Field trials were carried out to investigate the impact of "AVIGEN DUCK"  immunomodulator on the IFN-γ concentration, IL-2, IL-6, lysozyme, and betalysine activity in the blood serum in White Pekin ducks' parents. The IFN-γ, IL-2, and IL-6 were analyzed by immunoenzyme methods, while the lysozyme and beta-lysine activities were determined using conventional techniques. The measured values among experimental birds for most parameters were significantly higher than those in controls during the observed period. An exception to this trend were the concentrations of lysozyme and beta-lysine, in which an inverse relationship was noticed. During the experiments, the challenged flocks were bred without the use of antibiotics. Based on collected data we consider the immunomodulator "AVIGEN DUCK" a successful alternative tool in the fight against microbial resistance associated with the use of antibiotics in poultry farming, as well as a means of enhancing the natural immunity in aquatic birds.


Preface Acknowledgments Background Popular Music Trends through the Counterculture Era Music and the Anti-War Movement Music and the Oppressed Music and Radical Politics Music and Other Social and Lifestyle Issues An A-Z of Music and the Counterculture Era Bibliography Composition Title Index Index


We investigated the effects of tertiary amine local anesthetics (LA, procaine and lidocaine) on human neutrophil functions. For this purpose, the effects of LA on chemotaxis, phagocytosis and O2- production were estimated At concentrations of O.0125 percent or more, significant reduction of neutrophil chemotxis were observed, using zymosan treated serum as a chemoattractant. This inhibitory effect of LA was reversible and chemotactic ability was recovered after washing out of LA. Neutrophil phagocytosis and O2- production were also inhibited by LA, but 10 and 100 times concentrations of LA were required to inhibit them respectively.


The aim of this work was to identify genetic variants and selective pressures that canaccount for the normal variability of human skin pigmentation.A Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) revealed new promising candidatevariants that could explain the variability of skin tonality: SNPs (Single NucleotidePolymorphism) in EXOC6B, ROBO2, IL5 and GPC6, and CNPs (Copy NumberPolymorphism) in regions containing the genes MIF, DDT y SORCS3. In addition,using the MAPH (Multiplex Amplifiable Probe Hybridization) technique 2 new CNVs(Copy Number Variants) were identified in the gene SLC24A5: in exon 1and in 5?promoter region.Furthermore, we demonstrated that natural selection is favouring alleles 374F ofSLC45A2 and 60L of MC1R, associated with the depigmentation process of Europeanpopulations, but at the same time, with an increased susceptibility to melanoma.Using cell cultures of melanocytes from light- and dark-skinned individuals wedemonstrated that they behave differently in response to ultraviolet irradiation, both ata proliferative and gene expression levels. In addition, we propose that ribosomalproteins, MDM2 and P53 signaling pathway are involved in the response to ultravioletirradiation in both cell types.


The Indian constitution forbids untouchability and caste or religious discrimination. Caste, on the other hand, is extremely important among Indians. India's social system is ruled by the Hindu caste system. Even though we live in the twenty-first century, we continue to use the caste system. Each caste had its own set of rituals, customs and values. As a result of increased education, employment, urban growth, modernization and technological innovation, inter-caste marriages have gradually gained widespread acceptance in India. According to the 2011 census, 5.8% of the population throughout India, inter-caste marriages account for one-quarter of all marriages. For many years, however, Indians might have a conservative attitude towards inter-caste marriages. 'Upper castes' have viciously maintained the generational purity of blood by imposing endogamy and denying upper caste women the agency to marry outside their own castes. People are culturally conformist, so when their daughters or sons marry outside their culture, religion or language, it can lead to honour-related violence or honour killing. A total of 145 honour killing incidents occurred in India between 2017 and 2019 (Government tells in Lok Sabha in 2021). Furthermore, the majority of honour killings are misidentified as suicides.


A charge transfer-type fluorescent molecular sensor consisting of a bisamidopyridine receptor and two styryl base chromophores shows H(2)PO(4)(-) and acetate-enhanced fluorescence due to the conversion of weak intramolecular hydrogen bonds into strong ones in the host-guest ensemble.


The forces acting between one surface coated with Langmuir−Blodgett cellulose films and one glass surface have been measured using the MASIF surface force technique. This study is mainly concerned with the effects due to addition of cationic polyvinylamine and changes in ionic strength. The results have implications for the interactions between cellulose and mineral surfaces in the papermaking process. The cellulose surface is weakly negatively charged at pH 5.5−6.0. Polyvinylamine adsorbs to both glass and cellulose surfaces, which first causes charge neutralization and subsequently a charge reversal upon increasing the polymer concentration. The cellulose films swell upon immersion in aqueous solutions as evidenced by the appearance of a short-range steric force barrier. The dynamics of the swelling process was found to be dependent on the ionic strength of the solution. It was found that an increased ionic strength accelerates the swelling, which can be attributed to an increase in surface charge densi...


Background: Nutrition is considered an important part of treatment in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Therefore, poor nutrition leads to decreased life quality and increased complications of hemodialysis as well as mortality in these patients. This study aimed at investigating the effect of nutrition education program (NEP) on biochemical parameters among patients undergoing hemodialysis. Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 30 patients who referred to hemodialysis unit at Ayatollah Taleghani hospital in Urmia province, Iran. The sampling method was purposive. Data were collected through interviews and data collection instruments consisted of demographic questionnaires and checklist. In the pre-education stage, the demographic questionnaire was completed and a 2month average of biochemical parameters (sodium, potassium, calcium, phosphor, blood urea nitrogen, and creatinine) were measured and recorded in the checklist by the researcher. Then, the patients received four 30minute educational sessions on nutrition using learning assistant tools. Two months after the education program, the laboratory results were measured and recorded again by the researcher. Data analysis was performed using SPSS 14 and paired t test, and significance level was set at 0.05 (P < 0.5). Results: The findings revealed a significant decrease in sodium, potassium, calcium, blood urea nitrogen (P < 0.05), but no significant difference was found in the laboratory results of phosphor and creatinine (P < 0.05). Conclusions: The implementation of nutrition education program (NEP) for patients under hemodialysis can improve biochemical parameters as well as complications resulting from their imbalance. Therefore, this program is recommended for this group of


Stroke is one of the highest causes of death in adults and disability in Indonesia, even in the world. Therefore, it is necessary to diagnose stroke in the early stage and give accurate prognosis assessment to improve stroke management. This study tried to automatically classify AIS severity based on EEG signals by using digital signal processing such as Wavelet transform and feedforward type of neural network with ELM algorithm. In this study, Delta Alpha Ratio (DAR), (Delta+Theta)/(Alpha+Beta) Ratio (DTABR) and Brain Symmetry Index (BSI)'s value were used as the ELM input feature score, which were obtained by using Wavelet transformation (Daubechies 4) and Welch's method to classify the acute ischemic stroke severity which refers to the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS). It had shown that the performance of system test accuracy, the sensitivity and specificity were above 72%. These results were useful for classifying AIS based on EEG signals.


Conventionally, the parallelism between the physical properties of Ce and Yb based magnets and heavy fermions has been considered to arise as a consequence of the electron-hole symmetry known for the band theory in condensed matter physics. Namely, the trivalent state of Ce has $4f^{1}$ configuration, while $4f^{13}$ configuration for Yb$^{3+}$ can be viewed as a state carrying one 4$f$ hole. However, in the light of this parallelism, the magnetism of Yb based intermetallic compounds has been a mystery over decades; the transition temperature of the Yb based compounds is normally very small, as low as $\sim$ 1 K or even lower, while Ce counterparts may often have the transition temperature well exceeding 10 K. Here, we report our experimental discovery of the transition temperature reaching 20 K for the first time in an Yb based compound. Our single crystal study using transport, thermomagnetic and photoemission spectroscopy measurements reveals that the Mn substitution at the Al site in an intermediate valence state of $\alpha$-YbAlB$_{4}$ not only induces antiferromagnetic transition at a record high temperature of 20 K but also transform the heavy fermion liquid state in $\alpha$-YbAlB$_{4}$ into a highly resistive metallic state proximate to a Kondo insulator. The high temperature antiferromagnetism in a system close to a Kondo insulator is unusual and suggest a novel type of itinerant magnetism in the Yb based heavy fermion systems.


Objective Short-acting loop diuretics are known to enhance cardiac sympathetic nerve activity (CSNA) in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). The effects of two loop diuretics—long-acting azosemide and short-acting furosemide—on CSNA were evaluated using 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) scintigraphy in patients with CHF. Methods The present study was a subanalysis of our previously published study, which had reported that serial 123I-MIBG studies were the most useful prognostic indicator in patients with CHF. Patients with CHF (n=208, left ventricular ejection fraction <45%) but no history of cardiac events for at least 5 months prior to the study were identified according to their histories of acute decompensated heart failure requiring hospitalisation. Patients underwent 123I-MIBG scintigraphy immediately before hospital discharge and at a 6-month follow-up. The delayed % denervation, delayed heart/mediastinum count (H/M) ratio and washout rate (WR) were determined using 123I-MIBG scintigraphy. A total of 108 patients were selected, and propensity score matching was used to compare patients treated with either oral azosemide (n=54) or furosemide (n=54). Results After treatment, 123I-MIBG scintigraphic parameters improved in both groups. However, the degree of change in % denervation was −13.8±10.5 in the azosemide group and −5.7±12.7 in the furosemide group (p<0.01), the change in H/M ratio was 0.20±0.16 in the azosemide group and 0.06±0.19 in the furosemide group (p<0.01), and the change in WR was −11.3±9.2% in the azosemide group and −3.0±12.7% in the furosemide group (p<0.01). Moreover, multivariate analysis showed an independent and significant positive relationship between furosemide and δ-WR from hospital discharge to 6 months after treatment in patients with CHF (p=0.001). Conclusions These findings indicate that azosemide suppresses CSNA compared with furosemide in patients with CHF. Trial registration number UMIN000000626 (UMIN-CTR Clinical Trial).


