The activity of different interacting heteroatomic molecules such as CO2, CO, CH4, NO, NO2, NH3, and H2O along with the zeolite framework is investigated using a range of reactive indexes using density functional theory (DFT). From the values of the local softness and the charge on the hydrogen atom of the bridging hydroxyl, used as the first approximation to the local hardness, it is concluded that the acidities of the zeolite-type model systems, used in the calculations, are dependent on several characteristics which are of importance within the framework of the hard and soft acids and bases (HSAB) principle. We investigated the local softness of the interacting species, namely, CO2, CO, CH4, NO, NO2, NH3, and H2O, to compare their affinity with the zeolite framework cluster models. The recently proposed local hard−soft acid−base principle characterizes the reactive centers of two systems on the basis of equal local softness. We validate the proposition by considering the interaction between systems wit...


With the rapid growth of population and development of economy,the domestic demand for employment rises unceasingly. Thus,we should turn to create gradually and expand employment opportunities,and encourage all sectors of society,especially the university students. Therefore,the colleges and universities,the governments and all circles of society give great support to the graduates' pioneering work. Postgraduates are relatively high in knowledge level,level of socialization and training standards. However,in recent years,how to increase the success of postgraduates' pioneering work and to expand the entrepreneurial rate to increase domestic employment is the main problem facing the enterprising education in colleges and universities. The article tries to explore the postgraduates' entrepreneurial quality training from the view of Marx's critique of modernity.


This study assessed heavy metals intake and their impacts on healthcare in Algeria. Peculiar attention was given to heavy metals found in largely consumed canned foods in Algeria such as double concentrated tomato, tuna crumbs and sardines. Chemical analyses of the metal and aluminium containers (foil, tray) were performed by X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) and EDS spectrometry (Energy Dispersive Spectrometry). The determination of the trace metal content in canned food (element metal trace EMT) was achieved by Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS). The approach proposed in this study aimed to highlight the interaction of the product and packaging material, and thus to identify and quantify heavy metals traces that were able to undergo specific or overall migration to food. The morphology of the contact surface food / packaging was observed by Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and showed a slight degradation of the base metal (Black Iron).  There was an obvious increase in EMTs during tuna, sardines and tomatoes storage and artificial aging. A special interest was given to cooking modes using aluminium foil and trays.  The respective dosages of aluminium, in baked food (fresh tuna) were obtained. Specific Aluminium migration was noticed and was strong for the flame cooking mode.


Laboratory experiments were conducted to determine if individuals within populations of the tobacco budworm, Heliothis virescens (F.), mate randomly. Our results indicate that within 8-m 3 arenas, large and small moths do not show assortative mating or preference for one size class over another. Within the same arenas, nonrandom mating did occur based on mating history coupled with age. Biologically, the most significant effect is that old, sexually experienced moths are less likely to mate than young, virgin moths. This difference in mating propensity is expected to increase the extent of nonrandom mating among early and late emerging moths in the same location. These results are discussed as they relate to Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner resistance management.


In an attempt to discover short-period, Jupiter-mass planets orbiting solar-type stars in open clusters, we searched for planetary transits in the populous and relatively unstudied open cluster NGC 7086. A color-magnitude diagram constructed from new B and V photometry is presented, along with revised estimates of the cluster's color excess, distance modulus, and age. Several turnoff stars were observed spectroscopically in order to determine a color excess of E(B - V) = 0.83 ± 0.02. Empirically fitting the main sequences of two young open clusters and the semiempirical zero-age main sequence of Vandenberg and Poll yielded a distance modulus of (V - MV) = 13.4 ± 0.3 mag. This corresponds to a true distance modulus of (m - M)0 = 10.8 mag or a distance of 1.5 kpc to NGC 7086. These values were used with isochrones from the Padova group to obtain a cluster age of 100 Myr. Eleven nights of R-band photometry were used to search for planetary transits. Differential magnitudes were constructed for each star in the cluster. Light curves for each star were produced on a night-to-night basis and inspected for variability. No planetary transits were apparent; however, some interesting variable stars were discovered: a pulsating variable that appears to be a member of the γ Dor class and four possible eclipsing binary stars, one of which actually may be a multiple system.


Nanosilica (NS) has attracted wide variety of usage as cement ingredients. While many other studies have focused on early cement hydration and hardening properties, there is less data available on the impact of NS on the behavior of fiber-reinforced high-volume sugarcane bagasse cement mortar (HVSCBAM). The effects of NS on the fiber-reinforced durability of HVSCBAM, having the properties of sugarcane bagasse ash/binder in an average of 50% by weight, have been presented in detail in this study. Four NS/binder weight ratio dosages of 0%, 0.5%, 1.0% and 1.5% of and another four total PVA fiber/volume ratio dosages of 0%, 0.2%, 0.5% and 1.0% were used. Compared to 0.2-1 vol.% of PVA fiber–reinforced HVSCBAM, the 1.5 wt.% of NS would enhance the compressive strength further. Various reports on mineralogy and microstructure have demonstrated that NS facilitates fiber/matrix bonding. These conclusions provide an insight into the pozzolanic materials of cement that are used in a large volume in the designs and applications of nanoparticles.


Soil fertility is a dynamic natural property and it can change under the influence of natural and human induced factors. As human population continue to increase, human disturbance on the earth's ecosystem to produce food and fiber will place greater demand on soils to supply essential nutrients. Continuous cropping for enhanced yield removes substantial amounts of nutrients from soil. Effective management of nutrients in soils is needed to feed the 130 crore people on the planet. Soil sampling and the use of nutrient application rates based on scientific principles and research are critical components of nutrient management. The purpose of this study is to document the farmer-perceived value of soil fertility for crop yields, the use of soil sampling for nutrient diagnosis, and actually makes fertilizer recommendations on cropland in the research study area.


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The paper presents a new workflow to build geo-3D models able to populate a wide information system organizing and managing Palladio's works documentation. Main goal is to smooth the integration of data from different sources and promote a more profound understanding of Palladio's works. Starting from an integrated survey approach (laser scanner and Multi-Image Spherical Photogrammetry), reality-based 3D models are robustly constructed and semantically segmented from point cloud features based on Palladio treatise architectural semantics. The 3D models outputs are exported into a 3D Geographic Information System (GIS) to facilitate the visualization of Palladio's works with reference to topography. At the end, an evaluation mechanism is employed to control the quality of 3D models. The workflow could be easily generalized to other architects documentation systems both because Palladian case is a superset of most of other architect documentation dataset, allowing to focus and to solve all existing problems and because techniques and methods are general and appropriate for most part of historical architectures.


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A 28-year-old male patient presented with the history of blurring of vision in both the eyes for the past 5 months. The patient was a diagnosed case of desmoid fibromatosis of the right axilla 8 years back. The tumour was initially debulked followed by four cycles of systemic chemotherapy, after which patient was symptom-free for 3 years. The patient noticed an increment in the tumour size, for which he consulted another oncologist. A repeat biopsy was done, which proved the same findings. The patient was started on a combination of tamoxifen 80 mg/day and celecoxib 200 mg/day. He had received tamoxifen at a cumulative dose of 116 g over 4 years. Examination in our clinic revealed visual acuity of 20/20 in both eyes with unremarkable anterior chamber findings. Intraocular pressure was 14 and 16 mm Hg in right and left eye, respectively. Fundus showed bilateral crystalline refractile deposits in …


Interleukin-6 is pro-inflammatory cytokine which plays a role in cytokine storm and brought into notice with corona virus disease of 2019. Lymphopenia and dysregulated immune response were seen in the critically ill patients of corona virus disease of 2019. IL-6 inhibitors were proposed as a treatment option in this pandemic with a concept that it will reduce inflammation, infection and organ failure. Tocilizumab, a monoclonal antibody against soluble and membrane IL‐6 receptors was considered as forefront treatment option as it was used previously in rheumatologic disorder as a licensed agent. Tocilizumab is an immunosuppressive agent and serious or fatal infections could occur. Presence of superimposed bacterial infections in critically ill patients with corona virus disease of 2019 should be aggressively treated. However clinical experiences showed higher rates of superimposed bacterial infections which renders for extreme caution while prescribing such therapies. Perspective is needed when using the rheumatologic literature of IL-6 into corona virus disease of 2019 and their range observed in these conditions.


"Research consists in the orderly treatment of data to answer questions; or, when doing research we apply sense to information."


Various optimal experimental parameters of DPIV based on cross correlation algorithm are chosen by using computer simulated images of such known experimental parameters as image noise,image contrast,particle concentration, particle diameter, interrogation window and spacing window, and successfully applied to the actual image manipulation of DPIV.


The monitoring system of the pulverized coal mass flow includes two parts: electrostatic transmitter in the field and data acquisition and management system in the control room.The measuring object of the system is pulverized coal pneumatically conveyed in the larger caliber pipeline. The main feature of the system is that the mass flow is measured by means of electrostatic phenomenon generated in transportation. The electrostatic transmitter extracts concentration signal and velocity signal, and electrostatic signal is acquired, filtered and processed by A/D board and computer system. finally, the result of instantaneous mass flow and accumulative mass flow can be obtained.


Simulations using CSIRO's Heliosim software have been performed to estimate the performance of a conceptual design for a 700 kWth high temperature sodium receiver. Comparisons were made between a simple model where pipe modules are approximated as flat surfaces, and a detailed model where the actual cylindrical geometry of each heat transfer pipe was retained. Although the simple model was found to reproduce the thermal output of the detailed model with an error of 0.5% and require over an order of magnitude less wall time and memory, the net flux through the pipe wall was underpredicted by up to 7 %. The results demonstrate the importance of considering the actual cylindrical geometry of heat transfer pipes when designing a receiver where the incident solar radiation is not normal to the pipe crown.


