Introduction: The musculocutaneous nerve is one of the branches from the lateral cord of brachial plexus. This nerve is solely devoted to the flexor compartment of arm hence it is called as nerve of arm. Numerous studies have been reported about the variations of this nerve but the real prevalence is still unknown, whereas, it may be hypothetical. Case report: This study shows a rare branching pattern where a thin nerve takes origin from the medial fasciculus of brachial plexus which then pierces the coracobrachialis and lies between the biceps brachii and brachialis. The nerve then pierces the biceps to supply the skin over the lateral surface of forearm. The median nerve took over the muscular branches of musculocutaneous nerve by giving off the branches to both biceps and brachialis.


Residual stress gradient is unavoidable in thin-film based devices such as radio frequency (RF) micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) switches. In this paper residual stress gradient is modelled which affect the frequency shift in RF-MEMS switches. Curvature of thinfilms are measured experimentally and then residual stress gradient is modelled analytically and using finite element modeller (FEM). A comparison between analytical model and FEM has been carried out by introducing the initial upward curvature due to residual stress in the model. Beams under residual stress gradient change the pull-in voltage and shows frequency shift which points out that underestimating such effects can lead to inaccurate design and analysis of RF-MEMS switches and subsystems.


Production of cultivated pastures with high energy and protein levels remains a challenge during winter months for livestock. Field trials were conducted to investigate the effects of cropping systems using intercropping (alfalfa + oat and alfalfa + barley) and monocropping (alfalfa, oat and barley) on plant height, yield and quality characteristics. Furthermore, to study the competition experienced by legume and cereals when planted in a mixture. The field trial was carried out in a randomised complete block design with five treatments including sole oat, sole barley, sole alfalfa, alfalfa + oat intercropping and alfalfa + barley intercropping and three replicates. The study was conducted at the Experimental Farm of the National University of Lesotho for two growing seasons (2015 and 2016). The results revealed that intercropping increased yields of forage crops in comparison to monocrops. Intercropping significantly increased protein levels and reduced fibre concentrations. In intercropping competition indices, land equivalent ratios indicated yield Original Research Article Mosebi et al.; AJRAF, 1(4): 1-11, 2018; Article no.AJRAF.42731 2 advantages for intercropping. Relative crowding coefficient and aggressivity values showed significant advantages of cereal over legume. So, the intercropping system was more productive than respective monocrops.


Teacher leadership is a transformative process that can drive school and community reform. This revised edition of the groundbreaking bestseller builds on current research to help teachers and administrators work together to foster, develop, and support teacher leadership.
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High concentration of arsenic in groundwater of south-western provinces of Punjab, India has become a major cause of concern. Monitoring arsenic levels and their associated health effects in fish would not only provide an insight into overall ecosystem health but may also act as a sentinel for potential impacts on human health. Freshwater fish was captured from natural sites with known constant elevated levels of arsenic of 12-13 μg/L and brought to laboratory with an objective to analyze fish muscle tissue for arsenic and the chronic effect of elevated levels of arsenic on Hepatosomatic index (HSI), Gonadosomatic index (GSI) and histology of fish. The variation in HSI and GSI values for fish from affected and control sites were statistically insignificant. Mean arsenic concentration of arsenic in the muscle tissue of fish from the area with an elevated level of arsenic was recorded as 172.3±22.4 μg/g as compared to average value of 93.3±13.1 μg/g in control. Histological studies revealed degenerative changes in liver, congestion of blood vessels in kidney along with vacuolar degeneration; besides this, significant difference in the diameter of proximal convoluted tubules and its lumen for kidney tissue was observed. The gonadal changes included the loss in shape of seminiferous tubules in testis and exfoliation of ovarian cells. The histomorphometric observations indicated an insignificant difference in the diameter of the secondary oocyte, while the primary oocyte diameter had significant variation (p>0.0001) from control specimens. These observations are in accordance with earlier studies on the effect of environmental contaminants, but being one of the first reported on fresh water fish exposed in natural waters, it assumes significance. The observations have been related to the physiology as also to the reproductive health of fish and may have a bearing on mammalian health under constant exposure.


The Office of Environment (EV) has a major responsibility in the Department of Energy (DOE) for assuring that environmental concerns are translated into environmental programs and commitments. EV studies the environmental, health and safety (EH and S) effects of all DOE energy programs, overviews the environmental aspects of these programs, and ensures their consistency with environmental and safety laws, regulations, and policies. EV programs support the Department's efforts to achieve the best balance between energy availability and environmental acceptability. This document briefly describes EV activities, summarizes programs for FY 1979, and identifies responsible divisions and offices. Included are funding levels and budgetary trends for EV programs and the energy technologies they support, as well as institutions responsible for performing the EV activities.


Introduction: education at work becomes an essential aspect to make the connection between the theoretical content of Pharmacology II and the medical practice that is carried out in different scenarios. Objective: to identify the main shortcomings in integrating the content of Pharmacology II with education at work activities in medical undergraduate studies. Methods: a prospective descriptive study was conducted at the Faculty of Medicine of Villa Clara during the academic year 2011-2012. Theoretical and empirical methods were used, as well as statistical procedures. Results: there is no explicit reference to the methodological guidelines for achieving the integration between the content of Pharmacology II and education at work activities in the syllabi reviewed, in the subjects' teaching staff, or the academic year teaching staff. Pharmacology teachers do not participate systematically in education at work activities. The system of teaching tasks is not considered as the essential aspect for the development of prescriptive skills. Conclusions: there are difficulties in linking the contents of the subjects Pharmacology II and Internal Medicine during the implementation of education at work activities. The most important difficulties were: no teaching tasks are designed to exploit the full potential of Pharmacology for a rational and scientific use of drugs; and the methodological work of the teaching staff of these subjects and the academic year teaching staff does not guarantee a correct link between the subjects studied.


The process allows the conversion of anthranilic acids as well as aminonicotinic acid and derivatives into the required heteroaromatic compounds.


Restorative justice (RJ) procedures offer an alternative to conventional criminal justice procedures. RJ emphasizes dialogue between criminal offenders and their victims, consensual conflict resolution, and the repairing of harm. RJ skeptics, however, frequently argue that RJ procedures undermine uniformity in sentencing. This Article considers the merits of these claims, concluding that RJ is compatible with some versions of uniformity, but not with others. While uniformity, as a sentencing ideal, has many supporters, uniformity means quite different things to different people. In particular, the Article contrasts "static" and "dynamic" "ersions of uniformity. The static approaches rely on sentencing factors that are external and antecedent to the processes of the criminal justice system. The dynamic approaches, by contrast, permit consideration of the interactions between offenders, victims, and criminal justice professionals within the system. The Article demonstrates that the dynamic paradigms are more compatible with RJ than the static. The Article also suggests some reasons to view the static paradigms (which pose relatively greater difficulties for RJ) with skepticism.


The first reaction of state emergency logistics in large-scale disasters is to dispatch commodities to the most affected areas as soon as possible and then to mobilize social forces to go for further rescues. This paper utilizes the quota analytic method which combines the method DEA and AHP to provide the policy-making support of relief goods' allocation. Finally, the method is proved to be applicable by the example in the decision-making process.


Objective: To investigate the successful rate and accuracy of percutaneous radiofrequency thermocoagulation (PRT) for treatment of primary trigeminal neuralgia (PTN) with customized navigated template via three dimensional (3D) printing technique. Methods: 65 patients with PTN were recruited from January 2014 to March 2015 and randomly divided into two groups: template group (n = 28) and traditional group (n = 37). The patients in traditional group received PRT under guidance of C-arm fluoroscopy, while the ones in template group were treated with customized navigated templates. The data of time, depth and accuracy rate of puncture, the average effective dose equivalent of radiation, complications after operation were collected and analyzed. Results: No intra-operative failures occurred in the template group: the pain was alleviated immediately after operation. Accuracy rate of the template group was 100% while 96% was achieved in traditional group. However, the average time of puncture by the template was significantly reduced compared with traditional group (2.37 ± 0.64 minutes and 24.2 ± 6.55 minutes, respectively; P 0.05). No complications were observed in template group while several complications such as blooding, leakage of cerebrospinal fluid and dizziness were observed in traditional group. Conclusion: The application of customized template is advocated for improving the accuracy of PRT.


Abstract.  Forest disturbance agents, such as wildfire and windthrow, often differ in magnitude and frequency between upland and riparian zones. Riparian forests may be subject to additional disturbance agents that do not affect uplands, including debris flows, floods, bank erosion, and avulsions. Forest harvesting, with or without a streamside buffer, is an additional riparian disturbance agent in managed landscapes. The effects of riparian harvesting on stream habitat and ecology are qualitatively similar to those of wildfire, with the important exception of recruitment of large in-stream wood. For most other disturbance agents, current knowledge is insufficient to assess the degree to which natural disturbance can be emulated via riparian forest harvesting. In particular, the effects of the spatial patterns and frequencies of disturbance on the trajectories and rates of postdisturbance recovery are poorly understood for many landscapes and are complicated by the potential for propagation of effects down the stream network. Broadly based, long-term research on riparian disturbance regimes is needed to provide the scientific basis required for designing strategies for sustainable streamside forest management.


Japan has now experienced over a decade of slow growth and deflation. This period has also been associated with protracted problems in the banking sector. A wide range of measures have been tried in to restore health in the banking sector including recapitalization, the extension of 100% guarantees to all deposits, and central bank purchases of shares held by banks. It has also argued that ending deflation is an important ingredient in restoring banking sector health. This paper develops a general equilibrium of the banking sector. In our model the banking sector produces an intermediate good that is used to produce investment goods and a variable fraction of consumption goods. We then assess the implications of alternative policies designed to assist the banking sector in terms of their implications for welfare and the size and profitability of the banking sector.


