In the past few years a great deal of discussion has taken place in the UK about the importance of educational research, particularly its value to policy makers and its usefulness to teachers. At the same time a number of influential individuals and organizations have been keen to promote the idea of teaching as an evidence-based profession. This paper analyses the findings of a questionnaire, designed to investigate teachers' views on research and the value they attribute to it. The findings point to the need for the concerns of teachers to be given greater weight when research agendas are set, but they also suggest that if research is to influence classroom practice, then it is vital that teachers are again given extended opportunities for further professional study to provide them with the knowledge and expertise to engage productively both with and in research.


The germination characteristics of Diplachne fusca (L.) P. Beauv. seeds were investigated under different seed storage conditions to find out reliable system for maintaining the seeds with high and uniform germination rate and thus for possible use of the seeds in herbicide screening with a continuous seed supply. When the seeds were stored under wet-low temperature() condition, the germination rate was 88% after 4-week-storage. The germination rate slightly declined after the storage for longer than 3 months. Dry seeds stored at room temperature exhibited very low germination rate. The wet-low temperature treatment was effective for inducing the germination of the seeds which had been stored under dry-room temperature condition for 4 months. The germination rate was 70% after 2-week- storage under the wet-low temperature condition. The germination rate was much higher under an alternate temperature condition than under a continuous temperature condition. The optimum temperature was 35/(14/10hrs). The seeds had a capability to germinate under NaCl-treated condition even at a concentration of 1.0%, whereas the germination of Echinochloa crus-galli seeds was completely inhibited by 0.5% NaCl. This result indicates that D. fusca has an advantage over E. crus-galli to survive in reclaimed 1and from the sea.


A possible mechanisn for heating the intergalatic medium in the neighborhood of a cluster of galaxies is discussed. The heating would result from electron heat conduction by the hot gas in the cluster. (auth)


The purpose of this paper is to shed a light on the career paths of women and men executives in the Moroccan context. Through an exploratory quantitative study, we will analyze the perceptions, experiences and the level of satisfaction of women and men executives according to their career paths, to explain the new forms of professional trajectories and to find out if there is a difference or not between Moroccan women and men executives' professional trajectory. Based on career theories and gender theory, the target population consists of women and men executives from all ages and different industries.


The invention provides a solid composite polymeric ferric sulfate flocculating agent used in the treatment of high-concentration organic starch wastewater. The flocculating agent takes ferrous sulfate and sodium bentonite as raw materials and sulphuric acid and hydrogen peroxide as oxidizing agents, is obtained after oxidative polymerization, aging, concentrating and settling, and is a straw yellow solid which has stable performance and is convenient for storage and transportation; during the treatment of high-concentration organic starch wastewater, the flocculating agent ensures quick settling velocity of floc, compact floc, excellent deodorization effect, relatively high removal rate of COD and large removal value of COD, and has high use value; the flocculating agent has low energy consumption during preparation; moreover, the flocculating agent has the advantages of cheap and easily obtained raw materials, low cost, simple device and process and convenient operation, and is easy to realize industrial production.


Objective:To observe the effect of Jian'gan Powder(JP) combining entecavir on serum fibrosis indexes in hepatitis B patients with early liver cirrhosis. Methods:One hundred and sixteen qualified patients were randomized into the control group and the combination group. The two groups received oral use of JP,and the combination group was given entecavir additionally. The changes of hepatic function and serum fibrosis indexes were observed. Results:After treatment,the serum alanine transferase(ALT) was decreased obviously in the combination group(P 0.05 compared with the control group). Fibrosis parameters of hyaluronic acid(HA),type III procollagen(PCⅢ),type Ⅳ collagen(Ⅳ-C) and laminin(LN) were improved in both groups after treatment(P 0.01 compared with those before treatment),and the differences were significant between the two groups(P 0.01). Conclusion:JP combining entecavir exerts certain effect on improving serum fibrosis indexes in hepatitis B patients with early liver cirrhosis.


This paper proposes the basic procedures and principles to evaluate life cycle management of engineering equipment, discusses the basic approaches and methods of synthetic evaluation,establishes framework system of evaluation index,provides main method of determining evaluation index,and implements a multi-rule and multi-object decision-making evaluation platform which is of good generality and practicability.This provides scientific methods and ways for proper evaluation of management efficiency of engineering equipment.


Landslides are considered modelers natural processes of the landscape and can be the result of natural processes or human activity. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between environmental and anthropogenic factors with the occurrence of slip in Sao Luis In the methodology adopted to compare the spatial distribution of risk in the study area with environmental and anthropogenic factors. The results obtained showed that factors such as soil, geology and slope are only part of a complex system that triggers the occurrence of landslides. The amount of occurrence is not related to the areas of greatest slope or less susceptible to the type of soil in relation to frailty, however, the population density has shown that the amount of slip and the occurrences are directly linked to the amount of homes per square mile, along with determining the occurrence of slip in Sao Luis.


Taking 'Qiushuifurong','Liandanlu','Tanxiangshizi','Qianxiuyinzhen','Caixia' five species of precious Chrysanthemun as test material,the rapid identification on the salt-tolerance ability of five species of Chrysanthemun were studied through train leaves in circular.The results showed that when NaCl concentration was 0.2 mol/L as screening salt-tolerance,the salt-tolerance identification of precious Chrysanthemun could be identified out in 48 h.It was a rapid identification method on the salt-tolerance of precious Chrysanthemun as cycle short,simple method,low cost,repeatable method.


Results obtained from ionosphere-measurements made during the solar eclipse of October 1, 1940, in Brazil are described. The Expedition was sponsored jointly by the National Bureau of Standards and the National Geographic Society. The observations were made at Patos in Parahyba State, about 240 miles inland from the coastal city of Pernambuco.

The equipment used was specially built for operation in the field and was self-contained including storage-batteries and a gasoline-engine-driven generator as a source of power. The transmitter-receiver unit was arranged to sweep through a frequency-range from 790 to 14,000 kilocycles in one minute.


The first group of the records of the Vose Galleries of Boston, the oldest art gallery in America (established in 1841), were received at the New England Center during the third quarter of 1979. They consist of a lengthy series of business correspondence (1907-1943) with collectors, other dealers, and critics. They reveal the national importance of the gallery in the fields of contemporary art, early American portraits and European (especially English) masters under the leadership of Robert C. Vose, Sr. (1873-1964). A rich group of the records of the painter and cartoonist, Denys Wortman (1887-1958), were given to the Archives. A close friend on Martha's Vineyard of Thomas Hart Benton, Wortman was best-known for pungent political and social commentary of his cartoons for the old New York World (1924-1950's). The present collection, and additional papers expected shortly, consists of personal correspondence, business records, and photographs. From Merlin Pollock (1905), for many years a teacher of painting at Syracuse University, has come to the Archives an extensive group of his records as a muralist and as a supervisor of mural painting under the WPA in Chicago. The collection is notable for its detailed listings (with comments) of mural projects in civic buildings and schools, photographs of many of them, and watercolor project studies by Pollock himself, Mitchell Siporin, and ten others. These project studies will be critical to students of the WPA in Chicago, for, according to Pollock, all others were dispersed or destroyed when the program closed down abruptly in 1941. The extensive papers of Daniel Putnam Brinley (1874-1963), an American impressionist painter, were microfilmed by us in September 1979. The collection will be especially useful to researchers for its large files, containing much correspondence and rare printed material, on the Silvermine Guild of Artists (Brinley was a founder), the Armory Show, the National Arts Club, and the National Academy of Design. A number of tape-recorded interviews were carried out by our office during this quarter. Among the most notable were those with Agnes Mongan (1905), Director Emerita of the Fogg Arts Museum, on her career, and with Joseph Trovato (1912) on the development of the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute in Utica, New York, the patronage by the great collector, Edward Wales Root (18841956), and the designing by Philip Johnson of its museum (1957-1960).


The recently increasing of energy demands from Asian countries and world face the problem of energy due to many undesired effects; Primary, the world economy is based on fossil fuels and mainly oil prices have double in last five years and Secondary, environmental threats and greenhouse gas effects are increasing then we have to focused on the renewable energy like wind energy. This paper provides the controlling of wind turbine with induction generators interfaced to grid with power electronics converters is best for the wind turbine power because the induction generators provides constant frequency and voltage to grid with power electronics converter technology. It also improves the power performance of the wind power turbines for grid because it reduces the all harmonics and noise from the grid. In this project, using of PWM technology with transformer topology to convert DC voltage to AC voltage to grid, simulation of wind turbine interfaced to induction generators by use of variable speed dc motors, combining power output of induction generators to charge common dc bus bar and also using feedback mechanism to sense output ac voltage and control by PWM technology with duty cycle correction.


There is no better way to lean about tourism in China than from renowned expert in the field. Alan Lew. PhD. and professor at Northern Arizona University, Lawrence Yu, Ph.D. and associate professor in the Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management at George Washington University. John Ap, Ph.D. and associate professor in tourism management at Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Zhang Guangrui, director of the Tourism Research Centre, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, China, have contributed to and edited a collection of writings detailing the development of tourism in this fascinating and exotic land.


Objective To study the clinical characteristics of the posterior capsule opacification(PCO) and the outcome of neodymium: yttrium aluminum garnet(Nd:YAG) laser posterior capsulotomy in children with pseudophakic eyes.Methods 207 children with 249 eyes(3~12 years old) performed phacoemulsification with posterior chamber intraocular lens(IOL) implantation,including 121 eyes with polymethylmethacrylate(PMMA) IOL(Group A) and 128 eyes with Acrysof IOL(Group B).The rate of PCO and the visual acuity of Nd:YAG capsulotomy were followed up for 12~84 months.Results There were significant differences in the percentages of PCO and the rate of Nd:YAG capsulotomy between two groups(P0.01).Group A was associated with more PCO(92.6%) than Group B(32.9%).The Nd:YAG capsulotomy rate was 92.6% for Group A,and 26.6% for Group B.Among 146 eyes who performed Nd:YAG capsulotomy,100% patients were relieved from blindness and 90.7% patients obtained corrected visual acuity≥0.3.Conclusion The results suggest that phacoemulsification with Acrysof intraocular lens implantation can effectively reduce the percentages of PCO and the rate of Nd:YAG capsulotomy in children with cataract aged 3~12 years old.The Nd:YAG capsulotomy is a safe and effective procedure to remove the PCO in children with pseudophakic eye.