Anaerobic conversion of organic materials and pollutants is an established technology for environmental protection through the treatment of wastes and wastewater. The end product is biogas –a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide–, which is a useful, renewable energy source. Anaerobic digestion is a technologically simple process, with a low energy requirement, used to convert organic material from a wide range of wastewater types, solid wastes and biomass into methane. A much wider application of the technology is desirable in the current endeavours towards sustainable development and renewable energy production. In the 1980's several projects were initiated in The Netherlands to produce biogas from wastes. Many projects were terminated due to insufficient economic viability. Currently, the production of methane from wastes is receiving renewed attention as it can potentially reduce CO2 emissions via the production of renewable energy and limit the emission of the greenhouse gas methane from especially animal manure. This trend is supported by the growing market demand for 'green' energy and by the substantial optimisation of anaerobic digestion technologies in the past decades, especially the development of modern 'high rate' and co-digestion systems.


Abstract The landfall of Hurricane Katrina (2005) near New Orleans, Louisiana, on 29 August 2005 will be remembered as one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the United States. By comparison, the extratropical transition (ET) of the system as it accelerates poleward over the following days is innocuous and the system weakens until its eventual demise off the coast of Greenland. The extent of Katrina's perturbation of the midlatitude flow would appear to be limited given the lack of reintensification or downstream development during ET. However, the slow progression of a strong upper-tropospheric warm pool across the North Atlantic Ocean in the week following Katrina's landfall prompts the question of whether even a nonreintensifying ET event can lead to significant modification of the midlatitude flow. Analysis of Hurricane Katrina's outflow layer after landfall suggests that it does not itself make up the long-lived midlatitude warm pool. However, the interaction between Katrina's anticyclo...


The crystalline structure and dynamics of zirconia gel powder were measured with Xray diffractometer (XRD) and differential thermal analysis (DTA) to understand the steady existence of tZrO 2 in zirconia powder prepared by solgel method. The results showed that the shortrange order structure of the amorphous powder is close to that of tZrO 2. Between 600 and 800℃, the grain size (30nm) of tZrO 2 remained in a steady range due to great surface energy. The activation energy for crystallization of tZrO 2 is lower than that of mZrO 2 (which is 56.5 and 109.2kJ·mol -1 respectively). The crystalline structure, the surface energy and the activation energy for crystallization all favor the stability of tZrO 2 in zirconia powder.


Humans in their lives will not be separated from social interaction and the place interact is public space. The density of a city due to development has limited public space existence. Public space in private housing is a place for social interaction of urban residents. One of the public space is the corridor. Public space itself has a variety of characteristics, there are many activities that occur in the public space and users of public spaces are important to be discussed. There are three variables in this study, that are: elements that is forming public space (comfort and image, access and linkage, uses and activity, socialibity), typology of activities (important activities, optional activities, social activities), and elements activities (street vendors, parking, pedestrians). The method used for this study is a qualitative-descriptive method. This method is carried out by observation, documenting and sketching, and illustrating its mapping with behavioral mapping, then conducting interviews with users and visitors. All data obtained will be processed and summarized in descriptive writing. The results of this study indicate that public space activities in housing become a place of choice or activity for residents of housing and residents outside the housing.


2012 Background: Identification of isocitrate dehydrogenase mutations (IDHm) and glioma CpG island methylator phenotype (G-CIMP) as well as methylation of O6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) promotor has substantially improved stratification of glioma patients into prognostic subgroups. In extension of static pre-therapy diagnostic, we sought to investigate the impact of glioblastoma evolution under selection pressure of standard therapy on methylome level. Methods: For the training cohort (T), methylome (450k Illumina) data of paired samples from 50 patients with glioblastoma (GBM, 11 G-CIMP+) were analyzed, i.e., primary (P) and at the time point of recurrence (R, re-surgery) after standard therapy at NCT. For 39 pairs matching RNASeq data was analyzed. Validation cohorts consisted of Heidelberg (V1) total n = 650, GBM (n:585, 8 G-CIMP+), grade III (n:65, CIMP+ 65), Austrian GBM (V2, n = 499, 36 IDHm, pyrosequencing data) and the TCGA (V3) Lower-grade-glioma cohort (LGG, n = 477, grade III n: 247, 178 G-CIMP+, grade II n: 228, 206 G-CIMP+). Results: Limited number of consensus differentially methylated probes (DMP) were found across all P vs. R samples (nCpG = 411 CpGs, FDR < 0.05). In contrast, heterogeneity in GBM evolution was found by similarity analysis of delta-methylome data of 50 PR pairs resulting in two distinct clinical subgroups and one "intermediate" group. Intriguingly, n = 114.652 DMP (FDR < 0.05) was found by comparing the evolutionary "poor" (n = 15) vs. "good" (n = 13) GBM phenotypes. A random forest classifier was built to identify the evolutionary subgroups in P samples. The performance of "good" prognosis classifier was in T cohort HR: 0.54 [0.30-0.97], p = 0.04; V1: 0.57 [0.43-0.76], p < 0.001, V2: 0.62 [0.47-0.82], p < 0.001, LGG: 0.16 [0.08-0.32], p < 0.001. In "good" prognosis group (T), neither G-CIMP+ (n = 3) nor MGMT-STP27 (oddsratio, OR: 0.56, p = 0.47) was enriched. MGMT-STP27 OR was 0.47 (V1, p = 0.47) or 1.28 (V2, p = 0.45), respectively. The evolutionary subgroups remain prognostic independent of GCIMP status in LGG (V3). "Poor" glioma are enriched for RTKI/II methylome subtypes, and contain less frequently the mesenchymal subtype. Bevacizumab treatment showed a survival benefits only in "poor" subtype (V1+2). Conclusions: Discovery of a methylome based classifier of glioma evolution informs on "good" and "poor" prognosis subtypes and may have ramification for stratifying patients for therapy such as e.g., antiangiogenesis.


In a feedlot experiment three diets containing low molasses (LM), high molasses (HM) or high sorghum (HS) were offered to three groups of Sudan Desert lambs (22 animals each) from an average of 25.4 Kg liveweight to 40.7 Kg slaughter weight. The mean daily liveweight gain for group LM, HM and HS was found 196, 161 and 179 g respectively. Significant differences (P < 0.05) were observed among the treatments in bone and fat percentages of the carcass. ,2 Statistical analysis of the pooled data from the cune nt and previous trials at this institution showed a high correlation of energy and protein intake with liveweight gain. Using regression analysis the extrapolated maintenance energy requirement (499 KJ. Kg' 035 ) of the Sudan Desert lambs was found consistent with the reported literature.


Telescopio San Pedro Mártir (TSPM) project intends to build a 6.5 meters telescope with alt-azimuth design, currently at the conceptual design. The project is an association between Instituto de Astronomía de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (IA-UNAM) and the Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica Electrónica (INAOE) in partnership with department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory of University of Arizona and Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory of Harvard University. Conceptual design of the telescope is lead and developed by the Centro de Ingeniería y Desarrollo Industrial (CIDESI). An overview of the feasibility study and the structural conceptual design are summarized in this paper. The telescope concept is based on telescopes already commissioned such as MMT and the Baade and Clay Magellan telescopes, building up on these proven concepts. The main differences relative to the Magellan pair are; the elevation axis is located 1 meter above the primary mirror vertex, allowing for a similar field of view at the Cassegrain and both Nasmyth focal stations; instead of using a vane ends to position the secondary mirror TSPM considers an Steward platform like MMT; finally TSPM has a larger floor distance to m1 cell than Magellans and MMT. Initially TSPM will operate with an f/5 Cassegrain station, but the design considers further Nasmyth configurations from a Cassegrain f/5 up to a Gregorian f/11. The telescope design includes 7 focal stations: 1 Cassegrain; 2 Nasmyth; and 4 folded-Cassegrain. The telescope will be designed and manufactured in Mexico, will be design in Queretaro by CIDESI and built between Queretaro and Michoacán manufacturing facilities; it will be preassembled in these facilities and disassembled to send it to the San Pedro Mártir Observatory for final integration. The azimuth and altitude structure is planned to be constructed in modules and transported by truck and shipped to Ensenada and finally to the OAN where is going to be finally assembled, verified and tested.


Preliminary remarks (about the history of Minkowski geometry) p2 Introduction (motivation and background for the notes) p3 An overview of possible 2-dimensional geometries p4 Common ground: The affine geometry p5 Following Alice through the Looking Glass: Adopting the rectangular hyperbola as the most symmetrical figure p5 Right angles in Minkowski geometry p6 Correspondences between the Euclidean and the Minkowski geometry p8 Dialogues between Alice and the Gryphon concerning the Pythagorean theorem p11 Angles in Minkowski geometry p14 Trigonometry in Minkowski geometry p16 2 Preliminary remarks: Let us first remind ourselves a little about the history of the Minkowski geometry. It is a fairly new discovery going back to the beginning of the previous century, where Einstein in 1905 published his famous paper 'Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper' which later became known as his introduction to the special relativity. In this paper he constructed a theory of space and time, where space and time no longer were considered absolute concepts, but mingled with each other in a way that could be precisely described by the so called Lo-rentz transformations. The theory of relativity made an enormous impact on the contemporary scientists including many famous mathematicians. In 1907 Minkowski gave a most influential lecture, where he showed that the theory of special relativity could be cast into a purely geometrical theory of space and time with an invariant based upon a variant of the Pythagorean theorem: dτ 2 = dt 2 – ds 2 /c 2 The square of the distance between two neighboring space-time events (measured in the proper time τ) is the same as the difference between the square of distance measured in the inertial (laboratory) time t and the square of the Euclidean distance s. (The velocity of light c takes care of the conversion between time units and space units). Minkowski concluded his lecture with the famous and dramatic prophecy: 'Von Stund an sollen Raum für sich und Zeit für sich völlig zu Schatten herab-sinken, und nur noch eine art Union der beiden soll Selbständigkeit bewahren' Shortly afterwards in 1910 Klein gave an important lecture on the Minkowski geometry of space-time, where he showed how it fitted into the scheme of the Erlangen Programme: A particular kind of geometry was to be characterized by a group of symmetry transformations. The study of the particular geometry could then be considered a study of the properties of geometrical figures left invariant …


In this letter, we propose to utilize spatial modulation (SM) at the wireless device (WD) in a wireless-powered communication (WPC) system for information transmission (IT) by mapping information to the active antenna indices, so that the remaining antennas can be dedicated to energy harvesting (EH) simultaneously. Consequently, the proposed scheme enjoys the advantages of improved system achievable rate (AR), simultaneous EH and IT, and self-energy recycling (SE-R) while requiring no backhaul links between the WD and the information receiver. Numerical results verify the AR enhancement of the proposed scheme with a Gaussian input over the existing time switching-based WPC protocol, the antenna selection-based WPC protocol, and SE-R without SM.


