utives; Short-Term Therapy in an Authoritative Setting, by Bertram M. Beck, and Evaluating the Field Work of Students, by Rosemary Reynolds. In addition to the heavy load involved in the above responsibilities, Miss Hollis also served as staff representative to the Association's Committee on Professional Education and carried numerous other assignments. Her knowledge of developments in the field, combined with her skill as a counselor and participant in program planning, is highly regarded by all of us who have worked with her. Although she is leaving the Association staff, we shall always count her among those upon whom we can rely for help and guidance in coping with the continuing and future issues facing the family service field. The Association is particularly fortunate in securing Cora Kasius as the new Editor of the JOURNAL OF SOCIAL CASEWORK and Director of Publications Service. Miss Kasius is well known for her leadership in casework practice, supervision, writing, and teaching. From 1927 to 1945 she was associated with the Community Service Society of New York City, serving successively as caseworker, associate district secretary, and 35


Teleoperation is a robotics application where there is a master and a slave system interacting with each other and with the environment. Master system is often a joystick or a duplicate of the slave system that is driven by the operator. Slave system is the robot that is located at a remote site and controlled by the commands sent by the master system. Depending on the information flow, teleoperation systems are usually called unilateral or bilateral. Previously, the work conducted at FIU has addressed bilateral teleoperation, which combines position (or velocity) control of the remote system with force reflection on the master. As reported earlier, a mathematical model of such a system has been developed using Matlab Simulink blocks, and successful simulations have been carried out. This paper now focuses on real-time implementation of the master system and eventual verification of simulation results. In order to achieve this, development of the real-time system interface between the Matlab simulation environment and the master joystick as well as the interface software are described. The initial test results on this system are also presented and discussed.


This paper studies the circulation of Hong Kong dollars in the Chinese Mainland. It first estimates the amount of Hong Kong dollars circulating in southern China in the last fifteen years. The regression analysis indicates that the growth rate of Hong Kongs foreign direct investment in China and the growth rate of trade volume between Hong Kong and China are some of the main determinants that contribute to the widespread use of Hong Kong dollars in southern China. The difference of real returns between Hong Kong dollar denominated assets and Chinese Renminbi denominated assets, however, has no effect on the amount of Hong Kong dollars circulating in China.


Many developers see buffer overflows as the biggest security threat to software and believe that there is a simple two-step process to secure software: switch from C or C++ to Java, then start using SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) to protect data communications. It turns out that this naïve tactic isn't sufficient. In this article, we explore why software security is harder than people expect, focusing on the example of SSL.


Summary From the evidence obtained in this work the following factors may be looked on as possible causes of milk being unable to supply all the nutritional wants of calves after they are a few weeks old. 1.The lack of bulk may arrest the development of the alimentary tract and prevent the proper digestion of the nutrients supplied by the milk. 2.Excessive consumption of salt, due to depraved appetite, or to an attempt on the part of the calves to correct nutritive disturbances, may have led to some of the disturbances noted. 3.The vitamines, water-soluble B and water-soluble C, may have been present in insufficient amounts and this may have induced the death of the calves.


China's soil pollution is much worse than previously thought ("China gets serious about its pollutant-laden soil," C. Larson, News & Analysis, 28 March, p. [1415][1]). A report released on 17 April admitted that 16.1% of the Chinese soil was polluted, including 19.4% of farmland, 10.0% of forest land, 10.4% of grassland, and 11.4% of unused land ([ 1 ][2]). Of the contaminated soil samples, 82% contained toxic inorganic pollutants, the most common being heavy metals such as cadmium, mercury, arsenic, chromium, and lead, which can cause chronic health problems. Moreover, levels of organic pollutants such as dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs) are also very high, and samples above established safety levels account for 1.9%, 1.4%, and 0.5%, respectively, of all tested soil samples, which covered 6.3 million square kilometers. Aside from industrial plant waste and mining operations, the report states that the unsustainable use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides is a main human cause of widespread soil pollution ([ 1 ][2]).

China's food production is affected by soil pollution but also creates much pollution itself. China consumes nearly one-third of the world's fertilizer, and the pesticide usage per unit area is 2.5 times the world average ([ 2 ][3]). The quality of cultivated land should be guaranteed. Farmers should be subsidized to improve fertilizer use efficiency and encouraged to adopt organic and biodynamic farming methods that are not reliant on heavy input of chemicals. Soil remediation projects should be implemented to improve the polluted soil gradually. Finally, there is a need to change cultural habits relating to consumption so as to reduce food waste nationwide.

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1. [↵][5] Ministry of Environmental Protection and Ministry of Land and Resources of P.R. China, "Reports on China's Soil Pollution Survey" (2014); [www.zhb.gov.cn/gkml/hbb/qt/201404/t20140417_270670.htm][6] [in Chinese].

2. [↵][7] "Establish a long-term mechanism for sustainable agricultural development," China People's Daily (22 January 2014); [http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2014-01/22/nw.D110000renmrb\_20140122\_1-02.htm#fin][8] [in Chinese].

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This quantitative descriptive field study aims to determine the level of teachers' anxiety in facing the Covid-19 pandemic from a gender perspective. It is urgently needed to be conducted since teachers has dual roles during the Covid-19 pandemic, in which they have to be educators as well as parents who help children in online learning process. At the same time, the learning system keeps changing, lack of students' awareness in implementing health protocols, and many students who do not do school tasks are some reasons why teachers have anxiety in the pandemic Covid-19 era. The population of this study were 39 civil servant teachers at MTsN 2 Pesisir Selatan consists of 30 female teachers and 9 male teachers. Samples were taken by using total sampling technique. Data were collected through a questionnaire developed from the Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety (HRS-A). The data analysis technique used is descriptive statistical analysis. The results showed that female teachers had high anxiety level with a percentage of 62.76%. Meanwhile, male teachers had medium anxiety level with a percentage of 57.82%. It reflects that female teachers had higher anxiety level than male teachers by a difference of 4.94%.


Reinforcement learning (RL) is capable of sophisticated motion planning and control for robots in uncertain environments. However, state-of-the-art deep RL approaches typically lack safety guarantees, especially when the robot and environment models are unknown. To justify widespread deployment, robots must respect safety constraints without sacrificing performance. Thus, we propose a Black-box Reachability-based Safety Layer (BRSL) with three main components: (1) data-driven reachability analysis for a black-box robot model, (2) a trajectory rollout planner that predicts future actions and observations using an ensemble of neural networks trained online, and (3) a differentiable polytope collision check between the reachable set and obstacles that enables correcting unsafe actions. In simulation, BRSL outperforms other state-of-the-art safe RL methods on a Turtlebot 3, a quadrotor, a trajectory-tracking point mass, and a hexarotor in wind with an unsafe set adjacent to the area of highest reward.


Fins are commonly used to increase surface area for enhancing heat transfer to the ambient air or other coolants. The finite thermal conductivity of the fin material is a limiting factor in the heat transfer because of the thermal resistance and temperature drop across the length of the fins. The ideal system should have fins of very high thermal conductivity, resulting in isothermal fins and 100% fin efficiency. To take advantage of the very high apparent conductivity of thermosyphons, a loop thermosyphon system has been designed to keep a set of fins close to isothermal conditions. In the experimental system, the condenser of the thermosyphon loop was embedded within copper fins in a set of micro-channel tubes, with propane as the working fluid. Experimental results showed that this integrated arrangement of thermosyphon and fins results in reasonably isothermal fins, producing high fin efficiency. The specific volume of the working fluid was determined and used to characterize the system performance and stability.


This article aims at investigating the emergence of the American folk horror revival of the 2010s, focusing on texts such as Ari Aster's Midsommar (2019) or Robert Eggers's The VVitch (2015). This survey of the folk horror revival will inevitably lead us to the genre's past, particularly to the so-called Unholy Trinity, comprised by three films released in Great Britain during the late 1960s and early 1970s. This temporal and geographical dislocation will be situated against a larger background of cultural production, arguing that the appearance of the folk horror revival sheds some light on the debate on nostalgia and pastiche as the predominant artistic modes under late capitalism. The notion of hauntology, as explored by Jacques Derrida, Mark Fisher, or Katy Shaw, will be used throughout the essay in order to provide a form theoretical ground on which this debate can take place.


A ield experiment was conducted at NARP, Ganeshkhind, during 1992 to 2013 to study high density planting of mango variety Kesar. Accordingly plant density studies in mango was laid out in the year 1992 with spacing of 5 X 5 m, 5 X 10 m and 10 X 10 m, , in randomized block design at Ganeshkhind, Pune. The growth, yield and quality parameters were recorded for three years and pooled data (2010 -2012) was analyzed statistically. The results were signiicant and the yield and monetary returns were 125 per cent more over conventional spacing. The recommendation of planting of mango cv Kesar at spacing of 5 X 5 m with light pruning (15 – 20 cm terminal shoot) after harvest of fruits every year is recommended for higher fruit yield and monetary returns in mango growing area of Maharashtra.


