Objective:To explore the relationship among adult attachment,meta-mood and ego resilience in college students. Methods: Totally 782 college students w ere surveyed w ith the Experiences in Close Relationship inventory( ECR),Trait Meta-Mood Scale( TMMS) and Ego Resilience Scale( ER) to measure their attachment, meta-mood and ego resilience. Results: The scores of ECR "attachment anxiety", "attachment avoidance" w ere negatively correlated w ith the scores of ER "ego resilience",and the sores of TMMS "attention to emotions", "clarity of emotions",and "mood repair"( r =- 0. 32 ~- 0. 11,Ps 0. 01). The scores of ER "ego resilience" w ere positively correlated w ith the sores of TMMS "attention to emotions", "clarity of emotions", "mood repair"( r = 0. 10 ~ 0. 35,Ps 0. 01). The analysis of structure equation model show ed that attachment anxiety had no significant effect on ego resilience( the path coefficient w as 0. 10),but it had a direct effect on meta-mood( the path coefficient w as- 0. 42,P 0. 001),and meta-mood had a direct effect on ego resilience( the path coefficient w as 0. 50, P 0. 001). Attachment avoidance had a direct effect on ego resilience and meta-mood( the path coefficient w as-0. 07 and- 0. 43,Ps 0. 05),and meta-mood had a direct effect on ego resilience( the path coefficient w as 0. 43, P 0. 001). Conclusion: It suggests that meta-mood may play a complete mediating role betw een attachment anxiety and ego resilience,and a partially mediating role betw een attachment avoidance and ego-resilience.


【Objective】To evaluate the diagnosis values by routine electrocardiagram and dynamic electrocardiogram in variant angina pectoris.【Methods】To make routine electrocardiogram with 12 wires synchronous records and dynamic electrocardiogram with 3 passages in 24 hours was applied on 120 patients with variant angina pectoris seperately.【Results】Diagnose variant angina pectoris with dynamic electro cardiogram is obviously better than that with routine electrocardiogram.【Conclusions】To diagnose variant angina pectoris with dynamic electrocardiogram has important significance.


The urge to further our understanding of multimodal neural data has recently become an important topic due to the ever increasing availability of simultaneously recorded data from different neural imaging modalities. In case where the electroencephalogram (EEG) is one of the measurement modalities, it is of interest to relate a nonlinear function of the raw EEG time-domain signal, namely the dynamics of EEG bandpower, to another modality such as the hemodynamic response, as measured with near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) or functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). In this work we tackle exactly this problem by defining a novel algorithm that we denote multimodal source power correlation analysis (mSPoC). The validity of the mSPoC approach is demonstrated for real-world multimodal data, obtained from a Brain-Computer Interface experiment, where mSPoC's ability to recover common sources from multimodal measurements is contrasted against an existing state-of-art approach represented by canonical correlation analysis (CCA).


An apparatus for providing a plasma etch of a layer over a wafer is provided. A capacitively coupled process chamber is provided. A gas source is provided. A first and a second electrode are provided within the process chamber. A first radio frequency power source is electrically connected to at least one of the first and second electrodes, where the first radio frequency power source provides radio frequency power. A second radio frequency power source is electrically connected to at least one of the first and second electrodes. A first modulation control is connected to the first radio frequency power source, to provide a controlled modulation of the first radio frequency power source.


The term "national interest" has been used by statesmen and scholars since the founding of nation-states to describe the aspirations and goals of sovereign entities in the international arena. Today foreign ministers, military strategists and academicians discuss the vital interests of their countries in ways suggesting that everyone understands precisely what they mean and will draw correct inferences from their use of the term. Nothing could be further from reality. In truth, the study of international politics as well as the art of diplomacy suffer from widespread ambiguity about the meaning of national interest, with the result that some scholars have proposed that the concept be abandoned and replaced by some other phrase. To my mind, this would be an abdication of the scholar's responsibility because, whether we like it or not, the term national interest is so deeply ingrained in the literature of international relations and diplomatic language that it is unlikely to be dismissed from our vocabulary simply because some scholars find it useless. Were we to attempt to substitute some new phrase, we would likely find even less consensus and could become engaged in yet another round of jargon-creation. A better alternative, I suggest, is to strive for a more precise definition of national interest and then provide a conceptual framework in which serious discussion of foreign policy and international politics can become more fruitful. That is the purpose of this paper.


The synthesis of monomers of type C (Scheme 1) is described. In a first approach, chloro-acetyl-addition to the dioxolane 2 (Scheme 2), followed by treatment of the resulting chlorides 3 (α-D/β-D 1:3) with excess AgOTf and Bu3SnCCSiMe3 gave the axial C-alkynyl-glycoside 4 (31%) and the C-arylglycoside 5 (29%). The structure of the dialkyne 6, obtained by deacetylation of 4, was established by X-ray analysis. The yield of the C-alkynyl-glycoside was slightly improved by protecting the C(4)-ethynyl group as the triethysilyl derivative, but not by substituting the benzyl by allyl or 2,6-difluorobenzyl groups. Silylation of the diol 1 with (chloro)diethyl[2-(trimethylsilyl)ethynyl]silane (19) resulted in 90% of the monosilyl ether 20. HOC(3) of 20 should favor coordination of a Lewis acid to OC(6), and intramolecular, inverting acetal opening should lead to the product of axial alkynylation. Indeed, treatment of 20 with in situ generated BuAlCl2, followed by treatment of the crude product with 0.1M HCl in MeOH, gave the dialkynylated triol 22 in yields of 85 to 90%. Under similar conditions, the disilyl ether 21 reacted more slowly to 22 (75%). The slower reaction correlates with the assumed intramolecular interaction of the precoordinated Lewis acid with OC(6) in 20.


Abstract The fully matricial generalization in part I, of the difference quotient derivation on holomorphic functions, in which ℂ is replaced by a Banach algebra B, is extended from the affine case to a Grassmannian completion. The infinitesimal bialgebra duality, the duality transform generalizing the Stieltjes transform and the spectral theory with non-commuting scalars all extend to this completion. The series expansions of fully matricial analytic functions are characterized, providing a new way to generate fully matricial functions.


Abstract : The goal of this program was to demonstrate performance in cells sized for use in the SEAL Delivery Vehicle. Development efforts by Saft, America, Inc. are reported for batteries to power undersea vehicles. Large, prismatic cells were designed, built, and tested in sizes up to 150 Ah, and demonstrated energy densities up to 130 Wh/Kg. The anodes were either metallic lithium or a lithium-intercalating carbon. Cathodes were lithiated metal oxides of cobalt or nickel (Li(x)CoO2 or Li(x)NiO2). The electrolyte was 1.2 M LiAsF6 in mixed solvents ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, and dimethyl carbonate in a 1:1:2 ratio. Several different cell designs were explored, some of which included novel features such as case strengthening by pinning together opposing faces and orienting the plates parallel to the narrow case faces. These and other design features were needed to address the effect of stack bulging during cycling. Electronics to control charge and discharge and to ensure safe operation were proposed. Safety of the electrochemistries was evaluated by testing 4/5 A-size cells.


-- This study investigates some errors of fricative pronunciation gained by Javanese and Sundanese students. The main purpose is to find out the error frequency and the most error fricative from both tribes. The researchers employed a qualitative ethnography method design. The data were collected by using students' recording. Furthermore, the data were transcribed and counted to get the error frequency. For the students, the researchers involved 10 students that have 5 students in each tribe. Some students came from Ahmad Dahlan University and Galuh University. The result of this study showed that Javanese and Sundanese students made some errors in pronouncing English fricative words, whereas the most error sounds appeared in /z/ for Javanese and /ʃ/ for Sundanese. This study concludes that the Sundanese is difficult with pronounce /ʃ/ and Javanese is difficult with pronouncing /z/. This study recommends to the students from both tribes to learn more about the fricatives, and also for the teachers and lecturers to understand the weaknesses of their students' fricatives ability and find the best way to solve it.


We read with great interest the article by Litwin et al. [1], 'Two-sample binary phase 2 trials with low type I error and low sample size'. They proposed a new randomized two-arm study with a binary outcome as the primary end point by controlling the probabilities of early termination under null and alternative hypotheses, instead of the traditional criterion with the smallest expected sample size (optimal design) or the smallest maximum sample size (minimax design) [2]. Randomized clinical trials are the gold standard in many research areas to reduce biases from a study without a control group. Suppose pC and pE are the response rates of the control group and the experimental group, respectively. Then the hypotheses for testing the efficacy of the treatment can be expressed as


Commentary on: Moermans VRA, Bleijlevens MHC, Verbeek H, et al . The use of involuntary treatment among older adults with cognitive impairment receiving nursing care at home: a cross-sectional study. Int J Nurs Stud 2018;88:135–42. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2018.09.004.

Consent for care is a foundational principle for healthcare professionals.1 Despite this, burgeoning research has shown that cognitively impaired older adults living and receiving care at home are at risk for 'involuntary treatment', or care without their consent. This includes things such as physical restraints, psychotropic medication andnon-consensual care …


Investigations were done at round gold wires of 0,9 mm in diameter, used in jewelry making, from Au585 alloy (58,5%Au, Ag, Cu and Zn). These cold drawn wires was cold rolled in two rolling programmes to various heights without any intermediate annealing on a two-high rolling stand with plain rolls of 180 mm in diameter. In first programme, the wires were rolled in several passes, with single height reductions of about 30%, while in second one the rolling was carried out with maximal reduction only. Rolling speed was constant at all passes. It vas noted that more significant increase in widening, at samples rolled in a single pass, was at height reductions over 70%, while at samples rolled in several passes significant increase in widening took place at high reductions of 80% and over. Greater widening was obtained at rolling wires with maximal reduction only in comparison to wires rolled in several passes with small single reductions.


