ABSTRACT This study utilized a national child welfare sample to explore the relationship between child and family characteristics, substantiated lack of supervision, and foster care placement outcomes. The sample comprised 418 cases of children receiving child protective services. Findings revealed a higher percentage of White children to be inadequately supervised compared with African American children; however, African American children were more likely to be placed in out-of-home care. The odds of being placed in foster care tripled (OR = 2.82, p < .05) for inadequately supervised African American children compared with White children.


Aim. To study the functional activity of T-helper subpopulations (pro-inflammatory T-helpers-17 (Th17) and T-helpers-1 (Th1) and immune-suppressing FoxP3+ T-regulators (Treg)) and its association with clinical parameters, glycemic control levels, and insulin resistance severity among patients with arterial hypertension (AH) and Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM-2). Material and methods. The study included 35 patients (17 men and 18 women) with Stage 1-2 AH and DM-2, aged 47-63 years. The control group included 24 healthy volunteers, comparable by age and gender. All participants underwent standard clinical examination and assessment of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism parameters. Flow cytometry method was used for the assessment of Treg levels and activated Th1 and Th17 numbers in the peripheral blood mononuclear cell fraction. Functional status of blood cells was assessed by the secretion levels of interleukin (IL) 1p, IL-2, IL-6, IL-17, IL-10, tumor necrosis factor (TFN) a, and interferon (IFN) y. Results. In diabetic patients, there was an increase in activated Th1 numbers and IL-17, IL-6, and TNF-a secretion, combined with a decrease in IL-10 secretion, FoxP3+ Treg numbers, and Treg/Th17 ratio, compared to the control group. In patients with HbA 1c >7%, more pronounced abdominal obesity was associated with reduced Treg numbers and Treg/Th17 and Treg/Th1 ratios, as well as with elevated IL-17 secretion, compared to patients with adequate glycemia control. According to the cluster analysis results, DM-2 patients could be divided into two subgroups by the severity of insulin resistance and HOMA index levels. Among patients with higher HOMA levels, more pronounced abdominal obesity, hyperglycemia, and hyperinsulinemia were associated with increased Th1 numbers and pro-inflammatory cytokine (IL-2, IL-1p, and IL-17) secretion, compared to their peers with less severe insulin resistance. Conclusion. Our results suggest an important association between insulin resistance, inadequate glycemia control, and functional dysbalance of T-helper subpopulations in patients with DM-2.


The spatial arrangement of newly synthesized transcriptome in eukaryotic cells underlies various biological processes including cell proliferation and differentiation. In this study, we combine metabolic incorporation of electron-rich ribonucleosides (e.g. 6-thioguanosine and 4-thiouridine) with peroxidase-mediated proximity-dependent RNA labeling technique (APEX-seq) to develop a new method, called MER APEX-seq, for selectively profiling newly transcribed RNAs at specific subcellular locations in live cells. We demonstrate that MER APEX-seq is 20-fold more efficient than APEX-seq and offers both high spatial specificity and high coverage in the mitochondrial matrix. Application of MER APEX-seq to the nuclear lamina of HEK293T cells reveals a local transcriptome of 1012 RNAs, many of which encode for nuclear proteins involved in histone modification, chromosomal structure maintenance, RNA splicing and processing.


In cardiovascular disease, oxidative stress can drive soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC) heme oxidation resulting in the loss of the sGC heme (apo-sGC), the impairment of nitric oxide (NO) binding and cGMP production, and vasoconstriction. Consequently, a new class of therapeutic compounds sGC activators have been developed which target oxidized and apo-sGC to cause irreversible, NO-independent reactivation of cGMP production and vasodilation. While sGC activators have had varied clinical success, surprisingly few studies have defined the impact of NO-independent sGC activation on vascular physiology in healthy conditions. We found mesenteric and pulmonary arteries are two log orders more sensitive to NO-independent sGC activator BAY 58-2667 induced vasodilation than aorta; no difference in NO-dependent sGC vasodilation between vessels was observed. These data indicate the presence of an activatable physiological pool of oxidized and/or apo-sGC in pulmonary and mesenteric arteries. We recently published that smooth muscle cell cytochrome b5 reductase 3 (CYB5R3) acts to reduce oxidized heme sGC back to its NO-sensitive reduced heme state during vascular disease. We found transgenic CYB5R3 overexpression (CYB5R3 OE) mice were more resistant to BAY 58-2667 mesenteric artery vasodilation and blood pressure lowering compared to wild-type controls (n=5-9) under physiologic conditions. Also, healthy CYB5R3 OE pulmonary arteries had a near complete loss of BAY 58-2667 vasodilation suggesting both mesenteric and pulmonary arteries contain a pool of oxidized sGC. We next asked if physiological H
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In June, 1827, Dr. W. H. Fitton read before the Geological Society of London the following statement:—"It is obvious that, during a period of time sufficient for the accumulation of the Wealden, the deposition of matter in the adjacent seas could not have been inconsiderable; so that we might expect to find, interposed between the strata which then formed the bottom of the sea and the Lower Greensand, a series of beds coeval with the Wealden in point of date, but differing from it in possessing the characters of a marine deposit, and including marine shells and other productions of salt water; with which, near the shore, the productions of the land, or even the freshwater shells of the rivers, might be occasionally intermixed.…. 1st. That the Wealden and its marine equivalent could not both be found in the same place; and consequently (since we have the former in England) that the marine beds of that date are not to be expected generally in this country; 2dly.


The span of vault of large-scale storehouse is long and its topography is exceptional.The shape coefficient for the storehouse must be gained by the wind tunnel test.In this paper,a large-scale storehouse,which span is 2x100 m,is taken as case studied.The wind tunnel test for its model is done in the turbulent boundary layer,which simulated the natural wind over typical open-country.The distribution of wind pressures on the storehouse is measured by the model.The effects on the wind load by the internal stuff and end anti-wind net is investigated.Basing on the analysis for the results from wind tunnel test and referring the national standards of several country,the dynamic wind loads is get and the gust loading factor is calculated.It is shown,the distribution of wind pressures and the shape coefficient from wind tunnel test is affect by wind direction and the anti-wind net.The gust loading factor is interrelated with the character of structure and design feature.And to calculate the wind load,the wind velocity correlation along longitude must be consider.


This paper investigates the extent to which Production Improvement Function, had affected the Corporate Growth of the Nigerian manufacturing industry. Three hypotheses were formulated and questionnaire were distributed to eighty respondents in the eighty sampled manufacturing firms from the one hundred in the industry, quoted in the Stock Exchange(Fact Book 2009). Sixty two copies of the questionnaire were retrieved. These with the financial statements of the firms were used for the analysis. From its findings, the study revealed that production planning and control have significant impacts on growth of Nigerian manufacturing industry; while production scheduling has an insignificant and weak influence on growth alone. This finding implies that production improvement function significantly affects the growth of firms. Based on these, the study recommends among others, that the Nigerian manufacturing industry should efficiently and effectively operationalize the all embracing production improvement function, especially in the area of production scheduling, in order to restore the industry as the base of all development. Keywords : Production Improvement Function, Corporate Growth.


A new combined steel lead damper (NCSLD) was presented. Construction and working mechanism of NCSLD were introduced,pseudo-static tests of the small size dampers which would be used in the subsequent shaking table tests were carried out for the study of mechanical properties of NCSLD using electro-hydraulic servo press-shear machine. Processing technology of the damper was improved. Shaking table tests under two-dimensional excitation on structural aseismic control of a one-story structure model were carried out using the small size NCSLD; parameters of the structure and shaking table were also introduced. Results indicate that process improvement is beneficial to the implementation of working mechanism of the damper,NCSLD has full hysteresis loop which takes on bilinearity,NCSLD has obvious energy dissipation effect and it can control structural seismic response effectively.


The access control power and the follow-up supervision power of administrative licensing are essentially different in the background of power execution,the start mode of power,the free space of power discretion,and the focus of power regulation and restriction.Distinct from the access control,the follow-up supervision is characterized by dependency on power,linear dynamics,background of acquaintance regulation,strong free discretion and so on.The access control and the follow-up supervision are two indivisible and interrelated components in the administrative licensing.The access control,as the screening mechanism of the follow-up supervision,is its basis and premise,whereas the follow-up supervision reacts up on the access control actively.


In late October 2010, I found myself in the city of San Francisco for the first time. I was at Hub SoMa, one of the city's exploding number of co-working spaces, and I was running an event with author Rachel Botsman for the final leg of the US and European tour for her first book, What's Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption (HarperCollins, 2010). The start-up mad city was a global epicentre for a growing movement Rachel had defined as 'collaborative consumption' - now better known as the 'sharing economy' - and we had organised a line-up of emerging entrepreneurs to talk about their fledgling and increasingly controversial business models. These included John Zimmer, co-founder of carpooling start-up Zimride (which, two years later, evolved to become ridesharing business Lyft, Uber's most serious competitor), and Brian Chesky, co-founder of home-sharing start-up Airbnb (then just two years old). If both these founders and their businesses have become part of global sharing-economy folklore, our event barely drew a crowd of thirty. This was in part because it was a terrible idea to schedule anything on the night of the second game of the San Francisco Giants' World Series play-offs in a baseball-mad city - especially when they would go on to win the title after an almost sixty-year drought. But that night I nevertheless realised I had one of the earliest and most unique vantage points to a different kind of history in the making, a zeitgeist that would over the following years become a game-changing worldwide movement and business model revolution.


