Jazyk a jazykoveda v pohybe. Na počes' Slavomíra Ondrejoviča. Ed. S. Mislovičová. Bratislava: Veda, vydavatel'stvo SAV 2008. 572 s Language and Linguistics in Move. In Honour of Slavomír Ondrejovič. Ed. S. Mislovičová. Bratislava: Veda, vydavatel'stvo SAV 2008. 572 s The article is a review of Proceedings from linguistic conference devoted to Professor Slavomír Ondrejovič in occasion of his jubilee (held in 26th - 27th April 2006). In the Proceedings there are 57 papers in 5 languages (Slovak, Czech, Russian, English, and German). The papers are devided into four theme groups corresponding with scientific orientation of S. Ondrejovič: I. Sociolinguistic and Ethno linguistics, II. Contemporary Language, Language Culture, Orthoepy, III. Grammar, Semantics and Corpus Linguistics, IV. Personalities and External History of Language. Reviewed Proceedings offers a place for presentation of thoughts based on a view that "the language doesn't work as highly logical system according to rules of logics and that should be regulated to even higher systematic nature, but it is a phenomenon - systematic but at the same time flexible - which is always ready for creative usage".


Professor Crawford 2 " The ordinary means therefore to increase our wealth and treasure is by foreign trade, wherein we must ever observe this rule; to sell more to strangers yearly than we consume of theirs in value. " Thomas Mun, 1664. The movement of goods and services across borders has been a concern for as long as nation-states have existed. Now, in today's modern society of globalization, this concern has never been more prominent and real. The growing integration and compression of the world's peoples, places, and states, and the blurring of their territorial boundaries has been the subject of many recent debates. As countries open their economies and reduce protectionist barriers, disputes about the costs and benefits of trade have been brought to the surface. The scene of virtually every major meeting of international organizations regarding economic liberalization is now one of raging street battles and demonstrations. 1 The death of a protestor in Genoa in 2001 attests to the seriousness of advocators and protestors. Classical economic theory, dating back two centuries, promise production and welfare gains from trade and liberalization. Has something gone wrong? Recent years have brought about a proliferation in economic liberalization and free trade agreements around the globe. Even marginalized developing countries are participating in this phenomenon. Economic liberalization can occur in the form of multilateralism – such as negotiations made by the GATT – or regionalism. Not only has there been a trend for countries to reduce trade barriers on a global level, but there has been a surge in regional economic integration agreements. Countries are no longer only relying on international multilateral negotiations, but are initiating regional reductions of trade barriers. By the end of 1994, every country in the Western hemisphere, with the exception of Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Panama, and Surinam, was a member of a regional pact. 2 The focus of my paper will be on the emergence of these regional agreements. Why has there been a surge in regionalism? 3 Furthermore, what are the effects of these regional agreements, as compared to multilateral agreements? Economic integration may have significantly different implications for industrialized nations and less developed nations. Thus, I will examine the Western hemisphere as it contains both developed countries as well as Third World countries. Because early international trade theory is the foundation for present-day theory, I will begin my research by examining classical and neoclassical …


Semuli Raya Village in the process of selecting home renovations only relies on data collected and does not use criteria or methods, but instead uses conditions obtained from prospective recipients of house renovation assistance, so as to determine who is entitled to receive assistance the results are not in accordance with reality which exists. Citizens who have the right do not get aid as they should, whereas the rich get help. Based on the above problems, a decision support system is needed to help determine the recipient of home improvement assistance using the Weight Product (WP) and Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) methods and using assessment criteria, namely, housing conditions, home status, employment, monthly income and number of occupants


Introduction: The use of intraoral mouthguards is the basic method of preventing injuries of the stomato gnathic system while practicing extreme, contact, team and recreational sports. However, the presence of a protec tive splint in the mouth, especially during exercise, when increased oxygen uptake is needed, may adversely affect the level of blood oxygenation. It is also necessary to compare different types of splint as they differ in retention, size and comfort of usage. Objectives: The aim of the study was to evaluate the effects of different intraoral mouthguard types for the cardio respiratory capacity of athletes. Material and methods: Thirty athletes aged 2037, testing a total of 120 intraoral mouthguards of different types – two custommade mouthguards prepared and two "boil and bite" splints adapted – took part in the study, in which cardiorespiratory capacity was compared using CRF, IF, METs and Watt indicators, based on tests conducted on the Fitmate device correlated with a stationary exercise bike. Results: The analysis of variance showed no differences between the compared parameters regardless of the tested mouthguard. The use of intraoral mouthguards during exercise does not affect the cardiorespiratory endurance of athletes. Conclusions: Mouthguards users, trainers and doctors should be informed about the lack of a negative impact of its usage during training and competition on cardiorespiratory endurance.


The paper presents an example of a system for storing information about rulebooks which are used for evaluation of scientific-research results of researchers. System is based on the CERIF data model and it was implemented as extension of the current CRIS system of the University of Novi Sad (CRIS UNS), where it is actively used by research community. Case study for modelling rulebook which was issued by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Serbia was presented in this paper.


By analyzing the characteristics and evolution of the American English language, the author of aims at bringing out the influence of American spirit on the language in three aspects: 1) in its early stage, immigrants nostalgia led to the conservativeness of the language; 2) optimism and yearning for freedom and equality has endowed the language with a flavor of humor and popularization; and 30 pragmatism has enabled the language to be non_tradition_oriented, apt of borrowing and fond of novelty.


Traditional models of the kinematics of corneal epithelial wound closure have been critically reviewed in a recent article by Kwok, who has proposed a new model to overcome previous shortcomings. This model accounts for corneal curvature, and provides for a time‐varying velocity of the wound edge. This study applied the model to experimental wound closure in the cat corneal epithelium in vivo. In each cat, 6 mm diameter heptanol wounds were made bilaterally. Timoptol twice daily in one eye had no significant effect on the first‐order closure rates of ‐1.10 ± 0.33 mm2/hr (mean ± SD) in untreated eyes, and ‐1.08 ± 0.17mm2/hr in the treated eyes (n = 6, P>0.05). The model was able to characterize successfully the non‐linearity of wound closure in the cat corneal epithelium, incurring a lower rms error of fit than the first‐order analysis. The results indicate that heptanol wounds close at a time‐varying velocity.


Objective
To investigate the related factors of delayed facial paralysis (DFP) after microvascular decompression (MVD) for patients with hemifacial spasm (HFS).

Methods
Thirty cases of HFS appeared DFP after MVD were selected as DFP group from Jan 2015 to Feb 2017, at the same time, 62 patients after MVD with good efficacy and no complications were selected as the control group. The general data and disease characteristics of the two groups were retrospectively analyzed and compared. Multivariate Logistic regression analysis was used to screen the related factors of delayed facial paralysis.

Results
Multiariable Logistic regression analysis results showed that the responsibility for vascular number [OR (95%CI)=3.129 (1.021, 6.432), P<0.05)], the pressure marks of the responsible blood vessels on the brainstem [OR (95%CI)=2.046 (0.785, 4.252), P<0.05] were the risk factors for delayed postoperative facial paralysis, the use of nimodipine during perioperative period was an independent protective factor for DFP [OR (95%CI)=0.446 (0.324, 0.975), P<0.05].

Conclusions
The number of responsible blood vessels and the responsible blood vessels with indentation in the brain stem area will increase the risk of DFP after MVD in the patients with hemifacial spasm, the use of nimodipine during the perioperative period will reduce the incidence of DFP.

Key words:
Hemifacial spasm; Microvascular decompression; Delayed facial paralysis; Logistic regression


Labor efficiency and productivity of employees is an important aspect for the environment within any type of organization. This is particularly crucial factor for the companies, if which operations are associated with physical labor, such as construction companies. Productivity and efficiency are both very complicated concepts and a huge variety of methods and approaches to its analysis can be implemented within the organization. Despite that, it is important to choose the methods, which not only analyze the key performance indicators of employee, but take into account personal indicators, which might affect performance even more than professional skills. For this complicated analysis task it is important to build IT solution for tracking and analyzing of the labor effectiveness. The concept for designing this IT solution is proposed in the current research.


In this comparative analysis, I investigate the transvestite characters in: "Juvenile Correction (A Student's Manuscript)" (1923) a poem which appears in Lies and Truths (1923) by the Salvadorean Francisco Herrera Velado (1876–1966), and Hell Has No Limits (1966) a novella by the Chilean Jose Donoso (1924–96). In doing so, rather than comparing aesthetics or the level of sophistication, I intend to identify a line of queer works in Central America that will potentially open a new space in Latin American queer studies. In particular, this research project focuses on: a brief contextualization of queer studies in Latin America; the inversion of roles presented through the analysis in Severo Sarduy's iconic article, "Writing/Transvestism" (1969); the portrayal of women in the inversion, and a (re)reading of a (mis)interpretation of Herrera Velado's poem.


The interval from calving to first ovulation is a major factor affecting reproductive and productive efficiency in beef cows.
This interval is affected by pre- and postpartum nutrition and suckling technique. The present study sought to examine the interactive
effects of pre- and postpartum nutrition and suckling on cow performance and follicle wave dynamics.
The experiment was a 2 x 2 x 2 factorial design, in which factors were, feeding levels before and after calving, and suckling
technique (restricted, once-a-day, v. ad libitum access).
Follicle growth was monitored daily from day 21 postpartum until second ovulation occured using transrectal ovarian ultrasonography.
Animals were weighed and condition scored at calving and fortnightly thereafter. Milk yelds were determined at
week 3, 6 and 9 postpartum.
The interval from calving to first ovulation was reduced in cows whose calves had access to their dams restricted to once
daily. Cows clearly responded to prepartum under-nutrition markedly lowering their performance and showing a longer anoestrous
period. The effect of post-calving feeding level was much less marked.


