Certification: Can We Afford It? (So Much To Do for So Few) The subject of professional certification for research administrators is a topic of keen interest to individuals seeking status and recognition among peers and associates in the workplace. It is often surmised that the main difference between certification and non-certification lies in the level of education and skill of the individual. However, the issue is more complicated when consideration is given to other factors such as the individual's employer and the involvement of the Society of Research Administrators (SRA) and its collective membership. There are some within the SRA who believe it is now time for our Society to promote its own certification, while others are wary of possible negative results of such an undertaking. I believe that no program should be tailored for individuals and supported by the SRA unless it is good for the Society and benefits the majority of its membership. The following statements support my opposition to the proposed certification program. I sincerely believe that certification is not good for the SRA. Is Research Administration Ready for Certification? The SRA has been in existence for approximately 22 years. It was founded on knowledge, forethought, and the contributed services of talented and concerned administrators. Those forerunners of the Society were not formally trained for research administration, and the success they shared was achieved through hard work, common sense, and experience. The success enjoyed since then by many research administrators in their own workplace is evidence that one does not have to be certified to be an effective research administrator. Success cannot be effectively passed to the newcomer through a formal course of study. Beyond knowledge, it takes dedication, motivation, and luck. Furthermore, I do not believe that the duties and responsibilities of individuals can be uniformly identified for the large spectrum of research administrators. Consequently, can we establish a credable certification program at this time? I do not think we can. Beasley, Dingerson, Hensley, Hess, and Rodman (1982) suggest that ". . . professions such as medicine, law, or architecture are defined by six criteria: (1) an advanced body of knowledge and skills specific to the field of work; (2) a long period of advanced training to acquire the knowledge and skills; (3) rigid standards of entrance usually measured by an intensive examination; (4) licensing or certification of members; (5) a code of ethics; (6) disciplinary procedures determined and regulated by the members of the profession to expel anyone who violates the ethical code or does not perform at competency levels." These criteria are cited in most of the research administration literature related to professional certification. The authors are SRA members, and each has been instrumental in the continued progress of the Society. Furthermore, they believe that research administrators do not now meet the six requirements for a profession. Unlike recognized professions, we do not have a prescribed course of study, we do not have a set of professional standards or a code of ethics, and we do not have disciplinary procedures regulated by a controlling body. Certainly, some of the criteria have been addressed, but we must have all in order to have a legitimate certification program. Greenwood (1975) writes of criteria which adds community sanction. Reinstedt and Berger (1973) indicate that it is not enough to merely initiate a program of certification; it will have to be comprehensive in the sense that everyone within and outside the research organization knows precisely what the certification certifies. A certificate is valid only if all associated parties recognize the significance of the training and specialization which the holder has achieved. …


Lattice thermal conductivities of Cu2SnSe3-Cu2SnS3, Cu2SnSe3-Cu2GeSe3, Cu2Sn0.8Ge0.2Se3-Cu2Sn0.8Ge0.2Se3 and Cu2Sn0.6Ge0.4Se3-Cu2Sn0.6Ge0.4Se3 alloy systems have been determined as functions of the alloy compositions. Experimental results are compared with the Klemens-Drabble theory. Agreement between the theory and the experiment is good for Cu2SnSe3-Cu2SnS3 system, while the experimental values are appreciably below the theoretical curve for Cu2SnSe3-Cu2GeSe3 system. The discrepancy may be due to a contribution of strain to phonon scattering. In the case that both anionic sublattice and catonic sublattice are disordered as in alloy systems of Cu2Sn0.8Ge0.2Se3-Cu2Sn0.8· Ge0.2S3 or Cu2Sn0.6Ge0.4Se3-Cu2Sn0.6Ge0.4S3, it was found that the resultant scattering parameter is given by the sum of the individual effects. Lattice thermal conductivities of AgSbTe2-PbTe and -SnTe systems have been re-investigated and compared with the theory. Qualitative agreement between the experimental data and the theoretical curves is obtained except for the PbTe-rich alloys in AgSbTe2-PbTe system.


The capacity of the flavan‐3‐ols [(–)‐epicatechin (EC) and (+)‐catechin (CT)] and a B dimeric procyanidin (DP‐B) to modulate phorbol 12‐myristate 13‐acetate (PMA)‐induced NF‐κB activation in Jurkat T cells was investigated. The classic PMA‐triggered increase in cell oxidants was prevented when cells were preincubated for 24 h with EC, CT, or DP‐B (1.7–17.2 μM). PMA induced the phosphorylation of IKKβ and the subsequent degradation of IκBα: These events were inhibited in cells pretreated with the flavonoids. PMA induced a 4.6‐fold increase in NF‐κB nuclear binding activity in control cells. Pretreatment with EC, CT, or DP‐B decreased PMA‐induced NF‐κB binding activity and the transactivation of the NF‐κB‐driven gene IL‐2. EC, CT, and DP‐B inhibited, in vitro, NF‐κB binding to its DNA consensus sequence, but they had no effect on the binding activity of CREB or OCT‐1. Thus, EC, CT, or DP‐B can influence the immune response by modulating NF‐κB activation. This modulation can occur at early (regulation of oxidant levels, IKK activation) as well as late (binding of NF‐κB to DNA) stages of the NF‐κB activation cascade. A model is presented for possible interactions between DP‐B and NF‐κB proteins, which could lead to the inhibition of NF‐κB binding to κB sites.


A S their name implies, papillomas, or villous tumors, are composed chiefly of slender, finger-like projections or villi. They are derived from the mucous membrane of the large intestine to which they are attached by a broad base. They are comparatively rare. As described in the literature, their outstanding characteristics show them to be frequently of large size, and usually of solitary incidence; to have a tendency to broad, flat attachment to the bowel wall; and to occur almost exclusively in adults. In 1899, Qutnu and Landel published one of the first comprehensive studies of villous tumors together with four case reports. They called attention to the fact that the periphery is the most active site of growth and noted the difference in structure between the villous tumor and the adenoma. On the other hand, David; who presented eight cases of papillomas in 1925, emphasized the close relationship between papillomas and adenomas. In two fairly recent ~tudies ,~, l2 of mucosal polyps of the colon and rectum, the papilloma has been considered not as a separate entity, but as an example of the growth variation to which all adenomas may be subject. Helwig, in his recent excellent study of 139 cases of single or multiple adenomas of the colon, found in 1460 consecutive autopsies, concluded that all adenomas have a basic resemblance and no practical significance can be attached to minor variations in structure and cells. Under minor variations of structure he included villosity of surface. The potential capacity of villous papillomas (as a group) to undergo carcinomatous change has always been in doubt. AIthough all authors have viewed the tumors with suspicion, only a small number of the


Chinese part of speech tagging is the basis of Chinese information processing. This paper proposes a method based on bilexical co-occurrences to tag Chinese text. The standard hidden Markov model assumes the transition between states (part of speech) is independent of the observation (word) sequence and the generation of a new observation is independent of other observations. In fact, Chinese text does not satisfy this assumption. Based on hidden Markov model, the effect of the words in the context on the decision of part of speech is also considered. The discriminative ability of the model is improved. Deleted interpolation is utilized to mitigate the data sparseness problem. We evaluate the proposed model on PFR China Daily corpus. The tagging accuracy is 99.09% on closed test and 96.37% on open test.


The Unusual Melt Behaviour of Mixtures of 1- and 3-Homoadamantanecarboxylic Acids

Mixtures of 1- and 3-homoadamantanecarboxylic acids give an unusual phase diagram which reveals the formation of a 1 : 1 addition compound. This diagram allows one to explain the fact that sharp melting points, which differed only slightly from each other in absolute value, were reported in the literature for samples derived from synthetic procedures, which, in fact, give mixtures of these two acids.


Tinea, also known as dermatophytosis or ringworm is fungal infection of the skin. Ringworm infection can affect all age group and both sex which initially presents with red patches on affected were as of the skin and later spreads to other parts of the body. In tropical countries like India dermatophyte infections like Tinea corporis, Tinea cruris is common irrespective of rural or urban population. Moreover they represent a major public health problem in school age children. The present study was undertaken to understand the effectiveness of constitutional treatment in case of Tinea corporis and cruris. Tinea infection is one of the common conditions seen in hostel students of Alva's education foundation. Hence the study was conducted to assess the tinea infection and the therapeutic effect of our homoeopathic medicine. The study showed that homoeopathic constitutional medicines were effective in treating tinea cruris and tinea corporis.


ABSTRACT What is the opposite of lyric? And how do we know? It seems right to think of many definitional modernist texts as 'anti-lyrical, pure and simple' (Adorno); of the lyric as 'precisely the antithesis of modernity' (de Man). But the anti-lyric moments I consider in this essay – largely the use of iteration, flatness and disgust in Beckett's Watt – show how lyric performance and its problems inhabit even the most stringently anti-lyric literary situations. While anti-lyrics such as Watt attest to the 'deep ludicrousness' of lyric, they also radicalise it by relentlessly subjecting it to its own formal logic: they are the process and products of such a radicalisation. In testing the conditions of aesthetic production and reception (nearly to destruction), they reveal some of the constitutive conditions and problematics of lyric writing and how it asks to be read. They further highlight the value and power of lyric in a way that sympathetic and non-dialectical readings – Hegelian but harmonising rather than disruptive – mostly fail to.


Abstract Aged, homebound people are among the medically unreached. Their problems are multifaceted, involving medical and psychological health, finances, housing, and isolation from society. In Jan...


A total of 48 wounds of 3x2 cm were created in three groups containing 4 goats each. The wounds of group-I (G-I) and group-II (G-II) were treated with topical application of sunflower oil and olive oil, respectively, whereas the wounds of Group-III (G-III, control) were treated with normal saline solution. The wound healing potential of both the oil with respect to foul smelling, exudation and inflammation and wound contraction were recorded. Wound contraction as well as epithelialization was conspicuously consistent with sunflower oil followed by olive oil and normal saline. It was concluded that sunflower oil and olive oil enhanced the wound healing with topical application.


