Reducing wear and clarifying relation mechanism are essential to improve the life of engine bearings, so we investigate the influence of ambient temperature on the friction characteristics of M50 steel self-matching pairs under dry friction conditions. As the ambient temperature increases from 30 °C to 500 °C, friction coefficient decreases sharply from 0.78 and tends to be stable around 0.4, while wear rate firstly decreases and then increases. High temperature (More than 300 °C) induces the serious oxidation and softening on the wear surface, causing the main wear mode from abrasive wear to adhesive wear. The oxides include mainly of Fe2O3 and Fe3O4, and minor MoO3 and Cr2O3, which are benefit for forming a continuous tribolayer on the wear surface, thereby improving the friction performance.


Estimation of Evapotranspiration at Different Scales Using Traditional and Remote Sensing Techniques by Lynn F. Fenstermaker Dr. Stanley D. Smith, Examination Committee Chair Professor of Biology University of Nevada, Las Vegas Dr. Dale A. Devitt, Examination Committee Co-Chair Professor, Soil and Water Specialist University ofNevada, Reno Water and its use or loss is critically important in the Southwestern United States where population growth is rapidly approaching the limit of available drinking water. It is therefore important to gain an understanding of water use by native and non-native species to ensure that sufficient water remains to maintain native ecosystems. This study examines water loss by the non-native tree species (saltcedar) at the leaf branch and whole stand level using traditional methodologies as well as remote sensing. Transpiration measurements were estimated for open and closed stands of Tbmn/ix iyna (saltcedar) at two sites within a desert riparian corridor on the lower Virgin River floodplain, southern Nevada. One site (open and closed stands) was within 10 meters of the river channel (River site), and the other site (open and closed


Through observation of medical imaging teaching in University of Toronto,introducing the block education of medical imaging and problem-based learning,reviewing education of medical imaging in China,drawing on the experience of cultivating medical students' innovative thinking in North America and Europe,in order to provide a reference for Chinese education of medical imaging,this paper introduces the educational reform of medical imaging in our college.


This study find the viewpoint of the role of education in development of a country. This article also contains a state of social migration and the fact that actually occurred in developed countries and growing. The objective is to review actualization and intensity of social migration on education: a case study in developed and developing countries. In this study, using studies conducted by literature study approach. The nature of exploratory- descriptive study. Source of data derived from the primary literature via journals, secondary library-book relevant books and publications of the institution. This study gives the result that education is one of the key in building a country, especially for developing countries. However, much of the view that the rise of a country solely because errors in excess of the total population, making it difficult to do the construction. Contrary to the reality that there are other issues thrown up by the developed countries to the developing countries to find out the real issues. During this time the developing countries to focus more on pressing issues of population, but the real problem is the improvement in the level of education so as to create technological innovation so as to provide a change to go forward


A simple closed-form expression is obtained for all negative-order hydrogenic dipole sum rules. Together with an earlier theorem relating hydrogenic multipole sum rules to the dipole sum rules, one has a closed-form expression for all negative-order hydrogenic multiple sum rules.


The elderly population in Indonesia globally will continue to increase, increasing the number of elderly need special attention and treatment. Elderly will experience the aging process characterized by decreased physical endurance and susceptible to disease one of them hypertension. Family participation in elderly care with hypertension is also very influential in helping control blood pressure. It is also supported by good knowledge also about hypertension disease. The purpose of this study is to know the description of family knowledge about elderly care with hypertension in Puskesmas Gamping II Sleman Yogyakarta. This research uses descriptive method. The subjects of this study are families who have elderly with hypertension, amounting to 47 people. This research was conducted on March 7 to May 30, 2017. The location of this research is at Puskesmas Gamping II Sleman Yogyakarta. The instrument used is a questionnaire. Data analysis uses frequency distribution. The result of this research is that family knowledge based on age characteristic is 38% age 26-35 years old, 83% female, 36% educated S1/Diploma, and 38% not working. The result of family knowledge about elderly care with hypertension is 68% good and 32% enough. The conclusion of this research is family knowledge about elderly care with hypertension in Puskesmas Gamping II Sleman Yogyakarta in good category that is 68%.


A head mounted display (HMD) that is optically opaque with respect to the outer world can be provided with see-through capability by mounting video cameras to the outside of the helmet. Stereoscopic views of the physical space surrounding the wearer are captured by the video cameras, and are projected to the display screens inside the HMD. The conditions necessary for mounting the cameras to a pre-existing, non-see-through HMD are described, and the advantages and disadvantages of different mounting schemes are discussed, together with the design of the video cameras lenses to be used with this specific application.<<ETX>>


A marked increase in the prevalence of foodborne illnesses resulting in foodborne outbreaks globally have been noticed, primarily due to the contamination of foods with bacterial pathogens. Recently, there has been a growing interest in employing alternative decontamination methods against bacterial pathogens, as a result of problems associated with the commonly used chemical and thermal methods. Therefore, the current impetus is on employing decontamination techniques involving green technology (physical, biological) and hurdle technology. In this study, oregano, nisin and ultrasound treatments were employed on lettuce and cabbage at varying levels to elucidate their antimicrobial efficacy and subsequent effect on the physical and sensory properties of the vegetables. Specifically, fresh cut lettuce and cabbage samples were inoculated with Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Listeria monocytogenes and were subjected to a series of combined treatment applications, of nisin, oregano essential oil and ultrasound. The Box Behnken, response surface methodology (RSM) technique was used in formulating the various combination treatments that would, in turn, demonstrate the synergistic capabilities of the three factors, nisin, oregano and ultrasound when combined. Results from the RSM were then used in the optimization of the combined treatment parameters by maximizing the microbial log reduction in both ready-to-eat vegetables. The physical properties studied on lettuce and cabbage subjected to combined treatments were colour and texture, and their structural damage was investigated using electrolyte leakage. Sensory properties were also analyzed on non-inoculated cabbage samples previously subjected to combined antimicrobial treatments. The efficacy of nisin, oregano and ultrasound on the reduction of E. coli O157:H7 and L. monocytogenes on lettuce studied using RSM/Box-Behnken model design, was found to be reliable (p<0.05). The most effective treatment on both pathogens was a combination of 771.2 IU/g nisin, 0.185% v/v oregano and 14.65 min ultrasound which showed log reductions of 3.43 and 9.20 CFU/mL for E. coli O157:H7 and L. monocytogenes, respectively. Lettuce treatment with the combined antimicrobial treatments resulted in no significant differences in textural properties, specifically hardness. However, mild colour changes and a slight increase in the electrolyte leakage rate was observed, though they were within the permissible limits. The reduction of E. coli O157:H7 on cabbage was increased with the use of combined treatments of nisin, oregano and ultrasound. Hence, the combination (comprising 607.85 IU/g nisin, 0.20% v/v oregano and 14.98 min ultrasound) exhibited the highest log reduction of 3.66 CFU/mL. In the samples inoculated with L. monocytogenes, 731.25 IU/g nisin, 0.12% v/v oregano and 13.21 min ultrasound treatments were found to be the best combination exhibiting the highest log reduction of 8.27 CFU/mL. No significant colour and textural changes were observed between untreated and treated cabbage. However, a slight increase in the electrolyte leakage rate was observed after the application of the combined treatment. Sensory evaluation scores also had some factors that were slightly below par. Overall, results from the study demonstrated that a combination of nisin, oregano and ultrasound, is a promising alternative to chemical treatments for the reduction of E. coliO157:H7 and L. monocytogenes as well as retaining the quality characteristics of fresh produce. Prospectively, other studies could explore the frontier field of artificial intelligence and machine learning, in the form of predictive microbiology and mathematical modelling, in the fresh produce industry. This would present a better understanding of risk assessment that is powered by the technological advantage of data analytics.


The main cause of premature deterioration in concrete buildings is linked with the alkali–silica reaction (ASR) owing to the use of reactive aggregates and severe exposure conditions. This research aimed to explore the mitigation of ASR in concrete buildings using waste coal ash (CA) and steel fibers cut from long wire. CA and SF were acquired from a local market. The studied dosages of CA were 10%, 20%, 30% and 40% by cement weight and steel fibers were added at 0.5% and 1% of the total volume of the mixture. Specimens were cast and immersed in a 1N NaOH solution at 80 °C for 90 days as per ASTM C1260 guidelines. The compressive and flexural strengths of the control mixture without CA and the mixture with 10% of CA had a comparable behavior. A decrease in the compressive and flexural strengths was observed for higher dosages of CA (30% and 40%). Specimens incorporating 30% of CA showed a compressive strength of 24 MPa at 56 days compared to that of 33 MPa for the identical control specimen without CA. This strength decrease was due to the porous nature of the used CA and was compensated for by the incorporation of steel fibers. Specimens with 1% of steel fibers exhibited higher strength properties compared to those with 0.5% of steel fibers for all the tested dosages of CA. The control specimens without CA and steel fibers showed expansions higher than 0.10% and 0.20% at 14 and 28 days, respectively, demonstrating their reactive behavior. The hybrid incorporation of CA and steel fibers decreased the ASR expansion. The mortar bar specimen incorporating 10% of CA and 1% of steel fibers showed an expansion of 0.168% at 28 days compared to that of 0.321% for the control specimen without CA and steel fibers. A decrease in the compressive and flexural strengths was observed for the specimen placed in ASR exposure conditions compared to identical specimens placed in normal water. However, specimens incorporating CA and steel fibers showed relatively fewer effects under the ASR exposure conditions. The control specimens without CA and steel fibers also showed micro-cracking due to ASR exposure, as observed through scanning electron microscopy. This study will assist practitioners to construct a sustainable building using locally available waste materials with the additional advantage of mitigating the ASR-related damages.