In connection with characteristic of pyrite cinder,the characteristic of oxidized pellet prepared from pyrite cinder and the mechanism of moisture grinding on pellet preparation were studied.The results show that the strength of green balls is very low,and the moisture of green balls is fairly higher without moisture grinding.Moisture grinding is an effective means to improve the strength and reduce the moisture of green ball with the less dosage of bentonite by improving size distribution,specific surface area and lowering the porosity of green balls.Moisture grinding can improve the roasting performance of pyrite cinder pellet by improving the surface energy of pyrite cinder and increasing contact points between particles,which has the advantages of diffusion.The compressive strength of pellets overruns 3 kN per pellet with moisture grinding after roasted at 1 150 ℃ for 10 min.The roasting temperature can be greatly reduced.The high quality oxidized pellet can be produced as a blast furnace feed by using pyrite cinder.


Margollus turcicus sp. n., is described and illustrated from vineyard soil in Turkey. The new species is characterized by having a medium sized body (L=1.0-1.2 mm); cuticle with distinct striations; radial refractive elements abundant; lip region distinctly narrower than the adjoining body and slightly offset from the body contour by a depression; cephalic and labial papillae not discernible; strong labial and post-labial sclerotization present; amphids well developed with sclerotized walls; stylet 27-28.5 microm long, odontophore distinctly flanged, 0.3 times the odontostyle length; pharyngeal bulb offset by constriction, 33-37 microm long; mono-opisthodelphic female genital system with anterior branch 22-41 microm long; spicules 49 microm long; single weak ventromedian supplement and short hemispheroid tail in both sexes.


According to their positions in the community,their community statues in succession series,relations between Rhododendrons and other species in community,Chinese wild Rhododendrons are divided into high elevation climax community's dominant species,lower-middle elevation climax community's dominant species,transitional dominant species,generic subordinate species and epiphytic subordinate species to research Rhododendron landscape resources further.After analyzing landscape values of these four kinds of Rhododendrons,authors consider that high elevation climax community's dominant species are not suitable for application,and communities of lower-middle elevation climax community's dominant species and transitional dominant species suit to be built as scenic forests,and generic subordinate species can be used in many fields,and epiphytic subordinate species can be applied such as plotted plant.


Introduction: Presence of numerous minor salivary gland tissues in the posterior part of hard palate increases the possibility of occurrence of salivary gland neoplasms in this area of oral cavity. Minor salivary gland tumor accounts for about 15% of all the salivary gland neoplasm, of which mucoepidermoid carcinoma accounts to about 35.9%. Case report: This article reports a case of mucoepidermoid carcinoma involving the posterior part of hard palate, presenting as a mucosal ulcer. The lesion was treated by wide surgical excision and healing of the palatal mucosal defect by secondary intention. Conclusion: The paper highlights the importance of prompt clinical diagnosis of such lesions, thereby reducing postoperative morbidity.


The COVID-19 pandemic has presented a global challenge to the health system. More than 200 years of world epidemiological experience since the first mass use of vaccines have convincingly shown that effective vaccines are the key tools in the fight against dangerous infectious diseases, especially epidemic and pandemic ones. In the context of a rapidly spreading pandemic of a new infectious agent, it is crucial not only to develop fundamentally new vaccines, but also to be able to quickly organise their large-scale production. In the Russian Federation, in 2020, a team of the National Research Centre for Epidemiology and Microbiology named after Honorary Academician N.F. Gamaleya developed an innovative vector vaccine, Gam-COVID-Vaс, for the prevention of coronavirus disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. A number of pharmaceutical companies faced the challenge of producing the vaccine. The aim of the study was to optimise the production technology of Gam-COVID-Vac for scaling and increasing the production capacity. In the course of the work, the authors established critical quality attributes of the product, optimised analytical methods for their control, identified poorly scalable technological stages, streamlined the technological process before its transfer to production, and modified non-scalable and technologically unfeasible stages. The work resulted in the launch of industrial-scale production of active pharmaceutical ingredients for both components of Gam-COVID-Vac, which made it possible not only to meet the critical need for COVID-19 immunoprophylaxis in the Russian Federation, but also to supply this vaccine to a number of foreign countries.


Submitted for the MAR11 Meeting of The American Physical Society Topological semimetal: a probable new state of quantum optical lattice gases protected by D4 symmetry1 KAI SUN, JQI and CMTC, University Of Maryland, W. VINCENT LIU, University of Pittsburgh and KITP UCSB, S. DAS SARMA, JQI and CMTC, University of Maryland — We demonstrate that a novel topological semimetal emerges as a parity-protected critical theory for fermionic atoms loaded in the p and d orbital bands of a two-dimensional optical lattice. The new quantum state is characterized by a parabolic band-degeneracy point with Berry flux 2π, in sharp contrast to the π flux of Dirac points as in graphene. We prove that this topological liquid is a universal property for all lattices of D4 point group symmetry and the band degeneracy is protected by odd parity. Turning on interparticle repulsive interaction, the system undergoes a phase transition to a topological insulator, whose experimental signature includes chiral gapless domainwall modes, reminiscent of quantum Hall edge states. 1KS and SDS acknowledge the support of JQI-NSF-PFC, AFOSR-MURI, ARODARPA-OLE and ARO-MURI. W.V.L. is supported by ARO and ARO-DARPAOLE. We thank the KITP at UCSB for its hospitality where this research is supported in part by NSF Grant No. PHY05-51164. Kai Sun JQI and CMTC, University Of Maryland Date submitted: 18 Nov 2010 Electronic form version 1.4


In this paper, an X-band microstrip patch antenna has been presented with enhanced bandwidth. The proposed antenna is designed on 40 mm×40mm printed circuit board and is excited by microstrip line. Commercially available High Frequency Structural Simulator (HFSS) is adopted in this study This antenna is composed of rectangular and circular slots to generate two resonances and to increase bandwidth in the desired band. Return loss -17.14 dB and -14.29 dB are obtained below -10 dB in the desired X-band (8GHz-12GHz). It has achieved stable radiation efficiency 78.85% with average peak gain 4.31 dBi in the operating frequency band. The proposed antenna has an impedance bandwidth 1.59 GHz. The proposed X-band patch antenna is discussed and presented in detail.


Ahmet Mithat Efendi is a writer who thinks on culture problems of his period. Ahmet Mithat Efendi, that writes about modernization, education, women, child's subjects in his novels, look for a solution in local culture. Besides, he also take responsibility of local culture's true telling. In this sense, his novel's Paris'te Bir Türk is almost like defence and publicity of local culture. The novel is fictionalised -as opposed to westfrom the point of local view this period's Ottoman society and life. So, this novel presents remarkable contents about meet of west and east. In this study, this contents show up in explanation effort understanding west and east in Paris'te Bir Türk novel is argued in context of orientalism and occidentalism.


Drawing on Sociometer Theory, the current study examined whether the tendency to focus on and worry about social rejection at the workplace can predict stress and burnout. Data were collected at two time points from 231 hotel employees. Prospective-longitudinal design, structural equation modeling analyses revealed that participants' hypersensitivity to social rejection at the workplace predicted an increase in stress and in burnout across the 1 month of participation. Furthermore, the findings revealed that hypersensitivity to social rejection fully mediated the link between attachment anxiety and future stress and that hypersensitivity to social rejection and stress fully mediated the link between attachment anxiety and future burnout. Approximately 64 per cent of the variance in future burnout was explained by these variables. The results demonstrate the significant role social evaluative stressors play in the development of stress responses at the workplace.

S'appuyant sur la sociometer theory, la presente etude examine si la tendance a se preoccuper et s'inquieter du rejet social sur le lieu de travail peut predire le stress et l'epuisement. Les donnees ont ete collectees par deux fois aupres de 231 employes d'hotellerie. Le traitement des etudes longitudinales par des analyses de modelisation par equations structurelles revele que l'hypersensibilite des sujets au rejet sur le lieu de travail contribue a une augmentation du stress et de l'epuisement au cours du mois de participation. Les conclusions soulignent que l'hypersensibilite au rejet social est totalement influencee par le lien entre anxiete, attachement et stress futur et que l'hypersensibilite au rejet social et au stress est totalement influencee par le lien entre anxiete, attachement et epuisement a venir. Approximativement 64% de la variance de l'epuisement a venir est explique par ces variables. Les resultats montrent le role significatif joue par des sources de stress liees au jugement social d'autrui dans le developpement des reponses de stress sur le lieu de travail.


ABSTRACT: Floods have caused billions of dollars in damage to populated areas associated with river systems in recent years. Runoff associated with floods has resulted in deterioration of downstream water quality. The threat of flooding may be known weeks if not months in advance. Such nonstructural means as temporary storage of runoff on agricultural lands in the upland areas of the watersheds during periods when flood risks are high, may provide ecological benefits through reduced sediment runoff, soil carbon loss, and loading of nutrients to surface waters, at the same time diminishing the threat of downstream flooding. Local or regional resource managers or insurance industry consortia could establish contracts with farmers to store runoff by the temporary plugging of ditches, drainage systems, and similar practices until the flood threat has passed. In return, farmers would be paid an amount covering the loss of potential net revenue and the opportunity cost from use of the land for the period of runoff storage. Highly detailed topographic maps would be used to estimate storage capacity on a farmer9s fields and hydrographic data would be used to estimate the volume of water from a precipitation event that must be stored in order to avert downstream flooding. When meteorological data suggest that a flood is imminent or that an extreme precipitation event is likely, the contractual agreements would be initiated. Case studies in select watersheds in Iowa show how the policy might lessen the social and environmental cost of floods.