Compact coatings of ''amorphous'' boron were deposited on a smooth surface of a substrate such as graphite, refractory metals, iron, and stainless steel using the reduction of boron trichloride by hydrogen. With a constant surface temperature, and a low deposition efficiency, a constant thickness is obtained if transport limitations are avoided in all points of the surface. Extension of the results is proposed for the deposition on larger surfaces and complex shaped substrates. The rate of deposition was studied at temperatures ranging from 950 to 1200$sup 0$C. The apparent activation energy is found equal to 31.4 kcal/mole. Adherence and absence of cracks are a function of the specific nature of the substrates. The most satisfactory coatings were obtained on graphite and on refractory metals of group Vb, iron and stainless steel. On iron and stainless steel, a diffusion barrier was first deposited by pack cementation, which avoids the transport of the metals and slows down the boron diffusion. Boron morphology regularity is shown to be a function of nucleation. (auth)


Background: Meniscal bearing total knee replacements were developed to decrease the contact stresses on polyethylene and to reduce polyethylene wear. The kinematics of meniscal bearing knee replacements is poorly understood. The present study was designed to evaluate, with radiographic analyses, the motion of the meniscal bearings and the femoral rollback of the Low Contact Stress meniscal bearing knee replacement during knee flexion. Methods: Eighty-one Low Contact Stress meniscal bearing total knee replacements in seventy-six male patients were assessed on fluoroscopically centered lateral radiographs made with the knee in full extension and in full flexion at an average of six years (range, twenty-four to 147 months) after the operation. The distance and direction of motion of the meniscal bearings and the center contact position of the femoral condyles were measured. Knee evaluations were performed with use of the Knee Society rating system. Results: The average range of motion of the knees, measured on lateral radiographs, was 90° (range, 45° to 136°). As they moved from terminal extension to terminal flexion, thirty-nine knees (48%) exhibited anterior motion of both bearings and sixteen (20%) demonstrated posterior motion of both bearings. Ten knees (12%) had reciprocal motion of the two bearings (one bearing moving anteriorly and one bearing moving posteriorly) with flexion, nine knees (11%) had motion of only one bearing, and seven knees (9%) had no motion of either bearing. When moving from full extension to full flexion, eighteen knees (22%) demonstrated femoral rollback, six knees (7%) showed no change in the position of femoral contact, and fifty-seven knees (70%) exhibited anterior sliding of the femoral condyles. Flexion of the knees demonstrating femoral rollback averaged 104° (range, 76° to 128°), and flexion of the knees demonstrating anterior sliding averaged 94° (range, 45° to 125°). The difference was significant (p = 0.03). According to the Knee Society rating system, the average clinical score for the entire group was 76 points (range, 27 to 100 points) and the average functional score for the entire group was 72 points (range, 30 to 100 points). The average clinical score was 79 points (range, 27 to 98 points) for the knees that exhibited anterior sliding of the femoral condyles and 87 points (range, 52 to 100 points) for those exhibiting femoral rollback (p = 0.09). The average functional scores were 64 points (range, 30 to 100 points) and 72 points (range, 45 to 100 points), respectively (p = 0.15). Conclusions: Radiographic analysis of meniscal bearing total knee replacements demonstrated an average anterior motion of both the medial and the lateral meniscal bearing of 4.7 mm (range, 1 to 14 mm) in thirty-nine knees (48%) as they moved from terminal extension to terminal flexion. Sixty-three knees (78%) demonstrated no femoral rollback as they were flexed. Knees with anterior sliding of the condyles had a significantly smaller average range of flexion (p = 0.03) and a lower average Knee Society score than did knees demonstrating femoral rollback. We believe that lack of rollback indicates a functional insufficiency of the posterior cruciate ligament.


The first pass hot rolling process of thin slab was studied with the aid of two dimensional elastic-plastic and thermal-mechanical coupled FEM using commercial software Marc.The distribution and change of temperature field in rolling process were analysed.The results show contact heat conduction and deformation heat are the main factors that influence temperature change and their synthetic functions determine the workpiece temperature changes during deformation.There is obvious temperature gradient from surface to centre of the workpiece within a certain depth.The workpiece temperature almost remains constant beyond this critical depth.The result serves as reference to the industrial production.


Hereditary tyrosinemia type I (HT1) results in hepatic failure, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) early in childhood and is caused by a deficiency in the enzyme fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase (FAH). In a novel approach we used the chimeric adeno‐associated virus DJ serotype (AAV‐DJ) and homologous recombination to target and disrupt the porcine Fah gene. AAV‐DJ is an artificial chimeric AAV vector containing hybrid capsid sequences from three naturally occurring serotypes (AAV2, 8, and 9). The AAV‐DJ vector was used to deliver the knockout construct to fetal pig fibroblasts with an average knockout targeting frequency of 5.4%. Targeted Fah‐null heterozygote fibroblasts were used as nuclear donors for somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) to porcine oocytes and multiple viable Fah‐null heterozygote pigs were generated. Fah‐null heterozygotes were phenotypically normal, but had decreased Fah transcriptional and enzymatic activity compared to wildtype animals. Conclusion: This study is the first to use a recombinant chimeric AAV vector to knockout a gene in porcine fibroblasts for the purpose of SCNT. In using the AAV‐DJ vector we observed targeting frequencies that were higher than previously reported with other naturally occurring serotypes. We expect that the subsequent generation of FAH‐null homozygote pigs will serve as a significant advancement for translational research in the areas of metabolic liver disease, cirrhosis, and HCC. (HEPATOLOGY 2011;)


About half of the 30 or so species of dinoflagellates examined by electron microscopy have been found to possess distinct pyrenoids associated with chloroplasts and having a granular proteinaceous matrix. The pyrenoids fall into the following five categories: (A) simple fusiform interlamellar pyrenoid; (B) compound interlamellar pyrenoid much larger and more extensive than the previous type; (C) simple stalked structure usually surrounded by a starch sheath; (D) more complex multiple-stalked pyrenoid supported by two or more chloroplast projections; (E) stalked pyrenoid, the matrix of which is perforated by numerous invaginations of the envelope. Many dinoflagellates, including all of the heterotrophic species examined, had no obvious pyrenoids. Most organisms had both starch and fat food reserves.

Many genera exhibit more than one pyrenoid condition and a rather similar variety of types of pyrenoid has been found in other algal classes. Pyrenoids would appear to be of little taxonomic value except in the description of individual species.


Subprime mortage's crisis in United States 2008 giving effect to the global capital markets especially the stock price index of the mining sector Indonesia. This research analyzes the effect of BI Rate, exchange rate, world gold price, crude oil price, and Dow Jones Industrial Average on the stock price index of the mining sector. This research employs time series monthly data of 2009-2016 with Error Correction Model-Engle Granger (ECM-EG) as the method. The analysis showed that the BI rate, exchange rate and world gold price, has a negative and significant effect. World oil prices affect positively but not significant meanwhile the Dow Jones Industrial Average has a positive and significant impact on the stock price index of the mining sector. For investors in the mining sector, should pay attention to the exchange rate of the rupiah and Dow Jones Index significantly in the mining sector of the stock price index. DOI:  10.15408/sjie.v6i2.5395


A prototype of an intelligent manufacturing planning system has been developed that can supply customized products on the required time schedule to fill the varied needs of the market. The system has a graphical interactive interface and consists of a sales support system and a production management system. The authors outline the system and explain one of its components, the lead-time adjustable production planning system, which is a production planning system that adjusts manufacturing operations to cope with dynamic changes in manufacturing conditions and product specifications. It is based on material-requirements-planning-like high-speed simulation with lead-times adjustable according to manufacturing operations.<<ETX>>


HANDWERKER GALLERY ITHACA, NEW YORK FEBRUARY 1-MARCH 5,2017 Recently, my teenage daughter, Nina, and I made the scenic drive that snakes along the Finger Lakes toward Ithaca to see Linn Underhill's latest exhibition, Last Standing. The nude self-portraits that comprise the show were inspired by Underhill's sister's death, which made the artist the "last standing" member in her family of origin. Awakening at three o'clock in the morning in tears, Underhill assuaged her grief by photographing herself standing naked as she cried. Her process was a means to healing, but it was the result that served as further impetus for this new body of work. As Underhill relates, "In one stroke [I realized] I had broken two bans on visibility--on grief and on the naked older female body--and I became curious to explore the ways that older body occupied the world. What does it look like, and what can it mean?" (1) That day the gallery was deserted, but the space felt oppressive. It wasn't as if Underhill's multiple images had materialized and we were surrounded by countless crones. Nor could I blame the curation, as there was plenty of room to circulate. But what I realized after much rumination was that my and my daughter's concurrent discomfort at the sight of Underhill's fully exposed, elderly female body monopolized the room. Nina, whose selfie-filled culture equates the nude with the nubile, experienced visibly hot embarrassment at seeing a geriatric woman gladly flout one of society's implicit taboos. Her palpable teenage disgust reminded me of Susan Sontag's off-putting truism: "That old women are repulsive is one of the most profound esthetic and erotic feelings in our culture."2 As a fifty-year-old cancer survivor, I experienced an anxious awareness of my own sagging flesh, and thus my encroaching death. To one generation, Underhill was a naked old woman, to the other a nude goddess, and to both she was a fallible and shameless female body, emanating our inevitable decline. For the first fifteen minutes, it was really all too much. Most of the sequences, which range from one to six images in a continuous line, show Underhill in action, and are titled accordingly: Cry, Sing, Stand, and Split (all 2015). There are no coy poses, no Hannah Wilkesque reenactment of better physical days. To the contrary, Underhill's gestures are intentionally nonheroic. In letting her remote-controlled digital camera capture the intimate and the quotidian simultaneously, Underhill allows one to guiltlessly scrutinize a body normally kept under wraps. It is perhaps this fact that Underhill used as the inspiration for the sequence Wrap (2015), in which she dons a blanket as a makeshift mantle, sweeping it around her like a bullfighter. What one realizes is that her body is less absurd nude than cloaked, better seen as a proud prehistoric queen than modest beggar woman. Higher (2015), my favorite sequence, shows Underhill willfully jumping into the air. …


COVID-19 pandemic is causing a significant flare-up, seriously affecting the wellbeing and life of many individuals all around the world. One of the significant stages in battling COVID-19 is the capacity to recognize the tainted patients early and put them under exceptional consideration. In the proposed model we used deep learning-based exception Net under transfer learning paradigm. We trained the proposed model using chest-X rays collected from the open-source dataset (COVID -19 Dataset) using K10 cross-validation. We further calculated the severity in the covid classified images by the model using radiologist ground truth. We achieved an accuracy of 96.1% in the classification, and we are able to calculate the severity of the COVID -19 within the range of 75-100 % risk. Our proposed model successfully classified the COVID chest x-rays with severity measure.