Objective:To explore the effects of Cyr61 on the proliferation and activaty of peripheral blood NK(pNK)cells in vitro.Methods:Purification of peripheral NK cells by magnetic sorting(MACS);The expression of pNK inhibitory and activatory receptors,IFN-γ production and cytotoxicity were detected by flow cytometry.Results:Cyr61 promoted the pNK cell proliferation,decreased the CD16 expression;reduced the expression of NKG2D,NKp30 and CD244 activatory receptors,increased the expression of KIR3DL1 inhibitory receptor;promoted the expression of KIR2DL1 inhibitory receptor and reduced the IFN-γ production and cytotoxicity of purified pNK cells.Conclusion:Cyr61 play an inhibitory effect on pNK cell activation,and support the study on the important role of Cyr61 in normal pregnancy and the pathogenesis of preeclampsia.


Foundations located at different elevations will result in vertical structural irregularities of mountain structures. Usually, the vertical structural irregularities can be reduced through the control of vertical structural stiffness. The special seismic response of mountain structures lead to the failure of existing Chinese codes of controlling the vertical structural irregularities. This paper describes the methods of controlling vertical structural irregularities of mountain structures, which would result in better seismic performance of mountain structures. Based on existing methods of controlling vertical structural stiffness, mechanical characteristics of mountain structures, theoretical derivation and engineering experience, this paper offers three methods of controlling vertical structural stiffness in order to reduce the vertical structural irregularities: 1) mutual control with intra-story to story stiffness ratio; 2) equivalent stiffness ratio; 3) corresponding part stiffness ratio. The comparisons among methods pertinent to the performances of frame structure supported by foundations with different elevations (FSSFDE) are demonstrated.


Nowadays, the Extreme learning machine (ELM) is playing a key role in machine intelligence and big data analytics due to its various advantages such as fast training rate, universal classification/regression and the capability of approximation. The standard ELM uses the Moore–Penrose generalized pseudo-inverse for solving the hidden layer activation matrix and also it identifies the output weights. Because of that, the standard ELM takes more time to train the features from the dataset. In ELM, scalability also considered as a one of the major concern while processing the large dataset. In order to overcome this concern, the Automotive Rank based ELM (AR-ELM) is proposed to obtain an effective tensor decomposition for diminishing the training time. Besides, the Bayesian approach is considered in this AR-ELM to remove the redundancy from the decomposed samples of the tensor. The major objective of this proposed AR-ELM is to process the large amount of dataset without depending on memory capacities. The recognition accuracy is improved by eliminating redundant information. The key idea of the ARELM is to reduce the training time while processing the huge dataset. The implementation and simulation of the ARELM is done in Spark Python 3.7. The performance of the AR-ELM is analysed in terms of accuracy, precision, recall and training time. The proposed methodology is compared with three existing methodologies such as basic ELM, ELM-TUCKER and ELM-PARAFAC. The recognition accuracy of the AR-ELM methodology with Hardlims activation function is 0.8879 for letter recognition dataset, it is high when compared to the basic ELM, ELM-TUCKER and ELM-PARAFAC that are 0.8102, 0.8375 and 0.834 respectively.


20727 Background: Oocyte cryopreservation is a useful tool for fertility preservation in cancer patients at risk of losing the ovarian function due to the use of potentially sterilizing treatments....


An interactive least-squares method for the interpretation of VES curves was proposed by Johansen (1977). The method permits one to select some parameters (thicknesses and/or resistivities of individual layers) and to change the rest in such a way that the interpreted model approaches the measured data. This note suggests a modification of Johansen's method, in which not only the individual parameters can be selected but also linear combinations of parameters—in particular, the sum of thicknesses of several layers.


By using the CAJCCR, this paper makes statistical analysis on the main bibliometric indicators of Journal of China University of Geosciences(Social Sciences Edition)in the period of 2002-2006.


Superparamagnetic magnetite nanoparticles (MNPs), Fe3O4, were synthesized via the modified coprecipitation method. The morphology of these MNPs is polyhedral. The particle size of MNPs ranged from 20 to 100 nm. For combined hyperthermia and thermoresponsive drug delivery applications, the heating element, MNPs, in the core of drug carriers should increase the temperature of the target up to 43 °C under AC magnetic field. Therefore, the heating effect of these MNPs under AC magnetic field produced by a high frequency induction heater was examined. From the results, one can see that as the weight of these MNPs increased, the higher the increase in temperature was observed. Besides, the temperature increase has reached 8.7 °C in 15 min, when 20 mg MNPs were added to 2 ml water. The preliminary temperature rise suggests that it is applicable for hyperthermia and thermoresponsive drug delivery.


Summary The cellular movement, as a foundamental process of the morphogenesys, is enphasized. Different hypotheses on the determining factors of cellular movement and of its orientation are discussed. The Author is cautious about over valuating the differential adhesiveness acting on a chance wandering movement of the cells. This phenomenon in many cases plays a very important part (and therefore it puts the problem of the determination of the patterns of differential "stickiness"), but many examples, also taken from personal experiments, clearly show that it is not possible to reject the phenomenon of tropism from morphngenetic processes, as it is the tendency of some recent authors.


Automatic seizure detection using electroencephalogram(EEG) can effectively assist medical diagnosis and alleviate work intensity of hospital doctors.This paper proposes a new seizure detection approach based on Hurst exponent and support vector machine(SVM).We extract Hurst exponent of EEG as the feature of epileptic waves first.Then EEG is filtered with 3 Hz ~ 8.5 Hz,8.5 Hz ~ 16.5 Hz and 16.5 Hz ~ 29 Hz band-pass filters and the relative average amplitudes within different frequency bands are calculated.In the end,we apply a SVM classifier to detect seizure automatically.The experimental results reveal that the proposed algorithm is relatively accurate and efficient and the recognition rate is up to 98.75%.


In this paper,with the example of Zhejiang Forestry University,the author analyzes the problems in college publicity work such as how to serve the university's development and personnel train- ing for the purpose of serving the university's central work,and summarises the essential requirements in successful publicity work in university.The article also analyzes the ways,the approaches and the effects in publicity work,and emphasizes the concept of serving personnel training as the central work in univer- sity publicity practice,which has great reference value for other universities.


The common glass flake is producted with TiO2/SiO2 flim by Liquid-phase Deposition (LPD). After heat treatment, the flake is drenched in NaOH solution and the SiO2 is dissolved, then the porous TiO2 film is gotten. The heat treatment temperature, the midst layer and the proportion of Ti,Si are investigated , their influence on the combination intensity and the specific surface are also discussed. The result of the test: when c(Ti):c(Si) is 4:1, the heat treatment temperature is 450 ℃and the midst layer is TiO2, the porous TiO2 film with good combination intensity and specific surface of 44 (m2/m2 ) can be gotten. Under the sun light,the decolor rate of Rhodanmine B can reach 40% within 4 h.


Kernels of spring wheat (cv. Katepwa) were germinated in Petri dishes at six osmotic potentials (−0.3 to −1.8 MPa) and eight temperatures (6–34 °C) in single-salt solutions of a variety of chloride and sulfate salts, and the time to onset of germination, germination rate index, and final percent germination were determined. Percent germination was maximal at 18–22 °C in the presence of osmotic stress, but was unaffected by temperature in its absence. At temperatures below 10 °C or above 30 °C and osmotic potentials below −0.3 MPa, germination was delayed, slowed down, and eventually inhibited. Temperature stress intensified the effects of osmotic stress on germination and vice versa. Main effects of temperature, osmotic potential, and salt type and all their interactions were highly significant (P < 0.01) for all variables.


Aim:  Differential diagnosis, including the respective distinctions between benign and malignant tumors, follicular and papillary neoplasms, and follicular adenoma and follicular carcinoma, are always required in clinical practice, because therapeutic strategy largely depends on the diagnosis made.


The study has two objectives: to understand the construction of civic identity and draw some key conclusions for the interpretation of its learning as active citizens. The study was carried out through life stories, using a multiple-case design. Three biographical oriented interviews were used to prepare each of the stories. The qualitative handling of the data used dual analysis: sequential analysis, as a reflection of the identity construction processes throughout life, and categorical analysis as a connection between the "what" and the "how" people learn their civic identity. The results of the sequential analysis show life spans that, in their singularity, reflect the constant identification and desire to improve, efficiently, the immediate surroundings where people develop, as well as the continuous practice of social action. The categorical analysis produced an interpretative model split into two interrelated dimensions. On one hand the "learning results" dimension with three macro-categories: "action", defined by the possession of skills (leadership and power, empathy and dialogue, initiative and innovation); "commitment", defined by certain values (vitality and viability, sensitivity and responsibility, regeneration and transformation); and "identity" (situated, discursive and dialectic). On the other hand, the "learning processes" dimension, with the following macro-categories: "scenarios"; "life experiences" and "socialisation. The discussion of results emphasises the principles of diversification, lack of control and authorship as references for a socio-cultural action that will stimulate citizenship training. This is based on making the protagonists "do useful things" in local scenarios that offer the opportunity for improvement, on promoting actions that will encourage self-reflection, and on raising awareness about the complexity of reality itself. These are principles that can be applied in educational experiences throughout people's life spans from their beginnings.


