Serious violent offenders are identified on the basis of self-reported involvement in violent FBI Index Offenses from a large representative sample of adolescents in the United States. The study involves a longitudinal prospective design with five annual waves of data on this national youth panel. Estimates of four basic parameters of violent offending are presented: prevalence rates, individual offending rates, career lengths, and crime mix patterns. These estimates are then compared to estimates based upon official arrest data. Self-reported estimates are substantially greater than those based upon arrest data, suggesting that those arrested for serious violent offenses constitute only a fraction of youth actually involved in serious violent behavior. The analysis also indicated that compared to self-reported data, arrest data overstate the magnitude of sex, race, and age differentials in the prevalence of serious violent offending. Further, self-reported individual offending rates were also substantially greater than those based upon arrest history data and there were no significant differences in self-reported individual offending rates by sex, race, class, or age. These findings suggest that prisoners incarcerated for serious violent offenses are not representative of those in the general population who are involved in serious violent offenses. The analysis of career length and crime mix patterns suggested that the period of involvement in violent offending was short (one year), individual offending rates increased with time, and the crime mix pattern became more diversified with time in the career.


All rats were 100-159g body wt. and had been provided with food ad libitum. Experiments conducted with living rats were performed with single doses of ('4Cltyrosine and IMe-'4Clmethionine, and a time course of precursor specific activity was constructed by killing rats at intervals. Exercised rats ran on a treadmill at 0.8m.p.h., 5% grade. [Results are from Bates er al. (1980).1 Synthesis rates obtained in perfused rat hindquarter were calculated from the incorporation of I l4C1tyrosine into mixed muscle protein from perfusate containing plasma concentrations of amino acids (except 5 x tyrosine), 4.5% bovine serum albumin, rejuvenated human erythrocytes and 100 punits of insulin/ml. Isometric contraction of the muscles of the hindquarter was induced by electrical stimulation of the femoral and sciatic nerves in their lumbar course by trains of stimuli ( looms trains, 1 train/% IOOHz, 0.05ms stimuli). IResults are from M. J. Rennie (unpublished work).] All values are means & S.D.


Preventing trade wars is a key function of the WTO rule-based system. But as the United States and China waged the largest trade war in history, the WTO sat on the sidelines, unable to do anything to stop the fight. Why has the system failed so spectacularly? In a search for answers, this article examines the context of the US-China conflict and makes a number of findings. First, under WTO law, the burden of avoiding this trade war was placed on China, the victim of US aggressive unilateral tariffs; and contrary to China's claim, its retaliatory tariffs cannot be justified by general principles of international law. Second, the WTO rule prohibiting unilateral retaliation was born out of a grand political bargain, but it embodies the wisdom of Adam Smith and achieves the goal of the Havana Charter to turn retaliation into an instrument of international order. Third, the WTO's inability to prevent China's resort to unilateral retaliation reveals a deficiency in its existing legal design, but that deficiency can be fixed procedurally as proposed herein. Given the importance of preventing large-scale trade wars in the future, improving multilateral control over unilateral retaliation should be a top priority in WTO reform.


The amend procedure law of the people's Procuratorate,should always adhere to the party's leadership,with the constitution as the basis,provides overall coordination of law of the people's Procuratorate and the related procedural law,firmly establish the concept of human rights protection,based on national conditions,and actively learn from foreign experience.


Introduction: About 50% of infant deaths occur within the 1st month (neonatal period) of life; of these, more than half die during the first 24


The invention relates to a method for transmitting pulses from a transmission device to a receiver device in a transmission channel, said pulses representing information symbols and each one of said pulses being associated with a slot in a symbol time, said method comprising a learning step including the transmission of a learning sequence made up of two portions, the first portion of the learning sequence comprising at least one pulse with higher energy than the energy of a pulse carrying useful information, the second portion of the learning sequence comprising a series of pulses, the energy of each one of said pulses being equivalent to the energy of a pulse carrying useful information.


In the <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mathrm {6~GHz}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> spectrum sharing band, unlicensed devices are managed by automated frequency coordination (AFC) systems to protect incumbent services from interference. Thus, it is important to select accurate propagation models for interference calculation and analysis. This paper utilizes a model-aided deep learning technique for path loss prediction at <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mathrm {7~GHz}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, as a representative frequency within the <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mathrm {6~GHz}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> band, in an urban environment. The proposed model is a hybrid model, which leverages both domain expert knowledge from a physics-based general-purposed channel model as well as the learning-based capability from a neural network, for path loss prediction. The model is trained and tested using sufficient-quantity and high-quality real propagation measurement data collected in four locations in an urban environment. Numerical results show that the deep learning model provides a better prediction performance than most empirical models. Furthermore, the feasibility of proposed model generalization to new locations after fine-tuning is examined.


Summary This essay briefly rehearses the argument for thinking of texts as culture‐bound phenomena which exist only in the value‐laden act of reading. It discriminates between the material world and the knowable world, and situates writing in the first and text‐production in the second. It suggests limits to the relativity of text‐production in terms of the limited cultural contexts in which it takes place. On the basis of these ideas it goes on to consider the practice of teaching literature in South Africa today and argues against the notion that relatively uninformed readings by South African students are less valid than conventionally informed Eurocentric readings. Finally it draws conclusions about the validity of the demands university teachers of literature sometimes make on their students.


We have investigated the effect on the human pituitary–gonadal axis of the H2‐receptor antagonists cimetidine 300 mg and ranitidine 50, 100, and 200 mg by i.v. bolus, or treatment for 6 months with either cimetidine (1000 mg/day for 1·5 months followed by 400 mg/day for 4·5 months) or ranitidine (200–400 mg/day for 1·5 months followed by 100–200 mg/day for 4·5 months). Administration of the H2‐antagonists (i.v.) to normal men did not cause any release of LH, FSH, or testosterone. Long‐term treatment with cimetidine of duodenal ulcer patients caused a significant rise in basal LH (6 weeks) and FSH secretion (11 weeks). Following reduction of the cimetidine dose LH and later FSH returned to pre‐treatment values. However, despite reduction of the cimetidine dose, the LH and FSH responses to LHRH stimulation were still significantly higher after 6 months of treatment compared with pre‐treatment responses. No changes were found in basal or in LHRH stimulated testosterone or dihydrotestosterone secretion. Treatment with the more potent H2‐antagonist ranitidine did not cause any change in basal or in LHRH stimulated LH and FSH secretion. The effects on LH and FSH secretion observed during cimetidine treatment might therefore be caused by other mechanisms than blockade of H2‐receptors. It is possible that cimetidine, having anti‐androgen properties, blocks pituitary or hypothalamic androgen receptors.


— Strategic Management is highly critical for all types of organizations. This paper examines maturity level of strategic management practices of public and private sector organizations in Turkey, and presents a conceptual model for assessing the maturity of strategic management in any organization. This research focuses on R&D intensive organizations (RDO) because it is claimed that such organizations are more innovative and innovation is a critical part of the model. The Strategic management maturity model (S-3M) is basically composed of six maturity levels with five different dimensions. Based on 63 organizations, the findings reveal that the average maturity of all organizations in the sample group is three out of five. It corresponds to the stage of 'performed'. Results simply show that the majority of organizations from various industries and sectors implement strategic management activities; however, they experience multiple challenges to optimize strategic management processes and integrate organizational components with business strategies. Briefly, they struggle to become an innovative organization.


Notes test score impacts for African Americans but not Latinos after three years. Also reveals higher levels of parent satisfaction with private schools and some aspects of the school climate.


In view of the influence on students' selecting behavior by examining standard,making an investigation and analysis,applying statistics and other related theories,the article suggests to lay down a scientific,reasonable examining standard of selecting courses reflecting students' physique,to push students to master a professional skill,to adopt the idea of lifelong physical education.


6:41-94) and those discovered by Hermes at Topoxte should be considered Holmul 1 on the basis of the predominance of polychrome vessels with bulbous mammiform or "tapir-head" tetrapod supports. The one major disagreement that I have with this volume is the continued use of the term "Protoclassic." The term has so much past baggage that its use does nothing more than compound the confusion, in addition to necessitating one more recital of who has used the term when, where, and in what sense. The distinction between the earlier and later facets (or Protoclassic 1 and 2) is extremely important in the development of lowland Maya ceramics. It cannot be divorced from time as Pring and Brady et al. intend to do. The two facets are obviously sequent. The earlier is predominantly associated with waxy ware types that mark the Preclassic and the later associated with glossy types and polychromes that mark the Early Classic. At Tikal, for example, the Cimi ceramic complex is typologically and stratigraphically Preclassic and Manik 1 and 2 unequivocally Early Classic. To say that these are at the same time Protoclassic can only result in such monstrosities as referring to Holmul 1 as "our late, or second, early Tzakol horizon Protoclassic facet" (Brady et al 1998:31).


Linguistic similarity has been a prominent notion and tool in computational linguistics and related areas, as elaborated nicely in the announcement of this workshop. Yet, what exactly counts as "similarity", or when two linguistic concepts should be regarded as similar, often remains rather vague and ill posed, which is in fact quite typical for unsupervised notions. This talk will focus on similarity at the semantic level, and will explore the perspective that different notions of similarity may be defined relative to concrete modeling goals. In particular, I will refer to the two major goals in semantic modeling: predicting likelihood of occurrence, which is the typical goal in disambiguation and language modeling, and recognizing target meanings, which is the typical semantic goal in text understanding applications such as question answering, information extraction, summarization and information retrieval. We will discuss each goal and present corresponding semantic similarity approaches.


Multiorientation of a single normal hot wire is a novel way to measure the three-time mean velocities, three turbulent normal stresses, and three turbulent shear stresses. The present study focuses on the accuracy and directional sensitivity of the technique with respect to mean flow velocity orientation to the probe. Both nonswirling and swirling free jets are considered, using five probe configurations at each of five locations in the flowfield. Variation of input parameters and their effect on the output data has shown that the least accurate output quantities are the shear stresses. In particular the x&the. component. The directional sensitivity analysis has shown that the technique adequately measures the properties of a flowfield independent of the dominant flow direction except when the flow is predominately in the direction of the probe holder. Results demonstrate relative insensitivity, indicating that the method is a useful cost-effective tool for for turbulent flows of unknown dominant flow direction.