In the study described in this paper the extent to which differences exist between parents in gaelscoileanna and parents in mainstream primary schools in their valuation and perception of parental involvement was investigated. The study was based on a national sample of primary schools in which information was obtained on attitudes and perceptions towards parental involvement in three areas (provision of information, parental access, and parental involvement in policy formation). The main difference between parents of children attending gaelscoileanna and parents of children attending mainstream primary schools were found to be in their perceptions of their levels of involvement in matters of school organization and management. Differences between these two cohorts of parents were not evident when child-based or class/teacher-based issues were examined.


Use of the QT interval corrected for heart rate (QTc) on the electrocardiogram (ECG) to predict torsades de pointes (TdP) risk from culprit drugs is neither sensitive nor specific. The ratio of the half‐maximum inhibitory concentration of the hERG channel (hERG IC50) to the peak serum concentration of unbound drug (Cmax) is used during drug development to screen out chemical entities likely to cause TdP.


Received 28.12.2016, received in revised form 16.01.2017, accepted 28.02.2017 The spectral and the total density of states were calculated for two-dimensional FeAs-clusters within the limits of the two-orbital model, which is widely used for modeling iron-based superconductors. The spectra were restored by means of an asymptotically exact stochastic procedure, which was modified to restore the kernel of the integral equation relating the Matsubara Green's function and the spectral density. The data for Matsubara Green's function were obtained with the use of the generalized quantum world-line Monte Carlo algorithm adapted for the two-orbital model. The calculations were made for clusters with sizes up to 10×10 FeAs-cells. The data are presented for the distribution profiles along the main crystallographic directions and for the entire Brillouin zone. The analysis of the doped state revealed differences in the electron and hole states of the system that is correlated with known experimental data.


Clarke-1880 is the ellipsoidal datum on which Sudan maps are reduced to. Recently, Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers are widely used for coordinates determination in the country. Since GPS coordinates are reduced to World Geodetic System (WGS-84) then, differences in the coordinates of the same points may arise because of the difference in the reference datum used in each. This research work aims to compare between projected co-ordinates reduced to Clarke-1880 on Universal Transverse Mercator system (UTM) with the same points projected taking WGS-84 as a reference datum. Then, the effect of reference datum can be evaluated and judging its significance. Results proved that difference in northing is always larger than that in in easting, and the linear difference can be ignored in all quarter million maps and smaller.


In 2000, the New England Patriots football team chose University of Michigan quarterback Tom Brady in the sixth round of the draft. He became the starting quarterback barely two years later, and on February 5, 2017, the Patriots with Brady under center had won the Super Bowl a record-breaking five times. While Brady was an unproven late pick in 2000, today nearly any coach would view him as a legend.


For the LINAC of the Munich Accelerator for Fission Fragments (MAFF) a new scheme for the low energy section has been proposed in order to fulfill new experimental requirements, such as time spacing between bunches and low longitudinal emittance. The proposed solution consists in a combination of an external multi-harmonic buncher with a traditional RFQ with a shaper and an adiabatic bunching section included where the employment of the external buncher is upon request from the experiment. The matching section downstream the RFQ has been redesigned in order to allow room for the installation of a beam cleaning section for a proper injection into the following DTL. Details about the optics and the beam dynamics studies of the low energy section are presented in this paper.


The exclusive reactions for {pi}{sup 0}-, {eta}-, and {eta}{prime}-meson production in central {pi}{sup {minus}}{ital N} interaction are investigated with {pi}{sup {minus}} mesons with energy 300 GeV. The experiment is carried out at the CERN accelerator. To register {gamma} quanta from the decay of mesons we used the hodoscopic multiphoton spectrometer GAMS-4000. The differential cross sections are determined and are found to be constant in the longitudinal-momentum range 0.1{approx lt}{ital x}{sub F}{approx lt}0.3.


The industrial gathering area is one of the important supports;nowadays,it has been the main acting point of the governments at all levels of Henan province.With regard to the establishment of gathering area,the combination of the strong decision with the advantageous decision will make the construction of gathering area still more scientific.In the early period of the construction,the government's leading action is quite effective.After the operation is mature,the government should develop the leading action of the market mechanism.With regard to the management mode and the development orientation for the industrial gathering area,it should take the market as the orientation;the participation of the government mainly is the indirect,economic and legal means,where provides the area with system and good service condition.


Taking the actual Hengshui university as example under the background of the integrated and coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei Province, based on the strategic environment five forces model analysis of regional economic development, and SWOT analysis method utilizing the competitive environment in which the Institute of Hengshui, planning the strategy for the characteristics of Hengshui University competitiveness, has a certain significance in the long-term development of the school.


Aim : The purpose of this in vitro study was to compare the marginal gap discrepancy of lithium disilicate single crown fabricated with computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) technology by using both conventional and digital impression techniques
Materials & Methods: Lithium disilicate crowns were fabricated to fit on metal die either by digital impressions with Cerec 3D omnicam, followed by milling from IPS e.max CAD and conventional impression followed by fabrication of IPS e.max Press by using the lost-wax and heat-pressing techniques. Each crown was fixed to metal die and the marginal gap was measured for each specimen at 3 points under magnification with a stereomicroscope. Data were statistically analyzed by T test.
Results: The all ceramic specimens fabricated by digital image had a mean marginal adaptation width 79.9 μm buccally and 77.1 μm lingually, and the all ceramic specimens fabricated by conventional impression had a mean marginal adaptation width 84.6 μm buccally and 84.4 μm lingually with a significant difference.
CONCLUSION: Within the limitations of this study, all-ceramic crowns produced by CAD/ CAM system had external marginal adaptation accuracy better than all-ceramic crowns produced by dental laboratory with statistical significant difference


The use of mobile phones can improve and strengthen (preventive) health care in low‐ and middle‐income countries. We aimed to retrospectively assess the response patterns of participants in free SMS health education quizzes in Uganda.


Objective To study the effect of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-7(rhBMP-7) on proliferation and differentiation of human periodontal ligament cells(HPDLCs) cultivated in vitro.Methods The HPDLCs were tested Vimentin positive and Ck(pan) negative.Different dosages(50,100,200 and 400 μmol·L-1) of rhBMP-7 were added in the cultured HPDLCs.1,3,5 d after administration of rhBMP-7,the proliferation and osteogenic differentiation of HPDLCs were examined by MTT assay and the activity of alkaline phosphatase(ALP) was detected with ELISA.Results The administration of rhBMP-7 significantly elevated the proliferation rate and differentiation of HPDLCs with the dosage of l00,200 and 400 μmol·L-1 respectively(P0.01),no difference was found between different dosages groups(P0.05).Moreover,rhBMP-7 significantly induced the osteogenic differentiation ability with the increased expression level of ALP and 200 μmol·L-1 was the most effective dosage in the differentiation ability.Conclusion BMP-7 may participate in the remodeling of periodontal tissue by regulating the proliferation and osteogenic differentiation of HPDLCs.


Bandyopadhyay, Salil K., University of Missouri at Rolla, Rolla, January, 1972. Transient Cooling of a Sphere due to Boiling. Major Professor: Alfred L. Crosbie The time dependent surface temperature is determined for a sphere subjected to cooling by boiling. One dimensional heat transfer is considered and the solid is assumed to be homogeneous, isotropic and opaque to thermal radiation and to have temperature • independent physical properties. The initial temperature of the sphere and the coolant are assumed to be uniform and arbitrary. The boiling heat transfer coefficient at the surface of a sphere is a strong function of the surface temperatura thus resulting in an extremely nonlinear transient heat conduction problem. As a practical application of the problem, the process of quenching has been cited. In the analysis, the transient heat conduction equation with its initial and boundary conditions is transformed to a singular nonlinear Volterra integral equation of the second kind by use of the Lap. lace transformations. The equation is solved numerically on a digital computer by the method of modified successive approximations for the sphere. The time scale is broken into a desired number of intervals. The solution tor the first time interval is obtained by successive approximations and then used in finding the solution tor the next time interval. Initial guesses are obtained by the use of the ideal case of infinite thermal conductivity. The process of successive approximation is continued along the tiae scale till the solution


Bei A Conan Doyle the Case - Book of Sherlock Holmes Tauschnitz 37 bietet jemand einem anderen eine kostbare alte chinesische Porzellanshale. "Very fine indeed! And you say you have a set of six to correspond. What puzzles me is that I should not have heard of such magnificent specimens. I only know of one in England to match this, and it is certainly not likely to be in the market. Would it be indiscret if i were to ask you how you obtained this? "does it really matter? You can see that the piece is genuine, and, as to the value, I am conent to take an expert' s valuation".


Data farming combines the rapid prototyping capability inherent in certain simulation models with the exploratory power of high performance computing to rapidly generate insight into questions. The data farming process focuses on a more complete landscape of possible system responses, rather than attempting to pinpoint an answer. Data farming allows decision makers to more fully understand the landscape of possibilities and also consider outliers that may be discovered. Over the past decade, an international community has formed around these ideas. In 2008, International Data Farming Workshop 16 took place in Monterey, California, USA and workshop number 17 was held in Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany. In addition to a summary of these two workshops, this paper will present an overview of the process that has developed to include the development of both methods and applications in the international data farming community.


This paper presents a method of superresolution range-Doppler imaging via a neural network. It is characterized by the following. (1) The forward and backward linear prediction (FBLP) equation is introduced to superresolution imaging. (2) The Tank-Hopfield (1986) network is used to solve the FBLP equation. (3) The process of data extrapolating and DFT are finished by a simple network, which is one part of the T-H network. The digital simulation shows that the method is valid.


The paper addresses the conflict between two types of religiosity, which is typical for all "religions of Revelation"; that is the conflict between "regular religiosity" which bases on some sacred texts and their interpretation by established authorities and "charismatic religiosity" the cornerstone of which is personal spiritual experience and the revelations of leader, who takes the place of the "founder" traditionally honored in the frame of regular religion. The research focuses on the clash between Protestantism (young but already undergone "regularization") and radical groups, born in its wake and represented charismatic type of religiosity. The contribution of Cambridge Platonist Henry More (1614‒1687) to the development of comparative typology of contemporary religious groups and the creating of terminology for describing their peculiar features is discussed.


