Portfolio investment, which is also named Investment Portfolio refers to the company or the individuals investing in different type of assets or in the different negotiable securities at the same time.

Whether Portfolio investment is good or not to the development for the Chinese banks or what the portfolio investment conditions are in Chinese land. The researches on this topic are very rare at present.

As the Bank of China was established in 1912 and it is the most glorious bank in Chinese history, being also one of the biggest international banks with a most abundant capital strength which was evaluated by British magazine "Banker". Simultaneously it was also evaluated by the magazine Fortune as one of 500 formidable enterprises in the world. So the research chooses the Bank as the object and hoping through the case study of it, to give a macro-view of the overall Chinese financial field on the topic of investment portfolio. At the same time, the dissertation also introduced Lloyds Bank into the case study and through the comparison in order to give a more precise result.

The research will focus on four questions: What are the systematic risks and non-systematic risks for banks in China? Can they all be dispersed by portfolio investment? How has the Bank of China used portfolio investment and what strengths and what drawbacks has BOC's approach shown? And so on. During this period CAPM model will be applied, in order to show the result of the Bank's portfolio investment strategy and it will also explains the risk level.

At the last the dissertation the author gives the answers to the research questions and makes some suggestions for the banks in China for its portfolio investment strategy.


Myeloma plasma cells interact with the bone marrow microenvironment which, in turn, supports their growth and protects them from apoptosis. In vitro studies have demonstrated the antitumor potential of zoledronic acid (ZOL) on myeloma cell lines, but few data are available on its effects on bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs). The aim of the current study was to evaluate the antiproliferative and apoptotic effect of ZOL on BMSCs, as well as its effect on the expression of adhesion molecules.


Cloud computing, which helps in sharing resources through networks, has become one of the most widely used technologies in recent years. Vast numbers of organizations are moving to the cloud since it is more cost-effective and easy to maintain. An increase in the number of consumers using the cloud, however, results in increased traffic, which leads to the problem of balancing tasks on the loads. Numerous dynamic algorithms [1] have been proposed and implemented to handle these loads in different ways. The performance of these dynamic algorithms are scaled with different parameters, such as response time, throughput, utilization, efficiency, etc. The weighted round-robin algorithm is one of the most widely used load balancing algorithms. The proposed algorithm is an improvement of the weighted round-robin algorithm, which considers the priority of every task before assigning the tasks to different virtual machines (VMs). The proposed algorithm uses the priority of tasks to decide to which VMs the tasks should be assigned dynamically. The same process is used to migrate the tasks from overloaded VMs to under-loaded VMs. The simulations are conducted using CloudSim by varying cloud resources. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm performs equivalent to the dynamic weighted round robin algorithm in all the QoS factors, but it shows significant improvement in handling high-priority tasks.


The paper deals with the image of a righteous character traditional for Russian patriarchal culture. The image of the righteous person is embodied in various artistic samples of Russian literature manifested in the form of the "wise old man" and presented in the literary works of Siberian writer M. A. Tarkovsky. The examples of representative literary works are used to determine the type of righteousness characters close to the primordial hagiographic and folk traditions (a preceptor, a martyr, a keeper, a holly fool).


PSEUDOHYPOPARATHYROIDISM is a clinical The purpose of this paper is to present entity not frequently considered in the another case of pseudohypoparathyroiddifferentiation of the various conditions ism in the hope that it may contribute with which convulsions are associated. to general awareness of the clinical picMany patients reported as having pseuture. In most cases an early diagnosis dohypoparathyroidism have been folfollowed by proper therapy will result lowed in clinics for convulsive disorders in symptomatic improvement. The more for a number of years before the correct pertinent features of the previously rediagnosis was established. ported cases will also be discussed. Albright and his associates' were the Two cases reported as pseudohypofirst to draw attention to the syndrome parathyroidism are not included in the in 1942, and subsequently about 24 cases present study. The case of Lowe and have been reported in the world literaassociates18 had an accompanying stet ~ r e . ~ " The clinical picture is similar atorrhea which complicated evaluation to that of idiopathic hypoparathyroidof the calcium metabolism. It is thought ism, but in addition patients with pseuthat the case of Berardinellil" did not dohypoparathyroidism tend to have a offer sufficient data to establish the diagshort, broad stature, a round facies, and nosis of pseudohypoparathyroidism. On an abnormal shortening of several or all the other hand, one of the cases reportof the fingers and toes. Ectopic ossificaed by LachmanZ0 as having idiopathic tions of the soft tissues are also noted hypoparathyroidism may have been a frequently . case of pseudohypoparathyroidism.


A major advantage of the two-shaft gas turbine as a prime mover is the steep torque-speed characteristic, so that the stall torque is typically twice the design torque. The co-turboshaft engine has a torque-speed curve which can be more than twice as steep as the conventional engine, so that only a rudimentary transmission would be required for normal operations. The co-turboshaft gas turbine engine has a co-rotating compressor case which is geared, together with the free power turbine, to the output shaft. As load increases and output shaft speed decreases, the effective gas generator speed increases, with no increase in rotor speed, and the power output rises. The engine has a torque-speed curve with up to four times the slope of a conventional free shaft turbine engine torque curve. This paper reviews results of testing a compressor with a co-rotating casing, and presents the results of simulating a typical engine using a hybrid computer to predict engine steady state performance. Effects of different design choices of compressor casing speed ratio are shown on engine torque, power and turbine inlet temperature characteristics. Control strategies for some possible applications, such as off-road vehicles and construction equipment, are discussed in relation to their likely duty cycles.© 1979 ASME


This short essay examines the relationship between academic research and policy with particular emphasis on the question of whether a critical criminology can engage in academic critique at the same time as engaging in policy oriented research. Recognising that critical criminology falls between theory and politics criminologists are urged to adopt pragmatic, strategic positions as they negotiate their role in contentious debates and practical minefields. It is concluded that a critical criminology must try not only to think the unthinkable about crime, but also to speak the unspeakable about the conditions in which and by which it is known.


Since most junctions do not use the full available magnetic splitting of the ferrite material, it is possible to replace part of it by a dielectric. The theoretical and experimental development of such composite stripline circulators using ferrite disks surrounded by dielectric rings is given in this paper. Theoretical calculations and experimental results on the circulation frequency, gyrator admittance, and split frequencies of such circulators are included. The case of a partially magnetized ferrite disk on a ferrite substrate is treated separately. The suscteptance slope parameter of this circulator geometry is also derived and measured. The results obtained in this paper show to what extent the ferrite disk behaves as a dielectric at the edge of the disk. The geometry leads to considerable saving in ferrite material, which is particularly important in UHF circulators. The experimental results are in good agreement with the theory.


Nonlinear phenomena played a very important role in science especially in the field of applied Mathematics, Physics and Engineering etc., since after the appearance of super computer; it is not difficult to obtain the solution of linear problem. But unfortunately, it is still difficult to solve nonlinear problem analytically. Commonly, the nonlinear problem is determined to be the type of nonlinear equation and then using the analytic method for its solution. The analytic methods are fast developing, but still have some deficiencies. Homotopy Perturbation Method was first presented [1,2]. The method of Homotopy Perturbation Method applied by many authors to find the solution of various nonlinear problem in the field of science and engineering [3-6].


This paper analyzes and compares the outdoor performance of two grid-connected photovoltaic systems based on the string inverter and microinverter technologies installed in the same facility area in Konya, Turkey. The first system is composed of a battery energy storage system(BESS) and monocrystalline modules(m-Si) with a 30° fixed tilt in two arrays. The second system is composed of individual pairs of polycrystalline module(p-Si) inclined at six different tilt-angle between 0° and 50°. These systems were evaluated on a monthly and yearly basis by utilizing the performance metrics defined by the IEC-61724 standard to determine which inverter and module technology had better performance under snowy conditions. The results of the analysis show that the m-Si based string inverter system has better energy production, array yield, and module efficiency when compared to the p-Si based microinverter systems. However, the final yield, performance ratio, and inverter efficiency of m-Si based string inverter system result in a lower value than that of the p-Si based microinverter systems due to the longer snow melting time caused by the layout of the modules and the energy consumption originated from the use of the BESS.


In this paper we solve two problems that arose when I began to construct wooden pic ture frames. At that time, my only tool was a table saw, a tool that is essential to any woodworker or carpenter, but by its simplicity appears to be very limited in its ver satility. But I convinced myself that the application of a little geometry, trigonometry, and calculus was all I needed to make my table saw a tool capable of more than just cutting boards to the proper width or length. The reader who would like to use our solutions to make his or her own frames will require no tools more sophisticated than a protractor and ruler, and a table saw of course! For the classroom, this article also demonstrates that "real world" problems can often be solved with the mathematics typically studied within the first two years of college. I think these problems would be especially enjoyable for students in engineering or industrial technology programs. A table saw consists of little more than a table and a flat circular saw blade that revolves, within its plane, about its center. The blade is raised through a slot to pro trude above the surface of the table, and the material is cut by passing it across the revolving blade. The most common use of a table saw is to rip a board, meaning to cut it lengthwise, parallel to the grain of the wood. A crosscut is a cut perpendicular to the length of the board, across the woodgrain. In both operations, the plane of the blade is perpendicular to the surface of the table and the board is slid on the table so that its leading edge is perpendicular to the blade. Figure 1 shows the operation of making a crosscut.