Supplemental Digital Content is Available in the Text. Objective: To identify and analyze the current evidence for the use of open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) constructs compared with conventional revision total hip arthroplasty (rTHA) for the management of Vancouver B2 periprosthetic femoral fractures (PFFs). Data Sources: A systematic literature search of the MEDLINE, CINAHL, and EMBASE databases was conducted. Prospective and retrospective studies were eligible. No limitation was placed on publication date, with only articles printed in English eligible. Study Selection: Included studies were retrospective studies comparing ORIF and rTHA for the management of Vancouver B2 PFFs. Data Extraction: The primary outcome was the overall complication rate. Other outcomes included as rate of dislocation, revision operation, refracture, infection, nonunion, and subsidence/loosening. Twenty-four studies were included totaling 1621 patients, of which 331 were treated with ORIF and 1280 with rTHA. Conclusion: The 1621 patients included comprised a mixture of different fracture patterns, prostheses, and patient comorbidities. The overall complication rate for ORIF was 24% versus 18% for rTHA (P = 0.13). The results demonstrate that rTHA has a similar revision rate to ORIF in PFFs with a loose femoral component and adequate bone stock. ORIF was superior to rTHA in prevention of postoperative dislocation; however, there was no difference between other complications. This review suggests a potential role of both ORIF and rTHA in the management of Vancouver B2 PFFs. Level of Evidence: Therapeutic Level III. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.


The pervasive electronic culture in the web 2.0 (Library 2.0) digital environment has significantly changed the face of library collaboration. New e-resources and open access projects promise new and improved access to agricultural information resources and new opportunities for partnership with stakeholders. The paper focuses on library linkages and collaborative initiatives of university, college and research libraries in Zimbabwe in their endeavour to enable sustainable and effective utilization of global agricultural electronic information resources. Food security, through sustainable agricultural development is hinged upon protracted, seamless access and effectual utilisation of global information resources. The writer seeks to explore any interorganizational synergies and collaboration among academic and research libraries, e-resource publishers, research and development institutions, and other stakeholders, locally, regionally and internationally. The diverse, complex and demanding range of activities associated with access, management and utilization of global agricultural e-resources coupled with the new Web 2.0 (Library 2.0) paradigms which usher in new, more robust but sophisticated and challenging systems and applications amount to 'grandiose challenges' that in turn call for 'grandiose initiatives' particularly in 'transitional' and agrarian economies. The writer epitomizes the collaborative developments as having been guided by a vision of agricultural electronic information resources becoming a seamless whole, managed and utilized to improve agricultural education and research, increase sharing of knowledge, help institutions build their agriculture information dissemination capacity, improve infrastructure and skills capacity, and extend the value of digital agricultural repositories and open access across the library fraternity in


This paper discusses the development and application of a prestack method that scan for the average vertical velocity value, Vp/Vs (γ0), and the stacking velocities of multicomponent seismic (MCS) data using a converted-wave (PS) non-hyperbolic traveltime equation. The procedure entails computing semblance as a function of two variables namely, the PS velocity, Vps, and γ0 with respect to the PS zero-offset time tps0. The results are displayed in 2D plots. The scanning procedure is tested using numerical data sets and real MCS data sets from the Blackfoot Field in southern Alberta. The algorithms work well with either shot gathers or the asymptotic conversion point (ACP) gathers. It is observed that the γ0-log from the scanning procedure, agrees reasonably well with the γ0 values from the well log of Well-09-08 that is located at the ACP gather location. In addition, when this γ0 estimate is used for PS-to-PP time mapping, the time difference between the computed and actual PP at the target level time is found to be 20 ms; being an error of less than 2%. Introduction A number of authors have discussed the benefits offerred by PS-wave exploration; however, certain problems, such as determining γ0, χαν stand between us and the realization of these advantages. Because of this, recovery of γ0 has become a step in multi-component data processing and interpretations. Several workers have used different methods for the recovery of γ0. For example, Gaiser (1996) developed a poststacked cross-correlation method. The method is automatic and is based on correlating PP and PS stacked data sets. Stewart et al. (2003) alluded to a time-isochron method using interpreted PP and PS sections. Like Gaiser's method, this too is post-stack method that depends on correlating PP and PS events. Thomsen (1999) suggested visually correlating events of the same structural attitude on both PP and PS stacked section; this too, is also a post-stack method. The post-stack methods can work well but may fail with complicated sections, when PP and PS data have very different wavelets, or events of opposite polarity. In view of this, there is need to find an alternate prestack solution to the problems associated with Pand PSwave correlation. In this paper we present a prestack method of estimating γ0 via velocity analysis using a converted-wave, non-hyperbolic traveltime equation. Methodology By combining the PS-wave traveltime equation of Thomsen (1999) and the PS stacking velocity approximation of Tessmer and Behle (1988), we obtain a PS traveltime equation:


Suppressed trees in the shrub layer significantly differ from non-dwarfed trees in anatomical and morphological features. Characteristics are discussed of environmentally dwarfed specimens which play an important role in the growth dynamics of a stand.


ABSTRACT The gene cassette encoding enzymes responsible for degrading carbazole to anthranilic acid was introduced into a dibenzothiophene degrader. The resultant strain, Rhodococcus erythropolis XPDN, could simultaneously transform the model pollutants dibenzothiophene, carbazole, and dibenzofuran to nontoxic metabolites and may have an application potential for bioremediation.


Biology teachers at all academic levels are confronted with the increasingly serious problem of keeping abreast of advances in their broad and rapidly expanding discipline. The purpose of this bibliography is to provide teachers with resources that will be useful in understanding recent developments related to DNA, recombinant DNA, and genetic engineering. For purposes of usefulness, the bibliography has been annotated; for brevity, only books are included. Some of the books deal with basic concepts and principles of biology that are important to understanding advances in genetic engineering, while others are concerned with applications of knowledge new to human beings. Some of the books provide discussions of the social, legal, moral, and ethical issues growing out of applications or potential applications to humans. Finally, some books in the bibliography were included primarily because they provide valuable historical background on the developments that set the stage for the genetics revolution. The mini-review accompanying each title in the bibliography should help biology teachers answer the following questions: Should I read this book? Will this book be useful to my students, or is it primarily a reference for me? Good reading! Learn! Enjoy!


Co-visualization offers a possibility for the reduction of increasingly large flow data sets produced in computational fluid dynamics. The present paper describes a particle tracing module which was integrated into a parallel multiblock flow simulation program within the frame of a co-visualization approach. With respect to the application on supercomputers, parallelization and vectorization of the particle tracer were important requirements. The module was applied to three-dimensional, timedependent simulations of turbulent flow problems.


Rapid progress has been made in both augmented and virtual reality technologies. However, it is still challenging to seamlessly connect the virtual world with the real world, such as locating virtual three-dimensional models in the real environment and directly interacting with them. In this study, we propose a wearable augmented reality system with a proposed head-mounted device to enable the projection of anamorphic images. The proposed system can track the user's head movements, and then project the designated scene in real space in real time. To achieve this goal, our system consists of three steps: room scaling, blur correction for the projected contents, and calibration using dynamic mesh generation. We evaluated the proposed system by the interaction with virtual contents and characters. The evaluation results showed that the interaction with the virtual character was highly evaluated. This system can be used for a wide range of applications in daily life and entertainment, such as relieving loneliness and serving as a guide in museums.


The diploma thesis deals with the extension of the hotel chain Orea Hotels by franchising in the region of Zlin. The main part of this work is the analysis of hotel accommodation capacity in region of Zlin and subsequently selection of specific hotel for entrance to the hotel chain Orea Hotels. The diploma thesis is divided into theoretical, analytical and pro-ject part. A literature research regarding to hospitanty and issues of franchising is developed in the theoretical part. The analytical part is focused on introduction of Orea Hotels company and their members. The analysis of capacity accommodation is processed subsequently and according to the specified criteria of hotel chain, the particular hotel is selected. The steps that have to be done before signing the Franchise agreement as a legal basis for entry into the hotel chain Orea Hotels are described in the project section.


The correlation between the import of the Rieske iron-sulfur protein into the mitochondrial matrix and processing of the precursor protein by matrix processing peptidase was investigated using high concentrations of metal chelators and iron-sulfur protein in which the recognition site for the matrix processing peptidase was destroyed by site-directed mutagenesis. High concentrations of EDTA and o-phenanthroline inhibit import of iron-sulfur protein into the matrix. The non-chelating structural isomers m-phenanthroline and p-phenanthroline inhibit import similar to o-phenanthroline, indicating that inhibition of import is mainly independent of the metal chelating ability of the compounds. Iron-sulfur protein in which the recognition site for the matrix processing peptidase had been destroyed by a point mutation was efficiently imported into the matrix space. Import of this mutant iron-sulfur protein was inhibited by the same concentrations of EDTA and o-phenanthroline which inhibit import of the wild-type protein. These results indicate that import of the iron-sulfur protein into the mitochondrial matrix is independent of proteolytic processing of the presequence, and that o-phenanthroline together with EDTA inhibits import of iron-sulfur protein into the matrix space of mitochondria by inhibiting a step other than proteolysis of the presequence.


A method for producing a high-quality as-cast surface at a low liquid metal head is presented. By controlling mould filling method and chill surface topography a range of surface microstructures are observed. The results are rationalized on the basis of the early melt/mould interactions.


According to the application of robot positioning table for advanced manufacture equipments,the paper studies a new type four-DOF parallel manipulator.This paper briefs its construction and does theory analysis of its kinematics characters and degrees of freedom,and attempts to construct kinematics simulation model for the parallel mechanism based on ADAMS by applying the virtual prototype technology.The location coordinates for each rotation joint are counted according to the geometrical constructions.The links and joints are created.After setting rotational joint motions and doing experiments of kinematics simulation the results are analyzed.The experiments prove the correctness of the theoretical analysis.Moreover it shows that ADAMS software can complete virtual prototype experiments of the kinematics character for parallel manipulator and the method offers a new way for constructional synthesis of parallel mechanisms.


The present invention relates to novel combinations of balloon catheters and drug formulations adhering to the surface of the balloon membrane. Furthermore, the present invention relates to coating methods for producing these balloon catheters and their use for the treatment and prophylaxis of vascular diseases.