The implement of direct load control can reduce power system load at peak times by restricting the given load at the required time straightforwardly. These actions also have a positive influence on the distribution system reliability along with the increase of load rate. Thus, in order to make further research on the impact of DLC on distribution system reliability, a mathematical model of DLC on the basis of linear programming method should be set up firstly. Then, according to the change of load rate, establishing a cubic spline interpolation function represents the reliability index changing with load rate. Finally, the validity of above model and the method are studied through numerical tests on modified RBTS BUS 6 test system. As the result shows, the effectively direct load control can improve the distribution system reliability.


We present a novel UWB indoor localization concept that performs the position estimation with a set of virtual anchor nodes, generated from a single physical anchor and floor plan information. Using range estimates to the virtual anchors, we perform multilateration to estimate the position of an agent. Previous work has shown the general applicability of this concept. In this contribution, we use a moving agent to exploit the correlation in successive positions using state-space concepts. A motion model for the agent and the measurement likelihood function allow for the use of the powerful framework of Bayesian state estimation. With this concept, we can propagate prior information on the agent position from one time step to the next. The statistical model for the ranging to the virtual anchors accounts for several imperfections, which lead to multimodal and heavy-tailed measurement distributions. We show how modified versions of the Kalman filter as well as a particle filter can account for these imperfections and yield accurate and robust position estimates. In a typical indoor pedestrian motion scenario, we can achieve an accuracy of about 45 cm for 90% of the estimates.


THE CYCLING LEG OF A TRIATHLON IMPOSES UNIQUE PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOMECHANICAL DEMANDS ON ATHLETES COMPARED WITH CYCLE RACING. BY RECOGNIZING THESE DIFFERENCES, ATHLETES AND COACHES CAN USE TRAINING PRACTICES TO OPTIMIZE ADAPTATIONS ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLE OF SPECIFICITY. THE PRIMARY EMPHASIS IS ON AERODYNAMIC FORM AND EFFICIENCY TRAINING


Development of a solid-state, white-light laser using the color center laser medium, LiF:F2+**, is discussed. Spectroscopic analysis reveals LiF:F2+** is an excellent medium for superbroadband (800-1300 nm) or white-light (400-650 nm) lasing. Two color centers, standard F2+** and a new F2+**-like center, are shown to be responsible for this superbroadband range of tunability. Under proper pump excitation from an Alexandrite laser, both centers can be simultaneously excited to theoretically produce superbroadband lasing in the infrared (800-1300 nm) from a single active medium. Second harmonic generation of this fundamental output produces superbroadband lasing in the visible spectral region (400-650 nm). The experimental lasing results provide good agreement with theory.


In the knowledge economy, greater togetherness is the prerequisite for innovating and having more: selflessness extends scope while selfishness increases limitations. But human beings are not automatically attracted to innovation: between the two lies culture and cultural values vary widely, with the egoistic accent or the altruistic intonation setting the scene. In the representations of open innovation we submit to the reader's attention, selfishness and selflessness are active in the cultural space. Popularized in the early 2000s, open innovation is a systematic process by which ideas pass among organizations and travel along different exploitation vectors. With the arrival of multiple digital transformative technologies and the rapid evolution of the discipline of innovation, there was a need for a new approach to change, incorporating technological, societal and policy dimensions. Open Innovation 2.0 (OI2) the result of advances in digital technologies and the cognitive sciences marks a shift from incremental gains to disruptions that effect a great step forward in economic and social development. OI2 seeks the unexpected and provides support for the rapid scale-up of successes. 'Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come' this thought, attributed to Victor Hugo, tells us how a great deal is at stake with open innovation. Amidon and other scholars have Exploring the Culture of Open Innovation: Towards an Altruistic Model of Economy, 1 54 Copyright r 2018 by Emerald Publishing Limited All rights of reproduction in any form reserved ISBN: 978-1-78743-790-6 argued that the twenty-first century is not about 'having more' but about 'being more'. The promise of digital technologies and artificial intelligence is that they enable us to extend and amplify human intellect and experience. In the so-called experience economy, users buy 'experiences' rather than 'services'. OI2 is a paradigm about 'being more' and seeking innovations that bring us all collectively on a trajectory towards sustainable intelligent living.


The present investigative work focuses the use of the Geographical Information Systems (SIG) the Territory Classification in the head of the Yacuambi country belonging to the Zamora Chinchipe Province. With this outlook it has been carried out the evaluation of the susceptibility, the threat, the Vulnerability, and the risk in basis to a theoretical system, which consists in evaluating the biggest number in conditioning factors of the land quantitatively which them influence directly in the appearance of new geologic threats.
It has been taken starting point topographical digital information of the study sector with scale to detail (1:1000); in basis to this information and with the field works carried out; it has been obtained thematic maps of: geology, geomorphology, slopes, current use of the land, use of the urban soil, precipitations, vegetation and inventory of slips. Each variable that constitutes each one of these thematic maps it has been valued in basis to the capacity that each one of them have to be prone to the movements in massive. With the help of the Geographical Information Systems, each variable has been fried in digital form and they was analyzed to involve the thematic maps and to obtain the final map where it shows the areas of use of the study area.
This obtained information, in digital and similar form it will serve as basis to that the Municipality of Yacuambi Country can carry out the necessary orders, since in this information it describes the areas that where it can or it can`t carry out infrastructures or urbanizations it ending up to improve the life`s conditions of the population to its position therefore it pretends to arrive to the development of the 28 of May Parish and all at once it pretends top archive the manage of the resources so much human, as environmental and economic.


Praised by playwright Arthur Miller as "a delight for anyone with any curiosity about the roots of our Western culture" and by Booklist as "the single most heavily used book on classical studies," The Oxford Classical Dictionary is without doubt the definitive single-volume resource on ancient Greece and Rome. Now this redoubtable classic is available in electronic form on CD-ROM. Here are over six thousand A to Z entries, ranging from long articles to biographies to brief identifications. Readers can find information on virtually any aspect of the classical world--athletics, bee-keeping, botany, magic, Roman law, philosophy, religious rites, postal service, slavery, navigation, and the reckoning of time. And with the OCD on CD-ROM, readers can find this information in seconds. Both the thousand-page volume and the CD-ROM are available as a package, with the CD included in a sleeve in the inside back cover of the book. Together they make an unparalleled resource for anyone interested in Greece or Rome.


The contribution of low-energy particles down to ~200 eV to the dose deposited on the very near surface of materials subject to the space environment is investigated by means of GEANT4 Monte Carlo simulations. The contribution to the dose, of the low-energy parts of Global Radiation Earth ENvironment (GREEN) spectra (200 eV–40 keV for electrons, 200 eV–100 keV for protons), is compared with calculations performed with AE8/AP8. Both geostationary earth orbit (GEO) and low earth orbit (LEO) SPOT like orbits are studied. The dose depth profiles are estimated for silicon material. The impact on the dose calculation of different transport models is also investigated. Below 1 keV, the relevance of continuous processes is analyzed for electrons by comparison with a discrete model [GEANT4/microelectronic (MICROELEC)]. This analysis is also performed for protons below 10 keV.


As the illustration of the people's spirit of the Dynasty Song, the heroic Ci verse displays the complex of heroism not only of individual person but also of the whole nation, and announces the upright-standing of a bachelor's heart, or much more thirsty for national rejuvenation and mightiness. The authors claimed themselves and other people to be a hero, but its essence is not the case. It tells us that the ancient people in the Song Dynasty longed for the reconstruction of the authority of state and the confidence of nation.


Due to the difficulty that excessive feature dimension in fault diagnosis of rolling bearing will lead to the decrease of classification accuracy, a fault diagnosis method based on Xgboost algorithm feature extraction is proposed. When the Xgboost algorithm classifies features, it generates an order of importance of the input features. The time domain features were extracted from the vibration signal of the rolling bearing, the time-frequency features were formed by the singular value of the modal components that were decomposed by the variational mode decomposition. Firstly, the extracted time domain and time-frequency domain features were input into the support vector machine respectively to observe the fault diagnosis accuracy. Then, Xgboost algorithm was used to rank the importance of features and got the accuracy of fault diagnosis. Finally, important features were extracted and the extracted features were input into the support vector machine to observe the fault diagnosis accuracy. The result shows that the fault diagnosis accuracy of rolling bearing is improved after important feature extraction in time domain and time-frequency domain by Xgboost.


Melamine is a small polar triazine compound. Due to its rich in nitrogen, it has been added to give a false impression of high protein content. Melamine added to food and animal feeds could possibly cause fatal kidney stones. Determination of melamine is therefore of large importance to ensure food safety. This article reviewed the modern methods of sample preparation and determination of melamine in foods and animal feeds including high-performance liquid chromatography, gas chromatogra-phy-mass spectrometry, high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.


This paper looks at how the production and consumption of news is changing in the UK. It draws from survey research of individuals in Britain from 2003-2011, which includes evidence on patterns of news readership among Internet users and non-users, as well as more qualitative case studies of developments in online news organizations, based on interviews and log files of journalistic sites. Survey evidence has shown a step-jump in the use of online news since 2003, as a complement to print news reading, but a leveling off since 2009. However, this relative stability in news consumption masks a change in the growing role of social networks, both as a substitute for search in many cases, but also in their relationship with online newspapers, as the interaction of mainstream news and networked individuals has begun to reshape the ecology of production and consumption. Institutionally the paper argues that these patterns underscore recent changes in news media, such as their continued reliance on the Internet, but also added competition from social media, which are becoming a major portal to the Internet. Individually we see the empowerment of networked individuals of a Fifth Estate who have achieved a growing independence from the Fourth Estate as more information moves online and individuals become routinely linked to the Internet. However, a growing synergy between the Fourth and Fifth Estate might be one of the more important aspects of the new news ecology.


