Example: I. If 4 pounds per acre of active ingredient are recommended and if an 80 percent wettable powder is purchased, 4 lb./A X 100% = 5 lb. of the 80% 80% product is required Mix the 5 lb. of 80 percent product in 30 to 40 gallons of water to spray I acre. 2. If 6 lb./A active ingredient is recommended and if a 4 pound-per-gallon liquid is purchased, 6 lb./A active ingredient = 1.5 gal. of product 4 lb./gal. product is required. Mix the 1.5 gallons of product in 30 to 40 gallons of water to spray I acre overall. 3. In some instances, only narrow bands are sprayed over the rows, leaving the furrows un· treated. When this is done, treatment is in terms of the area treated and not in terms of per acre of actual crop. In a vegetable crop with 40-inch rows, if a lO-inch band over the rows is treated at the same rate of active ingredient and the same product is purchased as in Example 2, the mixture of 1.5 gallons of product in 30 to 40 gallons of water will treat 4 acres of vegetables. However, only onefourth of each acre is sprayed. When purchasing herbicides, consider the exact area to be treated. A sprayer pump should have enough capacity to supply all the nozzels plus 3 gallons per minute for by-pass agitation of each 50 gallons of mixture. The agitation of suspended wettable powders and oil-water emulsions is necessary. The sprayer should be calibrated after each 10 hours of operation or whenever there is a change in the calibration variables. Wettable powders cause more wear of nozzels and pumps than liquids. For information on calibration of sprayer, see L-764, Pesticide Application Ground Equipment Calibration Guide.


Reaction of methyl 2,3,4-tri-O-acetyl-1-O-(trichloroacetimidoyl)-α-D-glucopyranuronate with 3′-deoxy-3′-fluorothymidine in the presence of trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate gave (2R,3R,4S,5S,6S)-2-(((2R,3S,5R)-3-fluoro-5-(5-methyl-2,4-dioxo-3,4-dihydropyrimidin-1(2H)-yl)tetrahydrofuran-2-yl)methoxy)-6-(methoxycarbonyl)tetrahydro-2H-pyran-3,4,5-triyl triacetate, which was hydrolysed to 3′-deoxy-3′-fluorothymidine-5′-glucuronide. Analysis of this reference standard by high performance liquid chromatography enabled the identification of [18F]3′-deoxy-3′-fluorothymidine-5′-glucuronide in blood samples from six human patients who had been administered [18F]3′-deoxy-3′-fluorothymidine.


Double K-joints (called KK-joints hereafter) sustain anti-symmetrical load when trusses are under horizontal loads acting perpendicular to their spanning direction. Although ten unstiffened CHS KK-joint specimens under anti-symmetrical loads were tested by Makino et al. (1993 and 1994), more data is needed to fully understand their ultimate behavior as well as to derive an ultimate capacity formula. In this study, F.E. analyses were performed to fill the gap in the data. From the test and the analysis results, it can be seen that the ultimate capacities of the joints are governed by local deflection of the chord walls followed by crack extension along the weld toes. Positions where cracks initiate are divided into two large groups depending on the transverse gap length between the both braces on the chord wall. An ultimate capacity formula was proposed based on both tests and F.E. analysis results. This formula is a simple extension of an existing formula for uni-planar K-joints.


Low grip strength in later life, a marker of sarcopenia, is an established risk factor for subsequent disability, morbidity and mortality. The principal determinants of low grip strength have been established as: older age; shorter stature; low physical activity; poor nutrition; socioeconomic disadvantage and comorbidity. Little is known about risk factors for accelerated loss of grip strength in later life. We investigated determinants of level and loss of grip strength using data from 1650 men and 2053 women (aged 50 to 89 years), who had grip strength measured at waves 2, 4 and 6 of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Loss of grip strength was characterised using a residual multilevel-modelling approach and analysed for men and women combined in relation to participant characteristics. Older age, shorter stature, physical inactivity and comorbidity were associated with lower level, and accelerated loss, of grip strength (p≤0.001 for all associations). Lower levels of physical activity, household wealth (p<0.001) and never having married (p=0.02) were all associated with lower level of grip strength, but not with rate of loss. Our data suggest that peak muscle strength and the rate of involutional muscle weakness contribute in approximately equivalent proportion to the muscle strength of older people (75–89 years). Our results further suggest that each of these components may have different determinants during growth and older age. Further research is required to replicate our results and to inform development of interventions to promote maintenance and prevent loss of muscle strength in later life.


In this paper,taking the Permian stratum of the north Sichuan Basin as an example,combining the analysis method of sequence stratigraphy with the analysis method of wave processes,the quantized method that studies the imperfection of sedimentary record by using the analysis method of wave processes has been put forward.This method can describe quantificationally heave motion accurately during the course of basin evolution and can renew the course of sediment-denude without record in stratum and then analyse quantificationally the course of sediment-denude,calculate the erosion amount of discontinuity,and understand their distribution law of space-time.At the same time,a set of basal and important figures have been worked out,for example,the space distribution diagram of main unconformity,the contour diagram showing denuded amount,the contour diagram showing original ply,the denuded amount distribution diagram of structures of in different epoch.All of these figures are based on many actual drilled wells and the analysis of wave processes of manmade wells and the interpretation of seismic sections.The above analysis gives the basis of further study of basin systemic analysis and basin simulation,and also can specify the variety law of reservoir bed,centre of sedimentation,capping bed,source bed in space-time combined with the study of sedimentary facies and the analysis of tectonic style.The heave wave process of sedimentary basin directly influences buried history,heat history,create and blowout hydrocarbon history of basin.So,the analysis of wave processes can not only correctly set up the geological model of basin evolution,but also correctly recognize the law of the form and distribution of hydrocarbon,then instruct the exploration of oil gas effectively.


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PUJADAS, A., A. LORA & M.B. CRESPO (1997). Orobanche tunetana G. Beck (Orobanchaceae), a new species for the European continent. Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 55(2): 277-283 (in Spanish). The presence of Orobanche tunetana G. Beck in the south-eastern part of the Iberian Peninsula is noted. An original ilhistrabon, the chorology and the description of the Iberian specimens are given. The differences are also analysed between this species and O. caesia Rchb.. with which it shows certain similarities.


A study of the judicial process as revealed in the opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States relating to enforcement of the guarantees of the Bill of Rights against the states must deal largely with recent decisions. The first such enforcement of any of the First Amendment freedoms did not occur until 1927,' when the Fourteenth Amendment was well into its sixth decade. As late as 1922 the Court still said that "the Constitution of the United States imposes upon the states no obligation to confer upon those within their jurisdiction . the right of free speech . . . neither the 14th Amendment nor any other provision of the Constitution of the United States imposes upon the states any restriction about 'freedom of speech.'" 2 The field presents questions of the highest constitutional importance, dealing simultaneously with the relation of government to the individual and with the relation of national power to state power under our federal system, from each of which opposing considerations are drawn and placed in conflict. The struggle is an ancient one, whose intensity has increased as a rising tide of liberty has at last submerged and swept away many long-impregnable battlements of state power to deny individual rights and freedoms, and is now surging-with only short remissions-around those which still remain. The struggle with respect to the rights of the accused in criminal prosecutions has been surveyed elsewhere. 8 The sections following deal chiefly with the First Amendment freedoms.


This paper describes our on-going efforts to develop an augmented reality system for enhanced pilot situational awareness in airport runways and taxiways. The system consists of a sensing component based on computer vision and an information component based on high-fidelity graphic model databases. Vision algorithms are used for a variety of guidance and warning tasks. A necessary requirement is for vision algorithms to have a real-time response.


Objectives:To understand the service status of medical waste destroying apparatus in grass-roots hospitals,to explore the pollution factors in destroying process,and to propose protective countermeasures.Methods:We investigated and analyzed destroying apparatus in grass-roots medical units.Results:With the increased using frequency of the scissors,the pollution status became serious.If the scissors used for 50 times and the scissors' handles were placed by suspension means,the average colony counts were as high as 1007cfu /cm 2.If the bracket was vertically placed,the average colony counts were 482 cfu /cm 2.The main reason of pollution was scissors placement way.Conclusion:Destroying scissors bracket vertical placement can significantly reduce the pollution degree,protect the operators' hands and the surroundings,and reduce cross infection rates.


In this paper,phase transformation kinetics and thermal analysis kinetics as well as thin-layer drying model were simply introduced and compared. Applicability probability of isothermal phase transformation kinetics and isothermal analysis kinetics in the study of isothermal drying kinetics was discussed.


Myoclonus can present as a secondary movement disorder to various conditions such as hypoxia or metabolic disorders including renal failure. Rhabdomyolysis is not infrequently complicated with renal failure and myoclonus. In this case, myoclonus is diagnosed as a secondary manifestation of renal failure. Herein, we report a patient presenting with rhabdomyolysis and myoclonus without renal failure.


The international agenda on water resources development reflects societal needs, political agendas, economic realities and the state of resources. The industrial revolution, which start‐ ed in the 18th century, brought social and economic prosperity but also marked a major shift in humanity's impact on the earth's systems. This shift is now referred to as the Anthropo‐ cene [1], where humans have brought such vast and unprecedented changes to the planet that this era represents a new geological time interval [2]. Societal needs have shifted since the 1940s from a need for modest food production to a need for increased agricultural pro‐ ductivity that has been met by high yield crops, the use of pesticides, the application of fer‐ tiliser and advanced agricultural techniques. This development has averted food shortages, but has also resulted in humanity having to pay a heavy price in terms of increased water use and energy consumption, as well as environmental degradation [3].


