This paper is written to commemorate the 10th anniversary of academician Ye Duzheng (Yeh T.C.) pass away and his great contributions to the development of atmospheric dynamics. Under the inspiration and guidance of the theory of Rossby wave energy dispersion, remarkable progresses have been made in research on planetary wave dynamics and teleconnections of atmospheric circulation anomalies. This paper aims to make a brief review of the studies on the propagating characteristics of quasi-stationary planetary waves in a three-dimensional spherical atmosphere and the dynamic processes of the interannual and interdecadal variabilities of the East Asian summer and winter monsoon systems. Especially, this paper systematically reviews the progresses of the studies on the impacts of the interannual and interdecadal variabilities of the East Asia/Pacific (EAP) pattern teleconnection wave train propagating along the meridional direction over East Asia and the "Silk Road" pattern teleconnection wave train propagating along the zonal direction within the subtropical jet from West Asia to East Asia on the East Asian summer monsoon system and the summer precipitation variability in China, under the guidance of the theory of Rossby wave energy dispersion. Moreover, this paper reviews the dynamic processes of the impact of the interannual and interdecadal oscillations of the propagating waveguides of boreal quasi-stationary planetary waves on the variability of the East Asian winter monsoon system.


Dissolved gas analysis (DGA) is one of the most popular methods for the detection of incipient faults in oil-filled electrical equipment in service. However, there is still no universally accepted interpretation technique for fault detection. This study presents a DGA interpretation scheme. The gas ratios and relative proportions of gases are used to diagnose the fault. The rules of the fault diagnosis are derived from the case study. The proposed method is easy to use, and case testing has confirmed that the proposed method has better performance than conventional methods.


One hundred seventeen female research subjects were involved in a single blinded randomized control study to assess the benefits of an exercise and diet program in restoring posture and balance and fitness in women who have given birth to 1or more children in the last 18 years. The program lasted for 2 months. There were 3 groups of subjects, an exercise group (E), a control group (C), and a pre pregnancy group (P). E, followed a diet involving exchanges for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The exercise involved a 10 minute abdominal exercise


Objective: Duodenal obstructions are among the most common gastrointestinal system anomalies in the neonatal period and repaired by various surgical techniques. In this study, the results of duodenoduodenostomy and duodenojejunostomy methods used in the repair of duodenal obstructions were compared using the predetermined parameters. Methods: The records of patients treated with duodenal obstruction between 2006-2019 in our clinic were retrospectively reviewed and 19 patients whose data could be accessed were included in the study. Patients who underwent duodenoduodenostomy (dd) and duodenojejunostomy (dj) were grouped separately. While duodenoduodenostomy was performed in 13, and duodenojejunostomy in 6 patients. Results: Dd and dj groups were compared statistically in terms of demographic characteristics, onset of feeding, length of hospital stay and postoperative complications. No statistically significant difference was found between the two groups in terms of the predetermined parameters. Conclusion: We think that this technique should be kept in mind as an alternative surgical method in the treatment of these patients. Because the results of these two techniques used in the repair of duodenal obstruction are not different and the results of duodenojejunostomy are acceptable in anatomically appropriate patients.


The kinetics of nucleophilic addition of thiophenol (PhSH) to β-nitrostyrene (βNS) has been investigated in 80% (v/v) acetonitrile-water at 25"C. The reaction follows second order, first order in each reactant. The effectof solvent composition on the rate is significant that the decrease in polarity of the medium decreases the reaction rate. A mechanism involving the formation of zwitterionic addition complex in a fast equilibrium step followed by its conversion into the product by a slow step has been proposed. Evaluation ol the equilibrium constant for the formation of zwitterion indicates that the kinetics is not Michaelis-Menten type and the rate law is k o b s = K 1 k c [PhSH]. Kinetics of triethylamine (TEA) catalysed nucleophilic addition of thiophenol to β-nitrostyrene has also been studied in 80% (v/v) acetonitrile-water at 25°C. The rate of nucleophilic addition reaction has been considerably increased in the presence of added base. The reaction follows first order in [β-nitrostyrene] and [thiophenol] but fractional order (0.769) in [TEA]. The rate of the reaction is found to increase with decrease in polarity of the medium. The plot of k o b s / [PhSH] versus [TEA] gives a straight line with a definite intercept which indicates the presence of non-catalytic route along with catalytic route. On the basis of kinetic results, a stepwise mechanism involving the formation of zwitterion with PhSH and βNS and a complex with the zwitterion and TEA in equilibrium steps followed by their conversion into the product has been invoked. From the rate law derived both catalytic (k b ) and non-catalytic (k) rate constants are evaluated.


The present paper aims to investigate if the narratives disseminated by the O Tibagi newspaper (published in Monte Alegre, current city of Telemaco Borba – PR) have produced meaning effects related to the locality's history. In order to do so, an analysis of thematic content was performed in the newspaper's anniversary special editions between the years of 1948 and 1964, under two levels: self-reference and outerreference, observing the strategies used in the newspaper's meaning production. On parallel, through the Oral History methodology, interviews were conducted with individuals who experienced the context in which the O Tibagi 's speeches were published, and, through their memories, it was possible to observe the fragility related to the historical aspects concerning Telemaco Borba, showing that the local history's comprehension occurred from the narratives conveyed in that journal. It is believed that the silences of the O Tibagi contributed to the formation of a founding speech, given that there were few publications about the past previous to the time when the Klabin family's enterprise arrived in the location. Keywords: regional journalism, content analysis, oral history, Telemaco Borba, O Tibagi newspaper.


[1] The atmospheric transport and dispersion model Modele Lagrangien de Dispersion de Particules d'ordre zero (MLDP0) has been in use at the Canadian Meteorological Centre (CMC) for several years. The model is employed to support environmental emergency response activities, in the context of CMC's national and international mandates. MLDP0 is a Lagrangian model in which diffusion is modeled according to a random displacement equation (RDE). MLDP0 is an off-line model and is driven with meteorological fields from CMC's Numerical Weather Analysis and Prediction (NWP) system. MLDP0 can be executed in forward and inverse modes. During the summer of 2008, the important eruptions at Okmok and Kasatochi, in the Aleutians, were cause of considerable concern to aviation, and the model was used extensively to support the Montreal Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (VAAC). Qualitative comparisons of satellite imagery and MLDP0 outputs show that the model accurately simulated the behavior of volcanic plumes. Inverse simulations based on SO2 observations of the Okmok plume, at the Washington State University campus in Pullman, Washington, yield emission estimates that agree well with those derived from AURA/OMI. Forward simulations using AURA/OMI SO2 emission estimates for the Kasatochi eruption of 7 August also compare quite well quantitatively with observations from Environment Canada's Brewer spectrophotometers in Toronto, as well as with concentration maps reconstructed from AURA/OMI scans.


The Problem Based Learning (PBL) can be used as a strategy for methodological change in conventional learning environments. In this paper, the integration of laboratory work in PBL grounded activities during an introductory organic chemistry course is described. The most decisive issues of their implementation are discussed. The results show how this methodology favours the laboratory work contextualization in subject-matter and promotes the Science-Technology-Society-Environment relationships. Besides, it contributes to competence development like planning and organization skills, information search and selection, cooperative work, etc., the same way as the tutorial action improvement.


School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China, School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada


Although the seabed has not generally been noted as an active originator of underwater sound, it can in some circumstances behave as an acoustic source, and contribute to marine ambient noise conditions. This arises when near‐bed current flow, induced by tides and waves, exerts sufficient shear stress at the bottom boundary to cause the bedload transport of sediments. Interparticle collisions of this mobile material occur and sound is generated by particle impacts. To understand this addition to ambient noise, an examination of this source of sound generation has been conducted in the laboratory and at sea. The laboratory observations were taken using colliding sediments covering size fractions from medium sand to large cobbles. The marine records of ambient noise conditions were obtained over a mobile shingle bed. Comparison of predictions based on rigid body radiation theory with the data has been carried out and similar results obtained.


When used with an image sensor, an optical low-pass filter or blur filter using a birefringent surface for refracting incident light, and a manufacturing method of the filter. Birefringence surface of the article which is like a film are either structured, it is either inclined, thereby, placing the blur filter in the optical path between the lens and the image sensor, the optical path by double refraction surface is refracted optical signal of the inner, each of the plurality of optical signals is incident on a different sub-pixels within the pixel in the image sensor, resulting in artifacts such as undesirable color moire effects in the digital image obtained is prevented or alleviated It is.


Urban Nomad is the last emerging trend IFF identified for 2011 through its TrendsFormed marketing tool, which showcases the latest marketing trends by looking at industries such as fashion, food and decor.


This study discusses the comparison the language acquisition of two years old  different gender. The purpose of this study is to find out the utterances spoken by two children in the phonological aspect. This subject research is one boy and one girl, the age of both are two years old who is in research anvironment.the kind of this research use descriptive qualitative,because this research to show the result of research based on the fact that exist is empirically alive to the speakers the language acquisition process in childrens' phonological aspects. the technique used to collect data by method of research pointing some picture of animal and fruit and make effort so that both of the child are mentioned the picture that have been provided by reserachers. After obtaining the data, then the data transcrioptioned into the written and the table that the researchers easly to review ing and describing change in phonemes uttered by both of child. The result of this research to show that from 20 speech of utterances by child two years old are sampled in this research, the change of sounds more likely occur in girl than boys. It can be seen from the result data of research that the boy is able to say (Cicak) clearly, while for girl when she says the word (Cicak) is only able to pronounce the end of vocabulary become (cak). The conclusion obtain is the process of language acquisition can be ionfluenced by gender.