The invention discloses a rear riding type snowfield roller skating chair, and relates to a roller skating chair. Baseboards (8) are respectively arranged on the inner side surfaces of the lower parts of two front inclined rods (7) of the chair, and the lower ends of the two front inclined rods are connected with skis (10); a steering handle (22) is arranged at the rear part of the upper end of a backrest (1); a rotary table (23) arranged at the front end of a steering beam (20) is movably connected to the lower part surface of the chair through a through pin (28), and a rear seat (21) is arranged at the rear end of the steering beam; the upper end of a connecting pipe (19) is fixed on the lower part surface, adjacent to the rear end, of the steering beam, a wheel fork (17) is arranged at the lower end of the connecting pipe, two sides of a wheel axle of a wheel (18) are arranged in casing pipes at the lower end of the wheel fork, the two ends of the wheel axle are respectively connected with the inner ends of cranks (16), and pedals (15) are arranged at the outer ends of the cranks. According to the rear part riding type snowfield roller skating chair disclosed by the invention, the two skis are arranged under the front part of the chair, and the wheel at the rear part of the chair and the pedals are used for providing power, so that physically disabled people can go outside conveniently on snowy days.


The information explosion on the Internet has placed high demands on search engines. Despite the improvements in search engine technology, the precision of current search engines is still unsatisfactory. Moreover, the queries submitted by users are short, ambiguous and imprecise. This leads to a number of problems in dealing with similar queries. The problems include lack of common keywords, selection of different documents by the search engine and lack of common clicks etc. These problems render the traditional query clustering methods unsuitable for query recommendations. In this paper, we propose a new query recommendation system. For this, we have identified conceptually related queries by capturing users' preferences using click-through graphs of web search logs and by extracting the best features, relevant to the queries, from the snippets. The proposed system has an online feature extraction phase and an offline phase in which feature filtering and query clustering are performed. Query clustering is carried out by a new tripartite agglomerative clustering algorithm, Query-Document-Concept Clustering, in which the documents are used innovatively to decouple queries and features/concepts in a tripartite graph structure. This results in clusters of similar queries, associated clusters of documents and clusters of features. We model the query recommendation problem in four different ways. Two models are non-personalized and personalized content-ignorant models. Other two are non-personalized and personalized content-aware models. Three similarity measures are introduced to estimate different kinds of similarities. Experimental results show that the proposed approach has better precision, recall and F-measure than the existing approaches.


Criteria for rheumatoid polyarthritis diagnosis (PR) have been proposed and used for more than 10 years, and have been elaborated based on a large group of patients in which the illness evolved on average in 7 years. Therefore, these criteria do not satisfy the present requests of the early PR. At least two individual criteria are in debate under this particular aspect: the presence of erosions and of rheumatoid factor (FR). Articular erosions can be nowadays discovered in the pre-radiographic phase, through methods such as sonography and magnetic resonance, and our recommendation is to introduce the remissive therapy before their appearance. On the other hand, though FR is a marker for the persistence of the disease, it isn't present in all cases, and its specificity is low. Since the year 2000 there have been introduced in practice the methods for discovering the anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies (PCC), which have the advantage of precocity, specificity, and predictability of the evolution of the disease under the aspect of the appearance of articular erosions. The right attitude should be the concomitant determination of FR and anti-PCC antibodies, for an early recognition of PR, and the evaluation of its evolutional potential.


All airlines are required to provide first aid training for cabin crew, (1) and the crew are responsible for managing any in-flight medical events. There are also regulatory requirements for the carriage of first aid and medical kits, (2) although detailed policies regarding contents of the kits, training of the crew, and treatment of passengers are at the discretion of each nation and its airline(s). AsMA has developed recommendations for first aid kits, emergency medical kits, and universal precaution kits. These are shown in Tables 1, 2 and 3 below. The AsMA recommendations for these kit contents are currently identical to the recommendations of the International Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine (IAASM) and IATA, (3) and will hopefully by adopted by many other international bodies. The aircraft medical kits are carried for emergency use only and physicians should not consider them available for routine treatment inflight.


The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is NASA's scouting mission to prepare for a return to the moon by 2020. Armed with multiple instruments, LRO collects data to assess the lunar terrain in search of safe landing sites for future missions. This stereoscopic visualization demonstrates how LRO uses its instruments collectively to accomplish its objective.


Mr G'house situated on a sloping hillside is affected by a slow but continuous cracking, in which two generations of micropiles did not stop the move- ments. It is built on a bevel of clayey soil, with a variable level of groundwater. We propose as interpretation that slow cover causes the cracks. The building destabilisa- tion is increased by the soil action on the micropiles shafts.


Dump load (DL) allocation in droop-controlled islanded microgrid (DCIMG) is vital to consume excess generation at off-peak hours and provide voltage and frequency (V-f) support. Furthermore, convergence of load flow (LF) solution is necessary to determine optimal working points of any DCIMG. Proposed in this paper, two LF methods based on the famous backward/forward sweep (BFS): improved special BFS (SBFS-II) and general BFS (GBFS). The former method is based on global voltage variable spread among all distributed generation (DG), while the latter is more general by considering local voltage measurement at each DG. The multi-objective problem of DL allocation in highly penetrated DCIMG to minimize V-f deviations and power losses was investigated using the two LF methods combined with mixed-integer distributed ant colony optimization (MIDACO). The problem was applied to the IEEE-33 bus system, while solutions were subjected to various convergence tests. Results show SBFS-II and GBFS efficacy in calculation time and accuracy of the solution, respectively, for DL allocation problem in DCIMG.


The unknowing presence of pits in olives is an undesirable and even dangerous experience that affects overall quality of products contain olives or serving dishes in salad bars, airline meals, and cocktail lounges. Therefore, detection for removal of pits and pit fragments are very important for maintaining a high quality of products/services. The contributions of the paper are a) new hyperspectral data captured in a specific range of the wavelengths that are suitable for detecting olives with pits inside; b) developing a classification method, that is the CNN classifier that yields a high accuracy of pit detection. We have collected spectral responses of Manzanilla (black and green) and Gemlik (black) olives in the 400 nm- 900 nm spectrum. Olives have been classified using 1D convolutional neural networks (1D-CNN) with 99.5% and 97.69% of classification accuracies of pitted and whole olives for training and test sets, respectively. Further boosting of the accuracy up to 98.27% on the test dataset has been attained by CNN with a dropout layer. As expected, the CNN attained a better performance than those of the Support Vector Machine (SVM), k-Nearest Neighbors (KNN), Random Forest (RF), and Logistic Regression (LA) classifiers.


We report a case of LNB in a 4-year-old boy with abdominal pain as first symptom and following onset of symmetrical ascending progression of weakness causing severe respiratory failure. The patient was diagnosed initially with Guillain– Barre syndrome (GBS). Despite the fact that he had received Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVG) treatment, upper and lower muscle weakness and respiratory failure did not recover. Second dose of IVG treatment was started but the patient didn't get better. Diagnosis of LNB was made by detection of specific antibody in serum with neuro-radiological images suggestive for this infectious disease. After a 2week course of third-generation cephalosporin, the outcome was favorable with improvement in muscle tone but persistence of respiratory muscle failure with two extubation failures. Therefore administration of plasmapheresis was decided. All symptoms relieved following this treatment.


A recent analysis of the 12 C + 24 Mg scattering [W. Sciani et al., Phys. Rev. C 80, 034319 (2009)] suggests the existence of a hyperdeformed band in the 36 Ar nucleus, completely in line with the predictions of α [W. D. M. Rae and A. C. Merchant, Phys. Lett. B279, 207 (1992)] and binary cluster calculations [J. Cseh et al., Phys. Rev. C 70, 034311 (2004)]. Here we review the structural understanding of the superdeformed and the hyperdeformed states of 36 Ar and present new results on the shape isomers as well. Special attention is paid to the clusterization of these states, which indicates the appropriate reaction channels for their formation.


The deep levels of P-HEMT structure grown by MBE have been studied using DLTS technique. DLTS Spectra of samples show that high temperature electron traps, having larger capture cross sections and concentrations, are measured in n-AlGaAs layer of P-HEMT structure. These traps may correlate strongly with oxygen content of n-AIGaAs layer and be responsible for electrical parameters of P-HEMT structure. The experimental results also show that DLTS technique may be a tool of optimisation design of practical devices.


In order to explain the high mutation rate in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), together with the apparent equal incidence of new mutations in sperms and ova, which is unusual when compared with other X-linked conditions, it is postulated that a significant proportion of new mutations in DMD are caused by unequal crossing over in females at meiosis. If this is true, then there are important consequences for the strategy of research into the molecular basis of DMD.


This work aims to study thermal stability, frequency response, and refractive indices in a (001)-cut Pb(Zn1∕3Nb2∕3)0.90Ti0.10O3 (PZNT10%) crystal before and after an electric (E)-field poling, which are important for piezoelectric and optical uses. Dielectric permittivities have been measured as functions of temperature, frequency, and poling strength. The dielectric absorption reveals a broad dipolar relaxation in the region of 260–310K in the unpoled sample. Piezoelectric resonances were observed in the poled sample and show significant changes while phase transitions are taking place. The unpoled crystal shows almost no birefringence, indicating that the structure averaged over the optically anisotropic ferroelectric domains is optically isotropic. Birefringence appears after an E-field poling and shows a "negative" uniaxial distortion. The Cauchy equations for ordinary no and extraordinary ne refractive indices were determined between 0.45 and 1.4μm. However, the phase-matching criterion for second ha...


