Accurate estimates of soil hydraulic properties from other soil characteristics using pedotransfer functions (PTFs) are in demand in many applications, and soil structural characteristics are natural candidates for improving PTFs. Soil survey provides mostly categorical data about soil structure. Many available characteristics such as bulk density, aggregate distribution, and penetration resistance reflect not only structural but also other soil properties. Our objective here is to provoke a discussion of the value of structural information in modelling water transport in soils. Two case studies are presented. Data from the US National Pedon Characterization database are used to estimate soil water retention from categorical field‐determined structural and textural classes. Regression‐tree estimates have the same accuracy as those from textural class as determined in the laboratory. Grade of structure appears to be a strong predictor of water retention at −33 kPa and −1500 kPa. Data from the UNSODA database are used to compare field and laboratory soil water retention. The field‐measured retention is significantly less than that measured in the laboratory for soils with a sand content of less than 50%. This could be explained by Rieu and Sposito's theory of scaling in soil structure. Our results suggest a close relationship between structure observed at the soil horizon scale and structure at finer scales affecting water retention of soil clods. Finally we indicate research needs, including (i) quantitative characterization of the field soil structure, (ii) an across‐scale modelling of soil structure to use fine‐scale data for coarse‐scale PTFs, (iii) the need to understand the effects of soil structure on the performance of various methods available to measure soil hydraulic properties, and (iv) further studies of ways to use soil–landscape relationships to estimate variations of soil hydraulic properties across large areas of land.


Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative condition associated with oxidative stress and dopamine neuronal loss in the nigrostriatal pathway. Aged men have a greater incidence of PD than women. While estrogens have been shown to play a neuroprotective role in PD, there is little information on androgens' actions on dopamine neurons. In this study, we examined the effects of androgens on mitochondria function and its downstream signaling pathways in a dopaminergic cell line (N27 cells). Our results show that physiological levels of testosterone (100 nM) caused mitochondrial dysfunction and apoptosis, as evidenced by increased free radical formation, decreased mitochondria membrane potential, and decreased levels of reduced thiols ‐ an indicator of reactive oxygenated species (ROS) generation. We also found that androgens activate the apoptotic PKCδ pathway via a caspase‐3 dependent mechanism. To determine the specificity of androgen‐induced apoptosis, we used the same experimental protocol on the non‐dopaminergic GnRH cell line. Androgens did not induce apoptosis in these neurons, suggesting that androgen‐induced apoptosis is not a generalized phenomenon and that it may be specific to dopamine neurons. These results show that androgenic influences may underlie the gender bias in Parkinson's disease. NIH grants F32NS061417‐01 to RLC.


An extendable boom consisting of a series of telescopic cylindrical tube segments and overlapping lock joints developed for use as an aerodynamic spike mounted atop a missile is described. Two candidate design concepts differing mainly in the particular overlapping lock joint designs are undergoing a combined analytical/experimental evaluation. Some of the results of this evaluation are presented.


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The experiment of the combination of sex pheromone and yellow board(3 boards/ area) to controlling Aleurocanthus spiniferus was conducted from 2009 to 2010.The results showed that,(i)under the same density of yellow board,compared with CK(yellow check-board,3 boards/area),the quantity of the killed Aleurocanthus spiniferus was 9618 after 20 days from hanging the boards by the combination of sex pheromone and yellow board(3 boards/ area),only 6410 by yellow check-board(3 boards/ area).The difference reached 0.05 significant level.(ii)after 20 days from hanging the boards,when the density of combination was 2,3,4,5 boards/area,the killed Aleurocanthus spiniferus was 6195,9618,11 860 and 12 276,respectively.Accordingly,the decresae rate of larva Aleurocanthus spiniferus was 48.01 %,54.59 %,63.93 % and 53.69 %.When the density was 4 boards /area,the control effects was best to control Aleurocanthus spiniferus.The results of large area demonstration showed that,after 25 d from hanging the boards,the effects of the combitination board was increased 21.18 % than that of CK.Therefore,the control effects on Aleurocanthus spiniferus by the combination of sex pheromone and yellow board was superior to CK.The conclusionss was drawn that the the combination of sex pheromone and yellow board as an effective way should be promoted application in organic and common tea garden in production.


EMBO Reports (2018) 19: e47185[OpenUrl][1][FREE Full Text][2]

We have been aware of the threat of anthropogenic climate change caused by the production of greenhouse gasses for more than 50 years. Yet, emissions continue to increase at an alarming rate, resulting in dangerously high levels of CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere. Our meager response is a puzzling phenomenon given what we stand to lose. It is apparent that something is holding us back from making a serious effort to adjust our carbon‐intensive behavior.

> Merely focusing on stimulating individuals' motivation for changing behavior—whether be it psychological, economic, or moral—may prove ineffective if there are other social forces involved as well.

Figure 1. We all think individually that we – personally – are the only ones who cares
Credit: Shirin Orberg

Indeed, our collective failure to comprehensively respond to climate change is not the only issue that appears in conflict with a broad scientific consensus. For example, recent studies show that a growing number of parents are applying for exemptions due to social pressure from other parents with strong anti‐vaccine sentiments, despite the fact that routine childhood vaccines save thousands of lives every year [see Oraby, Thampi & Bauch (2014), recommended reading]. It is easy to dismiss such behaviors as irrational. However as C. T. Bauch, one of the researchers of the quoted study, notes: "Our research suggests that health officials need to have a really good understanding of the social context to better understand vaccine scares and why people refuse vaccines". Reason and rationality are not the only driving forces for understanding collective attitudes and groupthink. We also need to consider aspects such as social pressure and the sense of social influence.

> Research shows that individuals tend to misjudge others' beliefs about climate change.

A well‐known psychological explanation, known as the cognitive dissonance theory, suggests that individuals tend to adjust their beliefs rather than change their behavior once they …

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Abstract  CSR is identified as a responsibility beyond the requirements of national law regarding questions on human rights, environmental, and social rights (Holmgren, 2010). CSR consist of seven principles such as accountability, transparency, ethical behavior, and respect with stakeholders, the rule of law, the international norms of behavior and human rights (Matthew, 2010). The objectives of this research are to discover on awareness of CSR activities among selected marine companies located in Kemaman, Terengganu, Malaysia. 65 respondents from private companies, government link and others such as in ship building, construction, maintenance and repair, ship marine fabrication and oil and gas industries and others related to marine companies was participated. The summary of the results shows, all of the respondents are aware on the CSR activities conducted at their respective companies, 100% of respondents are aware with CSR activities, In addition, 76.9% are aware on CSR activities which is aligned with national goal development and 95.4% are aware CSR activities is important  towards shaping the ethical behavior among employees. Unfortunately, only 15.4% respondents' feedback their companies have participated in CSR activities due to financial constraints and lack of support granted from related communities. Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility, Marine Companies, Awareness


Aim. Despite the fact that ischemic-cervical insufficiency (ICI) is considered to be a risk factor for preterm birth (PB), a comparative analysis of the risk factors for each complication of gestation (ICI and PB) showed considerable differences. This was the reason for conducting a study to identify the most significant risk factors for PB and ICI. Materials and Methods. A questionnaire survey of 267 pregnant women was carried out to study the anamnestic risk factors for PR and for assessment of the course and outcomes of the current pregnancy. The existence of statistically significant differences was determined using Fishers exact test, and the ranking of risk factors was performed by the value of x2 criterion, adjusted for likelihood. Results. Pregnancy ended prematurely in 14 women (5.2%). Extremely early PB made 14.3% among all PB, premature births – 21.4%, late births – 64.3%, early PB were absent. Spontaneous and induced PB occurred with the same frequency – 50% each in the PB structure. Based on the x2 calculation, a rating of the PB risk factors was made. The 1st place – history of induced PB, 2 – history of polycystic ovary syndrome; 3 – in vitro fertilization; 4 – arterial hypertension; 5 – asymptomatic bacteriuria; 6 – ICI; 7 – hypothyroidism; 8 – the premature birth of the father. Also, an assessment of the risk factors for ICI was carried out and their rating was compiled: 1 – intra-uterine interventions before the first birth; 2 – repeated intrauterine interventions; 3 – history of ICI. Conclusion. Women with endocrine disorders (thyroid disease, polycystic ovary syndrome), arterial hypertension before and during pregnancy, physical inactivity before pregnancy should be considered a high risk group for PB. Asymptomatic bacteriuria is a risk factor not only for PB, but also for ICI, in which connection its early detection and rehabilitation is advisable. In the course of our study, the necessity for cervicometry during the 1st ultrasound screening was confirmed, and dynamic cervicometry can be recommended not only for women with PB, late spontaneous miscarriages, history of ICI and ICI in the current pregnancy, but also for pregnant women with repeated intrauterine interventions and with intrauterine interventions before the first forthcoming birth, for the earlier detection of ICI and formation of a high-risk group for PR for arrangement of preventive measures.


A prism system is disclosed for splitting a broadband incoming light beam. In one embodiment, the broadband beam enters the prism system and is shifted laterally through a parallelogram shaped prism. The beam then encounters a first dichroic coating treated surface. The light that is reflected off of the surface strikes the internal wall of the prism to undergo total internal reflection within the prism. The beam exits the prism parallel to the original incoming broadband beam. The beam that passes through the dichroic surface reaches a second dichroic coating treated surface where a specified waveband of light is reflected while the remaining wavelengths pass through. The beam reflected by the second dichroic surface undergoes a total internal reflection and exits parallel to the incoming broadband beam. The light beam which passes through the second dichroic surface exits the prism parallel to the original incoming broadband beam.