In a network of intermittently-connected computers, a method and apparatus for maintaining and managing control over data objects authored, accessed, and altered by users in dynamic, distributed, and collaborative contexts. The invention method and apparatus attach to each data object an identification of a respective control policy. Each control policy comprises at least an indication of a subset of the users who may access the data object, an indication of the privileges granted to each subset of users able to access the data object, and an indication of a subset of users who may define or edit the control policy. The invention method and apparatus separate the management of the control policies of data objects from the creation and use of the data objects. The invention method and apparatus automate common policy changes, distribution of policy changes to the enforcement agents, and propagation of control policies to derivative works.


Introduction: Intensive conditioning regimen and allo-reactivity seem to be the main causes of the endothelial dysfunction observed after allogeneic HSCT. This dysfunction may be the origin of some early complications after HSCT. To evaluate if a less intensive conditioning without allo-reactivity phenomena produces endothelial dysfunction we analyzed a group of patients receiving autologous HSCT. Methods: Blood samples were collected from patients (n=10) before receiving BEAM treatment (pre), and at days 0, 7, 14 and 21 after the HSCT. Soluble markers of endothelial damage (von Willebrand Factor [VWF], sE-selectin, sVCAM1, sICAM1, TNFalphaRI and II, MMP9) were measured in plasma samples by ELISA. Expression of the adhesion receptors E-selectin, VCAM1 and ICAM1, on endothelial cells (EC) cultured in the presence of a pool of sera, obtained at the different time points during the BEAM treatment, was analyzed by immunocytochemistry. Changes in the expression of VWF in the extracellular matrix generated by these EC were evaluated by using the same technique. Leukocyte adhesion on EC monolayers under flow conditions was also studied. The effect on cell cycle and apoptosis was also explored. Results: Plasma levels of VWF and sICAM1 increased progressively after the HSCT, peaking on day 14 (84% and 118%, respectively, vs pre; p Conclusions: The increases in the markers of endothelial inflammation detected both in the ex vivo and in the in vitro approaches suggest that there is endothelial damage associated with autologous HSCT. This damage seems to be more important at day 14 after HSCT. A better understanding of the mechanisms involved deserves further investigation.


treatment. These rates agree with those reported by Ames ( 1966), but are higher than those reported by Fisher et al. (1959). However, the cost stated by Fisher did not include labor at $2.00 per man hour. Based on the number of trees killed, basal spray is an economical method to kill small and medium size trees (Table 4). Costs ranged from 11 to 18 cents per dead tree, depending on the size and density of the mesquite. Stump application was more costly and less effective than the basal treatment. For trees greater than 5 inches in diameter, chaining was the most economical method. The cost for uprooting


The advancement of technical knowhow in wireless mobile phone clients and their inceptions from cloud server, have been implemented as versatile applications that utilize an optimal user experience. By using fabrication components in the user domain, we have yet to instill peripheral interfaces such us CPUs, memory and batteries in to achieving a personal computer machine usage in android devices. To empower the user interface as deployed in android applications, we must design a distributed computing environment that can be deployed in cloud servers. This thin client distributed architecture needs to be effective in ensuring a efficient android user experience . To resolve delays and latency from asynchronous mobile data usage, an effective deployment design must be implemented in mobilemobile environment, that uses Tcp/Ip packets in transferring from routable mobile switching server


Preliminary investigations for the interactions between surfaces of polymers and water were conducted by the measurements of contact (θ) and sliding-angles (α) with water. Work of adhesion (W) and interaction energies were subsequently calculated by using the values of θ and α, respectively. For the evaluation of actual performances of polymeric materials, shear strength of ice adhesion and snow accretion were measured. Characteristics of homogeneous surfaces of polymers in the interaction with water were obtained. On the basis of these concepts, the materials with heterogeneous surfaces were synthesized. Results of surface characterizations in these polymers showed that the relationship between θ and α, and the other surface attributes are very different according to polymer systems. The surface controlled energetically and morphologically, and the superior hydrophobic property prevented the snow accretion, but not ice adhesion. On the other hand, the organopolysiloxane modified with lithium compound provided the lowest strength of ice adhesion, but a poor capability of snow repellency. In the structural and energetic viewpoints', interactions between heterogeneous surfaces and water (snow and ice) were discussed. For the theoretical prediction, the intermolecular energies between model polymers and water were calculated by using a molecular orbital SCF method. The order of interactions calculated were coincident with experimental values deduced from α, but not from θ. The advantage of heterogeneity of surface was supported by the theoretical understanding. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.


A new organic nonlinear optical (NLO) material L-Histidinium trifluoroacetate was crystallized using L- Histidine and trifluoroacetic acid in 1:1 stoichiometric ratio in water-ethanol medium. X-ray diffraction analysis of the single crystals showed that they belong to triclinic system, space group P1, with two molecules per unit cell. The lat- tice parameters are a = 5.1673(2) A, b = 8.8393(3) A, c = 12.4837(6) A,  = 96.190(3)°,  = 100.020(3)° and  =102.010 (3)°. The molecules are held together by a three-dimensional network of hydrogen bonds. The crystalline perfection was studied by high resolution X-ray diffraction. The second harmonic generation (SHG) efficiency was measured by Kurtz and Perry method. The FTIR, UV-Vis-NIR spectra and TGA/DTA were recorded and studied. Vickers microhardness measurement was also carried out.


Close to a dozen names are now available to describe variation in Cerion on the islands of Little Bahama Bank. These names, plotted in the supposed areas of their occurrence, form the "crazy-quilt" distribution pattern, traditionally, associated with Cerion and ascribed to haphazard transport by hurricanes. We, on the other hand, find remarkably stable patterns in Cerion throughout the northern Bahamas. More than 200 "species" can be reduced to a single, unerringly predictable distribution and interaction of two imperfectly separated entities: a ribby morphotype associated with coasts that abut the edges of the Pleistocene banks, and a mottled morphotype from interior areas and coasts adjacent to bank interiors. We find the same distribution throughout Little Bahama Bank and reduce the current taxonomy to two semispecies: C bendalli Pilsbry and Vanatta ( the mottled morphot>pe ) and C ahacoense Pilsbry and Vanatta (the ribby morphotype ) . The distribution of these semispecies maps the edges and interiors of Pleistocene banks, as described above; the morphological differences make sense in adaptive terms; wherever the taxa meet (at the junction of bank-edge and bankinterior coasts ) , they hybridize in narrow zones that exhibit characteristic morphometric and genetic patterns. We intend to use this combined morphometric and genetic study as a model for our biological revision of the entire genus. We measured 20 characters in samples of 20 shells (when a\ailable) in each of 52 samples spanning the range of phenotypes and their geographic distribution in Little Bahama Bank cerions. Three ^ Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 02138. " Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907. * Published and supported in part by a grant from the Wetmore Coles Fund. factor axes encompass nearly all infonnation (96.3 per cent) in the matrix of mean sample vectors; two axes account for 88 per cent. Ribby and mottled samples from Abaco sort unambiguously on the first two axes; the third axis distinguishes mottled samples from Grand Bahama by their characteristic covariance ( high narrow shells with small and niunerous whorls ) . All samples, defined as hybrids by their geographic position in zones of interaction ( not by their morphology ) , have intennediate projections on the first two axes and plot in the intermediate phenetic field between them on a triangular diagram; samples of the hybrid zone at Rocky Point plot in perfect geographical order. Patterns within morphotypes are equally smooth and simple. Trend surface analysis displays the even variation in size ( a multivariate compound of all measures ) for mottled samples throughout Grand Bahama, the previous basis for three discrete "species"; minor, but consistent, differences characterize slightly isolated regions on Abaco—samples at Treasure Cay, for example. Samples from areas of interaction are intermediate in phenotype between ribby and mottled "parental" populations. At Rocky Point, the very narrow ( less than 1 km. ) hybrid zone displays continuous transition in mean phenotype with no increase in variability within samples. A study of allozxine \ariation at 28 loci (6 variable and scorable ) for the same samples yields very little concordance between biochemical data and i^atterns of variation in shell phenot}/pes. Cerion, though facultati\ ely hermaphroditic, are outcrossing and moderately variable for structural genes sur\eyed (polymorphic loci per population, 20-36 percent; average heterozygosity per individual, 5-12 percent ) . All samples are markedly similar. Nei's I for 820 painvise comparisons ranges only from 0.9451 to 0.9999 (average of 0.9849); no "marker" gene characterizes any region or moipliot\pe—though characteristic frequencies of \ ariable alleles clearly separate Grand Bahamian from Abaconian populations in a statistiBull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 148(8): 371-415, September, 1978 371 372 Bulletin Museum of Comparative Zoology, Vol. 148, No. 8 cal manner. The genetic analysis of h>biid samples affirms our decision to treat the Little Bahama Bank cerions as two semispecies, rather than as geographic \ariation in a single entity. Although we find no increased \ ariation in shell phenotx'pes, hybrid Cerion are significantly more \'ariable genically (both within and among samples) than animals collected elsewhere. They are also polymoiphic for alleles not found in either adjacent "parental" population.


CITATION: Duvenage, C. M. E. 2019. The availability, utilisation and relevance of therapeutic apparatuses in South African occupational therapy clinical practice. South African Journal of Occupational Therapy, 49(3):3-5, doi:10.17159/2310-3833/2019/vol49n3a2.


Since economic crisis, most of conventional banking have stagnant. On the other hand, syari'ah banking have no problems. This paper analyze ihe healthy rate of syari'ah banking especially Bank Muamalat Indonesia and Bank Syariah Mandiri. This paper use CAMEL Modified method that use their finance report of 2000-2002. The result shotw that Bank Muamalat Indonesia can raise its finance performance from not healthy to healthy predicate. The weight of CAMEL, in Bank Svariah Mandiri  have decline but it's still healthy


Identity disclosure has been a problem in data publishing. When it comes to data publishing in collaboration with multiple parties, this problem is more. There might be insider attacks meant for obtaining identity of objects in the given data sources provided by data providers. Sensitive details are to be protected when data is being published. Many anonymization algorithms came into existence. One such good algorithm is m-privacy proposed by Goryczka et al. In this paper we build a framework that solved identity disclosure problem in collaborative data publishing. We build a prototype application that uses m-Privacy concept which is applied to horizontally partitioned data and also set-valued data. Experimental results revealed that the prototype is useful for collaborative data publishing without allowing identity disclosure attacks.