Candida antarctica lipase B (CAL‐B) catalyzes the regioselective acylation of natural thymidine with oxime esters and also the regioselective acylation of an analogue, 3′,5′‐diamino‐3′,5′‐dideoxythymidine with nonactivated esters. In both cases, acylation favors the less hindered 5′‐position over the 3′‐position by upto 80‐fold. Computer modeling of phosphonate transition‐state analogues for the acylation of thymidine suggests that CAL‐B favors acylation of the 5′‐position because this orientation allows the thymine ring to bind in a hydrophobic pocket and forms stronger key hydrogen bonds than acylation of the 3′‐position. On the other hand, computer modeling of phosphonamidate analogues of the transition states for acylation of either the 3′‐ or 5′‐amino groups in 3′,5′‐diamino‐3′,5′‐dideoxythymidine shows similar orientations and hydrogen bonds and, thus, does not explain the high regioselectivity. However, computer modeling of inverse structures, in which the acyl chain binds in the nucleophile pocket and vice versa, does rationalize the observed regioselectivity. The inverse structures fit the 5′‐, but not the 3′‐intermediate thymine ring, into the hydrophobic pocket, and form a weak new hydrogen bond between the O‐2 carbonyl atom of the thymine and the nucleophile amine only for the 5′‐intermediate. A water molecule might transfer a proton from the ammonium group to the active‐site histidine. As a test of this inverse orientation, we compared the acylation of thymidine and 3′,5′‐diamino‐3′,5′‐dideoxythymidine with butyryl acyl donors and with isosteric methoxyacetyl acyl donors. Both acyl donors reacted at equal rates with thymidine, but the methoxyacetyl acyl donor reacted four times faster than the butyryl acyl donor with 3′,5′‐diamino‐3′,5′‐dideoxythymidine. This faster rate is consistent with an inverse orientation for 3′,5′‐diamino‐3′,5′‐dideoxythymidine, in which the ether oxygen atom of the methoxyacetyl group can form a similar hydrogen bond to the nucleophilic amine. This combination of modeling and experiments suggests that such lipase‐catalyzed reactions of apparently close substrate analogues like alcohols and amines might follow different pathways.


Photosensitized degradation of a textile azo dye, Acid Orange 7, has been carried out on TiO2 particles using visible light. Mechanistic details of the dye degradation have been elucidated using diffuse reflectance absorption and FTIR techniques. Degradation does not occur on Al2O3 surface or in the absence of oxygen. The dependence of the dye degradation rate on the surface coverage shows the participation of excited dye and TiO2 semiconductor in the surface photochemical process. Diffuse reflectance laser flash photolysis confirms the charge injection from the excited dye molecule into the conduction band of the semiconductor as the primary mechanism for producing oxidized dye radical. The surface-adsorbed oxygen plays an important role in scavenging photogenerated electrons, thus preventing the recombination between the oxidized dye radical and the photoinjected electrons. Diffuse reflectance FTIR was used to make a tentative identification of reaction intermediates and end products of dye degradation....


Central simple algebras arise naturally in many areas of mathematics. They are closely connected with ring theory, but are also important in representation theory, algebraic geometry and number theory. Recently, surprising applications of the theory of central simple algebras have arisen in the context of coding for wireless communication. The exposition in the book takes advantage of this serendipity, presenting an introduction to the theory of central simple algebras intertwined with its applications to coding theory. Many results or constructions from the standard theory are presented in classical form, but with a focus on explicit techniques and examples, often from coding theory. Topics covered include quaternion algebras, splitting fields, the Skolem-Noether Theorem, the Brauer group, crossed products, cyclic algebras and algebras with a unitary involution. Code constructions give the opportunity for many examples and explicit computations. This book provides an introduction to the theory of central algebras accessible to graduate students, while also presenting topics in coding theory for wireless communication for a mathematical audience. It is also suitable for coding theorists interested in learning how division algebras may be useful for coding in wireless communication.


FIELD: process engineering. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to metal processing and can be used in machine building. In compliance with this invention, grooves are cut on mandrel surface in generating lines of its cylindrical surface. Now, laser beam is made to act on said grooves in closed paths enveloping the ledges arranged between said grooves. EFFECT: improved operating performances of the mandrels owing to higher stiffness and better damping parameters.


In the references concerning mathematical education one of the most important processes is the educational assessment. The process of mathematics assessment is usually in measured with knowledge and skills. But in the process of teaching and learning mathematics the attitudes and beliefs towards mathematics and corresponding teaching tools and teaching materials used by the teachers are also very important.


The sections Azorelloida, Neoandina, and Paramensia of Geranium, all of them from the Andes, are taxonomically revised. Fruits with the 'seed ejection-type' dispersal have been found in all species, which allows classifying them within subg. Geranium. The sections Azorelloida and Paramensia consist of one and two species respectively, while section Neoandina comprises 24 taxa. Prior to this revision, the stemless species of Geranium from the Andes have been considered to belong to sect. Andina. Geranium sessiliflorum (type of Geranium sect. Andina), however, should be included in sect. Chilensia. Therefore, recently a new sect. Neoandina has been described to include most of the sect. Andina species (Aedo, 2000). Diagnostic morphological features are analysed and compared within and between the sections. The parsimony analysis suggested an early separation of sect. Paramensia from the rest of the ingroup constituted by the sections Azorelloida and Neoandina. These sections would later on have become separated into two groups: one with paramo species, and the other with more xerophilous, cold-resistant puna species. The biogeographic analyses using Fitch parsimony, dispersal-vicariance optimisation, and Bremer analysis support a paramo origin for the entire group in the North Andes, followed by a colonisation of southernmost regions (puna) and vicariance. A key, species descriptions, a complete list of synonymy, a list of specimens examined, and distribution maps are provided. Most species are illustrated for the first time. Fifteen lectotypes and one neotype are designated.


political project. Maurice Barbier's lengthy, measured and scholarly book is designed to show just the opposite. His contention is that a long, cool look at Marx's political thought will help us understand the contemporary evolution of western societies. Barbier's work, as he himself makes clear, is primarily directed to a French audience. In France, the study of Marx has, almost inevitably, had strong ideological undertones. Maximilien Rubel (to whom we owe the marvellous Pleiade editions of Marx) is a striking exception. Apart from Rubel, Barbier bases himself firmly on recent Anglo-American scholarship, particularly the work of Hunt and Draper. It is almost no exaggeration to say that the main expository part of his book aims to present to a French public what he sees as the fruits of recent scholarship in English. It is a concomitant weakness that, in a book of this detail, almost no reference is made to work written in German, Nevertheless, within those limits, this is a book from which any student of Marx can learn a lot. There are, for example, exemplary discussions of Marx's analysis of Bonapartism, of the precise meaning and context of the dic-


Parergon 25.2 (2008) examined from multiple perspectives, tend to become repetitious. The rationale for the discursive footnotes is not clear since the text itself is so episodic that extra examples could easily have been incorporated, leaving the footnotes for references. There are mercifully few proof-reading errors, although there is the odd mistake, as for example in the footnote on p. 167 where Catherine of Sienna is described as 'a noted Spanish mystic'. A curious omission from the bibliography is R. C. Finucane's Appearances of the Dead: A Cultural History of Ghosts (London, Junction, 1982). Nevertheless, Troublesome Corpses provides both an excellent coverage of the source material and many interesting avenues for future discussion. Lola Sharon Davidson Humanities and Social Sciences University of Technology, Sydney


Multiple cases of parallel advancement (isozyme silencing) of L-lactate dehydrogenase heterotetramer isozymes are encountered when the observed isozyme patterns are superimposed on a well-corroborated cladogram depicting the phylogenetic relationships of some sea snakes, cobras, and coral snakes. This finding may be common among similar data sets because of parallel evolution and the inability to discern transformation sequences. Thus, the utility of this isozyme character in phylogenetic investigations may be severely limited, depending on the taxonomic group or level of universality being investigated.


Introduction This paper aims to overview the Interaction Equivalency Theorem posited by Terry Anderson (2003). It clarifies the position of the theorem in distance education and provides a definition that includes its essential composites. Two research studies are introduced: a meta-analysis on the theorem to show its validity and an empirical research study using the theorem to demonstrate an application of the theorem in teaching and designing. The theorem is useful when analyzing the existing instructional design(s) of a specific learning context and deciding on the optimal interaction design that meets the needs and limitations of the learning context. This paper is an update of two 2010 journal papers by the same authors (Miyazoe & Anderson, 2010a; 2010b).


We evaluate the signal‐to‐noise ratio (SNR) dependence of LADAR spatial resolution, and the improvement afforded by squeezed‐vacuum injection at the receiver. We define spatial resolution as the ability to distinguish two point targets from a single point target. For speckle returns and a soft‐aperture homodyne receiver, the resolution scales as SNR−3/10 at high SNR, and exhibits a threshold SNR below which targets are unresolvable. Injecting a 15 dB squeezed vacuum improves the resolution by a factor of about 2 at high SNR, and provides approximately 3.5 dB of threshold extension, which permits some classically‐unresolvable targets to become distinguishable.


Current treatments for systemic autoimmune diseases partially improve the health of patients displaying low pharmacological efficacy and systemic immunosuppression. Here, the therapeutic potential of transferring tolerogenic dendritic cells (tolDCs) generated with heme‐oxygenase inductor cobalt (III) protoporphyrin IX (CoPP), dexamethasone and rosiglitazone for the treatment of systemic autoimmunity was evaluated in two murine models of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), MRL‐Faslpr and NZM2410 mice. Dendritic cells treated ex vivo with these drugs showed a stable tolerogenic profile after lipopolysaccharide stimulation. Regular doses of tolDCs were administered to anti‐nuclear antibody‐positive mice throughout 60–70 days, and the clinical score was evaluated. Long‐term treatment with these tolDCs was well tolerated and effective to improve the clinical score on MRL‐Faslpr lupus‐prone mice. Additionally, decreased levels of anti‐nuclear antibodies in NZM2410 mice were observed. Although tolDC treatment increased regulatory T cells, no significant reduction of renal damage or glomerulonephritis could be found. In conclusion, these results suggest that the transfer of histone‐loaded tolDCs could improve only some SLE symptoms and reduced anti‐nuclear antibodies. This is the first study to evaluate antigen‐specific tolDC administration to treat SLE. Our report strengthens the clinical relevance of tolDC generation with CoPP, dexamethasone and rosiglitazone and the use of these modified cells as a therapy for systemic autoimmunity.