Selection of suitable agrochemicals/pesticides plays an important role in the management of bacterial plant pathogen prevalent in a given area, may be due to the presence of pesticide resistance available in the pathogen. In this scenario, the assessment of bactericidal potential of agrochemical to be used in the management of bacterial plant pathogen is very necessary. To manage the bacterial leaf spot and blight pathogen Xanthomonas campestris pv. Vesicatoria on tomato prevalent in Nashik region, the bactericidal potential of various agrochemicals were assayed. The bacterial potential of antibiotic Streptomycin sulphate, and Streptocycline; the bactericide Bactericin-100, and the Bordeaux mixture; the copper fungicide Copper-ox chloride and the dithiocarbamate group of fungicide Mancozeb; the combination of Copper ox chloride + Streptocycline were against the tomato leaf spot and blight pathogen Xanthomonas campestris pv. Vesicatoria under in vitro condition. The minimum inhibitory concentration of these agrochemicals against Xanthomonas campestris pv. Vesicatoria varies indicating the variable bactericidal potential of these agrochemicals against the said bacterium prevalent in Nashik areas. The bacterial population of Xanthomonas campestris pv. Vesicatoria was resistant to the antibiotic Terramycin, Streptomycin sulphate and to the fungicide Copper ox chloride, Mancozeb and a combination of Copper ox chloride + Streptomycin sulphate and induced the pesticide resistant mutant in the bacterium with various mutation frequencies. The mutation rate for Terramycin and Streptomycin sulphate was 3.5 x 10-4 and 2 x 10-4 respectively, whereas, for Dithane Z-78, Mancozeb and a combination of Copper ox chloride+ Streptomycin sulphate was 2.6 x 10-4, 8 x 10-5 and 5 x 10-5.respectively. The agrochemicals which were completely inhibitory to the bacterium and did not allow the formation of antibiotic or antibiotic + fungicide resistance mutant were Streptocycline, Streptocycline+ Copper ox chloride and Streptocycline + Bordeaux mixture. Keywords: Antibiotics; Bactericides; Fungicides; Mutant


In the last years the environmental awareness has s trengthened because of the rareness or destruction of natural resources, increase of the costs as well as environme ntal problems and environmental impacts. Hence these require constantly environment-relevant control and agreeme nt with enterprise purposes. These tasks assume the application of the environmental information management, which performs various and determining-relevant informati on. In this contribution the application of the environmental m anagement accounting system in BI landscape is an e fficient instrument in relation on effectiveness of the enviro nmental information management.


The aim of this study is to investigate methods of assessing the turbulence effect for the helideck availability study. Due to the limited space on offshore platforms, a helideck is normally positioned on cramped areas and this makes turbulence flows around the helideck. CAP 437, the representative standard for the offshore helideck design suggests various criteria for the helideck availability assessment and recommends a Standard Deviation of Vertical airflow Velocity (SDVV) value to be used for the turbulence effect assessment. Although there is a specific value of SDVV recommended in CAP 437, different interpretations are possible in the calculation of the value resulting in totally different assessment outcomes even under the same analysis condition. In this study, two different approaches are investigated and their results are compared. One approach is based on the spatial variation of the mean vertical velocity while the other utilizes the Turbulence Kinetic Energy (TKE) value from the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation. With a CFD tool, Kamelon FireEX (KFX), a couple of 3-dimensional simulations is performed and turbulence flows around an offshore semi-rig are obtained. SDVV values are calculated using both approaches and compared each other as well as with criteria recommended in CAP 437. It is hoped that the result of this study is helpful to engineers for understanding evaluation methods of turbulence effects in the helideck availability assessment.© 2015 ASME


In recent years,the pandemic avian influenza caused a huge economic losses and serious threat to human health,so people pay more and more attention to the study of avian influenza.In this paper,the advance on epidemic condition,detection methods and prevention measures of avian influenza were reviewed.


Poster: "ECR 2015 / C-0125 / Effective dose of prospective ECG-gated 320-row coronary computed tomography angiography in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease " by: "A. Cho, S. Rajaratnam; Newcastle/AU"


Abstract In this work, we present a direct proof about radonification of a cylindrical Lévy process. The radonification technique has been very useful to define a genuine stochastic process starting from a cylindrical process; this is possible thanks to the Hilbert–Schmidt operators. With this work, we want to propose a self-contained simple proof to those who are not familiar with this method and also present our result which is to apply the radonification method to the case of a cylindrical Lévy process.


In the past 5 years, 1 of every 3 deaths in the United Stateswas attributed to cardiovascular disease (CVD). Regular physical activity has numerous benefits associated with the reduction of cardiovascular disease risk factors. Despite these details, 60% of Americans are not regularly physically active and 25% are not active at all. Previous studies have found significant changes in cardiovascular disease risk factors by combining cardiorespiratory and strength training into one exercise program. The current pilot study augments the approach by utilizing a group fitness program that mimics the Physical Activity Guidelines for Fitness. Therefore our purpose was to evaluate if a multimodal group fitness intervention could singularly produce the physiological and musculoskeletal health benefits of the established physical activity prescription. Twenty-five sedentary, but otherwise healthy, adults (15 women and 10 men) between the ages of 25 - 40 years completed the protocol of a 30-week group exercise program. It started with a 6-week familiarization period, continued with a 12-week block of 6 group fitness classes per week (3 cardiovascular, 2 strength, 1 flexibility), and concluded with a 12-week block of 7 classes per week (4 cardiovascular, 2 strength, 1 flexibility). We completed submaximal oxygen consumption treadmill tests, fasting blood draws and iDXA scans at 3 time points (baseline, midpoint, final) and compared the data using a paired t-test (p < 0.05). Compared to baseline measurements, the final measurements demonstrated that the participants had statistically significant reductions in body mass, fat body mass percentage, total cholesterol, LDL-C, and triglycerides and elevations in oxygen consumption, lean body mass percentages, and HDL-C. Based upon our results, group fitness may be an ideal method to minimize attrition and maximize health benefits in a comprehensive manner to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.


NiK-edge EXAFS and XANES and optical spectroscopy indicate strong differences in the Ni environments in glasses of feldspar stoichiometry, in relation to the polarizing power of the associated alkali. Mostly 4 Ni and coexisting 4 Ni and 5 Ni are found in K 2 NiSi 3 O 8 and NaNiSi 3 O 8 glasses respectively


A newly method for rapid diagnosis of canine parvovirus infection was developed by loop-mediated isothermal amplification method.According to the published GenBank sequence,four strips of primers specific recognising vp2 gene of canine parvovirus were designed.We studied the optimal reaction conditions and estemblished LAMP method for detecting CPV viruses from feces.Then we examined it′s specificity,sensitivity,the visual effect and efficient in field detection.The amplication can be performed at a constant temperature 65 ℃ within 1 hour.The detection limit was 10-2 TCID50/mL CPV.The results of LAMP could be visualized exactly by nake eyes after stained by SYBR Green Ⅰ.In 36 fecal samples which were selected from dogs suspectly infected with canine parovirus,29 samples(80.5%)were detected positive.This test demonstrated the high superiority on specificity,sensitivity,efficiency and convenience of LAMP method.Compared with conventional PCR method,LAMP had a higher detective proportion and didn't need complex facilities during performing.Therefore,this paper provides a newly excellent rapid method for the diagnosis of canine parvovirus infection.


A normal test result is typically differentiated from an abnormal result by identifying those values that fall within (normal) and outside (abnormal) the 95% confidence interval for that test, after the test is evaluated in healthy individuals from the intended population. This approach acknowledges that 5% of a normal population will have an abnormal test result and some individuals with a normal test result will have the disease the test is designed to identify. Such trade-offs are common in the practice of medicine. Identifying airflow limitation using an FEV1/FVC less than 0.70 in a general population of young adults can no longer be justified http://ow.ly/MRzo30iWja5


This paper critically debates the current development of parental prosecution for students'; unauthorized absence from school. The author examines the history of compulsory education in Europe and the USA and questions its pertinence today. The results of a survey of prosecution and truancy during the period 1999–2002, conducted in forty-three LEAs in England and Wales, are presented. The findings question the effectiveness of such new legislation and practice.


This remarkable Web site, developed by Paul C. Gorski, assistant professor at George Mason, provides information on multiple topics including teacher resources, action research, multicultural curriculum, humane education, social justice speeches, and songs. The song index includes lyrics from multiple cultures and genres addressing numerous issues, including: economic justice, poverty, classism, gender and sexism, homophobia and heterosexism, race and racism.


Mobile : +88 01819 32 03 86 Email : firstname.lastname@example.com Abstract Background: Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) is one of the most common assisted reproductive technology methods in the world to treat various forms of infertility. The influence of number of IUI applied with the percentage of motile spermatozoa during insemination is critical on the likelihood of a successful pregnancy. The aim of our study is to assess the results of IUI as a function of the number of IUI applied with motile spermatozoa inseminated during intrauterine insemination in couples with infertility.


The transition-metal tetrachalcogenides are a model system to explore the conjunction of correlated electronic states such as charge density waves (CDW), with topological phases of matter. Understanding the connection between these phases requires a thorough understanding of the individual states, which for the case of the CDW in this system, is still missing. In this paper we combine phonon-structure calculations and scanning tunneling microscopy measurements of NbTe$_4$ in order to provide a full characterization of the CDW state. We find that, at short range, the superstructure formed by the CDW is fully commensurate with the lattice parameters. Moreover, our data reveals the presence of phase-slip domain-walls separating regions of commensurate-CDW in the nanoscale, indicating that the CDW in this compound is discommensurate at long-range. Our results solve a long-standing discussion about the nature of the CDW in these materials, and provide a strong basis for the study of the interplay between this state and other novel quantum electronic states.