Approaches to the modelling of irradiance and illuminance distribution within the ESP-r system, based on direct computation and co-operating programs respectively, are summarised. A recent extension to the projection-based, solar shading algorithm of the former approach – addressing diffuse beam shading quantification under realistic sky conditions – is described. The paper concludes with results from an example application of the extended algorithm to investigate the impact of diffuse shading on photovoltaic component power output.


The paper proposes a mobile application for clothing coordination, which could be of great benefit for stores and people seek for fashion advices. The application matches apparel image input with, previously saved apparel images, and then provides the user with the possible matching suggestions based on the apparel outline and dominating colors. For this purpose two Region of Interest (ROI) extraction components were developed, to facilitate apparel outline classification and color extraction. Two-level binary support vector machines were trained for apparel's classification into top, skirt or pair of trousers. K-means algorithm was used for recognizing the apparel's dominant colors. The colour matching is offered through analogous and complementary matching; K-nearest neighbor algorithm was adopted for this purpose. The application was developed and tested on Android 2.2 (Froyo) and the results showed that: (1) the application is able to classify apparels at high accuracy, (2) The proposed color recognition and matching strategies outperform the current ones.


This research was conducted with 6 local tir wheat populations obtained from farmers in the Vangolu Basin. It was carried out to determine the germination characteristics of 5 registered wheat varieties. The study was carried out in Van Yuzuncu Yil University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Field Crops Laboratory in 2020 in factorial order on petri dishes according to the Random Plot Trial Pattern with 4 replications. The differences between all germination and seedling characteristics of 6 tir wheat populations (Triticum aestivum var. aestivum L. spp. Leucospermum Korn.) And 5 registered varieties examined in the study were found to be significant. Population and varieties germination index 6.26-9.94%, average germination time 2.01-3.05 days, root length 6.47-9.82 cm, stem length 6.38-10.82 cm, wet root weight 0.55-0.85 mg, wet stem weight 0.86-1.80 mg, dry root their weight was determined between 0.08-0.15 mg and dry body weight between 0.11-0.2 mg. In the study, root dry weight, stem wet weight and stem dry weight of Tir wheat populations were higher than other varieties. In addition, according to the correlation results obtained from the study, increasing root length positively affected the increase in root wet weight, stem wet weight and stem dry weight, similarly, increased root dry weight positively affected the increase in stem dry weight, and again, stem wet weight was It has been found to have a positive effect.


The career progression of women doctors in the NHS is "a serious and significant issue," a senior health minister has said.

Speaking during a debate in the House of Lords on Tuesday, prompted by concerns voiced by Baroness Deech about women doctors' career paths, parliamentary under secretary of state Earl Howe said that far too few women made it to the top of the NHS, which represented a huge loss of talent.

He cited figures showing a 75% surge in women doctors working in the NHS over the past decade, including a 105% rise in the number of female consultants, a 58% increase …


Human Resource is a dynamic factor for any organisation. It deserves an equivalent importance along with other physical assets. That is the reason that it must also be integrate in accounting records. In this regards, 175 responses from different students from higher studies like master of commerce and master of business administration etc, have been obtain. Their views and beliefs for disclosures of Human Resource Accounting have been obtain and analysed. This paper attempts to nd out the respondents perception of professionals for discourse of human resource accounting details in nancial reports.


Purpose: The aim of this in vitro study was to compare the interface dentin-sealer of two sealers (RealSeal and AH Plus) using two magnifications under Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM).
Methods: The coronal two thirds of eight extracted molars were removed and the dentin surfaces were grounded with the sequential use of #180 and #320 SIC paper under water cooling. The samples were divided into two groups of four in accordance to the sealer to be used. The dentin surfaces were treated with 17% EDTA followed by 5.25% NaOCl. Cylinders from polyethylene tubes were applied to the dentin surfaces and filled with freshly prepared sealers. Following 2h setting and storage at 37oC at 100% humidity for a week, the teeth were cut perpendicularly to allow the visualization of the area containing the hole, thus the interface dentin-sealer. SEM analysis was done at three areas along the interface, at 150x and1000x.
Results: The repeated measures ANOVA showed no significant differences between the magnifications. AH-Plus displayed significantly more gaps in the interface dentin-sealer than RealSeal (P=0.002). The increase in magnification, from 150x to 1000x, did not allow any additional identification of gaps.
Conclusion: RealSeal produced less gaps than AH Plus. It could be assumed that 150x is good enough to show defects in the interface dentin-sealer.


We study the effect of the Finnish real exchange rate on the output volumes of 20 manufacturing industries. Our goal is to find out how different industries react to the real exchange rate and whether there are significant differences in these reactions across industries. We use data on industry volumes for the years 1970-2008 supplied by Statistics Finland. Various regression specifications are used to test how the growth rates of industry volumes react to the real exchange rate.


Objective: To evaluate whether Club (Clara) cell protein (CC16) and surfactant-associated protein D (SP-D) can be used as biomarkers for lung injury caused by chromium exposure. Methods: The concentrations of chromium in the air (CrA), chromium in the blood (CrB), lung function, CC16, SP-D, tumor necrosis factor-&agr; (TNF-&agr;), and interleukin-6 (IL-6) were detected in 91 chromium-exposed workers and 38 controls. Results: In chromium-exposed group, the levels of CrA, CrB, SP-D, TNF-&agr;, and IL-6 were significantly higher, whereas forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), FEV1/FVC, maximal expiratory flow (MEF), maximum ventilation volume (MVV), CC16, and CC16/SP-D were lower. Negative correlations were shown between CC16, SP-D or CC16/SP-D, and CrB or inflammatory cytokines (TNF-&agr; and IL-6). Positive relationships were shown between CC16 or CC16/SP-D with indicators of lung function. Tobacco smoking and chromium exposure had synergic effects on lung injury. Conclusions: CC16, as an immunosuppressive protein, and CC16/SP-D can be used as sensitive and noninvasive biomarkers for lung injury. Smoking should be banned in chromium workplaces.


The effect of a transmembrane pH gradient on the ouabain, bumetanide, and phloretin resistant H+ efflux was studied in rabbit erythrocytes. Proton equilibration was reduced by the use of DIDS (125 μM) and acetazolamide (1 mM). H+ efflux from acid loaded erythrocytes (pHi = 6.1) was measured in a K+ (145 mM) medium, pHO = 8.0, in the presence and absence of 60 μM 5,N,N‐dimethyl‐amiloride (DMA). The H+ efflux rate in a K+‐containing medium was 116.38 ± 4.5 mmol/l cell × hr. Substitution of NaO+ for KO+ strongly stimulated H+ efflux to 177.89 ± 7.9 mmol/l cell × hr. The transtimulation of H+ efflux by NaO+ was completely abolished by DMA falling to values not different from controls with an ID50 of about 8.6 × 10−7 M. The sequence of substrate selectivities for the external transport site were Na ⋙ Li > choline, Cs, K, and Glucamine. The transport system has no specific anion requirement, but is inhibited by NO3−. The DMA sensitive H+ efflux was a saturable function of [Na+]O, with an apparent Km and Vmax of about 14.75 ± 1.99 mM and 85.37 ± 7.68 mmol/l cell × hr, respectively. However, the NaO+‐dependent and DMA‐sensitive H+ efflux was sigmoidally activated by [H+]i, suggesting that Hi+ interacts at both transport and modifier sites. An outwardly directed H+ gradient (pHi 6.1, pH = 8.0) also promoted DMA sensitive Na+ entry (61.2 ± 3.0 mmol/l cell × hr) which was abolished when pHO was reduced to 6.0. The data is therefore consistent with the presence of a Na+/H+ exchange system in rabbit erythrocytes.


Video surveillance for real-world anomaly detection and prevention using deep learning is an important and difficult research area. It is imperative to detect and prevent anomalies to develop a nonviolent society. Real-world video surveillance cameras automate the detection of anomaly activities and enable the law enforcement systems for taking steps toward public safety. However, a human-monitored surveillance system is vulnerable to oversight anomaly activity. In this paper, an automated deep learning model is proposed in order to detect and prevent anomaly activities. The real-world video surveillance system is designed by implementing the ResNet-50, a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) model, to extract the high-level features from input streams whereas temporal features are extracted by the Convolutional GRU (ConvGRU) from the ResNet-50 extracted features in the time-series dataset. The proposed deep learning video surveillance model (named ConvGRU-CNN) can efficiently detect anomaly activities. The UCF-Crime dataset is used to evaluate the proposed deep learning model. We classified normal and abnormal activities, thereby showing the ability of ConvGRU-CNN to find a correct category for each abnormal activity. With the UCF-Crime dataset for the video surveillance-based anomaly detection, ConvGRU-CNN achieved 82.22% accuracy. In addition, the proposed model outperformed the related deep learning models.