Mainly due to moral consideration,biographical materials about sex have been neglected by most biographers for a long time.Theories of psychoanalysis and its movements,along with many huge changes in human life,have changed modern biographers' attitudes to this question.On the one hand,biographers always tell more dramatic and real life history of their biographees from the viewpoint of sex.On the other hand,the biographers should abide by the relevant narrative ethics more cautiously.


EDITORS' NOTES (Andreea M. Serban, Jing Luan). 1. Overview of Knowledge Management (Andreea M. Serban, Jing Luan).2. Data Mining and Its Applications in Higher Education (Jing Luan).3. Building Portals for Higher Education (Richard A. Pickett, William B. Hamre).4. Customer Relationship Management (Michael Fayerman).5. Organizational Learning and the Case for Knowledge Based Systems (Lisa A. Petrides).6. Technologies, Products, and Models Supporting Knowledge Management (Jing Luan, Andreea M. Serban).7. Knowledge Management: The A"Fifth FaceA" of Institutional Research (Andreea M. Serban).Index.


PP/nano-meter CaCO_3 composites were prepared by means of mixed blending and general melt blending in low shear field,and the frozen fractured surfaces of the composites were studied by means of SEM. The results showed the nano-meter particles well dispersed in the PP matrix in nano-meter scale by mixed blending in low shear field,while the nano-meter particles in the composite prepared by general melt blending in low shear field were in the form of aggregates of more than 10-particle.The nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of PP and PP/nano-meter CaCO_3 composites were studied by means of DSC. The results of the analysis of the parameters of the crystallization kinetics,such as t_ 1/2 、Z_c、n and ΔE,showed when the content of the nano-meter particles was the same,the PP/nanp-meter CaCO_3 composites,in which the nano-meter CaCO_3 composites well dispersed in the PP matrix in nano-meter scale,were easy to crystallize and had higher crystallization rate.


This study aimed to determine the effect of KOH concentration on the prevention of rancidity in tanak oil produced and to determine the condition of the oil tanak after up to 6 weeks. This study uses a completely randomized design ( CRD ) comprised of 5 treatments and 3 repetitions . Data were analyzed statistically using ANOVA and continued by Duncan's New Multiple Range Test ( DNMRT ) at 5% level . The treatment in this study is to neutralize the oil tanak with KOH with treatment A ( 0.59 g KOH in 200 g of tanak oil ) , treatment B ( 0.65 g KOH in 200 g of tanak oil ) , treatment C ( 0.72 g KOH in 200 g of tanak oil) , treatment D ( 0.79 g KOH in 200 g of tanak oil ) , treatment E ( 0.87 g KOH in 200 g of tanak oil ) . The results showed that the addition of KOH concentration gives a significantly different effect on levels of dirt , moisture , free fatty acids and peroxide , but has not been able to lower free fatty acids and the water content of the tanak oil SNI (7381-2008) of VCO. Oil condition is kept for 6 weeks had a TBA figures obtained very low at 0.015 mol MA / MA kg to 0.031 mol / kg , and this shows that the oil tanak neutralized with KOH have not experienced rancidity

Keywords : tanak Oil, rancidity , KOH concentration


Passive Infrared Sensors (PIR) are inexpensive devices widely used as motion detectors. Standard sensor provides just trigger signal on movement detection. This paper aims to extend standard usage of the sensor from motion detection to motion recognition and activity classification. In applications where motion detection based on video surveillance is not possible due regulations or high costs smart PIR sensor could be the only solution. This publication starts the topic of PIR based motion classification with analyses of hardware requirements and hardware selection for the smart sensor.


Language rests, like an enduring flame, by changing. Speaking, the primordial form of linguistic behavior, is a dynamic phenomenon, because it occurs in time, and solely in time. Yet in normal circumstances we feel we all understand each other without too many difficulties and, what is more, we feel that this understanding occurs more or less instantaneously, without the help of essentially incremental mechanisms of online processing. We feel, in fact, that our very knowledge of the language, both for speakers and for hearers, is not an object of time, strictly speaking, but a relatively stable resource that we can exploit to organize and express relatively stable thoughts or convictions. This (feeling of) tremendous stability is a genuine puzzle. So is the repeated occurrence of rapid, orderly change in linguistic systems. And there is a corollary problem: how could anyone, confronted with the enormous potential for (synchronic) variation exhibited by verbal communication at all conceivable levels of organization, learn any linguistic system at all (Cooper 1999)? At the same time, much of linguistic change, though certainly real and never-ending, also shows itself as fairly inconspicuous to most, or all, naive language users. Even in those domains that call for rather high levels of linguistic awareness, such as (the knowledge of) lexicon, it is often very difficult to keep track of unusual or extraordinary uses of words and of how these should affect (stretch, shrink, etc.) their other meanings, or the meanings of other, related expressions. The paradox of this situation lies in the realization that linguistic change need not rely on any native awareness, but that the explicit analytic awareness needed to reconstruct its workings may suggest — falsely, as it turns out — that the changes at hand are generally mere matters


This article describes the importance of building character in the 5.0 society era. Era 5.0 society is a conception of a society that is literate towards Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Strengthening character education also needs to be realized, this is aimed at shaping character traits (manners) that make morals a distinctive value. The purpose of this study was to determine the strategies and ways of implementing character education in students. In addition, this study also aims to explain how ideal character education is in the face of the 5.0 society era.


We study remote creation of coherence (RCC) for a quantum system, A, with the help of quantum operations on another system, B, and one-way classical communication. We show that all the nonincoherent quantum states are useful for RCC and all the incoherent-quantum states are not. The necessary and sufficient conditions of RCC for the quantum operations on system B are presented for pure states. The upper bound of average RCC is derived, giving a relation among the entanglement (concurrence), the RCC of the given quantum state, and the RCC of the corresponding maximally entangled state. Moreover, for two-qubit systems we find a simple factorization law for the average remote-created coherence.


Though male dominated society is prevailed among almost religions and castes in India, still women have important role to play in family and society. Women are encouraging education of their children, thereby promoting knowledge of their children. Due to poverty, women in slum areas are also participating in outside work like men and as such, there is role conflict, leading to stress, tension, etc among women in slum areas. It is the duty of women (mothers) to care and look after health of all the family members including self, mother, father, mother-in-law, father-in-law, children and such others. As the slum women are poor, they can't able to afford high expenditure on their healthcare. Generally, the slum women work hard in unorganized sector or self-employment, as a result, they may get affected with physical health problems such as arthritis, joint pains, etc. As women are also suppressed by male family members in family and society, they may become depressed and also suffer from different psychological problems such as depression, stress, tension, anxiety, feeling of insecurity, loneliness, etc. In this way, women in slum areas are facing many of the health problems. The present paper is made to study the health issues of women living in slum areas.


Objective To observe the acute toxicity of anti-fatty liver dilusion agent on mouse.Method Mice sotmach were irrigated with the maximum conentration and the maximum volume drug(corrsponding to 72.6 times of human clinical equivalent dosage),and were observed for one week.Results No toxic reaction were observed.Conclusion It is indicated that anti-fatty liver dilution agent is safe and hasnt toxicity.


Elevated soil lead levels were documented in a New Mexico community, with levels up to 24,800 ppm in a smelter slag pile, 20 or more feet from residences. The New Mexico Department of Health offered blood lead screening to residents of three geographic areas before and after an emergency cleanup by the US Environmental Protection Agency. Blood lead levels prior to the cleanup ranged from undetectable (< 5 {mu}g/dl) to 29 {mu}g/dl; after the cleanup, they ranged from undetectable to 10 {mu}g/dl. Significant reductions in mean blood lead levels after the cleanup were found for all three geographic areas: from 6.67 {mu}g/dl to 4 {mu}dl (smelter area), from 4.12 {mu}g/dl to 2.5 {mu}g/dl (town area), and from 5.5 {mu}g/dl to 2.5 {mu}g/dl (northeast area). In both years, the mean blood lead levels of individuals who lived near the smelter area were significantly higher than the levels for those living in town for those participating in both years of the study. Mean blood lead levels were significantly higher for smelter area participants who had a household member working at a lead battery plant (19.4 {mu}g/dl) compared to those residents who did not (5.83 {mu}g/dl).


Within the last few years the intake of dietary fiber in our diet is decreasing, particularly in the population of developed nations like Japan, United States, United Kingdom, France, etc. The main reason for this decrease in dietary fiber consumption is dependence on processed food items. Dietary fiber is basically non-digestible and non absorptive parts of plants which are discarded out by alimentary canal. Plants are the only source of dietary fiber in our diets. The major health benefits of dietary are proper and regular bowel movement, prevention of constipation, diarrhea, diverticulitis, hemorrhoids, cardiac diseases and cancer. Now food products are being fortified with dietary fiber to provide its adequate amount in the diet. Bamboo shoot, a delicacy and medicinal food of East and South-East Asian countries is one the best and cheapest source for dietary fiber. Bamboo shoots are nutrient rich, possess several bioactive compounds and have less calories and fat and are considered as one of the best health food. The total dietary fiber in bamboo shoots ranges from 2.23 to 4.20 g/100 g fresh weight of shoots. Bamboo shoots are consumed as fresh, dried, canned, fermented and provide dietary fiber in all forms. Dietary fiber from bamboo shoots in the form of powder and paste is also being used for the fortification of various food products as it increases food quality as well as organoleptic properties. In the present study, young shoots of Dendrocalamus hamiltonii were processed and used as a fiber source for the preparation of two fortified products namely sweet biscuits and salty snacks (namkeen). The addition of bamboo shoots in the products, biscuits and salty snacks increased the dietary fiber content. In the fortified biscuit, the increase in neutral detergent fiber (NDF) was 36.97% (63.21g/100g) and acid detergent fiber (ADF) was 82.11% (3.46g/100g) as compared to control biscuit content of NDF (46.15g/100g) and ADF (1.90g/100g). Similarly lignin, hemicellulose and cellulose contents also increased in the fortified products. Bamboo shoot dietary fiber is now even available in pure powder, pills and capsules forms as nutraceuticals. Keyword: Dietary fiber, bamboo shoot dietary fiber, fortification, health benefits


Tillage system is an important management decision that has to be taken in the central, semiarid, temperate region of Ar- gentina for dryland wheat production. A 2-year study was conducted on an Entic Haplustoll soil with a sandy loam texture to determine the effects of three tillage systems (conventional, vertical and no- tillage) on leaf water status and chlorophyll content. Measurements were made at the Z65 growth stage with a SPAD-502; leaf water potential measurements were simultaneously taken. There was a positive relationship between leaf water potential and leaf greenness in both years. Tillage systems were significantly different in 2007; both variables were greater (p 0.05) in 2008.