The invention discloses a transformer detection apparatus. The main body is a control panel, of which the right side is provided with a touch display screen. A tri-color lamp alarming device is laterally arranged above the touch display screen, and loudspeakers are respectively arranged on the left and right ends of the touch display screen. A shooting cavity is arranged in the upper right corner of the control panel, the interior of the shooting cavity is movably connected with a camera device through a rotating shaft, and an infrared camera is arranged on the camera device. A row of detection interfaces are arranged on the top of the control panel, a drawer-type toolset is arranged on the left side, and a power switch is arranged on the right side. The transformer detection apparatus is convenient to carry around and use, and worthy of promotion. The transformer can be detected through the infrared camera, and overheat fault detection of a processing chip and automatic alarm can be done. Alarming and prompting can be given through the loudspeakers and the tri-color lamp alarming device. The camera device can be folded freely without affecting the appearance, and the transformer detection apparatus is highly flexible.


Zerotree based image coding techniques use a standard multiresolution representation of images obtained by a repeated 2-band Discrete Wavelet Transform of images. A lot more modularity and flexibility can be achieved by use of hybrid transforms of images. In this paper we explore the advantages, issues and tree structures for hybrid transforms of images. A few new algorithms for embedded image coding using hybrid transforms have been drafted. The results, interpretations and scenarios where hybrid transforms might find better application than existing methods have been discussed.


The structuring of materials by pulsed UV-lasers is often characterised by a certain ablation threshold and a minimum ablation rate, which both depend on the applied wavelength and the selected material. Such minimum ablation rate can be, parameter dependent, in the range of up to some hundred nm. Below and around the ablation threshold, effects like back-side ablation, compaction, melting, material decomposition or cracking have been observed for the ablation process. For further reduction of the ablation rate, while maintaining a controlled and well defined ablation pattern, multi-wavelength excitation of the material has been applied. With a first laser pulse with a wavelength of λ = 157 nm, the material has been excited. The high photon energy is capable of breaking the molecular bonds. With a second laser pulse, wavelength λ = 193 nm, lattice vibrations and material evaporation will be induced, exploiting the increased absorption within the exited state. The relevant parameter here is the time delay between the two laser pulses, which has been varied in the range of 0 to 150 ns. The experiments have been carried out with the polymers PMMA and PTFE. For the ablation rate it has been observed that ablation rate changes with the time delay between the laser pulses. PMMA shows a minimum between 20 and 80 ns, while PTFE has a local maximum between 40 and 80 ns. The surface temperature has been identified as the effect, causing this dependency. The ablation threshold can be reduced by this coincident irradiation for both materials, when comparing it to single 193 nm processing.The structuring of materials by pulsed UV-lasers is often characterised by a certain ablation threshold and a minimum ablation rate, which both depend on the applied wavelength and the selected material. Such minimum ablation rate can be, parameter dependent, in the range of up to some hundred nm. Below and around the ablation threshold, effects like back-side ablation, compaction, melting, material decomposition or cracking have been observed for the ablation process. For further reduction of the ablation rate, while maintaining a controlled and well defined ablation pattern, multi-wavelength excitation of the material has been applied. With a first laser pulse with a wavelength of λ = 157 nm, the material has been excited. The high photon energy is capable of breaking the molecular bonds. With a second laser pulse, wavelength λ = 193 nm, lattice vibrations and material evaporation will be induced, exploiting the increased absorption within the exited state. The relevant parameter here is the time delay ...


The article studies body shape selection for middle distance runners with the object of young middle distance runners in Heilongjiang.Through consulting a large number of document materials and after testing the body shape of the elite young middle distance runners,it got the models of body shape of elite young middle distance runners in Heilongjiang,made use of the software of SPSS to analyze each test index result and the relativity of performance materials of middle distance runners.In the end,it set the key index of selecting materials of middle distance runners.The aim of the article is to push the development of advantage events of Heilongjiang and provide some references on talent selection.


The epitaxy of Mg, a hexagonal-closed-packed (hcp) metal in the bulk, onto a room-temperature body-centered-cubic Mo(001) substrate is investigated. A Stranski-Krastanov, layer by layer followed by islands, growth mode is observed including the initial stabilization of a metastable face-centered-cubic (fcc) phase of Mg. Layer by layer growth persists for four layers. During growth of the first and second layer the highly corrugated surface potential and lattice mismatch both act to limit island size, and growth proceeds via nucleation and growth of small two-dimensional islands. Third- and fourth-layer growth proceeds by step flow. The increase in the diffusion constant necessary for step flow may be aided by the presence of a stress relieved c(2{times}2) surface reconstruction in this regime. The reconstruction may result from a buckling of the Mg lattice to conform to the smaller Mo(001) spacing. Measurement of atomic step heights confirms the growth of fcc Mg(001). Beyond four layers a transition to three-dimensional (3D) island growth occurs. Associated with this transition is a change in crystal structure. The 3D islands exhibit hexagonal symmetry with two domains rotated by 30{degree} with respect to one another. Measurement of emergent screw dislocations at the surface of the islands confirms the growth ofmore » hcp Mg(0001). Evidence of edge dislocations aligned with steps in the underlying Mo substrate are also observed. {copyright} {ital 1999} {ital The American Physical Society}« less


Robust passive control for a class of nonlinear systems with structural uncertainties and external disturbances is considered. A state feedback controller is constructed under HJI inequality and matching conditions of the uncertainties, respectively, such that the closed loop system is internally asymptotically stable and externally passive.


Effects of low-temperature,heat shock and higher concentration sucrose pretreatment on microspore embryogenesis in non-heading Chinese cabbage were studied.The results showed that the donor buds at low temperature pretreatment for 1-3 d could significantly improve embryo frequencies,which was decreased when the pretreatment time beyond 5 d,and different genotypes responded differently to low temperature.Heat shock treatment on microspore embryogenesis played a key role,and the suitable temperature and time for different genotypes was different.the pretreatment of the medium with 17%sucrose concentration for 1-4 d could significantly increase embryo frequencies,and the effect was decreased with the extension of time,but embryo frequencies were still higher than that of the control during 1-4 d.


This study is to research the phylogeography of Phaneroptera falcata (Poda, 1761) in the Volga river basin based on the mtDNA Cytochrome C Oxidase subunit 1 (COI) gene fragment at the last Pleistocene glaciation episode. The studied location is the Volga river basin, a territory within the central and partially southern parts of European Russia; it includes the rivers Volga, Oka, Khoper and Don basins. We used the traditional molecular phylogeography methods: mtDNA COI gene fragment from the key locations within the studied area was sequenced and then analyzed (cladogram topology, haplotype diActa Biologica Sibirica 55: 279-291 (2020) doi: 10.3897/abs.6.e56139 https://abs.pensoft.net Copyright Inessa O. Karmazina, et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. RESEARCH ARTICLE 280    Inessa O. Karmazina et al. / Acta Biologica Sibirica 6: 279–291 (2020) versity, cladogram calibration etc.). The phylogenetic tree shows the dispersion of our samples over the following regions: Lower Volga, Middle Volga, Lower Oka, Middle Oka, Upper Oka, Don basin, Khoper basin. Nine haplotypes determined from our samples; they are grouped into 7 haplogroups. Six of them are in the basins of the main rivers of the Volga region: three haplogroups on the Oka (Upper, Middle and Lower Oka respectively), haplogroups of the Khoper and Don basins, and the haplogroup of the Middle Volga combining two subgroups – Lower and Middle Volga basins. The distribution of found haplogroups correlates with big river basins in the Volga area (Volga, Oka, Khoper, Don).


SUBTITLE: AUTOMATION ON THE FLIGHT DECK PRODUCES SOME IMPORTANT BENEFITS BUT CAN ALSO BRING TRAINING CHALLENGES, MODE CONFUSION AND NEW POSSIBILITIES FOR ERRORS. WITH THIS IN MIND, DESIGNERS OF A MODERN ELECTRONIC CHECKLIST MADE A SPECIAL EFFORT TO ENSURE THIS AUTOMATED COCKPIT TOOL WOULD NOT INTRODUCE NEW ERROR MODES.


Nano-carbon materials were synthesized by decomposing acetylene at 400 °C using iron supported on alumina as catalyst. The catalysts contain about 0.3 and 5.2 wt% iron. The products were refluxed in concentrated HCl at 80°C for 36 h in order to remove the catalyst support. The samples were examined by transmission electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction. The results show that carbon onions surrounding Fe3C core were obtained using the catalyst containing 0.3 wt% iron and these carbon onions had a structure of stacked graphitic fragments, with diameters in the range 15-50 nm.


Enhancement & "True Quantification" using FMTVDM-FHRWW©℗: A 44-year old African American male presented to the Emergency Room with retrosternal chest discomfort after working in his garage. He had no prior history of heart disease and was being treated only for hypertension with a loop diuretic. His blood pressure left arm sitting was 142/90 mmHg and 146/88 mmHg in his right arm sitting with a regular heart rate of 78 bpm. No other cardiovascular risk factors were identified. His cardiac exam was remarkable for an S4. His lungs were clear to auscultation and percussion with peripheral pulses of 2/2 in both upper and lower extremities. His Myocardial Perfusion Image (MPI) study included pharmacologic stress and Sestamibi, using FMTVDM©℗ to de termine 5-minute and 60-minute redistribution measurements. Following image acquisition the nuclear technologist generated the regions-of-interest (ROIs) as shown in Figure 1, using FMTVDM-FHRWW (Cardiac protocol) ©℗ [16-20].