During 2002, the Research Centre for Vocational Education and Training (RCVET) at the University of Technology, Sydney (now OVAL Research: the Australian Centre for Organisational, Vocational and Adult Learning) conducted a major research program under the title of 'An industry-led VET [vocational education and training] system: issues for policy, practice and practitioners'. Two strands of inquiry were followed; a policy strand and a practice/practitioner strand. The research focused on the four vocational areas of tourism/hospitality, manufacturing, information technology (IT), and prevocational training (or cross industry, providing generic and employability skills). The development on an industry-led VET system in Australia has, to date, mainly occurred through the involvement of peak industry bodies in national policy formulation, competency standards and training packages, and national recognition of industry qualifications. The realisation of an industry-led VET system at the local level has not undergone detailed investigation. The research outlined in this report addresses this issue through an examination of what such a system means at the local level of VET provision. The methodology involved the creation of partnerships with four TAFE institutes, covering four states and the four vocational areas that were the focus of the research program. Detailed profiles of the four institutes are contained in the report indexed at TD/TNC 72.546. An analysis of interview data gathered from TAFE staff with a management position within institutes and from local employers was carried out. The analysis revealed complex and multifaceted relationships between TAFE and industry. Relationships are characterised by differences in industry sectors in terms of training needs and differences in the goals and purposes of VET in terms of meeting individual and community needs and the needs of industry. VET reform has brought these differences into greater focus and TAFE managers stressed the need to tailor VET provision to the needs of industry, the importance of relationship building and a more business-oriented approach to their work, and the development of new relationships between providers, local industry and the community. The evidence suggests that, in addition to the influence of national industry bodies on VET provision, there is a collaborative and more diversified model of VET provision emerging at the local level.


This paper presents observations of biomass burning observations, specifically aerosol intensive parameters, from a regional lidar network, EARLINET. The paper then discusses their origins as determined by back trajectory analysis. This paper is a companion to an earlier paper (acp-2020-320) which described the methodology for QC on this network of instruments of disparate data quality. This is certainly an important topic; however, I found the paper to be difficult to follow and review, first because the paper seems to have several different opinions about what its topic is, and second because the limited data available makes broader interpretation challenging. I would recommend the authors consider what exactly they want to convey from this paper, and make sure that the paper accomplishes this.


Dancing eye syndrome (DES), or opsoclonus-myoclonus, is a rare neurological syndrome characterized by opsoclonus (spontaneous chaotic involuntary bursts of back-to-back saccades in all directions) and myoclonus (jerky involuntary movements of the limbs). Onset is usually in childhood, under 3 years of age. Although there can be good recovery from the acute symptoms, long-term neurological sequelae are often found.1,2 The etiology of DES is as yet unknown and may involve the brainstem and/or the cerebellum. A recent SPECT study of two children with DES has implicated the vermis of the cerebellum, in particular with the generation of opsoclonus.3 Shawkat et al. (1993) reported that visually guided reflexive saccades recorded from DES patients during the acute phase of their disease are hypermetric (gain >1).4 Saccadic dysmetria in humans is often associated with lesions of the vermis of the cerebellum and/or the deep cerebellar nuclei.5–7 Saccadic gain is under adaptive control (AC), which maintains the optimal accuracy of saccades with respect to their target, and it has been shown experimentally that the vermis of the cerebellum and fastigial nuclei in monkeys are necessary for AC.8 Given possible neuropathology in the cerebellum, and specifically the vermis, it is plausible that patients with DES may have chronic saccade dysmetria consistent with the failure of the saccadic AC system. We set out to test this hypothesis in a group of children and young adults with DES. A gain-decreasing intra-saccadic target perturbation paradigm was used to test the active functioning of the AC system.


Human activities had been the major cause of pollution in water globally. The concentrations of heavy metals being a major pollutant could be assessed using aquatic vertebrate. Thus this study was carried out to evaluate the concentrations of some heavy metal (Zn, Mn, Fe, Cu, Cd, Cr, Ni, and Pb) both in gills and muscle of Synodontis schall and Synodontis membranaceus in River Zamare. Analyses were carried out using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS). The results showed that, gills of the two fish species had highest concentration of heavy metals than the muscles. Nickel observed in these studies was considerably higher than the recommended limit for heavy metals with the gills of Synodontis schall having the highest concentration of 1.90±0.39mg/L. Lead was not detected in both gills and muscles of the two fish species, Chromium was also not detected in the gills of the two fish species. There was no significance difference (P>0.05) in the concentration of heavy metal in both muscles and gills. This study shows that, there is a need for proper monitoring of the river.


The shuttle mesoscale lightning experiment (MLE), flown on earlier shuttle flights, and most recently flown on the following space transportation systems (STS's), STS-31, -32, -35, -37, -38, -40, -41, and -48, has continued to focus on obtaining additional quantitative measurements of lightning characteristics and to create a data base for use in demonstrating observation simulations for future spaceborne lightning mapping systems. These flights are also providing design criteria data for the design of a proposed shuttle MLE-type lightning research instrument called mesoscale lightning observational sensors (MELOS), which are currently under development here at MSFC.


The kinetic model for compound stereoselection presented in previous paper is verified experimentally by conducting a series of radical cyclizations of 1-(3-halo-2-(halomethyl)propyl)cycloalk-2-enecarboxylates with tributyltin hydride and measuring the ratios of products. Cyclization rate constants are abstracted from the data by an analysis that minimizes total error, and these rate constants compare favorably with rate constants that we measured directly on the corresponding monohalides. Transition state modeling was used to interpret the initial round of results and to design two new systems, one of which was predicted to cyclize with higher selectivity than the parent and the other of which was predicted to cyclize with reverse selectivity. These substrates bearing 4-tert-butyl groups were synthesized, and the experimental results verified the computational predictions.


Microwave photoconductivity and luminescence were studied on a series of core-shell AgBr I emulsions with different combinations of internal and surface sensitizations.For the emulsions with the low level of NaW_2SO_3 sensititization on the core,single first-order decays of the photoconductivity were observed,and for the emulsions with the highlevel of Na_2SO_3 sensitization on the core,the decay of the photoconductivity could notbe resolved into a single first-order or second-order process.The luminescence int ensityindicated that reduction sensitization centers did not act as the luminescence center incore-shell emulsions.


The purpose of setting project of surveillance of antimicrobial resistance is:(1)To better understand development of resistance in local hospital,or country,and to compare with data from other countries;(2)To cooperate with clinic for controlling outbreak caused by clone strain-resistance;(3)To help doctors for management of treatment;and(4)To mining the mechanisms of resistance.In this text the history of surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in Peking Union Medical College Hospital starting in 1983 to present and the achievement were ihtroduced.But the fight against resistance between human being and microorganism is eternal and difficult.The main target pathogens and antimicrobial resistance at 21 st sentry were also introduced.The paper emphasized necessity and possibility of distinguishing CA-MRSA and HA-MRSA,VRSA,VISA and hVISA,ESBLs,AmpC and carbapenemases.To pay more attention to the relationship between resistance and serotypes in Streptococcus pneumoniae,it is important to survey the emerging resistance of the new antibiotics in China,such as linezolid,tigecycline,daptomycin,ceftobiprole and new fluoroquinolones and others.It is needed to develop pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic(PK/PD)- breakpoints as a substitute for old breakpoints,and to introduce emerging technologies,such as data mining artificially intelligent system,geographic information system,multiplex real time PCR with advanced reading techniques and other molecular methods for routine work in Clinical microbiology,SO that we can wisely fight against microbial resistance effectively.

Key words:
gram-Negative bacteria; Drug monitoring;  Antimicrobials susceptibility tests