The technical feature and applicable situation were discussed for the large-sized methanol converter, which has been industrially used in production in the world presently, the eight kinds of tower types were mainly described respectively for ICI cold quench type, Mitsubishi Gas/Mitsubishi Heavy Industry SPC type, Casale horizontal reactor, slurry state bed reactor of American Air Product and Chemical Company and Hangzhou Linda thermostatic tower etc.


The degradation of SF/CD 0W/30, CD5W/30 and SF/CD 15W/40 general engine oils has been investigated by Plateau field test with STYER 91 trucks. The experimental results have shown that on the Plateau viscosity grade of the oil hardly impacts on its service performances, the higher viscosity grade oil SF/CD 15W/40 degrades faster than the lower viscosity grade oils SF/CD 0W/30 and CD5W/30.


peptides in native conformation', introduces the reader to concepts such as recombinant DNA technology and production of the gene products in different expression systems. The second chapter from this section covers, in a basic way, cDNA amplification and chemical synthesis for the identification of novel antibacterial peptides, and also describes methods such as reverse transcription. The third chapter in this section, 'Strategies in the analysis of antibiotic peptide gene families', describes in very simple terms the procedures employed in DNA hybridization. Although useful, a more comprehensive and coherent description can be found in standard reference texts on molecular biology. The last section accommodates six chapters. The first of these chapters, 'Designer assays for antimicrobial peptides', gives an eloquent account of standard antibacterial testing and includes assay design including type isolates and NCCLS guidelines. The other chapters cover various aspects of testing the efficacy of antibacterials by specific systems such as bacterial membranes for the effect of cationic peptides, continuous culture systems and chemotactic activity. This section also includes a short chapter on 'Genetic basis for microbial resistance to antimicrobial peptides', which covers both phenotypic selection and genetic determination of such resistant elements. Although a useful section to have, it is lacking in good illustrative diagrams to rescue the reader from the acres of unnecessary text. Overall, this book provides a comprehensive review of the various methods for characterizing and determining the activity of antibacterial peptides. The preface does not specify the target readership and the book, by its very nature, may not instantly appeal to people outside the field. However, the text is very well constructed and is recommended to anybody in the health profession who is interested in antibacterial research, not just those involved in peptide chemistry.


This paper consider a three step block method with two hybrid points chosen within grid interval [xn, xn+1]. The new hybrid block method is adopted for directly solving third order ordinary differential equations (ODEs). The numerical properties of the method were investigated with the method exhibiting convergence following from satisfying the properties of consistency and zero-stability. Tow certain numerical examples are tested to demonstrate the accuracy of the method. The new results show improved accuracy in terms of error comparison when compared with existing method in this field. AMS subject classification: 65L05, 65L06, 65L20.


Physico-mechanical properties of soft clay in Zhuhai Region have been achieved according to the data collected from the in-situ tests.Results show that the characteristics of soft soil in Zhuhai Region are with higher water content,higher compressive property,and lower load capacity.The soils have the strongly structural characteristics and preconsolidation characteristics too.Based on a detailed investigation into the previous engineering construction in Zhuhai Region and the experience with both successful and failure results,an overview is withdrawn on the soft soil treatment,soft soil foundation pit,pile foundation and other geotechnical engineering issues.


The paper considers experimental results on the development of a photovoltaic battery of a new design with increased efficiency and power with a new heat collector based on cellular polycarbonate, which leads to complete uniform thermal contact with the back surface of the photovoltaic battery. It is shown that the use of materials with a high reflection coefficient in the side plane of solar radiation reflection, increasing the accuracy of the operational guidance node to the sun using an upgraded support structure that allows orientation to the sun in two planes, reduces the loss of solar radiation energy. It is possible to control the capacity of the heat collector, which ensures the reliability of obtaining parameters, increases power, and ensures uniformity of the temperature of the rear surface of the PVB, which increases the efficiency of the installation.


Nested velocity feedback was first introduced in the design of the Cherry Amplifier, and more recently the author has shown how it can be used for the control of type 0 systems. The main advantage of the technique is that it makes systems more robust against changes in the output stage of the system. This paper demonstrates an interesting result as regards sensitivity to such changes, and it describes a new algorithm for applying the method successfully for controlling type 1 systems.


The utility model discloses an embedded controller remote monitoring system based on a mini graphical user interface (GUI), which comprises an embedded controller, a monitoring server and a monitoring terminal, wherein the embedded controller is used for receiving and sending drawing request data sent by the server, the monitoring server is used for transferring simulated keyboard data transmitted from the monitoring server to the embedded controller as a monitoring object, and the monitoring terminal is used for sending simulated keyboard data to the embedded controller as the monitoring object. The embedded controller remote monitoring system has the advantages that the data transmission quantity is small, the remote monitoring response speed is high, the software operation expense is little, the image transmission distortion rate is low, and the development of the user interface software of the embedded type system is not influenced.


CONTEXT
Accumulated literature has demonstrated the role of circadian clock in ovarian steroid hormone synthesis and attribute embryo implantation failure associated with arrhythmic circadian clock genes to insufficient ovarian-derived progesterone synthesis. Researches on expression of core circadian clock genes in the endometrium itself and possible roles in compromised endometrial receptivity and recurrent implantation failure (RIF) are limited.

OBJECTIVE
We aimed to assess the core circadian clock gene profiling in human endometrium across the menstrual cycle and the possible gene interaction networks in the endometrial receptivity of window of implantation (WOI) as well as RIF.

DESIGN
The study was initially an in silico study, with confirmatory lab-based data from primary human endometrial stromal cells (hESCs) as well as endometrial biopsies obtained from 60 women undergoing gynecological surgery.

SETTING
Clinical research center.

PATIENTS AND OTHER PARTICIPANTS
The study included 30 RIF women and 30 age-matched and body mass index-matched controls.

RESULTS
Initial data mining and bioinformatics analysis of human endometrial microarray datasets across menstrual cycle and between RIF women versus controls demonstrated the varied expression of core circadian clock genes across menstrual cycle, including the key role of PER2 in WOI and RIF. A PER2-centered network was investigated in the regulation of endometrial receptivity. We also confirmed the evidently increased mRNA expression of SHTN1, RXFP1, KLF5, and STEAP4 in the endometrium of RIF women, displaying the same trend as PER2 did, without any changes in MT1E and FKBP5. Treatment of PER2 siRNA in hESCs verified the positive regulation of PER2 to SHTN1, KLF5, and STEAP4.

CONCLUSION
Aberrant expression of endometrial PER2 might contribute to impaired endometrial receptivity and development of RIF via regulating SHTN1, KLF5, and STEAP4.


At the risk of making a mountain out of a molehill, this Article suggests that the Endangered Species Act could present complications for the rapid and widespread deployment of distributed energy generation. But with some proactive effort on the part of the federal and interested state and local governments, such complications are unnecessary and could amount to no more than a molehill after all. Part I opens by framing the distributed energy problem for the ESA, showing how the proliferation of distributed energy facilities can present ESA compliance issues and how traditional ESA compliance solutions do not work well in that context. Part II of the Article explores compliance solutions the FWS could implement for distributed energy administratively, without need of legislative reform of the ESA. By providing low cost, expeditious compliance security and stability for distributed energy, the FWS can proactively fulfill the ESA's goals and promote a better energy future for all species.


Hematite (α-Fe2O3) is a red material with a band gap of about 2.0 eV, which indicates that it can absorb more solar light. It is a promising photocatalyst applied in many fields. In this paper, α-Fe2O3 single crystal hollow hexagonal bipyramids were synthesized by a simple one-pot hydrothermal method. The morphology and structure of the prepared α-Fe2O3 hollow hexagonal bipyramids were studied using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The hollow single crystals show a good light absorption and performance in photodegradation of methylene blue (MB). Due to the strategy of depositing ultra-thin layers of Al2O3 by atomic layer deposition (ALD), the photoelectrochemical (PEC) performance of α-Fe2O3 under the simulated solar light irradiation is also improved.


Automated testing activities contribute significantly to reduce the cost and to increase the productivity during the software development process. Programs with complex outputs limit the application of automated testing strategies. A possible solution is the use of feature-based oracles. In this study, we use the framework O-FIm/CO (Oracle for Images and Complex Outputs), which uses CBIR (Content-based Image Retrieval) concepts to evaluate the similarity of synthetic images of blood vessels through the "feature-based test oracle" approach. In order to demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach, we evaluated the ability and accuracy of the test oracle in automated the process of categorization of synthetic images of blood vessels in 3D and 2D models through the similarity between features. Furthermore, we compared the accuracy of the categorization of the test oracle relative to random classifiers. The results obtained in two empirical studies revealed an AVG (average) of precision, recall, and specificity of, respectively, 77%, 100%, and 88% in the categorization performed by the test oracle for 3D images and 71%, 81%, and 93% in the categorization performed by the test oracle for 2D images.