Abstract : Field experiments were conducted with the AFGL Mesonet and FPS-77 digital radar during snowstorms for evaluation of the use of radar to observe and predict snow. Simultaneous measurements of optical extinction coefficient, radar reflectivity, and snow depth were made, together with determinations of visual range. The measurements verify both the calibration of the visibility instruments and the relationship between visual range and extinction coefficient. A relationship found between extinction coefficient and snowfall rate compares well with relationships found by other investigators. Radar reflectivity is found to be related to extinction coefficient, with the correlation being improved by time averaging and by allowance for velocity of snowflakes from the radar beam to the ground. However, the specification errors are of the order of + or - 42 percent to + or - 65 percent, and with the small spatial and temporal variability of extinction coefficient in snow, the radar is of marginal use where observations are available from the airways network. (Author)


Transparency of the skin is an important keyword that is frequently used in questionnaires related to the female skin condition and skin consciousness, as well as an index for 'before and after' comparisons of the effect of cosmetics. However, the concept of 'transparency' has not been concretely defined. In the present study, we investigated the importance of 'transparent skin' and the relationship between transparency and other expressions for skin condition comparing the young with middle-aged and elderly women. Furthermore, we also analyzed the correlation between the subjective assessment score of transparency of panels made by evaluators and the skin physiological parameters of those panels, and compared the difference of their relationship when the young and middle-aged and elderly women were employed as evaluators. Regarding the consciousness of the young women, the importance of 'transparent skin' was ranked in the top position while 'skin roughness' was the chief worry of the middle-aged and elderly women. On the other hand, both age groups indicated that transparent skin is a complex concept composed of skin texture, color, and moisture. Analysis of the relationship between the subjective assessment and the skin physiological parameters showed that the uneven dispersion of b in the skin color (standard deviation), the water content of stratum corneum, and the skin surface configuration (depth of furrows, amount of furrows) closely correlated with the judgment of skin transparency in the young group, in contrast to the uneven dispersion of L and a in the skin color (standard deviation) in the middle-aged and elderly women. These results suggest that there may be no differences between the different age groups in the linguistic concept of transparency, while there may be differences in the physiological characteristics of skin that are utilized in making the judgment of transparency.


Objective
To investigate effects of school race/ethnic enrollment on mental health in early adolescence by examining both race/ethnic density (percent non-Latinx [NL] White enrollment) and diversity (range/size of all race/ethnic groups enrolled). Variation by student race/ethnic identity is examined as minority stressors are uniquely experienced by race/ethnic minority students.

Design
Longitudinal cohort from a broader mental health study.

Setting
Fourteen schools in Texas (2011-2015).

Participants
Sixth-grade participants (mean age 11.5 years) linked to publicly available data about their school (N=389).

Main Outcome Measures
Self-reported depressive-anxious symptoms over a two-year period.

Methods
Generalized estimating equations tested main effects of density/diversity on depressive-anxious symptoms across student-reported race/ethnic identity, adjusting for student/school factors. Owing to statistically significant Latinx-group differences by acculturative stress, four unique identities were generated: NL-Black, low-stress Latinx, high-stress Latinx, and NL-White-referent. Points of convergence of student mental health profiles across density/diversity were explored.

Results
A significant interaction between density and student race/ethnicity was found (P<.01), with NL-Black and low-stress Latinx vs NL-White students experiencing higher symptoms over the two-year period, net of covariates. In contrast, greater diversity was associated with higher symptoms, net of controls (P<.05). A marginally significant interaction (P=.06) revealed fewer symptoms for high-stress Latinx vs NL-White students. At about 25%, NL-White density and diversity of .5-.6, all students experienced similar mental health profiles.

Conclusions
Greater NL-White density increases mental health risk for NL-Black and low-stress Latinx students, while school diversity lowers risk for high-stress Latinx students. These findings demonstrate how educational settings may produce or lessen minority stress.


BackgroundGestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), the most common metabolic disorder of pregnancy, is a long term risk of comorbidities for maternal and neonatal. The study aimed to assess the association between the echocardiographic epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) and the risk for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in the early second trimester.MethodsSingleton pregnancies were enrolled in this study between September 2017 and January 2019 during their 16–20 gestational week. Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of individual maternal factors as potential predictors for GDM were calculated using generalized linear models. The receiver-operating-characteristic (ROC) analysis was conducted to assess the discriminative capacity of any individual maternal factor in predicting GDM.Results69 GDM and 420 normal women were included in the main analysis. Multivariate regression analysis revealed that EAT thickness (OR = 1.96, 95%CI: 1.50–2.55) and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (OR = 0.21, 95%CI: 0.05–0.84) were associated with the presence of GDM (P < 0.05). Meanwhile, EAT thickness was associated with adverse outcomes (including large for gestational age, neonatal hypoglycemia, admission to neonatal intensive care unit, preterm delivery, and hyperbilirubinemia) in the GDM group (P < 0.05). ROC analysis revealed that the area under curve was 0.698 and the cutoff value is 6.77mm only using EAT thickness. After added high-density lipoprotein cholesterol into the analysis, the area under curve was increase into 0.713.ConclusionsEchocardiographic EAT thickness is positively and significantly associated with GDM risk and adverse outcomes related to GDM. Echocardiographic EAT is a simple method to predict the development of GDM prior to actual clinical diagnosis. This method provides a new early window of opportunity to implement primary prevention strategies to prevent GDM and reduce the related adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes.


ABSTRACT We show that the only orthogonal polynomials with a generating function of the form are the ultraspherical, Hermite, and Chebyshev polynomials of the first kind. For special F for which this is the case, we then finish the classification of orthogonal polynomials with more general generating functions .


Lawson warns at the beginning of the book that the text she is producing is not definitive and she ends with a few words on the reflexivity of her own writing. She includes the 'Gestalt' picture of the duck/rabbit, hence the title of the conclusion. The text itself performed two roles for the reviewer, an interesting intellectual exercise and a frustratingly thin theoretical analysis. This latter was not simply the result of the internal conundrum posed by the author. The discontent arose,


Introduction: Before the mass vaccination, epidemiological control measures were the only means of containing the COVID-19 epidemic. Their effectiveness determined the consequences of the COVID-19 epidemic. Our study evaluated the impact of sociodemographic, lifestyle, and clinical factors on patient-reported epidemiological control measures. Methods: A nationwide representative sample of 1008 randomly selected adults were interviewed in person between 15 March and 30 May 2021. The prevalence of test-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection was 12.1%, of testing was 33.7%, and of contact tracing among test-confirmed infected subjects was 67.9%. The vaccination coverage was 52.4%. Results: According to the multivariable logistic regression models, the occurrence of infection was not influenced by sociodemographic and lifestyle factors or by the presence of chronic disease. Testing was more frequent among middle-aged adults (aOR = 1.53, 95% CI 1.10–2.13) and employed adults (aOR = 2.06, 95% CI 1.42–3.00), and was more frequent among adults with a higher education (aORsecondary = 1.93, 95% CI 1.20–3.13; aORtertiary = 3.19, 95% CI 1.81–5.63). Contact tracing was more frequently implemented among middle-aged (aOR41-7y = 3.33, 95% CI 1.17–9.45) and employed (aOR = 4.58, 95% CI 1.38–15.22), and those with chronic diseases (aOR = 5.92, 95% CI 1.56–22.47). Positive correlation was observed between age groups and vaccination frequency (aOR41-70y = 2.94, 95% CI 2.09–4.15; aOR71+y = 14.52, 95% CI 7.33–28.77). Higher than primary education (aORsecondary = 1.69, 95% CI 1.08–2.63; aORtertiary = 4.36, 95% CI 2.46–7.73) and the presence of a chronic disease (aOR = 2.58, 95% CI 1.75–3.80) positively impacted vaccination. Regular smoking was inversely correlated with vaccination (aOR = 0.60; 95% CI 0.44–0.83). Conclusions: The survey indicated that testing, contact tracing, and vaccination were seriously influenced by socioeconomic position; less so by chronic disease prevalence and very minimally by lifestyle. The etiological role of socioeconomic inequalities in epidemic measure implementation likely generated socioeconomic inequality in COVID-19-related complication and death rates.


Achieving seamless integration between virtual objects and real scenes has always been an important issue in augmented reality (AR) research. To achieve this, it is necessary to provide virtual objects with real-time and accurate lighting conditions from a real scene. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to realize lighting consistency rendering for real-time AR systems in outdoor environments, aiming to enhance the user's sense of immersion. In this paper, we propose a lighting consistency technique for real-time AR systems in outdoor environments based on multi-source geographical information (MGI). Specifically, we introduce MGI into the study of lighting consistency and construct a comprehensive database to store and manage the acquired MGI data. Based on this, we proposed a sky radiance model driven using the MGI. Finally, we utilized the sky radiance model along with light sensor data to render the virtual objects in outdoor scenes. The experimental results show that the shadow angular error is reduced to 5.2°, and the system frame rate is increased to 94.26. This means that our method achieves a high level of realism in the fusion of virtual objects and real scenes while ensuring a high frame rate in the system. With this technology, users can conveniently and extensively realize the lighting consistency rendering of real-time AR systems in outdoor scenes using mobile devices.


This paper aims to provide arguments to try to resolve the discussion about the two arguments put forward by Aristotle on the first mover: the one disclosed in Physics VIIVII, and the other one in Metaphysics XII. The discussion assumes the idea that both theses are exclusive of each other, since the first mover is in one of them postulated as an efficient cause, while in the other is posited as a final cause. The aim is to show the absolute irreducibility of positions held in both books and contribute for a diachronic interpretation of the theory. Thus, following the ideas of Aristotle on the soul, the text seeks to deny the option that attempts to apply the first mover as well as an efficient cause as a final cause.


