearly shows that Russia has weak energy efficiency policies in agriculture and does not employ its full potential.


Friedlander and Mazur proposed a conjecture of hard Lefschetz type for Lawson homology. We shall relate this conjecture to Suslin's conjecture for Lawson homology and hence to Grothendieck's standard conjectures. Applying the SL 2-action on abelian varieties observed by Beauville, we show that for abelian varieties, this conjecture is equivalent to a weak form of a vanishing conjecture of Beauville type for Lawson homology.


We investigate the conformational state of a simple, coarse–grained molecular model for single–stranded DNA chains (ssDNA) grafted onto spherical symmetric gold nanoparticles (NPs) and of the grafted layer as a whole by molecular dynamic simulations. In particular, we compare the radius of gyration (Rg) of an individual grafted chain to its value in solution and we use path–integration to estimate the change δRh of the hydrodynamic radius of ssDNA–grafted NPs (Rh) from the hydrodynamic radius of the bare gold NP core (R = 5.0 nm) for a range of grafted chains (N), chain lengths (L), and persistence lengths (lp) relevant to experimental studies of these NPs. We find the ssDNA chain size is not greatly perturbed from its free solution value so that the molecular cartoon of a brush–like layer involving highly extended ssDNA chains is an unrealistic model of the interfacial structure of ssDNA–grafted NPs under the solution conditions normally investigated.


Prior to the coming into force of the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) in 2003, Canada had one of the highest rates in the world for use of courts and custody for adolescent offenders. The YCJA significantly structured the discretion of police, prosecutors and judges, restricting use of courts and custody. With the enactment of this law, there have been changes in approaches of professionals and youth corrections policies. There have been substantial reductions in the use of courts and custody for youth in Canada, though there is significant variation across the country. Despite the success of the YCJA in reducing youth incarceration rates and spending on custody facilities without increasing youth crime, conservative politicians have continued to criticize the law, and enacted amendments to the YCJA in 2012. This presentation reviews the history of juvenile justice in Canada, and describes the major provisions of the present legal regime, including analysis of the leading Canadian precedents on youth justice and the 2012 amendments.Despite the law-and-order rhetoric of conservative politicians and changes to the criminal law that are resulting in increases in adult incarceration in Canada, the 2012 YCJA amendments do not change the fundamental approaches to youth justice, and actually narrow the scope of pre-trial detention. The presentation considers some of the major concerns with youth justice in Canada, including high rates of involvement of minority youth, especially aboriginal youth, in the justice system, and concludes with suggestions for addressing challenges that need to be faced to reduce rates of youth crime in Canada, notably by improving access to mental health services and reducing child maltreatment and poverty. 2


In the present investigation, the effects of processing parameters, such as roughing, finishing and coiling temperatures, on the strain hardening exponent and yield strength of a Nb-microalloyed steel has been studied by Taguchi method. In order to achieve maximum n-value and yield strength, tests were done in a laboratorial pilot considering a L16 orthogonal array of Taguchi method under following condition: roughing temperature of 1000, 1050, 1100, 1150◦C, finishing temperature of 800, 850, 900, 950◦C, coiling temperature of 550, 600, 650, 700◦C. Then, analysis of variance and signal to noise ratios are performed on the measured data. The results indicated that the finishing and coiling temperatures were the major factor affecting the mechanical properties. The confirmation tests at optimal conditions approve the effectiveness of this robust design methodology in investigating the hot rolling process of the microalloyed steels.


Zeng Guo-fan achieved quite a lot in ruling a nation and managing a military in the country,and was later known as "doomsday hero" in the Chinese feudal society.The reasons are that he upheld the humanist management concepts in the national and militalry administration,and made full use of this conceptin in the practice.


Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems are widely used in a variety of tracking, security and tagging applications. Their operation in non line-of-sight environments makes them superior over similar devices such as barcode and infrared tags. RFID systems span a wide range of applications: medical history storage, dental prosthesis tracking, oil drilling pipe and concrete stress monitoring, toll ways services, animal tracking applications, etc. Passive RFID tags generate their power from the incoming signal; therefore, they do not require a power source. Accordingly, minimizing the power consumption and the implementation area are usually the main design considerations. This paper presents a complete analysis on designing a passive RFID tag. A system design methodology is introduced including the main issues and tradeoffs between different design parameters. The uplink modulation techniques used (ASK, PSK, FSK, and PWM) are illustrated showing how to choose the appropriate signaling scheme for a specific data rate, a certain distance of operation and a limited power consumption budget. An antenna system (transmitter and receiver) is proposed providing the maximum distance of operation with the transmitted power stated by FCC regulations. The backscatter modulation scheme used in the downlink is shown whether to be ASK-BM or PSK-BM and the differences between them are discussed. The key building blocks such as the charge pump, voltage reference, and the regulator used to generate the DC supply voltage from the incoming RF signal are discussed along with their design tradeoffs. A complete architecture for a passive RFID tag is provided as an example to illustrate the proposed RFID tag design methodology.


Automated measurements of water infiltration rates are commonly done using two gage transducers to measure water level changes in the reservoir of an infiltrometer. Previous studies have evaluated and described in detail infiltrometers automated with two gage-transducers and have shown that measurement precision and accuracy of soil hydraulic properties are improved. A previous study has also suggested the use of a single differential transducer to automate an infiltrometer to eliminate measurement error associated with air bubbles in the infiltrometer reservoir. In this study, the automation of a tension infiltrometer using a differential transducer was developed, evaluated, and applied. A single differential transducer was installed at the bottom of an infiltrometer reservoir and the other end was connected by tubing to the head-space in the reservoir. Calibration of the reservoir height measurements vs. transducer voltage output was simplified over previous methods and was even demonstrated in situ. Measurement precision was also improved by two orders of magnitude over previous methods. Measurements were also done to demonstrated the use of the single differential transducer set-up to obtain field measurements of unsaturated hydraulic conductivity and sorptivity. Unlike previous methods though, this method does not allow for the determination of the imposed potential at the soil surface unless adaptations are made.


Cable vibration caused by vortex shedding is an undesirable phenomenon in the design of a towed vehicle system. Severe vibrations cause fatigue fracture or a great increase in the drag coefficient of the cable. Cable fairing can reduce the drag force acting on a cable. In this paper, an experimental study is carried out on an airofoil and several other types of fairing. Normal and tangent drag coefficients, lift coefficients and strouhal numbers were obtained for inclined faired cables, and their performances were compared.


