22970005 Background and Objectives: Understanding mathematical concepts is impossible without emphasizing reasoning and taking on instrumental and procedural aspects. This can be more easily recreated if mathematics is learned as a reasoned science instead of a set of procedures. On the other hand, the goal of any educational system is to prepare students for social life so that they can perform their daily duties well as a citizen. In this regard, they must be able to convince themselves and others with the reasons they present. However, students face widespread difficulties in understanding reasoning and proof in mathematics as well as in assessing their correctness. Therefore, it is important for students to evaluate the correctness and validity of mathematical reasoning and to use these reasoning to convince themselves and others. This certainly deserves further attention and research. The purpose of this study was to study the ability of 11 th grade students to evaluate mathematical reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of students.. Methods: The present study was conducted by survey method.The statistical population consisted of the 11 th grade students in Zanjan and the sample includes 393 boy and girl students selected by random cluster sampling from the gifted, exemplary public, Shahed and public schools and the sample was selected to include all levels of students.. The research instrument is a researcher-made test consisting of 3 problems familiar, completely familiar and unfamiliar situations. Students were provided with some responses for each of these three situations to determine which responses can be selected to convince themselves, which ones can be chosen to convince friends, and finally which ones can be selected to get the best score. Descriptive and inferential statistics (Chi-square test) were used for data analysis. Findings: The findings indicated that students were not capable of evaluating mathematical reasoning and in more than 60% of cases they were particularly interested in using formal methods. Selecting the responses to persuade themselves and friends in more unfamiliar situations indicated that students paid less attention to accepted criteria for approving a logical reasoning. Students' performance to get the best score from the teacher indicated that their attention to correct and incorrectsymbolic responses has increased, the form of presentation seems to be more important to them,. Although they are not able to distinguish formal proof content from the false one, they have a better understanding for distinguishing invalid reasoning in the familiar situations. The results showed that in some cases gender influenced students' performance. Conclusion: It can be said that the current teaching method in mathematics has not had any significant results in the area of reasoning and proof. Therefore, it is necessary to review the teaching methods and the content of the textbooks. The results of this research can be used by education policy makers and textbook authors to pay special attention to the situation of reasoning in mathematics textbooks by being aware of students' views on mathematical reasoning, and perhaps by changing the way textbooks are written, a fundamental step to solve difficulties. Also, by being aware of students' performance in the field of reasoning and proof, math teachers can identify the strengths and weaknesses of their students in the process of math proofs and identify their misconceptions in this


RNA is an emerging platform for drug delivery, but the susceptibility of RNA to nuclease degradation remains a major barrier to its implementation in vivo. Here, we engineered flaviviral Xrn1‐resistant RNA (xrRNA) motifs to host small interfering RNA (siRNA) duplexes. The xrRNA‐siRNA molecules self‐assemble in vitro, resist degradation by the conserved eukaryotic 5' to 3' exoribonuclease Xrn1, and trigger gene silencing in 293T cells. The resistance of the molecules to Xrn1 does not translate to stability in blood serum. Nevertheless, our results demonstrate that flavivirus‐derived xrRNA motifs can confer Xrn1 resistance on a model therapeutic payload and set the stage for further investigations into using the motifs as building blocks in RNA nanotechnology.


INTRODUCTION
This article presents the analysis of dental remains and waste from the dental office of a German rest camp of the First World War in order to study the living conditions of the soldiers, the care policy and the prosthetic rehabilitation techniques used in this context.

MATERIALS AND METHODS
The study included both dental and prosthetic remains, revealed during the excavation. The criteria to determine dental and periodontal health were the presence or absence of caries, wear, tartar and periodontal lesion. Location, severity and frequency of each of these parameters were examined. Regarding the prosthetic remains, the type of prosthesis and the materials used were determined.

RESULTS
Three hundred and twenty seven (327) dental remains were analyzed. A high prevalence of large caries, especially in the molar areas, was highlighted. The incisal areas had however more wear and tartar. 183 casts of plaster dental arcade allowed to highlight a significant proportion of posterior edentulous. Prosthetic remains and laboratory waste revealed the use of vulcanite and porcelain for making dentures.


At this time of increasing uncertainty regarding future health care delivery, certain medical issues present an urgent challenge to society. Among these issues are the care of the growing mass of elderly and the training of physicians who can meet their needs. 1–4


We have designed a single program, for use with a direct-reading spectrometer, to include the following functions for a variety of sample types, excitation methods, and analytical concentration ranges: (1) Background correction by linear relation of background at analytical lines to background at other wavelengths; (2) Use of background, internal standard and analytical channels interchangeably; (3) Use of either standard dilution or variable composition standards; (4) Standard curve fitting by least squares regression. Curves as high as 6th order can be fitted in order to utilize shoulder and toe areas of these analytical curves without distorting straight-line segments.


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In-house counsel eventSwitching between private practice and in-house has given Hays GC Evelyn Styles insight into the symbiotic relationship between the legal teams -- a fact she has made the most of to prepare her team for new EU data rules
Evelyn Styles has had an unusual career that has seen her move between roles at private practice and in-house teams before finally finding a home as UK and Ireland general counsel for recruitment company Hays


From an evolutionary standpoint, fear is an adaptive response that promotes survival by enabling animals to avoid injury and death (Jones, 1996; Schütz et al., 2004). Although domestication of farm animals has reduced fearfulness, domestic animals continue to behave similarly to their wild ancestors (Rushen et al., 1999). Because of the important impact that fear has on animal well-being, fear has formed the basis of many scientific studies and is included as part of welfare assessment programs such as the Welfare Quality Assessment Protocol for poultry (Welfare Quality®, 2009).


In the article the author considers the problem of sand fixation on the reserve, the possibility of forest and fruit planting in those sands, research on the former experimental station, green gardens


For four partitional matrix A=(A(α)A(α,α′)A(α′,α)A(α′))if A and A(α) are nonsingular, thenA -1(α′)=(A/α) -1,where A/α is Schur complement of A(α) in A Professor Wang BoYing point out that above equality d oes not generalize to the MoorePenrose inverse for positive semidefinite Herm itian Matrix. However, under some restiction, we prove that the relation between principal submatrix of generalized inverse and generalized Schur complement is close, therefore, classical result becomes special case.


Introduction. Fire brigades carry out actions to extinguish fires in buildings in conditions of insufficient visibility. To increase the probability of extinguishing a fire by the first arriving unit, it is necessary to improve their information support. For information support for fire brigades control, it is suggested to use shortwave infrared range monitoring tools. The results of assessing the degree of influence of factors (smoke conditions and the availability of short-wave infrared range means) on the information support of fire brigades when extinguishing fires in buildings are presented. Goals and objectives. The aim of the study is to improve the information support of fire brigades based on the use of short-wave infrared monitoring tools when extinguishing fires in buildings. The objectives of the study are to build a factor model, determine the level of significance of factors – conditions for information support of fire departments and smoke conditions during a fire in a building, and analyze the results obtained. Methods. When conducting the research on constructing a factor model and determining the degree of influence of factors on the information support of fire brigades when extinguishing fires in buildings, scientific methods were used: analysis, synthesis, factor experiment, statistical processing of experimental data. Results and discussion. The results of the evaluation of the influence of factors on the information support of fire brigades showed that both factors – the degree of smoke and the availability of short-wave infrared monitoring tools are significant. In turn, improved information support conditions increase the likelihood of conducting a fire reconnaissance in the building. The results of the study can be used in the educational process when training personnel of fire brigades to practice professional skills. Conclusions. A factor model was built, which made it possible to determine the degree of influence of factors on the information support of fire departments when extinguishing fires in a building. It was found that the factors – smoke conditions and the availability of short-wave infrared monitoring tools are significant for information support of fire department management when extinguishing fires in a building. Keywords: visibility, smoke degree, short-wave infrared range, the source of fire.


We write down an explicit formula for the + version of the Heegaard Floer homology (as an absolutely graded vector space over an arbitrary field) of the results of Dehn surgery on a knot K in S3 in terms of homological data derived from CFK∞(K). This allows us to derive (along with some other results) a genus bound for knots admitting certain surgeries and some new restrictions on Seifert fibred surgery.


This study was carried out in order to assess the influence of biochar applications on the estimation of colorimetric‐based enzymatic assays and to verify the effectiveness of the most common methods. Since most methods used to determine enzymatic activities in the soil are based on colorimetry, biochar may absorb substrates and/or coloured products thereby distorting the analytical result. Biochar was added to two soils, with different textures and cation exchangeable capacities, at a rate of 2% (w/w), and seven enzyme activities were determined following standard methods. The biochar amendment lowered the spectrophotometer reading of the activity of FDAase and dehydrogenase in the sandy soil. In the three enzymatic activities based on p‐nitrophenol production (β‐glucosidase, phosphatase and arylsulphatase), the addition of biochar did not change the enzyme assays. The biochar led to an overestimation in terms of the protease and urease activities in the sandy soil. In the clay loamy soil, biochar did not change the response of any of the enzyme activities tested. A biochar dose of up to 2% only guarantees the effectiveness of the most common spectrophotometric methods for not excessively sandy soils.


The increasing penetration of renewable energy resources and the decreasing cost of battery energy storage in recent years has led to a growing interest in using batteries to provide grid services like frequency regulation. In this paper, we discuss the advantages and disadvantages of different battery degradation models and the impacts that model choice can have on the assumed cost of energy capacity loss due to operation. We also explore the effects of modeling degradation as an uncertain process by extending a two-stage, multi-period optimization problem for scheduling the operation of a battery providing multiple services with risk aversion. We use stochastic dual dynamic programming to derive a policy for the problem. Case study results show that using a stochastic degradation model with risk aversion produces a policy for more conservative battery use and longer lifespan in comparison to that obtained with a deterministic degradation model.