Industry 4.0 trends have a significant influence on the acceleration of technology in Indonesia. The development of financial technology has shifted conventional transactions to electronic money as a means of payment with a digital system. Electronic money users in Indonesia continue to grow, while several factors affect consumer decision making to use electronic money. This study aims to analyze the effect of financial literacy, practicality, and consumer lifestyle on consumer interest in using chip-based electronic money. This research uses a quantitative approach with primary data obtained through questionnaires to chip-based electronic money users. The analytical method used is Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to verify the factors that determine the indicators of the findings of interest in the use of chip-based electronic money. The study results indicate that: (a) Financial literacy has a significant positive effect on interest in using chip-based electronic money by 14.6%; (b) Financial literacy has a significant positive effect on practicality in the use of chip-based electronic money by 51.8%; (c) Practicality in the use of chip-based electronic money has a significant positive effect on consumer lifestyles by 71.3%; (d) Practicality has a significant positive effect on the use of chip-based electronic money by 25%; and (e) Consumer lifestyle has a significant positive effect on the use of chip-based electronic money by 52.8%. The study results imply that it can be used as a consideration for making monetary policy in Indonesia, dealing with the rapid growth in the use of chip-based electronic money.


INTRODUCTIONTribal courts are the most effective forum for addressing alleged civil rights violations under the Indian Civil Rights Act (ICRA); thus, the provision in ICRA that grants U.S. federal courts habeas corpus jurisdiction must be amended to allow tribal governments to opt out. This is even more imperative because the 2013 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) amendments to ICRA provide non-Indians the option to petition for a stay of detention while their habeas petition is pending. This new provision creates an ICRA that values the rights of non-Indians more than those of Indians because Indians are not granted this option.Although this new provision was created to avert fears that tribal courts are unable to properly address civil rights violations,1 an unprecedented survey of habeas corpus petitions filed in federal courts under ICRA found that fifty percent of cases are dismissed for failure to exhaust tribal court remedies. This acknowledges the sovereignty of Indian Nations and the view that tribal courts are the most effective forum for addressing any alleged violations. Notably, none of these cases were refiled after exhausting their tribal remedies and, of the remaining cases that proceeded after exhausting their tribal remedies, only four habeas petitions were granted. An additional four writs were granted on jurisdictional grounds due to the defendants' status as non-Indians; however, the low number of writs granted since 1968 demonstrates that tribal governments commit few civil rights violations that result in detention. Although federal courts have exercised their supervisory duty as required by ICRA, it is no longer necessary. Tribal courts effectively remedy any civil rights violations themselves.The question remains, however, what happens when civil rights violations are alleged in tribal courts? Although every tribal court is different, the case study of Navajo Nation Supreme Court habeas corpus cases demonstrates that tribal courts, when using tribal law based upon their culture, not only remedy civil rights violations but provide individualized justice by remedying such violations. Tribal courts, therefore, act as a check on the power of both the executive branch and the lower courts, reforming the justice system to avoid future civil rights violations. As illustrated by Dean Haungooah's case,2 tribal courts also work to restore a defendant to his or her community.In 2012, a Navajo Nation District Court sentenced Mr. Haungooah to 365 days in jail and a $500 fine.3 The jail sentence was later suspended, and he was placed on probation for a year.4 After three months of probation, a petition was filed that alleged Haungooah violated probation by failing to be a law-abiding citizen, leaving the jurisdiction of the Navajo Nation without approval, and possessing or using intoxicating liquors or controlled substances without medical treatment.5 The petition also stated that Haungooah failed to check in on July 9, 2012, but acknowledged that he called on July 10, 2012, to inform his probation officer that he had left his residence in Kayenta.6 "A copy of the revocation petition was provided to Probation and Parole Services (PPS) to be mailed to [Haungooah] 'when he disclose[d] his current address,'" but the court never issued a summons to appear before it issued a bench warrant.7 Haungooah was then arrested on November 27, 2012, pursuant to the bench warrant.8 While he was detained, he was "served with a notice of hearing and criminal summons ordering him to appear the very next day."9 The court also issued an order of temporary commitment without stating why Haungooah's detention was necessary.10At the hearing, the court informed Haungooah that his public defender had withdrawn legal representation and that "any legal representation in th[e] proceeding would be at his own cost."11 Initially, the judge "asked [him] how he wished to proceed, to which [he] did not respond."12 The judge then asked Haungooah if he wanted to proceed without an attorney, and Haungooah answered, "Yes. …


In bacteria, the translocation of a subset of proteins across the cytoplasmic membrane by the Sec machinery requires SecA. Although SecA can recognise nascent polypeptides, the mechanism of cotranslational substrate protein recognition is not known. Here, we investigated the role of the C-terminal tail (CTT) of SecA, which consists of a flexible linker (FLD) and a small metal-binding domain (MBD), in its interaction with nascent polypeptides. Phylogenetic analysis and ribosome binding experiments indicated that the MBD interacts with 70S ribosomes. Disruption of the entire CTT or the MBD alone had opposing effects on ribosome binding, substrate-protein binding, ATPase activity and in vivo function. Autophotocrosslinking, mass spectrometry, x-ray crystallography and small-angle x-ray scattering experiments provided insight into the CTT-mediated conformational changes in SecA. Finally, photocrosslinking experiments indicated that binding of SecA to substrate protein affected its interaction with the ribosome. Taken together, our results suggest a mechanism for substrate protein recognition. Impact Statement SecA is an evolutionarily conserved ATPase that is required for the translocation of a subset of proteins across the cytoplasmic membrane in bacteria. We investigated how SecA recognises its substrate proteins at the ribosome as they are still being synthesised (i.e. cotranslationally).


In 2006, Amtrak instituted a program that coupled Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) with Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to increase rolling stock reliability. The RCM-RCA program at Amtrak combined features of RCM and RCA into a unique methodology to achieve success. A case study of the High Horsepower electric locomotive (HHP-8) power module failure RCA project is described in this paper. The initial focus of the RCA was a persistently high failure rate of power modules. Power modules are expensive to purchase and labor intensive to replace. Additionally, power module failures take locomotives out of revenue service. Partially as a result of the HHP-8 Power Module RCA project, and the implemented recommendations, the availability of the HHP-8 locomotive fleet has improved by 80%. Changes were made to the maintenance, condition monitoring, and troubleshooting procedures for HHP-8 as a result of the RCA project. The physical, human, and latent root causes for the high failure rate of HHP-8 Power Modules, were determined and addressed during this six month effort. A cross-functional team of AMTRAK personnel worked closely with reliability consultants and the original equipment manufacturers to determine the various root causes. This case study is a valuable example of how the hands-on nature of a rigorous RCA coupled with the methodology of RCM can result in significant improvements to reliability and availability.


The present study is aimed at analyzing the internet use and its services impact among the faculty members of SPBPEC and SPIT of North Gujarat. The study factors affecting the use of internet, purpose, services, infrastructures facilities, problems of using library resources, most use of database, etc., were studied. The research methodology tool, method of questionnaire was adopted to collect the data followed by both of the college faculty members. Required internet facility and services were identified through previous study. Responses were also collected on the problems faced in using internet infrastructure facility and services. The authors of this study have made findings on various points on the use of internet facility and services. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE


With the proliferation of embedded ubiquitous systems in all aspects of human life, the development of embedded systems has been facing more and more challenges (e.g., quality, time to market, etc.). Meanwhile, lots of software processes have been reported to be applied in Embedded Systems Development (ESD) with various advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, it's important to portrait a big picture of the state-of-the-practice of the adoption of the software processes in ESD, which may benefit both practitioners and researchers in this area. This paper presents our investigation on this topic using systematic review that is intended to: 1) identify typical challenging factors and how software processes and practices address them; and 2) discover improvement opportunities from both academic and industrial perspectives.


Understanding the prayer is very important for every Christian, because prayer is a conversation, listening, telling all thoughts, feelings, doubts, problems, complaints, hopes, and joy with God. GBT Kristus Penebus Boyolali is one of the Pentecost-Charismatic churches that applies the discipline of prayer for their congregants. This research uses descriptive qualitative methods to explain the congregation's understanding of the prayers taught and how they apply them to their prayer life. In-depth interviews were conducted with ten respondents of the GBT Kristus Penebus Boyolali congregation who produced a good understanding of prayer but were still inconsistent in its application.