In this paper we solve the problem of estimating the risk of portfolios with complex dependencies. Recently, Lu, Huang and Gerlach (2010) proposed a skewed–EWMA estimator to calculate Value–at–Risk (VaR) for individual financial assets that take into account their volatilities. Skewed–EWMA estimator is derived from the asymmetric Laplace distribution and considers both skewness and heavy tails of the return distribution. This method is adaptive to the time-varying nature in practice by adjusting shape parameter in the distribution. In this paper, we extend the skewed–EWMA procedure introduced by Lu and Li (2011) to estimate the risk of complex portfolios with dependencies modeled via Student t copula and Clayton copula. We develop Monte Carlo simulation procedure, which combines copula techniques with skewed–EWMA forecasting of the volatility of the risk factors and asymmetric Laplace distribution. A portfolio composed from European stock indices illustrates our proposed method.


Objective This review was aimed to provide reference for production,management and use of laboratory animals by analyzing the test results on intestinal parasitic infections of mice and rats in different provinces from1989 to 2013 in China. The results showed that the infection rates in clean and SPF mice and rats were reduced to 10%,being better than that in the past years,but the situation was still not optimistic for the control of flagellate parasites infections.


As an important construction tool,building template is used to ensure the flatness of the concrete wall.Because of the larger area and thickness wall of building template,it is easy to warp deformation,which unable to meet modern architectural requirements.Combination of engineering experience and CAE,the gating system and cooling system were established.Based on orthogonal experiment method,the key process parameters were optimized and the best process parameters were obtained.Through testing on the spot the results show that the warpage of the template is controlled and meets the requirements of industry standards.


An analytical method was presented on some pairs of gear teeth contacting each other at the same time. First, the software Pro/E is applied to establish two kinds of gear whose fillet curves are typical double circular and single circular respectively. Second, changes of meshing locations is made to get omni-directional contact analysis results. At last a conclusion was drawn that bending stress on dedendum double circular gear is 1.3~1.5 times bigger than that on dedendum single circular gear,that is dedendum single circular gear has better carrying capacity. The study provides a good method for studying gear bending stress.


We consider a construction of efficient preconditioners, using discrete and fast wavelet transforms, for dense and unsymmetric linear systems that arise from boundary elements. The wavelet compression property combined with operator splitting result in much improved preconditioners, in terms of both eigenspectra clustering and inverse approximations, taking the form of band matrices with wrap-around boundaries. With our new non- standard wavelet transform, the transformed matrix is permuted to band forms. It is shown that, to have band matrices, one has to use a smaller number of wavelet levels. Numerical experiments using the iterative methods of conjugate gradients based on the normal equations (CGN) and generalised minimal residuals (GMRES) are reported.


We derive a new Bayesian estimation procedure for comparing Poisson-distributed mortality rates of a particular cohort and a standard population using the standardized mortality ratio (SMR) incorporating missing death certificates. Our paper assumes the realistic case of unequal unknown reporting probabilities with only vague knowledge in the form of an informative prior distribution of one of the reporting probabilities or one of the mortality rate parameters. We find closed form estimators for use with small sample sizes and a Markov chain Monte Carlo approach for cases of moderate and large sample sizes. We consider a simulation study demonstrating the effectiveness of our method and consider a real data example.


A search for TeV-PeV muon neutrinos with AMANDA-II data collected between 2000 and 2003 established an upper limit of E2Φ90%C:L: <7:4 x 10-8 GeV cm-2s-1sr-1 on the diffuse flux of extraterrestrial muon neutrinos with a Φ E-2 spectrum between 16 TeV and 2.5 PeV. The upper limit calculation correctly included event simulations and remains as stated.


The pressure swing adsorption (PSA) process, is a novel method for the purification and production of bioethanol. A highly non-linear rigorous model is implemented to simulate the cyclic dynamics of PSA, achieving purity of 99% wt of ethanol, which meets international standards to be used as fuel. The contribution of this work focuses on obtaining an identified model capable of capturing the important dynamics of the PSA process (with a fit above of 90%) and to be used for controller design purposes, since it is very complicated to design control in highly nonlinear models that are represented with partial differential equations (PDE). There is a comparison between a Hammersetein-Wiener (HW) and an Artificial Neural-Network (ANN) using the same input and output signals. Both identified models capture the important dynamics of the rigorous PSA model.


Operational parameters pertinent to ion exchange chromatography separation were identified. The experiments were performed with 9 mm diameter ion exchange columns and conventional column accessories. The cation separation beds were packed with AG 50W-X2 strong acid cation exchange resin in H(+) form and 200-400 dry mesh particle size. The stripper beds used in some experiments were packed with AG 1-XB strong base cation exchange resin in OH(-) form and 200-400 dry mesh particle size.


IDENTIFICATION OF SOME CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF MARTENSITE IN STEELS BY MICRODIFFRACTION M. Saxikaya, B.V.N. Rao, and G. Thomas; Materials and Molecular Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and Department of Materials Science and Mineral Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 ' cubic SAD pattern containing reflections wihch sug gest a slight misorientation. In the past this was attributed? to small angle boundaries between the adjacent laths In a packet. However, the pres ent detailed analysis shows that what is indeed happening is that the information contained in the patterns actually comes from two different packets - one in longitudinal configuration (laths 1), and the other in edge- on configuration (laths 2 ) . It has_been ascertained that laths marked 1 have a {111} habit and laths 2, the {111}, habit. Thus, these two packets are separated by a 70.54° (angle between till) and (111) planes) rotation around a vector normal to the plane of the foil, i.e., (or M ) . In a superimposed SAD pattern, the {110} rel-vectors corresponding to the differ ent packets are then expected to be separated by a 10.54° rotation, (Fig. 1(b)). A A M Strains created during the austenite to martensite transformation in steels are accommodated by many means such as shearing (slip or twinning) in martens ite, rotation of adjacent laths, and deformation of retained austenite at the lath boundaries. Martensite packets also contribute to this stress relieving process by assuming different austenite variants, as discussed above. Fig. 2(a) is a unique example where at least six packets have oriented them selves with respect to each other in such a small region. As shown in the figure, even a single lath can represent a packet (e.g., lath (1)). This is confirmed by the CBED patterns which show either a single j pattern (1,4,5), or superimposed patterns (2,3,6,7,8), rotated by ^70° (or 110°) according to the site on which the probe was placed. t It has been shown by the earlier investigations? that the orientatioh relation ships(OR).between retained ^ and la' is=nqt unique. In fact, in the steels investigated, most frequently both Kurdjuraov -Sachs (K-S) and Nishiyama- Wassermann (IHJ)::0Rare observed simultaneously in local regions containing martensite crystals and retained austenite. CBED patterns in Fig. 3 taken from the region indicated show single orientations belonging to , M, or *il6> . Here [100] and CllOjv indicate an N-W OR, while [lll] and[110] indicate a K-S OR by noting that the reflections from (011)^, (lTb)^, and (111) are superimposed in SAD pattern (4). M A M M A A Financial support from U.S. DOE ContractJfW-7405-ENQr45 and from TUBITAK-BAYG is gratefully acknowledged. 1. J.W. Steeds, CBED, Introduction to A.E.M.i p.387, by J.J. Hren, J.I. Gold stein, and D.C. Joy, eds., Plenum Press, N.Y., 1979. 2.* J.M. Chilton et al., JISI, 1970, Vol. 208, p.184.' n S t ' U . l . ' ' . L,:U;^.V 3 liKU&M i T a - f ^ : : . . . - 3. B.V.N. Rao, Met. Trans., 10A, 1979, p. 645. w