Abstract IT WAS recently shown (Fisher and Weiss, 1956) that surgical removal of the crop of young chicks did not in any way interfere with their feed consumption and growth. Since Mangold (1929) indicated that crop removal was almost always fatal (employing mature hens) and furthermore, since he states that regeneration or new out-pouchings occur soon after removal of the crop, it was thought of interest to report herein further data which we have accumulated on cropless birds. As indicated previously (Fisher and Weiss, 1956) no difficulties were experienced in raising chicks to full maturity. We have since maintained such birds through a complete laying season with excellent production throughout. In Figure 1 are shown part of the digestive tracts from the upper esophagus down to the proventriculus of two hens, respectively, which had their crops surgically removed at one week of age and two control birds. It can be seen …


The purpose of this study was to investigate the direct effect of brand image and service quality on customer satisfaction and customer loyalty. This study also investigates the indirect effect of brand image and service quality on customer loyalty through customer satisfaction as a mediating variable. Samples in this study amounted to 170 customers who buy products boutique Zoya in Malang. Sampling method is used purposive sampling method. Hypotheses testing in this research is used PATH analysis. The research found that brand image and service quality has a significant influence on customer satisfaction and customer loyalty. Consumer satisfaction has a significant influence on customer loyalty. Consumer satisfaction is also able to mediate indirect influence brand image and service quality on customer loyalty DOI : https://doi.org/10.26905/jbm.v4i1.1711


Abstract Wales has not adopted the English IAPT system and has no centralized training plan for developing cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) in Wales. However, Welsh Government policy expresses an ambition to improve access to evidence-based psychological therapies for people in Wales. This study focuses on one Welsh Health Board's plan to improve access to CBT. The study aims to benchmark support for effective delivery of CBT in the Health Board against NICE and Department of Health standards, and to establish whether the Health Board's plan is succeeding in developing staff capability and access to evidence-based CBT. Mental health staff funded by the Health Board to complete accredited training in CBT were asked to complete an online questionnaire asking about their training, accreditation, use of CBT, and experience of workplace support for delivering CBT. The standards were taken from the Department of Health competency framework for CBT, NICE guidelines and BABCP safety and confidentiality criteria. The Health Board performed well across seven standards of workplace support for the delivery of evidence-based CBT. Staff funded to undertake accredited CBT training continued to develop and to use CBT in their everyday clinical practice. The study indicates that the Health Board is succeeding in offering good standards of workplace support for CBT, including access to accredited CBT training. A recommendation is made that this be shared with other Welsh Health Boards and that a comparable study be undertaken within an IAPT service.


Police culture plays the important role as the engine in the police force construction. Taking the police sports activities as the carrier and a cultural phenomenon, this paper discusses the fusion and function of police culture construction in cultural mainline, trying to seek the factors for police culture construction factor so as to stimulate police culture construction vitality. This paper argues that physical training ought to be an important means to transmit and spread police culture, and promote police culture construction in terms of its fusion of behavior culture, management culture, and spiritual culture.


This paper extends the function of Amari-Takeuchi's model by adding an inhibitory cell with nonlinear characteristics to their self-organizing model of the feature-detecting cell. The generalized model is shown to separate even patterns in mutually inclusive relation, forming the feature-detecting cells for each of the patterns. It is shown that when a learning parameter in the model is modified, it can perform classifications under various criteria based on the similarity. Then an associative model based on the feature-detecting cell is proposed. The model is composed of three subsystems: the feature-detecting cell formation subsystem to convert in a self-organizing way the input pattern to the specified feature set; the learning subsystem, which associates in a multiple way two kinds of signals by cross-correlation; and the decoding learning subsystem, which restores the original pattern from the coded signal. The behavior of the model was examined under a multiple-associative environment. The model can handle the mutual and self recalls in a unified way, and the memorized patterns associated with the key pattern are recalled successively. The result indicates a role of the feature-detecting cell in the associative memory. It is also suggested that the model can be a basis for accounting for the high-level associative function through association of high-level notions.


The article studies the effectiveness of the governors designations system, how it has been changing in time, how had it affected on the removability of the heads of subjects of the Russian Federation, who actually influences the decision making, what are the last trends of development. Specific character of technologies used for control of political process in the subjects of the Russian Federation is shown.


The stacked-cone morphology GaN nanorods with diameters of 100–400 nm and lengths of tens of micrometers were synthesized by metal-catalyzed chemical vapor deposition. The stacked-cone GaN nanorods possessed dominated hexagonal crystalline structure with growth direction along [0001]. TEM analysis showed that the top tip had a bicrystal structure of hexagonal and cubic phases, while the stem and side tip had single hexagonal phase. Room temperature field emission test showed the turn-on field was 8.9 V/µm at 0.1 µA/cm2 and current density was about 0.1 mA/cm2 at 14.2 V/µm at a vacuum gap of 70 µm. The field enhancement factor β and anode-cathode gap d follows a universal equation. The simple synthesis method and good emission properties imply their potential application in vacuum microelectronic.


Traumatic life experiences occur when individuals experience life-threatening or other similarly dis-stressful events in life. Much literature discussed the negative implications of traumatic life experiences. I argue, in contrast, that individuals can also demonstrate resilience toward traumatic life experiences by performing creatively at work in some situations. Drawing from positive organizational scholarship and a sensemaking perspective, I propose a conceptual model to examine the processes and conditions that help employees engage in work creativity activities while they are coping with traumatic incidents in another aspect of life. Importantly, I contend that this engagement can enable employees to bring creative insight to work, develop a resilient self-concept, and shape the future organizational discourse on trauma and resilience. The proposed model contributes to a better understanding of employees' work creativity as a constructive response to traumatic experiences and provides directions for positive organizational changes that support these responses.


This paper explores a specific contact-induced change, that is, innovation, defined as structure that emerges as a consequence of contact between two languages and that diverges from the patterns of both the model language and the replica language. In other terms, these new innovated linguistic features are not created on the model of the model language. In this paper I investigate the development of new features as consequences of the contact between Purepecha, the replica language, and Spanish, the model language, with which it has been in contact for nearly five centuries. According to the types of contact-induced changes described by Thomason and Kaufman (1988), Purepecha presents a situation of intense contact and the characteristics of a shift situation, since the changes are mainly in phonology and morphosyntax (Chamoreau 2007, 2010).


The utility model relates to a pencil sharpener for preventing a pencil lead from being broken. The pencil sharpener comprises a pencil sharpener main body, wherein a blade is arranged on the top end face of the pencil sharpener main body, a pencil sharpening hole is formed in the outer wall of the pencil sharpener below the blade, a buckling block is arranged at the tail end of the pencil sharpening hole, and a bulge block is arranged in front of the buckling block. The pencil sharpener for preventing the pencil lead from being broken has the advantages that the pencil lead and the pencil sharpener are kept in a parallel state through the protruding block, and the sharpening length of the pencil lead is limited through the bulge block, the structure is simple, the convenience is brought for the use, and the sharpened pencil lead is enabled not to be easily broken from the two aspects.


In May 1982, the British government requisitioned numerous private vessels, including the transatlantic liner the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, for use during the Falklands (Malvinas) War. In taking up ships from trade, the rules contained in the 1907 Hague Convention VII relating to the conversion of merchant ships into warships afforded some guidance to Britain. This article reviews the development of the use made by governments of private ships during wartime, the need for Hague Convention VII, and the relevance of that Convention to the British requisition exercise undertaken in 1982.


Introduction. The development of fish farming in aquaculture in a sustainable way ensures the sustainability of fisheries, which is associated with local problems in each region. Ukraine's fish production has been falling sharply over the last 30 years, and in 2021 the decline was more than 87 percent in comparison with 1990. In the Ukrainian aquaculture sector, there is a high degree of bureaucracy and risks of corruption, which need to be addressed in order to find a solution for the economy and businessmen. World reports show that Ukraine is among the world's leaders in illegal fishing. Thus, it is highly necessary to implement technologies for sector traceability and transparency, i.e., blockchain.
Aim and tasks. The main aim of this article is to research the possible mechanism of implementation of the transparent and efficient system of using the aquatic bioresources of Ukraine. A secondary aim would be to actualize the information regarding the use of blockchain technology in the aquaculture sector.
Results. This research shows that Ukraine's aquacultural sector is going through a crisis, which is being induced by the high level of corruption and poaching. The digitization of the aquaculture supply chain powered by blockchain technology has been proposed. The role of blockchain technologies is revealed through functions such as evidence, tamper-proof, transparency, and decentralization. It was investigated the positive impact of blockchain technology on aquaculture business, such as reduction in bureaucracy, quality assurance, improvement in information exchange, low cost of transactions, improvement in audit performance, easy recall process, product origin verification, and low probability of fraudulent activity. It would greatly reduce the time needed to gather all the documentation essential for work and reporting. The blockchain implementation roadmap has been developed, including the following stages: concept, legislation compliance, limited prototype, final vision, further research and optimization.
Conclusions. Blockchain technology fits Ukraine's economic goals in the long term perspective, such as continued digitalization of the country. Due to the blockchain technology, products of aquaculture would not enter the market unless registered in the unified system. That will influence the reduction of "informal economy" in the sector and the increase of market mechanisms. It will also have a positive influence on food security for the population and economic security for the producers. It will be a precedent for a fully transparent and digitalized field of economy.


The complex slip characteristics between the tracks and the terrain make it difficult to build an accurate model for intelligent tracked vehicles. Both the path planning and lateral control, however, are highly dependent on the accurate tracked vehicle model. To overcome the issue, a slip model based on the instantaneous centers of rotation (ICRs) of tracks and a dual-layer adaptive unscented Kalman filter (DAUKF) are used to estimate the ICR locations in real-time without requiring prior knowledge of terrain parameters. First, the historical trajectory information is used to estimate ICR locations by the upper-layer AUKF estimator preliminarily. The ICR locations estimated in the upper-layer and the current vehicle state are then imported into the model to predict the future trajectory which can be used to estimate the offset as compensation of preliminarily estimated ICR locations by the lower-layer AUKF estimator. The proposed DAUKF is verified by simulations on MATLAB/Simulink. In order to further verify the effectiveness and practicability of the algorithm, a large number of experiments under different terrains and road conditions are implemented on the electric-drive tracked vehicle. The simulation and experimental results illustrate that the proposed DAUKF can estimate the ICR locations efficiently and accurately, which can improve the accuracy of the tracked vehicle model compared with those of extended Kalman filter (EKF), UKF, and AUKF.


