We consider the dynamics of continuously measured many-body chaotic quantum systems. Focusing on the observable of state purification, we analytically describe the limits of strong and weak measurement rate, where in the latter case monitoring up to time scales exponentially long in the numbers of particles is required. We complement the analysis of the limiting regimes with the construction of an effective replica theory providing information on the stability and the symmetries of the respective phases. The analytical results are tested by comparison to exact numerical simulations for a measured SYK model.


An analysis of the inclusive cross sections in the three-Reggeon region is done in order to determine the three-Pomeron vertex {ital r}. It is shown that the value of this vertex estimated differently from the inclusive cross sections of the hard diffractive processes in the UA8 experiment leads to a similar value. With hte value of Pomeron-hadron interaction vertex {ital g}, values obtained are {ital r}/{ital g}=0.43 to 0.46 and {ital r}/{ital g}=0.63 to 0.65. (AIP)


Many of Ivo Petrić's last works are orchestral. Some are related to his native Slovenia, while others are concertos for various solo instruments. They are normally in one movement, either showing some connection with traditional separate movements or multi-tempo works with numerous motivic interconnections. MZ_2019_1_FINAL.indd 9 10.6.2019 8:31:51 10 M U Z I K O L O Š K I Z B O R N I K • M U S I C O L O G I C A L A N N U A L LV / 1 number of concertos,3 mostly for wind instruments, as well as other orchestral works. Petrić's compositions written for the Slavko Osterc Ensemble are also relevant to his development as they gave him invaluable experience in putting into practical terms the vivid instrumental imagination and instrumental combinations that form such an important part of his style. There are a very small number of vocal pieces but, with one exception discussed later, they were not especially important for him. From around the years 1962 and 1963, he became closely associated with the avantgarde movement in Slovenia, and was a leading member of the composers' group called Pro musica viva which included almost all of the most significant advanced composers of the day.4 As the director of the Slavko Osterc ensemble he was able to ensure that all the composers in the group were generously represented on the concert platform and in the recordings that were being made in those years. His style embraced the latest developments, notably aleatory notation.5 For this to be effective it was important for the players to be skilfully directed and for a fully working cueing system to be in operation. That this was in fact the case can be deduced from the appearance of a large number of scores published by Edicije Društvo slovenskih skladateljev (The Slovenian Composers Association) which for many years was led by Petrić himself, and numerous successful performances and recordings from this period. By the mid-1980s Petrić again began to use traditional bar-lines and metrical barring in his compositions. Sometimes this was only a convenience for the performers even if the notation did not indicate a rhythmic dimension, but gradually the significance of the bar-lines became more important as metrical regularity achieved a higher priority. For Petrić a number of his later aleatory scores proved to be less than satisfactory, leading him to rework some of the orchestral scores using the traditional barred notation. Not only were passages rewritten in as straightforward and literal a manner as possible, but also a great deal of other revision took place at the same time, with both expansion and contraction becoming part of the process of transformation. It is not the purpose of the present study to investigate the details of this recasting of earlier works, but rather to focus on the nature of the compositions using the traditional notation which date from the 1980s onwards or those pieces which the composer chose to rewrite using the traditional metrical format. It is no exaggeration to say that Petrić was busy composing music at a furious rate from then virtually to the time of his death. His music consisted largely of orchestral music, including concertos,6 as well as chamber music for one or more performers whose musical characters and technical abilities were well known to him. Inevitably, however, his orchestral works stand high in this period, with some showing an inclination 3 The concertos are for violin (1953), flute (1954–57), clarinet (1958), harp (1959), Koncertantna glasba for bassoon (1959) and Tri skladbe for horn (1961). 4 This is very well covered by Matjaž Barbo in Pro musica viva – Prispevek k slovenski moderni po II. svetovni vojni (Ljubljana: Znanstveni inštitut Filozofske fakultete, 2001). The eight composers he discussed are Jakob Jež (1928), Milan Stibilj (1929–2014), Kruno Cipci (1930–2002), Ivo Petrić (1931–2018), Alojz Srebotnjak (1931–2010), Darijan Božič (1933–2018), Igor Štuhec (1934) and Lojze Lebič (1934). Stibilj stood somewhat apart from the group and Cipci did not feature very strongly. The music of another composer, Primož Ramovš (1922–1999), was frequently performed by the Slavko Osterc Ensemble. A detailed study of Petrić's earlier music (1959–1970) is given by Barbo in Pro musica viva, especially 140–148. 5 Niall O'Loughlin, "Melodic workings in the Music of Ivo Petrić," Muzikološki zbornik 29 (1993), 107–119. 6 See Niall O'Loughlin, "A Return to Old Techniques in Recent Concertos by Ivo Petrić," Muzikološki zbornik 47/1 (2011): 167–176. MZ_2019_1_FINAL.indd 10 10.6.2019 8:31:51 11 N. O'LOUGHLIN • IVO PETRIĆ'S ORCHESTRAL INDIAN SUMMER towards programme music and others staying firmly within the area of "absolute music". The total number included in these categories and composed since 1983 consists of at least twenty-seven,7 a selection of which form the basis of the present study. The first part of this examination looks at Slovene connections (and one Irish one), while the second part looks closely at Petrić's favourite orchestral form, the concerto. Petrić always aimed to give an international element to his music, having studied as many contemporary music scores as he could obtain, and having written four impressive articles on contemporary music.8 However, he has always treasured his Slovene heritage, taking the opportunity in the 1990s to celebrate that legacy in works that are connected with three different art forms: music, words and painting. The composer's interpretations, it must be emphasised, are subtle in nature and not in any obvious sense programmatically derived. Because the composer Jacobus Gallus (1550–1591) stands as the Renaissance master who put Slovenia on the musical map, it was only natural that Petrić chose to celebrate his achievement and importance with his own music. His orchestral work called Gallus Metamorphoses of 1992 is in effect a three-movement symphony using motives derived from three of the older composer's motets. One must emphasise, however, that the borrowings are often buried in the musical textures in a way that often makes them difficult to recognise as such. In the first movement, based on the eight-voice motet Quam pulchra est, amica mea,9 Petrić very skilfully underpins high woodwind melodic shapes with accompaniments derived from the cantus and altus lines of the first phrase of the motet, in the form of stepwise descending parallel thirds. Rather than using the metre of the original, Petrić maintains a steady crotchet Allegretto grazioso in 3/4 time with percussion (tambourine, timpani, bells, triangle, claves, bongos and wood block) emphasising the modern pulse. The second movement is slow,10 in 4/4 time throughout, deriving its borrowed material from the motet Ecce quomodo moritur iustus.11 The opening bass clarinet solo follows the beginning of the cantus line, but soon diverges from it chromatically, with other motives being introduced as the movement progresses. As in the first movement they are incorporated into the texture with delicate faster moving string counterpoints playing against the chorale-like quotations from the wind instruments. The haunting coda has chamber-music like textures with the clarinets playing a chorale, reminiscent in some ways of the original motet, and a solo violin and cello decorating this with florid lines. The finale, Vivo giocoso, based on the six-voice Musica noster amor,12 returns to the strong rhythmic patterns of the first movement, mostly in 2/4 time with short sections in 3/4. Three elements appear successively: the regular march-like partly dactylic figures from the percussion; wide-spanning melodic phrases from woodwind and strings; and slow moving melodic shapes moving up and down by 7 See Appendix for a list of these works. 8 Ivo Petrić, "Razvoj glasbene misli 20. Stoletja" [Review of 20th-Century Thinking on Music], Sodobnost 10 (1962): 385–96; 509–17; 612–21; 767–80. 9 Jacobus Gallus, Opus musicum, iv/1, no.iv. 10 The opening tempo is not specified in the score, but the recording (Slovenska filharmonija, SF 900045, Ljubljana, 2004), approved by the composer, moves at approximately crotchet = 60. 11 Jacobus Gallus, Opus musicum, ii/1, no.xiii. 12 Jacobus Gallus, Moralia, xxviii. MZ_2019_1_FINAL.indd 11 10.6.2019 8:31:52 12 M U Z I K O L O Š K I Z B O R N I K • M U S I C O L O G I C A L A N N U A L LV / 1 step derived from the Gallus motet. The last develop into chorales quoting Gallus's music even more openly. The movement consists of an interaction of these elements until there is a final synthesis of their different characteristics. For the second of his orchestral tributes to his native land Petrić turned to poetry in a vocal setting for mezzo-soprano and orchestra. Slovenia has a long and distinguished poetic tradition that extends very much to the present day, from France Prešeren (1800–1849) to Tomaž Šalamun (1941–2014) and Tone Pavček (1928–2011). From the early 20th century one of the most revered poets is Srečko Kosovel (1904–1926). During his tragically short life he witnessed some of the horrors of World War One at first hand and the loss of his Slovene homeland to Italy, both of which fundamentally affected the nature and content of his poetry. It was natural then that Petrić selected some of his poetry for one of his rare vocal settings, the cantata Pesem življenja ('The Song of Life'), originally written in 1981, with a second version in 1984, but whose third and final version was completed only in 1995. This final 26-minute version, first performed in 2001, is methodically planned in an arch form, with poems from Kosovel's Integrali ('Integrals') framing the work and his Rodovnik ('The Family Tree') at the centre, which itself is flanked by poetic prose from Ivan Cankar's Kurent and France Forstnerič's poem Pred nemim morjem ('Before the Dumb Sea'). The words, sung by a mezzosoprano, project a powerful and consistent message. The strong dramatic poetic sequence of the wo


An extensive multi-part program was organized and funded by the Subcommittee on Corrosion and Materials of the American Petroleum Institute (API) Committee on Refinery Equipment (CRE), with assistance from the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA), to examine stress corrosion cracking of steel equipment in fuel experience, in-situ monitoring of fule ethanol systems, and laboratory research studies. This article describes the studies and results.