A novel cascade reaction of internal alkynols with 1-(2-aminophenyl)prop-2-ynols has been developed to form a new N,O-containing fused 5,5,6-tricyclic skeleton. Mechanistic studies indicate that this reaction proceeds via alkynol cycloisomerization, intermolecular substitution with 1-(2-aminophenyl)prop-2-ynols, and intermolecular addition with alkynols and consequent cyclizations. In this way, two C-C bonds, one C-O bond and one C-N bond form to give a tricyclic skeleton in a single reaction.


Deacidifying agent for organic material containing a dispersion of nanoparticles of alkaline metal compounds, alkaline earth metal comprising, alkaline earth metal bicarbonates, alkaline earth oxides, alkaline earth metal or mixtures thereof, in a solvent comprising alkanes, organosilicon compounds, liquefied gas or supercritical gas.


N-body model is widely used for a wide range of problems in which the important role is played by collective processes. Interaction in the N-body problem is defined between pairs of particles. The force acting on one i-particle is the sum of contributions from all other particles. Each body of system is characterized by a set of parameters (weight, speed, position in space). Calculation of the acceleration caused by power influence of other particles on it is necessary for definition of the law of all particles movement. Calculations on algorithm are quite demanding: for N particles the volume of calculations grows as O(N2). The direct methods and difficult schemes allowing to reduce the volume of calculations to O (NlogN) are used for effective modeling. An alternative way to reduce time of calculations is the use of technologies of parallel computing on GPUs. The CUDA technology is considered the most advanced now. The parallel program is constructed taking into account alignment and use of the shared memory. The mechanism of interaction of threads among themselves in CUDA is realized by means of the built-in syncthreads function. The results of numerical experiments of the dynamics of gravitationally interacting N-particles are presented using a different graphics processors as a part of the algorithm "Particle-Particle" and using technology CUDA.


The aim of the study was to analyze the composition (mix) industries that have been supported the agriculture sector in Sulawesi Tengah economy. Method of analyses used was Shift and Share analysis. Data used were time series data, such as Gross Domestic Regional Product of Central Sulawesi, and Gross Domestic Product of Indonesia, 2000 – 2007.  The analyses results showed that the agricultures with its subsectors have negative values of the mix industries. The ranking of the mix (subsectors) industries from the best until the worse are : (i) perkebunan; (ii) perikanan; (iii) tanaman bahan makanan; (iv) peternakan; and (v) kehutanan


Tourism resources in the west of China, in terms of various types and high quality, are very abundant. However, it is no doubt that further development of tourism within this region is restricted by a series of problems, such as the dispersed distribution of tourism resources, lagging infrastructure and inconvenient communication, and so on. Based on comprehensive analysis of abundance, relative density, types and quality of tourism resources in the West, this paper concludes that total amount of tourism resources in the West accounts for one third of those in China. Among them 8 places are listed in the Cultural and Natural Heritages, accounting for 34.8% of total number in China. However, when compared in term of relative density to area, the tourism resources in the West accounts for less 30%~40% than that of the average level in China, and the higher relative density to population indicates native tourists are less. To solve these problems, the authors present a series of suggestions, which include: 1)to construct tourism networks in the West, which should be carried out conforming to principle of "from point to line, and then, from line to whole"; 2) to accelerate inter-regional information communication and to strengthen infrastructure construction, especially that of transportation; 3) to promote eco-tourism combined with environmental protection.


In field trials in 1971-5 winter-grown sorghum cv. CSH 3 and M 35-1 were sown at 36 000-180 000 plants/ha in a Bleasdale semi-circular pattern, single rows 45-95 cm apart or in paired rows 60-100 or 20-40 cm apart. Opt. plant population was low when moisture was limited in 1972-3 when a population density of 36 000 plants/ha gave the highest grain yields. In dry yr, CSH 3 gave higher yields and late types failed. At favourable moisture levels cv. CSV 7R responded to higher plant densities than M 35-1. Plant density rather than plant rectangularity tended to be more critical for successful grain production. When post-sowing rains failed, thinning of plants at the age of 30-35 days proved beneficial


In C. Reading (Ed.), Data and context in statistics education: Towards an evidence-based society. Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS8, July, 2010), Ljubljana, Slovenia. Voorburg, The Netherlands: International Statistical Institute. www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~iase/publications.php [© 2010 ISI/IASE] MULTILEVEL MODELING OF EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS: EDUCATIONAL THEORY AND STATISTICAL CONSEQUENCES


Rats were subjected to Co/sup 60/ radiation for 137 days. Daily doses varied between 0.16 and 105 r. Various changes due to the irradiation are described and discussed. (OTS)


Described here are the main aspects of the database information management system for hot-rolled seamless steel tube production plan, including basic composition, operation environment, major functions and role of the system as a whole. The said system will extraordinarily contribute to well-management of the hot-rolled seamless steel tube production plan so as to further enhance the management level in this regard.


The study was conducted to investigate the effect of propolis on UV-induced apoptosis of human keratinocyte HaCaT cells. HaCaT cells were irradiated with UVB and cell viability was measured by MTT assay. Viabilities of HaCaT cells irradiated with UV (3 and 4J/㎠) were significantly decreased to 81.4 and 63.2% as compared to control, respectively. To investigate the effect of propolis treatment against UV-induced apoptosis of HaCaT cells, HaCaT cells were pretreated with propolis (0.3 and 1㎍/ml). After 6h UV irradiation, cell morphology was observed under phase contrast microscopy. The morphology of HaCaT cells pretreated with 1㎍/ml propolis was similar to control group, suggesting that propolis can protect against morphological change induced by UV irradiation. The protective effects of propolis on UV-induced apoptosis of HaCaT cells was confirmed by Hoechst 33342 staining and annexin V/propidium iodide (PI) staining experiments. These findings show that propolis can protect. UV-induced apoptosis of HaCaT cells through antioxidant effects.


Adsorption and desorption of aqueous 2, 4-dinitrophenol (2, 4-DNP) solution with 717 strongly basi anion exchange resin were investigated. Adsorption thermodynamics and kinetics as well as microwave desorption were also studied. Results indicated that the resin had high adsorption capacity of 2, 4-DNP in pH 4~11. Freundlich models could simulate adsorption equilibrium data, and adsorption was a spontaneous, exothermal and entropy decreasing process. Adsorption kinetics was satisfactory to Lagergren pseudo-second order rate equation. Intrapartical diffusion was the rate of controlling step and could be described by HSDM model. 2, 4-DNP adsorbed in the resin can be eluted, with elution rate over 90% when using 1mol/L HNO3+C2H5OH solution as a desorbent and total microwave irradiation time of 5min.


The field emission properties of CNT-emitters coated with Ag-Cu alloy have been investigated. The vertical aligned multi-walled CNTs were synthesized by dc-plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (dc-PECVD) and the Ag-Cu alloy was coated by using dc-magnetron sputter. The morphology of alloy-coated and un-coated CNT-emitters was observed by using SEM and their field emission properties were also measured. Annealing the AgCu-coated CNTs at temperature more than , the Ag-Cu alloy was diffused to and aggregated on the top of the CNT as a Q-tip. A significant progress on the field emission was not observed with coating Ag-Cu alloy on the CNTs, but a certain improvement in a resistance against oxygen gas was made confirmation. It seems to be due to inertness of Ag-Cu alloy on the CNTs.


The SCOT-HEART trial is one of two new studies designed to examine the role of coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) in evaluating patients


A radio base station device comprises: a preamble signal receiving unit (15) that receives a RACH preamble signal transmitted from a radio terminal device; a reception notice receiving unit (16) that receives, from a radio relay station device, a reception notice indicating that the radio relay station device has received the RACH preamble signal; and a response signal transmitting unit (18) which, when an identifier (RA-ID) of the RACH preamble signal transmitted from the radio terminal device matches an identifier comprised in the preamble reception notice transmitted from the radio relay station device, permits the use of an identifier by the radio relay station device and transmits, to the radio terminal device, a RACH response signal (RACH Response) comprising a cell identifier (Cell ID) of a cell managed by the radio relay station device permitted to use the identifier. Accordingly, the latency when establishing a connection can be reduced.


Teacher's professionalization is inherent need of educational development,and social need for edu-cation.Higher education of our country developed from lower level and now got higher requirement on teacher's professional standards.This paper analyze the problem that teacher's team faced on popularization,teacher's team construction and teacher's profession statue,and give some advise on mechanism of assurance of teacher's profes-sion development.


The present invention discloses a method for strengthening the phase separation of a desulfurization and decarburization phase change absorber, and belongs to a gas purification technology. The phase separation process of a phase change absorber comprises that a rich liquid from an absorption tower passes through a standing wave sound field processor, the displacement effect, the cavitation effect and the resonance effect ofultrasound act on the rich liquid to strengthen the separation process of the organic phase and the carrier phase in the rich liquid, the resonance can be generated through the resonance effect to completely utilize the ultrasonic energy when the natural frequency of the target phase separation substance is consistent with the ultrasonic frequency so as to further intensify the movement, the collision and the combining to produce the large-diameter target phase separation substance, the phase separation of the organic phase and the carrier phase is achieved through gravity subsidence, the carrier phase is pumped to the top portion of a regeneration tower and then flows to the bottom portion, and then the carrier phase enters a boiler at the lower portion of the regeneration tower and is regenerated in the boiler, and the regenerated carrier phase returns to the absorption tower.