To get substantial resource {Like Images, and Files etc} in MANET and it usually affects the communication operation in network. So, we should be well aware of energy consumption. We need to see how each node can switch its state from power save mode to active modes and vice-versa. For e.g. sleep/wake up mode. Ad hoc network enforces certain constraints on the communicating nodes, which widely incorporates the node mobility which results in a constantly changing topology of the network, as it is manet network so limited bandwidth, limited processing power due to its size and cost constraints. So, we have proposed a new solution which performs communication with resource management.


Background Amyloid β (Aβ) peptides are the products of the catalytic processing of the Aβ precursor protein (APP) by the β-secretase, BACE1 and the γ-secretase complex. Impairment of the Aβ production/clearance balance is the major pathophysiological hypothesis in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Plasma Aβ levels are easy to measure in large numbers and therefore can be used as an endophenotype to study the genetics of Aβ and its relevance to AD. Methods We performed genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of plasma Aβ1-40, Aβ1-42 and Aβ1-42/Aβ1-40 ratio in 12,369 non-demented participants across 8 studies, using genetic data imputed on the 1000 Genomes phase 1 version 3 reference panel. To gain further insight, we performed LD-score regression analysis of plasma Aβ-42 and Aβ-40 levels using previously published GWAS of AD and other related traits, and pathway analyses. Results We identified 21 variants reaching genome-wide significance across two loci. The most significant locus spanned the APOE gene, with significant associations with plasma Aβ42 levels (p = 9.01×10-13) and plasma Aβ42/Aβ40 ratio (p = 6.46×10-20). The second locus was located on chromosome 11, near the BACE1 gene (p = 2.56×10-8). We also observed suggestive evidence of association (p < 1×10-5) around genes involved in Aβ metabolism including APP and PSEN2. Conclusion Using plasma Aβ40 and Aβ42 levels, this GWAS was able to identify relevant and central actors of the APP metabolism in AD. Overall, this study strengthens the utility of plasma Aβ levels both as an endophenotype and a biomarker.


Objective To investigate the relationship between dedifferentiation of differentiated thyroid carcinoma(DTC) cell line FTC-133 cultured in vitro and radioactive iodine(~(131)Ⅰ) radiation.Methods DTC FTC-133 cells cultured in vitro were divided into experiment group(long-term cultivation after Na ~(131)Ⅰradiation for 48 h),control group(long-term cultivation without Na ~(131)Ⅰradiation) and blank group(cryopreservation and revitalization for experiment).Iodide uptake of each group was determined,and RT-PCR,Western blotting and radioimmunoassay(RIA) were employed to detect the expression of thyroglobulin(Tg),thyroid peroxidase(TPO),sodium-iodide symporter(NIS) and thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor(TSHR) mRNA and protein.Results The iodide uptake rate of blank group was the highest and that of experiment group was the lowest,with significant differences among groups(P0.01).Compared with blank group,the expression of Tg,TPO,NIS and TSHR protein in experiment group and control group decreased,especially in experiment group,with significant differences among groups(P0.05).The changes of expression of Tg,TPO,NIS and TSHR mRNA were in accordance with those of expression of Tg,TPO,NIS and TSHR protein.Conclusion DTC FTC-133 cells may experience dedifferentiation during long-term in vitro culture,and ~(131)Ⅰradiation may promote this process,which may be associated with decreased expression of thyroid specific protein.


This paper deals with the construction of RET (relevancy transformation) operators for fuzzy systems. The notion of pseudo-duality is introduced to obtain new RET operators from old ones and, t-norms, tconorms, nullnorms and uninorms are used to construct this kind of operators.


Oxidative addition of MesNCH–CHNMes (Mes = mesityl) to the aluminium(I) tetramer, [Al(C5Me5)]4, results in the monomeric aluminium(III) derivative, [(η5-C5Me5)AlN(Mes)CHCHN(Mes)], which has been characterised by X-ray crystallography.


Accessing information over the Internet has become an essential requirement in modern economy, and unknown parties can come together on the Net and interact for the purpose of acquiring or offering services. The open and dynamic nature of such scenario requires the development of new ways of enforcing access control. In this paper we investigate some open issues and emerging approaches in the enforcement of access control in today's global networked infrastructure, in particular with reference to the support and management of digital identities and their support in the access control process.


The use of mosaicked array technology in commercial digital cameras has made them smaller, cheaper and mechanically more robust. In a mosaicked sensor, each pixel detector is covered with a wavelength-specific optical filter. Since only one spectral band is sensed per pixel location, there is an absence of information from the rest of the spectral bands. These unmeasured spectral bands are estimated by using information obtained from the neighborhood pixels. This process of estimating the unmeasured spectral band information is called demosaicking. The demosaicking process uses interpolation strategies to estimate the missing pixels. Sophisticated interpolation methods have been developed for performing this task in digital color cameras. In this thesis we propose to evaluate the adaptation of the mosaicked technology for multi-spectral cameras. Existing multi-spectral cameras use traditional methods like imaging spectrometers to capture a multi-spectral image. These methods are very expensive and delicate in nature. The objective of using the mosaicked technology for multi-spectral cameras is to reap the same benefits it offers in the commercial digital color cameras. However, the problem in using the mosaicked technology for multi-spectral images is the huge amount of missing pixels that need to be estimated in order to form the multi-spectral image. The estimation process becomes even more complicated as the number of bands in the multi-spectral image increases. Traditional demosaicking algorithms cannot be used because they have been specifically designed to suit three-band color images. This thesis focuses on developing new demosaicking algorithms for multispectral images. The existing demosaicking algorithms for color images have been extended for multi-spectral images. A new variation of the bilinear interpolation


The Eagle's Nest Ni-Cu-PGE deposit was discovered in the McFaulds Lake area of the James Bay lowlands of northern Ontario, Canada, in 2007 by Noront Resources Ltd. It is a magmatic sulfide deposit hosted by mafic and ultramafic rocks interpreted to be a feeder conduit beneath an extensive complex of sills and related volcanic rocks, which range in composition from dunite through ferrogabbro to rhyolite. The complex, called the Ring of Fire, has been dated at 2734.5 ± 1.0 Ma and it was emplaced into 2773.37 ± 0.9 Ma felsic plutonic rocks. The felsic rocks form a sill complex structurally beneath metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks considered to have formed along a passive margin at ca. 2800 Ma within the Oxford-Stull domain of the North Caribou superterrane in the Archean Superior province. In its original configuration, the Eagle's Nest deposit formed in a shallowly plunging or subhorizontal keel structure at the base of a dike-like chonolith, but subsequent deformation has turned it into a vertically plunging rod of sulfide mineralization along the northwestern margin of a north-south–striking dike. The most magnesian chilled margin is a picrite with MgO content near 18 wt percent, placing it at the boundary between komatiite sensu stricto and komatiitic basalt. Modeling suggests that the parental magma contained at least 22 percent MgO and was derived from previously melt depleted mantle. Sulfide saturation was attained following extensive contamination of the magma, resulting in the accumulation of a slurry of olivine crystals with variable amounts of interstitial sulfide melt and postcumulus orthopyroxene at the base of the conduit, locally producing significant pools of massive sulfide at or near the lower contact. The sulfide segregation occurred at moderate degrees of sulfide supersaturation from a magma rich in chalcophile elements, leading to high base and precious metal tenors in the resulting deposit. Minor fractionation of the sulfide magma is evidenced by the dispersion of massive and net-textured sulfide compositions along a tie-line between Ni-rich monosulfide and Cu-rich intermediate sulfide solid solutions, as well as by minor quantities of vein-hosted massive sulfide with extremely enriched base and precious metal tenors throughout the deposit. The former are interpreted as sulfide cumulates, whereas the latter are possible remnants of highly evolved sulfide liquids. Extensive metamorphic remobilization of Pt is considered to be responsible for wholesale depletion of Pt in much of the massive sulfide and for the local generation of sulfide veins carrying >1,100 ppm Pt. † Corresponding author: e-mail, email@example.com © 2010 Society of Economic Geologists, Inc. Special Publication 15, pp. 539–557


THE PERFORMANCE WAS STUDIED OF A RECTANGULAR END SILL IN STABILIZING A HYDRAULIC JUMP A PRESCRIBED DISTANCE INSIDE A BROKEN-BACK CULVERT AND IN DISTRIBUTING THE FLOW AT THE CULVERT OUTLET ACROSS THE DOWNSTREAM CHANNEL WIDTH. WITH A SILL OF PROPER HEIGHT LOCATED BETWEEN THE FLARED WING WALLS AT THE CULVERT OUTLET, THE SUPERCRITICAL FLOW USUALLY PRESENT IN A BROKEN-BACK CULVERT CAN BE CHANGED TO SUBCRITICAL THROUGH FORCED HYDRAULIC JUMP WITHIN THE PIPE. EXPERIMENTS WITH THE MODEL BROKEN-BACK CULVERTS WERE RUN TO DETERMINE THE SILL HEIGHT TO CULVERTS GEOMETRY RELATIONSHIP, THE MOST DESIRABLE SILL LOCATION WITHIN THE WING WALLS, AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE RECTANGULAR SILL IN DISTRIBUTING THE CULVERT FLOW. THE DISCHARGE FACTOR, CULVERT GEOMETRY, AND SILL LOCATION WERE ALL VARIED SYSTEMATICALLY SO THAT EACH OF THEIR AFFECTS ON THE SILL HEIGHT TO HYDRAULIC JUMP RELATIONSHIP COULD BE DETERMINED. VELOCITY AND DEPTH MEASUREMENTS ACROSS VARIOUS SECTIONS IN THE CHANNEL DOWNSTREAM OF THE SILLS WERE USEFUL IN DETERMINING THE MOST DESIRABLE SILL LOCATION WITHIN THE FLARED WING WALLS AND IN ESTIMATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SILLS IN DISTRIBUTING THIS FLOW. A CONSISTENT RELATIONSHIP APPEARS TO EXIST BETWEEN SILL HEIGHT AND CULVERT GEOMETRY FOR A GIVEN DISCHARGE FACTOR IN A GIVEN SILL LOCATION. CONSIDERING SILL LOCATIONS, THE SILL AT THE CULVERT OUTLET IS PROBABLY THE LEAST DESIRABLE BECAUSE OF MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS POSED WHEN DEBRIS & ERODED MATERIAL ARE DEPOSITED BY FLOOD WATERS IN THE CULVERT. THE SILL AT THE MID-POINT OF THE FLARED WING WALLS APPEARS TO BE MOST DESIRABLE SINCE LESS ADDITIONAL CHANNEL PROTECTION IMMEDIATELY DOWNSTREAM OF SUCH A SILL IS REQUIRED. SLIGHTLY LESS SILL HEIGHT IS REQUIRED BY SILL AT THE MID-POINT OF THE WING WALLS THAN ONE AT THE END OF THE WING WALLS, HOWEVER, THE SILL AT THE END OF THE WSNG WALL IS MORE EFFECTIVE IN SPREADING THE FLOW ACROSS THE DOWNSTREAM CHANNEL WITHIN A SHORTER DISTANCE. WITH THE SILL LOCATED AT EITHER OF THE MID-POINT OR END OF THE WING WALLS, AN AVERAGE OF 80 PERCENT ENERGY REDUCTION WAS MEASURED BETWEEN THE END OF THE SLOPED PORTION OF THE BROKEN-BACK CULVERT IN A SECTION DOWNSTREAM OF THE SILLS.