In this article a Tcheonzamun (the Thousand Character Essay) poem was shown, it was taken from the 145th-160th letters from Tcheonzamun and translated into English. The authors wanted to know whether the Tcheonzamun poem was composed in organic system or not. Through the research, the researchers knew that the poem of Tcheonzamun was written organically. The main theme of the poem was 'Do you want to be in your joyfulness, to maintain energy, to continue on the bright side of the life, to be able to see the beautiful side of life? Please make grow all of the things which you can do!' Tcheonzamun poem was written in organic system, and the poem has truly good meaning deeper than the meaning of ordinary translation of Tcheonzamun.


A multifunctional home security wireless monitor[0]ing system,with the function of anti-theft,fire prevention,anti-gas leak and emergency calling for help etc.,is designed by applying the transceiver chip NRF9E5 based on short-range wireless communication technology.The system runs stable and is easy to be extended,which can avoid data packets collision of multiple alarms.Day mode,night mode and out mode can be set to realize the home security monitoring and alarm.In order to take measures in time,text messages with the alarm information can be sent to user's mobile phone.


Recently, using drones for forest fire management has gained a lot of attention from the research community due to their advantages such as low operation and deployment cost, flexible mobility, and high-quality imaging. It also minimizes human intervention, especially in hard-to-reach areas where the use of ground-based infrastructure is troublesome. Drones can provide virtual reality to firefighters by collecting on-demand high-resolution images with adjustable zoom, focus, and perspective to improve fire control and eliminate human hazards. In this paper, we propose a novel model for fire expansion as well as a distributed algorithm for drones to relocate themselves towards the front-line of an expanding fire field. The proposed algorithm comprises a light-weight image processing for fire edge detection that is highly desirable over computational expensive deep learning methods for resource-constrained drones. The positioning algorithm includes motions tangential and normal to fire frontline to follow the fire expansion while keeping minimum pairwise distances for collision avoidance and non-overlapping imaging. We proposed an action-reward mechanism to adjust the drones' speed and processing rate based on the fire expansion rate and the available onboard processing power. Simulations results are provided to support the efficacy of the proposed algorithm.


The paper presents an analysis of load capacity for welded specimens made of titanium Grade 5 of 0.8 mm thickness. The lap joins were made by Resistance Spot Welding (RSW). The load capacity for joints with a single spot were assessed. The joints were welded with 5 variants of welding parameters. On the basis of the capacity of the joints, the best performance were selected. The best welding parameters were used to make three types of joints with different spacing of the welds: with a single weld, the two welds arranged parallel to the shearing direction and two welds arranged perpendicular to the shearing direction. The load capacity, a plastic strains distribution and a method of cracking were assessed. An example of the feasibility of a beam construction made of titanium grade 5 sheets welded by resistance spot welding were shown.


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The N-terminal region of protein band 3 plays an important role in associating several cytoplasmic proteins with the red cell membrane. Perrotta and colleagues have identified a novel band 3 mutation, "Neapolis," which causes severe hemolytic anemia,


The invention discloses a ceiling filtering device comprising a plurality of filtering units. Each filtering unit comprises two strip-shaped support frames arranged along a horizontal direction, and two strip-shaped support frames arranged along a longitudinal direction; the support frames are crossed to define a filtering area, and support plates extend to the filtering area from the support frames; the ceiling filtering device further comprises filtering pieces which are arranged on the support plates, a buffer filling part is arranged between the filtering pieces and the support plates and used for expanding or contracting relative to the support plates according to the weight of the filtering pieces supported by the buffer filling part in a self-adaptive manner so as to fill intervals between the support plates and the filtering pieces.


An impedance operator describes the mapping of a velocity field across a part of a boundary surface, to the traction field across the same part. Understood to represent the solution of a "direct" problem, i.e., the velocity field describes the problem forcing and the traction field part of the solution, the impedance operator is necessary causal. On the other hand, understood to represent the general solution of an "inverse" problem, i.e., the velocity field is part of the observed solution with the traction field representing the problem forcing, the operator need not be causal. Continuing, a uniqueness theorem that applies to the direct problem assures that the impedance operator thusly defined is unique. The lack of a corresponding theorem for the inverse problem suggests that the impedance operator thusly defined need not be unique. This further suggests requiring causality selects from multiple impedance operators, representing multiple solutions to the inverse problem, the one that is unique. This r...


Objective To observe the changes of glutamine synthetase(GS) expression in posterior horn of spinal cord at different time after sciatic nerve cut and approach the mechanism of GS protection to neuron.Methods Forty-eight SD rats were divided randomly into experiment group and normal control group.In the experiment group,right sciatic nerve was operation side and left sciatic nerve was control side.After sciatic nerve cut,rats survived for 1、3、7、14 and 21 days,take out 8 rats in each time.The immunohistochemistry method was employed to detect GS expression change.ResultsGS mainly expressed in the body of glial cell.GS expression was increased at 1 day and the most predominance at 7 days after sciatic nerve cut,then GS expression descend.It had statistical significance by contrasting between 1、3、7、14、21 days of experiment group and normal control group(P0.05),moreover it had no statistical significance by contrasting both posterior horn of experiment group(P0.05).ConclusionThe phenomenon that GS expression in posterior horn of spinal cord was elevatory is likely a reaction of GS to protect neuron after sciatic nerve cut.


Development of a dynamic urban area always goes with the development of
path network growth is happening both globally and in Indonesia, Indonesia's urban
area itself is directly experienced a change from region open green, changing to
region developed. the problem of green open region can be studied by looking at the
morphology of the region as a way of seeing the development of structures, networks
and movements of the region.
This research describes the morphology of the region where Seturan a green
open area was once a quite productive, but as the development of the region's road
network turns into a wake region with different land use than before, but the
development of the region that occurred not consider the condition and potential of
the region as a whole .. potential of the region will increase the value of the area or
can also lower the value of the Region. The method used in this research is to explain
the sequence of development periodenisasi Seturan region and saw the development
and structure of the network intact.
The results in this study mentioned that the morphology of the macro, region
Seturan not notice the initial conditions such as conditions of region of green open
spaces and the dimensions of the road that still has a width smaller than the previous
road leading to problems in the load path so that the recommendations of this study is
to call attention to the development of region to have insight into the built
environment on the land either green open spaces and the dimensions of the road
network as the main structure region Seturan


The arrival of quantum computers is imminent, with no room for uncertainty. It is only a matter of a few years before classical encryption algorithms face significant risks. NIST is leading the world to devise and standardize Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) algorithms. In this study, we considered the Multivariate Polynomial Public Key (MPPK) Digital Signature (DS) algorithm as one of recent PQC algorithms and generated MPPK/DS key pairs with the true random number from the quantum computer. For each key pair, we calculated the semi-covariance correlation to measure its robustness against brute force attacks. The results show that, in average with the selected seed prime, MPPK has lower semi-covariance and thereby stronger robustness over traditional RSA and SPHINCS algorithms. Additionally, we measured the latency performance of MPPK/DS algorithm over 5G, WiFi, and local area networks, in comparison of RSA and SPHINCS algorithms. Finally, We made all developments available online for research community to carry out similar comparisons with other PQC algorithms.


Spreadsheet inventory of the Cambridge Genizah Collection as of 2006, prepared for a digitisation project funded by the Friedberg Genizah Project. The spreadsheet lists every known classmark in the Collection, giving the number of folios at each classmark and the number of images required to digitise them.


Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection has been implicated in a variety of mucosal malignancies at genital as well as oral sites. Investigators used anal cytology and high resolution anoscopy followed by biopsies of abnormal areas to assess the incidence of anal neoplasia in 327 women with genital dysplasia.

Among 64 women …


—An Intelligent transportation system (ITS) focuses on application of smart vehicles. The vehicles are equipped with significant computing, communicating and sensing capabilities to provide services to travelers or the goal of providing safety massages in emergency situations. Vehicular network may also be used for Internet access, inter-passengers communications and entertainment. To understand the behavior of such networks as well as to provide good services to the travelers many issues have to be managed, some of them are: call handover between vehicles in vehicular network, speed Vs capacity, security of call, network topology, and network fragmentation. In this paper we study such vehicular networks and explain these issues and the related work. Detailed study of practical node mobility models based on mobility states and the quality of practical links based on received signal strengths are used as inputs for system capacity studies. Experiments were run in Sydney based on drive tests with mobile terminals deployed on them. Then some new ideas for managing the vehicular networks are proposed.


Naturally, mining business is so expensive that without access to bank loan it would be difficult for mining companies to significantly improve their performance. The main objective of this research was to investigate the contribution of bank credit on performance of mining companies in Rwanda using a case study of RMA. The results from the study are mainly based on primary data collected from a sample of 122 companies that was selected in a population size of 176 mining companies. Questionnaires and semi structured interviews were used to collect both qualitative and quantitative data from the field and it was entered and analyzed using SPSS. The overall findings from the study have shown that bank credit has a positive impact on mining sector performance in Rwanda. It was shown that bank credit has helped mining companies to improve their performance at all levels especially in mineral production and environmental protection. The results have also shown that mining companies suffer from low access to bank credit as for every 100 mining companies who requested bank loan, only few of them (31.5%) have got it while the majority of them (68.5%) were refused bank loan. The study has recommended all actors in mining to put together their efforts for solving the issue of low access to bank loan for mining companies.


An algebraic method for evaluating bare nucleon matrix elements of quark operators is proposed. Thereby, bare nucleon matrix elements are traced back to vacuum matrix elements. The method is similar to the soft pion theorem. Matrix elements of two-quark, four-quark and six-quark operators inside the bare nucleon are considered.


This paper explores the role of books in American antebellum domestic fiction. Written primarily for middle-class readers, domestic fiction offers advice on how to create an ideal home and in these ideal homes the presence of books is necessary. In an era plagued by a volatile national economy, monetary assets proved an unstable basis for class affiliation. Domestic fiction, however, presents the ownership of books as an alternative foundation for class status. As a result, rather than being based on economic resources, which might lose value overnight, thus causing a plunge on the social ladder, in these tales, middle-class status transcends economic status as it becomes synonymous with the ownership and appreciation of books and the personal qualities books were expected to foster.