We propose an output-based event-triggered control solution for linear discrete-time systems with a performance guarantee relative to periodic time-triggered control, while reducing the communication load. The performance is expressed as an average quadratic cost and the plant is disturbed by Gaussian process and measurement noises. We establish several connections with previous works in the literature discussing, in particular, the relation to absolute and relative threshold policies. The usefulness of the results is illustrated through a numerical example.


1. Higgs 2. Neutrino 3. Grand Unified Theories 4. Supersymmetry I: Basics 5. Supersymmetry II: Phenomenology 6. Extra Dimension 7. Axion 8. Cosmology I: Big Bang Universe 9. Cosmology II: Structure Formation 10. Dark Matter 11. Dark Energy


In this paper, an information mixed-technology of the INS/GPS united guide navigation system and the fuse guide head is adopted to control the fly and detonation of the missile. On the basis of the information mixed-technology, an accurate, timely and effective design plan is put forward by means of the mixture and scatter filter technology of the fuse guide head information and the guide navigation information.


The study is a descriptive research which looked into the issues and challenges related to the implantation of K-12 curriculum. More importa nt l y, this research undertaking identified various problems confronting the teachers. A survey questionnaire was used in gathering the data. Respondents were History teachers in National High Schools, Laboratory High Schools and Notre Dame Schools in some municipalities in the Province of Sulu. They were purposely chosen in the investigation of issues and challenges confront i ng History Teachers in the implementation of the K-12 curriculum. The teachers-respondents were majority male at the age category 31 to 40 years old, finished only Baccalaureate Degree, and the teaching History subject for 5 to 10 years. The Male History Teachers in the High Schools of Sulu at their age category 31 to 40 years old have not pursued educati onal growth in spite of their 5 to 10 years in service. The study concluded that the History teachers are not growing profession al ly in terms of their educational attainment. They strongly agreed in their perceptions and actual observations that problems did exist on the implementation of the K-12 curriculum to wit: Learning Resources and Needs, Teacher's Competency: Method, Approaches and Technique, Administra t or's Competency and Teaching, Supervisor's Competency, Monitoring, Technical Assistance, Evaluation, and Assessment. Based on the result of the study on the Issues and Challenges Confront i ng History Teachers in the Implementation of K-12 curriculum in the Province of Sulu, History Teachers should improve their educational attainment, they must earn at least Master's Degree in line with his or her major because I believed the more the teachers spent time in schooling the better their method of teaching would be developed. We need to be lifelong learners, holistic al ly developed and globally oriented and locally grounded and that is our modern world required us a productive and competitive Filipino citizen.


Public spending is one of the most important tools of fiscal policy, which reflects the role of the state inintervening in economic life and directing economic activity to achieve the desired economic development.Public spending (both current and investment) is one of the tools of the state that seeks to increaseproduction and achieve economic and social goals and achieve economic stability.Investment spending has a crucial role to play in achieving economic growth and sustainable developmentthrough the growth of all economic sectors that make up GDP


Prevalence studies and studies on causation relations have shown that the relation between psychiatric disorders and chronic physical diseases is neglected. For heterogeneous diseases an increasing number of susceptibility variants are being defined. Alzheimer disease, bipolar disorder, breast and prostate cancer, coronary artery disease, Chron's disease, systemic lupus eritematosus, type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus are mentioned together with epigenetic concept. In acrocentric zone of chromosome 13, breast cancer, retinoblastoma, chronic Iymphocytic leukemia genes with B cells, dopamin loci of bipolar disorder are found together. Among bipolar and healthy individuals, an increase risk of breast cancer in female cases has been resported. On the other hand, psychosocial factors that affect stress and response to


This work identifies a link between quality control scheme and the learning effect caused by the quality improvement program. The reduction rate of process standard deviation may be large during the initial stage of the quality improvement program, and influences the construction of control chart. Simulation is used to evaluate the performance of the control charts. The EWMA mean control chart with consideration of learning curve performs best. The Shewhart mean control chart without learning curve consideration has almost no detection ability when the shift magnitude of the process mean is small.


The changing process in land possession, which is the basis of property right reflects politics, economics, and social order of era and country.In ancient, the concept of owning land was conceived as the collective property of village. And then, in feudal times, the right of treat the land was given to feudal lord and peasantry had the right of using it and was imposed land tax or farm rent. In east world, the right of owning land belonged to king and people used to cultivate the land and be given tax. In korea, especially three kingdom, unified shilla, corea, lee dynasty, the right of owning the land belonged to king, local power or elite power and most people used to use it and be imposed cultivating tax.In lee dynasty, to gather the correct figures of tax sources there was a land research program called Yang Jeon(quantification of land) project that measured the character and location so on and recorded them in writing but unfortunately failed to be conducted right, ended up being finished in 1719(Sukjong 45) and then 180years passed. And again, yang jeon project was conducted every corner of the country from 1899 to 1904 by the Daehan empire established in 1897. Lee dynasty had already developed highly and the program of land research made sure the relation of private possession and made the land tax faithful and correct. The project which intended to make an foundation of national management on the basis of land research was not finished successfully, but it meant to introduce the modern system of making the real estates public and making a rule of prohibiting foreigners from owning land which was one of steps to respond to foreign powers that had stolen our country.Chosun land research that was conducted by japan after the annexation of two countries in 1910 was one means of the colonial package policy of hurting our identity. By now, the system of register of land and building that was made as the basis of land research project in 1912 during the japan colonial epoch has been used. Even though there was a farm innovation in the middle of that, transfer register whose root lay on the preserve register that existed in Chosun land research project in colonial times has reached to the present.After liberation from Japan, two koreas established its government and conducted land revolution, but in north korea the 'confiscation without paying, distribution without paying' was a basic principle of the land revolution but the private possession of land carried out by the rule of land revolution in 1946 began in 1954 But its meaning disappeared in 1958 when north korea removed the right of owning land privately and converted made the collective farming system. In south korea, land revolution stopped for some time after the 6.25 war broke out and revived it through 'enforcement regulations of the law of farming land innovation' around the country. As a result, government bought some 40% of all farming land, 0.885bn km² and then redistributed it with receiving money. But forests and mountains and site(land for building) were not included the law and landlords who heard the event earlier sold their land to the peasant before the law passed and enforced. Later they bought it again from them and raised a new high class. Meanwhile, the condition of distribution was very difficult and even if farmers took the land from government, they could not escape from their poverty because the price of crops plummeted by aid goods from U.S and the price of rice was below that of production.After the liberation, We lost the chance of getting rid of the pro-japanese group and those who had accumulated much money began to buy the land distributed again and rooted in deeply this new established country. Recently a very interesting thing that became a social issue happened. The descendents of pro-japanese group made a sue for gaining the right against country that they could inherit the lands that their ancestors got through actions for japan, which can not help being ironical indeed. According to the people's awakening and the asking and spirit of times, it is fortunate for us to pass and enforce 'The especial law on returning the property of the pro-japanese and anti-national people to country' in assembly in 2006 which even if it is too late can to research the property of pro-japanese people dated back to the time when they bought and confiscate their property in the name of law of punishing pro-japanese activitiesThe study on forming the land ownership in korea is a overall matter of history and even if there is a somewhat lacking referring, will help understand the process of the land ownership being established in a broad way, I think.


P+R contributes substantially to the ambition of the regional partners in Central Netherlands for the stimulation of public transport and cycling over car mileage, if the right measures for each location and for the network are deployment. The established assessment framework provides insight.


William Van Doren Kelley was born at Trenton, N. J., March 8, 1876. While a youngster in the Trenton schools, he exhibited a talent for invention and in addition, became interested in theatricals. Thus was laid the foundation for his later activities in the field of the motion picture. His ability as an inventor and his interest in the theater led him to stage acts of magic and illusion with the acumen and showmanship of a much older person.


While it is common knowledge that the COVID-19 pandemic has reversed decades of progress on the Sustainable Development Goals, the backsliding on key areas had already begun prior to early 2020. In 2019, the United Nations reported negative trends in the following areas: "rising inequalities, climate change, biodiversity loss and increasing amounts of waste from human activity that are overwhelming capacities to process them." For these trends, particularly increasing inequalities, it seems that the pandemic has entrenched them further, with specific concerns raised over rising gender inequality in the Global South.


In this paper we consider a random walk in random environment on a tree and focus on the boundary case for the underlying branching potential. We study the range $R\_n$ of this walk up to time $n$ and obtain its correct asymptotic in probability which is of order $n/\log n$. Thisresult is a consequence of the asymptotical behavior of the number of visited sites at generations of order $(\log n)^2$,which turn out to be the most visited generations. Our proof which involves a quenched analysisgives a description of the typical environments responsible for the behavior of $R\_n$.


Violence against women by husbands, uncles, romantic partners, among others cover a number of aggressive both psychological and physical, harassment, sexual abuse, and even murder. This shows a grim reality in our country and the world.
The following work was based on several questions, one of which, why the victim continues her victimizer, and what type of care is given to the victim and the victimizer?, Answers revolve around hypothesis so learned about violence along the popular myths career, so it was decided to set up an investigation singular in the Second Precinct of Women and the Family of Quito.