Starting from a century ago, everyone has seen a number of "waves" in entrepreneurship education, developing into many phases and now expanding exponentially. By making entrepreneurship education available to young people and adults, each and everyone have to prepare the next wave of entrepreneurs to enable, to lead and shape the firms. The time to act is now and it is time to more adequately develop entrepreneurial skills, attitudes and behaviors in our school and college systems.

This study was undertaken in Erode District, covering all8 constituencies and 6 taluks. Each and every stage of the research has been explained briefly for which Descriptive Research Design was adopted. The MBA students of all the colleges in various parts of Erode District during the period of October 2013 – March 2014 was taken as sample. About 750 students were identified and surveyed using Simple Random Sampling Technique. For the study, both primary and secondary data were collected. Structured questionnaires and interviews were used to collect the primary data.


The purpose of this study is to examine the characteristics of man's boots in the Joseon Dynasty and compared them with those of the Ming and Qing Dynasty to find the influential relationships between them. Boots in the Joseon Dynasty are divided into several kinds such as Heukgwejapihwa, Hheuksapihwa(黑斜皮靴), Heukpihwa(黑皮靴), Mokhwa(木靴), Hyeopgeumhwa(挾金靴), Suhwaja (水靴子), Jeonpihwa, Gijahwa(起子靴), and Baekhwa(白靴). In addition, Jeong(精: footwear) was put inside boots. They tend to be named according to their materials or ornaments on them. First, Jeong put inside the boots is regarded as footwear for the comfort of the feet or protection against cold. Mokhwa appears in literature around the 19th century. As shown by remains and paintings of those days, it is considered to have become the common name of boots as it underwent many changes. On the other hand, a book in the era of King Gojong includes pictures of Suhwaja. Compared to Hukpihwa in the same book. The topside seems to have been raised in order to make the wearer who put on a military uniform feel comfortable when walking, since the bottom piece is hard. Baekhwa is worn not only with funeral garments but also with Sibok(時服), one of official uniforms. Boots in the Joseon Dynasty had been made following the design of the Ming Dynasty since official uniforms were conferred upon King Gongmin in the late Koryo Dynasty. But turning the late Joseon Dynasty its detailed design changed little by little. The topside of the boots became more round, the entrance part became wider, height of the shoes became taller, and the bottom piece became parallel to the ground.


Plasmopara viticola, causal agent of grape downy mildew, was first detected in Western Australia (WA) in widespread commercial viticulture in the Swan Valley (–31.85 S, 116.02 E) in 1998. It has since been found in all viticultural areas in WA, which extend from the far north (–15.75 S, 128.74 E) to the far south (–35.02 S, 117.80 E) of the state across a diverse range of climate zones. Not all of these zones are considered conducive for the development of grape downy mildew. The early infection behaviour of P. viticola isolates, obtained from climatically different grape-growing locations, was examined under different temperatures of incubation (10, 20, and 30°C). Variation in early infection behaviour was used to discern ecotypes of the pathogen. Ten isolates were obtained from WA and 8 of these responded similarly. Three isolates obtained from the east of Australia and used as comparisons in the study behaved similarly to most of the WA isolates. Zoospore germination and host penetration occurred at 10 and 20°C for all isolates. None of the isolates penetrated the host at 30°C. Only 2 isolates, from WA, germinated at 30°C. The early infection behaviour of most of the P. viticola isolates examined in this study appears to be reasonably analogous, despite the influence of varied local environmental conditions. The capacity of certain isolates to germinate under a wider spectrum of temperatures could be indicative of ecotypic specialisation. Such behaviour could confer advantage for the pathogen in viticultural regions that experience high temperatures throughout the growing season.


Pot experiments and a hand-weeded field trial were carried out to investigate the direct effect of ethofumesate on the growth and development of Lolium perenne cv. S24.

In the field trial, ethofumesate was applied in autumn as Nortron 20% ec formulation in a volume of 2001 ha-1 at rates of 0, 1 or 2 kg a.i. ha-1. Treatments had no direct effect on yield in the following summer. In both the field trial and pot experiments there was initial growth suppression in the form of a reduction in shoot dry weight, lamina dry weight, tiller number per plant and plant height. However, ethofumesate increased the chlorophyll and nitrogen contents of L. perenne laminae, but only when available soil nitrogen was not limited.

It is concluded that ethofumesate can increase the yield of L. perenne by suppressing weed competition, but there is no evidence of the herbicide directly increasing the growth or yield of cv. S24.


Welcome to NClibraries guide for students in the Bachelor of Business Administration - ICOM program. This guide has information and resources to help you succeed with your research assignments. library sources and help for specific assignments


The irrationality of proof of two theorems about the properties of separation and paracompactness given by literature [1] is pointed out,and a right proof is given.


Data mining processes were initially invented and developed for finding out meaningful information and deriving rules from more recent data sets. With growth in the size of power systems due to the increased requirements of industries and cities for uninterrupted power supply, data mining in electrical systems has emerged as a very efficient tool for continuous assessment of power systems. In this paper we propose Rough Set based knowledge discovery for predicting faults and probability of failure in high voltage equipment present in a real electrical systems. The approach has several different steps viz. analysis of real time data, creation and population of databases, pre-processing of data and use of rough sets based data mining algorithm to finally determine the set of rules for knowledge discovery. The methodology has been validated by presenting a case study and application of the algorithm on real time data.


Node positioning technology in the Wireless sensor network is a very important issue. This article introduces the ant colony algorithm and its characteristics. It is a good solution to the static and dynamic portfolio optimization problem. The node positioning method in the wireless sensor network can be divided into two categories based ranging and no ranging. In order to get a higher positioning accuracy, and a further improvement the positioning accuracy, this paper introduces the ant colony optimization algorithm based on the first positioning method of the feasibility. The experimental results demonstrate the decrease of the number of transmitting beacon and the optimal mobile path after being optimized.


As the development of information technology is growing, valuable information ubiquitous can be extracted easily. For the same reason, many exhibition organizers apply ubiquitous technologies in exhibition. These technologies can extract valuable information like visitor's path data. To provide a booth recommendation and booth event recommendation have been already studied using the technologies. Booth layout also has a positive effect on maximizing the marketing performance. But there is no proper criteria and research about booth layout for effective visitors visit a booth. To compensate the limitations of existing researches, this paper proposes effective booth layout allocation procedure that is analyzed by social network analysis this paper proposes effective booth layout procedure that is visit network. Furthermore, we suggest their booths in a group are allocated in specific sector. We expect to provide method how to set up a booth to arrange to be able to increase the satisfaction of visitors and exhibitor.


Background: Exposure to traffic noise during night may act as a stressor and may cause sleep disturbances. Sleep disturbances may suppress melatonin levels, which may increase the estrogen producti...


This article analyses the Life of St. Deicolus of Lure, a monastery in the Alsace region of east France, written by the cleric Theodoric in the 970s or 980s. It argues that the text contains a notable amount of information on the existence, methodology, and limitations of an ill-understood aspect of monastic integration around the year 1000. Relying on an analysis of the narrative's second prologue as well as scattered comments elsewhere in the text, it reconstructs three phenomena. The first is attempts to (re-)establish a Luxeuil-centered imagined community of institutions with a shared Columbanian legacy through the creation and circulation of hagiographic narratives. A second is the co-creation across institutional boundaries of texts and manuscripts that were designed to facilitate these integration attempts. And the third phenomenon is the limits of this integration effort, which did not tempt those involved to propose the establishment of a distinct 'neo-Columbanian' observance. As such, the Life represents an attempt to reconcile the legacy of Columbanus and his real or alleged followers as celebrated at late tenth-century Luxeuil and Lure with a contemporary understanding of reformed Benedictine identity.


Abstract : The fundamentals of intense pulsed ion beam generation are reviewed. The basic processes operating in reflexing electron sources, pinched electron diodes, and magnetically insulated diodes are described. Some selected applications are surveyed; included are gas laser excitation, inertial confinement fusion, field reversed ion rings, and ion acceleration by magnetic compression. (Author)


Over spring break our team hit another season milestone by setting the assembled chassis on the ground! Road Warrior 9, aka Lily, was rolling around our shop floor that weekend. There's still a few components that need to be installed and several adjustments to be made, but Lily handled her own weight and then some just fine. Everyone on the team was extremely pleased by this success, and we're confident that its one of the earliest car drops in our program's history. We're one step closer to a running car, and one step closer to competing at the Michigan International Speedway this May! Frame Our frame was designed with weight reduction and torsional rigidity in mind. The CAD analysis and our torsion test confirmed that our chromoly steel frame was manufactured to spec. The majority of the subsystem brackets have been installed on Lily, and there's just a few more final touches before we give her a nice coat of paint!