Background: Chlamydia trachomatis (C. trachomatis) and Mycoplasma genitalium (M. genitalium) are considered factors in cervical and ovarian cancer and are associated with flaky cell carcinoma of the cervix. The role of steady infection, leading to chronic inflammation, in the of ovarian cancer has received very little consideration, although a background of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is in a case-control study associate to higher risk for ovarian cancer. C. trachomatis, the most common and important cause of PID in the developed world is the genital and cervical infectious agent. The aim of this study was prevalence of C. trachomatis and M. genitalium in patients with ovarian cancer who referred to Imam Hossein Hospital of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. M aterials and Methods: In this descriptive study that was conducted from January 2014 to April 2015, 124 samples were studied which obtained from patients with ovarian cancer who referred to medical centers of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. After obtaining samples from ovarian cancer tissue by the pathologist, for extraction DNA, samples were transferred to the laboratory of university. To confirm the presence of C. trachomatis in samples of ovarian cancer, specific primers for the Major Outer Membrane Protein (MOMP) genes of C. trachomais , were designed and used Nested PCR method for detection of M. genitalium . Sequencing was performed on the PCR and Nested PCR product to confirm the presence of C. trachomatis and M. genitalium . R es ults: Out of 124 samples of ovarian cancer, 62 (50%) samples were malignant cancer and 62 (50%) were benign cancer as control group. From 65 malignant samples 14 (22.5%) were Chlamydia trachomatis positive. None of the tissue samples of benign cancer of ovary were positive for C. trachomatis . Notably, none of the 124 ovarian samples were positive in the M. genitalium standard PCR assay. C onclusion: The results suggest that the spread of C. trachomatis in the female with ovarian cancer may be common. This finding reflects a possible role of C. trachomatis in the carcinogenesis of ovarian tumors. C. trachomatis infection may play a relative role in the pathogenesis of ovarian carcinomas or it could facilitate its progression.


In this paper I discuss Gergen's social constructionist views on the relation between theory and observation. My conclusions are: 1) Though theories may not be data driven, there are objective (and not just cultural) constraints on how reality can be described. There are, moreover, some beings who dictate their own descriptions. Those beings are persons. 2) Empirical meaning is an essential aspect of any scientific theory. Scientific theories are not tales about imaginary, fictional beings. Scientific theories refer to phenomena in the real world. Such phenomena are not social constructions. 3) Data determine how valid a theory is, and why some theories are better than others.


AML Overview Standard intensive therapy for newly diagnosed patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) consists of the nucleoside analogue cytarabine in combination with an anthracycline as induction chemotherapy, followed by consolidation therapy with repeated cycles of high-dose cytarabine and/or stem cell transplant to maintain complete remission (CR). With such intensive chemotherapy approaches, remissions are common, but unfortunately durable long-term cures occur only in a minority of adult patients with AML. This is especially true in older patients— typically those older than 60 or 65 years of age at diagnosis—which constitute the majority of patients diagnosed with AML. There are currently no FDAapproved therapies for patients with relapsed/refractory AML. The only drug historically approved in this setting, the anti-CD33 monoclonal antibody gemtuzumab ozogamicin (GO), was withdrawn from the market in 2010 due to concerns for treatmentrelated toxicity. Thus, there is a clear and unmet need for effective treatment options for patients with relapsed/ refractory AML. In the past decade, extraordinary progress has been made in understanding cancer biology and the mechanisms of leukemogenesis. With the advent and streamlining of modern techniques such as next-generation sequencing, recurrent genomic alterations including cytogenetic abnormalities and somatic mutations can be routinely identified in over 95 percent of AML cases. Increased knowledge of genomic abnormalities has already led to improved prognostic classification of patients with AML at diagnosis—i.e., the updated European Leukemia Net (ELN) classification system. In addition to improved AML risk-stratification, improved understanding of clonal AML architecture is leading to rationally designed treatment strategies to improve upon both the initial and salvage treatment regimens.


The internet portal www.docfinder.at contains information about doctors practising in Austria. In addition, logged-in users can evaluate individual doctors and write about their experiences. § 28 para 2 Data Protection Act (hereinafter: DSG 2000) – which was applied in this case – grants the right to object if the inclusion of data in a data application open to inspection by public is not mandated by law. This right can be exercised at any time and without mentioning any reasons. As a result, it was not possible to weigh differing interests which led to the conclusion of the Constitutional Court that § 28 para 2 DSG 2000 violates Art 10 ECHR.


This article uses the methods of literature review,expert interview,experimental method and mathematical statistics to analyze the last two stepsand take- off technology of the top six former athletes in the 2012 National University Games. The results showed that men's long jump athlete's run- up in colleges and universities the bottom two step by step length and step speed change did not achieve ideal range,speed loss rate most did not achieve the ideal range; The board instantly and instantaneous average speed and takeoff instantaneous average vertical velocity is lower than the Chinese elite male long jump athletes; Takeoff phase of each joint Angle is too small,make the ground and the moment of stretching from the ground,swinging enough positive fully; The voids and seed in smaller,causing the arc Angle is too large,reduce the continuity of the run- up after takeoff,will not be able to achieve good take- off vertical speed.


Introduction Carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen are regularly characterized in soils and plants to determine agricultural and environmental practices. As the demand for soils and plants testing has grown in the last years, the classical analytical methods showed to be no longer suitable, for their time-consuming sample preparation and for their use of hazardous reagents. For this reason a simple and automated technique is the requirement for modern laboratories dealing with routine analysis.


The Ru(bpy)/sub 3//sup 2 +/ photosensitized reduction of methyl viologen (MV/sup 2 +/) proceeds rapidly in water-swollen iminodiacetic acid type chelate resin beads which adsorbed both Ru(bpy)/sub 3//sup 2 +/ and MV/sup 2 +/ (RM resin). Photosensitized electron-transfer reaction of Ru(bpy)/sub 3//sup 2 +/ with MV/sup 2 +/ takes place in the resin bead with the aid of polymer-bound iminodiacetic acid (PIDA) as a donor. The back-reaction of Ru(bpy)/sub 3//sup 3 +/ with the methyl viologen radical is prevented by the reduction of Ru(bpy)/sub 3//sup 3 +/ by PIDA. Photosensitized formation of hydrogen peroxide occurs in an aqueous solution containing RM resin and oxygen. Hydrogen peroxide is produced by the reaction of the adsorbed methyl viologen radical with the dissolved molecular oxygen in the heterogeneous system. The photosensitized reaction mechanisms leading to the formation of the methyl viologen radical and hydrogen peroxide in the water-swollen RM resin system are discussed based on the results obtained. 9 figures., 2 tables.


Waste water result from operating activities of Grati Combined Cycled Power Plant (CCPP) is significant amount and has potentially to be reutilized. A recycling unit as the pilot project has been applied in Grati CCPP PT Indonesia Power UP Perak Grati for capacity 4 tons/hour of service water product. Development plant of Grati CCPP up to year 2018 will produce more amounts of waste water, and potentially increase the pollution load in the unit area.Considering the use of alternative development for unit recycled waste water effluent from the Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) has implications to the environmental and cost aspects, therefore a proper assessment to decide the alternative is needed. Proposed method of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is to measure the impact to the environment. And the Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) is to measure the economic criteria. To integrate the results of the two methods, it is used and calculated by using Hierarcy Analytical Process (AHP).The result of the study about the environmental impact and economic analysis, the development of the recycling unit is required to process all waste water produced by power plants. Focus group by experts in power plant operation using AHP is based on the results of SimaPro 7.0 and CBA. The most beneficial result is with a single score of 0.2314 Pt / 1 ton of water service, the payback period of 2.5 years, 37.5% IRR and NPV US$ 88,577.23 and the MMF-RO unit for total capacity of 14 tons/hour has become the most alternative of development.


Frequency‐doubled Nd:YAG laser (532 nm) pulses of 1.7 J/cm2 and 10 ns duration were used to deposit thin films of YBa2 Cu3 O7−δ by laser ablation on NdGaO3 , LaGaO3, and SrTiO3 substrates held at 725±5 °C in 0.2 Torr of O2 ambient. Electrical resistivities versus temperature of all films show normal metallic behavior and sharp superconducting transitions with Tc (R=0) at 92–93 K. Critical current densities in 0.3–0.6 μm thick, 200 μm long, and 10–30 μm wide strips were measured to be 106 A/cm2 at 60, 77, and 80 K in the films on LaGaO3, NdGaO3, and SrTiO3, respectively. X‐ray diffraction patterns show that all films grew epitaxially, with domains of only two crystalline orientations rotated 90° with respect to each other in the a‐b plane (consistent with twins), and the c axis perpendicular to the substrates. The closely matched lattice constants of the film and substrates (0.8–2.1%) result in epitaxial growth of the films.