Schools are becoming increasingly diverse, with many countries seeking to enhance teachers' attitudes toward inclusion (TAI) by recommending the method of teaching cross-curricular skills (TCS) such as creativity, critical thinking, and problem solving in Global Citizenship Education (GCE) to effectively teach multicultural students. Using the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) 2018, we examine whether teachers' experience in in diverse environments (TEDE) enhances TAI, whether GCE mediates the relationship between TAI and TEDE, and if this effect is moderated by TCS in Japan and South Korea. Our conceptual model proposed that the TEDE effect on TAI was mediated by GCE, and this effect was then conditioned(moderated) by TCS. It was found that TEDE reduces stereotyping of teachers and students, raises awareness of differences, and raises teachers' awareness of the importance of inclusion in the classroom environment.


Today, most industries use statistical quality control tools to improve quality and reduce the defective products and waste, but the high volume of data requires the help of a powerful tool to control processes. One of the objectives of the present study is to predict defective products and prevent their production using data mining tools due to the high power in data analysis and its predictive nature, which is less used in the industry. In this study, the statistical population of all parts produced in 2017 by Shabrun Company. The statistical sample is 2400 pieces of radiators that were randomly selected from the production line. In the operational phases of data mining, three decision tree algorithms were used: C&R Tree, Quest Tree and Chaid Tree. Using these algorithms, the most important criteria affecting quality control and rules leading to the quality of parts were determined. Comparative results showed that despite the validity of all three algorithms, the C&R Tree algorithm had the highest accuracy. Adherence to the rules resulting from the implementation of these algorithms has led to the detection and prevention of waste generation, which has increased efficiency and prevented the loss of time and cost in this production unit.


The 5,10-porphodimethene-type P,S,N2-hybrid calixphyrins bearing p-methoxyphenyl or p-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl groups at the sp2-hybridized meso carbons and their palladium(II) and rhodium(I) complexes were prepared and characterized. The electronic effects of the meso-aryl substituents on the redox properties of the π-conjugated subunits were evaluated for both the free bases and the palladium complexes, and the hemilabile nature of the P,S,N2-calixphyrin platforms in the rhodium complexes was revealed.


Objective To study the imaging features and clinical value of 99 Tc m -ECD SPECT regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) imaging and CT in pediatric hydrocephalus, and to evaluate advantage and shortcoming of the two imaging methods.Methods 10 normal control children and 20 patients with pediatric hydrocephalus underwent 99 Tc m -ECD SPECT rCBF and CT imaging.Results 99 Tc m-ECD SPECT: 19 of the 20 patients showed brain cortex single focus or multiple foci which were either local or diffuse. The perfusions in the abnormal areas were decreased prominently. The range, number and degree in abnormal decreased perfusion region related to the disease seriousness. CT: 16 of 20 patients showed ventricular expansion.5 cases had showed bilateral larger subarachnoid space at parietal and frontal lobe.Conclusion The combination of these two imaging methods may play an important role in determining hydrocephalus diagnosis and therapy, and evaluating brain function and predicting the outcome in these children patients.


This article presents a new strategy to design robust model matching dynamic output-feedback controllers that guarantee tracking response specifications, disturbance rejection and noise attenuation. The proposed synthesis methodology, based on a multi-objective optimisation problem, can be applied to uncertain continuous or discrete-time linear time-invariant systems with polytopic uncertainty, leading to both full-order and reduced-order robust-performance dynamic controllers. The objective functions represent the ℋ∞-norm of the difference between the closed-loop transfer function matrix, from the reference signals and the plant outputs and the reference model matrix, the ℋ∞-norm of the closed-loop transfer function matrix from the disturbances and the plant outputs and the ℋ2-norm of the closed-loop transfer function matrix from the measurement noises and the control inputs. An integral control action is also introduced in order to achieve zero steady-state error. In the case of MIMO systems, the proposed strategy can be applied to decouple the closed-loop control system choosing an appropriated reference model matrix. Two examples are presented to illustrate both SISO and MIMO systems control synthesis.


of radiofrequency radiation (RFR), especially as it relates to the possible biological consequences of RFR exposure. He compared the methods and results of direct measurement by field probes with modeling using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) procedure, which agrees well with measured values and provides a strong tool for exposure assessment. The difficulty and complexity of actually knowing the specific absorption rate (SAR) at any anatomical site were considered in terms of the scattering and modifying influences of various tissue types and their interfaces, as determined by their dielectric properties and geometries. For typical exposures related to the use of wireless communication devices, the steady-state rise in temperature has been found to be in-


The genes encoding urease activity of Klebsiella pneumoniae were cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. Transformants containing recombinant plasmids were selected by the antibiotic resistance phenotype and the production of urease in a Urease-test agar. Deletion derivatives of the parental recombinant plasmid were construced, and the relative position of six genes, necessary for urease production, was determined. Using a colorimetric assay it was demonstrated that some of the transformants exhibited ureolytic activity up to six-times greater than that of the original K pneumoniae isolate. Dot-blot DNA hybridization analysis revealed that the urease gene cluster of K. pneumoniae possesses no significant homology with those of Proteus species and Morganella morganii.


This paper examines statistical differences and determinants of labour productivity, and export, skill and technological intensities between foreign and local auto parts, electronics, food, pharmaceutical and garment firms in South Africa. Foreign firms enjoyed higher labour productivity, and export, overall technology, process and R&D intensities than local firms in pharmaceuticals, and export, process technology and R&D intensities than local firms in garments. Local firms enjoyed higher export, skills and process technology intensities, and invested more in training than foreign firms in auto parts. Local firms enjoyed higher skills-intensity levels than foreign firms in electronics. The links between productivity, and skills and technology variables were stronger in local firms than in foreign firms. Technological intensity was highly correlated with labour productivity but it did not have a statistically significant link with export intensity.


Objective To evaluate the value of video-assisted thoracic surgery(VATS)in the treatment of elderly tuberculous empyema.Methods 120cases elderly tuberculous empyema by VATS were reviewed. Empyema debridement or decortication of pleurae was applied by using VATS in the early stage.For longer course of disease or pleural tight adhesion cases,video-assisted minithoracotomy(VAMT)was adopted,and the general situation of surgery and the incidence of complications were observed.Results The operation time was 25-150min(average 55min),and hemorrhagic in operation was 30-1 500mL(average 145mL).The procedure was performed completely by VATS in 92patients(76.67%),22patients(18.33%)by VAMT,and 6patients(5.00%)by thoracotomy.The duration for chest drainage was 3-25d(average 6d).The rate of postoperative complications was 29.17%,and no surgical death and severe complications were found in all the patients.FVC,FEV1 and TLC improved significantly 1month later(P 0.05).No recurrence of empyema was observed at the follow-up examination.Conclusion VATS could be the optimal choice for the treatment of elderly pleural empyema,with excellent results in the lesion clearance,the closure of residual cavity,the recovery of pulmonary function,fewer effects on cardiopulmonary function.


This paper took the sloping-land with purple soils in Hengyang as example,by summarizing the achievement of previous studies and collecting information and experimental data from Experimental Station of Purple Soils in Ecological Research Institute of Hunan Environmental-Biological Polytechnic College.This paper put forward three typical Eco-economic Vegetation Restoration Models of Soil and Water Conservation in sharp-slope,steep-slope and moderate steep-slope of the Sloping-land with Purple Soils in Hengyang from views of overall situation,urgency,efficiency,hierarchy,duration,innovation and diversity.These three models were shrub-grass mode,arbor-shrub-grass mode and forest-fruit mode,it was expected to promote the all-round,continually and harmonious development of ecology,economy and society in studied area.


The interference effect of wind loads and responses of a cluster of tall buildings are problems attracting great concerns in wind resistant researches and applications of buildings.This paper summarizes a great amount of work at home and abroad,including some results of wind tunnel tests on Jin Mao Building obtained by the authors.Research history,state of the arts and application situations in relevant codes are then introduced.Finally,some directions worthy of study are pointed out.


In June 2006, Harvard University held a conference titled 'Between the Eternal and the Contemporary: Daoism and Its Reinvention in the Twentieth Century.' David Palmer presented a paper entitled 'Tao and Nation: Lee Yujie's (1901-1994) Reinvention of Huashan Daoism,' in which he pointed out that research on contemporary Daoism, aside from focusing on temple systems and school lineages, should also pay attention to how charismatic leaders inherit and develop its traditional elements. He traced Master Lee's successive involvement in Tiande 天德 and Tianren jiao 天人教 which culminated in his founding of Tiandi jiao 天帝教. However, his paper neither specified what exactly Master Lee inherited from Huashan Daoism, nor did it tell how he reinvented Daoism in terms of thought, ritual, or cultivation. Tiandi jiao thinks of itself as a religion that has existed timelessly in the cosmos. Due to the 1980 crisis of imminent nuclear warfare between the United States and the Soviet Union, Master Lee in his capacity as prelate of Tianren jiao offered prayers to Tiandi, the Lord of Heaven, saying that nobody in the human realm had moral credibility to save the world from the coming cataclysm. He thus had no choice but to resign from his leadership over Tianren jiao and plead with the Lord of Heaven to bring the Lord's own religion once more into the human realm. The Lord of


The article analyzes the problems of public diplomacy in the post-truth era in the context of modern digital technologies and U.S.-Russian confrontation. does The author not only pays attention to key challenges facing public diplomacy, but he also deals with the phenomenon of post-truth in current and historical contexts, while trying to find links between the growth of fake news, increasing U.S.-Russian confrontation and the crisis of modern public diplomacy. To reach the goal, the author conducts critical discourse analysis of media publications, the articles published in Russian and Western think tanks as well as official documents. Besides, the article outlines the problems of public diplomacy, while using the methods of classification and deeper analysis to come up with the recommendations of how to overcome the challenges revealed as a result of the research. Its novelty adds up to the fact that public diplomacy is analyzed in the context of post-truth — a unique phenomenon in politics and journalism.