As one of the most serious infectious respiratory diseases, influenza A (H1N1) is a great threat to human health, and it has created an urgent demand for effective vaccines. Nasal immunization can induce both systemic and mucosal immune responses against viruses, and it can serve as an ideal route for vaccination. However, the low immunogenicity of antigens on nasal mucosa is a high barrier for the development of nasal vaccines. In this study, we covalently conjugated an influenza A (H1N1) antigen to the surface of N‐trimethylaminoethylmethacrylate chitosan (TMC) nanoparticles (H1N1‐TMC/NP) through thioester bonds to increase the immunogenicity of the antigen after nasal administration. SDS‐PAGE revealed that most of the antigen was conjugated on TMC nanoparticles, and an in vitro biological activity assay confirmed the stability of the antigen after conjugation. After three nasal immunizations, the H1N1‐TMC/NP induced significantly higher levels of serum IgG and mucosal sIgA compared with free antigen. A hemagglutination inhibition assay showed that H1N1‐TMC/NP induced much more protective antibodies than antigen‐encapsulated nanoparticles or alum‐precipitated antigen (I.M.). In the mechanistic study, H1N1‐TMC/NP was shown to stimulate macrophages to produce IL‐1β and IL‐6 and to stimulate spleen lymphocytes to produce IL‐2 and IFN‐γ. These results indicated that H1N1‐TMC/NP may be an effective vaccine against influenza A (H1N1) viruses for use in nasal immunization. J. Med. Virol. 87:1807–1815, 2015. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


Recent in vitro studies of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) family have revealed complex signaling interactions involving the produc lion ofligand-mediatedheterodimers synergisticforthetransformation of cells in vitro. In a series of7O patients with childhood medulloblastoma, we haveusedimmunohistochemistry and Westernblottinganalysisto inves tigate the expression patterns of all four EGFR family members (EGFR, HER2, HER3, and HER4) and heregulin-a, a ligand for the HER) and HER4receptors.The majorityof cases expressedtwo or more receptor proteins; coexpression ofthe HER2 and HER4 receptors occurred in 54%. Expression of the ligand heregulin-a was detected in 31% of tumors. To investigate whether coexpression results in receptor heterodimerization, we havealso performedimmunoprecipitation analysisof proteinextracts from primary tumors, and we demonstrate various patterns of receptor interaction including between HER2 and HER4. In multivariate25-yearsurvivalanalysiswith clinicopathological dis easefeatures, noindividual receptoror heregulin-aachievedsignificance. In contrast, when considered together in the multivariate model, coax pression of HER2 and HER4 demonstrated independent prognostic sig nificance (P = 0.006). These data suggest the hypothesis that HER2-HER4 receptorheterodimerization is of particularbiologicalsignificancein this disease, and this report is the first to demonstrate potential clinical significance ofEGFR family heterodimerization in human cancer Finally, we have also analyzedexpressionof the AP.2 transcriptionfactor1mph rated in the positive regulation of HER2 and HER3 gene transcription in malignant cells and reveal an association between AP-2 expression and not only HER2 and HER3, but also HER4 leveis in medulloblastoma primary tumors.


We report a method for tuning a split-ring resonator (SRR) using infrared light. The SRR unit cells are commonly used in arrays to form a metamaterial that exhibits an effective negative permeability and are often used in negative-refractive-index materials. The region of negative permeability is generally limited to a narrow bandwidth at a fixed frequency. In this work, we use photocapacitance as observed in undoped semi-insulating GaAs to modify the gap capacitance of a SRR. We demonstrate a continuously tunable frequency over the range of 0.1–1.5 GHz using a 975 nm laser diode with a power range of 0–189 mW.


This research will review groundwater protection due to water abstraction
between Winongo and Code Rivers using remote sensing, secondary data and primary
data measurements. MODFLOW and ILWIS will be used to determine three dimensional
modeling of unconfined aquifer in this area for some scenarios. The objectives of this
research are to define groundwater flow modeling, groundwater abstraction modeling and
to determine some model scenarios to protect groundwater from overexploitation.
Primary data measurement, secondary data measurement and remote sensing
interpretation will be used for modeling, calibration, validation and designing scenario of
groundwater model in this area.
Based on the result, Average rainfall is 1768,803 mm/year, evapotranspiration is
1376,88 mm/year, runoff is 243,97 mm/year, then the groundwater recharge is 147,95
mm/year. Then, aquifer properties in study area show better support for groundwater
potency. Next, groundwater flow direction tends to flow to South based on groundwater
flow using MODFLOW and three point method. Also, significant drop of groundwater
level occurs in the study area due to recent condition of abstraction rate. Therefore,
groundwater protection from overexploitation must be applied in the study area is by
extracting 2500 m
3
/year, 8000 m
3
/year and 500 m
3
/year continuously in Sleman Regency,
Kota Yogyakarta and Bantul Regency in three concentration area in the study area.


This study investigated the relationship between total IgE, specific IgE to A. lumbricoides and eosinophils in children from parasite endemic area to assess the Th2 immune response in this population and relate with the age, sex, and intensity of infection. We analyzed fecal samples of the 205 children of both sexes, aged 110 years, by the methods of Blagg and Kato-katz, serum levels of total IgE and specific IgE by ImmunoCAP and the eosinophils count in peripheral blood. The results showed a prevalence of 182 (88.8%) for intestinal parasites, and 140 (68.3%) A. lumbricoides. Serum total and specific IgE and eosinophils presented values above those of standard reference (median 480 kU/L, 0,74 kU/L and 8%). There was a significant difference between the levels of total IgE, specific IgE, and eosinophils among children parasitized by A. lumbricoides and those non-


Relativistic properties of a Lagrangian density are compared with those of a Hamiltonian density. It is proved that a Lagrangian density and a Hamiltonian density undergo different Lorentz transformations. This outcome is a theoretical element that has been unnoticed for a very long time. It is also proved that this theoretical element plays a crucial role in the structure of weak interactions theory. In particular, it is shown that the theory that uses this element is overwhelmingly superior over the Standard Model electroweak theory.


INTRODUCTION The need for better information visualization and navigation tools is widely recognized [1], [5]. It is difficult to sort and continuously resort tables or listings by more than one attribute and still maintain an understanding of the origin and natural position of items. The concept of "value bars" was created to help users visualize and navigate large information spaces that have characteristics of a lineoriented listing with multiple, quantifiable attributes. In general, value bars are useful for analyzing multi-attxibute listings and tables where a particular sort order should be maintained and analysis of the top percentage of items within each attribute is beneficial, The main features are: " the ability to see in one view an attribute distribution overview for the "important" items (as defined by attribute values) in a fisheye view [3] variant, ● very small screenspace footprint, ● the ability to see at once many attribute overviews, ● the ability to locate outliers and exceptions, and ● extremely low cognitive load navigation. This work was spawned from the study of a novel way to visualize large tree data structures, called Tree-maps [4]. A more detailed description, discussion, future value bars research, and results of a usability study can be found in [2].


Inside a vacuum chamber, we froze hexamethyldisiloxane vapors into thin-films of ice. We then patterned and crossed-linked the ice-film into silicon containing polymers by electron beam exposure. The unreacted hexamethyldisiloxane is vaporized at room temperature, and the cross-linked siloxane remains as a stable thin-film on the supporting silicon substrate. The chemical composition of the cross-linked siloxane is similar to polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) elastomer, which is used in many transducers and sensors applications.


The use of a hybrid 2-D spectral analysis method in RCS (radar cross section) imaging is presented. The hybrid scheme uses the standard FFT (fast Fourier transform) technique and the super resolution MUSIC algorithm subsequently to form the 2-D image. This approach can have the advantage of improving the resolution in the dimension where short data records are available. This hybrid approach was applied to the 2-D RCS analysis of a cube. The results are given for the case where the RCS data over an aspect angle of 10 degrees are considered. They indicate that by using the hybrid scheme, the scattering centers associated with the target are resolved as expected, whereas the standard 2-D FFT algorithm failed to identify the scattering centers.<<ETX>>


Authentication technology acting as the measure of information security plays an important role in network communication. While private information is transferred directly or indirectly through authentication sessions in traditional way, it is very likely to be leaked through bugs of the certification system or stolen by the anti-system application. This paper designs a new kind of authentication model based on the noise-guided two-dimensional hyper-chaotic synchronization mechanism, in which only random noise signal is transferred over the network instead of keys or passwords to prevent the private information leaked or stolen. The synchronization algorithm is implemented both on field programmable gate array(FPGA) and PC, which makes up a cross-platform testing system. Tests show that the model runs correctly and safely.


We present full-star simulations of type Ia supernova explosions on the basis of the standard Chandrasekhar-mass deflagration model. Most simulations so far considered only one spatial octant and assumed mirror symmetry to the other octants. Two full-star models are evolved to homologous expansion and compared with previous single-octant simulations. Therefrom we analyze the effect of abolishing the artificial symmetry constraint on the evolution of the flame surface. It turns out that the development of asymmetries depends on the chosen initial flame configuration. Such asymmetries of the explosion process could possibly contribute to the observed polarization of some type Ia supernova spectra.


The NMR chemical shift method was applied for the determination of the magnetic susceptibility of paramagnetic transition metal complexes in solution. The method was found to be very useful for the determination of magnetic susceptibility changes during a chemical reaction in which one paramagnetic compound produced another. The concentrations of two paramagnetic cobalt complexes [Co3O(O2CCH3)6(HO2CCH3)3] and Co(O2CCH3)2, were calculated from the chemical shift value observed during their reaction with cumene hydroperoxide. The results are consistent with those obtained from electronic spectra.