Autosomal recessive cornea plana (On-line Mendelian Inheritance in Man [MIM] #217300) is a pathognomonic phenotype (small flat cornea, variable corneal opacity, indistinct limbus, variable iris abnormality, high hyperopia, accommodative esotropia) that is specific for biallelic mutations in keratocan (MIM *603288, KERA). Keratocan is a small leucine-rich proteoglycan involved in corneal stromal fibrillogenesis (fiber diameter and spacing); the knockout mouse model shows disorganized and large diameter corneal fibers, thin corneal stoma, and narrow anterior chamber angles, without evidence for systemic abnormality. The high hyperopia in recessive cornea plana patients is corneal rather than axial and typically remains relatively stable from childhood through early adulthood, as does keratometry (unpublished data). We previously reported bilateral simultaneous corneal decompensation as an infrequent complication of unclear etiology in three genetically-confirmed patients. Here we report that for one of those three patients, patient #2 from the prior report, the corneas cleared and progressive corneal ectasia became evident. Before his episode of corneal decompensation at 7 years old the boy had had classic features of cornea plana. After the bilateral simultaneous corneal decompensation event, over the ensuing 6 months the corneal edema slowly cleared. In addition, over time corneal curvature and anterior chamber depth increased and central pachymetry and degree of hyperopia decreased. Available biometry, cycloplegic refractions, and best-corrected visual acuities are summarized in Table 1. Rather than idiopathic corneal decompensation, in retrospect this boy had corneal ectasia and hydrops. We have previously reported corneal ectasia (pellucid marginal degeneration) in one other genetically-confirmed case and corneal hydrops (preceded by ectasia) in another. The current case confirms corneal ectasia and hydrops are rare but recurrent features of recessive cornea plana. In a normal cornea with normal keratocan levels, keratocan anchors the glycosaminoglycan keratan sulfate, which has a role in maintaining structural integrity against mechanical force. Perhaps further loss of this glycosaminoglycan in a small subset of cornea plana patients promotes ectasia and potential hydrops. Interestingly, in keratoconus, the most common form of corneal ectasia, there is evidence for KERA dysregulation. The two other patients with bilateral simultaneous corneal decompensation fromourprior report have to date not developed corneal clearing or ectasia. Their corneal decompensation remains idiopathic and represents a separate rare feature of cornea plana. It may be related to endothelial dysfunction, a concept supported by the recent report of a compound heterozygous Czech patient documented to have low endothelial cell counts.


Book synopsis: In this volume, renowned authors from 25 nations seek to examine the European dimensions of military history in order to expand the narrow viewpoint of national history. This innovative work examines for the first time the upheavals of war and peace, changes in civilian-military relations, endogenous and exogenous portrayals of the military, and the relationships of armed forces within military alliances since the 19th century.


Qualitative research is becoming increasingly prominent in management. Such research is commonly contrasted with so-called positivist research, which is described as not only (a) being the same thing as quantitative methods but also (b) being deterministic, (c) involving the search for real causes, (d) adopting a realist ontology, (e) engaging in reification, (f) being functionalist, or (g) being objectivist. This article uses a qualitative method (i.e., historical method) to show that, qualitative research rhetoric notwithstanding, all seven of the characteristics that supposedly identify research in management as positivist are actually mischaracterizations (or caricatures) of any research in management that would be properly described as postivist. Because the rhetoric justifying qualitative methods is, therefore, intellectually impoverished, management scholars are urged to recognize the complementarity of qualitative and quantitative methods, recognize our responsibility for producing trustworthy knowledge, declare a truce or rhetorical "ceasefire," and move on to a more historically informed discourse on methodology in management inquiry.


This study provides preliminary data to support the need for appropriate and thorough restoration of quarries through investigating both domestic and overseas cases of sites that were restored in environment-friendly ways to make them re-usable after extraction. In cases of areas where it is difficult to restore the cut slope, putting it to other uses such as engraving buddhist images would be helpful to reduce the restoration cost and enhance the utilization of the slope. Phased land use conversion after exploitation needs to be considered in advance; for example, the location and size of the quarry should be determined according to the pre-planned use or development of the site. Considering the circumstances in the country, serious consideration should be given to methods that allow the restoration or recovery of the damaged sites to be completed in short periods of time. Quarry restoration needs to be approached from the view of ecological restoration and if a site is deemed to be usable for another purpose, land use conversion should be considered to enhance the utilization.


The aim of this paper is to introduce nine types of rough Pythagorean fuzzy sets in UP-algebras and nine types of rough sets in UP-algebras. Then we study relation of these rough Pythagorean fuzzy sets and new types of Pythagorean fuzzy UP-filter under equivalence (congruence) relation. Moreover, we will also discuss t -level subsets of rough Pythagorean fuzzy sets in UP-algebras to study the relationships between rough Pythagorean fuzzy sets and rough sets in UP-algebras which we defined them above. Finally, we discuss the concept of homomorphisms between IUP-algebras and also study the direct and inverse images of four special subsets. fuzzy comparative UP-filters (LoRPFCUPFs), lower rough Pythagorean fuzzy shift UP-filters (LoRPF-SUPFs), rough Pythagorean fuzzy implicative UP-filters (RPFIUPFs), rough Pythagorean fuzzy comparative UP-filters (RPFCUPFs), and rough Pythagorean fuzzy shift UP-filters (RPFSUPFs) and new type of rough set (RS) in UP-algebras: upper rough implicative UP-filters (UpRIUPFs), upper rough comparative UP-filters (UpRCUPFs), upper rough shift UP-filters (UpRSUPFs), lower rough implicative UP-filters (LoRIUPFs), lower rough comparative UP-filters (LoRCUPFs), lower rough shift UP-filters (LoRSUPFs), rough implicative UP-filters (RIUPFs), rough comparative UP-filters (RCUPFs), and rough shift UP-filters (RSUPFs). Moreover, we verify their generalization of nine types of RPFSs in UP-algebras. Then, to inves-tigate the relationships between new types of Pythagorean fuzzy UP-filter and new types of UP-filter of UP-algebras, we explore t -level subsets of PFSs. Finally, we study the relationships between nine types of RPFSs and nine types of RSs in UP-algebras under a congruence relation.


Marketed surplus and price spread in case of maize were studied in the year 2010-2011 in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra. For the study, 60 maize growers were selected from Kannad and Sillod tehsils. Wholesaler and retailer, from Aurangabad market were selected to investigate the cost, margin and price spread in maize marketing. The results revealed that, the size of maize farm was 0.84 hectare. Maize production on farm was 46.15 quintals. Price paid by consumer was Rs. 1010.00 per quintal in channel-I in which producer's share in consumer's rupee was 94.20 per cent. In case of Channel-II, price paid by consumer was Rs.1035.00 per quintal in which the producer's share in consumer's rupee was 87.69 per cent. In regard to Channel-III, price paid by consumer was Rs.1155.00 per quintal in which the producer's share in consumer's rupee was 76.02 per cent. The producer's share in consumer's rupee was highest in Channel-I than that of Channel-II and Channel-III. Net price received by producer was highest in Channel-I and price spread was higher in Channel-III which was Rs.269.29 followed by Rs.127.42 in Channel-II and Rs.58.58 in Channel-I. It was found that, the Channel-I was benefited to producers.


American higher education plunged from the heights of public regard and support during the late 1950s and the 1960s to a precarious position characterized by de creasing levels of financial support and public and political dis dain. This shift in fortune was in part produced because higher education had achieved so much that its leaders con vinced themselves and the larger society that the nation's col leges and universities had become the pivotal institution in society. Thus the future of higher education must be pon dered in the context of its present relatively low estate and by considering several imperatives. The future will really be decided by how those imperatives are treated. They are: to deploy resources more effectively; to accommodate new kinds of students; to maintain diversity; to invent ways to govern large collegiate systems; to plan simultaneously for three dec ades, each of which will be different with respect to the condi tions for higher education it will produce; to determine the nature of undergraduate education; and to reorder the priority assigned to graduate education. As these are resolved, a future can be epitomized thusly: sober realism, parsimony of claims, and more economical management of a large, complicated, and still influential social institution.


omewhere in that netherland where History, Heritage and the Humanities converge, the potential for new institutional partner ships and creative collaborations comes into view. In this land scape, the sometimes artificial boundaries that separate scholarship and the public's appetite for a good story become more transparent and a "usable past" comes into play. Rigid formalisms appear more artificial or transient in light of popular consumption of new cultural products. And perhaps equally significant, the power of the written word makes way for a new media technology that changes the representation of the past in the present. In the hopes of encouraging a fresh perspective on the relationship between History, Heritage and Humanities initia tives in the Commonwealth, the Pennsylvania Historical Association hosted a panel discussion entitled "New Directions in Public History Programming" at its October, 2006 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. The session attracted a large and animated audience of academic historians, museum curators, and


E Safety is a joint industry-public sector initiative aiming to reduce the number of accidents by using new intelligent vehicle safety systems and related infrastructure utilising ICT. The e Safety Forum is a joint platform of the road safety stakeholders promoting the implementation of the e Safety action plan. The Forum has created several Working Groups focusing on priority topics in the action plan. One of these is the Implementation Road Map Working Group (WG), which started its work in July 2003 and produced its final report two years later. The Implementation Road Map WG was given the task of investigating how to promote the roll-out and deployment of vehicle- and infrastructure-based as well as co-operative systems in order to contribute to the overall goals of reducing road accident fatalities by 50% systems by 2010. The inclusion of both vehicle- and infrastructure-based systems caused special problems as there are the strong differences between both actors involved and the timelines for development and financial issues. Also the decision processes are quiet different and especially problematic for truly co-operative systems. Hence, the WG involved actors from wide range of domains and especially from the car manufacturers and road authorities. The work started with data collection about the e Safety systems, and continued with an assessment of them in a common framework. The work was carried out by different WG members compiling the information needed. The information on road infrastructure developments and vehicle fleet age distributions were collected from the Telematics Subgroup of the Conference of European Directors of Road (CEDR). The potential safety effects of the systems were estimated based on research as well as expert assessments using German accident statistics and the European CARE accident data base. In order to calculate the actual impacts of the systems in 2010 and 2020, the forecasted market penetrations of new cars in 2005, 2010 and 2020 were used together with vehicle fleet age distributions from EU countries to estimate the penetration of systems in the whole vehicle fleets. The assessment resulted in the identification of eleven priority vehicle-based and infrastructure-related e Safety systems. Next it was discussed how to promote the deployment rate of these systems in future. There are also feasible differences between vehicle-based systems and more infrastructure / or mixed systems within the business case. Different incentives are likely to enhance the customer awareness for e Safety features. For each priority system, two market penetration forecasts were estimated, one based on "business as usual" conditions and the other based on incentives and other measures to promote the deployment of the system. After that, the penetration was estimated for the whole vehicle fleet in 2005, 2010 and 2020 and the safety impact of the system was estimated. For the covering abstract see ITRD E137489.