Cloud computing is the future direction of IT development,its importance is becoming increasingly prominent,Hadoop is a specific area of cloud computing technology.In this paper,we introduce the steps of building the cloud computing platform based on the open source Hadoop distributed computing framework in the network laboratory of the institute,and give concrete realization of the program.


Sustainable tourism is achievable by heritage management, because when heritage is conserved and managed, it could be introduced to the community. Heritage destinations become a part of growing tourism sector. People generally would like to experience accessing archaeological remains in situ, therefore service infrastructure is required. Visitor case is one of the most important sections of site management to achieve both conservation and economic advantages. The current research is a case of visitor arrangements done in The Valley of the Temples.


Starting from radiative transport theory, analytical and numerical methods are discussed that allow a quantification of light scattering properties from different experimental approaches. Several examples for the elucidation of, e.g. particle size, by application of Mie theory under consideration of dependent scattering effects and potential applications for chemical process monitoring are given.


Like any other software artifact, models evolve and need to be versioned. In the last few years, dedicated support for model versioning has been proposed to improve the default text-based versioning that version control systems offer. However, there is still the need to comprehend model differences in terms of the semantics of the modeling language. For this purpose, we propose a comprehensive approach that considers both abstract and concrete syntax, to express model differences in terms of the domain-specific language (DSL) used and define domain-specific semantics for specific difference patterns. The approach is based on the automatic extension of the DSL to enable the representation of changes, on the definition of rules to capture recurrent domain-specific difference patterns, and on the automatic adaptation of the graphical concrete syntax to visualize the differences. We present a prototype tool support and discuss its application on versioned models created by third parties.


The relationship between flight-muscle ratio (FMR; flight-muscle mass/body mass) and aerial competitive ability was studied in Plathemis lydia dragonflies. These dragonflies approximately double their body mass during adult maturation. This is due primarily to growth of flight muscle in males and growth of ovaries in females. Males attain one of the highest FMRs of any animal; up to 60% of their body mass is flight muscle. During observations of relative mating success among groups of two to five individually marked males, there was a significant decline in mating success with decreasing FMR rank. Relative mating success was measured by the proportion of total daily oviposition time spent by females mated last by each male. Males that had their FMRs reduced experimentally by attachment of small weights had poor territorial and mating success when they were competing with unweighted males. These results suggest that a high FMR enhances ability to compete in aerial contests, which enables greater short-term mating success. Mature males with the highest FMRs had the least gut contents and fat reserves; thus, there is a trade-off made between flight ability and nutritional state that may affect longevity and long-term mating success. A trade-off between benefits derived from enhanced flight performance and costs incurred by reducing the mass of tissues other than flight muscle is probably widespread among flying animals.


Objective: Exercise for elderly subjects must match their physical ability. Our goal is to evaluate the effects of adapted physical activity (APA) on elderly peopleaffected by cronic obstructive bronchopneumopathy. Design and Method: 23 sedentary ageing people (16 Males mean age 70 + 4, 7 Females mean age 67 + 2) (grade I and II according to 2007 GOLD guidelines) were included. They were split in a randomised way into group APA and group Control (C). APA subjects underwent an indoor aerobic training on a 3 days per week, 60 min. each time basis programme for 6 months. Design of the study included before and after follow-up: 1) Spirometry; 2) Oxygen saturation; 3) Ambulatory Blood Pressure Measurement (ABPM); 4) SF-12 Questionnaire for Quality of Life Measurement. Results: Before and after follow-up among cardiorespiratory indexes we detected 1) FVC 2.84 + 1.2 vs 2.97 + 1.0 (p < 0.001); 2) O2 Sat% 94.7 + 1.5 vs 97.1 + 1.7 (p < 0.01); 3) SBP 157 + 22 vs 137 + 15 mmHG (p < 0.01, DBP 95 + 14 vs 86 + 15 mmHg (p < 0.01), PP 78.18 + 4 vs 62.10 + 3 mmHg (p < 0.05). The score 32 vs 27 in SF-12 (p < 0.001) before and after the follow-up showed an improvement of both physical and mental state. Conclusions: An adapted physical activity in elderly people affected by cronic obstructive bronchopneumopathy can improve exercise resistance, vital forced ability, oxygen saturation, BP and PP values. It can also improve the quality of life related to health.


The charge distributions in protein tertiary structures are classified according to the types of their electric multipoles. The observed types of the multipole structures due to only partial atomic charges correlate well with the tertiary folding patterns of the backbones. The multipole structures due to only ionized side chains are found to have almost reversed features of those due to only atomic charges, as stated by the plus-minus charge compensation principle proposed in our accompanying paper.


Public organizations in Turkey adopted working principles such as citizen-orientation, transparency, accountability, efficiency and effectiveness with Law No. 5018 Public Financial Management and Control Law in parallel with the new development trends of giving up the traditional understanding of public administration. The most important factor is human capital in public organizations aiming at ensuring citizen satisfaction. The aim of this study is to examine (and measure) the (inter)relationships between organizational cynicism, perceived organizational support (POS) and counterproductive work behaviors (CWB) and the mediation role of organizational cynicism in predicting CWB by considering the POS premise. The research was carried out with the participation of 419 public employees. The results of this study show that these variables correlate with each other, POS and organizational cynicism predicted CWB and organizational cynicism as a mediator predicts CWB approximately three times stonger with the POS premise and has a mediation role. The results of this research indicates that should take measures to increase POS and reduce organizational cynicism in order to reduce and/or eliminate the CWB. Otherwise, organizational cynicism and CWB will come up there, and the process may result in employees leaving their jobs, which means that to disappear investment of organizations in terms of human resources.


Objective:Diagnosis and treatment of 6 cases of patellar sleeve fracture in children were respectively studied. Methods: The diagnosis and three surgical methods of 6 cases of patellar sleeve fracture in children were summarized and discussed. Results: The following up period was from 6 months to 4 years, all of fractures healed, and only a knee was limitary for flexing. Conclusion: The successful treatment was dependent on early diagnosis and accurcte reduction.


Ethoxysulfuron is frequently used as a post-emergent herbicide in different food crops to control broad leaf weeds. This study aimed to investigate the potential adverse effects of ethoxysulfuron herbicide on male Japanese quail. 48 adult male birds were divided into 4 groups and orally administered with varying doses of the herbicide for 45 days. Quail were exposed to four sub-lethal concentrations (0 mg/kg, 0.70 mg/kg/day, 0.90 mg/kg/day, and 1.25 mg/kg/day) of ethoxysulfuron starting from day 1 to 45 of trial and different samples from each quail were obtained at days 15, 30 and 45 of trial following exposure. Results exhibited that with increasing ethoxysulfuron concentrations different nuclear abnormalities in erythrocytes such as the formation of micronuclei, binucleated erythrocyte, notched nuclei, blabbed nuclei, lobbed nuclei, condensed nuclei, nuclear remnants and the erythrocytes without nuclei increased in treated birds. Results showed that exposure to herbicide led to genotoxicity, as evidenced by increased values of DNA damage in different visceral organs of the exposed quail compared to the control group. Various antioxidant enzymes and oxidative stress biomarkers were significantly reduced and escalated in the liver tissues of quail. Histological examination revealed prominent histoarchitectural changes in the liver (degeneration of hepatocytes and necrosis) and kidneys (degeneration of renal tubules, necrosis of renal tubules, and necrosis of renal tubular epithelial cells) of the exposed quail. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that exposure to ethoxysulfuron herbicide can cause significant morphological and nuclear abnormalities in erythrocytes, DNA damage, and histoarchitectural changes in different visceral organs of Japanese quail. These findings suggest that exposure to herbicides may pose a health risk to both humans and wildlife.


The subject innovation is primarily a sink, wash basin, laundry, as installed in a drain, such as bathroom relates to a drain trap to block coming bad smell and insects entering the up from the sewer the stepped (A1) the specific thing (A) a drain for the drain inlet in a typical drain trap formed by the chakseol geolreummang (B), The geolreummang (B) able to be seated on the stepped (A1) of the lower projecting jaw 11 at the upper inlet is formed, is in the lower outlet (1a) is inclined open side is formed in the contact surface 12 with the inner circumferential surface configuration and having an outlet in the upper support portion (1b) and the return member fixing groove (1c) and clamping groove (1d), water pipe (1) and, The water pipe (1) opening and closing plate 22 that contact is provided with a support piece 21 which is attached to the support portion (1b) being connected at a lower end support piece to the hinge portion (23) to the outlet (1a) of the water pipe (1) of fixing the opening and closing plate of the support and the piece 21 is supported is the return member (3) of an elastic material which imparts returning force to the opening and closing plate, the fixing portion of the support piece and the return member of the opening and closing plate to the support of the drainage pipe (1) to accommodate a drainage trap comprising a clamp (4). Drain pipe, the support, the return member, the clamp


From the expansion of a partially coherent axially symmetric beam in terms of Laguerre-Gauss functions, we investigate the degree of accuracy reached by approaching the exact field by means of the lower-order terms of the above series. The accuracy is evaluated analytically as a function of both the number of terms of the expansion and the (measurable) second-order intensity moments of the beam, namely, the beam width and the so-called beam quality factor .


2-Unsubstituted N-alkyl-1,3-benzazaphospholes, diagonally P–C related to 2,3-unsubstituted indoles, were successfully arylated by aryl iodides and bromides or alkylated by neopentyl iodide by heating in DMF in the presence of a catalytic amount of PdCl2 or H2PtCl6 and a suitable base. In contrast to the known 2-arylations of indoles under these conditions, the reactions led to arylation in the 3-position and proceeded via highly moisture-sensitive intermediates to P-substituted 1,3-benzazaphosphole P-oxides. Thus, we present a novel route for the direct P-substitution of aromatic σ2P-heterocycles with electrophilic aryl/alkyl halides. Characteristic NMR spectroscopic data of the intermediates are consistent with –P(aryl)–C(Br/Cl)–N– species formed by metal-mediated addition of the aryl halides at the P=C bond rather than by oxidative addition to ylidic intermediates. Benzazaphospholium salts, accessible by using triethyloxonium tetrafluoroborate at room temperature and also very sensitive to hydrolysis, display distinct NMR spectroscopic data. The structures of the products were elucidated by conclusive NMR spectroscopy and HRMS data and crystal-structure analysis. Minor amounts of a bis(arylation) product could likewise be identified by crystal-structure analysis.