An algorithm for disparity estimation with energy-based variational regularization using three image views is presented. In the new algorithm, dense disparity maps, including the disparity values for feature points, are first estimated by phase-based methods. Then a set of coupled partial differential equations (PDEs) are solved to refine these disparity maps together with the feature information. The visual appearance of the refined disparity is better than that of the results using similar variational regularization involving only one stereo pair of images. In addition, a new effective occlusion detection scheme is presented with good results.


Hypoalbuminemia is frequently observed in patients with SARS‐CoV‐2 infection although its underlying mechanism and relationship with the clinical outcome still need to be clarified.


In this study, the main objective of the firm is to determine output and price level; we have taken the time series data of the firm and have applied the ordinary least square technique. We find out the equilibrium point of the firm where marginal revenue is equal to marginal cost and at that point firm earn the maximum profit and we also determine the price level of the firm. The output level that the firm should produce would be of 3922 units, at this point its total cost is 1131611, total revenue is 1115890, marginal revenue is 308.6689, marginal cost is 308.6702 and optimal price is 284.5206. Keywords: Price and Output Determination, Empirical Study, MR = MC


Saturated iron-core superconducting fault current limiter is one
of the various types of superconducting fault current limiters studied
in recent years. The principle was first proposed by Raju's
group in the early 1980's, which utilizes the intrinsic property
of a magnetic core, i.e. change in magnetic permeability at different
magnetization states, resulting in the change in impedance of the
coil wound around it. There have been some technical difficulties
for it to satisfy the utility's requirement in functional capacity,
safety, and reliability, which prevents this kind of device from practical
application. This article introduces our progresses in solving these
technical difficulties in last ten years. These progresses include:
ensuring a deep and stable saturation of the iron-core's working
section by cross-sectional area variation of the core in a loose coupling
structure, paving the way for high voltage grid applications; adopting
a fast switching mechanism for the DC bias circuit to avoid high induced
voltage during fault current limiting, protecting the device from
damaging and enhancing its operation safety; by meas of the combination
of high power mode and low power mode in magnetization and the use
of varistor energy release unit, shortening the device's recovery
time to satisfy the grid re-closure requirement; taking on the three
phases in one configuration to optimize the iron-core structure, reducing
the size and the weight of the device and lowering the costs of manufacture,
transportation and installation; eliminating the problem of induced
eddy current and large coupling current on a metal oil-tank by using
separated fiber glass oil-tanks. These new technologies make a saturated
iron-core superconducting fault current limiter an ideal short-circuit
fault current limiting device, a superior choice particularly for
high voltage power grids.


It hardly bears repeating that feminism has made the personal political, and that a decision to leave an abusive husband or refer to God as She can be understood as a political act. The liberating power of this insight has been well explored; what needs to be said is that it has costs. Among them is its tendency to obscure women's relationships to the state and the ways in which private, cultural, or social acts have led, or failed to lead, to changes in government policy.


The relationship between direct magnitude estimates (DME) of voice quality and ten acoustic and physiologic parameters associated with sustained vowel productions of two normally hearing and four hearing‐impaired persons were explored by collecting simultaneous high quality audio and high‐speed laryngeal film data. Analysis of the data provided the following variables associated with each subject's vowel productions: (1) harmonic‐to‐noise ratio (H/N), (2) frequency perturbation quotient (FPQ), (3) amplitude perturbation quotient (APQ), (4) pitch period (T), (5) open quotient (OQ), (6) speed quotient (SQ), (7) mean vocal‐fold velocity during glottal closing, (8) mean vocal‐fold velocity during glottal opening, (9) mean maximum glottal area during the open phase, and (10) mean glottal area during the closed phase. DMEs of each subject's voice quality were obtained from an experienced judge. Multiple regression analysis revealed that only the FPQ variable significantly predicted the DMEs of voice quality [R ...


The moment of bracing structure is very important in the stability estimation of foundation pit.It would be a good reference to the construction,if the moment could be found out at any moment in constructing.The moment of bracing structure can be calculated by the lateral deformation curve fitting.The shortcoming of least-square method that the fitting function should be appointed first is analyzed.The spline function fitting method is proposed and the survey error spread is analyzed.Finally the smoothing spline fitting method is proposed,it can avoid the survey error spread and be used to general engineering.


Background: Inhalation has become the preferred route of drug administration compared to oral medication in managing Asthma due to its direct delivery to the airways, thus producing a faster onset of action and fewer systemic side effects at lower doses than would be required for other routes of administration. Aims and Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the inhaler technique among children with asthma and its association with the level of asthma control and to identify factors associated with improper use of inhaler devices. Materials and Methods: This is a prospective cross-sectional study conducted at the Department of Pediatrics at B. P Koirala Institute of Health Science, university teaching Hospital in Nepal. The children with asthma were asked to use their inhaler device as usual and inhalational technique was assessed using inhaler device assessment tool and control of asthma level was assessed using the Childhood Asthma Control Test score. Results: One hundred and three asthmatic children of the age range of 4–11 years were enrolled in the study. The mean age of surveyed children was 6.3 ± 2.2 years and over half of the participants were boys (68.9%). Around 60% had moderate asthma. Among them, 50% had symptoms for <3 years; only 50% of children with asthma demonstrated good technique of inhaler medication. Forty-five percent of them showed optimal asthma control. Near about a quarter of the participants showed mistakes in one step and about a fifth of the children showed mistakes at more than one step. Almost 30% of children with asthma have not obtained inhaler technique education. Factors associated with poor inhaler technique and poor asthma control were younger age and irregular follow-ups. The most common errors in the proper use of inhalers were not shaking the inhaler before use (30%) and wrong breathing techniques (30%). Conclusions: Improper inhaler technique is common among children with asthma. Children with asthma should have their inhaler technique routinely checked, during visits and should be given detailed education on proper inhalation techniques. Health education programs on asthma control are recommended in countries like Nepal to improve proper asthma inhaler device use and treatment outcomes in children with asthma.


The evidence that we have for the language(s) spoken by the Philistines is not plentiful, but what we do have is interesting (though far from conclusive). Two types of evidence predominate: (1) inscriptions from Philistine sites (thus these inscriptions may have been produced by Philistines), and (2) Philistine words and names borrowed into other languages of the region and recorded (however imperfectly) in non-Philistine records.


An electroconductive silicone rubber having a high electroconductivity and retaining the good workability in compounding and molding and excellent properties inherent in silicone rubbers in general can be obtained by compounding a curable organopolysiloxane compo sition comprising a gum-like diorganopolysiloxane, car bon black as a conductivity-imparting agent and a cur ing agent with a cured silicone rubber powder of spheri cal particle configuration having specified particle di ameter and specified sphericity which partially replaces the diorganopolysiloxane gum.


Degradative capability of bacterium Pseudomonas putida immobilized in polysaccharide (agar-agar or furcellarane) gels towards a nonionic surfactant sintanol DS-10 was studied. The immobilized cells were shown to retain their ability to degrade the substrate in the model experiments as well as in the real waste water. The substrate was degraded after adsorption to the carrier beads.


The purpose of this essay is to extend the post-positivist movement within the discipline of management by critically examining the contributions of postmodern management discourse. In this respect, a critical re-examination of postmodern capitalism, business ethics, organization theory and corporate culture aims at the issues as well as the problems involved with this discourse. Moreover, the frenzy over the birth of a postmodern social science raises questions about the nature or criticism that postmodernism has made against the dominant positivist paradigm.


The article analyses the duty of diligence of a tenderer under EU public procurement law. Hitherto, the subject has not been examined in the academic literature, with such exceptions as a brief introduction to the topic in a 2009 presentation by M.A. Simovart. Therefore, the article focuses primarily on a certain duty of diligence of tenderers that has been recognised by the CJEU as an independent legal requirement under the EU's public procurement law. Emphasis is placed on elucidating which types of obligations the duty of diligence imposes on a tenderer, which requirements a diligent tenderer shall not be subjected to, and the situations in which obligations may occasionally arise under specific circumstances – such as those in light of the tenderer's right to review.


The paper illustrates the significance of employment guidance to college graduates and explains some existing problems under new circumstances, and focuses on how to improve the guid-


Abstract A novel and effective catalytic system, silica-supported chitosan Schiff base palladium complex (SiO2–CS–Schiff base–Pd) was described for catalytic hydrogenation of aromatic ketones to corresponding hydrocarbons at ambient temperature and normal pressure of H2. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT


This study aimed to examine the factors affects the millennial consumer demand in consuming bakery products (sweet bread) labeled halal. It was conducted at Sriwjaya University, Palembang with a sample of 93 respondents from a total population of 1327 people. Data retrieval method was a survey method with Purposive sampling technique. The data analysis technique used in this study was multiple linear regression analysis with the OLS method. The results of this study were (1) the prices and income had a positive and significant effect on the demand of millennial consumers in consuming halal-label bakery products. (2) The concern had a positive and insignificant effect on the demand of millennial consumers in consuming bakery products labeled halal. (3) There was no difference on the demand for millennial consumers in consuming bakery products labeled halal based on taste and method of payment.
Keywords: Islamic Demand, Income, Price, Taste, Method of Payment and Halal Concern


In testing,the more survey stations are collocated,the result of test is the more true,and the process of test is the more complex.The new method of the optimization survey station collocation which is based on numerical experimentation can reduce measuring points,make the integral and true test data,decrease workload,reduce the testing cost and increase the measuring accuracy.The survey station collocation method is quite different from the rule of thumb.This new method has less error of fitting.This paper gave out the example of application to make out the value of this method.