A device for measuring of quantum states in a DNA preparation (2), said apparatus receiving a coordinated to one or more resonant frequencies of the DNA-preparation (2) cavity (5) which is adapted to the DNA preparation (2) and a close as possible to the preparation (2) arranged sensor (14) for detecting resonances and / or signals from the DNA-preparation (2), wherein the resonator (5) is formed by a resonant cavity (by a total reflection reflector 10) and a partially reflecting reflector (12) is delimited or wherein the resonator (5) is a cavity resonator, and wherein the sensor (14) is arranged to formed in the cavity resonance and / or signals from the DNA-preparation (2) to to capture.


Background: The present study aims to study the temporal evolution of the salinity of three profiles of Solonchaks which are in the region of Rélizane (Algeria). The aim is to determine the temporal changes in salinity between 2010 and 2014, by comparing saline profiles to determine the direction and intensity of variation in soil salinity. Methods: The experiment was carried out on three soil profiles (Solonchaks) which are located in the perimeter of the Mina which is located in the Bas-Chélif. Result: The study of the temporal evolution of salinity showed that the majority of horizons underwent desalination between the 2010 and 2014 campaign. This desalination occurred at a speed between 3.67 and 10.74 dS m-1 per year. This would be due to a partial leaching of salts from the surface horizons during the rainy season. The soils studied are marked by a higher salinity during the 2010 compared to the 2014 campaign. The principal component analysis (PCA) reveals that the chemical elements of the soil solution have the most weight on the variability of salinity, and the Wilcoxon test reveals that the difference between the EC of the 2010 campaign and that of 2014 is significant.


The petroleum industry is not recovering all the information potential from their exploration data. Although the industry is reaping great benefit from technological advancements in the collection and processing of individual types of data, very little effort is directed toward the integration of data and professionals on the exploration team. Institutionally sanctioned professional bigotry is a large part of the problem. Geologists, geophysicists, and a variety of narrowly focused professionals too often work on a prospect independently for too long without the benefit of sharing and testing many different concepts and hypotheses with others who may not known that they have corroborating data which can support a fragile hunch. Consequently, prospects go undetected, a significant fraction of the exploration budget may be systematically misallocated, and time is lost on the wrong data. More information could be recovered from the exploration data, and time and money saved, by creating a sophisticated image of each data base, merging all images into a common map projection, and convening a multidisciplinary team of professionals for an integrated study. The technical solution is already at hand, namely computer processing technology, geographic information systems, and digital image processing. That is the easy part of enhancing themore » information potential of the exploration department's resource - its data. Images of data are simply picture maps of information. Pictures of data are optimal information vehicles for three reasons: (1) they can be rich conveyors of information; (2) they are the lowest common denominator for the transfer of information to a diverse audience; and (3) they are much more fluid and inert when transmitted from one professional turf to another.« less


Objective To establish a method for the content determination of gallic acid,5-hydroxymethyl- furfural,peoniflorin and ferulic acid in Siwu Decoction.Methods HPLC with Zorbax SB-Aq column was used,acetonitrile-0.05% phosphoric acid(gradient elution)as a mobile phase.The detection wavelength of four components were 230 nm ,280 nm and 316 nm ,respectively.Flow rate was 1 mL·min-1,and column temperature was 40℃.Results The linear range of four components were 0.024 72~0.494 4 μg(r=0.999 2),0.019 96~0.798 4 μg(r=0.999 9),0.1181~2.362μg(r=0.999 7) and 0.126 2~0.504 8 μg(r=0.999 6)with the average recovery 100.22%(RSD=2.06%),99.83%(RSD=2.70%),101.37%(RSD=1.59%)and 99.89%(RSD=2.29%),respectively.Conclusion In Siwu Decoction,gallic acid and peoniflorin come from Radix paeoniae alba,5-hydroxymethyl-furfural comes from Radix rehmanniae praeparata and Rhizoma chuanxiong,and ferulic acid come from Radix angelicae sinensis and Rhizoma chuanxiong ,which provides a reference for the material base of Siwu Decoction.


The arterial wall is subject to a continuous process of structural, cellular, and molecular modifications that involve cellular growth processes, apoptosis, cell migration, inflammation, and fibrosis, resulting in changes of wall structure and dimension, as well as contractile and elastic properties. Physiological remodeling is an adaptive response to hemodynamic changes in the sense of repair or adjustment. Cardiovascular (CV) diseases, such as diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension, as well as aging, lead to enhancement of vascular maladaptive processes and the formation of atherosclerotic lesions and calcifications. One essential consequence of these maladaptive processes is the change of the arterial wall structure and the loss of the elastic properties of the conduit arteries, which is of growing clinical relevance. This phenomenon is termed "arterial stiffening." This process leads to increased pulse wave velocities and an increase of systolic and pulse pressures attributable to an alteration in the timing of reflected waves.1

Various studies using a variety of indices have established that arterial stiffness is increased with CV risk factors for atherosclerosis, is higher in women, and increases with age even in the absence of vascular disease or risk factors.2,3 Elevated blood pressure related to peripheral vasoconstriction increases aortic stiffness, which is an independent predictor of primary coronary events in patients with essential hypertension.4,5 The relevance of arterial stiffness, carotid pulse pressure, and augmentation index, as independent predictors for CV events, comes from epidemiological studies. The largest amount of evidence has been given for aortic stiffness, measured through carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV), as >10 000 subjects have been included in studies.1

DM is associated with a high risk for CV morbidity and mortality, including myocardial infarction, left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy, heart failure (HF), and stroke.6 DM leads to abnormal stiffening of the aorta and the large …


This report involves the modelling of the Milad Tower using the finite element analysis program Strand7. A dynamic analysis was performed on the structure in order to understand the deflections and stresses as a result of earthquake and wind loading. In particular, Linear Static as well as Natural Frequency and Spectral Response solvers were used to determine the behaviour of the structure under loading. The findings of the report highlight that the structure was modelled accurately with the outputs representing realistic values. The report suggests that the design of the beams, columns, slabs and all structural members was sufficient enough to support the tower during maximum loading cases. The governing load case was earthquake loading.


approved: The population dynamics of the tubicolous tanaid crustacean Leptochelia dubia were examined for a population inhabiting intertidal fine sands in Yaquina Bay, Oregon. The effects of bacteria and microalgae on rates of tube building and particle sizes incorporated into tubes by L. dubia were also measured. Stabilization of sediments precultured with microbes and bound into tubes was tested in a seawater flume. Two years of data, 1986-1987, demonstrate that population density rose from a low of 30,000 individuals m2 during May to a high of approximately 300,000 m2 during late September of each year. Reproduction was biannual; peaks of juveniles were recruited into the population during spring and fall. Reproductive male and female L. dubia were not present during the months of December or January during either year. Mean cohort growth rate was significantly lower from August-March than during the months April-July, indicating an effect of photoperiod, temperature, or some other factor related to season, such as food supply. Redacted for Privacy Laboratory experiments showed that the rate of tube building was a linear function of tanaid length. The presence of bacteria and microalgae in sediments had a positive effect on the rate of tube building, significantly increasing the magnitude of the intercept of the regression function over that measured in sterile sediment. The presence of bacteria and microalgae also appeared to increase the selection of silt-sized particles for tube building by large tanaids. A model incorporating the relationship between tariaid length, rates of tube building, and the density of the field population indicates that tanaids bind approximately 350 g sediment m2 d'1 into tubes. The stabilization of sediments by L. dubia was tested in a seawater flume, under turbulent hydraulically smooth conditions. At an imposed shear stress of u = 2.22 cm s', the mean bedload transport rate of sterile sediment was 84.2 pg cm2 min'. When sediment was precultured with microbes, bedload transport fell to 4.4 pg cm2 mm When tanaids were allowed to build tubes in sediment precultured with microbes, no bedload transport could be detected. Thus, under the hydraulic conditions imposed in the laboratory flume, tube building by Leptochel.ia dubia and the adhesive secretions of bacteria and microalgae interact to stabilize sediments against erosion. Particle Selection for Tube Building and the Stabilization of Sediments by Leptochelia dubia (Crustacea, Tanaidacea): Interactions with Bacteria and Microalgae by


The article considers the problem of social and pedagogical assistance to students who are victims of bullying. Its purpose is to analyze the content of social and pedagogical assistance to students who are victims of bullying in an educational institution. Research methods applied: systematization and analysis of scientific and pedagogical literature on the problem of social and pedagogical assistance to victims of bullying; classification of forms and methods of social and pedagogical work with students who are victims of bullying at different stages; generalizations to formulate research conclusions. It is determined that assistance to children victims of bullying is an important area of social and pedagogical work, should be comprehensive and multilevel, not limited to work with a child who has become a victim of school bullying. The stages of social and pedagogical assistance are analyzed: diagnostic; individual assistance to students who are victims of bullying; group work, which is based on the system of interaction of students, class teacher, teachers and class, parents of bullies. It was found that social and pedagogical work with students who are victims of bullying should be carried out using both traditional and innovative methods of work: conversations, individual consultations, correctional and developmental classes, group classes with elements of training, communication hours, etc. Because bullying is a deliberate, group, conscious, and organized process, it cannot be stopped without the intervention of professionals (educators, psychologists, social educators) and parents. This involves purposeful anti-bullying work, which requires the involvement of all available resources of the educational institution and the child's environment.