Abstract : The main content of this report deals with the modifications to a Fortran computer program used to spectrally analyze two digitally sampled time series. The program was made compatible with RADC's Honeywell 635/645 computer. An addition to the original program was made at RADC. This addition is a GEMAP input routine which rewrites the digitally sampled data. Rewriting the tape was required to eliminate all magnetic tape read errors that would not be handled by the Fortran read statement. A description of this program is included in this report. (Modified author abstract)


Organisers had initially expected 200 to turn up at the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) meeting in Dublin this month. In fact over 1000 showed up.


Introduction: There are no standard salvage options for patients (pts) with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) after progressing on hypomethylating agents (HMA). Outcomes are especially poor after blast transformation (BT). Combination therapy with the BCL2 inhibitor venetoclax (VEN) has emerged as an efficacious treatment for pts with AML. To the best of our knowledge, the outcomes of VEN based therapies specifically in CMML, with or without BT, have not been reported.
 Methods: We retrospectively reviewed pts with CMML, both with and without BT, treated with VEN-based therapy at our institution from 2016 to present. Mutation testing at baseline (N=31) and loss of response was performed using an amplicon-based next-generation sequencing panel. Pts were stratified according to CPSS-Mol and whether VEN was given for chronic vs. transformed disease. Responses for CMML and CMML-BT were defined by IWG 2006 and ELN 2017 criteria, respectively. Cox proportional hazard regression and the Kaplan-Meir product limit method were used to study association of variables with survival. Overall survival was defined as the time from start of VEN therapy to death or last follow up and was not censored at date of transplant.
 Results: Thirty-two pts were identified: 17 CMML, 15 CMML-BT. Pt characteristics are shown in Figure 1A. The median age was 70 years in both groups; most pts were men with a PS of 0-1. The majority of pts treated for CMML had proliferative subtype (53%) and CPSS-Mol intermediate-2/high (76%) risk disease at diagnosis. Both groups were enriched for diploid karyotype (53 and 60%). Frequency of mutations prior VEN-based therapy are shown in Figure 1B; TET2 (71%), ASXL1 (55%), RUNX1 (45%), and NRAS (39%) were the most common. Forty-one percent (CMML) and 67% (BT) of pts had received ≥2 previous lines of therapy, and most (88% CMML, 87% BT) received VEN following HMA failure. The median per-cycle dosing of VEN was 100 mg x 14 days (CMML) and 200 mg x 21 days (BT). VEN was given in combination with HMA in 76% of the CMML group, whereas in the BT group it was partnered with HMA (47%), intensive chemotherapy (20%), or other agents (33%). Almost all pts were concurrently on a triazole antifungal. Forty-seven percent of pts in both groups required admission to hospital for infection and/or fever while on VEN. After a median of 1 (range 1-6 CMML, 1-16 BT) cycle in both groups, ORR was 59% (CR 0%, mCR 53%, PR 6%) in the CMML and 67% (CR/CRi 53%, MLFS 7%, PR 7%) in the BT group. Five out of the 7 pts in the BT group with CR/CRi responses and evaluable MRD by flow cytometry (sensitivity 0.01%) were MRD negative. Presence of a RAS pathway mutation was associated with lower likelihood of achieving CR (17% vs 83%, OR 5.5, 95% CI 0.92-33.2, p<0.001), NPM1 mutations with higher likelihood of CR (100% vs 14%, p=0.032) and RUNX1 with a trend to higher ORR (OR 4.13, 95% CI 0.84-29.28, p=0.081). Two pts had IDH mutations and both achieved CR. Thirty percent of responding pts in both groups were bridged directly to SCT. Four pts (24%) in the CMML group had leukemic transformation on VEN, all within the first 6 months on therapy. Excluding 1 outlier in the BT group, the median duration of response was 4.0 and 5.6 months in CMML and BT, respectively. Emergence of previously undetectable mutations at relapse on VEN occurred in 6 pts; half of these mutations involved the RAS pathway (Figure 1B). With a median follow-up of 10.9 and 23.4 months from initiation of VEN-based therapy, the median OS was 9.0 and 10.7 months in the CMML and BT groups, respectively (Figure 1C). Presence of RAS pathway mutations was associated with a trend to shorter survival among pts with BT (median OS 1 vs 14 months, p=0.059), but not in CMML (median OS 9.0 vs 3.5 months, p=0.076) (Figure 1D).
 Conclusions: Combination therapy with venetoclax has activity in both CMML and secondary AML arising out of CMML, even in the challenging setting of relapsed/refractory disease post HMA failure. It appears particularly useful as a means to clear excess marrow blasts and to serve as a bridge to allogeneic SCT. Without a subsequent consolidative strategy, however, response durations are short. RAS pathway mutations were associated with lower likelihood of CR and often emerge at relapse. NPM1 mutations predict for CR and RUNX1 mutations are associated with a trend to higher ORR. The high incidence of neutropenic infections in this cohort suggests that venetoclax dosing should be carefully tailored to minimize myelosuppression.
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Mortality in cancer is strongly associated with the capacity of tumor cells to spread and critically affect other tissues and organs. Genetic mutations accumulated by tumor cells and cross-signaling between tumor and host cells underlie the formation of metastasis. Cancer-activated fibroblasts (CAFs), which are host fibroblasts activated by tumor signaling, can alter tumor cell behavior by both paracrine signaling (secreting diffusible molecules) and mechanical signaling (modifying the composition and organization of the stroma). These fibroblasts resemble myofibroblasts (MFs) of the granulation tissue generated during wound healing, which produce a rigid desmoplastic stroma rich in signaling molecules and cross-linked extracellular fibers. Desmoplasia favors malignant tumor cell properties such as mobility, stemness, and even resistance to pharmacological insults [1].


We compared sodium nitroprusside (SNP)-induced hypotension with 3% isoflurane-induced hypotension with regard to brain tissue oxygen pressure (Pto2), middle cerebral artery (MCA) blood flow, and cerebral arteriovenous shunting. Eight dogs were anesthetized with 1.5% isoflurane. After a craniotomy, a probe was inserted into the left frontoparietal brain cortex to mea-sure tissue gases and pH. Blood flow was measured in a secondary branch of the MCA by a flowprobe. Mea-surements were made during baseline 1.5% isoflurane, during 1.5% isoflurane and SNP-induced hypotension or 3% isoflurane-induced hypotension to a mean pressure of 60–65 mm Hg, and during continued treatment with SNP or 3% isoflurane with blood pressure support to baseline levels with phenylephrine. Shunting was calculated from arterial, sagittal sinus, and tissue (indicating capillary) oxygen content. During hypotension with SNP, Pto2 decreased 50%, and shunting increased 50%. During hypotension with 3% isoflurane, Pto2 and shunting did not change. Blood pressure support increased Pto2 and MCA flow during both SNP and 3% isoflurane treatment. These results show that SNP is a cerebrovasodilator but that hypotension will decrease Pto2, probably because of an increase in arteriovenous shunting and a decrease in capillary perfusion.


A favorite pastime of resonance investigators since 1946 has been the modification of the original Bloch equations to describe additional experi ments. Successively the theory has been generalized to encompass all weak coupling nuclear resonance phenomena yet described [Bloch (1)]. It is prob able that for a considerable period the emphasis will be on applying the gen eral theory to special cases. I t has long been recognized that spin resonance depends intimately upon relaxation processes, but with time there appears to be more emphasis upon studies directly concerned with relaxation. In the early days (1950) it appeared that one of the useful chemical applications of resonance was the interpretation of spectra in terms of electron densities. It is becoming apparent that conclusions from shielding or spin-spin coupling data must be drawn with care. Especially for protons, one finds appreciable shielding contributions from nonadjacent atoms. Likewise, spin-spin split tings do not always decrease in order of increasing interatomic distances. Interactions involving electron spins are receiving progressively more atten tion as the widespread occurrence and significance of fractional occupation of doublet and triplet states is recognized. This reviewer would like to single out for commendation two papers whose authors have striven more for clarity than for elegance in the presenta tion of topics of general interest [Wilson (2); Feher (3)]. Reviews.-The third in a series of extensive reviews by the Oxford group deals with electron spin resonance (ESR) applications to intrinsic defects and impurities in solids, conduction electrons in metals, ferromagnetic, ferri magnetic, antiferromagnetic, and cyclotron (diamagnetic) resonance [Bag guley & Owen (4)]. Interpretations of free radical spectra, dealing especially with hyperfine splitting, are summarized in two reviews [Weissman, Tuttle & De Boer (5); Fraenkel (6)]. Inferences about chemical bonding from nuclear resonance line width, shift and intensity are illustrated for various nuclei [Wertz (7)]. An excellent review describes optical-magnetic double resonance and "optical pumping" to selectively populate spin levels [Kastler (8)]. Relaxation theory.-A generalized treatment of relaxation by Bloch was summarized in Volume 8 of this series [Bloch (9); McConnell (10)]. (A less comprehensive treatment along similar lines has appeared [Vojta (11)].) In this theory the dominant part of the energy of the spin system was assumed to be independent of the time. A more general theory dispenses with this as sumption, retaining the proviso that the system be weakly coupled to the


The ECJ recently rejected the replacement of an unfair term with a supplementary provision of national law for the first time, which seems to render a central principle of national contract law obsolete. However, this paper shows that this far-reaching conclusion does not necessarily have to be drawn from the decision.