The glazed envelopes on buildings play a major role in operational energy consumption as they define the boundary conditions between climate and thermal comfort. Such a facade is viewed as an uncontrolled load that sets the operational performance requirements for artificial lighting and air-cooling mechanical systems. This is in contrast to nature, which has evolved materials with the ability to learn and adapt to a micro-environment through self-regulation using materials that are multifunctional, formed by chemical composition in response to solar load. Leaf vasculature formations are of particular interest to this paper. Through leaf maximisation of daylight capture, the total leaf area density and angular distribution of leaf surfaces define the tree structure. This paper will define an approach to simulate nature to advance a microfluidic platform as a dynamic NIR absorber for solar modulation: a transformable network of multi-microchannel geometry matrix structures for autonomous transparent surfaces, for real time flow management of conductivity. This is realised through active volumetric flows within a capillary network of circulation fluidics within it, through it, and out of it for energy capture and storage, the cycle of which is determined through precise management of heat flow transport within a material. This advances transparent facades into an energy system for heat load modulation nested to climate and solar exposure, which is demonstrated in this paper.


This investigation proposes the used of Joint Time Frequency techniques to
analyze Perodua Engine Sound Signatures. All engines emit sounds that have a
unique signature that can be used for classification and diagnostic purposes. A
computerized interpretation of engine sound signatures is needed to make the
diagnosing more effective. Spectrum analysis is now firmly involved in the areas of
telecommunications, acoustic and others. including with the engine sound
processing. ln this work a new approach of engine sound processing has been
developed by using Joint-Time-Frequency-Analysis. The spectrogram technique has
been tested on six Perodua engine vehicles to analyze the new criteria of engine
sound signature in the form of jointly time and frequency domain. The purpose of
this study was to determine whether spectrogram techniques can be differentiating
between good and bad engine condition. The analysis is done by using MATLAB 7.0
interfaces. Six engines are classified; Kancil EZ660, Kancil EX850 , Kelissa,
Kembara. Rusa and Kenari . The advantage of the Joint Time Frequency analysis is
its computational simplicity, so it cab be used to construct computer analysis system
for Perodua Engine signature. Thus, all automobile industry can be benefit from this
research because it provides solution in diagnosing vehicles engines


Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) imaging microscopy is used to examine the morphology and structural properties of intact muscle tissue. Using biochemical and optical analysis, we characterize the molecular structure underlying SHG from the complex muscle sarcomere. We find that SHG from isolated myofibrils is abolished by extraction of myosin, but is unaffected by removal or addition of actin filaments. We thus determined that the SHG emission arises from domains of the sarcomere containing thick filaments. By fitting the SHG polarization anisotropy to theoretical response curves, we find an orientation for the harmonophore that corresponds well to the pitch angle of the myosin rod α-helix with respect to the thick filament axis. Taken together, these data indicate that myosin rod domains are the key structures giving rise to SHG from striated muscle. Using SHG imaging microscopy, we have also examined the effect of optical clearing with glycerol to achieve greater penetration into specimens of skeletal muscle tissue. We find that treatment with 50% glycerol results in a 2.5 fold increase in achievable SHG imaging depth. Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) analysis shows quantitatively that the periodicity of the sarcomere structure is unaltered by the clearing process. Also, comparison of the SHG angular polarization dependence shows no change in the supramolecular organization of acto-myosin complexes. We suggest that the primary mechanism of optical clearing in muscle with glycerol treatment results from the reduction of cytoplasmic protein concentration and concomitant decrease in the secondary inner filter effect on the SHG signal. The pronounced lack of dependence of glycerol concentration on the imaging depth indicates that refractive index matching plays only a minor role in the optical clearing of muscle.


AbstractOn the basis of the case report of a 13-year-old boy with metastatic pancreatic cancer undergoing palliative treatment, the phenomena of tolerance and opioid-induced hyperalgesia are demonstrated. Both can make efficient pain control much more difficult. Chronic use of opioids, especially in high doses, can trigger pronociceptive processes such as activation of the N-methyldiaspartate (NMDA) receptor, the increase of spinal dynorphin concentration with release of stimulating neurotransmitters, and/or the activation of descending nerve-excitation paths. As far as is known today, the only one of these processes that can be attenuated by ketamine is sensitisation of the NMDA receptor. Alternatively, regionally used methods of analgesia can be employed.


Unlike abortion, sterilisation has not been a main target of feminist politics in this country. There are several reasons, however, why it could become a major area of feminist struggle. Again, unlike abortion, sterilisation is not the subject of a specific Act. Cases have been brought under a variety of legal headings, and the most frequently cited cases are characterised by a good deal of uncertainty, not to mention bizarre opinions. In the circumstances, it is perhaps not surprising that social commentators and members of the legal and medical professions should fall back on appeals to rights when debating these controversial cases. But there are good reasons why feminists should not follow that practice. Appeals to rights are notoriously vague and polemical. These qualities may be irresistible in the heat of an adversarial moment. Yet they inevitably frustrate the development of detailed and substantive policies. And in the particular case of sterilisation, uncertainty about which social, legal, and medical policies to adopt seems to invite the invocation of some uncomfortably atavistic rights which should be specially worrying to feminists.


Recently, a novel solution to the Simultaneous Localization and Map building (SLAM) problem for complex indoor environments was presented, using a set of splines for describing the geometries detected by a laser range finder mounted on a mobile platform. In this paper, a method for exploiting the geometric information underlying in these maps in the data association process is described. The proposed approach uses graphs of relations between simple features extracted from the environment, and a bit encoded implementation for obtaining a maximum clique that relates observations with previously visited areas. This information is used to update the relative positions of a collage of submaps of limited size.


ABSTRACT Prior studies find that military dictatorships display a high propensity to initiate militarized interstate disputes (MIDs). Yet, there is little agreement on which feature of military regimes can best explain this behavior. This article distinguishes between three potential causes: coup risk, the dictator's affiliation with the military, and the military's influence on politics. Using recent data on authoritarian regimes, I find that, whereas coup risk is a strong predictor of conflict initiation, the dictator's affiliation does not affect his foreign policy. Furthermore, I find tentative evidence that the military's influence on domestic politics has a negative effect on MID initiation. These findings thus challenge the view that military regimes' foreign policy is due to the military's organizational culture: the relationship between military regimes and dispute initiation seems to be due to factors that simply happen to add up in military autocracies but are essentially unrelated to regime type.


Purpose – The main purpose of this research is; It is the determination of waste and errors in process improvement in the textile industry with lean six sigma methodology. And also; Whether there is adecrease in values such as Production Flow Time, Processing Time, Per Unit Error Rate and PreparationTime; It is to determine whether there is an increase in the values of First Time Efficiency and GeneralEquipment Effectiveness.
Design/Methodology/Approach – The model of this research applied in the textile industry is presentedwithin the framework of the define, measure, analysis, improve and control criteria of lean six sigma. Theresearch data were collected by the researcher herself, using the observation technique, betweenSeptember 2019 and August 2020. Lean production techniques in research; value stream mapping, totalproductive maintenance, 6S, just in time production, kaizen, takt, standard work, andon and visualmanagement techniques are used. Minitab and excel programs were used in the analysis andinterpretation of the data.
Findings – With the successful implementation of Lean Six Sigma's IdentificationMeasurement-Analysis-Phase Improvement-Control cycle, many waste and defective products in the business have been reduced.In this context, there is a decrease of 75.13% in Production Flow Time, 32.5% in Process Time, 12.6% inPreparation Time, 41.2% in Error Rate Per Unit, First Time Efficiency It was concluded that there was anincrease of 4.4% in and 32.4% in General Equipment Effectiveness.


This paper introduces the theoretical background to the interaction design used to develop an assignment drop box at an Australian regional University and the subsequent pilot assessment. Tenets from the Ecological School of the Discipline of Human-Computer Interaction were used to analyse and design the human-systems integration solution to the business process issue which was compounded by user problems with the installed software. The analysis and design received positive user feedback in the pilot study and after the subsequent go live became central to Learning Management System.


The mechanisms underlying pulmonary hypertension are still being explored. Recent studies suggest a role for caveolae (pit‐like plasma membrane structures), although it is not entirely clear whether they enhance or blunt pulmonary hypertension. The proteins caveolins ‐1, and ‐2, and polymerase I and transcription release factor (PTRF) are essential to forming caveolae. In other tissues, growth factors called neurotrophins (e.g. brain‐derived neurotrophic factor, BDNF) are thought to affect cell proliferation and structure. This study investigated caveolins and neurotrophins in human pulmonary artery. Western analysis of artery from a patient with primary pulmonary hypertension showed decreased levels of caveolin‐1, caveolin‐2, PTRF and RhoA. Exposure of human pulmonary artery to 1 nM BDNF increased protein levels of caveolin‐1 and PTRF. Isolated pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells exposed to BDNF showed decreased [Ca2+]i response to bradykinin (10 nM) and histamine (10 μM), but no change in caveolin or PTRF levels. These data suggest that decreased caveolin levels may contribute to increased pulmonary vascular contractility, while neurotrophins (potentially by increasing caveolin levels) may alleviate excessive constriction. Further studies are required to determine whether neurotrophins affect caveolae in endothelial cells or smooth muscle.


The Alvey Programme, sponsored by the UK government in 1983, encouraged academic and industrial institutions to work together to develop leading-edge research. One of the four major themes of the program was software engineering, which was further subdivided into (a) formal methods, (b) reliability and metrics, and (c) IPSEs (Integrated Project Support Environments). The author discusses one Alvey project that was unusual inasmuch as it encompassed both (a) and (b). The major objective of the project was to develop rigorous techniques for analyzing and measuring structural properties of systems. The author describes the achievements and failures of the project, the lessons to be learned, and how the very perception of software measurement changed fundamentally during the project. There are recommendations both for future research work in this area and for the nature of future collaborative projects.<<ETX>>


Minimum term contracts ("MTC") are widely used in the communications sector. They are frequently associated with equipment subsidies. But they are also offered to customers in exchange for a discount. MTCs usually come with an early termination fee ("ETF"), a penalty the customer has to pay for leaving the company before the end of the contract period. This paper provides an economic rationale for the use of MTCs when they are not linked to handset subsidies, discusses the design of the ETF in these cases, and assesses the potential implications in terms of market efficiency. We show that MTCs can be used as a screening device to segment the market between customers with differing preferences for being able to change provider at any time. This may result in a higher level of output and lower average prices.