The invention discloses an electro-hydraulic control system for a disc-type braking device of a declining belt conveyor, and belongs to the technical field of electro-hydraulic control system application. The electro-hydraulic control system comprises a belt conveyor driving roller, a braking head, a braking disc, an oil tank, a gear pump, a speed increasing device, a pressure transmitter I, a pressure transmitter II, an energy accumulator I, an energy accumulator II, an electromagnetic directional valve I, an electromagnetic directional valve II, an electromagnetic directional valve III, an electromagnetic directional valve IV, an electromagnetic directional valve V, an electromagnetic directional valve VI, a proportional overflow valve I, a proportional overflow valve II and a throttle valve, wherein the energy accumulator I, the electromagnetic directional valve I, the electromagnetic directional valve VI and the pressure transmitter I form a power source; the energy accumulator II, the electromagnetic directional valve II, the electromagnetic directional valve V and the pressure transmitter II form the other power source; and when one of the power sources is in use, the other one is used as a standby. The electro-hydraulic control system has the beneficial effects that structure is simple, efficiency is high, energy consumption is low, maintenance is convenient, the heat productivity of the gear pump is effectively reduced and the service life of equipment is prolonged, thus the electro-hydraulic control system has wide practicability.


Alternative fuel power options increasingly are being considered for use in municipal heavy vehicles, such as refuse trucks and winter maintenance vehicles. This article considers the benefits and drawbacks of biodiesel and compressed natural gas fuels. Efficiency, power, sustainability, maintenance and cost are all important considerations when cities are planning to purchase or retrofit alternative fuel vehicles. The experience of Milwaukee in converting some of its winter weather fleet to natural gas is highlighted as an example of how a city can make the change.


In situ measurement of rock mass deformation modulus has never been done in the Pongkor gold mine. Estimation of the rock mass deformation modulus was made by using the elasticity modulus of intact rock obtained in the uniaxial compression test in the laboratory. In situ measurement of rock mass deformation modulus in therefore required, which can provide important additional data.
In this research, a Goodman's Jack was used in bare holes with depth up to 7.5 m and diameters of 75 mm. The tests were carried out in the same depth for every bore hole and made in the part of bore hole where no crack occurred. At each point the tests were conducted in four different directions.
The in situ tests revealed that the deformation modulus of the Au-Ag ore was 5.88 GPa and that of the footwall rock mass (breccia tuff) was 6.75 GPa and 5.63 GPa. The elasticity moduli of the Au-Ag ore and the footwall rock resulted from laboratory uniaxial compression tests were 10.45 GPa, 19.70 GPa and 13.78 Gpa respectively.


Foraging is a search process common to all mobile organisms. Spatial memory can improve foraging efficiency and efficacy, and evidence indicates that many species—including humans—actively utilize spatial memory to aid in their foraging, yet most current models of foraging do not include spatial memory. In this study, a simple online foraging game was used to attempt to replicate and extend findings from a recent study (Kerster, Rhodes, & Kello, 2016) to further investigate the role of spatial memory in foraging. The game involved searching a simple 2d space by clicking the mouse to try and find as many resources as possible in 300 clicks. Spatial information was displayed that provided complete information about search history in order test how "perfect" spatial memory improves search performance. Over 1000 participants were recruited to participate in the task using Amazon's Mechanical Turk, which allowed this test to be performed across a wide parameter space of different resource distributions. Results replicated many of the findings of earlier studies, and demonstrated that spatial memory can have a dramatic effect on search performance.


Abstract A rapid, precise and reproducible high-performance thin-layer chromatography-mass spectroscopy (HPTLC-MS) method was developed and validated for identification and quantification of toxic aryl azo amines from chili oils, pickles and related food matrices using Merck thin-layer chromatography (TLC) silica gel F-254 plates, as a stationary phase adsorbent by CAMAG HPTLC system. Extraction of azo food colors was done using method specified as per ISO standard. The use of tert-butyl-methyl ether as final extraction solvent resulted in minimal sample clean up and high efficiency. Calibration was performed to combat matrix effect. Good linearity levels were observed for the concentrations of aniline, 2, 4-xylidine and 4 aminoazobenzene of 2–14 ppm per band. The limits of detection and quantification found for aniline, 2,4-xylidine and 4-aminoazobenzene were found to be 0.0015, 200, and 400 ppm and limit of quantification (LOQ) values were found to be 0.004, 600, and 1200 ppm, respectively, with a correlation coefficient of 99.94 %. This study thus highlights an economically viable, commercially sustainable yet highly scientific technique of HPTLC-MS methodology with structural elucidation of banned azo amines in food and related products for their identification duly detectable at trace levels in a digitized form, which can enable material integrity-related prediction capacity of suspected food matrices. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT


A new type of antenna called modified comb antenna is proposed in this paper, it is also proposed a dedicated mathematical framework for the antenna design. The new antenna consists of parallel conductors, fed by a single fed. The results obtained from the analytical model were then compared with the simulated results, finding a 4% error in the calculated antenna size. A prototype of the antenna has been made to evaluate the radiation performance and the frequency response of the antenna. Concerning predicted curves, a 1.1% shift in the resonance frequency was found. The proposed modified comb antennas is appealing and of potential interest for innovative applications


Solar energy is a potential energy source in India. A photovoltaic is a efficient way to cure the energy in a huge amount and keep to gather that kind of energy for future, and the PV must have good efficiency. The maximum power point tracking (MPPT) is a process that tracks one maximum power point from array input, in which the ratio varies between the voltage and current delivered to get the most power it can. Several algorithms have been developed for extracting maximum power. To increase its efficiency many MPPT techniques are used. Incremental conductance is one of the important techniques in this system and because of its higher steady-state accuracy and environmental adaptability it is a widely implemented tracked control strategy. This research was aimed to explore the performance of a maximum power point tracking system that implements the Incremental Conductance (IC) method. The IC algorithm was designed to control the duty cycle of the Buck-Boost converter and to ensure the MPPT work at its maximum efficiency. From the simulation, the IC method shows better performance and also has a lower oscillation.


In this work, we investigate anisotropic effects on the equations of state (EoS) used to describe neutron and quark stars in the framework of Rastall–Rainbow gravity. All our calculations are computed using two different EoS to describe the matter contained within the star: the MIT bag model for quark stars and the IU-FSU parameterisation for the standard hadronic matter. From the values of masses and radii obtained, we can conclude that anisotropic pressure has significant consequences on the structure of compact objects. Specifically, when anisotropy is considered within general relativity, it significantly modifies the maximum stellar mass. On the other hand, when Rastall–Rainbow gravity and anisotropy are simultaneously considered, they provide the best results for the masses and radii of some important astrophysical objects such as the low-mass x-ray binary (LMXB) NGC 6397 and the extremely massive millisecond pulsating source of radio (PSR) J0740 + 6620, for instance. Radii results inferred from the Lead Radius EXperiment (PREX-2) and the compact object in the mass-gap of GW190814 event can also be described for certain values of the Rastall–Rainbow and anisotropy parameters.


Accountants remain the most trusted advisors to the engine room of economic growth despite growing competition, according to a new study by the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC).


AIM:To investigate the effect of insulin on vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) proliferation and to evaluate the intracellular signaling pathways involved.METHODS:VSMCs separated from Sprague-Dawley rats were used in this study. The proliferation of VSMCs induced by insulin was assayed by [3H]-thymidin incorporation. The protein expression and activity of p-ERK1/2 were determined by immunblot and [γ-32P]ATP incorporation.RESULTS:Insulin induced cell proliferation in a concentration-dependent manner. The proliferative effect of insulin on VSMCs was inhibited partly by LY294002 (48.8%),an inhibitor of PI-3 kinase,and the ERK1/2 inhibitor PD98059 (43.6%),respectively. Moreover,phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and activity of ERK1/2 induced by insulin were also inhibited partly by LY294002.CONCLUSION:PI-3 kinase and ERK1/2 are involved in insulin induced VSMCs proliferation.


The paper presents a hybrid system controller, incorporating a neural and an LQG controller. The neural controller has been optimized by genetic algorithms directly on the inverted pendulum system. The failure-free optimization process stipulated a relatively small region of the asymptotic stability of the neural controller, which is concentrated around the regulation point. The presented hybrid controller combines benefits of a genetically optimized neural controller and an LQG controller in a single system controller. High quality of the regulation process is achieved through utilization of the neural controller, while stability of the system during transient processes and a wide range of operation are assured through application of the LQG controller. The hybrid controller has been validated by applying it to a simulation model of an inherently unstable system - the inverted pendulum.


A primary purpose of teaching is to help students become able to critically evaluate their own knowledge base to see where biases and stereotypes exist. An activity that serves to structure a class period is to expand on Fried's (1988) exercise in which students generate positive and negative stereotypes about older adults. The instructor must prepare extensively beforehand by anticipating student responses and finding psychological research and theories that address each of the anticipated stereotypes. Thus, the stereotypes serve as a springboard for a lecture on aging as well as a discussion of ageism. Student response to the activity is positive.


A fuel injector has a seat and at least one seat passage. The seat includes an outer tip surface through which the seat passage extends. Fin structure is provided in the outer tip surface and is constructed and arranged to increase a surface area of the outer tip surface as compared to a surface area of the outer tip surface absent the fin structure. The outer tip surface, including the fin structure, is constructed and arranged to be heated by combustion gases so that the outer tip surface reaches a temperature greater than a temperature that the outer tip surface would reach absent the fin structure, so as to cause evaporation of fuel that contacts the outer tip surface.