When a running tunnel passes across a span diseased tunnel closely,the stress distribution of diseased tunnel will have great change due to the the construction of running tunnel,and exterior load will act on the diseased tunnel.At the same time,the bearing capacity of diseased tunnel is restricted.so measures must be taken for the design of running tunnel to avoid effect of exterior load on the diseased tunnel,and the diseased tunnel should be reinforced.This article introduces the design of Jian Xin Po passing across Ba Yi and Xiang Yang Tunnels,it can serve as reference to similar project.


Contents: Acknowledgements Introduction: Radical Alternatives and Radical Responses: Israel, Jews, Palestinians A Land Without a People The Palestinian Arab Minority in Israel Israeli Colonialism under the Guise of the Peace Process, 1993-2000 The End of Zionism? Religion, State and Society: Who's Left? The Making and Breaking of the Israeli Left Post-Mortem for the Ashkenazi Left Jewish National Self-Determination at the Crossroads Left out -- the Ecological Paradox of the Israeli Left The Left Needs Two Banners: Views from the Left The Roots of Israel's Economic Crisis The Dilemmas of Israeli Education The Israeli Woman and the Feminist Commitment The Mizrahim: Challenging the Ethos of the Melting Pot Jerusalem: Constructive Division or Spartaheid? Index.


There is a strong demand for high speed ADCs for PRML read channel LSI. Most of these ADCs are fabricated with bipolar or BiCMOS, because of high-speed operation. Conventional CMOS ADCs have 100 MSample/s conversion rate and insufficient tolerance to power supply noise. These problems are overcome by interleaved auto-zeroing (IAZ) architecture and output-swing limiting comparator (OLC). The ADCs operate at 200 MSample/s in a mixed PRML read channel LSI.


The article examines issues related to the urgent problem of our time - education for sustainable development. This article discloses prerequisites for the emergence of the concept of "education for sustainable development" and its connection with the idea of sustainable development, which, in turn, contributes to the development of education in the XXI century. The existing real situation in the educational space is shown. As a result, priority tasks are proposed to address the identified problems. This article proved that it is necessary to reorienting towards the formation of the environmental teachers competence. Thus, education for sustainable development is viewed as direction for the improvement of teacher's environmental competence.


We have measured the transverse and longitudinal impedance of skeletal muscle from 1 Hz to 1 MHz. An Ag-AgCl four-electrode test cell minimizes polarization error. We measured more than 100 samples from five mammals and chickens. Our tests showed that the transverse impedance changes with time at rates dependent on temperature due to muscle degradation. Thus, we performed tests within 20-30 min after sacrifice. The highest ratio of transverse to longitudinal impedance was 23. We fit our data to the usual three-element RC model.


Using dispersion corrected density functional theory (DFT+D), the interaction of Vanadium adatom and cluster with divacancy (555-777) defective graphene sheet has been studied elaborately. We explore the prospect of hydrogen storage on V4 cluster adsorbed divacancy graphene system. It has been observed that V4 cluster (acting as a catalyst) can dissociate the H2 molecule into H atoms with very low barrier energy. We introduce the spillover of the atomic hydrogen throughout the surface via external mediator gallane (GaH3) to form a hydrogenated system.


In Germany no information is available on the occurrence of Clostridium (Cl.) estertheticum on refrigerated raw meat. These psychrophilic anaerobic sporeforming bacteria often cause blown pack spoilage of vacuum packed beef and the contamination most likely occurs by airborne spores. However, there are no specific protocols for DNA extraction from Clostridia-spores. The goal of this study was to establish a reliable DNA preparation method for PCR detection of Cl. estertheticum vegetative cells and spores. Moreover, we developed a colony hybridisation assay for the identification of Cl. estertheticum and Cl. estertheticum related organisms on solid media. These methods were applied to examine vacuum-packed beef samples from the German retail. For an optimised DNA extraction best results were obtained when the spores were disrupted in a matrix of glass and silica particles with a commercial cell disrupter. The novel method to identify Cl. estertheticum on solid media via colony hybridisation with a Digoxigenin-labelled probe produced positive results for Cl. estertheticum, Cl. estertheticum-like strains and Cl. frigoris after colony hybridisation. Analysis of the meat samples (n = 20) with this hybridisation technique identified two Cl. estertheticum and 21 Cl. estertheticum-like strains in five beef samples. The described methods allow a reliable and specific detection and isolation of Cl. estertheticum and Cl. estertheticum related organisms (Cl. estertheticum-like/Cl. frigoris) from contaminated meat samples.


This Final Degree project is based on the development and implementation of a didactic proposal. This proposal is aimed at the art education and the heritage education in Segovia, in this case jewry and jewish quarter. This paper seeks to boost and to value the heritage education in Preschool Education. For that purpose, we will study the theorical basis and the benefits of heritage education. Finally, we will work the heritage education by art education in Segovia.


The bending of the incoming oceanic plate is an important process changing the internal structure before the plate gets subducted. In order to understand the relation between the plate deformation and structure changes in detail, it is necessary to clarify how the crustal structural in the outer-rise region changes towards the trench axial region. Recently, several seismic surveys around the Japan-Kuril trench outer-rise region indicated a possibility that some structural change may have occurred in the oceanic plate before starting the bending-related deformation because structures by their surveys showed different structure from that in the NW Pacific Basin. We investigated the crustal structure of the old Pacific Plate in the eastern foot of the Japan Trench outer-rise, northwestern Pacific, where the oceanic crust is supposed to be less influenced by the bending-related deformation. In this study, we applied a traveltime inversion to the refraction and wide-angle reflection seismic data obtained by an airgun-ocean bottom seismometer (OBS) survey to estimate a P-wave velocity (Vp) structure model. We also produce a seismic reflection image using dense and wide-offset seismic data by applying a seismic interferometry (SI) to the airgun-OBS data. The estimated Vp model showed a horizontally layered structure, composed of the oceanic layer 2 from 6 to 8 km in depth, the oceanic layer 3 from 8 to 13 km, and the uppermost oceanic mantle deeper than 13 km. Evident velocity reversal was identified ion the depth range from 9 km to 13 km, corresponding to the lower


The importance of parental attitudes in the development of personal and social behavior is one of the basic tenets in the fields of child development and parent education. In the clinician's therapy room this relationship seems obvious. In the classroom a teacher may often be sure the reason "Johnny can't" is because of parental attitudes. But can the generalizations from the clinician or from the teacher or, for that matter, from studies of atypical samples of families and children in general be valid guides for assessing the behavior of children?


Background: Government policies in Australia aim to increase participation in higher education (Australian Government, 2008), so it is becoming more important to understand the factors affecting the progression and retention of an increasingly diverse student cohort. A great deal of work has already been done in the area of progression and retention in Australia and internationally, much of this has been based around identifying factors that indicate a student's probability of success. These factors include demographic, psychosocial and academic indicators. French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu developed his theory of habitus in the late 20th century as a means of exploring the role of social class on individual aspirations and behaviour. Bourdieu's concept of habitus and its relationship to his concepts of Field, cultural Capital and Dispositions form a theoretical framework and the basis of a methodology which enable the rigorous investigation of human actions and interactions (Reay, 2004). As yet, Bourdieu's concepts have not been widely used as a framework within engineering education research; his theories are complex, fluid and relatively inaccessible to the novice sociologist (DiMaggio, 1979). Purpose: This discussion paper explores the potential for the work and theories of Pierre Bourdieu to provide an alternative approach to engineering education research on student diversity issues, including progression, retention and student success. Student actions, attitudes and beliefs that are known to contribute to success can be traced back to a student's habitus, a concept developed by Bourdieu. Design/Method: Issues of academic performance, retention and progression in an engineering program can be better understood against the background of individual student choice and behaviour. Bourdieu's theory of habitus presents a lens through which to view the motivations behind individual student decisions to study engineering. This paper will discuss his theories and argue that his work can be directly applied to investigations into student choices (of engineering as a career, institution of study, and mode of study); academic performance; retention and progression. An example of a possible study will be outlined to demonstrate the possible applications. Results: Bourdieu's theories are shown to have direct application to the investigating the underlying sociological reasons for student performance in engineering. Their application can lead to a deeper understanding of why factors that have already been identified as significant to student success are less often found in students from 'non-traditional' backgrounds. Conclusions: Bourdieu's work presents an opportunity for engineering education researchers to further understand why demographic, psychosocial and academic factors, which are known to play a role in the success or otherwise of students are exhibited in particular educational settings. Furthermore, it provides a fresh theoretical framework for investigations in to engineering education phenomena.