The muzzle velocity is a key index to reflect the performance of electromagnetic(EM) railgun. In order to obtain an optimal solution of muzzle velocity accurately and quickly in numerical simulation, an approach of combining orthogonal design method(ODM) and harmony search(HS) algorithm is presented. There are up to 11 factors to be considered in affecting the muzzle velocity, including eight trigger delay times of pulsed power supply (PPS), the operating voltage of PPS, the length of rail and the mass of projectile. By ODM analysis, the best level combinations of these factors are selected and the significant degree of these factors is ordered. Therefore, the varying ranges of these factors are decided and a hierarchical factor optimization model is built. The optimization model is solved by HS algorithm with the penalty function method added to satisfy process constraints, such as the peak of current is bounded under 420KA. Finally, the proposed approach and the simple HS algorithm are compared. The results indicate that, by using the proposed approach, the average of original velocity is increased by 43.53%, and the average of best velocity at last, is increased by 1.34%.


Results presented in earlier work (IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun. vol.6, no.1, p.190-6, 1988) in which an edge-to-edge protocol was supported between network gateways are reviewed and extended. Emphasis was placed on studying effects of varying the protocol, and, in particular, varying the acknowledgement methods used in window flow-control. The results were obtained with a simulation of a small packet network in which the full X.25 LAPB link protocol was coded in detail on every link in the network. The simulation stepped through each link in half-millisecond time increments, using a Monte Carlo technique to generate data from users and noise on the links. For the current study, an edge-to-edge protocol has been implemented separately for every virtual circuit in the network. Results of the simulation for a three-switch network are presented. The primary measure of performance is the user-perceived round-trip response time from the start of input of a message to completion of a reply from the message destination.<<ETX>>


In the following thesis l concentrate on the interpenetration of literature and film. As a result, Josip Vandot's stories of Kekec and its adaptation into film are compared. In the introductory part, history of Film Arts in Slovenia and Slovenian Film are presented. Also,the concept of Youth Literature as a genre and its status in our Country are defined. Further on, I highlight the high profile feature Youth Films, which are based on Literary Sources.
Later on, a Slovenian Youth writer Josip Vandot is presented. I focus on Vandot's themes, contents, style, motives, literary actions, time and space in his stories of Kekec (Kekec nad samotnim breznom, 1924, Kekec na volcji sledi, 1922), based on which a trilogy with Kekec as a main character was filmed. The previously mentioned literary sources are compared to film depictions (Kekec, 1951, Srecno, Kekec!, 1963 ter Kekceve ukane, 1968), directed by Jože Gale. I highlight the common features, as well as the similarities and differences of the above. Also, it is shown that the film creators took quite an amount of creative freedom when transforming stories into film.
Nonetheless, they managed to produce likeable, quite correct Feature Youth Films with Kekec as the main character.


Focusing on the lived reality of current socio-economic development,A Research into the Transfer of Rural Labour Force in Hubei Ethnic Areas by professor TAN Zhi-song makes a re-cognition and a new defintion of the transfer of the rural labour force,which endows it with more profound connotations and wider denotations.This is more helpful for the rational transfer of the rural labour force and is organically connected with the construction of new socialist countryside in order to realize the integration of city and countryside,and finally the scientific development as a whole.


Now days many institutions and organizations needs to protect their information and secret data from theft and many other attempts to destroy and fabricate these data and information by unauthorized persons who tries to manipulate by the privacy of these institutions and organizations. So, it is necessary to find a secure way to protect such a data and information, therefore in this paper a new method proposed to develop the encryption techniques through using the McLaurin series as a new cryptosystem, and through using different cryptanalysis techniques and tools, the proposed method was inevitable against the different attacks, it is also a one way function technique.


Ultra-small ZnS nanoparticles have been synthesized by a novel solid−solid reaction between Na2S and ZnSO4 nanoparticles in the confined space of AOT reversed micelles. The reaction was performed by mixing two dry AOT/n-heptane solutions, containing Na2S and ZnSO4 nanoparticles, respectively. This synthetic route has been revealed to have specific advantages giving anhydrous systems with high nanoparticle concentration. From these systems, by simple evaporation of the organic solvent, interesting AOT/ZnS composites can be prepared. Size, polydispersity, and photophysical properties of AOT reversed micelles containing ZnS nanoparticles dispersed in n-heptane have been investigated as function of salt and AOT concentrations by SAXS and UV spectroscopy. The UV spectra of all samples, including AOT/ZnS composites, showed a red shift of the first excitonic transition band with time but, as assured by SAXS experiments performed on liquid samples, this phenomenon was not associated with any change in mean size a...


This study aimed to investigate teachers' perceptions and practices related to student outcomes and the criteria of student assessments in secondary school biology classes. Teacher interviews and documents provided the data for this study. According to the results of this study, teachers mainly assessed cognitive achievement by evaluating students' knowledge of basic facts, involving recall and recognition. Teachers also assessed non-cognitive characteristics to assign end-of-term grades. In addition, there were discrepancies between what teachers


THE Hebrew scriptures, founded on the promise of land to the wanderer Abraham and the Law of Moses, given to the wandering Israelites in Sinai following their liberation from slavery in Egypt, witness that God's people are to live in economic covenant with each other. God's people are to express, by living out his commandments amongst themselves, true community. Thus it seems that the most vulnerable are those with whom God chooses to begin his project of covenant, perhaps because they best understand his desire that their common life and charitable works express his love. This paper will first explore the historical and theological roots of the Church by showing how, from the beginnings of the story of God's choice of a people through Abraham, God's covenant addressed the key economic problems of marginalisation and the oppression of the destitute typical of agrarian society. The understanding of the Church as essentially an expression of community thus has the deepest possible roots in the biblical history of salvation, which begins with events of economic salvation and leads to an economically renewed community. The present piece will then go on to argue that, as these socio-economic problems appeared in sharpest degree around the turn of the eras, the historical roots of the Church may be found in the development of mutually supportive economic communities in the Jewish heartland of Judaea. As the Christian community of God's New Covenant grew out of the fellowship of Jesus with his disciples, essential features of its ethos and organisation are also directly attributable to its necessary role as the earthly expression


We present a case of late dislocation of the hip in a 30-month-old girl. Her hip was clinically stable at birth and an ultrasound scan at six weeks was normal. She had no additional risk factors for developmental dysplasia. She underwent anterior open reduction with a femoral osteotomy.


This study on potential abrasion hazards in Banggai Laut Regency is intended to determine the abrasion points on the entire coast and provide alternative abrasion hazard mitigation solutions. The process of identifying abrasion disasters in the Banggai Laut Regency uses a manual interpretation method by considering several variables including coastal morphology, bathymetry, abrasion event history, the degree of coastal slope, coastal geology, and the position of the coast towards the coming wind direction. These six factors are given equal weight to their contribution to the identification of the potential for abrasion. The results of the interpretation of the identification of the potential for abrasion are indicative abrasion potential boundaries with high potential values (red), medium (yellow), and low (green). All coastlines in Banggai Laut Regency have high, medium or low abrasion potential. Most of the abrasions that have occurred in Banggai Laut Regency are in the morphology of the bay. Coastal morphology and the position of the coast towards the direction of wind coming from the high seas are the main variables causing the occurrence of high abrasion hazards in the Banggai Laut Regency. Alternative methods of handling abrasion can be in the form of mitigation of structural and non-structural abrasion hazards.


This study is driven by a broken home family, which results in children not receiving unconditional love from their parents, particularly a father role. The research aims to determine the subject's psychological development in a broken home family, as well as the impact created by the research subject. Researchers employed a qualitative research approach with a case study research design. Interviews and observations made during the investigation were used to collect data. Whereas the data sources used were from the field during the research with supporting informants, as well as earlier research results, journals, and books that helped and were consistent with the studies presented. The difference between this study and previous research is that previous research discussed whether or not there is a significant relationship between family relationships and psychoanalytic stimulus. In contrast, this study discusses the psychosocial impacts and determines psychosocial development in children from broken-home families. According to the study's findings, children from broken homes have beneficial consequences, such as having an independent attitude, and negative impacts, such as a loss of affection from parents, difficulties socializing, and a lack of confidence. According to the findings of the research, broken home families have a significant impact on the psychosocial development of early infancy.


To have line-speed processing ability is a fundamental rule in the design of high-density linecard in router and other network equipment. To satisfy this requirement, the traffic processing speed of the linecard should be not less than the sum of the individual link rates. With the quick increasing of link rate, the line speed processing requirement becomes too hard in high-density linecard design. This paper proposes that several characteristics of Internet traffic can be used to lower the packet processing speed of the high-density linecard. Thus it can help the community to change the design methodology from worst case oriented to real world traffic oriented. By introducing Multiplexing gain, packet size gain and link efficiency gain, this paper shows that the total gain lowers the requirement of line-speed requirement significantly without damaging the line speed processing ability. Performance cost and engineering questions involved in the implementing of this method are also covered.