Is Haruki Murakami truly a Japanese celebrity author? If so, how and why has this come about? These are profoundly difficult questions. It may be that literary 'celebrity' is a phenomenon not found in traditional Japanese literature. If literary celebrity is grounded in the fluid relationship between a given author, his or her readership, and the publishing and marketing industry (Eisner 2009, Glass 2016, Franssen 2017), as well as how an author understands and seeks to meet the expectations of his or her readership, then the long tradition of junbungaku ('pure literature', similar to belles lettres in French or 'serious literature' in English) in Japan since the Meiji era (1868–1912) has only partially supported such a phenomenon. One reason for this is the social position traditionally occupied by writers of junbungaku since the beginning of the twentieth century. The serious Japanese writer is more than a literary artist; he or she is a cultural spokesman, an intellectual leader – in essence, a teacher – to the reading public. In addition to writing literature, she/he will be obliged to help identify new potential writers through the judging and awarding of literary prizes, one of the ways in which promising new writers are 'sorted' (winners of the Akutagawa Prize are marked as 'serious' writers, while those chosen for the Naoki Prize are cast into the 'popular' category). Major writers frequently take part in televised or live 'round-table discussions' (zadankai), appear on news programmes, and offer opinions on important issues. After major events – natural disasters, notorious crimes, political scandals – literati are frequently sought out for comments and impressions, and these are published in literary journals or newspapers. In the era after the Second World War, numerous writers figured prominently in protest movements against the Vietnam War, the US–Japan Security Treaty, and nuclear weapons. Although the specific issues have changed (climate change, nuclear power, gender inequality), this trend continues to this day. These activities point clearly towards the role of serious writers in Japan as intellectual guides and cultural spokespersons, and the intended beneficiary of their wisdom is the Japanese public. In the pages that follow, I shall argue two principal points. The first of these is that junbungaku represents a national literature, produced about, by, and for the Japanese; it should, moreover, be understood as having a strongly didactic element whose object is the formation and expression of a distinctly Japanese cultural subject. The second point is that Murakami deliberately rejects the methods and traditions of


Protein glycosylation is a complex and heterogeneous post-translational modification. Specifically, the human plasma proteome is rich in glycoproteins, and as protein glycosylation is frequently dysregulated in disease, glycoproteomics is considered an underexplored resource for biomarker discovery. Here, we present OxoScan-MS, a data-independent mass spectrometric acquisition technology and data analysis software that facilitates sensitive, fast, and cost-effective glycoproteome profiling of plasma and serum samples in large cohort studies. OxoScan-MS quantifies glycosylated peptide features by exploiting a scanning quadrupole to assign precursors to oxonium ions, glycopeptide-specific fragments. OxoScan-MS reaches a high level of sensitivity and selectivity in untargeted glycopeptide profiling, such that it can be efficiently used with fast microflow chromatography without a need for experimental enrichment of glycopeptides from neat plasma. We apply OxoScan-MS to profile the plasma glycoproteomic in an inpatient cohort hospitalised due to severe COVID-19, and obtain precise quantities for 1,002 glycopeptide features. We reveal that severe COVID-19 induces differential glycosylation in disease-relevant plasma glycoproteins, including IgA, fibrinogen and alpha-1-antitrypsin. Thus, with OxoScan-MS we present a strategy for quantitatively mapping glycoproteomes that scales to hundreds and thousands of samples, and report glycoproteomic changes in severe COVID-19.


Objective To summarize the experience of Lichtenstein's procedure in adult patients with inguinal hernia.Methods The clinical data of 42 patients with variant types of inguinal hernia receiving Lichtenstein's tension free repairs were analyzed retrospectively.Results The patients left hospital after 6.5 days(mean),all the cases in this group were follow-up(average 7 month),one patient recurred.The postoperative pain was mild.Scrotal swelling and urinary retention occurred in 6 cases and 10 cases respectively.No incisional infection or complication occurred.Conclusion Lichtenstein's tension free repair is applicable to variant type of adult patients with inguinal hernia with mild postoperative pain and lower recurrent rate.


The current interdisciplinary development of Nonverbal Communication Studies justifies the curricular implementation of a course which would realistically enrich the linguistic, literary, artistic and socio-cultural perspectives in the teaching of Modern or Classical Philology. Each of its branches studies the history of its language and its phonetic and morphological development and different speech areas, but without considering the possible changes and geographical distribution of its paralinguistic and (more traceable) kinesic repertoires, amply described or implicit in its literature or literatures. They also study the civilization, the culture and the arts covered by each language, yet without benefiting from its rich sources of nonverbal communication, especially (besides painting in Classic Philology) in the Baroque, Realistic and Naturalistic periods and contemporary Social Realism, with visual representations of postures, gestures and manners described in the literary texts of each period (confirmed particularly by graphic illustrators contemporaneous with their writers). But the literary realm in Modern Philology is also enriched by the photographic social realism of each culture. As an interdisciplinary specialist in Nonverbal Communication, the author offers (in due order and referring to the needed resources) all the topics for the proposed course, summarizing (with literary illustrations) its core areas and itemizing the ones that are also socio-culturally indispensable within linguistics and literature, namely: the exhaustive identification of nonverbal elements contained in a text; the deep levels of personal and environmental interaction, explicitly or implicitly shown in the different literary genres, particularly novel and theater; the structure of conversation shown in the latter two; the 'reading act' and the sensory and intellectual interaction with the printed book (vs. electronic devices); the semiotic-communicative itinerary of characters and their environment between writer (creator) and reader (re-creator) and their personal and cultural conditioning; the perception of the characters' nonverbal repertoires by native or (as linguistic- cultural translation) foreign readers; and the fruitful synchronic and diachronic approaches afforded by 'literary anthropology'.


Cystatin C is a potent cysteine proteinase inhibitor that binds to and regulates proteolytic activities of cysteine proteinases including cathepsins.1 Current evidence suggests a role for cystatin C in the pathogenesis of various amyloidoses, including AD. A mutation at position 68 of the cystatin C gene is associated with one of the familial cerebral angiopathies (HCHWA-I).2 Furthermore, immunohistochemical studies in brains of patients with AD and cerebral amyloid angiopathy have demonstrated colocalization of cystatin C and β-amyloid (Aβ) in parenchymal and vascular amyloid deposits.3 Recently, a polymorphic site in the promoter region and the coding region of the cystatin C gene ( CST3–1 ) was reported to confer a greater risk for carriers of the CST3–1 G/G genotype to develop AD.4,5⇓ To further investigate this proposed association, we determined CST3–1 genotypes in patients with AD and a corresponding control group of nondemented subjects of similar age and ethnic background. In addition, we analyzed the segregation of the Apolipoprotein E ( APOE ) allele and CST3–1 in the same cohort.

The cohort included 468 individuals from the Memory Clinics …


This thesis is devoted to silicon-based spintronic devices, and describes the investigation of the issues for the development of such devices, and provides solutions towards realization thereof. By combining ferromagnetic properties and semiconductor characteristics and using the spin of the electron, semiconductor-based spintronics opens up the possibility to realize novel electronic devices. One example is the silicon spin-MOSFET, a gate-controlled magneto-resistive device with a silicon channel and a ferromagnetic source and drain, in which the channel conductance can be modulated by the relative alignment of the source and drain magnetization. Silicon is most attractive as the material for the semiconductor channel not only because of its use in mainstream semiconductor technology, but also because Si is expected to have a long spin lifetime.


choices to intimate partners; Mills delves into this complexity with a capability that is admirable. She doesn't hesitate to not simplify (or neatly recategorize) the experiences of racial definition, nor to assert it as an ongoing, indeed constant, labor—a labor that is differentially assigned across racial terrains, and a labor not all of us choose to take up, nor take up in the same ways at each policing encounter. This book is valuable for classroom use in several ways. Most obviously, it is a contemporary substantive option for both undergraduate and graduate-level curricula dealing with how race is embodied, formed, and enacted at the micro level. As well, the detailed discussion Mills gives over the complexity of her methodology would be useful in any methods curriculum, showing the intellectual labor that actually goes into the creation of the boxes we must engage with on a myriad of forms, and thus what we, as social scientists, are reifying every time we treat race as a discrete, immoveable variable. In my opinion, these two points would make this book invaluable to any demography classroom, and certainly any history or anthropology classroom. Only by confronting our own place in the formation of race—often as mediators between state policy and individual identity—can sociologists move the needle on discussions both of race and racism. Mills has made the effort to expose the messiness as well as the continuing power of racial identity and racial identification, noting the ''push pull factors [of] . . . social forces'' (p. 43) from multiple encounters, sources, and labels that actually make our identities differentially salient, and in different ways, over both time and space, from microcontexts of interpersonal negotiation to macrocontexts of bureaucratic legal formations like the Census. Although told through individual narratives of being patrolled in many ways and at many levels (including from within the self), the ultimate power of patrolling still clearly resides in the authority of the state. For why else does the stranger, in particular, choose to patrol a multiracial identity? The Census, as laid out in the Constitution of the United States, sets in clearly legible terms what contemporaneous options are for racial identity, and yet race is a ''suspect class'' to be ferreted out in the policy and legal realms. Race and racial identity are clear and obscure simultaneously, always for certain, yet already questionable—the ''What are you?'' that the racially ambiguous, among others, learn to anticipate. Mills has a ready phrase, equally loaded, to return with— ''Why do you want to know?'' This ''so what?'' question is at the heart of this book, wherein Mills encourages the reader to ''create space for everyone's preferred identities to peacefully exist, without any particular group bearing the burden of proof'' (p. 249). Mills ends the book with the concept of ''thinking mixture,'' which is grounded in ''empathy and sympathy'' rather than in the power dynamics of the ''gotcha!'' border patrol mindset of racial identification (p. 249). However, having spent over two decades reading about solutions to the color line, I don't think power will be so easily set aside, although I do agree with Mills that a lack of sincere empathy is a key piece of the puzzle. Race and its attendant patrolled categories are so firmly embedded in relations of power, wherein empathy is utterly discouraged, that I remain unsure that racial border patrols will disappear or even diminish in their intensity. The language of eugenics is currently on the rise again, coming out of the illegible/unhearable dogwhistle and back onto national and international political stages, at the same time that national borders themselves are being re-questioned, erased, and reinscribed. Will the borders become as blurred as Mills asserts they need to be?