An expert system for short-term forecasting of natural gas sendout is presented. GAuLF, or gas automated load forecaster, has been developed to assist Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (NMPC) gas operators in estimating short-term demand for gas. GAuLF uses a hybrid rule-based and pattern recognition approach to forecast hourly gas sendouts up to 96 hours in advance. GAuLF presently uses a five-year historical database of weather and gas sendout, and a rule base that takes into consideration periodic variations of the sendout as well as demand growth. GAuLF's structure and operational results are discussed.<<ETX>>


[Objective]To study the effects of microecologics on blood parameters and apparent digestibility of nutrient in channel catfish.[Method]Healthy channel catfish was divided into 5 groups.Group Ⅰ was control group,the others were experimental groups(Ⅱ-Ⅴ group)which fed with diet containing 100,300,500,700 mg microecologics,Bacillus subtilis per kg feed for 60 d.Blood parameters and apparent digestibility of nutrient in channel catfish among each group were compared.[Result]Compared with the control group,the blood parameters including blood sugar,leukocyte and hemoglobin,etc in experimental groups were significantly increased(P0.05),especially the blood sugar and hemoglobin in group Ⅳ were in the highest level.Whereas,the urea nitrogen was decreased significantly(P0.05) with the increase of Bacillus subtilis.The apparent digestibility of crude protein,crude lipid,calcium and total phosphorus in experimental groups was increased significantly,and experimental Ⅳ was in the highest level.[Conclusion]Addition of Bacillus subtilis in diet could increase the apparent digestibility of nutrient,increase the transporting oxygen of blood and promote the metabolism of fish.The suitable addition of Bacillus subtilis in diet was 500 mg per kg feed.


In the title molecule, C18H17N5O3S2, the heterocyclic thiazine ring adopts a twist boat conformation, with the S and N atoms displaced by 0.480 (7) and 0.205 (8) Å, respectively, on opposite sides of the mean plane formed by the remaining ring atoms. The pyrazole and benzene rings are tilted at an angle of 10.9 (2)° with respect to one another. The crystal structure is stabilized by intermolecular N—H⋯O and C—H⋯N hydrogen bonds, resulting in dimers forming nine-membered rings of graph-set motif R 2 2(9). In addition, intermolecular C—H⋯O interactions result in chains of molecules along the c axis, further consolidating the crystal packing.


We present high resolution X-ray spectroscopy of two recent GRB afterglows observed with the Low Energy Transmission Gratings on Chandra . The afterglows to GRBs 030328 and 041006 are detected beginning 15.33 and 16.8 hours after each burst, respectively, and are observed to fade in time during each ∼ 90 ksec observation. We fit for the continuum emission in each full data set and for the data sliced into half and quarter time sections. For both afterglows, the continuum emission is well described by an absorbed power-law model, and the model parameters describing the absorption and spectral slope do not appear to evolve in time. We perform a careful search for deviations from the model continua for the full and time-sliced data and find no evidence for significant (∼> 3σ) narrow emission/absorption lines or edges. The lack of detections implies that line emission–if it is a general feature in GRB X-ray afterglows–occurs early (t ∼ 0.3 days in the source frame) and/or is short-lived (dt ∼< 10 ksec). We also comment on synchrotron fireball models for the X-ray and optical data. Subject headings: gamma rays: bursts — supernovae: general — X-rays: general


The present study aims to compare teacher talk and the course book used as a source of vocabulary input. For the research purpose, part of Yenny Corpus (Kwon, 2013) was used to analyze the vocabulary content of the two input sources. Yenny Corpus consists of a total of 247,398 words collected from EFL classes of four native and five non-native university lecturers. In this study, however, the data of 1,416 words by the native teachers and 1,651 words by the non-native teachers with their course book scripts were used. To analyze the quantity and quality of the vocabulary use (e.g., level, diversity) of the two input sources, some representative word lists such as BNC-COCA 25,000 word family list topped on Range Program (Heatley & Nation, 2002) were applied. The results show that the teachers (including both native and non-native teachers) orally provide 8,090 word types while their course books introduce 4,713. The non-native teachers provide a little more vocabulary input compared with the native teachers' talk. In addition, the level of the vocabulary provided by the non-native teachers seems more appropriate for their students' vocabulary ability. Nevertheless, in order to generalize the findings further research is needed in different settings.


This review covers the literature on marine natural products published in 2003. Methods of isolation and structure elucidation continue to improve with the result that the number of new marine natural products increases each year. This review covers a small part of the literature to highlight some of the diverse structural types and associated biological activities. Marine sponges are the source of the largest number of new natural products this year, however the large range of metabolites available from cultured marine microorganisms is of growing interest. This review is organised similarly to the last one with the natural products grouped loosely under their biogenetic origins of polyketides, terpenoids and alkaloids and peptides.


The number of Srotas are specifically compared with the number of Bhavas in our body. In our body, there is Aparisankheya (innumerable) bhava, so the number of Srotas is also Aparisankhey. In Strotovimaniyaadhyaya, where as many more Srotas have been mentioned in our classics such as Ashruvaha Srotas, Lasikavah Srotas, Sandnyavaha Srotas, etc., we get the specifics of only thirteen Srotas of which Mulasthnadi have not been clarified. Awareness about these Anukta Srotas is needed to treat the diseases of these Srotas. Detailed knowledge of 13 Srotas is enough to believe, visualize and manage the diseases of Laksha-Alaksha Anukta Srotas, according to Acharya Srotas are the Avakashas, which are Abhivahanshila that circulate in our body and travel through their Mulasthanas, thus, their Mulasthana must be verified to learn Anukta Srotas. The whole body is composed of Srotas (micro and macro channels) according to Ayurvedic literature, which transports all sorts of materials throughout the body. It is important that these pathways, both micro and macro, remain intact for proper body function. We found that there is a detailed description of Srotas in Samhita. Srotas are connected to each-other so that other Srotas are also affected when one Srotas is vitiated. The structures that hold or circulate the Doshas and tissues (Dhatu) or their components to the different organs are the Srotas.


Factorization of short- and long-distance interactions is severely broken in hard diffractive hadronic collisions. Interaction with the spectator partons leads to an interplay between soft and hard scales, which results in a leading twist behavior of the cross section, on the contrary to the higher twist predicted by factorization. This feature is explicitly demonstrated for diffractive radiation of abelian (Drell-Yan, gauge bosons, Higgs) and non-abelian (heavy flavors) particles.


Harmonics detection is a critical element of active power filters. A previous review has shown that the recursive discrete Fourier transform and the instantaneous p-q theory are effective solutions to extracting power harmonics in single-phase and three-phase power systems, respectively. This paper presents the operating principle of a new modulation function integral observer algorithm that offers a fast solution for the extraction of the fundamental current and the total harmonic current when compared with existing methods. The proposed method can be applied to both single- and three-phase systems. The observer-based algorithm has an advantageous feature of being able to be tuned offline for a specific application, having fast convergence, and producing estimated fundamental component with high circularity. It has been tested with both simulations and practical experiments for extracting the total harmonic current in a highly efficient manner. The results have confirmed that the proposed tool offers a new and highly effective alternative for the smart grid industry.


A volume hyperbolic set is a compact invariant set with a dominated splitting whose external bundles uniformly contract and expand the volume respectively [1]. Examples of volume hyperbolic sets for diffeomorphisms or flows are the hyperbolic sets, the geometric Lorenz attractor [3] and the singular horseshoe [6]. We shall prove that no invariant subset of a volume hyperbolic set of a three-dimensional flow is homeomorphic to a closed surface.


Urea was determined by means of diacetyl monoxim in the blood cells of 80 cockerels of the initial breed White Leghorn, commercial hybrid Primant. The highest urea concentration was ascertained on the 15th day of life: 392.33 +/- 85 mg per 10(12) blood cells. The content of urea in the blood cells irregularly deceased with the age of the cockerels. The minimum urea concentration was obtained on the 40th day of post-incubation life: 63.40 +/- 56.5 mg per 10(12) blood cells.


The optical and structural properties of multilayer Si/Ge structures with precritical, as well as closeto-critical, germanium inclusions in a silicon matrix, for which the transition from the two-dimensional to island growth occurs, were studied. The possibility of obtaining intense photoluminescence at room temperature in both cases under optimally chosen growth parameters is demonstrated. The proposed approaches to producing an active region appear promising for applications in silicon-based optoelectronics. © 2004 MAIK "Nauka/Interperiodica".


For marginalized communities around the globe, lack of stable Internet access can result in a "digital divide." The author's sociotechnical analysis of three marginalized communities—rural Native Americans in the US, Syrian refugees in Jordan, and Congolese refugees in Rwanda—identifies several key contributing factors, including aid agencies' changing priorities, goals, and political concerns, as well as technological, geographic, and cultural challenges. Through novel insights about these contributing factors of digital divides, the author generates a set of technical, organizational, and policy solutions.


In a number of application areas, distributed database systems can be used to provide persistent storage of data while providing efficient access for both local and remote data. With an increasing number of sites (computers) involved in a query, the probability of failure at query time increases. Recovery has previously only focused on database updates while query failures have been handled by complete restart of the query. This technique is not always applicable in the context of large queries and queries with deadlines. In this paper we present an approach for partial restart of queries that incurs minimal extra network traffic during query recovery. Based on results from experiments on an implementation of the partial restart technique in a distributed database system, we demonstrate its applicability and significant reduction of query cost in the presence of failures.


Presented here is a technique to structurally depth profile multilayer films using a Seemann-Bohlin triple axis x-ray diffractometer and a 12 kW rotation anode x-ray source. This paper discusses the Seemann-Bohlin geometry and aberrations related to depth profiling and refraction. The technique was successfully applied to multilayer metallic-thin films a few hundred angstroms thick and demonstrated to have an excellent sensitivity to ultra thin-metallic films less than 25 angstroms thick.


Insulin resistance affects up to a third of the US adult population and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) affects up to 10% of reproductive‐age adult women. The liver plays an essential component in the metabolism of insulin and androgen signaling. Hyperandrogenism in females can also increase predisposition to insulin resistance. In our study, we placed female and male liver androgen receptor knock‐out mice (Liv‐ARKO) on high fructose diets (HFrD) and high fat diets (HFD) to determine if Liv‐ARKO mice demonstrated altered glucose‐stimulated insulin secretion on special diets compared to a control diet.