Hand segmentation for hand-object interaction is a necessary preprocessing step in many applications such as augmented reality, medical application, and human-robot interaction. However, typical methods are based on color information which is not robust to objects with skin color, skin pigment difference, and light condition variations. Thus, we propose hand segmentation method for hand-object interaction using only a depth map. It is challenging because of the small depth difference between a hand and objects during an interaction. To overcome this challenge, we propose the two-stage random decision forest (RDF) method consisting of detecting hands and segmenting hands. To validate the proposed method, we demonstrate results on the publicly available dataset of hand segmentation for hand-object interaction. The proposed method achieves high accuracy in short processing time comparing to the other state-of-the-art methods.


The article deals with different manifestations of eonothopos in I.S.Shmelev's "Kulikovo field" from transformation of space to spiritual transfiguration of characters through perception of Venerable Sergius of Radonezh as "an image hidden inside himself".


Objective:To determinate the components of the bile acids in Fellis Ursi powder and Fellis Suis powder,Calculus Bovis powder,Fellis Caprinus powder,Fellis Galli powder by HPLC respectively and compare their chromatograms from each other.Method:The separation was performed on a Alltech Prevail Select C18column(250 mm×4.6 mm,5 μm).The mobile phase was composed of methanol-acetonitrile-0.03mol·L-1 sodium dihydrogen phosphate solution with gradient elution.The detection wavelengthwas 210 nm.The column temperature was 40 ℃.Results:The chromatograms of conjugated bile acids and bile acids by hydrolysis in five galls was clearly different.Conclusion:Five galls can be identified by HPLC.


The necessity of teachers' professional development and its essence have been revealed. Features of pedagogical strategy of support have been discovered and the way how to use it for teacher's professional development has been suggested. The conclusion that teacher's professional development occurs when it meets their professional needs has been made.


Bum Soo Park, Tae-Hwan Kim, Sung-Jig Lim, Hyung-Lae Lee, Seung Hyun Jeon From the Departments of Urology and Pathology, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea Unilateral renal cystic disease (URCD) is a rare, non-familial, non-progressive renal disorder that is not associated with cysts or disorders in other organs, and it is not related to other genetic cystic diseases. URCD is pathologically indistinguishable from autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). However, URCD is clinically and radiologically characterized by a negative family history, normal renal function and unilateral localization. We present here a case in which the final diagnosis was made by pathologic documentation through laparoscopic radical nephrectomy. This is the 26th case that has been reported on in the medical literature, and this case was pathologically diagnosed. (Korean J Urol 2007;48:652-654) 󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏󰠏


GPS receivers must perform a two-dimensional sequential search process for the GPS signals. The two-dimensional search pattern consists of discrete search cells with each cell representing one code bin and one carrier Doppler bin. The code bin width is usually 1/2 -half chip. The longer the dwell time per binary decision (the predetection integration time), the narrower the Doppler bin width and weaker GPS signals can be acquired, but the search time increases. The replica C/A-code generates larger than normal sidelobes if the Doppler bin is too wide (when predetection integration time is too short), False acquisition of the sidelobes can occur if the search threshold is set too low. At the heart of the receiver search process is the search detector. There are significant performance differences between search detector algorithms. This paper describes, analyzes and compares two powerful sequential search algorithms: the fixed-dwell-time M-of-N detector and the variable dwell time Tong detector (1973).


Abstract This study reports the synthesis and antibacterial evaluation of two novel complexes, [Cd (Q) (Bpy) (CH3COO)2, complex 1] and [Cd (Q) (Phen) (CH3COO)2, complex 2], based on quercetin ligand. The method of synthesis was by reacting natural flavonoid quercetin (Q) with a good chelator (Bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine, Phen= 1,10-phenanthroline and Q = quercetin) and metal ions. The produced metal complexes were studied in the solid state by Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and in solution by UV-Vis absorption. Further analysis included high resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) for confirmation. To understand the nature and coordination of quercetin and its metal complexes, density functional theory (DFT) calculation was performed. The scavenging (DPPH radical), antibacterial, MTT, enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidant activity assay, cytotoxicity assay (fluorescence study) were done and quercetin was used for comparison. Both complex 1 and complex 2 induced loss of cell viability via impairment of metabolic activity, leakage of intracellular proteins, and increased oxidative stress. The free-radical scavenging activity of complex 2 (IC50 340.175 µg/mL) was statistically significantly more potent than that of complex 1. The MIC values of complex 2 (7.80 µg/mL Escherichia coli, 15.62 µg/mL Staphylococcus aureus) were higher as compared to complex 1 and quercetin in both test microorganisms. There was inhibition of cell proliferation in Escherichia coli treated with 2 µg/mL of complex 2, whereas Staphylococcus aureus did not show inhibition at this concentration. The cytotoxicity screening on MG 63 cell line showed that the compounds were safe up to 500 mg/L.


The ambulatory ECG monitoring can detect the temporary change of ECG that is very significant to diagnose heart disease such as myocardial ischemia, arrhythmia and cardiac infarction. In this paper, we describe the ECG signal analysis algorithm and measurement device for ECG monitoring. The authors designed a small-size portable ECG device that consisted of instrumentation amplifier, micro-controller, filter and RF module. The device measures ECG with four electrodes on the body and detects QRS complex and ST level change in real-time. Also it transmits the measured signal to the personal computer. The developed software for ECG analysis in personal computer has the function to detect the feature points.


This paper presents the results of microscopic analysis and chemical composition of building materials ,ie. bricks and connective material removed from the facade of the high school 'Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj' in Novi Sad. The goal is to, based on the results of SEM and EDS analysis of microscopic images, as well as on the basis of photographs made IR - camera, and a comparative analysis of the brick, which is, for sure, knows that is baked, prove that high school facade 'Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj' in Novi Sad terracotta. On the basis of chemical analysis it can be concluded that the addition of iron and aluminum are also traces of magnesium, titanium and alkali metals as impurity substances are clay. Inhomogeneous structure is observed in the micrographs confirmed at the ceramic substance, type of bricks and can only be used for construction. The presence of iron oxides suggests that the facade of the high school 'Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj' in Novi Sad terracotta.


A cell dynamical system (CDS) is defined by a map which takes a configuration on a lattice at a time t to a configuration at time t + 1. Phase-ordering dynamics, block copolymers etc. have been modeled in terms of CDS. With the phase-ordering dynamics model, the scaling exponent (and the universal function) for the form factor in the scaling regime and the effect of noise on these have been studied. It is clearly observed that, for the ordering process in the (critically quenched) conserved order parameter case, the scaling exponent crosses over from ~ 0.28 to ~ 0.33. This crossover is delayed with the introduction of noise, with larger amplitudes of noise causing a greater delay.


In 2016 prime minister David Cameron negotiated an agreement with the European Union which would have enabled the UK to remove the levy on women's sanitary products. A little thing called Brexit happened which has complicated matters so plans to scrap the tax have been put on hold.

Those generous folks at the …


Consider these two scenes. In the first, a small figure wearing a light-colored suit stands on a rocky outcropping. Hands clasped behind his back, he gazes upward at the enormous faces carved on Mount Rushmore. We cannot see his face. The four presidents gaze over and beyond this Asian man, who nearly disappears against the variegated textures of the mountain. In the second, on a Broadway stage, a supposedly Chinese play is being performed. Its viewers are surprised to see that the property man remains in full view while the play is being acted, instead of leaving the stage when his work is done. He reads the newspaper, smokes, eats rice with chopsticks, ignores everything happening around him. The audience is informed that this is a Chinese stage convention, and that the "Property Man," played, like the other roles, by a white actor, is meant to be invisible. They are fascinated by this. The first example I have described is a photograph taken by the Chinese Canadian artist Joseph Tseng or Tseng Kwong Chi. A member of the 1980s downtown New York arts scene, Tseng found success by adopting an exaggeratedly alien Chinese persona. Dressed in a Mao suit and mirrored sunglasses, Tseng photographed himself in this "racial drag," often in front of well-known monuments. The second scene refers to a 1912 play, The Yellow Jacket, written by J. Harry Benrimo and George C. Hazelton, and staged in the United States, Europe, and Latin America until midcentury. In this imitation of a "Chinese play," performed entirely in yellowface, the Property Man's behavior was carefully scripted down to the last detail (qtd. in J. Kim 52). These two examples suggest something


When policy issues involve complex technical questions, demonstrations are more likely to marshal charts, graphs, models, and simulations than to mobilize popular movements in the streets. In this paper we analyze PowerPoint demonstrations, the most ubiquitous form of digital demonstrations. Our first set of demonstrations are the PowerPoint presentations made in December 2002 by the seven finalist architectural teams in the Innovative Design competition for rebuilding the World Trade Center. Our second case occurred some blocks away, several months later: Colin Powell's PowerPoint demonstration at the United Nations. We argue that Edward Tufte's denunciation of PowerPoint does not capture the cognitive style made possible by the affordances of this pervasive new technology. On the basis of our case materials, we demonstrate the distinctive morphology of PowerPoint. Its digital character provides affordances (1) that allow heterogeneous materials to be seamlessly re-presented in a single format that (2) can morph easily from live demonstration to circulating digital documents that (3) can be utilized in counter-demonstrations. A careful examination of this widely used technology is critical for understanding public discourse in a democratic society.