The prolonged neglect of the posterior teeth missing area may cause mesial drift, extrusion, unexpected movement of the adjacent teeth and alveolar bone loss with occlusion collapse. Therefore it is recommended to treat that area by the prosthesis as soon as possible after tooth missing. However, if orthodontic treatment is applied to move the remained teeth, it can create improved biomechanical dentoalveolar environment. The use of the third molars in teeth missing area provides advantages as optimizing of prosthesis size. However, crown shape, location, soundness of the third molar and possible of eruption failure should be considered. In this case report, two patients closed a second teeth missing site and reduced the size of the first and second teeth missing area for an implant by protraction of impacted third molars. This case reports the considerations for closing or reducing the posterior teeth space with protracting the third molars by comparing two patients. (J Dent Rehabil Appl Sci 2019;35(4):260-9)


This essay aims to analyze how national constitutional/supreme Courts address the evolution of the European integration process when this latter touches upon fundamental constitutional elements of the EU Member States. More specifically, the paper explores the recent case law concerning the issue of constitutional identity conflicts, in order to show the common arguments underpinning different European constitutional/supreme Courts' jurisprudence. From a comparative point of view, the analysis highlights the emergence of a growing front of constitutional resistance whose meaning for the future of European constitutionalism is still unclear. At the same time, the study seeks to examine the patterns of constitutional resistance within the European integration process in the perspective of a mutual interaction between Courts.


The reaction of the electron-rich derivatives cis-[Pt(R)2(DMSO)2] (R = Me, Ph) with a series of 6-substituted-2,2'-bipyridines, HL, occurs with loss of methane or benzene, respectively, to yield cyclometalated platinum(II) species [Pt(R)(L)(DMSO)] where L is an anionic ligand N',C(3) coordinated. The unusual C−H activation entails a consecutive reaction process through a detectable intermediate. The reaction is peculiar of 6-substituted ligands:  for comparison no reaction occurs with 6,6'-Me2-2,2'-bipy and an adduct, [Pt(R)2(HL)], is obtained with 5-Me-2,2'-bipy.


6059 Background: The high CaP incidence and mortality of black men combined with their relatively low rate of CaP screening and their elevated risk of presenting with advanced disease has led to their being identified as a high-priority group for screening. The benefit of screening, however, is uncertain. Most guidelines recommend that men make an individualized screening decision in consultation with their doctor. Motivating and preparing men to actively participate in this difficult decision remains a challenge. This is particularly relevant regarding black Americans given their historical alienation from the health care system.

METHODS
A CaP screening decision aid designed to promote shared decision-making was tested in 5 small group sessions of black men at community sites in Boston. The decision aid was preceded by a brief didactic presentation on CaP screening. The decision aid included a graphical depiction of all potential major outcomes that may follow a decision for or against screening. Vignettes about the decision-making and outcomes of hypothetical men with different life circumstances and priorities were presented to enhance values clarification by the participants. Endpoints measured before and after the intervention included self efficacy (SE)[Decision Self Efficacy Scale], decisional conflict (DC) [Decisional Conflict Scale], desire for autonomy (DFA) [Control Preferences Scale], and prostate cancer knowledge (PCK) [Prostate Cancer Knowledge and Prostate Cancer Screening Knowledge scales]. Pre- and post-intervention scores were compared using a Wilcoxon Matched-Pairs Signed Rank test.

RESULTS
64 men were accrued over 4 months during 2005. Significant changes were seen in all measures. Average scores improved 16% on SE (p<.001) and 17% on DC (p<.004). DFA increased, with the proportion of men wanting to play a dominant role in health care decisions rising from 62% to 81% (p<.001). PCK more than doubled on both scales (p<.001). Focus groups held after the intervention reinforced these findings.

CONCLUSIONS
Men were better informed, felt better prepared to actively participate in CaP screening decisions, and wanted to play a stronger role in decisions about their health care following exposure to our decision aid. No significant financial relationships to disclose.


Local oxidation of silicon (LOCOS) is the most commonly used isolation technology in silicon integrated circuits. The inherently large field oxide encroachment associated with LOCOS severely limits scalability. Recessed polysilicon encapsulated local oxidation (recessed PELOX) is demonstrated to achieve both low encroachment and increased field oxide recess. These benefits are obtained without sacrificing process simplicity or defectivity as evidenced by excellent gate oxide and diode quality.<<ETX>>


The Therapy Box is a behavioral intervention being researched to determine its effectiveness as a Response to Intervention (RtI) Tier 2 and Tier 3 behavioral intervention for identified students. The Therapy Box assists students with developing self-regulatory skills and increasing their social-emotional literacy while providing a supportive, caring, and safe classroom environment. The Therapy Box is a treatment package that encompasses the theories of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), the use of functional behavior assessments, B.F. Skinner's theory of manding, Differential Reinforcement of Alternative Behavior (DRA), and Directive Play Therapy. The hypothesis is that the student will be able to mand for "calm down time" with the box in lieu of an anger outburst/ episode within the classroom. The Therapy Box must be explained, and the student is part of the box creation during directive play therapy sessions. The intervention includes both student and teacher support to ensure skill generalization and successful outcomes. This research indicates that The Therapy Box proves to be an effective behavioral intervention for atrisk students.


As the main provider in your setting, your physical health and happiness is an extremely important factor in determining the standard of provision you offer the children in your care.


Koichiro Otani, Richard S. Kurz, Thomas E. Burroughs, and Brian Waterman First, thank you for selecting our article and giving us an opportunity to reply to the commentary. We particularly appreciate the praise offered by O'Connor and Shewchuk that the quality and impact of our article would be as sound as those published by Ware and Davies; Bowers, Swan, and Koehler; Cleary and McNeil; and Taylor and Cronin. We agree with O'Connor and Shewchuk that even though there have been many studies on patient satisfaction, most of them do not employ a theory that would lead to a valid and reliable research study. Without a theoretical background, the study outcomes are only context specific and, thus, they are useful in that environment at that particular time. To advance our knowledge, we need to conduct our research based on a solid theory or a clearly defined framework. We started this study with our daily experience that we do not process multiple information by a simple mathematical model, rather we make our decision based in a more complicated manner—noncompensatory or nonlinear. The ideas, theories, and models were already developed by Kahneman and Tversky,1 Brannick and Brannick,2 Einhorn,3,4 and Ganzach5–7. However, few studies have applied these models to a large data set to empirically verify the models. We are fortunate to have access to a carefully collected large data set to test these models. Our first analysis found that patients do not mathematically average out their attribute reactions to form their overall satisfaction. They arrive at their overall satisfaction level with the noncompensatory model. Our second analysis found that three attributes (nursing care, compassion to family/friends, and pleasantness of surroundings) show a diminishing marginal


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 by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1853-1858, edited by his widow, Sophia Hawthorne,
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"We have a unique system in which many of our schools are small schools. We may never have large electronic security systems in some of our schools," said Larry Blackmer, vice president for education for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America. "However, at the same time, we need to do everything to ensure the safety of our children in a sinful and dangerous society. Many of our schools have already begun implementing safety plans."


Summary Premature ovarian failure (POF), is a rare clinical diagnosis with 4-6 months amenorrhea periods before the age of 40 and at least two elevated FSH levels 40 IU/L detected in one month interval. The etiology hasn't been elucidated yet and genetic, autoimmune, environmental factors might play a role in the pathogenesis. Recent publications in genetics suggests that a possible role of X chromosome critical region (Xq13-26) deletions and translocations in etiology of POF. Ultimately new clinical follow-up protocols and treatments are defined. In accordance, risk of severe osteoporosis must be accounted in those patients. In this paper, the recent literature in POF etiology, treatment, diagnose and links with fragile X syndrome has been reviewed.


Colorectal carcinoma in pediatric population is relatively rare (<1% of all cancers in first two decades) and behaves aggressively as compared with the same in adult population. We report a case of 11‐year‐old adolescent male, who presented with pain abdomen and melena. Fine‐needle aspiration cytology from the growth in rectum revealed mucinous adenocarcinomas, which was later confirmed on histopathology. The patient also had positive peritoneal fluid cytology. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2012 © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


The Bukit Botol and Bukit Ketaya deposits are two examples of volcanic-hosted massive sulphide (VHMS) deposits that occur in the Tasik Chini area, Central Belt of Peninsular Malaysia. The mineralisation is divided into subzones distinguished by spatial, mineralogical, and textural characteristics. The primary sulphide minerals include pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and galena, with lesser amounts of Sn- and Ag-bearing minerals, with Au. However, pyrrhotite is absent from both deposits. This study presents the results of sphalerite chemistry analysed by using an electron microprobe. Two types of sphalerite are recognised: sphalerite from the Bukit Botol deposit reveals a range of <DL to 24.0 mole% FeS, whereas sphalerite from the Bukit Ketaya deposit shows a range of <DL to 3 mole% FeS. Significant variations are shown in Zn, Cu, Cd, and Ag levels. Although the sphalerite has a wide variation in composition, a discernible decreasing Fe trend is exhibited from the stringer zone towards massive sulphide. This compositional variation in sphalerites may in part reflect variable temperature and activity of sulphur in the hydrothermal fluids during ore formation. Alternatively, the bimodal composition variations suggest that mineral chemistry relates to contrasting depositional processes. The Zn/Cd ratios for sphalerite from both these deposits are similar to those exhibited by volcano−sedimentary deposits with a volcanic origin. Therefore, the consistently low Cd concentrations and moderate to high Zn/Cd ratios suggest mixing of seawater and minor magmatic fluids controlling the chemistry of sphalerite at both deposits during their formation.