A research was conducted on the grinding process of ferrite magnet with Strontium ferrite type (SrO6 (Fe2O3)) using electroplated single layer grinding wheels. Many cracks have been found on workpieces during this work, which was identified coming from grinding processes. Research is conducted starting from chemical composition test and the effect of the shape and size of the abrasive grain of grinding wheels to the quality of grinding process results by measuring crack ratio of the workpiece. In this experiment, 3 (three) model design of grinding wheels with three different sizes and shapes of abrasive grains are made. All of the processing parameters are set at the same value as ordinary process. The experimental results show that the 3rd model has the best results from the output's number and also the lowest reject crack ratio compared to 1st and 2nd models. This is because the 3rd model has a blocky shape which its distribution structure is denser and more uniform compared to the irregular shape so that continuous grinding on hard and brittle workpieces is more stable and suitable.


LBA4005 Background: We previously reported that FULV + oxaliplatin (FLOX) significantly prolonged 3-year disease-free survival when compared to FULV (ASCO 2005; J Clin Oncol 2007) A secondary end point of this study was overall survival (S) at five years; the data are presented herein. Methods: Between February 2000 and November 2002, 2,409 eligible patients with follow-up (1209 FULV and 1200 FLOX) with stage II (28.9%) or III carcinoma of the colon were randomized to receive either FULV (5-FU, 500 mg/m2 iv bolus weekly×6; LV, 500 mg/m2 iv weekly×6, each 8 week cycle×3) or FLOX (same FULV regimen with oxaliplatin 85 mg/m2 iv administered on weeks 1, 3, and 5 of each 8 week cycle×3). A planned secondary end point of this study was overall survival 5 years after the completion of accrual. The hazard ratio estimate is from a Cox model stratified by positive nodes (0, 1–3, 4+). The p-value is from a log-rank test stratified by positive nodes. Results: The median follow-up for patients who were still alive was...


Self-localization is a vital ability for mobile robot's normal operations.The paper summarizes the vision-based localization approaches for autonomous mobile robots in RoboCup competition,including the self-localization and coordinated multi-robot object localization,and the performance of those localization methods is analyzed and compared.Firstly,the geometric localization approach based on road-mark is introduced,it is simple in theory and has been applied abroad;secondly,the probability-based localization based on Bayesian filter is presented,which can arrive better localization performance by combining multisensor data;then,the coordinated multi-robot object localization technology is studied;finally,the trend of research of the vision-based localization method is discussed.


Field trials were conducted in 2003 at Heuchelheim in the southwestern part and Worbzig in the eastern part of Germany. In the vegetation period yield and quality of four sugar beet varieties were assessed under reinfed conditions and in the irrigated plots. Drought caused the decrease both in yield and technical quality of beet roots, mainly due to the accumulation of melassogenic compounds: sodium, α-amino N, betaine and inverted sugar. The varieties responded in a similar way to changes in soil water content. There were no interactions between beet genotypes and irrigation in relation to yield or the analyzed constituents. Thus, no genotypic differences were found to exist in the response of sugar beet to water supply.


In the spherical Poisson Boolean model, one takes the union of random balls centred on the points of a Poisson process in Euclidean $d$-space with $d \geq 2$. We prove that whenever the radius distribution has a finite $d$-th moment, there exists a strictly positive value for the intensity such that the vacant region percolates.


Crystallinity, composition, homogeneity and anisotropy determine the mechanical properties of materials significantly, but the performance of most non-destructive techniques is too poor for measuring these micro structures as they are optimized for finding individual flaws/defects. X-ray (wide angle) Diffraction Topography by single beam scanning images molecular information at a spatial resolution of several ten micrometers even in three dimensions. Especially for the non-destructive characterization of composite materials, they provide additional capabilities by crystallographic contrast by the molecular/atomic probe. The different material phases of compounds and their molecular orientation can be imaged e.g. fibers or polymer chain orientation in composites: A sample is scanned or rotated, while only part of the scattering pattern is pointing at an X-ray detector area. Three different methods have been developed: i) planar X-ray Scanning Topography at one or more pre-selected scattering angles provides high contrast of different phases of components. ii) X-Ray Rotation Topography reveals the texture angle of composite fibers and chain polymers. iii) X-ray Diffraction Microscopy images the texture and phase distribution of transversal sections of the material. The principles of Wide Angle X-Ray Diffraction Topography are explained and examples of investigations will be presented. They combine the advantages of radiographic imaging and crystal structure information. The applied X-ray energies are much lower than in NDT radiography, which recommends preferably the application to light weight materials.


In this paper, we consider the problem of underdetermined blind source separation for anechoic speech recordings. Existing two-stage methods which first estimate mixing matrix and then separate sources are suitable only for instantaneous mixtures and do not cater for anechoic speech recordings. Other time-frequency (TF) methods based on binary masks are found to have limited performance. We here propose a new two-stage technique which includes frequency normalization to estimate mixing matrix followed by a source separation stage involving denormalization process to estimate frequency dependent mixing matrices. Experimental results are provided to demonstrate the advantage of the proposed method over other methods.


Objective: In the present research, a clear systematic investigation of phytochemical screening and antibacterial activity of herbal plants such as Azadirachta indica and Plectranthus amboinicus has been carried out. Methods: The aqueous and alcoholic extract was prepared in soxhlet apparatus and phytochemical analysis of extracts was performed and analysed. The in vitro antimicrobial activity was performed by cup plate method. These extracts were studied under agar diffusion method against three bacterial species such as Bacillussubtills, Staphylococcus aureus, and Escherichia coli at 5μg, 50 μg and 250 μg concentration. Results: The combine extract showed a predominant activity against these bacteria, which confirmed antimicrobial activity in AEAI and AEPA Conclusion: The results obtained in this study clearly indicate that AEAI and AEPA has a significant potential to use as an antimicrobial agent


The failure in propagating software changes properly during the maintenance process is one of the main causes of defects and poor software performance. It also increases the time consumed while searching for related changes manually. In addition, incomplete changes increase the cost of the maintenance process, by hiring highly paid senior developers, to give consultations for maintaining the software systems. In this paper, we present an approach called Change Propagation Path (CPP), which is a data mining method that aims at helping developers to predict software complementary changes and perform changes correctly. The CPP approach employs the frequent pattern analysis technique to be used on historical data stored within software repositories. We have designed a web-based tool called Wide Assisting and Leading (WALead) and conducted an experimental study as a proof of concept and to validate the proposed approach. The WALead tool was designed to support developers remotely and through any platform. The tool has been tested in terms of its effects on the maintenance process, and to prove the feasibility of the CPP approach.


Background: Some formal demographic models describe mortality improvement in terms of averted deaths. In such models individuals who would have died in an earlier regime are instead revived and returned to the population to face the same age-specific mortality risks as the rest of the population. A closely related literature has examined inequality in terms of the number of years of potential life that are lost to deaths. Objective: The paper combines several results from formal demography to illustrate the potential gains in life lived from a sequence of revivals, in which everyone is revived 0, 1, 2,. . . times. Contribution: Mathematical analysis yields two new results: A generalization of Vaupel and Canudas-Romo's e† index to second and higher-order revivals, and an analytical expression that relates gains from revivals to the covariance of remaining life expectancy and cumulative mortality.


The physical chemistry classes from three colleges have collaborated on two computational chemistry projects using Quantum CAChe 3.0 and Gaussian 94W running on Pentium II PCs. Online communication by email and the World Wide Web was an important part of the collaboration. In the first project, students used molecular modeling to predict benzene derivatives that might be possible hair dyes. They used PM3 and ZINDO calculations to predict the electronic spectra of the molecules and tested the predicted spectra by comparing some with experimental measurements. They also did literature searches for real hair dyes and possible health effects. In the final phase of the project they proposed a synthetic pathway for one compound. In the second project the students were asked to predict which isomer of a small carbon cluster (C3, C4, or C5) was responsible for a series of IR lines observed in the spectrum of a carbon star. After preliminary PM3 calculations, they used ab initio calculations at the HF/6-31G(d) and MP2/6-31G(d) level to model the molecules and predict their vibrational frequencies and rotational constants. A comparison of the predictions with the experimental spectra suggested that the linear isomer of the C5 molecule was responsible for the lines.


Hospitality firms are susceptible to data breaches due to the high volume of information they keep on customers and employees. In this paper, we first present an analysis of the stock market's reaction to data breaches at hospitality firms, and we compare these breaches to a matchedfirm sample of retail firm breaches. Abnormal stock market returns indicate that hotel and restaurant firm stock prices went down by approximately 1.24% from data breach announcements. We find that the type of breach or number of times a firm has been breached does not alter the impact of a breach on firm returns. Additionally, we find that data breaches cause a greater loss of value for hotel firms than for restaurants. Finally, we find no support for the idea that hospitality firms exhibit larger negative effects compared to retail firms on a matched-pair analysis.