Following each injection of the isotope, the clearance curves are observed by means of an external scintillation counter placed over the heart and also by the taking of simultaneous serial arterial blood samples. Each clearance curve, lasting 30 to 40 min, is then analysed on the basis of a single or double exponential function. The effective renal plasma flow (ERPF) is calculated on the basis of the activity of the injected dose (Jo), the extrapolated activities at zero time (Ao, Bo, Co) and the slope of these lines (yA, vB, yC) according to a single compartment analysis (Ram, Evans & Chisholm, 1967). For the blood samples, ERPFs=IoyB/Bo and ERPFc-loyC/Co for the external counting. A double compartment analysis (Sapirstein, Vidt, Mandel & Hanusck, 1955) is also performed with the external count values, that is


Abstract The overall expectation of introducing Canonical Workflow for Experimental Research and FAIR digital objects (FDOs) can be summarised as reducing the gap between workflow technology and research practices to make experimental work more efficient and improve FAIRness without adding administrative load on the researchers. In this document, we will describe, with the help of an example, how CWFR could work in detail and improve research procedures. We have chosen the example of "experiments with human subjects" which stretches from planning an experiment to storing the collected data in a repository. While we focus on experiments with human subjects, we are convinced that CWFR can be applied to many other data generation processes based on experiments. The main challenge is to identify repeating patterns in existing research practices that can be abstracted to create CWFR. In this document, we will include detailed examples from different disciplines to demonstrate that CWFR can be implemented without violating specific disciplinary or methodological requirements. We do not claim to be comprehensive in all aspects, since these examples are meant to prove the concept of CWFR.


Founding the harmonious campus and governing school by rule of law between has dialectical unification relations. The way to realize is to set up the modern concept of the rule of law,emphasis on procedural justice,improve mechanisms of expression and participation,establish the appeal mechanism,impels the responsibility management,take judicial review as the final safeguard.


Using Radarsat-2 polarimetric data, the scattering mechanisms of winter wheat in booting and milk stage are studied based on polarimetric decomposition theory. The results show that there is a great differences on scattering mechanism. The three scattering mechanisms: surface, dihedral and volume scatterings change in opposite directions in two stages when wheat growth changes. The different structures of wheat in two stages are the main reason. The analyses indicate that with PolSAR (polarimetric SAR) data, the scattering mechanisms of target could be understood clearer, which would help to find the most sensitive parameter, and conducted with higher precision.


In this paper, a design methodology is presented aimed at maximizing haptic device transparency, as seen from the user side. The methodology developed focuses on endpoint side fidelity, and optimizes not only mechanism dimensions, but also all relevant design parameters including relative position of endpoint desired path to device location, motor transmission ratios, and rotor inertias or motor sizes. The methodology is applied to a 5-degree-of-freedom (5-DOF) haptic device, part of a training medical urological simulator, and is applicable to any haptic mechanism. The transparency maximization is achieved using a multivariable optimization approach and an objective function including mechanism-induced parasitic torques/forces and motor and transmission parameters, as seen from the user side, under several constraints. The objective function and the kinematical and operational constraints are described and discussed. A new 5-DOF haptic mechanism is constructed according to the developed procedure, resulting in a substantially improved device with respect to an existing one, developed with a standard optimization method.


The author was appointed by the UK Department of Tranq~ort as a fellow Assessor with R.A. Williams during Lord Donaldson's Assessment (1995) of the loss of the OBO ship DERBYSHIRE and throughout the planning and conduct of the two final surveys of the wreck. This paper is drawn from the independent report (b~udknel; 1998a) and may be considered complementary to those of the UK and EC Assessors (Williams and Torchio, 1998a and 1998b). The paper deals with the history and loss of the ship, including the concept developed in 1995 of 13 possible loss scenarios in a Jormal safety Risk Matrix" of probability and seriousness. It analyses abnormal wave effects on hatch cover collapse, on ship bending, and on flooding of bow spaces and no. 1 hold. The implosion-explosion mechanics during sinking is outlined to explain the devastation of the wreck. The 1996 and 1997 underwater surveys are outlined as are the findings of.fact. Each of the final 14 loss scenarios is analysed in the light of the firm and circumstantial survey evidence, plus many other factotw of service experience, analyses and experiments. The updated Risk Matrix speaks for itself and leads to the prime conclusions and major recommendations.


As Onslow comments in her preface, Women of the Press in Nineteenth-Century Britain owes its origins to her desire to consult a general overview of women journalists when she began a study of women novelists and Victorian periodicals. Finding that no such overview existed, she wrote her own. Women of the Press is, as Onslow claims, the Ž rst of its kind, a survey of Victorian women's journalistic practices and recurring genres; it is also a reference work providing 100 capsule biographies of women journalists in an appendix. Drawing mostly on previously published, if often obscure sources (such as contemporary periodical or newspaper articles that identiŽ ed women journalists), Onslow's book revolves around three questions: how (and why) did women get started in journalism; how did women function as practising journalists; and what impact did they have? Though her work is informed by contemporary feminist and materialist theory, Onslow privileges historicist method. In this concern to get the story down and get it right, she re ects her own earlier stint as woman journalist, professional experience that also ensures her lucid, often witty prose and desire to retain readers' interest while informing them. Not surprisingly, Onslow concludes that women were hampered by their sex in attempts to enter the masculine world of journalism, yet that far more women than might have been suspected functioned as journalists, editors, and (on rare occasions) proprietors. Two of the most successful women journalists, Eliza Lynn Linton and Margaret Oliphant (the focus of Chapter 10), illustrate her former point, for both failed in ways unlikely to characterize equally talented men. Linton, the Ž rst salaried woman on the staff of a national newspaper, was denied a university education; and Onslow astutely suggests that Linton's pride in her self-acquired erudition, which she tended to parade, had a deleterious effect on her writing and subsequent reputation. If famous in her time as a combative anti-feminist, moreover , Linton considered her personal life a failure and was haunted by a sense of cynicism and bitterness. Oliphant's highly regarded autobiography painfully acknowledges her inability to achieve the highest standard in Ž ction and expresses the despair resulting from the premature deaths of all her children after a lifetime of relentless work to support her family. Yet even her prodigious labour could not win Oliphant the editorship she so desperately wanted, which would have conferred status, guaranteed a generous income, and imposed fewer frantic efforts to make copy out of travel or whatever else came her way. After introductory chapters that pose research questions, sketch the phases of nineteenth-century journalism, and survey obstacles women journalists faced and their resulting solutions (such as exploiting women's customary instruction in foreign language to bolster careers as translators or correspondent s covering foreign literature), Onslow focuses on speciŽ c issues. Throughout she argues that in an era that denied women political rights or ofŽ cial public roles, women none the less had a real impact on public debate through journalism. In Chapter 3, 'A Fifth Estate', Onslow examines women's work on national and provincial newspapers . If Harriet Martineau and Frances Power Cobbe, prominent leader writers for national papers, make expected appearances here, Onslow also brings a less-familiar group of foreign correspondent s before us, including Emily Crawford (Paris correspondent for Truth and the Daily News), Lady Florence Dixie (who covered the Zulu wars), and Flora Shaw (who exploited travel with friends to Gibraltar and a chance interview to begin her career and became an expert on South Africa, eventually testifying before a Select Committee on the Jameson raid). Onslow's chapter on regular contributors to periodicals (Chapter 5) covers Ž gures as diverse as Mrs Gatty (who popularized scientiŽ c knowledge) , Alice Meynell, and Mary Russell Mitford, the last of whom Onslow approaches more sympathetically than is often the case. Like most women, Mitford wrote from Ž nancial necessity, but she also turned what many considered a feminine defect—women's penchant for narration rather than analysis—into a strength in the genre she helped make popular with Our Village, the descriptive sketch that could continue as an ongoing series. Indeed, as Onslow notes, narration was a key strategy used by Mrs Gatty and others for making esoteric knowledge both accessible and interesting. Women's need to write for a wide array of periodicals to generate sufŽ cient income and security (since a single periodical might fold when


A program for calculating displacement and internal forces of thin-wall pipe piles under lateral loads in layered soil was provided based on finite element theory.Its application in a project shows that,of the main parameters affecting the behavior of pipe piles,the most important factor is pile diameter,followed by pile length and property of ground soils,and the influences of rigidity and wall thickness of piles are relatively low.


Fast quantum oscillations of a charge qubit in a double quantum dot fabricated in a Si/SiGe heterostructure are demonstrated and characterized experimentally. The measured inhomogeneous dephasing time T ∗ 2 ranges from 127 ps to ∼2.1 ns; it depends substantially on how the energy difference of the the two qubit states varies with external voltages, consistent with a decoherence process that is dominated by detuning noise (charge noise that changes the asymmetry of the qubit's double-well potential). In the regime with the shortest T ∗ 2 , applying a charge-echo pulse sequence increases the measured inhomogeneous decoherence time from 127 ps to 760 ps, demonstrating that low-frequency noise processes are an important dephasing mechanism.


The translation of Chinese works is intrinsic to cultural diplomacy.In response,it seems more realistic and pragmatic to explore this issue from the perspective of cultural diplomacy.In this paper,we,in the sunshine of cultural diplomacy,prove its necessity and legitimacy for Chinese people to take up the cause of translating Chinese works into foreign languages with emphasis on the point of cultural intelligence,and presenting fluency and prominence as a translation strategy,which is compatible with cultural diplomacy.


In space surveillance and tracking, most of the radio detection methods employ high-gain directional antennas. However, the field of view of these antennas is narrow and, as such, the detection probability and tracking time of LEO targets is low. This paper presents the concept of an SDR-operated multi-feed antenna which improves the detection probability and supports basic determination of LEO satellite trajectories.


Background: A fracture is a break of continuity of bone fragments of bone tissue structure may be shifted or complete fracture. Cruris are two long bones tibia and fibula.Namely the location of the distal third of bone fracture in the bone below 1/3. While the left is the left or the left leg that suffered fraktur. So cruris fracture is a fracture that occurs in the tibia and fibula. In these conditions needed for internal mounting plate and screw fixation form. Interventions used by the author of exercise therapy, in the form of active exercise, passive exercise, static contraction, and practice using crutches road
Methods: This paper uses the case study method to management therapy 3 times
Results: After therapy 3 times the result to a decrease in the degree of pain, pain silent T1 T3 48 mm to 30 mm, tenderness T1 61 mm to 42 mm, 82 mm motion pain to 68 mm. There is an increasing range of motion active ROM T1 S 0 0-20 0-0 0 to T3 S 5 0-20 0-0 0, ROM passive S 5 0-20 0-5 0 to S 10 0-20 0-5 0 , Decrease edema T1 63 cm to 60 cm. an increase in the functional activity of the road, of which have not been able to walk until he could walk using crutches. Has not obtained an increase in muscle strength
Conclusion: From the research that has been done, as evidenced by the use of exercise therapy for 3 days modalities US and exercise therapy for 6 times obtained an increase in impairment therapy, functional limitation.


