The present research study reflected the insufficiencies in the optimal parenting capacities and the incidental factors in the mothers, limit the development of favorable maternal attitudes in the mother-child relationship, which is why health is not only evaluated within the parameters of good physical and mental health, but also refers to the social environment and how we relate to it. The objective of the research carried out was to develop a psychotherapeutic strategy based on psychological well-being to promote positive maternal attitudes in patients from the Morrope Health Center, a sample of 50 adolescent patients was taken into account, to whom the attitude scale was applied. Maternal by Roth Robert and Ryff's Psychological Well-Being Questionnaire: Autonomy, Mastery of the Environment, Life Purpose and Personal Growth and predominant maternal attitude overprotection. A group of indicators was obtained that enabled the creation of a psychotherapeutic strategy that favored the best maternal attitudes.


Politicians, public officials and academics who advise them believe that exports and outward foreign direct investment contribute to the economic development of their firms and their countries. Yet, the intersection of international business theory with public policy remains under-developed. This despite the widespread offering and application of public policy measures. These include incentives such as tax exemptions, reduced interest rates or even direct subsidization to encourage internationalization. Each of these is familiar the world over.


The objectives of this study were 1) to study marketing strategies and the competitive market of herbal cosmetic products, 2) to study the problems and adaptive approach for operating herbal cosmetic products, and 3) to compare with different aspects of business operations and marketing strategies, competitive conditions of the market, problems and adaptive approach for operating herbal cosmetic products. The sample was 150 entrepreneurs in the One Tambon One Product (OTOP) project in central region. The questionnaire was used to collect data. Data were analyzed by statistics including mean, standard deviation and One-Way ANOVA. The 1. Overall the sample had high level of marketing strategies ( X =3.97, S.D.=0.78). Overall the sample rated high level of competitive condition of herbal cosmetic products market ( X =3.74, S.D.=0.76). 2. Overall the sample had moderate level of entrepreneurial problems and obstacles ( X =3.25, S.D.=0.90). Overall the adaptability of entrepreneurs was at high level ( X =3.70, S.D.=0.75). 3. By testing the nature of business operation, the sample's occupation before becoming the entrepreneurs and length of time before business operation were studied. The results showed that the sample with different occupation had indifferent marketing strategies, competitive condition of market, problems and adaptability. The sample with different length of time before business operation had different marketing strategies: Product, Place, Promotion, Package, and technological problems with a statistical significance level of 0.05.


EDITOR— The Journal of Medical Internet Research (http://www.jmir.org/), an open access journal that I edit, has for five years practised routinely what Dimoliatis proposes1: reviewers are acknowledged at the end of each published article.

In our experience, concerns over reviewers becoming too uncritical only to see their name published are unfounded. Moreover, editors …


In order to enhance the effect of MEOR,physical simulation of effect of operation parameters on MEOR were carried out.Four factor and three level orthogonal testing design,injection mode,injection volume,shut-in time and displacement rate after well reopen were set in three levels in microbial flooding experiments.The flooding experiment was conducted in the order of injecting microbes and shut-in for a period of time after water flooding followed by crude oil driving from using bacteria solution.Subsequently,the effect of various factors at different levels on oil recovery ratio in microbial flooding was evaluated to determine the optimal level of each factor.The results show that the effect of MEOR is optimal when 1∶1 slug(inorganic medium and activated bacterial solution),injected volume of 0.6 PV,shut-in for two days,flooding speed at 3 PV/h at well reopening were used.This optimal combination increased oil recovery by nearly 32% after water flooding recovery ratio reaching 95%.This indicates the operation parameters such as microbial injection modes have a significant impact on the MEOR effect,so improved MEOR effect can be achieved through optimization.In order to achieve optimal results in practical treatment,these operation parameters should be optimized before implementation.


In all advanced countries, the number of older workers is increasing while the number of younger workers is falling (or growing slowly). If labour shortages provide a stimulus to technological development and to higher productivity resulting from increases in capital per worker, this may not be a problem. However, this argument is contingent upon the assumption that older workers are substitutes for young workers. We argue that, in jobs that require the most sophisticated technological skills, older workers are not substitutes for young workers. We identify a segment of the labour force that we describe as complex problem solvers (CPS). Both the psychological literature and the economic literature show that complex problem solving skills deteriorate rapidly after age 40 and, consistent with this, in Australia, 80 per cent of CPS are aged less than 40. Using Australian data, we show that migration is a highly effective way of increasing the supply of CPS workers when the migration program is selective of those with high skills. Background Population ageing is a key policy issue of the 21 st century, however, most of the focus of research on population ageing has been upon the health costs of older people and upon their income needs and the ways in which these costs can be met. As the key issue is the relative age of the population rather than the number of older people, policy has also addressed ways in which the labour supply can be increased so that the ratio of dependent older people to the working population can be kept as low as possible. In the longer term, this can be achieved though increases in fertility but in the shorter term, the two means available are increases in immigration and in labour force participation rates. McDonald and Kippen (2001) have shown that there is considerable scope in many countries to increase labour force participation. However, the main opportunities lie in increasing the participation rates of middle-aged women and older men. Family-friendly workplace policies and reversal of the trend towards early retirement can achieve these ends. Some countries, such as Australia, are now aggressively pursuing policies that will increase participation. The efficacy of the approach of increasing participation is contingent upon the scope for increase, that is, upon how low participation rates are at present. However, it is also contingent upon the assumption that an older worker induced not to retire early is a substitute for a younger worker. Because the relative fall in labour supply stems from falls in fertility, falls in labour supply in the future are very heavily concentrated at the young end of the labour market (under 40 years). McDonald and Kippen (2001)


This paper reviews our recent studies on the laser-induced damage of nodules in dielectric multilayer coatings, where the influence of the electric-field enhancement and the mechanical stability on the thermomechanical damage of nodules is discussed.


This volume is being published as a tribute to George Sved, on the occasion of his eightieth birthday. It contains some thirty technical papers on topics which range through the fields of structural and civil engineering, applied science and mathematics.


On the basis of present research work relevant to approximate solution to the problem with FEM and equilibrium principle of thermel exchange between a water pipe and concrete, a new fully strict calculation approach is proposed to solve the algorithm problem of temperature field of mass concrete with cooling pipes. This method is much clearer and simpler in mathematical and physical concepts. With the help of the method and the proposed technique for searching the pipe boundary elements along pipe line, the method is also easily suited to practical problems with numerous snake-shaped internal cooling pipes. So, the solutions of the problems are improved in precise. Finally, for the need of more complicated calculation in solving tempersture fields of concrete masses with numerous pipes in practice, two algorithm procedures of employing parallel calculation technique and structural technique in FEM are suggested and the calculation working-load may be more decreased.


For forty years, important transformations have been disrepting agriculture in this area. Traditional crops and methods are being abandoned in provence, extensive cereal farming, olive and wine-growing are declining while sheep and pig breeding are disappearing. Farmers from the marseilles area have revitalized agriculture in places. Since 1955, the abundant water resources combined with an exceptionally favourable microclimate have, with the development of irrigation and sheltering techniques in market-gardening for example, resulted in higher crop-yields. However, the production of olive oil in the lower valley of the arc, characteristic of the bouches-du-rhone, remains a traditional activity. Nevertheless, urban and industrial expansion together with new means of communication are gradually encroaching upon the rural world, causing the decline of an agriculture which would already have required a protectionist policy at a time when it was still dynamic and capable of modernizing itself. As early as 1970, official efforts were initiated for safeguareling the semi-rural milieu of the region, including one section withen the new town of vitrolles. The future of agriculture remains precarious : urban and industrial growth is still a threat. The only alternative is investing in advanced farming adapted to the new conditions of the e. C. C.


The chapter critiqued the limitations of current Fashion Studies', arguing that it has demonstrated a tendency to privilege concepts that assisted in understanding fashion as a social phenomenon. This, the chapter argued had largely contributed to the underuse of psychoanalysis within the discipline, because of its focus on the individual and despite its successful application to many other aspects of culture. As such, the chapter was an original contribution to knowledge in its evaluation of the benefits and limitations of psychoanalysis as a methodology with which to study fashion, arguing that much could be learned by a reassessment of the relevance of these ideas to fashion, because it offered a clear methodology by which fashion could be simultaneously understood as both a creative pursuit and a social one.


Reviews the structure, characteristics and problems of food supply logistics in the Russian Republic and other former Soviet states. Examines the structural causes of food short‐ages, followed by a description of changes in food supply systems since the introduction of free market policies. The major part of the report is devoted to an analysis of the logistical problems in the food supply chain from food production, through processing, storage and transport.


The gas holdup and pressure drop of air-water were studied in a 28 mm ID Stirring bubble column containing 3~23 sections, with H/D ratio being 50 and Stirring revolutions variable.The effect of gas velocity?liquid velocity?section numbers and Stirring revolution on the gas holdup and pressure drop was analyzed.Experience equations fro calculating the gas holdup and pressure drop were obtained.Calculated results coincide with the experimental data.This shows that the high H/D Ratio Stirring bubble column hase the advantages of prolonging bubble retention period, increasing gas holdup and improving mass transfer process.


This article introduce a kind of balance principle and algorithm about the anis system moving balance. In terms of the anis system belong to a linear system, the imbalance quality of every flat influencing on other flats conform to stack principle. Thus take advantage of influence coefficient method line up the formula between the imbalance quality of every flat and vibration. By doing balance experiment to four flats anis system, We can manifest the calculation results fitting in with the increased quality. Moreover, the experiment demonstrate that the influence coefficient method is a simple and reliable method to the analysis of anis system moving balance.