This report presents the preliminary results from a (Q)SAR investigation of the acute toxicity to fish (fathead minnow) for a dataset of phthalate esters. A chemical set of 341 phthalates was compiled by using different searching engines. Their acute toxicity to fathead minnow was calculated with the ECOSAR and TOPKAT software. A good correlation between the predictions from the two programs was established (r2 = 0.81). The chemicals were classified initially into four groups on a basis of their predicted by ECOSAR LC50 values: 1) no reasons for concern (LC50 > 100 mg/L), 2) harmful (10 mg/L 4) very toxic LC50 This prediction effort resulted in classification of the vast majority of the phthalates in the very toxic group. The reason for this result is that ECOSAR uses linear relationships with the octanol-water partition coefficient (log Kow) for chemicals with log Kow 5). The predictions from TOPKAT (only predictions within the optimum prediction space were considered) correlated relatively well with those from ECOSAR. There were many high molecular weight phthalate esters in the chemical series, which appeared clearly outside the applicability domain of the ECOSAR models. This fact, as well as the understanding that beyond certain limits of hydrophobicity the toxicity of the organic chemicals decreases as a result of reduced bioconcentration, motivated the development of an algorithm for refinement of acute toxicity predictions of the phthalate esters using the bilinear relationship with log Kow. In addition, water solubility limits were considered. Long-term toxicity studies were not considered in this study. Transformation (e.g. biodegradability) of the parent compounds was not considered either. This could potentially be important as, theoretically, the transformation of very hydrophobic chemicals (log Kow > 7) or extremely hydrophobic chemicals (log Kow > 8.0) into more hydrophilic degradation/transformation products may increase the acute toxicity to fish. This case study provides an illustration of how (Q)SAR methods can be used in the development of chemical categories and how (Q)SAR results can be used to perform an initial screening in support of classification and labelling. The results are discussed and interpreted with a view of what constitutes a category, how it can be defined and described, what are its boundaries, and the need to define subcategories that might be useful for deciding on the level of acute toxicological hazard associated with different structural modifications. Due to the preliminary nature of the (Q)SAR models, the results of this study should be regarded as an illustration of the applicability of (Q)SAR methods. The actual model results and rule-based classification scheme will need validation and refinement before they could be considered for regulatory use. The mission of the JRC is to provide customer-driven scientific and technical support for the conception, development, implementation and monitoring of EU policies. As a service of the European Commission, the JRC functions as a reference centre of science and technology for the Union. Close to the policy-making process, it serves the common interest of the Member States, while being independent of special interests, whether private or national.


Icebergs and bergy makes up a significant component of the total freshwater flux from the Greenland Ice Sheet to the ocean. Observations of iceberg trajectories are biased towards larger icebergs and, as a result, the drift characteristics of smaller icebergs and bergy bits are poorly understood. In an attempt to fill this critical knowledge gap, we developed the open-source EXpendable Ice TrackEr (EXITE). EXITE is a low-cost, satellite-tracked GPS beacon capable of high-resolution temporal measurements over extended deployment periods. Furthermore, EXITE can transform to a surface drifter when its host iceberg capsizes or fragments. Here we describe basic construction of an EXITE beacon and present results from a deployment in Godth\r{a}bsfjord (SW Greenland) in August 2016. Overall, EXITE trajectories show out-fjord surface transport, in agreement with a simple estuarine circulation paradigm. However, eddies and abrupt wind-driven reversals reveal complex surface transport pathways at time scales of hours to days.


This paper expounds the purposes, contents and methods of library's propaganda work, puts forward some suggestions on strengthening library's propaganda work, and points out that should give full play to the functions of library' s propaganda work and contribute to the sustainable development of library cause.


We present optical long-slit spectroscopy of the nucleus of the nearby radio galaxy M84 (NGC 4374 = 3C 272.1) obtained with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Our spectra reveal that the nuclear gas disk seen in WFPC2 imaging by Bower et al. (1997, ApJ, 483, L33) is rotating rapidly. The velocity curve has an S-shape with a peak amplitude of 400 km s −1 at 0. ′′ 1 = 8 pc from the nucleus. To model the observed gas kinematics, we construct a thin Keplerian disk model that fits the data well if the rotation axis of the gas disk is aligned with the radio jet axis. These models indicate that the gas dynamics are driven by a nuclear compact mass of 1.5 × 10 9 M ⊙ with an uncertainty range of (0.9 − 2.6) × 10 9 M ⊙ and that the inclination of the disk with respect to the plane of the sky is 75 • − 85 •. Of this nuclear mass, only ≤ 2 × 10 7 M ⊙ can possibly be attributed to luminous mass. Thus, we conclude that a dark compact mass (most likely a supermassive black hole) resides in the nucleus of M84.


Amorphous films of magnetic iron nitride have been prepared by reactive ion-beam sputtering. The amorphous microstructure is expected to have several advantages over the crystalline films in terms of high-frequency applications. Films of two different compositions have been prepared by varying the partial pressure of N2. The structural and magnetic properties of the films have been studied using x-ray scattering, Mossbauer spectroscopy, and magneto-optic Kerr-effect measurements. The films are found to transform into a mixture of nanocrystalline e-Fe3N and α-Fe phases in the temperature range 473-523 K. Mossbauer measurements in the nanocrystalline specimens give the composition of the two samples as Fe0.83N0.17 and Fe0.87N0.13 and saturation magnetization as 176 and 191emu∕g, respectively. The films exhibit excellent surface smoothness, which may be attributed to their amorphous microstructure. The as-deposited films exhibit corecivity of about 54 Oe, which increases upon nanocrystallization. The observe...


A system for generating and autocontrolling the voltage or current wave form in a process for the electrolytic coloring of anodized aluminium includes feeding power from a source of symmetrical direct current, with a neutral connection directly coupled to a load, while the positive and negative voltages supplied by the source pass through a power control stage which is controlled by a bipolar operational amplifier. The bipolar operational amplifier has two signal inputs, a positive or non-inverting input which is connected to a signal generator, and a negative or inverting input having a signal which corresponds to the signal which actually exists on the electrodes of the electrolytic bath. This signal is processed in a half-wave outer controller which is controlled by a programming system.