The wastewater after washing rice grains is known as washed rice water (WRW). WRW is often recommended for reuse as plant fertilizer, but little is known about the difference in the nutrient and microbial contents of WRW between white and brown rice. The study aims to answer this question and determine how much the nutrient contents in the WRW would change with fermentation and how fermentation would affect the phosphorus (P)- and potassium (K)-solubilization bacteria in the WRW. Medium-grained rice was washed at a volumetric rice-to-water ratio of 1:3 for 90 seconds at 0.357 × g. WRW was then fermented for 0 (fresh), 3, 6, and 9 days. The rice grains and WRW were analyzed for pH, electrical conductivity (EC), carbon (C), nitrogen (N), sulfur (S), ammonium (NH4+), nitrate (NO3-), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), and boron (B), as well as for total microbial population and P- and K-solubilizing bacteria. Brown rice grains had 26 to 324% higher P, K, Mg, and Zn than white rice. Nutrient contents in the WRW increased with increasing fermentation, except for C, which decreased with fermentation. At 9 days of fermentation, P, Ca, Mg, Cu, and B in the white rice water increased by 4 to 207%, which were also higher than in the brown rice water. The microbial population increased with fermentation for 3 days, then decreased after that, following the same C trend in the WRW from both rice types. P-and K-solubilization by bacteria in the WRW from both rice types increased with fermentation. The P solubilization was 25% higher in brown rice water, while the K solubilization was 67% higher in white rice water. Fermented rice water from white and brown rice was revealed to potentially improve plant growth and increase overall soil health due to their plant nutrient and microbial contents.

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This article, focuses on the methods that have been used for solving the Kepler's equation for thirty years, then Kepler's equation will be solved by Newton-Raphson's method. For increasing the stability of Newton's method, various guesses studied and the best of them introduced base on minimum number repetition of algorithm. At the end, after studying various guesses base on time of Implementation, one appropriate choice first guesses that increase the isotropy and decrease the time of Implementation of solving is introduced.


To convey the dynamic information related to traffic conditions in various parts of a city, we propose an environment utilizing the technology of smart phones to provide information anywhere and anytime. Called ";The Interactive Traffic Beat Project,"; it uses a Web-based service to deliver this information to people through their cell phones at the right time so that valuable time can be saved and the chaos on the roads can be managed.


A study of electrolytic flotation applied to a typical paint effluent is described. The feasibility of the process was determined by the measurement of clarification time and effluent quality. The current density, conductivity of the solution and the initial concentration were taken as the operating variables. Information on flotation characteristics obtained from batch tests were compared with a continuous flow unit. Flotation kinetics were studied and settling was taken as a basis for comparison of results.


Objective To evaluate the visual quality after corneal wavefront aberrations guided laser in situ keratomileusis (CW-G LASIK) on correcting myopia. To present the changes on contrast sensitivity (CS), glare sensitivity (GS) and root mean square (RMS) of coma and spherical after CW-G LASIK. Methods Two different cases were presented-1) LASIK; 2)corneal wavefront aberrations guided LASIK. All procedures were performed with the Esiris T excimer laser system and Moria LSK-ONE microkeratome. The OPTIKON 2000 Keratron Scout device was used for topographies and corneal wavefront measurements. VectorVion CSV-1000 HGT was used to evaluate the CS and GS. The optical zone was 6.0~7.00mm. Wavefront aberrations were analyzed for 6.0mm pupil zone. Pre-and postoperative CS, GS and corneal wavefront aberrations were analyzed. Results The recovery of postoperative UCVA after corneal wavefront aberrations guided LASIK and LASIK returned to the preoperative level. The postoperative CS and GS of each space frequency decreased after CW-G LASIK and LASIK, but the CS and Gs were better than LASIK, especially at 6, 12, 18c/d space frequency. The postoperative RMS of coma and spherical increased after both surgeries, especially after LASIK. Conclusions CW-G LASIK is effective on correcting myopia. It can improve the CS and GS, decrease the RMS after surgery. It is stable and safe.


Oil is a product that is widely used from energy to chemical sector. This makes oil a product. Recent changes in oil prices also change growth, prices and expectations significantly. This article uses "Hotelling Pricing" model to examine how prices of oil, that is an exhaustible resource, is determined. According to the model, oil price is an increasing function of its current and future scarcity value. Emprically, we study how much the recent changes in oil prices are affected by the speculative attempts adding to the scarcity level. This work also covers implications for Turkey. In the final part of the work, an increase of 34% is foreseen in oil prices causing from the increasing scarcity that doubles every 5 years. Speculative attempts are measured by the dollar/euro parity and dummy variable while it is determined that speculative developments increase oil prices by 25%. Implications of such conditions for Turkey are raising balance of payments, inflation and missing the targets of economic growth.


Purpose – To leverage the science of momentum and apply it to art of brand management.Design/methodology/approach – Researches the brand literature. Revisits our understanding of Newtonian physics. Studies the history of brands that have experienced the power of momentum. Shares early drafts with fellow brand strategist for feedback and guidance.Findings – Discovers that the resonance of momentum is real and memorable experience for the authors and for their readers. The authors had underestimated the number of brands that could leverage the concept of momentum to better manage and grow their brands.Research limitations/implications – The authors believe it would be of value for the brand managers of those brands that are experiencing momentum to analyze the specific activities that are driving their brands.Practical implications – It is the authors' hope that brand managers will have a new lens through which to select, engage and measure brand‐building activities.Originality/value – The authors do not be...


This paper proposes a finite element procedure for the simulations of material nonlinearity so-called domain switching in polycrystalline ferroelectric/ferroelastic bodies. Conventional FEM, which has been used for linear piezoelectric analyses, is not appropriate for solving the nonlinear problem from thermodynamic viewpoint because it corresponds to finding a saddle point of functional. Therefore, we use a recently proposed alternative FEM that corresponds to finding local minimum points of functional. In the alternative FEM, both mechanical displacement and vector potential  for electric displacement instead of scalar potential are chosen as unknown variables. As a constitutive law in each crystal, we adopt a class of Landau's potential energy models, which is a popular phenomenological description for phase transitions in solid-state physics. Because the processes of the nonlinear behavior are essentially dynamic phenomena and the total potential of the system may have local minimum solutions, we employ a dynamic formulation for the nonlinear analyses with the consideration of Debye-type dielectric relaxation and mechanical wave propagation. Numerical examples of a two-dimensional polycrystalline ferroelectric model are shown and the results can qualitatively predict ferroelectric behaviors such as hysteresis curves and butterfly


In this paper,the progresses in the study on detection methods of cyanobacterial toxin,methods of detoxification,relation of microcystin and environmental factor,effects of microcystin on aquatic organisms,synthetic mechanism of microcystin and those of Microcystis aeruginosa PCC7806,etc.are overviewed.It is shown that the research in china is not powerful in this field,and most are focused on the macroscopic researches.


Two examples of enzyme systems with interactions, at steady state, are treated here. In both cases, the enzyme cycle has two states and quasi-equilibrium in spatial distributions obtains at steady state (because f alpha + f beta = 1). The first example is a dilute solution of enzyme molecules in a solvent. The flux (turnover) per molecule is expanded in powers of the enzyme concentration (a "viral" expansion). Aggregation of the enzyme molecules in solution is considered as a special case. In the second example, we treat an arbitrary lattice of enzyme molecules, with nearest-neighbor interactions, using the well-known quasi-chemical approximation. The flux per molecule is obtained. Critical behavior and hysteresis are illustrated.


This work presents an image segmentation method for range data that uses multi-scale wavelet analysis in combination with statistical pattern recognition. We train a pattern- recognition system with scale-space data from the edge points of a training image. Once trained the system can determine the degree of edgeness of points in a new image. Before designing the segmentation system we set forth several goals. We desire that the system detect boundaries of small as well as large objects, be robust, and have few or no free parameters. Edges in an image respond to edge detectors at different scales; therefore combining edge detection information at multiple scales can create a more complete and robust edge detection. Scale-space refers to a family of derived signals where the fine-scale information is successively suppressed as scale increases. Edge points in images have a specific signature over scale space. We use a pattern recognition method to analyze these signatures as 1-D signals and therefore label edges in an image based on its multi-scale response to a wavelet transform. A fuzzy pattern classifier with one class determines the degree of membership in the edge class for each pixel in the image. Assigning this degree of membership to each pixel creates a fuzzy edge map. a watershed algorithm then creates a segmentation from this edge map. We use the wavelet transform to generate the scale space of a range image. We choose a spline wavelet used by Mallat. A simple, synthetic image with added noise and known edges provides a training set for the pattern recognition system. Known edge points from the image create a probability density function indicating membership in an edge class. The results from analyzing a complex real image are shown.


The domain configuration and the magnetization process in MnBi films are studied with the aid of the magneto-optic Kerr effect. The pattern period or the average width of reversed and unreversed stripe domains as well as the technical magnetization show a hysteresis phenomenon with respect to the external magnetic field. The pattern period for the same net magnetization is shorter for the ascendant magnetization curve than for the descendant one. The hysteresis phenomena including the minor loop of magnetization are well interpreted by a modified stripe domain theory which takes the effect of the domain wall coercivity into consideration.