45 strains of Lactobacillus were isolated from 17 samples of traditional fermented milk in Gobi region of Mongolia. Based on morphological, physiological, biochemistry test and 16S rDNA sequencing analysis, identified as 31 strains of Lactobacillus fermentum(L. fermentum), 12 strains of L. helveticus, one strain of L. plantarum and one strain of L. casei. Survival rate of IMAU20085 is 81.44% in the screening experiment of resistance to the artificial gastric juice (pH 3.0). The isolation and identification of these strains and the screening of high acid-tolerant strains have important meaning to the preservation and exploitation of probiotic resource.


In the framework of the movable cellular automata method we have developed a plane/2D model of mechanical behavior of brittle porous material under shear loading. The work considers the material characterized by a function of pore size distribution with two maxima. Based on simulation results, the authors proposed the analytical estimation of the dependence of strength and elastic properties of the material on its total porosity and partial porosities that correspond to the pores with different sizes.


satisfactory by patient-centred students. Medical students, therefore, in addition to being psychological or organic in orientation, also differ in a dimension which seems a separate one-whether they are primarily interested in people or more concerned about, for example, neurophysiology and biochemical matters; and the two dimensions together measure whether a student approves of the course or not. The course provided was liked by psychologically oriented students who have a scientific bias. But the course is not liked so much by students who care primarily about patients, whether they are psychologically or organically oriented. 4. There are factors which do not indicate at all whether students are affective or physical. In general, these are attributes which are linked with technical learning, are not dependent on individual personal choices of students, but are taught to all students as an aspect of medical roledefinition during professional training. These factors, which seem an aspect of doctoring in general and not affected by organic orientation on the one hand, or psychological orientation on the hand, are: general medical ability (that is, capacity to graduate in medicine); ability to acquire factual psychiatric information; the student's confidence in his ability to diagnose and treat psychiatric disorders; extent of examination anxiety; uncertainty about having chosen medicine as a career; having difficulty in relationships with patients; and desire in later practice to obtain gratitude of patients or a good standing in the community. These attributes were found to be unrelated to psychological orientation. We wish to express our thanks to Dr. F. M. Martin and Dr. F. A. Boddy, of the Department of Public Health and Social Medicine, University of Edinburgh, for making available the responses obtained from this student class in the Medical Student Survey of the Association for the Study of Medical Education.


Summary The last flightless bird of the western Indian Ocean, Dryolimnas cuvieri aldabranus survives only on Aldabra. Its population numbered some 8,000 in 1973–1976. Surveys suggest numbers remained roughly constant between 1968 and 1988 (with a fluctuation of only 4% in responses to call playback between 1983 and 1988), but distribution continued to contract. Longevity can reach over 8.5 years (but is probably lower on average), and some birds remain within 100 m of the site of ringing for at least five years. Feral predators remain a threat, and captive populations are recommended. The monitoring procedure may have value for other Gruiformes.


We investigate the role of ram pressure stripping in the Virgo Cluster using N-body simulations. Radial orbits within the Virgo Cluster's gravitational potential are modeled and analyzed with respect to ram pressure stripping. The N-body model consists of 10,000 gas cloud complexes that can have inelastic collisions. Ram pressure is modeled as an additional acceleration on the clouds located at the surface of the gas distribution in the direction of the galaxy's motion within the cluster. We made several simulations, changing the orbital parameters in order to recover different stripping scenarios using realistic temporal ram pressure profiles. We investigate systematically the influence of the inclination angle between the disk and the orbital plane of the galaxy on the gasdynamics. We show that ram pressure can lead to a temporary increase of the central gas surface density. In some cases a considerable part of the total atomic gas mass (several 108 M☉) can fall back onto the galactic disk after the stripping event. A quantitative relation between the orbit parameters and the resulting H I deficiency is derived containing explicitly the inclination angle between the disk and the orbital plane. The comparison between existing H I observations and the results of our simulations shows that the H I deficiency depends strongly on galaxy orbits. It is concluded that the scenario in which ram pressure stripping is responsible for the observed H I deficiency is consistent with all H I 21 cm observations in the Virgo Cluster.


Background: Although observational studies and smaller clinical trials, suggest that cigarette smoking is associated with a more atherogenic lipid profile, no studies have prospectively evaluated t...


Pathogenic Acanthamoeba is responsible for causing serious eye and fatal brain infections. A successful prognosis remains elusive despite advances in chemotherapeutics and supportive care. Natural products of medicinal value remain a promising source for drug development due to their broad-spectrum antimicrobial activities. Herein, we discuss anti-Acanthamoebic properties of natural products originating from plants, marine, and microbial sources that could be exploited as potential avenue for drug discovery against infections caused by Acanthamoeba.


The optimal asphalt-aggregate ratio and bulk volume density for asphalt mixtures are confirmed by standard Marshall stability test,and the optimal asphalt-aggregate ratio and bulk volume density for the different dose SEAM are calculated by experiential formula.Through rutting test and dynamic uniaxial creep test,their high-temperature deformations are measured,and dynamic stability,displacement and dynamic creep module etc.,are analyzed and computed.These experiment results show that 30%~40% doses asphalt mixtures are the strongest at high-temperature stability,hence the dose above 30% is more appropriate in SEAM asphalt mixture.


This paper tries to read first eight paragraphs of Emmanuel Levinas"s masterpiece, Totality and Infinity, very closely with purpose to find an adequate idea for peace in East-Asia. It will be shown that these paragraphs contain the essential thought of Levinas on peace and war and that the ethical and metaphysical orientation of Levinasian philosophy is motivated by his concern for peace among humans and that philosophy of Levinas is a political philosophy. The contrast between "peace on the basis of war" and "eschatology of messianic peace" is crucial in this discussion on peace and war. Levinas shows that peace is possible if and only if the other is accepted as the other who can"t be reduced to any form which humans can manipulate. This paper is concluded by the observation that hospitality towards others rather than laying emphasis on common heritage will be more important condition for the possibility of peace in East-Asia.


On 1 March 2016, the Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland's (ASAI) new Code of Standards for Advertising and Marketing Communications in Ireland (7th edition) came into effect (for previous codes, see IRIS 2006-2/24 and IRIS 2002-5/21). The ASAI is an independent self-regulatory body, and the code applies to advertising and marketing communication in all media in Ireland, including television and digital media.


In this paper, a new type of reflective metasurface element with low profile is proposed. The simulation results show that the element has a reflection phase shift of 425 degrees at 10 GHz with the change of size, which meets the requirement of 360 degrees phase shift. Two types of reflective metasurface with vortex wave are designed by using this element. The mode numbers of the two reflective metasurfaces are l=+1 and l=+2, respectively. Simulation results show that the phase shift above the two metasurface are 2π and 4π respectively. Overall dimension of the antenna is 201.5 mm × 201.5mm × 3.5mm.


In general, the trainer's technical abilities must be mastered by the trainer. The reason is that those who become coaches are generally former athletes. They are also have training certificates from various training and coaching clinics. However, the ability to communicate in coaching is not necessarily fully mastered by most coaches. The purpose of this research was to add theoretical development about the study of sports coaching communication, especially in the process of athlete physical and mental training by using descriptive qualitative research approaches. The results showed that the coaching communication patterns developed in the training process and outside the training. The form of coaching communication during and outside training is generally face-to-face. The method used in coaching communication is to use lectures and demonstrations as well as to involve video media to further stimulate achievement motivation for each athlete. The approach taken in coaching communication is an open, family, and personal approach. The choice of coaching communication methods has been proven to be able to motivate and build athletes' self-confidence and athletes can accept and interpret the instructional messages conveyed and desired by the coaches. Suggestions and recommendations that can be given in this research are on the certification of trainers for each sports trainer.


The present invention relates to a fermentation medium for culturing Corynebacterium diphtheriae. The present invention also relates to the preparation of the vaccine for use diphtheria toxin obtained in use and the process of the fermentation medium in the process for obtaining the diphtheria toxin from Corynebacterium diphtheriae bacteria being cultured. The present invention further relates to purification and detoxification process is specifically adapted to prepare a diphtheria toxoid for inclusion into the vaccine.


The SPS-48E is a S-band, long range, air defense, volume scanning radar onboard US Navy aircraft carriers and large deck amphibious ships. It operates with multiple pencil beams in a mechanically rotating phased-array antenna that scans electronically in elevation, and completes a volume scan in 4 seconds. A Weather Extractor Computer (WEC) and a Weather Data Interface Card (WDIC) have been developed for the SPS-48E that provide Doppler data at the lowest three elevation scans and reflectivity data at all elevation scans in Universal Format (UF). The WEC and WDIC are part of the Hazardous Weather Detection and Display Capability (HWDDC) that provides real-time weather information to shipboard personnel. The HWDDC system taps into the SPS-48E radar returns without changing or interfering with the tactical target scanning configuration. See Maese et al. (2007) for more information on the SPS-48E and the HWDDC. The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Monterey, CA, is working with SPAWAR Systems Center, San Diego, CA on their development of a system to transmit the UF files created by the HWDDC system onboard Navy ships to Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC) in Monterey. The plan is to incorporate the SPS-48E data into the Navy's Coupled Ocean/Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System (COAMPS) forecast model and various nowcasting algorithms. The products from these nowcasts and forecasts would then be made available


In the given article the main approaches in both na tive and foreign literature related to the problem of psychological determinati on of career orientation formation and the influence of professional counsel ing on career decisions are studied. The leading types of career orientation: h orizontal, vertical, mixed type (combination of horizontal and vertical), horizonta l type of creative component, such as a hobby, are determined. The results of the study of the technical students' professional guidance characteristics during the pe riod of study in higher educational institutions are presented for every gr oup. The peculiarities of characteristics of professional guidance in the groups of examined students with different career orientation and their impact on th e career decisions are shown.