The purpose of the research is to establish the need for maintenance logging in artificial 16-19-year-old plantings of various compositions using a comprehensive evaluation indicator. The purpose of the research work is to increase the durability of artifi cially created plantings in the study area based on the improvement of methods of logging maintenance. The data obtained will make it possible to assess the effectiveness of forestry measures. The species composition of the green zone of the city of Nursultan is mainly represented by plantings of elm, ash-leaved maple, tree willow, narrow-leaved loch, warty birch, common pine. There are practically no practical recommendations for carrying out forestry care for these species growing in the steppe zone, the subzone of dry tipchak-kovyl steppes with a sharply continental climate. Work on the study of the impact of logging care in plantings of various formations of the green zone of the city of Nursultan has not been carried out before, which determines the scientifi c novelty of the project. The practical signifi cance of the work is that the results obtained can be used to predict the growth and productivity of plantings in similar forest growing conditions.


The heat flux through the combustion chamber wall varies periodically with thermodynamical cycle of engine and locally according to various places of the wall. In this research project the heat flux was measured at the walls of piston crown, cylinder head, suction valve, exhaust valve, pre-combustion chamber and exhaust port, and the result was compared with the calculated value of heat loss based on cooling water. The heat flux at any point and at any period during the cycle depends on gas temperature, the surface temperature of wall and gas flow. Especially, it is affected by a jet flow from the pre-chamber and the arrival of a burning flame at these points. The percentage of heat loss from piston crown is about 7%, from cylinder head 4%, from prechamber wall 4%, from suction valve 1%, from exhaust valve 0.5% and from exhaust port 5% of the heat energy supplied by fuel at full load.


The invention discloses a member interface checking method and a system in link negotiation. During the link negotiation process, the invention compares whether port identifiers of aggregation interfaces respectively joined with member interfaces at an initial end and a response end of an optical fiber channel (FC) link are consistent or not and compares whether a device identifier of a device where the member interface at the initial end of the FC link is located is consistent with that of the opposite end device of the member interface at the response end, and allows the post link negotiation to be continued only when the port identifiers and the device identifiers are respectively consistent so as to guarantee to add the member interfaces at the two ends of an FC link into the aggregation interfaces at the two ends of the same aggregation link and locate the member interfaces at the two ends of the same aggregation link to the same device, thereby guaranteeing the normal work of the aggregation link passed by negotiation and improving the reliability of link negotiation. Moreover, the invention can multiplex the existing exchange link parameter (ELP) negotiation process to check the member interfaces, thereby avoiding extra message flow rate caused by checking.


Resistance to chemotherapy contributes to treatment failure in over 90% of patients with metastatic cancer.[1] Although, many tumors initially respond well to chemotherapies, selective pressure can lead to the proliferation and dissemination of cell subpopulations exhibiting either de novo or adaptive drug resistance, often accompanied by cross-resistance to a range of structurally diverse small molecule drugs. MDR1 P-glycoprotein (P-gp) is considered to be the most prevalent and single most important cause of multidrug-resistance (MDR) in humans,[2] where the protein facilitates recognition, intracellular trafficking, sequestration, [3] and/or cellular efflux of up to 50% of all cytotoxic chemotherapeutics (e.g. doxorubicin, paclitaxel, vinblastine, etoposide), as well as antibiotics (e.g. erythromycin, azithromycin, ketolides), and other therapeutic small molecules.


A 32GHz cylinder conformai omnidirectional millimeter wave antenna array is designed in this paper. The diameter of the cylinder is 60 mm. The Taylor distribution method has been applied to design eight elements subarray to lower the side lobes. The beam wave angle can be changed by adjusting the distance between microstrip patches. The antenna array includes 32 subarrays to obtain smooth radiation pattern. The simulation results show that the first side lobe level is −17.2dB. The antenna has been fabricated. The measurement results show that the omnidirectional antenna gain is 6.2dB, and the relative bandwidth is 23.4%.


We consider a fluid flowing on an inclined channel. The fluid depth is much smaller than the unity length, so that it can be formulated based on lubrication theory into a single equation of the fluid depth. Since the model is partial differential equation and strongly non-linear, a numerical approach is proposed to get the solution. From the linearized model, the solution presents surface wave propagating with decreasing the amplitude and a forward time central space is conditionally stable. Therefore, the numerical solution is studied to simulate the wave propagation. The character of the wave is confirmed.


PURPOSE: A display device and a driving method thereof are provided to improve efficiency of the entire power circuit through a direct current to direct current (DC-DC) modularization concept. CONSTITUTION: A power supply part (152-1) supplies a converted DC voltage. A switch part (152-2) is connected with the power supply part in series and performs a switching operation according to different switching signals. A transformer part (152-3) converts a voltage applied to a primary winding into a secondary winding voltage according to the switching operation of the switch part. A synchronous rectification part (152-4) performs synchronous rectification for the voltage induced at the secondary winding. An output part (152-5) outputs the rectified DC voltage. [Reference numerals] (152-1) Power supply part; (152-2) Switch part; (152-3) Transformer part; (152-4) Synchronous rectification part; (152-5) Output part


Background: Infertility, defined as the failure to conceive after one year of regular, unprotected intercourse, affects 50–80 million people worldwide. A male factor is involved in approximately 20–30% of cases. In the etiology of male infertility, the association between poor semen quality and oxidative stress (OS) is well known. High levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) allow the oxidation of DNA, proteins, and lipids of sperm cells, modifying their vitality, motility, and morphology. Methods: To evaluate the effects of antioxidants on sperm in infertile men, we queried the MEDLINE database (via the PubMed interface) for published studies in the last 10 years (2011–2021). The following keywords were used: "infertility" and -"inositol", -"alpha-lipoic acid", -"zinc", -"folate", -"coenzyme Q10", -"selenium", and -"vitamin". Results: Inositol regulates OS levels in sperm cells thanks to its role in mitochondrial reactions and is involved in several processes favoring sperm–oocyte interactions. Alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) reduces ROS damage and improves semen parameters in terms of spermatozoa's motility, morphology, and count. Poor zinc nutrition may be related to low quality of sperm. Supplementation of folate plus zinc has a positive effect on the sperm concentration and morphology. Supplementation with CoQ10 increases sperm concentration, total and progressive motility. Selenium (Se) supplementation improves the overall semen quality and is related to a higher ejaculated volume. Among vitamins, only vitamin B12 shows a positive effect on semen quality; it increases sperm count and motility and reduces sperm DNA damage. Conclusions: In men showing low-quality semen, diet supplementation with antioxidants may improve the sperm quality by alleviating OS-induced sperm damage and enhancing hormone synthesis and spermatozoa concentration, motility, and morphology. Future clinical trials should be focused on the possible association of several antioxidants to take advantage of combined mechanisms of action.


The invention discloses a three-network merged intelligent device, which comprises a television network data processing circuit, an internet data processing circuit, a telecommunication network data processing circuit, a central processing circuit, a signal output circuit, a voice receiving circuit and a voice recognition circuit, wherein the central processing circuit is electrically connected with the signal output circuit; the voice receiving circuit is used for collecting voice data of a user; the voice recognition circuit is used for performing voice recognition on the voice data to generate a voice recognition result and sending the voice recognition result to the central processing circuit; the central processing circuit is electrically connected with the voice recognition circuit; and the voice recognition circuit is electrically connected to the voice receiving circuit. By the adaption of the three-network merged intelligent device provided by the invention, users surf the Internet, watch TV, publish information and the like through the voice control, thereby providing more convenient service and more intelligent experience to the user.


The Bulgarian economic model should not be borrowed, but must be based on the country's historical experience, considering the existing natural circumstances, the available resources, the political and economic realities in Bulgaria, Europe and the world. The current study analyzes the possibilities of the old industrial zones to be revitalized and included in the national economic turnover. It is necessary to base on the policy of revitalization and re-industrialization, which could use the old industrial zones through recapitalization, technical and technological renewal. In the cities that have developed an Integrated Urban Recovery and Development Plan (IURDP) are on their way to take to the rehabilitation, restoration and regeneration, thereby to revive and start working. The economic policy of developing new industrial zones and restoring old industrial areas in cities is tracked. Industrial policy in Bulgaria means recovery and accelerated development of Bulgarian industry. Regional policy and development – during the programming period 2014 - 2020, starts the implementation of the new strategic and planning documents for socio-economic and spatial development of territorial communities. The territorial (spatial) policy bases on the integrated approach to urban development. The study traces important contemporary phenomena and factors affecting spatial and architectural design of industrial buildings and complexes. The benefits of building and revitalization of industries and activities in abandoned industrial areas are outlined, aiming at a positive impact in social, economic, environmental and spatial aspect. Negative practices should not obstruct production areas in decline. Conversion can achieve optimal use of territorial resources and a balanced development of the urban structure. Intensive sustainable development leads to positive effects. Difficulties can be overcome through an initiative of the local self-government, businesses, landowners and other stakeholders to create strategies for optimal development of production areas in the context of urban structure and socio-economic factors, changes in the legal framework, tax reliefs and other financial incentives, stimulating PPPs and others. It is necessary that a number of in-depth surveys on site selection, expedience and optimal solution to be carried out in order to ensure the long-term existence, financial and social effect.


Chinese folk art is rich in resources, and a variety of folk-art shapes provide useful nourishment for the creation of animation art. This paper mainly introduces the different categories of folk-art modeling, the commonness with film and television animation, the rich expression in animation works, and discusses the important role of folk literature and folk music in animation works.