Background: the accurate knowledge of gestational age is a keystone in an obstetrician's ability to successfully manage the antepartum care of a patient and is of critical importance in ante-natal test and successful planning of appropriate therapy or intervention. Failure can result in iatrogenic prematurity which is associated with increased perinatal morbidity and mortality. Objectives: the aim of this study is to evaluate the accuracy of fetal kidney length in estimation of gestational age in normal singleton pregnancies. Patients and Methods: observational study, the study was conducted at the antenatal outpatient clinics of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Alzahraa University hospitals and Ahmed Maher Teaching hospital in the period between December 2017 and December 2018. Approval from Ethical Committee at Al Zahraa University was taken. This study included 120 asymptomatic, pregnant women, with singleton pregnancy (30 cases at each gestational age 32, 34, 36 & 38 weeks gestation). Results: the study shows that fetal kidney length is a good indicator of gestational age and can be used alone due to its accuracy in comparison to other measurements (BPD, FL &AC) that may be changed in the third trimester. There was a significant difference between right and left kidney length through different age of gestation (The Lt KL measurement was larger than the measurement Rt KL). Gestational age in weeks is nearly equal to MKL. Conclusion: fetal kidney length correlates well with gestational age, so it can be concluded that kidney dimensions can be helpful in determining the gestational age when menstrual dates are uncertain.


This study aims to determine"The Effect of Social Security on Employee Performance with Job Satisfaction as an Intervening Variable (Case Study in the Administrative Section of PT. Auto Padu Kuala Tanjung Batubara)". The results of this study indicate that 1) it can be seen that tcount (7.314) > ttable (1.685), likewise with a significance value of 0.00 <0.05 it can be concluded that the first hypothesis is accepted, meaning that the social security variable(X) positive and significant effecton job satisfaction (Y1). 2) it can be seen that tcount (2.593) > ttable (1.685), and a significance value of 0.01 <0.05, it can be concluded that the second hypothesis is accepted, meaning social security(X) positive and significant effecton employee performance (Y2). 3) it can be seen that tcount (5.131) > ttable (1.685), and the significance value is 0.00 <0.05, it can be concluded that the third hypothesis is accepted, meaning job satisfaction (Y1)positive and significant effecton employee performance (Y2). 4) the direct effect of variable X on variable Y2 is 0.313. While the indirect effect through the Y1 variable is 0.765 x 0.619 = 0.473, the calculation results obtained show that the indirect effect through the Y1 variable is greater than the direct effect on the Y2 variable.


Freudian unpublished manuscripts: das Ich und das Es. This is a critical and comparative reading of the manuscripts of The Ego and the Id. We can read in this work a dissymmetry between the repressed unconscious and the material that remains unknown. We depart from chapter IV, "The two kinds of Drives". As Freud announces, the matters he displays resume thoughts from his writings of 1920. So, starting with the redefinition of Ucs and afterwards, with the reformulation of the idea of Todestrieb, they remain much closer to psychoanalysis than Beyond the pleasure principle. But what he calls, "our speculation" returns in the conclusions of chapter IV about the assumption of the Todestrieb. With the breaking through of the not bound: what are the purposes the Todestrieb serves, when, as he says in 1923, it has its hands free? In 1924 he confirms that not-all the drive is inscribed in the representation. The silence of the drive intervenes: this border, where id speaks, id enjoys and knows nothing.


This paper presents a novel finite-element modeling of interelectrode plasma dispersion process inside a vacuum interrupter (VI) prototype. A new set of coupled equations considered for the plasma simulation process consisting of the Stefan–Maxwell diffusion equations, collision and interaction between particles considerations, and Coulomb integral for conductivity calculation of plasma are utilized to give a better understanding from complicated vacuum plasma dispersion process inside a VI. Using SolidWorks software, an exact 3-D schematic of the prototype is drawn and imported to the proper finite-element method software. Considering suitable boundary conditions and proposed plasma equations set, including 10 kV/ $\mu \text{s}$ . The ramp function as a transient recovery voltage inserted to the contacts, the model is dynamically simulated, and the derived results have been discussed in detail. In continue, postarc current waveform is derived using the Maxwell equations. This result is compared to a practical-based common model which is named the Andrews–Varey transition model. The derived postarc waveforms are compared in a table. The similarities of results, for example, postarc time (difference between two models is less than 8%) or maximum value of postarc current (difference <7.5%), ensure the accuracy of the new proposed plasma modeling strategy.


Yogīs in South Asia are known as wanderers who live in no fixed location. Wandering is supposed to loosen ties with the material world, and cultivate detachment and religious knowledge in Hindu renouncers. In both religious text and popular legend, yogīs are supposed to wander through the countryside for all but the four rainy months of the year, spending no more than one night in a place and eating what food is given. They should possess only a blanket, a water-pot, and a staff to ward off wild animals. 1 During my fieldwork, however, I found that most renouncers do actually base themselves in particular places. 2 On occasion, they depart to visit a pilgrimage destination or to attend a religious festival, but when they do, they leave a base behind, sometimes with a padlock on the door, signifying eventual but certain return. The words for "home" in Hindi and Nepali are certainly shunned by renouncers, who speak, instead, of their "seats" (āsan), or their "places" (sthān). But yogīs and yoginīs use their seats as home bases, and they interact with members of local communities as long-term and active residents. In this paper, I look at the lives of women yogīs, or yoginīs, in the lower Himalayan region of North India and Nepal. I argue that contrary to popular legend, women renouncers do not wander perpetually between holy sites, but tend to settle in communities, and when they do, they often contribute to their new local communities in ways reminiscent of householder women. Although yoginīs consciously leave behind normative householder social structures, they still feed people, protect children, and teach religious values in their new roles as renouncers.


The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted global supply chain managers to reassess their operations. Developing a green supply chain requires successfully integrating environmental responsibility principles and benchmarks into supply chain management practices. In the past, there have been few studies on the most effective strategies for reducing the environmental impact of supply chains and improving their sustainability. This study used the decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) method to construct a structural model evaluation system of the green supply chain management (GSCM) to evaluate the interdependent relationships among dimensions and criteria. A GSCM evaluation system was created after using the DEMATEL-based ANP (DANP) to convert the GSCM evaluation indicators and impact factors into degrees of importance. This study explores the obstacles and challenges that organizations face when implementing GSCM practices and how these challenges can be overcome. The results found that organizational changes had the most significant impact, given that they would also improve the other three dimensions. Among the 16 evaluation criteria, resource allocation and market expansion optimization were the most important. Based on these findings, the study proposed specific improvement strategies that corporations and other stakeholders could use to adopt GSCM practices.


Open clusters (OCs) are crucial for studying the formation and evolution of the Galactic disc. The lack of a large number of OCs analysed homogeneously hampers the investigations. The OCCASO survey provides homogeneous radial velocities, physical parameters and individual chemical abundances from high-resolution spectroscopy. We present the motivation, current status and first results of the survey for 114 stars in 18 OCs.


The invention relates to a pressure-filled sealing valve. The pressure-filled sealing valve comprises a valve body, a pressure-filled sealing ring, a graphite sealing ring, a graphite sealing ring compression ring, a valve plate, an inner baffle ring, a driving rod, a pressure filling port and a blowing port, wherein the valve plate is a rectangular flat plate, the left end of the valve plate is provided with a round hole, one end of the valve plate is connected with the driving rod, and the valve plate can slide in a cavity of the valve body leftwards and rightwards; the upper end of the pressure-filled sealing ring is fixed with the valve body through a bolt; a connecting plate is provided with a hole for filling pressure; the inner baffle ring is fixed with the connecting plate througha bolt; the graphite sealing ring is fixed on a sealing seat through the graphite sealing ring compression ring by a bolt; and the valve body is provided with the pressure filling port communicated with the pressure-filled sealing ring and the blowing port communicated with a blowing channel between the inner baffle ring and the connecting plate. By using the pressure-filled sealing valve, the sealing form of a sealing surface is changed, a sealing structure is optimized, the service life is prolonged, the sealing effect is good, and the defects of clamping stagnation and strain at a high temperature are overcome.


A substrate container includes an enclosure and an access structure formed in the enclosure and providing fluid access through the enclosure to an interior of the substrate container. The access structure includes an opening and an inner surface. A grommet is situated against the inner surface of the access structure.


This research was conducted to identify the problem of communication failure in construction project from perspective of contractor and consultant. Besides that, the objective for this research to rank the most problem of communication failure in construction project in order to help contractor and consultant to be prepared with the solution because every contractor and consultant the unpredictable things. In this research, the method used for obtaining survey research was questionnaire for collecting the response from the contractor and consultant. The total respondents for this research were 32 from housing developer companies that categorized in G2 and located in Kuantan. Next, Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) was used in analyzing these research findings. The result for this research showed that too much information was the most problem of communication failure in construction project with the highest mean. Last but not least, the main suggestion recommendation for future research is to study the large number of respondents or participants by include project team from different categories of contractors for more accurate outcome and represent a more realistic population in Malaysia.


In multicast group planning in tactical networks (TNs), one of the most important challenges is to maximize the efficient use of network and end-user resources. Hence, multicast groups should be planned cleverly such that the total shared link capacity in a multicast distribution tree is increased and the reception of unwanted traffic at receiver nodes is reduced to a maximum extent. In this paper, we propose a technique to generate a group configuration by estimating the link capacity shared by any two users in a shortest-path multicast tree to improve the branching characteristics such as height and breadth of the tree while reducing the unwanted traffic by considering overlapping user interests. A two-tier information dissemination system architecture for TNs, where a central planner controls many dissemination executives, is a typical application for multicast group planning techniques. We provide simulation results showing that, compared to existing group planning techniques, our approach generates multicast trees with improved branching characteristics while keeping the unwanted traffic within acceptable limits.