The model of phoneme monitoring proposed by Norris et al. is implausible when implemented in a localist connectionist network. Lexical representations mysteriously inform phoneme decision nodes as to the presence or absence of a target phoneme.


A simple yet effective approach is presented for solving regional wastewater treatment system capacity expansion problems. The approach decomposes a model into two levels, upper and lower. The lower level treats the subproblems related to separate facilities of a regional treatment system. These subproblems are solved independently by dynamic programming. The upper level is used to coordinate the subproblems in the lower level and is updated using a random polyhedron search algorithm that identifies progressively superior solutions. Constraints imposed on treatment plant or transfer capacities are considered first, and then constraints relating to the in-stream quality of the receiving water are incorporated. The procedures developed are tested in a hypothetical problem with seven communities along a river and its tributary. The results obtained indicate that it is economically attractive to consider time-staging of capacity whenever possible. It is also observed that the model with in-stream quality constraints required more computational resources, the amount of which is somewhat dependent on the level of in-stream quality requirement imposed. However, the incremental computational efforts required might not be excessive.


Mechanical properties of zirconium dioxide ceramics are known to be the function of phase composition and structure. Tetragonal zirconium dioxide possesses high strength and toughness. Various methods and technologies were improved for production and stabilization of the tetragonal phase of the zirconium dioxide material. The most common method is the production of tetragonal zirconia by adding to it some stabilizing compounds. Analysis of published data shows that the yttrium oxide Y 2 O 3 is commonly used as a stabilizing agent, which contributes to transformation of the tetragonal phase to monoclinic one at cooling.


AbstractA flow of ions with energies of about 3 MeV propagating in the direction perpendicular to the symmetry axis of discharge has been detected in high-current low inductance vacuum spark. Estimations show that the measured ion energies quite well correspond to the value that can be achieved as a result of "Coulomb explosion" of the waist of a plasma channel of discharge current at the stage preceding its radiation compression.


Several conditions in the peritoneal membrane of peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients promote the accumulation of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs), that is, the uremic state, exposure to high gl...


Objective: To explore cognitive function in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD). Methods: 36 ADHD+ODD children, 36 pure ADHD children and 36 normal controls (criteria of DSM-IV) (group matched by sex, age and ADHD subtypes) were collected as our sample. The research instruments included C-WISC, WMS, Number Cancellation Test, Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices, and the Stroop Test.Results:In information, similarities, coding, verbal IQ, performance IQ, full IQ, factor A, factor C, experience/orientation, psyche, reproduction, touch, long-term memory, short-term memory, MQ, standardized score of Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices, time of parts A, C and total time in Stroop Test, two case groups had significantly different scores with those of normal controls, and there was no difference between two case groups; there were tendencies that normal group had higher total score and lower mean error rate than those of two case groups (F=2.521,P=0.093; χ 2=5.150,P=0.076) in Number Cancellation Test; in arithmetic, digit span, block design, factor B, and time of parts B and D in Stroop Test, ADHD group had lower functions than those of normal controls; ADHD+ODD group had tendency of higher standardized score of Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices than that of ADHD group (Z=-1.674,P=0.094).Conclusion:ADHD children with or without ODD have similar cognitive mode, and if the sample enlarged, some difference between the two case groups might be found.


© International Association for Applied Psychology, 2002. Published by Blackwell Publishers, 108 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1JF, UK and 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148, USA. Blackwell Science Ltd Oxford, UK APPS pplied Psychology: an International Review 0269-994X © Int rnational Association for Applied Psychology, 2002 2002 51 41 riginal Arti le Stress in Gre ter Chin iu et l. Managerial Stress in Greater China: The Direct and Moderator Effects of Coping Strategies and Work Locus of Control


Objective To explore the cell adhesion and growth on the scaffold under a certain magnitude of electric field,and to compare with the cells incubated using conventional static culture techniques.Methods A synthetic polycaprolactone (PCL) nanofiberous scaffold for incubation of the endothelial progenitor cellswas constructed and was sewn on the electrical stimulator.This entailed the allocation of the cells to four groups according to the voltage (0 V,1 V,2 V and 4 V).Haematoxylin-eosin staining,transmission electron microscopy and MTF technique were applied to determine the cell adhesion and viability.Results The electric fields improved cell adhesion on the PCL scaffolds,with the optimal condition being the stimulation of 50 Hz and 2 V/cm.Conclusion The pulsatile electric field may be a promising approach for vascular tissue engineering.

Key words:
Tissue engineering;  Blood vessels ;  Nanocomposites;  Endothelial progenitor cell


A weblog, or blog, is a public diary that is written and published electronically. As a kind of reinvention of early modern diary form, blogs trade heavily on the conventions of diary writing, including especially the rhetorics of sincerity and immediacy. As public texts, however, blogs resemble other important modes of expression characteristic of modern print-culture, including the eighteenth-century broadsheets like the Tatler and The Spectator. Just as with the early broadsheets, many blogs are published anonymously, or more specifically, pseudonymously. Blogging pseudonyms are generally not fleeting aliases but fixed public identities, which are strongly associated with a particular author's style and ethos. The impressive proliferation of blogging as a form of writing has disseminated the category of "author" to an unprecedented level of true mass-culture participation,1 though the prevalence of pseudonymity in blogging suggests that "authorship" may be at once more influential and more disposable than ever before. Though blogging certainly does little to restore the old image, widely attacked by poststructuralist theory, of the "Author-God," here I will argue that the strong emphasis on originality, collective ethics, and the authorial persona, all of which are prevalent in the blog culture,2


The potential for long-range precipitation prediction over the Indian monsoon region is generally good where climate noise (i.e., variability due to daily weather fluctuations) is small as compared to the climate signal (i.e., variability due to year to year fluctuations in monthly/seasonal means) being in the tropical belt. In order to understand the potential on smaller spatial scales, the ratios of inter-annual variability to that associated with climate noise have been computed for precipitation of four seasons as well as SW monsoon sub-seasons/months over 1656 stations in the Indian subcontinent.

Precipitation in SW monsoon has been found potentially predictable on seasonal as well as intra-seasonal scale. The west coast and contiguous northwest India, part of the 'northeast India are more predictable. Potential for long-range prediction over northwest India is highest during the active monsoon period from July to September. Over eastern peninsula potential for prediction is generally found low whereas over north-central India it is always moderate. Over northern latitudes precipitation due to western disturbances during January to May is potentially predictable. Precipitation over southeast India and Sri Lanka during October to February due to northeast (NE) monsoon shows good potential for long-range prediction. It is manifested that long-range precipitation forecasting schemes for SW monsoon season, sub-seasons and months and for the other seasons over India on point to regional scale have good scope by taking into account the potential predictability at the individual stations as well as at contiguous resemblance areas over the country.


The recognition of Steady State Visual Evoked Responses (SSVEP) is a problem that arises frequently into the Brain Computer Interface (BCI) concept. In this paper, we present a novel algorithm for their recognition by formulating the pattern recognition problem in terms of linear regression. The inverse problem is solved using the bayesian framework and the decision is ruled in favor of the class with the minimum distance. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm achieves better performance, in terms of classification accuracy, than the competing approaches.


Austeng et al. in Sweden found considerable difference in the overall incidence of ROP between different regions in Sweden but less so in more severe disease stages. Bertelsen et al. in Norway, UK and Denmark found a strong association between blood pressure and the presence of retinal microaneurysms in nondiabetic people. Loukovaara et al. in Finland and Spain measured significantly increased levels of hypoxia-inducible factor-1alfa, HIF-1a and protein carbonyl in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy. S ın et al. in Czech Republic found oxygen saturation to be increased in retinal veins after pars plana vitrectomy. Munk et al. in Austria and Denmark associated thickening of the neurosensory fovea to vision loss in cystoid macula oedema. Veckeneer et al. in the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Poland, Russia, Germany, South Africa, Hong Kong, India, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Israel recommend heavy dye solutions for membrane staining in macular surgery.


Presented is a high-speed, radiation hardened by design, physical layer data link. The 5 Gbps link is implemented in an 130 nm process occupying relatively small area and having low power (60 mW total). The data rate, radiation hardness, and power consumption are all enabled by asynchronous circuits utilizing a pulse-base wire encoding that, in combination, dramatically simplifies data recovery while increasing timing tolerances in both transmitter and receiver designs. This means that neither the transmitter nor the receiver uses a high-speed clock, instead, small asynchronous state machines handle the transmit and receive functions as well as serialization and deserialization. These small structures contribute to radiation hardness by allowing for efficient modular redundancy at high speeds. The design is also hardened for long environment lifetime (very high total irritated dose of greater than 300MRad Si). This paper specifically addresses the design implementation trade-offs and high-speed design methodology for the link with simulation results as well as preliminary test data.


Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Public Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, WHO Collaborating Center for Traveller's Health, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics & Environmental Sciences, The University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA; Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco, California, USA


The formalism developed in [1] is summarized. We studied adiabatic (curvature) and entropy (isocurvature) perturbations produced during a period of cosmological inflation that is driven by multiple scalar fields with an arbitrary interaction potential. A local rotation in field space is performed to separate out the adiabatic and entropy modes. The resulting field equations show explicitly how on large scales entropy perturbations can source adiabatic perturbations if the background solution follows a curved trajectory in field space, and how adiabatic perturbations cannot source entropy perturbations in the long-wavelength limit.