Background: The first COVID-19 case was confirmed in Macao on January 22, 2020 By February 4, 2020, Macao had reported 10 cases The government implemented a series of measures to prevent the new infectious disease from further spreading As a result, the local businesses and government services were suspended, and schools were closed These changes induced changes to family care Objective: This study was to investigate the care burden of family caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Macao Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted The targeted population of the study was family members who needed to take care of minors and/or the family members elderly An online survey was implemented Altogether, 1,736 respondents who claimed to be family caregivers participated in the study Results: Females accounted for 89 8% of respondents Around 71 4% of the respondents were responsible to take care of children;30 7% of them were responsible to take care of elderly About 22 4% had to take care of both children and elderly Among the caregivers who had school-aged children, 52 3% of them had to spend one to two hours a day accompanying their children on school assignments, with those who had children in primary schools spending more time In addition, the caregivers who had children in primary schools expressed more care burden and were more likely to have conflicts with children and other family members Conclusion: Measures taken during the outbreak resulted in reduced care support from the society, leaving care burden to family caregivers When the local government disseminates information on the infections of the disease, it should provide information on the ways to alleviate anxiety and counselling services for the local families who confine their life inside the household as well


This case study considers the role of the MUSE network of museums for local development in the Autonomous Province of Trento, Italy. It considers the dimensions of local development featured in the OECD-ICOM Guide for Local Governments, Communities and Museums. The Guide provides a self-assessment framework for i) local and regional governments to assess and improve their approaches to maximise the social and economic value of cultural heritage as part of sustainable local development; and ii) museums to assess and strengthen their existing and potential linkages with the local economy and social fabric.


In recent years, the achievement of renewable and sustainable power supply in railways has become one of the foremost challenges. Thus, focused on this issue, this paper discusses the evolution toward resilient traction power supply systems (TPSSs) of railways with interconnected microgrids (IMGs), which integrates more renewable energy and guarantees stronger power supply in case of grid disturbances and failures, e.g., voltage unbalance, harmonic and violent fluctuation, power outage and extreme events in the wake of natural disasters and extreme weather. Various architectures of IMGs are proposed to be integrated in dc and ac railway electrification systems, including low voltage (LV) dc, medium voltage (MV) dc, LV ac and hybrid ac/dc IMGs. The introduction of IMG can access more renewable energy with higher power quality and sustain power supply to the locomotives in an extreme grid scenario, which facilitates the development of railway resilient TPSSs with respect to enhanced flexibility and sustainability. Then, the discussions and comparisons among different IMGs in ac and dc railway electrification systems are conducted. Finally, it is concluded that IMG-integrated resilient TPSSs provide a universal solution for high-quality power supply against grid disturbances and failures.


In this paper we study the centre of a simply connected analytic group. We present two structure theorems on the centres of such groups. We also study maximal tori and maximal compact subgroups of an analytic group, and as a result, we extend a theorem by Goto.


The utility model relates to a lifting device, comprising a base, a fixed cylinder, a lifting member, a movable cylinder, and a connector, wherein, the fixed cylinder is vertically arranged on the base; the lifting member is vertically arranged on the base and is in parallel with the fixed cylinder; the movable cylinder is arranged on the lifting member; the connector is provided with the first and the second guide frames which are respectively arranged on the fixed cylinder and the movable cylinder; moreover, the connector is provided with at least one insertion hole, and a rolling element is inserted in the insertion hole; the rolling element is fixedly locked on the connector through a locking element. The stability and equilibrium in the lifting movement can be enhanced. Moreover, the utility model can enhance the length of travel of lifting.


The author has been working in the field of Science philosophy and research methology for more that a decade.

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We present numerical comparisons between the finite difference method and the Fourier pseudospectral method on the 3D SEG/EAGE salt model to investigate the potentials of the two methods for large scale seismic modeling and reverse-time migration problems on distributed-memory parallel systems. We compare the accuracy of the seismic modeling results by the two methods. We discuss the parallel implementations and present the runtime and speedup rate data on a Linux cluster. Based on these comparison results, we propose a pseudospectral-finite difference hybrid method for largescale seismic modeling and RTM problems on massively distributed-memory parallel systems.


Portfolio rebalancing policy is one of the most common policies given by financial advisors to their clients for managing their clients' retirement portfolios. The out-of-sample performances of different policy testing methods have rarely been compared. We propose using bootstrap aggregation (bagging) based on stationary bootstrap as an innovative way in testing rebalancing policies. We show that in most cases, by a three to one chance, the out-of-sample performances of the rebalancing policies chosen by bootstrap aggregation can be better than the ones chosen by Monte Carlo simulation or in-sample testing for several performance measures and three different portfolios. We use all three methods to select rebalancing policies from periodical rebalancing, the rebalancing policies with fixed bands triggers and equal probability triggers at different checking frequency and the buy and hold strategy. We find that the investors should check their portfolios more than once per year and fixed bands triggers are preferred to the equal probability triggers in most cases.


This report adds to the limited existing literature concerning dermatoses in Samoa. Conditions encountered during a 4‐day private clinic are reported. Amongst the 75 patients reviewed, eczema was the most frequent condition diagnosed. This was followed by infective dermatoses particularly pityriasis versicolor and tinea infections. Reassuringly, in 97% of cases, suitable medications were available locally.


In a search for new α-subunits of trimeric GTP-binding proteins in human platelets, we prepared leucocyte-free platelet concentrates and analyzed total RNA for areas homologous to known α-subunits. RT-PCR based on two degenerate primers revealed the expected band of 495 base pairs and an additional band of 540 base pairs reflecting the alternative splice product of Gs α. Following subcloning in pGEM-T vector and sequencing, we identified the α-subunits Gi α-2 and Gsα-S of the regulating GTP-binding proteins of adenyl cyclase as well as Gzα whose function is unknown, confirming earlier immunological identification. In addition, we identified Gsα-L (differing from Gsα-S by an insertion of 45 base pairs), G16α, (a member of the pertussis toxin insensitive Gq-family), and two new variants of both Gsα-S and Gsα-L each containing a C-A-G triplet. with G16 we have identified another candidate for pertussis-toxin insensitive signal transduction in platelets. The C-A-G containing sequences of Gsα lead to an insertion of a Ser-residue, which results in the consensus sequence of a phosphorylation site for protein kinase C (Ser-X-Lys), making these variants candidates for protein kinase C-sensitive cyclic AMP formation.


Introduction: Reduction of child malnutrition is one of the prime challenges that India faces. Nearly 60 million Indian children are estimated to be underweight. Timely complementary feeding is one of the important predictors of under nutrition. Methods: This community based cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted in the field practice areas of the Rural and Urban health training centres of the Department of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. A sample of 700 children under two years of age was chosen for the study. Results: Only 48% children started complementary feeding on time.Total malnourished children in the study population were 82.4%.There were significant rural urban differences in Knowledge, attitude and practices of Complementary feeding. Conclusion: Grade IV malnutrition was maximum in the age group of 12-24 months , highest percentage of late intake of complementary food was also observed in more than 12 months children.


Environments in which Web service compositions (WSC)operate are often dynamic. We address the problem of which service to query for up-to-date information in order to adapt a hierarchical WSC, given that queries are not free. Previously,the value of changed information (VOC) has been proposed to select those services for querying whose revised non-functional information is expected to bring about the most change in the composition. In this paper, we present an approach for utilizing VOC in the context of a WSC composed of services and lower level WSCs, which induces a natural hierarchy over the composition.


Abstract A study was conducted with 1600 toms to determine the efficacy of animal by-products (BP) as a replacement for soybean meal (SBM) in turkey rations. Feather meal, meat and bone meal, poultry BP meal, and blood meal were the BP utilized. Starter diets (0-4 wk) consisted of a control diet with 50% soy (0% BP meal) and SBM reduced in 10% increments (40, 30, 20% SBM), with BP meal as a protein replacement. All diets were formulated on an equal digestible amino acid basis. After the starter period, the birds were assigned to either a corn-SBM diet or a diet with 25% protein from BP. Toms displayed no significant differences in performance with any dietary treatments to 18 wk. BP treatments reduced growth slightly after this period.


Sonography is a noninvasive, office‐based diagnostic tool often used for evaluation of subfertile men. Previous studies have suggested that a resistive index (RI) greater than 0.6 is associated with impaired spermatogenesis. We sought to validate this threshold in a urologic patient population presenting for infertility evaluation.


Objective: Develop a social marketing strategy for the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) so that potential members, as well as the public consumer receive an appropriate and meaningful message via social media. Method: Create a survey which will be distributed via Survey Monkey to early entry members of ABPP, executive board members of ABPP, board presidents, and the presidents of each academy. Results: Interpret the data and analyze the data by descriptive statistics. Conclusions: Use the data to inform recommendations that will serve to meet the goal of ABPP's Communications Committee, that is reach their target audiences through the use of social media. Degree Type Dissertation Rights Terms of use for work posted in CommonKnowledge. Comments Library Use: LIH This dissertation is available at CommonKnowledge: http://commons.pacificu.edu/spp/244 Copyright and terms of use If you have downloaded this document directly from the web or from CommonKnowledge, see the "Rights" section on the previous page for the terms of use. If you have received this document through an interlibrary loan/document delivery service, the following terms of use apply: Copyright in this work is held by the author(s). You may download or print any portion of this document for personal use only, or for any use that is allowed by fair use (Title 17, §107 U.S.C.). Except for personal or fair use, you or your borrowing library may not reproduce, remix, republish, post, transmit, or distribute this document, or any portion thereof, without the permission of the copyright owner. [Note: If this document is licensed under a Creative Commons license (see "Rights" on the previous page) which allows broader usage rights, your use is governed by the terms of that license.] Inquiries regarding further use of these materials should be addressed to: CommonKnowledge Rights, Pacific University Library, 2043 College Way, Forest Grove, OR 97116, (503) 352-7209. Email inquiries may be directed to:. email@example.com This dissertation is available at CommonKnowledge: http://commons.pacificu.edu/spp/244 Running Head: THE DEVLOPMENT OF SOCIAL MARKETING The Development of Social Marketing Strategies for the American Board of Professional Psychology A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of School of Professional Psychology Pacific University Hillsboro, Oregon by Emily M.R. Szeliga, MA, MS In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Psychology 14 August, 2011


The segregation process of the Al 8 FeMnSi 2 intermetallic phase has been studied in several alloys of the Al-Si-Fe-Mn system, in the ranks of temperature between 878° and 1073°K. Once the segregation process is completed, an equilibrium state is reached in which the intermetallic phase has sedimented to the bottom of the crucibles employed. A thermodynamic study of the equilibrium state in the alloys investigated was performed, using the experimental data obtained from the equilibrium state. The thermodynamic study allowed to obtain the values of the standard formation functions of the intermetallic phase, where the values reported were obtained assuming an ideal behaviour of the solutions.