This paper discusses the uneasy role of chiefs within three cycles of security and justice reform in Sierra Leone during the past decade. Interaction has been indirect, by default or marginal, and always hesitant. This has been the case, even though chiefs constitute the most important governing institution in Sierra Leone's rural communities. One of the key tensions, I argue, has been the tendency to cast chiefs as state or non-state, respectively, or even as a hybrid between the two. However, as illustrated in this paper, while they are formally and discursively tied into a 'state system' in the Constitution and in legislation, they are subjected to limited oversight, and therefore govern in relative autonomy. A new program, designed in 2010, might help to transcend the state-non-state dichotomy and prepare the ground for a more productive way of engaging chiefs that do not fit into either a state or non-state category. This is done by focusing on which actors are actually providing security and justice, rather than who donors would prefer did it, i.e., the state. DIIS WORKING PAPER 2010:33


Psychologic stress has been implicated as a contributing factor to carcinogenesis by numerous clinical observations. During the past two decades a number of careful clinical investigations appeared to furnish support for these implications (Bacon et al., 1952; Blumberg et al., 1954; Miller and Jones, 1948). Substantial clinical evidence was presented by Kissen and a number of other competent investigators in a volume edited by Kissen and Leshan (1964). In the same volume, Bahnson and Bahnson suggested a theoretical model of somatic and psychologic regression in relation to cancer. Experimental work on animals yielded contradictory results. Voskresenskaia (1948) and Petrova (1955) reported that the cutaneous application of coal tar to dogs with chronic experimental neuroses led to the development of malignant tumors, whereas coal tar applications to control dogs failed to produce such tumors. Similar results were obtained in mice by Petrova (1955), Khaletskaia (1954) and by Raushenbakh et al. ( 1952). Petrova reported that neurotic dogs also frequently exhibited spontaneous malignant tumors. Kavetskii ( 1958), in summarizing the extensive work conduclted in his laboratory as well as in other laboratories in the U.S.S.R., concluded that disturbances in higher nervous functions generally facilitated the development of malignant neoplasms. Andervont (1944) reported that female strain C3H mice kept in separate cages developed mammary tumors earlier than did their litter mates kept eight to a cage. Muhlbuck ( 195 1 ) observed that the incidence of mammary tumors in Dilute-Brown Strain (Little) mice was highest ,in the females that were reared in individual cages. In this connection it is of interest to mention the report of a well-controlled experiment by Louis N. Katz (1964) to the effect that chickens kept in isolation (at the age of about eight weeks) developed more atherosclerosis than the control chickens kept in groups. Moreover, the isolated chickens were in poor physical condiltion and many of them died, suggesting a general biologic deterioration induced by isolation. On the other hand, Rashkis (1952) using forced swimming as a stressor in Swiss albino mice, reported that this stress increased survival time of the mice inoculated with ascites tumors or treated with methylcholanthrene. Similarly, Marsh et af . (1959) reported that stress in mice induced by avoidance shuttlebox experiments or by confinement within a screen envelope led to a decrease in the size of the tumors induced by subcutaneous Ehrlich tumor transplants. This discrepancy is most likely due t o the fact that Rashkis and Marsh, in contradistinotion to the other investigators, used stress involving muscular expression and, moreover, applied the stress for a relatively short period of time. It should be remembered that in the experiments of Marsh confinement within a screen envelope involved some struggling on the part of the mice. 6t appears that it is


The technique and results of monitoring research into the pollution with heavy metals of the soils adjacent to М1 highway (Brest—Minsk—boundary line of the Russian Federation) are put forward. The installation of the plasma-chemical reactor in the exhaust system of the diesel engine applied to the mobile automotive engineering is under study. The type of the plasma-chemical reactor on offer develops the electrodischarge plasma-chemical technology for cleaning exhaust gases. The optimized parameters in the electrode systems of the plasma-chemical reactor allow gaining the best performance characteristics.


Porphyrins are very important substances used in a wide range of model systems in many areas, such as biomimic chemistry and material science. This kind of macrocycle generally consists of 5-membered ring to form a cyclic extended aromatic network. Recently much work have been done concerning the modification of porphyrins core structures, and many kinds of analogues have been recorded. One of the important aspects was the research of the porphyrinogen ligand.These macrocycles bear functional resemblance to certain kind of polydentate ligand, and provide a variety of tri-dimensional binding cavities for metal ions. In addition, some other kinds of analogues have been recorded, involving the introduction of a CH unit to replace one of the nitrogen atoms. We also notice the fact that pyridine is a very effective ligand, and it can coordinate with many kinds of metals. Based on these observations, we would like to design and synthesize a new porphyrinogen (5) analogue containing a NNNN core, two of the N atoms from pyrrole and the other two N from pyridine. Such core modifications may alter the electronic structure of the ring and provide variable cavity for metal coordination.……


Results obtained within Ciach-Hoye-Stell model of oil-water-surfactant mixtures in restricted geometry are reviewed. Special attention is paid to ordering effects of a surface (or two parallel surfaces) close to phase boundaries between lamellar and microemulsion or water-rich phases. Relations between the structure of the confined self-assembling system and the measurable quantities are discussed. Predictions of the Ciach-Hoye-Stell model are compared with Landau-Ginzburg and membrane theories and with experimental results.


Knowledge Based Engineering systems are advanced, effective techniques which can deliver useful solutions for every field of the industry, and it also has relation to the design of material handling processes. One of these methods, the linked KBE/CAD solution, can be applied for the design of different material handling processes. In this paper we describe a calculation method to determine the complexity level of the material handling systems in the aspect of the design process. Complexity level of a design solution has important role in comparing the individual tasks and methods, and it can help to evaluate the application advantages of linked KBE/CAD solutions.


Isabelle offers order-sorted type classes on top of the simple types of plain Higher-Order Logic. The resulting type system is similar to that of the programming language Haskell. Its interpretation within the logic enables further application, though, apart from restricting polymorphism syntactically. In particular, the concept of Axiomatic Type Classes provides a useful light-weight mechanism for hierarchically-structured abstract theories. Subsequently, we demonstrate typical uses of Isabelle's axiomatic type classes to model basic algebraic structures. This document describes axiomatic type classes using Isabelle/Isar theories, with proofs expressed via Isar proof language elements. The new theory format greatly simplifies the arrangement of the overall development, since definitions and proofs may be freely intermixed. Users who prefer tactic scripts over structured proofs do not need to fall back on separate ML scripts, though, but may refer to Isar's tactic emulation commands.


The present article analyses the conflicts and negotiations in the Paulista League Football in 1913, involving two clubs, CA Paulistano and SC Corinthians. Also discussed how the historiography and the newspapers portrayed this episode.


A new Rhizomania resistance sugarbeet variety, Zhongtian-zhangtian202, was bred from 1990 to 2003. The mechanism of Rhizomania resistance was discussed, then the breeding indexes of Rhizomania resistance and the practicable techniques in sugarbeet were suggested. The results showed that the variety had a good effect to resistant Rhizomania, and significant increase for both the root yield and sugar yield.


To determine whether 1‐week stenting of the pelvi‐ureteric anastomosis of laparoscopic or robot‐assisted pyeloplasty is as effective as 4‐week stenting, based on their respective success rates.


This paper provides a novel approach for detecting certain abnormal operating conditions in squirrel cage induction motors (SCIMs). A mathematical model of the faulty operating mode is derived with the rotor broken bars and the rotor eccentricity being the faults of interest. To detect the fault occurrence, an appropriate FDI observer, based on second order sliding modes, is presented and analyzed by Lyapunov methods. The ability of the suggested FDI observer to produce suitable residual signals which allow a reliable threshold-based fault detection is shown. Once the fault is detected, dedicated FFT analysis of the residuals allows the classification of the fault. The proposed scheme has been verified by real implementation tests using measurements taken from certain commercial three-phase SCIMs intentionally damaged in order to reproduce the fault scenarios of concern. Experimental results confirm the reliability of the suggested framework.


Climatic changes are the totality of the climatic variability and changes which consists of it's descriptions, causes, implications and interactions. In the last 5 decades, human activities, particularly the burning of fossil fuels have released sufficient quantities of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases and this trap the additional heat in the lower atmosphere which therefore affect the global climate and temperature. Each of these effects have caused significant changes in the human health cycle and causes harm to our body and environment Around 40 articles from online databases like Pubmed and Google Scholars are taken. The articles which are related to the topic are taken. The relevant articles are taken and discussed. The various effects of climate changes are discussed. The direct and indirect changes, effect on infectious diseases, population and the major risk factors are assessed. The climatic changes are the mainstream issue of today's generation. Potentially huge health defects affect the society and people in it. Hence measures should be taken to prevent climatic changes and global warming.


Case Report Isoniazid is a first line drug used in the treatment of tuberculosis. Psychosis is a state of altered mentation and behavior. Although psychosis is known complication of isoniazid therapy, type and onset of symptoms is highly variable. Here we report a case of 44 years old female who developed psychosis characterized by irrelevant talks, agitation, and echolia after four days of starting ATT.