Our subject is the relation between animals and ind ians of the Umbu tradition, who lived in rock shelters in the municipality of S anto Antonio da Patrulha and Maquine. They were hunters and gatherers without ce ramic production. We conclude the paper with commentaries about the use of animals by the indians of the tradition who lived in rock shelters in the Cai and Taquari valleys (munipalities of Sao Sebastiao do Cai, Harmonia and Montenegro). We also comment about the animals used by the Siriono and A che indians


The 2005 Quebec novel by Nicolas Dickner (English translation, 2008) presents a threefold puzzle associated with the three main characters' intersecting lives. The connecting and disconnecting movements of their experiences in Montreal link all spatial, structural, and existential elements to the sea and to a historical and modern North American vision of the world. The compass, set on Nikolski, Alaska, which gives the novel its title, never points true north and illustrates that things seem off-kilter. This coming-of-age evocation reveals rootlessness within an identity quest and a search for parental ties.


As maritime traffic strongly relies on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) such as GPS or Galileo, there are efforts to mitigate the risks that come with this reliance. One such effort is the development of VDES R-Mode, which aims to provide a terrestrial contingency system to GNSS that is based on the VHF Data Exchange System (VDES). Terrestrial VDES provides a bandwidth of 100 kHz. To make best use of the available bandwidth, VDES R-Mode can use a signal that is optimized for a high effective bandwidth. This signal however, has a very regular structure that leads to ambiguities that degrade the ranging performance at lower SNRs. We found that this drawback can be mitigated by evaluating the signals of multiple base stations jointly in a direct position estimation approach. To assess the improvement, we applied the Ziv-Zakai Bound and performed simulations. We found that using the direct position estimation approach can significantly lower the SNR at which it is still possible to resolve the ambiguities caused by the regular signal structure.


Deep learning techniques haven been the efficient artificial intelligence techniques that is being used for developing models for autonomous feature extraction, classification and segmentation of the apple leaves diseases sand other plant diseases. However, most deep learning systems, such as Convolutional neural networks (CNN) and Long Short-term Memory (LSTM), necessitate a huge quantity of training data and are plagued by issues such as inflating gradients, overfitting, and class imbalance, among others. In this work, CNN-LSTM deep learning algorithm was proposed to address the challenges facing CNN and LSTM respectively. This work used the CNN-LSTM deep learning algorithm to develop a learning model for classification of foliar disease of apple leaves. In order to create learning classification models based on accuracy, specificity, sensitivity, and AUC standard performance evaluation techniques, both CNN and LSTM algorithms were employed. CNN-LSTM happened to be the best model in terms of accuracy, specificity, sensitivity, and AUC standard performance evaluation methodologies, with 98.00%,95.00%, 96.00parcent, and 94.00% respectively. Hence, the model has shown a significant improvement as compared to other models for being able to correctly classified apple leaves into affected leaves with disease/s and non-affected leaves with disease/s with 98.00% accuracy. Likewise, for the ability to classify the apple leaves affected with disease/s, correctly CNN-LSTM also outperformed other models with 95.00parcent. Moreover, CNN-LSTM based model also has shown a significant improvement as compared other models, for being able to correctly classified apple leaves that were not affected with disease/s with 96.00%.


Objective To investigate the effect of partial body-weight supported treadmill training ( PBW- STT) on function of lower limbs, walk function, ADL performance and quality of life of hemiplegic patient induced by cerebral infarction. Methods A total of 132 cerebral infarction patients were divided into a control group (n = 69) and a training group( n = 63) randomly. Both groups accepted routine rehabilitation therapy, and the training group accepted PBWSTT at the same time in addition. Both groups were evaluated with regard to their walking ability, func- tion of lower limbs, ADL performance and their quality of life by using Functional Ambulation Category (FAC) , Fugl-Meyer assessment (FMA) , Barthel index (BI) and SF-36 before and after rehabilitation treatment. Results The function of lower limb, walking ability, ADL performance and the quality of life of both groups were improved significantly after treatment, and those in the training group were improved to a significantly greater extent than those in the control group ( P0. 05 ). Conclusion PBWSTT was beneficial not only to the improvement of walking and ADL performance, but also to improvement of quality of life in stroke patients.


Stereoselective methods for the synthesis of β-lactones involving a Lewis base-promoted (nucleophile-promoted) aldol-lactonization manifold have continued to expand since the initial reports of Bormann and Wegler in the late 1960's and later by Wynberg and Staring in the early 1980's. This review will cover these developments including enantioselective versions of these processes. Cinchona alkaloids and various pyridine derivatives have been used most extensively to expand the repertoire of β-lactones accessible by this process. Furthermore, recent advances in the development of a 3 -d 3 -umpolung pathways using N-heterocyclic carbenes have also enabled access to previously unattainable manifolds for the stereoselective synthesis of both p- and γ-lactones via aldol-lactonization pathways. This review covers literature in this area in the period from 1967- June 2008.


The idea of property is rather like an iceberg. It is more complicated than it looks, and much of its significance is submerged.


In 2002, Ms Brit Andresen was the first ever female recipient of the Gold Medal, the RAIA's highest honour. Mooloomba House is one of the residential designs that contributed to this award. As quoted in the jury citation, "each completed project has been a reference point for others and is an important contribution to architecture in this country."


In this paper, the application of the theory of DEA in the capacity evaluation of sustainable development is discussed. A case study, with the background of a city's development from 1986 to 1996 and national environment-economy analysis, is given. Some valuable information is acquired.


The Kolar Leaf-nosed Bat  Hipposideros hypophyllus  Kock & Bhat, 1994, endemic to Kolar District, Karnataka, India was listed as 'Endangered' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species due to its restricted distribution and continuing decline in the quality of its habitat. The species has not been sighted or collected since its initial collection in the years 1983 and 1985 wherein eight individuals were collected from Therahalli and 41 individuals were collected from Hanumanhalli, respectively. Based on recent observations and collections from the type locality, we provide information about its distribution, threats, phylogenetic position and conservation status. We also provide an updated conservation assessment of this species following the IUCN Red List categories.


Several risks, dynamics and challenges, including lack of skilled and experienced personnel, mobility associated with project management experts and tough economic conditions are just some of many issues that information and communications technology (ICT) organizations in the 21 century have to deal with. Furthermore, these organizations are under constant pressure to improve project success rate which are unacceptably very low. Project managers who are ineffective in project leadership due to poor project skills pose a serious risk to project success. Some research studies indicate that the demand for ICT project managers with proper knowledge and expertise is ever increasing and the supply is nowhere near close in meeting the demand. As part of providing a solution to the abovementioned challenges and help equip ICT project managers with correct skills through mentoring and coaching, this research study is proposing the use of expert systems (ES). This proposal is a response to calls that have been made by other studies in project management that new approaches of developing project managers must be pursued. The use of expert systems to equip ICT project managers with the right skills and expertise will help advance and improve their software project management expertise. Just like 'intelligent organizations' that use expert systems to improve their decision-making processes in order to advance business efficiency and competitiveness so should expert systems be used to coach and mentor less experienced project managers. This research paper argues that the use of ES for coaching and mentoring yield many benefits for organizations. Keywordsexpert system; intelligence system; project managers; coaching; mentoring; skills.


Clinical trials and real word data have proven that chronic hepatitis C (HCV) can be eradicated (sustained virological response SVR or 'cure') in the majority of patients by direct acting antivirals (DAAs) . There are, however, groups of patients in whom HCV treatment outcomes with direct acting antivirals (DAAs) are suboptimal (genotype (GT) 3 patients, decompensated cirrhosis, renal failure) or have not been studied in large cohorts (patients with relapse to a previous DAAs treatment (failure)). This case outlines the successful eradication of GT-3 hepatitis C (HCV) in a patient with decompensated cirrhosis and renal failure secondary to diabetes after DAA failure, using a 24-week course of sofosbuvir, velpatasvir and ribavirin. The achievement of SVR in this patient resulted in significant improvement in hepatic function . Patients with decompensated cirrhosis and GT-3 disease remain a difficult to treat population, specially after first-line DAA failure and with chronic Kidney disease (CKD). The safety and efficacy of sofosbuvir, velpatasvir and ribavirin in this cohort require further study. with minimal side effects. There are, however, groups of patients in whom HCV treatment outcomes with DAAs are suboptimal (genotype (GT) three patients, decompensated cirrhosis, renal failure) or patients with previous treatment DAAs failure and resistance [1]. Virologic failure to DAA-based therapies is associated with the selection or resistant viral isolates and retreatment with the same regimen has limited efficacy. Few data are available on yhe virological and clinical outcomes of advance liver disease patients with CKD, unfavorable genotype retreated after first line DAA failure.


Signals used for sub‐bottom profiling are usually high‐intensity transients generated by explosions, air guns, sparkers, etc. Each transient has a unique complex frequency spectrum and serial transmissions cannot be coherently averaged. Coherent acoustic signals generated by electromechanical transducers are not widely used, owing to the relatively low intensity or bandwidth limitations, but even weak signals can be averaged for long periods if the propagation medium is stable, to produce very high equivalent signal levels. Likewise, it appears possible to synthesize very broadband signals by coherently averaging narrow‐band signals. Several narrow‐band signals transmitted serially can be processed as though they were transmitted simultaneously to synthesize signals of any desired bandwidth—a method called stepped FM. A system has been developed and tested for transmitting and receiving pseudorandom code stepped FM signals. Signals with a bandwidth of 1700 Hz and intensity levels greater than 210dB after ...