Small enterprises are the driving force of any economy, and the engine of economic growth in both developed countries and countries in transition. One of the problems that small enterprises and entrepreneurs face is the lack of financial resources, or difficult access to them, for starting and financing the development of their entrepreneurial venture. The aim of the paper is to analyze the financing difficulties of small enterprises and entrepreneurs in the Republic of Serbia. 167 enterprises were surveyed and their responses were grouped into three groups depending on the size of an enterprise: small enterprises and entrepreneurs, medium enterprises and large enterprises so that by comparing the obtained results we could determine the differences in attitudes depending on the size of an enterprise and prove that small enterprises have limited access to financial resources. The research investigated financing constraints, financial services and approved loan conditions in relation to the size of an enterprise. The results showed statistically significant differences between small, medium and large enterprises in the majority of the observed parameters and that small enterprises and entrepreneurs have difficult access to financial resources.


We obtain the isoperimetric profile for the standard initial slices in the Reissner‐Nordstrom and Schwarzschild anti-de Sitter spacetimes, following recent work of Bray and Morgan on isoperimetric comparison. We then discuss these results in the context of Bray's isoperimetric approach to the Penrose inequality.


Within the last decade numerous studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of structuring contingencies within the classroom to support desired behaviors by pupils. In the present study, free time was made contingent upon consistent on-task behavior for three trainable mentally retarded boys. Differences between baseline and contingency data showed a positive increase in on-task behavior.


A poetry performance, remixing together materials from Back Channel Apraxia and -LAND. Performed at the Triskel Arts Centre in Cork, Ireland.


Annotation of multimedia content with metadata is regarded as a key issue for efficiently handling such content. MPEG-7 is a major standard that has been developed for this reason, supporting the description of both lowand high-level multimedia content features. Low-level feature annotation may be automated in many ways, contrary to high-level annotation which is a more complex task that requires human intervention. Therefore, high-level semantic annotation needs to be simplified as a process, mainly through annotation tools. In this paper we describe such a tool, which facilitates expressive video annotation process by combining MPEG-7 metadata and semantic web ontologies.


This work aims to investigate the application of the maskless electrochemical texturing (MECT) in the surface texturization of gray cast iron cylinder liners. Potentiodynamic polarization tests were performed to investigate the possibility os using common table salt insted of pure NaCl as electrolyte, making the process cheaper. In the texturing tests the main parameters of the MECT were optimized for the gray iron, reaching the best results for a distance between the tool and the workpiece of 100 μm, a time of 60 seconds and a voltage of 7.5 V. Finally through Block-on-ring tests was evidenced that surfaces subjected to surface texturing presented lower friction coefficients and wear in relation to surfaces polished mechanically and electrochemically.


NMR and spectrophotometric evidence for the formation of a 4:1 cyclodextrin-zinc tetrakis(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin (ZnTSPP) (CD-ZnP) complex is reported. Photolysis of CD-ZnP at 422 nm at pH = 12 was found to lead to quantitative formation (99.9%) of 1,2-dihydroxyporphyrin, which exhibits intense absorption bands at 340 and 625 nm and an emission band at 642 nm. At much lower pH the photolysis was found to lead to the efficient formation of isoporphyrin or its hydroxylated form (pK = 6.0), which possesses characteristic absorption bands in the near infrared region. The nonfluorescing isoporphyrin is converted slowly via molecular rearrangement and further hydroxylation into the fluorescing 1,2-dihydroxyporphyrin (k = 1.1 M{sup {minus}1} s{sup {minus}1}). Emission and excitation spectra of the final stable products are reported. OH{sup {sm bullet}} radical also leads to the formation (although inefficient) of 1,2-dihydroxyporphyrin as shown by {gamma}-radiolysis and pulse radiolysis experiments. Pulse radiolysis experiments in the presence of Br{sup {minus}} were carried out as well. Inhibition of the electron transfer from ZnTSPP to the Br{sub 2}{sup {sm bullet}{minus}} radical in cyclodextrin solution was observed and investigated in detail. The photophysical properties of the inclusion complex and of ZnTSPP{sup 2+} were determined by using the time-correlated single-photon-counting technique and themore » nanosecond laser absorption spectroscopy method. The absorption spectra of ZnTSPP{sup {sm bullet}3+} and ZnTSPP{sup 4+} are also reported.« less


Treatment for breast cancer has benefited significantly from advances in molecular biology. IHC tests for protein receptors ER, PR, and Her2 have lead to a new patient classification system. Traditional approaches to assessing multiple proteins use serial sections, staining for one protein per serial section. Multiple proteins can be assessed in the same tissue section, determining phenotype on a per‐cell basis, possibly revealing significant subtypes and leading to more targeted and more effective treatments and therapies.


We estimate credit and GDP cycles for three Latin American economies and study their relation in the frequency domain. We compute coherence statistics between credit and GDP cycles and find that the highest correlations between these two cycles are obtained in medium-term frequencies. Spectral cross-correlations suggest a positive relation among lags in credit cycles and contemporaneous GDP cycles. Furthermore, this relation is higher approximately at medium-term frequencies. We perform frequency-domain Granger-type causality tests and find evidence of causality running from credit cycles to GDP cycles in all three economies.


Most work involves the use of artifacts; thus, user experience (UX) is a factor in how most employees experience their work. This study revisits the tool, media, dialogue-partner, and system perspectives on artifact use to explore UX at work. It is found that artifacts foster positive UX when they lend the user expressive power (tool), are transparent (media) or perceptive (dialogue partner). They foster negative UX when they attract the user's attention or make the user a mere system component. The task focus inherent in the perspectives suggests that wellbeing at work is mostly promoted by factors other than UX.


The results of a multiple case descriptive study are shown. The presentation of the "free electromagnetic os-cillations" (FEO) topic, in ten frequently used university textbooks in Argentina, was examined by content analysis. This topic was found to be important, judging by the granted hierarchy. In general terms, unlike the mathematical treatment, the suggested sequence was homogeneous. The verbal expressions related to angular frequency, the analogies and the daily life applications were scarce. The symbolic resources that describe the temporal variations of charge, current and energy were greater in non–damped FEO than in damped ones. Closed and quantitative solved problems predominated. Conceptual errors were found in two copies. It is concluded that, even though there are some aspects that were properly treated, there are still some others that needed further elaboration.


We previously reported that poncirin, a flavanone glycoside isolated from the EtOAc extract of the dried immature fruits of Poncirus trifoliata, is an anti-inflammatory compound that inhibits PGE(2) and IL-6 production. The present work was undertaken to investigate the molecular actions of poncirin in RAW 264.7 macrophage cell line. Poncirin reduced lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced protein levels of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and the mRNA expressions of iNOS, COX-2, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in a concentration-dependent manner, as determined by Western blotting and RT-PCR, respectively. Furthermore, poncirin inhibited the LPS-induced DNA binding activity of nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB). Moreover, this effect was accompanied by a parallel reduction in IkappaB-alpha degradation and phosphorylation that in by nuclear translocations of p50 and p65 NF-kappaB subunits. Taken together, our data indicate that anti-inflammatory properties of poncirin might be the result from the inhibition iNOS, COX-2, TNF-alpha and IL-6 expression via the down-regulation of NF-kappaB binding activity.


This work was carried out in collaboration between all authors. Authors MMA and MSH designed the study, performed the statistical analysis, wrote the protocol and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. Authors MMA and MMP managed the analyses of the study. Authors MMP and IR managed the literature searches. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. ABSTRACT The out-turn of heat generation and Joule heating on natural convection flow through a vertical flat plate have been investigated in the given article. Joule heating


Nowadays, innovation is becoming increas-ingly important for both scientists and practi-tioners due to the significant increase in the level of global competition and the constant search for customers to maximize the bene-fits from their purchasing decisions. The sub-ject of the study is innovations in the service sector and their impact on the competitive-ness of an organization in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of the study is to study the mandatory introduction of inno-vations to increase competitiveness in a pandemic. Research methods: information search, systematic approach and compari-son. More than 30 scientific works of foreign English-speaking scientists have been ana-lyzed. It was revealed that the introduction of innovations at service enterprises in a crisis allows: to try to keep existing customers in a changing environment; consider the intro-duction of innovations as creating competi-tive value for customers, including for attract-ing new customers. It is concluded that in times of severe market disruption, offerings and business models can become obsolete as a result of changes in customer behavior and competitors' service value creation models.


We study Sarkisov links initiated by the toric weighted blowup of a point in $\mathbb{P}^3$ or $\mathbb{P}^4$ using variation of GIT. We completely classify which of these initiate Sarkisov links and describe the links explicitly. Moreover, if $X$ is the toric weighted blowup of $\mathbb{P}^d$ at a point, we give a simple criterion in terms of the weights of the blowup that characterises when $X$ is weak Fano.


An object of the present invention is to provide a step to migrate virtual machines between the network server. A server is coupled to a data communications network including a networking device for data communication, The step of transitioning, one or more on a specific server by the virtual machine management module ( "VMMM") the network device querying the networking device link statistics of links attached to that particular server from VMMM, VMMM is dependent on the link statistics for establishing a virtual machine, data communication Te, and determining whether the link couples the network device to a specific server is degraded, if the deteriorated links if attached network device to a specific server, the specific destination virtual machines running on the server of And a step of shifting to over server. In some embodiments, the transition is not degraded link is performed only when it is available. When the link has not been degraded is not available, there is a risk that the network device rather than the link is faulty. .Field


An experiment was performed that produced a controlled electrical body force (dielectrophoretic force or DEP force) over the length of a horizontal platinum wire heater during boiling. The DEP force was generated such that it either aided or opposed terrestrial gravity or acted nearly alone in microgravity. The net effect can be thought of as simply either reducing or increasing'' buoyancy. To account for this change in force an ''effective gravity ratio'' g' (b,e) was defined that represents the ratio of the total DEP and buoyancy body forces to the constant terrestrial-gravity buoyancy force. Based on our own experimentation and on the published literature, it was argued that the nucleate boiling will be enhanced if the effective gravity acts to hold the vapor bubbles near the heater surface, while at the same time permitting access of the liquid to the surface in order to prevent dryout. However, a large electroconvection effect can dominate and reverse the trend. The nonboiling portion of the heat transfer coefficient was shown to be significant with an applied electric field, especially at high subcoolings


In this study, the charged Higgs pair production is calculated in the context of supersymmetry at a $\gamma\gamma$-collider. The channel is explored in Two-parameter Non-Universal Higgs Model where the model provided relatively light masses for neutral and charged Higgs bosons. The computation is extended to one loop-level, and the divergence arising from the loop-diagrams are cured with the radiative photon correction. The production rate of the charged Higgs pair reaches up to $\hat{\sigma}_\text{UU}^\text{LO+NLO}=0.121\text{ fb}$ at $\sqrt{\hat{s}}=635\text{ GeV}$. The cross-section is analyzed varying the parameters $m_A$ and $\tan\beta$. The total convoluted cross section with the photon luminosity in an $e^+e^-$ machine is calculated as a function of the center-of-mass energy up to $1\text{ TeV}$, and it gets up to $0.42\text{ fb}$ at $\sqrt{s}=900 \text{ GeV}$ depending on the polarization of the initial electron and laser photon.