For decades, the 4-aminoquinoline chloroquine (CQ) was the mainstay for the prevention and treatment of malaria because of its low cost, safety, and efficacy. However, CQ-resistant Plasmodium Jalciparum has now been reported from almost every malaria endemic country, and this drug can no longer be considered appropriate for the treatment of malaria in many areas (1). Reports of CQ-resistant P. vivax also have begun to emerge from Asia and South America (2). In response to the problem of CQ resistance, the quinolinemethanol mefloquine has been widely deployed and used for the prevention and treatment of malaria in areas where CQ is no longer effective. However, resistance to this drug has emerged in many malarious regions (3-8). Although the older quinolinemethanols quinine and quinidine remain useful in areas of CQ and mefloquine resistance, these drugs have been losing efficacy, and cases of cross-resistance among the different quinolines have been described (9-16). The impact of resistance to CQ and other quinoline antimalarials is measured not only by the reduction in their efficacy but also by the increasing necessity to rely on the more expensive and more toxic current alternatives. Strains of P. Jalciparum from Cambodia and Thailand exist that are resistant to all available antimalarials except the artemisinin compounds (1). Given the great success of the guinolines prior to the emergence of resistance, strategies to develop new antimalarials should include new agents that act upon the target of these drugs as well as chemosensitizers that can reverse the resistance phenotype. A better understanding of underlying mechanisms of quinoline resistance should assist these strategies. This chapter reviews current understanding and controversies regarding the mechanisms of resistance to the quinoline antimalarials, with a focus on P. Jalciparum and the most widely used drugs of this class.


We develop our existing two-dimensional lattice-gas model to simulate the flow of single phase, binary immiscible and ternary amphiphilic fluids. This involves the inclusion of fixed obstacles on the lattice, together with the inclusion of "no-slip" boundary conditions. Here we report on preliminary applications of this model to the flow of such fluids within model porous media. We also construct fluid invasion boundary conditions, and the effects of invading aqueous solutions of surfactant on oil-saturated rock during imbibition and drainage are described.


This study investigated the effectiveness of external strengthening technique. The experimental variables were the strengthening material and overlay materials using polymer mixtures. Beams considered in this study are the ones strengthened either with external steel plate or carbon fiber sheet (CFS) bonded to the overlay soffit or with reinforcing rebars in the overlay. An analytical method based on the nonlinear layered finite element method is used to simulate the load–deflection behavior of strengthened beam. The theoretically obtained load–deflection relationships and strains of the strengthened beams are compared to the corresponding experimental values. Efficiencies of the repairing techniques are evaluated by comparing the approximate measures on the cumulative slips. Parametric studies are then obtained using the developed model to investigate the effects of design variables on the overall flexural behavior of the strengthened beam. Simply supported beams under monotonically increasing symmetrical loads are considered exclusively.


Phenoxyl radicals were generated in solutions containing from 0 to 75 % sulphuric acid. The changes observed in the e.s.r. spectra over this range are shown to be due to progressive formation of phenol radical cations. In favourable cases plots of the e.s.r. parameters against acidity enabled us to determine the pKa of the radical cations, which varied from –2.0 (phenol radical cation) to –0.8 (hydroquinone radical cation). Changes in the coupling constants in going from a phenoxyl radical to the corresponding phenol radical cation are usually relatively small, but the g-values change from 2.004 4 ± 0.000 4 to 2.003 2 ± 0.000 4. The free energy changes involved in competing oxidative processes are discussed and the data support the view that the C—O group in phenoxyl resembles that in ketones.


Year after year, environmental studies show exponential growth in greenhouse gas emissions from thermos-electric plants and generators that use fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas, among others. This highlights the importance of an urgent calling to countries for developing to the maximum the implementation of clean and renewable energy. Being Colombia, the 4th country in the world to have a wide hydraulic capacity, it is one of the poorest in the implementation of regulations and incentives, by government entities, for the use of this resource in the generation of renewable energy, governments like China, they have understood the advantage that the use of these energy alternatives implies, being pioneers in the implementation of small plants in rural areas where access to electricity grids is difficult. The development of this type of generators opens up a range of opportunities for Colombia, but the most interesting is the possibility of diversifying the energy matrix and the advantage of being able to reach small communities and towns that do not have this benefit, such as electrical energy. At this point, the implementation of the mini-micro power stations is key, which is perfect for meeting these needs.


How do third-party interventions affect the severity of mass killings? The authors theorize that episodes of mass killing are the consequence of two factors: (1) the threat perceptions of the perpetrators and (2) the cost of implementing genocidal policies relative to other alternatives. To reduce genocidal hostilities, interveners must address these factors. Doing so requires that interveners alter the genocidaire's expectation of a successful extermination policy, which in turn requires a demonstration of the third party's resolve. This cannot be achieved immediately upon intervention, and, given the perpetrator's strategic response to third-party involvement, the authors expect intervention to increase hostilities in the short term. With time, however, the authors contend that the characteristics of impartial interventions offer the greatest opportunity for reducing the violence in the long term. A statistical analysis of the 1955–2005 period supports the theoretical expectations.


The three PERCEFTION, ACTION and DECISION functions are carried out using this robotized unit intended for the assembly of medium-size components. The object to be assembled is of' industrial nature : for the application, it consists in a car engine oil pump. The following devices are used to the realization of the assembly : A commercially available robot (ERICC with 5 d.0.f rotation and filled with DC actuators) ; it is relatively inexpensive, with medium-rating performance ( 0 , 5 mm of repeatability) ; An image processing system, including a CCD 580x500 pixels video camera plus an image processor board for the acquisition and processing of the images ; "GO-NO-GO" tactil sensors isplemented on the robot as well as in the assembly area, intended to monitor the operations ; Two conveyor belts carrying parts to be assembled; Three PC-AT like microcomputers for the control of these equipments ; One commercially available expert system (NEXPERT OEUECT) with which the user has to build the knowledge base.


Abstract : This thesis evaluates the threat to aircraft and aircrew from dust and radioactivity in a cloud generated by nuclear surface bursts. A model of the nuclear cloud is generated, using any number and type of weapons and any desire dust size distribution. The cloud is propagated through the atmosphere for a given time, then penetrated by an aircraft. The activity density in the cloud is converted to dose to the crew for a given path through the cloud. Radiation shielding and dust filters are included in the calculations. Alternatively, the cloud dust mass density can be converted to mass trapped in a filter or the cabin, or to the dust mass that has entered the engine. Methods for determining particle size and altitude distributions are presented. The ionizing dose to the crewmember is computed for both sky-shine and the dust trapped in the cabin during cloud passage. A method of computing the shielding power of the crew compartment against sky-shine is presented. Given the air flow rate into a filter or engine, the mass of ingested dust is found. These nuclear cloud and aircraft models are incorporated in a computer code oriented toward operational use. A significant feature of the code includes the ability to easily change the scenario with menu driven options.


We made a more systematic summarization on our some reseaches in recent years.It refers to the topics of periodic so-lution and global attractivirty of ecology models,Duffing equation and neutral delay differential equationet at.About the position and value of these results all over the world,we also made some analyses.


Background: Cardiac involvement in systemic sclerosis (SSc) affects the prognosis of the disease, but the early diagnosis is difficult due to the subclinical manifestation. We assessed the cardiac involvement in SSc using CMR, bio-markers and other imaging modalities.

Methods: Thirty eight consecutive patients with SSc (58±13 years, M/F: 5/33, limited/diffuse: 23/15, disease duration: 5-516 (mean, 107) months) underwent CMR, 12-lead ECG, and echocardiogram.

Results: (1) Fourteen patients were symptomatic (NYHA class II-IV), and 3 showed low left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF<50%). Eight patients had conduction disturbance (3 atrio-ventricular block and 6 bundle branch block) and 3 had pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). The serum NT-pro BNP level ranged from 5 to 9506 pg/ml (mean 447 pg/ml), and the troponin I level was high in 12 patients (≥0.015 ng/ml). (2) Seven patients (18%) had LGE in LGE-CMR located at mid-ventricular septum (5 striated, 1 patchy, and 1 trans-mural patterns) (Figure). (3) Patients with LGE had higher NYHA classes and NT-proBNP levels, and longer QRS duration than those without LGE (1850±3449 vs. 79±45 pg/ml, and 106.6±28.5 vs 89.2±16.0 ms, p<0.05). (4) Patients with LGE also showed lower LVEF and right ventricular (RV) EF (47.6±16.5% vs. 63.8±8.4% and 24.7±5.8% vs. 42.9±10.5%, p<0.05), larger LA volume (23.2±2.0 vs. 30.8±7.1 ml/m2, p<0.05) and higher tricuspid regurgitation pressure gradient (33.3±7.1 vs. 23.0±5.4 mmHg, p<0.05).

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Representative CMR images

Conclusions: Cardiac involvement in SSc was considerably frequent, and the presence of LGE correlated well with conduction disturbance, LV and RV functional impairment, and PAH. When a patient was symptomatic or showed a high NT-proBNP level, CMR should be examined for the early detection of cardiac involvement.

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Note: This article forms part of the special collection on 'Doing urban public theology in South Africa: Visions, approaches, themes and practices towards a new agenda' in HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies Volume 70, Issue 3, 2014. The collection is the result of the project 'Urban Public Theology', which was initiated by the Institute for Urban Ministry but later expanded to include several academic departments and institutes at the University of Pretoria (UP) and University of South Africa (UNISA). The leading centres in this regard were the Centre for Contextual Ministry (UP) and the Research Institute for Theology and Religion (UNISA).


With the global economical development, high pour point crude oil (HPPCO) is getting more and more attentions. Due to its higher pour point and worse fluidity when it is cold, more difficulties are faced for its extraction. Ultrasonic wave technology is investigated to reduce the pour point of Sudan HPPCO in this paper. First, an ultrasonic horn is proposed and made. Then, after processing for 3 min by the horn, a decrease of more than 3 of the pour point of Sudan HPPCO is obtained. Furthermore, compared with that without ultrasonic processing, the percentage of higher molecular weight constituents becomes more, while that of heavier molecular weight component is less. The mechanism that the pour point of HPPCO can be changed through ultrasonic processing is analyzed and investigated by an experiment that three types of paraffin wax whose molecular weights are different are processed by ultrasonic wave. The main advantage of the ultrasonic processing for HPPCO is economical and environmental and the decre...