[Objective] To investigate the cytotoxicity among different size of hematite nanoparticles by 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50) and oxidative effects. [Methods] CHL cell was used in this study. Three sizes of Fe2O3 nanoparticles 8, 13, and 37nm were administered to the cell cultures with different doses and times as experimental groups. The IC50 and growth-inhibitory curves of cells were assayed by cell counting. The concentration of malondialdehyde (MDA) were determined by thiobarbituric acid reactive substance method and the activity of super oxide dismutase (SOD) was determined by xanthine oxidase method. [Results] When cells were exposed to three sizes of nanoparticles respectively within a dose range, the cells inhibitory (CI) rate decreased as the dose increasing with a relationship of dose-effect response, which however disappeared beyond the dose range. Within the range of dose-effect as above, we can calculate the IC50 of three sizes of nanoparticles: IC50(8 nm)=279.585 μg/mL, IC50(13 nm)=254.739 μg/mL, IC50(37 nm)=561.237 μg/mL. The hematite nanoparticles could induce the oxidative stress condition in CHL cells in relation to time, but no notable correlation between the index of MDA, SOD and the size and doses. [Conclusion] There is difference of cytotoxicity among different sizes of hematite nanoparticles. Meanwhile the hematite nanoparticles could induce oxidative stress condition in CHL cell, which maybe correlative to its cytotoxicity by time and effect relationship.


Yeasts isolated from sugar and filling valves in a bottling process were exposed to different chlorine concentrations and various high temperatures. It was found that growth of yeasts decreased with increase in chlorine concentration. The maximum chlorine concentration that inhibited both types of yeasts was 60mg/l while the minimum inhibitory concentration was found to be 40mg/l. Also with temperature increase yeast growth decreased. Both types of yeasts were best inhibited at a temperature of 80±C. Although filling valve yeasts were more susceptible to chlorine and temperature than sugar yeasts, correlations (p=0.01) observed for sugar and filling valve yeasts in the reaction with chlorine and heat indicate similarity and suggest that they may have the same cellular characteristics. Keywords : yeasts, chlorine, high temperatures, sugar, filling valves Global Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences Vol. 12(1) 2006: 23-29


We perform two‐dimensional numerical simulations of core‐collapse supernovae. Starting from a rotating progenitor, we obtain a deformed neutrino sphere in a oblate shape in which the ratio of the polar axis to the equatorial one is ∼ 5%. This implies anisotropy of ∼ 5% in the emerging neutrino flux. Combined with our previous results, this anisotropy in neutrino radiation is sufficient to increase the explosion energy compared with that of spherical models, and can lead to a successful explosion.


The yield and yield components of medium indica rice from regional trials in 7 main rice producing provinces(including Jiangsu,Zhejiang,Anhui,Sichuan,Hunan,Hubei and Jiangxi) were analyzed.The results showed that the direct contribution rate of grain number per panicle to yield was greater than that of productive panicle number per plant and 1000-grain weight,indicating the key point to improve rice yield was to promote the number of grains per panicle as far as possible.In field production,the seedling density should be increased to ensure the number of productive panicles per plant and then to promote the number of grains per panicle.


Using surface acoustic waves, the elastomagnetic coupling could be studied in thin single-crystalline plates of the ferrimagnetic semiconductor FeCr2S4 by measuring the attenuation and the frequency tracking in the temperature range of 4.2–200K. The data clearly display the anomalies found in low-field magnetization measurements.


Standard and file format of Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine(DICOM) is introduced first, then analyzes log computerized axial tomography based on technology of gray scale statistics and gray scale histograms. We find distributing characteristic and rule of log image, and automatically segment log image from background image. It provides advantaged base of automatic recognition log disfigurement.


An alternate method is outlined for establishing explosive transfer interface reliability. This technique consists of testing the interface with either a less powerful explosive substituted for the donor, or a less sensitive explosive substituted for the acceptor in order to demonstrate the reliability of the modified interface. By statistically comparing the known output (or sensitivity) distributions of the substitute and design donor (or acceptor), the reliability of the design interface is then established. This method is proposed as an alternate to the standard techniques, especially for use in cases where those methods become difficult to implement or control.


In this paper, we propose a comprehensive technique to accurately measure the various options judges have when exercising their power of judicial review. We begin with a discussion of the problems with the way judicial review has been conceptualized, namely as a dichotomous — uphold or strike down — choice. We then propose a new way to operationalize judicial review. Our nuanced measure considers both narrow and broad variants of upholding or striking behavior. We identify five distinct categories: (1) Uphold Broadly, (2) Uphold Narrowly, (3) Strike Down As Applied (4) Strike Down On Face Narrowly, and (5) Strike Down On Face Broadly. We then explicate our measure through a detailed examination of illustrative Supreme Court decisions for each category. We also present preliminary results from data we coded for all of the decisions of the Roberts Court from the 2005-2011 terms that involved judicial review of federal law. We find that the Court rules narrowly far more often than it rules broadly, that ideologically moderate justices rule more narrowly than do their ideologically extreme colleagues, and that the Roberts Court has only been able to achieve unanimity by ruling narrowly. Ultimately, we suggest that our more nuanced measure of judicial review will help us better understand judicial decision making, particularly as it relates to separation-of-powers questions and the broader impact of lawmaking and policymaking decisions in Congress and the executive branch. Understanding the choices justices face when voting to dispose of a case will also help our understanding of choices justices make in the decision-making process.


Objective: This study was performed to provide the curves of weight and height of 0‐2 year‐old children in Jahrom, Southeastern Iran. Methods: In a prospective study, 597 children born in Jahrom entered our study from April 2001 to December 2002. The height and weight of these children were recorded 18 times from one month to two years of age. Healy‐Rasbash‐Yang (HRY) method was used to estimate age related smoothed centiles. This method was implemented for the World Health Organisation as GROSTAT computer package. Findings: The mean weight of male newborns, except for one‐month olds, was more than that of females. Before two months of age and among 2‐year‐olds, the re was no significant difference between the weight of males and females. The mean height of male newborns, except for one month of age, was more than that of females. No more than cubic polynomials were needed to smoothly fit height for age and weight for age of children. The height of male and female children showed an increase by age up to two years. The weight of male and female children also increased by age but the speed of increase to six months was more than that of six months to two years of age. Conclusion: Our findings show that height and weight of children under two years of age in Jahrom were lower than those of National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). It is therefore deemed necessary to provide and establish a corresponding standard curve for this region. According to the NCHS measurements, some children may be considered thinner or shorter for no obvious reason.


Transverse diaphyseal fracture is one of the most common fractures caused by accidents. The fracture treatment needs surgery to apply the fixations that matched the bone geometry. This paper aims to reverse engineering of a published bone plate and screw criteria into a three-dimensional (3D) model and analyze them using the finite element method (FEM) in several factors, the bone, the plate, the screw, the unification of plate and screw, and combination all components. This paper conducts two main activities of designing plate and screw based on literature for ulna bone implant and running the FEM to achieve the von Misses stress in the plate, screw, and bone by placing load and constrained area based on the actual use of the implant in the patient. The maximum number in von Misses stress are 5.01855 MPa for bone only, 0.00918 MPa for plate only, 193.304 MPa for screws only, 6.28160 MPa for the assembly screws and a plate, and 761.07 MPa for all unification. All simulation results meet the expectation that the bone analysis is less than the compressive strength of the ulnar bone. Moreover, when applied to the bone, the plate and screw analysis and the assembly also demonstrate a lower number than the yield strength of the properties of the Ti6Al4V materials. All this biomechanical assessment confirms that designs could withstand ulnar bone's ultimate flexural load and pressure. The finite element analysis (FEA) on the proposed recreated dimension on ulnar plate and screw is expected to accelerate the rehabilitation process of radius ulnar fracture, particularly in the transverse diaphyseal fracture in ulna bone.


This paper conducts an exploratory investigation into the use of evaluative language in the historical section of the majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, 597 U.S. (2022). The investigation employs Martin & White's (2005) Appraisal Theory, adapted specifically for the analysis of the particular evaluative features of historical discourse as elaborated on, for example, by Myskow (2018a) and Oteíza & Pinuer (2013). The findings confirm that a revised version of the Appraisal framework can be fruitfully applied to systematically account for the complex interplay between, on the one hand, the various sources of evaluation, and, on the other hand, the specific attitudinal resources, employed by the authorial voice in an attempt to construe and advance a particular view of the past. This particular ideological view is ultimately leveraged to produce a convincing justificatory argument for the overruling of the two previous landmark Supreme Court decisions that had, respectively, granted and confirmed abortion as a constitutional right in the United States of America.


For reasonable designing a high voltage direct current(HVDC) simulation test line section,it is necessary to study the relation between the length of the line section and the distribution of total electric field at the ground level.Therefore,we put forward an optimized charge simulation method using point charges to calculate the nominal electric field around a relatively short test line section,and proposed a calculation method based on the Deutsch assumption for the three-dimensional total electric field at the ground level.Several conclusions are drawn by calculations and comparative analyses: when the length of test line section is about six times as much as its height,within an error range about 1%,the line section can be considered to be an infinitely long conductor,which can be adopted for calculating the electric field on the surface of conductor at the center of test line section and the lateral distributions of the nominal and total electric field at the ground level under the center of test line section.It is concluded that,before a test line section is constructed,its length can be ascertained through calculations according to the experiment purpose,the error limit,and the structural parameters of a specific conductor.


Discriminative based model have demonstrated an epic distinction in hand pose estimation. However there are key challenges to be solved on how to intergrate the self-similar parts of fingers which often occlude each other and how to reduce descrepancy among synthetic and realistic data for an accurate estimation. To handle occlusion which lead to inaccurate estimation, this paper presents a probabilistic model for finger position detection framework. In this framework the visibility correlation among fingers aid in predicting the occluded part between fingers thereby estimating hand pose accurately. Unlike convectional occlusion handling approach which assumes occluded parts of fingers as independent detection target, this paper presents a discriminative deep model which learns the visibility relationship among the occluded parts of fingers at multiple layers. In addition, we propose the semi-supervised Transductive Regression(STR) forest for classification and regression to minimise discrepancy among realistic and synthetic pose data. Experimental results demonstrate promising performance with respect to occlusion handling, and discrepancy reduction with higher degree of accuracy over state-of-the-art approaches.