A framework for a mesh-free numerical solver of differential equations is presented in this paper. Development of the solver is derived from machine learning techniques using artificial neural networks with Gaussian radial basis functions for their neurons. The proposed method incrementally develops an approximation through the optimization of a scalar condensed form of the differential equations. Unlike traditional solvers that require grids, volumes, or meshes, along with corresponding connectivity data, the proposed framework requires only a list of independent variable values to approximate the solution. Because of this, there is no need for the derivation or inversion of system matrices. Results are presented demonstrating the stability and accuracy of the proposed method and it is demonstrated that the spatial error estimate can exceed that of traditional methods.


In accordance with the characteristics of high salinity and high organic contents of the waste water from a chemical plant,put forward is a new treatment technique based on evaporation and concentration followed by resource recycling.The organic waste water is concentrated by means of vacuum evaporation,and the sodium chloride and ρ-toluenesulphonate in the concentrate are recovered.The restored concentrate is subject to incineration while the condensated water is treated aerobically to be discharged up to the standard.The technique can both effectively and economically treat the organic waste water with high salimity and high concentration and bring about comprehensive utilization of resources.


Human voluntary movements are complex physical phenomenon and there are several physiological factors that control the movement and transient response, steady state position, speed of motion and other characteristics. Many experimentalists described variety of variables important for human balance and movement such as center of mass, center of pressure, ground reaction forces etc. In this study, we discuss a bipedal model for biomechanical sit to stand movement with optimal controller design. The cost optimization for gain scheduling is based upon physiological variables of center of mass, head position, and ground reaction forces. Our simulation results shows that movement profiles improve with this techniques and it provides better gain scheduling for different joint angles.


In this study, pyrrolidine‐3‐acetic acid derived oxime libraries were applied to the concept of library screening by MS Binding Assays, as a powerful technique to reveal new potent murine γ‐aminobutyric acid transporter subtype (mGAT1) inhibitors. Library generation was accomplished by condensation of an excess of pyrrolidine‐3‐acetic acid bearing a hydroxylamine unit with various libraries, each composed of eight different aldehydes. The oxime libraries have been screened by means of competitive MS Binding Assays and, as a consequence, the most active libraries were further investigated through deconvolution experiments to identify single oximes responsible for the observed activity on the target mGAT1. All identified hits were finally resynthesized to characterize them with respect to their binding affinities, and a set of new potent inhibitors with the pyrrolidine‐3‐acetic acid motif were found, of which the most potent oxime, possessing a 2′,4′‐dichlorobiphenyl residue, displayed a binding affinity in the low nanomolar range (pKi=7.87±0.01).


The present study investigated the effect of rutin on acrylamide (ACR) toxicity was evaluated in experimental animal rats. The rats were feeding on basal diet and received oral 20 mg/kg b.w of acrylamide with 100, 50 and 25 mg/kg w.t of rutin; others were received the acrylamide concentrations only. The present results showed that 8-hydroxydeoxy guanidine (8-OHdG), protein carbonyl (PC), reactive oxygen species (ROS), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), tumor necrosis factor- (TNF-α), nitric oxide (NO) myeloperoxidase (MPO), caspase-3, bax, P53 and cytochrome-C in liver tissues were increased in rats-treated with acrylamide. This effect of acrylamide was attenuated by rutin. In conclusion, rutin ameliorates hepatotoxicity induced by acrylamide in male albino rats. It can be recommend the use of rutin to mitigate the acrylamide concentration in food products.


Since we opened the petition to Save Craft Australia last month on the 28th of October we have had 1,754 responses with 99.9 % supporting Craft Australia. This is what people around the nation and internationally are saying about what Craft Australia means to them. We have kept names anonymous for this overview in order to give voice to the support we have received. This petition will be presented to the Minister and the new Director of the Visual Arts Board early next year .


Despite a general trend of lower charges for mobile calls, prices for international roaming calls have remained at levels surprisingly high. The apparent reluctance of European mobile network operators to lower roaming tariffs is generating many antitrust concerns. This paper discusses in a two country - two firm framework, the distortions associated with the functioning of the current system governing wholesale international roaming agreements based on Inter Operator Tariffs (IOTs) and the role played by cross border roaming alliances between foreign operators. We describe how competition between roaming operators at the wholesale level is influenced by the adoption of traffic redirection techniques. The paper shows that when mobile operators act un-cooperatively and traffic redirection techniques allow only partial control on traffic flows, competition between roaming operators may not guarantee a reduction in IOTs and, consequently, on retail tariffs. We propose a simple and effective regulatory price cap mechanism to restore efficiency in the wholesale market. When mobile operators cooperate within a cross border alliance, internal IOTs are set at cost and retail prices are lower.


Abstract. The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to conserve the specific name Chrysomela tenebricosa Fabricius, 1775 for a common and widespread species of European bloody-nosed beetle in the genus Timarcha (Chrysomelidae) by giving it precedence over the misinterpreted and unused senior synonym Tenebrio laevigatus Linnaeus, 1767.


Use of the 28 National financial income datas from 1978 to 2005,this paper selects four time series models and hybrid exponential-AR model to fitting.The appropriate model is selectad based on the criteria AIC,BIC and MAPE to evaluate the model predictions accuracy.Taking the 2006,2007 and 2008's data as test data to verify the model predictions,it shows that ARMA model provides good forecast.


Government payments have been a part of agriculture since 1933 and at no time has the government stated a policy objective of decreasing the agricultural labor force. The reality of the matter may be considerably different. Using time series data and new econometric techniques, this study finds agricultural policy may have an unintended impact on labor migration. Specifically, we find that government payments increased labor migration from the farm. From 1939 to 2007, increased direct government payments resulted in greater migration of labor from agriculture. Government policy appears to have shown limited success at sustaining the agricultural labor force.


Basically, digital resource objects (DRO) suffer from two fundamental issues, namely lack of quality of metadata content and difficulty in accessing metadata content. These lead to decrease in the performance of the DRO retrieval. With a view to increase the performance of the DRO retrieval, many components of information retrieval have been enhanced such as document expansion (DE), retrieval model such as Dirichlet smoothing (DS) model, and query expansion (QE). Most of these studies have shown that employing IR components (DE, QE or DS) independently to enhance the DROs retrieval has helped to increase the performance of the retrieval. It is assumed that IR components can enhance the performance of the DRO retrieval. Based on this assumption, an information retrieval framework (IRF) for DROs is presented in this paper. The proposed IRF is to address the retrieval problems in DROs and provide an environment for retrieving information from DROs with the highest possible performance. The principle task of IRF is to make all components of IR (DE, DS, and QE) work together to achieve the greatest benefit in improving the retrieval performance. Several experiments were conducted on CHiC2013 which is a collection on cultural heritage. The results show a considerable enhancement over other IR approaches that use the DE method, DS model and QE method independently. increase the retrieval performance of DROs. Based on this fact, the IR framework (IRF) for DROs is proposed in this


Objective To investigate the diagnosis and treatment of renal hamartoma(RH) with minimal fat.Methods The clinical and imaging data of 18 cases of RH with minimal fat were reviewed retrospectively.Results Of the 18 cases of minimal fat RH,6 cases were misdiagnosed as renal carcinoma,and 4 of them were treated with radical nephrectomy in 4 cases;14 cases were performed operations research,and treated with nephrectomy(5 cases),nephron-sparing operation(3 cases) and enucleation of tumor(6 cases).All cases were confirmed as RH by postoperative pathology.No local relapse occurred during 3-60 months follow-up.Conclusions Careful analysis of clinical and image information can help to diagnosis of RH with minimal fat.Patients with isolated lesions less than 4 cm can be followed up closely.Patients with lesions greater than 4 cm irrespective of symptoms should be performed operations research.Nephron-sparing surgery was recommended.The prognosis of RH after appropriate treatment is good.


Professor Clayton Paul made many contributions to the field of electromagnetic compatibility as a researcher, teacher, and mentor. Among these contributions, he provided a seminal push in characterizing, understanding, and quantifying the coupling and radiation physics of electromagnetic interference (EMI). An overview of these original contributions that were driven by industry problems and needs is given here. His work emphasized physics and formulation in order to provide quantitative solutions and design directions. These ideas are applied to a current industry challenge in understanding and quantifying EMI that results at the interface between high-speed, high-density connectors and printed circuit boards.


This article examines how the English language has evolved away from supporting familial relationships and follows with proposals to remedy the problem.