This research aimed to conclude the best combination of commercial strain and feed on broiler's carcass. This research was conducted at Animal Husbandry Biology Laboratory, Departement of Animal Husbandry, Faculty of Agriculture, University of North Sumatera for 4 weeks from November until December 2016. This research used completely randomized design (CRD) factorial with 9 combined treatment and 3 replication. The treatment consists of A0B0, A0B1, A0B2, A1B0, A1B1, A1B2, A2B0, A2B1, A2B2. The observed parameters were cutting weight, carcass weight, and carcass percentage. The result showed that the average weight of broiler chicken ranged from 1829,50 – 1929,50 gram/head. The average of Carcass weight ranged from1424,75 – 1676,50 gram/head. And the average of carcass percentage ranged from 78,01 % 87,98 %. This research conlude that the best combination is A1 and B0. 1.Introduction In Indonesia, especially in North Sumatra, there are many companies that produce commercial feed and seeds that have different qualities so that the community is difficult to choose good quality food and seeds. The lack of community knowledge in choosing q uality seeds and feed will have a negative impact on the farm cause losses [1]. Manufacturing feed and seeds issued by each company have their own strengths and weaknesses, so knowledge and accuracy is needed in choosing good quality food and seeds to determine the success of the community farming business. This factor is one of the obstacles in increasing broiler chicken population. The percentage becomes a calculation to determine the quality of broiler chicken meat. Commercial pieces that are often found are the chest, lower thighs, upper thighs, wings and back. The percentage of breasts that are expected to have a much higher value than the percentage of other commercial pieces makes it a carcass quality indicator in broiler chickens, because this part i s known to be softer in meat and has a low fat content. good quality feed is needed to support a high percentage so that it benefits the farmers, currently in Indonesia there is a wide variety of commercial feed produced by manufacturers, with relatively the same price of feed but different feed quality, people are now confused by the selection of quality feed both in supporting a high percentage, it is necessary to evaluate the adequacy of the nutrition of commercial feeds of several manufacturers in order to make it easier[2]. 2.Materials and methods This research was carried out in the livestock biology laboratory of the Animal Husbandry Department of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of North Sumatra and lasted for 4 weeks from November 14 to December 14, 2016.Day old Chick (DOC) of broiler chickens is 108 tails with an initial body weight range of 40-45 g / head, drinking water, medicines, vitamins and vaccines, disinfectants namely rodalon. The cage consists of 27 plots with a size of 1x1 x 0.5 meters, a place to drink and feed each of 27 pieces, electric balance scales and salter scales, cage cleaning tools (sapulidi), buckets, books, stationery and calculators.The research design used was a factorial completely randomized design (CRD) factorial with 9 treatment combinations and 3 replications each replication consisting of 4 tails. The treatments studied are as follows[4]. Factor 1 A0 = feed PT. Charoen Pokphand (BR 1) A1 = feed PT. Gold Coin Indonesia (BR 1) A2 = feed PT. Malindo (BR 1) Factor 2 B0 = Cobb DOC PT. Charoen Pokphand B1 = DOC Hubbord PT. Gold Coin Indonesia B2 = DOC Cobb crossing and Hubbord PT. Malindo 2.1. Life Weight Life weight is data obtained from the results of the final weighing after 12 hours of fasting. 2.2. Carcass Weight Carcass weight is the data obtained from the results of cutting chickens minus blood, reeds, head, neck, legs, and innards. 2.3. Percentage of carcass Ensminger (1980) explains that the percentage of carcass is the number of carcass weight comparisons and life weight multiplied by 100%. A similar opinion was conveyed by Jull (1992) which states that the percentage of carcass weight can be obtained by dividing the weight of carcass with live weight before being cut. The percentage of carcass is determined by the amount of wasted body parts such as the head, neck, legs, viscera, hair, and blood (Jull, 1992). Further explained by Jull (1992) that the percentage of broiler body parts is 65 75% carcass; 6.41% fur; 9-10% viscera; 9-10% blood; 7.8% head and neck and 4.40% feet. Percentage of carcass (%) = (carcass weight / final weight) x 100% 3.Result and discussion Table 2. Results of live weight of broiler chickens (g /head) Type of Feed Seed Type Average


The Great East Japan earthquake struck the Tohoku area of northern Japan at 1446 hours (Japan Standard Time) on 11 March 2011. It was the fourth largest earthquake by magnitude in the world in the past 100 years. From the earthquake and the following tsunami, 19 334 lives were lost (as of December 2011), which is the third largest loss of life and the most missing as a result of a natural disaster in Japan since 1868. In Japan since the Meiji Restoration (1868), the greatest number of deaths (105 385) occurred in the Great Kanto earthquake on 1 September 1923, and the second highest (21 959) was in Meiji-Sanriku earthquake on 15 June 1896. It is so sad that the Tohoku area was struck by the second largest earthquakes in 1896 and the third in 2011. The victims of natural disasters, including earthquakes, are always the weaker members of society such as the elderly, children and the ill. The Great East Japan earthquake killed many elderly people, and the high proportion of the elderly victims is one of the features of this disaster. We express our sincere condolences to the victims of this tragedy and wish that those in the affected will soon be able to return to their normal day-to-day lives. The Japanese Psychogeriatric Society celebrated its 25th Anniversary last year (2011) and is at its best as it starts its second quarter century. Japanese society is now super-aged and has the world's highest proportion of the elderly aged 65 years and older (23.1% in 2010). This proportion is expected to further increase to 30.5% by 2025 and to 40.5% by 2055. The proportion of old elderly (75 years and above) exceeded 10% in 2010, which will increase to 26.5% by 2055. The ageing of society has been observed in many Asian countries, and one burden of the super-aged society is the growing prevalence of dementia. In 2005, there were 13.7 million dementia patients in Asia (5.5 million in China, 3.2 million in India and 1.9 million in Japan), and this number is expected to increase to 64.6 million (27.0 million in China, 16.3 million in India and 4.9 million in Japan) by 2050. In light of the growth in elderly populations in developing countries, more dementia patients will be observed in Asia and in developing countries than in developed countries in near future. Donepezil, a choline esterase inhibitor, was developed and approved in Japan in November 1999, and it has been the only drug in Japan for Alzheimer's disease for just over 12 years. In 2011, three new compounds (galantamine, rivastigmine and memantine) were approved for Alzheimer's disease by the Japanese government, which will present new alternatives to patients. Even though all of these drugs, including donepezil, are only symptomatic drugs, these new treatments have been favourably received by patients and doctors. However, these drugs will not cure Alzheimer's disease, which means that a similar or even higher number of patients will still require treatment. Given the limited benefits of the symptomatic doi:10.1111/j.1479-8301.2012.00410.x PSYCHOGERIATRICS 2012; 12: 1–2


This publication reviews the issues, related to the urban design assessment of small town of the Lipetsk Region. Creation of the comfortable living environment is one of the most important function...


This paper finds out the impact of intellectual capital on firm performance and risk. Moreover, this paper also examines whether the board diversity in terms of gender and nationality can strengthen the effect of intellectual capital towards firm performance and risk that operates in banking industries in ASEAN. The data in this study obtained from Bloomberg and OSIRIS database and also the firm's annual reports over the period of 2012-2016 (375 observations) and conducted in ASEAN countries, namely Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. The results find that the efficient and effective use of intellectual capital will make the firms achieved higher performance. Meanwhile, intellectual capital can help reduce credit risk. In the interaction effect, the result is consistent with social psychology theory and shows that the presence of board diversity actually reduces firm performance and increases risk.


In this paper, for the first time, we model and analyze the impacts of parallel I/O interface factors on system-level power supply noise induced jitter (PSIJ) in 4 Gbps HBM. PSIJ is positioned as an important noise component that determines the overall chip-packaging operations. To predict the accurate PSIJ, it must be evaluated at system-level with different domains including chip domain, SI/PI domain and interface domain. Thus, through the analysis of interface factors based on the fast and accurate system-level PSIJ model, it is possible to optimize the design effectively by integrating the domains in the pre-design stage. We model the overall interface which is composed of four parts, power/ground, channel, Tx and Rx clocking circuits. Each component is modeled and integrated in the frequency domain as jitter spectrum and verified with SPICE. Finally, the impacts of each interface factor on PSIJ are analyzed as per design parameters in the parallel I/O interface for effective integrated design. The interface design parameters that can effectively reduce PSIJ are analyzed in the critical frequency range according to the interaction of interface factors. On-chip decaps of PDN and delay of Rx buffer that have a significant impact on the critical frequency range induce large PSIJ reduction.


In recent years, the competition in the IPTV industry is becoming more and more fierce. It is important for IPTV service providers to study and improve users' QoE. In this paper, we discuss the relationship between user's QoE and the status of IPTV set-top box. We firstly clean the imbalanced data and then create a mapping between user's complaints and user's QoE. We improve the AdaBoost algorithm with the idea of cost-sensitive. So the improved AdaBoost algorithm can be used in imbalanced dataset we get from Jiangsu Telecom. In addition, we make a comparison between original AdaBoost algorithm and the improved AdaBoost algorithm in predicting user' QoE. The experiments show that the improved AdaBoost algorithm performs better than the original AdaBoost algorithm when predicting user's QoE in imbalanced dataset.


ABSTRACT The essay discusses Biodun Jeyifo's first book, The Yoruba Popular Travelling Theatre of Nigeria, published in 1984. The analysis demonstrates the continuing importance of the book for "African Humanities" and cultural studies scholarship at the present time.


Abstract : This thesis discusses the need for an information technology system to facilitate cross-unit collaboration in the Botswana Defence Force (BDF). The existing traditional means of communication and information sharing among the BDF units and bases do not meet the present requirements and may negatively impact productivity and mission readiness in the BDF. The thesis begins with a background discussion of the communication problems in the BDF and examines the problem in the context of designing and implementing an Enterprise Information Portal (EIP). This would facilitate the collaboration and the flow of information within and among units throughout different regions in Botswana. The approach to the problem involves defining an EIP, evaluating the benefits of an EIP and assessing technologies critical to implementing an EIP. After defining an EIP, a business plan is presented to provide a guideline for implementing the Botswana Defence Force Enterprise Information Portal (BDF-EIP). The thesis further discusses organizational challenges that may affect implementing the BDF-EIP. These organizational issues include a discussion on change, change management and champion.


Simulations of photo-nuclear reactions by using Monte Carlo codes PHITS and FLUKA have been performed to compare to the measured data at the SPring-8 injector with 250MeV and 961MeV electrons. Measurement data of Bismuth-206 productions due to photo-nuclear reactions of 209 Bi(γ,3n) 206Bi and high energy neutron reactions of 209 Bi(n,4n)206 Bi at the beam dumps have been compared with the simulations. Neutron leakage spectra outside the shield wall are also compared between experiments and simulations.


A radio-over-fiber(RoF) system with 56 GHz optical millimeter-wave(mm-wave) generation using an optical phase modulator(PM) based on frequency-doubling technology is proposed and demonstrated experimentally.Firstly,at the central station(CS),a 56 GHz optical mm-wave is generated by a 28 GHz microwave-signal source,which is applied to the phase modulator;secondly,2.8 Gbit/s OOK downstream data is modulated onto 56 GHz optical carrier and then transmitted over 20 km of standard single-mode fiber(SSMF) to the base station(BS);finally,it would be radiated by a transmission antenna.At the user terminal,baseband signal is retrieved from the downstream data by coherent detector.Experiment results show that the 56 GHz mm-wave signal can be transmitted over 20 km in SSMF with the power penalty less than 1 dB,and 1.1 m via wireless with the power penalty less than 2.5 dB.