Ingestion of rare‐earth magnet beads in children has been a public health concern. The potential risk of swallowing multiple magnets is related to magnet attraction to each other, resulting in serious gastrointestinal complications, such as entero‐enteric fistula formation, peritonitis, bowel ischemia or necrosis, bowel perforation, and potentially death. We describe the clinical outcome of a 10‐year‐old child with a liver‐small bowel‐pancreas transplant who swallowed 26 rare‐earth magnetic beads. The patient presented with fever and abdominal pain. Due to difficulty locating the magnets and post‐surgical anatomy changes, only 25 magnets were removed endoscopically. After the procedure, she continued to have abdominal distention and fever, leading to further investigation and subsequently an exploratory laparotomy, which confirmed a walled‐off perforation. She was treated conservatively with bowel rest and antibiotics, without the need for small bowel graft resection. She recovered well and was eventually discharged on her home enteral feeding regimen. This case emphasizes the importance of taking a good history and having a high index of suspicion to diagnose this dangerous clinical condition, especially in children with an associated predisposing condition for foreign body ingestion, such as developmental delay. Early diagnosis of multiple magnet bead ingestion and prompt detection of its complications in pediatric intestinal transplant recipients could help initiate appropriate intervention and prevent intestinal graft loss.


A greenhouse trial was carried out, during year 2000 and replicated in 2001, to evalue lead distribution and accumulation in tobacco plants experimentally exposed to the heavy metal and to reveal possible differences depending on variety and or type, with the overall aim to obtain knowledge useful to develop agricultural practices which minimize lead content in tobacco. The plants were grown in pots, one plant per pot, subjected to a total of 30 treatments: 6 varieties belonging to 3 tobacco types, 5 salt rates (control; Pb1 = 4g of Pb/kg of peat; Pb2 = 8g of Pb/kg of peat; K1= 3.88g of KNO3/kg of peat (nitrate rate as in Pb1); K2 = 7.76 g of KNO3/kg of peat (nitrate rate as in Pb2) and 10 plants per treatment. The following parameters were collected: height, leaf (5 leaf primings), stalk, and root dry matter production. In both years, the analysis of variance showed a significant effect of salt rate and variety on each parameter (P=0.01). During the vegetative cycle, the plants exposed to lead rates Pb1 and Pb2 exhibited a gradual recovery in growth respect to those of the other treatments. This recovery was more rapid and, almost always, total at Pb1 than Pb2 rate. The results obtained suggested that at lower rate the effect of lead was masked by the concomitant presence of nitrate, while at higher rate the effect of lead became preponderant. The extent of lead effect depended on the parameter consi


Author Jarno P. Laitinen Supervisor Prof. Hanna-Leena Pesonen Title On the road to systemic sustainability: How can cleantech facilitate the Finnish sustainability transition – a multi-layer perspective backcasting analysis Subject Corporate Environmental Management Type of work Master's thesis Time November 2015 Number of pages 146 Abstract Sustainable development has been a dominant theme in international debate since inception. During the last decades it has gained momentum due to pressing challenges in the domains of agriculture, energy, transportation, raw materials, water and ecosystems. Finland ranks highly on many sustainable development benchmarks, but the success is imbalanced. For constructing long-term redundant sustainability and well-being, Finland needs a transition affecting policy, people and businesses. This study has an intertwined theoretical and applied objective, following a pragmatist approach. The theoretical objective is to develop a conceptual framework for analysing future oriented sustainability transition processes. The conceptual framework constructs sustainability as a property of complex systems and describes ontology of sustainable development through human-nature and socio-technical systems. Change is seen as a socio-technical transition process, and described through multi-layer perspective framework. The applied objective is to use normative foreand backcasting scenario analysis within the framework for describing the present state of sustainable development within Finland and for envisaging a roadmap for the needed sustainability transition process from perspective of cleantech industry as a key facilitator. The study validates both the conceptual framework and analytical methods for describing and analysing future oriented sustainability transitions. The analysis results in a description of a transition space and a roadmap for cleantech to facilitate the Finnish sustainability transition. As conclusions and summary of the analysis the study presents ten strategic 'clean-steps' to transition.


Elastic interaction energy between two super-circular inclusions with purely dilatational misfit strains is evaluated. For the calculation, a two dimensional model is used together with linear elasticity for the cubic anisotropy of copper. When two inclusions lie parallel to of the copper crystal, attractive interaction is observed between the inclusions. The maximum of the attractive interaction is realized when the two inclusions exist close to each other. As the inclusion shape becomes circular to square-like, the maximum interaction energy decreases and the distance between the two inclusions to give the maximum increases. Furthermore, the two inclusions are found to be most stable when they have the same size. In addition to the elastic interaction energy, interface energy of the matrix/inclusion interface is also considered. The results show that the two inclusions tend to become the same size even for a situation when the interface energy is much more dominant compared with the elastic interaction energy.


We wish to thank 194 colleagues for their reviewing work, which was of tremendous help in contributing to the success of Isogloss in 2022. You can find the list of all Isogloss reviewers here.


Psychoacoustic active noise control (ANC) systems by considering human hearing thresholds in different frequency bands were developed in the past. Besides the frequency sensitivity, human hearing also shows different sensitivity to spectral and temporal modulations of the sound. In this paper, we propose a new psychoacoustic active noise control system by further considering the spectral modulation sensitivity of human hearing. In addition to the sound pressure level (SPL), the loudness level is also objectively assessed to evaluate the noise reduction performance of the proposed ANC system. Simulation results demonstrate the proposed system outperforms two compared systems under test conditions of narrowband and broadband noise in terms of the loudness level. The proposed algorithm has been validated on TI C6713 DSP platform for real-time process.


Utilities increasingly have access to new power electronic devices and controls to manage their networks, but these new tools must be evaluated to determine appropriate applications. Targeted, calibrated models can be used to evaluate whether a given device can be used to solve a particular problem, capturing the relevant aspects of large and complicated electrical networks. An example is provided of a system model developed in response to a customer power quality issue, and a power electronic device that was added to the model to determine whether its capabilities could successfully address the underlying problem.


The invention thermal power plant or the like is generated in the industry by the combustion of fossil fuels dry playback absorb carbon dioxide in the (synthesis gas or coal gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide), the fuel gas produced in a conversion of all or fossil fuel is discharged into the atmosphere relates to a dry carbon dioxide absorbent regeneration is required to recover separated using a technique hereinafter sorbent (sorbent) referred to. Absorbers include those prepared by forming a rectangle of the absorbent in the spray drying techniques to give it the appropriate shape and size, and properties in a fluidized bed CO Absorbent by combining the support, the active component and the support is required to selectively react with CO The invention includes a method consisting of a slurry, spray drying, molding and sintering steps through the raw material blending ratio, blending method, pulverization and dispersion of the raw material. Organic additives in the slurry is well dispersed by grinding the raw material particles with a micrometer size or less (nano-scale) required for a stable flowable slurry preparation and use (a dispersant, a fluidity improving agent, defoaming agent, organic binding agent), which is removed through the firing process or it is decomposed. In particular, the present invention is hydrophilic and that the production of the specific surface area is excellent in reactivity dry using a support reproducing absorber, conventional known wet carbon dioxide recovered in the absorber containing the solid active ingredient instead of liquid amines used in the art repeatedly or continuously into an absorption - regeneration and characterized in that available through the process, it is intended to prevent global warming and effective and can be economically recovered by minimizing the atmospheric release of carbon dioxide according to the fossil fuels, a carbon dioxide off-gas in the mass, such as a thermal power station. Carbon dioxide, recovered, dry, reproduction, absorbent, flue gas, fuel gas, the spray drying, slurry, fluidized bed


(57) ABSTRACT An electric generator organization, particularly adapted for small vehicles such as motorcycles, is de scribed in which a rectifier mechanism electrically dis posed between the stator and the rotor is mechanically connected to the rotor for rotation therewith during engine startup and disconnected therefrom during peri ods of normal engine operation. An operating circuit enables efficient transmission of electric current from the battery to starting coils in the generator only during the period of engine startup. During periods of normal engine operation, the transmission of electric current is from generating coils in the generator to the battery. Included in the operating circuit is an engine operation detector that prevents excessive current feed from the generator coils to the rectifier mechanism.


A re-examination of the type-specimens of Phacops Weaveri, Salter, in the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street, was recently rendered necessary in connection with my palæontological work on the Tortworth Silurian area, the results of which have been published in the November number of the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, 1908 (vol. lxiv, pp. 512–545), in a joint paper by Professor S. H. Reynolds and myself. A question had arisen in the course of our work as to the occurrence of this species above the Llandovery Beds, for Salter had stated that some of his figured specimens of pygidia (Mon. Brit. Trilob., pl. iii, figs. 2, 3) came from doubtful Ludlow rocks at Horse-shoe Farm, Tortworth. The species had, however, been founded by him previously on specimens from socalled 'Caradoc' [= Llandovery] rocks from Long's Quarry, Tortworth, and an outline figure of the pygidium, apparently a restoration based on the three specimens in Jermyn Street (Nos. 19220, 19221, 19222), had then been given. Subsequently a head-shield from the same quarry was figured in his monograph (pl. iii, fig. 1). It is clear that Salter based the species mainly on the pygidial characters, for the head-shield is dismissed with a few inadequate remarks, its resemblance to Ph. caudatus being considered to be very close. The original description given by Salter in 1849 runs as follows:—"P. laevis, capite quam in P. caudato, nisi lobis glabellae tumidioribus;—caudâ triangulari, ferè aequilatera, convexa, apice acuto haud mucronato, axi 13–16 annulate, costis lateralibus 10–12, simplicibus, vix curvatis, ad marginem aequalem angustum abruptè terminatis." In the diagrammatic figure of the pygidium which accompanied this description only 12 or 13 rings are indicated on the axis and 10 or 11 ribs on the lateral lobes, which might incline us to think that an immature individual was chosen for the figure, since Salter in his remarks on the species says (op. cit.) that "young specimens have not the full number of ribs", but no mention that this is the case is found in the explanation of the plate. In Salter's subsequent work (Mon. Brit. Trilob., p. 58) the tail is described as "broad-triangular, wider than long; the sides a little convex; the apex short-mucronate; the axis narrow, conical, ribbed by about sixteen rings; the sides very convex with nine to ten arched simple ribs scarcely at all interlined; the margin [= border] narrow, smooth". The italics in this quotation are mine, as the number of ribs is fewer than that given in his earlier definition of the species. It may here be remarked that Salter in his monograph reproduces verbatim the definition of the species published in the decades, with the addition of the word trigono with reference to the head before the word nisi, and with the insertion of the epithet multicostata after the word œquilatera in the description of the pygidium.