The effectiveness of the biogenic stimulants action based on the larvae of the SITR bees drone brood and adult individuals of the ST drones on the chemical composition, physical and chemical, commodity technological properties, nutritional and biological value of the muscle and fatty tissues in young turkeys is studied. The turkey-poults of the 1st group received injections of a physiological salt solution, and the 2nd and 3rd experimental groups, respectively, of the SITR and ST biological stimulants, three times at the age of 1, 7 and 14 days at a dose of 0.1 ml per 50 g of live weight. It was established that in the middle sample of the muscle tissue in turkeys of the 2nd and 3rd experimental groups there were less water and more dry matter and protein. Biogenic stimulants contributed to the synthesis of muscle tissue in turkeys of the 2nd and 3rd experimental groups, in which contained 1.79 (B>0.999) and 1.31 (B>0.99) absolute % more protein and 0.32 and 0.23 absolute % less fat than in the control group. In the muscle tissue of turkeys stimulated with biogenic preparations, there were more tryptophan by 1.63 and 0.84 mg% and by 0.92 and 0.54 mg% less hydroxyproline than in turkeys at the same age of the control group. The protein-quality index of muscle tissue was higher in turkeys of the 2nd and 3rd experimental groups by 3.08 and 1.72% than in the control. The first place in the overall assessment of meat and broth quality was taken by the turkeys from the 2nd experimental group; the second place was taken by the turkeys of the third experimental group. Their superiority over the control group was 0.151 and 0.109 points, respectively. The fatty tissue of turkeys in all experimental groups has good quality and high digestibility indices. It has in its composition a large amount of polyunsaturated fatty acids; this indicates its high biological value.


The objective of this study was to compare the kinematic characteristics of athlete's movements at the resistance and release phases of resist-and-release sprint running and free maximal sprint running. Five female sprinters and heptathletes and three male sprinters took part in the study. Videotaping was done at 240 Hz. 2D video analysis was performed using SkillSpector software. It was found that horizontal takeoff velocity, step length, ground contact time, knee angle at touchdown and trunk tilt at touchdown and takeoff had significant differences between release and resistance phases of resist-andrelease sprint running, along with constant speed phase of free sprint running. Most studied characteristics were the same in both the release phase of resist-and-release sprint running and in the acceleration phase of free sprint running.


This study examines how in the dispute between Thukydides and Hellanikos, scholars have long taken it for granted that the preserved historian was right and the lost one mistaken, despite the fact that the Battle of Oinoe, for example, does not fit into the chronology of Thukydides. By restoring the dates recorded by Hellanikos, Schreiner asserts that a reliable chronology can be established. The first historian to record the period from the Persian Wars to 431 BC was Hellanikos, the author of the lost "History of Athens" from its mythical origins through the fifth century BC. He reported there was one war between Athens and Sparta from 431 to 421 and another from 412 to 404, and that the first was caused by contemporary events of the 430s. Thukydides, writing a monograph on a war he sought to establish as the most disastrous to date, criticised Hellanikos as chronologically inaccurate and lacking an appreciation of the impact of a stronger Athens. Thukydides asserted that there was only one war, beginning in 431 and ending in 404, caused by the growth of Athens following the Persian Wars and the fear that growth inspired in Sparta. The book, in reviving the text of Hellanikos, should encourage scholars of antiquity and military history to re-evaluate their interpretations of the era.


This study focused on examining the effects of Shea nutshell ash (SNSA), derived from the calcination of Shea nutshell (an agro-based waste) as a partial replacement for cement on the stabilization of lateritic soils for the production of interlocking earth blocks. The optimum percentage of cement to stabilize the lateritic soil was partially replaced by SNSA from 0 to 6% by mass with a step of 2. The effects of SNSA on Atterberg limits, maximum dry density and optimum moisture content of Lateritic Soil were evaluated. The results showed that the shrinkage decreased by 12.6 % with increasing SNSA content and the plasticity index decreased by 8.43 % up to 4 % of SNSA before increasing with 6% of SNSA. The maximum dry density and optimum moisture content increased by 11.62 % and 3.16 %, respectively with increasing SNSA content. Based on these results, stabilization of lateritic soil with SNSA, in addition to being affordable and environmentally friendly, improved the physical properties of the soil for use in construction works.


MENDIZÁBAL CORTÉS, A.D. (2017). Sustainability assessment atlas for São Paulo municipalities with sugarcane production: support-systems innovation for decision-making. Dissertation (Ph.D.) São Carlos Engineering School, University of São Paulo. São Carlos SP, Brazil. The sugarcane cultivation in Brazil is one of the leading economic pillars, as it is an ethanol precursor, a renewable fuel produced in industrial markets as a substitute for fossil fuels. Brazil produces about 27.44% and 43% of the world production of ethanol and sugar, respectively. São Paulo state has the environmental and logistic conditions for a sugarcane industry, both characteristics turn it the main Brazilian's sugarcane production pole, with 63.74% of sugar and 48.23% of ethanol production (RFA, 2017). In São Paulo, the Agro-Environmental Zoning establishes the areas to cultivate sugarcane. However, tools to check the sugarcane industry influences on municipalities' socioeconomic aspects are superficial. Considering sugarcane industry importance to São Paulo state and Brazil, the Nucleus of Research and Extension on Sustainability and Sanitation initiated different investigations and efforts to study, analyze, and predict the sugarcane industry's impacts and sustainability. Within this research's general line, the focused was on environmental impacts with emphasis on their accumulation and synergy, climate change scenarios, sustainability concept management among its stakeholders, industry's governance, mill unit's sustainability evaluation, and so forth. In this context, it appears as a necessary and conclusive step the sustainability assessment tool's development, allowing sugarcane industry evaluation, while respecting the individual circumstances. Therefore, this project objective is to develop a sustainability assessment model to sugarcane sector decision-making implemented in an atlas format. The sustainability assessment model includes eighteen indicators about environmental, social, economic, and municipal policies issues. Those indicators describe seven of the eight Gibson's principles. It was the principles grouped according to their indicators' nature in three domains (environmental, socioeconomic, and municipal policies) that finally compose the sustainability index. Some indicators are considered elimination factors to avoid the trade-off between principles and domains, because more than limiting the calculus' next level, they cut the unsustainable situations by classifying them as such. In the end, the atlas present twelve maps that describe the distribution of principles, domains, and sustainability index across São Paulo state. The results show that the sugarcane ethanol sector still faces new environmental and social impacts, while the Agro-environmental Zoning presents a limited contribution to sustainability. According to the model, environmental issues (Domain A) there are new areas where sugarcane must be forbidden or, at least, increase its requirement for water quality improvement. Nevertheless, half of the state of São Paulo has the environmental condition for sugarcane cultivars. For socioeconomic issues (Domain B), most municipalities presented a moderate performance. In the Domain C few municipalities reached the very high-performance, while the high-performance stood out for being the main one. In both, the Domain B and the Domain C, moderate and high are the significant municipalities' performances. The atlas format results in a useful instrument, because it is easy to understand, can deliver a full state context and regions contrast, as well it brings a specific outcome for each municipality, and in case of environmental issues it also presents more precise details according to natural limits. Finally, the sensitivity analysis showed that the social indicators explain the results in 19.2%, while the municipal policy indicators influence 15.7% and the economic indicators 5.7%. The environmental indicators correspond to 59.4%, with indicator A3 (water quality) accounting for 19.7%.


Most general chemistry and organic chemistry textbooks describe Friedrich Wohler's synthesis of urea as the moment when modern organic chemistry was born. We surveyed 35 modern and classic texts to learn what each noted of Wohler's work. These books do not agree about the exact nature of Wohler's experiment and its significance.


Objective To establish the two-dimensional electrophoresis(2-DE) map of K562 cell protein and to further understand the new mechanism of diversifolious patrinia root worked on leukemia cell.Methods Standard lysis buffer was used for extracting total protein,and then precipitated by acetone precipitation and TCA/Acetone precipitation respectively.Besides,the focus voltage was optimized under the traditional 2-DE focus conditions.Results Acetone precipitation not only decreased protein decomposition,but also increased protein solubility,therefore obtaining the 2-DE map with higher resolution and better reproducibility.The optimized focusing condition improved horizontal and vertcal tail obviously,and a high-resolution 2-DE map with clearer protein spots and more complete separation was obtained.Conclusion Acetone precipitation on the basic of standard lysis buffer is more suitable for preparing the 2-DE K562 cell sample.In addition,the longer desalinization time in isoelectric focusing(IEF) can separate whole protein effectively and the optimized methods can be used widely for extraction the protein of tumor tissues.