The activation of ERK1/2 in osteoblasts upon ephrin-B2 stimulation (C) suggested the involvement of an ERK1/2-dependent pathway in the induction of osteoblastogenic gene expression after ephrin-B2 stimulation. We have used a specific MEK1/2 inhibitor, UO126, to block ERK1/2 activation in osteoblasts. Osteoblasts were stimulated with 2 µg/ml or 4 µg/ml ephrin-B2 in the absence or presence of different concentration s of UO126. Runx2 (H, I) and ALP (J, K) were monitored by means of qRT-PCR. Already at a concentration of 10 µM UO126 attenuated the ephrin-B2-dependent activation of Runx2 and its downstream target ALP in osteoblasts. These results suggested an involvement of an ERK1/2-dependent pathway in the ephrin-B2-dependent regulation of Runx2 in osteoblasts.


This paper deals with the change in architecture and urban culture, before the reference to Western models had yet become explicit and dominant. One noteworthy factor for urban history in the second half of the seventeenth century was the preference of many sultans for Edirne. The people of Istanbul noted and resented the frequent absence of the sultans from the city. Commercial growth, the closer link of monumental architecture with the active parts of the city, and the role of court ladies as patrons, were fundamental factors of Istanbul's physical and architectural evolution in that period. The commercial areas of the city expanded in apparent contrast with the gradual fall in the town's economical role in the Mediterranean. Pomp and magnificence of retinues was a constant of Imperial Istanbul. Tombs and mausoleums were an important psychological and politically effective component of Ottoman mentality. Keywords: Edirne; Istanbul; mausoleums; Mediterranean; Ottoman; seventeenth century; Tombs


In order to utilize the existing facilities continuously, it is necessary to be strongly aware of the concept on cost performance which is a balance between the demand for facility usage and facility maintenance cost. Therefore, this paper pays close attention to the usage rate and facilities/rental rooms maintenance cost. By using the PPM analysis method and plotting the solutions of facility utilization level and administration features on 4 quadrant matrix, the portfolio of entire survey target is grasped and an attempt to propose a strategic decision making plan is made accordingly. As a result, the quantification of actual condition of administration in public facilities became possible.


Electromagnetic masses of neutral K *(892) may be larger than one of charged K *(892). It is unusual and is called K *-EM-mass anomaly. We review the studies on this issue, and point out that K *-mass splitting can be measured in BES accurately.


I28. GOODALL, op. cit., pp. 444 and 445. I29. Chester Diocesan Records, Register of Marriage Licences, entry for 8/9/I663. 130. MUNK, op. cit., p. 348. I31. P.C.C., Cobham, 73. 132. Ibid., GOARE, 130. 133. Ibid., Coventry, 54. 134. VIVIAN, J. L., Marriage Licences of the Diocese ofExeter, Exeter, privately, I887, P. 79. I35. SKINNER, A. J. P., Registers of Colyton, 2 vols., Exeter, Devon and Cornwall Rec. Soc., I9I2-28, vol. n, p. 653. I36. E.D.R., Reg. Episc. Acts, I627-41, f.99. 137. GOODALL, Op. cit., p. 443. It seems clear that it was not the practitioners but the patients who initiated this use of 'Dr.', as indeed it was from the patients that came the demand for general practice; William Gray of Doncaster in I652 deposed that 'he is no physician qualified according to the laws of the land, but is a surgeon and has served his father, and has been bred in the art of surgery under his father, and that he gives physic to divers that do desire him, and that he thinks it lawful for him so to do, but that he does not assume to himself the name of a doctor of physic, though some people do give him that title', RAINE, J., ed., Depositions from the Castle of rork, Surtees Soc., i86i, vol. XL, P. 225. I38. ALEXANDER, J. J., and HOOPER, W. R., The History of Great Torrington .. Sutton, Advance Studio, I948, p. 133. I39. E. D. R., Consistory Court, Bundle 47 (17I8). I40. Ibid., Bundle 55 (1732). 14I. POYNTER, F. N. L., ed., The Journal of James ronge [1646-172I], Plymouth Surgeon, London, Longmans, I962.


Employing participant observation methodology, this paper analyzes a 4-hour meeting held among the representatives of a large religious organization in Taiwan. The analysis focuses on the influence of seniority on the Chinese decision making process. Five components of decision making proposed by Stewart (1985) and Kume (1985) were used for the purpose of analysis. The findings extend the Chen and Starosta (1997) argument that although seniority, as the locus of power and authority in Chinese society, is normally used to reinforce and perpetuate Chinese cultural values, it may be abused for gaining personal interests. The abuse of senior power, as this case shows, leads to paralysis of the decision making process. Findings demonstrate the dynamic and complex nature of decision making in terms of its dialectic relationship with culture. A person's behavior is the mirror of his/her culture. Culture provides a set of thinking patterns that leads to a specific way of action. Intercultural communication scholars should undertake research on deviations from cultural value orientations. Chung (1996) proposed a model of multilevel cultures for Chinese decision making; Hwang (1997) proposed a model of conflict resolution in Chinese society. The two models deserve a further examination for future research. (Contains 27 references.) (Author/CR) ******************************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * ******************************************************************************** Seniority and Superiority: A Case Analysis of Chinese Decision Making Guo-Ming Chen Department of Communication Studies University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881 Tel: (401) 874-2552 E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)." Paper presented at the 1997 annual meeting of National Communication Association. Chicago, Illinois. BEST COPY AVAILABLE 2


This research paper aims to design and develop the ontology in the domain of intangible cultural heritage and folk wisdom of Phatthalung Province. The ontology will be used as the corpus for the cultural document annotation. This enables linked cultural information in various dimensions. The Ontology design and development were based on Noy and McGuinness's knowledge engineering methodology. Our ontology consists of 3 groups of concepts: (1) mixed culture, (2) culture based on language, and (3) folk wisdom and culture based on language independence. The ontology was encoded in OWL format (Web Ontology Language). For ontology structure evaluation, experts identified that the ontology's structure has very high rate of suitability. Result of search effectiveness evaluation shows that the ontology achieves high rates of precision and recall. The average precision is 0.92 and the average recall is 0.95.


This paper analysis the research result of Chinese scholar on urban green space system since 1998.It concludes that according to urban green space system sustainable development and urban green space system planning are mainly laid on its lag to the social attention of green land.It is increased that the number of paper of Chinese urban green space system,especially in the past 4 years.The subject structure appeared that take the botanical garden primarily,by other as auxiliary diversification in the process of the research in Chinese urban green space system.Mainly conducts the research from four aspects,but the research theory,systematization and work of quantity is inadequate.