ABSTRACT The notion of native speakerism describes the tendency to privilege and uphold "native speakers" as inherently more qualified to teach English on the arbitrary basis of linguistic birthright. In spite of the widespread recognition and critique of native speakerism within TESOL, it remains pervasive in professional practice, most evident in inequitable recruiting and hiring practices of English language teachers in a variety of global contexts. In this article, we propose that the imperviousness of native speakerism results from the enduring ideological commitment to what we call native speaker saviorism, which reflects the long-standing assumption that the White community can "save" peoples of color by teaching them English. As an illustrative case study, we analyze a series of responses to the financial precarity of the English language teaching profession in South Korea following governmental budgetary cuts starting in 2014. The analysis foregrounds the ideologies of racism in the form of White normativity and White saviorism that construct, legitimize, and rationalize the need for native speakers of English in South Korea. The analysis is followed by a series of recommendations for moving beyond native speaker saviorism in language teaching.


&NA; A longitudinal study was performed in an attempt to determine parameters which could aid in predicting the development of amenorrhea in normal females. A total freshman class of nursing students participated as subjects. It was found that psychological parameters, specifically those related to body image theory, correlated with the development of menstrual aberration. A history of significant menstrual irregularity at any time in the past was also found to correlate with menstrual disturbance during the study. Indices of physique, sexual and physical maturation, prior gynecological symptoms other than menstrual irregularity, and medical difficulty in general could not be related to the development of menstrual aberration.


PT Satelit Maluku is a company that produces spring beds with three types, namely 2in1, ordinary spring beds and single beds. Every company established aims to get big profits as well as PT Satelit Maluku. To obtain large profits, companies need to make strategies so that each available material can be allocated optimally and appropriately. The purpose of this research is PT Satelit Maluku can optimize the profit of spring bed production by using the Branch and Bound and QM for Windows V5 methods. From the results of calculations using the Branch and Bound method and QM for windows V5, the optimal profit is Rp. 19,775,000 with a lot of production of spring bed type 2in1 is 0 (not producing), ordinary spring bed is 26 pieces and single bed is 3 pieces.


Tyrosine oxidation–reduction involves proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) and a reactive radical state. These properties are effectively controlled in enzymes that use tyrosine as a high-potential, one-electron redox cofactor. The α3Y model protein contains Y32, which can be reversibly oxidized and reduced in voltammetry measurements. Structural and kinetic properties of α3Y are presented. A solution NMR structural analysis reveals that Y32 is the most deeply buried residue in α3Y. Time-resolved spectroscopy using a soluble flash-quench generated [Ru(2,2′-bipyridine)3]3+ oxidant provides high-quality Y32–O• absorption spectra. The rate constant of Y32 oxidation (kPCET) is pH dependent: 1.4 × 104 M–1 s–1 (pH 5.5), 1.8 × 105 M–1 s–1 (pH 8.5), 5.4 × 103 M–1 s–1 (pD 5.5), and 4.0 × 104 M–1 s–1 (pD 8.5). kH/kD of Y32 oxidation is 2.5 ± 0.5 and 4.5 ± 0.9 at pH(D) 5.5 and 8.5, respectively. These pH and isotope characteristics suggest a concerted or stepwise, proton-first Y32 oxidation mechanism. The photochemical yield of Y32–O• is 28–58% versus the concentration of [Ru(2,2′-bipyridine)3]3+. Y32–O• decays slowly, t1/2 in the range of 2–10 s, at both pH 5.5 and 8.5, via radical–radical dimerization as shown by second-order kinetics and fluorescence data. The high stability of Y32–O• is discussed relative to the structural properties of the Y32 site. Finally, the static α3Y NMR structure cannot explain (i) how the phenolic proton released upon oxidation is removed or (ii) how two Y32–O• come together to form dityrosine. These observations suggest that the dynamic properties of the protein ensemble may play an essential role in controlling the PCET and radical decay characteristics of α3Y.


Various types of accelerators, thiuram (TMTD), thiazole (MBTS), and sulfenamide (CBS) are added into a silica filled natural rubber (NR) compound. Their effects on vulcanization properties are also investigated. TMTD shows a fast vulcanization rate and a higer maximum torque (), as well as excellent mechanical properties (hardness, 300% modulus, tensile strength, elongation). MBTS shows a moderate vulcanization rate, a lower , and mechanical properties. Finally, CBS shows a slow vulcanization rate but excellent mechanical properties. The same vulcanization trend can be found in carbon black filled NR compounds.


Despite the fact that the event industry is rapidly expanding worldwide, not many comparative event studies were done. A comparative study of two or more events can provide useful information on specific motivations for attending distinct events. Also, a comparative study of two events will allow both researchers and practitioners for assessing the visitor motivation structure in each event, determine motivation factors that attract visitors to these events, and examine differences in motivation for attending both events. Thus, this study examines similarities and differences between visitor motivations for attending two international mega events, the 2010 Shanghai Expo, China and the 2012 Yeosu Expo, South Korea. The study also investigates the effects of these motivations on visitor satisfaction with both events. Surveys of 414 Chinese visitors to the Shanghai Expo and 447 Korean visitors to the Yeosu Expo were conducted. The factor analysis identified the same six motivation factors in both events, including five push factors of family togetherness, cultural exploration, escape, socialization, and novelty and one pull factor of event attractions. Four out of six motivation factors were significantly different between the two events. All motivation factors, except escape, influenced visitor satisfaction and four factors had significantly different impacts on satisfaction. The study implications for marketing strategies are discussed and recommendations for future research are proposed.


Research on optimisation in multi-agent systems has contributed with a wealth of techniques to solve many of the challenges arising in a wide range of multiagent application domains. Multi-agent optimisation focuses on casting multiagent system problems into optimisation problems whose solving could possibly involve the active participation of the agents in a multi-agent system. Research on multi-agent optimisation has rapidly become a very technical, specialised eld. Moreover, the contributions to the eld in the literature are largely scattered. These two factors dramatically hinder the access to a basic, general view of the foundations of the eld. This tutorial is intended to ease such access by providing a gentle introduction to fundamental concepts and techniques on multi-agent optimisation.


The classification of uncertain data has become one of the tedious processes in the data-mining. The uncertain dataset contains tuples with different and multiple data and thus to predict correct output class is a complex process. In this paper, we present two algorithms for classifying the uncertain data using the KNN classifier, which handles the uncertain dataset in two different ways to discover the corresponding class. In both algorithms, we split the database into two portions. The first portion is named as training dataset and the second portion is name as testing dataset. In the first algorithm, we used the properties of uncertain data to convert the uncertain data into certain data. The algorithm 1 initially converts the uncertain data to certain data and then it utilizes the KNN algorithm to classify data through the distance measure. The second algorithm converts the uncertain data through probability distribution function (pdf). The algorithm 2, initially calculates the N number of split point for each attributes of the training part of uncertain data then it calculates pdf with respect to the selected split point. The same process is applied for testing portion of uncertain data; subsequently algorithm 2 employs the KNN algorithm to classify the converted data. Finally, we compared our proposed algorithm with the UDT (Uncertain Decision Tree) algorithm with the four real datasets such as iris dataset, ionosphere dataset, breast cancer dataset, glass dataset and we proved that our proposed algorithms performed well than the UDT algorithm in terms of accuracy.


Busyness is usually the case resulted in major cities all running very practical. It has changed the pattern of urban living. Be it the need for food and clothing. This also relates to the ease of nding information they need. In terms of community technol- ogy spoiled enough with his progress was so rapid and continues to expand along with the human mindset. One of the technological advancements Flash MX animation is already quite popular in the world of animation. This makes the author to interested in making a multimedia application using Macromedia Flash MX. The multimedia applications are made on the history contains some of the leading automobile manufacturers in the world. Author's interest to make this application to provide information to the general public about the history of the automobile manufacturers and their various communities which exist in the ground water. In making this application the authors obtain data and information through a literature study. With the multimedia applications are expected to increase sources of information about the history of a car factory for the community. Penamaan File: 13101851


To date a vast evidence exists that the waist circumference to height ratio (WCHR) provides a better measure of obesity comparing to the body mass index (BMI). While weight and height are routinely obtained to calculate BMI, waist circumference, despite easily acquired, is often overlooked because the screening protocols, particularly for diabetes, demand BMI. This creates an obstacle for application of WCHR - a more definite measure than BMI for diagnostic of many linked to obesity metabolic disorders such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and hypertension. This article is intended to fill the gap in the literature by providing a conversion from BMI to WCHR for five adult age categories. A strong linearity between the measures is demonstrated and equivalent to BMI WCHR thresholds are provided to identify normality, overweight as well as obesity and other points. The analysis is based on the data from NHANES. Different forms of BMI are also discussed and a strong linearity between them is demonstrated. An obesity index based on simple weight to height ratio to match the standard levels is proposed. The equivalence between the proposed and existing obesity indices is tested on the original data with promising results.


Our research focuses on the extent to which family background is related to being employed in a top job ? comparing those with similar levels of educational achievement ? for a recent cohort of graduates. IOE Research Briefings are short descriptions of significant research findings, based on the wide range of projects carried out by IOE researchers.