Characteristics of Qualitative Language The scenario I described (based on my art teaching and supervision experience) illustrates my belief that teaching and learning in art is mediated to a large extent and enhanced by language's qualitative characteristics. A key feature of qualitative language is the use of adjectives, verbs, and adverbs that reflect the visual qualities of works of art. This is a simple, but not trivial, refinement of previous studies1 proposing various theories and methods to guide students' responses to works of art, usually referred to as art criticism instructions. I use the term art in this context in a broader sense, including works found in museums and galleries as well as objects, events, and sites of visual culture such as advertising, shopping malls, and theme parks. "Qualitative," therefore, applies to traditional works of fine arts and what Chapman (2004) refers to as "massarts." Qualitative language also includes the use of metaphors, similes, and analogies. These are figures of speech in which two essentially dissimilar entities are compared. They are valuable means whereby teachers can help students think about possible relationships between qualities in their daily lives and qualities in works of art. For example, a teacher responds2 to students' artworks in these ways:


The techniques of scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis, and dark-field transmission electron microscopy were combined to study the phase stability of CdF2-LiF-AlF3-PbF2 glasses. The selected compositions, presumed to be exceptionally stable, exhibited a liquid-liquid immiscibility phase transition; this led to the formation of two amorphous phases consisting of a matrix near the original glass composition and an isolated spherical phase which was richer in CdF2 and poorer in PbF2 than the matrix. Subsequent secondary-phase separation and crystallization were observed following heat treatments near the glass transition temperature.


An experimental investigation of the heat transfer crisis in rod bundles with a capped bottom is carried out. The heat transfer crisis under these conditions is shown to be due to the hydrodynamic crisis of «flooding» of the upper heated section by the counter-current flows of steam and water


The effects of pentosanase were studied on the bread making quality and water extractable arabinoxylan (WEAX) of doughs at three levels of addition (0,60 μg/g,120 μg/g). The enzyme increased the bread volume, and the overall bread quality was the best at the optimal level of addition (60 μg/g). The amount of soluble pentosan of the doughs apparently increased with added enzyme, and was similar at the optimal and excessive levels of enzyme addition (120 μg/g), but the WEAX from the latter doughs was degraded to a greater degree. The amount of soluble pentosan of control doughs was a little more than that of the flour, and WEAX from control doughs was partly degraded. Its average molecular weight was higher than that of the WEAX from the enzyme treated doughs. The improvement effect of pentosanase on bread quality at the optimal level of addition therefore appeared to be related to the amount and size of WEAX.


During the last several years special attention has been paid to the role of the human element in shipping. The question "How to make the ship crew management more effective and efficient" is in the very centre of the discussions. The most popular answer is to make this small group, the crew, behave as a team. Not disparaging this approach, the paper aims to present some good management tools that can help to improve the ships' crew performance. The paper is focused on the specific area of reducing the negative effects of the cultural shock in multicultural environment. The general thesis is that there are some management tools that work and bring for predetermined results in the specific sphere of crew management. Currently, there is an indisputably imposed thesis that the ship is a complex technical facility which is a "man-machine system", generally determined as an "aggregate of operators and technical means used in labour activity" (Topalov, 2015). The correct implementation of the systemic approach requires consideration of the environment for functioning of that system. Assuming that the environment is not purely physical and expanding the approach, we shall inevitably reach the model representing the system as an inter-related aggregate of:


This study compares the relative accuracy of diameters measured with the caliper, the diameter tape, and the electronic tree measuring fork (ETMF) Tally BoyMC with and without reflector. The time required for the measure and the data entry of diameters to computer for each instrument was also evaluated. Significant differences in mean DBH (diameter outside bark at breast height — 1.3 m above ground) generally occurred among instruments. Nevertheless, even if these differences were significant, they were less than 1 cm for five of the six species tested. For white pine (Pinus strobus L.), however, the use of the ETMF without reflector led to an important overestimation of the DBH in comparison to the caliper, the diameter tape and the ETMF with reflector. The typical fissured bark observed on white pines could probably explain that overestimation. For all species, the addition of the reflector to the ETMF decreased the differences among instruments. The measures taken with the diameter tape were slightly l...


For much of the last decade it was clear that the commercial operations of the government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were creating an increasing systemic financial risk. That risk was compounded by the fact that the Japanese and Chinese central banks were acting as cheap creditors. The Bush administration and some Republicans in Congress made efforts from 2001 to create a tougher regulatory framework for Fannie and Freddie. Fannie and Freddie were able to defeat these attempts to constrain their operations by a four-fold political strategy involving campaign contributions to members of Congress, a vast lobbying apparatus, the cultivation of a political language around affordable housing for minorities, and abusing and smearing their regulator. Since Japan and China understood that the US government would have to assume Fannie and Freddie's liabilities in a crisis they had no incentive to expose the political fiction that it would not.


The utility model discloses a testing device for a motor. The testing device comprises a fixed shaft sleeve and at least two fixed blades and adjusting blades. A motor shaft insertion hole is formed at the center of the fixed shaft sleeve; at least two fixed blades are arranged on the fixed shaft sleeve and circumferentially and uniformly distributed along the motor shaft insertion hole; the adjusting blades are arranged on the fixed shaft sleeve or the fixed blades and respectively and correspondingly superposed with the fixed blades; and the adjusting blades can move relatively to the fixed blades. The testing device for the motor is simple in structure, is convenient to use and is practical as for testing occasions with low requirements.


The intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) modulation plays a key role in the regulation of cellular growth and survival in normal cells and failure of [Ca2+]i homeostasis is involved in tumor initiation and progression. Here we show that inhibition of Furin by its naturally occurring inhibitor the prodomain ppFurin in the MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells resulted in enhanced SOCE through TRPC6 activation that associated reduced cells malignant phenotype. Expression of ppFurin in a stable manner in MDA-MB-231 and the melanoma MDA-MB-435 cell lines inhibits Furin activity as assessed by in vitro digestion assays. Accordingly, cell transfection experiments, revealed that the ppFurin-expressing cells are unable to process adequately the PC substrates proVEGF-C and proIGF-1R. Compared to MDA-MB-435 cells, expression of ppFurin in MDA-MB-231 significantly induces Ca2+ entry which is impaired by silencing of TRPC6 expression. Analysis of TRPC6 activation revealed its up-regulated tyrosine phosphorylation in ppFurin-expressing MDA-MB-231 cells. The expression of ppFurin in MDA-MB-231 cells reduced their viability and ability to migrate and enhanced their sensitization to the apoptosis inducer hydrogen peroxide. These findings suggest that Furin inhibition by ppFurin may be a useful strategy to interfere with Ca2+ mobilization leading to breast cancer cells malignant phenotype repression and reduction of their resistance to treatments.


Inflammatory immune activation is observed in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). LPS translocated from the intestine into circulation during episodes of decompensation can modulate the activation of immunocompetent cells in patients with CHF. The expression of transcriptional nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-κB) in patients with CHF was significantly highest than control subject. Subsequently in vitro stimulation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) did not induce NF-κB nuclear translocation in cells from patients with CHF with NYHA II-IV as compared to the cells from healthy patients with LPS induction. This phenomenon of "LPS- tolerance" or "deactivation" can explain the endotoxin hypothesis, which suggests that bacterial translocation through the oedematous gut wall with subsequent release of endotoxin may pose the relevant stimulus to trigger NF-κB system.


The criticality of maintaining a complete degree of secrecy for any critical infrastructure based communication is a must. The seriousness of the requirement ensures success in terms of financial and competitive gains. Such critical infrastructure can be closely related to the one used by the armed forces for their operational objectives. Defense forces of developed country are more rapidly moving towards a unified solution that will take care of the network and the communication security, thus ensuring interoperable modules between different plethora of equipment. However the same solution may not be apt for armies of developing countries. These developing countries use equipment whose profile are spread over decades of manufacturing. In addition, the countries in which communication and network devices have been developed are different with varied optimum operational parameters. Whereas a complete overhaul of network and communication equipment, aligning to all modern security standards is desired, the same may not be feasible for the economics of developing countries. This paper tries to analyze the network and communication security requirements of a critical infrastructure, as in case of armed forces, of a developing country. We also bring out the possible recommendations under the economic and vintage equipment profile constraints.


System temporal response in passively phased fiber amplifier arrays dictates how fast a passively phased system can correct for phase fluctuations due to thermal and mechanical effects. The system response time was measured by employing a variable-speed mechanical chopper in the feedback loop of a passively phased system then measuring the on-axis output intensity of the system as a function of time. Observed relaxation oscillations are compared to theory. The system response time was measured to be about 20 μsec. We also find that passive phasing improved the system's beam stability and extraction efficiency.


Highly textured undoped (pure) and Al doped ZnO nanocrystalline thin films prepared by ultrasonic atomization and pyrolysis method are reported in this paper. ZnCl2 water solution was converted into fine mist by ultrasonic atomizer (Gapusol 9001 RBI Meylan, France). The mist was pyrolyzed on the glass substrates in horizontal quartz reactor placed in furnace. The Structural and microstructural properties of the films were characterized by X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD), Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). FESEM and TEM analysis revealed that the ZnO thin films prepared were porous monodisperse and nanocrystalline in nature, with average particle size of 15 nm. The optical properties of thin films were characterized by UV-Visible and Photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. The films were cut in typical size and electrical contactswere made using silver paste and copper wires. The thin film based sensors so prepared were tested on exposing the simulants of chemical warfare agent (CWA) like: DMMP, CEES and CEPS. Sensors showed better response to DMMP (a simulant of sarin gas) as compared with its responses to CEES and CEPS. Al (1 at%) doped ZnO thin film based sensor showed highest response to DMMP (2 ppm). The simulant response, selectivity and response-recovery time of the sensors were measured and presented. The role of Al dopant in ZnO to enhance DMMP response is discussed.