Luminescent Solar Concentrators (LSCs) suitable to work in conjunction with a new type of a silicon epitaxial edge-illuminated solar cell (EISC) are developed, and the operating principle of epitaxial EISCs and their specific properties are explained and discussed. The potential application of active composite materials based on luminescent nanocrystals dispersed in a polymer matrix (PMMA) in the LSCs technology is shown. The results of the synthesis of the transparent material by the incorporation of the clusters of co-doped Nd and Yb yttrium aluminum garnet Y3Al5O12 (YAG), gadolinium gallium garnet Gd3Ga5O12 (GGG) and yttrium oxide Y2O3 (YO) nanocrystals into the polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) polymer matrix and the characterization of the synthesized materials by spectroscopic and emission dynamic studies are presented. The analyzed nanocrystals of YAG, GGG and YO compounds were prepared by the modified sol-gel method. The results indicate that the investigated materials, i.e. polymers with rare-earth containing oxide nanocrystals, can be useful for LSCs matched to the maximum sensitivity of a silicon EISC.


Kinetic regularities of the oxidative dehydrogenation reaction of methylcyclohexane on the -clinoptilolite catalyst were investigated. Absence of internal and external diffusion inhibition was established, the reaction proceeds in the kinetic area, in which all diffusion stages proceed much faster than all chemical stages that make up the mechanism of this reaction. The influence of partial pressures of reagents, the reaction temperature and the space velocity of the reaction mixture on the course of the reaction was studied and optimal conditions for obtaining the intentional reaction product determined.


This paper evaluates the predictive out-of-sample forecasting properties of six different economic uncertainty variables for both growth in aggregate M2 and growth in household-sector M2 in the U.S. using data between 1971m1 and 2014m12. The core contention is that economic uncertainty improves both forecast accuracy as well as direction-of-change forecasts of real money stock growth. We estimate linear ARDL models using the iterated rolling-window forecasting scheme combined with two different indicator selection procedures. Forecast accuracy is evaluated by RMSE and the Diebold-Mariano test. Direction-of-change forecasts are assessed by means of the Kuipers Score and the Pesaran-Timmermann test. The results indicate an increased relevance of certain economic uncertainty measures for forecasting growth in both real aggregate as well as real household-sector M2 since 2000.


A novel hydrogenation of carbon dioxide proceeds in with presence of a Ru3(CO)12–KI homogeneous catalytic system with successive formation of carbon monoxide, methanol and methane.


Abstract This paper focuses on the political role of urban design in the transformation of urban and rural, central and peripheral, formal and informal landscapes in Israel. Based on design anthropology methodology, the political role of urban design in the production of aesthetic objects and landscapes that signify the control over individuals and communities will be explored. As this paper suggests, such a new form of political influence is hidden beneath an aesthetic and user-oriented façade, making it even more dangerous than previous more direct actions, such as gated communities separated from public space by stone walls. The paper's interdisciplinary approach that is rooted in anthropology, design, architecture and politics will also point out some similarities between specific sites that are often considered different, namely Tel Aviv's global and privatized gated communities on the one hand and the unrecognized Bedouin villages in the peripheral Negev region on the other. It will be argued that these similarities are the product of the politics of militarization, privatization and social fragmentation that are translated into urban design practices from 'above' via state and municipal planning policy as well as formal design, and from 'below' through informal and often unauthorized construction initiated by marginalized communities.


Kibang pacing village with 83,55 Km 2 areas , is located at th e East of Menggal a Timur  sub district . This area is valley which most of the area has been used for coconut oil cultivation . The changed of this area made the vegetation cover this area changed from a multi stration area to the mono stration. This changed over the area caused the hampered of nature habitat component and the population of kinds of animal s , e specially Ardeidae water bird. To know the A rd e idae population in this research with use point count three method. This research done for 18 days effectively with stayed at the point and noted the birds founded . The result of research done analyze and can be used to count this population and distribution pattern of Ardeidae species. Based on the research showed the population is 64 birds blekok rice, 4 Cinnamon Bittern bird, 11 red cangak birds, 89 great egret birds, 333 little egret birds, 112 buffalo birds. The mean of all Ardeidae family was 613 birds. The lowest  population of Ardeidae was 4 birds and the highest was 333 birds. The distribution patern of Ardeidae population at Kibang Pacing village is group pattern. Keywords : Ardeidae, birds, Kibang Pacing, population


This research aims to observe how social presence influences online social capital and the behavioral intention of social commerce (s-commerce). The online survey with a structured questionnaire is used to collect data and analyzed by a structural equation model (SEM). The authors found that social presence is directly connected with online social capital (bonding and bridging). Social presence is not meaningfully connected to s-commerce intention (sharing and shopping), but the cluster model argues that social presence has a significant connection with social sharing and shopping intention. Online social capital and s-commerce intention are positively related to social interaction, and the results also confirmed that social capital is a complementary mediator. The paper provides different research instructions and guidelines for consumers and scholars. They offer a user-preferred s-commerce environment that is related to helping enterprise proprietors provide personalized services and supporting clients to acquire precious purchase-related information.


A novel multibeamlet very low energy ion extraction optic technology avoiding cumbersome grid readjustment and thermal degradation of beam properties during a reactive process has been developed. In this approach anisotropically etched silicon grids ([100]‐oriented Si wafers) are permanently integrated into a holder made of layered ceramics or micromachined AlN. The performance of such extraction systems having 300, 600, and 900 μm grid separation was tested in a 3 cm capacitively coupled rf‐ion source. Stable system operation with use of oxygen has been achieved for an extended period of time (>100 h) for a total extraction voltage of 140 V which represents the maximum voltage to be applied for a grid separation of 0.3 mm. Additionally detailed Faraday‐cup measurements of the extracted ion beam have been carried out for a total voltage range of 0–600 V, a vacuum chamber pressure of 1×10−4–1×10−3 mbar, rf‐power levels of 10–170 W, a net‐to‐total voltage ratio of 0.5–1.0 and an axial magnetic field of up t...


Background Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) can be used in patients with refractory cardiogenic shock or respiratory failure. In South Korea, the need for transporting ECMO patients is increasing. Nonetheless, information on urgent transportation and its outcomes is scant. Methods In this retrospective review of 5 years of experience in ECMO transportation at a single center, the clinical outcomes of transported patients were compared with those of in-hospital patients. The effects of transportation and the relationship between insertion–departure time and survival were also analyzed. Results There were 323 cases of in-hospital ECMO (in-hospital group) and 29 cases transferred to Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital without adverse events (mobile group). The median transportation time was 95 minutes (interquartile range [IQR], 36.5–119.5 minutes), whereas the median transportation distance was 115 km (IQR, 15–115 km). Transportation itself was not an independent risk factor for 28-day mortality (odds ratio [OR], 0.818; IQR, 0.381–1.755; p=0.605), long-term mortality (OR, 1.099; IQR, 0.680–1.777; p=0.700), and failure of ECMO weaning (OR, 1.003; IQR, 0.467–2.152; p=0.995) or survival to discharge (OR, 0.732; IQR, 0.337–1.586; p=0.429). After adjustment for covariates, no significant difference in the ECMO insertion–departure time was found between the survival and mortality groups (p=0.435). Conclusion The outcomes of urgent transportation, with active involvement of the ECMO center before ECMO insertion and adherence to the transport protocol, were comparable to those of in-hospital ECMO patients.


Program assessment has become an important part of the accreditation process for virtually every educational institution. As in all process improvement activities organizations need to establish goals and objectives prior to determining outcome measures used to monitor the organization's progress toward meeting these goals. This paper describes the evolving assessment plan used by the Computer and Information Science department to assess student performance in its three undergraduate degree programs in computer science, information systems, and software engineering.


Context: Platelet concentrates are commonly used to promote periodontal soft- and hard-tissue regeneration. Recently, their antimicrobial efficacy is also explored. Various platelet concentrates have evolved which differ in the centrifugation protocols. Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg) and Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (Aa) have been found to have an important role in periodontal pathology. Aims: In this study, PRP, PRF, and I-PRF are compared for their antibacterial effect against Pg and Aa. Materials and Methods: Blood samples were obtained from ten systemically and periodontally healthy individuals. Platelet concentrates were prepared using standardized centrifugation protocol. Antimicrobial activity was examined on standard strains of Pg and Aa using well diffusion method. Statistical Analysis Used: Means for the width of zones of inhibition were calculated along with standard deviations, and the comparison was made using Wilcoxon signed-rank test. Results: In case of Pg, I-PRF had the widest zone of inhibition which was significantly wider as compared to PRF. Furthermore, PRP had significantly wider zone of inhibition against PRF. In case of Aa, PRP had wider zone of inhibition which was significantly wider as compared to that of PRF and I-PRF. Conclusions: All the three platelet concentrates PRP, PRF, and I-PRF have antibacterial activity, but PRP and I-PRF are more active as compared to PRF. I-PRF being autologous and easy to prepare can be a very useful adjunct to the surgical therapy in bringing down the bacterial count helping in wound healing and regeneration.


Without noise, the interpolation method of discrete spectrum is accurate except rounding error. However, the estimation accuracy is declined when a signal corrupted with noise, and even turns out to be meaningless. The paper investigates the influence of additive White Gaussian Noise on the accuracy of amplitude and phase based on interpolation method. Analytical expressions of the estimator variance for amplitude and phase correction are derived. Simulation results confirm the validity of the presented analysis.