Study was conducted to assess lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) status and its effect on blood biochemical parameters of cattle inhabiting around industrial effluent contaminated area. Blood samples (90) were collected from villages located near the industrial effluent contaminated Kali river which were divided into three areas viz Area 1(adjacent to river), Area 2(within 1km from the river) and Area 3(> 2 km from the river). Samples (11) were collected from rural locality away from the river to serve as control. The mean blood Pb and Cd levels in area 1 and area 2 were significantly higher (P<0.05) as compared to control animals. Significantly (P<0.05) higher AST, AKP activities and decreased total protein, albumin were recorded in the animals of Area1 and Area 2 in comparison to area3 and control animals. The BUN and creatinine were significantly (P<0.05) elevated in the animals of Area1 and Area2 as compared to control animals.


Co-op Co-op evolved over aperiod of 10 years. It originated as a way of increasing the involvement of university students in traditional psychol ogy courses by allowing them to explore in depth topics in which they were particularly interested. The use of topic teams (groups of students who cover closely interrelated topics and who develop a coordinated presentation to the whoie class) evolved not out of a philosophical com mitment to cooperative learning but as a practical solution to the prob lem of how to fit student presentations into the time usually allotted for a university course. As soon as the use of teams was introduced, how ever, it was immediately apparent that the teams were far more than a time-saving, practical solution. The teams increased student learning tremendously (as measured by the quality of individual papers), proba bly because they allowed student communication on topics of mutual interest; the sharing of references, resources, and ideas; and increased involvement in and investment in learning. For many students, know ing that they would share what they learned with other students ap  peared to be a far more powerful motivational device than the traditional letter grade. When the teacher training program of the School of Education at the University of California, Riverside, decided in 1980 to train its student teachers in the theories and techniques of cooperative learning, they in cluded training in Co-op Co-op. This allowed further development and refinement of the method; it was used with over 1,000 public school stu dents. In the process of training of student teachers, it was discovered that training in Co-op Co-op could best be accomplished with an ap proach that differs from teacher training in other cooperative learning methods. The other cooperative learning methods each train teachers using either a "basic principles approach" or a " cookbook approach."


SETTING
The Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) guidelines have not been implemented effectively in primary care settings in Viet Nam.

OBJECTIVES
To estimate the proportion of patients with controlled asthma and the direct health care costs of managing asthma according to GINA guidelines at four out-patient clinics in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Viet Nam.

METHODS
One hundred and six patients with asthma were treated and followed up according to GINA guidelines for 12 months. Clinical and pulmonary function responses and direct health care costs were evaluated every 3 months during the study.

RESULTS
The proportion of patients with controlled asthma rose from 1.0% at the start of the study to 36.8% by the end of the study (P < 0.0001). The proportion of patients who had at least one hospitalisation per year decreased significantly, from 32.1% to 5.7% (P < 0.0001). The annual per patient median direct health care cost was US$169. Using asthma controllers continuously gave better asthma control than using them intermittently (OR 12.9, 95%CI 4.7-35.7).

CONCLUSIONS
The implementation of GINA guidelines at out-patient clinics in HCMC, Viet Nam, improved asthma control with modest direct health care costs.


In the crystal of the title compound, C6H6ClNO2S, N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds pack the molecules into sheets parallel to the ac plane.


The maintenance of gastrointestinal epithelium integrity requires a fine balance between proliferation and differentiation as well as protection against gastric acid secretion. Some growth factors, such as epidermal growth factor (EGF) and transforming growth factor alpha (TGF‐α), bind to epidermal growth factor receptor (EGF‐R) to exert these functions. The exact location of EGF‐R within the duodenal area is controversial and still not completely known.


Data mining is a technique that aims to analyze and understand large source data reveal knowledge hidden in the data. It has been viewed as an important evolution in information processing. Why there have been more attentions to it from researchers or businessmen is due to the wide availability of huge amounts of data and imminent needs for turning such data into valuable information. During the past decade or over, the concepts and techniques on data mining have been presented, and some of them have been discussed in higher levels for the last few years. Data mining involves an integration of techniques from database, artificial intelligence, machine learning, statistics, knowledge engineering, object-oriented method, information retrieval, high-performance computing and visualization. Essentially, data mining is high-level analysis technology and it has a strong purpose for business profiting. Unlike OLTP applications, data mining should provide in-depth data analysis and the supports for business decisions.


Some commentators have argued that in projecting future migration levels, it is more appropriate to assume a fixed migration rate rather than a fixed number. In this note, the authors evaluate the two alternatives.


Shelter medicine should be seen as an opportunity rather than a problem, US veterinarian Kate Hurley told delegates at the BSAVA congress earlier this month. Gill Harris reports


The behavior of shallow Sb and As implants has been investigated in the vicinity of the Si-SiO2interface. The implants were performed through thin typically 10-nm oxides and then subjected to inert ambient annealing between 900 and 1000°C. It has been found that the diffusing dopants have an essentially unity sticking coefficient at the SiO2interface, until ∼ 2 × 1014/cm2is segregated. All indications are that the segregated Sb/As forms a single monolayer at the interface. The dopants in this layer are electrically inactive. Such a loss of active dopants must be taken into account in the design of submicrometer devices.


Nowadays one of the main obstacles the research comes up against is the difficulty in accessing the required computational resources. Grid is able to offer the user a wide set of resources, even if they are often too hard to exploit for non expert end user. Use simplification has today become a common practice in the access and utilization of Cloud, Grid, and data center resources. With the launch of L-GRID gateway, we introduced a new way to deal with Grid portals. L-GRID is an extremely light portal developed in order to access the EGI Grid infrastructure via Web, allowing users to submit their jobs from whatever Web browser in a few minutes, without any knowledge about the underlying Grid infrastructure.


Due to the changing structure of the electric power system, stability analysis in the distribution grid are increasingly important. In this paper an impedance based method to determine the stability and the robustness of a grid connected converter under various grid conditions is presented. Therefore, the inverter output impedance is modeled in a modular way based on state space systems. Additionally, grid impedance measurements in a public low voltage grid are carried out. Based on these impedances the stability of the system is evaluated by applying the Nyquist stability criterion. Further, the paper illustrates under which circumstances it is necessary to consider grid resonances to achieve stable operation and it points out how emerging grid impedance resonances and the inverter parameters influence the system stability. The output impedance model is validated by simulation.


It discloses compositions of diets for cats including sulfur-containing antioxidants. This composition improves at least one behavioral characteristics indicate that or reduce to prevent aging degradation of mental capacity. Also disclosed is a method of preventing such degradation by providing the dietary composition to cats.


ABSTRACT This study identifies the main anomalies that may occur in historical buildings, analyzing their related causes, and estimating the influence of pathological situations on the buildings' functionality. This information is essential to support qualified, conscientious, and sustainable rehabilitation interventions on sets of heritage buildings with homogeneous constructive characteristics. A fuzzy expert system was used to estimate the serviceability of buildings, performed based on historical records, over a long period of time, evaluating the influence of the pathological situations to establish the rehabilitation actions. The methodology includes 17 variables, (vulnerabilities and external risks damages), which determine a functionality index of the constructions analyzed. The application of historical data allows knowing the past behavior and performance of the buildings. These data can provide useful information for the definition of preventive maintenance plans, considering financial, social, and environmental requirements and their more frequent anomalies. A total of 390 records in a sample of 20 parish churches located in southwestern Spain were gathered. This study discussed the effects of the most common anomalies observed in these buildings, concluding that controlling moisture and timber-related anomalies is crucial to ensure the building's serviceability over time.


We analyzed state-of-the-art observations of the solar atmosphere to investigate the dependence of the Ca ii K brightness of several solar features on spectral bandwidth and spatial resolution of the data. In particular, we study data obtained at the Swedish Solar Telescope with the Crisp Imaging Spectropolarimeter and Chromospheric Imaging Spectrometer instruments. The analyzed data, which are characterized by a spectral bandwidth of 0.12 Å and a spatial resolution of 0.″078, were acquired close to the disk center by targeting a quiet-Sun area and an active region. We convolved the original observations with Gaussian kernels to degrade their spectral bandwidth and spatial resolution to the instrumental characteristics of the most prominent series of Ca ii K observations available to date. We then studied the effect of data degradation on the observed regions and on parameters derived from Ca ii K line measurements that are largely employed as diagnostics of the solar and stellar chromospheres. We find that the effect of degrading the spectral resolution of Ca ii K observations and line profiles depends on both the employed bandwidth and observed solar region. Besides, we found that the spatial degradation impacts the data characterized by a broad bandwidth to a larger extent compared to those acquired with a narrow band. However, the appearance of the observed solar regions is only slightly affected by the spatial resolution of data with bandwidths up to 1 Å and in the range [3,10] Å. Finally, we derived relationships that can be used to intercalibrate results from observations taken with different instruments in diverse regions of the solar atmosphere.