The fundamental requirements for a floating production system are for an economic, new-built, floating platform that combines the large deck areas and high payload capacity of monohulls with the low wave-induced characteristics of semisubmersibles. The tandem hull platform described in this paper is designed to meet these requirements. It consists of two conventional barge type hulls mounted one above the other and held apart by vertical connecting members to provide an interhull gap. The results of model tests on a tandem hull platform fitted with motion suppression tanks show that in the North Sea environment, production operations could continue for up to 99% of the year. Performance curves in heave, roll and pitch are presented to illustrate this operability factor.


The change process from former rural old-age insurance to new rural old-age insurance was studied from perspective of institutional economics theory.The results showed that the rural old-age insurance institution is a combination of induced institutional changes and coercive institutional changes,in which government plays a decisive role;in the design of rural old-age insurance institution,we must fully consider the social environment,social awareness and interaction of institutions.


Force generation in striated muscle is based on a cyclic interaction of myosin heads (cross-bridges) with the thin filaments. During each cross-bridge cycle MgATP is hydrolyzed. The force generating steps are associated with Pi and ADP release. Active cycling of the cross-bridges involves alternation between two distinctly different groups of acto-myosin interactions, the weakbinding, non-force generating and the strong-binding, force-generating cross-bridges states. The structural changes associated with the transition of the cross-bridges from a weakly to a strongly bound state are thought to represent the initiation of the power stroke in muscle. To date, however, the structural changes of the acto-myosin complex while it generates force are not clear. Recording of 2D-X-ray diffraction patterns of skeletal muscle fibers enables us to address this question by structurally characterizing the acto-myosin complex during active force generation within the intact 3D-lattice of actin and myosin filaments, i.e. in different biochemical states with and without elastic distortion. One specific aim of our X-ray diffraction work is to identify the structural changes at the transition of the cross-bridges from a non-force generating to the first force generating state. This requires to structurally and functionally characterize acto-myosin complexes like the AMD.Pi and the AMD states, i.e., cross-bridge states immediately before and after Pi-release. It has been postulated that two AMD.Pi states exist, and that the first force generating structural change in the acto-myosin complex already occurs at the transition between these two states (AMD.Pi and AMD.Pi), i.e. before Pi is released from the nucleotide binding pocket of the myosin head. However, since acto-myosin complexes in the presence of MgATP populate various states when muscle fibers are activated with calcium, characterization of defined intermediates is difficult. Thus, it is necessary to use nucleotide or phosphate analogs which accumulate acto-myosin complexes in specific states. In addition, to differentiate whether the accumulated cross-bridges represent weak binding states or strong binding states requires to carry out the experiments not only at low, but also at high calcium concentrations so that the effect of activation of the thin filament on actin affinity of the two types of cross-bridge states can be determined. In previous X-ray diffraction work at HASYLAB we used AlF4 as phosphate analog to address the question of the structural transitions of the acto-myosin complex during active force generation in muscle. Most interestingly, with MgADP.AlF4 we were able to characterize two structurally distinct states of the acto-myosin complex, the AlF-I state which represents a weakly bound state and the AlF-II state which represents a strongly bound state. Assuming that these two states are analogs of the AMD.Pi and the AMD.Pi state, respectively, the structural difference between AlF-I and AlF-II could well reflect the first force generating step occurring at the transition from the weakly bound AonMD.Pi to the strongly bound AonMD.Pi state. In addition, these experiments showed that in the presence of Pi or a Pi-analog strong binding of myosin to actin is possible, thus indicating that the transition from weak to strong binding can occur before Pi is released from the active site. To further investigate structural changes associated with individual steps of the force generating transition, in our 2006 beamtime at beamline A2 we began to study vanadate (Vi) as a different phosphate-analog which is again thought to mimic an AMD.Pi state of the cross-bridges. Vi as a Pi analog is of particular interest and quite different from AlF4 because Vi mimics the so called "transition state" of ATP hydrolysis by adopting a trigonal bipyramidal coordination when MgADP.Vi is bound to myosin-S1-fragments. This conformation corresponds to an ADP.Pi state


This paper is concerned with solving decentralized resource allocation and scheduling problems via auctions with negotiable agents by allowing agents to switch their bid generation strategies within the auction process, such that a better system wide performance is achieved on average as compared to the conventional walrasian auction running with agents of fixed bid generation strategy. We propose a negotiation mechanism embedded in auctioneer to solicit bidders' change of strategies in the process of auction. Finally we benchmark our approach against conventional auctions subject to the real-time large-scale dynamic resource coordination problem to demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach.


Objective To improve the diagnostic level and surgical curative effect of craniopharyngioma in children.Methods We retrospective reviewed the diagnostic procedures,surgical technique,and outcome of 25 patients with craniopharyngioma.Diagnosis was made by means of CT or MRI scan.Operations were performed via transsphenoidal approach to remove the tumors.Results Total removal of the tumor in 13 cases,subtotal removal in 8 cases and partially removal in remaining 4 cases were achieved.There was no postoperative mortality in this group.Long term followup review (median 3.6 years)in 20 patients revealed good recovery of 17 patients (85.0%),contrasted with 15.0%(3 cases)late recurrence rate after operations.This patients with recurrence of tumor need to treat by again operative management.Conclusion It is a safe and effective method by using the CT or MRI to diagnose and microsurgical technique via transsphenoidal approach to remove craniopharyngioma for suitable pediatric patients.


The increase in corporate liquidity over the past ten years, together with higher levels of interest rates and growing sophistication among corporate treasurers and bank portfolio managers, have contributed to the increasing importance of various money-market instruments. The relative position of the Treasury bill has declined, and bank time certificates of deposits, short-term issues of municipalities, and commercial paper have assumed greater importance. The fundamental reason for the attractiveness of alternatives to Treasury bills is, of course, the additional yield that the investor can obtain in the substitute instruments. The differential yield spread over Treasury bills can be explained substantially by two factors—the difference in marketability and the existence of some default risk on the alternative securities.


In England and Wales, local authorities have a duty under the 1989 Children Act to protect children from significant harm. This study builds on a previous paper that considered patterns of re-referral in cases that were not allocated; it considers re-referrals involving serious concerns about a child. File studies were carried out on 400 consecutive referrals to three local authorities in London that were closed rather than being allocated for long-term work in early 2000. Information on the presence and nature of re-referrals involving concerns about actual or potential 'significant harm' in the 27 months after closure (i.e. up to 2002) was noted. Such re-referrals were rare (2.75%). The factors that were statistically associated with them were: previous involvement with Social Services, physical abuse and parental alcohol misuse in the closed referral. These factors were also identified in a descriptive analysis of the re-referrals, though in addition issues not present in the original referral were identified as important, namely parental mental illness and sexual abuse. The findings were encouraging about the effectiveness of initial child protection assessment processes at the time of referral closure. The potential for the factors identified in the analyses to be used in initial risk assessment and their applicability to current policy and practice is considered.


Storage Lyophilized samples are stable for twelve months from date of receipt when stored at -20° C to -70° C. Upon reconstitution, the antibody can be stored at 2° 8° C for 1 month without detectable loss of activity. Reconstituted antibody can also be aliquotted and stored frozen at -20° C to -70° C in a manual defrost freezer for six months without detectable loss of activity. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.


Based on gas-state-equation in const-volume and propellant geometry-combustion theorem,a method for deci- ding the characteristics of deterred propellant is given.Several deterred-density propellants are calculated,and the re- sults are good agreement with the propellant electrical scanning section.


With the emergence and development of quantum computers, the traditional public-key cryptography (PKC) is facing the risk of being cracked. In order to resist quantum attacks and ensure long-term communication security, NIST launched a global collection of Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) standards in 2016, and it is currently in the third round of selection. There are three Lattice-based PKC algorithms that stand out, and NTRU is one of them. In this article, we proposed the first complete and compact full hardware implementation of NTRU algorithm submitted in the third round. By using one structure to complete the design of the three types of complex polynomial multiplications in the algorithm, we achieved better performance while reducing area costs.


This article is part of the current ecocritical research that is being conducted on Tash Aw's works. It attempts to analyse Tash Aw's first novel The Harmony Silk Factory and investigate how he customizes the concept of harmony and dissonance in relation to human beings from the perspective of the recent and growing theory of ecocriticism. Through examining Aw's novel, the manipulation of nature in the hope of illustrating the plot of a novel is studied thoroughly. In this article, the ecocritical theory is used to approach the phenomenon of harmony and dissonance in nature in the context of human-nature relationship in the chosen novel. The ecocritical theory assists in revealing with what perspectives the nature is portrayed by Aw in his first novel.  The analysis of the novel reveals that there is a coherent harmony in dissonance in the bridge between human beings and their natural setting with the idea that human beings and nature are constantly influencing each other and causing different outcomes from even the slightest change. The implication of the research reveals that the human-nature relationship is indeed something that carries much weight and needs to be given much consideration to. It gives rise to the issue that human beings and nature are inextricably interconnected. By incorporating the Malaysian viewpoint and voice of Tash Aw in the current article, we have exposed how ecocriticism is instrumental in meeting its targeted scope in Malaysian literary context as a multinational area of scholarship.