The presence detector comprises a brightness sensor which provides a brightness signal (H). If the ambient brightness is below a first threshold value (SW1), and in this state, an infrared sensor supplies a detection signal (E), an illumination device to be turned on. If the ambient brightness is greater than the first threshold value (SW1), (E) is suppressed, the switching on of the lighting device even when a detection signal. To prevent that, the lighting device is turned on at low natural light in rooms in which constantly move people and is then also turned on because of the long lag times when the daylight has become strong, a second threshold value (SW2) is determined. If the total luminous intensity of natural light and artificial light, the second threshold value (SW2) is reached, the illumination device is forcibly turned off. This unnecessarily long switch be avoided at sufficient daylight.


Tsikourasite, Mo3Ni2P1+x (x < 0.25), is a new phosphide discovered in a mantle-hosted podiform chromitite collected in the abandoned mine of Agios Stefanos (Othrys ophiolite), Central Greece. It forms tiny grains (from a few μm up to about 80 μm) and occurs as isolated grains or associated with other known minerals such as nickelphosphide and awaruite, and with undetermined minerals such as Ni-allabogdanite or Ni-barringerite and a V-sulphide. Tsikourasite is brittle and has a metallic luster. In plane-polarized light, tsikourasite is white yellow and it shows no bireflectance, anisotropism or pleochroism. Internal reflections were not observed, Reflectance values of tsikourasite in air (R in %) are: 55.7 at 470 nm, 56.8 at 546 nm, 57.5 at 589 nm and 58.5 at 650 nm. Five spot analyses of tsikourasite give the average composition: P 7.97, S 0.67, V 14.13, Fe 14.37, Co 7.59, Ni 23.9, and Mo 44.16, total 99.60 wt%, corresponding to the empirical formula (Mo1.778V1.071Fe0.082Co0.069)Σ3.000(Ni1.572Co0.428)Σ2.000(P0.981S0.079)Σ1.060, on the basis of Σ(Mo +V + Fe + Co + Ni) = 5 apfu and taking into account the structural results. The simplified formula is Mo3Ni2P1+x (x < 0.25). The density, which was calculated based on the empirical formula and single-crystal data, is 9.182 g/cm3. The mineral is cubic, space group F-43m, with a = 10.8215(5) Å and Z = 16. Although tsikourasite is similar in composition to those of monipite (MoNiP), polekhovskyite (MoNiP2), and the synthetic compound MoNiP2, all these phases are hexagonal and not cubic like tsikourasite. It exhibits the same structure as the cubic Mo3Ni2P1.18 compound [space group F-43m, a = 10.846(2) Å] synthesized at 1350 °C. The mineral and its name have been approved by the Commission of New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification of the International Mineralogical Association (No. 2018-156). The mineral honors Professor Basilios Tsikouras of the Universiti Brunei Darussalam.


Three dumping sites located at the south-eastern part of the Baltic Sea (Kaliningrad Oblast) at shallow depths are considered. The first one is located to the south of the Vistula Lagoon inlet in front of a permanently eroded open marine shore segment. The second one is located to the north of the Vistula Lagoon inlet, and is used now for disposing of dredged material extracted from the Kaliningrad Seaway Canal. The third dumping site is located near the northern shore of the Sambian Peninsula to the east of the Cape Gvardeijski and assigned for disposing the dredged material extracted from the fairway to the Pionerskij Port located nearby. The last site is planned to be used for disposing of dredged material from the future port that should be constructed there before the beginning of the FIFA World Cup 2018. All three dumping sites are located not far from the eroded segments of the shore. The question behind the study is: would it possible that disposed material will naturally transported from the damping site to the shore and accumulate there to protect it from erosion? A numerical hydrodynamic-transport 3D model (MIKE) was used to model sediment transport under different wind actions. The winds with the speed stronger than 15 m/s complete wash out disposed material from the dumping site and spreading it over the wide area with a negligible layer thickness. Winds of about 7-10 m/s transport material along the shore at a distance of few kilometers that may be useful for shore protection. The first location of the dumping site (to the south of the Vistula Lagoon inlet) looks very ineffective for potential protection the shore nearby. At the other hand, the second and especially the third locations are favorable for transport of disposed material to the shore, the most favorable conditions are at onshore or alongshore currents.


Objective To investigate the clinical application of distraction osteogenesis techniques in alveolar defects wounded by firearm.Methods Serious alveolar defects were remained in 2 patients wounded by firearm after firststage debridement,causing increasing difficulty in denture.Distraction osteogenesis techniques were used for the solution with horizontal distraction in one case and vertical distraction in the other.Results The two patients were performed as planned.The amounts of distraction were 7mm in horizontal distraction,and 16mm in the vertical distraction.All the territories showed good new bone by X-ray examination.Conclusion Distraction osteogenesis was an effective method for the repair of alveolar defects wounded by firearm,which sets a foundation for further occlusal reconstruction and functional repair.This technique provides a new approach for the treatment of alveolar defects wounded by firearm and is good for popularize.


Collaborative interference cancellation (CIC), which is one technique for the multi user MIMO systems, has been proposed. In this system, to increase spatial multiplexing order, mobile stations share their received signals with neighbors. For suppressing inter-stream interference, precoding techniques are used at BS side. On the other hand, CIC makes it possible to equalize inter-stream interference at MS side. In this paper, CIC employing LDPC code and frequency-domain iterative equalization is studied to improve the performance of MIMO transmission under the condition that co-channel interference caused by MIMO transmission and inter-symbol interference exist.


This paper expounds the importance and necessity of the exploitation and utilization of electronic periodicals in college libraries, analyzes the present situation and courses of electronic periodicals in college libraries, and puts forward specific methods and measures of the exploitation and utilization of electronic periodicals.


In some cases a combination of several malignant tumours in one person can be observed. In such case it is the multifocal primary tumour (MPT). The tumours combination in genitourinary system is rare phenomenon, including a rare combination of prostate and urinary bladder cancers. These pathologies can be caused by both the endogenous factors - age, gender, heredity, inflammatory and proliferative processes, abnormal inclusions (calculi and amyloids) and exogenous factors, among which the leading cause is the environmental pollution (heavy metals salts and others), bad habits, occupational hazards, oncogenic viruses and ionizing radiation. A 76 - year- old male patient, Ukrainian, was hospitalized at urology department with complaints on pollakiuria, frequent urinary retention, haematuria appeared about 1 month before. After examination of patient the preliminary diagnosis was made: «Urinary bladder cancer, acute urinary retention, macrohematuria and posthemorrhagic anemia». Based on the histological and immunohistochemical examinations, the final diagnosis was determined: combined malignant tumours - acinar adenocarcinoma of prostate index 9 (5 + 4) accordimg to D.F. Gleason and invasive urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder. This clinical case demonstrates that the probability of combined oncologic cancer pathology with lesions in one system is rather high. Therefore, in order to exclude the cancer combinations, the patients with malignant tumour in the genitourinary system should undergo a complex examination. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.16(1) 2017 p.161-165


land mestizo peasant and indigenous leaders throughout the region gathered to discuss petroleum development in the Ecuadorian Amazon (or Oriente as the area is called). Only three months earlier a Philadelphia law firm had filed a class-action lawsuit against Texaco Inc. in the New York federal court on behalf of Amazonian mestizo peasants and Indians.' The meeting focused on the lawsuit. Members of the lowland Indian federation with whom I was working asked me, along with a Quito-based environmentalist, to take part in discussions.2 At one point, a mestizo leader turned to me (the supposed expert on the United States) and asked why Texaco Inc. thought it was not responsible for its Ecuadorian operations. As I attempted to explain the legal relationship between a parent company and its subsidiary, another leader interrupted: "Oh, it [Texaco's subsidiary] is a mienmbrillo that does what the company orders." Laughter immediately filled the room. Miembrillo, although meaning "a small appendage" or "little member" in Spanish, is also slang for penis in Ecuador. Without missing a beat, Sonia (a Quito-based environmental activist, single mother of two, and the only other female in the room) teased: "Yes, but Texaco is more complex than el hombre. La coimpafifa has many miembrillos and at least it pretends that it's not associated with the ones that get it into trouble." The playful sparring had begun. "Well then," the mestizo leader jeered, "let's help it along. We've learned a bit from Lorena, haven't we? We'll just bobbittizar la compafifa." This article explores the unanticipated connections that many Ecuadorians made in early 1994 between a class-action suit against Texaco Inc. and the Lorena Bobbitt affair.: The transnational lawsuit filed on behalf of 30,000


High-flux membranes are well-suited for separating organic vapor from air. There are many applications for organic vapor recovery at tank farms. Here, the membrane technology is already considered as state of the art. However, new applications operating at higher pressures, e.g., water and hydrocarbon dewpointing of natural gas, real gas behavior, and the so-called "concentration polarization" effect have to be taken into account. Experimental investigations have been carried out and the results are presented. The performance of a membrane module is calculated considering real gas behavior.


Provides a method of depositing a conductive coating on a surface, the method comprising the Sikkim produce a surface treated by a surface treatment by depositing a fullerene on the surface depositing a conductive coating on the treated surface. The conductive coating will generally include magnesium. Also it provides for the resulting product and the organic optoelectronic device according to the above method.


When the generators of a coherent group in a power system are equivalenced for transient stability studies, it is logical that the associated controllers—excitation controllers and the speed governing systems—are also equivalenced. Depending upon various design features and capacity, the time constants of the transfer functions of different controllers may be different. This paper presents a Walsh function approach for equivalencing the controllers in multi-machine power systems, taking into account the above differences. The approach has an elegant mathematical base and provides any desired level of accuracy.