The utility model discloses an upper pile head drainage wire fixing rod which comprises a supporting rod and an auxiliary supporting rod. The supporting rod comprises an upper section and a lower section, the lower section is arranged in the upper section in a sliding mode, the end portion of the upper section of the supporting rod is hinged to the auxiliary supporting rod, and a clamp arranged on the end portion of the lower section of the supporting rod is further included. Due to the fact that the fixing positions of three phases of drainage wires are different and cannot be too close, the arranged supporting rod comprises the upper section and the lower section which are connected, the lower section is arranged in the upper section in the sliding mode, the length of the supporting rod can be adjusted at any time to maintain the safe distance between the drainage wires, the situations of the grounding of the drainage wires and interphase short circuits caused by the swing of the dismounted drainage wires in sudden weather changes (such as in breeze environment) are avoided, and the aims of fast dismounting the drainage wires and replacing a disconnecting link safely and efficiently are achieved.


Among the worlds beyond Earth potentially accessible to man in the foreseeable future, only the planet Mars falls within the known parameters of life. Given the present and potential range of human technological capabilities, in the relatively near future it may be possible to profoundly modify environmental and ecological conditions on Mars by a process that has come to be known as terraformation. The goal of terraformation is to render Mars more like Earth.


This paper describes a full-wave transient simulation technique based on the partial element equivalent circuit (PEEC) method and a leapfrog scheme. Usually, the quasi-static PEEC method, which does not include retardation of coupling effects, constructs a dense circuit matrix due to instantaneous interaction of the mutual couplings. On the other hand, it is known that sparsity can be exploited if the retardation is taken into account so that the mutual elements affect with delay. The network realized by the PEEC method is often solved by a modified nodal analysis-based direct solver. In this work, we apply the leapfrog scheme to the time domain formulation of the retarded PEEC networks instead of the conventional direct solver. The leapfrog scheme is one of the explicit finite difference methods in the time domain and has an advantage of few computational complexities. Example simulations of asymmetric interconnects show that the leapfrog-based solver is suitable for the full-wave PEEC simulations in the time domain.


The 488 nm- and 514 nm-argon-ion excited luminescence spectra of Cs2NaErCl6 and Cs2NaGdCl6 : ErCl3- 6 have been recorded between 10-295 K in the spectral range 26 030-3640 cm-1 and the 4 I 11/2 → 4 I 15/2, 4 I 13/2; 4 I 9/2 → 4 I 15/2; 4 F 9/2 → 4 I 15/2, 4 I 11/2; 4 S 3/2 → 4 I 15/2, 4 I 13/2, 4 I 11/2, 4 I 9/2; 2 H 11/2 → 4 I 15/2, 4 I 13/2; 4 F 7/2 → 4 I 13/2; 2 G 9/2 → 4 I 15/2, 4 I 11/2, 4 F 9/2; and 4 G 11/2 → 4 I 15/2 transitions are assigned and interpreted in detail. Magnetic-dipole sponaneous emission probabilities have been calculated for the six lowest excited terms of Er3+ in Cs2NaErCl6 and some values vary by a factor of up to five between 10-295 K. Total radiative decay rates for multiplet-multiplet transitions have been obtained for 4 S 3/2 and lower terms, by integration of the emission spectra, and since the values are very similar to the measured decay rates the multiphonon relaxation rates are very slow for these terms of Er3+ in cubic elpasolite hosts.


Employees are the most significant non-shareholding corporate stakeholding group. A consideration of their position within corporate governance structures clarifies our understanding of some of the issues surrounding corporate stakeholding. A comparative consideration of the role of employees (as distinct from other workers) within US and EU corporations leads the author to a rejection of a simplistic classification of governance structures. The concept of corporate ownership is considered and an argument is made that this represents an already fragemented or splintered bundle of rights within the corporation which in turn allows for employees to claim ownership as well as shareholders. Finally the article considers the theoretical concepts of efficiency and shareholder wealth maximisation to add clarity to law and economics analysis.


In this paper, we investigate the degree of persistence in quarterly postwar tax-adjusted ex post real interest rates for 13 industrialized countries using two recently developed econometric procedures. Our results show that international tax-adjusted real interest rates are typically very persistent, with the lower bound of the 95% confidence interval for the sum of the autoregressive coefficients very close to 0.90 for nearly every country. A highly persistent real interest rate has important theoretical implications. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Retailing has experienced a number of changes over the past decades and many trends are expected to continue in the future. Retailers should understand these trends as a method of planning and developing successful strategies. Retailing innovations should be carefully examined and considered for possible use in the market. Changes in the population, store trends and the retail promotional mix are all factors that must be studied in order to predict the future retail environment.


The departure of a skilled employee can create a problem for a company and this incident is increasing globally. Employee turnover has become an important issue these days due to the heavy workload, low pay, low job satisfaction, poor working environment. Companies face problems as their budget will increase, losing skilled manpower and employees' trust. It's taking time to adjust for a new employee and bring risk and increase the cost for the company. It is necessary to bring appropriate solutions to the problem. The main purpose of this paper is to predict the turnover of employees with the help of state of the art machine learning classifier. We have determined employee turnover selection factors using some prediction models. We first pre-processed the dataset by removing correlative attributes. Then, we have scaled the attributes. Secondly, a Sequential selection algorithm (SBS) has been using to reduce features from a high number to a relatively small signal-canton. Then use Chi-square and Random Forest important algorithms to determine the most significant shared key features. Then we get average_montly_hours, satisfaction_level, time_spend_company are responsible for the employee's departure. Then, we have applied different state of the art machine learning algorithm to measure the accuracy. We have achieved the highest accuracy of 99.4% using the reduced feature with 10-Fold Cross-validation by applied the Random Forest classifier and which is higher than the mentioned reference work.


Purpose – Many manufacturers are transforming into manufacturing service industry to enhance their value creation. Adopting the value‐added chain model, this study aimed to conduct four case studies, including Acer, Giant, TSMC and Eternal, to verify the high‐valued strategies and the common characteristics of service provisions.Design/methodology/approach – Four case studies, including Acer, Giant, TSMC and Eternal, were conducted to verify the high‐valued strategies and the common characteristics of service provisions. Specifically, these companies are selected from different industry and value chain position to enhance the robustness of the research findings.Findings – This study concluded that the manufacturing firms strengthen their position as system integrator. The provision of high‐valued services is orientated toward the integration of the value chain stages according to the industry and business model. The companies are going to upstream or downstream, outsource non‐core manufacturing activities...


This guide covers a set of high-quality sources of information for German language & literature that can be a good starting point for your research. List of article databases and other resources for systematic reviews


The snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) sustains an important bottom trawling fishery in the Sea of Japan. Its response to global warming is attracting the attention of the public. Using a transport and survival model for crab larvae in the Sea of Japan, we examined the spatial-temporal variations of crab spawning and larval settlement in the past (mid-20th century), present (early 21st century), and future (mid- and late 21st century) under the low and high radiative forcing scenarios. It was found that the variations in spawning differed between the regions south of and north of 41.5° N, on both seasonal and long-term scales. Larval settlement in the Sea of Japan was projected to increase in the future, which is mainly attributed to a reduction in mortality due to the low water temperature. Moreover, the aggregating location of the settled megalopae will likely shift northward, with increasing settlement off Hokkaido Island. With additional sensitivity experiments, we confirmed that the change in water temperature has a stronger impact on larval settlement than that in the current field. The change in water temperature controlled both the amount and distribution of crab larval settlement, while a change in current field only affected the distribution to some extent.


Using zerodifference GPS carrierphase measurements only, without any differenc ing in space or time domain, precise orbit determination (POD) of Low Earth Orbiters (LEO) can be performed. Among all space geodetic techniques (SLR, DORIS, VLBI, etc.) only GPS allows purely kinematic orbit determination where kinematic positions of the satellite are estimated independently of any force model or orbit altitude. Since the accuracy of the kinematic orbit determination depends only on the quality of the GPS measurements and the GPS orbit/clock accuracy, kinematic POD is an alternative to the classical dynamic or reduceddynamic approach, where accuracy is limited by the quality of the dynamic models, e.g., gravity field, airdrag, solar radiation, etc. Highly accurate kinematic positions and kinematic velocities together with the variancecovariance information can be used as pseudoobservations in gravity field recovery and for the assessment of dynamical models in (reduced)dynamic POD.


Electric power steering (EPS) is a fundamental part of an automotive system. Deviations from its anticipated operation have an impact on vehicle driving performance and handling, and could cause severe safety concerns. Reliable and efficient fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) methods are needed for EPS to guarantee the safe operation of the vehicle and for improved repairability of faulty components. In this paper, we develop an integrated model-based and data-driven FDD approach for the EPS system. Specifically, we develop a physics-based model of the EPS system and conduct a number of fault injection experiments to derive fault-sensor measurement dependencies. Then, we investigate various FDD schemes to detect and isolate the faults with special emphasis on rough set-theory-based fault classification. Finally, we compare its fault-classification accuracies with those from traditional classification methods. We demonstrate that the rough set-theory-based FDD approach is robust to missing data.