In this paper, we deal with the fundamental martingale of mixed sub-fractional Brownian motion and the corresponding Skorohod integral. As the application, we deal with drift parameter estimation of the mixed sub-fractional Ornstein-Ulenbeck process.


Lithium disilicate was first introduced to the dental field as an indirect restorative material in 1998. It was marketed under the name IPS Empress 2, and was intended for use with press technology. It was later replaced by modified versions including IPS e.max® Press and IPS e.max® CAD. Newer versions have since emerged,namely Amber Mill GC Initial and CEREC Tesseratwo.The latter has part crystal composition of lithium disilicate,embedded in a glassy zirconia matrix. The CAD versionis provided in a meta-silicate state, characterised by40% platelet-shaped lithium meta-silicate crystals and aglassy matrix that is bluish in colour. To obtain the desired lithium disilicate structure and tooth shades, a process ofcrystallization is required. This involves firing at 840 °C,for 25 minutes. The resulting glass-ceramic material has the benefit of providing maximum aesthetic translucency along with good fracture resistance of about 2MPa, and mechanical strength of 360MPa. Developments in the all-ceramic dental materials have led to improvements in their physical properties and aesthetic appeal, leading to a substantial increase in their clinical use. This paper present a review of lithium disilicate with particular reference to its chemical composition, aesthetic versatility, and durability for use in crowns, veneers, and implant retained restorations. It also covers the recommended techniques prescribed to ensure predictable bonding and cementation. An electronic literature search on the use of lithium disilicate in dentistry was carried out using EBSCOhost search engine. This included all papers relating to its use for conventional veneers, crowns and bridge work, for CAD/CAM restorations, dentine bonding procedures and luting agents. It covered all papers published in peer reviewed journals from 1988 to 2021. The review indicates that lithium disilicate can be a useful and versatile material in dentistry providing it is handled correctly and the recommended tooth and restoration surface preparations and bonding procedures are carried out. The latter involves tooth etching and silane treatment of the fitting surfaces of restorations prior to cementation to improve adhesion and fracture resistance.


Because smartphones support various functions, they are carried by users everywhere. Whenever a user believes that a moment is interesting, important, or meaningful to them, they can record a video to preserve such memories. The main problem with video recording an important moment is the fact that the user needs to look at the scene through the mobile phone screen rather than seeing the actual real-world event. This occurs owing to uncertainty the user might feel when recording the video. For example, the user might not be sure if the recording is of high-quality and might worry about missing the target object. To overcome this, we developed a new camera application that utilizes two main algorithms, the minimum output sum of squared error and the histograms of oriented gradient algorithms, to track the target object and recognize the direction of the user's head. We assumed that the functions of the new camera application can solve the user's anxiety while recording a video. To test the effectiveness of the proposed application, we conducted a case study and measured the emotional responses of users and the error rates based on a comparison with the use of a regular camera application. The results indicate that the new camera application induces greater feelings of pleasure, excitement, and independence than a regular camera application. Furthermore, it effectively reduces the error rates during video recording.


This research is an applicative research that uses secondary data from BPS by topic ?SECTORAL FRICTION AND CONTRIBUTION IN SUB-SECTOR OF AGRICULTURE (A Case Study of the Commodity of Food Crop on the Sub-Province of Kudus, Central Java, at the Year of 2002 to 2006)?. The purpose of this research are; first, to find out the contribution of the agriculture sector to the Gross Regional Domestic Product (PDRB) Sub-Province of Kudus, Central Java, at the Year of 2002 to 2006; second, to find out the contribution of the food sector to the agriculture in Sub-Province of Kudus, Central Java, at the Year of 2002 to 2006; third, to find out the contribution of the food sub-sector to the agriculture in Sub-Province of Kudus, Central Java, at the Year of 2002 to 2006; fourth, to find out the basis sector or the potential sector in Sub-Province of Kudus; fifth, to find out the sectoral or the economic sector changes in Sub-Province of Kudus. By using the sectoral contribution analysis instrument, first, we can find that the contribution of the agriculture sector to the Gross Regional Domestic Product (PDRB) is on the average of 3,55%. Second, we can find out the contribution of the food sub-sector to the agriculture on the average of 49,07%. Third, we can find out the contribution of the food sub-sector to the agriculture on the average of 1,73%. The Location Quentient (LQ) analysis instrument, we can find that basis sub-sector or the potential sub-sector in Sub-Province of Kudus is: Crops for Foodstuff, Plantation, and Breeding. While the non-basis sector or sectors that did not have any potential uses are the Fishery and the Forestry sub sectors. By using The Shift Share analysis instrument, we can find out that friction or change of economic structure in Sub-Province of Kudus, create the increasing of the economic structural friction or change (Nij) in Central Java Province 158289875.66. It tends to influencing the in friction or change of economic structure (Dij) in Sub-Province of Kudus for 28817000. Moreover, for the industrial pollution effects (Mij) in Sub-Province of Kudus shows the negative value, it tends decreases as much as 1147316.47 people. The economics competitive advantages in Sub-Province of Kudus shows the negative value, it reflected that relatively, the development of the economics sector and sub-sector in Sub-Province of Kudus runs slowly and it does not have any special quality to meet its local needs and it also does not have any special quality that can be exported to the other areas. The economics growth level in a province will influence the development level of economics in an area. Consider this economics condition in Sub-Province of Kudus, which is still less than standard, hence needed by role of government to determine a policy capable to play its role to develop the economics in this area. Keyword : Pergeseran Sub sektor, Sektor pertanian dan Shift Share link terkait : http://skripsi.umm.ac.id/files/disk1/273/jiptummpp-gdl-s1-2008-niningpurw-13641-PENDAHUL-N.pdf


Abstract Spatial dependence of financial organizations has been examined by economic geography, clustering and institutionalist approaches. In literature, there has been many studies which investigate how spatial dependency occurs and which factors effect spatial dependency but none of them link spatial dependency with dimensions of financial system. Within the framework of spatial dependency, our study focuses on the notions that financial depth, financial effectiveness, financial stability and financial accessibility as financial system dimensions that effect spatial dependence of financial organizations. To test the propositions, we collected data from financial databases for chosen 25 countries endowed with financial centers between the years of 2007-2011. We aim to identify the factors that affect spatial dependencies and the ways of creating new paths for financial centers. The obtained data from databases are analyzed through the STATA statistical packaged software. After the validation of measures a series of panel data analysis was conducted to test the hypotheses and to define how financial system dimensions create a spatial dependency on financial centers. Analyses results highlighted the notions that competitiveness power, capital based financial system, external shocks such as financial crisis and knowledge asymmetry to create new paths for financial centers.


Although the field of project management has undergone significant improvement, new challenges often make it hard for project managers to meet expectations when planning modern building designs. This article traces such challenges that the project manager must face during modern building projects, as modern building designs are complex and much riskier than traditional ones. Project managers can face different challenges throughout a project, such as a project complexity, a lack of communication, and changes in planning. These risks were studied using a risk matrix, and solutions were provided. The most dominated solution was mitigation, which illustrates that avoiding a risk entirely is highly unlikely. There are specific methods of mitigation based on the given risks, and applying these solutions can help to complete a project on time and to stay within the budget.


BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Today's health care environment encourages cost containment in many aspects of patient care, including exercise instruction in physical therapy. The purpose of this study was to determine whether different modes of instruction affect the learning of an exercise program, as measured by retention test performance immediately after the instruction and practice and after a 1-day delay.

SUBJECTS
Subjects were 40 people, aged 26 to 51 years (mean=38.4, SD=7.4), with no known shoulder pathology.

METHODS
Subjects were instructed in a series of 5 shoulder exercises by 1 of 4 modes of instruction: (1) live modeling, (2) corrected-error videotape, (3) error-free videotape, and (4) handout alone.

RESULTS
Subjects who received instruction from handout materials alone (handout group) exhibited poorer performance accuracy than subjects who received live or videotaped modeling and exercise instruction. In addition, the total number of errors of the handout group was more than twice the average of the live instruction and videotape instruction groups. No differences were found between the live instruction group and the 2 groups that received videotaped instruction.

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION
Live and videotaped modeling are more effective than a handout alone for achieving performance accuracy of a basic exercise program, as measured by immediate and delayed retention tests.


This article presents a design optimization framework which integrates realistic lightning strike electrostatic and fatigue analyses for designing reliable and economical composite wind turbine blades. The novel aspects of this work include: a parametric tortuous lightning stepped leader model that reflects one of the true natural characteristics of the lightning phenomenon; and characterization of both the lightning strike dielectric breakdown failure and multi-axial fatigue failure mechanisms for structural design of composite wind turbine blades. A case study of the structural design optimization of a 5 MW composite wind turbine blade is tested using the framework with two optimization solvers: sequential quadratic programming (SQP) and Bayesian optimization (BO). SQP produces a superior optimal design to BO. In the optimum blade design based on the SQP algorithm, the lightning safety ratio increased by 32% and the expected fatigue life increased more than 15 times compared with the initial blade design.