The β - decay of 76 As to 76 Se has been studied extensiveIy. The energies and relative intensities of 56 gamma rays have been measured with a high precision. Six new gamma rays have been observed with energies 776.5, 852.8, 857.0, 957.6, 1060.6 and 1881.3 keV in the decay of 76 As. Out of these, gamma rays with 852.8, 957.6, 1060.6 and 1881.3 keV energies have been placed in the decay scheme. Gamma rays with energies 863.9 and 1564.3 keV reported earlier but not placed in the decay scheme have been confirmed and fitted in the present decay scheme. Spin assignments of 1 - and 2 - have been made to the levels at 2655.31 and 2669.80 keV on the basis of gamma-gamma angular correlation measurenaents. Also, the multipole admixtures in 657, 1228, 1439, 2096 and 2111 keV transitions have been evaluated.


Particle swarm optimization(PSO) is described and analyzed;and it is applied to calibrate Xin'anjiang model.For the ideal hydrological data generated by the hydrological model,the real value of all the parameters of Xin'anjiang model can be obtained by PSO.And for the practical data,we compare it with simplex hybrid accelerating genetic algorithm(SAGA) and shuffled complex evaluation algorithm(SCE-UA).The results show that PSO has global convergence,higher efficiency and precision.It is an effective global optimization to calibrate hydrologic model.


Study Design. Discriminatory power was statistically estimated for multiple combinations of risk indicators for the progression of spinal deformity in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Objective. To differentiate DMD cases in which spinal deformity will rapidly and severely progress from those with lesser progression of spinal deformity. Summary of Background Data. Early surgical intervention using instrumentation has recently been advocated for DMD patients to prevent the progression of spinal deformity. However, early determination of cases needing surgical intervention is difficult because of variations in the severity of the clinical courses of DMD patients. Methods. Charts and spinal radiographs of 12 DMD patients were reviewed retrospectively. Patterns of progression in spinal deformity were classified into three types according to Oda's classification. Discriminant analysis was conducted to categorize the patients into either a severe progression group (type-1 and type-2 patients) or a less severe progression group (type-3 patients and patients without spinal deformity) on the basis of four predictors: 1) vital capacity at the age of 10 years, 2) the age at which ambulation ceased, 3) curve pattern of spinal scoliosis, and 4) Cobb angles of spinal scoliosis at the age of 10 years. Results. Eleven of the twelve DMD patients showed spinal deformity. Three were classified as type 1, six were classified as type 2, and two were classified as type 3. The remaining patient showed no spinal deformity. Multiple discriminant analysis correctly predicted the severity of the clinical course of 91.7% of the DMD patients. Vital capacity at age 10 was found to be the strongest predictor among the variables. Conclusions. Through multiple discriminant analysis, the clinical course of spinal deformity in DMD patients was correctly predicted in 92% of subjects. This method would be useful to determine early which DMD cases need surgical intervention for treatment of spinal deformity.


A retrospective survey was conducted of the prescribing practices of child and adolescent psychiatrists serving both inpatients and outpatients in one health region of 2.5 million population. The majority of psychiatrists were found to prescribe - 87% (21/24) a ratio of 7:1. The most commonly treated disorders were: psychoses, depression and hyperactivity. There has been a recent shift in prescribing practice for antidepressants, with the introduction of the newer selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs). The number of patients treated was small and appears comparatively less than in the US.


Study design Retrospective cohort study. Class IV of evidence. Introduction Spinal deformity in patients with mucopolysaccharidosis a problem requiring early treatment Material and methods We analyzed 7cases of mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS), treated in Ilizarov Center in 2012 – 2018. There were 1 patient with MPS IH-type, 3 patients with IVA-type and 3 patients with MPS type VI. The age of the patients ranged from 6 to 26 years-old (average age - 10.3 years-old). All patients had spinal deformity with primary and/or secondary stenosis of the spinal canal. Various surgical treatments were used: 1) two staged surgery was perfomed in one patient with cervical myelopathy and scoliosis: C0-C7 decompression with occipitospondylodesis (OSD) firstly and dual growing rod construction secondly; 2) final fusion in 2 patients with scoliosis; 3) decompression at the stenosis level (cervical spine) with OSD in 4 patients with cervical myelopathy. Results Scoliosis value was from 20° to 65° Cobb, kyphosis from 15° to 80° Cobb. Four patients had vertebral stenosis and myelopathy (Frankel C). All patients had pulmonary and cardiac dysfunctions: vital capacity of the lungs was from 21% to 50% and abnormal ECG. Imbalance in the frontal and sagittal planes was present in 60% of patients. Through surgical treatment correction of the kyphosis was by 68% and scoliosis by 85%. In 4 (50%) patients with spinal stenosis neurologic status improved to Frankel E. Conclusion Patients with MPS quite often have vertebral stenosis and myelopathy, in such patients with combined stenosis of the spinal canal, it is necessary to combine decompression and fusion.


The electronic retrieval of ectomycorrhizae is regarded as researching object in this paper. And the ectomycorrhizal digital information retrieval system was designed by combining with Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Enterprise Edition database management system and Structure Query Language. The system realized electronic management and retrieval of local ectomycorrhizal information. In this software, the keywords of retrieval included family, genus, formal name, Chinese name, Latin, morphological characteristics, habitat collection people, collection places, and protect class and so on. It provided reference for these problems of species identification and digital management of herbarium.


Treatment of NADH with acid gives rise to as many as 10 products derived from breakdown of the dihydropyridine ring. These substances are neutral or cationic in character, and one or more may be carbonyls. They have been separated on a column of Dowex 1-formate and characterized spectrophotometrically. No evidence was obtained to indicate that acidification of NADH leads to formation of a dinucleotide containing a modified dihydronicotinamide moiety.


Mobile publishing promoted several industries development, which included cultural and creative industry, telecommunication industry, software vendors and hardware vendors. Mobile publishing completely depended on the mobile network. However, mobile network are based on an unreliable radio transmission, round-trip-delay and uneasily predictable costs for mobile usage. Consumers wanted to reduce costs and improved the quality of mobile communication.3G provided a technology solution. On the other hand, Mobile publishing has own characteristics, which included dynamically changing contents for reading, copyright protection and the limitation resource of the mobile devices. As a young industry, mobile publishing industry chain has not yet formed. The functions of each participant aren't identifiable. These factors affected the development of mobile publishing industry. This paper presented a mobile publishing architecture that used of service oriented architecture and semantic web. SOA provided interoperability between services, devices and networks. So this paper thought that every mobile reading of customers is defined a service. Integrated industry chain services that provided by the participating entities completed the mobile publishing. The semantic service system of mobile publishing overcame some challenges and provided an efficient mobile publishing environment.


Direct modulation of negative glow type laser, which utilizes the negative glow for laser pumping, was investigated. We proposed a unique method for this aim to use a grid, which is inserted in the cathode dark space, thereby to control the cathode fall in potential. Expected results were obtained by this means. The conclusions obtained from this investigation are summarized as follows. (1) High voltage glow discharge in the range of 1kV was obtained, the V-I characteristics being freely controlled by controlling the grid potential. (2) The principle of this triode system can be clearly explained by a series connection of two bulbs. The fundamental principle is to use the obstructed discharge. (3) The mechanism of V-I control was explained using a model proposed and cathode fall theory. (4) Expected modulation characteristics were obtained in negative glow type He-Cd+ laser.


'/puffer, Paul M. (ed) "Six jor Two," Violin Duets (AI.wl playable by 2 fl, ob, C/, alto or tenor sax) "'ur/or Music, 1978. $1.7.5 Stouffer has made good arrangements of dances hy Mozart, Beethoven, Couperin, C. P E. Bach, tun' IIiand Haydn. These charming compositions prt·,w'nt a pleasing variety of tempi-a slow '.rahande, Menuets at moderate speed and a fast 'dll'rzo. Since the use of third and fourth positions are frequently required, it would have !Mo1'1I helpful if fingering for the violin had been Int·luded. The last two duets have some awkward pllll'I'S for the violin because of the necessary pus ition changes. At the end of the Sarabande nnlv a single line of the last octave passage is probably intended to be played, although it is not III designated. Gr 4. Catherine L. Petersen. Private Studio. Portland, OR.


In this paper we consider an age-structured population model for the HIV infection in a homosexual community. Of our concern here is to investigate the invasion problem of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. To this aim, we formulate the linearized equation around the disease-free steady state and calculate the basic reproduction number R0.


Analyzing Geo-locational data provides a powerful source of information about places and regional human behavior. In the fast-moving, effort-intense environment that the average person inhabits, an amenity rich place which ease their uses. Most of the time in order to know about a location, different amenities are explored and calculates whether it is in our budget or not. So with data visualization and clustering In this article, amenity rich places near to the given location are figure out and within the given radius by considering different parameters which are near to the location like restaurants, cafes and parks as a whole .This project involves the use of Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering to group population, and to group geo-locational data ,that are applied on the geo-locational data obtained from Foursquare API (Application programming Interface)URL( Uniform Resource Locator) to find the best accommodation for a person in a location of latitude and longitude by classifying accommodation for the people on the basis of their preferences on amenities, budget and proximity to the location. Our aim is to find the places which are rich, average and poor in amenities and representing them on map.