About tens of antineoplastic compounds from ascidians have been reviewed with emphasis on the antitumor mechanisms of some important ones such as Ecteinascidians 743, Psedodistomins D-F, and their activities and sources and the status of the study on ascidians in China have been summarized.


This article develops a method of input design for the identification of wireless power transfer (WPT) systems based on receding horizon D-optimization. The dynamic behavior of the system is characterized by a discrete-time, single-input, single-output (SISO) model, and the associated model parameters are estimated by a recursive least-squares (RLS) method. To improve the quality of the parameter estimates, the excitation signal of the system is designed based on receding horizon D-optimization. To improve the convergence and efficiency of the input design process, the sequential quadratic programming (SQP) method is employed to solve the receding horizon D-optimization. Numerical and experimental results are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.


We have been conducting an interferometry of SAR images acquired by ALOS/PALSAR and TerraSAR-X to reveal ground deformation and the configuration of basement of the Kyoto basin and the Osaka plain. We have analyzed PALSAR ascending images and applied a 2.5 dimension analysis to the stacked interferograms from both the ascending and descending orbits. We analyzed 24 SAR images from the path 414 and frame 680 acquired during the period from October 8, 2006 to October 19, 2010. Pairs of images that have as short perpendicular baselines and long temporal intervals as possible were selected for interferometry. After that, interferograms were stacked to obtain average rate of line-of-sight (LOS) changes. During the interferometry, we applied flattening in order to reduce long-wavelength noise, which might have been originated by ionospheric disturbances. We used PALSAR images from descending orbit (path 65, frame 2920). Last year, we detected LOS decrease in the southern part of Kyoto basin and LOS increase along the Arima-Takatsuki Tectonic Line (ATTL) from the analysis of descending images. Furthermore, analyses of TerraSAR-X images also gave similar results, which suggests that these observations revealed real ground deformations. In this study, we also recognized LOS decrease in southern part of Kyoto basin and LOS increase along the ATTL. Then we applied 2.5 dimension analysis to these stacked interferograms to decompose LOS velocities in two directions into E-W and quasi-vertical components. Finally, we obtained about 1 cm/yr uplift in the southern part of Kyoto basin and 5 mm/yr subsidence along ATTL. In these areas, we did not recognize notable horizontal components, which suggests that they are purely uplift or subsidence. Interestingly, uplift in Kyoto is bounded by two active faults (Katagihara and Haibara faults). It is worth noting that more than 1 cm/yr subsidence were observed at the western edge of ATTL in the Toyonaka city. Other notable features are (1) subsidence in the reclaimed area on the coast of the Osaka Bay, (2) subsidence north of the Yodo River, and (3) subsidence west of the Osaka Prefectural Office. The origin of these ground deformation remains hypothesis, but it is speculated that changes in groundwater table may affect the ground deformation in the Kyoto basin, since there is a big reservoir. Subsidence along ATTL may also be related to change in groundwater level and associated compaction of soil. One possibility is the postseismic effect of the 1995 Kobe earthquake, since the feature of the subsidence is quite similar to that observed during the postseismic period of the 2006 Mozambique earth-quake. PALSAR level 1.0 data were obtained from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) under MEXT s (Ministry of Ed-ucation, Culture, Sports, and Science and Technology) research project (Intensive Observation of the Uemachi Fault). The ownership of PALSAR data belongs to METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) and JAXA. TerraSAR-X images were supplied by Pasco Ltd. under the Research Program by the Forum for the Application of SAR Technology. Copyright of TerreSAR-X images belongs to Infoterra GmbH.


An installation for studying the dynamics and carrying capacity of a single-stage magnetic rotor suspension has been created. The evaluation of the proposed installation with regard to its potential use was carried out. The possibility of creating a rotor suspension based on hybrid active magnetic bearings was investigated with the help of the setup. If hybrid active magnetic bearings are used, the magnetic rotor suspension will allow to replace the existing classical active magnetic bearings used in vacuum, cryogenic and pumping equipment, reducing the energy costs without changing the geometric parameters of the existing units' housings. Experimental research of characteristics of axial active electromagnet is conducted (minimum power required to keep the rotor in vertical position is obtained). A finite-element model of the axial active magnetic bearing is created. The calculation results of the model are compared with the experimental data and the inductive transducer is calibrated. Experimental installation of a single-step rotor magnetic suspension is designed and manufactured. An electrical circuit for controlling the experimental setup is assembled. The program for PID-controller is given and its principle of operation is described with respect to the specified installation


Bone allograft is widely used to restore bone stock after failure of total joint replacements. By application of single recombinant growth factors around noncemented implants alone or mixed with bone allograft, osteointegration can be enhanced(1). However concerns of accelerated graft resorption and cost may limit their clinical use (1). Platelets are an autologous source of growth factors. Platelet rich plasma has been shown to be capable of stimulating osteoblast-like cells in vitro (3), and enhancing incorporation of bone autograft in vivo in maxillofacial applications (7). AGF® is an autologous platelet concentrate processed by a commercially available ultra Concentrator (Interpore-Cross International). In this study we hypothesized that the effect of AGF® on mechanical implant fixation is improved in two situations 1: AGF® alone (around loaded implants), 2: AGF® in combination with morselized bone allograft (around nonloaded implants). MATERIALS AND METHODS


Unsurfaced pavement sections are often constructed over weak subgrades and placement of geotextiles at the aggregate-subgrade interface has been shown to provide layer separation and pavement reinforcement benefits. As part of a recent full-scale pavement testing research effort at the University of Illinois, open-graded aggregate materials with large top-size particles were used to provide a "platform" for placement and compaction of dense-graded surface layers. Geotextile separation and reinforcement of the aggregate-subgrade interface was considered in the experimental design to improve load distribution within the aggregate layer and prevent material migration across the layer interface. A 305-mm thick foundation layer was first constructed over the subgrade, and was subsequently "capped" with a 152-mm thick surface layer comprising a dense-graded crushed limestone material. The test sections were loaded to failure under geotextile-reinforced and unreinforced conditions along two wheel paths separated by a distance of 2.4 m. The geotextile-reinforced sections performed significantly better and showed lower rate of rut accumulation compared to the unreinforced sections that underwent shear failure after a few load applications. The reinforced sections also sustained significantly higher number of load applications (up to 200% higher) before accumulating the same amount of rutting as the unreinforced sections. Excavation of transverse trench sections after testing showed significantly reduced interlayer material migration due to geotextile use.


Abstract:The article explores how the inclusion of art-making and creative writing by people labeled on the schizophrenia spectrum, most often positioned as "Outsiders," is characterized by medicalization, romanticization, marginalization, and commodification in historical and critical discourses. Beginning with Catherine Prendergast's observation that mental disability results in being disabled rhetorically, the article asks how the art classroom and curriculum also become rhetorical spaces through which rhetorics like those identified by G. Thomas Couser in relationship to disability memoir, mainly rhetorics of triumph, horror, spiritual compensation, and nostalgia, can either be problematically replicated or challenged (Prendergast 57; Couser 33). It is suggested that dominant contemporary stigmatizing views about the schizophrenia spectrum impact the interpretation and teaching of these works. Specific recommendations are made for art educators who include artwork and writing by those labeled on the schizophrenia spectrum for constructing what Couser describes as a "rhetoric of emancipation" by disrupting an overly formalistic approach to the work through the inclusion of critical conversations about the historical medicalization and romanticization of these artists' and writers' work (33).


The physics of storage and processing of quantum information has been of rapidly growing interest during the last years. Information processing at the quantum level might have important future applications relevant to quantum computation ~QC!, quantum cryptography, precision spectroscopy, and the study of decoherence @1–4#. A large number of theoretical proposals on QC are based on a scheme where two-level quantum systems carry quantum information. Manipulation of single quantum bits ~qubits! and interaction between qubits is mediated by laser @5,6# or radio frequency @7# radiation. Any arbitrary quantum logical process can be realized with single-qubit and two-qubit operations @8#. For experiments that are aimed to implement quantum information processing several requirements have to be fulfilled: First, the qubits have to be well decoupled from the environment to protect them against decoherence, i.e., loss of the quantum-mechanical information. It is also necessary to manipulate qubits individually to control their quantum state with so-called single qubit rotations. Furthermore, in order to implement logical gates between qubits, some wellcontrolled interaction between them is employed to generate entanglement. Finally, at the end of an information processing run, which in general may consist of many singleand two-bit operations, the quantum state of the qubits must be determined ~i.e., read out! with ideally 100% efficiency to obtain the final result of the QC process. Only very few existing physical systems meet all these requirements simultaneously. Cirac and Zoller were the first to propose the use of trapped ions for QC @9#. The quantum information is encoded into long-lived internal states of the ions, and the conditional dynamics ~i.e., controlled-NOT operations! between qubits are implemented via laser excitation involving the electronic state of two individually addressed ions and the common quantized vibrational modes of the ion string in the trap. In order to generate arbitrary entangled states of many ions or, equivalently, to implement any quantum information process, we emphasize that all proposed schemes strictly require individual manipulations of a single qubit. In a series of experiments on trapped Be ions it has been shown recently that most of the above requirements for a QC process are indeed met by trapped ions, using highly advanced techniques of ion trapping, laser cooling, and laser manipulation of the trapped ions @10#. However, individual addressing, one of the indispensable requirements for QC,


The transverse foramen, which transmits the vertebral vessels, is the result of special formation of the cervical transverse processes. It is formed by a vestigial costal element fused to the body of the originally true transverse process of the vertebra. In the atlas, where the vertebral artery exits the transverse foramen to enter the cranium, many bony variations have been described, and some are attributable to tortuosity of the vessel, as well as stress forces on the neck. The transverse foramen of the atlas has not been studied in terms of shape, morphometry, presence or absence and bilateral differences. This may shed light on the side differences in neck and vertebra-basilar pathology. A hundred and two atlases obtained from the Osteology Department of National Museums of Kenya were observed for presence, shape and variations of the transverse foramen. Accessory transverse foramina were noted, as well as missing foramina. Anteroposterior and mediolateral diameters of the foramina were taken and the area calculated. Out of the 102 vertebra studied (204 foramina transversaria), 8 incomplete foramina were observed, 6 on the right side and 2 bilateral. There were 4 double transverse foramina observed, 1 on the left and 3 on the right side. All atlases had foramina transversaria. The foramina categorized into types 1 to 5 using a recognized criterion. On the right side, type 4 was predominant (40.2%), while on the left, types 2 and 5 were predominant (39.2% each). Morphometrically, the right and left transverse foramina had mean cross-sectional area of 36.30mm2 and 37.20mm2 respectively. The presence of variations in the foramen transversaria is predominant on the right side. Further, the right foramina have a smaller cross-sectional area. These should be taken into account during posterior cervical approaches, as well as during evaluation of cervicogenic syndromes. Keywords: Atlas vertebrae, transverse foramina, morphometry


Emotional functions, as well as cognitive functions, are critical factors to assess in the care and management for dementia patients. In addition to the Mini‐Mental State Examination (MMSE), we have developed a Mini‐Emotional State Examination (MESE) for the examination of emotional functions in patients with dementia.