There is growing in interest in the modeling and simulation of the dynamic behavior of advanced vehicles, including maglev-type systems. This paper demonstrates the application of DADS, a program especially suited for the analysis of multibody mechanical systems, to the dynamic modeling and simulation of a maglev system. A brief description is made of the modeling requirements of magnetically levitated systems along with a summary of some of the related capabilities of DADS. As a case study, an analysis of a vehicle based on the UTM01 system is presented. This paper shows that the presented modeling technique is applicable to the dynamic characteristics evaluation and control-law design of maglev-type vehicles.


Turkey's independence from its international isolation towards the Middle East in particular "and the arrival of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey in 2002 in a spirit of philosophy and ideology based on a strategic construction by the Turkish foreign policy landscape, Ahmed Daoudoglu (in his strategic depth theory) Major changes, notably the US intervention in Iraq and occupation in 2003, and the change of the political system in it, as well as "the growing movements of rejection and protest within some countries of the Middle East, led to change political systems, and systems in the way to all this led to the adoption of the Turkish decision-maker role "Pivotal" in AG Out. This role has been motivated by various motives, including the protection of Turkey's national security and the preservation of the borders and borders of Turkey, as well as the existence of areas within these regions after they have been removed from the authority of the central states. For the purpose of performing political, security and economic roles, In decision-making and solutions. Turkey included some of the effects of this great conflict in the Middle East, which was reflected in waves of immigration, direct terrorist acts, the growing role of the PKK and the exploitation of the power vacuum in the areas bordering Turkey, to play destabilizing security roles for Turkey and embarrassing the countries on its territory. Including Iraq. The Turkish vision for the Middle East The neighboring countries went to the countries of the Far East, the Gulf states, Egypt, Palestine and Israel to play political, economic, security and military and cultural roles with them to achieve multiple gains. Turkey after 2014 is different from Turkey before this date, because of the expansion of terrorist groups and the formation of the Islamic Caliphate State in Iraq and the Levant, and adjacent to its borders, and this in itself was a concern "about this illegitimate entity, which made it appear" face " The Turkish researcher believes that it is a great regional power capable of managing the crises in the region, even if it requires a military intervention in the region. And that there is success for some of these roles and failures in others, and The question remains whether Turkey, with its political flexibility in managing the conflict, can achieve its vision of the Middle East. The importance of the research stems from the necessity of identifying the Turkish narratives towards the Middle East, as Turkey is a regional role in accordance with the regional balance, being a regional player and rival to other regional players. We also seek to determine the direction of the Turkish policy towards Iraq, Syria, Egypt, the Gulf states, Israel, and especially after 2014, being the dividing line after the growing role of terrorist groups in controlling the Middle East geography, In addition to the great political transformations in the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Turkish positions on these attempts. The research attempts to shed light on the objectives of foreign policy towards the Middle East, as well as toward Syria, Iraq and the Gulf states in both countries, as well as "Egypt, Israel and Palestine." The research problem stems from Turkey's ability to shape its political influence and its continuity in the Middle East region in general "And especially that its influence was subjected to large blows because of the official and popular rejection of political Islam, and on the grounds that Turkey is one of the wings of this trend and trying to problematic search answer the following questions: 1- what does Turkey want from Syria?. 2- What does Turkey want from Iraq? 3-what does Turkey want from the Arab gulf states?. 4-what does Turkey want from Egypt?. What does Turkey want from Palestine and want from Israel? The hypothesis of the research is that Turkey has a political vision that enabled it to play a role in the Middle East as a regional force that influences and is influenced by events. It seeks to ensure the continuation of its political, economic, security and cultural interests.
Therefore, Turkey sought to change its policy after 2002 through its new approach to international relations proposed by Prof. Ahmed Dawood Ogluwa prior to his acquisition of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Strategic Depth Theory), taking advantage of its geographical location, linking three continents and offering objectives of its foreign policy to various countries of the world, The Middle East was divided between political, economic, military and security goals and finally cultural goals. In the light of its implementation of its strategic plans and declared goals, it achieved economic growth within the G20 and made it an important regional power in the Middle East. After 2014, it succeeded in showing a new personality with rough tools to intervene to protect its various interests in neighboring countries that underwent political transformations and expansion of terrorist forces and organizations, Kurdish separatist parties or groups try as much as possible to gain national gains and rights. The research concluded the following conclusions: 1 that Turkey can defend its interests if exposed to any threat and take away the status of soft means in dealing with rough means and this is what happened in the intervention in northern Iraq and western Syria to undermine Kurdish separatist projects in both countries. 2 Turkey has the full flexibility to change its policy and invest opportunities instead of pursuing a policy of reaction. 3 Turkey wants democratic systems that surround it so that it can dialogue with it. 4 that a democratic Turkey can communicate with all the countries of the world and is not afraid of those at home or stalkers, especially after they emerged from the failed coup attempt in 2016 more strongly. 5 that Turkey is penetrating the Middle East region, especially in the Arab region because it needs the most important energy resources, especially oil and natural gas, not to mention the Arab markets. 6. Turkey is capable of undertaking large-scale political projects in the future that lead to finding solutions to the problems of the Middle East, especially the areas of conflict or conflict. It presents itself either as a political mediator between the conflicting parties or as an ally of one party at the expense of the other. Hence, Turkey will have an active role in the future in the various Middle East interactions. It is not a weak player when compared to other players, both regional and international.


Introduction Clozapine is commonly associated with hematological side effects. However, little research is available on the impact of adding other psychotropic medication on inducing blood dyscrasias. Objectives The aim of the study was to explore the impact of associating psychotropic medication to clozapine in producing hematological abnormalities. Methods Our study was a longitudinal, retrospective chart review of adult psychiatric patients receiving clozapine treatment at our clozapine consultation between January 2000 and September 2020. Results Our sample consisted of 15 women (23.5%) and 49 men (76.5%), mean age was 41.34 ±9.32 years. Polypharmacy was found in 70.3% of the cases. Association of clozapine to other psychotropic agents was found in 67.2% of the cases. Most prescribed add-on medication was valproic acid in 27 cases, benzodiazepines in 21 cases, promethazine and hydroxyzine in 16 cases, lithium in 8 cases and haloperidol in 6 cases. We found blood dyscrasias in 21 patients (32.8%). Hematological abnormalities were as follow: 2 cases of agranulocytosis, 8 cases of neutropenia, 13 cases of thrombocytopenia, 5 cases of leukocytosis, 5 cases of eosinophilia and 3 cases of anemia. In our sample we did not find a significant association between psychotropic polypharmacy and blood dyscrasias. Conclusions Many psychiatric patients on clozapine require polypharmacy to better stabilize their condition. Such co prescriptions may carry the risk of inducing more side effects especially blood dyscrasias. In our study, we did not find a significant association between psychotropic medication added to clozapine and hematological abnormalities. But further research is warranted to better explore this association. Disclosure No significant relationships.


Uniqueness theorems are proved for some multiple function series. A particular consequence of these theorems is the solution of a uniqueness problem for multiple trigonometric series. One result is the following proposition: any countable set is a set of uniqueness (for Pringsheim convergence) of d-fold trigonometric series (d ≥ 2).


In the social and professional structure of people who work in the field of mental labor, those who are employed in the engineering professions occupy a key place. However, young people's attitudes toward these professions were definitely adversely affected by negative factors in the 1990s. In the context of the decline in the volume of industrial production and the profitability of many enterprises, massive tendencies emerged reflecting a decline in the demand for engineering, a decline in the relative level of pay, and declining prestige enjoyed by engineering and technical personnel. This can be seen, in particular, from the findings of a sociological survey of engineering and technical personnel in Naberezhnye Chelny in 2000, a survey that was carried out with the participation of the present authors [3; 4]. Out of 260 respondents, more than 60 percent expressed dissatisfaction with the role of the engineer in today's industry and with the fact that the cre-


In situ synthesis of manganese dioxide was carried out under ambient conditions on porous cellulose fibers as support. MnO2/cellulose composites with different MnO2 loadings were obtained by tuning the concentration of aqueous KMnO4. Physical and chemical properties of the MnO2/cellulose composites were characterized by SEM, TEM, and XRD. When the concentration of aqueous KMnO4 falls in the range of 6.33–12.6 mM, the obtained MnO2 shows a nanosheet morphology and is uniformly coated on the cellulose fiber. The catalytic activities of MnO2/cellulose composites were investigated for the oxidative decomposition of HCHO. The nanostructured MnO2/cellulose composites show excellent catalytic performance for the oxidative decomposition of HCHO. Among them, 8.86 wt % MnO2/cellulose has the highest catalytic activity. The HCHO conversion per milligram of MnO2 of 8.86 wt % MnO2/cellulose is about 9–17 times as high as that of birnessite MnO2 powder prepared by a hydrothermal method. The catalytic activity was found...


In order to undertake stock assessment analyses for the different west coast rock lobster stocks, which provide the Operating Models (OMs) used for Operational Management Procedure (OMP) testing, estimates of past annual catches are required. This means that scenarios regarding the levels of poaching in each of the five super-areas into which the resource is divided need to be developed, where these scenarios must span the plausible range of what these levels might have been. Similarly, when projecting the resource into the future during the simulation testing of candidate OMPs for the resource, a range of scenarios need to be developed to cover the likely range of future levels of poaching, as for acceptability any candidate OMP must evidence robust performance across this range. This is achieved, in part, through "feedback control": the OMP adjusts catches in response to trends in indices of abundance provided by monitoring data such as CPUE.