Introduction: Social phobia is a prevalent disorder among psychiatric outpatient clinics patients. Aim of the Study: To investigate the prevalence, demographic and clinical characteristics, avoidant personality disorder and personality dimensions, co-morbidity of depressive disorders, quality of life and disability of social phobia among Saudi patients. Subjects and Methods: We screened patients attending Buraydah Mental Health Hospital, outpatient clinics, Al-Gassim, Saudi Arabia, using Social Phobia Inventory. We examined rates of social phobia subtypes defined generalized and specific among patients. ICD-10 criteria were used to diagnose social phobia, depressive disorders and avoidant personality disorder. SF-36 and WHO/ DAS II were applied to assess quality of life (QOL) and disability. Thirty healthy subjects were selected under the study for comparison. Results: We found that one month prevalence of social phobia is 5.63% among the outpatient attendees. The disorder in our patients tends to be generalized subtype (95.35%). Depressive disorders were higher among patients than t control group (20.93% vs. 6.67%) with dysthymic disorder higher than major depression among social phobia patients (13.95% vs. 6.98%). Also, avoidant personality disorder was higher among patients than control group (9.30% vs. 3.33%). Patients with social phobia have a high level of neuroticism and a low level of extroversion with a marked disability and low QOL. Conclusion: Social phobia is a major mental health problem and is associated with marked disability and low QOL. The knowledge and skills of the clinicians must be improved regarding early detection and prevention of consequences.


A remarkable proliferation in the number of non-financial emerging multinational enterprises (NFEMNEs) and their share in the aggregate outward foreign direct investment (OFDI), along with the complexity of their FDI activities, has been witnessed over the past decades. Consequently, considerable interest has been generated within and among countries regarding the implications of these relatively new significant emerging global players for a range of economic and policy issues. In order to understand the gaps in knowledge pertaining to their identities, activities and impacts, this article employs the results of our 2015 emerging markets global players (EMGP) reports to make logical and informed insinuations about the structure and profile of NFEMNEs originating from China, Brazil and South Africa, the largest emerging markets in Asia, Latin America and Africa. We also synthesise and compare the outcomes of the 2015 EMGP reports of these OFDI home countries. We find the existence of a pattern in the ranked top NFEMNEs, from each country, in terms of industry sectors, regionalism and national bias. Furthermore, we establish that the respective NFEMNEs participated in international markets to pursue larger markets, natural resources and strategic assets and were not crowded out of their domestic markets by inward FDI.


1. Brittany Blattner – Full Genomic Analysis of Two New Human Norovirus GII.4 Strains 2. Mollie Burton – Classical Swine Fever Virus E2 and E‐Specific Antibodies Neutralize Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus in vitro 3. Grace Chen – The sodium‐coupled monocarboxylate transporter (SLC5A8) associates with CFTR and the PDZ domain scaffolding protein, EBP‐50, in the Fischer rat thyroid cell line, FRTL‐5 4. Sarah Guess – The Effect of Concurrent and Delayed Sucralfate Administration on the Relative Bioavailability of Fluoroquinolones in Greyhounds 5. Rui Guo – Nucleocapsid protein of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus enhances viral replication in vitro 6. Kaitlin Haukos – The Detection of Antibodies to Vaccine and Field Strains of Rabies in Horses by a Multiplex Microsphere‐Based Assay 7. Sam Hocker – Expression of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases in Canine Nasal Carcinomas 8. Susumu Ishiguro – A local chemotherapy with hyaluronan‐cisplatin conjugate significantly attenuates growth of lung adenocarcinoma xenografts in mouse model 9. Melissa Juby – Viral dissemination in mosquitoes inoculated with Rift Valley fever virus MP‐12 strain 10. Ellen Kim – Enumeration of Shiga Toxin‐Producing Escherichia coli in Commercial Feedlot Cattle Feces Using the Spiral Plating Method 11. Vien O – Significance of animal feces and the associated microbial community in the oviposition and development of Culicoides sonorensis 12. Kyle Pfeifer – Expansion of Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Media Supplemented with Various Concentrations of Human Platelet Lysate. 13. Michael Porta – Efficacy of Fulvestrant in Canine Mammary Carcinoma Cells 14. Izabela Ragan – The DETECTION of Antibodies against Rift Valley Fever NUCLEOCAPSID Protein by Luminex bead‐based multiplex Assay 15. Stephanie Rainbolt – Effects of different sources and levels of cobalt on in vitro fermentation 16. Russell Ransburgh – Development of a Multiplex Fluorescent Microsphere Immunoassay for Diagnosis of Porcine Disease Complex 17. Chris Siepker – Clinical Stage of Infection is Critical for the Antemortem Detection of Chronic Wasting Disease in White‐Tailed Deer 18. Ellen Unruh – Associations between high rectal temperature and behavioral trends in beef cattle 19. Yin Wang – A fusion protein of Escherichia coli heat‐labile toxoid(LTR192G) and spike protein epitopes of the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus induced neutralizing antibodies against PEDV 20. Laura Constance – Cochlear Pendrin Expression has a Protective Role in Noise‐Induced Hearing Loss 21. Fei Zhou – The Prenatal Rise in the Utricular K Concentration is Delayed in Mice Lacking Pendrin


the mistakes of not consulting the Church over the 1787 Edict of Toleration, and because he did not use his powers of patronage as judiciously as he might have. In the early debates of the First Estate, 'an early conciliatory gesture [by the episcopal deputies] might have sufficed to appease the bulk of the cure grumblers, but it was not forthcoming' (164). Le Franc de Pompignan played a crucial personal role in ensuring the survival of the nascent National Assembly (182-7), but ultimately the ecclesiastical deputies lost out to their enemies, as much as anything else because of 'lack of staying power' and 'recurrent tactical deficiencies' (201-2). The Civil Constitution of the Clergy led to a decisive split because of the National Assembly's refusal to countenance a referral to


Objective
To investigate the therapeutic effect of postoperative intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) in patients with soft tissue sarcomas (STSs) of the extremities and trunk wall.

Methods
The clinical data of 80 patients with STSs of the extremities and trunk wall who were admitted and treated from 2005 to 2011 were analyzed retrospectively. All the patients received postoperative IMRT after conservation surgery, among whom 51 patients had primary lesions in the extremities and 29 had primary lesions in the trunk wall. Seventy-one patients achieved negative resection margin. The median dose of IMRT was 64 Gy. The Kaplan-Meier method was applied to calculate survival rates, the log-rank test was used for survival difference analysis, and the Cox proportional hazards model was applied for multivariate prognostic analysis.

Results
The 5-year sample size was 43. The 5-year local control (LC) rate, distant metastasis-free survival rate, progression-free survival rate, and 5-year overall survival (OS) rate were 88%, 75%, 73%, and 84%, respectively. The patients with negative resection margin had a significantly higher 5-year LC rate than those with positive resection margin (90% vs. 65%, P=0.023). The patients with primary tumor ≤5 cm had a significantly higher 5-year OS rate than those with primary tumor>5 cm (95% vs. 69%, P=0.041). Multivariate analysis revealed that positive resection margin was an independent risk factor for LC rate (HR=5.33, 95% CI 1.19-23.86, P=0.029). During follow-up, the overall incidence rates of edema and joint stiffness were 18% and 10%, respectively.

Conclusions
Patients with STSs of the extremities and trunk wall can achieve a high LC rate after postoperative IMRT, with low incidence rates of long-term adverse events.

Key words:
Soft tissue sarcoma; Extremities and trunk wall; Intensity-modulated radiation therapy; Local control; Late toxicity


1.A hypothesis on parasitic worms(helminths)traditionally recognized in Japan The present authors postulate and discuss a hypothesis that parasitic helminths traditionally recognized in Japan from the Jomon Period through the end of the Edo Era(before Meiji Restoration)were no more than the3 kinds, roundworms, the pinworm and tapeworms. All of these worms can be seen naturally out of the human body. 2.Paleoparasitological evidences showing the occurrence of parasitic diseases It is true that paleo-parasitological evidences have been presented showing the occurrence of parasitic diseases in Japan. Eggs of parasitic worms, for instances, 232 松山大学論集 第26巻 第5号


The Proto-MPEX helicon source has been operating in a high electron density 'helicon-mode'. Establishing plasma densities and magnetic field strengths under the antenna that allow for the formation of normal modes of the fast-wave are believed to be responsible for the 'helicon-mode'. A 2D finite-element full-wave model of the helicon antenna on Proto-MPEX is used to identify the fast-wave normal modes responsible for the steady-state electron density profile produced by the source. We also show through the simulation that in the regions of operation in which core power deposition is maximum the slow-wave does not deposit significant power besides directly under the antenna. In the case of a simulation where a normal mode is not excited significant edge power is deposited in the mirror region.


The strategy of Extensive Zhujiang River Delta economic zone, which is embraced by nine provinces, including Guangdong, provides not only a new form of regional economic co-operation in China but also offers some revelations to Northwest China. This paper summarizes the trend of regional economic co-operation in China and analyzes the regional co-operation characteristics of Extensive Zhujiang River Delta. Based on regional economic development level and co-operation situation, the authors put forward suggestions on regional economic co-operation in Northwest China.


This paper outlines workflows and operations in translating Word files in Trados,offers answers to some FAQs,provides some tips and compares the advantages of the two translation methods.


Although it is unarguably the case that governmental and other state structures have changed since the seventeenth century, sometimes it can be unthinkingly assumed that in another major site of power differences, that of gender roles, matters have remained largely the same. This has the result that whilst readings of Donne, or Vaughan, or Marvell might include an active consideration of the specifics of the status of Catholics in the early 1600s, or of the problematics of political alliances in the 1650s, it is still relatively common to find work on those same poets paying no heed to the particular contemporary limitations of femaleness and maleness. The result is a blurring of the specificity of the poetry and its concerns. If the only evidence we had to go on when imagining the relationships between men and women in the seventeenth century was the most frequently anthologized male poetry of the period, we would gain a very distorted impression of the probable social realities. Whereas the legal and economic structures of seventeenth-century society ensured women's subordination to men, defending this through a panoply of ideological assertions, vast numbers of poems present the (would-be) mistress as all powerful, able to kill her admirer with an angry glance, her will irresistible.