Graphite oxide (GO) was found to function as an auto-tandem oxidation-hydration-aldol coupling catalyst for the formation of chalcones in a single reaction vessel. Various alkynes or alcohols were hydrated or oxidized in situ to their corresponding methyl ketones or aldehydes, respectively, which underwent a subsequent Claisen-Schmidt condensation. Each of the aforementioned reactions proceeded in the absence of metals (confirmed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, ICP-MS) and afforded a range of chalcone products in good to excellent yields from commercially available starting materials.


Remote multisensing problem results from the use a variety of instruments in non-collocated measurement of time varying quantities. Variables measured by multiple sensors h ave to b e associated with spatial coordinates and synchronized in time. Sensors outputs are, however, dependent not only on the inputs from measured variables, but also by the instrument inner dynamics. Sensor fusion is accurate only if it uses signals with properly calibrated magnitudes and with the same phase shifts. An effective approach for achieving these requirements is dynamic calibration of individual sensors output signals. This paper investigates dynamic calibration as an inverse problem and proposes to use the solutions developed for such problems. Numerical results illustrate the benefits of dynamic calibration for remote sensing.


AbstractThe adsorption of five widely used 1. 4-benzodiazepines on talc, calcium phosphate, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline celluloses, ethyl cellulose and starch was studied. Adsorption of these compounds on charcoal was also investigated for comparison. Diazepam was found not to be adsorbed on talc, calcium phosphate and magnesium stearate. A relatively low adsorption of the drug by cellulose and starch was measured. The amount of diazepam adsorbed per unit weight of ethyl cellulose was high in water and in phosphate buffer, while no adsorption could be measured in 0.1 N HCL. The drug interact with ethyl cellulose at higher concentrations (100-180 mcg/ml). The UV and IR of the reactants and products were studied.The adsorption of nordiazepam, nitrazepam, flunitrazepam and chlordiazepoxide onto ethyl cellulose and charcoal from their aqueous solutions was also studied. Diazepam and nordiazepam showed the highest adsorption on ethyl cellulose. The desorption of benzodiazepines from ethyl cellulose in...


much of what is done under guise of industrial conservation fails. This is particularly true of projects involving the adaptive reuse of industrial complexes for residential, commercial or institutional uses. In principle adaptive re-use is a good thing. Buildings that do not have a function cannot be preserved. Far too often, however, conservation is limited to the exterior shell of the building. It forms the skeleton of the project and architects are then given free licence to reinvent the spaces according to contemporary architectural tastes for clean, sleek interiors and gentrified landscapes with neat paving stones, water features and raised planters. Adaptive reuse of industrial complexes for commercial development clearly must respect the needs of the developer to create marketable space but this does not mean the principles of good conservation practice need to be set aside. The Gooderham and Worts Distillery in Toronto, Canada provides an interesting case study of an industrial heritage project that was initiated by a profit-driven real estate developer but with a well-defined conservation strategy integrated into the development planning process. The historic complex, which consists of over 30 stone and brick structures dating from 1859 to 1927, covers a 13-acre site on the eastern edge of downtown Toronto. When the plant closed in 1990 its historic significance was undisputed but what to do with it? Many believed that it should be fully preserved and turned into an industrial heritage attraction but, as is so often the case with sites of this size, there was not enough money in the heritage sector to make it economically feasible. In 2001 the entire site was purchased by Cityscape Holdings, an innovative developer with experience at in the adaptive reuse of heritage properties. Working with ERA Architects, a well-known firm of conservation architects, they presented a vision for a pedestrian-friendly arts and cultural precinct which would exploit the site's industrial heritage to impart a unique identity to the development. 0At the outset, a conservation strategy was developed that called the retention of as much of the historic fabric as possible and to alter or intrude as little as possible. As a result, much of it overhead piping and signage that was part of the integrated distillery process is still and place and the brickwork has been allowed to keep some of the gritty patina of an industrial plant. On the interior many features associated with distilling process have been integrated into the new commercial functions. For example the bins that stored the grain for whiskey have been retained in converted office spaces and the large control panel for the distilling room remains in an office now occupied by graphic design firm. The spaces have a quirky quality but the strategy of the developer has been to find tenants who see this as an asset rather than a liability. An interpretive centre and guided tours of the site are provided as part of the experience. The Distillery District is clearly not conservation to museological standards and in the course of implementing the project many compromises had to be accepted to make it economically viable. This project is worthy of note for the fact that the heritage values of the site were defined very broadly not only in terms of the physical structures but in the processes that went on inside the buildings and the overall character of a working industrial plant. Although much has been removed, the site's connection to its industrial past survives as an underlying layer of history that is still legible in the character of exterior and interior spaces and the surviving remnants of the industrial processes, which now form integral components of its new function. Opinion


Theileria orientalis is a tick-born haemoprotozoan parasite distributed throughout the world. It causes significant economic losses to livestock industry, because no commercially effective medicines or vaccines are currently available for its control. Among the different molecular markers are used to study and characterise this parasite, major piroplasm surface protein (MPSP) gene is most commonly used and reliable marker to characterise this parasite. We compared the efficiency of two primer sets for diagnosis of Theileria orientalis in 32 cattle blood samples that were showing clinical signs suggestive of theileriosis. Light microscopic examination revealed twenty two cattle were positive for theileriosis. In PCR we used two primer sets that amplify the 32kDa major piroplasm surface protein (MPSP) antigen gene of T. orientalis. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based methods showed higher sensitivity in identifying positive cases than detected by light microscopy. Primer set 1 identified 23 cattle as positive, whereas primer set 2 identified all the 32 cattle examined as positive for T. orientalis. Our preliminary analysis concludes that PCR based method was more efficient in detecting oriental theileriosis in cattle and primer set 2 is the first choice for epidemiological studies of T. orientalis.


Hexavalent chromium [Cr (VI)], derived from various industries, including fly ash from coal-based Thermal Power Plants, can be a source of toxic pollution of land and water bodies. This study aimed to bioremediation of such pollutant dump sites using bacteria capable of both Cr(VI) reduction and plant growth-enhancing substance production. The bacteria were isolated from the rhizospheric fly ash of a Thermal Power Plant, Kanpur. One of the rhizospheric isolate, Pseudomonas aeruginosa R32 showed high minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) for Cr(VI) (1250 µg/ml), heavy metal tolerance (ZnCl2, CdCl2, Pb(NO3)2) up to 100 µg/ml, Acid Red 249 (AR) tolerance and halotolerance (6% NaCl). The isolate R32 also produces plant growth-promoting (PGP) hormones in the absence or presence of Cr (VI). R32 could completely reduce Cr(VI) at a tested dose of 100 and 500 μg/ml after 24h and 72h, respectively. However, decolorization of AR was observed after 48 hours at an initial concentration of 100 µg/ml and confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy analysis. Vigna mungo seed inoculation with isolate R32 showed increased rootling growth compared to shoot after 7 d treatment with 0, 100, 500, and 1000 μg/ml of Cr(VI) concentrations, respectively. Root length tolerance index in Cr(VI) treated V. mungo seedlings was reduced to 56%, 35%, and 29%, respectively, when treated with 100, 500, and 1000 μg/ml Cr(VI) in comparison to control. Cr(VI) sub-MIC concentrations can affect the plant growth-promoting properties of rhizospheric bacteria. Herein, we report the isolation of rhizospheric bacteria P. aeruginosa R32 showing concurrent PGP substance production and Cr(VI) bioreduction capabilities in the presence of PGP inhibitory Cr(VI) concentrations.


In the book Thirteen Against the Bank, Norman Leigh claims to have achieved the impossible and devised a system to consistently return a profit from playing roulette. It sounds too good to be true, and maybe it is. Graham Kendall uses computer simulation to sort fact from fiction


Bowker GC and Star SL. 389 pages. Cambridge, MA, and London: MIT Pr; 1999. $29.95. ISBN 0262024616. Order phone 800-356-0343. Field of medicine: Public health and medical informatics. Format: Hardcover book (softcover also available). Audience: Physicians and nonphysicians involved in developing or setting policy for classification systems, nomenclatures, or vocabularies. Purpose: To discuss the idea that classifications and standardizations have direct impact on social and political aspects of human interaction. Content: The authors organize their presentation into an introductory chapter that frames the issues, followed by three sections (classification and large-scale infrastructures, classification and biography, and classification and work practice) providing specific examples, and a conclusion section. The authors use the International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision, race classification under apartheid in South Africa, and the Nursing Intervention Classification as primary examples. An extensive bibliography of more than 300 references, a name index, and a subject index follow the text. Highlights: The authors present fascinating history and insights into the development of various classification systems. In addition, they identify issues that arise during the creation of any classification system, such as the need to compromise between providing granular classifications that satisfy needs specific to a time and place. Finally, the authors draw attention to the implications of choices made in the development of some important classification systems. These implications bear on moral judgments, financial effects, and political gains or losses. Limitations: The authors' writing style hinder the reader's ability to access the interesting information and to understand the implications of choices made in developing classification systems. While the overall organization of the book is clear, the themes and ideas do not flow well. Sentences require repeated readings, and a dictionary at your side would be helpful, given the authors' frequent use of unfamiliar words. These failings obscure interesting and valuable facts and viewpoints. Related readings: Svenonius'The Intellectual Foundation of Information Organization (MIT Pr; 2000) and Aitchison and colleagues'Thesaurus Construction and Use: A Practical Manual (Fitzroy Dearborn; 2000). Reviewers: J. Marc Overhage, MD, PhD, and Jeffery G. Suico, MD, Regenstrief Institute for Health Care and Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN.