A chemically programmed photochromic liquid crystal (LC) polymer was newly synthesized and used to fabricate an actuator exhibiting reversible photo-activated bending behavior at ambient temperature. Due to the lack of chemical crosslinking in this photochromic LC elastomer, it was possible to fabricate an actuator in the form of fiber or film by melt or solution processing, respectively. The three-dimensional (3D) bending of the film actuator can be precisely controlled in various directions by polarized ultraviolet (UV) light. The novel photochromic LC elastomer, exhibiting reversible photomechanical bending with controlled directions at room temperature, is beneficial for the realization of wireless remote-controlled 3D actuators.


A novel impairment aware optical network virtualization mechanism (Optical FlowVisor) based on software defined networking (OpenFlow-based) paradigm is experimentally demonstrated. End-to-end flow setup time and the performance of virtual switches and OpenFlow controller are reported.


Topological superconductors, characterized by topologically nontrivial states residing in a superconducting gap, are a recently discovered class of materials having Majorana fermions. The interplay of superconductivity and topological states gives rise to opportunities for achieving such topological superconductors in condensed matter systems. Up to now, several single-material topological superconductors in this form have been theoretically predicted and experimentally confirmed. Here, using the first-principles calculations, we study the superconducting single-layer $\ensuremath{\beta}\ensuremath{-}{\mathrm{Bi}}_{2}\mathrm{Pd}$. The electronic density of states near Fermi level of this monolayer are dominated by the Bi-$p$ and Pd-$d$ orbitals, forming a two-band Fermi surface with multiclass sheets. The presence of soft phonon bands, in cooperation with the electron susceptibility, accounts for electron-phonon superconductivity of single-layer $\ensuremath{\beta}\ensuremath{-}{\mathrm{Bi}}_{2}\mathrm{Pd}$. With the centrosymmetric structure, single-layer $\ensuremath{\beta}\ensuremath{-}{\mathrm{Bi}}_{2}\mathrm{Pd}$ possesses a continuous gap over the whole Brillouin zone and topological Dirac-like states at its one-dimensional boundary. The present findings would lead to the expectation of one-dimensional topological superconductivity and Majorana bound states in a monolayer candidate of $\ensuremath{\beta}\ensuremath{-}{\mathrm{Bi}}_{2}\mathrm{Pd}$ with intrinsic full-gap superconductivity.


The presence of Total coliform, Eschericha coli and enterococci were enumerated in the cattle farming areas of the Oconee Watershed using colilertTM and enterolertTM IDEXX plates, respectively. Microbial Source Tracking (MST) using Bacteroidales molecular markers for ruminant (RuBac) and human (HuBac) specific bacterial groups were used to determine the source of the fecal pollution in the watershed. In the cattle farming regions of the watershed higher levels of fecal bacteria were detected compared to the levels of fecal bacteria at the forested and residential sites. MST indicated that the cattle farming regions (except DC2) of the lake was impacted by fecal pollution from a ruminant source such as cattle. In addition, qPCR for the tuf gene of E. coli and the Stx2 gene that is commonly found in enterohemorragic E. coli O157:H7 were used to evaluate the presence of these bacteria in the study area. E. coli O157:H7 (Stx2 gene) was detected only in the beef cattle regions of the watershed. The presences of E. coli and Stx2 gene in the Oconee Watershed represent a potential public health risk because Lake Oconee and its tributaries are used for recreational activities as well as crop irrigation.


This book features contributions from a wide range of predominantly UK and USA authors, and sets out to ''make excellence in dementia care a part of everyday care practice and integral to services for people with dementia and their families''. This is an extensive collection of 28 chapters from 44 contributors, covering a breadth of key areas in dementia care. The editors concede that there are (inevitably) some omissions e.g., younger people with dementia, but this is nevertheless an exploration of a very wide range of essential issues and areas of evidence-based practice. The great strength of this collection is that not only does it succeed in providing essential reference on best practice – the assembled essays expertly synthesize current research providing rich evidence and stimulating debate – but that it also succeeds as an effective introduction to some of the key writers, practitioners and researchers currently at work in this field. As such it will surely prompt readers new to this area to further explore the work and ideas of such contributors as Stephen Sebat, ''A bio-psycho-social approach to dementia care'', Sue Davies and Mike Nolan ''Attending to relationships in dementia care'' and Kate Allan and John Killick ''Communication and relationships; an inclusive social world'', to name but a few. The book is sectioned into four: Policies and perspectives; Knowledge and skills for supporting people with dementia; Journeys through dementia; and Embedding excellence in dementia care. Each chapter is set out with clear learning objectives and is punctuated with boxed text exercises. The chapters crossreference and link well creating a sense of ''whole''. Conclusions for each chapter are preceded by highly effective sections headed ''Debates and Controversies''. These sections enable the authors to highlight unresolved and often difficult questions, competing theories and sometimes conflicting evidence; and demonstrate that we still have much to learn and that there is a great urgency to do so. Some of the chapters are refreshingly honest about the challenges that lay before us, perhaps none more so than an excellent and thought provoking chapter by Dawn Brooker on ''Quality: the perspective of the person with dementia''. Brooker expertly takes the reader through an exploration of the necessity – but also the real challenges – of gaining the perspective of the person with dementia on quality of life and quality of care. The chapter is typical of the book as a whole in that it serves both as an essential evidencebased guide on practice but is also richly thought-provoking. It should serve both to caution against complacency and to inspire. Journal of Interprofessional Care, November 2009; 23(6): 683–686


In recent years,the gap phenomenon between the rich and the poor in Shaanxi Province is getting more and more obvious,has become the problem that the masses generally care about.This paper uses the mathematical statistics,to establish a prediction model for the rural gap between the rich and the poor in Shaanxi Province on the basis of a large number of data, puts forward the countermeasures in the hope of emtrolling the rural gap between the rich and the poor.


Mucosal tolerance is believed to be partly mediated by regulatory T cells. Intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) may play an important role in the generation of such regulatory cells, because they are able to process and present Ag to T cells. Furthermore, we have previously demonstrated that IECs are able to generate regulatory CD8 (cid:1) T cells in vitro. In the present study, we have analyzed lamina propria (LP) lymphocytes for the presence of such regulatory CD8 (cid:1) T cells in normal individuals as well as in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The results of the present study show that LP CD8 (cid:1) T cells derived from normal controls possess regulatory activity, whereas both unfractionated LP lymphocytes and purified LP CD4 (cid:1) T cells do not. The LP CD8 (cid:1) T cells suppress Ig production by pokeweed mitogen-stimulated PBMCs by 31–80%, in a cell contact-dependent manner. No significant difference in suppression between CD28 (cid:1) and CD28 (cid:2) CD8 (cid:1) LP T cells was observed. In contrast to CD8 (cid:1) T cells from normal LP, CD8 (cid:1) T cells isolated from LP of IBD patients, did not suppress Ig production by pokeweed mitogen-stimulated PBMC (five of six ulcerative colitis specimens; six of six Crohn's disease specimens). Furthermore, we demonstrate that the frequency of TCR V (cid:3) 5.1-positive CD8 (cid:1) T cells, which we previously have demonstrated to be regulatory and to be expanded by IECs in vitro, is decreased in IBD LP compared with normal LP. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that CD8 (cid:1) T cells with regulatory activity are present in the LP of normal healthy individuals, but not in patients with IBD,


Abstract Tomato plants ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) transformed with the yeast Δ-9 desaturase gene were found to display enhanced resistance to powdery mildew ( Erysiphe polygoni DC. edmund. Salm.) and to possess higher levels of 16:1, 16:2 and 18:1 fatty acids. Lipid peroxides also increased. The improved resistance of the transgenic plants was apparently associated with the increases in 16:1 and 16:2 fatty acids.


The use of colliding laser pulses to control the injection of plasma electrons into the plasma wake of a laser‐plasma accelerator is a promising approach to obtaining GeV scale electron bunches with reduced emittance and energy spread. Colliding Pulse Injection (CPI) experiments are being performed by groups around the world. We present recent particle‐in‐cell simulations, using the parallel VORPAL framework, of CPI for physical parameters relevant to ongoing experiments of the LOASIS program at LBNL. We perform parameter scans in order to optimize the quality of the bunch, and compare the results with experimental data. Effect of non‐ideal gaussian pulses and laser self‐focusing in the plasma channel on the trapped bunch are evaluated. For optimized parameters accessible in the experiment, a 20 pC electron beam can be accelerated to 300 MeV with percent level energy spread.


BS>A very intense and sharp fluorescence line was observed at 2.54 mu when anhydrous praseodymium chloride containing a few tenths of a percent Nd/sup 3+/ was illuminated with blackbody radiation. Excitation was so efficient that a small tungsten filament lamp operated at one-tenth or less power with the filament just noticeably glowing allows detailed studies of the line at very high spectral resolution. The linewidth is less than 0.2 of a wave number. The decay time is in the order of 50 msec. The excitation radiation is absorbed by praseodymium ions while the emission is identified as fluorescence of Nd/dup 3+/. (C.E.S.)


SUMMARY When remote sensing users are asked to define their requirements for a new sensor, the big questionthatalwaysarisesis:willthetechnicalspecificationsmeetthescientificrequirements? Herein,wediscussquantitativerelationshipsbetweeninstrumentalspectralandradiometric characteristics and data exploitable for lava flow subpixel temperature analysis. This study was funded within the framework of ESA activities for the IR GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) element mission requirements in 2005. Subpixel temperature retrieval from satellite infrared data is a well-established method that is well documented in the remote sensing literature. However there is little attention paid to the error analysis on estimated parameters due to atmospheric correction and radiometric accuracy of the sensor. In this study, we suggest the best spectral bands combination to estimate subpixel temperature parameters. We also demonstrate that poor atmospheric corrections may vanish the effectiveness of the most radiometrically accurate instrument.