This experiment was conducted to evaluate the beneficial effects (if any) of Azadirachta Indica (neem) and Khaya Senegalensis L (Mahogany) tree litter on soil under the tree canopy for growth of maize and to determine the best tree species to use based on integrated farming system for crop production. Pots filled 2.5kg soil collected Under the two tree species and the sample from open space from a similar farm were arranged in a completely randomized design with three replication. Four seed of Maize cultivars (Oba98 & Oba super) were planted in the pots. The maize seeds germinated after five days and were thin to one per pot, adequate irrigation maintained to moist throughout the experimental period and compound fertilizer (NPK 15-15-15) corresponding to 200kg/ha were applied (2weeks after days of sowing). The result revealed that Maize cultivars are grown on soil collected from under the canopy of the two tree species and fertilized NPK corresponding to 200kg/ha substantially improved the plant height, leaf length and shoot and root dry weights than soil collected from the under tree species unfertilized and sandy-loam soil fertilized.


Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate investor reactions to financial restatements conditional on disclosures of internal control weaknesses under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

Design/methodology/approach
The research uses cumulative abnormal stock returns (CARs) as a proxy for investor reactions. Restatements and internal control reports are available on audit analytics. Multivariate regression analyses were used for testing.

Findings
Using a sample of restating firms whose original misstatements are linked to underlying internal control weaknesses, the research finds that cumulative abnormal returns for firms disclosing internal control weaknesses in a timely manner is negative in a three-day window around the restatement announcements. The finding indicates that restatements with early disclosure of internal control weaknesses provide more persuasive evidence of the ineffectiveness of a firm's internal control over financial reporting, rather than early disclosure lowering the information asymmetry between a firm and investors.

Research limitations/implications
This study employs CARs to examine the market reaction to restatements conditional on disclosure of internal control weaknesses.

Practical implications
Further study on reactions by creditors who have access to private information on firms could extend the implications of the finding.

Originality/value
The study contributes to the existing research by documenting that early disclosure of material weaknesses in internal control affects investors' reactions to financial restatements.


This report concerns the design and results of a randomized prospective trial (SECOG 1) in the treatment of advanced Stage III and IV head and neck cancer with radical radiotherapy combined with polychemotherapy. Synchronous administration of chemotherapy and radiotherapy was compared with sequential chemotherapy and radiotherapy and VBM (vincristine, bleomycin and methotrexate) compared with VBM plus 5-fluorouracil in a 2 X 2 standard factorial design. Two-hundred-and-seventy patients were entered and 267 were included in the analysis. Treatment did not present serious problems of toxicity. The addition of 5-fluorouracil to VBM produced a significant improvement in disease-free survival (P = 0.04) though not in overall survival. Synchronous chemotherapy was similarly better than sequential chemotherapy, though not significantly so (P = 0.1). A new study (SECOG II), based on this was started in February 1984, and one-third of the patients are now being allocated to treatment by radiotherapy as the sole method of treatment.


This document specifies an updated Overlay Routable Cryptographic Hash Identifiers (ORCHID) format that obsoletes that in RFC 4843. These identifiers are intended to be used as endpoint identifiers at applications and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and not as identifiers for network location at the IP layer, i.e., locators. They are designed to appear as application-layer entities and at the existing IPv6 APIs, but they should not appear in actual IPv6 headers. To make them more like regular IPv6 addresses, they are expected to be routable at an overlay level. Consequently, while they are considered non-routable addresses from the IPv6-layer perspective, all existing IPv6 applications are expected to be able to use them in a manner compatible with current IPv6 addresses. The Overlay Routable Cryptographic Hash Identifiers originally defined in RFC 4843 lacked a mechanism for cryptographic algorithm agility. The updated ORCHID format specified in this document removes this limitation by encoding, in the identifier itself, an index to the suite of cryptographic algorithms in use. Information about the current status of this document, any errata, and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at in effect on the date of publication of this document. Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. Code Components extracted from this document must include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Simplified BSD License.


To study the motion trajectory of a fiber bundle in the flow field of compact spinning system with pneumatic groove, the computational fluid dynamics model was established and resolved by numerical computation using FLUENT software. The dynamics of the infinitesimal element of a fiber in the flow zone was also established. The dynamic model was solved by utilizing the self‐designed MATLAB procedure, and the motion trajectory of the fiber in the flow zone was derived. Results of this research confirmed that before the fiber bundle reaches the groove, it is condensed only by the effect of airflow, and when sliding into the groove, it is affected by both airflow and the shape of the groove. Edge fibers of the fiber bundle are condensed by airflow, and the condensing width of fibers is dependent upon the effect of air flow. The position of fibers of different widths change as a result of airflow, and the phenomenon of migration of fibers takes place in the section of the fiber bundle. Compared with the conventional ring‐spun yarn, both the tensile strength and the breaking strength of the compact‐spun yarn are enhanced, in particular by reducing yarn hairiness.


Curricular models that merge biomedical and/or pharmaceutical sciences with clinical sciences are being increasingly employed across schools of pharmacy and other health professions with the goal to promote integrative learning among students. Integrated Pharmacotherapy (IP): Cardiology is one of 12 courses in the IP series taught in the Doctor of Pharmacy program at St. Louis College of Pharmacy designed to prepare student pharmacists to care for patients by integrating pathophysiology, pharmacology, medicinal chemistry and therapeutics. About 25% of the didactic course content is taught by pharmacology faculty with main emphasis on basic pharmacology of drugs in clinical use for cardiovascular disorders.


Families segregating for PEPD were investigated for linkage between PEPD and APOC2. The results provide evidence for close linkage between PEPD and APOC2 in males.


A novel tantalic acid-based polymerizable complex (PC) route to LiTaO3 was developed that uses neither alkoxides nor chlorides of Ta. Moisture-insensitive Ta2O5 was chosen as a starting source of Ta, and it was converted to a Ta−oxalate solution by means of the classic KHSO4−oxalic acid method of Schoeller. Tantalic acid precipitated upon addition of ammonia solution to the Ta−oxalate solution. The freshly precipitated tantalic acid was soluble in a hot oxalic acid aqueous solution, and it was quite stable against hydrolysis. This water-resistant Ta precursor mixed with citric acid (CA), ethylene glycol (EG), and Li2CO3 was polymerized at 130 °C to produce a yellowish transparent polyester-type resin without undergoing precipitation, which after decomposition on heating at 350 °C was used as a powder precursor for LiTaO3. Phase-pure LiTaO3 in powder form was successfully synthesized at a reduced temperature (500 °C). The final LiTaO3 powder calcined at 500−700 °C had a considerably large surface area in t...


Oct. 28, 1976. 12 pgs.
GCSU vs. Radio Glendon; Tuition fees to go up; First Festival of Festivals.

Editors: Clare Uzielli, Kim Wilde
Business Managers: Ron Stot, Clare Uzielli
Advertising Manager: Bill Hunt
Photography Editor: David Garland
Sports Editor: Mark Everard
Production: Paul Comper, Michelle Kelly
Typesetting: Anne Barrett, Carol Wolter, Marye Ratsoy, Joan Harvey, Sheila Young

Articles
GCSU vs. Radio Glendon by Cheryl Watson
Tuition fees go up
Important notice to students / Avis important aux etudiants
The Friends of Glendon
Deacon's Beacon: This place is a mess by Greg Deacon
Bill the bureaucrat steals the show by Marshall Katz
Canadian Studies Course Union presents
Letters to the editor
Women in media--a checklist
Rapist more likely a "lecturer" than a "maniac"
Women still "property" under rape laws
Ralph Clark new P.T. counsellor [sic]
York Bulletin News
Drop-in days at York University
Day care at Glendon by Michelle Kelly
Chevron Newspaper closed by Student Union--too many communists? by Dave Colburn
Bon baisers d'Ottawa par Denis Paquet
Intercollegiate Shorts
Varsity Round-up
Pro Team by Mark Everard
Intramural News
Rugby at Glendon by Rick Moir
Boozers romp...chances slim by Stephen Lubin
There's no nuts on this football team by Vince McCormack
Financial Statement for Cafe de la Terrasse
Festival of Festivals: Success but... by Gerry Flahive
Upon Review by Pat Moyer
Roy Kiyooka at Glendon Gallery
Quebechaud presente
On Tap by Rob Williams


In Euclidean and/or λ-geometry planes with obstacles, the shortest path problem involves determining the shortest path between a source and a destination. There are three different approaches to solve this problem in the Euclidean plane: roadmaps, cell decomposition, and potential field. In the roadmaps approach, a visibility graph is considered to be one of the most widely used methods. In this paper, we present a novel method based on the concepts of Delaunay triangulation, an improved Dijkstra algorithm and the Fermat points to construct a reduced visibility graph that can obtain the near-shortest path in a very short amount of computational time. The length of path obtained using our algorithm is the shortest in comparison to the other fastest algorithms with O(n log n) time complexity. The proposed fast algorithm is especially suitable for those applications which require determining the shortest connectivity between points in the Euclidean plane, such as the robot arm path planning and motion planning for a vehicle.


Deep learning has been widely applied in many fields, such as big data analysis, natural language processing, and image processing, etc. However, the number of parameters in the deep learning model is often too large that the model would be difficult to apply portable devices. Therefore, the researches about pruning algorithms for optimizing the deep learning model has great significance. This paper conducts an in-depth analysis of the pruning algorithm in the model compression method. Besides, we classify and summarize the structure, scheduling, and scoring of the pruning algorithms. And then, the compression effects of some mainstream pruning algorithms on some deep neural networks including accuracy are compared and analyzed. Finally, the future development of the pruning algorithm is promising. Regardless of the different pruning approaches, the mainstream pruning algorithms can all effectively compress the size of the network model while maintaining basic accuracy. However, one pruning algorithm has a different performance when it is applied to different network models and datasets. The future pruning algorithm can be designed in terms of network sparsity structure, scheduling, and parameter ranking criteria. Moreover, the datasets and models are also required to be considered when the corresponding high-performance pruning strategies are used.