Professor James Evans is a physicist working an University of Pudget Sound in the USA. His reseatch is focused on ancient astronomy and application of that knowledge. He also successfully attempted to build gnomon, astrolabe or analemna – instruments used in antuiquity and medieval times to make observations of celestial bodies. In his work, The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy, professor Evans introduces the reader to the evolution of astronomical knowledge, from the simplest observations made by farmers or sailors to complex astronomical models and calculations of asronomers such as Ptolemy. The author focuses mostly on ancient Babylonians and Greeks as he believes that their input on that field was most significant and the apex of ancient astonomy was Almagest by Ptolemy (one may criticise author's thesis that Copernicus' work was mostly a repetition of dicoveries made by the Greek astronomer with addition of the heliocentric theory of the universe). Next, professor Evans speaks of celestial pheres, stars and planets, also explaining the particular theories related to them. What is interesting is the author's approach to ancient testimonies. He does not only ask what we learn from ancient scriptures, tablets and other findings, but also how do we learn it. Language and phrasing in this book are clear enough to unsderstand for those without background in physics or ancient languages. Priceless addition to this work are numerous illustrations placed on page margins although it happens sometimes that figure to which the current text refers to is located several pages away. This requires te reader to pay close atention to figure numbers. The word 'practice' mentioned in this book's title points to one of the most importants assets of professor Evans' work. Apart from sharing the knowledge with the reader the author shows him how to use that knowledge to verify the author's hypotheses and how to make the observations the way they were mentioned in the ancient texts. The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy shows the reader how to make observations of daily and annual movement of the Sun, how to determine latitude of a particular place or how to measure the approximate distance of Sun or the Moon form the Earth. Each of the subchapters is ended by list of excersises that allow to test the freshly gained knowledge. On top of that the author has also provided schematics which allow the reader to build his own astrolabe – an instrument commonly used by Arabic and European astronomers. Some might feel surprised that footnotes have been moved to the end of the entire book which makes it a little difficult to track loci of the texts quoted by the autor. Apparently it is a compromise made for sake of clarity of the lecture and general estethic feeling of the book. Without any doubt The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy is a position worthy of being recommended not only to enthusiasts of physics and astronomy but also of ancient science and culture.


Monitoring and analysing the students' academic motivation allows the university teacher to look at the results of her/his work from another aspect and reflect on the ways of increasing the effectiveness of teaching. The aim of the study is to analyse and compare the groups of the learning motives of last year students at the Universities of Riga (EKA University of Applied Sciences) and Smolensk (Smolensk State University), on the basis of which propose the ways to increase their motivation. In the international survey, which was carried out in December 2018 – June 2019, 101 students participated. Descriptive statistics was used for the data processing. Data analysis shows that in both samples the group of professional motives plays a leading role in the students' learning motivation. In Latvia, the second and third places are to communication and creative self-realisation motives, in the Smolensk sample – social and communication motives, respectively. The results of the study can be used by university teachers and study programme directors for improving the management of education and raising the quality of the pedagogical process.


We report {sup 209}Bi nuclear-magnetic-resonance and nuclear-quadrupole-resonance measurements on a single crystal of the Kondo insulator U{sub 3}Bi{sub 4}Ni{sub 3}. The {sup 209}Bi nuclear-spin-lattice relaxation rate (T{sub 1}{sup -1}) shows activated behavior and is well fit by a spin gap of 220 K. The {sup 209}Bi Knight shift (K) exhibits a strong temperature dependence arising from 5f electrons, in which K is negative at high temperatures and increases as the temperature is lowered. Below 50 K, K shows a broad maximum and decreases slightly upon further cooling. Our data provide insight into the evolution of the hyperfine fields in a fully gapped Kondo insulator based on 5f electron hybridization.


By adding a basket of stuffed bears to the classroom zoo, Ms. Ellison, a preschool teacher, intentionally creates disequilibrium in the children's play. The bears are new to their zoo and now need a place to be. Inside the basket just doesn't work for either Tyler or Juan, but putting them in the same space as the lions isn't a choice Juan is willing to consider. Ms. Ellison uses a change in the environment to create an opportunity for these children to work together to solve a problem they find important. Because solving any problem requires creative and critical thinking, the skills these children learn in solving the problem of the bear enclosure will be useful to them as they tackle other problems. Working together, they will look at ideas in different ways and construct new knowledge (Riley & Jones 2010).


In a dynamic and competitive business environment, employee work productivity is a key factor to support the company's competitiveness and success. Therefore, the efforts to develop work productivity are important to do through improvements in the factors that affect work productivity. This study aims to analyze the effect of organizational culture on work productivity with organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) as an intervening variable. The study was conducted at PT. Perusahaan Gas Negara, Tbk by using quantitative methods and a sample of 127 managers taken with simple random sampling. Data collection using a 5-point Likert Scale questionnaire and analyzed using the path analysis. The results showed that organizational culture and OCB had a positive direct effect on managers' work productivity. Organizational culture are also known to have a direct positive effect on OCB and OCB was proven as an intervening variable for the influence of organizational culture on work productivity. Based on these findings, the factors of organizational culture and OCB must be considered to increase work productivity.


Aiming at the bad effect caused by random delays and pack loss in networked control systems(NCS),the true time toolbox is applied to establish the simulation model of NCS.Fuzzy PID control method is adopted to implement the control of the system.The design process and the simulation results are presented.


.............................................................................................................................. ii Acknowledgments .............................................................................................................. vi Vita ................................................................................................................................... viii List of Tables .................................................................................................................... xv List of Figures .................................................................................................................. xvi Chapter 1: Introduction ...................................................................................................... 1 The Context of Reform in Mathematics Education ........................................................ 1 Guiding Conceptual Framework ..................................................................................... 3 The Complex Construct of Teacher Beliefs ................................................................ 4 Defining Beliefs ...................................................................................................... 5 Focus on Student Thinking .......................................................................................... 7 Thesis Organization ....................................................................................................... 10 Chapter 2: Literature Review ............................................................................................ 12 Beliefs About Learning Mathematics ........................................................................... 13 Beliefs About Effective Teaching ................................................................................. 17 x Beliefs About the Nature of Mathematics ..................................................................... 20 Teacher Beliefs and Classroom Practice ....................................................................... 22 Impacting Prospective Teacher Beliefs ......................................................................... 26 Learning about Children's Thinking ............................................................................. 31 Cognitive Modeling Cycles of Learning ................................................................... 31 Professional Noticing of Children's Mathematical Thinking ................................... 38 Situated Cognition ..................................................................................................... 43 Building a Conceptual Framework and Research Objective ........................................ 47 Research questions .................................................................................................... 51 Study Significance ..................................................................................................... 52 Chapter 3: Methodology ................................................................................................... 55 Methodological Rationale ............................................................................................. 56 A teacher development experiment. .......................................................................... 57 Research Design ............................................................................................................ 58 Researcher as Participant Observer ........................................................................... 59 Background ........................................................................................................... 59 A Glimpse into my Teacher Educator Approach .................................................. 61 The Teacher Preparation Program ............................................................................. 66 Participants ................................................................................................................ 67


In this paper, we propose the face recognition system using HNMA(Hippocampal Neuron Modeling Algorithm) which can remodel the cerebral cortex and hippocampal neuron as a principle of a man's brain in engineering, then it can learn the feature-vector of the face images very fast and construct the optimized feature each image. The system is composed of two parts. One is feature-extraction and the other is teaming and recognition. In the feature extraction part, it can construct good-classified features applying PCA(Principal Component Analysis) and LDA(Linear Discriminants Analysis) in order. In the learning part, it cm table the features of the image data which are inputted according to the order of hippocampal neuron structure to reaction-pattern according to the adjustment of a good impression in the dentate gyrus region and remove the noise through the associate memory in the CA3 region. In the CA1 region receiving the information of the CA3, it can make long-term memory learned by neuron. Experiments confirm the each recognition rate, that are face changes, pose changes and low quality image. The experimental results show that we can compare a feature extraction and learning method proposed in this paper of any other methods, and we can confirm that the proposed method is superior to existing methods.


Background: Few data exist on the prevalence of female sexual dysfunction (FSD) in thyroid disorders. Aim: We evaluated FSD in women with thyroid diseases and in control age-matched healthy women to investigate the relationship between sexual function and thyroid hormones. Methods: One hundred and four women with thyroid diseases and 53 controls participated in the study. Eighteen with hyperthyroidism (Group 1), 22 hypothyroidism (Group 2), 45 Hashimoto's thyroiditis (Group 3), 19 nodular goiter (Group 4) underwent thyroid function evaluation and sonography. The Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) assessed sexual function. Results: The prevalence of FSD was 46.1% in thyroid diseases and 20.7% in controls. Only in Group 4, the prevalence (68.4%) was significantly higher than in controls (p<0.005). The mean total FSFI score was 20.1±7.1 in women with thyroid diseases and 25.6±4.7 in the controls (p<0.001). Compared with controls, there was a significant decrease of desire in Group 2; desire, arousal and lubrication in Group 3; desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm and satisfaction in Group 4. In thyroid diseases the prevalence of FSD was 53% and 42%, while in the controls was 55% and 20%, in menopausal and pre-menopausal groups, respectively. We found a significant inverse correlation between TSH and FSFI (r=−0.7, p=0.01) in Group 4, which showed the lowest FSFI score (17.8±5.7) and the highest body mass index (28.4±7.1 kg/m2). Conclusions: Women with thyroid diseases present a higher prevalence of FSD than controls. Although our findings suggest a higher impairment of sexual function in Group 4 and a role for TSH in FSD, further researches are needed.