This study examines 1) the consistency of estimates provided by Indias 1992-93 National Family Health Survey (NFHS) across states and 2) the impact of socioeconomic and demographic factors on maternal-child health services the family planning (FP) program fertility infant mortality and the mortality of children under 5 years old. A set of 19 socioeconomic demographic and health indicators was chosen for this study to provide measures of fertility of adoption of FP methods of mortality of maternal-child health services of female literacy of young age of working status of women and of early age at marriage. The results of analysis using a correlation matrix and statistical regression are as follows. The socioeconomic and demographic estimates derived by the NFHS are generally consistent across states and are appropriate for interstate comparisons. The demand for maternal health services is being generated by female literacy but is negatively associated with the percentage of marriages outside of kinship groups. The percentage of children fully immunized is positively affected by the percentage of female children attending school. Adoption of FP methods is positively influenced only by the percentage of mothers receiving prenatal care. This indicator also significantly and negatively influenced fertility and the total fertility rate is also negatively influenced by mean age at marriage of females. The percentage of women in the age group 20-24 who were married before the age of 18 provided the only negative influence on infant mortality and under-five mortality. These conclusions imply that female literacy is extremely important and that maternal-child health services must be strengthened and broadened to include other reproductive health care services. FP and birth rate targets should be replaced by goals to reduce infant mortality improve child immunization and increase the numbers of women receiving prenatal natal and postnatal care.


A soy-based resin was prepared by the process of transesterfication and epoxidation of regular food-grade soybean oil. The soy-based resin was used as a reactive diluent and also as a replacement of bisA epoxy resin in an anhydride-cured polymer. The curing efficiency of soy epoxy resin was studied using differential scanning calorimetry. Physicochemical properties and fracture behavior of soy-based resin polymers were studied using dynamic mechanical analysis and fracture toughness measurements, respectively. Toughness measurements were carried out using the compact tension geometry following the principles of linear elastic fracture mechanics. Tests showed that the addition of soy-based epoxy resin to the base epon resin improved the toughness of the blend. Morphology of the fractured specimens has been analyzed by scanning electron microscopy. The soy-based resins hold great potential for environmentally friendly, renewable resource based, and low cost materials for structural applications. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 2007


A review of first reported over a century ago, fossil plant remains, from the Palaeogene transgressive littoral/flysch sequence on the northern slope of the Tatra Mountains is given. Collections and samples housed in Polish museums and scientific institutions have been checked. The plant remains had been transported by sea currents and/or rivers from the south where at that time, the land mass of the Inner Carpathians had been subject to gradual inundantion. Some fossil plant impressions from the Ch3abówka locality are presented. The most probable age of the plant fossils is late Middle and/or early Late Eocene, with the exceptions of the oldest one (Raciborski 1892), which could be older Middle Eocene and the younger coalified wood pieces, which belong to the Oligocene.


By calculate the drought and flow index, the especially drought and flood years has been got. The correlation between some factors and it has been analyzed, such as solar activity, enso, and the atmosphere circulation. Then the forecast index can be given and the equation of rain tendency was presented .The accuracy of normal rain tendency is about 88%, especially drought about 100%, especially flood about 86%, and the latter two is to validate the equation.


In 2003 the southern green shield bug, Nezara viridula (L.) was found to be breeding in south-east England. The Royal Horticultural Society's members' advisory service first received outdoor records of this plant pest in 2004, and the Natural History Museum Insect Information Service in 2006. Both services have received verifiable reports of N. viridula each year since. Most post-2002 records of N. viridula have been of nymphs, reported in late summer or autumn, when plant damage from this insect is less likely to be serious. The current distribution, host range and potential pest status of N. viridula in the UK are discussed.


Successful completion of the introductory business finance course is a requirement in most undergraduate business programs. Prior research suggests that it is possible to develop a predictive model of academic performance in this course so that students likely to experience difficulty in business finance can be identified before the course begins. The purpose of this study is to evaluate several activities that might be beneficial to students identified as likely to have difficulty in the course. The results of this study suggest that extraordinary efforts by the instructor to improve the performance of poor performing students produce marginal results.


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Abstract Quantitative results are reported on the influence of a homogeneous magnetic field upon the torsional shear flow of a homeotropic layer at 22.5 °C. In subcritical fields Hx parallel to the layer, as well as in weak fields Hz normal to the layer, one gets K3/μ0 Xa = 3.76±0.2 A2 . In oblique magnetic fields (Hx , 0, Hz) one obtains (λ2-λ1)/μ0 Xa=(11.7±0.4)x1010 A2 m-2 s. In addition, a hysteresis effect in supercritical fields Hx and the formation of a long and straight magnetic wall are described. The magnetic wall becomes distorted under the action of the shear flow. Hereby a new domain can be produced which has a 180° inversion wall parallel to the boundaries of the layer.


The search for novel phases in strongly correlated systems is one of the most active frontiers in contemporary condensed matter physics. In this thesis the author explores the ground state phases of correlated electrons in one-dimension, modelled by the extended Hubbard model at half-filling, focusing on the novel bond-order-wave phase at small to intermediate couplings - a previously unknown phase whose existence was conclusively established by the author and his co-workers. The second problem studied involves the Peierls transition in correlated electrons interacting with finite frequency phonons.Both these topics have direct relevance to modelling and thus gaining an understanding of the properties of real quasi one-dimensional materials. An important aspect of the thesis is the in-depth exposition of the Stochastic Series Expansion (SSE) - a quantum Monte Carlo method that has, in the recent years, evolved into one of the most powerful computational techniques to study strongly correlated systems. The author has contributed to the development of the method and as such has a unique perspective which is bound to benefit anyone planning to learn SSE.


As we continue to expand our understanding of the genotype-phenotype correlations in Lynch syndrome (LS), we must be cautious in the design of studies and interpretation of findings to responsibly serve our patients with LS with as accurate information as possible. Although pathogenic variants (PVs) in the mismatch repair (MMR) genes MLH1, MSH2/EPCAM, MSH6, and PMS2 are all associated with LS, each gene is associated with a unique risk profile. MLH1 and MSH2 have been associated with the highest risk for LS-associated cancers, whereas risk for colorectal cancer is significantly lower for MSH6 and PMS2 PV carriers. In studies of high-risk colorectal cancer cohorts, MSH6 and PMS2 PVs are less commonly identified than MLH1 and MSH2, but use of clinical multigene panel testing is expanding the identification of carriers of PVs in these genes, often in individuals and families lacking the classic pattern of cancers associated with LS. The large data sets being generated by genetic testing laboratories can be assets for research and can allow for gene-specific risk analysis. However, analytical caution needs to be taken to account for the biases that arise from patient selection for clinical genetic testing, and family history and clinical data provided to commercial laboratories may be incorrect or inaccurate.


EC data protection policy is promoted with reference to economic benefits. However, the value of personal information in legitimate business models is rarely discussed. Various economic studies have tried to measure individuals' valuation of different kinds of personal data. We review empirical papers from the last 10 years and find evidence that more disclosure is associated with higher valuations. We find that the current research efforts can be extended to yield insights into the pricing of personal information, taking into account the actual value such information creates in legitimate business applications.