Minerals of the stibnite-antimonselite series, in close association with tiemannite, clausthalite, kullerudite, Se-bearing stibioluzonite, native gold, quartz, and barite, were discovered in Cambrian stratabound gold deposits at La'erma and Qiongmo, western Qinling, China. Based on S/(S + Se) ratios of microprobe analyses, the binary stibnite-antimonselite system is divided into four series: stibnite, Se-stibnite, S-antimonselite, and antimonselite. Micro-hardness of the stibnite series (Sb = 58.47 to 72.99 wt%, S = 11.86 to 28.76, and Se = 0.00 to 29.12) and the antimonselite series (Sb = 48.94 to 59.13 wt%, Se = 29.20 to 46.86, S = 1.99 to 11.43) is 101.26 and 103 kg/mm2, respectively. Representative reflectivities of the four series are (470 nm) Rg'= 42.62 to 47.62%, Rp' = 30.83 to 40.55%; (550 nm) Rg' = 41.84 to 46.75%, Rp'= 31.48 to 38.85%; (590 nm) Rg' = 42.25 to 46.63%, Rp' = 30.73 to 39.46%; (650 nm) Rg' = 43.30 to 46.48%, Rp' = 30.01 to 41.56%. Cell parameters obtained from two stibnite samples (...


The break of the tendon of the muscle quadriceps is the third more frequent cause of lesion of the extending apparatus of the knee. This lesion can happen in veteran sportsmen that subject the extending apparatus to excesive loads. Other causes in sportsmen can be the infiltration with cortisone or the use of anabolyzantes.


By constantly monitoring at least one complete hemisphere of the sky, neutrino telescopes are well designed to detect neutrinos emitted by transient astrophysical sources. In particular, the ANTARES telescope is currently the largest high-energy neutrino detector in the Northern Hemisphere. Searches for ANTARES neutrino candidates coincident with multi-wavelength and multi-messenger transient phenomena are performed by triggering optical, X-ray and radio observations immediately after the detection of an interesting ANTARES event and also by looking for neutrino emission spatially and temporally coincident with transient astrophysical events detected across the electromagnetic spectrum or with new messengers as gravitational-wave signals. The latest results of the multi-messenger analyses performed with ANTARES will be presented in this contribution. In particular, we will focus on the neutrino follow-up performed after the detection of the first gravitation-wave event, GW150914.


Objective To investigate the expression of sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectin-one (Siglec-1, also called CD169) in lymphocytes, monocytes and neutrophils in peripheral blood in patients with coronary heart disease(CHD), and explore the relationship between Siglec-1 expression and atheresclerosis. Methods CD145 CD169 positive cell proportion and CD169 mRNA levels were respectively measured by flow cytometry and real-time quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (FQ-RT-PCR) in 57 CHD patients and 38 healthy controls. And the levels of serum hpids were determined by automatic biochemistry analyzer. Results The flow cytometry analysis showed that CD169 protein was not found in lymphocytes and neutrophils in both CHD patients and healthy controls. The rate of CD14 CD169 double positive ceils in monocytes in CHD group was significandy higher than that in healthy controls [(12.7±2.4)% vs (1.0±0.3)% ,t =23.2,P 0.05] nor mRNA levels [3.64 fold vs 2.79 fold when compared with healthy controls,t =0. 98, P > 0. 05] were found between CHD patients with normal and abnormal levels of serum Lipids. Conclusions CD169 is mainly expressed in human tissue-resident macrophages but not expressed in peripheral blood monecytes. And when the monocytes is stimulated by inflammation, the expression of CD169 is increased. In patients with CHD, the increased expression of CD169 protein and mRNA level has demonstrated the activation of monocytes in peripheral blood. CD169 and CD169-mediated monocytes activation may play an important role in the development and progression of atherosclerosis.

Key words:
Coronary disease; Leukocytes, mononuclear; Membrane glycoproteins; Receptors,immunologic; Flow cytometry


Testicular function is modified by maturational gonadostatic control highly susceptible to negative physiologic niche-altering factors like UV-rays. We evaluated effects of UV irradiation and organic turmeric (T) on testicular functional indices in 40 rabbits. Study was for 85days (d) in three phased periods: 40d pre-irradiation, 5d irradiation and 40d post-irradiation in 40 acclimatized rabbits randomly assigned to 4 groups of 10 each, fed unsupplemented diet and forage (Tridax procumbens) – basal diet (BD) and BD supplemented with 2% pulverized crude T. Feed and water were available ad libitum. EDTA blood was collected on 86d from 0900h for estimation of indices of testicular function. Plasma (p) concentrations ( [ ]p ) of TE, LH, FSH and TCHOL were determined enzymatically. Data were analyzed by ANOVA.  [TE]p and [FSH]p in T group was significantly higher than Control and other groups with % of Control (%C) values 170/120% : TE/FSH (p 0.05). UV significantly suppressed all measured plasma variables, %C values 24/80% : TE/FSH; 8/70% : LH/TCHOL (p 0.05). These results strongly suggest that UV severely impairs, while organic T amelioratively enhances testicular functional indices.


This study divides semantic relations between the components of 'noun + noun' compounds and categorize them to explain the formation of their meaning. Because in compounds, two or more units are combined with close relationship, the ultimate task is to figure out their relationship. To attain the goal, this paper clarifies semantic relations between the components of compounds that have been discussed complexly and categorizes the types of compounds based on that. Semantic relations apply lexical relations, and in internal explanation, this study tries to describe semantic aspects that the components of the compounds contribute to within the whole. In the semantic relations between the components of 'noun + noun' compounds, there exist categorically internal relations, the relations between the factors belonging to the same category, and external relations between different categories. The former consists of paradigmatic relations like synonymy, antonymy, or the part and the whole which are mainly dealt with in lexical semantics, and the latter is composed of indirect relations related with a certain situation. Compounds consisting of synonymy exhibit the effect of dual meaning or segmented conception whereas compounds composed of antonymy show integrated recognition and conception encompassing the category. Compounds consisting of the part and the whole mostly show outlined parts or particular attributes internalized and form concrete and specific meanings. Categorically external relations, too, form meanings in a similar way to categorically internal relations. At this time, the components of the compounds do not form categorical relations systematized as superordinates and subordinates because the compounding itself is used for categorization. The hyponymy segmentation of a certain category is one of the chief features of compound creation.


Incentives for Commercial Insurance Companies(CIC) participating in the operation of new cooperative medical scheme(NCMS) business include to keep cooperationship between government and CIC,the complementary characteristics between products of commercial and social health insurance schemes,pressure of market competation,company culture,and strategic need for business development.Reasons for government consignating NCMS business to CIC including no sufficient staff and budget,lack of experience for health insurance management,government role transition,public trust for government,capacity of business management,and CIC's enthusiasm to participating in.Along with the rapid development of NCMS information system and payment method,the efficiency for business operation has improved dramatically and necessity for participation of CIC does not exist gradually.For areas continuing cooperation with CIC,the government should take an eye on posisble loss of public interest.


Enterprise competence is regarded as "The Third Passport of Study".Under current stern employment situation,it is an urgent requirement to strengthen the cultivation of students' enterprise competence in higher vocational college.In the thesis,we attempt to make a brief analysis about this problem from its essentiality,basic constitution and nurture way.


The prevalence of tick-borne zoonotic disease in Ontario, Canada, has steadily increased over the years. Global climate change has exacerbated the geographical spread, activity level, and population abundance of disease-causing ticks, resulting in the increased circulation of tick-borne disease and significant adverse health impacts on humans, non-human animals, and the environment. Given that existing initiatives demonstrate subpar efficacy and longevity, low accessibility and feasibility, or pose threats to non-human animal and environmental health, it is evident a One Health approach is needed to address this issue. This paper proposes a cost-effective home gardening guide that could be utilized to create botanical acaricides that have been proven to deter ticks. The solution, which employs the process of steam distillation to create essential oils from plants, uses Kingston, Ontario, Canada, as an example and places emphasis on the health and well-being of the environment, wild and domesticated non-human animals, and humans simultaneously.


A magnetic recording medium, a manufacturing method for the magnetic recording medium, and a magnetic recording apparatus are provided to prevent a composition element of a non-magnetic layer from being spread to a lower soft magnetic reinforcement layer or an upper soft magnetic reinforcement layer by forming crystalline magnetic layers between the lower soft magnetic reinforcement layer and the non-magnetic layer or the non-magnetic layer and the upper soft magnetic reinforcement layer. A lower soft magnetic reinforcement layer(2) is formed on a base member(1). A non-magnetic layer(4) is formed on the lower soft magnetic reinforcement layer(2). An upper soft magnetic reinforcement layer(6) is formed on the non-magnetic layer(4). A recording layer(9) having perpendicular magnetic anisotropy is formed on the upper soft magnetic reinforcement layer(6). Crystalline magnetic layers(3,5) are formed between the lower soft magnetic reinforcement layer(2) and the non-magnetic layer(4) or the non-magnetic layer(4) and the upper soft magnetic reinforcement layer(6).


Our general objective involves the study of the emission, propagation, and absorption of acoustic waves in matter. Specific areas of present research include (i) the interaction of waves with coherent light beams in fluids and solids, (ii) nonlinear acous-tics in fluids, and (iii) the generation and propagation of sound waves in moving fluids, with particular emphasis on waves propagated in ducts and generation of sound by turbulent flow. The problem of sound radiation from a source in relative motion with respect to the surrounding fluid has become of considerable interest, particularly in connection with noise generation in aircraft and in various types of fluid machinery. Although the basic effects, as well as many details of the influence of fluid motion on sound radiation, have 1-4 been identified by several investigators, these studies have been limited to mathematical analysis of the idealized case of moving point sources. The problem of sound emission from real sources of finite dimensions has received much less attention. We present an explicit demonstration of the influence of relative fluid motion on sound radiation from a stationary source, with particular attention to the relation between the sound pressure fields radiated upstream and downstream. 1. Experimental Arrangement The experimental arrangement is shown schematically in Fig. X-1. A sound source is mounted in one of the side walls of a rectangular duct with inner dimensions


The article sets out the key role of the trademark in the formation of the brand identity as a fundamental element of the system of identification of the country in the global communication space. The most important quality criteria trademarks, and promote their information and novelty in the context of the preservation of cultural traditions.