THIS THESIS WAS AIMED at presenting a complete picture of developments in money and banking in Argentina from the colonial times to the present day. The factual information was mostly obtained from original sources, in Buenos Aires. During the Colonial Period (1500-1810), barter prevailed, the Spanish peso serving merely as standard of value. The nineteenth century was characterized by huge note issues, undertaken both by the government and by private institutions. Except for brief intervals, these issues were irredeemable. Gold sold at fat premiums. The gold coin standard began to function in 1903 in harmony with legislation passed in 1881 and 1899. Specie payments were suspended in 1914, resumed in 1927, and suspended permanently in 1929. All note issues made between 1893 and 1930 were wholly backed by gold held by the Conversion Bureau, the government issuing agency. The first fiduciary issues of the twentieth century were made against documents rediscounted with the Conversion Bureau (1931) and against government debt (1932). The Central Bank was established in 1935 and made depository of part of the commercial bank reserves and sole issues of currency. The government, the banks, agriculture, commerce and industry had representation in its Board of Directors. In 1946 the government became the sole owner of the institution. A fantastic expansion of credit and a substantial decline in gold and foreign exchange reserves then took place. Consequently, the bank was exempted from its obligation of maintaining any metallic reserves against its noteand deposit-liabilities. Exchange control was instituted in 1931. Under this system, the peso has undergone alternate periods of appreciation and depreciation. Since 1946, the tendency has been toward depreciation. In August, 1950, the official buying rate valued the peso at U$S 0.20.


Convex functions of Legendre type are constructed on arbitrary open convex sets in Banach spaces that satisfy appropriate rotundity and smoothness conditions. A simple direct proof of universal barriers on arbitrary open convex sets or their closures in $\R^n$ is given.


ABSTRACT Using panel data from mainland China, this study incorporates uncertainty, information seeking, and social support into the goal disruption theoretical model to examine the indirect influence of goal disruption on psychological disequilibrium through uncertainty and the moderating roles of information seeking and social support in this relationship. The results demonstrate that goal disruption causes uncertainty and then leads to psychological disequilibrium. Information seeking can reduce uncertainty and social support can attenuate psychological disequilibrium as well. Limitations and further directions are discussed.


unspoken assumption is that I am the other and they are the norm. I am the one who has the freedom to talk about my alien status and experience, and they ride along as quiet, passive observers without exposing their own alien status and experience. Thus we plan big events and facilitate important lectures and conversations, but we don't have the necessary infrastructure or interaction to ensure that the ideas and conversations generated at those events can be transformed into institutional and curricular change. Needless to say, much work remains to be done between and among feminist and womanist scholars. Our experiences and cultural differences are distinct and deserve analysis according to the norms and protocols that come from our own communities and the particular voices of women we claim to represent. No single method applies to this diffi cult task, but there is a variety of sources and worldviews that can help us move in tandem beyond the impasse. And so, I commend the goals of Scholz and Mbuwayesango to "start a conversation among a wide range of biblical scholars who are committed to feminist, womanist, and mujerista biblical studies" (102), and I appreciate the opportunity to respond to their timely challenge.


System of integro-differential equations to describe the processes occurring in the drying columns with spray is suggested. Differential equations, composed of the functions of distribution of substances in size and the longitudinal coordinate system, described as a process of drying the droplets, and coalescence. The properties of the model are obtained by computer simulation.


The identification of adulteration practices of medicinal plants used as herbal medicine is very important to ensure the quality, safety, and efficacy. In this study, thin layer chromatography (TLC) and proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H-NMR)-based metabolite fingerprinting coupled with multivariate analysis were used for authentication of Curcuma xanthorrhiza extract from Curcuma aeruginosa. Curcumin contents obtained from C. xanthorrhiza extract from various regions were in the range of 0.74%–1.23%. Meanwhile, curcumin contents obtained from C. xanthorrhiza extract adulterated with 0%, 10%, 25%, 40%, 50%, and 75% of C. aeruginosa were 1.02%, 0.96%, 0.86%, 0.69%, 0.43%, and 0.27%, respectively. The decreasing of curcumin contents in adulterant concentrations of 40% and more in C. xanthorrhiza rhizome could indicate the adulteration with other rhizomes. Multivariate analysis of PCA (principal component analysis) using data set obtained from 1H-NMR spectra clearly discriminated pure and adulterated C. xanthorrhiza with C. aeruginosa. OPLS-DA (orthogonal projections to latent structures-discriminant analysis) successfully classified pure and adulterated C. xanthorrhiza with higher R2X (0.965), R2Y (0.958), and Q2(cum) (0.93). It can be concluded that 1H-NMR-based metabolite fingerprinting coupled with PCA and OPLS-DA offers an adequate method to assess adulteration practice and to evaluate the authentication of C. xanthorrhiza extracts.


Abstract At the Kyoto University Critical Assembly, a series of reactor physics experiments on the accelerator-driven system (ADS) coupled with the fixed-field alternating gradient (FFAG) accelerator are carried out, and the spallation neutrons generated by 100-MeV protons from the FFAG accelerator are successfully injected into the cores. In the ADS experiments, the neutron characteristics of the solid target are investigated through static and kinetic analyses, when the external neutron source of the neutron spectrum (the W, W-Be, or Pb-Bi target) is varied. The results demonstrate that the neutron yield is large with the W target, but a discrepancy is observed between the experiments and the calculations, because the experimental uncertainty of proton monitoring is attributable to defocusing of proton beams. With the use of reaction rate distribution in the core region, the static parameters are estimated fairly well in the analyses of the neutron multiplication and subcritical multiplication factor. In the kinetic experiments, the variation of the solid target used is clearly evident in the prompt neutron decay constant and the subcriticality.


The invention assembly method for assembling as, more particularly, to a lens barrel and the lens barrel of the lens assembly of the camera module lens holder according to the digital camera module includes an image sensor that is essentially applied to the storage and transmission of digital images to the housing relate to. And the camera module of the present invention is assembled, one or more lenses, the upper surface is attached a granulating of the plate-shaped plate, and recognizes the image of the housing, the subject is female screw hole formed to be entered into a cylindrical lens barrel and the lens barrel male screw is formed on the outer and an image sensor for conversion into an electrical image signal, the image sensor is mounted, and is configured to include a substrate which is a combination electric circuit. Here, the plate may be a magnetic substance or metal piece. How to assemble such a camera module for aligning the lens assembly of the lens or lens group and a step of fixing a plurality of the column with a granulating plate attached to a jig for assembling the magnet is provided, the barrel secured to the jig is conducted in the step, steps of mounting the lens barrel to the handler assembly to the housing of the camera module of the magnet is attached to the lens barrel or a lens group is assembled in the mounting assembly for the handler. This the present invention, it is preferably that the lens or the mutual assembly of the lens unit in the lens assembly of the camera module that is miniaturized and the assembly of the lens to the correct position during assembly of the lens or lens assembly to eliminate the error effects. In addition, the mounting of the column easily and improve the assembling property, it is effective to improve the mass productivity of the column. Digital camera module, barrel, barrel, magnetic


This article models interjurisdictional competition over nonlinear taxes on the incomes of mobile individuals. Each individual has exogenous wealth and a location preference that is drawn from a continuous distribution. We find that more concave utility of consumption functions lead to more progressive tax structures, as richer people place less value on marginal consumption relative to location. In the benchmark model, a relative risk aversion coefficient of one is the boundary between progressivity and regressivity. The exercise helps us to understand which types of jurisdictions are more likely to have progressive taxes as their optimal policies.


Cystic fibrosis is a serious genetic disease accompanied by chronic res-piratory infections and damage to other organs. Bacteria of the Pseudomonas and Staphylococcus genera are mainly their etiological factor. When methicillin-resistant staphylococci are isolated, the reserve drug for such patients is vancomycin. Pseudomonadaceae are naturally resistant to vancomycin because their outer membrane is a barrier to large glycopeptide molecules. However, under certain conditions, the possibility of acquiring vancomycin resistance genes is not excluded. for vancomycin resistance genes in Pseudomonadaceae isolated from patients with cystic fibrosis. Five of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with multiple resistance the sputum of patients with cystic fibrosis the


Abstract : Nitrogen inerting protection for the fuel systems in commercial aircraft has been proposed to reduce fire and explosion hazards associated with refueling, electrical and mechanical failures, engine failures, in-flight fires, lightning strikes, and survivable crashes. A liquid nitrogen fuel tank inerting system was developed and installed on an FAA DC-9-15 aircraft. Instrumentation equipment and measurement techniques for evaluating the installed fuel tank inerting system performance were developed. A flight test program was conducted to demonstrate compliance of the DC-9 inerting system with applicable airworthiness standards, to evaluate oxygen concentration measurement techniques, and to verify that the installed inerting system maintained an explosion safe mixture in the fuel tanks over the entire flight envelope.


Unknown input estimation problems were investigated in the framework of deconvolution. A class of linear continuous time-varying H_∞ deconvolution filter was proposed. The deconvolution filter is made up of an output observer and a linear mapping, where the latter reflects the internal connection between the unknown input signals and the output estimate error. Based on the bounded real lemma, a time domain design approach and a sufficient condition for the existence of deconvolution filter were presented. The parameterization of the deconvolution filter could be completed by solving a Riccati equation. The steady-state solution of the H_∞ deconvolution was also given. At last, the effectiveness of the proposed approach was illustrated through a numerical example.