In this paper, a study on the relationship between UV cured die-attach film (UVDAF) characterizes, process design, and the failure mechanism of reliability test were reported. The novelty films were a multifunctional tape, which consists of the function for dicing tape and die bonding tape. It focused on investigation of the behavior under the JEDEC level 3 precondition conditions, pressure cook test (PCT) and thermal cycle test (TCT). Besides, the paper discusses the thermal history effect on the chemical stability of UVDAF for the reliability issue. For instance, initial crosslinkage temperature of UVDAF affect on effectually contact area after the die-mount process. The cure kinetic and thermal resistances of the UVDAF were analyzed by Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and Thermo gravimetric Analysis (TGA). The delamination surfaces were analysis by Scanning Acoustic Tomograph (SAT), Cross-section were scanned by electronic microscopy (SEM) and Optical Microscope (OM). The thermo-deformation and pressure-induced flow behaviors of UVDAF were evaluated by both penetration mode in Thermal Mechanical Analyzers (TMA) and dynamic mode in rheology test, respectively. Furthermore, OM and SEM results revealed that the chemical stability of UVDAF in process, from die-mount to molding, affect the final effectually adhesive area that obviously influenced the quality of stack CSP reliability.


Purpose. Accessibility standards for wheeled mobility devices currently use a 1.5 m turning circle, designed to accommodate manual wheelchairs. Scooters are less manoeuvrable than wheelchairs, so allowing a full turning circle would require too much space. Instead, we propose using a rectangle that provides space for a three-point turn. Here, we determine the area requirements of this approach. Method. For rectangular 'rooms' of varying aspect ratios, we measured the minimum dimensions in which two four-wheeled scooters (the Celebrity-X and Fortress-1700), which combine good outdoor performance with reasonable indoor manoeuvrability, could enter the space, perform a three-point turn and exit. Moveable Styrofoam walls defined each 'room', and a doorway was located either near the corner of the space or in the middle of one wall. 'Room' size was decreased until our expert driver could no longer perform the manoeuvre. Results. Compared to the area required for a turning circle, 42–54% savings were achieved. Relative to existing requirements, 53–95% more space is required to accommodate the Celebrity-X; 173–223% increases are necessary for the Fortress-1700. Conclusions. When accommodating four-wheeled scooters, our proposed three-point turn definition would require more space than the current standards, but considerably less than if a full turning circle were used.


The combination of biofumigation and solarization is known as bio-solarization. An experiment was performed from 2003 to 2019 in a greenhouse at INTA San Pedro, Buenos Aires province, Argentina (33°44'12.7"S 59°47'58.2"W). Treatments (TRAT) were applied every two years. TRAT evaluated were: 1=Control; 2= Solarization, 3= Biorot, a succession of organic amendments (chicken manure, broccoli, chicken manure, broccoli, tomato, and pepper crop debris, mustard, tomato crop debris, broccoli, tomato crop debris), 4=Biobras based only on the use of brassicas (rapeseed, broccoli, mustard, and Brassica campestris). Treatments were carried out in spring or summer so that a late-season tomato crop could be grown after them. The tomato hybrid planted was Superman (Petoseed), except for the last season where the hybrid used was Rodeo (BHN). Fungal pathogens controlled were Pyrenochaeta lycopersici, Fusarium solani, Sclerotium rolfsii, and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, and nematodes like Nacobbus aberrans, Helicotylenchus and Criconemella. Fungi of Aspergillus genera were observed growing on death sclerotia of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Sclerotium rolfsii in Biobras and Biorot. Tomato plants in control showed a higher percentage of dead plants, root rots, and lower root dry matter at the end of each crop. Solarization alone without adding organic matter reduced this parameter in the soil and showed more death plants and less yield than Biobras and Biorot. Tomato and pepper crop debris used as biofumigants produced high yield values and adequate pathogen control. Biofumigation in combination with solarization is an effective technique for managing soil-borne pathogens in greenhouses and is being adopted by horticultural growers in Argentina.


Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: Public grant(s) – EU funding. Main funding source(s): a.o. The European Union (ITN Network Personalize AF: Personalized Therapies for Atrial Fibrillation: a translational network, grant number 860974; MAESTRIA: Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence Early Detection Stroke Atrial Fibrillation, grant number 965286). Background/Introduction Noninvasive quantification of electrophysiological properties of the atria is increasingly used for outcome prediction in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients. Data on the added value of ECG parameters to predict AF recurrences in patients undergoing AF ablation are scarce. Purpose To investigate the predictive performance of clinical and echocardiographic characteristics as well as features extracted from extended surface electrocardiogram (extECG) recordings for AF recurrences in patients after AF ablation. Methods ISOLATION is a prospective, observational, multicenter registry of patients scheduled for AF catheter ablation, including cryoballoon and radiofrequency ablation. 178 patients (66.4%) patients used anti arrhythmic drugs at baseline. Clinical characteristics and results of routine blood tests were collected. In addition, an extECG was recorded (12 additional leads, 5 minutes recording) before ablation to analyze P-wave characteristics. The main study endpoint was ablation success after 12 months, defined as freedom from any episode of documented atrial arrhythmia after the blanking period recorded on holter or ECG. Results Currently, 627 of 650 scheduled patients have been included. In total, 268 patients completed the 1-year follow-up. 190 patients (70.9%) had paroxysmal AF and 75 patients (28.0%) had persistent AF. Median age was 65±9 years, 38.1% were female. 46 patients (17.2%) had a recurrence of AF after 12 months [figure 1]. Univariate analysis showed that higher age (64 years vs. 69 years, p=0.023, Mann-Whitney U-test), lower P-wave mean area (4.402 mV vs. 3.567 mV, p=0.034) and lower P-wave mean amplitude (0.087 mV vs. 0.081 mV, p=0.033), were associated with a higher recurrence rate of AF [figure 2]. However, multivariate analysis showed no significant independent prognostic factors so far. Conclusion Our first results show that patients with AF recurrences after catheter ablation are older, show lower P-wave mean area and lower P-wave mean amplitude. We need to wait for the completion of follow-up in more patients, before we can determine the predictive value of P-wave parameters derived from extECGs for the prediction of AF recurrence and to identify predictive factors with more subtle effects on risk for AF recurrences. AF-free survival curve Boxplots


The root canal is a complex system of finely tuned and synchronized small tributaries present along the body of tooth dentine. Therefore, knowledge of pulp anatomy is essential for endodontic treatment success, as lack of sound knowledge of the pulp anatomy can contribute to treatment failure. With the advancement of technological aids and numerous research have laid the foundation of multi rooted teeth or canals as the rule rather than exception. As such, bifurcating canals, multiple foramina, fins, deltas, loops, cul-de-sacs, C-shaped canals and accessory canals are commonly encountered in most teeth. So, accurate diagnosis followed by location, cleaning and shaping and finally obturation of such variations of canals is important as it determines the prospect of success of endodontic therapy.