In our study, we tried to investigate the effect of strength exercises with handball players on vertical jump. 24 athletes (n = 12 Experiment A group, n = 12 Experiment B group), who struggled with the handball league infrastructure with the ages between 15 and 17, participated in our research. In addition to the technical and tactical exercises 3 days a week for 8 weeks, the experimental group A carried out the Olympic lifts 2 days a week. In addition to the technical tactical exercises 3 days a week, the experimental group B carried out 2 days of force exercises without Olympic lifts. As a result of the pre-test and post test data of the Experiment A and Experiment B groups, the statistical analysis of the values obtained was made according to the paired group t-test and independent group t-test, and the correlations of the measurements were interpreted. There was no significant difference in the weight and measurements of the Experiment Group A before and after the training (p <0.05). A significant difference in vertical jump, fat percentage and height measurements were found (p <0.05). In the Experiment Group B, no significant difference was found in weight, fat percentage measurements (p <0.05). However, there was a significant difference in height, vertical jump measurements (p <0.05). When the independent group t-test results between the two groups were examined, no significant difference was found in height, weight, fat percentage measurements (p <0.05). However, the significant difference between the experimental A group vertical jump 1st and 2nd measurement averages was found to be significantly larger than the Experiment Group B vertical jump 1st and 2nd measurement averages (p <0.05). As a result, it was observed that the strength exercises performed with the Olympic lifts in the handball players of the 15 - 17 age group increased the vertical jump force more than the other strength exercises without the Olympic lifts. In addition, there was a significant difference in height measurements in both groups. We think that the reason for this may be due to the fact that the subjects were still in the development age. A significant difference was found in Experiment A group fat percentage measurements and body fat percentage was lower than before. We think this is due to muscle hypertrophy. Article visualizations:


We read the article by Guckian and colleagues (2020) with interest; exploring the impact of social media as a potential influence on the patient journey from recognising a suspicious skin lesion to attending a melanoma screening clinic.1.


We analyze a single-level quantum system placed between metallic leads and strongly coupled to a localized vibrational mode, which models a single-molecule junction or an STM setup. We consider a polaron model describing the interaction between electronic and vibronic degrees of freedom and develop and examine different truncation schemes in the equation-of-motion method within the framework of nonequilibrium Green functions. We show that upon applying gate or bias voltage, it is possible to observe charge-bistability and hysteretic behavior which can be the basis of a charge-memory element. We further perform a systematic analysis of the bistability behavior of the system for different internal parameters such as the electron–vibron and the lead–molecule coupling strength.


The stocking rates (LU = livestock unit) were 2 for 2003 and 2.2 for 2004 to 2006. The functional unit (FU) was defined as 1 kg energy-corrected milk. The system boundary was the farm gate and included: the dairy unit within the farm; production and transportation of fertilizers; cultivation; process-ing and transportation of concentrate feed. Infrastructure and machinery were excluded (assumed the same for the two systems). Pesticides, fuels, medicines etc. were not included due of lack of data. Heifers and calves were not considered, since replacement rate was the same for WC and FG. Most of the emission factors (EF) were taken from Casey and Holden (2005) while the Irish EF for CH


Background and Purpose— Inflammatory response is a critical component of the complex pathophysiological response to stroke. Vitamin C has been shown to have important roles in cell performance and vascular function. In this study, we compared the nutritional status and levels of inflammatory markers between stroke cases and controls and assessed which antioxidant was associated with levels of inflammatory markers and oxidative stress among cases and controls. Methods— We evaluated the nutritional status and measured plasma levels of vitamins C and E, uric acid, serum levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), the cytokines tumor necrosis factor-&agr; and interleukin-1&bgr;, intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and chemokine monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), prostaglandins PGE2 and PGI2, and 8-isoprostanes (8-epi PGF2&agr;) for 15 patients with ischemic stroke within 2 to 5 days after stroke onset and for 24 control subjects. Results— Stroke patients had significantly lower plasma levels of vitamin C than did controls. Among stroke patients, CRP was significantly elevated, as were the ICAM-1, MCP-1, and 8-epi PGF2&agr;, but the prostaglandins PGE2 and PGI2 were significantly reduced. Interestingly, vitamin C concentration was significantly inversely correlated with the levels of CRP and 8-epi PGF2&agr; among stroke patients, and 8-epi PGF2&agr; was significantly associated with the levels of CRP. Uric acid was also elevated among stroke patients. Conclusions— Lower vitamin C concentration, higher serum levels of inflammatory (CRP, ICAM-1, MCP-1) and oxidative stress (8-epi PGF2&agr;) markers, and lower PGI2 and PGE2 concentrations among stroke patients indicate the presence of an inflammatory response associated with stroke.


This report gives all information and details of our project which is based on the concept of 'SELF-ENERGY SUSTAINABLE PLAYGROUND FOR CHILDREN. According to the research a lot of energy is consumed by the rides in the playgrounds and parks, while a lot of energy is also given away. Which is actually consumable, but it is wasted. Rides like merry-go-rounds, sea-saw, swings and Ferris wheel can be used as energy sources. The energy conserved through these rides can be used for the amendment of the park such as the lighting etc. the main idea through this is to create the concept of green culture and saving electricity this method is extremely beneficial for developing countries and can give positive impact on economy and growth. In this project we designed a system using a flywheel for the purpose of creating useful energy. Flywheel is one of the oldest storage technologies, it made such a difficult task, having such an appreciable aspect in increasing its productivity or efficiency and dependable of power source and equal with ultra-capacitors. A flywheel conserves momentum through which energy is restored. Energy is transferred to a flywheel by the application of a torque for dynamic balancing of the engine and to store energy. In recent developed times flywheels consists of very complex constructions, where energy is stored and transferred mechanically. Now-a-days mostly engineers started using the conception of storing of kinetic energy in some rotary object to level the operation. In the following report it is stated how this flywheel is going to work in order to attain our goal the details of the part and mechanism is also discussed.


Whether financial inducements are undue. Three different studies in Africa raise serious questions.Coercion generally means to impose ones will on another by means of force or threats. Coercion may be accomplished through physical or psychological.coercion or undue influence. Significant variation within and between. Used in many different circumstances, often incorrectly.e traditional approach to undue influence is to distinguish between actual and pre. Coercion from outside, some overreaching, some form of cheating, and.Chapter 2: The Theoretical Basis of Undue Influence. These doctrines are closely related to undue influence, and there is substantial overlap between the three.


This article deals with the management of missionary activity in Alaska in the late eighteenth – nineteenth centuries. The main objective is to reconstruct the management strategy of the Russian Orthodox Church in Alaska with reference to archival documents and published sources. The research methodology relies on analysing the regional approach, where the region is perceived both as an object and a subject of empire-building. In the eighteenth century, the management of Alaska was carried out by the Shelikhov – Golikov Company, a Russian fur trading venture. The Russian merchants fully supplied the Orthodox mission consisting of monks. Later, the Russian authorities entrusted control over the Russian overseas lands to Shelikhov's heirs, represented by the Russian-American Company. The conflicts between the colonial administration and the missionaries called for a new strategy, i. e. sending secular clergy to Alaska. Meanwhile, the Management of the Russian-American Company returned to the plans of G. Shelikhov, who knew the region well, unlike the metropolitan authorities.


Temporal knowledge graphs (TKGs) model the temporal evolution of events and have recently attracted increasing attention. Since TKGs are intrinsically incomplete, it is necessary to reason out missing elements. Although existing TKG reasoning methods have the ability to predict missing future events, they fail to generate explicit reasoning paths and lack explainability. As reinforcement learning (RL) for multi-hop reasoning on traditional knowledge graphs starts showing superior explainability and performance in recent advances, it has opened up opportunities for exploring RL techniques on TKG reasoning. However, the performance of RL-based TKG reasoning methods is limited due to: (1) lack of ability to capture temporal evolution and semantic dependence jointly; (2) excessive reliance on manually designed rewards. To overcome these challenges, we propose an adaptive reinforcement learning model based on attention mechanism (DREAM) to predict missing elements in the future. Specifically, the model contains two components: (1) a multi-faceted attention representation learning method that captures semantic dependence and temporal evolution jointly; (2) an adaptive RL framework that conducts multi-hop reasoning by adaptively learning the reward functions. Experimental results demonstrate DREAM outperforms state-of-the-art models on public datasets.


The goal of this research was to find out, what kind of further training an experienced electrician or electrical contractor needs to be able to design and implement a 12volts off grid system for residential use. In Finland, installing the low voltage system of 12 volts not necessary requiring qualifications, but anybody is allowed to implement such system. However, if something happens, the insurance company may cause troubles, if the system is not installed by professionals. Despite of this, it is not common at the moment, that a contractor designs and implements such a system. The system was designed to be implemented into two secondary residence owned by two families. in implementing phase It was found out that it is a challenge to find a contractor that would be interested in and capable to implement low voltage systems. In common, contractors are specialized in higher voltages, and they do not necessary have experience, tools and components required in working with lowest voltages. Also the relationship between voltage, current and resistance seemed to be lost. Although the formulas P=UI and U=RI should be known by everyone working with electricity, the impact of distance and current on designing the wiring seemed to be unknown or forgotten. It was found out, that to be able to design and implement low voltage solar photovoltaic system, an experienced contractor without earlier experience on such systems, needs further information concerning the standards and regulations, fire safety, batteries and designing the wirings. This information could be given in further training concentrating on photovoltaic energy systems and special issues in 12 and 24 volts installations.


Introduction Childhood obesity (OB) and metabolic syndrome (MetS) have become a worldwide health problem. Comparative proteomic approaches are widely used in human OB to analyze protein changes in blood plasma. The present study determined the galectin-3 binding protein (galectin-3BP) expression level in different weight categories and assessed the associations between galectin-3BP and OB and MetS. Research design and methods The current study included 932 Chinese adolescents 13–18 years of age. The biochemical and anthropometric variables of all the subjects were evaluated using standardized procedures. The differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) were investigated among 60 adolescents (20 normal weight, 20 overweight and 20 obese) using tandem mass tag (TMT) quantitative proteomics. The serum galectin-3BP level was measured using ELISA. The associations between galectin-3BP and OB and MetS were analyzed in 932 adolescents using multiple logistic regression analyses. Results A significant DEP, galectin-3BP, can effectively separate the obese from the normal weight group using TMT. Adolescents in tertile 3 of galectin-3BP, when compared with adolescents in the tertile 1, were positively associated with OB (OR=3.32, 95% CI 1.79 to 6.16) and MetS (OR=3.28, 95% CI 1.30 to 8.26). The receiver operating characteristic curve for galectin-3BP in subjects with MetS indicated that the area under the curve was 0.85 (95% CI 0.79 to 0.91). Conclusions This study confirmed an association between galectin-3BP and OB in Chinese adolescents, and galectin-3BP was also positively associated with MetS, and thus might be useful for identifying adolescents with MetS.