Tinidazole is generally an expensive alternative to metronidazole for the treatment of trichomoniasis and bacterial vaginosis. It offers little, if any, advantage with regard to safety, tolerability, and effectiveness; however, its once-daily dosing and shorter course of therapy may be useful for some patients.


The purpose of this research is produce a project assessment instrument product to measure students' scientific literacy skills theoretically and empirically feasible on the theme of always saving energy. This research used research and development, refers to the theory of Borg & Gall. The subjects of this research consisted of 6 students and 2 educators. The data collecting technique used expert validation questionnaire, practitioner questionnaire and students. The data analysis technique was carried out in a mixed manner between qualitative and quantitative. The results of this research indicate that the project appraisal instrument is feasible theoretically and empirically to measure students' scientific literacy abilities. The theoretical feasibility of the project appraisal instrument to measure students' scientific literacy skills is based on the assessment of 3 experts who obtained an average score of 81.43 in the "very good" category. The empirical feasibility of the project appraisal instrument to measure students 'scientific literacy skills was based on the teacher usability questionnaire which received an average score of 90.5 and the students' readability questionnaire obtained an average score of 89.6 in the very good category. Based on the results of all analyzes, it shows that the project appraisal instrument is suitable for measuring students' scientific literacy skills.


Author(s): Kunkel, Peter H | Abstract: I have just read Albert Elsasser's (1976) review of Native Californians: A Theoretical Retrospective, edited by Lowell Bean and Thomas Blackburn. As author of one of the articles in this collection, I am puzzled by Elsasser's reference to "certain authors" in the collection (including me) as "post-Kroeberian." Furthermore, I wish to protest the out-of-context, fragmental quotation from my article, by which Elsasser misrepresented my attitude toward Kroeber and the basic "older" data on California ethnography.


© BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2021. No commercial reuse. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. DESCRIPTION We describe a case of incidental finding of portal vein aneurysm (PVA) identified from CT scan performed for investigation of lower back pain, measuring 26×32×28 mm in a young man. He was healthy with no history of hepatopancreaticbiliary disease nor history of heavy alcohol intake. His liver function test was unremarkable. He underwent further investigation with ultrasonography (figure 1) and MRI (figure 2). There was no evidence of liver cirrhosis on his ultrasonography. B mode ultrasonography often visualises an anechoic cyst like lesion in proximity to the porta hepatis, while, addition of a Doppler study substantiates the diagnosis of an aneurysm by revealing a nonpulsatile monophasic waveform within the lesion signifying the presence of blood flow. Ultrasound is readily available and radiationfree, making it a favourable surveillance tool. CT and MRI are able to differentiate PVA from a hyperenhancing abdominal mass or a pancreatic cyst. The aetiology of PVA is unknown with several postulated theories: (i) congenital aetiology as PVA are observed more frequently in younger age groups, (ii) weakening of the vessel wall due to trauma and pancreatitis, (iii) secondary to portal hypertension. Congenital PVA is thought to be related to its embryonic development where failure of regression in the right primitive vitelline vein leaving a diverticular remnant has been postulated to enlarge, developing into a saccular aneurysm of the portal vein later in life. Acquired PVA can be explained by cirrhosis and other hepatic pathologies leading to portal hypertension, intimal thickening and medial hypertrophy of the portal vein. Chronically inflamed and fibrous tissue has a weaker tensile strength, predisposing the vessel to aneurysmal dilatation. Severe pancreatitis causing autodigestion and chronic inflammation of the portal vein, trauma and invasion of the portal vein by malignancies can also lead to PVA. Management of PVA remains somewhat controversial with options ranging from watchful waiting to surgical intervention. There are no consensus guidelines for when surgical intervention is indicated, however, should be considered if symptomatic, expanding at a rapid rate, presents a high risk of thrombosis, rupture, compression on adjacent structures or if there is evidence of biliary tract obstruction and haemobilia. Portacaval or mesocaval shunting to reduce portal pressure and prevent progressive dilation of PVA have been described for those with portal hypertension. Thrombectomy has been recommended for patients with PVA associated with thrombosis extending to the superior mesenteric and splenic veins. In those without portal hypertension, aneurysmography Figure 1 Ultrasound showing 26×32×28 mm aneurysmal portion of portal vein.


The fluctuation of US Dollar directly affects export product prices of China and valuations of other relative assets.This paper finds that US Dollar would be depreciated in the long term.On one hand,the negative effects of the weakness of US Dollar have resulted in input inflation,RMB appreciation,foreign exchange assets depreciation,greater volatility risk,and more speculations.On the other hand,the positive effects can lead to upgrade of industry structure,better inflation management,more input products,and good for capital output.The paper analyzes Guangzhou as an economy of high reliance upon foreign trade and finally gives recommendations to both the country and the city.


This study examines the impact of stakeholder engagement in the form of controlling shareholders on the corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance of firms using data from 25 countries. The results show that there is a positive relation between state-controlled ownership and the CSR performance of firms, whereas the other types of controlling ownership have no impact on CSR performance. Further results show that evidence is more pronounced in countries with more stakeholder engagement. Additional analysis indicates that the change of state controlled firms leads to a change in CSR performance, but not vice versa. Taken together, this paper highlights the importance of governmental ownership in shaping firms' corporate social responsibility performance in an international context. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment


Lactic fermentation is the most natural way for foodstuffs to reach microbiological stability and prolonged shelf life. The purpose of this research was to screen a spontaneous lactic fermentation during the process of preserving the green olives of Oblica cultivar (the autochthonous Croatian cultivar) in the agriculture cooperative near Split (Croatia). Using API 50CHL and APILAB PLUS software, the species Lactobacillus curvatus was isolated and identified during the second week of the brining process. In the latter phase of the fermentation process, the presence of microorganisms belonging to this genus was not identified, which proves that spontaneous lactic fermentation in the process of preserving green olives of the Oblica cultivar had been incomplete. This was also proved by the values of fundamental physico-chemical features (low pH, high total acidity concentration, inadequate temperature). Presented results show the necessity of applying starter culture in the process of preserving green olives of the Oblica cultivar.


Older people who have moved from familiar home surroundings to institutionalized facilities could find that the institutions will put restrictions on their personal belongings, possessions, loved ones, and pets. Loneliness and depression are common in long-term care facilities (Banks a...


List of birds and locations contributed by Thomas H. Kent with observers Thomas K. Shires, Michael C. Newlon and Cal and Bernie Knight. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of winter 1979-1980.


In view of the effect of the original image on noise image,and on the basis of the experimental masking threshold and the analysis of contrast sensitivity function(CSF)curve,an image quality evaluation method based on masking effect is presented according to the human visual masking model.By the superposition of the same noise,the masking ability of different frequencies of the original image to the noise is investigated.The experimental results show that the method is simple and easy to operate,correctly reflecting the changes in the average background frequency of the original image.Compared with the traditional objective methods,the masking effect and image quality of the proposed method are more consistent with the human subjective experience.


The menstrual cycle has been the subject of many tr aditional tales, myths and mystery. Myth and myster y have long enveloped the truth about menstruation. The mere mention of the topic has been tabooed in the past and even to this day the cultural and social influences appear to be hurdle for advancement of knowledge on the subject . It is customary for some girls to restrict their activiti es during the periods as per their belief, social c ustoms and religion. The present study was carried out on 600 unmarried healthy college going girls between the age of 18 t o 23 years from Jodhpur (Western Rajasthan), during the period from Dec 2005 to May 2007 to study the attitudes o f women towards menstrual cycle along with the socio-cultur al beliefs and practices in their region. It was ob served that 40.2% girls accepted menstruation as a normal physi ological event, 20.5% considered it as a necessary evil, 19.7% considered it to be a troublesome due to physical d iscomforts, 18.8% indicated their disliking to mens truation and 0.8% considered it to be a bad omen due to family b eliefs. Also restrictions are mostly observed in or thodox Hindu, Muslim and Christian families whereas the girls bel onging to Sikh families are more liberated in this regard. Almost all Hindu(97.4%),Muslim(100%)and about two third (66.7%)of the Christian girls, who participated in th is study were restricted in one way or other during the mens trual period.It is high time that these regressive attitudes and practices are done away with so that women can cont ribute to make India a truly progressive nation .


Objective:To observe the levels of plasma Cys-C alteration of chronic renal failure and evaluating clinical effect of ShengYangPeiDuTang.Methods:60 patients with chnmic renal failure were ramdomly divided into treatment.Group and control group.control group was adopted low protein low phosphorum diet and correcting crun treatment,treatment grop apart from adopted control group drug and integrated ShengYangPeiDuTang,30 health examination were used as the normal control group,to observe respective changes Cys-C、Scr、TC、HB、HDL in pretreatment and posttreatment,Cys-C were adopted latex particle enhanced turbidimetry(PET),Scr、TC、HB、HDL were determined simultaneously using routine methods.Results:The levels of plasma Cys-C、Scr、TC、HB、HDL of the cases with CRF at pretreatment were arkedly higher than those at posttreatment and normal control groups(P0.01).After completion of therapy,There was significantly different between treatment grop and control group(P0.01)after treatment.Conclusion:ShengYangPeiDuTang has significantly better effects on treatment of CRF,to ameliorate renal function and lipoprotein disorder and nutritional status,It can decrease the levels of Cys-C,to provid clinical theoretical reason for Cys-C to diagnosis CRF in earlier period as well as.