Has there ever been a "deconstructive" art criticism-that is, an art criticism which does more than simply hide its own agenda beneath this popular and all-too-little-examined theoretical label? For the past teQ years, the term "deconstruction" has become increasingly used in a wide variety of aesthetic contexts, for a number of different purposes, by critics, curators, and artists alike. It has gained a certain currency in artistic circlesa sort of "official" status as it were-which suggests its user's familiarity with notions of meaning and signification currently in vogue in both America and Europe. Unfortunately, deconstruction's emerging popularity as a term to be rather loosely bandied about in art critical writings has far outstripped research on the part of art critics into its meaning. As even a brief survey of the field reveals, art critics have a poor understanding of deconstruction. Content to receive their information from secondary sources and an occasional, hastily excised essay-fragment, many an art critic has sold short Derrida's insights into the nature of "writing" (/'ecriture) and the production of meaning. 1 As this paper shall reveal, too often do


Reaction of FeCl3 with one equivalent of acac (acac = pentane-2,4-dionate) and KTpMe2 (TpMe2 = hydrotris(3,5-dimethyl-pyrazol-1-yl)borate) yielded TpMe2Fe(acac)Cl (3), which upon reaction with methanolic solution of sodium azide resulted in the formation of a six coordinate compound TpMe2Fe(acac)N3 (4) with a single azide. When the reaction of FeCl3 and KTpMe2 was performed with two equivalents of sodium azide and one equivalent of 3,5-dimethylpyrazole (PzMe2H), a six coordinate cis azide compound [TpMe2Fe(PzMe2H)(N3)2] (5) was obtained. These compounds were characterized by spectroscopic methods and single crystal X-ray crystallography. Electrochemical studies of 5 show that it can be irreversibly reduced at relatively lower potential than 4. The photolysis of 5 was performed at 77 K at different wavelengths (480, 419, and 330 nm) showing that 5 was photoreduced to a high-spin Fe(II) species instead of photooxidized to Fe(V).


The purpose of this expert system is to assess a predisposition to bleeding in a patient undergoing a tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy, as may occur with patients who have certain blood conditions such as hemophilia, von Willebrand's disease, and platelet function defects. This objective is achieved by establishing a correlation between the patients' responses to a medical questionnaire and the relative quantities of blood lost during their operations. Three major modules constitute the system: the automated questionnaire to be completed by the patient, the expert system proper, and the patient database. The questionnaire is divided into fourteen sections on topics such as the occurrence of bruises and positive familial history. The expert system takes the responses to the questionnaire and determines risk categories for patients undergoing the operations. The patient database contains the patients' questionnaire responses, personal data and the risk assessments generated by the expert system. Subsequent to the development of the expert system prototype, inductive learning techniques were examined to automatically classify patients as either normal or abnormal. Specifically, Quinlan's ID3 induction algorithm was used whereby a training set of patient data generates a classification tree whose leaf nodes correspond to the classification outcomes. This paper presents the architecture of the hematology expert system, identifies some problems encountered during the knowledge engineering process and presents some statistical data pertaining to the accuracy of its risk assessments. It also offers a comparative review of the expert system and inductive learning methodologies.


Founding a simple and reliable teaching platform is very important.This paper introduces a software named Netmeeting which used for setting up a teaching platform,and describes the technology in detail.


SUMMARY Twowell established experimental stressors, handimmersion incold water, andmental stimulation withdichotomous listening, were applied to37normal subjects after theingestion ofa standard meal. Orocaecal transit was measured byserial exhaled breath hydrogen sampling. Cold watersignificantly delayed transit compared with warm watercontrol (warmwater71-8±3-6 mins v coldwater93*2±5-7 minsp 0-1) despite asignificant rise inpulse rate,skinconductance andplasma catecholamines. Repeated coldwaterimmersion studies in eight individuals produced consistent orocaecal transit andautonomic responses, whereas mental stimulation showedreduced autonomic responseson repeattesting, suggesting thattolerance to thestimulus hadoccurred. Theresults ofthese studies showstimulus specific gastrointestinal responsepatterns toautonomic stimuli, andappeartohaveimportant implications forthedesign of future studies ofhumangastrointestinal autonomic physiology andfortheinvestigation ofpatients with stress related gutdysfunction.


For close to 40 years, cultural psychiatrists have struggled to institutionalize cross-cultural assessments with the recognition that culture influences ideas about desired and undesired treatments, social norms of appropriate and inappropriate communication in healthcare settings, and the ways that clinicians interpret symptoms into diagnoses. This chapter first establishes a common definition for the terms 'culture' and 'migrant', which can be used in mental health settings. Next, it traces how the care of migrants formed a central concern as psychiatrists, psychologists, and anthropologists made cultural recommendations for DSM-IV and DSM-5. Finally, the chapter discusses the DSM-5 Cultural Formulation Interview Supplementary Module for Immigrants and Refugees as a clinical assessment tool that can help clinicians ask patients about their backgrounds; pre-migration-, and post-migration trajectories; resettlement life; and plans for the future. This supplementary module may help clinicians systematically and comprehensively develop diagnostic assessments and treatment plans for immigrants and refugees in a patient-centred way.


Glycan‐binding proteins, which include galectins, are involved at all stages of immunity and inflammation, from initiation through resolution. Galectin‐9 (Gal‐9) is highly expressed in the liver and has a wide variety of biological functions in innate and adaptive immunity that are instrumental in the maintenance of hepatic homeostasis. In the setting of viral hepatitis, increased expression of Gal‐9 drives the expansion of regulatory T cells and contraction of effector T cells, thereby favoring viral persistence. The dichotomous nature of Gal‐9 is evident in hepatocellular carcinoma, where loss of expression in hepatocytes promotes tumor growth and metastasis, whereas overexpression by Kupffer cells and endothelial cells inhibits the antitumor immune response. In nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, Gal‐9 is involved indirectly in the expansion of protective natural killer T‐cell populations. In ischemic liver injury, hepatocyte‐derived Gal‐9 is both diagnostic and cytoprotective. In drug‐induced acute liver failure, plasma levels correlate with outcome. Here, we offer a synthesis of recent and emerging findings on Gal‐9 in the regulation of hepatic inflammation. Ongoing studies are warranted to better elucidate the pathophysiology of hepatic immune‐mediated diseases and to develop new therapeutic interventions using glycan‐binding proteins. (Hepatology 2017;66:271–279).


It is well known that cotton mills consume large volume of water for various processes such as sizing, desizing, scouring, bleaching, mercerization, dyeing, printing, finishing and ultimately washing. Contaminated air, soil, and water by effluents from the industries are associated with heavy disease burden (WHO, 2002) and this could be part of the reasons for the current shorter life expectancy in the country (WHO, 2003) when compared to the developed nations. Some heavy metals contained in these effluents (either in free form in the effluents or adsorbed in the suspended solids) from the industries have been found to be carcinogenic (Tamburlini et al., 2002) while other chemicals equally present are poisonous depending on the dose and exposure duration (Kupchella and Hyland, 1989). These chemicals are not only poisonous to humans but also found toxic to aquatic life (WHO, 2002) and they may result in food contamination (Novick, 1999). There are sulphide and metal pollutant like fluoride, Arsenic, Molybdenum etc cause several harm effect to the life directly on indirectly. Bhilwara has 4000 Textile manufacturing units which production exports to 70 countries specially in Europe, South Africa and North American. It has highest number of register private motor vehicle (4 wheeler) in Asia. This is second largest producer of polyester fiber in India, third largest producer of Salt i.e 1/10th production of country and only center in country for producing insulation bricks. This project is characterised of textile industries' effluents in Bhilwara and its Fluoride pollutant separation by Microbes.


Laboratory education is an important part of the engineering curriculum as it provides a bridge between theory and the operation of the real power system. This paper reports on hardware laboratory exercises designed and performed at the advanced laboratory infrastructure of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), which consists of Low Voltage microgrids incorporating various Distributed Energy Resources (DER) and hardware connections to virtual systems (Real-time Hardware-in-the-Loop simulation). The capability of Distributed Generation to provide ancillary services at distribution networks and support the voltage is explained theoretically and through laboratory experiments. Moreover, the contribution of power-electronic interfaced DER to faults is measured/tested in a Real-Time Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) environment, which allows the use of physical DER, whereas the faults are performed safely in simulation. The islanded and grid-connected operation of a microgrid is presented where the students have the opportunity to see how power-electronic interfaced DER can operate as conventional synchronous generators based on droop control.


The article is dedicated to innovative processes which contributed to the expansion of international contacts of BelSU in various fields of cooperation in the context of innovative educational program (IEP). It specifies the outcomes of the international cooperation of the university during implementation of the IEP, determines its role on the way to successful positioning of BelSU in the global educational area.


Genetic algorithms have proved to be a useful improvement heuristic for tackling several combinatorial problems, including the coalition structure generation problem. In this case, the focus lies on selecting the best partition from a discrete set. A relevant issue when designing a Genetic algorithm for coalition structure generation problems is to choose a proper genetic encoding that enables an efficient computational implementation. In this paper, we present a novel hybrid encoding, and we compare its performance against several genetic encoding proposed in the literature. We show that even in difficult instances of the coalition structure generation problem, the proposed approach is a competitive alternative to obtaining good quality solutions in reasonable computing times. Furthermore, we also show that the encoding relevance increases as the number of players increases.


coal and gas outburst is a complex dynamic phenomenon in coal mine and is one of the serious natural disasters which threaten mine safety production.Aiming at the "12.17"serious coal and gas outburst accident of Guaziyan coal mine in Hunan,and adopting TF1M(3D) numerical simulation technology,this study presented the simulation images of gas outburst with " bidirectional outburst source" in coal face and the mutation process of mine disaster ventilation system.Simulation results showed that,the coal and gas outburst occurred in coal face or in roadway expanded outward with the outburst point as the center,in which reverse airflow occurred at the air intake side and overflowing phenomenon occurred at the return airflow side.Compared with the outburst happened in blind heading roadway,the impact intensity of the outburst gas decreased.After outburst dynamic disappears,under the actions of fan power and gas natural ventilation pressure,the "reverse airflow-regressive airflow"still exists in the roadway where the reverse airflow occurred.The simulation revealed that,in roadways with air doors and air regulators,phenomena of gas "current-limiting and stagnation"exist,in which the current-limiting effect could block the outburst gas from swarming into these roadways massively and oculd often offer a temporary shelter for the escaping staff,while the stagnation hindered the outburst gas to be discharged and is prone to trigger the secondary disaster of coal and gas outburst,namely,the gas explosion accident.