Objective:To observe the effects of total glucosides of paenia(TGP) combined with triamcinolone acetonide acetate on patients with oral lichen planus(OLP).Methods:Sixty OLP patients were divided into two groups.Group A(30 cases) were treated with triamcinolone acetonide acetate injection once a week for a month,and were given 2 tablets of TGP twice a day for 2 months.Group B(30 cases) were given triamcinolone acetonide acetate injection alone.Results:A short-term effctive rate:(90.00%) in Group A and 53.33% in Group B(P0.01),a long-term effctive rate: 59.26% in Group A and 22.22% in Group B(P0.05),and an annual relapse rate:40.74% in Group A and 77.78% in Group B(P0.05).Before the treatment,the peripheral blood CD3/CD8 ratio of patients with OLP was significantly increased,while the CD4/CD8 ratio was significantly decreased,compared with health people(P0.05).Having added TGP in the treatment,both the CD3/CD8 ratio and the CD4/CD8 ratio of the patients were recovered to normal after treatment.Conclusion:The combined traditional Chinese and western medicine treatment of oral lichen planus is more effective than the western medicine treatment alone and the relapse rate is lower.


Pyrophosphate: D-fructose 6-phosphate 1-phosphotransferase was purified to homogeneity from rice seedlings. The enzyme had an apparent molecular weight of 100,000 and consisted of a single protein. The pH optimum for the forward and reverse reactions was 8.1 and 7.9, respectively. Fructose-2, 6-bisphosphate (Fru-2, 6-P2) shifted the pH optimum for both the forward and reverse reactions to slightly acidic. Half-maximum activation of the enzyme for Fru-2, 6-P2 in the forward and reverse reactions was observed at 16 and 520 nM, respectively. The enzyme had normal Michaelis-Menten kinetics in both the presence and absence of Fru-2, 6-P2. Fru-2, 6-P2 stimulated the enzyme activity by increasing Vmax for Fru-6-P and PPi, and by raising the affinity for Fru-6-P, Fru-1, 6-P2, and PPi. At a saturated concentration of Fru-2, 6-P2 Pi strongly inhibited the enzyme in the forward reaction. The Dixon plots with Pi indicated that the inhibition behavior was of the mixed type with respect to both Fru-6-P and PPi with Ki of 1.46 and 1.53 mM, respectively.


An armature for a rotary electric motor, where a winding on a magnetic pole tooth does not come loose and where stable electrical connection between the winding and a commutator is achieved. Magnetic pole teeth (2) of the armature can be separated on a piece by piece basis. The armature is provided with an armature iron core (10) having a concentrated winding (12) provided on each magnetic pole tooth (2), segments (21) of the same number as the magnetic pole teeth (2), and a commutator (20) provided with a connection terminal (25) for each segment (21). An end of the concentrated wiring (12) on one magnetic pole tooth (2) is substantially rectilinearly connected to a connection terminal (25) of a segment (21) located at a position circumferentially rotated by a predetermined angle from the one magnetic pole tooth (2), and the connection wire connected to the connection terminal (25) of the segment (21) is wound in a concentrated manner on another magnetic pole tooth (2) next to the one magnetic pole tooth (2). ® KIPO & WIPO 2008


Currently, there is no uniform classification scheme available for reporting of salivary gland fine‐needle aspiration (FNA) specimens. Recently, an International group of pathologists has recommended a tiered classification scheme for reporting of salivary gland FNA results known as the "Milan System for Reporting Salivary Gland Cytopathology (MSRSGC)." We performed a comprehensive review of the published literature on FNA of salivary gland lesions by employing the diagnostic categories of the MSRSGC to evaluate their reliability in the management of salivary gland lesions. A comprehensive review of the literature was carried out through PubMed from 1987 to 2015 to identify studies which categorized the cytologic diagnoses and included surgical follow‐up. Only cases with histopathologic follow‐up were included in the analysis. Twenty‐nine studies comprising 4514 cases of salivary gland FNAs with surgical follow‐up were included in this study. The cytologic diagnoses were categorized into the following categories proposed by MSRSGC. The number of cases in each diagnostic category and the risk of malignancy (ROM) were as follows: Non‐Diagnostic—100 cases (ROM‐ 25.0% ± 16.7%), Non‐Neoplastic—587 cases (ROM: 10.2% ± 5.5%), Benign Neoplasm −2673 cases (ROM: 3.4% ± 1.3%), Salivary Gland Neoplasm of Undetermined Malignant Potential (SUMP)—64 cases(ROM: 37.5% ± 24.7%), Suspicious for Malignant neoplasm—70 cases(ROM: 58.6% ± 19.5%), and Malignant—1012 cases(ROM: 91.9% ± 3.5%). A tiered classification scheme as proposed by MSRSGC may prove helpful in effectively guiding clinical management of patients with salivary gland lesions.


In his address at the AIEE Winter General Meeting, President Coover emphasizes the need for more guidance in the initial education of the individual. The contribution made by the individual to the arts and to society thus will be greatly enhanced


Graduate School, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National UniversityDept. of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University(Received September 7, 2012 ; Revised November 12, 2012 ; Accepted November 13, 2012)Abstract − This study is aimed to predict the fatigue life for pitch bearings under combined radial, thrust loadand moment. In order to do this, a series of simulation such as bearing load distribution, initial surface stress,subsurface stress and fatigue analysis is needd. Fatigue life for pitch bearing can be predicted by using a bearing'smaterial fatigue property.Keywords − load distribution(하중분배), contact stress(접촉응력), fatigue analysis(피로해석), pitch bearing(피치베어링)


The aim of this research was to develop an interdisciplinary framework suitable for engineering purposes that connects natural processes such as wave propagation, aeolian transport, oxidation process or chemical reactions with associated critical measurable (a)biotic parameters like a rip current, beach width, canopy height density, salinity content or ground water table to the desired functions they provide, such as recreation possibilities and coastal protection (translated as ecosystem services). The framework supports future soft coastal developments (nourishments) because it identifies parameter that are critical to maintain when a nourishment is undertaken, it supports design purposes, it facilitates comparison of different types of nourishments and it can be used to identify and qualify necessary parameters when desired functions are known.


The high-performance photorefractive polymer composite PVK:PDCST:BBP:C60 is investigated in detail by use of optical two-wave mixing characterization measurements in conjunction with the grating translation technique for determination of the photorefractive phase shift. A large effective trap density of Neff=1.5×1017 cm-3 is estimated from the dependence of the phase shift on the grating spacing and the applied electric field. The theory of orientational enhancement is successfully used to explain the observed photorefractive response, and in this low-glass-transition temperature system the modulation of the refractive index is shown to stem primarily from the spatial modulation of the birefringence.