Chocolates are considered functional foods and are consumed worldwide. The objective was to evaluate the effect of particle size and the inclusion of Physalis peruviana L (Goldenberry) and Vaccinium spp (Andean blueberry) on sensory attributes, color, total phenols, and anthocyanins in dark and milk chocolate. The attributes of gloss, surface, breakage, melting, grittiness, odor, fruit scents, aftertaste, sweetness, mouthfeel, bitterness, and astringency were evaluated for sensory evaluation. To measure color, the CIELAB system was used. Phenols were evaluated using spectrophotometry and anthocyanins using the pH differential method. According to principal components analysis (PCA), dark chocolates with the inclusion of goldenberries had the best sensory scores (Øp =10-20 µm); the results for the correlations were 0.97 for surface and melting, 0.98 for surface and aftertaste, 1.0 for aftertaste and astringency, and -0.92 melting and odor. Milk chocolate with the inclusion of goldenberries (Øp =10- 20 µm) was superior in attributes such as fruit scents, sweetness, grittiness, gloss, odor, aftertaste, and mouthfeel. At the same time, there was a correlation between melting and aftertaste of -0.92 and between melting and mouthfeel of -0.94, odor with fruit scents and sweetness were 0.96 and 0.98, and fruit scents with aftertaste and sweetness were 0.94 and 0.99. Dark and milk chocolates with the inclusion of goldenberries (Øp =10-15 µm) were slightly superior in the phenol content, while chocolates with the inclusion of Andean blueberries (Øp =10-20 µm) had greater anthocyanin contents.


Introduction: Cellulite is a multifactorial subcutaneous connective tissue disorder that compromises the structure of adipose tissue and can manifest in varying degrees. It causes both unsightly and health changes; thus, requiring specialist treatment.

Objective: This works aims at showing the effectiveness of treatments using subcision and polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) filling to treat and correct cellulite irregularities in grades three and four in the gluteal region.

Methodology: This is a retrospective study of patients who underwent two different techniques for the treatment of cellulite grades three and four. Four patients were subjected to treatment in the gluteal region to correct irregularities from cellulite in the most advanced grades, being used both the subcision and the PMMA filling techniques.

Report: Case report of four patients with follow-up treatment for cellulite grades three and four with subcision and polymethyl methacrylate filling.

Conclusion: Results were considered efficient due to satisfactorily correcting all cases of cellulite grades three and four.


A fundamental question in biology is how an organism integrates multiple signals to mediate an appropriate cellular response. The PmrA/PmrB two-component system of Salmonella enterica can be activated independently by Fe3+, which is sensed by the PmrB protein, and in low Mg2+, which is sensed by the PhoQ protein. The low-Mg2+ activation requires pmrD, a PhoP/PhoQ-activated gene that activates the response regulator PmrA at a posttranscriptional level. We now report that pmrD expression is negatively regulated by the PmrA/PmrB system. Conditions that activate the PmrA protein independently of pmrD, such as exposure to Fe3+, resulted in lower levels of pmrD transcription. The PmrA protein footprinted the pmrD promoter upstream of the PhoP-binding site but did not interfere with binding of the PhoP protein. Mutation of the PmrA-binding site in the pmrD promoter abolished PmrA-mediated repression. Negative regulation of the PhoP/PhoQ-activated pmrD gene by the PmrA/PmrB system closes a regulatory circuit designed to maintain proper cellular levels of activated PmrA protein and constitutes a singular example of a multicomponent feedback loop.


Background/Objectives: To evaluate influential factors associated with intermittent smoking in male and female students in Korea. Methods/Statistical Analysis: This study is the second analytic research on the 2014 10th adolescents' health behavior online raw data. The participants in this study were 35,904 high school students. Collected data were statistically analyzed using a Rao- Scott Chi-Square test and a logistic regression analysis. Findings: For male students, influential factors were domicile, the perceived economic status of a household, and the undertaking of physical activities; while for female students, influential factors were having family members who smoke, perceived levels of happiness, and having suicidal ideas. In particular, a detailed analysis of the influential factors showed that having friends who smoke and alcohol use was most strong influential factors. Moreover, a common influential factor for both male and female students was feelings of despair, which can lead to depression and possibly to having suicidal ideas. Applications/Improvement: Consideration of gender is important in smoking cessation programs for intermittent smoker. It is also necessary to provide programs to prevent depression in intermittent smoking adolescents.


ABSTRACT How quickly can pronoun interpretation affect the prediction of a following verb? Readers were presented with implicit causality contexts in which a specific pronoun and following verb were predictable. N400 and reaction time results indicated that predictable verbs were facilitated relative to unpredictable verbs when following predicted pronouns, suggesting that verbal predictions were rapidly updated based on pronoun interpretation. There was also some evidence for rapid updating of verb predictions after unexpected pronouns, but this was modulated by individual differences. Some readers appear to have placed higher weight on top–down implicit causality predictions to interpret unexpected pronouns, and others on bottom–up information from the gender on the pronoun. These differences in turn affected the N400 response to expected and unexpected verbs. The results together demonstrate that pronouns can be interpreted quickly enough to affect predictions about the following word.


Achieving the ambitious 2020 targets in greenhouse gases' emissions reduction is a challenging task for industrialized economies and requires a coordinated action. A pivotal role is given to local administrations, that are called to drive the conversion of the energy sector towards low carbon technologies. The paper proposes a decision support tool based on local climate action plans for a holistic approach to the emission reduction in different energy intensive sectors (transport, constructions, electricity supply, energy generation). The tool is aimed at identifying suitable measures for the design and control of GHG actions. A set of indicators to evaluate the performance of local policies, linked to GIS based maps for an effective impact on territories is proposed. A smart use of existing information can help to optimize the energy supply at local level, to follow the improvement of performances and to weigh future scenarios.


The use of inverters in preference to generators as an alternative for un-interruptible power supply is gaining wide acceptability in developing countries, due to inverters' greater environmental compatibility. However, the major challenge remains local production of sufficiently high powered inverters for big loads and longer periods of time. In this study, effort is made to produce a robust 1 KVA inverter. Requirements for the implementation include locally sourced 80 Ah 12V deep cycle battery, IC SG3524 oscillator, MOSFETs and BJT types of transistors, diodes, transformer, relay, contactor, resistors, capacitors and other electronic components. The construction is divided into four units consisting of oscillator unit, MOSFET assembly unit, Transformer unit and battery charger monitor unit. Each constructed unit was independently tested for proper functionality before the composite coupling. The assembled composite unit worked successfully well. Oscilloscope measurements tallied with set frequency of 50 Hz, switching period of 0.02 seconds and square wave oscillator output. The system is capable of providing power to adequate loads for up to six hours.


Theoretical analysis was made on the definition, classification, mechanism which influences the athletes' pre-competitive readiness and accommodation by taking the environment of having a change of the competition venue as the whole object of the research. It was considered that the environment of having a change of the competition venue include the natural environment and the social environment, which have its own given contents closely linked together and penetrated with each other. Effects of the environment on the athletes' competitive readiness are related to the stress induced by the environment. The extent of the stress is influenced by the stimuli of the environment to the athletes and by the cognitive rationality of the environment. The key to adjust to the environment of having a change of the competition venue is to reduce the stimuli of the environment to the athletes and to improve the athletes' cognitive rationality of the environment. The pi- votal pathway to accommodate includes two aspects - the natural adaptation and the man-made adjustment.


Some years ago, wrote the Flemish monk Guibert to his friend Radulfus, strange and incredible rumors reached his ears at the Benedictine monastery of Gembloux. They concerned an old woman, abbess of the Benedictine foundation at Bingen-am-Rhein, who had gained such fame that multitudes flocked to her convent, from curiosity or devotion, to seek her prophecies and prayers. All who returned thence astonished their hearers, but none could give a plausible account of the woman, save only that her soul was "said to be illumined by an invisible splendor known to her alone." Finally he, Guibert, impatient with rumor and zealous for the truth, resolved to find out for himself. In the year 1175 he wrote to this famed seer, Hildegard, with mingled curiosity and awe. Surely she had received "rare gifts, till now practically unheard of throughout all ages"; in prophecy she excelled Miriam, Deborah, and Judith; but let her recall that great trees are uprooted sooner than reeds, and let her keep herself humble.


Some methods used for the recovery of osmium and ruthenium from primary/secondary sources are reviewed. Both Ru and Os could form volatile oxides which enable their separation from the other PGMs by distillation as a traditional method. In hydrochloric acid solution, they also form chloro-complexes with different valence states. Amines or amine based mixture have been used to extract Ru. Solvating extractants are employed to separate Ru and Os. The detailed extraction and stripping conditions of several solvent extraction processes have been reviewed. As an alternative to solvent extraction, solid-liquid method can be applied to recover trace amount of these metals.


An microscopical experimental method was brought out to study the flow law and flow rules of gas-liquid-sold complex flow in condensate reservoirs with wax deposition. Real porous media were modeled by the phantom micro-model with similar pore structure. The experiments were carried out in porous media at high temperature and high pressure to observe the forming,distribution and flow rules of gas-liquid-sold complex flow. The results show the adsorption and migration laws of wax deposition,three-phase flow pattern,phase change and distribution characteristics of porous media. It is difficult to accumulate for the condensate in big pores. The flow mode of the condensate includes mainly eight styles:schlepping by gas,pulse flow,crawling along pore wall,interface flow,plug flow,rivulet flow,continuous flow,and little liquid droplets assembling with bigger liquid droplets and liquid flow. The results also indicate that wax deposition adsorbs at pore surfaces. Some is from gas phase and adsorbs on the surfaces of porous media with sheet,the other is from liquid phase with flock and affects the flow. Pore structures are affected by solid wax precipitation. The smaller the pore structure,the more the wax adsorption,and the resistance of the gas-liquid-solid flow increases.