For solving existing problems of gas-insulated metal-enclosed switchgear partial discharge ultrasonic positioning system,this paper introduces design of a set of ultrasonic multichannel partial discharge positioning system based on wireless communication transmission by combining with field application conditions on the basis of studying ultrasonic positioning principles.This system uses multichannel self-adaption amplification technology,logarithmic amplification signal trigger technology and multichannel wireless communication technology to solve the key problem of GIS ultrasonic positioning.By manual analog way of placing suspending potential model in GIS,it is able to proceed simulation application test.The result indicates this system is able to realize GIS partial discharge signal detection and correct positioning for insulation defect which is effectively to improve efficiency of equipment overhaul and maintenance.


The subject of the paper is the adaptive stabilization problem for a functional autoregressive model. The uncertainty is represented by a class of functions satisfying the Hölder condition with given degree of smoothness s>0. We follow the information approach, first used in adaptive control problems by Nemirovsky and Tsypkin in 1984. We present the asymptotically minimax lower bounds for the mean‐square error of stabilization and provide a 'quasi‐optimal' adaptive control algorithm which attains the minimax rate of convergence up to a logarithmic factor. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


There is a now-familiar "problem of creeping minimalism", which concerns the prospects for distinguishing two intuitively very different meta-ethical views, namely expressivism and realism. Given the appropriate "minimalist" or "deflationary" understandings of semantic terms such as 'truth', 'refers', and the like, expressivist views of normativity entail many claims that appear to be characteristic of realism. The consensus is that even if they agree on these characteristic claims, realists will explain why they are true differently. These are explanatory solutions to the problem of creeping minimalism. This paper is about the viability of explanatory solutions. I argue, contra Taylor (2019), that the realist does not need to accept a deflationary conception of truth and reference, in order to acknowledge the force of the problem of creeping minimalism. The realist needs something weaker, namely an account of why the deflationary notions of truth and reference do not simply change the subject. I develop a realist view which grants, with deflationists, that our use of 'true', 'refers', etc. treats certain claims as analytic. However, the realism on offer adds that these analytic claims have metaphysically substantive, non-trivial explanations for why they are true. The result is a realism that concedes that expressivists are not changing the subject away from normative truth and reference, without closing off the viability of an explanatory solution to the problem of creeping minimalism.


The cardiovascular complication represents the principal effect of death in patients uraemics cronics. The hypertension is one of most cause; for this, the control of hypertension is one important objective in this patients. The introduction of dynamic monitoring permit to estimate the adeguatesse of hypertension control or the appearance of extradialitic hypotension. The dynamic monitoring permit to value the difference in two groups, young and elderly and to conform the hypertension therapy.


Semistructured interviews were conducted with eight highly accomplished individuals with disabilities. This expert sample was selected to represent experienced sources of information and insight about historical developments in the disability rights movement and continuing challenges facing the disability community. Standard methods of narrative qualitative research were used to content-analyze the verbatim transcripts of the audiotaped interviews. Enlightening excerpts from the interviews are included in the report of these leaders' (a) greatest source of pride, (b) personal connections to the disability rights movement, (c) perceptions of the most cherished achievement of the disability community, and (d) predictions of what will be the most pressing disability issue in the year 2020.


The random ordered phase (ROP) proposed in a previous paper by us is investigated in a Bethe lattice. The critical temperature T c , the random susceptibility χ r and the uniform susceptibility χ u are obtained rigorously by use of the effective Hamiltonian method. χ r diverges at T c , while χ u makes a cusp at T c . The spin glass phase in the Bethe lattice is discussed. It is concluded that the phase transition takes place between paramagnetic phase and ROP, and neither ferromagnetic nor spin glass phase can exist in the Bethe lattice.


The aim of this paper is to analyze the diachronic evolution of five Spanish verbal periphrases (ir (a) + infinitive, ir + gerund; venir a + infinitive, venir + gerund and volver/ tornar a + infinitive), using as main text Don Quixote of La Mancha. After providing a concept of periphrasis useful to study a stadium of language different from ours, we analyze the periphrases in Cervantes' text, taking always into account how they work in Middle Age and Modern Spanish. The main conclusion leads us to consider Don Quixote as a linguistic bridge between the medieval Spanish and the current one, as far as the periphrases are concerned.


This study aimed to present the perspective of senior high school students towards the use of modules and social media for remote learning and find out if there would be a significant difference in the student performance after the use of modules and social media. The modules were composed of a series of topics distributed to participants and were followed up with the users of social media, especially messenger and Facebook. The participants of the study were classified according to strand and grade levels: the HUMSS and STEM students who are grade 11 and 12 students. A total of 87 students participated in this study. Researchers created 15 items checklist form that is divided according to namely; Perceived Based on Usefulness of Module and Social Media, Perceived Student Self- Efficacy of Using Module and Social media, and Perceived Ease of Use of Module and Social Media was prepared and validated by the experts in subject matter for gathering data. The findings revealed that there was an increase in the performance of students in the pretest and post-test after the use of modules and follow-up through social media. T-test results revealed that there was a significant difference in the test scores of the students before and after using the module which can be used as a future reference for remote learning and as an additional teaching tool in physics.


This paper treats discontinuous fold bifurcations of periodic solutions of discontinuous systems. It is shown how jumps in the fundamental solution matrix lead to jumps of the Floquet multipliers of periodic solutions. A Floquet multiplier of a discontinuous system can jump through the unit circle causing a discontinuous bifurcation. Numerical examples are treated which show discontinuous fold bifurcations. The discontinuous fold bifurcation can connect stable branches to branches with infinitely unstable solutions. INTRODUCTION The objective of this paper is to explain how discontinuous fold bifurcations arise in systems with a discontinuous vector field. During the last two decades many textbooks about bifurcation theory for smooth systems appeared and bifurcations of smooth vector fields are well understood (Guckenheimer and Holmes, 1983; Hagedorn, 1988; Kuznetsov, 1995; Parker and Chua, 1989; Seydel, 1994). However, little is known about bifurcations of discontinuous vector fields. Discontinuous dynamical systems arise due to physical discontinuities such as dry friction, impact and backlash in mechanical systems or diode elements in electrical circuits. Many papers deal with discontinuous systems (Galvanettoet al., 1995; Ibrahim, 1994a; Ibrahim, 1994b; Popp, 1992; Poppet al., 1995; Stelter, 1992; Stelter and Sextro, 1991; Van de Vrande t al., 1997). Published bifurcation diaAddress all correspondence to this author. grams constructed from data obtained by brute force techniques only show stable branches of periodic solutions, whereas those made by path-following techniques do show bifurcations to unstable branches but the bifurcations behave smoothly and are not discontinuous. Andronovet al.(1966) treat periodic solutions of discontinuous systems. They revealed many aspects of discontinuous systems but did not treat discontinuous bifurcations with regard to Floquet theory. The current paper shows two examples of discontinuous fold bifurcations and explains how they come into being through Floquet theory. The first example is a trilinear spring system which shows a discontinuous fold bifurcation connecting a stable branch to an unstable branch. A stick-slip system is treated in the second example. The discontinuous fold bifurcation connects a stable branch to an infinitely unstable branch.


In an earlier paper, we showed that a new complexity measure on strategies, response complexity, implied that strategies chosen in equilibrium were stationary or minimally complex, in the unanimity


Young shoots infested with mulberry tiger moth larvae Lemyra imparilis (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) were observed on 'Delaware' grapevine in an open field in April 1997 and 1998. Larvae primarily fed on leaf tissue, and damaged leaves were observed in 89.4% of infested shoots. Additionally, damage due to feeding was observed in 42.6% and 38.3% of infested flowers and shoot tips, respectively. In 27.7% of infested shoots, larvae consumed all 3 tissue types (leaves, flowers, and shoot tips). The effects of feeding damage were evaluated by investigating growth and fruit characteristics of: 1) shoots with natural injuries due to larval moth infestation and 2) shoots with artificial injuries due to manual excision. Shoots that were missing all their leaves had reduced numbers of berries per bunch. However, many of the shoots infested with larvae only had partial leaf damage. These shoots could be used for normal fruit production, because there were no observed effects on shoot growth or fruit characteristics. Shoots with flower damage caused loss of part or whole of the fruit bunches. Shoots damaged at the tip could produce bunches; however, growth was markedly reduced, so they could not be used for fruit production the next season. Therefore, shoots with flower and shoot tip damage should be removed by suckering early in the season.


Traditional methods are more complex to analyse operational amplifier networks.In this paper,we will apply nullor model to the networks containing an operational amplifier,which provides with the systemic processes and applying examples.Compared with other methods,we think these methods are easier to apply,more convenient and more popular.