Numerical simulations of vortex-induced vibration of a three-dimensional flexible Cylinder under uniform turbulent flow are calculated when Reynolds number is 1.35×104. In order to achieve the vortex-induced vibration, the threedimensional unsteady, viscous, incompressible Navier-Stokes equation and LES turbulence model are solved with the finite volume approach, the Cylinder is discretized according to the finite element theory, and its dynamic equilibrium equations are solved by the Newmark method. The fluid-Cylinder interaction is realized by utilizing the diffusion-based smooth dynamic mesh method. Considering VIV system, the variety trends of lift coefficient, drag coefficient, displacement, vertex shedding frequency, phase difference angle of Cylinder are analyzed under different frequency ratios. The nonlinear phenomena of locked-in, phase-switch are captured successfully. Meanwhile, the limit cycle and bifurcation of lift coefficient and displacement are analyzed using trajectory, phase portrait and Poincare sections. The results reveal that: when drag coefficient reaches its minimum value, the transverse amplitude reaches its maximum and the "lock-in" begins simultaneously. In the range of "lock-in", amplitude decreases gradually with increasing of frequency ratio. When lift coefficient reaches its minimum value, the phase difference, between lift coefficient and lateral displacement, undergoes a suddenly change from the "out-of-phase" to the "in-phase" mode. There is no bifurcation of lift coefficient and lateral displacement occurred in three dimensional flexible Cylinder submitted to uniform turbulent flow.


An experimental 5.2 GHz integrated LNA/Gilbert cell-mixer IC has been designed. The IC features RF and LO amplifiers, on-chip matching to 50 /spl Omega/, differential operation, internal AC coupling of stages, and LC parallel resonant loads at RF, LO, and IF. The return loss is better than -15 dB. Open drain output buffers are used. The IC has NF=8 dB, and dissipates 105 mW in the core (V/sub ss/=3.3 V), and 16.5 mW in the output buffers.


The changing landscape in medical care has created greater rights and responsibilities for the medical professionals. As patient autonomy is given pre-eminence in majority of medical decision-making, medical paternalism has undesirably been pushed to the backseat. Medical professionals can no longer decide what is best for their patients. Instead, they need to understand the new horizon in which law and ethics play a vital role in determining the boundaries of rightful conducts that has been determined for the medical profession. Thus, it is imperative that they are educated on the knowledge of medical law and ethics and integrate it in their daily practice. Particularly for Muslim medical professionals, they need to conform to the Islamic core values that constantly promote the ideals of professionalism which include dedication, respect, compassion, empathy, honesty, altruism, responsibility, integrity, self-improvement, magnanimity and accountability. In achieving this, rigorous applications of behavioural and ethical standards need to be developed over a period of training at the early stage of the medical career. Medical students should be educated to develop attributes of medical professionalism during their undergraduate education at the University. The importance of their responsibilities as medical professionals should also be imbued through a holistic medical education process combining lectures and workshop discussion of case studies that relates to the needs of the society and the demands of law, religion and ethics. Consequently, the outcome of this process will guide future Muslim medical professionals to execute their duties with greater accountability and within the realms of acceptable legal rulings. This will promote safer medical practice for the benefit of the society and ultimately, be in conformity with the demands of the Maqasid al Shariah.


bit players appear where instead deeper analyses of his output are needed: Dance of Death is hardly mentioned, Schopenhauer's influence is ignored, and a thorough examination of his magnificent paintings is lacking (although Yale University Press does a magnificent job of reproducing them). Sometimes, the descriptions of Strindberg's marriages and paramours luridly echo reports from People magazine rather than a scholarly biography of record. However, given his lifestyle, the temptation to dwell on his peccadilloes is understandable; and given the broad spectrum of his output and influence, Prideaux's enthusiasm for Strindberg is understandable. At its best, which is often, the book gains from her comprehensive analysis of the zeitgeist surrounding Strindberg, as well as her astute observation that the world of nascent modernism developed out of his fecund range of interests. Prideaux and Adams and Stenport make persuasive arguments that, outside of Sweden, the world has yet to appreciate fully the magnitude of this genius who was as wide as he was deep.


Bathyscidius basarai D. Čeplík, Lakota J. Čeplík, sp. nov., is described from Shpella e Blazit cave, located near the village of Bruç in central Albania. The new species is illustrated, morphological comparison with other species, as well as the distribution, including the map for the whole genus Bathyscidius Jeannel, 1910 and information on its natural history is given. The new species is tentatively placed in the subgenus Ionobathyscidius Polak Jalžić, 2019. Basic zoogeography for the subtribe Bathysiotina Guéorguiev, 1974, with the main focus on taxa of the Balkan Peninsula is provided.


Livestock sector in India needs attention from the policy planners as it has been neglected lately. The study conducted on programmes being broadcast by All India Radio, Bareilly. Content analysis of these programmes revealed that in both the programmes livestock was given less priority. Therefore it is needed to increase the duration of livestock related items. Further speed of presentation of both the programmes need to be improved so that audience can understand the contents of the programme, easily.


BACKGROUND
Salinity and drought stresses have become partially widespread in many regions of the world. Although there are several studies, the results about the response of lettuce to water and salinity stresses are contradictory. Therefore, this paper aims to evaluate the effects of water deficit and irrigation water salinity on growth, yield and water consumption of iceberg lettuce. For these purposes, two experiments were carried out under Mediterranean conditions.

RESULTS
The water yield response factors (Ky ) determined for the lettuce plant grown under stress conditions caused by water (Ky = 1.69) and irrigation water salinity (Ky = 2.62) were quite different from each other. For obtained data, the classical salinity tolerance model did not accurately reflect the results since fresh yield and plant water consumption of lettuce increased sharply with increasing soil salinities up to 2.17 dS m-1 and then decreased slightly after this value. Thus, a new model was created to reflect both the increase and decrease in fresh yield. The created actual salt tolerance model for iceberg lettuce plant showed that the optimum salinity is 1.84 dS m-1 with relative yield decreases of 8.26 and 22.7% for per unit salinity increase above and below the optimum salinity, respectively.

CONCLUSION
It is interesting to note that lettuce fresh yield at soil salinities below the optimum salinity results in more reduction than at soil salinities above the optimum value. The results reveal that usage of low salinity irrigation water should be preferred to increase fresh yield in iceberg lettuce cultivation. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.


The development status of waterborne epoxy paint system was reviewed. The preparation methods of waterborne epoxy resin, the kinds of waterborne curing agents and the methods for choosing auxiliary , pigments and fillings in the system were introduced. The advantages and disadvantages of various preparation methods of epoxy resin including emulsifying method (direction emulsifying method, phase reversion method and chemical method) and salt forming method were summarized. The examples of formula of waterborne epoxy paint system were presented. And the painting requirements of waterborne epoxy paint system in the painting were illuminated detailedly.


The corporate governance has been identified by the Chinese government as the core element of the "modem enterprise system". Therefore, the corporate governance issue has been considered as a important problem by the Chinese government for market-oriented reforms of capital market and its continuing reform. The major findings of this paper is summarized as follows. First, the measures and efforts carried out by the Chinese government in order to improve a corporate governance including state-owned enterprises are studied. Second, this paper presents major problems on establishing a modem corporate governance in China. third, the latest "equity division("Gu Quan Fen Zhi") reforms" performed by China's government for improving a corporate governance are analyzed and evaluated the impacts on the reforms. Finally, this paper draws out prospects by analyzing some problems caused by the latest Chinese government's reforms to improve a corporate governance.


People puts forword more and more high demands for the desigh efficiency of highway construction poject,and desighing and drawing with computer become more and more popular in the whole desigh industry.The paper introduces the characteristics and applications of HintCAD.


Based the analysis of the history and present condition of graphics education development after the founding of our country, The problems of the position and features of graphics education in higher engineering education, the training construction of talented person, creative talented person educates and quantity strategy were discussed form the standpoint of the overall and the visual angle of the strategy. The accurate fixed position, outstanding the special features, optimizing the construction, insisting on putting the education and teaching quantity at the first and taking the creative talented person education as the starting point and the last aim of education reform were put forward to develop graphics education.


1 The action of prenylamine, an antianginal drug, was studied in single ventricular guinea‐pig myocytes. In concentrations of 10–50 μm, prenylamine significantly (P < 0.01) shortened action potentials, and significantly (P < 0.001) reduced the inward calcium current by 29% to 76% (n = 7). This effect was also present in the presence of adrenoceptor‐blockade (with phentolamine and propranolol), and was thus not due to indirect changes in endogenous catecholamine action. 2 Prenylamine did not affect the steady state level of current at the end of long pulses, and does therefore not act by changing time‐dependent outward currents. Since the resting potential in the unclamped mode is unchanged during gross changes in action potential duration, it is also unlikely that there are any changes in the background, time‐independent potassium conductance. 3 It is concluded that prenylamine has a direct effect on cardiac calcium channels, not mediated by adrenoceptor activation.


This paper gives an overview of basic concepts related to SMEs and their transition to green growth in the European Union and Croatia. Given that SMEs are important to the economy of the European Union, and their distribution among Member States, they are viewed both within the EU-28 and across national or regional aspects. It is common knowledge that the resources available on the planet are limited and their utilization is increasing, so a shift towards protecting scarce resources is necessary. As SMEs are key drivers of their regions, national and European economies, their inclusion in the concept of a circular economy and a shift towards a green economy is crucial. The paper seeks to present a strategic framework for the operation of small and medium-sized enterprises, through the main documents adopted by the European Commission, as well as a series of measures aimed at turning towards a green economy for the best use and protection of existing resources. Based on Eurostat and Eurobarometer data, the position of small and medium-sized enterprises, the utilization and efficiency of resources in small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as citizens' views on environmental protection in the European Union and the Republic of Croatia are analyzed.


Rotational velocity estimates are presented for 15 Herbig Ae/Be stars. Those objects with nominal optical spectral types between B5 and A0 show a frequency distribution of v sin i values significantly different from that of normal Be stars in this spectral type range; the Herbig emission stars must have significantly smaller intrinsic rotational velocities. Herbig emission stars of types B0-B5 cannot be distinguished from normal Be stars on the basis of rotational velocity alone.