Although the thirst mechanism is the basic and most important mechanism to maintain euhydration, many other factors also influence our ability to hydrate. These include genetic background, age, availability, as well as social environment and cultural factors. These latter influences have engendered many myths and misconceptions concerning water and beverages and their capabilities and their requirements to maintain normal hydration. Foremost among these myths are those involving the consumption of beverages. For example, it has long been thought that the consumption of caffeinated beverages can lead to total water deficit. It is now evident that caffeinated beverages, despite the mild diuretic effect of caffeine, seem to contribute positively to satisfy water requirements in those individuals who customarily consume caffeine-containing beverages. Finally, there is increasing research interest on defining optimal fluid intake for promoting health and preventing diseases, including urolithiasis, urinary tract infection, and other chronic conditions. Rodolfo F. Florentino, MD, PhD, is currently the chairman-president of the Nutrition Foundation of the Philippines, a senior scientific advisor of International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) Southeast Asia Region, and coordinator of the Philippine ILSI Committee. From 1983 to 1997, he served as director of the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI), Philippines. Since then, he has served as temporary consultant to the World Health Organization Western Pacific Regional Office, United Nations Children's Fund Philippines, Helen Keller International, Philippines, FNRI, the Department of Health, National Nutrition Council, and National Statistical Coordination Board, among others. Dr Florentino obtained his doctor of medicine degree from the University of Sto Tomas in 1956 and his PhD degree from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, in 1972. The session on Hydration and Human Health at the Asian Congress of Dietetics, April 24Y26, 2006, Manila, Philippines, was organized and supported by 2 branches of the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI): ILSI Southeast Asia Region and ILSI North America. Nonindustry speakers were reimbursed for their travel expenses and offered a small honorarium for their participation and preparation of a manuscript. Correspondence: Rodolfo F. Florentino, MD, PhD, 18 May St, Congressional Village, Quezon City, Philippines (email@example.com). 6 Nutrition Today, Volume 44 Number 1 January/February, 2009 Issues for the 2010 Dietary Guidelines 9 Copyright @ 200 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited. Since ancient times, water has been recognized as essential for human life. Today, many myths and misconceptions still remain concerning the consumption of water and beverages especially with regard to their capabilities and their requirements for maintaining euhydration. It is important that the public be better informed with accurate scientific information. The misconceptions that spread through word of mouth, health professionals, the media, and now the Internet must be countered with scientific facts.


The invention discloses an operation method of an electronic account. The objective of the invention is to improve the payment efficiency of electronic orders. The method comprises the following steps that: payment tool selection result information for individual electronic orders which is transmitted by a user terminal is determined, wherein the payment tool selection result information contains the information of at least two payment tools; and a fund deduction instruction is transmitted to the payment server of each payment tool respectively according to the payment tool selection result information. The invention also discloses an operation device of an electronic account.


Biopolymers, such as deoxyribonucleic acid-hexadecyltrimethyl ammonium chloride (DNA-CTMA) and bovine serum albumin-polyvinyl alcohol (BSA-PVA), were studied using a novel capacitive test structure. A variety of external electrical stimuli were applied, including a low frequency alternating current signal and a rf/microwave frequency signal combined with a DC bias. The dynamic responses of the DNA-based biopolymer to the external stimuli are presented in this paper. The electrical transport measurements support the space-charge-limited conduction and the low frequency capacitance–voltage (CV) measurements showed large depletion layer capacitance at the Au–biopolymer interface, at 20 Hz, and the capacitance approaching bulk values at 1 MHz. Electric force microscopy (EFM) was utilized for visualization of charge dynamics and to examine the effect of DC bias combined with an AC signal. Ionic charges in the DNA-CTMA system seem to be responsible for the dynamic response to the various external electrical stimuli.


【Objective】 Biological characters of 2 strains of lactic acid bacteria were studied to provide theoretic support in good probiotics strain selection for grouper.【Method】 Lactic acid and SOD production by lactic acid bacteria strains EA-1 and Y4-2 from Orange-spotted Grouper(Epinephelus coioides)larvae,and the tolerance of the two strains to low pH,bile salt,protease and heat were studied.【Result】 EA-1 and Y4-2 exhibited good lactic acid and SOD producing capability.Lactic acid concentration in two cultures increased as incubation proceeded,EA-1 produced lactic acid more rapidly.EA-1 and Y4-2 produced stable amount of SOD after 24 h of incubation,and the amount of SOD produced by EA-1 was significantly higher than Y4-2 after 48 h of incubation(P0.05).The survival counts of Y4-2 and EA-1 were above 106 mL-1 after 4 h of treatment at pH 2.5-4.5.Y4-2 was more tolerant to low pH compared with EA-1.EA-1 and Y4-2 were able to survive well within 1 h incubating with 1 g/L bile salt.The survival counts of Y4-2 and EA-1 were above 105 mL-1 incubating with 2 g/L bile salt,which indicated that Y4-2 and EA-1 could tolerate bile salt concentration under 2 g/L.Pepsin had negative effect on the survival of EA-1 and Y4-2 strains,the survival counts of Y4-2 and EA-1 were above 106 mL-1 after 30 min of treatment with 4-10 g/L Pepsin.The survival counts of Y4-2 and EA-1 were above 106 mL-1 after 30 min of treatment at 60 ℃,Y4-2 was relatively more tolerant to high temperature than that of EA-1.【Conclusion】 EA-1 and Y4-2 exhibited good lactic acid and SOD producing capability and showed good tolerance to low pH,bile salt,protease and heat.


We briefly give an account of how ORST was founded and its impact on the education and practice of operational research in Turkey.

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operations research;
ORST;
industrial engineering;
history;
society;
Turkey


Understanding selective adoption of specific models for technologically mediated learning environments (TMLEs), as well as the groups that form and adapt these environments—interact with and through them, and re-form the technologies within them—can begin with an examination of what makes theoretical constructs underpinning specific TMLEs desirable and/or adaptable. Desirability is an overtly subjective term, which can be related to preferred epistemological or pedagogical stances. Adaptability can be defined as the resilience of a desired TMLE—in this case, networked learning—in new places and cultures. To what degree can networked learning environments remain epistemologically and ontologically resilient across varied contexts? This view of adaptability affords the possibility that degrees of resilience are tentative: the 'same' design for a TMLE tailored for one teaching and learning setting, implemented in a new context, may become 'wild' (Engestrom, 2009) or 'different' (Parchoma, in press). As academic disciplines can be defined as cultural settings marked by shared "practices, meanings, and discourse" (Mutzel, 2009, p. 872), a networked learning environment, conceptualised for use in one or one group of disciplinary settings, may become either wild or different but still resist—in variant degrees—becoming either epistemologically or ontologically compromised or expanded in new geocultural or disciplinary contexts.


ABSTRACT Man appears to be practically a slave to the efforts of his past karma, but he is a free agent with regard to fresh and independent deeds. If these fresh and independent deeds resulting from his free will are in any manner directed towards the path of Arishadvargas, he will be doomed to failure. It is through this free will, with which man responds to fate by following the path of puruṣārtha s or arishadvargas , that he stores up the good or bad karma for the life to come, in other words, elevates himself or brings himself down from life to life is discussed in the background of two great epics Rāmāyana and Mahābbhārata.


HE lung's capillaries are important because they exhange gases; but the volume rate of blood flow through them may be impeded by certain mechanical factors (Fig. 1), notably vascular obliteration. Because the lung capillaries are so inaccessible to study during life, clinical diagnosis remains difficult and also many important questions about capillary function remain unanswered. For example, we are not certain whether the pulmonary capillary walls are distensible or rigid. Indeed, we do not know their average diameter, or what causes capillaries to open or close. Are they contractile? There is a question as to whether oxygen is absorbed by the blood before it reaches the capillaries. Does hypoxia, which causes pulmonary hypertension, constrict the pulmonary arterioles, capillaries, or veins? Does increased surface tension within the alveoli help to maintain the lung capillaries open, or does it close them? The methods which have been applied in the past in attempts to answer


Piperine is a secondary metabolite of black pepper. Its uses in medicine were already studied. However, its derivatives have not gained considerable attention. In the presented study, the Lipoxygenase (LOX) inhibitory activity of piperine and its derivatives, piperonylic acid, piperic acid, and piperonal have been assessed and compared by enzyme kinetics, ITC and molecular modeling experiments. The presented investigations expressed that all the studied compounds inhibited LOX by binding at its active site. The IC50 values of these compounds were deduced from the kinetics data and found to be 85.79, 43.065, 45.17, and 50.78 μm for piperine, piperonylic acid, piperic acid, and piperonal, respectively. The binding free energies obtained from ITC experiments were −7.47, −8.33, −8.09, and −7.86 kcal/mol for piperine, piperonylic acid, piperic acid, and piperonal, respectively. Similarly, the glide scores obtained for piperine, piperonylic acid, piperic acid, and piperonal were −7.28, −10.32, −10.72, and −9.57 kcal/mol, respectively. The results of ITC and molecular modeling experiments suggested that piperonylic acid and piperonal exhibit stronger binding at the active site than piperine does. From the presented studies, it could be concluded that derivatives of piperine may be of higher significance than piperine for certain medicinal applications, implicating (Ayurvedic) fermented herbal drugs with piperine in them.


The article reviews UK, US and Australian case law illustrating the operation of the caveat emptor rule where the purchaser of property subsequently discovers a disturbing historical fact which affects the value of the property, such as a murder having been committed on the premises, and whether in those circumstances the vendor is under a duty to disclose the full facts.