Education is a human pursuit that has existed since the beginning of time. Today, the system of education remains relatively unchanged. Theories and the fundamental practice of education has not change although there is a changing needs that education should address in society and indeed for the student. Not to say that technology has not been accepted and applied to the delivery of education but the fundamental principles of education remains the same. A change in the educational research paradigm is required for a decolonoization of educational methodology towards meeting the needs educational needs of the ever evolving society. This book explores the changing educational paradigm towards qualitative enquiry and some qualitative discussion on global educational topics of current interst.


We consider any continuous hermitian kernel M (A, A') on £P x <P where £P is the prering of intervals of [0,1]. Conditions on M are given to find an interval covariance function K (A, A') so that K(A, A') = M (A, A') for all nonoverlapping A and A' in <P. The problem is solved by first treating finite hermitian matrices A and finding a positive definite matrix B so that b¡¡ = a,¡, i =£j, so that tr B is minimized. Using natural correspondence between interval covariance functions and stochastic processes, a decomposition theorem is derived for stochastic processes of bounded quadratic variation into an orthogonal process and a process having minimal quadratic variation.


A method for lapping precision ceramic bearing balls based on End Plane Grinding Lapping(EPGL) mode is put forward in this paper, which make it possible to use solid abrasives easily.The kinetic analysis and simulation of EPGL mode are made,and an experiment device is built up.Some primary experiments are carried out in order to investigate the influences of process parameters on the removal rate in processing ceramic bearing balls.It is found from kinetic analysis and the simulation that the spin angle is changing continually during the process,as is benefit to the sphere generation and,the uniformity of lapping trace be acquired by means of EPGL.The results of experiments are discussed and analyzed,it indicates that the rotation speed of the plate and load have great effects on the removal rate of ceramic ball.Compared with the traditional V-grooves lapping mode,lapping with EPGL mode can obtain ceramic balls with high quality and much more efficient.


This study analyses the risk dependence of international stock portfolio based on three risk metrics, namely, the portfolio expected return, CVaR, and the Sharp ratio. The portfolio is optimised under both multivariate GARCH models (DCC and GO-CARCH) and the copula approaches (Student t copula-GARCH-GEV and the D-vine pair copula- GARCH-GEV). Empirical application is performed on daily returns from four stock indices including ALSI, DAX, SHANGAI and SP500 over the period 1998-2010. Our findings suggest that copula based portfolio optimisation is more efficient than the multivariate GARCH alternatives. More importantly, the optimal stock portfolios are better characterised through D-vine pair copula-GARCH-GEV model than through the multivariate Student's t copula-GARCH-GEV model. Understandably, these findings substantiate the ability of copula models to capture complex dependence behaviour from joint and multivariate distributions.


Background: Cultural and language differences are necessary factors for diabetes management and self-care education programs in patients suffering from diabetes. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of culture-based self-care intervention on health literacy, quality of life, and glycemic parameters in patients with type 2 diabetes. Materials and Methods: This randomized clinical trial has been carried out in selected centers in Darreh Shahr, Iran; 80 participants were randomly assigned into intervention and control groups. The intervention group received an educational program for 6 sessions twice a week, but the control group only received routine services. Data were collected using health literacy and life quality scales for diabetic patients, which were completed by both groups before, immediately after, and 3 months after the intervention; hemoglobin A1C (HbA1c) was checked before and 3 months after the intervention. SPSS software was also analyzed data using χ2, Fisher's exact, independent t, and repeated measures analysis of variance tests. Results: There were no significant differences between the 2 groups before the study (p >0.05) goes forward. But, mean scores of health literacy (F2,40 = 5.61, p =0.007), quality of life (F2, 40 = 4.09, p =0.01), and HbA1c levels (t, 39 = 6. 91, p <0.001) have shown significant differences between the 2 groups immediately and 3 months after the intervention have been applied. Conclusions: Culturally appropriate intervention should be offered as a part of the nurse' care program for diabetic to control HbA1c, and improve their life quality and health literacy.


Suppose that a project consists of n separate tasks and one and only one task can be completed in one time period. However, since some tasks can be started only before others have been completed, only feasible task schedules are considered. There is a cost associated with the time at which a task is completed and the project cost is equal to the sum of all the task costs. How can a feasible task schedule with minimum project cost be found for completing the entire project? This research proposes using a genetic algorithm to solve this problem efficiently.


We describe a large collection of mesotheriid notoungulate specimens, including a well-preserved cranium, from the early to middle Miocene locality of Cerdas, Bolivia. We attempt to classify the specimens into dental wear groups (i.e., ontogenetic groups) based on tooth size, morphology, and position of the posterior mental foramen, and we compare these specimens to those from other middle-latitude localities in Chile (Chucal) and Bolivia (Achiri, Choquecota, Quebrada Honda, and Nazareno). Our metric analyses, using bivariate plots and coefficients of variation (CVs), indicate that nearly all Cerdas specimens pertain to a single species. Our phylogenetic analysis indicates that this species, 'Plesiotypotherium' minus Villarroel 1978, should be referred to a different genus, more closely related to Altitypotherium Croft et al. 2004 (Chucal) and/or Microtypotherium Villarroel 1974b (Choquecota). We do not refer 'P.' minus to a new genus at this time, pending revision of other early to middle Miocene mesotheriids from Bolivia. A smaller species, represented by two specimens, may also be present at Cerdas. Beth Townsend. Department of Anatomy, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona, 85308, USA. firstname.lastname@example.com Darin A. Croft. Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, USA. email@example.com


We examined electronic structures in Zr-oxide (ZrO2) and Zr-silicate (ZrxSi1−xO2) films deposited on Si substrates by using valence-electron energy-loss spectroscopy combined with scanning transmission electron microscopy (the electron probe diameter was about 0.3 nm). Our analysis indicated that both valence-electron excitations in ZrO2 and in SiO2 occurred in the ZrxSi1−xO2 films. Therefore, the band gaps in the ZrxSi1−xO2 films should be dominated by an energy gap between O 2p and Zr 4d states.


The incidents of continuous suicide by leaping over the building in Foxconn have attracted the attention and reconsideration of the community,have reflected the social problem in China in her social transformation phase,and have been a legal issue: how to ensure the right for security and health in the part of the laborers.At present,China's legislation on the right for security and health stresses partially on "economical efficiency" lacking "sociality";pays special attention to the subject of safety in production to promote economic development,lacking the notion of ultimate care on the basis of human orientation,and neglecting the psychological health of the laborers.China should perfect her legislation and strict implementation on guaranteeing the right of security and health in the part of the laborers.The employers are to be urged to undertake their social responsibilities,to reform the function of their labor union,to strengthen the training in psychological health in the laborers,to ensure their dignified life and respected work.


For general information on bar recursion the reader should consult the papers of Spector [8], where it was introduced, Howard [2] and Tait [11]. In this note we shall prove that the terms of Gödel's theory T(in its extensional version of Spector [8]) are closed under the rule BR0,1 of bar recursion of types 0 and 1. Our method of proof is based on the notion of an infinite term introduced by Tait [9]. The main tools of the proof are (i) the normalization theorem for (notations for) infinite terms and (ii) valuation functionals. Both are elaborated in [6]; for brevity some familiarity with this paper is assumed here. Using (i) and (ii) we reduce BR0,1 to ξ-recursion with ξ < ε0. From this the result follows by work of Tait [10], who gave a reduction of 2ξ-recursion to ξ-recursion at a higher type. At the end of the paper we discuss a perhaps more natural variant of bar recursion introduced by Kreisel in [4]. Related results are due to Kreisel (in his appendix to [8]), who obtains results which imply, using the reduction given by Howard [2] of the constant of bar recursion of type τ to the rule of bar recursion of type (0 → τ) → τ, that T is not closed under the rule of bar recursion of a type of level ≥ 2, to Diller [1], who gave a reduction of BR0,1 to ξ-recursion with ξ bounded by the least ω-critical number, and to Howard [3], who gave an ordinal analysis of the constant of bar recursion of type 0. I am grateful to H. Barendregt, W. Howard and G. Kreisel for many useful comments and discussions.


Thymic tumors usually metastasize locally to the liver, lung, bone and brain. Thymic carcinoma metastasizing to the mandible is a rare occurrence. This case report describes metastatic thymic carcinoma that was presumed to be medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw after extraction of a molar tooth. To our knowledge, there have been no reported cases of metastases from the thymus gland to the mandible in the medical and dental English literature. We report a case of metastatic thymic carcinoma to the mandible that was mistaken for Medication-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw (MRONJ).


Recently, flexible matrix composite (FMC) actuators were employed in a robotic fish for swimming [1]. The FMC actuators based on flexible matrix composites developed by Philen et al. [2] are pressure driven muscle-like actuators capable of large displacements as well as large blocking forces. The FMC actuators can also exhibit a large change in stiffness through simple valve control when the working fluid has a high bulk modulus [3, 4]. Several analytical models have been developed that capture the geometrical and material nonlinearities, the compliance of the inner liner, and entrapped air in the fluid [2, 4, 5]. But no work has been performed in capturing the fiber compaction in the composite laminate, which can have significant influence on the closed valve FMC stiffness. Therefore the objective of this research is to expand upon the previously developed models and incorporate compliance between the woven fibers.Copyright © 2010 by ASME


Advances in submersible navigation in the past decade are described, with emphasis on the latest equipments and techniques. The major systems used are acoustic, due to the superior ability of acoustic energy to penetrate through water. Actual experience in tracking a submersible, vectoring a submersible from the surface, and the 'self-contained' submersible instrumentation is also covered, and future areas of development are suggested.