Although he retired just over a year ago as vice president for research at the State University of New York at Buffalo, Dr. Raymond Ewell claims, "I've been busier this past year than I ever have." That's no small claim, in light of his long career, which included stints as head of Stanford Research Institute's Chemical Economics Service, assistant director of the National Science Foundation, and adviser to the government of India before he went to Buffalo in 1957. But a look at what he has been doing lately shows what he means. Dr. Ewell, a long-time authority on worldwide fertilizer trends, still teaches an undergraduate course at the university—on population growth and the world's resources—and has an office there which serves as a base for his continuing work as consultant to the United Nations and India. His travels in the past half year or so have taken him to India and the Philippines ...


S OF PRESENTATIONS MONDAY 12, Morning session Nader Haghighipour The Unique Unifying Power of Research on the Origin of Life and its Existence in the Universe José Cernicharo Molecules in space, from cold dark cores to high mass star forming regions Sun Kwok Relationship between stellar synthesized complex organics and solar system organics Complex organics are now known to be present in meteorites, comets, asteroids, interplanetary dust particles, and planetary satellites in the solar system. Recent infrared spectroscopic studies of stars in the late stages of evolution have found evidence for the rapid synthesis of organic compounds with mixed aromatic-aliphatic structures. These organics are ejected into the interstellar medium and distributed throughout the Galaxy. The possibility that the early solar system had inherited stellar organics will be discussed. References : Kwok, S. The Synthesis of Organic and Inorganic Compounds in Evolved Stars, Nature, 430, 985 (2004) ; Kwok, S. and Zhang, Y. Mixed aromatic/aliphatic organic nanoparticles as carriers of unidentified infrared emission features, Nature, 479, 80 (2011) ;Kwok, S. Complex organics in space: from Solar System to distant galaxies, A&A Rev., 24, 1-27 (2016) Dimitris Stamatellos Young protoplanetary discs and their role in planet formation and evolution Stars are born with discs that during their initial stages of formation are relatively massive, asymmetric and they are being fed with material from their parent clouds. Recent ALMA observations of the disc of the young star HL Tau have revealed the presence of multiple dust and gas gaps. These gaps may be carved by planets, and since HL Tau is an extremely young object (less than 1 Myr old), this raises the exciting possibility that planets and planetary systems may form much faster than it has been previously thought. Therefore, their formation may be sensitive to the early properties of discs while they are still forming in collapsing molecular clouds. We will present radiative hydrodynamic simulations of self-gravitating discs forming in collapsing clouds and discuss their observational signatures. We will examine whether the conditions for chondrule formation may be met in the spiral arms induced by gravitational instabilities in young discs. Finally, we will discuss how young proto-planets may evolve in such discs. Hideaki Fujiwara Dust in Warm Debris Disks Debris disks around main-sequence stars, or "extrasolar zodiacal lights," are expected to be related to the stability of minor bodies and, potentially, to the presence of planets around stars. Recent high-sensitivity observations in the mid-infrared allow us to investigate the properties of warm dust grains in the inner region of debris disks, which should have a more direct link to the formation of terrestrial planets than the low-temperature dust that has been previously studied. Here we report the results of our survey of warm debris disks based on photometric measurements at 18 micron taken from the AKARI/IRC All-Sky Survey data. We have identified a number of debris disk candidates with bright mid-infrared excess emission above the stellar photosphere. We find that A stars and solar-type FGK stars have different characteristics of their debris disks. We also show the results of our follow-up observations of the warm debris disks in the midand far-infrared, and discuss their nature. Sin-iti Sirono Sintering of icy dust aggregates and its effects on collision In the outer region of a protoplanetary nebula, the main component of dust grains is ice. Because ice sublimes at low temperatures, ice molecules migrate to a neck between adjacent grains to minimize the total surface area. This process is called sintering. The mechanical properties of an icy dust aggregate change greatly due to sintering. I conducted numerical simulations of collisions between sintered dust aggregates. It was found that the collisional outcomes changes from sticking to bouncing or breakup with sintering. Sintering prevents growth of an aggregate. Planetesimals (and probably planets) cannot be formed in the region where sintering proceeds. Fragments are produced in a collision of sintered dust aggregates. The symmetric pattern observed in a protoplanetary disk HL Tau is well explained by sintering MONDAY 12, Early afternoon session Thomas Henning Chemistry in protoplanetary disks Manuel Güdel Conditions for habitability: young stars and their environment The formation of (Earth-like) life on planets requires a set of conditions thatare to a large extent determined by the stellar and planetary environment. Among the most crucial conditions figure a stable atmosphere and temperature ranges that allow liquid water oceans to form and to remain present on long timescales. Such conditions are not easily met given the complex and variable environmental properties of young stars. Among the most important factors to determine the early formation of planetary habitable conditions are the long-term evolution of the stellar output from optical radiation to the X-rays, the strength of the stellar ionised wind, the rate of coronal mass ejections, and the presence of high-energy particles; furthermore, small bodies in the evolving young planetary system have both supporting and deteriorating effects. I will discuss the role of the stellar environment and the star itself for planetary habitability and will in particular emphasise the "initial conditions" in the epoch of star and planet formation. Theresa Lüfting Young stars magnetic fields and their influence on the habitability of surrounding planets The atmosphere formed on a young planet and its habitability critically depends on the properties of its host star in particular the evolution of stellar rotation, winds and of the related magnetic activity are of crucial importance. The magnetic field of a star is the essential driver of activity, of ionization, photodissociation, chemistry, and winds in the stellar environment. Thus these fields have an enormous impact on the atmospheres and the magnetospheres of surrounding exoplanets. Modelling of stellar magnetic fields and their winds is extremely challenging, both from the observational and theoretical points of view. The recent groundbreaking advances in observational instrumentation and a deeper theoretical understanding of magnetohydrodynamic processes in stars enable us to model stellar magnetic fields and winds – and the resulting influence on surrounding planets – in more and more detail. In this presentation we will address questions on the formation and habitability of environments in (young) stellar-planetary systems in the light of stellar magnetic activity. We will discuss, how magnetic fields and winds are assessed observationally with relevant techniques such as Zeeman Doppler Imaging, field extrapolation, and wind simulations. We explore and present in particular a sample of prototypical young Suns, coupling the whole system, from the stellar surface to winds launched by the magnetic field, the atmopheric erosion of a surrounding early Earth due to this activity and winds, and the planetary magnetosphere as a shielding and protecting source. Hideko Nomura CO gas depletion and formation of organic molecules in protoplanetary disks Protoplanetary disks are the natal place of planets and ALMA observations are now revealing the physical and chemical structure of planet forming regions in the disks. Understanding chemical components of gas, dust and ice in the disks is essential to investigate the origins of materials in the plants. In the talk, I shall report our recent ALMA Band 7 observations of CO isotopologue lines from the protoplanetary disk around TW Hya. The result shows a significant decrement in CO gas throughout the disk even inside the CO snowline, indicating freeze-out of gas-phase CO onto grain surfaces and possible subsequent surface reactions to form larger molecules. Complex organic molecules could be efficiently produced in the observed CO gas depleted regions. Actually, methanol has been detected towards the TW Hya, whose abundance relative to water is consistent with that of comets in our Solar system. MONDAY 12, Late afternoon session Yoko Kebukawa Carbonaceous meteorites and the origins of organic matter Carbonaceous meteorites contain wide variety of organic matter. The origins of the organic matter are still subject to debate. One hypothesis is synthesis of organic matter during meteorite parent body aqueous processing starting from simple molecules such as formaldehyde and ammonia. Hydrothermal experiments of water solutions containing a mixture of formaldehyde, glycolaldehyde and ammonia showed that various amino acids including α-, βand γ-amino acids up to five carbons were produced simultaneously with macromolecular organic solids similar to the chondritic insoluble organic matter (IOM). One-pot aqueous processing from simple ubiquitous molecules can produce a wide variety of extraterrestrial organic matter from amino acids to macromolecular IOM in hydrous planetesimals. Hervé Cottin Comets organic content and astrobiology, (re)assessment for comet 67P after the Rosetta mission Comets are commonly regarded as objects with a prime astrobiological importance. They are reservoirs of a large amount of material considered as necessary for the origin of life: water and organic molecules. While the measurement of the D/H ratio in the water of comet 67P established in the early stages of the Rosetta mission that comets such as 67P are probably not a source of water on Earth, the nature and amount of the organic content of comet 67P is progressively revealed through the complementary measurements of ROSINA, COSAC, PTOLEMY and COSIMA instruments. The detection of glycine and phosphorous atoms in the atmosphere of the comet have demonstrated the presence of so called "prebiotic" ingredients. However, it takes certainly much more than this to feed the


This paper is a useful set of background information of HEF flowsheets, although many changes have been made in the past three years. The HEF reference flowsheet is a modified high-acid PUREX flowsheet capable of operating in the coprocessing mode or with full partitioning of U and Pu. Adequate decontamination factors are provided to purify high-burnup, fast breeder-reactor fuels to levels required for recycle back to a fuel fabrication facility. Product streams are mixed U-Pu oxide and uranium oxide. No contaminated liquid wastes are intentionally discharged to the environment. All wastes are solidified and packaged for appropriate disposal. Acid and water are recovered for internal recycle. Excess water is treated and discharged from the plant stack. Several changes have been made in the reference flowsheet since that time, and these are noted briefly.