We propose a differentiable loss function for learning an embedding space by minimizing the upper bound of the leave-one-out classification error rate of 1-nearest neighbor classification error in the latent space. To evaluate the resulting space, in addition to the classification performance, we examine the problem of finding subclasses. In many applications, it is desired to detect unknown subclasses that might exist within known classes. For example, discovering subtypes of a known disease may help develop customized treatments. Analogous to the hierarchical clustering, subclasses might exist on different scales. The proposed method provides a mechanism to target subclasses in different scales.


Because of Machine Learning, machines have become extremely good at image classification in near real time. With using significant training data, powerful machines can be trained to recognize image ...


Robust motion planning entails computing a global motion plan that is safe under all possible uncertainty realizations, be it in the system dynamics, the robot's initial position, or with respect to external disturbances. Current approaches for robust motion planning either lack theoretical guarantees, or make restrictive assumptions on the system dynamics and uncertainty distributions. In this paper, we address these limitations by proposing the robust rapidly-exploring random-tree (Robust-RRT) algorithm, which integrates forward reachability analysis directly into sampling-based control trajectory synthesis. We prove that Robust-RRT is probabilistically complete (PC) for nonlinear Lipschitz continuous dynamical systems with bounded uncertainty. In other words, Robust-RRT eventually finds a robust motion plan that is feasible under all possible uncertainty realizations assuming such a plan exists. Our analysis applies even to unstable systems that admit only short-horizon feasible plans; this is because we explicitly consider the time evolution of reachable sets along control trajectories. Thanks to the explicit consideration of time dependency in our analysis, PC applies to unstabilizable systems. To the best of our knowledge, this is the most general PC proof for robust sampling-based motion planning, in terms of the types of uncertainties and dynamical systems it can handle. Considering that an exact computation of reachable sets can be computationally expensive for some dynamical systems, we incorporate sampling-based reachability analysis into Robust-RRT and demonstrate our robust planner on nonlinear, underactuated, and hybrid systems.


This paper traces the identity constructing process of Carlos Bulosan, the protagonist of the autobiographical novel America Is in the Heart . From his adherence to farming culture to his pursuit of democracy and freedom, he obtained cultural identity. From fighting for the interests of Filipino workers to working with Communists for materialistic workers, he gained ethnic identity. From the psychological orientation of Filipino immigrants' striving for American citizenship, he won national identity. When these three identities were obtained at the same time, he completed the identity construction.


THE political and social ideas of the European Enlightenment have had a peculiar importance in American history. More universally accepted in eighteenth-century America than in Europe, they were more completely and more permanently embodied in the formal arrangements of state and society; and, less controverted, less subject to criticism and dispute, they have lived on more vigorously into later periods, more continuous and more intact. The peculiar force of these ideas in America resulted from many causes. But originally, and basically, it resulted from the circumstances of the prerevolutionary period and from the bearing of these ideas on the political experience of the American colonists. XVhat this bearinrg was-the nature of the relationship between Enlightenment ideas and early American political experience-is a matter of particular interest at the present time because it is centrally involved in what amounts to a fundamental revision of early American history now under way. By implication if not direct evidence and argument, a number of recent writings have undermined much of the structure of historical thought by which, for a generation or more, we have understood our eighteenth-century origins, and in particular have placed new and insupportable pressures on its central assumption concerning the political significance of Enlightenment thought. Yet the need for rather extensive rebuilding has not been felt, in part because the architecture has not commonly been seen as a whole-as a unit, that is, of mutually dependent parts related to a central premise-in part because the damage has been piecemeal and uncoordinated: here a beam destroyed, there a stone dislodged, the inner supports only slowly weakened and the balance only gradually thrown off. The edifice still stands, mainly; it seems, by habit and by the force of inertia. A brief consideration of the whole, consequently, a survey from a position far enough above the details to see the outlines of the over-all architecture, and an attempt, however tentative, to sketch a line-a principle-of reconstruction would seem to be in order.


To address the problem wherein if an insulation layer provided between wirings in a multilayer wiring structure is formed using a material having high transmittance of light in a visible light region including ultraviolet light, during visual inspection of upper layer wiring defects, lower layer wiring is also recognized and thus becomes noise in the inspection of the upper layer wiring, and, as a result, inspection accuracy decreases and the enhancement of fabrication yield and reliability is obstructed, a multilayer wiring board according to the present disclosure is provided with a substrate and first and second wirings that are provided on the substrate, have a light-transmissive insulation layer disposed therebetween, and at least one of which has been subjected to one type of surface processing from among blackening, blackening alternative roughening, etching, and plating.


The editors have brought together fourteen articles which define, illustrate and develop the concept of institutionalisation. The concept is concerned with the process of stabilizing innovations that have been implemented so that they continue as part of the school's routine. The book is intended for those in education who are involved in innovation, particularly from the point of view of research, policy&dquo;


Neuroleptic malignant syndrome probably caused by methylphenidate (MPH) is reported in a 1-year-old female infant treated at the Institute of Neurological Sciences, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago, Japan.


Work on the London Underground Jubilee Line extension, near some of the most sensitive buildings in the capital, is being resumed following a three month suspension of the NATM work following a collapse at Heathrow. Modifications connected with the compensation grouting programme have been introduced. Details are given of the design and construction of the excavations. Two new Underground stations are being constructed on the 2.2km long contract where all the muck can be hauled out and deposited on a conveyor to a barge on the River Thames, avoiding the need to transport it through London's congested streets. Rotary backhoe shielded machines have been used on some of the running tunnels which will connect with existing tunnels by means of a step plate junction. A major ground treatment programme has begun in one area to deal with the terrace gravels and London clay.


To investigate the contribution of β‐catenin to the development of endometrial carcinoma, we searched for genetic alterations of the β‐catenin gene in primary endometrial carcinomas. Mutational analysis of exon 3 of the β‐catenin gene, encoding the serine/threonine residues for GSK‐3β phosphorylation, was performed for 35 tumors. Nucleotide sequencing analysis revealed that 5 tumors (5/35, 14%) contained mutations (S33C, S37C, S37F, T41A) that altered potential GSK‐3β phosphorylation sites. Each of the mutations resulted in the substitution of serine/threonine residues that have been implicated in the down‐regulation of β‐catenin through phosphorylation by GSK‐3β kinase. Furthermore, the incidence of β‐catenin mutations was significantly higher in early‐onset (3 of 5) than that in late‐onset tumors (2 of 30) (P=0.014, Fisher's exact test). Replication error (RER)‐positive phenotype was not detected in tumors with the β‐catenin gene mutation, although 10 of 35 tumors revealed RER. We performed immunohistochemistry of β‐catenin in 17 cases for which tissue samples were available. We confirmed accumulation of β‐catenin protein in both the nucleus and cytoplasm in 3 tumors, including two in which amino acid alterations had occurred at codon 33 and 37. The other case had no mutation in exon 3. Our results suggested that mutations at serine/threonine residues involved in phosphorylation by GSK‐3β affected the stability of β‐catenin. Accumulation of mutant β‐catenin could contribute to the development of a subset of endometrial carcinomas, particularly those of the early‐onset type.


and in assayed after for initial experiments, all assays were performed on fresh samples. Enzymic activities of homogenates in terms of units as by Units are calculated from the expression (tu- tc)/t0, in which tu the for the to produce the of and produce the of the reaction. The enzymic activities of by determining The expression of recoveries for fractionation studies represents the sum of the activities of the fractions in terms of homogenate activity.


Motion planning is one of the important tasks in intelligent control of an autonomous mobile robot. Path planning is to generate a collision free path in an environment with obstacles with respect to some criterion. Trajectory planning is to schedule the movement of a mobile robot along the planned path. Several approaches have been proposed to address the problem of motion planning of a mobile robot. If the environment is a known static terrain and it generates a path in advance it said to be off-line algorithm. It is said to be on-line if it is capable of producing a new path in response to environmental changes. This paper presents an algorithm for three dimensional (3D) path planning to a target for mobile robot in unknown environment. A few path planning algorithms are described here followed by the aim work of research in detail. Our autonomous mobile robot is able to achieve these tasks: avoiding 3D obstacles, taking a suitable decision, and attending the target which are the main factors to be realized of autonomy requirements. Using our principle of set creation IP and the results of SET(2*n); the 3D algorithm returns the best response of any entering map parameters. The key idea is around the main line from the source to the destination and the mth obstacle causing the collision where they construct the 3D feasible path (a set of non linear segments) which is the neighbour of non linear safety size robot segments. The concept is explained in detail. The robot moves within the unknown 3D environment by sensing and avoiding the obstacles coming across its way towards the target. The proposed algorithm deals with 3D environment complexity and finds the optimal feasible path.


Chronologies of tree-ring widths of living and dead trees were analyzed from a stand of Cephalonian f ir, located in an adjacent to a burned by a forest fire area. The
purpose of the research was to investigate, from a dendroecological point of view, the fir forest dieback phenomenon, but also the role of forest fires in the evolution of the phenomenon. The result s show that the dead fir trees lag in tree-ring width growth. The abrupt growth change in tree-ring width in the dead trees 1-2 years
before necrosis, indicates that forest fires accelerate the evolution of the phenomenon. It seems that f orest f ires, besides the immediate destruction of fir forests, accelerate the necrosis of fir trees, which is primarily ca used by the
observed increase in drought and tempera ture due to climate change.