Persistent congestions which are varying in strength and duration in the dense traffic networks are the most prominent obstacle towards sustainable mobility. Those types of congestions cannot be adequately resolved by the traditional Adaptive Traffic Signal Control (ATSC). The introduction of Reinforcement Learning (RL) in ATSC as tackled those types of congestions by using on-line learning, which is based on the trial and error approach. Furthermore, RL is prone to the dimensionality curse related to the state–action space size based on which a non-linear quality function is derived. The Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) framework uses Deep Neural Networks (DNN) to digest raw traffic data to approximate the quality function of RL. This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the most recent DRL approaches used for the ATSC algorithm design. Special emphasis is set to overview of the traffic state representation and multi-agent DRL frameworks applied for the large traffic networks. Best practices are provided for choosing the adequate DRL model, hyper-parameters tuning, and model architecture design. Finally, this paper provides a discussion about the importance of the open traffic data concept for the extensive application of DRL in the real world ATSC.


Heat recovery ventilators (HRV), also called air-to-air heat exchangers, extracts (recovers) heat from one air stream and delivers it to another airstream. The HRV technology has been used in industrial and residential buildings for the past decade, but not in confined animal buildings where energy consumption can be intensive. In this study, heat recovery ventilation technology was evaluated for its efficacy of providing fresh pre-heated air to improve energy efficiency during a winter flock and a mild season flock on a broiler farm in NW Arkansas. One broiler house was retrofitted with four flat-plate cross-flow heat recovery ventilators in the half-house brood chamber. The heat recovery ventilators were operated to meet the minimum ventilation rates when birds were young. As birds grew, HRVs were operated in conjunction with building exhaust fans for ventilation needs. Fresh air was pre-heated up to 25 °C, partially as a result of large amounts of condensation formed due to large amounts of latent heat in the warm air stream. The amount of energy recovered was calculated based on an energy balance across the heat recovery ventilators on the cold air side. The estimated heat recovered was equivalent to 593 and 253 gallon of propane for the winter flock and mild season flock, respectively. Electricity consumption from both the wall exhaust fans and the heat recovery ventilators were 1,218 and 728 kWh higher than those of the control house during the two test flocks. The preliminary test shows a return on investment between 4 and 5 years based on the current cost of equipment and energy prices.


Starting with test methods and a specification developed by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Environmentally Benign Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Postage Stamp Program, a laboratory-scale test method and a specification were developed and validated for pressure-sensitive adhesive labels, By comparing results from this new test method and pilot-scale tests, which have been previously validated with mill trials, we showed that the new test could be used to qualify label products as recycling-compatible


Phages depend on their bacterial host to replicate, but how habitat, density and diversity of the host population drive phage ecology is not well understood. Here, we addressed this question by comparing two populations of marine bacteria and their phages collected during a time series sampling in an oyster farm. Vibrio crassostreae reproduces more specifically in oysters. This population is genetically structured into clades of near clonal strains favoring infection by closely related phages and leading to a modular structure of the phage-bacterial infection network. Vibrio chagasii, on the other hand, blooms in the water column from where it can colonize oysters via filter-feeding. We found higher phage predation pressure on V. chagasii that did not result from a broader host range of the phages but rather from a greater burst size generating more infectious particles in the environment. We showed that contrasting patterns of genetic diversity for host and phage lead to different infection network architectures. We also provided evidence that a bloom of phages generates epigenetic and genetic variability that can be selected to counteract host defense systems.


The authors describe a nine-stage, pipelined, video-rate, analog-to-digital converter (ADC) in a 0.9- mu m CMOS technology. At a conversion rate of 20 Msamples/s, the converter has 10-b resolution, 56-dB signal-to-noise-and-distortion ratio (SNDR) with a 100-kHz input, and 54-dB SNDR with a 5-MHz input. It occupies 9.3 mm/sup 2/ and dissipates 300 mW. The key innovation in this ADC is the improved correction algorithm, which requires one fewer comparator per stage than used in traditional architectures.<<ETX>>


The activelly cooled plasma facing units (PFUs) constituting the WEST lower divertor must meet strict technical specifications before their installation into the WEST tokamak. The tests performed at CEA lead mainly: to provide information on the feasibility to attach mechanically PFUs on sectors, to ensure geometrical tolerances for the welding of PFUs to water manifolds, to check the PFU vacuum tightness and to confirm the PFUs heat exhaust capability. Using high heat flux (HHF) test facilities, such as HADES at CEA-Cadarache and GLADIS at IPP-Garching, ∼5% of the PFU production was tested. Infrared thermography (IR) tests were also performed (∼24% of the PFU production tested). We show that PFUs are with a quality in agreement to the requirements and that the assessement of the heat exhaust capability during the series production is needed. Based on statistical approaches, this work also provides information on the methods to assess the quality of tested components using statistic process control.


Abstract Water seeding is a common cropping strategy in mechanized rice systems. Water seeding of rice can suppress grass weeds, but it can also encourage aquatic weeds and grass ecotypes that escape deep floodwater. In addition, water seeding prevents many cultural methods of weed control and limits available herbicides. Selection pressure from a limited palette of herbicides has resulted in widespread resistance in rice grown in California. This study examined a novel combination of drill seeding and a stale seedbed ("stale-drill") as a means of using a nonselective herbicide to manage weeds before rice emergence. In 2016 and 2017, rice cultivar 'M-206' was drilled at a rate of 120 kg ha–1 to 1.3-cm, 2.5-cm, and 5.1-cm depths. Planting rice deeper than 1.3 cm delayed emergence by 3 to 4 d. A postplant-burndown (PPB) treatment of glyphosate at 870 g ha–1 was applied just prior to rice emergence. Treatment delays had mixed effects on weed control. PPB treatment was more effective at controlling Echinochloa spp. in 2017, reducing density by 30%, 48%, and 73% at 1.3-cm, 2.5-cm, and 5.1-cm seeding depths, respectively. The greatest overall weed control either year was found with applications of glyphosate + pendimethalin followed by penoxsulam + cyhalofop at 1.3-cm planting depth. Rice stand and yield components were more strongly affected by planting depth in 2017 than in 2016, possibly owing to cool weather immediately after seeding. Yields in 2017 were reduced in deeper plantings by up to 72%. Therefore, if the stale-drill method is implemented with higher-vigor cultivars or higher seeding rates, we see potential in this method as a useful tool for reducing herbicide-resistant weeds in rice fields. Nomenclature: Cyhalofop; glyphosate; pendimethalin; penoxsulam; Echinochloa spp.; rice; Oryza sativa L.


dimension. Strategies were observed only among 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders and would not be predicted by developmental level. Allowed children to be more complete in identifying materials and were encouraged by assignments allowing indepth treatment of a subject of interest. Multiple concepts Children explored more than on one concept in subject Searches to focus on retrieval. "Dogs and cats" successfully limited the search; most others were not as successful: Materials about the combined concepts were not in the collection (e.g. "horses and poetry") or one or more query terms was not an LCSH (e.g. "Cats and Strategy was used relatively uniformly in grades 3 through 6 to find information on specific interests or to meet assignments (e.g. finding out about clothing in Colonial times) that motivated children to try more complex query forms.


Suppose that $f := (f_1,\ldots,f_d):\Omega_1\to\Omega_2$ is a proper holomorphic map between two bounded domains in $\mathbb C^d.$ In this paper, we find a non-trivial minimal joint reducing subspace for the multiplication operator (tuple) $M_f=(M_{f_1},\ldots, M_{f_d})$ on the Bergman space $\mathbb A^2(\Omega_1)$, say $\mathcal M.$ We further show that the restriction of $(M_{f_1},\ldots,M_{f_d})$ to $\mathcal M$ is unitarily equivalent to Bergman operator on $\mathbb A^2(\Omega_2).$


The use of extruded polycarbonate panels for the encapsulation of solar cells is opening up new areas of application for photovoltaics. These innovative modules are light in weight, can be readily machined and shaped withcurved contours using the cold forming process.


Within the sport environment, the performance appraisal of coaches continues to be an issue. The performance appraisal of coaches is critical to sport organizations since major decisions like rewarding or terminating coaches is based on it. The purpose of this study was to examine whether any differences exist with regard to the importance attached to the facets identified by MacLean and Chelladurai (1995) between South African sport coaches and administrators and Canadian sport coaches and administrators. A secondary purpose was to examine whether there were any differences between coaches and administrators overall. The third purpose was to examine whether there was any interaction between country and administrators or coaches in terms of the predetermined facets. Data was collected using the Scale of Coaching Performance (SCP) and demographics developed by MacLean and Chelladurai (1995). A purposive sample of 300 sport coaches and 150 administrators from sport organizations in South Africa comprised the participants in this study while 532 coaches and 87 administrators formed the Canadian sample for the study. A reliability test was conducted on six pre-determined facets of performance appraisal. A multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was conducted to examine differences in the importance attached to the various facets by coaches and administrators in the different countries. The results indicated that overall there were significant differences with regard to team products, personal products, indirect task behaviours and public relations behaviours. The study found that common ground seems to exist between the two countries regarding the appraisal of coaches. It also found that the views of administrators and coaches regarding the appraisal of coaches do not always coincide.


Civil Engineering Management is both an art and a science. A knowledge of the technology of civil engineering management will help the young engineer up the management ladder. This article gives a brief description of some books and periodicals that will guide the engineer in studying the fundamentals of management at home. The books cover such topics as finance, accounting, auditing, controls, evaluations, taxation, economy, law, estimating, CPM, dynamic cost control, communication, labor relations, human relations, management by objectives and related topics.