Abstract We consider the Neumann problem for the Schrödinger equations $-\Delta u\,+\,Vu\,=\,0$ , with singular nonnegative potentials $V$ belonging to the reverse Hölder class ${{\mathcal{B}}_{n}}$ , in a connected Lipschitz domain $\Omega \,\subset \,{{\text{R}}^{n}}$ . Given boundary data $g$ in ${{H}^{p}}\text{or}\,{{L}^{p}}\,\text{for}\,\text{1}-\in \,<\,p\,\le \,2,\text{where}\,\text{0}<\in <\frac{1}{n}$ , it is shown that there is a unique solution, $u$ , that solves the Neumann problem for the given data and such that the nontangential maximal function of $\nabla u$ is in ${{L}^{p}}(\partial \Omega )$ . Moreover, the uniform estimates are found.


Imports have the meaning as trade transactions carried out between countries in an effort to meet domestic demand. Imports are not a trade relationship between countries but also an effort to create good relations between countries as an effort to transfer technology from developed countries to countries that are not technologically advanced. Import is one of the efforts made by the state to improve the welfare of its people. Stability between imports and exports is the key in carrying out trade between countries. The main purpose of this study is to determine whether the independent variables used in this study have an effect in the short and long term on imports in Indonesia. The data used in this study is secondary data with a time series period from 2011-2020. The data analysis method used is descriptive quantitative using the Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) analysis tool. The results of this study indicate that in the short term the inflation variable has no significant effect on imports in Indonesia, while the exchange rate variable has a significant effect on imports in the short term. The money supply variable has an effect on imports in the short term and food term, while the interest rate variable has no effect on imports in Indonesia in the short term. In the long terms inflation, the exchange rate and the money supply do not have a significant effect on imports and the interest rate variable has a significant effect on imports in Indonesia.


To the Editor:— This letter is written to comment on the inquiry from Dr. Jean Henderson and the answer regarding hazards of exposure to "glass wool" or "fiber glass," published in Queries and Minor Notes inThe Journal, May 1, page 69. The first fibrous glass made in the United States on a commercial scale was produced in my own state in 1934, in what are now the Newark, Ohio, factories of Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation. Since 1934 fibrous glass in the wool-like form commonly called glass wool has been produced continuously in these factories. As chairman of the Committee on Industrial Health of the Ohio State Medical Association and as medical consultant for Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, I have considerable personal knowledge of the health aspects of the manufacture of fibrous glass and of investigations in this field by independent medical authorities. I do not have similar knowledge of the manufacture


To assist with the understanding of the advances of the study on non-point source (NPS) pollution, several main databases were used to search for the related papers during 1998 to 2007.According to the 910 papers found in this study, 558 papers were written in Chinese and the others were written in English.The results show that the number of the papers on NPS pollution increases gradually at home and abroad.After 2000, the number of the papers on NPS increases more rapidly, especially for those written in Chinese.Three main aspects of NPS pollution:investigation and estimation, model study, and pollution control technology were analyzed respectively.Differences of the focuses on NPS between Chinese and overseas researchers were compared.The deficiencies of the study on NPS in China were pointed out, and the tendencies of the study on NPS were discussed.


The performance of video object segmentation algorithm has the direct effect on quality of MPEG-4 products. Make twice FD for three continuous sequence frames and manage adaptively, then take an intersection for two difference images and obtain the motion object's edge. Last pick-up the moving object is obtained by mathematic morphologic method. Then the following frames are tracked based on the improved Hausdorff distance. Experimental results demonstrate that this method can effectively separate the video object from the sequence with static background and has the strong robustness.


Nonlinear and quasilinear gyrokinetics are used in tandem to address two key open questions in the area of turbulent transport in magnetized fusion plasmas. These are, first, the qualitative and quantitative properties of electron thermal transport caused by trapped electron modes and, second, the existence and nature of an anomalous particle pinch. Both of these issues are examined in a multispecies, fully kinetic framework.


Clustering is having the significance to generate effective data segments based on feature and dimension evaluation. In this work, an ABC improved Hierarchical clustering method is defined. The method has divided the clustering activities for different types of bees with their relative role assignment. The scout bee defined as the controller and the onlooker bees are defined as the cluster agents. Based on these agents, the cluster segments are evaluated under feature specific parametric evaluation. The work is applied on two benchmark datasets. The proposed work model has improved the accuracy and reliability clustering process.


Laser scan lithography was applied to patterning onto surfaces of fine pipes and wires with sub-100-μm diameters. Such patterning is useful for developing micro-coil springs. A prototype exposure system has already been developed, and it has been demonstrated that tiny micro-coils are successfully fabricated. However, patterning reproducibility and coil-width accuracy must be ensured to move to the next step for applying the micro-coils to practical products. Considering these backgrounds, helical patterning characteristics are investigated in detail. At first, 10-μm helical space patterns were delineated onto copper pipe specimens with a diameter of 100 μm to ensure the practical minimum pattern width. As a result, the minute patterns were stably formed with deviations of within p0.7 μm. Next, helical patterns with a width around 50 μm were delineated onto 80-μm diameter stainless-steel wires to reply the immediate requirements. It was certificated that both patterning reproducibility among the specimens and the pattern width homogeneity in every specimen were very good and sufficient for the practical use.


Over the years, welding has been more of an art than a science, but in the last few decades major advances have taken place in welding science and technology. With the development of new methodologies at the crossroads of basic and applied sciences, enormous opportunities and potential exist to develop a science-based design of composition, structure, and properties of welds with intelligent control and automation of the welding processes. In the last several decades, welding has evolved as an interdisciplinary activity requiring synthesis of knowledge from various disciplines and incorporating the most advanced tools of various basic applied sciences. A series of international conferences and other publications have covered the issues, current trends and directions in welding science and technology. In the last few decades, major progress has been made in (i) understanding physical processes in welding, (ii) characterization of microstructure and properties, and (iii) intelligent control and automation of welding. This paper describes some of these developments.


What is proposed in this paper as a new, novel idea is to use the input port of a complete radiometer receiver as a calibration target instead of a dedicated Active Cold Load (ACL). What is also proposed is to use the input port as a phase calibration target as well. Modern LNA technology has made very low noise figures and return losses possible; both key parameters for a cold and stable ACL. Low noise figure and good matching combined with a typical high isolation of an amplifier makes it possible to use a receiver itself as a cold calibration target. This is beneficial in instruments inherently having (at least) two receivers (pushbroom or polarimetric radiometer for example).


Grasping is an essential capability for most robots in practical applications. Soft robotic grippers are considered as a critical part of robotic grasping and have attracted considerable attention in terms of the advantages of the high compliance and robustness to variance in object geometry; however, they are still limited by the corresponding sensing capabilities and actuation mechanisms. We propose a novel soft gripper that looks like a 'granary' with a compliant snap-through bistable mechanism fabricated by integrated mold technology, achieving 'sensing' and 'actuation' purely mechanically. In particular, the snap-through bistable structure in the proposed gripper allows us to reduce the complexity of the mechanism, control, sensing designs since the grasping and sensing behaviors are completely passive. The grasping behaviors are automatically motivated once the trigger position of the gripper touches an object and applies sufficient force. To grasp objects with various profiles, the proposed granary soft gripper (GSG) is designed to be capable of enveloping, pinching and caging grasps. The gripper consists of a chamber palm, a palm cap and three fingers. First, the design of the gripper is analyzed. Then, after the theoretical model is constructed, finite element (FE) simulations are conducted to verify the built model. Finally, a series of grasping experiments is carried out to assess the snap-through behavior of the proposed gripper on grasping and sensing. The experimental results illustrate that the proposed gripper can manipulate a variety of soft and rigid objects and remain stable even though it undertakes external disturbances.


Objective To study the diagnostic value of procalcitonin( PCT) in intracranial infection after craniotomy. Methods Selecting 30 post- craniotomy patients with intracranial infection as the study group and 30 without intracranial infection as the control group. PCT and white blood cell( WBC) were counted in the serum and cerebrospinal fluid( CSF). Results Both PCT and WBC counted in the serum and CSF in the study group were significantly higher than those in the control group( P 0. 05). PCT in the CSF had high sensitivity( 95%) and specificity( 90%). Conclusion Both PCT and WBC counted in serum or CSF are valuable for the diagnosis of intracranial infection after craniotomy and PCT in CSF has more clinical value.


[Fe49Pt51]88Ag12 nanoparticles were prepared by the simultaneous polyol reduction of platiunum acetylacetonate and silver acetate and the thermal decomposition of iron pentacarbonyl, giving 3.5 nm diameter FePt particles with Ag atoms substituted in the lattice. The addition of Ag promoted the fcc to tetragonal phase transition, thereby reducing the temperature required for this transition by some 100 to 150 °C compared with pure FePt nanoparticles. After heat treatment at 400 °C for 30 min, the coercivity of the films containing [Fe49Pt51]88Ag12 nanoparticles was more than 3400 Oe, while the films containing FePt nanoparticles were superparamagnetic. This decrease in phase transformation temperature allowed us to decrease the particle coalescence and loss in particle positional order seen when FePt nanoparticles were transformed at temperatures above 550 °C.


Guðlaugur Jóhannesson∗a, Igor V. Moskalenkob, Elena Orlandob, Troy A. Porterb, and Andrew Strongc aScience Institute, University of Iceland bHansen Experimental Physics Laboratory and Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, U.S.A. cMax-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com, email@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com


Obtained in our previous analytical and numerical investigations cascade of bifurcations is simulated numerically for different scattering functions generalizing the ray-diffuse reflection of gas particles from the surface. Analytical solutions we obtained earlier for the ray reflection which means only one determined velocity of reflected from the walls gas atoms, generally different from the specular reflection. Monte Carlo method is applied to simulate gas flows in channels for ray-diffuse and more general models of scattering functions V. The nonlinear iterative equation describing a rarefied gas flow in a long channel becomes unstable in some regions of corresponding parameters of V (it means the sensitivity to boundary conditions). The values of the parameters are found from analytical approximations in these regions. Numerical results show that the chaotic behavior of the nonlinear dynamic system corresponds to strange attractors and distinguishes clearly from Maxwellian distribution and from the e...