The purpose of this study is to explore the factors affecting the community well-being of residents through empirical analysis. Rather than just identifying the variables that promote residents' subjective happiness, we focused on factors affecting residents' living condition. In order to empirically investigate the influencing factors, we constructed the analysis data using the Gyeonggi-do survey. We analyzed it by using linear regression analysis. Through the effects of influencing factor analyzed, we could find implications for public project's priority in budget distribution. It could be suggested that local public projects for residents should be focused on improving programs such as job satisfaction, resident health, and neighborhood relations in order to effectively raise community


ABSTRACT The basic notions concerning bayesian networks (modeling uncertainty with probability, local computation within a tree graphical representation) are presented and the problems of dealing with directed acyclic graphs are explained. The analysis of the various existing methods providing a means of treatment of such networks is then given. We finally introduce the ≪ parametred ≫ messages method and discuss the assets of this new method.


Presentation of Case A nine-year-old girl was admitted to the hospital because of fever and cervical lymphadenopathy. The patient had been well until four weeks earlier, when she began to have bilateral popliteal pain that extended upward over the posterior portions of the thighs. The pain decreased with rest and resolved spontaneously within a week. Fever (a temperature of up to 38.9°C) and sore throat soon developed. Twelve days before admission, the girl became fatigued and had anorexia and an enlarged lymph node. Five days before admission, laboratory studies were performed (Table 1 and Table 2). Two days later, cough, mild diarrhea, . . .


We present preliminary results from a study of the neutral hydrogen (Hi) properties of an X-ray selected sample of nearby loose galaxy groups. This forms part of a multi-wavelength investigation (X-ray, optical and radio) of the formation and evolution of galaxies within a group environment. Some initial findings of an ATNF Parkes Multibeam wide-area neutral hydrogen (Hi) imaging survey of 17 nearby galaxy groups include two new, potentially isolated clouds of Hi in the NGC 1052 and NGC 5044 groups and significant amounts of Hi within the group virial radii of groups NGC 3557 and IC 1459 - two groups with complex X-ray structures that suggest they may still be in the act of virialisation. Here we present ATCA high-resolution synthesis-imaging follow-up observations of the distribution and kinematics of Hi in these four groups.


The interaction of caffeine and theophylline with purine and pyrimidine was studied in deuterium oxide at 35°C by measuring the concentration‐dependent selective changes in the chemical shifts of the N‐methyl protons of the xanthine derivatives. Using a competitive dimer model, the equilibrium constants give a decreasing tendency for hetero‐association within the series caffeine‐purine (2.97 ± 0.15 1 mol−1) > theophylline‐purine (2.44 ± 0.10 1 mol−1) > caffeine‐pyrimidine (1.18 ± 0.20 1 mol−1) > theophylline‐pyrimidine (0.70 ± 0.08 1 mol−1), and the upfield dimer shifts suggest a plane‐to‐plane arrangement.


Because wealth estimates from survey data have usually fallen substantially short of independent aggregate estimates, survey data have not been seen as adequate for assessing questions dependent on a good representation of the entire distribution of wealth, such as estimates of wealth concentration. The 1983 Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF), which contains a supplementary sample of very high income households drawn from a tax‐file sample frame, is the first U.S. survey since the 1963 Survey of Financial Characteristics of Consumers that offers hope of accurately measuring the entire wealth distribution. In this paper, we discuss the design of the survey, the critical issue of proper weighting to merge the supplementary sample with an area probability sample, and the role of imputation. We show that the use of ordinary area probability samples alone leads to probable bias in the measurement of highly concentrated assets such as stocks and bonds. We compare the SCF data with aggregates derived from the flow‐of‐funds accounts of the Federal Reserve Board. While methodological issues cloud exact comparisons, it appears overall that the SCF estimates are at least as credible as other aggregate measurements. Finally, we use the data to assess the change in concentration of wealth from 1963 to 1983. We estimate that the concentration of wealth in terms of households did not change significantly over this period.


The present invention discloses a method of pyrolysis gas waste and biomass, characterized in that: A, B exactly the same structure manufactured by two gas cracking furnace, parallel vertical surface mounted adjacent its upper furnace section in communication with the trachea; with the treated garbage block and biomass as raw material, and the same lump size and non-quartz is added continuously or intermittently from the furnace top; with steam and oxygen or oxygen-enriched air and steam as gasification agent; ibid., furnace system b A lead from the gas furnace, circulation alternately. Since the present invention is made of a mixed gas A furnace after the furnace temperature B layer, or a mixed gas B A furnace made of high-temperature furnace after layer, oxygen and uncleaved material not in direct contact, to prevent the generation of dioxin; while organic polymer are decomposed efficiently preventing generation of dioxin; and efficiently reduce the dust out of the raw material.


ABSTRACT This article draws on literature related to university leadership and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer plus (LGBTQ+) identities to argue for LGBTQ+ specific leadership programmes in higher education. The article considers how the skills and attributes for university leadership have changed in response to marketisation and widening participation. It considers the way in which leadership development programmes must be responsive to the changing nature of universities and, by briefly examining the UK's first LGBTQ+ leadership programme for aspiring school leaders, argues that in common with LGBTQ+ school teachers, the lived experience of LGBTQ+ academics in higher education may make them ideally suited to become highly effective university leaders. Finally, the article argues that in addition to the women's and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) leadership programmes, currently improving the diversity of university leadership, LGBTQ+ aspiring university leaders should be similarly provided with a distinct leadership programme.


In recent years, the anaesthesia profession has become increasingly involved in perioperative medicine. This interest has, perhaps, no more appropriate focus than in the field of perioperative interventions that may reduce the risk of cancer recurrence in the surgical oncology patient. There is strong evidence that in the perioperative patient under acute immune and inflammatory stress, in the setting of minimal residual disease, an acutely high risk of metastasis exists. This review will focus on some of the more recent animal and human research in this field and aim to provide a glimpse into an area of complex, uncertain and yet encouraging evidence that interventions in the perioperative period could have significant impact on long term cancer outcomes. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/slja.v20i2.4494 Sri Lankan Journal of Anaesthesiology 20(2): 68 - 72 (2012) Sri Lankan Journal of Anaesthesiology.2012:20(2):68-72


: Despite the importance of formalization of milk market in Rwanda, the majority of dairy farmers are continuing to choose to market their milk using informal channels at 63% at country level. Farmers are obviously supposed to be rational in their decision making but it is not clear what drives farmer decision of the channel to sell to. This study investigated institutional factors affecting farmer's choice of milk marketing channel in Nyabihu District, Western Province of Rwanda. Multistage sampling techniques were employed to select respondents. Data was drawn from 96 respondents using structured questionnaires. Multinomial Logit regression model was employed to estimate the data. The results from the model show that form of payment (P ≤0.01) influenced negativ ely the choice of local vendors marketing channel over brokers channel and contract farming (P ≤0.01) greatly influenced positively the choice of local vendors marketing channel over brokers channel. One the side The results indicated that form of payments(P ≤0.05) , access to market information(P ≤0.10) affect negatively the probability of choosing milk collection centers marketing channel over brokers channel and access to credit(P ≤0.01) , awareness of milk quality (P ≤0.01) and contract farming (P ≤0.01) are p ositively influenced the choice of milk collection centers compared to brokers channel. Further the study recommends government funding to be increased to make those institutions more active so that it can facilitate in providing trainings and the right information to dairy farmers. Provision of non-price incentives and promoting transparency and accountability in the governance of milk collection centers and dairy cooperatives are to be reinforced in order to attract more farmers in formal value chain. Lastly, a broader study to cover more districts in Rwanda can be conducted to confirm whether the same results apply.


Materials required for precast fabrication are dissimilar to those cast at construction sites. Fabricators who lack materials must wait until specific suppliers deliver the required materials. Transshipping material from lateral suppliers may be beneficial for reducing waiting time and material management cost. The objective of this study is to reduce total material management costs in the supply chain system through the most advantageous transshipment strategies. A material supply chain framework that enables fabricators to implement lateral transshipment is first proposed. Transshipment strategies are then formulated into a mathematical model. The most advantageous transshipment strategies are analyzed using computer simulation. Diverse order lead times, demands, transportation costs, and shortage costs are simulated to approximate operational conditions encountered in supply chain systems. Through various experiments, the most advantageous strategy for precast fabrication industry could be found. In addition, rules are developed based on simulation results to enhance transshipment decision making.


Abstract : Holographic interferometry has been used to examine seven experimental Harrier ferry-tips primarily for defects in core to skin bonding. With increasing experience, the quality of the holograms recorded has improved, and although the interference patterns formed when the structure is warmed are often complicated, discontinuities are readily observed. A number of suspected defects have been found which are virtually undetectable using standard radiographic techniques. The most prominent of these are the long straight anomalies visible on all but the first sample examined; it is thought that they may be due to overlapping sheets of film adhesive but this has not yet been established with certainty. An ultrasonic scan of one sample also failed to detect it. Small circular patterns, possibly indicating debonds, have been found in a number of places. A group of large anomalies observed on one sample were confirmed by radiography. (Author)


Next generation sequencing technologies are evolving rapidly and it is likely that RNA-seq will become routine for many laboratories within the next 5 years. Sequencers are becoming smaller and more personal and are beginning to equip individual departments and laboratories. Library preparation protocols are also becoming shorter and more efficient. Single molecule sequencing will afford insights into the precise orientation of transcription. Advances in methods to acquire sequences are likely to be accompanied by equally rapid advances in computation and data analysis. For most investigators who are not computational biologists, wisely choosing available commercial resources or seeking multidisciplinary partnerships is a short path to success in RNA-seq in the foreseeable future.


Accurate forecasts for medium-term commodity prices are essential for resource companies considering commitment to large capital expenditures. Typically commodity price forecasts tend to be extrapolations of the current trend, which work fine until a turning point occurs. Forecasters can do a lot better than this, if it is realised that the primary control on medium-term prices is change in valuation of the United States dollar (USD).