ABSTRACT Within social work education, contemplative practices are a way of improving and supporting positive student development while providing a holistic educational experience. Contemplative practices assist students in developing valuable coping skills and self-regulation, while also teaching techniques for stress reduction. This article begins with an introduction to contemplative practices and then specifically discusses the contemplative practices of mindfulness, meditation, yoga, deep listening and free writing, some of which are more prevalent and established within social work education than others. Definitions, uses and empirical evidence within social work and higher education are offered throughout. Finally, implications for teaching, as well as challenges to integrating contemplative practices within social work education are discussed.


INTRODUCTION Treatment of ACL injuries in skeletally immature patients is complicated by the fact that adult reconstruction techniques violate the growth plate, potentially leading to leg length discrepancies and angular deformities in skeletally immature patients. ACL injuries are commonly treated conservatively until growth plate closure; however, cartilage damage, meniscal injuries, and early osteoarthritis are common. The Anderson technique for pediatric ACL reconstruction utilizes all epiphyseal tunnels adjacent to the growth plate [1]. ACL injury leads to increased anterior translation, internal rotation, medial shift and valgus orientation of the tibia, with the largest changes occurring with the knee near full extension [2, 3]. The current study was performed to determine if all-epiphyseal reconstruction can reverse the kinematic changes caused by ACL injury.


ABSTRACT This article reports on a study of 384 decanal appointments and reappointments and examines Canadian university deans' demographics and career paths. The study focused on four variables: gender, race, experience, and provenance; and analyzed variations across faculty and university types. The findings show that the great majority of Canadian university deans possess a Canadian background, with half of them being recruited internally, and that proportions of non-White and female deans mostly align with those of the professoriate. However, the study reveals a pattern of upward cumulative attrition suggesting that structural barriers to success, perseverance, and promotion are shaping non-White and female deans' career paths. Finally, data suggest that about 40% of Canadian university deans are reappointed for a second term.


New methods of preparing C.I. Solvent Yellow 44 were discussed. N-2′,4′-Dimethyl-phenyl-4-bromo-1,8-naphthalimine (NDNA) was obtained through reacting 4-bromo-1,8-naphthalenic anhydride with 2,4-dimethylamiline in acetic. The final product is generated by ammonolysis of the compound under high pressure. The yield reached more than 70%. The main factors including the temperature of reaction, the time of reaction and the rate of ammonia and NDNA were investigated. The optimal condition of reaction was found.


A Commerce Department report on the steel industry since 1958 shows that the industry's efficiency improvements have been sporadic and minimal, with little evidence of long-run peak-to-peak improvements. The report also notes that efficiency in materials use improved, but setbacks during the 1966-74 period in labor, capital, and energy brought an overall decline in productivity. The report suggests that some of the decline in steel industry efficiency might have been avoided if funds potentially available for innovative investment had not gone to high labor and antipollution costs. The author suggests that the report's focus on 1974 may distort the analysis. No data is available beyond 1981 to carry the analysis forward.


This chapter presents applications of ArcView Geographic Information System (GIS) in developing SWMM (Storm Water Management Model) computer models. Three type…


Through the investigation of studying types and the scores of 88 undergraduates in grade of 2000,we found that 68 of them belonged to imagining type,8 of them belonged to analyzing type,11 of them belonged to common type,and the rest one belonged to motive type.On the whole,the male students' total scores and scores of theory are obviously lower than those of female students'.


We experimentally study 2-dimensional interaction among discrete vortices and broad vorticity distribution. Here we report a few topics from our initial results. We observe long-lasting orbital motion of discrete vortices in vacuum, while a rapid re-organization occurs in the spatial distribution of vorticity when a discrete vortex is immersed in an extended distribution of the background vorticity.


The (d,..cap alpha..) reaction has been studied with 79-MeV vector polarized deuterons on /sup 58,60,62,64/Ni targets. Angular distributions of the differential cross section and vector analyzing power have been measured for strongly populated residual states in /sup 56,58,60,62/Co up to an excitation energy of 5 MeV. The transferred orbital angular momenta L and total angular momenta J were determined from the characteristic shapes of the differential cross sections and vector analyzing powers yielding a number of new spin assignments. The J/sup ..pi../ = 7/sup +/ stretched ((Ni/sub g.s./)/sub 0+/ x (1f/sub 7/2/)/sup -2//sub 7,0/) configuration states in the final nuclei were identified. Their location and their transition strength are used to test predictions from multiconfiguration shell-model calculations.


Formulas are developed for the optimum spring and damper rates in conventional car suspensions. The formulas are based on the minimization of the mean-squared tire forces on random roads and take into account the body ksq/ab ratio. The suspension spring rates are optimally tuned in relation to the tire radial rates and the optimal spring and damper rates are independent of speed. Frequency locus methods are employed in the theory which is based on a linear half-car model. An example demonstrates the important effect of body centre of gravity position on suspension performance and overall static stiffness.


: The known standard recursion methods of computing the full normalized associated Legendre functions do not give the necessary precision due to application of IEEE754-2008 standard, that creates a problems of under fl ow and over fl ow. The analysis of the problems of the calculation of the Legendre functions shows that the problem under fl ow is not dangerous by itself. The main problem that generates the gross errors in its calculations is the problem named the effect of "absolute zero". Once appeared in a forward column recursion, "absolute zero" converts to zero all values which are multiplied by it, regardless of whether a zero result of multiplication is real or not. Three methods of calculating of the Legendre functions, that removed the effect of "absolute zero" from the calculations are discussed here. These methods are also of interest because they almost have no limit for the maximum degree of Legendre functions. It is shown that the numerical accuracy of these three methods is the same. But, the CPU calculation time of the Legendre functions with Fukushima method is minimal. Therefore, the Fukushima method is the best. Its main advantage is computational speed which is an important factor in calculation of such large amount of the Legendre functions as 2 401 336 for EGM2008.


A possibility was considered concerning estimation of grain anisomery in the structure of fuel cladding tubes of corrosion-resistant 026Cr16Ni15Mo3Nb steel of austenitic class rolled according to two flow charts: regular and intensive technologies using fractal formalism. Role of grain boundary hardening during cold plastic deformation was analyzed by studying the effect of the fractal dimension of grains D and their boundaries Dg on 0.2, w, and 5. The best correlation among those that were considered was observed between relative elongation and fractal dimensions of the grain structure (R2 = 0.90). The smallest correlation was observed with the yield stress (R2 = 0.64). It is because of variation of plastic flow processes towards a decrease in the degree of hardening in the material rolled according to the intensive technology. Cold deformation results in refining of the average grain size from 15.50 to 15.42 µm. In this case, extent of the grain boundary length L increased by 17.62% at an iteration step  commensurate with the average grain size which is indicated by a change in the fractal dimension according to L ~ δ1-D. Degree of the grain structure inhomogeneity was estimated using ratios of self-similarity of regions of fractal dimensions of the structure. The obtained results on the level of mechanical properties of fuel cladding tubes made of austenitic steel indicate advantage of the intensive technology over regular one that was confirmed by results of fractal modeling.


Mobile remote control is an application embedded in mobile phone with Symbian
Software Ltd Java or all Java-based enable. They can control various types ofdevices and
software via Bluetooth or Infra Red connection. Most of the mobile phone application
uses the Java platform known as Java 2 Mobile Edition as their programming language.
In this paper, the author presents an approach to develop a Windows Media Player
Remote Control (Wi.M.P.R.C) which can control basic function ofthe application such
as play or pause. The main purpose of this project is to develop an application to control
Windows Media Player via Bluetooth. This application will reduce the usage amount of
keyboard and mouse to control the Windows Media Player and also to fully utilize the
function of mobilephone for not just to talk.


This article is demonstrated by the s ix aspects:We develop people by mean s of files of health;contend for people with distinctive service;and draw in people by a new type of relationship between doctors and patie nts;our health education has a strong appeal to people;our chronic disease admin istration keeps patients continuin g to stay;we serve people with over -all technica l service.We discuss how to demand th e doctors of community possess stron g consciousness in attending patient s and marketing senses.During the co urse of the work that we carry out the s ix -aspect integrated hygienic service in community districts,we correctly guide the residents of community to conduct reasonable health expenses and make great efforts to raise the health level of residents.


Soft X-rays are produced owing to high intensity pulsed lasers irradiating solid targets. This project report centres on the interaction of soft X-rays with a multi-electron atom potassium carbide (K 2 C 2 ) in which absorption index, b , and the refractive index decrement, d , of potassium (K), carbon (C) and potassium carbide (K 2 C 2 ) are calculated. Reflectivties of each material over a range of X-ray photon energy of 10-30000 eV are considered and graphs of reflectivity as a function of photon energy are presented photon energy range for each material is selected to include absorption edge regions. Reflectivity is enhanced when X-rays impinge on K 2 C 2 this shows great promises as a possible, suitable target material for nanometre measurement, required in radio biological studies; hence K 2 C 2 is considered as a potential optical component for achieving grazing incidence necessary for high resolution X-ray optics.


The invention relates to an optical imaging system having an array (1) of optical components for forming an image of an at least partially radially symmetric light-emitting surface (20.1) of the same of a component (20) for an optical surface measurement, wherein the surface normal of the radially symmetric region in the measuring position the component is inclined at an angle of at most 90 ° relative to the component axis. Radially symmetric outer surface portions with obliquely directed towards the axis of symmetry of the surface normal can be characterized made available to the testing of surface properties in a fast and simple way that the arrangement (1) for measuring outer surfaces (20.1) is formed and can be assigned to a said member (20) mirror (2), detects the radiated from the radially symmetrical to the measuring region of the surface beam component in the measurement condition and supplied to further components of the imaging arrangement (1) for processing the image (Fig. 1).