This parasitological survey was undertaken in Yamanashi Prefecture during December 1947 and was completed by the end of February 1948. As in the case of the preceding surveys it was a cooperative undertaking with the Japanese National Institute of Health. The principal objectives included a determination of (i) the incidence, (ii) the density of the infections in the various communities, (iii) the epidemiologic factors predisposing to infection and (iv) an intensive study of schistosomiasis, as neither the incidence nor parasite density was accurately known.


A photo-responsive and pH-responsive functional monomer,4-amino-4′-methacrylatyl azobenzene is prepared by diazotization-coupling reaction,esterification and nitro reduction with p-nitroaniline as starting material.The structure of the synthesized functional monomer is confirmed with 1H-NMR.The synthesis condition of the selective catalytic reduction of nitro with Zn-AlCl_3 system is discussed.The optimum experimental condition is studied and isolated yield is 58.5%.The functional monomer shows good photo and pH responsive properties as detected by UV-Vis spectrum.


A review of current geotextile use and practice is presented including discussion of recent research into their functional mechanisms. Recently developed design methods are discussed as is the preparation of Australian Standards for geotextile testing.


Objective: Structural changes of small resistance arteries occur early in the disease process of essential hypertension and predict cardiovascular events in previously untreated patients. We investigated whether on-treatment small artery structure also identifies patients at elevated risk despite normalization of blood pressure (BP). Methods: We conducted a long-term follow-up survey of cardiovascular events in 134 moderate-risk patients with 9–12 months of well treated essential hypertension. All participants underwent subcutaneous biopsies with determination of small artery structure in terms of media to lumen ratio (M : L) before and during treatment. Results: After 9–12 months of treatment SBP was lowered from 164 ± 15 to 134 ± 14 mmHg (P < 0.01) and M : L reduced from 0.084 ± 0.028 to 0.075 ± 0.024 (P < 0.01). Mean follow-up hereafter was 15 years representing a total of 2035 years for the entire cohort. During this period 47 patients suffered a predefined cardiovascular event. For patients with on-treatment M : L above the mean value of the cohort (≥0.075), the hazard ratio was 2.14 [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.19–3.84, P = 0.01] and also those with M : L above mean +2SD of a normotensive population (≥0.098) had an elevated risk (hazard ratio 2.99, 95% CI 1.60–5.58, P < 0.01). Both results were adjusted for heart score (a 10-year mortality risk estimate integrating age, sex, smoking status, cholesterol level and SBP). Analysis of changes in M : L during treatment showed significantly higher event rates among patients with increased M : L and vice versa (hazard ratio 1.36 per 25% change, 95% CI 1.07–1.73, P = 0.013). Conclusion: On-treatment small artery structure identifies individuals still at increased cardiovascular risk despite long-term BP normalization and may be an additional target for therapy to prevent cardiovascular events.


The development of a computer model is presented for study of water losses during sprinkler irrigation of a plant canopy under field conditions. The model combines equations governing water droplet evaporation and droplet ballistics with a plant-environment energy model. The plant-environment model (Cupid) had to be modified to include droplet heat and water exchange above the canopy, and the energy associated with cool water impinging on warm leaves and soil. The combined model is intended for use in evaluating various sprinkler irrigation systems with respect to water efficiencies during irrigation of a crop. For example, evaporation losses from high pressure impact and spray heads can be compared with losses from a furrow irrigated crop. In general, droplet losses are small (less than 2%) and the main loss arises from wet-canopy and soil evaporation.


Future space missions will further our knowledge of tidal heating and orbital resonances, processes thought to create spectacular volcanism and oceans of magma or water on other worlds.


Nowadays, international collaboration and teamwork are fundamental skills in modern project development. Therefore, it is important to prepare university students to handle this working approach and to have this mindset. However, these skills are neglected in the curricula of most universities. The aim of the Erasmus Intensive Programme TrabHCI (Technologies to Reduce the Access Barrier in Human Computer Interaction) is to train international computer science and engineering students in team skills and in human computer interaction technologies. As a motivation, technological challenges for disabled people were presented to the students, followed by a series of lectures on novel human computer interaction technologies including gesture, speech and handwriting recognition as well as language understanding. Instead of conventional ex-cathedral teaching, a learning-by-doing approach was used in teaching. This paper describes our experience along many years in the Erasmus Intensive Programmes and, more specifically, in our last Erasmus IP project.


St. Mary On Lastre Church is a single-nave cemetery church near Beram in the central Istria in Croatia. It was built in the 15th century. The church is known for the most preserved sequence of frescoes in Istria, characterized by vivid colours, motives and composition, which was made by the master Vincent from Kastav's workshop in 1474. The scenes from Mariology and Christological cycle were painted, as well as the saints, Dance of the Dead, First Sin, Wheel of Fortune and Coming of theThree Magi. During the 1709 renovation the old gothic vault was disassembled and new marble altar built, semi- circled windows were cut through the side walls and painted wooden ceiling was renewed. On the front wall the windows were cut through and a portico was added. Thanks to the conservator of Central Commission for the Preservation of National Heritage Sites, Anton Gnirs, in 1912, the church was thoroughly renewed and its sacristy built. Due to the repair of the construction of Saint Mary On Skrilinah's Church, during the last forty years or so, on several occasions geotechnical and constructive research works have been done, as well as repair works on the church, supporting walls and surrounding outside environment. In one phase the church was reinforced from below by concrete, and later it was "secured" by the small-diameter pilots the collecting and drainage of waste and precipitation water was regulated, the supporting wall was reinforced by the building of a new, additional counterfort wall. Despite all the interventions, further opening of the already repaired cracks and opening of the new ones has been noted. The movement of the stone structure, which lies paralel with the wall, has caused the damage on the pictures. Because of the new damage, a multidisciplinary programme of research work has been set up to ascertain what causes damage. The research tasks comprised of: testing of the characteristics of the soil, monitoring of the movements and temperature during the two-year period, digging up the probing pits to verify the scope of the previous interventions, geodetic measurement of landmarks built onto the church and supporting walls over the two- year period, making of the architectural current state analysis as well as the analysis of the current state of the bearing structure on a three-dimensional model of the building. Extensive two-year long research and analysis have defined multiple causes that lead to damage that had not been entirely eliminated by the previous interventions, therefore, recommendations have been drafted for the overall repair and consolidation that would prevent further advancement of damage. Parallel with geotechnical and constructive research works, restoration works on the frescoes have been conducted. On the basis of the observation of the restoration works on the frescoes during the last hundred years, which was possible due to a detailed documentation of those works, an estimation of their influence on the original images from the 15th century could be made, as well as the recommendations for its further preservation. Despite of the technical solution applicable to further restoration interventions, the ethical approach to the previous restorations is still to be discussed as they are, in this case, a document of the time in which they were implemented.


We demonstrate a III-V-on-silicon-nitride electrically pumped mode-locked laser emitting at λ = 1.6 µm with an on-chip pulse energy of approximately 2 pJ, significantly higher than on III-V-on-Si and InP photonic integration platforms.


We present a catalog of hard X-ray sources detected in the first 105 months of observations with the Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) coded-mask imager on board the Swift observatory. The 105-month Swift-BAT survey is a uniform hard X-ray all-sky survey with a sensitivity of over 90% of the sky and over 50% of the sky in the 14–195 keV band. The Swift-BAT 105-month catalog provides 1632 (422 new detections) hard X-ray sources in the 14–195 keV band above the significance level. Adding to the previously known hard X-ray sources, 34% (144/422) of the new detections are identified as Seyfert active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in nearby galaxies ( ). The majority of the remaining identified sources are X-ray binaries (7%, 31) and blazars/BL Lac objects (10%, 43). As part of this new edition of the Swift-BAT catalog, we release eight-channel spectra and monthly sampled light curves for each object in the online journal and at the Swift-BAT 105-month website.


The purpose of this study is to determine the calendar effects on both short and long run performance of IPOs (Initial Public Offerings) in Turkey for the period between 1990 and 2005. The study indicates that many calendar anomalies are robust to IPO returns in Turkey: the day of the week effect, the month of the year effect, the week of the month effect, the weekday of the month effect, the semi-year effect, the semi-month effect, the turn of the month effect. Moreover, short run underpricing and long run underperformance survive for IPO returns in Turkey.


Currently Bauman Moscow State Technical University, PJSC "KAMAZ" and Moscow Polytechnic University are working on the creation of an articulated-cross-country vehicle on the basis of serial units and aggregates of KAMAZ vehicles, the main design feature of which is the joint junction. Depending on the design, single-stage, two-stage and three-stage hinges are distinguished, allowing to realize rotation around the vertical, longitudinal and transverse axis of the junction joint. The article deals with the influence of the angle of inclination of the pivot pin (vertical axis) and the introduction of an additional (longitudinal) degree of freedom in a single-junction joint at the stabilizing moment. For this purpose, a mathematical model of an articulated cross-country vehicle was developed in the environment of the automated analysis of the dynamics of systems of bodies. The description of the main nodes, systems and control algorithms of the developed all-terrain vehicle is given. During the simulation, the movement of the vehicle was investigated when performing the typical maneuver with different versions of the joint unit with simultaneous registration of the folding angle of the frame sections. Based on the studies performed and analysis of their results, the following conclusions are formulated: the stabilizing moment, sufficient to return the frame sections to the initial position, arises only at large angles of inclination of the pivot pin, and the introduction of an additional degree of freedom in the junction node substantially reduces the stabilizing moment. Further development of the mathematical model will allow at the design stage to estimate such operational indicators of the all-terrain vehicle being developed as smooth running, profile cross-country, traction and braking dynamics under different road conditions.