Calixarenes are condensation products of phenols to substituted and formaldehyde in an alkaline medium 1. In this work, the extraction is carried out from an aqueous phase to an organic phase through the formation of complexes of sodium metal and potassium with the macrocyclic ligand calixarene p- tbutilcalix [4 ] arene tetraetanoato acetate ( L ) dissolved in chloroform the pH of 5, 7.5 and 8.5 . The absorbance of the alkali metal picrates ( - , K + Pi - , Na + Pi Pi - = 2,4,6 trinitrophenol ) was measured , and the complexes formed L M + , Pi -org organic phase at 310 nm . Experiments show that the extraction calixarene ( L ) ligand extracted at pH 7.5 to 72.3% sodium ion (I) in an aqueous solution of 2 to 20 ppm of concentration and extraction 35.6 % for potassium ion (I ) under the same conditions.


The data acquisition system is consisted of the linear CCD sensing elements,an AD12-2 analog digital card and a computer,It can be used to achieve automatic collection of light intensity and to measure the light wavelength.


The current study focuses on the composition of the constituents that are obtained from ultra-fast heating and the composition of the parent austenite that was achieved at the peak temperature. In order to analyse the content and distribution of important elements such as carbon, manganese, chromium and molybdenum in the microstructure, simulation software was used. It is also found that the content of these elements shows a gradient in the microstructure in relation to the distance from the undissolved cementite. This leads to carbon-rich areas in the vicinity of cementite and carbon-depleted areas as the distance from the cementite grows. The former creates ideal conditions for the retainment of austenite due to the higher carbon content while the latter creates conditions that enable the formation of bainite in the microstructure.


The present ICRF system at ASDEX Upgrade uses 3dB combiners to forward the combined power of a generator pair to a single line [1]. Optimal output performance is achieved when the voltages at the two input lines of a combiner are equal in amplitude and in phase quadrature. If this requirement is not met, a large amount of power is lost in the dummy loads of the combiner. To minimize losses, it is paramount to reach this phase relationship in a fast and stable way. The current phase regulation system is based on analog phase locked loops circuits. The main limitation of this system is the response time: several tens of milliseconds are needed to achieve a stable state. In order to get rid of the response time limitation of the current system, a new system is proposed based on a multi‐channel direct digital synthesis device which is steered by a microcontroller and a software‐based controller. The proposed system has been developed and successfully tested on a test‐bench. The results show a remarkable impro...


Simple Summary The distribution of the lacebug Corythauma ayyari, a pest species associated to jasmine plants, has been updated using collections and citizen-science data. The path of introduction of this species in Italy has been inferred with molecular analysis. The results revealed an extent of occurrence in Italy wider than was previously known and the evidence of multiple introduction events. The work shows that citizen science can represent a further tool within the early warning information system for alien species introduction. Abstract The jasmine lacebug Corythauma ayyari is a pest of cultivated and ornamental plants mainly associated to Jasminum spp. This invasive insect is native to Asia, and it has been recently introduced in several countries, mainly within the Mediterranean basin. Here, we updated the known distribution of this species, including five new Italian regions (Liguria, Tuscany, Latium, Apulia, and Calabria); Salamis Island in Greece, and the Occitanie region in France. Citizen-science data have significantly contributed to the knowledge on species distribution, and the online platform for sharing biodiversity information can represent an effective tool for the early detection. Molecular analyses revealed that the specimens collected in Peninsular Italy and Sicily belong to a unique clade, suggesting the possibility of a single introduction, whereas those from Menton (France) and Calabria (Southern Italy) are separated from the others and probably originate from separated introductions.


In an increasingly intergovernmental European Union (EU), minilateral formations can reduce the complexity of EU decision-making. However, block formation can also complicate it. Therefore, bilateral diplomacy has to build bridges between these formations. Against this backdrop, the article examines to what extent an Austro-German cooperation can act as such a bridge between the Franco-German couple and the "frugal four", the "Visegrád Four" and maybe in the future the Western Balkans. To this end, both the orientation of Austrian and German EU policy as well as concrete government positions on the "European Green Deal", the multiannual financial framework, the defence union, the enlargement policy towards the Western Balkans and institutional reforms are examined. Austro-German cooperation offers opportunities for concrete initiatives on shared interests, such as the rule of law mechanism, as well as potentials for compromise in other policy areas, such as the multiannual financial framework.


Fig is a widespread crop in Georgia. The use of this valuable raw material is limited by the fact that it quickly deteriorates. As a result of the work carried out, the following conclusions can be drawn:
figs are stored at 0 ° C for 5 to 10 days;
quick-frozen at -50 ° C and in liquid nitrogen, figs are stored at -18 ° C for up to a year. They can be usedboth fresh and for processing.
The best varieties for drying were: Kadota, Kalimirna, Chapla. Excellent dining qualities are possessed by: Kadota, Crimean black, Chumlak mtsvane.
 As the most productive and highly valuable for industrial processing, we consider it expedient to widely introduce the following varieties of figs into agricultural production: Chumlaksky Mtsvane, Kadota, Kalimirna.


Improving the professional ability structure needed for vocational school teachers through relatively complete and normative enterprise practice experiences is the important experience for foreign countries and an inevitable choice under the current circumstances.The construction of "four-three" mode will be the referential approach and method to explore enterprise practice for young teachers.


A greedy randomized adaptive search procedure (GRASP) is a randomized heuristic that has been shown to quickly produce good quality solutions for a wide variety of combinatorial optimization problems. In this paper, we describe a GRASP for the quadratic assignment problem. We review basic concepts of GRASP: construction and local search algorithms. The implementation of GRASP for the quadratic assignment problem is described in detail. Computational experience on a large set of standard test problems (QAPLIB) is presented.


Poly(lactic acid)(PLA) is a kind of aliphatic polycarbonate made from lactic acid.It exhibits good biocompatibility,biodegradability,and mechanical properties.Due to some disadvantages such as slow crystallization,high shrinkage,poor dimensional stability,weak durability and brittleness,the application of PLA is limited.Recently,much attention has been paid to modify and reinforce PLA,especially to blend PLA with other materials to prepare completely biodegradable blends or composites.Many organic or inorganic fillers and biodegradable polymers are used to blend with PLA.This paper fully introduced the completely biodegradable PLA blends and composites in recent years,and summarized the research progress.


COVID-19 (coronavirus disease – 2019) caused by SARS-CoV-2 (also known as 2019-nCoV) is a new infectious disease by etiology, but in manifestations it has some similarities with SARS (Sever Acute Respiratory Syndrome) that ravaged several countries of the world around 2003. Coronaviruses are RNA containing microbes that 'hijack' mammalian cells to replicate themselves intracellularly, just to be released in large quantities. SARS-CoV-2 first replicates in the upper respiratory tract, as opposed to SARS-CoV viruses in the 'old' SARS that attack the lower respiratory tree, especially the lungs and cause severe pneumonia. About 80% of COVID-19 patients are mild, some of them are even asymptomatic and only about 10-20% require hospitalization because of pulmonary edema and rapidly developing bronchopneumonia that often leads to multiorgan failure, especially in older patients with chronic comorbidities or immunocompromised system (e.g., obesity, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases).  The overall worldwide mortality is about 1-2%, but some of the genetic variants of the virus caused 4-6% mortality, especially in densely populated areas, like Northern Italy, New York city, Spain. In the most severe cases a 'cytokine storm' (a massive release of cytokines) have been described that aggravate the initial damage in the lungs and heart. Epidemiologically, the true incidence and prevalence of COVID-19, most likely, will never be known because of uneven testing in most of the countries for the viral RNA and/or for the developed IgM and IgG antibodies against the virus. From public health perspectives, the hardest hit areas of the world are those that were not prepared, had a poorly organized or underfunded public health service, and/or did not follow the preventive measures such as social distancing, isolation and frequent hand washing. The poor organization of public health services, especially if associated with initial denial of the rapid spread of the disease lead to chaos, panic and, predictably, sever distress in many people


There are numerous of scientific works about the historical development of Georgian material culture. But the footwear and leather items of Georgian origins exhibited in museums and enclosed in depositories locally and abroad, archive materials about them, iconic and written sources, are not still perfectly studied and systematized, as the footwear and leather items belong to the constructively and technologically complex products. The article disscuses about the fragments of monuments and material culture models discovered in Georgia existing before X century.


The possible synergic models of the cationic conductivity into some types of the two-component heterogeneous inorganic systems were presented. For example, the application of synergic model for ionic conductivity calculation into heterogeneous system RbAg4I5 AgI was analyzed.


In order to solve the questions that teachers stay for a long time with difficulty after class is over in the different school area,the paper proposes the mothod to develop the literature retrieval course teaching system based on internet. At the same time,the system goal is introduced. This system includes user information management module,the document management module,the announcement administration module,individual information management module,the work revises module,the on-line Q/A module,exit module. The system has the positive function to literature retrieval course,and has the broad development and application prospect.


The proposal for this technique highlights advantages such as using starting materials that are air-stable and several instrumental techniques can be employed to gain information about the products.