Genres tend to be studied from analytical and professional perspectives. However, the study of genres can also be used for pedagogical aims in language teaching (Bhatia, 2002). Writing for academic and professional purposes as well as for scholarly publication is often challenging. Some novice writers may find difficulties when they work on new genres and fail to recognize the communicative purpose, organization of the texts and linguistic rules. This paper focuses on a self-developed model of analysis of multi-genre structures (AMS) which aims at determining the common features within a corpus of documents of the same nature. The objective of this AMS model is to help researchers determine the form of any genre related to the users' personal or professional fields; this involves the study of macroand micro-structures. This paper begins with a general review of genre analysis theories and connects with the use of suitable corpus linguistics software. Then, our model of genre analysis to carry out is introduced. At last, results on previous analyses are presented with the aim of explaining how to apply the AMS model and discuss their use.


Populations of fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith), were characterized genetically using electrophoretic methods to determine patterns of interbreeding, and to identify potential sources from which migrants enter the southeastern United States each year. Specimens were collected from nine locations in Mexico, the southeastern United States, and the Caribbean and were examined at 12 polymorphic loci over 1 year and, for some sites, 2 years. Significant heterogeneity among populations was found at five loci, particularly esterase-3 and hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase, and population structuring was high relative to other Lepidoptera. Genetic differences were largely due to a highly divergent Puerto Rican population collected from rice (all other collections were from corn). If this differentiation results from a lack of interbreeding between Puerto Rico and the mainland and is not due to the presence of host races, then the source of immigrant fall armyworm for the eastern United States is not the Puerto Rican area but more likely overwintering populations from southern Florida, Texas, or Mexico.


We investigated the surface quality and electron transport properties of 200 A GaAs/InxGa1−xAs/GaAs, 0.1⩽x⩽0.25, quantum well structures grown by molecular-beam epitaxy on GaAs (001) and (111)B, center delta-doped with Si to 1×1013 cm−2. For GaAs barriers grown above 600 °C, room temperature atomic force microscopy of the (111)B samples showed a surface micro roughness below 2 A for x⩽0.15 but reaching 60 A for x=0.25. In addition, analysis of Shubnikov–de Haas and Hall effects at 4.2 K showed a strong deterioration of the electrical properties. In contrast, the (001) structures had surface micro roughness below 2 A and superior transport properties even at x=0.25. At lower growth temperatures the surface morphology roughened, but without a commensurate deterioration of the electrical properties. For the (001) layers self-consistent Poisson–Schrodinger calculations give quantum well subband densities in good agreement with those measured, assuming full incorporation of Si substitutional donors. However, a...


Histopathological examination is the gold standard for detection of gallstone (GS) or gallbladder carcinoma (CAGB). Bile concentrated in the gallbladder (GB) is expected to recapitulate metagenomics and molecular changes associated with development of CAGB.


In A Quality of Giftedness, Professor Joan Freeman reflects upon her long career working as a psychologist in England with gifted children. She gives particular attention to observations gained during the most recent analysis of her longitudinal study that was published in 2010 as Gifted Lives. This work provides an in-depth look at 20 of the original 210 children who participated in a matched experimental study which Freeman began in 1974 and studied at intervals with two analyses published in 1980 and 2001 to conducts the longitudinal study,


Food expenditure and nutritional quality over the Great Recession. Published by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) and written by Rachel Griffith, Martin O'Connell and Kate Smith (2013). In this briefing note, the IFS document how the food purchases of households in the UK have changed over this period of recession and food price rises. They followed the same households over time, which allowed them to control for fixed differences in households' food purchasing behaviour. They show that, on average, real food expenditure (i.e. nominal expenditure on food divided by the food component of the consumer price index) declined and that households bought fewer calories and have switched to cheaper calories. This has coincided with a switch towards more calorie-dense types of food and substitution to more calorific food products within food types.


Endocardial pacing may be beneficial in patients who fail to improve following conventional epicardial cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). The potential to pace anywhere inside the left ventricle thus avoiding myocardial scar and targeting the latest activating segments may be particularly important. The WiSE‐CRT system (EBR systems, Sunnyvale, CA) reliably produces wireless, endocardial left ventricular (LV) pacing. The purpose of this analysis was to determine whether this system improved symptoms or led to LV remodeling in patients who were nonresponders to conventional CRT.


The development of a sorbent for the oil spill treatment based on polyurethane foam and chitosan. Chitosan is a polysaccharide – an insoluble fiber type – derive from chitin which is found in the shells of some marine life such as shrimp, lobster and crab. It is also found in some types of edible fungi and insects. Carry out a research into the technology of polyurethane foam filling with chitosan in the amount of 20% and 50% by mass. Elastic and semi-elastic polyurethane foam was used as a polymer matrix of the sorbent. Sorbents with 20% chitosan by mass have the best oil absorbent capacity. Absorbent capacity of the sorbent based on elastic polyurethane foam, full filled with chitosan, soluble in acid, is ∼ 12, 65 g / g, and the semi-elastic sorbent, full filled with chitosan, soluble in acid, is ∼ 6.12 g / g. Regardless of the polymer matrix type, the sorbent has a high buoyancy (does not sink in the carbonated state), and the full saturation of the sorbent with oil occurs almost for the first 15 to 20 minutes


The calibrated strain on the back face (the face opposite that from which the slot is machined) of compact tension (CT) and T-type wedge-opening-loading (WOL) specimens provides a method for measuring crack length when the load is known or for measuring load when the crack length is known. The method is simple, reliable, sensitive, and inexpensive. A good correlation was achieved between strain measurements on a CT specimen and values computed from a two-dimensional finite element analysis. The method has good potential for developing into a more sensitive crack length measurement technique than has previously been achieved. Calibration tables and graphs are reproduced that describe the relationship between crack length, back-face strain, and load for CT and T-type WOL specimens of any size and thickness and for any linear elastic material. The method has several advantages over the closely related crack opening displacement (COD) technique for some test situations and these are described. In particular, the back-face strain increases linearly with crack length for constant stress intensity conditions except for very deep cracks in CT specimens. The overall characteristics render the technique ideal for incorporation into computerized/automated crack growth testing. For constant back-face strain, the stress intensity was shown to decrease with increase in crack length for both CT and T-type WOL specimens. This decrease is more pronounced than for corresponding constant COD testing and this provides a good technique for obtaining threshold fatigue or stress corrosion conditions.


The land grading of trade estate in Lanjiang town of Anju district in Suining City was selected as an example and a few key problems in the land grading of town was discussed technically.On the basis of ArcGIS spatial analysis module,the whole grading process was carried out in the environment of raster data.


These are lecture notes for an advanced undergraduate (and beginning graduate) course in Coding Theory in the Computer Science Department at Bar-Ilan University. These notes contain the technical material covered but do not include much of the motivation and discussion that is given in the lectures. It is therefore not intended for self study, and is not a replacement for what we cover in class. This is a first draft of the notes and they may therefore contain errors. These lecture notes are based on notes taken by Alon Levy in 2008. We thank Alon for his work.


In this report some numerical results are presented for a special class of global optimization methods applied to molecular conformation problems. Following the results of a previously published method, in this report the authors show how some modifications to the basic structure of those algorithms enables us to obtain the optimal configuration for all clusters of Lennard-Jones atoms up to 80 atoms. 1 Problem definition The problem we are facing is that of determining the configuration of minimum potential energy of a cluster of identical atoms with no charge in threedimensional space. In this model all atoms are considered to be equal and only pairwise interaction is included in the definition of the potential energy. Let N ≥ 2 be an integer representing the total number of atoms. The Lennard-Jones (in short L-J) pairwise potential energy function is defined as follows: if the distance between the centers of a pair of atoms is r, then their contribution to the total energy is defined to be v(r) = 1 r12 − 2 r6 (1) and the L-J potential energy E of the cluster is defined as E(X) = E(X1, . . . , XN) = ∑ i<j v (‖Xi − Xj‖) (2) ∗Dip. di Informatica Universitá di Torino †Dip. di Sistemi e Informatica Universitá degli Studi di Firenze


This paper studies the potential of improved voltage gain CMOS Operational Transconductance Amplifiers (OTAs) implemented with Graded-Channel (GC) SOI nMOSFETs for applications in the gigahertz range at room temperature using 0.5 μ.m long transistors. Two different design targets were taken in account, regarding similar transconductance over drain current ratio, power dissipation and die area. Comparisons with OTAs made with conventional SOI nMOSFETs are performed showing that the GC OTAs present larger open-loop voltage gain without degrading unit voltage gain frequency and phase margin. SPICE simulations are used to demonstrate the analysis.


Abstract Introduction. Unethical consumer practices in the hotel industry pose a global problem. They are encountered in countries and regions with a rapidly developing tourism sector and a growing number of tourists. Demanding or even impolite customers pose a challenge for hotel employees. These problems are also encountered in Poland. Materials and Methods. In the presented case study, a mixed method model combining qualitative and quantitative analyses was applied to investigate unethical tourist practices in Polish hotels. Five four-star hotels belonging to the same capital group in north-eastern Poland were analyzed. Results. The study demonstrated that hotel staff members, in particular frontline employees, are confronted with unethical customer behaviors. Five types of unethical practices that are most often encountered by hotel employees, in particular young staff members, have been identified. Conclusions. The ability to deal with difficult customers is one of the most highly valued skills in frontline employees. Hotel employees should have an opportunity to participate in regular training programs on hospitality ethics and strategies for coping with difficult situations. These skills will play a pivotal role after the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic when hotels will be struggling to bring back clients. However, excessive leniency towards guests in difficult times could have adverse consequences when businesses resume normal operations.