Concerning galvanic sacrificial anodes various factors such as anode current density, anodic reaction, anolyte composition, and alloy composition, can affect anode efficiency. For that reason anodes for industrial use are usually packaged in bags prefilled with suitable backfill material to mainly lower anode-to-earth resistance, increase current output and reduce self-corrosion, thereby improving efficiency. However, it has happened on several occasions that backfill material used failed as it had dried quickly and shrunk away from the anode reducing the current output and the efficiency of the anode. The aim of this work is to evaluate the results of an experiment performed over a period of 6 months of a newly developed electrolytic paste for zinc sacrificial anodes in a simple simulated test procedure with the goal to overcome these backfill drawbacks. A total of three samples were prepared of which one sample was a traditional magnesium sacrificial anode with bentonite based backfill. The other two samples were zinc sacrificial anodes coated with the newly developed electrolytic paste of which one had an increased anode surface area by using a zinc mesh nonetheless with the same anode dimensions as the other samples. During this experimental period current outputs and anode resistances were measured, evaluated and compared with the results of the traditional magnesium backfilled sample.


You are never to forget that this is a great gift. It comes from your GREAT FATHER himself, who sends it to you by our hands. It is a new heart. Your GREAT FATHER has told us to come up here, and put it in the breast of his great Chippeway children. No bad blood belongs to this heart. It is an American heart, and is full of good blood; and if you will open your ears and listen well, and never forget your GREAT FATHER'S message, it will make you all happy.


Chronopharmacokinetics deals with the study of the temporal changes in absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination and thus takes into account the influence of time of administration on these different steps. Circadian rhythms in disease pathophysiology give rise to day-night patterns in onset and symptoms exacerbation of most diseases like allergic rhinitis, arthritis, asthma, myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, stroke, peptic ulcer disease etc. Circadian time dependent differences are also seen in pharmacokinetics of many classes of medications like cardiovascular active drugs, NSAID's, antidepressants, antihypertensives, local anesthetics, H1 and H2 antagonists etc. The role of circadian rhythms in the mechanisms of disease and the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of medications constitutes a challenge to drug-discovery and drug-delivery scientists. We must strive to develop intelligent drug-delivery systems that can affect a target cell or organ system at that circadian time when it is possible to optimize desired therapeutic outcomes and minimize or avert adverse effects. There is a critical and urgent need at least in cases such as asthma, cancer and heart diseases for novel chronopharmaceutical drug products either for therapy or prevention. Such novel drug dosage forms should be effective, safe, robust (predictable drug release rate in biological systems) and clinically justified, with spatial and temporal control ability after administration by different routes. Theoretically, such ideal drug delivery system (preferably a noninvasive system with affordable cost) would potentially improve the safety, efficacy and patient compliance of old and new drugs.


According to the research of the factors of End-point Contents phosphor and sulfur in Convener,the domi- native variable of the Model of End-point for Converter smelting is fixed.According to the improvement of artificial neural network technic,this article establishes the Model for P and S of End-point for Converter smelting Based on Neural Network.Produced data are chosen as the sample and the model is trained to make it approach to the predic- tion of dynamic control.


This report describes a case of sarcoidosis that presented as a lytic bone lesion in the squamous part of the temporal bone.

 A 64-year-old woman presented with right-sided aural fullness, pulsatile tinnitus, and intermittent otalgia.

 CT and MRI were performed without contrast and suggested an osseodestructive, lytic bone lesion. An excisional biopsy was performed, showing granulomatous infiltration suggestive of osseous sarcoidosis.

 Removal of mass and resolution of symptoms.

 Initial findings from patient imaging suggested a lytic bone lesion. An excisional biopsy was required for diagnosis and was performed with little patient morbidity. Biopsy findings showed granulomatous infiltration suggestive of osseous sarcoidosis. Osseous involvement of sarcoidosis is a rare manifestation and typically occurs secondary to other disease manifestations. After the removal of the mass and a short unrelated course of steroids, the patient's symptoms resolved.

 Sarcoidosis should be added to the differential diagnosis of lytic bone lesions in the temporal bone.


In the fractal diagnosis of diesel fault, many noises exist in the measured vibration signals. The ameliorated wavelet packet analysis and reconstruction algorithm can de-noise these original signals. Then with proper embedded dimensions, the consequent correlation dimension can reflect the real condition of the system. As case study has shown its reliability, the algorithm therefore can greatly improve the accuracy and reliability of diagnosing the running state of diesels with signal correlation dimension.


INTRODUCTION: Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) accounts for more than 90% of all oral cancers. Despite advances in the approach to locally advanced disease, about 50% of the tumors will recur. Fifty percent of patients present nodal involvement that is detectable during diagnosis. Of this group, less than 40% survive after five years, compared with a 90% survival rate for patients without metastasis. If the lesion is detected at an early stage and treated effectively, the survival rate could exceed 50%. Many retrospective studies have shown that microvessel density (MVD) could represent a valid independent prognostic factor for the overall survival. The blood vessel density may constitute a relevant parameter for determining the prognosis and guiding biological treatments for aggressive OSCC OBJECTIVES: To assess the MVD using CD34 in lymph node positive and negative cases and to correlate the results with the lymph node status. MATERIALS AND METHODS: MVD was calculated in 22 surgical specimens taken from OSCC patients. Biopsies were taken from the primary tumor of eleven cases proved to have positive lymph node and eleven cases with negative lymph nodes. Immunohistochemical (IHC) staining was performed using a Labeled Strept-Avidin Biotin complex method (LSAB), using the CD34 antibody. RESULTS: OSCC biopsies showed immunoreactivity to CD34, the difference between the mean MVD and lymph node status was significantly correlated. No significant relation with the histological grade site was found. CONCLUSIONS: MVD was significantly correlated with lymph node status and it could be used as an indicator for progression and early metastasis of OSCC. But, no correlation was found between the MVD and the histological grading.


Corporate effective tax rates (ETR) of large Nigerian listed firms during the new tax regime as well as the influence of firm size, leverage, return on asset, capital intensity, and inventory intensity on corporate effective tax rate was investigated. The study aims to examine the influence of some corporate tax attributes in some selected large public listed firms within and across Nigeria with avoidance of corporate effective tax rates (ETR). The data used in the study was extracted from the 2019 Nigeria Annual Financial reports. The data were collected from the period 2012 to 2018, the period where Nigeria imposed a new tax regime on the current year assessment system (effective from the year 2012). Pooled ordinary least square (POLS), fixed effect and random effect regression were applied to the data, findings from the study revealed that the random effect regression model was preferred for result interpretation. It was also discovered that; firm size (FSIZE), return on assets (ROA), and inventory intensity (INVINT) have a positive and significant influence on corporate effective tax rates (ETR) avoidance. Firm leverage (LEV) and capital intensity (CAPINT) on the other hand has an insignificant inverse influence on effective tax rates (ETR). Hence, this study suggested that firm size (FSIZE), return on assets (ROA), and inventory intensity (INVINT) is the major variable that positively influences the corporate effective tax rates (ETR) the listed large firms in Nigeria.


OBJECTIVE To establish a HPLC-ELSD method for determining the contents of ent-kaurane diterpenes in Genus annona barks from different locations or species.METHODS The separation was performed on a Agilent ZORBAX 80A Extend-C18 column with a gradient elution.The mobile phase consisted of acetic acid and acetonitril with the flow rate at 0.6 mL·min-1.The detector was ELSD.RESULTS Four ent-kaurane diterpenes were separated from dopant well.The content of ent-kaurane diterpenes was highest in A.squamosa L.(hainan).CONCLUSION The method is accurate and suitable for quanlity of diterpenes in Genus annona.There is content difference among different locations or species.


The appearance of the second volume of Henry and Schwyzer's editio minor of Plotinus has been long awaited by Plotinian scholars. The same may be said of this volume as Armstrong said of volume one (CR NS. 15 (1965), 176); like its predecessor, the new Oxford Text of the fourth and fifth Enneads is really a revised second edition, taking account of all the new work which has been done on Plotinus since the publication of the editio maior in 1959, particularly of the relevant parts of the text and commentary of Beutler and Theiler. The resulting text is far less conservative than that of the editio maior, and differs from it in hundreds of instances listed in the preface on pp. xiii-xxiv. Most of these differences are to be found in the addenda to volume III of the larger edition (published in 1973), but there are over eighty new readings, conveniently marked with an asterisk for ease of identification. As in volume one, the apparatus lectionum has been reduced, while the apparatus fontium has been considerably enlarged. However, there is one important difference between the two volumes. In volume one, the reflexive pronouns airrov, aimbv etc. were always written with a smooth breathing where such a breathing was the conjectured reading of the archetype. Only in a single instance in this volume (V.8.13.7 per' abrov) where all the manuscript authority without exception points to the smooth breathing, is this form of the reflexive retained. The use of the normal rough breathing in all other instances makes for much easier understanding.


Modern chemistry, notwithstanding its rapid advancement during the few last years, still presents to its cultivators several interesting objects, both of analytic and synthetic inquiry. Among the former, the decomposition of the muriatic and of certain other acids, holds a distinguished place; for our curiosity respecting the nature of these bodies, is strongly excited, by the influence which the discovery would have on the general doctrines of chemical science, as well as on the explanation of individual facts. The theory of the formation of acids, for example, one of the most important parts of the new system of chemistry, must be regarded as incomplete, and liable to subversion, till the individual acids now alluded to have been resolved into their constituent principles. To the best of my knowledge, however, we are not in possession of a single fact that gives the smallest insight into the constitution of the muriatic acid; and the attempts to effect its analysis, can only therefore be directed by the analogy of the decomposition of other bodies, which, from similarity of character, are arranged in the same class. One of the first objects, in the analysis of a compound body, should be its complete separation from all other substances, which, by their presence, may tend to introduce uncertainty into the results of the processes that are employed. But it is seldom that a simplicity so desirable can be attained in the objects of chemical research; for, agreeably to a known law of affinity, the last portions of any substance are separated with peculiar difficulty; the force of attraction appearing to increase, as we recede from the point of saturation. In a liquid state, the muriatic acid is a totally unfit subject for analytic experiment; for, in the strongest form under which it can be procured, it still contains a large proportion of water. This watery portion, be sides the complexity which it introduces into the results of experiments, prevents any combustible substance that may be applied, from acting on the truly acid part; because that class of bodies, having less difficulty in attracting oxygen from the water than from the acid, will necessarily take it from the former source. The state of gas, therefore, is the only one in which the muriatic acid can become a proper object of analysis.