This article aims to analyse Fr André Scrima's interpretation of the resurrection of Lazarus in his commentary on the Gospel of John and in a homily dedicated to the miracle that Christ performed at Bethany. The texts we take into consideration are particularly relevant for a Christian reflection on the relationship between God's word and human language. Scrima's hermeneutics is traditional as well as oriented to a modern audience. Speaking about Lazarus, he chooses to focus on three aspects of the divine language: compassion, truth, and restoration of man. Scrima's reflections illustrate a possible dialogue between the long and rich reception of the raising of Lazarus in the Christian tradition and the Lazarus motif in modern culture.


Among children with epilepsy, to develop and evaluate a model to predict emergency department (ED) use, an indicator of poor disease control and/or poor access to care.


Land and forest management practices in developing countries have resulted in millions of hectares of degraded lands. This is caused by policy implementation unable to synergize between conservation-ecological goals, and the economic needs of farmer households. This study aims to showcase a model for bringing together economic and ecological interests more closely in line with one another. Furthermore, the study also presents an institutional structure of a program that could help to establish agroforestry-based land rehabilitation policies. The research employed includes a combination of Farming Income Analysis and Interpretative Structural Modeling Analysis. The results show that farming income, when employing agroforestry technology is higher than non-agroforestry approaches. Furthermore, agroforestry technology supports critical land rehabilitation and provides conditions for longer term sustainability. Therefore, a programmatic institutional approach is needed to support these dual goals. We identify that a programmatic approach would include: (1) applying conditions of an agroforestry system as a holistic structured unit, (2) improvement of farmer knowledge and skills, (3) increasing the role and capacity of relevant institutions, (4) improving coordination between sectors, (5) developing conservation agriculture systems, (6) improving bureaucratic support systems, and (7) strengthening control and supervision functions. These elements imply that implementation of agroforestry technology requires institutional support in designing policy for critical land rehabilitation, of which would have significant economic and ecological outcomes on critical lands.


The thermal reliability of lead-free solder joints between ceramic substrates and FR4 printed circuit boards (PCBs) is a major concern when designing ceramic ball grid arrays (CBGAs), particularly for thicker or larger substrates, since their CTE is much smaller than that of PCB. In order to achieve high reliability for critical applications, polymer core solder balls (PCSBs) are a promising solution. PCSBs enable high reliability without the need for other materials such as underfill resin or modification of package design to ensure reliability. In this study, the characteristics of PCSBs were evaluated using a variety of techniques in order to assess their adaptability to CBGA applications. The solder joint condition and the presence of intermetallic compounds (DVICs) were investigated, and the board-level reliability and electrical performance were compared to those of conventional SAC305 solid solder balls. Thermal cycling tests from -40 to +125 °C were carried out using an alumina CBGA with a 25 × 25 mm2 package size and a 1.0 mm ball pitch. As a result of a larger solder bump height and a finer IMC microstructure, PCSBs exhibited a board-level reliability more than three times higher than that for SAC305 solder balls. PCSBs also exhibited stable electrical performance, with a similar initial resistance to that for SAC305 solder balls. Electromigration tests were carried out at a temperature of 150 °C and a current of 1.8 A, and lifetimes of more than 700 hours were found for both types of solder balls. The PCSB failure mode was fatigue cracking in the solder at the interface with DVICs on the ceramic side, which is similar to the case for SAC305. The use of PCSBs in large-sized HITCE CBGAs was also investigated to assess their potential for increasing the demand for larger package applications.


A novel multi resonant ZVS high frequency power converter (N MR-ZVS HF-PC) for low load resistance is developed. The high amplitude of the load current with suppressed switching current of the power converter ensures high efficiency of power conversion. The N MR-ZVS HF-PC is composed of only two passive circuit components of Cs and Cp except of Lo and Ro of load equivalent circuit for induction heating. The principle of ZVS operation of the N MR-ZVS HF-PC based on the multi resonant technology is elucidated. The new circuit topology that the current ratio of Ar of maximum load current and maximum switch current is defined only by capacitance ratio of Cp/Cs and is no relation to load condition of Lo, Ro and output frequency of fo is introduced. The ZVS operation region with variable output power in pulse frequency modulation (PFM) is numerically analyzed. The high efficiency operation of the N MR-ZVS HF-PC is verified by experiments


When using water quality models for creating TMDL implementation strategies and allocations, bottlenecks often exist because planning expertise resides with one group of people, while modeling expertise resides with another. Water quality models generally require the user to have a large amount of modeling experience, or they sacrifice robustness for ease of use. The Chesapeake Online Assessment Support Tool (COAST), a web-based, multi-user watershed model scenario generator, model output visualization, and analysis application has been created to facilitate the use of the Phase 5 version of the Chesapeake Bay watershed model. This application includes a flexible web-GIS-based interface that acts as a front end to the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Model, allowing the user to vary Best Management Practices (BMP), land use, livestock population, and cropping systems. Multiple scenarios may be generated and saved in order to identify the most practicable strategy, identify potential milestones, and to estimate the impacts of on-going implementation progress. A robust reporting module facilitates the visualization of model inputs and outputs. The web-based, thin client application framework allows a much broader level of expertise to participate in the process, as well as assuring that the most up to date data and functionality is in the hands of the end users. User logins and permissions facilitate collaboration, and insure that appropriate individuals make input changes. The system is designed in 100% Open Source software, and requires no special end user software other than a web browser and internet connection.


the question of whether these new endemic foci have become truly established recently or have remained unno-ticed because of underdiagnosis. Although the northern spread of TBEV due to climate changes has been predicted (8), other factors such as rates of contact between ticks and humans, abundance of ticks, and their amplifying hosts may play a role in TBE epidemiology. Further monitoring of the TBE situation in Norway both in patients and nature is needed to establish guidelines for preventive measures and vaccination programs in TBE-endemic areas. We report the first genome detection and characterization of TBEV from persons with TBE in Norway and Denmark. Our results showed that the Norwegian and Danish strains clustered with earlier reported strains of the TBEV-Eu subtype. Dr Skarpaas is a medical microbiologist. Her research interests include infectious diseases and microbiology, especially tick-borne infections. and antigenic studies of a Norwegian virus isolated from encephalomyelitic sheep confirm the existence of louping ill virus outside Great Britain and Ireland. Densities of the tick (Ixodes ricinus) and coexistence of the louping ill virus and tick borne encephalitis virus on the island of Bornholm [article in Danish]. Fragile transmission cycles of tick-borne encephalitis virus may be disrupted by predicted climate change. malaria Malaria, "bad air" in Italian, was blamed for the deaths of >1,000 workers digging the Erie Canal in 1819. Work on the canal continued in winter, when the swamp was frozen over (and, although the vector was not known at the time, mosquitoes were dormant). Malaria, caused by parasites of the genus Plasmodium and usually transmitted by the bite of infected Anopheles mosquitoes, is endemic in many warm regions. Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran discovered the protozoan cause of malaria in 1880. The Office of Malaria Control in War Areas, which was established in 1942 to control malaria and other vectorborne diseases in the southern United States, evolved into what is today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. e et ty ym mo ol lo og gi ia a


Part 1 Introducing knowledge management: what is knowledge management? where do we find knowledge in organizations? why manage knowledge? how do we manage knowledge? Part 2 The knowledge management process: planning and preparation organizational factors developing the business case the knowledge audit knowledge mapping implementation capturing knowledge classifying knowledge technology for storing and disseminating knowledge next steps pulling it all together roles in knowledge management links to knowledge management resources. Part 3 Tools and techniques: introduction to the toolkit will our current practices support knowledge management gaining agreement to proceed planning and conducting a knowledge audit planning the knowledge management project implementing knowledge management communication and training reviewing, action planning and next steps.


Abstract : The development of the dry process method, a new technique for fabricating divalent silver oxide (AgO) electrodes for use in zinc-silver oxide batteries, was accomplished at USAECOM and reported in AD-622 698. This report indicated that these electrodes were superior to the conventional electroformed ones in many respects such as cost, voltage regulation and discharge efficiency. Evidence was lacking, however, as to comparable mechanical strength, a strong point of the electroformed electrode and an important factor in reliability, particularly under missile environments. This report presents evidence of high mechanical strength of the dry process electrodes, sufficient for missile usage. It also presents data on an improvement in the dry process, the elimination of the sodium carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) binder, which could simplify production methods and thereby further reduce costs. (Author)


Overall Comments This paper has the possibility of being a good paper, with some considerable extra additional text and analysis. The science area being discussed is very topical and the authors seek to show a particle-bound water effect on the DustTrak instrument measurements compared to the dried TEOM data. Some specific areas which I think could improve the manuscript: Comment 1 1.Referencing The authors only cite 15 papers, despite there being a significant body of work now in this area. For example, Kingham et


FT-Raman spectroscopy was used to monitor the polymerization of acrylic acid in aqueous solution. A simple method to avoid the noise in the background during the signal processing via Fourier transformation was used in this work. The effects of the amount of initiator used on the polymerization are studied. When the amount of the initiator in the polymerization was increased, both the rate and extent of polymerization of acrylic acid will be increased.


A face recognition algorithm using multiple feature based on evidence reasoning(DSPCA) is presented.With the advantage of evidence reasoning on dealing with the uncertain and conflict information,the algorithm manages the uncertain information of faces because of illumination,circumgyrate and expression by fusion of several facial features.The algorithm is used to improve the result of recognition and the ability of recognizing the sort beyond the training sorts.The formula of constructing basic belief assignment is given.