As one of the Early Four Historiographies, Fan Ye's Book of the Later Han preserves significant works of both historical and literary value. This is something increasingly significant in response to the dynamic growth in popularity of classical Chinese texts among Western sinologists. Through reading the English translation of the "Biography of Huan Tan and Feng Yan" from the Book of the Later Han, the following three issues are arguably noteworthy for the translator's consideration. Firstly, the English translation may involve an interim step of intralingual translation from classical Chinese to modern Chinese, before a subsequent interlingual translation from modern Chinese to English. While this facilitates the process of translation, the vernacular translation also involves further risks in misinterpretation. Secondly, translation of such historiographical work which consists of literary works by various writers with numerous historical references, not only requires the translator to conduct additional analysis and write explanatory notes, it also makes the English output inaccessible to most readers. Thirdly, the highly interdisciplinary knowledge in relevant historiography not only demands a high quality of competency in translators, but also arguably acts as a catalyst for further academic research in the process of close reading and research. This paper intends to analyse the above three issues through a case study on the "Biography of Huan Tan and Feng Yan", thereby demonstrating how the translation of Chinese classics is an arduous yet meaningful challenge.


SUMMARY A CONTRIBUTION TO RESEARCH ON THE LIFE AND WORK OF MIJAT SABLJAR (1790 – 1865) Mijat Sabljar was born in Dubica on May 5, 1790. His father, Ilija Sabljar was a soldier ; after the family tradition, Mijat also pursued a military career. His father and mother, Magdalena Sep, had twelve children. Sabljar wrote about his youth, schooling and the beginnings of his military career in his autobiography in the early sixties of the 19th century. It is evident from the autobiography that he had finished elementary school in Dubica, and started his schooling at the Theresian Military Academy in Wienerneustadt at the age of 9. It was there that Sabljar started collecting books and nurturing his newly discovered drawing talent. After he graduated from the Academy in 1809, he proceeded to the battlefield to fight under the French command from 1810 to 1813. After returning to Austrian command he was stationed in Dalmatia, Kordun, Italy and Glina. Between 1827 and 1842 he served as the engineering captain of the military engineering unit of the Lika regiment. It was there that Sabljar acknowledged his great passion – collecting antiquities and natural rarities. Lika was also the location of his first collections. After retiring in 1842 with the rank of major, he became a curator of the museum of Count Laval Nugent of Westmeath (*1777 +1862) in Trsat. Along with his work in the museum, Sabljar started to cooperate with Družtvo za povĕstnicu jugoslavensku (The Society for South Slav History) founded in Zagreb, and he also strongly advocated the founding of the National Museum. Along with numerous objects donated to the Museum, Sabljar in 1843 drew up the first museum catalogue of the numismatic collection. There are certain discrepancies regarding the exact year Sabljar came to Zagreb, but he was without doubt affiliated with the Museum from its very beginnings. Dragutin Rakovec, the first curator of the Museum, reports in 1846 that Mijat Sabljar was appointed as curator of the insect and shell collection. After the death of Rakovec, in 1854 Sabljar became curator of the archeological collection, and after 1862 he became the curator of the Museum. Both as a collector and a donor, Sabljar laid the foundations of all the collections of the National Museum, and it is generally regarded that there is not one collection either in the Archeological Museum in Zagreb, the Croatian Natural History Museum or the Croatian History Museum of which he was not the founder, or at least a donor in their early stages. Because of his remarkable contribution, Sabljar was awarded permanent membership in the board of Družtvo za povĕstnicu jugoslavensku, and in 1852 the Royal Government financed his journeys to various areas of the Croatian Littoral and Dalmatia. The purpose of his journeys was to collect objects of cultural and natural heritage and he meticulously took notes and copied all sights and antiquities he came across in his "Field notes". These notes, or notebooks, are first class archival material and are still preserved, chiefly in the Directorate for Cultural Heritage Protection under the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia. In his notebooks, he would first in pencil, later in ink, map out town plans, forts, ruins, sketches of topography of localities and natural phenomena, medal drawings, reliefs, mosaics, pictures, epigraphic monuments, church inventory and utensils. He also drew minerals, shells, trees, plants, butterflies and many other objects which interested him. All those sketches and drafts were followed by notes which left us extremely valuable information. Together with travel notebooks, Sabljar also left numerous manuscripts, inventory ledgers, his personal correspondence and expert texts which are still today in the archives of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, National and University Library in Zagreb, in other words in the museum facilities which have originated from the National Museum. In the only printed work which was published during his lifetime Mane koje smetaju razvitku književnosti i sacuvanju umietnostih te starinskih predmetah (Faults which impede the development of literature and preservation of artistic and antique objects), he writes about problems that came up in his field journeys and writes with great concern about the damaging and destruction of the cultural heritage. He calls on everyone, especially those most responsible and knowledgeable, namely teachers, priests and cultural employees to make the effort to serve as an example in preserving antiques and art. Mijat Sabljar died in Zagreb on December 21, 1865. A large number of people came to pay their respects, and he was buried at the St. Rochus cemetry in Zagreb. During the transport of the remains of members of the Illyrian movement from the cemetery of St. Rochus to Mirogoj cemetery in 1885, Sabljar's remains were unfortunately forgotten. His grave, to this day, remains unknown.


The full length CDC25A protein consists of 524 amino acids with an estimated molecular weight of 59 kDa. The other reported isoform CDC25A2, consists of 484 amino acids with a molecular weight of 54.4 kDa. Both the isoforms have the same Nand C-terminal end, thus expected to have similar catalytic activity. The Nterminal regulatory domain contains several phosphorylation sites and show low sequence homology between CDC25 family members, whereas C-terminal end has conserved Rhodanese homology domain containing the active site cysteine. The catalytic site contain the CX5R motif (C= cysteine; X= any amino acid; R= arginine) common to all protein tyrosine phosphatases.


From the entry barriers angle, the transaction externality angle, and the industry attributes angle, the necessity of establishing competitive market for the highway industry is amplified. The regulatory institution can build competitive market through deregulating the entry permissions, eliminating the influence of the suck cost, and asymmetric ruling on the existing enterprises and the new enterprises. And these measures will bring about positive impact such as setting sustentative prices, eliminating operating inefficiency, and establishing the host position of the enterprises in the market.


With the renewal of knowledge and the coming of global integration era,the practical application ability of foreign language human resources has increasingly demand.Over the years,although foreign language teaching in China has made remarkable achievements,but a low level of listening and speaking ability is still plagued college foreign language teaching.Under current conditions,how to effectively cultivate student selflearning ability,especially in listening and speaking ability independently,and explore a practical teaching methods and means of college English is a pressing task.


The cooperation between the Institute for World Economy, Romanian Academy and the Institute of World Economics of the Centre for Economic and Regional Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (IWE CERS-HAS) dates back to several years. The cooperation between these institutes has broadened during the past years by an extensive exchange of researchers, joint research projects and the regular organisation of bilateral workshops on economic issues attracting wide pub-lic interest. It is our aim to share and disseminate the information and the experi-ences of academic and policy-oriented research to the wider public. The key field of cooperation is Romania's and Hungary's EU integration proc-ess. The emphasis has been laid on the main factors of long term economic and so-cial development. Recently the main areas of the common research have been the short and long term effects of the current economic crisis on the European integra-tion, focusing especially on the potential structural reforms. Additionally development in the Central and Eastern European region has been investigated with special attention to the fragility of the economic structure. The similar development route of both countries, based on external resources and export-oriented growth strategy facilitate joint research projects, pointing out similarities and differences of development trajectories. The 9th Hungarian – Romanian bilateral workshop "Eurozone crisis, member states interests, economic dilemmas" took place on 30 November 2012. The workshop was organised by IWE CERS-HAS in Budapest after a very successful meeting in Bucharest the previous year. This volume contains the revised version of contributions that were originally presented at the workshop. This edition includes studies dealing with the most important and current issues of the European integration, among others the current financial and economic crisis within the European Union, the reform of the economic governance or the interests of different players in the next multiannual financial framework debate. Some es-says concentrate on more specific issues of agriculture or energy policy. Hungarian – Romanian bilateral workshop "Eurozone crisis, member states interests, economic dilemmas" took place on 30 November 2012. The work-shop was organised by IWE CERS-HAS in Budapest after a very successful meet-ing in Bucharest the previous year. This volume contains the revised version of contributions that were originally presented at the workshop. This edition includes studies dealing with the most important and current issues of the European integration, among others the current financial and economic crisis within the European Union, the reform of the economic governance or the interests of different players in the next multiannual financial framework debate. Some essays concentrate on more specific issues of agriculture or energy policy.


【Objective】 To compare the effects of three pieces of treatments in senile patients with distal radius fractures.【Methods】 Retrospective analysis of the outcomes of the 124 senile patients with distal radial fracture who were treated with operative plate internal fixtion(A group) and non-operative external fixation(B group) and manual reduction by splintlet fixation(C group) according to Gartland and Werley wrist evalution score and Patient-Rated Wrist Evaluation.【Results】 124 cases were all followed-up,mean follow-up period was 8 months(5-12 months).Fracture healing was achieved.The excellent rate was 88.1% for A group and the excellent rate was 86.1% for B group and the excellent rate was 80.6% for C group.The three groups werenot statistically significant(P0.05).【Conclusion】 The plate internal fixtion and the external fixation and the manual reduction by splintlet fixatio can achieve satisfactory functional outcomes,but the manual reduction by splintlet fixation and the external fixation was inferior to the plate internal fixtion for treating distal radius fractures in senile patients.


We develop a method for describing the Galois action on the superspecial locus in the mod $p$ of the Siegel moduli space. Using this explicit description, we deduce and extend the results of Ibukiyama and Katsura that relate $\mathbb F_{p^2}$-rational points, closed points and $\mathbb F_p$-rational points in the superspecial locus in the geometric side, and the class number, type number and the trace of a Hecke operator of Atkin-Lehner type on a quaternion Hermitian form in the arithmetic side. We also calculate the traces of these Hecke operators using the Selberg trace formula.


Frequencies of the normal modes of vibration for a long chain (Si:Oo)" molecule in both infrared and far infrared absorption spectra of diopside were calculated on the basis of the Urey-Bradley force field and compared withthose measured. The wave numbers calculated were found to be in good agreement with those measured. The force constants obtained for the Si:Oo moiecule were Ka 5.0, K" 4.5, I1o 0.4, .F-narsis;y 0.4, Fas166; 0.1, 4,0.1, Fn" 0.05, Faa -0.9 and Fa, -0.9 md /A.