Objective:To evaluate and analyze the difference in the economical effectiveness between two suppositories of Chinese traditional medicine,Sanqi hemorrhoid-eliminating suppository (Sanqi-XZ) and Jiuhua hemorrhoid-eliminating suppository (Qiuhua-ZC) in treatment of internal hemorrhoids (stagesⅠandⅡ).Methods:Totally,348 cases of internal hemorrhoids(stagesⅠ,Ⅱ) were divided into two groups and they were given two chemotherapeutic schemes respectively,Sanqi hemorrhoid-eliminating suppository (Sanqi-XZ) and Jiuhua hemorrhoid-eliminating suppository (Qiuhua-ZC).The evaluation was condcuted with pharmacoeconomical cost-effectiveness analysis.Results:When the obvious effective rates were similar in Sanqi-XZ and Jiuhua(P0.05),the cost-effect ratios for Sanqi-XZ and Jiuhua-ZC treatment groups were 0.507 and 0.658 respectively.The cost-effectiveness of Sanqi-XZ in treatment of internal hemorrhoids(Ⅰ,Ⅱ) was significantly lower than that of Jiuhua-ZC.Conclusions:The results of this study showed that the short-term cost of Sanqi-XZ in treatment of internal hemorrhoids(Ⅰ,Ⅱ) was lower than that of Jiuhua-ZC,but the economic analysis on primary researches involving larger samples or Meta analysis are required as foundation to verify this hypothesis.


To improve the characteristics of fish muscle, Monascus purpureus or Monascus species was inoculated in 2.1% rice powder broth containing 30% minced mackerel tissue to produce a fermented fish product. Enterbacteriaceae, Staphylococcus, and Pseudomonas were not present during the 7 d of fermentation at 25 °C. The activities of both amylase and acidic proteases were detected after 1 and 2 d of fermentation, respectively, and further increased during fermentation. The volatile base nitrogen of all Monascus fermented samples were lower than the limit of food regulation in Taiwan (< 25 mg/100 g) even after 7 d of fermentation. Hydrolysis of the muscle protein and accumulation of free amino acid were observed. The fermented fish products had good flavor and color that were highly likeable to the sensory panel.


Environments on the web should support high-level hypermedia features to improve their key challenges: searching, navigation, adaptation and maintenance of hyperdocuments. In this paper, we show the benefits of applying software evolution theory to Hypermedia Systems (HSs) and, in order to face these challenges we propose the Semantic and Evolutionary Model for HyPermedia systems (SEM-HP) model. This model assumes that the development and maintenance processes of HSs are evolutionary; that is, they require a process of continuous change. These evolutionary mechanisms, in addition to other techniques (such as semantic representation, separation of concerns and user adaptation), allow the author to structure the hypermedia, select a presentation, design its navigation and specify adaptation rules according to his/her behaviour while he/she navigates. At the same time, an HS developed according to this model eases the search, supports and improves the navigation and adaptation and allows the evolution of the HS.


Over the last few decades, the study of laser fluctuations has shown that laser theory may be regarded as a prototypical example of a nonlinear nonequilibrium problem. The present paper discusses the fluctuation relations, recently derived in nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, in the context of the semiclassical laser theory.


ABSTRACT Data analysis skills are key competencies which today's students in higher education must acquire. Among non-cognitive factors hindering the acquisition of these competencies are negative attitudes towards Statistics. This study analyzes attitudes towards Statistics among tourism students enrolled on their first Statistics course, paying special attention to its evolution from the beginning to the end of the course. Positive attitudes are a desirable course result, and its development needs to be assessed. An exploratory factor analysis performed on the SATS-28© items reveals the existence of three main components of students' attitudes towards Statistics: Anxiety, Affect & Self-confidence, and Value. At the end of the course, only the Anxiety dimension improved its score. Since there is an absolute lack of research on tourism students' attitudes towards Statistics, it would be advisable to carry out further research, extending the preliminary methodology presented in this research to other courses, universities, and countries.


The problem that reflection cracks and water diseases caused by semi-rigid surface aggravated the deformation of salt-frost damage in the south of Xinjiang,these influenced seriously performance of pavement.According to the damage of roads in Alar,graded aggregate base and higher water-retaining wall was adopted in place of kerb and median divider in urban road reconstruction project.Through numerical simulation and analysis,the study found that the changes of structure of road reconstruction on stress field,displacement under water and vehicle loading are less than the old road.


PHB-U-IC has been prepared for the first time by the cocrystallization method. The structure and conformation of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) chains encapsulated in urea (U) channels formed in the PHB-U inclusion complex (PHB-U-IC) were studied by DSC, FTIR, and solid-state NMR spectroscopy. The XRD pattern and FTIR spectroscopy demonstrated that PHB-U-IC takes a different crystal structure than the well-reported hexagonal and trigonal crystal structures of polymer urea inclusion compounds. PHB-U-IC takes an expanded tetragonal crystal structure. The conformation of PHB in the confined environment has been characterized by solid-state NMR spectroscopy and shown that PHB adopts a conformation similar to bulk PHB. The crystallization and thermal properties of as-received PHB and PHB coalesced from its U-IC were compared and demonstrated that the coalesced PHB crystallizes much slower than as-received PHB. Crystallinity of nonisothermally melt crystallized as-received PHB was found to be significantly highe...


PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an effective sticking prevention measure in a micro mechanical device using a base material of high insulation property.SOLUTION: In a surface 101a on a substrate 101 side and a surface 103a on a movable part 103 side facing each other in an area 122 having a convex part 104 formed, conductive bodies 107 (107a) and 108 (108a) are provided. The conductive body 107 provided on the surface 101a on the substrate 101 side is configured to be an independent conductor body in which an interval h is provided in an electrode 105 formed on the surface 101a of the substrate 101, and of which a perimeter is enclosed by the interval. The interval (a ring shape interval) h enclosing the perimeter of the independent conductor body (independent conductor body) 107 is an antistatic layer 109 having surface resistance made equivalent to an antistatic level (10to 10Ω/sq.).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1B


High-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) images of human tooth enamel crystals, mainly in the high-angle annular dark-field (STEM-HAADF) mode, are presented in this work along the [1000], [10-11]. and [1-210] directions. These images allow knowing some structural details at the nanometric level of the human tooth enamel crystals and of the central dark line (CDL) observed at their centers. The transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and high-resolution TEM (HRTEM) images of the CDL showed the Fresnel contrast. In the STEM bright-field (STEM-BF) and annular-dark-field (STEM-ADF) images, the CDL was observed as an unstrain hydroxyapatite (HAP)-like zone but surrounded by a strained zone. In the STEM-HAADF images, the CDL appeared with a weak contrast, and its contrasts' thickness was registered between 3 and 8 Å. The arrangement obtained in the STEM-HAADF images by identifying the bright points with the Ca atoms produced the superposition of the HAP atomic sites, mainly along the [0001] direction. The findings provide further information on the structure details at the center of enamel crystals, which favors the anisotropic carious dissolution at the CDL.


The present work develops the legal argumentation that makes possible the understanding of the existence of a guiding principle of the bankruptcy regulation of the natural person that allows the unification and delimitation of the regulations in order to grant protecting the relief interest of the debtor natural person: the fresh start principle.


h-PAMAM-COOMe and its β-CD derivatives (h-PAMAM-CD) were synthesized step by step via the Michael addition and ester-aminolysis reaction from hyperbranched polyamidoamine (h-PAMAM). The structures of the as-prepared polymers were confirmed by Ubbelohde viscometer, FTIR, and 1H NMR. A series of inclusion complexation formed by β-naphtol in increasing h-PAMAM-β-CD with different concerntration were investigated by UV-vis spectrometer. The result showed that the novel hyperbranched polymer might have potential applications as delivery materials in chemotherapy.


If we look up the word "camouflage" in a standard dictionary, we find it defined as concealment by disguise. The disguise may be of such a nature as actually to simulate the immediate background or merely to break up the outline or reduce the visible solidity of the object camouflaged. When man tries to caimouflage an object, he is literally disguising it; in nature, on the other hand, the "disguise" is the normal coloration and is so termed because it has the effect, without effort, that man consciously aims for in his attempts. The essential elements involved in camouflage are those of concealment and surprise. Most wild creatures live in constant danger from enemies or are themselves ever on the alert for prospective prey. They do not know the comparative security and peace of our peacetime civilized lives. It is, therefore, not surprising to find animals of all sorts exhibiting countless types and degrees and variations of sueh concealing adaptations as are implied by the term "camouflage. " During, the last war camouflage was developed extensively along such lines as dazzle-painting of ships to break up their mass and render their outlines less definite anld less iecognizable, splotchpainting of field artillery pieces to simulate their surroundlinlgs, and lightening those parts of objects that were usually in the shadow to reduce the visual solidity of the objects involved. On the whole, it may be said that the bulk of the camlouflage work was done to create concealment fronm ground level or at least from fairly low levels. However, with the present enormous development in aerial warfare the problem of effective camouflage has come to resolve itself more into concealment at a distance or from a height than from nearby. Military camouflage is necessarilyva secret of * Condensed from the author 's article of the same title, Publication 3700 of the Smithsonian Institution, War Background Studies Numnber Five, Washilngton, D. C., December, 1942.


Power conversion circuits based on switching operations are used in automobiles and home appliances to achieve higher efficiency and its miniaturization. The power conversion circuits have to connect use inductors, which are characterized by the fact that DC current is superimposed on the inductor. In this circuit, the evaluation of losses assuming the actual environment has become an issue in the design of inductors. This paper proposes a measurement procedures of minor loop due to differences in the excitation process of inductors used in actual power conversion circuits.