Acknowledgments ix Introduction Lynne S. McNeill and Elizabeth Tucker 3 1 Early Studies Elizabeth Tucker 31 2 Legend Tripping in Ohio: A Behavioral Survey Bill Ellis 61 3 Adolescent Legend Trips as Teenage Cultural Response: A Study of Lore in Context Patricia M. Meley 72 4 Legend Trips and Satanism: Adolescents' Ostensive Traditions as "Cult" Activity Bill Ellis 94 5 Playing with Fear: Interpreting the Adolescent Legend Trip S. Elizabeth Bird 112 6 "Shame Old Roads Can't Talk": Narrative, Experience, and Belief in the Framing of Legend Trips as Performance Tim Prizer 129 7 Ostensive Healing: Pilgrimage to the San Antonio Ghost Tracks Carl Lindahl 153 8 Contemporary Ghost Hunting and the Relationship between Proof and Experience Lynne S. McNeill 178 9 "There's an App for That": Ghost Hunting with Smartphones Elizabeth Tucker 192 CO PY RI GH TE D MA TE RI AL


Summary Knowledge of seismic anisotropy is highly important for Otway site as it can improve the quality of seismic imaging and thus provide better 4D signal/noise ratio. The presence of anisotropy has already been reported at the Otway site. Comparison of geophone and DAS VSP data and its application for anisotropy analysis is presented in this article based on 3D VSP surveys acquired during Stage 2C of the Otway Project.


In order to solve the problem of residual magnetism measurement of the transformer, and make the estimation of the core flux in the idle state of the transformer is made to have engineering practicability, the magnetic flux in the transformer core should be correlated with the current amplitude and the phase angle at the moment of the transformer in the non-operating state. In this paper, the change law of the residual magnetism of the transformer is verified by the dynamic simulation experiment. And a scheme for measuring the residual magnetism by using the first peak current of the magnetizing inrush current is proposed. The scheme combines the DC magnetic flux curve and the peak magnetization curve to indirectly find the residual magnetism before the transformer is put into operation.


Middle School Physics Teaching Method is an important course for normal college students,which is to transfer teaching theory and cultivate teaching skills.How to combine the teaching of Middle School Physics Teaching Method with cultivation of middle school physics teachers' professional abilities is a key subject for normal college teachers.Based on the current situation of middle physics teaching,this paper has,through a structure analysis of middle school physics teachers' professional abilities,proposed the teaching method of knowledge and competence structure.


Deep-space missions present unique demands on spacecraft components. These include typically stringent size, weight, and power specifications, and designs must also often adhere to strict requirements for radiation, long mission life, and reliability. For flight RF/microwave systems, this translates in particular to design constraints on antennas, radios, and power amplifiers and how these systems are operated. This paper reviews recent accomplishments in RF/microwave system design on United States deep-space missions, and looks ahead to systems in development for upcoming missions.


The current study focuses on the numerical analysis of tip vortex flows, with the emphasis on the investigation of turbulence modelling effects on tip vortex prediction. The analysis includes comparison of RANS and LES methods at two different mesh resolutions. Implicit LES, ILES, modelling is employed here to mimic the turbulent viscosity. In RANS, the two equation k-ω SST model is adopted. In order to also address possible benefits of using streamline curvature variations in RANS, two curvature correction methods proposed for k-ω SST are tested, and compared. ILES results show very good agreement with the experimental observations. The predicted vortex in ILES is also stronger than RANS predictions. ILES has predicted accelerated vortex core axial velocity very well, while tested RANS models under predict the axial velocity. Adoption of curvature correction has not improved the tip vortex prediction, even though it has reduced the turbulent viscosity at the vortex core.


For the first time, the paper develops a new type of crack modeling method that allows describing them in environments of complex rheologies. It is based on a new universal modeling method previously published by the authors, used in boundary value problems for systems of partial differential equations. The advantage of the method is the possibility of avoiding the need to solve complex boundary value problems for systems of partial differential equations by replacing them with separate differential equations, among which the Helmholtz equations are the simplest. Namely, with the help of combinations of solutions of boundary value problems for this equation, it is possible to describe the behavior of complex solutions of multicomponent boundary value problems. In this paper, for the first time, the method is applied to a mixed boundary value problem for cracks of a new type. Cracks of a new type, complementing the Griffiths cracks, were discovered during the study of fractures of lithospheric plates that converge at the ends during oncoming traffic along the Conrad boundary. In the course of the study, Kirchhoff plates were adopted as models of lithospheric plates. The method developed in the published article is aimed at the possibility of describing models of approaching objects similar to lithospheric plates in the form of deformable plates of more complex rheologies. In particular, it can be thermoelectroelastic plates or other rheology. In the process of solving problems using Kirchhoff models for lithospheric plates, there was a problem of calculating some functionals that needed to be determined. This method demonstrates an approach that eliminates this drawback. The derivation of integral equations of cracks of a new type, the method of their solution and the approach to application in more complex rheologies is given.


A major challenge of ecological research is to assess the functional consequences of species richness loss over time and space in global biodiversity hotspots, where extinctions are happening at an unprecedented rate. In this study we propose a conceptual model that incorporates body size as a critical aspect of community responses to environmental change. The model was tested in biodiversity–ecosystem function experiments performed over two years in the Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazonian rain forest, one of the most speciose ecosystems on the planet. We set up a two-year exclosure removal experiment in which we manipulated access to resources by the whole community of dung beetles, depending on their size. Our results demonstrate, for the first time in an animal assemblage in a tropical ecosystem, that although species may appear functionally redundant under one set of environmental conditions, many species would be needed to maintain ecosystem functioning at multiple temporal and spatial scales.


A new fluorescent reagent, 9-(2-aminoanilino)-acridine (o-APAA) was synthesized by the reaction of 9-chloroacridine with o-diaminobenzene, and its structure identified by IR-spectrometry, ~1HNMR and elementary analysis. It was found that in a H_3PO_4-KH_2PO_4 buffer medium of pH 2.4, the fluorescence intensity of o-APAA at 257nm (λ_(ex)) is remarkably enhanced, and its emission wavelength is removed to 437nm, where the intensity of emission fluorescence is directly proportional to the concentration of BSA. Base on these facts, a method of fluorophotometric determination of BSA was proposed. Linearity was obtained in the range of 0~5.0mg of BSA per liter of solution. Detection limit of this method was found to be 0.015mg·L~(-1).


A modification of the NIOSH S-286 charcoal tube sampling method for ethylene oxide (ETO), by use of a 600 mg versus a 150 mg charcoal tube, was compared to a wet collection method for ETO employing a liquid medium sampler (L~S) containing 10 mJ_ of 0.1 N sulfuric acid and 10 mL of 3 mrn diameter glass beads. Four concentrations of ETO were generated, 1, 5, 10 and 35 ppm ETO, and ten samples were collected by each method at each concentration. The physical conditions during sampling were held constant at , 25% relative humidi (RH), and constant sampling flow rate. A mani=old system was used to deliver the controlled ETO gas concentration. An infrared analyzer was used to detect changes in ETO gas concentration


Abstract Lease hunting programs provide a strategy to address wildlife management on private land in a manner that provides economic compensation to landowners. This paper proposes a sociocultural framework for understanding low rates of participation in lease hunting programs by landowners. We suggest that the predominant emphasis on private property boundaries and the utilization of economic incentives inherent in lease hunting to promote wildlife management overlooks significant cultural and social dimensions of hunting and wildlife. Specifically, we examine lease hunting in relation to local land use, hunting as a sociocultural system, and the symbolic construction of the landscape.


This study aims to describe spatio-temporal patterns in bycatch and strandings of franciscanas, Pontoporia blainvillei, as well as of net settings of the coastal commercial gillnetting fleet operating off central and southern Rio Grande do Sul coast. This commercial gillneting fleet is responsible for high incidental takes of the species. A total of 690 net settings made by 23 fishing boats resulted in 136 bycatches from January 2002 to December 2003. For the same period 348 strandings were recorded. These data were plotted in georeferenced maps, split in 20x20km grids for each season. Despite some seasonal and year-to-year variation in preferential fishings areas, they are widely distributed in the inner continental shelf off central-southern Rio Grande do Sul. Nevertheless, the bycatch rate was higher between Chui and Albardao lighthouse (KW=13.958, gl=5, p=0.01). And there is a strong correlation between strandings and wind force (rs, r=-0,73; p<0,05).


The identification of the nature of dark matter is one of the most
important problems confronting particle physics. Current observational
constraints permit the mass of the dark matter to range from
10^{-22}10−22
eV - 10^{48}1048
GeV. Given the weak nature of these bounds and the ease with which dark
matter models can be constructed, it is clear that the problem can only
be solved experimentally. In these lectures, I discuss methods to
experimentally probe a wide range of dark matter candidates.


Abstract : Some results obtained from sloshing experiments with rigid model cylindrical tanks in translation, and having both flat and conical bottoms, are discussed and compared. On the basis of both total force and wall pressure distribution measurements, it is concluded that sloshing behavior in tanks with conical bottoms can be represented quite adequately by an 'equivalent' flat bottom (based on equal liquid volumes). (Author)


There is consequently changing to college library in aspect of position and along with development of network proceeding and higher educational reform.It is inexorable trend to improve and complement the function of library in higher education.


The workshop "Milestone in Computer Algebra 2016 (MICA 2016)" was in-cooperation of ACM and hosted by David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo. The MICA 2016 took place from July 16 till 18, which was right before the annual premier computer algebra conference ISSAC 2016, also hosted in Waterloo by the nearby Wilfrid Laurier University from July 19 till 22.