It used to be believed that Boccaccio brazenly celebrated carnal love in his early works but in middle life underwent a 'conversion.' In Boccaccio's Two Venuses Robert Hollander reminds us that the conversion is a pseudo-fact: Boccaccio momentarily thought he might give up secular literature and even 'give away his library' (p. 123)—I think he should have said 'sell' it, judging from Petrarch's famous letter, Seniles 1, 5—but evidently on Petrarch's urging decided to continue his life in literature. The only changes were in his choice of language (he wrote thereafter in Latin) and in his tone, 'the main feature of which is the relative absence both of irony and gaiety, replaced by a heavier voice' (p. 122). Boccaccio spent some of his last years, long after these changes had occurred, preparing a corrected version of the Decameron; but Hollander sets the Decameron to one side, observing that it is 'possibly the most enigmatic text in continental medieval fiction' (p. 6). This leaves one problem: those early works do seem to reveal a pagan sensuality even on the author's own part, the sort of thing that really would call for a conversion. Hollander's solution is that the 'opere minori in volgare' (Caccia di Diana, Filostrato, Filocolo, Teseida, Comedia delle ninfe fiorentine, Amorosa visione, Elegia di madonna Fiammetta, Ninfalefiesolano, and Corbaccio) were intended to 'make an ironic attack upon the religion of love, an attack which is at times interspersed with praise of marital love' (p. 3); the T in them is a fictive narrator and does not represent the author. The two Venuses of the title are those of lascivious and of licit (i.e. marital) love, a medieval topos mentioned more than once by Boccaccio himself. Although Hollander teaches at Princeton and dedicates his book to D. W. Robertson, Jr., he does more than find in the works an attack on cupidity and pluck from them a Robertsonian 'fruyt' about the doctrine of charity. He finds specific ethical convictions: 'a carnal love that is blessed —in matrimony; . . . a use of pagan matter in conjunction with Christianity; . . . a poetry that conforms to a Christian vision of humanity.' These lie between two poles: 'championing of sexual freedom and sexual abstinence; celebration of the pagan and rejection of the pagan; total


(54) ALBUMIN SOLUTION AND PROCESS FOR (57) ABSTRACT THE PRODUCTION THEREOF The invention relates to a therapeutically usable virus inactivated albumin, and to a process for the preparation of (76) Inventors: Werner Gehringer, Wien (AT): a therapeutically usable virus-inactivated albumin, charac Katharina Pock, Streifing (AT); terized by the combination of the following steps: Jirgen Römisch, Gramatneusiedl (AT); Tor-Einar Svae, Mödling (AT); (a) subjecting a first aqueous albumin Solution to a treatment Christoph Kannicht, Berlin (DE) for virus inactivation by the SD method by contacting it with SD reagents at a temperature of below 45° C.;


Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. doi:10.2136/sssaj2013.04.0141 Received 13 Apr. 2013. *Corresponding author (firstname.lastname@example.com). © Soil Science Society of America, 5585 Guilford Rd., Madison WI 53711 USA All rights reserved. No part of this periodical may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Permission for printing and for reprinting the material contained herein has been obtained by the publisher. Changes in Relative Gas Diffusivity Explain Soil Nitrous Oxide Flux Dynamics Soil Physics


.-Ichthyoplankton were sampled weekly in Auke Bay, south eastern Alaska, from March or early April through June, 1986-89. The tlpring primary production bloom oc curred in April, and was followed in May by the annual maximum in herbivorous copepods. Each year. the five most-abundant fish larvae were osmerids, Pacific sandlance Ammodytes hexapterus, walleye pollock Theragra chalcogramma, flathead sole Hippoglossoides elasso don, and rock sole Pleuronectes bilineatus. Each species tended to occur at the same time every year, and could be categorized either as synchronous species that were present at the time copepod abun~ dance was maximized, or early spe cies that were most abundant be fore the spring phytoplankton bloom. Pacific sandlance and rock sole lar vae always reached maximum abun dance prior to the spring bloom, whereas larvae of walleye pollock, flathead sole, and osmerids were most abundant at the time of the copepod maximum. Physical and bi otic conditions experienced by early and synchronous larvae differ mark edly, suggesting that survival through early life history is deter mined by different processes in the two groups.


AIM To determine the effect of the hepatic CYP2E1 activity following administration of Radix et Rhizoma Rhei by probe drug in rats.METHODS The rats were randomly divided into two groups.One group of rats were given orally Radix et Rhizoma Rhei once daily for seven days.The other group of rats were given orally normal saline once daily as the blank control group.Chlorzoxazone as the probe drug was administrated by vena caudalis.Concentrations of probe drug were determined by HPLC.CYP2E1 activity was evaluated by comparing the pharmacokinetics of chlorzoxazone in rats.RESULTS The chlorzoxazone metabolism corresponded to two-compartment model.The parameters after received Radix et Rhizoma Rhei were t12β(1.18±0.28) h, AUC(20.09±12.11)mg·h·L-1,V(c)(0.30±0.21) L and CL(s)(0.94±0.59) L·h-1.The parameters of control group were t12β(1.49±0.14) h,AUC(38.87±8.35)mg·h·L-1,V(c)(0.21±0.06) L,CL(s)(0.12±0.02) L·h-1.CONCLUSION It suggests that Radix et Rhizoma Rhei tended to be the induction of the CYP2E1.


This chapter describes the selection of both the optimal cutting parameters for turning operations and the main cutting parameters that affect the cutting performance in turning operations. Experimental results have been provided to confirm the effectiveness of this approach. In this investigation tool crater wear and surface roughness have been taken as the output variables during the turning process. The impact of the three factors on tool crater wear has been evaluated using S/N ratio and ANOVA technique. The predictive models for both surface roughness and crater wear were developed using ANN to select the suitable cutting parameters for machining process.


Abstract From generation to generation, the theatre teacher stands in front of a new experience and that is why, each time, they have to approach the group of students by a different manner, trying to find common points, the binder that unites the team, to determine it to function flawlessly, united. Taking into account that each student comes with different life experiences, a different personality from the other actors, different visions and expectations, the teacher has the difficult task, in the first stage, to build a team, to make the students aware that everyone should "bring their contribution" on the construction of the show (or exam), to help, to listen, to be present and involved. The stage is not a personal fight, but a battle of ideas, which helps us to evolve, grow professionally and this is why the theatre performance cannot be made in a hostile, conflicting environment. This is how, precisely because of this need to unite a divided group made up of extremely talented students, but with totally different and powerful personalities, the acting teacher suggests as a study theme for the first semester ancient theatre, forcing the team to be together throughout the rehearsals and the show-examination on the stage, giving the choir's soul and voice, to listen, to take over and to put, each of them, a brick in the construction of the main character, which, through the directorial vision, belonged to all and not to a single performer. This is how a merged, united team and a festival performance were built: Medea.


(1) Department of Geophysics and Space Science, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary (email@example.com / Phone: 0036-1-3812192), (2) Department of Archeology and History of Ancient Times, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, (3) PhD School of Historical Sciences, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary, (4) Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Research Group of Geology, Geophysics and Space Science, Budapest, Hungary, (5) Museum of History and Arts, Zalau, Romania


1052 Background: The addition of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (VEGFR-TKIs) to chemotherapy and/or hormonal therapy for advanced breast cancer management re...


Significant isotopic fractionation can occur during column chemistry and determination by mass spectrometry. Improper correction may produce uncertainties in the isotopic composition of geological samples. We investigated calcium isotopic fractionation during these two processes and set up a model to check data quality. The δ44/40Ca915a value of IAPSO seawater in different Ca cuts (e.g., 0–20, 20–40, 40–60, 60–80 and 80–100%) on column chemistry ranged from ~ 4‰ to 0‰. The more Ca was eluted, the lower the δ44/40Ca915a value of the elution was found. The isotopic fractionation of calcium on the column appeared to follow the exponential law. However, TIMS instrumental fractionation during Ca runs did not always follow the exponential law due to mixing effects from sample reservoirs on the filament. Our results show that errors could be caused if the instrumental fractionation deviates from the exponential law, especially when the fractionation degree is large. To improve the measurement uncertainty, a model is proposed to check the behaviour and degree of instrumental fractionation, which will provide a quick and reasonable verdict on the data quality of TIMS runs.


The present paper reviews two historiographic traditions within psychological field: the Anglo-Saxon historiographic tradition, introduced by Boring in the United States, and the psychoanalytical historiographic tradition, introduced by Jones in England. The name historiographic tradition is proposed to describe the historiographic operations and reconstructions that sift the knowledge of the history of psychology and psychoanalysis. The research points out the historiographic bases of both traditions from the point of view of historical studies. Some concepts from the historians Eric Hobsbawm and Jose Luis Romero are analyzed as well as the mythical significance of both traditions.


This study is intended to provide navigator with specific information necessary to assist the avoidance of collision and the operation of ships to evaluate the maneuverability of dead weight tonnage 8,000 tons Oil/Chemical tanker. The actual maneuvering characteristics of ship can be adequately judg...


The article presents a brief analysis of the research material on the study of the influence of magnetobiological effects during presowing treatment of spring barley seeds with a gradient magnetic field on its productivity and grain quality. In the experiments it was found that due to presowing treatment of seeds with a gradient magnetic field, there was an increase in germination energy by 5%, germination by 3%. In the further development, the plants were distinguished by a more powerful assimilation apparatus (+17.14%), an increased tillering coefficient (+11.3%). During the research period, due to the pre-sowing treatment of seeds with a gradient magnetic field, an average yield increase of 4.6 c/ha or 12.7% was established. Keywords: GRADIENT MAGNETIC FIELD, SPRING BARLEY, PRE-SOWING SEED TREATMENT, YIELD


Through the investigation of developmental status of social forestry in Sanning,this paper raised the countermeasures of promoting the social forestry sustainable development effectively in view of the existed problems in the present development from the aspects of the concept and understanding,property right system,forestry policy management,tax fare policy,socialization service system,etc.