With China′s entering into WTO and Chinese eco nomy′s extensively blending with world economy,cultural difference between Chin a and the West is certainly reflected in international business activities.The a rticle analyzes the basic differences in values and mode of thinking between Chi na and the West,and also elaborates their possible impacts on the intercultural business activities such as international business negotiation and international business management.


of Spain. Among the various regions of Spain, only in the case of the Basques is the construction of ethnicity based on arguments about racial distinctiveness. In the rest of the regions, ethnicity is defined largely by culture, or more precisely, linguistic traditions. In places like Catalonia, this has allowed for the rise of a very fluid notion of who is Catalan—in principle, anyone who speaks the Catalan language and observes Catalan customs. This flexibility has in turn shaped the development of a moderate and accommodating type of nationalism. In the Basque Country, by contrast, blood determines who can be regarded as Basque and alongside that inflexible view comes the divisive discourse and violent tactics of Basque nationalists. Muro's success in facilitating a compelling understanding of the persistence of violence in the Basque Country has a downside, because it is likely to leave readers with a decidedly bleak perspective about the prospect for peace. This appears to hinge not only on the willingness of the warring parties to stop the violence but also on the wholesale reconstruction of the very notion of Basque nationalism.


This paper summarizes systematically the recent progresses in corrosion influences and rate prediction of sweet corrosion affected by crude oils,introducing the methods of studying corrosion process of sweet corrosion,and bringing forward the issues that may be paid special attention to while studying the influence of crude oils.However,crude oils usually demonstrate some inhibition in specific conditions.Corrosion product film and oil wetting are two great differences in existent rate prediction model in sweet corrosion.However,the approaches and manners to dispose crude oils will affect the prediction results no doubt.It is remarkably beneficial to study and develop an appropriate prediction model if the properties and laws toward sweet corrosion of crude oils have been studied thoroughly,and there is a realistic meaning in saving investment and operational costs while utilizing the possible inhibition of crude oils.


This is the fourth and last volume of parabiblical texts from Qumran Cave 4 and reveals once again the interest in biblical themes characteristic of Second Temple period Judaism, exhibited in many of the Qumran compositions. It is devoted to a small group of texts showing the rewriting, in different ways, of two biblical prophetic books, Jeremiah and Ezekiel. Because of their fragmentary nature it is not clear how many copies or even compositions are reflected by the preserved fragments: at least five manuscripts of one composition of Pseudo-Ezekiel, and seven manuscripts of two different compositions of the Apocryphon of Jeremiah.


This work concentrates on developing a novel approach to segment and recognize handwritten Kannada text when a character and background area of similar color (Not Exactly Same) and if a word contains both characters as well as other symbols (special symbols, numbers etc.) A new method of generating curved segmentation paths of handwritten Kannada text line is proposed. For overlapped characters, instead of background thinning, analysis of connected components in the overlap region of two neighboring characters is carried out, and a curved segmentation path is generated by connecting a series of points that separate the connected components belonging to different characters. A multi-class Support Vector Machine (SVM) is used for the recognition purpose. SVM finds the optimal hyper-plane which maximizes the distance, the margin, between the nearest examples of both classes named Support Vectors (SVs).Experiments are performed on handwritten Kannada character images and obtained an


Good health care is a community need and is often a measure of development success. The utilization of health service units is still relatively low, although the Puskesmas continue to try to bring health services closer to immigrants. This shows that the lack of confidence of immigrant patients in the health services provided by health workers so that immigrant patients prefer to be referred and continue treatment at the hospital. The purpose of this study is to analyze the factors that influence immigrant patients on the utilization of health services. This research was conducted at Tamalanrea Public Health Center in Makassar City from July-August 2019. The population in this study was 154 people based on data in Tamalanrea Health Center in the last 6 months while the sample in this study was 59 people. Analysis of the data used in this study includes univariate and bivariate analysis stages using multiple regression tests using SPSS version 10. The results of this study indicate that (1) Age has no influence on the utilization of health services, gender has an influence on the utilization of health services in Tamalanrea Health Center ; (2) There is an influence of facilities, and trust in the use of health services with the respective p-value: facilities p = 0.015 and trust p = 0.004. While knowledge has a value of p = 0.665 so that it does not influence the utilization of health services at the Tamalanrea Health Center. The important role of the immigration detection house agency is to help promote and convince immigrants or foreign refugees that first-rate health services can provide the best health services and cure their sickness.


1. This document is FOR 251, one of a series of the School of Forest Resources and Conservation Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date May 2010. Visit the EDIS Website at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu. 2. Heather V. Quintana, research assistant, School of Forest Resources and Conservation; Michael G. Andreu, assistant professor of forest systems, School of Forest Resources and Conservation; Melissa H. Friedman, biological scientist, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, IFAS, University of Florida, Plant City Center; and Mary McKenzie, research assistant, School of Forest Resources and Conservation


In the study of the morphology and dynamic physiological characteristics of living cells, label-free quantitative phase imaging has been the most ideal detection technique. In this paper, we set up a set of white-light common-path digital holographic microscope based on grating diffraction, which can acquire high-resolution quantitative phase image with a very high spatiotemporal imaging sensitivity. Living red blood cells are measured and the accurate quantitative phase images are achieved. Experimental results demonstrate that this system has a very high accurate imaging performance and has the ability to detect living cells.


The invention concerns a graphic printing machine and method for card-type storage medium, consisting in using at least a jet printing head (T1-Tq) and means controlling (40) said head to perform ink jet printing on said medium. The invention is useful for printing plastic or cardboard or paper cards.


The dynamics of interfacial charge transfer across (E)-3-(5-((4-(9H-carbazol-9-yl)phenyl)ethynyl)thiophen-2-yl)-2-cyanoacrylic acid (CT-CA) and TiO2 nanocomposites was studied with femtosecond transient absorption, fluorescence upconversion, and molecular quantum dynamics simulations. The investigated dye, CT-CA is a push–pull chromophore that has an intramolecular charge-transfer (ICT) excited state and binds strongly with the surface of TiO2 nanoparticles. Ultrafast transient absorption and fluorescence measurements, in both solution and thin film samples, were carried out to probe the dynamics of electron injection and charge recombination. Multiexponential electron injection with time constants of <150 fs, 850 fs, and 8.5 ps were observed from femtosecond fluorescence measurements in solution and on thin films. Femtosecond transient absorption measurements show similar multiexponential electron injection and confirm that the picosecond electron injection component arises from the excited ICT state of ...


Objective To explore effects of heat stress response on neutrophil apoptosis and respiratory burst function. MethodsNeutrophils from each of 18 healthy volunteers were divided into 3 parts,and one part was served as control group,and the other two parts were induced by heat shock or cadmium chloride for heat stress response and named as heat shock group and cadmium chloride group.The neutrophils were incubated in culture medium.At 0,2,3,4,and 6 h following heat stress induction,the heat shock protein(HSP70) expression and the respiratory burst were detected in the neutrophils respectively by using PCR technique and flow cytometer.Level of apoptosis was observed by immuno-fluorescence and flow cytometer DNA ploid at 24 h after heat stress induction. Results In the heat shock and cadmium chloride groups,HSP70 expression at each time point and cell apoptosis at 24 h were significantly higher than those of control group(P0.01).At 4 and 6 h,reactive oxgen speices produced significantly less in two experimental groups than in control group(P0.01). Conclusion Heat stress response can promote apoptosis and decrease respiratory burst activity in neutrophils,indicating that heat stress response may be one of anti-inflammatory roles.


This chapter surveys literature on experimental law and economics. Long the domain of legally minded psychologists and criminologists, experimental methods are gaining significant popularity among economists interested in exploring positive and normative aspects of law. Because this literature is relatively new among legally-minded economists, we spend some time in this survey on methodological points, with particular attention to the role of experiments within theoretical and empirical scholarship, the core ingredients of a well done experiment, and common distinctions between experimental economics and other fields that use experimental methods. We then consider a number of areas where experimental evidence is increasingly playing a role in testing the underlying foundational precepts of economic behavior as it applies to law, including bargaining in the shadow of the law, the selection of suits for litigation, and the investigation of jury and judge behavior. Our survey concludes by offering some suggestions about what directions experimental economists might push the methodology in the study of legal rules.


Abstract Kaniwhaniwhanus gen. n. is described for the first time from New Zealand. Diagnoses of the male imago, pupa, and larva are presented. Kaniwhaniwhanus can be distinguished by a combination of hairy eyes, pigmented wings, presence of bare anal point, and absence of inferior volsella in the male imago; the absence of a thoracic horn, presence of anteriorly directed comb‐like hooklets on abdominal tergites TII‐TV, evenly distributed shagreen on posterior abdomen tergites, and the absence of anal macrosetae in the pupa; and by a 4‐segmented antenna, broad single tooth of mentum with four pairs of lateral teeth, and the presence of paired medio‐lateral lobes of the mentum in the larva. Kaniwhaniwhanus appears to be monotypic and is designated by the type species, Kaniwhaniwhanus chapmani. Larvae of Kaniwhaniwhanus chapmani are known from North Island streams and have been recorded from Lake Grasmere in the South Island.


In this digitalized world, e-resources have become the most functional tool for higher educational institutes. It is advantageous in improving search speed, provides more access points, the ability to access information that would otherwise be unavailable, and an increasing amount of information is electronic form. Whereas, the old library system consumes a lot of valuable time for the scholars. The present study was carried out in the College of Agriculture, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya (RVSKVV), Gwalior (M.P.) to realize the utilization pattern of e-resources by the students the problems experienced and their suggestions while using e-resources. A total of 104 respondents were selected on the based on a proportionate random sampling method. The primary data was collected using a well-structured questionnaire that was circulated to the students through online mode using Google forms. An exploratory research design was used for the purpose of the study. A majority (n=89) of respondents (85.58%) had medium to high utilization of e-resources and maximum (n=92) of respondents (88.46%) reported a lack of proper training in using e-resources whereas, a high percentage (82.69%) of the respondents (n=86) suggested that the institution ensures the availability of training staffs to the students.