This review focuses on the detection and identification of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) both from primary microbiological (enrichment) cultures and clinical materials. The current gold standard method to identify S. aureus from cultures is the AccuProbe Staphylococcus aureus Culture Identification Test (Gen-Probe). A major problem in classical MRSA diagnosis is the variable phenotypic expression of the mecA gene-dependent methicillin resistance. With the availability of complete inventories of putative virulence genes, based on whole-genome comparisons, the possibilities for targeted diagnosis will increase in the future. The Velogene Rapid MRSA identification assay is based on a chimeric probe targeting the mecA gene. Pooling of clinical swabs and process automation will reduce the costs in the future. It needs to be emphasized that in principle the issues covered in this review can be extrapolated to species and isolates of each and every other antibiotic-resistant microbial infectious disease agent including, for instance, vancomycin-resistant enterococci. Molecular technology has changed the horizon, and for Chlamydia trachomatis, for instance, molecular detection already is the gold standard technology. That molecular testing will also revolutionize MRSA detection is obvious. It remains to be seen which of the many currently available technologies will in the end be the one that is collectively embraced by the majority of clinical microbiologists.


A multimedia lecture "Representations of Solar Deities in Global Mythologies" provides for an English demonstration of celestial deities in global mythologies as a reflection of power and solar adoration. A special presentational emphasis is laid on a historical reconstruction of celestial deities' depictions ever since the Neolithic and the "solar barge, " the Mesopotamian Bronze Age (Shamash), and the Germanic mythology, up to the Ancient Greek Helios or the Roman god of Apollo. Partially, the lecture is directed to a representation of Sun by the Aztecs, in ancient China, India, and Egypt, ending with the Judeo-Christian cultural spheres.


The invention discloses a distributed solar light-heat mirror field for equilibrium power generation, which comprises a mirror field distributed in a north area and a condensation tower distributed in a south area. The mirror field comprises an east mirror field and a west mirror field, the east mirror field is located in the northeast direction of the condensation tower, the west mirror field is located in the northwest direction of the condensation tower, both the east mirror field and the west mirror field comprise a plurality of reflecting mirrors, reflecting periods of most of the reflecting mirrors in the east mirror field and the west mirror field are arranged in staggered mode, and two or a plurality of reflecting peaks are formed by the mirror field in one-day illumination time so as to enable the condensation tower to form two or a plurality of photothermal conversion peaks in one day to prolong heat utilization time. By means of appropriate design and layout of sun reflecting mirror array distribution, the distributed solar light-heat mirror field for the equilibrium power generation enables power generation amount to be stable and even relatively along with time, can lowers the photothermal conversion peaks reasonably to prolong the heat utilization time, enables operating time of a generator unit to be prolonged accordingly, leads power generation amount to be even, and omits a certain amount of heat storage devices.


Agitation with small glass beads causes a mechanically induced rupture of microorganisms. A number of means for agitating mixtures of beads and suspensions of organisms have been described (Curran and Evans, 1942; Mickle, 1948; Lamanna and Mallette, 1954). However, since no reports seem to exist on the possible effectiveness of pumping mechanisms for imparting motion to suspensions of glass beads and microorganisms, it is our purpose to report our efforts. The term pumping is used herein in the sense of transmission of energy to a fluid or slurry by pressure (compression or suction). An inherent theoretical advantage of a pumping device is the ability to move fluids within a completely filled closed system without foaminig and the danger of creating an aerosol of potentially dangerous organisms.


The invention relates to a method for preparing Mg2Si/Mg composites by recovered silicon powder, which is characterized by including steps of drying a crucible required by experiment into a drying oven, adding magnesium alloy into a pit furnace for heating, injecting SF6+CO2 mixed protection gas and heating to the temperature ranging from 750 DEG C to 1100 DEG C for 1 to 3 hours until the magnesium alloy is melted; adding industrial dust silicon powder with 70% to 75% of silicon dioxide into water, adding the silicon powder, which is 2.5-7.5wt% of the magnesium alloy and wrapped by aluminum foil, into the magnesium alloy melt, ; mixing so that the magnesium alloy and the silicon powder can be reacted sufficiently; modifying, cooling naturally, then pouring the melt to a preheated metal mold with the preheating temperature ranging from 100 DEG C to 400 DEG C. During the integral mixing and casting process, protection gas must be injected continuously, and accordingly the Mg2Si/Mg composites are prepared. The industrial dust silicon powder is used as a silicon source and in-situ chemical reaction of the magnesium and the silicon powder is realized by means of mixing and casting. Themethod for preparing Mg2Si/Mg composites is simple in process and low in preparation cost, and the prepared Mg2Si/Mg composites are excellent in performances.


This paper proposes a novel DC-bus voltage control technique for a connected-autonomous electric vehicle (CAEV) using a hybrid supercapacitor-battery energy storage system. The verification by simulation of the control system that manages the current flow from the supercapacitor by using a rule-based algorithm within a CAEV is described. A feedforward compensator is included within the control scheme to suppress DC-bus voltage excursions under highly variable driveline torque conditions. Furthermore, the proposed control system has been verified by the case of CAEV being subject to a real-world driving cycle and acceleration/deceleration modes in order to reflect realistic electric vehicle powertrain operations.


Access to transportation, particularly public transportation and paratransit options, is essential to working-age veterans with disability. This report explores the intersection among transportation, housing, and employment to successful veteran reintegration in New Jersey. The authors found that pursuit of transit-oriented development (TOD) for this population in suburban and urban settings is an excellent model. Next steps for implementation are presented.


The role of the measurement process in resolving the gauge ambiguity of the effective gravitational potential is reexamined. The motion of a classical point-like particle in the field of an arbitrary linear source, and in the field of another point-like particle is investigated. It is shown that in both cases the value of the gravitational field read off from the one-loop effective action of the testing particle depends on the Feynman weighting parameter. The found dependence is essential in that it persists in the expression for the gravitational potential. This result disproves the general conjecture about gauge independence of the effective equations of motion of classical point-like particles.


The detection of Gaussian signals with an unknown correlation coefficient rhos is considered. Solutions based on neural networks (NNs) are studied, and a strategy for designing committee machines in a composite hypothesis test is proposed. A single multilayer perceptron (MLP) has been trained with rhos uniformly varying in [0, 1]. Considering the decision boundaries for rhos = 0 and rhos = 1 and how an MLP approximates them, a detection scheme composed of two MLPs has been proposed. One of them MLP1 has been trained with rhos uniformly varying in [0, 0.5], and the other one MLP2 has been trained with rhos uniformly varying in [0.5, 1]. For making a decision, the higher output is compared to a threshold for each false-alarm probability (P FA). This strategy simplifies the task of finding a compromise solution between the computational cost and the approximation error and outperforms the single-MLP detector. When MLP1 is substituted with a radial basis function NN (RBFNN), a new combination strategy of the outputs is required. We propose separately thresholding the outputs and applying them to an or logic function. The performance of this detector is slightly better than the two-MLP one, and the computational cost is significantly reduced.


The purpose of this paper is to propose that the practice of meditation can be useful in the treatment of depression and other mental disorders in conjunction with psychodynamic and other kinds of psychotherapy. Meditation brings a behavioral and "practice" component to a process of change that relies heavily on cognitive awareness and insight. In traditional psychoanalysis as well as in psychodynamic psychotherapy, patients explore the meanings, both conscious and unconscious, of their feelings, thoughts and behaviors and consider possibilities that they have not typically utilized. The process entails the activity of an "observing ego" that can notice and comment on one's own behavior. Patients (or clients) try and learn about motivations driving their behavior with the generally unstated expectation that insight leads to change.


Abstract Several methods discussed by R. Chen (1969) were used for the calculation of the activation energies (E), frequency factors (s) and mean lifetimes of electrons in trap states at glow peak temperatures (Tm) and at room temperature (Tr) from thermoluminescence glow peaks in spinach chloroplasts and Euglena cells. Results are presented for E calculated independently, i.e. without any assumptions regarding the frequency factors which were determined subsequently using the activation energy values thus calculated. The most reliable values for E, s, r(Tm) and (Tr) for the well‐resolved glow peaks Z(118 K), I(236 K), II(261 K), III(283 K), IV(298 K) and V(321 K) are as follows:


Tijuana, as a border city, has been a meeting point for the arrival of thousands of men and women from the interior of the country in search of job opportuni...


A.viscosus was notisolated frompredentate infant samples, anditsfrequency ofisolation increased slowly withage(>50%detectionbyage 7).A.viscosus was isolated inhighest relative proportions from dental plaque andbuccal mucosa samples. Thetwoclosely related species A. viscosus andA.naeslundii apparently differ inrespect tofactors determining thehost ageatwhichtheycolonize andtheir relative intraoral distribution in humans.


Purpose – The aim of the study is to identify the emotions that arise over issues of control over organizational change, to explore why they occur and what their consequences are for the organizational member. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 24 people from different industries, organizations, hierarchical levels and functional departments were interviewed on their experiences of change and the emotional reactions they produced. Findings – Negative emotions were evoked when members sensed a lack of control, a loss of control or the possibilities of mismanaging control in an organizational change. Positive emotions were reported for those able to exert control over processes and outcomes. The metaphor of the rollercoaster effect of positive and negative emotions was specifically used by a number of participants, while several others referred to an associated metaphor, the grief cycle. Research limitations/implications – Participants were not asked what control over change they preferred, and dispos...