In this article examined the problem of bringing traditional scientifi c apparatus of Kazakhstan in accordance with generally accepted system of pedagogical concepts. In particular, knowledge paradigm of education should be revised in the position of a competence approach in Europe. In connection with this proposed indicators competence of students of medical Universities, while their working with diagnostic, therapeutic medical equipment, as well as competence in the scientifi c research, pedagogical and etc. work. On the basis of the research there were defi ned 13 indicators for work with therapeutic technique, 7 indicators for carrying out of scientifi c-research work, 9 for educational and 10 for the organizational and managerial work.


A 68-year-old man was referred with a 6-week history of a blistering eruption affecting both feet. This appeared within patches of vitiligo that were long-standing and had not previously responded to topical steroid treatment and phototherapy. Therefore, that patient decided to try a paste of ground figs, which he applied to the patches of vitiligo on his feet and shins, and then he spent time barefoot outdoors on a sunny day. Within hours he developed erythema and pain in the patches of vitiligo on the dorsa of both feet, and developed blistering on his right forefoot. This was managed conservatively in primary care, and he completed a course of oral flucloxacillin. After 4 weeks, he developed more blisters on his right forefoot, which extended proximally, and also blisters on his left foot. He was initially referred to the burns team for wound care and then to the dermatology department due to the progressive blistering. He had a medical history of hypertension and gastritis, and was on long-standing treatment with amlodipine and omeprazole. On physical examination, the patient had symmetrically distributed depigmented patches of vitiligo affecting the dorsa of both feet and the shins. There were healing erosions from deroofed blisters on the right forefoot, new erosions on both ankles and the left forefoot, and two intact tense bullae on the right forefoot (Fig. 1). The patches of vitiligo on the shins, which had been covered during outdoor exposure, were unaffected. There were no eczematous patches, mucosal involvement or significant ankle oedema.


The appropriate stabilizing agent and added water weight for producing Prunus humilis cloudy juice were determined through single factor experiment,and the optimal formula and conditions of enzymolysis were selected through orthogonal design.The results showed that the viscosity and original flavor decreased with the increase of added water weight.The enzymolysis under suitable conditions could increase the juice yield significantly.The juice looked and tasted well with 10% of sugar concentration,65% of raw juice concentration,0.12%~0.16% of critic acid concentration.The stability of juice was better with xanthan gum only.The final product was rich in nutrition.It was concluded that the added water weight was doubled of Prunus humilis weight;the optimal enzymolysis conditions were at 30℃ for 1.5 hours with 0.03% of pectinase;the optimal formula included 65% of raw juice,0.12% of citric acid,10% of sugar and 0.1% xanthan gum.This study provided technical support for stability in production and storage process of Prunus humilis cloudy juice,and broadened the utilization way of Prunus humilis fruits.


We developed and evaluated tsunami simulations on FPGAs by designing optimized OpenCL kernels that execute 2-D stencil calculation. By using Intel FPGA SDK for OpenCL, we obtained efficient FPGA designs exploiting temporal parallelism. The performance of our optimal implementation is 446 and 790 GFlops for Arria10 and Stratix10, respectively. These implementations are much faster than a design only exploiting spatial parallelism. The performance on Stratix10 is faster than our GPU implementation on Tesla V100 GPU.


The book of proverbs lies in the Old Testament. Beautiful and wisely sayings of prophet Solomon Sang of the Songs and Proverbs are considered the masterpieces that reflect the highest rank of poetry and the most influenced sayings. The book of Proverbs consists of seven (7) sections and thirty-one (31) chapters.The first section (chapter 1-9) consists of sayings of Solomon in which the father or teacher advise his son or students. The second section consists of two parts, the first part (10-14) contrasting the righteous and the wicked, and the second (15-22:16) addressing wise and foolish speech. Verse 22:17 opens 'the words of the wise', until verse 24:22, with short moral discourses on various subjects. Verses 24:23-34 'also belong to wise' chapters 25-29 are proverbs of Solomon composed by "the men of "Hezekiah", contrast the just and the wicked proverbs 30 are 'The words of Agur' the last chapter 31 consists of the words of king Lemuel and the proverbs of the ideal wise woman. This article describes the composition of proverbs and throws light on the importance of these golden sayings.


The effects of ACTH and 8‐Br‐cAMP on growth and replication of a functional mouse adrenal tumor cell line (Y‐1) were investigated. ACTH and 8‐Br‐cAMP both inhibited DNA synthesis and replication when added to randomly growing cell cultures. ACTH addition and serum deprivation each arrested cells in G1; an additional point of arrest in G2 occurred with 8‐Br‐cAMP. Cells whose growth was arrested in G1 by ACTH had a significantly larger volume and protein and RNA content compared to cells arrested in G1 by serum deprivation. When ACTH or 8‐Br‐cAMP was added with serum to cells arrested by serum deprivation, the wave of DNA synthesis and cell division seen with serum was abolished. ACTH and 8‐Br‐cAMP had no effect on the serum‐induced increases in protein and RNA content, rates of leucine incorporation into protein and uridine incorporation into RNA, and RNA polymerase I activity observed in cells during the pre‐replicative period. Partial inhibition of the serum‐induced increase in uridine transport occurred. ACTH and cAMP do not appear to inhibit replication by generalized negative pleiotypic effects but rather to inhibit the initiation of DNA synthesis more specifically. The ACTH‐arrested Y‐1 cell resembles an in vivo hypertrophied adrenal cortical cell.


PurposeThis paper aims to uncover how implementation practices affect the unfolding of integration as the ideal of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. In this way, the authors aim to provide a better understanding of the ways in which the ideal of integration affects the complexity of ERP systems.Design/methodology/approachThis paper interprets a case study of the implementation of an ERP system in a Dutch company.FindingsThe paper highlights how different variations of an object of integration were enacted during an ERP implementation. The authors observe how the interests of the various actors were not always served by the variations of integration in circulation. They illustrate how this resulted in a failure of the network to be folded into a taken-for-granted configuration of constituent parts. Consequentially, having multiple variations of integration contributed to increased complexity of the system.Originality/valueThe paper highlights how multiple variations of a single object of integration are brought into circulation. Such perspective enables a better understanding of some of the complexities associated with ERP implementations.


Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has a history of thousands of years in China and is officially sanctioned by the government as a treatment option for Chinese citizens alongside, what we will refer to here as western medicine, which is also very well developed in China. In the west, TCM is becoming increasingly popular with some people who become worried about the efficacy and side-effects of western medicine.


The present invention relates to a device for detecting an input position on the screen of the display monitor. The device has a light guide layer (301), the light guide layer (301) is external from the layer (301) a part of the light (303) incident on the said device (304) is, It has an optical structure as confined in the layer (301). Incident light (303), for interaction with the device, which can be operated by a user, emitted by the remote input device. Wherein the remote input device is, for example, a laser pointer (205). Light detection means in the device (803) detects light (304) confined in the layer (301). Therefore, the light (207) from the input device is capable of determining the layer input position incident on the (301) (206).


The relationship between DSM-III Axis I diagnoses 'attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity' (ADDH), 'conduct disorder' (CD) and 'anxiety disorder' (AD) and measures of attention and reading were studied in 158 children. Children diagnosed as having severe or moderate ADDH were found to be younger at referral and to have a lower IQ than were children with CD and AD. When age, IQ, social class and sex were controlled, children with severe ADDH were found to perform significantly worse than other diagnostic groups on some tests of vigilance and reading age. The data suggest that children with severe ADDH form a distinct group, and those with mild ADDH overlap symptomatically and on tests of vigilance with children with CD.


The developed model of diffusion‐limited and diffusionless solidification of a eutectic alloy describes the relation "undercooling (ΔT)‐velocity (V)‐interlamellar spacing (λ)" for two cases. Namely, when the solidification front velocity V is smaller than the solute diffusion speed in bulk liquid VD, V < VD, the model predicts a regime of eutectic solidification similarly to known classical models. If the solidification front velocity V is higher than the diffusion speed, V > VD, the solidification is mainly controlled by kinetic and thermal undercoolings. New expressions for the solute distribution coefficient and slope of the liquidus lines are supplied. The influence of the model parameters on the growth kinetics during eutectic solidification is discussed. Model predictions are compared with experimental data for the solidification of an Fe–B alloy with eutectic composition. Computational results show that the model agrees well with experimental data especially for low and high undercoolings, extending the undercooling range that can be covered by sharp interface modeling.