The gate-stack quality of planar MOSFETs fabricated in Ge-on-Si substrates and passivated by a GeOx interfacial layer is evaluated by low-frequency noise analysis. It is shown that for both n- and p-channel transistors predominantly 1/fγ noise (γ~1) has been observed, which originates from number and correlated mobility fluctuations. The oxide trap density and mobility scattering coefficient derived from the input-referred voltage noise power spectral density are demonstrated to be significantly higher for nMOSFETs than for pMOSFETs with the same gate-stack, which explains the low electron mobility.


Despite the wealth of literature on foster care, limited attention has been given to investigating the subjective, everyday experiences of the carers themselves. Lauren Pickin, Vivienne Brunsden and Rowena Hill report on research into the emotional experiences of foster carers using the photovoice method as reconfigured for psychological research (Brunsden and Goatcher, 2007). The resultant visual and verbal data were analysed using interpretive phenomenological analysis (Smith and Osborn, 2003). Five super-ordinate themes emerged: 'Angry frustration', 'Promoting security and well-being', 'An ambiguous life', 'The impact of the children' and 'Coping?'. The research provides a greater understanding of the emotional needs of foster carers and has practical implications in terms of provision for their support.


Residue levels of nalidixic acid (1-ethyl-1, 4-dihydro-7-methyl-4-oxo-1, 8-naphthyridine-3-carboxylic acid, NA) and its metabolites, 6-OHNA (1-ethyl-1, 4-dihydro-6-hydroxy-7-methyl-4-oxo-1, 8-naphthyridine-3-carboxylic acid) and 7-OHNA (1-ethyl-1, 4-dihydro-7-hydroxy-methyl-4-oxo-1, 8-naphthyridine-3-carboxylic acid) in cultured rainbow trout (Salmo gairdnerii) after oral administration of 50mg/kg of NA were determined. The following results were obtained.The unconjugated metabolites, 6-OHNA and 7-OHNA, which had antibacterial activity, were detected in bile and liver, but their tissue levels were much lower than those of unchanged NA and their residence times were not so long as that of unchanged NA. The amount of the unconjugated form in bile 24 hours after dosing about one-eighth that of the conjugated form. These results indicate that the metabolic pattern of NA differs from that of PMA, and if the existing withholding period prior to consumption of rainbow trout is observed, 6-OHNA and 7-OHNA would be undetectable in tissues except for bile. The disappearance rate of unchanged NA 96 hours after dosing was so slow that a suitable with-holding period prior to consumption of rainbow trout could not be evaluated.


A new slag system, Y2O3-SiO2-CaF2 system, was adopted in purification of Si for photovoltaic application. The partition ratio of boron (LB) between slag and silicon was studied under different mass ratio of slag to silicon and varying basicity at 1873K. Scanning electron scope and electron probe micro analysis were used to detect the distribution of impurity elements in silicon after slag refining. The experimental results show that the mass ratio of slag to silicon did not affect the trend of slag basicity with LB, and high mass ratio of slag to silicon would decrease LB. Silicon was surrounded by amorphous slag. Impurity elements are concentrated in slag. Yttrium oxide's role in slag and kinetic analysis of boron removal are also discussed.


'Sustainable development' has become a dominant discourse for anything remotely environmental in the 1990s. While the term originated in a specific historical context, its apparent universality is an important reason for its mobilising power. However, is this likely to lead to 'ecologically meaningful' policies? This paper explores competing discourses of sustainability and then looks at what the author considers to be ecologically necessary, rather than what may be immediately politically achievable, in order to address sustainability effectively.


Lynette Hunter is, the cover tells us, a Canadian educated in Canada. Nonetheless, this book appears to have originated in a British PhD program ( i f I read the acknowledgment to Shirley Chew correctly), and to have been worked out in the classroom where Hunter teaches at the University o f Leeds. Hunter certainlv comes at Canadian literature f rom a materialist and reader-focused perspective unusual here, although it can be connected with the debate over canons conducted for the past few years by Frank Davey (Canadian Literary Power, Edmonton: NeWest, 1994) and Robert Lecker (Making It Real: The Canonization of English-Canadian Literature, Concord, O N : Anansi, 1995) and debates over the access to publ icat ion o f minori ty writers usually lumped under the rubric "appropr iat ion o f voice." The title seems appropriate, however, since onlv an "outsider" would begin a book on contemporary Canadian l i terature with the claim that "Canada is a country similar to most in western Europe . . ." (13). This statement runs counter to the perspective o f most Canadianists and o f most postcolonialists, who would argue that Canada's relation to Britain and the US complicates its literary and publ ishing history in ways that simply do not hold for the non-English speaking countries o f Europe. Once Quebec is added to the mix, o f course, Canada is even less typical, even i f occasionally Switzerland and Belgium are useful for comparisons o f language politics. However, the persistent Canadian anxiety about dist inguishing this country's culture f rom that o f others is perhaps usefully countered by such a claim, which in the end does not really control the book's direct ion. The word "notes" in the title more accurately describes the approach which appears to be to examine various important debates and the associated literatures in a way that often generates useful insights on particular texts and issues, but that is finally hard to summarize or even remember because there is no clear argument ho ld ing the book together.


Abstract : The feasibility of stabilizing small arms in full automatic fire by use of fluidics was investigated. The man-gun interaction was studied to define the role of the fluidic system components. A system consisting of angular rate sensors, signal amplifiers, a fluid-to-mechanical converter, and a controllable muzzle device was postulated. A hydraulic analog of muzzle gas flow was developed to aid in design of the controllable muzzle device. This analog expands the gas-flow time scale by a factor of one thousand. Thus, designs are easily modeled, and the resulting flow interaction with the model is readily observable in the laboratory. The proposed system appears to be feasible, and the design techniques for further development are available. (Author)


Objective: To describe the clinical profile of individuals with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) from a reference hospital in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Method: This is a retrospective cross-sectional study with data collection from electronic medical records of individuals with a defined diagnosis of ALS between 2010 and 2020, in the Muscular Dystrophies reference sector of a hospital in a Brazilian capital. Results: A total of 103 individuals with ALS were included, with a mean age of 60±12 years, mean diagnostic age 56±12 years, and mean time of disease progression of 3±3 years. Furthermore, 70% were male, 88% with sporadic ALS, with a similar bulbar involvement between mild (32%), moderate (27%) and severe (28%), and with a higher rate of diagnosis from 50 to 70 years of age. Conclusion: The epidemiological data from this study are very similar to those in the literature. However, the heterogeneity of the disease, the complexity of the diagnosis and the diversity of forms that each study brings to the disease, and especially the rapid progression, make a more extensive picture difficult to be discussed. Tracing this profile is important for a more focused clinic and a more adequate management, and for that, further studies are needed.


This paper studies the influence of political connections on corporate earnings quality, as well as the inherent interaction mechanism of their relationship. Taking the private companies listed in Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange in the period 2003- 2008 as the sample, and judging whether a firm is politically connected by whether the firm's senior executives currently or formerly serve in the government, we find evidence that the earnings quality of a politically connected firm is poorer than that of a non politically connected firm provided other conditions are the same. The conclusion supports the "tunneling hypothesis" of political connections.


This article discusses the use of 3D laser scanning as an objective means to record and identify damaged Roman portraits in stone, in this case three mutilated images recovered from Romano British contexts that can now be identified as being of the fifth emperor of Rome, Nero (AD 54–68). The potential significance of such sculptured pieces has frequently been overlooked and the portraits themselves have, to date, made little or no contribution to the understanding of Roman art, the nature of imperial identity, the dissemination of artwork throughout the Roman world, the worship of the head of state in the provinces, or the development of Britain following conquest and assimilation by Rome. This report represents the first stage of a wider project set up to create a 3D digital database of Roman portraiture and the subsequent dissemination of datasets in an educational and interactive format.


— Kjeller Vindteknikk has developed a tool, IceRisk, to evaluate the risk of ice throw from wind turbines, with several major improvements. There are two main parts to the latest development; (1) implementing new modules and improvements to the software and (2) collecting ice pieces from the field to validate the model. The work


The utility model discloses a synchronous circular cutting device of high Pyrex pipe, comprising glass tube transmission track and cutting mechanism, still comprises: catch up with the mechanism in step, comprises to be connected and can to drive the cutting mechanism with the cutting mechanism to be on a parallel with the drive mechanism of glass tube transmission track removal and the servomotor that the drive mechanism is connected in the drive; circular cutting mechanism, the cover is external at the glass tube on the cutting mechanism in the setting, the feeding tool bit and the slewing mechanism that are provided with the shower nozzle on its inner wall and connect by the servomotor drive; the clamping mechanism lies in glass body both sides, connecting on catching up with the mechanism in step, and with catch up with mechanism's moved simultaneously; and the control device, comprise motion control ware and the servo controller be connected with the servomotor control end. The beneficial effect of this utility model is: cutting precision in length is high, can set up cutting length size and cutting pipe diameter wantonly. Required manpower and the equipment of secondary cutting has been practiced thrift.


inGDM expected negative in healthy pregnant women (r= between healthy pregnant women and those with GDM in the level of plasma and erythrocyte zinc Maternal zinc deficiency is often seen during pregnancy. Zinc is a micronutrient whose requirements increase with pregnancy, but Zinc deficiency during pregnancy is common. The purpose of the study was to estimate plasma and intracellular (erythrocyte hemolysate) zinc in pregnant with/without gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) women, compared to healthy non pregnant.Patients and Methods: The study involved pregnant with GDM (n=45), healthy pregnant women with normal glucose tolerance (NGT, n=45) consecutively and fasting non-pregnant healthy women (n=45). Blood samples were obtained in the third trimester in both pregnant groups. The blood samples were analyzed for plasma and intracellular zinc by Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry (FAAS). Results: Plasma zinc level in normal pregnant, compared to non-pregnant controls were (11.40±2.51 µmol/l vs 15.55±2.48 µmol/l, p0.0001; zinc erythrocytes 0.65±0.12 mol /l g Hbvs 0.56±0.09 , p0.0001) andwomen, compared to non-pregnant controls (11.81 ± 2.42 µmol/lvs.15.55±2.48 µmol/l, p0.0001; zinc in erythrocytes 0.66±0.13mol/l/g Hb vs. 0.56±0.09 mol/l/g Hb, p0.0002). The study founded positive correlation between plasma zinc levels and pro-insulin in GDM pregnant (r=0.225) and -0.119).Conclusion: The survey did not identify statistically significant differences hemolysate zinc. Both pregnant groups had higher level of intracellular in comparison to non-pregnant.