In this article, we focus on the downlink direction of cellular multiuser multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) systems based on orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) waveforms. Our target system is operated in the frequency division duplex (FDD) mode, while all base stations (BSs) use the same frequency spectrum for downlink transmission. State-of-the-art literature proved that the system performance is mainly limited by the existing cochannel interference (CCI). Hence, mitigating these effects would improve the achievable system throughput beyond current benchmarks of cellular systems.


Professor Dawdy's keynote speech addresses some of the main challenges of the discipline in the 21st century. Archaeology should not be self-serving, and it can even become dangerous, a possible consequence of a quest for its usefulness. A possible solution would be to focus efforts on environmental archaeology. Looking for ancient sustainable agricultural practices, for example, in order to better inform contemporary human adaptations, would be a path to follow. According to Dawdy, this useful, futurist archaeology finds a public ready for such an endeavour.


Recombining helium-neon plasmas are studied theoretically for free electron densities N/sub e/ = 10/sup 13/--10/sup 17/ cm/sup -3/, electron temperatures T/sub e/ = 0.05--0.50 eV, and heavy particle densities N<10/sup 18/ cm/sup -3/. The populations of the helium and neon levels are calculated in the steady sink approximation. It is shown that pure neon plasmas are not well suited as laser media. However, a large stable Ne(4s)-Ne(3p) population inversion can be achieved in a recombining neon--helium plasma. Optimum concentration ratios in the ranges N/sub Ne//N/sub He/< or =10/sup -3/ and N/sub Ne//N/sub e/ = 10/sup 1/--10/sup 3/ are determined, and simple formulas are derived for the Ne(4s) level populations. Inversion is shown to occur both in a recombining He--Ne plasma and when a recombining pure helium plasma is mixed with neon atoms in the ground state.


This paper focuses on the California State Water Resources Control Board's regulation of "temporary groundwater substitution transfers." A survey of State Water Board orders issued over the past decade suggests that the agency, for a variety of reasons, is routinely approving petitions for transfers without adequately analyzing the water supply and environmental impacts of these transfers, as is required by law. To address that problem, this article recommends ways in which the State Water Board can better comply with the statutory requirements governing its approval of groundwater substitution transfers. Because of the need to promote the long-term viability of California's threatened groundwater resources, proper regulation of these transfers is imperative.


Thirty-six hundred ninety-eight guinea pigs of the Dunkin-Hartley strain from the breeding colony at Fort Detrick were necropsied. Four females had mesenchymomas of the heart. The tumors were similar histologically and were composed of multiple benign mesenchymal tissues which were amalgamated into a single mass. One tumor was composed of fibrous, angiomatous, adipose, cartilagenous, osscous, hematopoietic, myxomatous, and possibly smooth muscle tissues. Smooth muscle and myxomatous tissues were not found in the other tumors. All were benign and probably originated from the primitive mesenchyme of the heart.


Embodiment of the present invention provides a method and apparatus for scheduling storage resource, the method comprising: a first storage unit storing a first data block is counted to obtain a count value; according to the count value with the preset count threshold apply to the MMU destination address to obtain the destination address; and the destination address of the message sent to the DMA transmission instruction unit, so that the DMA unit extracts a second block of data from the second storage unit, and according to the destination address the second data block stored in the first storage unit. Technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present invention, to achieve storage resources occupied by the control data block, to save storage resources.


This study examined the impact of response shift on a psychosocial treatment evaluation of 22 young adult cancer survivors. An age‐matched cohort of 54 healthy controls were included in the study to provide a comparison for normative levels and structure of quality‐of‐life (QOL). It was found that this evaluation of a psychosocial intervention for young adult cancer survivors was notably influenced by response shift phenomenon. Standard analyses suggested that the intervention had no impact on measured aspects of well‐being. It did appear to yield an immediate gain in reported global QOL, but seemed to cause a significant decline over time. By considering response shift, it was highlighted that an apparently deleterious effect on QOL was largely a function of response shift. This response shift effect was reflected not only in changes in internal standards, but also in values and in conceptualization of QOL. The intervention seemed to have normalized survivors' conceptualization of QOL so that it was increasingly similar to their age‐matched cohort. Future psychosocial intervention research should explicitly consider response shift in a randomized treatment evaluation. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Steroidal epoxides are smoothly cleaved by hydrogen cyanide–triethylaluminium and by diethylaluminium cyanide under mild conditions to give the corresponding trans-diaxial β-cyanohydrins, except for the 5β, 10β-epoxide (XXVIb) which gives the cis-β-cyanohydrin (XXVIII) as well as the major, trans-diaxial product (XXVIIb). The compounds examined included the 5α,6α-, 5β,6β-, 9α,11α-, 9β,11β-, 16α,17α-, 2α,3α-, 3α,4α-, 11α,12α-, 5α,10α-, and 5β,10β-epoxides. The successful cleavage of the 9α,11α-epoxides (VIII) to give the 9α-hydroxy-11β-cyano-steroid (IX) is significant in view of the fact that 9α,11α-epoxides are known to resist cleavage by lithium aluminium hydride or hydrogen halides. β-Cyanohydrins are also obtained from the corresponding β-bromohydrins by treatment with hydrogen cyanide and triethylaluminium.


The formation of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) was intended to produce entertaining match-ups and a national title game for the financial and public benefit of participants that the previous bowl systems could not arrange. However, disputes continued to rage about access and the selection criteria used to establish eligible teams for the various BCS games. This article reviews the Sherman Antitrust Act emphasizing the anti-competitive and pro-competitive effects of the BCS on Division I (FBS) members and college football fans primarily under the rule of reason test. Recent financial and product quality evidence regarding the pro-competitive and anti-competitive outcomes of the BCS will be introduced to lend support to those who prefer an alternative postseason arrangement for Division I (FBS). A brief review of the Lanham Act and Federal Trade Commission Act will also occur to further highlight how college football fans are important consumers to consider for potential litigation.


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In recent years, several authors suggested an association between Merkel-cell carcinoma (MCC), a rare neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin, and B chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL). This association is particularly interesting in light of the discovery that the DNA of a novel virus, named as Merkel-cell polyomavirus (MCPyV), was detected in the majority of MCC. Since some studies have reported conflicting results on the frequency and potential pathogenetic role of MCPyV in B-CLL, we planned this study to further investigate the occurence of MCPyV infection in B-CLL patients.

Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were obtained from a group of 50 B-CLL patients, including naive patients (31 cases) and previously treated, and relapsed cases (19 cases). In each case the IGHV gene mutational status was assessed using standard methods and CD38 and ZAP-70 expressions were determined by flow cytometry. Interphase FISH was performed on nuclei preparations of PBMC and each case was investigated for 13q deletion, 11q deletion, 17p deletion or presence of trisomy 12.

Genomic DNA was extracted using the EZ1 DNA Tissue kit (Qiagen, Hilden, Germany), eluted in 100 μl TE buffer and stored at -20°C until analyzed. Quantitative PCR (Q-PCR) assay was performed to amplify the cellular b-globin gene to verify the suitability of the DNA sample, and as a reference gene to determine the human cell equivalents present in each DNA sample (Euro-RT Polyoma Panel kit; Eurospital, Trieste, Italy). Q-PCR for Tag sequences of MCPyV was performed according standard methods. The assay can reproducibly detect 1 copy/reaction for each target gene. EBV viral load was examined by commercial kit following the manufacture's instructions (Nanogen Advances Diagnostic, Torino, Italy).

While six out of 50 B-CLL patient samples investigated were positive for EBV, only one patient was positive for MCPyV. The clinical history of this patient is of interest: he had been treated with several courses of chemotherapy including FC-R, R-CNOP, FluCam and high dose methyl-prednisolone for recurrent generalized lymphadenopathy. Five years after the discovery of B-CLL, he had surgery for a moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma with infiltrated adjacent structures of the scalp, but before any treatment he died for pneumonia. At the time of death, the squamous cell carcinoma of the scalp and the tonsil as well as the circulating PBMC were positive for MCPyV, while previous samples were negative.

Although the high sensitivity of our Q-PCR assay might detect incidentally infected cells in tissues, we found an extremely low frequency of positivity for MCPyV DNA (4.0 %) in the group of B-CLL patients investigated in the present study. Our current data, showing a very low frequency of detection of MCPyV DNA in B-CLL patients, coupled with the delayed appearance of this virus in only one case of B-CLL, point against a direct involvement MCPyV in B-CLL pathogenesis. In fact, MCPyV DNA was detected in tonsils and in squamous cell carcinoma as well as in PBMC of one patient only after the development of severe immuno-suppression due to several courses of chemo-immunotherapy.

Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


Usually,litchi is charactered by short harvesting period, severe browning of fruit skin after harvest and bad tolerance to storage and transportation,etc.,which is very unfavorable to its production and sale.Therefore,mastering the physiological change of postharvest for litchi and exploring the storage and fresh-keeping techniques become the key research target currently.In the paper,the advances in fresh-keeping mechanism of litchi were summarized from the structure of litchi,the physiological characteristics of postharvest and the browning of fruit skin,etc.Moreover,the current popular storage and fresh-keeping techniques of litchi were analyzed,the existing problems on fresh-keeping were also summed up,and the research direction and countermeasures of fresh-keeping of litchi were brought forward.