This study aims to model optimal cultivation pattern based on the maximization of importing virtual water and social net income of major crops in Marvdasht, Iran. For this purpose, a linear programming model was developed considering constraints of virtual water and land limitations followed by other models to include employment restrictions. Based on the findings, wheat and tomato were recognized as optimal products for the region. Regarding the virtual water imports, wheat has an advantage over tomato while the production of tomato needs a relatively considerable number of workers which leads to the improvement of employment in the studied areas. Article history:


Dramatic works, apart from everything else they are, are also what I would call intellectual experiments. Certain ideas or philosophical concepts are used and "put to the test" in the medium of communicative action. That way, the abstract nature of pure philosophical thought and the apparently self-sufficient status of (ideo-)logical systems is broken up in the process of their dramatic concretization. In confronting the philosophical with the pragmatic, the logical with the dialogical level, concepts of reason with processes of interaction, dramatic literature can critically explore the validity of abstract thought systems in the light of their relationship to the communicative life-worlds of concrete individuals.


The precipitation committee organized a symposium given at the AGU National Fall Meeting in December 1969. The session contained seven invited papers:

1. Snow Measurement Predicament.

2. Weight Capacity Requirements for Precipitation Measurements in the Wasatch Mountains.

3. Precipitation Telemetry in Mountainous Areas.

4. Optimum Gaging of Thunderstorm Rainfall in Southeastern Arizona.

5. Rainfall Intensity-Duration-Frequency

Relations for the Wasatch Mountains of Northern Utah.

6. Measurement of Atmospheric and Ground Level Precipitation.

7. Variance Spectra of Short Duration Rainfall in Time and Space.


The recording / reproducing apparatus, a content management server, the information storage medium, a content information management method and contents information recording medium on which the tracking method is disclosed. Communication interface unit interfaces to the at least one external resource and the data transmission / reception connections to the network. The control unit when receiving the content request command, searching external resources for storing a request based on the content identification information of the requested content, content, found receives the content from the external resource. According to the present invention, recording the content to a storage medium that is distributed locations in a network and it is possible to share the content stored in the storage medium, each recording / reproducing apparatus or the broadcast receiver to the broadcast content does not have a separate storage medium, a can be recorded and played back, and can play a direct non-recorded content, it is not necessary to provide a storage medium of a large capacity to store a large amount of recorded content. In addition, by obtaining information about the content stored in the storage medium which is located distributed in the network, searches for information on the content the user requests from the acquired information, it is possible to provide the requested content to the user, the user is not recorded directly content can easily search and watch. Recording, playback, a content storage medium, and network


A production line of plasma spraying iron, aluminum and zinc composite boards comprises an uncoiler, an entry pinch and an entry shear arranged on the production line entry portion; a three roller rectification machine and a detection platform arranged on the production line processing portion; and an export shear, an export pinch and a coiler arranged on the production line export portion. The production line is characterized by further comprising a plasma aluminum spraying machine, a first cold-rolling mill, a plasma zinc spraying machine, a second cold-rolling mill and an electrostatic oiler arranged on the production line processing portion, wherein the plasma aluminum spraying machine is arranged behind the entry shear, and the first cold-rolling mill is arranged behind the plasma aluminum spraying machine. The production line solves existing problems, and particularly provides a production line using plasma spraying machines for compositing aluminum and zinc on iron plates, and as produced iron, aluminum and zinc composite boards substitute for scarce nonferrous metals, consumption of valuable nonferrous metals is reduced. Therefore, the production line has the advantages of being energy saving and environment friendly, convenient to process, good in decoration effect, low in cost and the like.


The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of firm size, profitability, dividend policy and investment decisions on the value of manufacturing companies listed on the IDX 2013-2016. The number of companies from this study is 144 companies. Data analysis techniques used multiple linear analysis. The sampling technique uses purposive sampling. The results of the study explain that the firm size and dividend policy have a positive and not significant effect on firm value. Variable profitability has a negative effect not significant on firm value. As well as investment decision variables have a significant positive effect on firm value
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Keywords : Firm Size, Profitability, Dividend Policy, Investment Decision, dan firm value.


A medical instrument (1) comprising a tampon-like portion (2) for insertion into a body cavity. The portion (2) has an inner part (3) surrounding a first inner part (3) the cuff (4) and a second, the first cuff (4) at least partially surrounding the cuff (5), which is designed permeable to application means. It was created in a medical instrument, in order to prevent leakage of body fluids to stop bleeding and to administer application means.


This paper provides an improved heat transfer equation by boundary element method (BEM) for a typical inverse heat conduction problem (IHCP). A boundary integral equation is then employed and the solution discretized on temporal space to produce a set of linear algebraic equations. Computer simulation results validate the effectiveness of the improved method.


The aim of this study was to characterize the grazing link between phytoplankton and zooplankton. Quantifying rates of phytoplankton utilization by micro- and mesozooplankton is an attempt to understand the control of phytoplankton populations in marine ecosystems and the export flux of organic matter to the depths. Samples were taken in the plume of dilution of the Gironde estuary during spring (May 1995). The mesozooplankton community was dominated by the hetero- trophic dinoflagellate Noctiluca scintillans and by copepods. Our estimates showed that on average, 26% of the total primary production was grazed daily by mesozooplankton. However, the pressure exerted by microzooplankton on the primary production was estimated to be approximately four times higher. As a consequence, during this spring situation in the plume of dilution of the Gironde estuary when small cells dominated, microzooplankton represented the most important grazing community and could potentially control the growth of phytoplankton.


Organizational Behavior during crisis times has become more challenging than ever. Governments worldwide have been producing many types of data rendered unusable without proper validation due to a lack of survey or due to poor efficacy of assessment, especially concerning employees. Therefore, this is an endeavor to produce robust estimation methods for factors vital to Organizational & Employee performance. This MSME (Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises) Sector has been chosen for study to establish the concept of empirically derived components.Three-prong data (Number of MSMEs, Number of Employees & Gross Output) has been reduced to derive a two-factor (Organizational Productivity & Employee Productivity) objective analysis from corroborating two factors (Organizational Effectiveness & Employee Engagement) subjective decisions. Data analysis has been carried out using the Machine Learning (ML) technique of the Univariate Linear Regression model on the normalized factors to produce decision bounds. The fitted curve is used to estimate the present status of any organization against this model to establish an equivalent position and thereby give a suitable decision. Towards validation of this model, the point survey method has been utilized to assess the performance of similar organizations beyond the sector. It indicates the potential of this method to produce optimal results with reduced computational complexity in all types of organizations.


Background: Abnormal heart rate variability (HRV) has been used to predict multiple adverse cardiovascular outcomes but not the development of congestive heart failure (CHF). We hypothesized that the addition of Holter-based HRV parameters to an existing CHF clinical risk model would improve its ability to identify older adults at an increased risk of CHF in the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS). Methods: The Health ABC Heart Failure (Health ABC) score is a clinically based CHF prediction tool that has been validated in the CHS. Asymptomatic CHS participants with interpretable 24-hour baseline Holter recordings were included (N=1,401). Holter-based HRV measures and premature ventricular contraction (PVC) counts were compared between participants with (N=260) and without (N=1,141) incident CHF on follow up. Significantly different parameters between groups were added to the components of the Health ABC score using stepwise Cox regression. Results: Participants who developed CHF were more likely to be older, male, and have left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and coronary artery disease (CAD). They were also more likely to have a higher body mass index, baseline heart rate, systolic blood pressure, fasting glucose and creatinine. The final prediction model included all components of the Health ABC score (age, creatinine, albumin, heart rate, systolic blood pressure, fasting glucose, LVH, smoking and CAD), ln (PVCs+1) (Hazard Ratio [HR]=1.12; 95% CI, 1.06-1.19; p Conclusion: Abnormal HRV parameters were significant and independent predictors of incident CHF in asymptomatic, older adults. When combined with increased PVCs, these measures improved the predictive power of the Health ABC score in identifying CHS participants at an increased risk of developing CHF.


This special issue is dedicated to the state of practice of geothermal foundations, with a particular focus on energy pile foundations. The selection and organization of the seven papers were performed in collaboration with Guney Olgun, Ph.D. (Virginia Tech) and John McCartney, Ph.D. (University of CA, San Diego) with whom we would like to credit the technical leads of the manuscripts. The authors represent a truly international effort from the private sector, academic institutions and governmental agencies of seven different countries on three different continents, namely, the USA, France, Switzerland, Germany, UK, Portugal and Australia. In March 2013, a group of 58 leading researchers from around the world gathered for a special NSF sponsored 3day workshop in Lausanne, Switzerland, to discuss the current status of the relationship between geotechnical engineering and near surface geothermal energy. This issue summarizes the most recent research findings and developments in the field of geothermal pile foundations as presented during the workshop and supplemented by the author's most recent individual research studies. Beyond highlighting the state of practice in construction and installation and the state-of-the-art in design and development, each paper identifies important areas of improvement, as well as, future research. An overview paper by Olgun and McCartney describes the general principles of thermo active geotechnical systems; Amis et al. discuss the best practice in installation, field testing and laboratory investigations along with the benefits of early project collaboration related to the construction of geothermal systems using specific examples drawn from current practice in the UK. Olgun et al. provide a presentation of the existing guidelines and their implementation in building codes and the need for a uniform design procedure that is sufficiently supported through research data. The discussion also includes incentives for the further advancement of green energy with a particular focus on programs such as BREEAM (the UK) and LEED (the USA). Katzenbach et al. focus on new technologies and materials in near surface geothermal systems, presenting several experimental case studies with accompanying analytical modeling. Laloui et al. study the impact of thermohydromechanical behavior of soils on thermoactive geotechnical systems, and how it affects the performance of thermoactive geotechnical system. Bourne-Webb et al. take a critical look at the analytical capabilities to predict thermal stress and strain response and provide valuable recommendations on how to overcome shortcomings of the existing methods in accurately simulating cyclic heating and cooling effects, transient pore water pressure generation and dissipation, and the effects of radial stress changes. Finally, Nicholson et al. provide a perspective on the sustainability of geothermal systems, discussing the environmental impact and regulations and a life cycle analysis supported by a case study of 61 drilled thermoactive piles. The editors hope you will enjoy this multinational perspective on how to better design this unique geotechnical energy system and welcome any comments and discussions. Anne Lemnitzer and Timothy C. Siegel (Editors-In-Chief) together with Guney Olgun and John McCartney. 2014 DFI Board of Trustees