In this paper, we report on a pilot study about Japanese Teachers of English (JTEs) beliefs about classroom-based assessment (CBA). For this study, we used a revised version of the Classroom-based Assessment Self-Efficacy Scale (CBA-SES) which consists of four sections: teaching context, teacher beliefs, self-efficacy, and teaching practices. We administered this instrument to a convenience sample of 29 JTEs to get a better understanding of their work in various teaching contexts (primary, secondary, post-secondary) with the intention of revising the instrument and conducting a large-scale study next year. This indicated that respondents had strong teaching beliefs, with teachers at the university level having the strongest beliefs. Also, there was a connection between experience and beliefs. As teachers gained more classroom experience, their beliefs became stronger. We found a correlation between the tier of institution as measured by hensachi. Finally, teachers believe there was a need for assessment tasks that resemble real-life language use.

本稿は、日本人英語教師(JTEs)の教室内評価に関する信条について行ったパイロット研究について報告する。自己評価測定尺度(CBA-SES)の改訂版に準拠し、4つの範疇、すなわち学校種などの背景(5項目)、信条(11項目)、自己効力感(10項目)、教育実践(12項目)について質問紙を作成した。様々な学校種(小学校、中学校・高校、大学など)で教えているJTEsの現況についてより理解を深めるため、さらなる改訂を意図し、より多くの参加者に同尺度を実施するにあたり、今回は29人のJTEsからの回答を分析した。結果として、JTEsは強い教育信条を持っており、特に大学教員にその傾向が最も強いことがわかった。教師の信条は経験と有意な関係があり、教室での経験を積むにつれて信条が強くなることがわかった。さらに、回答からは偏差値による学校レベルに応じた違いが認められた。また、教師が実際の言語使用に似せた測定タスクが必要だと考えていることも明らかになった。


A small multi-turn time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometer "MULTUM-S" was constructed, whose basic ion optical design was half that of the multi-turn TOF mass spectrometer "MULTUM II," which consists of four toroidal electric sectors. Two additional electric sectors were introduced to inject and eject ions. The size of the analyzer was 20×20 cm. It was demonstrated that the mass resolution increased with the number of ion cycles in the multi-turn part, and a resolution of 4800 was obtained for electron ionization (EI), which generated xenon ions after 11 cycles.


The gelled foam comprises of water, gas foaming agent (surfactant), stable foam agent (polymer ) and cross-linking agent. This system, of which outer phase is gel, has a rather good stability than conventional foam which has a water as outer phase. Therefore, the gelled foam system prolongs the effective period of water shutoff. By using the Ross Foamer Instrument to determine its foaming and stability characters, it is verified that the best foaming agent is YG240 with usage of 0.3%; the stable foam agent is HPAM with usage of 0.2%~0.4%; the cross-linking agent is with 0.09% sodium bichromate and 0.16% sodium sulfite and nitrogen. Based on bench-scale evaluations of characters on gelling time and water shutoff efficiency, the pilot test is performed on H1340 production well in Huoshaoshan fractured reservoir. The rational techniques include washing the larger fissures using highly efficient oil-displacement agent, injecting gelled foaming agent, over-displacement fluids, nitrogen, water and shutting in for hardening etc. field test shows that good plug efficiency is gained in the well with water cut decrease of 20%~50% and monthly oil production increase of 91~273 tons.


The article collects and analyses various disturbance factors of the digitalized earth apparent resistivity observation data in Beijing district and the characteristics of short-imminent anomalies of the digitalized earth apparent resistivity before earthquakes Ms4 in Beijing and its adjacent area, providing useful cases for reference in identifying such disturbances in time by the digitalized earth apparent resistivity data and catching short-imminent anomaly information correctly.


The study was carryout to investigate the prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis among pregnant women attending antenatal care (ANC) at Maryam Abacha Women and Children Hospital, Sokoto. Urine samples were collected from 200 pregnant women with their consent after receiving of ethical consideration then examined using wet mount method. The result showed that 34(17.00%) were positive with T. vaginalis . It was found that, < 20 years age group had highest prevalence rate of 26.19% (42) followed by 21-25 years age group with 25.00% (13), then 26-30 years age group had 12.50% (40) while 31-35 years old had infection rate of 11.76% (4) and > 36 years old had lowest prevalence rate of 1 (4.55%). Statistically, there was no significant association (p>0.05). Similarly based on the gestation period those pregnant women in first trimester were found mostly infected with prevalence rate of 30.99% (22) followed by those in second trimester 20.00% (11) while those in third trimester had lowest prevalence rate of 1.35% (1). Statistically significant association was not observed (p>0.05). According to locality of the pregnant women, it was reported that, those women from rural area had highest infection rate of 28.00% (25) followed by those from urban area had infection rate of 7.4% (9), however, no significant association observed based on the locality of the women (p>0.05). In conclusion, the need for measures to control the spread of the disease through personal hygiene and other promiscuous acts and treatment with appropriate drugs is required among the women attending antenatal care in the study area.


As the quality of life improves, recently esthetic demands for dental treatments have been rapidly increased. New materials and remedies in dentistry have been developed to satisfy these trends. The CAD/CAM technology is an emerging technology to treat them well. The role of the CT system in the dental CAD/CAM systems is to obtain the 3D image of an object containing the complex shape in which a laser or a contact probe cannot reach. In general, the CT-based dental CAD/CAM systems provide dental engineers with the following sequential functions: to acquire the 3D image of an oral cavity, to convert the 3D image into a triangular-net based 3D model, to edit/modify the 3D model, and to manufacture various dental products. This study introduces CAD/CAM technologies applied in the dental fields such as implant surgery simulation, rapid prototype of guide stent and orthodontics and proposes the rapid manufacturing approach to make the zirconia copings.


To development a method for evaluating geo-disaster risk during the snowmelt season, changes in ground water levels were monitored under a cut slope in a snowfall area. Monitoring clarified that during the year the instability of slopes subject to prolonged exposure to snowmelt water was highest due to rising groundwater levels. Based on this insight, a risk evaluation method was developed based on the effective snowmelt index correlated with ground water behavior.


Ethereum is a blockchain-based platform that pro-vides a global computational infrastructure to run smart contracts. In order to assign a cost to smart contract and transaction execution, the Ethereum Blockchain adopts a gas-based metering approach which is designed to motivate miners to operate the network and protect it against attacks. More precisely, miners receive fees from all transactions included in the mined block in addition to the mining reward. Hence, the higher the gas price in the transactions, the higher the fee paid to the miner will be, resulting in faster selection and execution of higher priced gas transactions. Therefore, an Ethereum transaction sender is exposed to the non-trivial task of having to choose an optimal gas price, as underpaying likely results in a transaction not being picked by miners, whereas overpaying leads to superfluous costs. This paper provides recommendation approach that proposes an appropriate gas price to users. More precisely, it investigates different approaches of forecasting algorithms applied for gas price predictions for the next block in Ethereum Blockchain. The gas price is predicted using the Prophet model and the deep learning models, Long-Short Term Memory (LSTM) and Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU). It also aims to compare these approaches with the most used gas price oracles. An evaluation of the obtained results show that the LSTM and GRU proposed models outperform Prophet model as well as the gas price oracle Geth. In this case, LSTM and GRU provide a low mean squared error (MSE) of 0,008 whereas Geth gives an MSE of 0.016 and Prophet gives an MSE of 0.014.


Hypothesis / aims of study In the uterine cervical cancer patient, radiotherapy is often performed as additional treatment after a radical operation, but the lower urinary tract symptom as a side effect can occur. We investigated it about influence of radiotherapy after uterine cervical cancer operation. Study design, materials and methods The 28 female patients (50.5 ± 10.6 years old) were divided into two groups. The first was only-surgery group, the others was radiotherapy addition group. Based on medical records and urodynamic study records, we investigated about each volume of first desire to void, maximum desire to void, the urinary flow rate, residual urine volume and bladder compliance. Results The mean age of only-surgery group was 53.5 ± 10.0 years old, and radiotherapy addition group was 47.5 ± 10.8 years old (p=0.189). The mean volume of the first desire to void was 280.9 ± 180.4ml, 180.3 ± 108.8ml(p=0.10), and the volume of the maximum desire to void was 425.6 ± 157.2ml, 332.8 ± 187.9ml(p=0.27), in the urinary flow, the average flow rate was 6.07 ± 4.4ml/sec, 6.14 ± 3.74ml/sec (p=0.98), the maximum flow rate was 12.2 ± 6.0ml/sec, 10.8 ± 5.8ml/sec (p=0.69) respectively. The residual urine volume was 104.2 ± 72.6ml, 26.3 ± 48.3ml(p<0.05), and bladder compliance was 59.1 ± 52.0ml/ H20, 14.1 ± 11.6ml/H20 (p<0.05), respectively, so there were significant differences between these two groups. Interpretation of results In both groups, a difference was absent in first desire to void, maximum desire to void, the urinary flow rate, but there were significant difference both residual urine volume and bladder compliance As for bladder compliance of radiotherapy group having deteriorated, influence of cystatrophia by radiotherapy was thought about. In addition, it may have an influence on decrease of residual urine volume in radiotherapy group. Concluding message Uterine cervical cancer was investigated about influence of the radiotherapy for a lower urinary tract between onlysurgery group and radiotherapy addition group, a significant difference was recognized in residual urine volume and bladder compliance. References


In the era of advanced technology, technology helps various fields of industrial work, agriculture, education, and other fields. Work such as supervising the queue of visitors or counters by utilizing technology can minimize the spread of the Covid-19 virus. Robot Line Follower technology monitors the distance of the visitor queue or counter can minimize the spread of the Covid-19 virus, and its minimalist form is easy for use and storage. Sadistic Robot (Smart Detection Distance for Queue) uses Line Follower technology plus the use Internet and smartphones that can be used by anyone and anywhere, thus monitoring or supervising the queue to maintain a safe distance so as not to be infected with the Covid-19 virus. This research is to create a control and monitoring system to monitor the distance of the queue of visitors or counters using the Internet of Things system or wifi internet network. Utilization in this study using a blynk application found on smartphones. Based on the test results, NodeMCU can connect to the Internet within 10 meters of the internet source. Then, the control system can receive commands from applications with a delay of less than 1 second, and the Blynk application monitoring system can receive sensor data in real-time in conditions of 10 meters.