Populations of the giant scallop Placopecten magellanicus were collected from different water depths at several locations in Newfoundland. The major objective of this study was to determine whether growth and production differed between populations and, if so, whether such differences were attributable to food availability and temperature regimes. Population reproductive characteristics such as the annual cycle of gametogenesis, fecundity, reproductive effort, and reproductive cost were also measured to determine if they were directly influenced by environmental variables. -- Additional information was obtained by examining scallops from New Brunswick and New Jersey to determine whether growth and reproductive characteristics are altered by conditions such as temperature known to vary with latitude. Scallops grown in suspended culture provided an opportunity to study age related growth and reproduction in a population of Placopecten magellanicus introduced to a more favourable but somewhat artificial environment. -- More rapid shell growth rates greater somatic and gamete production, and higher reproductive effort values were recorded for populations growing under more favourable conditions of food and temperature associated with shallow water and suspended culture conditions. Clearance rates and metabolic rates were well correlated with seasonal changes in environmental variables. Estimates of reproductive cost suggested that populations P.magellanicus from Newfoundland are generally restrained in their reproductive patterns. - Local environmental conditions strongly influenced production estimates. This is especially important in any consideration of geographical trends in growth and reproductive characteristics, as the presence or absence of such trends appeared to depend on which characteristic was compared and the methodology used. Scallops from Newfoundland grew as fast as those collected from more southerly locations and were more productive especially when the apparent temperature advantage available to the latter populations was taken into account.


In drilling oil and gas wells, hole cleaning in deviated wells is more challenging in comparison with vertical wells due to boycott effect or eccentricity of drill pipe. Poor hole cleaning can result in problems such as borehole pack-off or excessive ECD. In these circumstances, increasing drill pipe rotation & flow rate and simultaneously using polymeric sweeps are common treatments to remove cuttings from the borehole, but these sweeps are incompetence in removing bulky high-density cuttings or metallic debris in milling operations. Also, in the condition of zero or low flow-rates, settling of particles in polymeric pills are high.
 In this paper, a specialized fibrous-type material (Fiber-1) for investigating hole cleaning effect of fibrous sweeps was used. The effectiveness of Fiber-1 in comparison with common polymeric pills (such as Xanthan gum and polyanionic cellulose) in different concentrations (1 to 3 lb/bbl) was investigated using rheological or cutting settlement tests. Mentioned tests were applied in synthetic well condition (2 hours rolling in 200°F).
 Hole cleaning fibers' main mechanism is forming a fiber network in the fluid that prevents cuttings to easily settle. The other mechanism that was observed in laboratory results, was an increment in rheological parameters such as Low Shear Viscosity (LSRV) and Yield Point (YP) that have a direct influence in cutting carrying capacity which this one is hardly mentioned in previous research works. For instance, results showed yield point was increased 25% when 2 lb/bbl Fiber-1 material was added to a common Xanthan gum pill. Also, readings in RPM 3 and RPM 6 (120°F) were increased by 17% and 18% respectively when 3 lb/bbl Fiber-1 material were added to common Xanthan gum pill. Also, the optimum concentration for having the maximum YP and LSRV (without getting any flocculation or settlement issues) was 2 lb/bbl. The invasion time for settling a metallic cutting in a pill containing 2 lb/bbl Fiber-1 was about ten times more than settling time in the common Xanthan gum pill.
 The main discussed issue in this paper is finding significant mechanisms of hole cleaning fibers and their merits in comparison with polymeric high-viscosity pills. Also, Fiber-1 as an environmentally friendly specialized fiber for reducing hole cleaning problems in challenging deviated holes were studied and was optimized for using in field applications.


Objective:To observe the larvicidal activity against mosquitoes with B.t.i cryIVD protein expressed in E.coli . Methods:Induced by IPTG and detection of larvicidal activity. Results:The engineered E.coli had larvicidal activity against Culex pipiens pallens and Ae.albopictus. Conclusion:The B.t.i cryIVD protein expressed in E.coli DH5 α alone showed larvicidal activity against mosquitoes.


Chemical surfactants are highly toxic to the environment so the Biosurfactants have paying attention by many scientists because of their low toxicity, biodegradability and ecological acceptability. In this study, biosurfactants from Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa have shown antimicrobial activity against several bacterial (Such as Escherichia coli, Salmonella sp., Shigella sp., Listeria sp., Vibrio sp., and Staphylococcus aureus) and fungal (Such as, Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus nidulans, Aspergillus fumigates and Candida albicans) pathogens. The emulsifications of biosurfactants were checked in various oils such as olive, coconut, sunflower and rice bran oils, the emulsification activity of biosurfactants. Pseudomonas aeruginosa had higher emulsification activity than Saccharomyces cerevisiae. While checking the sugar and lipid content in biosurfactants by phenol sulphuric acid method and vanillin reagent method, found high in Pseudomonas aeruginosa than Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The application of biosurfactants (Saccharomyces cerevisiae and P. aeruginosa) to the salad dressing showed sufficient emulsion stability against control which showed rapid separation of oil.


ABSTRACT This article reviews the literature on the qualities of the national president in the field of Korean disaster management by comparing current narrow disaster management and future-oriented inclusive disaster management. On the basis of qualitative description, the two disaster management approaches are examined through four variables: disaster management nomenclatures, human resources, disaster impacts, and the nationwide operational framework. An initial analytical framework is provided on how to approach the issue in Korea. The key tenet is that the president has to reform narrow management into inclusive disaster management by fully addressing both the negative and positive aspects of each variable with vision, bargaining capability, and public appeal as well as disaster typology, the four phases of disaster management lifetime, disaster response hierarchy, coordination, decision making, and others.


Map No. 1 (courtesy of South Texas Mapping Serv ice) show s the lo catio n of the Gabrysch Field and the lo catio n of the major faults in the area. The faults shown in green were active in Frio time and they are lo cated on the map where they cut the Basal Frio sand. They do not d isp lace the top of the Greta Sand. The faults shown in red were Miocene or Po st Miocene faults, and they are lo cated on the map where they cut the top of the Greta Sand.


with appropriate increases in productivity. Eastern and Southeastern Europe provided the new markets for the increased output. This chapter ends with'a brief review of the early history of the Berlin electrical and chemical industries. Baar stresses that the electrical trades benefited considerably from proximity to the seat of government during the early stages of development, since the military authorities were their main customers. In the case of the chemical industry, the demand for dyestuffs by the textile industry and the availability of skilled labor were decisive factors. Barr's chapter on the conditions of the working class is competent: his wage tables, the price indexes of important budget items, and a few indicators about the wage structure will be welcome material for many a researcher. The account of working class militancy is, however, rather dull. Similarly, the chapter on the social implications of the industrial revolution is workmanlike but heavyhanded. The making of Berlin's working class is analyzed in terms of in-migrants and declass6 craftsmen. While the scholarship brought to bear on this issue is competent, it fails to convey the excitement of the period that breathes through some of the contemporary writings (notably those of Dronke and Sass), upon which Baar bases his accounts. In his appraisal of the background and training of the early entrepreneurs, the limited perspective of Baar's approach is even more conspicuous. The engineer Schwarzkoff and industrialists like Borsig and Siemens were surely not just men of middleor lower middle-class background with technical expertise. They were symptomatic of the new vistas being opened up by industrialization for the latent talents of a well-educated but hitherto underemployed petty bourgeoisie. Similarly Rathenau, the head of the A.E.G. (Allegemeine Electricitats-Gesellschaft), was indeed the epitome of a well-trained technician plus businessman; but his achievement was also the symbol of what industrialization and the realization of full civil rights would allow German Jewry to accomplish in the next half century. It seems clear that this monograph has been in no way influenced by the more important writings on social history which have appeared in Western Europe and America during the past two decades—the work, for example, of Louis Chevalier, Adeline Daumard, Oscar Handlin, and Asa Briggs. It is more surprising, and of course most unfortunate, that in East Berlin the fine work done by English Marxists (Hobsbawm, Thompson, and Pollard, to mention only the three most distinguished) has failed to strike a responsive chord. But it would be unfair to be too critical: This is a worthwhile piece of research and economic historians should be grateful to the author.


Summary The rate of renin secretion was measured in six dogs with large aortic—caval fistulas and evidence of cardiac failure. At the time of the study, the dogs showed a decrease in mean femoral arterial pressure, increased mean right atrial pressure, marked sodium retention, edema and ascites. Renin secretion was measured by determining renal blood flow with an electromagnetic flowmeter and the renal venous–arterial difference in plasma renin activity. Renin secretion was elevated to 1978 ng angiotensin/min in the six dogs with an aortic—caval fistula and cardiac failure in comparison with a value of 607 ng angiotensin/min for seven normal dogs studied similarly (p < 0.01).


Several smart sensing garments have been proposed for postural and movement rehabilitation. Existing systems require a tight-fitting of the garment at body segments and precise sensor positioning. In this work, we analyzed errors of a loose-fitting sensing garment on the automatic recognition of 21 postures, relevant in shoulder and elbow-rehabilitation. The recognition performance of garment-attached acceleration sensors and additional skin-attached references was compared to discuss challenges in a garment-based classification of postures. The analysis was done with one fixed-size shirt worn by seven participants of varying body proportions. The classification accuracy using data from garment-integrated sensors was on average 13% lower compared to that of skin-attached reference sensors. This relation remained constant even after selecting an optimal input feature set. For garment-attached sensors, we observed that the loss in classification accuracy decreased, if the body dimension increased. Moreover, the alignment error of individual postures was analyzed, to identify movements and postures that are particularly affected by garment fitting aspects. Contrarily, we showed that 14 of the 21 rehabilitation-relevant postures result in a low sensor alignment error. We believe that these results indicate critical design aspects for the deployment of comfortable garments in movement rehabilitation and should be considered in garment and posture selection.