Noise is defined as a loud sound of any sort that is disagreeable or unwanted. Throughout the ages of civilized history, noise has been an annoying irritant to mankind. In recent years the noise level of freeways in urban and suburban areas in the United States has increased perceptibly as freeway traffic has increased and more people are living closer to freeways. To reduce such a noisy irritant generated by traffic on concrete or asphalt pavements Arizona has employed either a 12.5 or 25 mm asphalt-rubber open graded friction course hot mix surfacing. This paper reviews the experience and research in Arizona and California with using asphalt-rubber open graded friction course pavements to reduce the noise by 3-12 decibels. These findings have led to Arizona developing a large scale program of covering over 2000 lane kilometers of concrete pavement with a 25 mm asphalt-rubber open graded friction hot mix surface course to substantially reduce noise. This program started in 2002 and is referred to in Arizona as the Quiet Pavements Program and has been very successful. In addition Texas has noted an improvement in safety due to the use of open graded permeable surface courses. 1 BACKGROUND ON NOISE AND HIGHWAY NOISE MEASUREMENT Noise is defined as a loud sound of any sort that is disagreeable or unwanted. Through the ages of civilized history noise has been an annoying irritant to mankind. The Roman Emperor Caesar decreed in 20 BC that carts could only move through the city of Rome during the night, since their noisy din during the day interfered with the daily business of Rome. Carts moving through Rome at night were acceptable since Caesar and his court lived in the mountains far from the noise of the carts in the city. As the centuries passed by mankind has tried to live in a peaceful world. Horse drawn wagons and coaches with wooden wheels and iron rims generated plenty of noise in the 1800's. In the late 1800's in England road builders used wood blocks and even rubber blocks to deaden the wagon wheel noise. In the 1900's with the advent of automobiles and rubber pneumatic tires it appeared the tire/pavement noise had finally ended for all time. However, as more automobiles and trucks took to the highways, freeway noise gradually crept back into the city. To measure the tire pavement noise several measurement instruments were developed. The noise measurement instrument, which is most commonly used, is an electroacoustical device with a microphone that converts sound pressure (a scale value) into an electronic or voltage signal, or vice versa. The instrument has a variety of names such as noise meter, sound meter, or sound level meter. When placed near a sound source, it will display or readout a single number of the corresponding decibel level in dB or dBA. The


The Medicolegal Reference Library provides annotations and reviews of selected legal developments and literature of medicolegal interest. This section is prepared by the Editors and Staff of the American Journal of Law & Medicine. For more extensive, nonannotated listings of recent book releases, of articles from legal, medical, and related periodicals, and of other medicolegal resource material, the reader should consult the "Medicolegal Reference Shelf" in current editions of Law, Medicine & Health Care—the other publication of the American Society of Law & Medicine. (See advertisement for Law, Medicine if Health Care at the back of this journal.) All books reviewed or annotated in the Medicolegal Reference Library were selected from books submitted by publishers for review consideration. We thank them for their courtesy.


The invention relates to a trapping wave forming method of originating broadband signals with variable parameters, belonging to the technical field of communication signal treatment. The method comprises the following steps: at a signal transmission end, detecting the number n of useful narrow-band signals in real time and the bandwidth and frequency band distribution of each useful narrow-band signal, constructing n numbered sub-trappers corresponding to the useful narrow-band signals according to the bandwidth and frequency band distribution of the useful narrow-band signals at the transmission end, connecting the n numbered sub-trappers in serial to form a cascade trapper, trapping broadband transmission signals by the cascade trapper to obtain broadband signals with trapping wave corresponding to the frequencies of the useful narrow-band signals, continuously detecting the useful narrow-band signals, and updating the parameters of the trapper if parameters are found to be changed. The method is characterized in that when the narrow-band signal is detected in real time, parameters of a trapper are updated in real time according to detected results, thereby effectively inhabiting the interference of the broadband transmission signals on the narrow-band signal with variable parameters.


The current study aimed at identifying the extent of the impact of the displacement crisis and its reflections on the psychological health and behavioral status on secondary stage of displaced students by an intended sample of displaced students in the northern Iraqi city of Dohuk. The sample of study included 700 secondary school male and female students from 12 to 18 years old, displaced from areas under the control of ISIS such as Al-Mosul, Falluja, Ramadi and Biji, in addition,  85 male and female teachers in the displaced schools, and 50 parents (mothers, fathers and relatives such as uncles). To achieve the goal of the study, both researchers prepared three questionnaires, one for students, the second for teachers. Moreover, a questionnaire answered by the students' parents, whether they were mothers and fathers or family members. Study tends to use different approaches according to different contexts to serve study purposes.As the study begins with a theoretical background about psychological health and the behavioral status, and it uses both analytical and descriptive approaches. Both approaches were merged in some places, particularly when analyzing the results of the questionnaires and explaining the status of the interviews. he results of the study showed the negative effects on the psychological and behavioral conditions of the students, as the prevalence of psychological trauma is different intensity among them, as a result of their witnesses of severe forms of violence, ranging from watching clashes and missiles through television and social media sites, to the cases of death of a family member in front of their eyes, as a result of violence action, and the number of students who feel depressed, frightened and pessimism from the future. They think about leaving Iraq. The impact of these shocks ranges from the incoherence of some of them besides their losing their relationships with their friends, and even sometimes they think about leaving their country, in addition to the increase of their violence and aggression, their disobeying rules whether at school or at home, as well as the weakness of many moral values. This matter creates violent reactions for the educators and those who care for the students at school and at home, in addition to the weakness of their economical status and poverty. The study recommends building a strategic plan based on the Human Rights Agreement which guarantees the displaced students' rights in learning, and it emphasizes on the necessity of building parallel remedial programs that guarantee the continuity of offering support at school and at home.


SINCE INTERPRETIVE PEDAGOGY WAS INTRODUCED TO OUR FACULTY DURING A WORKSHOP WITH NANCY DIEKELMANN, "LEAVING SAFE HARBORS: re-forming nursing education and the new Pedagogies," faculty have struggled with this teaching-learning method, finding it foreign and difficult to incorporate into a teaching repertoire entrenched with behaviorist traditions. one curriculum change that resulted from the workshop was the development of a nurse educator course, "nursing education Pedagogies," which introduces interpretive pedagogies to new teachers. the inefficiency of conventional pedagogy for all current health care education is acknowledged in many different disciplines and supported by the proponents of constructivist theory (Packer & Goicoechea, 2000). Constructivists assert that knowledge and truth are based on beliefs and experience in situations (Cobb & Bowers, 1999), a product of individual cognition (simpson, 2002) and situated in contexts (Bredo, 2006). First described in 1988, interpretive pedagogy has been implemented with feminist studies, interactive learning environments, nursing and midwifery programs, family health promotion, socially challenged children, special education classrooms, sports education, teacher education, and geriatric courses to name a few. since the interpretive pedagogies and conventional pedagogies co-occur, nurse educators should have an understanding of their differences in terms of theory, knowledge, experience, language, and social significance (diekelmann, 2001). exposure to interpretive pedagogy introduces new nurse educators to environments where conversations among participants promote emerging possibilities in practice (dahlberg, ekebergh, & ironside, 2003; ironside, 2001). the uniqueness of interpretive pedagogy encourages teachers and students to adjust to socially situated cognition, which is important for a practice discipline such as nursing. Classroom and simulated environments play a significant role in student learning, but learning in the authentic environment, and using stories about that environment, call for a different approach. interpretive pedagogies encourage students to process the multiple perspectives that exist in nursing, such as dieklemann's (2001) "concernful practices of schooling learning teaching." the model used for this course is to compare and contrast traditional learning theories and interpretive pedagogies, to show how they diverge and support each other for teaching and learning. Course Design the online course is scheduled over 15 weeks; live, synchronous classes meet for seven sessions on alternate weeks. sessions are archived for students who miss class or want to review the discussion. Content is organized into learning modules, each with unique readings and assignments to achieve the goal of understanding the co-occurrence and symbiotic relationship between interpretive pedagogy and contemporary learning theory. the specific learning goals are to: a) evaluate the historical perspective of conventional pedagogy and compare it with interpretive pedagogy; b) critique specific narrative pedagogies by general themes, teacher/student relationships, and strengths and limitations; c) analyze contemporary higher education theory as it supports interpretive pedagogies; d) analyze the impact of contemporary and future nursing practice on curriculum design and use of interpretive pedagogies; and e) create new pedagogical activities in the context of clinical experiences, classroom sessions, and teacher evaluation. assignments encourage immersion into the literature and critiquing exemplars of interpretive pedagogy from various disciplines. the textbooks used include schunk (2012) and diekelmann (2003). students are required to read textbook chapters and write three summaries: one to synthesize the major principles and theories; one to reflect on the synthesis and how it relates to a specific narrative pedagogy; and one to discuss how each principle and theory could be used for a strategy to teach nursing. …


This study aims to determine student learning outcomes after the STAD learning model is applied The formulation of the problem is, What is the result of student physics learning after following the physics learning dengn Student Teams Achievement (STAD) in class X.2 SMA Negeri 7 Lubuklinggau significantly ?. This study aims to determine the results of student learning on physics learning by using Student Teams Achievement (STAD) learning model in Class X.2 SMA Negeri 7 Lubuklinggau. The research method used is Quasi Eksperimen. Population in this study all students of class X SMA Negeri 7 Lubuklinggau and as sample is class X.2 which amounts to 25 students and taken at random. Data collection is done by using test and observation techniques. Based on the result of post-test analysis of experimental class t test that thitung> ttabel or 1,883> 1,697 thus Ha accepted and H0 in decline concluded that mean of student learning result is significant


BACKGROUND
The risk for cardiovascular events increases within hours of near-roadway exposures. We aimed to determine the traffic-related air pollutants (TRAP) and biological mechanisms involved and if reducing particulate matter<2.5 µm (PM2.5) inhalation is protective.