Yttrium oxide nanostructures doped with erbium and ytterbium ions were incorporated into a titanium dioxide (TiO2) host by a hydrothermal method to modify the bandgap of TiO2. The samples were prepared with different concentrations of nanophosphors (Y2O3: Er3+-Yb3+). Then, the samples were characterized by x-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and photoluminescence spectroscopy. The XRD analysis revealed the mixture of anatase and rutile crystal structures for all the samples. The TEM measurements showed agglomerated particles with a spherical shape of around 50 nm. TiO2 doped with a high concentration of Y2O3:Er3+-Yb3+ exhibited a strong visible upconversion luminescence under the excitation of 980 nm (infrared laser) as compared to other samples. Photoluminescence studies revealed the green (522 nm), yellow (563 nm), and red emissions (661 nm) corresponding to 2H11/2 → 4I15/2, 4S3/2 → 4I15/2, and 4F9/2 → 4I15/2 transitions of Er3+ in Y2O3:Er3+-Yb3+@TiO2 nanophosphors, respectively. Furthermore, DRS and XPS analyses revealed that Y2O3:Er3+-Yb3+ modified the bandgap of the TiO2 host.


Well-posedness of abstract quantum mechanical systems is considered and the existence of optimal control of such systems is proved. First order optimality systems are derived. Convergence of the monotone scheme for the solution of the optimality system is proved.


Formwork is the temporary structure that provide a workability and resist a vertical load occurred at the construction process for the construction of main concrete structure. Because installation time is short, formwork is not necessary to consider the long-term structural behavior. However, formwork must be designed base on the exact structural behavior for the load carrying capacity about eccentric load caused by placing of concrete, vertical load, and horizontal loads. Domestic design criteria for the evaluation of structural safety about formwork is insufficient. Therefore, in this study, it is investigated the structural behavior for folding bend system that supplement the fault of existing formworks through the experiments and the finite element method. It was found that the proposed folding bent system is sufficiently strong enough to resist external loads including wind load.


An integrated all-optical switch based on a high-Q nonlinear cylindrical microcavity resonator is proposed. The switch consists of single mode planar waveguides that allow coupling light in and out to a microresonator, exhibiting whispering gallery modes. Due to the high Q factor and the small dimensions, fast switching at low power is feasible for devices based on presently available nonlinear polymers as the active material. In this approach, the transmission of an integrated optical waveguide close to a microcavity has been measured and related to the resonances of the cylindrical microcavity.


The thesis is advanced that comprehensive reproductive health care for women will be possible when priorities are realigned within population and maternal and child health programs. Collaboration between programs is required in order to strengthen the accessibility and availability of culturally appropriate and sensitive services. Many changes have occurred since family planning programs were first initiated. Family planning is viewed as having the aim of improving the quality of life for women. Evaluations of family planning programs focus on clients initial acceptance of contraceptives the prevalence of contraceptive use and declines in fertility and birth rates. Improvements in family planning are frequently attempts to improve the quality convenience and attractiveness of services to clients. The Bruce evaluation criteria are viewed as helping to determine the constellation of services that suit the needs of the client population. Services are the least universal and must be adapted to the context. The range of programs is wide and may include conventional and unconventional family planning services as well as expanded programs with explicit social objectives. The point is made that integrated family planning services are successful in increasing acceptance and continuing use of contraceptives. The Narangwal study of integrated services is given as both an example of an efficient and cost effective program and an example of improperly interpreted results. The role of program manager is highlighted because of its importance of determining the appropriate mix of services to be integrated. The context of womens health condition is viewed as an important consideration in addition to the provision of reproductive health services. Reproductive health services include a range of health education and social services. The family planning infrastructure is considered an ideal means of expanding services. Attention to sexually transmitted diseases infertility and pregnancy related morbidity and mortality should be included in an expanded framework.


S371 (c)(1), OTHER PUBLICATIONS (2), (4) Date: Jun. 3, 2013 Sulochanamma et al., Stabilization of flavour volatiles of basil (87) PCT Pub. No.: WO2012/072488 (Ocimum basilicum L.) Journal of Food Science and Technology (2009), 46(1), 54-57.* PCT Pub. Date: Jun. 7, 2012 Holley et al. "Improvement in shelf-life and safety of perishable foods by plant essential oils and Smoke antimicrobials' Food (65) Prior Publication Data Microbiology, vol. 22 (2005), pp. 273-292.


Our first extensive microtremor measurement at Colosseum was in 1998, and we had an opportunity to measure again near the pillar #40 in 2013 at almost the same point of the past measurement. Here, the results of the measurement in 1998 and 2013 at the pillar #40 can be compared. As a result, both spectral shapes basically agree well in wide frequency range. But with confirming the detail of the predominant frequency and the amplification factor, they slightly differ for each other. The result of measurement in 2013 shows that the peaks shift to a little higher for the radial direction and lower for the tangential direction, and the amplification factor becomes larger for each direction. And the mode changing the phase for 180 degrees between 3F and 4F can be commonly observed in 1998 but not in 2013. There seems to be something structural difference between 3F and 4F, for example the affection of the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake or the work of the floors and the fences of 4F and 3F in 2010. If the degradation of the structure can be grasped quantitatively with periodic microtremor measurement, it is possible to maintain rationally and is not impossible to take a countermeasure as reinforcement of maintenance prophylactically and properly. It is necessary for establishing the application method to confirm the accuracy of the microtremor measurement, and to make clear the reason of changing the dynamic characteristics at pillar #40 quantitatively. Y. Nakamura, J. Saita and T. Sato


The effects of magnesium(Mg) deficiency on the growth and assimilation of mineral nutrition of cucumber seedlings were studied through hydroponic experiment.The results showed that: under the Mg deficiency stress,(1) the dry weight of cucumber roots,stems and leaves reduced significantly;(2) phosphorus concentration increased conspicuously up to 2.11% in leaves,but had no change in roots;potassium concentration did not change in roots and leaves;calcium concentration increased significantly in roots and leaves,it reached 73.7 g/kg in leaves;(3) the concentration of manganese(Mn),iron(Fe) and zinc(Zn) increased both in roots and leaves,especially for Mn,Fe concentrations in roots and Mn,Zn concentrations in leaves,they were twice as much as or even higher than those in the control treatments,respectively;and copper increased in leaves,but had no change in roots,compared with the control.


With rich resources of culture,Chinese traditional colors are an essential part of Chinese culture,sad also a way to express Chinese traditions.Modern sign designs tend to employ Chinese traditional colors,a mode of design language,in the course of localization of modern sign designs.


Research Question: Following the well-documented MAX-effect anomaly in different markets, we inquire whether the MAX-effect occurs in the Indonesian market. Motivation: The MAX-effect is the following month negative return when investors long the highest decile portfolio and short the lowest decile portfolio. The decile portfolios are sorted and created based on the stocks highest previous month daily return (Alkan and Guner, 2018; Bali, et al., 2011; Seif et al., 2018). The anomaly has been documented in different countries and regions, such as Australia (Zhong and Gray, 2016), Turkey (Alkan and Guner, 2018), and European countries (Walkshäusl, 2014). We conduct this study because the Indonesian market has different features from other markets, namely the relatively low proportion of the retail investors in comparison to the whole population and the limit to short-sell stocks. Idea: Based on the extant literature, if the MAX-effect is robust, we deduce that the MAX-effect will exist in the Indonesian market. Data: We create ten portfolios sorted on the maximum previous month's daily return (MAX) using the Indonesian market data from July 2013 till June 2018. Method/Tools: Our study utilizes descriptive statistics, Fama French Three-Factor Model, and Fama-Macbeth regressions. Findings: Our portfolio analysis suggests that a combination of long (short) position in high (low) MAX decile stocks will generate a raw return and a risk-adjusted (Fama-French Three-Factor) return of -1.6% per month. Also, our stock level analysis shows that MAX and market capitalization (SIZE) are negatively associated with the subsequent monthly stock return. In contrast, stock market beta (BETA) and book-to-market ratio (BM) do not significantly influence the subsequent monthly return. Contributions: Although the Indonesian market has different features, our study corroborates the existence of MAX-effects in different markets. We also find that the previous month MAX positively affects the current month MAX, indicating some investors' preference for lottery-type stocks.


This study was conducted to determine the effects of different combinations of combined fertilizer dose applications on the turfgrass characteristics of a turf mixture in the ecological conditions of Sakarya/Pamukova in Turkey, between the years of 2013-2015. The research was conducted in the randomized block design with four replications. A cool season turf mixture consisting of 40% Lolium perenne L., cv. Integra, 25% Festuca rubra rubra L., cv. Eugene, 20% Festuca rubra commutata Gaud., cv. Survivor and 15% Poa pratensis L., cv. Evora was used as the material of the study. Such is a widely used mixture in the region. Nine different combination of NPK fertilizer doses (0-0-0, 5-2.5-2.5, 10-5-5, 15-7.5-7.5, 20-1010, 25-12.5-12.5, 30-15-15, 35-17.5-17.5 and 40-20-20 g m respectively) were tested. In this research; turf cover, weed invasion, uniformity, turf texture, color and turf quality were determined. At the end of the study, the most promising data were taken from the 30-15-15 g m fertilizer dose compared to control.


We compute the total cross section for $t\bar{t}t\bar{t}$ production at next-to-leading logarithmic (NLL$^{\prime}$) accuracy. This is the first time resummation is performed for a hadron-collider process with four colored particles in the final state. The calculation is matched to the next-to-leading order strong and electroweak corrections. The NLL$^{\prime}$ corrections enhance the total production rate by 15\%. The size of the theoretical error due to scale variation is reduced by more than a factor of two, bringing the theoretical error significantly below the current experimental uncertainty of the measurement.