While speaking about his work as a biologist, Harvard University's Andrew W. Murray likes to quote the words found on theoretical physicist Richard Feynman's blackboard on his death: "What I cannot create, I do not understand." Murray, who feels he has much in common with physicists as well as biologists, uses Feynman's quote to explain aspects of his own research, including his work as a graduate student creating an artificial chromosome and the research reported in his Inaugural Article (1), which uses synthetic biology to examine how cell differentiation evolved in multicellular organisms. "The point of building synthetic things is to determine whether you really understand the science behind their natural counterparts," he explains. Murray, who was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2014, is the Herchel Smith Professor of Molecular Genetics, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, and the Director of the FAS Center for Systems Biology at Harvard University.

Andrew W. Murray. Image courtesy of Renate Hellmiss (Harvard University, Cambridge, MA).

Murray grew up outside Cambridge, England, in the small town of Linton, a child of expatriates from the United States. His parents met at the Trevi Fountain in Rome while traveling after graduating from college. They married three months later in Naples and moved to Cambridge, where Murray's father held a fellowship to study Italian history. As his father completed his PhD over the next seven years, Murray and his four siblings were born, leaving the family "solidly settled in England."

"When I was six," recalls Murray, "I used to orbit the back yard, pretending to be [cosmonaut] Yuri Gagarin, and when I was 12, I wanted to be a race car driver. No coordination and slow reflexes persuaded me that studying might be a useful backup plan, and by the end of high school, …


A classification of acquired abnormalities of the uterus is presented, in the diagnosis of which hysterography may be of use. The hysterographic investigation of structural abnormalities is discussed in the light of the authors' personal experience and of relevant information gleaned from the literature. Differential diagnostic features and common diagnostic pitfalls are emphasised. The value of the procedure as an aid in treatment planning is discussed.


Concrete in power plant was corroded seriously in marine atmosphere environment. Analysis results indicated that there are two major reasons that resulted in corrosion of concrete, one is carbon dioxide corrosion, and the other is chlorine ion corrosion. To protect the concrete from corrosion, TPEI-lactescence grout and spraying concrete were applied.


A method to image near-surface hardness profiles of heat-treated case-hardened steels using laser infrared photothermal radiometric phase imaging is described. It is shown that thermophysical and mechanical transverse inhomogeneity profiles in industrial case hardened steel samples are well correlated. Phase surface scanning imaging leads to a practical criterion for assessing transverse hardness homogeneity. A simple method based on phase imaging is proposed as a quantitative criterion to determine which steel samples should be rejected for thermal-wave depth-profilometric reconstruction of thermal diffusivity. Having developed this lateral hardness homogeneity criterion, we selected laterally homogeneous case-hardened industrial steels for thermal-wave frequency scans in order to perform depth profilometry of their thermal diffusivity. The reconstructed thermal diffusivity depth profiles from the samples were compared to the results of microhardness testing after each step of heat treatment: carbonitriding and quenching. The comparison showed that there is a good to excellent anti-correlation between hardness and thermal diffusivity profiles for both carbonitrided and quenched samples with 0.02 " case depth and gradually worsening anti-correlation trends for 0.04 " and 0.06 " case depths. Introduction: Thermophysical depth profilometry is a thermal-wave inverse-problem technique where thermal diffusivity profiles of a material are reconstructed from experimental surface data. Specifically for steels, since the thermal diffusivity depends, among other things, on their microstructural properties, monitoring this parameter indirectly gives information on changes that take place as a result of surface or bulk modification processes. In particular, thermophysical depth profilometry as implemented by laser photothermal means, has shown promise as a non-destructive alternative to existing costly, time-consuming and destructive techniques to determine metallurgical properties of case-treated steels. Various independent groups of researchers [1-6] have studied the by now well-established anti-correlation between thermal diffusivity and microhardness. Only very recently have attempts been made to offer physical interpretations of photothermally reconstructed hardness depth profiles in processed steels. Nicolaides et al. [7] sought to understand the mechanism by which the thermal diffusivity profiles in carburized and hardened AISI 8620 steel arises. In the work of Nicolaides et al., a set of 8620 steel samples were studied after carburizing, followed by quenching. These two steps are normally performed sequentially to produce a quenched, hardened steel but were studied independently so that the origins of the thermal diffusivity profiles could be understood in detail. That study concluded that the depth distribution of the thermal diffusivity profile is dominated by carbon diffusion during carburization, while the absolute thermal …


This
 study
 investigated
 the
 prevalence
 of
 the
 five
 Core
 Leadership
 Capacities
 (CLCs)
 in
 the
 Ontario Leadership
 Framework
 (OLF)
 in
 the
 work
 of
 teachers
 and
 administrators
 charged
 with
 developing
 an integrated
 Grade
 10
 curriculum
 incorporating
 student
 use
 of
 emergent
 electronic
 and
 web-‐based technologies.
 Retrospective
 interviews
 were
 conducted
 with
 members
 of
 this
 group
 -‐-‐known
 as
 the Futures
 Forum
 Project
 (FFP)-‐-‐
 to
 elucidate
 and
 explore
 their
 professional
 interactions
 for
 traces
 of the
 CLCs.
 The
 researcher
 concluded
 that
 the
 CLCs
 were
 not
 used
 as
 an
 intentional
 framework
 for leadership,
 but
 did
 detect
 traces
 of
 distributed
 leadership
 closely
 linked
 to
 exchange
 theories
 of power.
 These
 and
 related
 findings
 invite
 critical
 examination
 of
 the
 OLF
 and
 its
 constituent
 CLCs
 as
 a defensible
 framework
 for
 the
 development
 of
 autonomous
 professionalism
 amongst
 school
 and


Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) constitutes two related clinical entities, Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), which resemble each other so closely that they cannot be distinguished even pathologically, but differ from each other sufficiently to regard them as independent entities. Both are caused by a disruptive interaction between the immune system and intestine luminal factors. The exact etiology of IBD remains unclear, but clinical and laboratory studies indicate that both genetic and environmental factors are important. Thus, it is of high importance to deepen our knowledge about the pathogenesis of IBD not only to make a quick diagnosis but also to investigate a new methods of treatment.


Abstract We characterize numbers having finite β-expansions where β belongs to a certain class of Pisot numbers: when the β-expansion of 1 is equal to a1a2…am, where a1≥a2≥…≥am≥1 and when the β-expansion of 1 is equal to t1t2…tm(tm+1)ω where t1≥t2≥…≥tm>tm+1≥1.


In organisations, competitive advantage is increasingly reliant on the alignment of socio-technical systems with business processes. These are complex and volatile due to the rapid pace of marketplace change. An organisation's success increasingly relies on its adaptability. Within this changing environment our work aims at developing tools that encourage an employee driven continuous process improvement opportunity, when considering the deployment and use of computing. Our focus is the analysis and synthesis of change, captured as a codification of recurrent patterns of change in a suggested notation of Change Frame Diagram. In this paper we extend our work by reinforcing with description, the change context modelled between 'before' and 'after' change scenarios, and their comparison. We identify context specific variables that support reasoning about the context in which change takes place. We exemplify our approach on a more complex real-world example than previously, resulting in a further, potential, Change Frame Diagram.


Inbreeding and crossbreeding oppositely affect the performance of livestock; inbreeding negatively- and crossbreeding positively affects all traits. This study examined if it is appropriate that breeding value estimations (EBVs) in Dutch dairy cattle only take into account the effects of crossbreeding (heterosis). Performance and EBVs for milk yield, fat, and protein; somatic cell count; and fertility of 219 purebred Holstein Friesian cows and 191 crossbred cows were compared. The outcomes suggest a bias in the EBVs for milk yield, and fat; and fertility, that may very well be caused by inbreeding depression.


We formulated a method for preparing low-salt fish sauce using soy sauce yeast. In 10% NaC1 fish sauce mash, to which 5 % ethanol was added, bacterial growth was nearly 102 colony forming units ( cfu) / g throughout the fermentation period ; in fish sauce mash without ethanol, the bacterial population markedly increased beyond 108cfu/ g in the first 10 days of fermentation. To prepare the low-salt fish sauce, we isolated the A-9 strain of the yeast Zygosaccharomyces rouxii from soy sauce mash ; 106cells/ g of the strain was added to fish with 10% glucose or 22% wheat koji as the carbon source for alcohol fermentation to prepare a 10% NaC1 fish sauce mash. In the mash, yeast produced alcohol as they grew, which inhibited the growth of bacteria. Fermentation was complete in 60 days, and the mixture was pressed to obtain liquid. The low-salt fish sauce prepared with high levels of yeast in this study had a half concentration of NaCl and a more favorable fermented flavor than commercial fish sauces made in the traditional manner. (Received May 9, 2007 ; Accepted Oct. 2, 2007)


Objectives: Sexual health counseling and education are important parts of pre-marital counseling programs, which can play effective roles in the prevention of sexual dysfunction and an increase in marital satisfaction. In this regard, this study aimed to assess the effect of the pre-marital sexual counseling of couples on self-efficacy and sexual function among females who referred to pre-marital training courses in Zahedan, Iran. Materials and Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 110 couples before marriage, who were randomly divided into intervention and control groups. The intervention group was subjected to two 60-minute sexual counseling sessions whereas the control group received only the routine training in this regard. The obtained data were analyzed by SPSS software (version 21) using independent and dependent t tests. A P value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: In this study, the mean score of sexual self-efficacy within the intervention group decreased from 20.61±6.05 before attending the counseling sessions to 17.34±4.89 three months after the intervention. However, the mean score of sexual self-efficacy within the control group represented a decrease from 17.87±5.49 to 17.45±5.86. Moreover, mean changes in the sexual self-efficacy scores of females in the intervention and control groups were -3.27±1.16 and -0.42±0.37, respectively. Furthermore, there was a significant difference between the intervention and control groups regarding the mean score of the sexual self-efficacy of females after the intervention (P = 0.01). In addition, there was a significant difference between the intervention and control groups in terms of the mean score of sexual function among females (P = 0.0001). Conclusions: In summary, educational interventions and pre-marital counseling with regard to sexual health helped improve the marital relationships of couples.