If land is titled and transferable, it can be used as collateral against which money can be borrowed. The resulting increase in access to credit is usually expected to foster economic growth. We study a policy in colonial India that made land less available as collateral for debt. Using a panel dataset for Punjab districts from 1890 to 1910, we find that this reduced the availability of mortgage-backed credit, but did not hurt proxies for economic development such as acreage and cattle, at least in the short run.


This paper describes a novel design method of real time video processing,de-interlacing,color transient improvement and color space conversion,which is suitable for VLSI implementation.A synchronous and parallel pipeline architecture is proposed to reduce the complexity of video processing.The hardware design based on IP module of SOC is also discussed.This design has been verified by Synopsys EDA tool based on 0.35μm CMOS.


This article describes the background and continuing inquiry into major Australian health and social insurance systems in their primary context of national taxation based welfare provision and private insurance against injury. It aims to promote more cooperative and applied research into how health and social insurance design and management may be improved internationally. Australian policy makers have been particularly interested in the extent to which all health and related funds for services or pensions should be underwritten (owned) and managed by government or in the private sector, in order to gain the best outcomes for individuals, taxpayers, premium holders and the whole community. Nationally designed, health and related social service funds owned by government and industry, which are transparently, regionally and competitively managed, appear likely to provide superior outcomes to market based underwriting of risk, which also provides services or pension style support. Approved and applied principles of risk management should be taught in vocational education. This is the means of promoting critical understanding and implementation of relevant national and international standards and an evidence based approach to work performance. Australian policy appears to make funding available for applied industry research and education.


Aldose reductase (AR), a member of the aldo-keto reductase superfamily, has been shown to metabolize toxic aldehydes generated by lipid peroxidation, suggesting that it may serve as an antioxidant defense. To investigate its role in the late phase of ischemic preconditioning (PC), conscious rabbits underwent 6 cycles of 4-minute coronary occlusion/4-minute reperfusion. Twenty-four hours later, there was a marked increase in AR protein and activity and in the myocardial content of sorbitol, a unique product of AR catalysis. Pretreatment with Nω-nitro-l-arginine, a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, or chelerythrine, a protein kinase C inhibitor (both given at doses that block late PC in this model), prevented the increase in AR protein 24 hours later, demonstrating that ischemic PC upregulates AR via nitric oxide- and protein kinase C-dependent signaling pathways. The AR-selective inhibitors tolrestat and sorbinil prevented AR-mediated accumulation of sorbitol and abrogated the infarct-sparing effect of late...


A brief account on the causes and the mechanism of formation of raising sand,sand storm,strong wind,airborne dirt and the quantity of dustfall is given,the relationship among them analyzed,and the changes of quantity of dustfall in time and space explored through the field investigation,location test and physical and chemical analysis.The results illustrate that the dustfall in Hotan is influenced by days and intensities of airborne dirt,raising sand and sand storm and has important effect on the soil.


The slight-cocked head, half-shadowed face, the potted fern, the sheer lace curtain she's parting with her upraised hand create an art-cum-cathouse effect, though what she longed for was fanzine worthy, like sultry Dorothy Dalton in Motion Picture, having played her across the screens of downtown Franklin & Oil City in Extravagance & Other Men's Wives, seated at the keyboard in the offstage pit, glancing up from the score, reading the wild arm-sweep or quivering lip, coaxing threat or unspeakable heat with the left hand, weeping with the right, largo, allegro, presto, so when the audience rose at the final curtain, dreamers in a dream, & passed along already-cindered sidewalks toward


Designing beamforming techniques for the downlink (DL) of frequency division duplex (FDD) massive MIMO is known to be a challenging problem due to the difficulty of obtaining channel state information (CSI). Indeed, since the uplink-downlink bands are disjoint, the system cannot rely on channel reciprocity to estimate the channel from uplink (UL) pilots as in time division duplexing (TDD) system. Still, in this paper, we propose original designs for robust beamformers that do not require any feedback from the users and only rely on the transmission of UL pilots. The price to pay is that the beamformer is non-coherent in the sense that it does not leverage full knowledge of the phase of each multipath component. A large variety of novel designs are proposed under different criterion and partial phase knowledge.


Objective To therapy the atrial septal defect(ASD) much more better,comparative study of clinical outcomes in surgical treatment of ASD to other three minimally invasive procedures was performed.Methods From June 2007 to March 2008,652 ASD patients had undergone surgery(n=301),transcatheter closure(n=274),open-chest Hybrid closure(n=50) and without tracheal intubation Hybrid closure(n=27) of ASD.Patients were and divided into four groups according to the different procedures. Retrospectively we compared the data of patient's age,hospital stay,trauma,cost of hospitalization,blood transfusion,anesthesia,tracheal intubation and post-operative fellow-up.Results Median age and weight of open-chest Hybrid and without tracheal intubation Hybrid groups were significantly less than those of the other two groups(P0.01).The achievement ratio of four groups were 100.0%,97.2%,92.6%,100.0%.There was statistically difference in the achievement ratio of four groups(P0.01).Median hospital stay and cost of blood transfusion of transcatheter closure and without tracheal intubation Hybrid groups were significantly less than other two groups(P0.01).The mean cost of hospitalization in four groups were 24 802.90±360.96$,25 095.07±437.13$,24 856.77±445.87$,24 853.56±673.99$ respectively.There was no statistically difference in the cost of hospitalization(P0.05).All patients were recovered and discharged without eventuality.The mean follow-up time were 4.64±0.32 month,4.57±0.31 month,4.49±0.28 month,4.62±0.31 month.There was no statistically difference in the follow-up time(P0.05).The complication rate of post-operative incision were 3.32%,0.47%,6.00%,0.00%.The transcatheter closure and without tracheal intubation Hybrid groups were significantly less than other two groups(P0.01).Conclusions The mean cost of hospitalization in four procedure were almost the same.The ability to close any ASD regardless of its size,location or patient's age remains an important advantage of surgery.Transcatheter closure of ASD has the advantage of less complications.But there are limitations to lower-weight and infant patients.Open-Chest Hybrid closure offers a valuable and complementary operative approach for any age patients.Without extracorporeal circulation,it reduces trauma significantly but it always has few surgery injury.Without tracheal intubation Hybrid closure without tracheal intubation can be used for patients of any age.The cost of hospitalization is not higher than surgical treatment and transcatheter closure.The success of procedure is high and the incidence of post-operative complications is lower.It is an ideal treatment to infant ASD patients especially to lower-weight and younger infant patients.


The application of magnetic fields, electric fields, and the increase of the electromagnetic wave frequency are up-and-coming solutions for the blackout problem. Therefore, this study considers the influence of the external magnetic field on the electron flow and the effect of the external electric field on the electron density distribution, and uses the scattering matrix method (SMM) to perform theoretical calculations and analyze the transmission behavior of terahertz waves under different electron densities, magnetic field distributions, and collision frequencies. The results show that the external magnetic field can improve the transmission of terahertz waves at the low-frequency end. Magnetizing the plasma from the direction perpendicular to the incident path can optimize the right-hand polarized wave transmission. The external electric field can increase the transmittance to some extent, and the increase of the collision frequency can suppress the right-hand polarized wave cyclotron resonance caused by the external magnetic field. By adjusting these parameters, it is expected to alleviate the blackout phenomenon to a certain extent.


Blegen recommends Bennett to meet Ventris in Athens to work on the Pylos tablets and also relates his own work in Pylos on cataloging their finds.


Mastocytosis is a clonal proliferation of mast cells that accumulates in one or more organs [1]. This disorder is heterogenous, ranging from skin lesion that may spontaneously regress to multiple organ lesions that show a highly aggressive course, and a recent World Health Organization Classification divides it into 7 subtypes: cutaneous mastocytosis, indolent systemic mastocytosis, systemic mastocytosis with associated clonal hematological non-mast-cell lineage disease, aggressive systemic mastocytosis, mast cell leukemia, mast cell sarcoma, and extracutaneous mastocytoma [1]. Cutaneous mastocytosis, also referred to as urticarial pigmentosa, is the most common subtype of mastocytosis, which shows mast cell infiltration confined to the skin [1]. Cutaneous mastocytosis is histopathologically characterized by aggregates of mast cells filling the papillary dermis and extending as sheets and aggregates into the reticular dermis [1]. Eosinophilic infiltration is an uncommon finding of cutaneous mastocytosis, and only limited cases of cutaneous mastocytosis with abundant eosinophilic infiltration have been reported in the English literature [2-4]. Herein, we describe an additional case of cutaneous mastocytosis with abundant eosinophilic infiltration and discuss the clinicopathological features and differential diagnostic considerations.

A 4-month-old Japanese female infant presented with a persistent brownish macule in the left hip, which had been noticed approximately 3 months earlier. Physical examination revealed a relatively well-circumscribed brownish macule, measuring 2 x 1 cm in diameter, in the left hip. Darier's sign was positive. No other organ lesions were detected. Laboratory test demonstrated no hypereosinophilia (5.5% of white blood cells). Accordingly, a skin biopsy from the hip was performed under a clinical diagnosis of cutaneous mastocytosis.

Histopathological study revealed diffuse infiltration of mononuclear cells in the papillary dermis and superficial reticular dermis accompanied by abundant eosinophilic infiltration (Figure 1A, ,1B).1B). No epidermal involvement was noted (Figure 1A). These mononuclear cells had relatively rich basophilic granular cytoplasm and oval nuclei without conspicuous nucleoli (Figure 1B). Neither nuclear atypia nor mitotic figures were noted (Figure 1B). No granuloma formation was noted.