Chapter 1 examines the sociocultural changes that characterized Argentina, and particularly Buenos Aires, in the 1920s and 1930s, focusing on the emergence of a consumer society and the expanded presence of women in public spaces. Rapid social and cultural transformations sparked a debate on the promises and perils of becoming a modern nation. Intellectual movements and government programs to promote cultural nationalism advanced their own ways of reconciling modernity and local tradition, while popular culture became a platform for debating the role of women in constructing a modern national identity.


The investigation was carried out to examine the in fluence of temperature and times of austempering pr ocess on the maximum extend to which the bainite reaction can proceed and the carb on content in retained austenite. It should be note d that a small percentage change in the austenite carbon content can have a significant eff ect on the subsequent austempering reaction changin g the volume fraction of the phases present and hence, the resulting mechanical propert ies. Specimens were prepared from an unalloyed ductile cast iron, austenitised at 950 o C for 60 minutes and austempered by the conventional single-step austempering process at four temperatur es between BS and MS, eg., 250, 300, 350 and 400 o C. The samples were austempered at these temperatures for 15, 30, 60, 120 and 240 minutes and finally q uenched to ambient temperature. Volume fractions of retained a ustenite and carbon concentration in the residual a ustenite have been observed by using X-ray diffraction. Additionally, carbon conce ntration in the residual austenite was calculated u sing volume fraction data of austenite and a model developed by Bhadeshia based on the McLellan and Dunn quasi-chemical thermodynamic model. The comparison of experimental data with the T0, T0' and Ae 3' phase boundaries suggests the likely mechanism of bainite reaction in cast iron is displacive rather than diffusional. The carbon concentration i n retained austenite demonstrates that at the end o f bainite reaction the microstructure must consist of not only ausferrite but additionall y precipitated carbides.


Technetium-99m-labeled heat-damaged erythrocytes were evaluated as a spleen imaging agent in 14 patients. Spleen-to-liver deposition ratios were increased to such an extent that the liver was rarely visualized, and interference from the hepatic left lobe of the liver was eliminated. Information obtained was accurate and diagnostically adequate in various splenic involvements. This tracer appears to be one of the better spleen imaging agents presently available.


Objective The aim of this study was to compare terlipressin versus adrenaline in refractory septic shock. Patients and methods In this interventional prospective randomized study, 80 patients between 18 and 60 years of age who presented with refractory septic shock were enrolled. The patients were divided randomly into two groups of 40 patients each. Group A patients were treated with adrenaline and group T patients were treated with terlipressin. The goals of the therapy were to achieve and maintain for 6 h all of the following: (i) mean blood pressure greater than 65 mmHg; (ii) systemic vascular resistance index greater than 1300 dynes s/cm 5 /m 2 ; (iii) cardiac index (CI) greater than 4.0 l/min/m 2 ; and (iv) oxygen delivery index greater than 550 ml/min/m 2 . The patients were classified into responders and nonresponders to the drugs used. Results The number of responders was significantly higher in the terlipressin group. There were 23 (58.97%) responders in the T group and 13 (35.13%) responders in the A group. The terlipressin group showed a significant increase in mean blood pressure from 49.9 ± 14.82 to 77.79 ± 20 mmHg and a significant increase in systemic vascular resistance index from 898 ± 292 to 1420 ± 537 dynes s/cm 5 /m 2 ; urine output and creatinine clearance also showed an increase. Group T patients showed a significant decrease in heart rate and norepinephrine infusion. As regards cardiac index and oxygen delivery index, they showed minimal decrease at the end of the study, but their levels were still above our target levels. Conclusion Terlipressin therapy is better than adrenaline in improving the hemodynamic variables and kidney functions in refractory septic-shock patients.


Two species from Sagar Island, India are reported: Nitocra lacustris lacustris (Schmankevitsch, 1875) and Enhydrosoma vervoorti spec. nov. The latter is described and illustrated. Furthermore, the genus Enhydrosoma is discussed and Enhydrosoma franklini Thistle, 1980 is allocated to the genus Enhydrosomella Monard.


Mr. President and Colleagues: I stand here today by appointment in the place of the late Dr. Jerome Cochran of Montgomery, Alabama, whose preeminence in the science of preventive medicine easily singled him out from among his fellows, as peculiarly fitted to deliver the annual oration in State Medicine. His vast erudition, extended experience, and long public service made him facile princeps in all matters relating to sanitary work. Few have spoken with better right, or with greater authority. This is not the proper place to pronounce the eulogy of Jerome Cochran; that was done in this hall yesterday, but the world knows of his life and his work. The laws of Alabama which furnish us today the best model for Medical Legislation in other States, were largely the handiwork of Dr. Cochran, and the medical profession of that State is under enduring obligations to his memory. It was my


We (Peter Cheeseman of NASA Ames/Caelum Research) & Jose Luis Alvarellos of the SJSU Physics Department/SJSU Foundation.) have carried out a numerical simulation of a plasma with characteristics similar to those found in the core of the Sun. Particular emphasis is placed on the Coulomb interaction between the ions and electrons, which could result in a relative velocity distribution different from the Maxwell-Boltzmann (MB) distribution generally assumed for a plasma. The fact that the distribution may not exactly follow the MB distribution could have very important consequences for a variety of problems in solar physics, especially the neutrino problem. Very briefly. the neutrino problem is that the observed neutrino detections from the Sun are smaller than what the standard solar theory predicts. In Section 1 we introduce the problem and in section 2 we discuss the approach to try to solve the problem: i.e., a molecular dynamics approach. In section 3 we provide details about the integration method, and any simplifications that can be applied to the problem. In section 4 (the core of this report) we state our results, first for the specific case of 1000 particles and then for other cases with different number of particles. In section 5 we summarize our findings and state our conclusions. Sections 6 and 7 provide the list of figures, reference material and acknowledgments respectively.


AIM
To investigate 24-h evenness of an antihypertensive effect of angiotensin II receptor blocker losartan vs captopril by four parameters of arterial pressure (AP) monitoring.

MATERIAL AND METHODS
An open, cross-over, placebo-controlled trial was made in 22 patients with mild/moderate arterial hypertension (AH). Four parameters of AP monitoring were assessed: TPR, SI, rate of AP morning rise, index of AP morning rise.

RESULTS
In losartan treatment TPR for systolic and diastolic AP were 61.5 and 61.3%, respectively, IS made up 0.74 +/- 0.13 and 0.64 +/- 0.09, respectively. For captopril these values reached 21.2 and 26.9%, 0.51 +/- 0.14 and 0.47 +/- 0.10, respectively. Differences by SI between the two drugs were statistically insignificant. Both drugs did not raise the rate and index of AP morning rise significantly.

CONCLUSION
When administered in a single daily dose 100 mg, losartan produced a regular antihypertensive effect throughout 24 hours. Captopril (twice a day in a dose 50 mg) effect was not regular enough. This means that some patients need a three-times-a day regimen of captopril. Of the four parameters, SI is most informative for evaluation of antihypertensive effect evenness.


Aim  Individuals with diabetes and prediabetes are at risk of vascular injury. However, the exact mechanisms are unclear. The mitochondria mobile electron carrier coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is a potent lipophilic antioxidant. We hypothesize that oxidative stress, detectable as changes in plasma CoQ10 concentrations and composition, plays an important role in vascular disease in diabetes.


This review presents current data on the mechanism of action, selective toxicity, toxicokinetics and toxicodynamics of diacetylmorphine (heroin). Acute diacetylmorphine poisoning is considered under taking into account the developing a critical state, in which the poisoning severity is determined by severe metabolic disorders associated with the progression of hypoxia. The main lifethreatening complications of acute diacetyl morphine poisoning are described including those associated with the nervous system, respiratory, circulatory and urinary systems. Since hypoxia is the principal damaging factor, the the mechanisms of oxygen transport disorders and the pathogenesis of activation of free radical oxidation in acute diacetylmorphine poisoning are discussed. The improvement of intensive care strategy for severe forms of acute diacetylmorphine poisoning by the inclusion of a substrate antihypoxant Reamberin into the list of routine critical care prescriptions is emphesized.


Leisure lives is an important part in the elderly retirees' lives.Based on Guangzhou,this thesis describes their leisure lives in the term of the leisure time,the leisure active content and the leisure consciousness.The overall characteristic performance of their leisure lives is that their leisure time increases,the leisure active content is monotonous,and the leisure space is limited.This thesis analyses its influencing factors,and further proposes some suggestions to improve their Leisure lives.


In this paper,the author divided the Mesozoic-Cenozoic in eastern China into six tectonic-sedimentary cycles.The movement occurred in the Late Jurassic was a style-changed movement.In addition,the author further divided the tectonic deformation history of this region into two deformation phases(T-J) and one transitional phase(K1).During the two deformation phases,two types of basins and two tectonic systems developed.There exists extensive tectonic unconformity,which shows that the duel structures are basic characteristics of Mesozoic-Cenozoic geotectonics in eastern China.


Repolarization Alternans in Ischemia. Introduction: A canine model of reversible ischemia was used to measure the magnitude and transmural distribution of repolarization alternans.


Vienna, at the time Sigmund Freud published his revolutionary theories on psychoanalysis, is the focus for an exhibition that links art …


The article substantiates the authors approach to the definition of credit derivatives. The analysis of development and functioning of the world market of credit default swaps is conducted. The problems of regulation of the world market of credit derivatives are revealed and ways of their solution are suggested.