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• which was necessarily limited in dollars. But the spirit of X give and take shown is the best indication of international {cooperation which will be expected when all sit around the ; peace table." " ^ With these words Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau at the turn of the week announced an agreement among those present at Bretton Woods (but, of course, not by Conj gress) upon a plan which would require, the United States


Objective: To explore the regularity and new trends of influenza so as to direct the early warning and forcasting of the pandemic influenza.Methods:Influenza viruses were isolated by MDCK cells and typed by hemagglutination inhibition(HI) test.Results:This paper reported the influenza monitoring results of Changchun during 2005 and 2009.The influenza viruses were isolated with lower isolation rate of 3.69% during 2005 and 2006 and the isolation rate was higher(31.44%) during 2007 and 2008.Conclusion:The predominant strains have been H3N2 and B in the past five years.According to the anylsis of the monitoring results of Changchun during 2005 and 2009,H1N1 becomes the major trend.


Abstract Die-swell of mica-filled styrene-butadiene rubber has been correlated with the recoverable deformation, elastic energy and shear modulus of the melt at different shear-rate and at various length to diameter ratio of the capillary. The Reynolds number and power consumption of melt flow have been correlated with the die-swell and shear-rate of the melt flow. The inverse relationship between shear-viscosity and shear-rate will also correlate power consumption with shear viscosity.


Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) belongs to the family of herpesviruses (herpes type 4) and is one of the most common and highly contagious. During the pandemic of a new coronavirus disease, it was found that in patients previously infected with EBV, COVID-19 can cause its reactivation, which is often manifested by the clinic of acute hepatitis. The article presents a clinical case of the development of acute hepatitis in a patient with mixed infection with EBV and SARS-CoV-2 in combination with allergic toxic reaction while taking sulfasalazine prescribed for spondyloarthritis. A feature of this case was the development of severe hepatitis of mixed genesis with a favorable outcome. The importance of adherence to drug monitoring rules for newly prescribed drugs for COVID-19 was emphasized. In severe cases of the disease, the possibility of mixed infection should be taken into account.


counterparts, have in the last two decades become of increasing interest to British, French, German and North American scholars, providing, as they do, an alternative perspective on the ninth century to that of the male-orientated political narratives of feud and rebellion. Whilst Rudolf of Fulda's mid ninth-century Life of Boniface's companion, Leoba (d. 782), has been available for over fifty years in C. H. Talbot's translation, those of Liutbirga and Hathumoda have until now only been partially rendered into English. For this reason alone Frederick Paxton's erudite, careful and fluent translation (based on the Bamberg manuscript as well as existing editions of Liutbirga's anonymous Life and Agius' prose Life of Hathumoda together with the verse Dialogue on her death), is to be welcomed. As Paxton makes clear, our picture of ninth-century Carolingian sanctity might be rather different had not Andreas Lang, abbot of St Michelsberg, Bamberg, decided to copy both texts into his late fifteenthcentury collection of Lives of prominent members of his Benedictine order, for neither text survives in an earlier manuscript. This observation points to the depth and range of Paxton's scholarly introduction which places these works carefully in their literary as well as historical context. Such diligence is also evident in his notes to the text itself which are not confined to dates and citations, but go much further, pointing out puns in the Latin for a monoglot audience, echoes of earlier texts, rather than just direct citations, and the wider historical significance of particular passages, in ways which show his detailed knowledge of recent scholarship. It was Paxton's own interest in the emergence of the medieval death liturgy in late Carolingian monasteries which, we learn from the acknowledgements, first led him to investigate the detailed account of the rites which surrounded Hathumoda's death but, as his careful work demonstrates, these are texts which are of wider relevance not only to historians of death, but to those of Carolingian learning, politics, family, monasticism, eremitism and sanctity. In making them available in such a scholarly translation he has performed a great service for both students and their teachers.


EDITOR'S NOTE: ENet President Conrad Katzenmeyer posed the following problem at Evaluation '82: Did the conference successfully address the theme of "Evaluation at a Time of Social Change"? Participants were invited to propose methods of evaluating the meetings in relation to the theme. In this evaluation, a professional conference will be viewed as an intervention arranged by elected and/or delegated representatives of professional practitioners who discharge two general responsibilities. Leadership responsibility is fulfilled by ensuring that the professional group becomes and remains knowledgeable concerning critical pres-


This text seeks to point out the influence of the Church on the symbolic references in Brazilian culture; to demonstrate the importance of the preservation of ecclesiastical goods, since they are symbolic objects, based on the book Symbolic Imagination of Gilbert Durand; and, finally, to launch a proposal for the preservation of the ecclesiastical patrimony.


A multieffect solar still is simulated by formulating the rate equations and the heat and mass balance equations with respect to the process variables. The results obtained by the simulation showed satisfactory agreement with the experimental data taken from laboratory test plant having five stages and 1 m2 frame area. Calculation with the model showed the effect of design and operation parameters such as solar intensity, heat transfer coefficient through the partition and feed rate of brine to each stage on the distillate productivity. The results showed that the distillate productivity is independent of overall heat transfer coefficient through the partition if its value becomes higher than 230 W/m2⋅K. Correlation to obtain the feed rate at each stage required to maximize the productivity of distillate was obtained as a function of the solar intensity and ratio of brine feed between two successive stages.


Adhesive bonding is becoming one of the most popular joining techniques in automotive and aircraft industry. The adhesively bonded joints need to be designed to minimize tensile stress. The most widely used method of an adhesive joint strength test is the lap-shear test. Single lap joints create bending loads in the adherends and tensile stress in the adhesive. The mechanism of shear deformation of the adhesive and adherend layers and separation occurring at the adherend/adhesive interface are discussed in this paper. Uniaxial tensile test of a lap bonded joint and numerical simulations were carried out. 3D numerical model of single lap bonded joint consists of three components described as separate solids. Glue contact is defined between the joined layers. This approach allows to determine and compare stress distribution along the adhesive and the adherend bondline. Experimental data are used to establish the engineering stress-strain curves for the aluminium adherends and the epoxy adhesive. Two step loadings are applied. The results of laboratory tests compare favourably with VG and Reissner closed-form solutions and numerical simulations. Non-linear analyses of a 0,03 mm thick adhesive layer show that the shear stresses along the adhesive bondline exceed stresses along the adherend line by 1% to 50%.


Our research provides a novel perspective by examining the effect of both economic factors and non-economic factors such as place image on business location decisions. This paper expands the extant theory and practice by identifying and considering in addition to the economic factors, place image factors, i.e., sense of place, identity (retention factors) and brand image, visual image, and reputation (attraction factors). The most significant issue in quantitative studies such as facility location problems is the inability to identify qualitative factors previously considered nebulous correctly. The authors, with the help of a case study of Amazon's Headquarters 2 location decision, contend that in addition to economic factors, image factors are important for strategic location decisions. Specifically, our analysis shows that Amazon's decision to move a part of HQ2 to Arlington, Virginia can be explained through place image factors. We posit that place image should be given due consideration for strategic location decisions.


With the global economic development and the instability of the political structure, in recent years, the occurrence of major disasters around the world has shown an intensified trend. This paper reviews on the model and algorithm of relief distribution in emergency logistics. Systematically analyzing the present academic research on relief distribution, this paper classified researchers into four categories: Vehicle Routing Problems; Inventory Routing Problems; Location Problems; location Routing Problems. Finally, we draw a conclusion of emergency logistics and propose a new study direction of relief distribution in the future research.


In the result of experimental studies have shown that the rate of rotation or circumferential speed of the flow in a hydrocyclone decreases from input to output. Mathematical moeling of the effectiveness of the work of the hydrocyclone with these experimental data. Keywords: hydrocyclone, the probability of particulate matter, the speed of rotation.


You just got the results of the study and you want to get some quick graphical views of the data before you begin the analysis. Do you need a crash course in the SG procedures just to get a simple histogram? What to do? The ODS Graphics Designer is the answer. With this application you can create many graphs including histograms, scatter plots, scatter plot matrices, classification panels and more using an interactive 'drag-and-drop' process. You can render your graph in batch with new data and output the results to any open destination. You can view the generated GTL code as a leg up to GTL programming. You can do all this without cracking the book or breaking a sweat.


Good University Governance (GUG) is very relevant to the internationalization of any university and its department. This study compares the strategy of Department of Government Science - Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta (UMY), and the Department of Public Policy and Management - Gadjah Mada University (UGM). The research method used is a qualitative approach with the process of collecting data using interview techniques, documentation, observation and Focus Group Discussion (FGD). The results of this research can be seen, the variation of GUG results in encouraging internationalization, namely: focus on international reputation, focus on international networking, and focus on global branding.


The objective of this study was to evaluate the acute and chronic toxicity of aqueous extract of Ruta montana L. in mice and rats. For the acute study, aqueous extract of Ruta montana L. was administered to mice in single doses of 0–12 g/kg given by gavage. General behavior, adverse effects and mortality were determined for up to 14 days. In the chronic study, the extract was administered orally at doses of 0, 100, 300 and 600 mg/kg daily for 90 days to rats. Biochemical and hematological parameters were determined after 30 and 90 days. Enzyme activities were assayed in the plasma samples obtained. AST (GOT), ALT (GPT), cholesterol, triglyceride and glucose. The results showed a decrease in RBC and WBC after one month (sub chronic dose) of treatment (in males 75.48% and 51.47% respectively). However, an increase was registered after 3 months (in males 130% and 171% respectively). This is probably explained by the effect of this plant extract on the erythropoiesis. A decline was observed on plasma enzyme activities in both GOT and GPT on males after one month by 51.67% and 68.6% respectively. A decrease was noticed in both cholesterol and triglyceride levels. Urine analysis was negative for glucose, bilirubin, ketones, proteins, nitrite and leukocytes in the control and treatment groups. There were no significant differences in the body and organ weights between controls and treated animals of both sexes. The histopathological studies have been showed vascular congestion and lesions of interstitial nephrite.