METHODS
Fifty healthy-adults underwent multiple 2-hour near-roadway exposures (Tuesdays-Fridays) in Ann Arbor during 2 separate weeks (randomized to wear an N95-respirator during one week). Monday both weeks, participants rested 2-hours in an exam room (once wearing an N95-respirator). Brachial blood pressure, aortic hemodynamics and heart rate variability were repeatedly-measured during exposures. Endothelial function (reactive hyperemia index [RHI]) was measured post-exposures (Thursdays). Black carbon (BC), total particle count (PC), PM2.5, noise and temperature were measured throughout exposures.

RESULTS
PM2.5 (9.3±7.7 µg/m3), BC (1.3±0.6 µg/m3), PC (8375±4930 particles/cm3) and noise (69.2±4.2 dB) were higher (p-values<0.01) and aortic hemodynamic parameters trended worse while near-roadway (p-values<0.15 versus exam room). Other outcomes were unchanged. Aortic hemodynamics trended towards improvements with N95-respirator usage while near-roadway (p-values<0.15 versus no-use), whereas other outcomes remained unaffected. Higher near-roadway PC and BC exposures were associated with increases in aortic augmentation pressures (p-values<0.05) and trends toward lower RHI (p-values<0.2). N95-respirator usage did not mitigate these adverse responses (non-significant pollutant-respirator interactions). Near-roadway outdoor-temperature and noise were also associated with cardiovascular changes.

CONCLUSIONS
Exposure to real-world combustion-derived particulates in TRAP, even at relatively-low concentrations, acutely worsened aortic hemodynamics. Our mixed findings regarding the health benefits of wearing N95-respirators support that further studies are needed to validate if they adequately-protect against TRAP given their growing worldwide usage.


Dallet, pottery, puppetry, oceanogra phy, modern dance, woodworking, oil painting, photography, electronics, papier m?ch?, batik, tennis, baton, and chess? Can you imagine these subjects as part of an existing elementary school program, especially in light of the edu cational budget crunch and over crowded curricula? Is this the mad dream of some armchair educator, or the offering of a prestigious private school? It is in fact neither. It is a program that the Orange (Connecticut) elementary schools have been offering for many years. Orange is a small suburb outside New Haven with a total population of ap proximately 14,000. The system is com posed of five K-6 elementary schools with a student population of about 1,800. The mechanics of the program and its financial elements are quite simple, and, to the astonishment of many competent educators, the pro gram is organized and operated by the local PTAs. As is the case in many school sys tems, the Orange PTAs constantly search for activities designed to serve the needs of children. In most commu nities these activities are confined to fund raising or to presenting PTA pro grams at the schools. This traditional approach is valuable but still carries serious limitations. Fund raising, while appreciated, has limited educational value, and PTA programs often lead to sparsely attended meetings and declin ing membership. What Orange PTA leaders wanted was a more direct link between the PTA and the system, something to add vitali ty and improve educational quality. Under the direction of a strong PTA Central Council, they have broken the PTA stereotype. While they still carry on fund-raising activities and still present programs in the schools, the main task now is threefold: 1) They maintain an extremely strong lobby in the community for effective educational programming; 2) they provide funds for a wide variety of cultural arts programs ; and 3) they fund and operate a very effective after-school activities program. The activities program constitutes the desired liaison with the educational system and adds to educational quality. On a typical afternoon in an Orange elementary school, you might marvel at youthful grace in gymnastic drills, blink as you watch baton twirling in the hallways, smell the pungent aroma of wood being cut, watch a mass of clay forming on a potter's wheel, observe primary children hungrily making pizza, and see sticky-handed children slopping strips of papier m?ch? on formless hunks of paper and wire. As they create the products of their imagination, the sights and sounds of active children fill the school. The process is repeated each afternoon. These activities provide very desir able education alternatives. They also constitute a satisfying and self-reinforc ing antidote for the isolation of suburban Ufe. They are a medium in which children can socialize with each other and interact with adults in an informal setting. The activities were all started on a small scale, but have been expanded to all five elementary schools in Orange over a period of 12 years. In many cases, 80% of the students in each building are participating in upwards of 15 after-school offerings.


The absorption spectra of polyethylene terephthalate, polyethylene-D4 terephthalate and polyethylene terephthalate-D4 were investigated. From these spectra and those of other known compounds, assignments were made for most of the bands in the 2 to 15 micron region. The 13.7 μ band was shown to be due to the out-of-plane bending of the aromatic hydrogen. The bands in this region known to vary in intensity with crystalline/amorphous ratio of the polymer were shown to be present in the spectrum of ethylene dibenzoate and to behave in an analogous manner with changes of state. From a study of this model compound and other considerations, rotational isomerism was postulated as the origin of the variation in intensity of these bands. Carboxyl and hydroxyl endgroup bands were identified and used to determine polymer number-average molecular weight in good agreement with values obtained by osmotic pressure methods. A band arising from ether linkages (which are formed via dehydration during polymer synthesis) was identified.


(2) The proceeding was initiated as a result of a complaint lodged in March 2004 by Solvay Barium Strontium GmbH (the complainant), the sole producer of barium carbonate in the Community representing 100% of the Community production. The complaint contained evidence of dumping of the said product and of material injury resulting therefrom, which was considered sufficient to justify the initiation of a proceeding.


Waterborne UV curing wood coatings is prepared with waterborne UV acrylic ester resin and waterborne UV aliphatic polyurethane acrylic ester resin as binder.Tests prove that the coating properties are dramatically enhanced.The product has low odor,good hardness,better coating appearance and earlier application.It solves the technology difficulty in waterborne wood coatings and UV curing coatings during straying.


Nina Funnell is leading the public debate in Australia on the phenomenon of sexting. Her research, her insights, her conversations with young people, her willingness to share her knowledge with the wider public have led her to being the most authoritative source on this issue in the country. The TLN welcomes this opportunity to speak with Nina and report her views on sexting and young people.


Objective: The expression of Ki67, a proliferation marker, and p27, a cyclin dependent kinases(CDKs) inhibitor, has been studied in various human...


AN EXTRA year of on-the-job 'foundation training' should be offered to all newly qualified nurses, a group chaired by England's chief nursing officer Sarah Mullally has recommended.


Usage of handheld tool that used electricity is very wide. Tool like drill is
very useful for construction work. Drills that can punch on the hard surface make
that tool popular. However, usage of this tool every day will give badness for the
user. Therefore, the aim of this project is to identify the areas that produce high
vibration level. With suitable software, the area can be identified. The target area for
this project is on the rear handle of the drill. This is because that area is the main
holder for that tool. Controller would be applied in order to reduce the vibration on
that tool and make the tool become more stable. Then, the suggestion for
modification for the tool design would be suggested to make sure the users safety
and make it the lifetime for tool longer.


Palm oil has many advantageous properties that make it well suited for manufacturing and processing food products in Japan. Its principal uses are in making margarine and shortening, and for deep frying instant noodles, tempura, and snack foods. Palm oil now enjoys a 22% share of all oils and fats used in preparing these foods. In addition, palm oil fractions such as palm olein, palm stearin, and palm midfraction are used increasingly in a variety of other food products, ranging from vegetable ghee and hard butter to chocolate and ice cream. According to official statistics, palm oil consumption in Japan has now increased to around 320,000 tons per year, and the indications are that its use in the food industry will continue to increase despite the fact that liquid oils remain the major oils in domestic cooking.


Contents: 1. Introduction to the Governance of Home Care 2. Analysing Home Care Governance: Bringing Together Different Conceptual Perspectives 3. Contexts of Governing Home Care: Ideas and Institutions 4. Governing Formal Care Services: Between Integration and Fragmentation 5. Integrating Informal Care Provision 6. Care Workers: Defining the Boundaries of Occupational Territories 7. Care Users: Between Citizens and Consumers 8. Home Care Governance: Mapping out Convergences and Divergences Bibliography


Machining studies were performed on Rene 41 solution treated to 321 BHN, Rene 41 aged to 365 BHN, and D6AC steel quenched and tempered to 56 R/sub c/ and 58 R/sub c/. The investigation consisted of drilling tests on the Rene 41 alloy and turning, drilling and end milling tests on the D6AC steel. (auth)


El Sito del Plomo is an interesting and timely film. Hugo De Burgos brings together, in a sensitive and thoughtful way, a variety of ethnographic, scientific and historical data to address the tragic circumstances surrounding lead poisoning in a small community in El Salvador. The community, Sitio del Niño, was exposed for years to lead contamination from a nearby car battery recycling plant (La Record). The film documents the efforts, often unsuccessful, of community members to have both the contamination and its health effects recognized by the company, local medical professionals and political leaders. We see and hear individuals affected by lead poisoning tell their stories, describe the effects of lead poisoning on the community and struggle with fears about their future well-being, as well as that of their children. One woman, for example, discusses her daughter's condition in this way:


The time response pattern of nicotine and the nicotine analogue 3-pyrrolidino-methylpyridine (W-16) on the noradrenaline (NA) content of heart, spleen, kidney and liver was studied following intraperitoneal administration in rats. It was found that both compounds produced a transient but significant decrease. Nicotine produced an effect that was visible within 5 min with the NA content returning to control levels in 60–180 min. Although quantitatively different, W-16 produced an effect qualitatively similar to nicotine. The effect of nicotine and several nicotine analogues on the 24-hour urinary excretion of catecholamines was also studied in rats. Three out of four analogues investigated produced a slight increase in the excretion of adrenaline (A) and NA at high dose levels (5–10 mg/kg). At a dose of 1 mg/kg, nicotine produced a significant increase in the 24 hour urinary excretion of A but not NA.