Abstract Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) based on immunoglobulins produced against Acremonium loliae mycelium has been shown to specifically detect the Acremonium species endophytes of both Lolium perenne and Festuca arundinacea. The major antigen is the polysaccharide moiety of a high molecular weight protein lipopolysaccharide complex which can be purified from culture filtrates. The polyacrylamide gel electrophoretic protein profiles of the soluble antigens from different grass endophytes are distinctive and have been used to differentiate endophyte isolates which are serologically indistinguishable.


Emission studies were carried out on clear-fueled and MMT-fueled 100,000-mile Escort vehicles from the Alliance study [SAE 2002-01-2894]. Alliance testing had revealed substantially higher emissions from the MMTfueled vehicle, and the present study involved swapping the engine cylinder heads, spark plugs, oxygen sensors, and catalysts between the two vehicles to identify the specific components responsible for the emissions increase. Within 90% confidence limits, all of the emissions differences between the MMTand Clearvehicles could be accounted for by the selected components. NMHC emission increases were primarily attributed to the effects of the MMT cylinder head and spark plugs on both engine-out and tailpipe emissions. CO emission increases were largely traced to the MMT cylinder head and its effect on tailpipe emissions. NOx emission increases were linked to the MMT catalyst. In addition to heavy deposits on the valves and spark plugs from the MMT vehicle, substantial deposits were also observed on the catalyst, with approximately 20% of the channels totally blocked.


What good (or bad) have computers brought to work of film editors? Tremendous time and financial savings, clarity of material, better soundwork... and necessary change in thinking style sometimes causes worse discipline, lack of mental focus and a few bad habits.
But what seemed as a probleme in the time of prehistoric nonlinear editing systems, now - after the cure of birth pangs, staggering improvements, price drop and the emergence of HD - changed primarily to the benefits. And because technical advances have enabled filmmakers diverse creative interventions, computers have brought many new for the viewers as well.


This paper makes two contributions to the modeling of addiction. First, we provide new and convincing evidence that smokers are forward looking in their smoking decisions, using state excise tax increases that have been legislatively enacted but are not yet e ective, and monthly data on consumption. Second, we develop a new model of addictive behavior that takes as its starting point the standard "rational addiction" model, but incorporates time inconsistent preferences. This model also exhibits forward looking behavior, but it has strikingly di erent normative implications; in this case optimal government policy should depend not only on the externalities that smokers impose on others but also on the "internalities" imposed by smokers on themselves. We estimate that the optimal tax per pack of cigarettes should at least one dollar higher under our formulation than in the rational addiction case.


Objective To produce recombinant glial growth factor 2(GGF2) by prokaryotic expression.Methods The GGF2 gene without signal peptide coding sequence was subcloned from PVT-GGF2 plasmid vector to PCXJ18 vector and then to pET-32b(+) vector.The constructed expression plasmid[pET-32b(+)-GGF2] was then transfected to 4 kinds of E.coli.,including BL21(DE3),BL21(DE3) pLysS,Origami B(DE3),and Origami B(DE3) plysS to screen for an appropriate expression strain.The optimal dose of expression inductor IPTG and induction time were explored.After expression induction,inclusion bodies were collected for renaturation,and the recombinant GGF2 protein was purified by His Bind resin column and identified by Western blot.Results The pET-32b(+)-GGF2 expression plasmid was successfully constructed.E.coli.Origami B(DE3) was an appropriate host strain for GGF2 expression.The best expression results were achieved by induction with 25 μmol/L IPTG at 37 ℃ for 2-hour following pre-induction at 30 ℃.The purity of isolated recombinant protein was about 96 %.Western blot analysis proved that the isolated protein was GGF2.Conclusion It is demonstrated that recombinant GGF2 protein could be produced through prokaryotic expression.


James J. Symbol, Southern Region Postmaster General, writes to Dr. Hector P. Garcia, Founder of the G.I. Forum, expressing appreciation for his participation in their Affirmative Action Crusade.


(57) Abstract: There in a method for audio communication with coordinating the contents of Internet devices and can show the same media content on the Internet to a plurality of parties, further conventional telephone network or the network equipment it can be simultaneous communication by voice using. The visual communication is intended to let viewed copies joint contents corresponding to the display of the second computer to the user computer to display, including the same contents in each browser parties. The visual communication is further provides a method for updating the visual content of either party to be each browser. In another embodiment, the resource acquisition function of the user computer to the server to the user computer is enhanced simply by downloading the user applet containing information requested by the user computer as needed. Thus, the waiting time of the user computer is shortened also eliminates wasting resources for unwanted visual communication at that time. In yet another embodiment, the method is available through the firewall on the network.


Along with the loans of small and micro enterprises increases ceaselessly,the commercial bank have to face the problem of how to effectively control the small and micro enterprises credit risk.This paper combined with small and micro enterprise's characteristic,through analysis credit risk influence factors of small and micro enterprises of the commercial banks,constructed the factors system which influence Small and micro enterprises credit risk,and applied fuzzy analytic hierarchy process to compare and analyze each influence factor,provided reference for the commercial Banks to pick up the target customers and establish reasonable small and micro enterprise credit evaluation system.


I study how externalities of Collateralized Loan Obligation (CLO) managerial contracts affect asset prices in the leveraged loan market. I introduce several new stylized facts on the role of CLOs and credit. The trading behavior of CLO managers generates price pressure for distressed loans around bankruptcies, introducing fire sale. At its nadir, the cumulative average abnormal return (CAAR) is -14%. This trading behavior is driven mainly by covenant considerations. The CAAR exhibits stark differences between capital-constrained and unconstrained CLOs. Thus, this work provides insights into the role of covenants and incentives of CLO managers in the provision of credit.


The essay aims to illuminate the current crisis, as it has been diagnosed by important currents of contemporary European thought, from the baroque remarkably the Hispanic perspective. The author argues that one of the fundamental figures of the Baroque is what he calls an infinite aporethic difference. According to this, Baroque understands the world as a set of differences that bind aporethically tending to infinity. This figure is, at the same time, shown as a critical operator with regard to reality, which has lost its pre-modern configuration as Cosmos. The author also holds that in its present projection, the figure of the infinite aporethic difference takes the form of a new normativity, namely, that of the Chaosmos, which is particularly visible in post-structuralism and in the Ibero-American Neo-baroque. By its virtue, it is possible to distinguish two ways of coping with the current crisis. The chaosmotic one would be characteristic of a compromised strong trans-modernity, which contrasts with the evasive weak postmodernity. This problem is finally investigated from the point of view of the subtle baroque heroism and its shadow in the present.


Objective To provide suggestions and references for improving the policy system of food nutrition fortification in China,experiences of other international organization and countries were provided for amending relative Chinese standards on food fortification administration.Method The codes,standards and regulations of the Codex Alimentarius Commission,the United States,Canada,Australia,New Zealand,European Union and China on the principles of food nutrition fortification were compared and analyzed.Results The principle of food nutrition fortification in China should be combined the macro-management of the European Union and the United States with the specific detail-regulation administration of Australia and New Zealand.Conclusion Even though the start of the normative work on food nutrition fortification in China is late,conscientiously summing up experiences from abroad and domestic realities,perfect principles for food nutrition fortification suited for China's mational condition could be worked out.


Poniatowski Bridge and Viaduct across Vistula River in Warsaw, Poland was damaged during I and II World War and rebuild after them. Total length of the bridge is 504.00 m and of the viaduct is 701.00 m. From 50- ties XX century up to now both of them were modernized 3 times at least. The piers and foundations are more than 100 years old. Concrete girders of the viaduct (35 spans) are in similar age but were repaired in 80-ties. The frame concrete stiffeners were exchanged in that time as well as the deck (steel gird with concrete plate). The same kind of deck is placed on steel girders of four truss spans and four arch spans of the bridge. The first ones are 30 years old but the second one serve from 1946. During this long history everything was changed – materials, traffic loads and environmental requirements about vibration of structure and noise generated by trams and cars. Bicycle traffic also groves rapidly. All of these factors force modernization according to contemporary requirements but against many conservation regulations.


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Rapid increasing of solid waste generated every year is considered a crucial issue in many developing countries including Malaysia. Therefore, effective solid waste management is significant needed. Good governance practice is one of the keys which can enhance the solid waste management. Accordingly, this study was designed to determine the level of good governance awareness among the staff of National Solid Waste Management Department in Malaysia. A total of 45 staffs from five (5) distinguish units were selected through random stratified sampling as a sample of the study. The data of this study were collected via questionnaire distribution. After that, the data were analysed by applying descriptive statistical analysis (mean, standard deviation and percentage) and inferential statistical analysis (t-test and ANOVA). The result of the study shows high rate of exposure among staff with good governance. Hence, the awareness level of staff on good governance practices was high. However, most of staffs were doubt that good governance practices be able to enhance the performance of all stakeholders. The level of awareness among staff on good governance practice is significant influence by different education status and job position. Frequent good governance awareness program are required at all units of service and stakeholders to ensure the good governance practices are understandable at all level.