Additive yttria in manufacturing glasses yieldsbetter shielding properties which can be used for solar cell covers. Selected ratios of yttria and other oxides have been added to borate-based glasses for the synthesizing via technique of melt quenching. The radiation shielding and structural properties were changed after the addition of yttria in the studied glasses. These glasses were studied using x-ray diffraction and scintillation gamma-ray spectrometer. The glasses have been exposed to photons with 0.662, 1.173 and 1.33 MeV energies that emitted from 137Cs and 60Co radioactive sources and the photon intensities were detected using a 3 × 3 inch NaI(TI) detector. The mass attenuation coefficients (μm), half value layers (HVL), tenth value layer (TVL), the mean free paths (MFP), effective atomic numbers (Zeff) and effective electron densities (ED) values have been measured experimentally. The results are also compared to theoretical values outcomes by using XCOM. The results indicate that the YABB10 glass containing 10 % yttria has the lowest HVL, TVL and MFP values than the other glasses. It indicates that the use of Y2O3 in glass increases the gamma shielding properties which means that these materials have a promising use as a cover layer protection.


Due to the complicated structure and harsh working environment, the marine propulsion shaft suffers from excessive vibrations in torsional, longitudinal and their coupled vibration modes. The coupled torsional-longitudinal effect is mainly induced by two factors, namely the propeller additional water and the crankshaft structure. However, most of previous models were established with only one coupling factor, and consequently there is still a lack of a complete understanding for coupled torsional-longitudinal vibration. Hence, a comprehensive investigation is performed in this work to reveal deeper mechanisms of coupled torsional-longitudinal vibrations for marine propulsion shaft system. A discrete torsional-longitudinal vibration model is established for a real-life marine shaft. The coupling effects due to propeller additional water and dynamic characteristics of crankshaft are considered simultaneously to model the realistic vibration conditions. Then, a theoretical analysis is conducted on a simplified model to present a theoretical basis. Natural frequencies and forced steady-state responses are calculated numerically to analyze the influences of coupled torsional-longitudinal effect on the eigenvalue problem and vibration characteristics. Results show that, both the propeller additional water and the crankshaft structure could induce coupled torsional-longitudinal vibrations, and should be considered simultaneously in the model to achieve accurate vibration prediction and analysis. Besides, the coupling effect could induce a high amplitude beyond expectation that may even threaten the structure safe. The theoretical and numerical results in this study could provide some suggestions to designers and researchers attempting to obtain desirable vibration behaviors for marine propulsion shafts.


Purpose: We previously showed that phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways cooperate to promote non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell proliferation in vitro. This study was designed to explore whether inhibition of these pathways effectively inhibits NSCLC tumor growth in vivo. Experimental Design: The effects of PI3K/Akt inhibitors {LY294002, adenoviruses expressing dominant-negative mutant of the p85α adaptor subunit of PI3K (Ad-dnp85α), dominant-negative Akt [Ad-HA-Akt(KM)], or PTEN (Ad-PTEN)}, MKK4/c-jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK) inhibitor [SP600215, adenovirus expressing dominant-negative MKK4, Ad-MKK4(KR)], and their combinations on proliferation and apoptosis in NSCLC cells were tested in vitro and in vivo using the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay, a flow cytometry-based terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase–mediated nick-end labeling assay, Western blot and immunohistochemical analyses, and an NSCLC xenograft tumor model. Results: Ad-dnp85α significantly inhibited proliferation of a subset of NSCLC cell lines used in our study. Intratumoral injection of Ad-dnp85α induced a significant decrease in the growth of H1299 NSCLC xenograft tumors. Concurrent inhibition of the PI3K/Akt and MKK4/JNK pathways showed enhanced antiproliferative effects on H1299 cells in vitro and in vivo by increasing apoptosis. Conclusions: PI3K/Akt and MKK4/JNK pathways cooperate to stimulate NSCLC cell proliferation by maintaining cell survival, suggesting that simultaneously targeting these two pathways might be an effective therapeutic strategy against NSCLC.


Abstract Central to the conception of this article is the architectural theorist Bernard Tschumi's dictum, 'There is no architecture without action, no architecture without events, no architecture without program … no architecture without violence.' Shaped as well by Eyal Weizman's conception of 'forensic architecture', the focus of the investigation is on Israel's architecture of security and on the corresponding Palestinian architecture of resistance. Emphasising an encounter of cartographies that reveals the way Palestinians make life livable in response to the architectural violence they face, the analysis continues with reference to Yari Sharif's analysis of architectures of resistance and with a reading of a feature film, Hany Abu-Assad's Omar (2013) in which the Separation Wall between Israel and Palestine is one of the film's primary agent/protagonists. The article surveys popular culture texts, focused on crime and espionage to analyse a range of security practices and breaches that amplify the analysis with attention to security issues in individual households, multiple-person dwelling arrangements, architectural locations throughout cities, and buildings housing governmental security agencies. That trajectory of architectural sites lends a micropolitical analysis to the macropolitical level of governmental policy and modes of resistance to it.


The Assessment and Planning Unit (APU) at Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH) was
opened in July 2012. The 11-bed unit is staffed and equipped to receive general
medical patients from the Emergency Department (ED) for observation,and
treatment prior to transfer to a medical ward or discharge. The APU concentrates
patient assessment, planning and management in the first part of the patient's
hospital journey. The hypothesis is that this focus of resources during the early part
of a patient's journey will reduce overall length of stay (LOS) for this patient group. We tested this hypothesis by comparing LOS between general medical patients
admitted from the ED to the APU and general medical patients admitted from the ED
to other wards at RHH over a 6-month period. A patient's destination from ED is
largely determined by bed availability. The general characteristics of patients journeying through APU or directly to other
wards were compared by examining age, DRG mix, comorbidities, mode of
separation, place of residence, and number of admissions in the previous year.
There were few significant differences between the two groups: APU patients were
slightly older on average (3 years, p=0.007); more APU patients were discharged to
aged care facilities (p=0.05); and chest pain was more common as the discharge
diagnosis among APU patients (p=0.03). We then built a model of LOS as a function of these variables, to control for
differences between the two cohorts of patients. Adding destination ward (APU
versus other) to the final model, LOS was reduced by 19% (e.g. by a day for an
average 5-day LOS) for patients journeying through APU (95% confidence interval
12%–25%) compared to other patients, while controlling for other variables. In summary, there is strong evidence that the APU model of care reduces the length
of patients' hospital stays.


Catch assessment and frame survey were performed to estimate the species wise and total catch in the Vavuniya reservoir along with hydro-climatic factors. Relationship between the hydro-climatic factors and species wise catch statistics were determined from calendar year, rainfall (RF) and water level (WL) based quarters of the annum. Irregularity in the rainfall pattern shifted the heavy rainfall based quarter from October-December to February-April in 2013. Significant variation (P 0.05, r=-0.327) However, there was a strong negative correlation between monthly average WL and CPUE in terms of kg/fisher/day. There were 5 exotic, 13 indigenous and 1 endemic (Esomus thermoicos) species identified. Oreochromis niloticus contributed 79%, Cirrhinus mrigala (8.6%) and Channa striata (7.6%) of the catch. Data obtained from this study may be used as a baseline for the sustainable management and to achieve optimal catch.


This article takes as its starting point the conversation between Allen Ginsberg and Bob Dylan at the grave of Jack Kerouac in 1975 during the Rolling Thunder Revue tour, an encounter which was filmed, photographed and narrated, both by the two artists and by others. It considers the ways in which Kerouac's work focused and mediated the friendship of Ginsberg and Dylan, their sense of each other's art, and of their own. Ginsberg's influence on Dylan was more than matched by Dylan's influence on Ginsberg, but what binds them together is an idea of American speech (whether spoken or sung) for which Kerouac is the disembodied and occluded source.


The present invention discloses a liquid flow type alcohol - hydrogen fuel cell and a manufacturing method for oxidizing, comprising PdNiCu / MWCNT catalyst as the anode and Ag / MWCNT catalyst as a cellulose acetate membrane between the cathode, the anode and cathode sheet separated anolyte containing methanol, ethanol, n-propanol, isopropanol, n-butanol, sec-butanol or isobutanol 1mol L-1 NaOH solution, the catholyte containing hydrogen peroxide 1mol L- 1 NaOH solution. Anolyte and catholyte flow pattern are used, wherein the anolyte liquid level above the level of the catholyte, anolyte and the catholyte to flow faster than the flow rate, thus ensuring that the catholyte in the hydrogen peroxide solution does not migrate to the anode. The present invention can be used in a variety of alcohol alkaline solution stabilizing the discharge, and avoids the use of an ion exchange membrane, battery structure is simple, the cost is greatly decreased battery.