When teachers of pre-school education in Xinjiang Normal school teach their students the accordion,they should teach them in accordance with their aptitude and social requirements.They should clarify the training objectives,and proceed from students' conditions and future work so to avoid pursuing the skill blindly and ignorig the cultural diathesis and the integrative capability.


The Borno State Government in its effort to rid the state civil service of the ghost worker syndrome made a lot of efforts such as verification of staff by consultants and physical head count of staff by committee. The present administration and its predecessors have all made that effort, but the syndrome seems far from over. It is in light of the above that this study seeks to investigate the Personnel Cost Budget of the state government in respect of education and health sectors to see if it assisted in controlling fraud in personnel cost. Both primary and secondary data were used for this research. Closed ended questionnaire was administered to personnel depart of the education and Health sectors, while the Borno state budget figure for these sectors are extracted from the State budget document of 2015 to 2019. These data were analysed by the use of Benford's Law. The study found out that budget is being prepared annually on incremental basis using the previous year's budget figure as basis. It also found out that the budgeted figure is always higher than the actual giving rise to favourable variance, and do not usual follow the pattern of Benford Law in which figures are supposed to appear in a numeric data setup in line with its rule.


Although the organic produce industry is growing dramatically, little is known about market structure. We estimate a system of reduced-form equations to evaluate supply and demand factors that influence equilibrium farm price and quantity in wholesale markets for organic broccoli, carrots, and lettuce. In the long run, demand factors dominate supply factors. Reduced wholesaling costs, increased margins by which organic wholesale price exceeds nonorganic price, and higher consumer income stimulate both farm price and output. Increasing the nonorganic farm price decreases equilibrium quantity of organics. Market expansion strategies should target consumers and wholesalers. Copyright 1996, Oxford University Press.


Students with learning disabilities are characterized by highly individualized dysfunction of the central nervous system. Current research has suggested that the learning difficulties experienced may be attributable to processing difficulties in working memory, attention, information retrieval, and phonological processing. In educational environments, students with learning disabilities often struggle to meet the demands of the general curriculum and require support or intervention to reveal their potential. Because the demands of learning an unfamiliar language can expose weaknesses and heighten anxiety, individuals with learning disabilities have often avoided or been discouraged from foreign language study. However, research conducted on the use of multi-sensory approaches has indicated that such instruction can help students with learning disabilities to succeed in learning Spanish. A discussion of the relationship between neurological research and multi-sensory teaching provides implications for persons with learning disabilities experiencing meaningful inclusion in Spanish courses. Application of research and associated theory to practice is expressed in the form of examples of general accommodations, existing resources, and learning strategies which provide a framework for students with LD to have positive experiences in Spanish.


A study was conducted to investigate the impact of oil spillage on some properties of soils collected from Kashe and Nzarke sites in Duhok governorate, Kurdistan region of Iraq. Soil samples were taken from each site after one weak and then after three months at 0-15 cm and 15-35 cm depths with control samples approximately 500 m from outside oil spill area. The soil samples were analyzed using standardsof routine laboratory methods to determine some soil properties. Based on results of the study the contaminated area has higher % TN (percentage total nitrogen) (0.34 and 0.28 %), % TOC (percentage total carbon) ( 4.84 and 5.81 %), Pb (lead) (1.59 and 2.28 mg L-1) and Fe (Iron) (3.20 and 3.13 mg L-1) for Kashe and Nzarke sites respectively than the control especially for 0-15 cm. Crude oil causes decrease in soil pH below 8.2 and also reduced the concentration of available phosphorus to a values of (18.40 and 15.20 mg L-1) for Kashe and Nzarke soils respectively than the control (20.60 and 16.20 mg L-1) for the two sites respectively. Higher values for EC (electrical conductivity), % TN, available phosphorouswere found in Kashe site while Nzarke had higher % TOC, % OM (organic matter), CEC (cation exchange capacity), THC (total hydrocarbon) and available phosphorus.


The most important purpose of the resource policy is rational and efficient use of the natural-resources potential of Kazakhstan. The article gives a brief analysis of the non-ferrous metals production in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The author states principles of the probable approaches to growth of the nonferrous metal ores production.


Background: Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and carotid occlusive disease (COD) are both known to be specific manifestations of atherosclerosis so can be correlated to each other. An important area of investigation is to identify those with significant carotid artery stenosis (CAS) to reduce the risk of cerebrovascular events. Duplex ultrasound scanning (DUS) is considered a valuable imaging modality to evaluate carotid arteries with high sensitivity and specificity and virtually non-existent hazards. Objectives: We investigated the prevalence of significant CAS among patients with severe peripheral vascular disease (PVD) using carotid duplex. Methods: A total of 50 patients with PVD diagnosed as having significant PAD by peripheral angiography (PA) underwent carotid duplex scanning. Data were collected concerning known risk factors. Significant CAS was defined as a stenosis of 70% or greater. Results: The mean age was 61.6 ± 8.5 years, male (88%). Out of the 50 patients with significant PAD, 7 patients (14%) had significant Carotid Stenosis of which 6 patients (12%) had severe stenosis and 1 patient (2%) had totally occluded carotid artery. CAS was correlated with diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, smoking, coronary artery disease and severity of symptoms. On multivariate analysis, Diabetes and Dyslipidemia seemed to have independent influence. Conclusion: Significant CAS is prevalent among patients having significant PVD. Patients with PAD may be a suitable subgroup for screening for CAS using Carotid duplex, especially those with diabetes, dyslipidemia and positive CRP. Keywords: Carotid artery stenosis; Carotid duplex peripheral


We examine the relation between stellar mass and central stellar velocity dispersion—the M*σ relation—for massive quiescent galaxies at z < 0.7. We measure the local relation from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and the intermediate redshift relation from the Smithsonian Hectospec Lensing Survey. Both samples are highly complete (>85%) and we consistently measure the stellar mass and velocity dispersion for the two samples. The M*σ relation and its scatter are independent of redshift with for M* ≳ 1010.3 M⊙. The measured slope of the M*σ relation is the same as the scaling between the total halo mass and the dark matter halo velocity dispersion obtained by N-body simulations. This consistency suggests that massive quiescent galaxies are virialized systems, where the central dark matter concentration is either a constant or negligible fraction of the stellar mass. The relation between the total galaxy mass (stellar + dark matter) and the central stellar velocity dispersion is consistent with the observed relation between the total mass of a galaxy cluster and the velocity dispersion of the cluster members. This result suggests that the central stellar velocity dispersion is directly proportional to the velocity dispersion of the dark matter halo. Thus, the central stellar velocity dispersion is a fundamental, directly observable property of galaxies, which may robustly connect galaxies to dark matter halos in N-body simulations. To interpret the results further in the context of ΛCDM, it would be useful to analyze the relationship between the velocity dispersion of stellar particles and the velocity dispersion characterizing their dark matter halos in high-resolution cosmological hydrodynamic simulations.


In grey partridge, methoxy-ethyl-mercury is a potent reversible inhibitor of muscular creatine-kinase. This effect is probably the result of a fixation of mercury by the thiol groups of the enzyme molecule.


3-(3-Mercaptoalkyl -7H-[1,2,4]triazolo[3,4-b][1,3,4]thiadiazin-6-yl)-chromen-2-one 3 have been prepared by the condensation of 3-(2-bromoacetyl)coumarin I and 4-amino-5-mercaptoalkyl-4H-[1,2,4]triazole-3-thiol 2 in anhydrous ethanol. Similarly the 7,8-bcnzo analagues of 1 on reaction with 2 resulted in the formation of 7,8-benzo derivatives of 3s-x. Reaction of 3a with phenacyl chloride in anhydrous ethanol gave corresponding 3-(3-(2-oxo-2-phenylcthyl-sulphanylmethyl)-7H-[1,2,4]triazolo[3,4-b][1,3,4] thiadiazin-6-yl]chromen-2-one 4. The 7,8-benzo analogues of 3s-t on treatment with phenacyl chloride in anhydrous ethanol under reflux gave 4g and 4h. The newly synthesized compounds are characterized on the basis of elemental analysis, IR, 1 H NMR and mass spectral data. Some of the compounds are screened for their antitubercular, antiviral and anticancer activities.


FIELD: technological processes. SUBSTANCE: method of defibring lignocellulose-bearing raw material with a polysulphide-bearing cooking liquor in a boiler for continuous cooking. According to this invention, the cooking liquor is mixed into the raw material which is to be defibred before the cooking, and the cooking liquor is allowed to absorb into the raw material at a temperature which is at maximum approximately 130 °C. After that, cooking liquor used in the absorption is separated from the treated raw material, separated cooking liquor is heated to a temperature of approximately 140–170 °C, after which, the generated hot cooking liquor is mixed back into the treated raw material, possibly together with a fresh feed of cooking liquor, and raw material is defibred with a hot cooking liquor in the boiler for continuous cooking in order to produce cellulose pulp which has a desired kappa number. Thus, in the cooking stage, alkaline cooking liquor which originally was dosed into the absorption solution is used, but the temperature of which has been increased; absorption liquor is not removed, and fresh liquor is not fed into the boiler for continuous cooking or, it is fed, but only in a small amount. EFFECT: disclosed is a method of defibring raw material. 18 cl, 2 dwg, 1 ex


Objectives : The paper raises an objection to the word '涕' being used to refer to nasal discharge, and proposes a word for nasal discharge upon...


This paper uses the management from road transport, traffic management and traffic management facilities in the new era of city to analyses slow traffic existing problems,and puts forward corresponding solving strategies.


active form of leptin in children with NS, might be correlated partly with serum lipid parameters, albumin, and insulin. Increased free leptin in serum might be a complementary mechanism against hyperlipidemia in children with NS.