Figure 1

Histopathological features of the hip macule. A: Diffuse infiltration of mononuclear cells accompanied by abundant eosinophilic infiltration in the papillary and reticular dermis. HE, x 100. B: These mononuclear cells have relatively rich granular basophilic ...

Immunohistochemical studies were performed using an autostainer (Ventana) by the same method as previously reported [5-9]. These mononuclear cells were diffusely positive for c-kit (Figure 2), but negative for CD1a and langerin.

Figure 2

Immunohistochemical feature of the hip macule. c-kit is diffusely expressed, x 100.

Accordingly, an ultimate diagnosis of cutaneous mastocytosis with abundant eosinophilic infiltration was made.

Cutaneous mastocytosis usually has no or only a small number of eosinophils within the lesion. Albeit extremely rare, a few cases of cutaneous mastocytosis with abundant eosinophilic infiltration have been documented [2-4]. Table 1 summarizes the clinicopathological features of the 3 previously reported cases of cutaneous mastocytosis with abundant eosinophilic infiltration as well as the present one. All cases were infant or child, and clinical features were not different from those of conventional cutaneous mastocytosis. Although abundant eosinophilic infiltration was observed in the present case, the recognition of mast cells was not difficult. However, Ueng and Kuo reported a case of cutaneous mastocytosis with massive eosinophilic infiltration, which almost masked the neoplastic mast cells [2]. Abundant eosinophilic infiltration in the dermis is observed in a variety of cutaneous conditions, such as allergic reaction, arthropod reaction, parasite infection, eosinophilic cellulitis, bullous pemphigoid, and Langerhans cell histiocytosis. Therefore, albeit extremely rare, cutaneous mastocytosis should be included in the differential diagnostic consideration of abundant eosinophilic infiltration in the dermis, and immunostaining for c-kit is useful for diagnosis of cutaneous mastocytosis.

Table 1

Clinicopathological features of cutaneous mastocytosis with abundant eosinophilic infiltration

Moreover, abundant eosinophilic infiltration is sometimes observed in the cases of systemic mastocytosis [10]. Kirsch et al. analyzed the clinicopathological features of systemic mastocytosis involving the gastrointestinal tract, and they reported that four of five cases had a dense eosinophilic infiltrate in the lamina propria of the gastrointestinal mucosa, which may obscure the mast cell infiltrate and led to an erroneous diagnosis of eosinophilic colitis in one case [10]. Although the frequency of abundant eosinophilic infiltration within the lesion between systemic and cutaneous mastocytosis is different, it is important to recognize that abundant eosinophilic infiltration can occur in mastocytosis.

In the case of cutaneous mastocytosis with abundant eosinophilic infiltration reported by Hunt and Santa Cruz, tiny granuloma was also present within the lesion [4], although none was detected in the other 3 cases including the present one. Recently, Tran et al. reported a very interesting case of histiocyte-rich pleomorphic mastocytoma of the skin [11]. The neoplastic mastocytes, which had large pleomorphic nuclei with irregular contour or multiple lobes, were intermingled with vacuolated histiocytes, and moreover, eosinophilic infiltration was also identified throughout the lesion and was present in small focal clusters in their case [11]. Therefore, histiocyte- or histiocyte-like cell-rich lesions, such as juvenile xanthogranuloma and Langerhans cell histiocytosis should also be included in the differential diagnostic consideration of cutaneous mastocytosis.

The mechanism of eosinophilic infiltration in mastocytosis is thought to be due to the secretion of eosinophilic chemotactic factor by the neoplastic mast cells [2]. Accumulation of histiocytes in mastocytosis may also be caused by histiocyte chemotactic factor produced by neoplastic cells.


Since each major histocompatibilily complex (MHC) molecule can bind many different peptides, it might be predicted that competition for the same MHC-binding site takes place between peptides with unrelated sequences. As Luciano Adorini and Zoltan Nagy report here, this does indeed occur, both


INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN MANUFACTURING COORDINATION: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES Working Paper #AIM-002 Rob Kling, Kenneth L. Kraemer, Jonathan Allen, Yannis Bakos, Vijay Gurbaxani, and John King Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations (CRITO) Graduate School of Management and Department of Information and Computer Science University of California, Irvine


This article deals with the study of mathematical models and the assessment of the stability of the motion of ships, investigating properties of the system such as kinetics and stability. This is essential for the selection of suitable control methods according to the requirements set out for the problem. Some control methods require the author to specify control parameters before the operation of the system can be started. Therefore, the survey of the article is useful for the above problem. Control methods through simulation results (PID controller, lag compensator, and lead compensator) give me results that reflect properties of the system (the stability of the operation cycle of the ship model). In addition, control methods for this model, which serve for research and education, are also presented below. Simulation is done by Matlab.


Pain drawings (PD) are frequently used in research to illustrate the pain response to pain provocation tests. However, there is a lack of data on the reliability in defining the extent and location of pain. We investigated the test–retest reliability in reporting an acute painful sensation induced by a pain provocation test using a novel approach for PD acquisition and analysis in healthy volunteers.


Doxifluridine is a pyrimidine derivative and is activated to 5-fluorouracil by pyrimidine phosphorylase. Multiple acral hyperpigmented macules have been reported in patients treated with systemic 5-fluorouracil or some of its prodrugs. However, there have been no reports of this adverse event being induced by doxifluridine. Herein we present a 42-year-old woman with multiple pigmented lesions on the palm and sole after chemotherapy with oral doxifluridine. (Korean J Dermatol 2008;46(9):1257∼1261)


Abstract This paper aims at understanding inclusive capacity of legal system in Turkey by evaluating dynamics of professional advocacy in administrative detention for Syrian refugees in irregular positions. Our empirical study revealed Turkish judicial system, despite its push toward centralization and professionalization in the name of identification by the European impact, has a serious lack of translation and interpretation facilities, procedural incompleteness as the issue of bureaucracy in overloaded functions, and incompetency in migration-specific jurisdiction. We claim these shortcomings associating with manifestation of discrimination toward Syrians disallow to overcome the exclusionary mechanisms toward irregular migrants, except for some attorneys' professional efforts.


This report encompasses all major events in nature management and environmental policy in the Netherlands from 1814-1995. All relevant bills, policy documents and government departments as well as important events and incidents have been included. For instant mass demonstrations against nuclear energy and the contaminated soil affair in Lekkerkerk. In addition, all major and typical civil organisations and action groups as well as their activities and impact have been summarised. The report demonstrates that environmental action and problems of nature management are over 100 years old. Public interest in nature increased during the forties and from about 1970 environmental issues permanently featured on the political agenda. These days, many nature and environmental organisations celebrate their 25th , a few even their 100th anniversary. We presume that this report will be an asset for groups and individuals interested in environmental history.


The flexion of the cranial base and ontogenic migration of the foramen magnum in Macaca mulatto were investigated. Longitudinal cephalometric studies were carried out in infant and


Although reduced working time and furlough policy initiatives are widely regarded as important for economic and business reasons, little is known about their impacts on workers' mental health at the onset of COVID-19 pandemic. Using data from the UK Household Longitudinal Panel Study data from 2018 to February 2020 and April 2020 and change score analysis, this study aims to compare mental health changes between those who worked reduced hours, were furloughed and left/lost paid work. The results suggest that at the onset of COVID-19 reduced working time and furlough can protect workers' mental health, but only for men not for women. The gender differences remain significant even after controlling for housework and childcare responsibilities at the onset of COVID-19. These results highlight the importance of distributing paid work more equitably and formulating gender-sensitive labour market policies in protection of workers' mental health.


This study aimed ro describe and determine the characteristic patterns and the word formation process of various language terms used in tourism advertisements on digital media during the COVID-19 pandemic. There are several new terms that are widely used by people all over the globe, and tourism adevertisements are no excpetion. This study
used descriptive qualitative method. The data were taken from advertisements found on social media Facebook and Instagram. The thoery used in this research is the theory of language style proposed by Chaer & Agustina (2010) and theory of word formation process by Chaer (2008). It can be concluded that: (1) the characteristic pattern of the variety of languages used in tourism advertisements on social media Facebook and Instagram during the COVID-19 pandemic is a variety of non-formal languages, and (2) the variety of terms used tourism advertisements on social media Facebook and Instagram during the
COVID-19 pandemic are formed from blending, abbreviations and compounding.

Keywords: Language Varieties, Terms, Advertisement, COVID-19


This research paper examines the relationship between sports and nationalism in Ghana. I draw on Ghana"s performance in the 2010 FIFA World Cup as a major resource and site of argument in framing the research. Ghana, just like many other postcolonial African countries, has a multitude of ethnic groups and cultural variations; past governments worked very hard to cultivate a sense of nationalism Ghana. I am arguing that football transcends these differences or variations, especially since the culture of football is a significant tool in promoting expressions and feelings of unity and nationalism. I also argue that football is an integral part of the Ghanaian national identity, and has taken a very important place in society. The paper first outlines the history of Ghana and the history of football, before highlighting the prevalence of football and nationalism in Ghanaian society. I have employed examples of various local teams and Ghanaian footballers to show how football is linked with Ghanaian nationalism. Interviews have informed my conclusions, as well as extensive readings and field observation. The goal of the research is to expose the link between football and nationalism in the contemporary Ghanaian context and thus make a contribution to the sociological approaches to the subject of sports and nationalism.


The development of community-based small and medium banks is new thing which formed in regions financial of our country,its financial products and services possess characteristics of orientation,comprehensive,diversity,innovation and intelligence.To develop some community small and medium banks is necessary,moreover,feasible.It should be taken into national development strategies,under the guidance of national strategy,to promote and develop community small and medium banks steadily and exclude variety barriers of institutions,law and policy.