Multidrug resistant strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli constitute a problem in many hospitals. The antibiotic susceptibility profile and the Production of Extended Spetrum Beta-Lactamase (ESBL) of the strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli were assessed by the Kirby-Bauer technique and the modified disc diffusion technique respectively. Out of a total of 65 urinary specimens submitted to the Medical Microbiology laboratory at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika-Zaria, Nigeria, 50 isolates consisting of 33 (66%) Escherichia coli and 17 (34%) strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae were recovered from patients suspected to have Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs). Of these 50 isolates, 15(30%) were ESBL producers, made up of 6/17 (35.3%) ESBL-positive Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates and 9/33 (27.3%) ESBL-positive E. coli isolates. The susceptibility of the ESBL-positive Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates to ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin and amikacin were 64.7%, 82.4% and 82.4% respectively, while the susceptibility of the ESBL-positive E. coli isolates were: ciprofloxacin (57.6%), ofloxacin (48.5%) and amikacin (84.8%). All (100%) of the ESBL-positive E. coli isolates and 3/6 (50%) of the ESBL-positive Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates had Multiple Antibiotic Resistance (MAR) index of greater than 0.3 which is an indication that they originated from an environment where antibiotics are frequently used. It is important to determine the prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility of ESBL-producing clinical isolates as a guide to clinicians for the chemotherapy and there should be effective infection control policies to curb their spread in the hospital setting. International Journal of Biological & Chemical Sciences Vol. 1 (2) 2007: pp. 181-185


The relationships between grain yield and several of its physiological determinants in 9 sorghum cv. were investigated using Willey's head clipping technique. In some cv. grain yield was limited by panicle storage capacity, whilst in others carbohydrate supply was responsible for lower yields. The results suggested that flag leaf area and efficiency were important in carbohydrate supply for grain filling, provided the capacity existed to accept the photosynthates


The decomposition pathways of the anionic parts of the 5,5'-bitetrazole-related energetic salts are studied theoretically using highly-symmetric 5,5'-bitetrazole-1,1'-diide (point group D2d) as a model compound. The relaxed scans for all the four symmetry unique bonds elongation have been performed at the wB97XD/6-311+G(d,p) level of theory. The results have revealed that the most preferable decomposition route is the C5—N1 bond elongation. Breaking of the bonds has been tracked using the QTAIM analysis at each point along the reaction coordinate. Another decomposition mechanism of 5,5'-bitetrazole-1,1'-diide can be triggered by its oxidation, which results in breaking of the N2—N3 bond.


Abstract : Vehicle systems operations, from automobiles, to airliners, through craft for sea and space, are heavily dependent on automated uses of data generated by both on-board and off-board sources. Not only are vehicles affected, but so are diverse systems such as process, manufacturing, and power generation plants. Historically, the volume of data in each instance keeps growing because of such factors as task and system complexity. Other factors are environmental, accuracy, safety, cost effectiveness, and customization requirements. A crowded operational domain is also a factor for vehicle operations and communications networks. Tragedies such as that which occurred at the Three-Mile Island nuclear power plant and during the V-22 Osprey Tiltrotor crash are examples that point out the volume and complexity of the data and automation involved. These incidents also point out that it is essential to have a 'scaleable framework for the organization and prioritization of raw data. In this way, the operator gets pertinent information necessary for reaching critical decisions. This framework also should support decision aids that offload operational details so that human resources can be applied more appropriately to goal achievement and other management issues. This paper outlines such a framework and gives examples.


Digital holographic microscope (DHM) is an emerging quantitative phase imaging technique with unique imaging scales and resolutions leading to multitude of applications. DHM is promising as a novel investigational and applied tool for cell imaging, studying the morphology and real time dynamics of cells and a number of related applications. The use of numerical propagation and computational digital optics offer unique flexibility to tune the depth of focus, and compensate for image aberrations. In this work, we report imaging the dynamics of cell division in E.coli and yeast cells using a DHM platform. We demonstrate 3-D and depth imaging as well as reconstruction of phase profiles of E.coli and yeast cells using the system. We record a digital hologram of E.coli and yeast cells and reconstruct the image using Fresnel propagation algorithm. We also use aberration compensation algorithms for correcting the aberrations that are introduced by the microscope objective in the object path using linear least square fitting techniques. This work demonstrates the strong potential of a DHM platform in 3-D live cell imaging, fast clinical quantifications and pathological applications.


Abstract Measurements of the hydrostatic pressure derivatives of the second-order elastic constants of terbium, dysprosium and erbium are reported. The pressure derivatives at low pressure (< 5 MPa) are higher than those measured on the same samples at pressures of up to 500 MPa and those reported by other workers from high-pressure measurements. It is concluded that the pressure derivatives of the second-order elastic constants change with pressure, implying that there are significant fourth-order elastic effects occurring in these materials.


The aim of the study was to determine the rela-tionship between Body Mass Index (BMI) and accelerated dental development. The dental developmental ages of 100 children aged between 8 and 12 years were determined using the Demirjian method and panoramic radiographs. BMI status was determined for each subject on the basis of the system developed by the International Obesity Task Force. There was a significant direct relationship between dental development and BMI (P < 0.01). Obese children have a higher rate of dental development compared to normal children. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: This is an important variable to be considered when planning for dental and orthodontic treatments in obese children. Brief objectives statement: Overweight or obesity can accelerate dental development. Accelerated dental development in overweight children is important to be considered in pediatric dentistry and orthodontics.


The invention provides a method of cloning a reproductive and respiratory syndrome resisting pig. The method comprises the following steps: transferring CRISPR/Cas9 targeting vectors and CD163 gene homologous recombination modification vectors into fibroblasts of a pig to obtain positive clone cells, wherein the seventh exon of the endogenous CD163 gene in the positive clone cells of the pig is replaced by the tenth exon of the CD163-L1 gene of human, so that the positive clone cells are incapable of mediating PRRSV invading; obtaining a clone embryo by adopting a somatic cell nucleus transfer technology by taking positive cells as nucleus transfer donor cells and oocytes as nucleus transfer recipient cells; and transferring the clone embryo into the uterus of the pig, and impregnating to obtain a cloned pig. The method provided by the invention is low in cost, the time of obtaining the homozygous pig is shortened greatly, the expression of the CD163 gene is not affected by gene editing, and a foundation is laid for the research into the gene function of large animals and the establishment of disease models on the basis of CRISPR/Cas9 mediated homologous recombination.


Recent transportation survey research has shown that successful travel diaries can be constructed, and that these diaries can collect information on travel by individuals for a period of 24 hr or more. The successful diaries are comparatively expensive survey instruments and have been described primarily in terms of use in conjunction with a personal visit by an interviewer. The interviewer may collect some information at the time of the visit, but he plays an essential role in explaining the use of the diary. This interviewer visit has made the diary an expensive survey instrument. A case study of the administration of a travel diary survey conducted through a combination of telephone contact and mail-out, mail-back procedures is described. In the description of this case study it is shown that the diary can be administered successfully by this means, that the results obtained are of a high quality, and that a response rate significantly higher than that associated with most mail surveys can be obtained. A number of details of the administration methods used, which are believed to have contributed to the success of the instrument, are discussed. The procedure described produced a usable response rate of 58.5 percent of the mail sample of households, from which it was possible subsequently to calibrate new tripgeneration and modal-split models. Some of the results obtained, including the higher trip rates for non-home-based trips, are described. It is suggested that refinements to the instrument and procedures could generate yet higher response rates.


Due to the highly dynamic topology,stability of selected path is of prime importance in Ad Hoc networks.Based on the idea of AODV,the authors present a novel routing protocol PSR,which uses PEF to find a stable path from the source to the destination.It not only improves the stability of the routing path,but also reduces the probability of link breakage caused by mobility.From performance analysis and simulation results,it can be found that PSR reduces the overhead,improves the efficiency and other performances.


The development of industrial zone in underdeveloped regions depends on the economy characteristics.In order to analysis and explore the construction and development countermeasures of industrial zone in underdeveloped regions,this paper takes industrial zones in Anhui Province as the example and makes industrial zones,and analyses it from position,government function,industrial features and system cultueretc.,meanwhile,those successful experience is summarized as references.


Abstract : Research Objectives to measure and analyze the effectiveness of Go-Jek online advertising on social media. This study uses a sample to residents who live in Padang City and are social media users. Sampling was done by Purpose sampling with 100 respondents. The data analysis technique used is the EPIC method, which consists of; empathy (empathy), persuasion (persuasion), impact (impact), and communication (communication).
The EPIC analysis results partially for each variable are in the "effective" range because the average value of empathy = 3.9375, persuasion = 3.9273, impact = 3.8175, and communication = 3.92. And the EPIC rate which is the average value of the whole variable is at 3.9. This value is in the "effective" range on the effectiveness scale. This shows that Go-Jek online advertisements through social media are considered effective in attracting audience empathy, effective in influencing audience buying interest, effective in leaving a good impression on the audience, and effective in delivering messages clearly, well, and correctly.
Keywords: Effectiveness, EPIC Method


Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of fluorides on various oral microorganisms including Streptococcus, Actinomyces, Candida, Pseudomonus, Bacteroides and Fusobacterium , on the acid production of Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans ), and on the synthesis of water insoluble glucan catalyzed by extracellular enzyme (glucosyltransferase) derived from S. mutans . The minimum inhibitory concentrations of fluoride provided as NaF for Actinomyces, Candida and Pseudomonus were higher than those for the other microorganisms. NaF arrested bacterial growth bacteriostatically but did not affect the synthesis of water-insoluble glucan. Glucan synthesis was inhibited only by CoF 2 at concentrations of 600-1000 ppm F. Lactic acid production was suppressed in both the cell resting and cell growing systems. Fluorides of bivalent cations such as SnF 2 and CoF 2 inhibited the growth of the microorganisms more markedly than NaF.


The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the outcome of preformed metallic crowns (PMC) utilizing the HT in carious primary molars for children treated within public dental clinics across the Sydney region.