The aim of this study is to evaluate the influence of the risk factors from the point of thrombophilic gene mutations (TGM) with type and inter-cooperation's on recurrence in venous thromboembolism (VTE) patients.This retrospectively and crosssectionally designed study was conducted between 2008–2009. The VTE patients, who were evaluated for TGM were elected. Among a total of 109 patients, the mean age at first VTE event was 42.6±14.1 years. Fifty-nine (54.1%) patients were male. While 33 (30.3%) patients had primary VTE, 46 (42.2%) patients had recurrent VTE (rVTE). In the univariate analysis, the significant variables associated with the increased rate of rVTE were age ≥40 years, first event at in-hospital, malignancy, internal medical disease, TGM, factor V Leiden, prothrombin G20210A. The analyses of different mutation count on rVTE pointed that, there were significant differences in recurrence rates, except groups with no mutation and one mutation. Additionally, the increasing number of clinical risk factors and TGM per case were considerably associated with rVTE in both univariate and multivariate analysis. Regarding the risk of rVTE, the TGMs were significant but do not appear to play a vital role per se. However, simultaneous existence of clinical risk factors, including TGM seem to be more important for the prediction of rVTE.


A survey named "innovaion of the extensive reading course based on reading and reciting" about the general situation of the extensive reading teaching has been carried out in the author's university. The investigation generally reflecs the universal problems existing in the college extensive reading teacing. After a series of researches and analysis,it is concluded that the importance attched to the college extensive reading is not that suffficent and the innovation of this course is extremely urgent.


Music theory and creativity are often overlooked in the regular orchestra class and private lessons. When it is taught, students often fail to see a connection between the theory and their playing. Composition provides students with a real-world application of theory and creativity that motivates them to learn. Free computer notation programs give teachers the option of assigning compositional activities as homework. By getting instant aural feedback through computer playback, students can explore and discover the imponance of theoretical models to guide them through the compositional process.


In this study,bacteria were isolated and cultured from the liver,spleen,and intracardiac blood of a dead black goat in order to identify the pathogen which had caused black goat death on a farm in Nanning.Then the suspected pathogens were analyzed,tested and identified through morphological identification,biochemical tests,and 16 S r DNA sequencing analysis,after which they were used to challenge mice to detect drug sensitivity and resistance gene. The results showed that the isolates were Acinetobacter calcoacetlcus,with strong pathogenicity to mice,bringing forth 80% mortality rate(4/5). Detection of drug sensitivity displayed that the strain had resistance to 4 types of antibiotics,such as penicillins,cephalosporins and furans,moderate resistance to5 types of antibiotics,such as sulfonamides,chloramphenicol and polymyxins,and no resistance to 9 types of antibiotics,such as quinolones,aminoglycosides and macrolides. 14 genes were found to be resistant to Sulfonamides,tetracycline,chloramphenicol,etc.The results of this study indicated that the isolated Acinetobacter calcoacetlcus had strong pathogenicity. Being resistant to multiple antibiotics,it can do harms to animal husbandry and aquaculture,and therefore should be paid due attention.


A semiconductor device having different gate structures according to channel types and a manufacturing method thereof are provided to optimize a threshold voltage by using a heterogeneous metal gate electrode structure. A channel region(12) is formed on a semiconductor substrate(10). A gate insulating layer(20A) including a high dielectric layer(24) is formed on the channel region. A gate(30A) is formed on the gate insulating layer. The gate is composed of a doped metal nitride layer(32) including a first and second metal layers and a conductive polysilicon layer(38). The first and second metal layers are composed of a nitride of a first metal and a second metal different from the first metal. The gate further includes a capping layer(34) including metal which is inserted between the doped metal nitride layer and the polysilicon layer.


AIM: To explore the localization and semi-quantification o f the glo merular complement C5b-9 complexes and synthesis of some inflammatory mediators or cytokines such as nitric oxide (NO) and tumor necrosis factor α(TNFα) in the ra ts with anti-thymocyte serum nephritis(ATSN). METHODS: The animal mo del of rat AT SN was reproduced by a single intravenous injection of anti-thymocyte serum (ATS ). Then, the deposits of glomerular C5b-9 complexes were localized and quantifie d by immunohistochemical staining and microscopic image scanning separately. And the glomerular mesangial cells (MC) surrounded by C5b-9 complexes were counted under microscope. In addition, the expression of glomerular MC inducible NO synt hase(iNOS) mRNA and excretion of urinary NO metabolite ( NO - 2/NO - 3 ) and TNF α in the rats with ATSN were detected. RESULTS: The MC in t h e rats with ATSN emerged necrosis followed by a rapid proliferation. In the early time of MC injury, the C5b-9 complexes were mainly seen in glomerular mesangium and MC sur fac e. But with the progression of ATSN, the MC enclosed by C5b-9 appeared gr adual decrease. Moreover, the expression of MC iNOS mRNA in early stage of ATSN obviously increased and the excretion of urinary NO - 2/NO - 3 and TNF α also significantly increased. However, the changes of parameters mentioned abov e in ATSN proliferative stage (after 7 days) alleviated gradually. CONCLUSION: The second ary lysis of MC has relation to the deposition of C5b-9 complexes and synthesis and release of NO and TNF α in rats with ATSN.


We were saddened to learn of the sudden death of Teshome H. Gabriel on 15 June 2010. He died of sudden cardiac arrest in Panorama City, California in the United States; Teshome was 70. He had been a member of the International Editorial Board of African Identities since its inception in 2003. Teshome Gabriel was born on 24 September 1939, in the small town of Ticho, on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; he migrated as a young man to the United States at the age of 23 in 1962. He began teaching at the University of California, Los Angles (UCLA) School of Theater, Film and Television since 1974, and became an internationally


Background Despite efforts to use standardized taxonomy and research reporting, documenting implementation strategies utilized in community settings remains challenging. This case study demonstrates a practical approach to gather use of and satisfaction with implementation strategies utilized within community-based sites to understand community providers' perspectives of implementing an early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) for children on the autism spectrum across different settings. Methods Using a sequential explanatory mixed-methods design, survey and interview data were collected from directors/supervisors and direct providers (n = 26) across three sites (one university and two community-based replication sites). The Implementation Strategies and Satisfaction Survey (ISSS) was administered to identify staff-reported implementation strategy use and satisfaction. Informed by quantitative results, follow-up semi-structured interviews were conducted with a subsample (n = 13) to further understand staff experiences with endorsed implementation strategies and elicit recommendations for future efforts. Results Survey results were used to demonstrate frequencies of implementation strategies endorsed by site and role. Overall, staff felt satisfied with implementation strategies used within their agencies. Content analysis of qualitative data revealed three salient themes related to implementation strategy use—context, communication, and successes and challenges—providing in-depth detail on how strategies were utilized, and strategy effectiveness based on community providers' experiences. Recommendations were also elicited to improve strategy use within "broader" community settings. Conclusions The project demonstrated a practical approach to identifying and evaluating implementation strategies used within sites delivering autism services. Reporting implementation strategies using the ISSS can provide insight into community providers' perspectives and satisfaction with agency implementation strategy use that can generate more relevant and responsive strategies to address barriers in community settings. Plain language abstract Examining community providers' preferences and experiences with implementation strategies used to facilitate evidence-based practice uptake can broaden our understanding of what, how, and why implementation strategies work in community-based settings ( Chaudoir et al., 2013; Leeman et al., 2017; Proctor et al., 2013). Such efforts have great potential to tailor implementation strategies to address barriers/facilitators typically found in community-based settings. This case study demonstrates a practical approach using mixed methodology to: (a) gather self-reported use of and satisfaction with implementation strategies to understand community providers' perspectives of implementation strategy success. Using a new survey, the Implementation Strategies and Satisfaction Survey (ISSS) conjoined with interviews, the study demonstrated a practical approach using standardized language to report strategies used in one university-based site and two community-based replication sites that deliver an early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) for children on the autism spectrum. This paper contributes to one of the five priorities to enhance public health impact—improve tracking and reporting of implementation strategies utilized when translating research into practice ( Dingfelder & Mandell, 2011; Powell et al., 2019; Stahmer et al., 2019). This approach emphasizes the importance of understanding context (e.g., community organizations providing services to children on the autism spectrum) to develop strategies that work better for EIBI implementation and scale-up. Understanding community provider's preferences and experiences with implementation strategies can support use of implementation strategies that better fit usual care contexts, with the ultimate goal of improving implementation practice in community-based settings.


Objective To study the overweight or obesity on bronchial asthma treatment effects,explore its correlation.Methods Based on the body mass index in patients with different will be divided into A group,B group,observe two groups of patients with autoimmune condition and the treatment of difference;according to patients condition will be divided into severe group C and mild to moderate group D,comparing the two groups of patients with the condition and the treatment of difference.Results In A group,the average age of patients,severe / critical incidence probability,known allergen in proportion,the use of oral,inhaled corticosteroid hormone content were significantly greater in group B patients.C group compared with D group,the mean body mass index were 25.4and23.7,normal body mass index patients were respectively 52.9% and 65.8%.Conclusion Through this research,found that overweight or obese symptoms in patients with bronchial asthma clinical treatment has a negative influence.