In "subjective" imagination one views the action from-the-inside, from an internal point of view. In "objective" imagination one views oneself in the imagined scene. Vendler thinks that "objective" imaginings reduce to "subjective" imaginings. And, even though this distinction seems to correspond to field and observer perspectives in episodic memory, Vendler thinks there is no possibility of remembering from-the-outside. This chapter explores the connection between these two claims. Vendler's reduction entails that the point of view in visual mental imagery is occupied, and that imagery necessarily involves the experience of seeing. And it is this notion of an occupied point of view that fuels Vendler's skepticism about observer memory. This chapter shows that the point of view in visual imagery can be unoccupied, and imagery need not involve the experience of seeing. Remembering from-the-outside involves an unoccupied point of view and this helps account for the quotidian nature of such memories.


Georg Wenker, a librarian and a specialist in German Studies of the Marburg University initiated the Linguistic Atlas of the German Language, having started a distribution of a questionnaire composed of sentences with the most striking phonetic and grammar features of the German language. He sent it to elementary teachers who were to translate Wenker's sentences to the dialects they spoke. As a result of responses, dialect borders of the German language were defined - first within Germany, then in the other German-speaking states. In the 1930s those questionnaires, after some changes, got to Switzerland. Having doubts about the method chosen by the researcher and the reliability of the materials received, Wenker's questionnaires were subjected to strong criticism and set aside for a long time. However, Wenker's material is of great interest for researchers, including the Syntax of dialects. Syntactic phenomena are defined in this paper, the study of which became possible due to the questionnaires (by comparison with other sources). Also preliminary results of the analysis of the Swiss questionnaires were presented from the syntactic point of view.


As the incoming editor of the Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, I humbly thank Dr Wendy Moore for her leadership over recent years and for her tireless patience handing the baton over to me. I also gratefully acknowledge members of the Board of Learning Difficulties Australia for their faith in appointing me as editor of this journal which I believe has great capacity to reach a multidisciplinary audience. Ultimately, this broad lens best serves the needs of individuals with learning difficulties. Three articles are presented in this current issue including an empirical study from the 2017 Learning Difficulties Australia's Eminent Researcher Award recipient, Professor Anne Castles, along with her co-authors; Drs Vince Polito, Stephen Pritchard and Thushara Anandakumar, all from the Department of Cognitive Science, ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders at Macquarie University [Sydney, Australia] Castles and her colleagues investigated single nonword reading among 64 children who were in their third year of school. These children were divided into strong and weak readers based in previous testing. The authors found that the strong readers made fewer errors reading nonwords compared to the weak readers and further, errors made by the strong readers were more likely to be another nonword that was similar in its presentation. In contrast, errors made by weak readers were far more likely to be a lexicalization of the nonword. Castles et al., conclude that their findings lend weight to the view that strong readers continue to employ their knowledge of grapheme-phoneme correspondences to tackle words, which stands in contrast to the position held by some other authors that able readers are compromised by applying grapheme-phoneme knowledge. Castles and her colleagues also advocate for the use of nonword testing as a valid means of providing a deep insights into phonological decoding. Peter Westwood's article comprehensively discusses recent research on spelling; a timely piece given concerns around the developed world about falling standards of spelling ability. Many of you likely to have read previous work by Westwood on spelling and spelling instruction, which, as he argues, often attracts less attention than reading. This current article starts with a succinct overview of key theories about how we learn to spell and he then describes incidental learning and explicit instruction as the two main approaches operating in schools in relation to spelling. Following on, Westwood covers some recurring issues raised in recent research about and/or related to spelling. For example, he notes that the rising fear that texting may have on spelling knowledge may in fact not be overly warranted. He also presents research that emphasizes the importance of teaching students about words and their internal units; particularly morphemes, as an essential component of equipping students with essential knowledge about how to spell. Together with Castles et al., these two articles lend ongoing support for the value of explicit teaching that includes detailed attention to graphemes, phonemes and AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF LEARNING DIFFICULTIES 2018, VOL. 23, NO. 2, 105–106 https://doi.org/10.1080/19404158.2018.1556012


This paper explores the ways that transforming the achievements in scientific research of quantified-exercise prescription for diabetes into the high-quality teaching resources in physical education colleges in China.


Semantic indexing of biomedical articles is difficult due to the extensive use of domain-specific terminology. The task is even more difficult when the corpus is not in English and when there are only a limited number of training data points. In this paper, we describe a hybrid semantic indexing method for biomedical articles in Spanish with the data provided for the MESINESP task (subtrack 1) of the BioASQ challenge 2021. The method integrates transformer-based multi-label text classification and named entity recognition (NER). Our approach has outperformed the baseline methodology by a wide margin in microF1 and has ranked as the second team in the challenge.


ABSTRACT Yang, X. and Wang, Z.-L., 2017. Distribution of dissolved, suspended, and sedimentary heavy metals along a salinized river continuum. Attention has been increasingly focused on the geochemical behavior of heavy metals in high-salinity estuaries, but how the salinity gradient affects the behavior of heavy metals in low-salinity rivers is not clear. In this paper, the distribution of Cr, Cu, Co, and Ni were assessed according to the proportions in three phases (dissolved, suspended particle, and surface sediment) along the Jiyunhe River in northern China. Dissolved heavy metals had a significantly positive correlation with salinity (p < 0.01), increasing along a salinity gradient from upstream to the river mouth. Suspended particulate materials were mainly derived from particles like clay rather than algae. With salinity greater than 2‰, suspended heavy metals were released into the water, bringing about an increase in dissolved heavy metal content. High deviations of Cr from conservative mixing behavior occurred downstream of an urban area. In the low-salinity area, heavy metals were mainly released from particles and increased along a salinized and degraded river continuum. The distribution coefficient implied that under a salinity effect, Cr and Cu exhibited higher ecological risk and mobility, whereas Co and Ni seemed to be more conservative in the sediment of the Jiyunhe River.


This is a study on the utterances produced by the characters in the Walt Disney's tale entitled "Sleeping Beauty" using Grice's maxims. The study under report attempts to answer the following research problem: Do the utterances produced by the characters in the Walt Disney's
tale entitled "Sleeping Beauty" fulfill Grice's maxims?
This qualitative study applied descriptive analysis in order to find out the maxims that can be found in the utterances produced by the characters in the Walt Disney's tale entitled "Sleeping Beauty". The data of this study were taken from all the utterances which are produced by all the characters (The King and Queen, The Witch, the three good fairies, the princess and the prince) in
Walt Disney's tale entitled "Sleeping Beauty". The data were analyzed by using four maxims produced by Grice, the maxim of quality, the maxim of quantity, the maxim of relevance, and the maxim of manner.
The data analysis brought the following findings: based on the analysis of the utterances were produced by all the characters in Walt Disney's tale entitled "Sleeping Beauty", it can be concluded that this tale is rich with cooperative principles. Based on the data analysis, it was found out that there were two utterances (8%) fulfill one maxim (the maxim of relevance), two utterances
(8%) fulfill two maxims (the maxim of quality and the maxim of relevance), nine utterances (36%) fulfill three maxims (six of them are the maxim of quality, relevance, and quantity. And three of them are the maxim of quality, quantity, and manner appear on this tale. It was also found out that the characters of the Walt Disney's tale produced the utterances that were informative enough for
the readers. The writer realizes that this study is still far for being perfect. The writer would therefore
like to give suggestion that the readers especially the students of English Department who are going to write a thesis on Discourse Analysis do further research on other aspects of discourse analysis like formal link, schemata, approximation, recombination. The writer also suggests that
the readers especially the students of English Department do further research about other tales or story, like "Beauty and The Beast", "Pinocchio", etc.


Endocrinology of the stomach and duodenum gastric acid secretion - control and regulation motility disorders of the stomach and duodenum immunology of the stomach and duodenum stomach and duodenum - injury, infections, and inflammation peptic ulcer helicobacter pylori gastroduodenal mucosal defence Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (gastrinoma) neoplasms of the stomach and duodenum vascular/bleeding lesions of the stomach and duodenum surgery of the stomach and duodenum.


In midsummer dawn comes early in the Netherlands and normally the sun would have been well above the horizon before the first stirrings of activity at the Willemsoord naval base at Nieuwediep. However, on this 15th day of July 1900 things were different. It was the day on which the sleek white shape at the outfitting dock would be commissioned and formally join the fleet. As a result work details were busy from early light to put the finishing touches to the grandstand and to see that everything was shipshape.


Metal (II) complexes of Cobalt(II) (1), Copper(II) (2), Nickel(II) (3), and Zinc(II) (4) with Schiff base ligand derived from furan-2-carbaldehyde were synthesized and elucidated by IR, electronic, mass, 1 H NMR, magnetic susceptibility measurements. Using DFT-based optimization of structures, bond length, bond angle, HOMO-LUMO energy gaps and molecular electrostatic potential maps (MEP) of ligand and complexes 1-3 were theoretically calculated at the B3LYP/LANL2DZ level of theory. HOMO-LUMO energy gap was calculated which allowed the calculation of relative properties like chemical hardness, chemical inertness, chemical potential. The Ni(II) and Cu(II) complexes showed potent inhibition against all the bacterial strains. In comparison with antibacterial activity, molecular docking studies were carried out with protein receptor SEC2 (PDB: 1STE) in Staphylococcus aureus


A pre-compensation method in plastic injection molding was proposed based on robust optimization.Particularly,the pre-compensation for plastic warpage considered the factors of material property,runner system,cooling system,and craft parameters.Based on the principle of plastic pre-compensation,the method and procedure were set,and then a robust optimum model was formulated.The given method was testified by a real case with satisfactory results.