Measles is an infectious disease caused by Morbillivirus, with a secondary attack rate in excess of 80%, that usually affects children ( 1 ). However, multiple outbreaks of the disease have even been reported among adults in heterogeneous settings (urban areas, university campuses, disaster sites, during international travel, etc.) ( 2 – 5 ). The disease is characterized by the presence of fever, cough, and coryza, followed by the appearance of a typical rash ( 1 , 6 ). The disease is generally transmitted by the airborne route, with a large proportion of cases being self-limiting; nevertheless, multiple deaths have been reported because of disease-associated complications ( 1 , 2 , 6 , 7 ). (Published: 25 May 2015) Citation: Infection Ecology and Epidemiology 2015, 5: 27784 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/iee.v5.27784


The mathematical model of the load-sensing system was built.The operating point of the load-sensing system with a critical center spool of the load-sensing regulator was determined by three conditions.As condition I,the load-sensing regulator spool displacement xLSis always at the null position for the load-sensing regulator with a critically lapped spool.Under condition II,the control pressure py and the pump pressure pP are the same.This would occur when the system pressure differential setting ΔpSETand the load pressure pLare small.Under condition III,The demand flow is larger than the supply flow by the load-sensing pump.Condition I is the "normal" operation condition.Conditions II and III should be avoided in practice.


A process for the preparation of sulfur-containing carbon, comprising the steps of: (A) reacting at least one carbonizable liquid or a carbonizable melted solid material selected from the group consisting of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, pitches, oils and tars, with elemental sulfur in an amount of 10 to 40 wt .-%, based on the weight of the selected carbonizable material, at a temperature of 150 to 300 ° C for a period of 30 to 600 minutes to produce a polymer containing sulfur reaction product which is a non-planar conductor polymer by weight, the bound sulfur in an amount of 5 to 20 comprises%, based on the reaction product -; (B) heating the reaction product of step (a) containing at a temperature of 450 to 1000 ° C in an inert atmosphere for a period of 5 minutes to 5 hours to produce a sulfur coke; and containing (c) heating the sulfur coke after step (b) to a temperature of at least 500 ...


The Internet has emerged as a mainstream communication medium, resulting in the development of new educational opportunities for teaching and learning. This article describes and evaluates a learning opportunity which used a Wiki technology to support an aligned assessment activity which was focused around teamwork and students construction of learning materials. One of the learning outcomes in the unit in which the activity sits is to develop teamwork; consequently, the team product and the team process was the unit of analysis, not individual student product or process. Analysis of student to student communications and individual student reflections identified that students enjoyed the work and that during the exercise they identified aspects such as planning, communication and shared leadership—working to areas of individual strengths—were important in the process. The activity indicates that online technologies such as Wikis may facilitate assessment of affective outcomes such as teamwork and underpin development of students' leadership capacity. Universities have a critical and growing social and economic role; a highly skilled population is necessary for economic success. A suite of transferable skills associated with employability, including leadership, critical thinking, life-long learning, cultural awareness, teamwork, and communication are included in attributes which many universities aspire to develop within their graduates. With respect to the context of the learning opportunity described in this paper, Health Workforce Australia, a Commonwealth statutory authority—recognizing that leadership capacity is is essential to success in introducing the innovation and change that will sustain the health care system—has recently proposed that leadership development be embedded in undergraduate and postgraduate training (Health Workforce Australia, 2012).


Dengue haemorrahagic fever (DHF) is one of infectious disease be health problems in the world especially in developing countries. Prevention can be done to reduce the number of dengue fever is decided a circle transmission of by means of eradicate vektornya especially on larva stage ( larvae ). This study aims to determine the larvacidal activity of ethanol extract, n-hexane fraction, ethyl acetate fraction, and water fraction of sweetsop seeds, the second is to determine LC50 value of ethanol extract, n-hexane fraction, ethyl acetate fraction, and water fraction of sweetsop seeds, and the last is to determine the most effective larvaside from ethanol extract, n-hexane fraction, ethyl acetate fraction, and water fraction of sweetsop seeds. The research was done by extraction by using the method maceration use a solvent ethanol 96 % and followed by fractionation use a solvent n-heksana, ethyl acetate and water. Extract and faction obtained tested activity larvasida for the larvae aedes albopictus instar III then analysis probit to get a LC50 The mean value of LC50 ethyl acetate fraction was 0,197 ppm, in extract was 0,208 ppm, in water fraction was 0,598 ppm and n-hexane fraction was 1,011 ppm. The result showed that ethyl asetate fraction of sweetsop seeds has the most effective larvacidal activity 3rd instar of Aedes albopictus larvae.
Keywords : DBD, Aedes albopictus, sweetsop seeds, extract, fraction, LC50