Provided is an acrylate rubber sealing material which comprises: about 20 to about 70 wt% acrylate rubber component; about 10 to about 50 wt% rheological filler component; about 5 to about 40 wt% tackifier component; about 5 to about 30 wt% plasticizer component; about 0.5 to about 5 wt% antioxidant component; up to about 20 wt% dielectric filler component; and up to about 20 wt% fluorinated thermoplastic or elastomeric filler component.


We demonstrate, by direct use of the asymptotic Green's functions of Korepin and Ren, that the one-dimensional repulsive U Hubbard model has the property of ``confinement,'' in that weak interchain coupling does not cause coherent particle motion in the transverse direction at absolute zero. Implications for real one-dimensional systems and for the two-dimensional Hubbard model are discussed.


Based on FLUENT software,the gas flow field in cooling towers has been simulated.The uniformity of gas velocity is analysed by changing curvature radius of siphon,the length of pipe,and the hole diameter distributing in the distribution plate.The computation results show that changing hole diameter distributing of the distribution plate can obviously improve the uniformity and perpendicularity of gas velocity.Comparing with ideal flow,the reality flow discrepancy of each hole is less than 13%.The reality maximum flow is 1.39 times to reality minimum flow.The research gives valuable guidance to designing and optimization for cooling towers.


ABSTRACT How does the consumer emotionally process and react to messaging intended to prompt responsible behavior toward the environment? This study provided a psychophysiological method to analyze how certain combinations of elements in an advertisement generate different types of response. Psychophysiology is the study of the relationship between the mind and the body. Specifically, the authors investigated whether a message could activate the consumer's defensive motivational system (resulting in inaction) or the appetitive motivational system (inspiring positive physical action). The findings offer evidence as to what type of message is better at provoking emotion so as to increase the potential of such campaigns to elicit positive changes in behavior.


Pollen is a key index in honey analysis. The familiar nectar plants in partial region of Yunnan were surveyed.Using acetic anhydride and micrography technique, the corresponding pollen spectrum was acquired.


Although Berne proposed transactional analysis as a social psychiatry, his constructs can be synthesized as a social psychology. This more effectively integrates his observations on personal functi...


In children with rickets and when rickets was aggravated by pneumonia and malnutrition, after the traditional method of treatment, there was no normalization of phosphorus-calcium metabolism and some indicators of lipid metabolism. Along with the clinical recovery, total blood and fecal lipids, SFA, and alkaline phosphatase activity remained elevated, while the content of calcium, phosphorus, and USEFA were below normal, which indicates an "incomplete recovery" and apparently requires further correction of biochemical parameters.


The rock pigeon (Columba livia) reproduces successfully in breeding colonies at ambient temperatures (Ta) exceeding 50 C. Unusually low body temperatures (Tb) of 38.9 C (±0.6 SD) and 40.0 C (±0.5 SD) were measured during incubation at 45 and 50 C Ta. Egg temperature (Tegg) was regulated at 36.7 C (±0.8 SD), 39.0 C (±0.6 SD), and 40.7 C (±0.6 SD) at 28, 45, and 50 C Ta, respectively. The incubating birds (acclimated to high Ta's) use an effective cutaneous evaporative cooling mechanism in lieu of panting or gular flutter. Incubating birds achieved heat and water balance while exposed to extreme thermal stress by using an efficient cutaneous evaporation cooling mechanism, avoiding nonessential activity, and maintaining low metabolic rates.


Complete binary tree is an important part of the discussion in data structure,the current method to determine complete binary tree is a single.In this paper,analysis and study complete binary trees and balanced binary tree balancing factor in nature,derived based on the balance of factors to determine the complete binary tree method and algorithm.


In the paper, four procedures for the assessment of seismic performance of buildings at different levels of complexity are presented and discussed. They include simple procedures based on the methods originally developed in Japan, the N2 method, and the non-linear dynamic analysis (NDA). The procedures have been applied for the seismic assessment of two RC frame structures. A considerable difference of results between the results of the procedures at the first three levels can be observed, whereas the difference between the N2 results and NDA results is small. On the other hand, the amount of input data and of the computational work increases with the increasing level of the procedure. In practice, the choice of the appropriate method should depend on the available data and resources and on the accuracy needed.


Objective To investigate the effectiveness of percutaneous transhepatic catheter drainage(PTCD)for obstructive jaundice.Methods Fifty-nine patients with suspected malignat obstructive jaundice received PTC to make a final diagnosis.PTCD was performed on patients with confirmed maglignant obstructive jaundice.Results After PTCD,47 patients among 57 patients received PTCD got good effects.Other symptoms were also reasonably alleviated.The longest survival period of patients was 15 months after PTCD.Conclusions PTCD is a better palliative treatment for inoperable patients with malignant obstructive jaundice.Meanwhile,it provides more chances for other treatments.


The development history of China BOPET film industry is introduced.The current situations and the difficult positions of the industry are analysed.By strengthening the new product development ability,leading the consumption,cultivation the market,enhancing the core competitive ability of the enterprise,reorganization of the industry,China BOPET film industry will go out of the difficult position.


This paper aims to synthesize the accounting and tax aspects concerning the lease of real estate properties.  The cases analyzed herein refer both to natural and legal persons


Objective: To construct an E1A-deleted 24-bp triple regulated replicative adenovirus vector SG600/interleukin24(IL24),which was driven by both hTERT promoter and HRE promoter.The level of IL24 in liver cancer cells was determined and the replication capacity of SG600/IL24 and its killing effects on liver cancer cells were observed.Methods: SG600-IL24 vector was constructed using DNA cloning and recombination techniques.The IL24 gene expression in liver cancer cell lines SMMC-7721 and BEL-7404 and normal cell line BJ was detected by ELISA assay.The replications of SG600/IL-24 in different cell lines were determined by evaluating TCID50(50% tissue culture infectious dose) at 48 and 96 h.In vitro cell-killing effects of SG600/IL24 on the three liver cancer cell lines were analyzed by MTT assay and CPE(cytopathic effect) staining method at different MOI values.Results: IL24 was over-expressed in both SMMC-7721 and BEL-7404 cells but was weakly expressed in BJ cells.At 48 and 96 h post infection the replication of SG600/IL-24 were 794 and 7940 folds in SMMC-7721 cells;622 and 7 810 folds in BEL-7404 cells;20 and 200 folds in BJ cells.MTT assay showed that the MOI values of SG600/IL24 for killing 50% and 90% cells were 0.3 and 5 for SMMC-7721 cells;3 and 20 for BEL-7404 cells;50 and 150 for BJ cells.CPE staining demonstrated that SG600/IL24 had significant killing effects on both liver cancer cells SMMC-7721 and BEL-7404 but had no significant influence on BJ cells.The cell-killing capability of SG600/IL24 was superior than that of replicative adenovirus ZD55/IL24 and non replicative adenovirus Ad-IL24.Conclusion: After SMMC-7721 and BEL-7404 liver cancer cells are infected with SG600/IL24 at high efficiency,the virus replication is active and the expression of IL24 increases greatly.SG600/IL24 has specific cell-killing effects on the two liver cancer cell lines but has no significant influence on normal cells.This study provides a basis for further investigating the effect of SG600/IL24 on liver cancer in vivo.


We extend prior research by examining whether, and how, applicant–employee fit in the personality traits of conscientiousness, agreeableness, and extraversion affect organizational attractiveness. We test hypotheses based on similarity‐attraction theory and trait activation theory. Results from two studies indicate that applicants high in valued traits are more attracted to organizations when employees are more similar to them in those personality traits, whereas employees' trait levels do not affect attraction for applicants low in valued traits. The effects of objective applicant–employee fit in personality on attractiveness were mediated by perceived applicant–employee fit. The pattern of the observed applicant–employee fit interactions was best predicted by trait activation theory and, thus, provide an important extension to similarity‐attraction theory.


A "cluster" of six cases of leukemia in one year was located within a radius of 400 yards in Winnipeg Centre. The incidence rate of leukemia in that area was significantly higher than that in the rest of Winnipeg Centre (P <0.001) and in the remainder of Winnipeg Proper (P <0.001). Accordingly, a study was undertaken to determine whether the incidence rate of leukemia significantly varied between census tracts in Manitoba in which leukemia was previously absent or present. A significant "deficit" of leukemia cases was found in "urban" tracts previously free of leukemia (P <0.05), apparently the result of an extremely low incidence rate of leukemia in four census tracts in Winnipeg North. No such difference was noted in "rural" census tracts. Analysis of leukemia cases according to age and sex revealed no significant differences in their distribution. In both "rural" and "urban" areas there was a trend toward an inverse relationship between incidence of leukemia and average annual income. There was an excess of case reporting in the last quarter of the year. This result coincided with the over‐all pattern of reporting of malignant disease in Manitoba and, therefore, may only reflect variations in the annual cycle of medical practice.


This paper describes a method of teaching image processing in a computer science (CS) course in which students obtain and analyze polar data through a computational guided inquiry (CGI) module. In CGI, the instructor guides the students in the process of learning, through the use of a computational tool: for this course, a Jupyter Notebook is used, consisting of alternating text and blocks of Python code that the students can modify as needed and execute. The students obtain images of polar ice and use them to learn about image processing while increasing their climate literacy. Students demonstrated learning of course disciplinary objectives through assessments built into the CGI module. Pre- and post-module surveys indicate increases in student self-reporting of comfort with Python and exposure to polar data. Over half of students indicated increased interest in learning more about polar research, and students overall rated the CGI modules positively. Improvements in climate literacy were tested through asking students to ask a question about a visual representation of polar data; results of this assessment were inconclusive. Future work will focus on strengthening the connection between goals, activities, and assessment, in order to better understand whether the goal of improved climate literacy was achieved.