Antigenicity of pathogenic yeast Candida zeylanoides NBRC 10326 was found to have similar to that of Candida guilliermondii, but it was slightly different, i.e. NBRC 10326 strain cells react strongly with the factor antibodies 1, 4, and 9, and react relatively weakly with factor antibody 5. We have investigated the structural characteristic of cell wall mannan of this strain using a non-degradable method, nuclear magnetic resonance analysis. The results obtained from NMR analysis, the two-dimensional homonuclear Hartmann-Hahn, indicated that C. zeylanoides mannan contains α-1, 3-linked and β-1,2-linked oligomannosyl side chains corresponding to C. guilliermondii specific antigenic factor 9. In addition, it was found that the mannan contains β-1,2-linked oligomannosyl side chains attached to phosphate groups corresponding to anitigenic factor 5, which were not found in C. guilliermondii mannan.


The educational literature recognizes that people go through a number of stages in their intellectual development. During the first stage, called received knowledge or dualism, people expect knowledge to be handed to them by authority figures (thus "received") and think in terms of black and white (thus "dualism"). Our experience indicates that many computer science students are at this first stage of learning. To help students move beyond this stage, we describe a system and strategy, the PL-Detective, to be used in a Concepts of Programming Languages course. Assignments using this system directly confront students with the notion that they can create knowledge via interactions with the PL-Detective and that discussion with students (rather than asking the instructor) is an effective way of learning how to reason. We present experimental results that show that the PL-Detective is effective in helping students move beyond the stage of received knowledge.


syndrome are devoted to the clinical manifestations of the disease. Insufficient information on the features of emotional, personal, and behavioral spheres in this category of children creates the need to perform targeted psychological research. Objective. To study the features of the emotional and personal sphere in adolescents with Ehlers–Danlos syndrome of 12–16 years old. Material and methods. The study involved 24 boys and 22 girls from 12 to 18 years old with a clinical diagnosis of Ehlers–Danlos syndrome. The study used multidirectional diagnostic methods of emotional, personal and behavioral spheres. Results. The emotional features of adolescents with Ehlers–Danlos syndrome are manifested in the form of depressive, anxiety states, which are associated with frustrated needs for self-affirmation. The study revealed the heterogeneity and originality of the picture of emotional and personal characteristics of patients with Ehlers–Danlos syndrome. The degree of awareness of the individual characteristics of a teenager affects the personal development of the child as a whole.


PURPOSE
To develop a policy to standardize the care of patients paralyzed with neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs).

METHODS
Criteria were developed to assess adherence to the policy. Categorical and continuous data were collected and analyzed.

RESULTS
Deficiencies were identified in frequency of train-of-four monitoring and in carrying out daily discontinuation of NMBAs to allow effects of paralysis to dissipate.

CONCLUSIONS
The policy was useful as an educational tool. A NMBA order form should be developed to improve adherence to the policy.


Cochlear electrode array implantable electrically stimulating cochlear tissue, comprising a drug eluting portion of the polymeric material adapted to gradually release the inner ear agent a therapeutically effective amount. A plurality of embodiments of the present invention relates to implantable devices including cochlear electrode array for electrically stimulating the cochlea tissue. In specific embodiments, the electrode array can also include a slot that contains a polymeric material. Agents by the shape of the slot can also be determined the rate to be released. Agent may be a gel or a powder incorporated into the polymer material. The polymeric material may be a silicon-based elastomer.


This paper presents an energy-efficient level shifter design that is capable of converting an extremely low input voltage to the supply voltage level. Featuring a core area as compact as  $32.99~\mu \text{m}^{2}$ , the proposed design comprises a front-end current mirror and an output cross-coupled structure. Concretely, the current mirror is used to boost the complementary input signals to a proper level, with the operations of pull-up and pull-down networks well-balanced. The cross-coupled structure is used at the second stage to achieve a full-swing output. In addition, multi-threshold CMOS transistors are employed and optimized to elevate the circuit performance. The prototype was fabricated using a commercial 65-nm CMOS process. Experiments show that a 90-mV low input voltage can be successfully converted to 1.2 V. The energy consumed per conversion is reported to be 31.47 fJ for converting a 0.2-V input to 1.2 V at 10 MHz, and the corresponding propagation delay is measured to be 23.98 ns.


Hearth disease is one of the leading causes of death globally and a common disease in the middle and old ages. Among all heart diseases, heart attack and strokes are the most common cardiac illness that is the responsible majority of heart disease death. To identify heart diseases, for instance, Angiography is costly and has significant side effects. Therefore, machine learning can play an important role in identifying and predicting the potential risk factor of cardiac disease based on clinical and patient data, which is affordable and reliable. This study proposed and evaluated six machine learning models using survey data of 400k US residents to predict heart disease. This study also compared the evaluated six machine learning models, which are Xgboost, Bagging, Random Forest, Decision Tree, K-Nearest Neighbor, and Naïve Bayes. The accuracy, sensitivity, F1-score, and AUC of six machine learning algorithms are also evaluated and presented. In terms of performance results, the Xgboost model showed optimized results with an accuracy rate of 91.30%.


The hypothesis that cholesterol con sumption alters hepatic sphingomyelin homeostasis was tested. Rats were fed a purified diet with or without added cholesterol (1 g/100 g) for up to 21 d. In accor dance with previous work, cholesterol consumption sig nificantly increased hepatic, whole plasma and VLDL cholesterol concentrations. Dietary cholesterol also raised the amount of sphingomyelin in the VLDL fraction, which was associated with a decrease in hepatic sphingomyelin concentrations. We suggest that the increase in hepatic VLDLsecretion after cholesterol consumption imposed an increase in the demand for sphingomyelin in the liver because this phospholipid is a structural component of VLDL.Determination of the ac tivity of two key enzymes of sphingomyelin homeostasis revealed that cholesterol consumption reduced the ac tivity of acid sphingomyelinase in the liver but did not affect that of serine palmitoyltransferase. These enzyme data indicate that the extra sphingomyelin needed after cholesterol loading results from a decrease in the rate of its catabolism in the liver. J. Nutr. 125: 2294-2300, 1995.


Aspirations of the Republic of Croatia to become part of the developed business world requires adjustments of its legal and economic system. In order to accelerate the adjustments to the modern market economy, the legal system has gone through substantial changes aimed at industrial property regulation, and encouragement of company creativity in this respect, such as the usage of trade-marks and signs of geographical origin of products and services. This paper elaborates on the legal and economic aspects of product differentation and identification, as well as marketing stretegies of the development and usage of trademarks and signs of geographical origin of products and services.


The dance has been increasingly sought as a practice of alternative physical activity to improve the quality of life and valorization of self-esteem among other benefits. This work is a study conducted in a neighborhood association in the city of Capão do Leão-RS. The aim of this study was to investigate the benefits of dance related to quality of life, relating the empowerment of women when practicing dance. The research is of a qualitative nature, with a bibliographical character using a questionnaire as an instrument. The methodology of the case study conducted in the Associação Família Pela Vida (AFAVI) founded more than two years ago, is located in the city of Capão do Leão-RS, in the neighborhood Jardim América in the South zone of the state. In this space are provided activities for the community in general, among which we highlight the dance classes (rhythms) with a class of 22 women, these classes have the purpose of socialization, quality of life and integralization. According to the results it is concluded that these activities can really influence in the lives of these women valuing the social, emotional side and fighting the sedentarism in their daily life.


We developed a new ion beam based mask repair system using a gas field ion source (GFIS). For conventional photomasks, nitrogen ions were used to repair defects, while hydrogen ions were used for EUVL masks. We evaluated the performance of the mask repair system on MoSi based phase shift masks and EUV masks. The results demonstrate that GFIS technology is a reliable solution of repairing defects on high end photomasks for 1Xnm generation and beyond. 第64回応用物理学会春季学術講演会 講演予稿集 (2017 パシフィコ横浜) 16p-315-3 © 2017年 応用物理学会 100000001-261 S23


The present invention discloses a method and a system for detecting the frame boundary of a received in Forward Error Correction layer in the Ethernet data stream. The method comprising: separating data with the length of a frame from the data stream; Validating FEC check for the data with the length of a frame from the start position of the data with the length of a frame; if the FEC check for the data with the length of a frame is not correct, assuming that is the next bit of the ending position of the data with the length of a frame to sbn bits further cracked stream position as the start position of the next separated data frame, wherein sbn is an integer, which is larger than the pipeline delay of the hardware circuit and prime with the length of the frame; Returning to the separation step; if the FEC check is correct for the data with the length of one frame, the start position of the data with the length of one frame is set as the frame boundary position of the data stream. The present invention can increase the speed of frame boundary detection and the speed of the frame synchronization, without the hardware expenditure to increase.


1 Common law and public domain approaches to water governance – an Australian perspective 21 Douglas Fisher 2 A comparison of constitutional provisions on water-related rights in Southern African states 68 Ed Couzens and Meda Couzens 3 Private and public ownership of water areas – structures and implications of the Finnish model 98 Pekka Vihervuori 4 Human right to water: Argentine cases, human rights – are they enforceable? 118 Maria Onestini 5 Struggle for water rights between the natives and the European settlers: a case study of Njoro Kubwa Springs (1947–56) 131 Ezekiel Nyangeri Nyanchaga


The University of Maryland participated in the TDT topic tracking task This chapter describes the system architec ture including source dependent normalization and then fo cuses on the cross language case in which English training stories were used to nd Mandarin stories on the same topic Processes that may introduce noise including errorful trans lation and transcription are described and ve techniques for minimizing the impact of a reduced signal to noise ratio are identi ed Three techniques focus on signal boosting augmenting story representations with topically related ter minology through document expansion exploiting knowl edge of alternative translations using balanced n best term translation and enriching the bilingual term list to improve translation coverage The remaining two techniques focus on noise reduction removing common stopwords before translation and using corpus statistics to guide translation selection Two of the signal boosting strategies yielded sub stantial gains using techniques that can be ported to other languages fairly easily while outperforming state of the art general purpose machine translation By contrast neither of the noise reduction strategies produced signi cant improve ments The chapter concludes with a brief discussion of fu ture research directions suggested by these results