I O N LABORATORY ANALOG E X P E R I M E N T S I M U L A T I O N F I G U R E 1-2. SPECTRUM O F MODELS Systems Approaches . With t h i s background on t h e c o n c e p t of mode l ing , we c a n c o n s i d e r n e x t t h e t o p i c o f s y s t e m s and s y s t e m s a p p r o a c h e s . Many d e f i n i t i o n s o f t h e term sys tem have been o f f e r e d . Simply, we may c o n s i d e r t h a t a sys tem i s a complex of f u n c t i o n a l components , p r i n c i p a l l y men and mach ines , which h a s been o r g a n i z e d t o pe r fo rm s p e c i f i e d t a s k s i n d i f f e r e n t s o c i a l , i n d u s t r i a l , m i l i t a r y , economic, and p h y s i c a l e n v i r o n m e n t s . I d e a l l y , t h e sys tem p e r f o r m s t h e s e t a s k s by u t i l i z i n g i t s r e s o u r c e s t o s a t i s f y some measurea 'b le c r i t e r i a . Ashby (1958, p . 40) d e f i n e s a sys tem a s I t . . . n o t a t h i n g , b u t a l i s t of v a r i a b l e s , " which i m p l i e s , q u i t e c o r r e c t l y , t h a t ( a ) t h e b o u n d a r i e s o f t h e sys tem a r e e s t a b l i s h e d by t h e a n a l y s t , and (b ) t h e " sys tems approach" is j u s t a v a r i a t i o n on t h e t e c h n i q u e of m o d e l i n g . I n p r a c t i c e , t h i s v a r i a t i o n is one of s c o p e o r b r e a d t h ; i . 6 . , i n t h e s y s t e m s a p p r o a c h one a t t e m p t s t o model t h e e n t i r e s y s t e m , w i t h a l l i t s i n t e r a c t i n g f u n c t i o n a l components o r s u b s y s t e m s , i n t o what migh t be c a l l e d a c o m p o s i t e model , as opposed t o t h e component -model w i t h i t s i m p l i e d l i m i t a t i o n s i n s c o p e . The c o m p o s i t e o r s y s t e m s model was deve loped t o a s s i s t d e c i s i o n m a k e r s t o u n d e r s t a n d s i t u a t i o n s t o o complex t o be d e s c r i b e d by component mode l ing a l o n e . For example , among highway s a f e t y r e s e a r c h e s , i f one f i n d s a s t u d y i n which t h e r o a d i s assumed a c o n s t a n t and d r i v e r b e h a v i o r i s t h e p r i n c i p a l v a r i a b l e , one c a n a l s o f i n d a s t u d y i n which d r i v e r b e h a v i o r i s assumed c o n s t a n t and t h e r o a d i s t h e p r i n c i p a l v a r i a b l e . N e i t h e r s t u d y y i e l d s j o i n t l y a c c e p t a b l e c o n c l u s i o n s b e c a u s e , w i t h i n t h e o v e r a l l complex of highway s a f e t y r e s e a r c h , b o t h t h e highway and d r i v e r b e h a v i o r a r e v a r i a b l e s . The c o m p o s i t i o n of models i s a c h a i n i n g p r o c e s s . Each submodel i s l i n k e d t o t h e o t h e r s by a s e r i e s of i n p u t o u t p u t l i n k s ( i . e . , t h e o u t p u t of e a c h submodel i s t h e i n p u t t o t h e n e x t ) . I n t h i s p r o c e s s i t i s o f t e n n e c e s s a r y t o expand t h e s e t of i n p u t s and o u t p u t s t h a t would be u s e d i n e a c h submodel by i t s e l f . For i n s t a n c e , i f we a r e t o combine a submodel of d r i v e r b e h a v i o r a t s t o p l i g h t s w i t h a submodel of a u t o m o b i l e d e s i g n , t h e dependence o f d r i v e r b e h a v i o r on such d e s i g n p a r a m e t e r s a s w i n d s h i e l d a r e a must be made e x p l i c i t . Large and complex s y s t e m s a r e n o t t h e m s e l v e s p a r t i c u l a r l y new phenomena. However, t h e need t o u n d e r s t a n d t h e i r o p e r a t i o n , and t h u s , t h e need t o d e v e l o p e f f e c t i v e methods f o r a n a l y z i n g t h e s e s y s t e m s , is r e l a t i v e l y r e c e n t , d a t i n g a p p r o x i m a t e l y t o t h e e a r l y d a y s o f World War 11. I t was d u r i n g t h i s p e r i o d t h a t t h e f i r s t " o p e r a t i o n a l r e s e a r c h " g r o u p ( b e t t e r known t o d a y a s o p e r a t i o n s r e s e a r c h , o r OR), was o r g a n i z e d by P r o f e s s o r B l a c k e t t i n r e s p o n s e t o t h e u r g e n t need t o s o l v e new and complex m i l i t a r y o p e r a t i o n a l p rob lems ( B l a c k e t t , 1 9 6 2 ) . B l a c k e t t ' s f f c i r c u s " ( t h e t e rm was c o i n e d t o d e s c r i b e t h e i n t e r d i s c i p l i n a r y n a t u r e o f h i s s t a f f , c o n s i d e r e d a n o v e l t y a t t h a t t i m e ) was o r g a n i z e d w i t h i n t h e U n i t e d Kingdom A i r c r a f t Command R e s e a r c h Group. I t s s u c c e s s i n a p p l y i n g t h e s c i e n t i f i c method t o p rob lems of t h e B r i t i s h war e f f o r t l e d t o t h e c r e a t i o n of s i m i l a r g r o u p s i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s . S c i e n t i f i c s t a f f was drawn from P r i n c e t o n , Columbia, t h e M. I.T. R a d i a t i o n L a b o r a t o r y , and t h e Naval Ord inance L a b o r a t o r y , t o work w i t h o p e r a t i o n a l u n i t s of t h e m i l i t a r y s e r v i c e s . Accounts o f some of t h e i r e a r l y a c t i v i t i e s a r e r e c o r d e d by T r e f e t h e n ( 1 9 5 4 ) . The b a s i c c o n c e p t s o f o p e r a t i o n s r e s e a r c h were , o f c o u r s e , n o t new, d rawing a s t h e y d i d upon w e l l e s t a b l i s h e d p r i n c i p l e s o f b o t h s c i e n c e and management. However, t h e s y n t h e s i s o f a n i n t e r d i s c i p l i n a r y s e t of s c i e n t i f i c methods , t e c h n i q u e s , and t o o l s t o s o l v e a p a r t i c u l a r c l a s s o f p rob lems was a n i n n o v a t i o n . C u r r e n t s y s t e m s a p p r o a c h e s r e p r e s e n t a development and o u t g r o w t h o f t h e s e i n i t i a l OR e f f o r t s . A f t e r t h e war a number of o r g a n i z a t i o n s ( t h e RAND C o r p o r a t i o n and t h e Weapon Systems E v a l u a t i o n Group, t o name j u s t two) were formed t o r e n d e r c o n t i n u i n g s c i e n t i f i c s u p p o r t t o t h e m i l i t a r y s e r v i c e s ; on a much s m a l l e r s c a l e , o t h e r o p e r a t i o n s r e s e a r c h g r o u p s were o r g a n i z e d t o d e a l w i t h i n d u s t r i a l p r o b l e m s . These o r g a n i z a t i o n s d i r e c t e d t h e i r e a r l y e f f o r t s t o f o r m u l a t i n g m a t h e m a t i c a l mode ls of some of t h e OR p r o c e d u r e s which had p roved s u c c e s s f u l d u r i n g t h e war . A s o p e r a t i o n s r e s e a r c h d e v e l o p e d i n t h e m i d f i f t i e s t f . . . h o n o r s went t o p r a c t i t i o n e r s who u s e d o r improved m a t h e m a t i c a l t e c h n i q u e s like linear programming or queueing theory and found new applications for them" (Quade, 19642 The optimization model (Fig.l-3), often considered synonymous with operations research methodology, is described by Churchman,, Ackoff, and Arnoff (1959): This model expresses the effectiveness of the systems under study as a function of a set of variables at least one of which is subject to control. The general form of the operations research model is where E represents the effectiveness of the systems, xi the variables of the system which are subject to control, and y . those variables which are not subject to control. The rdstrictions on values of the variables may be expressed in a supplementary set of equations and/or inequations. In other words, an f'optimumll solution may be determined mathematically if formal statements of the relationships between variables are available. Although the operations research paradigm proved sucessfu:l in solving a wide range of military and industrial problems, it had its limitations and, by current standards, is concerned with relatively component problems. The chief difficulty was in handling problems in which a single measure of effectiveness or criterion function was not available. The development of optimization techniques for operations analysis of existing weapon and industrial systems continued throughout the 1950's. However, led by the work of The RAND Corporation for the Air Force, emphasis gradually shifted to problems of broader scope and complexity, such as the developm~ent of weapon systems, force structures, and disarmament. The analysis of weapon systems for possible future warfare presented a new kind of problem, one quite different from those treated by operations analysis in World War 11. The key word was planning, with its implied estimates of future needs. As one military man has pointed out," . . . reading a crystal ball is a talent claimed by few, but E (EFFECTIVENESS OF SYSTEM) ' j (VARIABLES NOT / SUBJECT TO CONTROL) (VARIABLES SUBJECT TO CONTROL) FIGURE 1 3 . THE OPERATIONS RESEARCH MODEL needed by a l l who work i n t h e p l a n n i n g f i e l d . " The p r o c e s s o f p l a n n i n g f o r f u t u r e s y s t e m s i s , t o a l a r g e e x t e n t , s y n t h e s i s , i n t h a t t h e e n v i r o n m e n t h a s t o be f o r e c a s t , t h e a l t e r n a t i v e s d e s i g n e d , and t h e o p e r a t i o n a l l a w s i n v e n t e d . The a p p r o a c h u s e d t o s o l v e t h e s e p rob lems emphas ized a c o m p r e h e n s i v e t r e a t m e n t by a n i n t e g r a t e d , s i m u l t a n e o u s e x a m i n a t i o n of a l l m a j o r r e l e v a n t p r o b l e m s , i . e . , t h e f t s y s t e m s a p p r ~ a c h . ~ ' T h i s a p p r o a c h t o l a r g e s c a l e s y s t e m s p rob lems h a s been g i v e n many names r a n g i n g f rom t h e o r i g i n a l o p e r a t i o n s r e s e a r c h t o s y s t e m s e n g i n e e r i n g , s y s t e m s a n a l y s i s , s y s t e m s r e s e a r c h , and c o s t e f f e c t i v e n e s s a n a l y s i s . E f f o r t s t o d i s t i n g u i s h c l e a r l y among t h e s e have met w i t h l i t t l e a c c e p t a n c e ; however , a t t h e r i s k of r e n e w i n g t h e s e m


The main purpose of this study is surveying the relationship between free cash flow and dividends during the company's life cycle. The population of the study was all company that listed in Tehran Stock Exchange in 2008-2012. The sample size of this research was set at 138 company. In order to analyze the data resulted from collected questionnaires deductive and descriptive statistical methods are used. The results K-S Test shows the test distribution is Normal. So we can use Pearson correlation and Regression to test the hypothesis of the research. In order to determine the relationship between the variables of the study, the SPSS tool has been used. Findings show thst there is a relationship between free cash flow and dividends during the company's life cycle.


ecumenical strategy is largely successful, though occasionally it seems hurried and too determined to make connections. One may occasionally sense that the authors' choice of "historical sites" could be more telling—for instance, given Barth's revision of the doctrine of election, would Edwards's treatment of Federal theology not be a more fruitful engagement than that of analogy? Or would Edwards's fascinating, nuanced anthropology, his understanding of freedom, love, and desire, produce a more penetrating conversation with Ignatius of Loyola than the rather sketchy treatment of discernment? Likewise, where Edwards differs with contemporary trends might also be more illuminating than those areas where there is a convergence. But these are not so much points of criticism as evidence of the discussion and appreciation this excellent work will foster.


In this paper children's accident data are presented. These data were drawn from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) International Road Traffic and Accident Database (IRTAD), completed with data on separate countries drawn from other sources. Gender differences in accidents reveal important factors in traffic safety such as exposure, vulnerability, skills, and other personality factors. Finally, some successful safety measures are presented, for instance: the promotion of the proper use of child restraints, and traffic calming in residential areas. For the covering abstract of the workshop see IRRD E200634.


This paper presents the Array-OL specification language. It is a high-level visual language dedicated to multidimensional intensive signal processing applications. It allows to specify both the task parallelism and the data parallelism of these applications on focusing on their complex multidimensional data access patterns. This presentation includes several extensions and tools developed around Array-OL during the last few years and discusses the mapping of an Array-OL specification onto a distributed heterogeneous hardware architecture.


The device (12) of a manual release apparatus (1) of mobile X-ray imaging includes freewheels (14) and lifting means (13) acting on the apparatus (1) radius imaging X to disengage the drive wheels (R) of the apparatus so that the apparatus (1) X-ray imaging is based on free wheels (14) after action of lifting means (13).


Environmental pollution affects the quality of atmosphere, lithosphere and biosphere. Efforts have been made in the last two decades to reduce the pollution sources and remedy the polluted water sources. Water quality monitoring in developing countries is inadequate especially in stream water affected by urban effluent and runoff. The purpose of this study was to investigate heavy metal contaminants in sank stream water in Gwalior. The water sample from stream and industrial effluents that drain into the stream were collected and analyzed for the total elemental concentration using atomic absorption spectrophotometer. The result showed that:-the wastewater was highly encircled with copper above the maximum permissible limit. 2) the level of dissolved oxygen was below the maximum permissible limit, while biological oxygen demand was above the maximum permissible limit. All industrial effluents/wastewater were classified as strong. Factors analysis results reveal two sources of pollutants; multiple origin of copper and mixed origin or chemical phenomena of industrial and vehicular emission.


ABSTRACT Analyzing the genetic diversity of a population can be useful in identifying some of the silent effects of habitat fragmentation. We examined and compared 4 mitochondrial loci of the near threatened Short-tailed Babbler (Pellorneum malaccense), a rainforest understory bird, between a highly fragmented population in Singapore and populations from elsewhere in the Sundaic region. We found that the fragmented Singaporean population is genetically impoverished, with <20% of the intrapopulation genetic diversity present in a comparable sample from Borneo within intact forest. Differences in haplotype diversity among Singaporean sites of occurrence suggest that there may be extremely poor genetic diversity and connectivity among Singaporean subpopulations. These findings highlight the importance of connectivity in maintaining population genetic diversity in urban tropical forest patches. Our results also corroborate previous findings that there are 3 deeply diverged lineages of Short-tailed Babbler across the Sundaic region.


Decreasing transport performance of GMPLS-Based OBS in network building was analyzed in the worst case.Based on crosstalk characteristic of typical optical cross-connect,the impact of homodyne crosstalk cascaded core nodes was derived and testified by simulating.The results show that crosstalk accumulation of cascading core nodes is an important factor to decreases transport performance of GMPLS-Based OBS network.