The performance of long (1.3 pm) and short (0.3 pm) gate- length Alo.a lb.51 As-Cao.47 Ino.53 As high electron mobility transistors (HEMT's) is reported. Transconductances of 465 and 650 mS/mm, respectively, were achieved. The 0.3-pm-long gate-length device exhibited an f, > 80 GHz. These results are attributed to the excellent electronic properties of the AIInAs-GaInAs modulation-deoped system. G~o.~~I~o,~~As:S I


All operative work permits of variation in the technic within certain bounds to accomplish the result desired, according to the ingenuity and individual equation of the operator. No operator should follow a set routine in doing an operation when circumstances in the case or his own predilection demand a modification. It is necessary only to follow the basic principles governing the technic in order to secure a successful issue. ANESTHESIA In my early work in this operative procedure, I adopted the prescribed method of inducing anesthesia through the use of cocain. After operating a number of times by inducing local anesthesia, I became impressed with the fact that I was doing justice neither to the patient nor to my sense of nervous equanimity through operating by this method, and resolved to do the subsequent operations under general anesthesia. I have now, for over a period of years, done all of


A GTME (Generalized MultiThermodynamic Equilibrium) plasma model is developed for plasmas in both Non-LThE (Non-Local Thermal Equilibrium) and Non-LChE (Non-Local Chemical Equilibrium). The model uses multitemperatures for thermal nonequilibrium and non-zero chemical affinities as a measure of the deviation from chemical equilibrium. The plasma is treated as an ideal gas with the Debye-Hückel approximation employed for pressure correction. The proration method is used when the cutoff energy level is between two discrete levels. The composition and internal partition functions of a hydrogen plasma are presented for electron temperatures ranging from 5000 to 35000 K and pressures from 0.1 to 1000 kPa. Number densities of 7 different species of hydrogen plasma and internal partition functions of different energy modes (rotational, vibrational, and electronic excitation) are computed for three affinity values. The results differ from other plasma properties in that they 1) are not based on equilibrium properties; and 2) are expressed as a function of different energy distribution parameters (temperatures) within each energy mode of each species as appropriate. The computed number densities and partition functions are applicable to calculating the thermodynamic, transport, and radiation properties of a hydrogen plasma not in thermal and chemical equilibria. The nonequilibrium plasma model and plasma compositions presented in this paper are very useful to the diagnosis of high-speed and/or low-pressure plasma flows in which the assumptions of local thermal and chemical equilibrium are invalid.


Davie's suggestion of a therapeutic trial may be useful and has been used formerly as part of a diagnostic strategy.1 2 3 But we would caution against relying on the response to furosemide because this drug reduces oedema from any cause, whereas non-cardiac oedema will not respond to angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors. However, the use of B-type natriuretic peptide and echocardiography provides—in addition to diagnosis—prognostic, aetiological, and therapeutic information.

There are several possible investigations for coronary disease and an individualised approach is recommended. …


The rapid development of the COVID-19 vaccines and the excellent results from the phase 3 randomized clinical trials, which demonstrated approximately 95% efficacy of both mRNA vaccines for the prevention of severe laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 and even higher efficacy against severe disease and death from COVID-19, led the US Food and Drug Administration to grant both PfizerBioNTech and Moderna vaccines emergency use authorization in December 2020. Vaccine rollout in the United States started on December 14, 2020. By March 13, 2021, more than 101 million doses had been given across the United States, and more than 11% of the US population was fully immunized. While this is a remarkable accomplishment, at the current pace of approximately 1.7 to 2.0 million shots daily, it will take 8 months to vaccinate 75% of the population with a 2-dose regimen. That is not nearly fast enough, considering that more transmissible and likely more deadly SARS-CoV-2 variants are spreading fast. We all knew that vaccine supply would be limited at the start of vaccine rollout, and thus, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health asked the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to convene an ad hoc committee to develop an overarching framework for COVID-19 vaccine allocation to assist policy makers. The report of this committee1 provided a roadmap based on ethical principles of maximizing benefit, equal concern for all individuals, and mitigation of inequities for fair vaccine allocation. The report recommended a phased approach for vaccinating the population. These overall recommendations informed more specific recommendations by the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and committees advising various states in their immunization plans. The ultimate goals of a COVID-19 vaccination program are to reduce morbidity and mortality and to return to normal life by limiting transmission. However, the public health strategy behind the National Academies' allocation approach while supplies are limited was to prioritize the reduction of death and severe disease and the protection of the health care system rather than to interrupt transmission. There are several justifications for this mortality(and severe morbidity–) first strategy: death is irreversible, and there is a social consensus regarding preventing severe morbidity and mortality. Moreover, meaningfully interrupting transmission requires vaccinating a critical mass of the population, which is challenging in a limited-supply scenario.1 In any case, there is currently limited evidence that authorized vaccines reduce transmission and acquisition of SARS-CoV-2, adding even more uncertainty regarding a transmission-first approach. Because we know that the vaccines are quite effective in reducing severe disease and hospitalization, the populations prioritized initially have been adults 65 years and older followed by persons with high-risk medical conditions. To date, more than half of the people who have received at least 1 dose of the COVID-19 vaccine are 65 years or older.2 Is this the best way to operationalize a mortality-first strategy given the limited supply of COVID-19 vaccines? Considering the limited initial supply, modeling vaccine allocation is a potential way to maximize benefits. Elsewhere in JAMA Network Open, Ioannou et al3 present a model developed using the electronic health records of 7.6 million US veterans to better identify who to vaccinate first to prevent a greater number of COVID-19 deaths. To do this, the investigators used data on veterans available at the Veterans Affairs Corporate Data Warehouse and developed a model to estimate the risk of SARS-CoV-2–related death during follow-up using patient characteristics. + Related article


The invention discloses a lamp support for a mine shaft bottom, comprising a hanging rod. The end of the hanging rod is provided with a hanging end, the lower end of the hanging rod is provided with a fixing piece, the fixing piece is provided with a pair of joint pins, each joint pin is provided with a connecting rod, the end of each connecting rod is provided with an adjusting column, and the lower portion of each adjusting column is provided with an inserting rod. According to the lamp support, a lamp can be mounted at one of the inserting rods, horizontal rotating fine-adjustment of the connecting rods can be achieved by rotation around the fixing piece, thus the fine-adjustment of the lamp is facilitated and the lamp support can be installed at the mine shaft bottom to facilitate mining.


The features to estimate the acoustic characteristics of metallic sound absorbing materials by the example of МР material are investigated. Great attention is paid to the definition of a structural factor of such material based on results of experimental researches. The approximation of the obtained characteristics by analytical expressions has been performed.


High morbidity and mortality associated with oral cancers and its high incidence and prevalence necessitates earlier diagnosis and effective management. Despite of ease in morphological accessibility, oral cancers are still diagnosed mostly in advanced stages chiefly due to lack of effective and cheap screening tools.The search of a suitable biomarker, which can diagnose, oral cancer effectively and can predict the progression of Oral Potentially malignant Disorders (OMPD) to Oral Cancer with accuracy, still exists. PRAME (Preferentially Expressed Antigen of Melanoma) is one such biomarker, which is a dominant repressor of Vitamin A (Vit A). Vit A, chiefly Retinoic Acid (RA) is extensively used these days for chemoprevention owing to its role in cell growth and differentiation. RA emerged as a cheap and acceptable chemo preventive agent since RA is readily available in the form of Vit A food supplements, Vit A is being used in patients with various grades of OPMDs and oral cancer, but its efficiency is still debatable owing to its mixed results in various cancers. Inconsistency in efficient results led to study of various molecules like PRAME, which is involved in RA metabolic pathway thereby modulating the outcome and efficacy of Retinoic Acid chemoprevention. *Correspondence to: Rahul Pandey, Scientist, DHR-MRU,King George Medical University, Lucknow226003, U.P, India, Tel: 9889175042; E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


Objective To evaluate the clinical feature of the aldosterone-producing adenoma(APA) and idiopathic hyperaldosteronism(IHA)in primary hyperaldosteronism.Methods Retrospectively analyzed clinical feaures of 76 patients with APA and 17 patients with IHA.Results (1)Compared with the patients with IHA,the patients with APA had higher plasma and urinary aldosterone,lower serum potassium.(2)Furosemide provocation test(FPT)in 48 patients with APA and 14 patients with IHA were carried out.It was found that the plasma aldosterone after FPT was increased or no changed in 27 patients with adenoma,and increased in the others.It was increased in all IHA patients.(3)The diagnostic accuracy rate of CT was 84.2% in 88 patients with computed tomography imaging(CT).Conclusion The anomalies of laboratory in patients with APA are more evidence than those of IHA.The results of FPT are overlapped in a considerable amount of APA and IHA.Now those with elevation of serum aldosterone after the FPT can not exclude the adenoma.The diagnostic accuracy rate can be improved according to FPT and CT.


Given two unital C*-algebras equipped with states and a positive operator in the enveloping von Neumann algebra of their minimal tensor product, we define three parameters that measure the capacity of the operator to align with a coupling of the two given states. Further, we establish a duality formula that shows the equality of two of the parameters for operators in the minimal tensor product of the relevant C*-algebras. In the context of abelian C*-algebras, our parameters are related to quantitative versions of Arveson's null set theorem and to dualities considered in the theory of optimal transport. On the other hand, restricting to matrix algebras we recover and generalize quantum versions of Strassen's theorem. We show that in the latter case our parameters can detect maximal entanglement and separability.


In an earlier article, "Parsi Seths as Entrepreneurs 1750-1850" (Review of Management, August 1970), the author had traced the growth of the Parsi business community over a period of 100 years. It was also shown that Parsi mercantile capital was ripe for industrial transformation and that an allround development towards an indigenous navigation and shipbuilding industry was already witnessed in the second quarter of the 19th century. Thereafter this development process was choked off and distorted mainly because of the colonial constraints. The present article continues the arguiments and tries to analyse the behaviour-pattern of the Parsi Seths on their way to limited industrialisation within the bounds of colonial fetters.Their dubashbanian background, together with their mechanical aptitude, appear to have dominated their attitudes all throughout the 19th century.


Pat Brunton and Linda Thornton explore ways for children to share discoveries and ideas with other members of their group