This paper analyzes the inflexibility of video data collection for current 3G video phones. A solution for adaptive video data collection is proposed. The solution proposed in this work mainly consists of software components, according to which hardware needs to be selected. It also gives the video phone terminal structure, block diagram for H.324M video phone terminal, the main software functional blocks and the implementation flow chart of each module. The image clarity of mobile video phone can be ensured by adding camera mode setting sub-module, camera data collection management sub-module and camera mode switch sub-module, as well as by the use of software to set mobile video phone, making it automatically switch between the day and night modes, making camera acquisition data more rational and clearer.


[Objective]To understand the effect of petrochemical operations on health of workers,and grasp the health conditions of workers and the main influencing factors.[Methods]A total of 352 workers from a petrochemical plant were recruited as exposure group;another 247 administrative cadres from the same plant and school teachers were selected as control group.All of them were asked to use a unified approach to investigate the history of professional,past history,family history,smoking and drinking history,history of present illness,and received occupational health inspection.Occupational health factors were analyzed simultaneously.[Results]The detection rate of chronic upper respiratory tract disease among petrochemical operation workers was 53.7%,compared with the control group the difference was significant(P0.01).Among which chronic pharyngitis,chronic tonsillitis and chronic rhinitis,accounted for 77.2%,6.4% and 16.4%,respectively.X-ray showed 2 enlarged lung markings,such as abnormal changes in disorder,the rate of abnormal contact group(12.5%) was significantly higher than the control group(3.3%)(P0.05).In exposure group,lung function indexes measured was significantly lower than expected value(P0.05);upper respiratory tract diseases incidence and abnormal rate of lung function increased with the extending length of service,and the difference was significant(P0.01).[Conclusion]Petrochemical operations cause a certain harm to the respiratory system of workers.Therefore,regularly dynamic observation should be implemented on them.


The information technology era or the third industrial revolution began around the 1960s; has changed the ways we live, work, and play; and brought substantial challenges that include loss of privacy, fake news, digital divides, and significant information security risks. With billions of connections and systems, security vulnerabilities are abundant including the opportunity for criminals to exploit any gaps that present themselves. Eventually, we'll need a groundbreaking technology to gain the upper hand against these threats. Protecting data, systems, and networks assumed a more specific term: cybersecurity. The goal of cybersecurity today is to protect information while it's at rest and in motion. One of the most interesting ways to deliver hidden information is through steganographic technique.


Chapter 1 Foreword and Acknowledgments Chapter 2 1. Outline of an Intellectual Monster Chapter 3 2. The Anti-Hegelian Argument Chapter 4 3. Political Economy of Capitalism Chapter 5 4. The Iterative Character of Capitalism Chapter 6 5. Capitalism's Politeia Chapter 7 6. Capitalism vs. Individuality Chapter 8 7. Like Cut Flowers


This paper presents the results obtained in what concerns the ranges of technological parameters of the secondary treatment of steel in LF plants to improve its quality by reducing the hydrogen content. The use in the industrial practice of the optimum values for these parameters allows obtaining steels with a low content of gases, especially hydrogen.


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OBJECTIVE To investigate the characteristics of nosocomial infections in malignant tumor patients after chemotherapy and the measures to prevent infections so as to reduce the incidence of nosocomial infections.METHODS The clinical data of 786 malignant tumor patients with nosocomial infections who underwent chemotherapy were retrospectively analyzed.RESULTS Nosocomial infections occurred in the 101 malignant tumor patients who underwent chemotherapy with the infection rate of 12.85%,the respiratory tract was the main infection site,accounting for 55.45%;gram-negative bacteria were the predominant pathogens causing infections,accounting for 54.84%.CONCLUSION Owing to bone marrow suppression and low immunity,the patients with the malignant tumors are prone to the nosocomial infections after the chemotherapy,it is necessary to use neutrophils stimulating factors to raise the white blood cells in a timely manner and strengthen the nutrition and support treatment so as to improve the immune function;meanwhile,it is necessary to intensify the management of nosocomial infections,control the susceptible factors and reasonably use antibiotics so as to reduce nosocomial infections and drug resistant strains.


Therapeutic proteins are a continuously growing class of pharmaceuticals and comprise several drug candidates with potential performance-enhancing properties. In particular, activin receptor competitors, such as the ActRII-Fc fusion proteins Sotatercept (ActRIIA-Fc) and Luspatercept (modified ActRIIB-Fc), have the potential for being misused as doping agents in sports as they were found to inhibit negative regulators of late-stage erythropoiesis. Within this study, ammonium sulfate precipitation, immunoaffinity purification, tryptic digestion, and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) were employed to develop an assay for the combined detection of Sotatercept and Luspatercept in doping control serum samples. The assay was optimized, comprehensively characterized, and found to be fit-for-purpose for application to sports drug testing. It complements existing tests for ActRII-Fc fusion proteins and expands the range of available detection methods for novel protein therapeutics.


In Canada we have a political party, the Progressive Conservatives, whose name outsiders often regard as a rather outlandish oxymoron. Yet, in many respects I think the name could well be applied to Pittsburgh independent iron and steel producers during the period from 1870 to 1960 because they followed relatively progressive or innovative means to achieve essentially conservative ends. Alfred Chandler has defined "modern business enterprise" as the creation of multi-unit entities run by professional managerial heirarchies [4]. These independent manufacturers were the very antithesis of that concept. Their mills, although large by convenience store standards, were essentially single-unit, small-business enterprises, most of which were run by family members or an occasional outsider in a personal, perhaps even idiosyncratic manner. As such, they hardly qualify as "modern business enterprises." One might be tempted to dismiss them as unimportant if not for two factors: these mills were highly successful and profitable over a very long period, and the decision to remain relatively small and local involved a very clear choice on the part of the mill owners. They had developed a particular mentalitY, one that stressed success and control on the local scene, and they innovated just enough to maintain that control. Their small size and unwillingness to engage in adoption of the kind of high throughput, massproduction innovations that Chandler discusses were the result of a coherent set of derisions designed to maintain their control of the economic, social, and political environment of Pittsburgh. Whereas Chandler has viewed the emergence of managerial capitalism as an essentially economic phenomenon, it is important o recognize that for most smaller businessmen, local social and political motives were often as important as the purely economic. Only by recognizing these social and political motives can we fully appreciate the nature of the innovations attempted by these millowners. Pittsburgh's wrought iron and crucible steel manufacturers were faced with an imposing crisis in the late nineteenth century. In the mid-1870's Andrew Carnegie had introduced to the region for the first time Bessemer steel production on a large scale. His company and the steel it produced soon not only dominated the country's massive rail industry, but also infiltrated other industries. This was perceived as a crisis that threatened their individual firms, as well as the entire older iron and steel industry and the communities and workers who were dependent upon it. It soon became abundantly dear that Pittsburgh's iron and steel manufacturers had three choices. They could