The invention discloses a C-type steel-concrete combined compression flange and corrugated web combined box girder which comprises an upper flange, a lower flange and webs, wherein the upper flange is jointly formed by C-type steel with curled edges and concrete poured in the C-type steel; an opening of the C-type steel is upward, and an end sealing plate is welded on each of two ends of the C-type steel, so that the concrete cannot flow during pouring, and the integrality of the C-type steel and the cooperative work capacity of the steel and the concrete are improved; the lower flange is made of a lightweight rectangular steel tube or a hot rolled steel plate; the webs are two corrugated plates, and the webs, the upper flange and the lower flange form a box-shaped section together. The C-type steel-concrete combined compression flange and corrugated web combined box girder has the characteristics of large torsional rigidity, good stability, strong fire resistance, steel and labor conservation, simplicity and convenience for construction, reduction of construction costs and the like and has huge application potentiality and wide application prospect, and the comprehensive performance of the box girder can be greatly improved.


Video explaining options in Canada for dealing with too much debt and seeking the advice of a trustee in insolvency and restructuring.


In the comment of M.E. Palistrant (arXiv: cond-mat/0305496) the main results of the theory of superconductors with overlapping energy bands are formulated. The comment provides a list of references to the classical papers of the author of this theory, Prof. V.A.Moskalenko, and coworkers. This theory has been generalized by Prof. M.E.Palistrant and coworkers to the case of a reduced density of charge carriers. Respective references are also included in the comment.
In our opinion, it would be useful to provide in addition to the above comment the references covering our research of the kinetic properties of superconductors with overlapping energy bands. In particular, we mention some important results obtained many years ago: the Ginsburg-Landau (GL)equations for the two-band superconductors doped with impurities and the influence of impurities on the energy gap, as well as those concerning dynamical properties of the two-band superconductors.


Adenophora triphylla var. japonica extract has been reported to have estrogenic activity and beneficial effects in postmenopausal women requiring estrogen replacement therapy. This study investigated the effects of A. triphylla extract on cognitive function in ovariectomized mice. Water extracts fro...


Abstract: Some existing problems and main causes in College English writing teaching are analyzed.Corresponding solutions,such as,increasing the volume of words,working out feasible syllabus,increasing the volume of reading,perfecting testing system,teaching writing through the whole process,focusing on introducing cultural knowledge,practicing and modifying frequently,and practicing as well as modifying,are put forward.


The bare mode spectrum of a screened antipodal finline with DC-decoupling elements was investigated. Transition for attenuator in 12-15 GHz band was designed on the basis of this finline.


Ultrastrucutral changes of the epitracheal gland of Bomyx mori were observed electronmicroscopically during the molting cycle. One of the most notable characteristics is that the gland cell contains numerous electron dense droplets in the cytoplasm. These droplets are produced in the cytoplasm during the feeding period, and are degenerated during the molting stage. The degenerated fibrous materials are temporarily stored in variously sized vacuoles in the cytoplasm, and then these materials seem to be released into the hemolymph. From these observations, it is believed that the gland is a sort of endocrine organ functioning in periodic biosynthesis and in the release of the digested materials with each molting cycle.


Abstract If G is a connected cubic graph with ρ vertices, ρ > 4, then G has a vertex-induced forest containing at least (5ρ - 2)/8 vertices. In case G is triangle-free, the lower bound is improved to (2ρ — l)/3. Examples are given to show that no such lower bound is possible for vertex-induced trees.


A new method of system identification uti 1 i zes projector m atrix theory and the MoorePenrose generalized inverse to derive an analytical stiffness matrix which, when combined with the analytical mass matrix, will more closely p redict modal test results. Weighting matrices a re used to enforce connectivity and make weighted corrections to the original analytical stiffness matrix. A simple and straightforward mathematical formulation is obtained. The method is compared and contrasted with other methods found in the literature, and a simple numerical example is presented.


Effects of underfeeding and supplementation on detailed milk components for 18 identical twin sets calving in July/August were assessed. Three treatments; 65% ad libitum pasture (R), 65% ad libitum pasture + 5.0 kg of cereal grain (S) and ad libitum pasture (F) were imposed in early (E), mid (M) and late (L) lactation. Milk was analysed for contents of fat, lactose and 12 nitrogen components. Treatment effects were generally greatest in E and M and often absent in L. Differences between F and R were significant by at least P>0.05, for 10, 7 and 2 of the 12 nitrogen components for E, M, L. Comparable differences for F-S were for E 6, M 5 and L 1. Changes were small in absolute terms and the extreme differences in type and level of feed suggest there is limited opportunity to manipulate nitrogen components in milk by feeding practices used in NZ.


In this paper, we propose a bounding box prediction algorithm using multiple probability maps to improve object detection result of object detector. Although the performance of object detectors has been significantly improved, it is still not perfect due to technical problems and lack of learning data. Therefore, we use the result correction method to obtain more accurate object detection results. In the proposed algorithm, the preprocessed bounding box created as a result of object detection by the object detector is clustered in various form, and a conditional probability is given to each cluster to make multiple probability map. Finally, multiple probability map create new bounding box of object using morphological elements. Experiment results show that the newly predicted bounding box reduces the error in ground truth more than 45% on average compared to the previous bounding box. ▸Keyword: Object Detection, GrabCut, Clustering, Object Segmentation, Background Cut


A 201-MHz single cavity module is installed in the Mucool Test Area (MTA) of Fermilab to test the performance of the cavity at the design parameters for the International Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) particularly in multi-Tesla external magnetic fields. To monitor various aspects of the cavity and to understand detailed physics involved in RF breakdown and multipacting, numerous instrumentation is installed on the cavity module and also in the experimental hall, which includes thermocouples, infrared sensors, electron pickups, fiber light guides, and radiation detectors. In this paper, we will present details of each diagnostic and initial test results.


Abstract A total of 38 long-term care facilities within a region participated in a 3-month quality improvement initiative focused on environmental cleaning and disinfection. Significant improvements in daily and discharge cleaning were observed during the project period. Further study of the sustainability and clinical impact of this type of initiative is warranted.


In this paper the propagation of a VLF electromagnetic wave packet in a magnetoplasma is studied. The wave packet is constructed by superposing a group of spectrum-weighted characteristic vectors. Accurate to the second order, a set of analytic expressions of the complex amplitude factor and field vectors for a Gaussian packet has been obtained. Based on these expressions, effects of dispersion and anisotropy on the vector property of wave field and the amplitude envelope are simulated. Numerical results show that the polarization of wave fields is varying when the packet moves and somewhat deviates from exact circular polarization in a plane transverse to the carrier wave vector, ko. The Gaussian envelope is found to rotate around the Vg×ko direction and to spread three dimensionally as it propagates. The rotation of the ellipsoidal pulse tends toward a stable direction after a propagation of about 250 periods.


This draft presents two of the ongoing core experiments for the
amendment of the MPEG Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH)
specification and discusses some requirements for a webpush protocol
in the context of these core experiments.


Regions of intense keV electron precipitation, such as inverted-V structures, at times colocate with ionospheric plasma depletion regions in the high-latitude polar ionosphere. When Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F6 and F7 satellites, at 840 km, enter these regions in darkness, ion signatures of high spacecraft-to-ambient plasma potential differences (several hundred volts negative) are observed with the new SSJ/4 ion detectors. A systematic survey of charging events and the environment in which they occur was made using the DMSP F6 and F7 precipitating ion and electron detectors, the SSIE thermal plasma probes, and the SSM (F7 only) vector magnetometer. The charging events of November 26, 1983, are analyzed in detail since they occurred on both satellites. Critical levels of number flux and average energy for the precipitating electrons, and the threshold density of the thermal ionospheric ions are defined for different levels of spacecraft charging.


We investigate the magnetic resonance of split-ring resonators (SRR) experimentally and numerically. The dependence of the geometrical parameters on the magnetic resonance frequency of SRR is studied. We further investigate the effect of lumped capacitors integrated to the SRR on the magnetic resonance frequency for tunable SRR designs. Different resonator structures are shown to exhibit magnetic resonances at various frequencies depending on the number of rings and splits used in the resonators.


In this paper, arbitrarily many solutions, in particular arbitrarily
many nodal solutions, are proved to exist for perturbed elliptic
equations of the form
\begin{equation*}\label{}
 \left\{
 \begin{array}{ll}
 \displaystyle -\Delta_p u+|u|^{p-2}u = Q(x)(f(u)+\varepsilon g(u)),\ \ \ x\in \mathbb R^N,
 \\
 u\in W^{1,p}(\mathbb R^N),
 \end{array}
 \right. (P_\varepsilon)
\end{equation*}
where $\Delta_p$ is the $p$-Laplacian operator defined by $\Delta_p
u=\text{div}(|\nabla u|^{p-2}\nabla u)$, $p>1$, $Q\in \mathcal{C}(\mathbb
R^N,\mathbb R)$ is a positive function, $f\in\mathcal{C}(\mathbb R, \mathbb
R)$ oscillates either near the origin or near the infinity, and
$\epsilon$ is a real number. For $g$ it is only required that
$g\in\mathcal{C}(\mathbb R, \mathbb R)$. Under appropriate assumptions on
$Q$ and $f$ the following results which are special cases of more
general ones are proved: the unperturbed problem $(P_0)$ has
infinitely many nodal solutions, and for any $n\in\mathbb N$ the
perturbed problem $(P_\varepsilon)$ has at least $n$ nodal solutions
provided that $|\epsilon|$ is sufficiently small.